About h month f;.,o fcho Texas Highway Commission gave the nano of H:jiHi DA. VI. 5 to the highway from the Hod River thru Austin and Han Antonio to Laredo. This highway, nationally known no the HILHAY from vininog to Mexico City, was none time ago locally named tud 3?a? i;-:••'!•* hioihay. At the sane meeting the OLD 3£AMI;3H TRAIL from Orange to LI Paso was named in Texas the ;>v? AH T. A1L3TIL' HIGH--AY. At the last meet- ing of the Highway Commission the nano STEPHEN /. iib.jTIH was abandoned and JLPTTHS VJ "DAVIS H VDRIAL HIGH.7AY substituted. Hev.s reports state tho highway from Rod River to Laredo la now being marked by the Highway Department as JLFJfRRSOH .'DAYIH HIGH,/AY and tho Highway Commissioners say J XI DAVIS IR’II JRIAL HIGHWAY is settled for tho Orange—Rl Paso road. Shis if persisted in means the destruction of tho Old Spanish Trail from St. Augustine, Florida to San Diego, California r.a n national highway, for Texas with one-third tho distance across the continent can make or break tho project. ; ' The old Spanish Trail was organised at Mobile in 1915 and has boon a continuous active organisation over since. At u conference in Houston in 1919 3an Antonio was asked to assume the national headquarters work. The value of connecting such a project across Texas was recognised and tho Ran /.ntonio chamber of Commerce appropriated -1000 and others followed with support in loyal measure. In the ton years of this work members have spent over 100,000 personally. They have succeeded not only in making the old Spanish Trail a connected transcontinental trunkline of very valuable possibilities to the south, but they have fostered tho construction program until ‘55,000,000 have already been spent; R7,900,000 of construction in progress will bo completed this year; ‘10,000,000 of new construction will be inaugurated in 1925. Tho Old Spanish Trail is known all over tho land. It is of record In national offices everywhere, on all maps, in government manuals, at schools, libraries, colleges, and with all magazine editors interested in outdoor life and auto travel. More mgusi.no and feature articles aro published than for any other national highway. its nunc, its historical background, its potential service to national tourist travel, and tho possibilities of its territory for settlement, development, fishing, camping and routing, all appeal to the northern editors. If lot alono it win be tho nation’s boot known highway. The OS? association in the past ten years has published 40,000 service and general maps; 10,000 four-color lithograph wall maps; 50,000 miscellaneous leaflets and booklets; 20,000 Traveloga and now has a wealth of material ready for a Texas Travelog of 20,000 copies; magazine and feature articles hove reached n circulation of over 4,000,000; over 2000 miles of roads have been marked and now marking 5n necessary; aero milestones have boon dedicated by presidents and governors; 03? field men have traveled over 50,000 miles in thin work—In the early days they wallowed in mud and mire working out courses of tho highway across the EE'UGK:'