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A Tactless C O K I N G “The Goddess JJ By EDW ARD J. STEW ART T h e M o s t D e lig h tfu l L o v e S to r y e v e r film e d in a s e r ia l p ic tu r e F ifte e n T w o -H e e l C h a p te r s P r o d u c e d b y t h e V it a g r a p h C o. w it h a n A ll-S ta r C a st a n d F e a tu r in g Earle Williams--Anita Stewart The Ideal Handsome Lover and the Ideal Beautiful Sweetheart. N ot a jumble of stunts and thrills and hair-breadth escapes, but a picture story that will delight you all. Watch for the Date REMEMBER Pathe P r o g r a m Neal o f the Navy Get Rich Quick Wallingford News and Comedy Scenic Every Monday Coming Later "T he iron Claw With Pearl White In th e S e ria l S h e C alls H er B est 3&SÎE D&GiOE ELECTRICITY Will Make Your Home So Cheerful N o t o n ly w ill th e b r i g h t g lo w u f J y le rtric L ig h ts - o n o r off a t th e t w itc h o f a s w itc h a rid so m u c h to th e c h e e r o f y o u r h o m e .V u t t h e m a n y o t h e r c o n v e n ie n c e s K le c lr 'c S e r v i c e b r i n g s w ill m a k e t h e w h o le f a m ily h a p p y Every household task may be performed better electrically By rem oving all d ru d g e ry , u n p le a s a n t t'< ks and di ■ . > able w ork E le ctric S erv ice b rin g s p e rp e tu a l sunshine ia'.o the h o m e . A nd now com es th e b ig o p p o rtu n ity t > have E lectric S e rv ic e in Y O U R hom e. “ W ire Y our H o m e” M onth, M arch lo th to A p ril 15th will b rin g you th is co m fo rt, if you will ta k e a d v a n ta g e of O ur Special Inducem ents for Wiring Rhone u s to d a y fo r full p a rtic u la rs . D on’t delay u n til th e ru sh h a s s ta rte d . OREGON POW ER CO. mb P hone 71 C oquille, O re. —— ------* ' " If y .S' **■ cv Announcem ent I J A V I N G bought the plant o f the Co- * * quille Mill and M ercantile Com pany, the undersigned is now prepared to fill all orders for any kind of L U M B E R Especial attention will be paid to the local demand, and every effort will be made to supply anything needed at the shortest possible notice. Your orders are solicited. W ooing T h e ev ac u a tio n of V era C ruz h a d ta k e n place, an d th e fleet w as re a d y to t»ail. T h e su rg eo n in ch a rg e o f th e h o s p ital a p p ro ach ed th e m edical d ire c to r to r e p o rt th a t all invalid* h a d b een re m oved. “T h e re ’s a m a n ,” said th e fo rm er, “ w ho, I th in k , m u st h a v e died w ith o u t h is d e a th g e ttin g on to th e list. H e w a s d y in g y e s te rd a y aftern o o n . I h a v e n ’t seen him sin c e a n d p re su m e h is body w a s rem oved. C onover sh o u ld h av e seen to i t t h a t th o record w a s m ad e." "W ell, th e re ’s no tim e now ,” sa id th e m edical d irecto r, “ to In v estig ate th e case. W e m u s t go a b o a rd .” So it w a s th a t w h e n th e sh ip s re a c h ed th e U n ited S ta te s th e n am e o f I lo r ace M orton, p etty officer, w as rep o rted , “ D ied in h o sp ital.” \ o w , it h ap p en ed th a t th e e lim in a tion o f H o race M orton w a s v e ry a c cep ta b le to M rs. M a rth a Jo n e s, th e m o th e r of E th e l Jo n e s, w h o h a d b een b e tro th e d to th e sa ilo r b efore he d e p a rte d fo r V era C ruz. H e h a d n o th in g to m a rry on, w hile F h ilip T h o m p so n , a plum ber, w ho also w a n te d E th e l, h ad m a d e co n sid erab le fu n d s in h is b u si n ess an d w as able to ta k e ca re o f h er in good style. M rs. Jo n e s h ad se t h e r fa e a g a in s t her d a u g h te r ’s m a rry in g M orton, a n d to q u ie t th e old lady E th e l p ro m ised th a t if h e r lover lost h is