C. E. Fisher

“ He drops into a city or hamlet, engages a hall, makes no admission charge and talks for an hour and a half, illustrating his lecture with splendid stereopticon views of good and bad roads from Illwahee to Timbuctoo, from Maryhill to London and Berlin, and incidentally, quite incidentally, brings in a series of beautiful slides showing the grandeur of scenery in the Oregon Cascades. It is alecture that is not only inspirational but effective. He seldom leaves an audience unconvinced of the value of well-built highways.
Who is Sam Hill? ”

“ He is president of the Maryhill Land Company, Maryhill, Washington; President of the United States Trust Company of Seattle, Washington; President of the American Road Builders' Association; Honorary Life President of the Washington Good Roads Association; Vice-president of the Pacific Highway Association; Vice-President of the Columbia River Highway Association; Vice-president of the International Road Congress; Member of the Canadian Highway Association and an active member of over a dozen social clubs from New York city to Portland.
Sam Hill is a busy man. ”

“ He has another hobby aside from good roads, although related to that very laudable subject. For some years he has had made in Berlin, each year, a globe, similar to those found in all well regulated libraries, but embodying some special line of study. One is devoted to earthquakes ”