Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-19
Executive Committee of the
State Association Formu-
lates Line of Procedure
WILL PRINT GOOD ROADS PAPER
Association Will Try Various Methods
of Creating Public Interest in the
Good Roads ProbIem-organized So
cieties Will be Asked to Add Good
Roads Departments.

Des Moines, June 19.--The executive
committee of the State Good Roads AS
socfation has adopted TIE plan of pro-
cedure outlined by Secretary Lyons, OF
the organization. The committee is
composed of Merritt Greene of Mar
shalltown, Joseph S. Morgan of Du-
buque. f. f. Hart of Council Bluffs. I
G. Harper of burlington. James G.. Ber-
ryhill, Homer a. Miller and Mr. Lyons
of Des Moines.
Secretary Lyons yesterday received.
the report of the committee on the plan
proposed at the recent conference held
in Des Moines and at once started the
work of organizing the state on the
plan outlined by the committee.
one of the features of the work will
be the publication of a Journal of pre-
tentious size to be known as Good
Roads for Iowa" or Good Roads for
the West. The subscription price will
be 81, and this with the membership
fee in the state association will require.
but 81 to make a man al active mem
ber OF the 81 membership fee, the
plan contemplates that half shall go
to the state association and a quarter
each to the county and local treasures,
IL being the plan to have local associa-
tons auxiliary to a general county as
ISOLATION and this auxiliary to the state
organization.
The official plan of procedure az
agreed upon by the committee is as
follows:
AS a chief aim is to create public
interest and sentiment. and as repre-
sentation cuts practically no figure, the
organization should not attempt to fol-
low political lines or methods. Empha-
SIS should be given constantly to the
cooperative features. the fraternai
spirit-much as a church or brother
mood extends its operations Thus.
just as many as possible of local clubs
should be encouraged--to city or
heishporhood ahairs-eliminating from
those all geographical lines.
Where farmers or toSnspeople AL
ready nave some anization-lfterary
or Observation-Disclosures to make ours
q department thereof. with the under-
standing that at each meeting good
roads shall be given 4 place on the
program: occasionally. perhaps, consti-
tuting the entire program.
'Semi-annually or on call let there
be county convention, and annuaIly
or on call state CONVEX ton, for con-
ference and to help along the genera,
cause. Leave 1t to each county or To-
cality to devise plans that may result
In friendly rivalry in actually building
roads and the evolvement of SUCCESS
tons and methods applicable to special
local conditions. Let the columns of
our journal. of course, be always omen
for communications from members.
Beginning with the second Tuesday
in September, and mortnly thereafter
on the second Tuesday of each month
let every club hold its meetings. There
VIII be enthusiasm in the thought tina,
every club In Iowa is in session sfn1uI- |
taneously. The monthly publication
should be issued the first of each month
9no should furnish ample and fresh
subjects for discussion az these meet
ngs.
proposed legislation Will be vital |
subject for discussion In each issue this
-all and at each loca! meeting. In this |
way we can be we'll prepared to en- |
.ofce any demand for legislation that |
nay be deemed wise and necessary.
We should have a prominen, ten, |
1T the state fair and do a great work |
here in distributing literature fur
1ished by the government and In Sc
curing subscriptions to cur own publi- |
,ation. Similar work can be done at
county fairs.
We should also be given a place on
he mid-winter program of the State |
Fair Association.
We should see to it that every farm
afs' institute held in Iowa should he
ooked after and every commercial club
IS well. for good roads should lnteres,
lot any class, but each citizen of Iowa.
even the women's clubs should be
Urged TO have papers on The subject. IN
short. endeavor to make Good Roads"
he most talked about subject before
he public in Iowa and it must finally
'esult in building them"