V PAGE EIGHT (Second Section)"
Tourists' Gold Paves Way For
Great Pan American Highway
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
FRIDAY,
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MEXICO CITY The Pan Amer
ican Highway is nearing comple
tion after 20 years of dreams,
planning and work. Within the
next two and a half years, a tourist
in Washington, Buenos Aires or
San Francisco may be able to crank
up his car and drive 11,200 miles
over all-weather roads linking the
Americas.
The road is paved with tourist
gold. The Mexican tourist depart
ment estimates that nation's tourist
business alone at upwards of 250,
000,000 pesos ($50,000,000) annu
ally. And business is picking up. Dur
ing the war years the Pan Ameri
can Highway south from the U. S.
border to Mexico City practically
was deserted. Tourist automobiles
now are crossing the international
boundary at the rate 3,000 a month.
Most of the traffic from the
North slops at Mexico City. From
Buenos Aires, the southern termi
nus, few tourists venture beyond
Chile after crossing the Uspallata
Pass high in the Andes.
In six months, from November
through April, 1946, 18,040 tourists'
automobiles entered Mexico at
Nuevo Laredo with peak travel in
December, January and February.
Lure Tourists' Gold
Construction of the Pan Ameri
can Highway has helped govern
ments realize that tourist business
is good business and many of them
have sent officials to Mexico City
to learn how to get a portion of the
gold that rides on rubber tires.
Of even greater importance is
the economic effect the highway
will have on each nation and its
neighbors. The Pan American High
way linking the nations together
eventually will lead to construction
of farm - to - market roads and
greater economic interdependence
among the Americas.
United States automobile manu
facturers are allotting a portion of
their production to Latin Amreica
to meet the strong bid of British
manufacturers for the market, but
a car in every Latin American ga
rage must, of necessity, await the
day when costs are in line with
wages.
American-made cars sell for
double to triple the U. S. market
price and used cars with 50,000
to 100,000 miles of wear bring
prices comaprable with new cars in
the U. S. The average daily wage
ranges between five and 10 pesos
($1 to $2.).
Much More to Be Done
Looking at the highway south
bound there are about 1,156 miles
completed from the Mexican bor
der at Nuevo Laredo through Mex
ico City to Oaxaca and some 50
miles beyond. From there to Gua
temala it is hardlv more than a
trail.
Guatemala has a good road from
border to border, but Mexico has
187 miles to finish, Honduras 60,
EI Salvador 20 and Panama 100.
Completion of these stretches will
give an all-weather highway from
the U. S. border to Panama City, a ;
distance of 3,250 miles. j
Engineers believe it will be sev-1
eral years before Panama City is
linked with Columbia a distance I
of 200 miles through wild jungles. '
much of w hich has not even been j
surveyed. Much must be done to I
the South.
Engineers estimate that it will :
take two and one-half years to com
plete the highway and the cost !
will approximate S25,0OO,O00. When :
construction is finished the in
trepid tourist will be able to drive
from Fairbanks, Alaska, over the j
Trans-Canadian and Pan American j
Highways to Buenos Aires, a dist- j
ance of 14,479 miles.
Lamb Pool To Be
Held Clyde Stock
Yards On Monday
A cooperative lamb pool will be
conducted at the Clyde stockyards
on Monday, the 17th it has been
announced by the county farm
agents' office The purpose of the
pool is to assist in the production
of more sjieep in Haywood county
and if possible in marketing lambs
and showing the growers how to
grade them.
All lambs which are to be taken
to the cooperative lamb pool must
be at the stockyards by 12 o'clock
noon or earlier according to the
county agent.
All the lambs will be graded and
marked after which bids will be
taken from the several buyers pres
ent and the pool will be sold in
total to the highest bidder.
The lamb pool is purely a co
operative affair and it should be
understood by all sheep growers
that it is being held to teach them
how to market lambs in order to
receive the greatest net return. No
grower is obligated to sell lambs
at the cooperative pool if they are
not satisfied.
Until July 1, of this year, there
will be a government subsidy of
$2.65 per hundred in lambs weigh
ing 90 pounds or over and $2.00
per hundred on lambs weighing
65 to 90 pounds. There has as yet
been no announcement as to
whether or not this will be con
tinued after July 1. However it
does not seem advisable to sell
lambs too light just to take advan
tage of the subsidy payments, the
county agents pointed out.
There are many buyers for
lambs and all growers arc urged
to realize the most profit for them.
Library Notes
We threw away our one great
peace-making advantage when we
forgot about principles and began
horse-trading.
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Smith's Cut Rate Drus Store
MARGARET JOHNSTON
County Librarian
"Inquire about everything you
do not know; since, for the asking,
you will be guided in the road
oi knowledge." From the Persian.
Useful
Recently one of our borrowers
came in for a book on Poultry.
It seems their chickens were sick
and they couldn't find out the
trouble. Later they told us that
they found out just what to do and
the chickens recovered.
Do you think of the Library in
terms helping you with your every
day problems?
Our hooks on House Planning,
Home Decoration, Furniture,
Crafts of all kinds and Hobbies
arc very much in demand. You'll
find books useful in your Daily
Vacation Bible Schools and at
present a group are being used
in the Bethel community.
Some suggested books are
"Things to make from odds and
ends," "Scrap fun for everyone,"
"Let's make more things," "Small
rain," "David," "Tell me about
Jesus," "Tell me about God," "One
God," "Bible Stories," "Prayer for
a child," "Child's book of prayers,"
and "Moses."
Camps are opening up very soon
now and crafts will be taught. If
you arc interested in a hobby,
let us know what it is and we will
suggest books for you.
Our guess is that every bushel
of grain theoretically "held on the
farm" will provide one peck of
grain fit for food.
Our Grocery Dept.
Offers you a wide variety of Canned
Goods - Flour - Meal and Other
Good Foods
At
Richland Supply Co,
JACK FELMET, Manager
At The Depot Phone 43
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CIFTS FOR A PRINCE OF A FELLOW and each one is a king-size
value for the money. So make your selection here today, confident
that whatever you choose will be something Dad will use. Look over
these suggestions and see how much "father" your gift money goes
at SMITH'S DRIKj! STORE.
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GILLETTE RAZORS
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HOLY BIBLES
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