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Show J, 6000 DELEGATES APPOINTED TO I THE GOOD ROADS CONVENTION X Approximately 1000 Delegates From Each of The Six States Will be Appointed. Many Names Arc Already in. Governor Gov-ernor Norris of Montana Appoints 45 Delegates at Large. i Good Roads Train Consisting of Four Cars Will be Here, A Program is Being Outlined. Governor Spry Will Make The Opening Address. The ExecutUo Committee of tho In ter-Mountaln Good Iloads Association met In tho Commercial Club last Saturday Sat-urday and outlined many of tho de-tails de-tails of tho coming Good Itoads Con-vcntlon.l Con-vcntlon.l It Is beginning to look an If this convention fs going to bo 01.0 of tho biggest events in tho West this j ear. Thero will bo approximately 1000 delcgntes appointed from each of tho six states embraced In tho -r-gnnlation; namely, Utah, Idnho, Colorado, Nevada, Wyoming and Montana. Mon-tana. Tho Qovornors of each of the States are asked to be, present. Two bin a already consented. Governor Spry will mako"the'oponing address. Wlillo each Governor Is allowed to appoint but twenty delegates at larto, Governor Norris of. Montnna, In order to bo assured that his full number of delegates would bo present, has appointed ap-pointed forty-five, believing bo would be Buro of twonty. This alono shows tho Interest in the adjoining states In'tho Good Iloads meeting to bo hold hero in Logan. Delegates will be appointed ap-pointed by nil tho Governors, County Commissioners, City Councils and Automobile Au-tomobile associations. Among tho speakers at tho convention, conven-tion, Jesse Taylor of Ohlo.edltor of tnu Good HoadB Magazine, a regular "stem-winder" on Good Roads, will le here! also A. I). Hatchelder, chair- .aian of America's organization of Au-Jj" Au-Jj" jpmoblles, two and probably nioro Government Good Itoads advocates from Washington will also bo on tUi program. Tho Gocrnment Good Iloads Train will como Into Logan a day or two before the Convention nnd sufficient time will be given all tho delegates a veil as tho peoplo from our city and cou.ity, u cbnnco to hear tho lecturers and seo tho samples of ih? various kinds of good roads. The Short Lino peoplo havo agreed to furnish sleepers to bo stationed at (be depot to accommodate such delegates dele-gates ns tho town is unablo to tako care of. Letters havo como In from the committees of all tho states assuring tho Gcnernl committee of their cooperation co-operation In the Convention. L. "W. Page, President of tho American Association As-sociation for Highway Improvement, a government official at Washington, has invited this association to becomo a membor of tho National Association, thus tho Inter-Mountain organization is acknowledged by tho head Assocl-i Assocl-i atlon of tho Nation. Tho Logan Tabernacle has been ar- ranged for so thnt thero will bo an abundnnco of room for nil tho dclo-i dclo-i gates as well as local peoplo from i our city nnd county. It Is to bo : hoped that tho county peoplo will turn out nnd get tho advantage of this great opportunity. Ono of our best bands will bo engaged en-gaged for tho threo days, and varl-ous varl-ous committees havo boon appointed to nrrango for the entertainment of tho visitors. As Logan Is tho home of two of tho largest colleges of our west, there should bo no difficulty In piovldlng tho finest kind of musical and other entertainments, for our .many visitors. ' " It Is to bo hoped that eery Logan-ito Logan-ito will tako pride In this convention that our neighboring Btates may learn that Logan Is on the mnp, that it tins tho finest location of any city In tho west, that Cache Valley is the pnt-tlest pnt-tlest valley on tho globe, that wo havo as good water as can bo found anywhere, any-where, and other facilities equal to those found In any state. Let's Join hands and mnko tho convention nn educational event in tho way of road building. |