Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-04-16
SELECT DELEGATES
STATE GOOD ROADS CONVENTION
NAMES REPRESENTATIVES.
Over Two Hundred Delegates From
Ninety-nine Counties of Iowa Have
Assembled in Des Moines for the
Meeting.

Des Moines, April 16.-With more
than 200 delegates in attendance, the
work of the state good roads conven-
tion being held in this city was re-
sumed this morning This afternoon
the committee on permanent organiza.
ton reported to the convention plan
including central state organization.
with subsidiary organizations in dis
tricts and counties. Today the matter
of recommending to the state assem-
bly, of 1904 the enactment of good
roads statutes based on those Of Ohio
and New York, is being considered
| Yesterday the sessions were taken up
with the organization and the selection
lof delegates to the national conven-
ton to be held in st. Louis.
Col. Killibrew of Tennessee made
an address before the convention yes
terday, in which he advocated the pol
icy of government assistance in keep.
ing up good roads.
Other addresses were made in which
the various phases of the good roads
question We're discussed.
National Delegates.
The delegates selected to attend the
national convention are as follows:
First Observation-Disclosures T. G. Har-
per Burlington; William Loudon. Chas.
Waldin. w. w. Parsons. ]. S. McKer-
ney; alternate, Colonel Bell, Washing
ton
Second Observation-Disclosures George
T. Baker, Davenport; A. L. Lindner,
Muscatine county; A. B. Sims, Johnson
county; A. j. Clark, Iowa county: E.
H. Thayer, Clinton; alternates, S. A.
Wilson, Scott county; H. NJ Tracy,
Jackson county; NJ A. Raney, Iowa
w. l.. Lane, Muscatine county.
Third Observation-Disclosures. B. J, Mills,
H. w. Grount. 7. H. McQuillan, A. H.
Farwell, Hugh Jamison: alternates,
Stanley Conn, Graw, Purcell, W. H.
Harris. Tim Sullivan.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures w. H
Baily, Chickasaw county; ]. H. Ker-
| win, Fayette; A. A. Crossley Cerro
Gordo; J. Greer. Winnishiek; William
Larrabee, Jr., Clermont,
Fifth Observation-Disclosures C. E..
Thomas. Grundy county; Malcom Nc
Me, Benton; G. A. Huston, Cedar Rap
ids; G. E. Arney, Marshalltown: F. E.
Taylor, Traer; alternates. NJ. E. Hun
ter, B. Murphy, A. J. Fuhremister, P.
Kreutzer, j. S. Stacy.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures, |. H. Tom
linson, Monroe county: w. H. Young,
Keokuk; G. H. Crosby. Poweshiek;
t. ]. Reinier, Wapello;. ]. B. Mowery.
Wapello; alternates, Edward Weller
Keokuk Johnson, Monroe; H. S.
Barnes, Poweshiek.
Seventh Observation-Disclosures Frank
Morris, Des Moines: w. H. Funk, War
ren county; e. R. Silliman. Colo; C. A
Robins, Winterset; ]. B. Allen, Marion
county; alternates, Charles W. Britton,
Polk county; Lee Hiatt, Indianola;
Prof. Charles F. Curtiss, Ames; G. A.
| Styles, Winterset; w. B. kinnick, Dal-
| las county
Eighth Observation-Disclosures W. w.
Morrow, Alton; R. R. Chapman,
Clarke; j. w. Harvey, Decatur county;
w. p. Hepburn, Page; ]. G. Rogers,
Appanoose; alternates, ]. w. Carson.
Clarke county; ]. D. Brown, Decatur;
| August Post, Appanoose; j. W. Dren--
nan Clarke; j. w. Kent, Lucas.
l " D.
Baker, Pottawattamie county; E. S.
Bogart, Mills; R. r. Bell, Cass; Mike
| Mcdonald, Guthrie; John L. Garrett,
| Adair.
Tenth district-Delegates, A. C.
Steel, Carol county; e. q. Smith, Cal
houn; C. D. Doolittle, Hamilton; A.
Ritchey, Pocahontas; A. F. Simpson,
Webster; alternates, |. N. Sayler En-
met; John Smith, Kossuth; Henry
Haag, Greene; j. S. Stevens, Boone
William Myers, Denison.
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures Henry
Harlow, Monona county; w. j. Sin
yard, O'Brien; j. Dalton, Cherokee;
Herman Hack, 0sceola; j. S. Horton,
Woodbury.; alternates, w. S. Arm
strong, o'Brien; J. w. Daley, Chero--
kee.