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ANTHONY lOA WilL HOlD MEET TO AID HIGHWAY A Y TO YELLOWSTONE Utah Id Idaho o Yellowstone Highway Association to Have Convention May l 27 IDAHO FAI F Ida May ray IS Exten alvo 81 preparations are aro being made by tho officials of or the Utah Idaho Yellowstone nl hwn association lon for or the big biff convention eon en tion c. c called by In President Mark Austin to be he held hehl at at sf St St. Anthony Anthon Ida liIa at 11 o'clock a n. n m in Monday May 27 1 The dale of or the convention as 19 originally decided upon was as Sa Saturday May Ia 25 5 On account Recount of or the fact that this Is the last Ita day of or the bl big TIed Red Cross drive the orn officials hive have de decided to po postpone the date of or tho the convention to the follow folio following in 11 I Monday y yer Every K er citizen Interested in the propaganda propaganda ganda lIt f good roads from Salt fall alt Lake ell City to Yellowstone Mont ont is most cordially and mI earnestly Invited In to attend this con- con Th Those c who are arc entitled d to a vote in the convention con are arc enumerated In the call of or the convention con hut but everybody Is la welcome and it Is hoped that as lS many manyas as is possible will attend ENTERTAINMENT Most Olt toothsome viands arc being prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared for or a luncheon b by the tho St St. Anthony Anthon Commercial club to be bo given Iven n at t noon on the day of or the convention and all delegates delegates dele dele- gates ates and visitors will viii be bo provided pro auto transportation over the route rout of the highway highway high high- wn way from St. St Anthony Anthon north b by wa way of ot At Ashton to the tho famous Upper Falls of oC the North orth Fork of or Snake river rl through h beautiful beautiful beautiful beau beau- Warm arm er river canyon canon At Idaho Falls delegates and visitors will bo met h by a committee of or local 1 road men at the depot on of or tho the S S1 Sau 15 train from the south From Idaho Falls to Sl St Anthony Anthon delegates and visitors will bo conducted in III autos aulos A band will bo ho in attendance and the chairman of or tho the Idaho Falls local entertainment committee C C. C. C Campbell Local Loal Vice President Otto E E. McCulcheon ron Ion and Secretary M B B. Yeamon of ot tho the thoI I local o Cd I entertainment committee are au authority authority au- au I au-I for the statement that no pains will be spared in seeing to it that ever every I Idel del delegate atc his wife Ife an and family amily and friends i a wm Ill be given ghen a most pleasant enjoyable and anel Inter interesting entertainment I This movement for or a a. convention contention of or the I people along tho the route of or this highway should be given the most heart hearty support b by all public spirited citizens The significance sig sig- 81 significance nce of or the tho fact tact that the officials of or the association have ha been heen requested to aid tho the national government In It Its plans for tho the successful carrying out of or orthe the preparation of or the United States government gov r-o- in this war can not be Every cry good oo roads association In t fact ct ever every agency acene has been requested to do its utmost to al aid in tho the transportation of or I war yar munitions food supplies anti and soldiers in order to enable the tho government o to fulfill fulfill ful ful- I fill nl r ls If o m is o t frt o tl th li a III Il i t t r f f i 11 h ii i mi no t. t pr in to v iuca es LU LV o U urn s our quota of or men within a given i period It is quito quite likely in to order that this be done I Incoming food supplies ma may necessarily have to be distributed from rom central points such as Idaho Falls Pocatello Salt Lake City CIl Ogden Orden Brigham City Logan Locan and Malad City to the smaller towns along alonS' the route 0 of this highway In order to meet the emer emergency ency It Is hoped that everyone will do his utmost to see t-eo to it that tho the main highways of traffic raffia are placed In tho the best po possible condition and that In sort is tho the object and tho the purpose of or the executive cx commIttee committee committee com com- of or the Salt Satt Lake Yellowstone Highway ay association In calling the convention convention convention con con- at St. St Anthony on May Ia 27 1918 Tho The following is the call which has been issued b by President Mark Marl Austin and the executive committee of tho the Utah-Idaho Utah Yellowstone Highway association association asso asso- elation THE CALL Idaho Falls Id Ida May rn 9 I 1913 Dear Sir At a meeting of or tins the members of or the executive committee of the Utah Idaho Yellowstone HI Highway h a association held a at as St. St Anthony Anthon Ida May 6 1918 1915 by proper I resolution in accordance with the rules and laws by-laws of this a association a n. convention con con- I of or the members of this ai association association ocia- ocia con I tion lion and of or those other persons why were wele authorized d l by Iw r resolution to attend was I i I I I I called to meet at St St. Anthony Anthon Ida Monday Mon Mon- da day May In 27 7 1 IS at the hour of or ron ron-I 11 o'clock a a. a m m. The following persons are entitled to a voting representation iti in tho the sal said convention convention con con- The officers and members of the association asso elation the members of or the boards o of county commissioners of or each of or tho seventeen se counties along the route