OCR Text |
Show Ogden Placed on Pershing Highway As an After Thought LIXCOLN". Neb.. April 15. Half a hundred delegates ropresenting states from the Atlantic to ihe Pacific met here today and organized the " Persuing Persu-ing Highway," that will extend from New York to San Francisco. As officially adopted today, the highway passes through the citiea and towns Where General Pershing Bpent his boyhood days, where he reccned his edueatiou, and later bla early military mili-tary experience. It is also one of the shortest, if not the shortest, high ayi in mileage from coast to coast. E. A. George of Lincoln was elected elect-ed president of tbe highway aBSOi lotion. lo-tion. Cther olticers are Clinton Cowan of the Ohio stale highway commission, commis-sion, first vice president, and L. A. Nares of Sau Francisco, second ice president. W. S. Wbitten of Lincoln will be tbe secretary-treasurer. With these men comprising ihe national na-tional executive committee boards appointed ap-pointed for tho different states thioucb WOlcb the road is to pass will co-operate. The president of each si ite board will be a member of the general board of directors. The expense of building and maintaining main-taining the highway win lie . lo that of any that could be planned Entering Wyoming cast of Cheyenne, Chey-enne, th highway as designated g"ea west through Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs and Evanston, lhcnc down Echo can? on to Echo From Echo .the road n U) ,,,.,,,. ;jni, nn there to Salt Lake. From Salt Lake the highway take a turn directly west Via Wendover and to Wells, Elko. Winnemuccaj lieno and finally to Bail rranclsco. I ,SaU fak a"'J L-tah were represent-eii represent-eii at the conference bv w. h. Rome I and W. 1 Rlschel. Ogden had been at first overlooked In plimnln? the I highway, but the ciahns demonstrated demonstrat-ed thai tht route through (gdrU vas tbe be.st. ' .... |