Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-23
NOTED MEN TO TALK.
Prominent Speakers to be Heard a
Good Roads Convention.

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Ottumwas delegates to the national
and international good roads conven-
ton, to be held in ST. Louis Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday,, April 81,
% and IS, will have the
pleasure OF listening to adj
dresses by some OF the brainiest
minds in the country. Morning and
afternoon sessions will be held each
day in the Odeon hail. corner Grand
and Finney avenues. The following
program. which, although not com
plete, will give an idea of the quality
of speakers to address the meeting:
Monday, 10 a. m.
Call to order-Hon. l.. D. Kingsland.
chairman of the committee.
Invocation-Rev. Samuel j. Nichols,
st. Louis.
Introduction of Hon. w. Moore, pre-
siding officer of the convention.
Address of welcome-Hon. Rolla
Wells, mayor of ST. Louis.
Address, THE States Duty'-Hon.
A. M. Dockery, governor of Missouri
Address. EThe EXposition"-Hon D.
r. Francis, president Louisiana Pur.
chase exposition.
Address, Improved Highways, One
of Our Most Important Needs Hon
James Wilson, secretary of agriculture
] Address. 1.-THE Work of the National
Association"-Ho w. H. Moore
president National Good Roads associ
alton.
Afternoon Session. 2 p. m.
Address, what the Government is
Doing for Highway improvement
Hon. Martin Dodge. director office
public road inquiries.
| Address. National Aid"-Hon. w
| P. Brownlow. M. c., author of the
Brownlow bill.
Address, Proper Road Construction
and Maintenance"-Hon A. W. Camp
bell director of public works of Can
ada.
4 Tuesday, 10 a. m.
/ Invocation, Rev. w. Banks Rogers
| S. j., president st. Louis university
i Address, military Roads and Ma
tional ay'-General Nelson A
Miles, u. S. army, president nationa
highway commission.
Address. 1.-The Relation of the Road
and Schools"-Hon. R. H. Jesse
president, University of Missouri
Address, Improved Post Roads
Necessity''-Hon. w. P. Hepburn
member of congress from Iowa.
Address, "The City's Interest TO
Good Roads" Hon. Carter H. Harris
on, mayor of Chicago.
Afternoon Session, 2 p. m.
Address, 1.-THE Public Roads; Mos
Common and Necessary of All Indus
trial IMPROVEMENTS William .
Bryan of Nebraska.
| Address. "The Press and the Roads
, r.. w. Wright, editor Chicago Chror
icle.
Address, Good Roads Trains" :
: Hon. M. V. Richards, Southern R'y
: Washington, D. G.
7 Address, Public Road Conditions i
: the United States''-Hon. Roy Ston'
: chief engineer, Union Terminal Co., {
3 New York.
Wednesday, 10 a. M.
Invocation, Rev. j. w. Lee, S
Q Louis.
i. Address, "The Highways of Canads
y Hon. Andrew Patnlo, member of G
# madam parliament, and president G
!, madam Good Roads association.
q AuuIGSS, uDlI llodu i<CSiolci1lol
q Hon. Winston Churchill of New
a Hampshire.
i, Address, railways and Highway:
Hon. Stuyvesant Fish, president III
nois Central Railroad.
Address, 1.-THE Use of Convict Labt
: in Highway Construction'-H j
I seph A. Holmes, Office of public roat
/ inquiries, southern states, and chief
n bureau of mines and mineralogy of Il
i worlds fair.
y Afternoon Session 2 p. m.
q Address, "The Road to Monticello
Q General Fitzhugh Lee, president Je
;. ferson Memorial Road association.
a Address, Transportation, the Bas
! of Progress and Developm ent'-Ho
: John w. Daniel, U. S. senator fro
Virginia.
AGO p. m-Address, President The
IS dore Roosevelt.
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