life in M exico sh e w ould m a rry T h om pso n . A fte r th is prom ise th e re w a s p eace in th e Jo n e s fam ily, M rs. Jo n e s hop in g th a t th e m an w ho s h e co n sid ered sto o d In th e w av of h e r d a u g h te r ’s w e lfa re w ould be snuffed o u t by a M exican b u l let. B u t th e r e w a s only a sm a ll s c ra p at th e lan d in g a t V era C ruz, a n d g re a tly to M rs. Jo n e s’ d isa p p o in tm e n t, M orton w as n o t am o n g th e killed. T h en cam e th e ev acu atio n , a n d w ith it th e m o th e r m ad e p re p a ra tio n s to ren ew th e fight in th e m a tte r o f a son in-law . B u t w hen sh e read in a m o rn in g p a p e r th a t M orton h a d died a t V era C ruz sh e m u t tered sile n t th a n k s a n d w ith e v e ry a p p e a ra n c e of h e a r tf e lt sy m p a th y bro k e th e sad n e w s to h e r d a u g h te r, all th e w hile lay in g p la n s fo r a w ed d in g w ith th e plum ber. E th e l s h u t h e rse lf up in her room fo r a w eek, th en cam e o ut w ith a s u r r e n d er, te llin g h e r motheV th a t sin c e h e r lover w as d ead sh e c a re d n o t w hom sh e m a rrie d an d w as p e rfe c tly w illin g to ta k e th e p lu m b er o r a n y one else. Such being th e case, M rs. Jo n e s s e n t M r T hom pson w ord t h a t th e w ay w a s open fo r him to w in h e r d a u g h te r, b u t sh e a d v ised him to be very circu m sp ect an d proceed slow ly. She believed t h a t E th e l th o u g h t sh e loved a n o th e r, b u t th a t th e girl w a s deceiving h erself. A fgyv w eek s’ c o u rtsh ip would do th e business. Mr. T hom pson, w h o w as n ot a n a d e p t in w ooing a w o m an w ho had j u s t lost th e m an sh e loved, began by se n d in g E th e l .ni in v ita tio n to a p lu m b ers’ ball. F o rtu n a te ly , he se n t it th ro u g h Mrs. Jo n e s, w ho th re w i t in the fire w ith all h a s te an d w ro te h e r d a u g h te r’s non- acc e p ta n c e on a c c o u n t of indisposition. Mr. T ho m p so n ’s n e x t m ove w as se n d ing a b o u q u et o f flow ers. Mrs. Jo n e s in te rc e p te d th em , se p a ra te d th e posy, p u t th e m in a box a n d g ave th em to E th e l as a n o fferin g o f sy m p a th y from th e donor. T h is w a s a beginning, a n d M rs. Jo n e s hoped t h a t by c a re fu lly h e a d in g off th e In d elicate a tte n tio n s of Mr. T hom pson to b rin g th e a ffa ir to a su e cessfu l te rm in a tio n in due tim e. W hy sh e took so m uch p a in s to p re v e n t h e r d a u g h te r ’s b e in g rutiled by the p lu m b e r’s w a n t o f ta c t is not plain, b ecau se E th e l w as n o t in a s ta te of m in d to c a re w hom sh e m a rrie d . P e rh a p s her m otive w a s looking to th e fu tu re . I t is also a q u estio n a s to why Mr. T h o m p son w a s a n x io u s to m a rry a girl w hose h e a rt w as in th e g ra v e . l i e ex p lain ed th is to Mrs. Jo n e s by sa y in g th a t a live, m an w as b e tte r an y d ay th a n a d ead one a n d E th e l w a s su re to find it out. It m u st be a d m itte d th a t th e re is m o re w isdom in th e e x p la n a tio n th a n s e n ti m ent in th e s ta te m e n t. All th in g s h av e a n end, an d th e p lu m b er’s c o u rts h ip w a s no exceptio n T ho w edding d a y cam e round, an d w ith it cam e a coincidence. W hen th e w edding p a rty w a s assem b lin g in w alk- ed H o race M orton, w ho had failed to g e t on th e dead list in acco rd an ce w ith th e n av y reg u latio n s. A nd th e re w a s no tim e for a n in v estig atio n . lie had w alked o u t o f th e hospital in d eli rium . an d th e p a rty responsible fo r him had been looking fo r him up to th e very m om ent of th e sa ilin g o f th e fleet hom ew ard. Upon his a p p e a ra n c e a s a w edd in g guest, pale an d em aciated , th e re w a s a sc a tte rin g of th o se p resen t. T h e b rid e alo n e seem ed to co n sid er him flesh am i blood »nd, ru sh in g to w a rd him , fell Into his arm s. H e had been a w a r e of Mrs, Jo n e s’ opposition to him a n d her p re fe re n c e for th e p lu m b er; c o n se q u e n tly he took in th e s itu a tio n w ith o u t its b eing ex p lain ed to him. | “ I reckon.’ he said , “ th a t sin c e every- 1 th in g is h andy for a w edding w e m ay i a s well h ave one.’’ 1 M rs. Jones, seeing th a t sh e had lost, th re w up th e sponge. T h e p lu m b e r re m arked th a t th e re w e re a s good fish In th e sea a s ev e r w e re cau g h t an d w alk ed aw a y w ith o u t an y ev id en t d isa p p o in t m ent. E thel w as p re se n tly p rev ailed upon to celeb rate th e w edding w ltn th e c h a n g e of groom s, an d w hen th e p a r son cam e in sh e w as m a rrie d to th e sailor. T ilts Is n ot th e only case of a m a n ’s being officially d ead au d tu r n in g up at a tim e w hen he is n o t expected. PROGRESS OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY More Than $2,250,000 Has Been Already Expended. WHOLE ROUTE IS MARKED. It H a s B r o u g h t A b o u t a T r e m e n d o u s Increase In Cr os s C o u n t r y T o u r i n g , So T h a t T h o u s a n d s of People A r e Seeing T h e i r C o u n t r y F o r the F ir s t Tim e. BY A U S T IN F \ D E M E N T , s e c r e t a r y o f L in c o ln H ig h w a y a s s o c ia tio n . It m u s t be b o rn e in m ind th a t th e L incoln H ig h w a y asso ciatio n is a n o r g a n iz a tio n a im in g a t th e e s ta b lis h m e n t of a co n tin u o u s im proved h ig h w ay fro m th e A tla n tic to th e Pacific a n d th a t it is n o t in itse lf u c o n stru c tin g o r g an izatio n . It h a s nev er u n d e rta k e n an d w ill not u n d e rta k e th e ac tu a l b u ild in g o f se ctio n s of road, w h ich In ev ery in sta n c e a re su p e rin te n d e d by th e r e g u la r a u th o ritie s ap p o in ted an d elected fo r th a t purpose. T h e am o u n t w hich th e asso ciatio n ca n p ro cu re to be sp e n t ujkiii th e ro ad by p ro p er m eans, th ro u g h th e reg u lar ch an n els p ro v id ed fo r ro ad co n stru ctio n in m u n icip alities, to w n sh ip s, co u n ties aud s ta te s , o v e rb a la n c e s by th o u sa n d s to one th e a m o u n t o f co n stru ctio n w hich could he done by th e d ire c t ex p en d i tu r e of. th e su m s c o n trib u te d by v o lun ta ry su b sc rip tio n to w ard th e building o f th e h ig h w ay . To all p ra c tic a l pu rp o ses th e L in coln h ig h w a y is no w co m p letely m a rk ed fro m N ew Y ork to San F ran cisco . T h e re a r e p o in ts w here th e m ark in g is n o t a s co m p lete a s it sh o u ld be, b u t th is is b ein g ra p id ly ta k e n c a re of. A u tom obile clubs, local good ro ad s or g an izatio n s, b o a rd s o f com m erce an d o th e r civic a n d p a trio tic o rg a n iz a tio n s h av e m ad e it a p o in t to co m p lete th o ON T H E W A Y FJJO M C O A S T T O C O A S T V IA T H E L IN C O L N H IG H W A Y . E. E. JOHNSON SI € I'd I tl O i i k c o o ROADS W e e k E n d T ic k e t s A G R IC U L TU R E . a n d You c a n n o t b u ild u p good ag ri- c u ltu re on poor ro ad s. T ho b est d a iry reg io n s in W isconsin an d Illin o is h av e m o re th a n 00 p e r ce n t o f th e ir ro a d s Im proved. I t is becau se th e d a iry m e n h a v e to g o t to m a rk e t w ith th e ir m ilk. W h e re v e r you find a g ric u ltu re m o