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Show I ' Big Good Roads I Meeting In June PHj . x H Advices from O. J. Stllwcll of ttio H Inter-Mountain Good roads nssocla- PK tlon which organization met In I'oc- PB tcllo two years ago Is to tne effect H- that June 11, 12 mid 13 aro the days H selected for tlio fourth annual meet- PH log this year at Dolso. B Dr. h. P. McCalla of IJoIsc, chair- PB man of tho cxccutlvo commltteo for H tho stato ot Idaho Ib busy already, PH on tho preliminary arrangements and H ' wo nro Informed that tho Uolso Com- B mcrclnl club Is taking In hand tho Hj matter of properly caring for tho con- H ventlon. B 4 President J. A. Ilondrlckson of B9 this city has called a meeting of tho B8 exccutlvo commltteo for Uolso on BS April 1G, which will bo attended by ' President IlendrlckBon and Secretary Hb O. J. Stllwcll and to which tho mem- Bj bcrs of nil committees In this stale H will belnvlto d nt which tltno too PH program wll bo rounded Into shnpo HI nnd nn nggrcsslvo publicity campaign HI for tho coming convention will bo In- Hi auguratcd. Exccutlvo committeeman Hi Wo. Wnllln Is now sending out not- H Ices and Invitations for this executive Hi meeting. Hi Tho membership of tho various com Hi mlttccs for tho stato aro as follows: Hi Executive committee, L. P. McCalla, Hi Boise; R. H. Smith, Hoxburg; Wm. Hi ; Wallln, Pocatello. Legislative com- HJ J mlttee, E. R. Sherman, Iluhl. M. J. Hi Kerr, St. Anthony; Theo Turner, Po- Hi , catello. Highway commltteo, T, IK Hi Ellsworth, Ilexburg; Miles Cannon, HJ j WclBcr; Dr. 0. W. States, Franklin; Hi Otto a. nelnbnrdt, Nampa; Harry h. Hi I Yost, Dolso. HJj Many now features aro contcmplat- HJ cd for tho meeting this year which Is HJ expected to bo greater In every re- HJ sped than the ono held m Logan, HJ j thoro wcro 265 delegates registered HJ ono for each day in tho year. Efforts HJ aro being made already to procuro HJ j the governments good roads exhibit HJ nnd speakers of national reputation. HJ Nearly ovory county In Utah and HJ scattering counties In nil other stntcs Hj j encourago financially tho attendance Hj ' nt these conventions of tho members HJ ' ot tholr board ot county commission- HJ ers nnd It Is fully expected this year HJ that n special train will bo arranged HJ to carry thQ delegates from Utah and HJ I south Idaho points to tho convention. HJ ' Tho chairman ot tho board of county HJ commissioners in overy county In the HJ states of Idaho, Utah, Montana, Col- HJ i orado, Wyoming and Nevada, will HJ thlg year bc urged tq attend tho con- HJ ventlon and furnish n written report HJ of the rond work and experlenco" HJ in road making In his county to be HJ published In a book form nftcr tho ad- HJ Journment ot tho convention. HJ j The object of tho Inter-Mountain HJ Good roads association as set out In HJ Its constitution Is "primarily to pro- HJ nioto tho building of good roads and HJ uniform highways In and through tho HJ various states constituting tho torrl- J tory and scope ot this association; to J encourngo tho passage of uniform road HJ Inws In tho various states and tho HJ gathering nnd dissemination of data HJ nnd Information tending to promoto HJ the enactment of such legislation, tho J dissemination of data and information HJ among th0 road comralsslonors of tho J various states that will old In the con- J struction of the oest highways at tho HJ lawest coBt; to aid In tho establish- H ' lUK"i oi inier-siato nignways In tho J est and between tho capitals and J principal cities thereof; tho promo- HJ tlon nnd location of proper routes for J national highways from coast to HJ i coat and from the Grand Canyon of J the Colorado to tho Yellow Stono Nat- J onal Park and to endeavor by overy J legitimate means to induce the na- J tional government and states to nld J In the construction of hlghwnys over J and through th0 vast plains and J canj'ons of tho Ilocky Mountain ro- J B'n by appropriation nnd proceeds J of public lands, or by other direct op- J proprlatlons or legislation." J Thrco annual meetings of tho aseo- J clntion havo been held sinco its or- HJ ganlsatlon in Salt Lake City In 1910 m c nt Ogden, Pocatello and Logan; at tho meeting In Dolso this year ono of tho principal questions to be solved Is tho financing ot tho association and tho cmployiner" of a salaried secretary secre-tary to further tho work of education educa-tion at nil times and arranging for tho annual conventions. Tho organization has a president of tho board of county commissioners In overy county in tho various states is a vlco president of tho association, tbo chairman ot tho exccutlvo commit I tcca In tho various states form an exo cut(vo board who outllno tho work of tho association and choose a successor success-or to tho elected officers in tho ovent of a vacancy subject to tho approval ot tho next annual convention. Tho make up ot tho conventions ot tho association consists of all officers and all members who havo Jolnea tho association and aro paying tho membership mem-bership too; In addition to this, governors gov-ernors nro authorized to appoint twenty delegates and all mayors, chairmen of boards, commerlcal clubB good roads associations and kindred organizations aro authorized to appoint ap-point G delegates each. Tho organization organiz-ation has thrco kinds of membership member-ship regular, contributing and sustain ing. The Intcr-Mountnin Good Hoads as' soclatlou Is ono of the Uvest in tho country. At its meeting last year in addition to the many government features men of promlnenco came from tho east to attend tho conventions; conven-tions; A. G. Uatchelor, chairman of tho executive- board of tho American Ameri-can Automobllo association made It tho occasion for bis general western visit In an oftlclnt capacity, Jesso Taylor Tay-lor editor of Hetter Hoads at Youngs-town Youngs-town Ohio ennio out to attend It and such interest was manifest nt tho meeting of tho association that mem-bors mem-bors nnd delegates wero loath to leavo after three dnys of thrco sessions per day. Tbo organization Is said to havo given moro publicity to tho good road causo than any other llko organization In tho country of tho snm0 ago. Tho organization will gain groat ImpotUB with tho meeting of this year nt Ilolso and after settling tho question ques-tion of revenuo for tho Becetary's office, of-fice, wll take Its place as a power for good in a field distinctively Us own. Its success so far is duo entirely to Its educational and instructlvo trend; unliko many other organizations of this kind It hns no particular routo to push any particular comrunlty to benefit; it works for them all to tho end that tho great body of tho people in all walks of life wilt eventually corao to a full nnd correct appreciation apprecia-tion of tho advantages o good roads. Now that tho dato for tho Dolso convention hn8 been definitely decided de-cided upon there will bo great doings in tho official family of tho L. M. Q. II. A.; and tho good roads peoplo in all tho states and prrtlcularly tho states nearest tho point of meeting will begin to figure on attending. "Good Roads for All the Peoplo," is tho slogan of tho association and It Is getting moro or less famous, notwithstanding not-withstanding its tenror ago, for Its inslstance upon everybody to get to- ', gothor nnd discuss good roads "bo-tween "bo-tween seed tlmo and harvest," in tho middle of Juno. : m. I |