Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-09-29

being built, as a lasting object les.
con. The Pullman special train
rested last night at Eureka spings.
Farmers are coming from miles
around Lebanon to watch from the
fences the methods employed by
the government engineer. The
Frisco System, in order to give the
persons up and down their line an
opportunity to watch the progress
of the work. have made a special
cheap rate of transportation to
Lebanon. II will take three weeks
to build the road at a cost OF 5000
The money was raised by the resi-
dents giving their labor free, the
Good Roads Association supplying
the machinery and the federal gov.
eminent the engineers.
During the past week the farmers
hauled stones from their fields to'a
common pile beside the road.
These stones are being crushed
and placed on the new road
Wherever the residents along the
line demonstrate sufficient spirit
to collect money enough to defray
the expense and supply the labor
other sample roads will be laid
down. And il is estimated that
during the next three or four
months of the crusade the great
southwest will have 50 miles OF
good objective lesson roads.
The speakers for the Good Roads
Association who travelled in the
Pullman car were W. II. Moore,
president of the National Good
Roads Association; r. W. Richard
son, secretary of the National Good
Roads Association and member
of the Office of road inquiries OF the
United States department of agri-
culture; N. o. Eldridge, assistant
director office of public roads in
quiries, United States department
of agriculture; the Hon. Henry LII
cas- of St. Louis millionaire manu-
facturer.
Col. A. S. Mann, vice.president OF
the National Good Roads Associa-
ton of Jacksonville, Florida, joined
the party at Springfield. Mo-, last
Wednesday, when it was learned
that he had met with great success
in arranging the program of the
local good roads convention, which
will be held by the good roads
train when il gets to the southern
states. Many governors, mayors
and commercial organizations will
be active in sending delegates to
these conventions.
The speakers will be changed
from time to time and it is under
stood that Joseph ". Folk and Cy-
rus P. Wallbridge, candidates for
governorship of Missouri, will ad-
dress some of the meetings and
that other prominent speakers such
as Secretary James Wilson OF the
department of agriculture, Con-
gresham A. c. Latimer OF South
Carolina and H. p. Brownlow OF
Tennessee and members of the fac
ulty of the Missouri University will
speak at future conventions.
At Rolia, where the first meeting
was held of the long series, the
members of the distinguished
party visited the School of Minee
and Metallurgy and were enter
tanned by DR.. Ladd, president OF
the school, which is turning out
engineers and future road builders.
In each town where the train has
stopped a local branch of the Ma
tional Good Roads Association
was quickly formed with fully a
hundred members who signed the
petition to the representative Ia
the general assembly of the state
demanding that they as representa-
tives pledge themselves for a good
roads appropriation. Some help
full legislation is confidently ex.