st highly developed, th e re you w ill And u ro ad th a t goes w ith it. I t is co stin g th e fa rm e rs of K a n s a s n e a rly $18,750,000 a y e a r to h au l th e ir to n n a g e to m a r k e t I t is co stin g u s m o re to d ay to m ove a to n o f p ro d u ce o v er a m ile of road th a n it co st in 1856. “ I f 50 p er c e n t o f th e fu n d s no w sp e n t a n n u a lly on o u r e a r th ro a d s w ere ex p en d ed Ju d icious ly fo r p e rm a n e n t co u stru ctio n th e re w ould soon be a m a rk ed im p ro v e m e n t in th e co ndition o f th e K ansu« h ig h w a y s,” acco rd in g to A. U. Lush, a s s is ta n t h ig h w ay en g in eer. “ T h is g en e ra tio n in K a n s a s ca n h a rd ly e x p ect to see m o re th a n 10 p er ce n t o f th e ro ad s im p ro v ed w ith a r t i ficial su rfaces, a n d o u r big pro b lem a t th e p re s e n t tim e is how b e s t to im p ro v e th e e a rth ro ad s.” —D r. II. J. W a te rs, P re sid e n t of K a n s a s S ta te A g ricu ltu ral Col lege. a re on sale e v e ry S a tu rd a y and S unday w ith r e tu rn lim it o f M onday a t th e follow ing ra te s: Coquille to M y rtle P o in t * r e tu rn 50c, to N o rth Bend and r e tu rn $1 15, to M arshfield 95c, to B ow ers and r e tu rn $1.50, to N o rth L ak e and r e tu rn $1,90. Fishing is Fine in th e m a n y lak es an d riv e rs in Coos, D ouglas and L an e co u n ties. V isit N o rth L a k e th is com ing w eek end and see th e b e a u tie s o f th is sectio n an d tr y y o u r hand a t c a tc h in g th e elu siv e fish. A sk f o r fish in g B u lletin . Southern Pacific Lines F u r t h e r in fo rm a tio n can be secu red fro m LOCAL SO U T H E R N P A C IF IC A G ENT or write to Jolm M, Scott, Oeneral Passenger Agent Purllnml. Oregon MOTOR INFLUENCE ON ROADS. Washington— By J. E. Jones T r i e d to F ly . J o h n N . W i l l y s A tt ri b u te s H i g h w a y • Im p r o v e m e n t to Motorcars. Jo h n M iltou 111 " B rita in to th e Con- ^ q .e st" say s, th a t In y o u th K lu g Ila r- T ho a w a k e n in g of p u blic In te re s t to ol I, la s t o f th e Saxons, s tra n g e ly as- th e im p o rta n c e o f good ro ad s in th is p lin g , lmd m ad e au d fitted w in g s to c o u n try w a s g iv en its ch ief Im p etu s th ro u g h th e ag en cy o f th e au to m o b ile, h.s h an d s a n d feet. W ith th ese, on th e acco rd in g to J o h n N. W illys, w ho h as ti p o f a to w er, sp read o u t to g u th er m ad e a n e x h a u s tiv e stu d y of th e good tl o air, lie Uew m ore th a n a furlo n g ; b u t, th e w in d being too high, he cam e ro ad s su b je ct. “T h e a m o u n t o f m oney sp e n t in th is U uttering to th e ground, m aim in g all c o u n try la s t y e a r o n h ig h w ay c o n s tru c bis lim bs, y e t so coni cited w a s be of tion a m o u n te d to a p p ro x im ately $250,- Ins a r t th a t th e cause of bis fall was 000,000. b u t th is h u g e e x p e n d itu re w as a ttrib u te d to th e w arn o f a tall, as m o re th a n offset by th e fa c t th a t lan d b ird s have, w h ich lie forg o t to m ake. v alu es in m o st lo calities w ere in c re a s T h e Ru li n g P a .