Motorists in the region would soon be getting a new service – a daily report on highway conditions in the Northwest.
This was the brainchild of E.M. Keyser, the meteorologist in charge of the Spokane office of the federal Weather Bureau.
“There is no reason that this road service should not be established in the weather office in Spokane,” said Keyser. “… The (head of) the Good Roads Bureau has given it his hearty endorsement and has advised me that spring and fall months are the time when the service is most needed.”
In 1921, mud rivaled snow and ice as an impediment to motorists.
Keyser explained that road
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