The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-11-30
C0OD ROADS CONVENTION
WAS DECIDED SUCCESS
Enthusiastic Meeting Held this Afternoon IN the Waa Waa
Club Rooms-- Ex-Governor Miles G. Moore PRESIDED
Judge Scott Delivered Principal address.

( THE first step necessary to securing
good roads, is an educated public SEN
timent. Without strong backing from
the people, the county court, road su-
pervisor and road master are power
less. There must be demand for
good roads from the people, before the
officials can logically build roads, be-
cause the people must be the basis of
this work without full and free CO.
operation of the people, officials are
not in position to carry out this pro-
gram.
MY idea of a good roads campaign
is for each state to send out an able.
| interested man, to organize Good Road
leagues in every county, get people to
thinking on this subject, show them
how much they are actually losing in
| transportation, by having poor roads,
and educating them to the simplicity
of the good roads system. Building
| and maintaining good roads is no puz-
| zling, profound subject in which only
| the chosen few can become proficient.
| 1t is just as easy to build good road
in a country plentifully supplied with
rock quarries, as Oregon and Wash
ington, as it is to build and maintain
poor roads,
Dodge on Local Conditions.
]. H. Dodge, the government super
| intendent of the sample road now be-
| ing constructed near Walla Walla, was
the next speaker. His remarks were
brief, but he gave an excellent talk on
| the conditions for road building as he
found them in Walla WaAla county
He was Of the opinion that this Sec
tion of the country afforded many ad-
vantages over other portions of the
state for making good roads and he
advocated the carrying on of the sys-
tenn by the county.
Old and New Methods.
.Charles L. Whitney spoke on the
"Old anu New Methods of Road Build
ing He gave his extended exper-
fence while serving as road supervisor
and pointed out the difference in the
methods employed in the past with
those now in vogue.
Lester Wilson Spoke.
County Attorney Lester S. Wilson
spoke on the needed changes in the
present road law. From careful
study of the question Mr.. Wilson made
many suggestions which, if enacted
into laws, would vastly improve the
present law in many details.
Papers Were Read.
paper was read, which had been
prepared by James B. Meikle secre-
tary of the Washington Good Roads
association, who was unable to be
present and deliver an address. He
took for his subject 'The Relation of
Good Roads to the Development of Our
Natural Resources The paper was
very interesting and many valuable
points in good road building.
Professor O. l.. Waller of the Pull
man agricultural college was unable
to attend the convention and sent a
paper on 'Culverts in Roads," The
paper was read to the convention.
James w. Abbott Tonight.
The convention will be brought to a
close tonight at La Verns park, when
James W.sAbbott, of the agricultural
department, will give an illustrated
lecture on Roads and Road Building"
The lecture will begin promptly at 8
O'Clock in order that Mr. Abbott can
conclude in time to take the night
train for Portland. This gives promise
OF being the main address of the con-
vention.