Show VICTORY HIGHWAY TO BE A PAVED ROAD the victory highway a great memorial in honor ot of the count rys valiant sons will soon become the paved main street of america ben plow glow manager of the victory highway association incorporated said upon his arrival lit in salt lake on his way to meetings scheduled fur nevada mr air blow told yesterday of the progress made by the lit in uie the two years ot of its work tor or the new transcontinental arte artey y arid and 0 of tho the plans for the further material development of both the memorial idea which the road Is to engrave il 11 history liis lory aud and ot of the physical beatr needed to band the country arom rom coast to coast with a single broad hard surfaced road cooperation he said is tho the keynote bt bf the lie success achieved by the association thus far and the guiding under which us efforts are directed the alms aims ot of tao association ire simple its purposes high when these are realized and that day Is not tar far distant the victory highway will reaca irom from new nev york to sari san francisco a single jd d road providing adequately and for the swelling hood flood it f transcontinental tourists tile the victory highway from ne new york city to st charles mo alo is an air thoroughfare it is in lie he west particularly in the mountain states that the work of the association remains to be done california has its paved roads from san francisco almost to the nevada border new roads will be built in missouri kansas colorado utah and nevada to complete the chain and all of these roads yet to be ilni dili shed are on federal aid projects I 1 ar mr blow estimated yesterday that the federal government will provide one halt half the cost of the work in Misso missouri url arid and kansas 65 per cent of he cost through colorado 74 per ent in utah and 87 7 per cent in fit neada ada ample state funds are available in fit kansas and missouri to furnish the jeolas of those states nevada has available sival lable now to add to lie he large proportion of the 0 be borne by federal appropriation ind colorado has halt half a million dollars delars doli deli i ready tor for its share provision or supplying the funds needed in atah to pave the victory highway across this state will be made and the officers of the association with he cooperation of state arid and local rivals interests are engaged lit in inding anding the best method of 0 getting be required sums these roads constructed so largey with government funds will be built under government and state slate specifications and wilt tie he maintained by these joint authorities giving the victory highway a nationally supervised character that will lasure insure c it its s following a more southerly route a more direct route through tile the west than the lincoln highway the victory highway traverses missouri I 1 colorado and comes nuo into utah through the uintah basin that fer tile rich undeveloped empire that such a highway will serve most admirably mir ably tho the wendover route has been designated as a part ot of the victory highway vs through ini h and mr air alg blow i said last night llight that the highway association would be most pleased to have the lincoln higday alsoc assoc association bation designate the wendover route as aa a part of 0 their system also speaking ot of the lincoln highway mr blow characterized it as one ot of tile the most constructive for or wa js uw JIS m agog today the jhc jj ht uli association I 1 pioneered to tho the way in good roads work it has accomplished a very great ideal deal ot of constructive benefit aft e county colt aja au esq al kat velory e highway issac association atlon a stands lands ready re Y and 1 i ff anxious to cooperates coo with U 1 t lr ir tile ser service vice of 0 lao country and goo gool aft go e t wa toute U wd hs highway is luft loft ou on to the state slate officials under whose jurisdiction the roads are tull built and maintained the association asks tile the bbate to designate which routes shall be named parts of the national blaay hio ll Aay lloy hl I 1 1 4 tel 1 ahe high standing 0 of tho the asset iz tion Is indicated in a measure by the names of the men who comprise its ais honorary advisory beara boara president warren G harding is s honorary president and associated with mrs are arc thomas A edison licary ford harvey firestone T chaer la d dupont governor sproul u of pennsyl vinia governor charlos charles R mabey of rutih atall senators charles curtis and arthur capper of kansas casper S yost publisher of 0 lit the S louis globe democrat willlam Wil Will llau iasu T of san francisco and vr ur F L dart bart left chairman of ilia ill board ol of the merchants hank bank ir r t inver one ot of tho the mo me ceni ste s toward ill imi of 0 tho the victory lS 11 lslie liw pl pi na ia in tile tho wast v eit was thin pat palt fortnight by missouri Aliss ourt authorities they authorized the con of miles of 0 paved road across the state to de be paid for in part ly funds from tile the recent GO 60 iu fit bonds voted by the file citi benj of 0 missouri this road will be s fifty miles shorter than the present crris carss state road system and twenty six miles shorter than the railroad tin the road will link kanas city clat st sl louis over the shortest possible pos route 1 file I he victory highway across kan sab lias has been designated as a primary road from the kansas line to den voi it Is a secondary road 7 from den ver vcr to the utah line it is a primary road from the bastain utah bound so in the uintah basin to salt lake it Is a secondary road from salt lale lal la e a to the nevada line a primary rond and across the state stale of 0 nevado a kimary mary road mr blow who has been driving wet wea over the victory highway was waa pal pai enthusiastic about the ulalah basin country owing to the scenic interest of the route rouie through that territory and as a arst class highway it will serve to lie he 3 in the development of the section in an economic way the uintah basin mr blow said Is a treasure house whose riches cannot be appreciated without personal per zonal study whose possibilities lor for fut future are contributions to tile the west cannot even be measured good highways for the basin such as contemplated by the victory highway as soc aaion will serve to promote the material welfare of 0 that great area in the mountains as could no other agency and such are the tremell dous possibilities there that the assee alion which I 1 represent will exert every effort to expedite the provision of 0 adequate roads the commemorative character ol of the victory highway will be carried out in an impressive lash fash loil loll an arrangements ange ments have been beell for or the preparation alla am installation of ma 1 akers at county state and ana national boundaries wh which belt will preserve forever the sentiment beuan behind d the naming of 0 the route at the county boundaries through which the road will pass pillars surmounted by a group ot of eagles will he be erected the parent paren teagle eagle rests upon the nest with wings spread in defense of the young grouped lelow it in the nest two ig Q these hese pillars will stand one e another across tte the eltty highway at 91 county tho abate lines will tie ce marked by heroic statues of soldiers in full held equipment at standing anding at attention facing one another on either side ot of thu the highway while at the terminals new york city arid and aan p will stand soldiers at balya these marker vat ill be erected ly by the t ayt dunkly t tle e states mid tl clr lo 10 l o as 1 iii Atlon hach bach county will provide tho the markers at its boundaries and tile the states that the baisel I hj tay v never forget the r 1111 J the victory chiy tike first of these marac marls s whick before long will blaze the arins trins tr ins r highway will v at 41 tcp ka K kan ar aba an it is low 1041 tv ham wai th vat sl oil u ciula atia 1 dy sf Ws atil year I 1 such liaa has been tho the cord cordiality bality iltis ditl which the idea has been greeted I 1 a 0 many other counties and ana several instates states are already making arry ments to provide their 0 dijt ii wals mr blow said |