Show CONVOY SHOWS HIGHWAY NEED COURIER SAYS S Dr S. S M. M Johnson Ahead of Motor l' Train Addresses cs Rota R Rotary tary Club Herald Special O Ogden den Aug 13 13 1 Dr S. S SM M. M I. I Johnson chairman of or committee on arrangements arrangement arrangements arrange arrange- ments ment to dedicate the tho Zero milestone erected at Washington D D. D C. C Coo and the starting point of or the transcontinental motor transport convoy due In Ogden Osden Monday arrived here toda today He was was the guest of the Rotary club and ad addressed addressed ad- ad dressed that bod body on tho subject o of good roads Dr Johnson is tho the author o of legislation legisla legisla- tion lion dealing with the disposition of motor vehicles used b by the army during the war an executive officer of oC the American Automobile association and Is traveling with the con o convoy He Ito left teU the convoy con convoy at Rawlins Wyo 0 and came cameon I on to Ogden by hy train He Ile will rejoin tho the convoy hero and at al Salt Satt I Lake iko ho he will visit his slater sister Mrs Wade ado Loofborough The O COh convoy Is in command of Co Col I. I C. C N W. McClure who commanded an ammunition train of or motor trucks truck and kept them moving mo to the front line In Inthe Inthe Inthe the eu e-Ar e onne offensive l said ald Dr Johnson There Is also with the cono contoy convoy con o toy voy Capt Bernard McMahon lc lahon who was In command of the motor convoy con that moved mO war tar material from Chicago Detroit Detroit De De- troit and anti such points to the seaboard besides a lumber of or officers and men who have ha soon scon service in Ir France mCc Good Needed c The rho trip I Is demonstrating tho the absolute absolute absolute lute need of oC good roads and is proving a powerful stimulus to the movement mo for a system of or national highways At ever every crossroads village and elt city from Washington here we have havo found automobiles automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles parked and people In waiting I for the arrival al of the cono convoy We e have ha como come through h an avenue of waving wa flags lags and aud cheering people and In all of ot otIn In my experience I J have ha never Meyer addressed s d gatherings exhibiting such ouch boundless enthusiasm Vo We arc are entering upon an era In which motor vehicles chicles on modern highways high high- highways ways arc are as Important as was the Invention in invention invention In- In of tho the locomotive and the building of the transcontinental railways rall- rall ways wars When hon the they started to build 11 tho the railways however CI tho they first l provided pro the proper roadbed and later put pUl tho the rolling rollinS' t stock In commission Tho Idea Ida Is now taking root In the minds of the majority o of the people that there hero I Is ha a necessity for more comfortable comfort- comfort able swift and economic t Ion Wo o now have o more than automobiles and more than motor InO- InO tor trucks truck In commission before eforo suitable suitable suit sult- able uhle roadbeds havo been provided provide In Inthis Inthis this country Tho result Is a n financial drain so 10 great that there Is not a community In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United States rich enough h to bo be justified In continuing this nent able ahlo waste It costs twice as much to operate a motor eh vehicle over poor roads as It docs does over o good roads la In Vehicles lt There arc are now some six and one one- half billions invested ted In motor to vc- vc These Tho Ih r. r would 1 last Ins I twice ft 1 au UI Ions lom- o cr proper roads road and therefore the tho expenditure of six tx and antl one half billions billions billions bil bil- bil- bil lions to Improve e tho the national highways s would be national economy in addition to tho saving sling of or limo time and energy The present appropriations arc ut utterly utterly ut- ut terl terly inadequate for the purpose 0 and andare andare are far tar below bolow t the he a war after appropriations appropriations made b by France orance and England for Improvement of or their highways Itis It Itis is reasonable to suppose that the next step tel In advancement will be bc the tho paving pa o of the national highways o of the country country coun cOUrt tr try and the thc county count state and federal governments combining their strength to complete this task In a reasonable time lime The rhe movement mO is gaining ground round that the federal government take hold holdIn In than heretofore and a stronger wa way I at its own expense construct and maintain maintain main main- tain highways of the mO most l permanent typo along the transcontinental routes of travel tra Dr Johnson is the orl originator of or the Zero monument Idea President Wilson Wil ll son will dedicate ate the one erected at Washington ton some Momo time line In tho fall Call Both he and Secreta Secretary Baker are arc taking a adeep adeep deep Interest In th the present trip hen When tho con o convoy arrives at San Sun Francisco the monument marking the tho end of tho the trip is to tei be erected |