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Show DELEGATES TO CONVENTION Twenty-nine governors have named delegates to represent their states In the serond federal . i 1 , xl roads von ventlou called by the American Automobile Au-tomobile association to take place In Washington, D. C March ' and 7 Correspondence with the executives In the remaining slates indicates that the representation tuuy cover tho entire en-tire is commons ealthfl The volume of inquiry pouring in upon the a a ..t ts national headquarters head-quarters gives convincing evidence that the people of every section Ot the country are aroused to the neoesstt) of having the national governmenl do its pan in building and maintaining the highways, end the Indications are that attendance at ihe forthcoming convention will be twice as large as at the first convention 8 year r.go, and that It will be the most irapor tant gathering of good roads p?onie ever held In this country Many of the governors who have appointed delegates are very much awake to the Importance of the fed eral aid propaganda, and show thai they Intend to matte It their business to aid the cause In any way possible Following are quotations from what some of them have said In their letters let-ters Oovernor Hunt of Arizona: "I am heartily in favor of every movement tending to further the good roads cau6c in which your organization ia so active, and I trust the delegates I have uamed will take a keen and bt Qeflclal Interest In the work of ;he convention " Governor Blea6e of South Carolina: "The subject of good roads Is one which ewo man should be Interested In and I hope that this state will be represented and thai much yood will be derived from the convention ' Governor Mann of Virginia: I de sire to do what I can to aid you in sccurinc federal aid for good roads." Governor Brew of Mississippi "I appreciate the Impetus ien to good roads building b your association, aud heartily favor everything 'hat promotes the building and maintenance mainten-ance of good highways." Governor Amnions of Colorado "I assure you I am in sympathy with ilio idea of federal aid for the construction construc-tion of public highways." Governor Cox of Ohio "I am heartily heart-ily In sympathy with the good roads movement " Governor Miller of Delaware You may rest assured that anything 1 can dn io promote the good roads movement, move-ment, either in Delaware or elsewhere. else-where. I shal do " Governor Sulzer of New York "There are few questions before the 1 ounirv today which mean so much to the present and future generations a3 the cause of good roads'" The Maine stale board of trad, his I named thirteen delegates representing! every section of the state The Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce of Raleigh. N. C has named eleen: the Chamber of Commerce ot Birmingham, Ala. five the Western Montana Associations ot commercial clubs ten. the Inland Umpire Federation of Commercial Clubs of Spokane. Wash., five; with like representation Horn the boards of trade of Lincoln. Neb.: Wichita. K:is.. Springfield, . Stamford. Conn., Little Roc k, Ark.. Atlanta. Ga . Louisville. Louis-ville. Ky . Omaha Neb.. Albany, N v.. Toledo, o, Newark, 'N. .1 Kansas City, Mo., and a score or more of the large towns of the country In addition to all these comes the largi croup of delegates from good roads organizations and the 44 State organizations rind BOO local clubs, COH BtltUenl bodies of the A A A whci are preparing to go to Washington Ith even more than their usual degree de-gree or .-nthusiasm for the good mads movement |