| Summary: | Wenatchee To Fairbanks. To complete the all-American highway from the Arctic to the Antarctic regions, it is necessary to finish the International route from the Pacific Northwest to Fairbanks, Alaska. Only five years ago this was only a dream, today it is rapidly taking form as a project that has the support of both the U. S. and the Dominion of Canada. A considerable portion of the road is now built and it can be completed and opened to traffic for $14,000,000. This is a comparatively small sum for a road which would attract thousands of tourists who would travel monthly into the wonderland of Alaska every summer. Furthermore it would open up a vast productive region to settlement and commerce. This part of the state of Washington is directly interested in this route. When completed Wenatchee would be just 1,235 miles from Fairbanks, a trip that could be easily made in five days leisurely travel, four days at moderate speed and three days of fast driving. The Dominion of Canada would have to build most of this road, and a commission named to study the project has reported favorable as to its immediate construction. President Roosevelt has given the project his whole hearted aporova], and the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads is now actively working on a part of the Alaska portion of the road.
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