« io n . ed a n y w h e re fro m 1U0 to 400 p e r c e n t “ 1 love a F re n ch lioodle. W h at do by th e ro ad im p ro v e m e n ts. I f an e q u a l a m o u n t of m o n ey is p u t in to ro ad ytfu p refer, M aym e?" im p ro v e m e n ts each y e a r fo r th e n ex t “ Ob, I Ju st ad o re an E n g lish se tte r. te n y e a rs th e U n ite d S ta te s w ill be W hat do you like best, J a c k ? " ab le to b o ast of m o re th a n a h a lf m il “ W ell, giv e me nZ W elsh ra b b it.” — lion m iles of good ro ad s, re p re se n tin g '¡a llin lin e A m erican a cost of $2,500,000.000 a n d an a p p re ciatio n in lan d v a lu e s of fu lly $25,- “ T h e big tru n k lines, su ch a s th e L in coin h ig h w a y au d D ixie h ig h w ay , nev e r w o u ld h av e been s ta rte d had it not been fo r th e m o to rc a r,” sa y s M r W illys. “ A nd th e s e tw o I believe to be b u t th e fo re ru n n e rs o f o th e rs t h a t in tim e w ill give th e U n ited S ta te s a s fine a sy s te m of h ig h w a y s a s can b e fo u n d in th e world. “ W h a t th e co m in g o f th e au to m o b ile h a s acco m p lish ed in th e w ay of ro ad im p ro v e m e n t w o rk d u rin g th e la s t ten y e a rs is n o th in g co m p ared to w h a t it w ill do in th e fu tu re . W h en you sto p to c o n sid er th a t th e r e is m ore th a n one m o to r vehicle to e v e ry fifty people in th is co u n try , it is e asy to u n d e rsta n d th e trem en d o u s in te r e s t ta k e n in th e good ro a d s m ovem ent. “ W ith o v er 2,000.000 c a rs in u se a t th e p re se n t tim e a n d w ith a n a d d i tio n al 1 , 200,000 p lan n ed for th e y e a r 1910, it is only lo g ical to believe th a t in th e y e a rs to com e th e p ro p o rtio n of good ro ad s in th e U n ited S ta te s w ill be f a r in ex cess o f w h a t it is to d ay .” O A Y you a re a re a d e r o f th is pa- p er, and w e will send you on ap p ro v al th e h andsom e volum e e n title d ; M O U N T V E R N O N , T H E H O M E O F W A S H IN G T O N . T he co v er and ink used in p rin tin g a re colonial blue, an d th e tu le is in gold leaf. T he p a p e r is F n en eh vellum , an d th e color, colonial bulf T he il lu stra tio n s w ere m ad e by o u r own a r tis ts , by special p erm issio n o f th e a u th o ritie s o f M ount V ernon. T h is is th e sto ry o f im p ressio n s le f t by a tr ip to W a sh in g to n ’s hom e, and an em in en t a u th o rity sa y s: “ B re a th e s m ore o f th e re a l sp irit o f th e place th a n a n y th in g else e v e r w r i t te n .” R e g u la r price $1.00. I f on re c e ip t you find it sa tis fa c to ry , re m it 75c; o th e rw ise r e tu rn w ith in one w eek . U S . P re s* A s so c ia tio n . B o n d B uilding, W a s h in g to n , D C. . WaäSBSSL Q | Ej ftij SPEEDING UP WITH THE RAILROAD T he in a u g u ratio n o f tr a in se rv ic e is cau sin g th e busin ess o f th e Coos Day co u n try to sp eed up. T h e re are still 60 m in u tes in an ho u r and 24 h o u rs in a day . T he ea sie st w ay to sa v e y o u r m in u tes is to use th e telep h o n e to do yo u r b u sin e ss w h e th e r it is acro ss th e s t r e e t , acro ss th e co u n ty o r n t o s s th e S ta te . K eep ah ead o f th e m ails. U se th e telep h o n e. B I) Coos and Curry Telephone Co. 4>< m a rk in g in th e ir localities. I n m any A J. SHERWOOD, PRES. R. E. SHINE, V.-Pres p laces th e to u rists find th e red , w h ite 0 . C. SANFORD, Assi. Cashier L H fHAZARD, Casia., au d b lu e m a rk e r on ev ery su ccessiv e te le g ra p h pole fo r m iles, a s in sectio n s of Io w a a n d N ebraska. Im p ro v e m e n t of acco m m o d atio n s Is MOTOR ROAD IN MEXICO. O F C O Q U I I i i i B , O R E G O JS . g oing on all alo n g th e ro u te . H o tels a re e n la rg in g , are b e tte rin g th e acco m F i r s t H i g h w a y Fop E x c lu s i v e Us e of T r a n s a c t s a G e n e r a l B a n k i n g Husinee»*» Au to mo bi le s R ec en tl y Comp let ed . m o d atio n s w h ich m u st b e offered to *tho to u ris t, an d , w hile m e tro p o lita n ho W h a t is said to b e th e first h ig h w ay I els a n d cu isin e can by uo m e a n s be fo r th e ex clu siv e u se of au to m o b iles (Jorrea opPer* Board of Directora. found on a tra n sc o n tin e n ta l d riv e to ev e r b u ilt in M exico w a s re c e n tly fin K. C. D em en t, A. J . S herw ood, N atio n al B ank o f C o m m erce,N ew Y ork C ity day , th e Im p ro v em en t of co n d itio n s ished b etw een T am p ic o a n d P a n u e o , a L. H a rlo c k e r, L. H. H aza rd , C ro ck er W o o lw o rth N ’l B an k , S an F ra n c isc o has b een w o n d erfu l. T h e tre m e n d o u s d ista n c e o f a b o u t th irty -fiv e m iles. I t Isaiah H a c k e r. R. E S hine. F ir s t N atio n a ll B an k o f P o rtla n d , P o rtla n d in crease in cro ss co u n try to u rin g w hich is fo r th e use o f m o to r tru c k s a n d 1015 rev ealed h as a g r e a te r m ean in g au to m o b iles In e x te n siv e oil o p e ra to th e c o u n try th a n th e econom ic one tio n s a t l ’anuco. T h e h ig h w ay w as w hich a p p e a ls to th e lo cal com m uni- c o n stru c te d b y th e oil com panies. H e re lies. T h o u sa n d s of people a r e seeing to fo re tra n s p o rta tio n b etw een P a n u eo th e ir c o u n try fo r th e firs t tim e in a a n d T am pico h a d b een by b o a ts on th e w ay w h ich b rin g s th e m in to in tim a te P a n u e o riv er, co m p ellin g oil co m p an ies c o n ta c t w ith th e re s id e n ts o f ev ery to m a in ta in ex p en siv e g aso lin e launch- sectio n . T h a t th e m ean s o f ra p id , sa fe se fo r th e ir officials an d o th e r em p lo y a bank a c c o u n t s ta n d s b e an d in d iv id u a l co m m u n icatio n b etw een ees. Now a re g u la r se rv ice of a u to tw een a m an an d m any b u si all se ctio n s o f th e l uffed S ta te s m ean s m obiles will be e s ta b lish e d b etw een a b ro a d e n in g of outlook, a g r e a te r d e th e tw o term in a ls. ness d ifficulties. I t en ab les gree' o f u n d e rsta n d in g b e tw e e n o u r T h e co u n try d is tr ic ts a ro u n d T a m him to know e x a c tly w h a t his w idely s e p a ra te d se ctio n s a n d a m ore pico a r e sad ly la c k in g in good roads, unified n a tio n a lism is c e rta in . b u t it is ex p ected th a t th is co n d itio n cash reso u rces a r e a t all tim e s. T h e p la n s fo r th e c o n tin u a n c e of will be rem ed ied rap id ly . M any of I t p u ts him in a position w h ere th e L in co ln H ig h w ay a s so c ia tio n ’s e n th e la rg e r oil co m p an ies a r e a lre a d y d ea v o r d u rin g th e p re s e n t y e a r co n sp e n d in g co n sid erab le m oney in th e he can ask a loan to m e e t an te m p la te a f u rth e r e x te n s io n o f th e c o n stru c tio n of ro a d s for th e ir p riv a te w ork w h ich h as been d o n e in th o p ast. use. an d la te r m a n y o f th e se h ig h w ay * em erg e n c y , .C all h ere and T h e e d u c a tio n a l w o rk o f th e asso cia p ro b ab ly w ill b e co n n ected an d m ad e learn som e o th e r a d v a n ta g e s . tin'll w ill b e continued. T h e h e a d q u a r in to a g en eral sy ste m a n d th ro w n te rs w ill co n tin u e to a c t a s a c le a rin g open to th e public. ho u se fo r ro ad in fo rm atio n a n d n s a n P la n s a re also on foot fo r a m odern aid to w a rd th e e s ta b lis h m e n t o f o th e r h ig h w a y b etw een T am p ic o a n d M on o rg a n iz a tio n s for sim ila r w o rk . Seed te re y , m o re th a n 325 m iles, an d also ling m iles of hiu iwny w ill b e co n tin u one b etw een M p n terey am i M atam o ras. ally e s ta b lis h e d in th e d iffe re n t s ta te s on th e IUo G ra n d e border,, a b o u t 315 ns is ex p ed ien t. E v e ry e ffo rt w ill be m iles. 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