Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-10
FOR CAUSE OF GOOD ROADS
Convention for Ninth Congressional District
10 Be Held Friday.
NINE COUNTIES TO BE REPRESENTED
Outline of the Subjects that Are to
he Taken I'd for Consideration
What the Convention
VIII Ask.
NINE COUNTIES TO Be REPRESENTED

county supervisor j. M Matthew's, vice
president for the Ninth congressional dis
trct of the state Good Roads and Public
Improvement association OF Iowa, has issued
a call for a district convention to be held
ne,A Friday in this city. The convention
will be comprised of the delegates selected
in the various counties in the district and
will be called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. in
the superior court room at the county court
house. In his circular announcing the con-
vention President Matthews says:
ITO attend this convention are invited
all who have an interest in the effort max
ing throughout the state in behalf of proper
legislation chiefly in the interest of such
system OF road making as will diminish
the rate Of taxation for that purpose, lessen
the expense OF carrying to market the prod
ucts of the farms, enable the establishing by
the general government of free delivery of
mail daily, to the farmers and, in general
tend to enliven, beautify and render more
valuable and homeike the country places In
Iowa. To this convention are especially in
vited members of the legislature, boards of
supervisors and township officers and full
discussion of all matters bearing on the
question OF how to secure good thoroughfares
to prosperity will be permitted and well
coined"
The following changes in the present law
will be recommended:
Section THAT the township shall be the
Unit road district
Sec 2-That the board of trustees may
levy a 2-mll tax for road purposes.
Sec. 3-That there shall be levied by the
boards of supervisors upon all property OF
the state subject to taxation tax of 2
mills to be expended under the direction of
the boards of supervisors and, so far as
practicable, for the benefit of the local tax
Sec THAT all road taxes shall be paid
second-Resolved, That from our informa-
tion as to the results of the road legisla-
tion enacted in the states of New Jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and
state aid, as applied in those states, be
discussed and considered by the people of
Iowa, through township. county, city and
state organizations, in order that legislation
may be secured whereby all city and farm
ing interests may be promoted by road inn
provement.
dorse the campaign for better roads in the
United States, now being conducted by the
office of road inquiry, the Interstate Good
Roads and Public Improvement association
and all other associations devoted to this
cause.
Notwithstanding that the postal system
of the general government was instituted
upon the theory of serving without discrim-
nation all people In just and liberal man
pecuniary advantages of the establishment
of rural free mail service, not only to the
ruTdl populdlloll, Dut anne 70 all CldSSeS,
and that such is dependent upon good
roads; therefore,
Resolved That we are in favor of such an
appropriation by congress as Will insure
the speedy and permanent establishment of
such service throughout the country where
conditions as to good roads and population
will justify and that we hereby respectfully
request our members of congress, in both
the senate and house, to vote for the APP
propriatIon.
Fifth-Resolved, That the construction of
improved highways deserves the most Wig
orous attention and support of the United
States Department of Agriculture; that the
office of road inquiry should be permanently
established as one of its regular divisions
and the appropriation for its support be
largely increased so that II may extend its
work OF education and may encourage the
construction of sample roads in all states;
we recommend this subject to the attention
of our congressman and urge them to use
all honorable efforts to that end.
SXth-ReSolved, That we, the people of
Iowa thank the Hon. James Wilson, sec
retary of Agriculture, for assigning officials
of the read inquiry Office to our agricul-
tural college and to conventions held in
this state for nstructing the students and
farmers in scientific road improvement.
Another question that will be brought be-
fore the convention will be that of starting
a petition to be presented to congress asking
that body to turn over some of the money
now voted to the rivers and harbors an
nually for the improvement of the public
roads The counties comprising the Ninth
congressional district which are expected to
be represented at the convention are: Adair,
Audubon, Cass, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills,
Montgomery, Pottawattamie and Shelby.