Show ANUAL 31 melitino UTTING the olli cial call ball for the an annual aai meeting of the pikes peak ocean highway association lias has been issued by president C F adams of 0 Chilli chillicothe mo the meeting Bae eting to be held in a st joseph mo on oil february 6 and 7 tile the dates tor for the meeting were decided by a referendum vote of the directors of all the state divis divisions lofts from new jersey to call fornia road boad problems arising out ot of war conditions will demand first place or on tile the program tor for the annual meet ing according to trie the official call cal which adds in these times first thought must be be given to our coun arys need and ana the activities and of our association must bo be slin iong along such lines as will render the best service to the nation the year 1317 1017 has been a notable one cra in the development ot of the tl e pikes peak ocean to ocean Illg highway liway it witnessed the completion ot of an independent alignment from new york city to sin san francisco and saw sub st stant antal al progress in ili marking logging mopping mr advertisement advertisement and development or of the great central tran scon lin linenthal route the applan way ot of america there are now 11 states which are compIe completely tely organized for the dikea peik peak ocean to ocean III highway hway association cia tion these stretch across the nations greatest industrial agrical tural and scenic areas and mako make the piles paes pil pa es peak highway one of 0 the nations foremost organized routes with railroad traffic tied up because of the tremendous increase in shipping 1 l many states are introducing 4 ing motor trucks to handle the business between cities situated near one another and hard surfaced and improved in roadways arc necessary for this traffic Off officers leers will be elected at the an nual meeting there will be important consider consideration aton of various national lind and sectional problems and fran tr s and full discussion of mobilizing the highway and the entire association for the naton during the war will be action to be taken |