Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-16

/ an appropriation by congress as will insure
| the speedy and permanent establishment oi
! such service throughout the country whert
| conditions as TO good roads and population
| Will Justify and that we hereby Respectfully
! request our members of congress in botl
| the senate and house to vote for the ap'
! propriation.
Resolved That the construction of i'm
proved highways deserves the most Wig
! orous attention and support of the United
! states Department of Agriculturei that the
| Office of road inquiry should be permanently
! established one of its regular divisions
| and the appropriation for its support he
| largely increased so that it may extend its
work of education and may encourage the
construction Of sample roads in all states
we recommend this subject to the attention
or our congressman and urge them to use
all honorable efforts to that end.
Resolved That we the people Of Iowa;
agriculture, for assigning officials of the
road inquiry Office to our agricultural col
lege and to conventions held i'm this state
for instructing the students and farmers
In scientific road improvement.
In its report the committee on resolutions
had included the following which brought
UP warm debate and was finally stricken
out:
That the maximum levy of road tax shall
be mills on the dollar OF the tax value
of all property in the county outside Of in
corporated towns and cities, and a levy on
all property in Incorporated towns shall
be l mill on the dollar and such money SO
raised snail be expended under the direction
of the Board of Supervisors.
The opposition to this resolution was led
by Alderman Casper, who was opposed to
the supervisors having control over any road
fund raised by taxation within the municipal
limits
Legislative Committee.
The following legislative committee, with
Vice President Matthews as chairman, was
nv Tod. Hi, a i.
Audubon, A. P. Greenwaldt, Audubon; Cass
B. H. Scott, Griswod; Guthrie, H. l.. Mar
shall Guthrie Center; Harrison, ]. X Nc
Cavern, Missouri Valley; Mills, C. p. Kinney
Malvern Montgomery, C. S. Merriman. VII
lisca; Pottawattame, B. G. Aud. Wright
township; Shelby. S. L. Dunmore, Harlan.
A permanent district association was or
ganized with the following officers: Presi-
dent, H. l.. Marshall, Guthrie Center; secre-
tary, c. P. Kinney, Genwood, and vice presi-
dents from each county in the district as
follows: Adair, ]. D. Friel, Greenfield;
Audubon, S. P. Gosmire. Gray; Cass,
d. B. Frink, Cumberland: Guthrie,
]. R. Dosh, Stuart Harrison, G. E. Reiff,
Woodbine; Mills w. c. De Lashmutt, Glen
wood Montgomery c. s. Merriman. Villisca
Shelby, S. C. Dunmore, Harlan Pottawatta-
mie, S. G. Underwood, Council Bluffs.
The convention then adjourned subject to
the call of the district president.
Among those present were: DR.. ]. R.
Dosh, Stuart; P. D. Ege, Menlo; H. L. Mar
shall, Guthrie Center; j. Kirkwood Missouri
Valley; d. w. Smith, Woodbine; ]. r. Whit
taker, Little Sioux; ]. X. McGavern, Mis-
souri, Valley; w. c. Delashmutt, Seth Dean,
G. P. Kinney, Harvey Dean, Glenwood; W.
r. Johnson Malvern; F. H. Plumer, Silver
City; j. l. Markey, e. M. Murphy Red Oak;
c. S. Merriman, Johns Himiller Villsca;
Herman Mendel, Nicola; State Senator A. s.
Hazelton Alderman l.. A. Casper, Supervisor
John NJ. Matthews, Council Bluffs, and B. G.
Aud, Wright township
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