of or the highway the tho governors of or the two states of or Utah and Idaho tho the members of or the two state highway commissions lons of or Utah and Idaho the two state engineers of ol Utah and Idaho tho the state officials of tho the two states of Utah and Idaho the district forestry officials and the supervisors of or orthe the national forests In whose jurls Jurisdiction leton I the route of this highway lies each ma mayor or of or each city and town lown along the tho route of or tho hh highway wa each proprietor of or a garage al or 01 automobile agency of or the several towns alon along the route of tho the highway each proprietor or mana manager er or representative e of each newspaper published Inthe in inthe inthe the several cities and towns along the I rout route of or the tho highway Governor ex-Governor Frank R. R Gooding of Idaho Ono One delegate to be appointed by hr the count county commissioner of or each of the several soy sev I eral oral counties one delegate to be he appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed b by the Commercial club and Rotary Ro- Ro tal ary tary club or other civic organization of or each cach of or the cities and towns on the route roule of or said ld highway one dI delegate ate to bo ho appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed by the governor o of or Utah and one ono oney by y tho governor of or Idaho in case of or the absence of ot tho ho chief executive Those delegates appointed b by an any of or the sources authorized should present written authority author- author ty ity It for their credentials as aN such delegate This meeting Is called for tho the purpose c cor of or reviewing the tho work wort of or the a association for the past two years ears since Its organization 1 lon tion March 23 1916 and for the purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of or authorizing and outlining the plans lans for th the e w work rk of the a association In the he future for the election of or association officials to carry carryon on said work and generally gen Jen- cr orally speaking to renew public Interest In n road work along the highway It has been cl Intimated to the officers of or this association that in conformance with the plans of or the war and ind navy department in ht the conduct of or orthe the part which the United States o of America is to play in furnishing men ammunition equipment and food a a. most unprecedented freight car shortage Is anticipated anticipated an- an for lor th the next six months Jt behooves behooves be- be hooves the people to place main highways and In fact tact all of or the roads and highways of the United States in th the best possible condition In ht order that wo we woma ma may b by teams and wagons and auto trucks to and from the more mor central railroad points the necessities of life to sustain the people of or the United States v ho are aro doing their bit at home The Tho Salt Lake Yellowstone highway a Is Isho ho tho only direct north and south route between be- be tween the northwest transcontinental highways and tho the Lincoln highway the Midland trail and the Pikes Pike's peak peal ocean oceano to o ocean route all converging at t Salt Lake City Utah in the Intermountain region It Is one of or the most Important routes in ht the western United States The cooperation and the attendance attend attend- ance of or every cry public spirited citizen is l r requested que ted by the tho orr officials t als of this as association association ocla- ocla tion in hi making this convention con a a. success and In formulating a progressive and nd useful program pro am In carrying out the tho plans of lr our president Woodrow Wilson and andIn andIn andin in aiding g tho the whole people the period of or the existence of or orthis this organization a n great amount of or work has been accomplished d In constructing I. I this main highway With reference to the tourist travel which has been carded carried carried car car- ried ded over o this route governmental figures show on Incoming Yellowstone park traffic traffic fic for tor the years cars 1916 an and 1917 that the Yellowstone or western entrance to the park one out of or six entrances carried I practically half hal of or the total traffic In into to the i lark larl ark Members and delegates ele from all points between Salt Lake City and Idaho Falls will be met at the Oregon Short Line depot at Idaho Falls rand tind conveyed from rom Idaho Falls to St St. Anthony Anthon In autos After the convention con a luncheon Is to be g- g given ven the tho visiting delegates by the St St. Anthony Commercial club Thereafter those desiring desiring desiring de de- siring to do so will be he taken In autos ov over r the highways from flom St SL Anthony Anthon to Ashton and from Ashton over tho the route of or the new highway in the l national forest to the Upper Falls of or the North NorthFork Fort Fork of the Snake river and returned during the afternoon to an any point along the Ore Oregon on Short Line railroad they may designate Each gach person Invited to participate In Inthe Inthe inthe the deliberations of this convention and anel each delegate expecting to attend arc are re requested requested re- re quested to advise the secretary at Idaho Falls Ida Itla as soon eoon as po possible J. J lIve tive committeemen rind and local vice Ice presidents presidents dents are nIe c expressly r requested Cu sted to look after aCter this matter In order ordel to facilitate late tho the matter mattei of or accommodations MARK AUSTIN President |