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Show FOR PROMOTING GOOD ROADS Suggestion Made by Chairman Dieh for Great National Congress to Be Held in Washington. "I'lKiucsiionalily the lime 1ms up rived for :i rent national road con jjress to be held once a year in th( national capital under federal govern iiient. direction," asserts George C Iield, chairman of the American Au tomohile association good roads board "This Kl herliiK in Washington would he under the auspices of the United Stales oflice of public roads and rural engineering of the depart inent of agriculture," continues Mr IMehl, "and the event could tie made most comprehensive in its scope; there could be a complete exhibit of roac machinery and road materials; there could be sample construction of various vari-ous kinds of highways; road schools could be conducted for state, count j i and town engineers, and various tech , nical phases of the work could be sel forth by trained experts who would gladly attend such a great good-road event. ''Then there would come the interrelated interre-lated phases of road travel, and roac transportation. Undoubtedly the department de-partment of the interior, because of its national parks, would set forth the scenic attractions which are under government supervision. Various states would be given opportunity of advertising adver-tising their attractions. "The good-roads board believes in state highway conventions which are generally called for a specific purpose In (lie endeavor to concentrate the efforts ef-forts of road enthusiasts for definite ends. These state meetings are of incalculable in-calculable value, for the state is the political subdivision which must carry on by far the greatest burden of future road construction and maintenance. "With the vast amount of funds being be-ing expended throughout the country, the government of the highway departments depart-ments is becoming largely a question of scientific management, and it is believed be-lieved that if the county were the smallest unit of administration greater efficiency would result. The numerous1 state good-roads meetings converged into a great national congress once a year, held in the national capital, it is believed would be the best way of handling the changed highway situation, situa-tion, and the government could proper- v Good Read in Colorado. ly . assume the obligation resuLting from the management of this great national na-tional event. "The time has arrived when highway high-way conventions shonld have more ol an official character. There should b a good-roads meeting in every township town-ship in the United States at least once a year, held under the chnrge of the chief highway official of the township. There should be -at least one county meeting held every year in each county, coun-ty, under the charge of the county engineer en-gineer or the chief highway official. There should be one state meeting in each state each year, under the charge of the state highway commission. commis-sion. Then the local automobile clubs, he good roads associations and others could co-operate in these conventions as their interest and location warranted. war-ranted. The township, county and state meetings should be held before the national meeting, so that at each of the smaller gatherings delegates could be named to go to the national convention, which in reality would be a great good roads school, lasting for one week or two weeks, In the city of Washington, under the charge of the most important highway official of the country, namely, the federal authority in charge of governmental expenditure." Set a Good Example. Drug the road's adjoining your farm and set a good example to our neighbors. neigh-bors. A few hours spent now in filling fill-ing up the ruts and leveling the surface sur-face of the road will he worth much vhen marketing time comes. Only Busy Men Have Time. If you are too busy to keep up tho oad in front of your farm, you ought to have more work to do, so you would be still busier, for you know that only busy men have time to do anything arth while. |