Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-03-17
THURSDAY, MARCH AZ.
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.

The Fort Scott Commercial Club
at the request of the National Coco
Roads Association, hereby call {
convention to be held at Fort Scot
Kansas, March 3Oth, 1904, for tn,
purpose of discussing the Coco
Roads movement that is one of the
most important fopics of the pres
ent day. There wilISbe three ses
sions Of the meeting, morning
afternoon and night. Every city
town, toMnship and road distric /.
entitled 70, and should send dele
gates to this convention. gAll coun
ty, city and township officers, in
Guiding road overseers, are entitled
to seats in this convention and
should make an effort TO be present
as well as Representatives from all
the newspapers, and all others in
terested in the Good Roads move
ments. A program will be prepar'
ed in which will be included pa.
pers on the road topics by the best
talent obtainable. In addition 10
this Mr.. W. II. Moore, president OF
the Good Roads Association, will
be present and address the conven-
ton. Also the following persons
who have taken an active part in
this good roads movement have
been invited to be present: Hon.
W. S. jennings. governor, of Flori-
da; Hon. W. X. Vanderbilt, Jr, of
New York, Hon. Jas. W. Abbott, of
n - "~iorado. aud others.
No movement before the Ameri-
can people today is of more impot-
ance to the agricultural and indus
trial interests than the Good Roads
movement. Millions of dollars have
been expended by the government
in the improvement Of rivers and
harbors that are not nearly 80 i'm
poriant to the American people in
general as good roads will be. Iii
expected that by another year the
national congress will take up this
matter in connection with the states,
counties and road districts, and that
in a few year the farmers of the ag-
regions will be enabled to
market their products at reduced
expense of at least fifty per cent.
AT this convention there will be
elected delegates to the National
and International Good Roads Con.
vention that is 10 be held at St. Lou
is, Mo-, May 10 to q, 1904, where the
good roads movement will be dis.
cussed by the most able men in this
and foreign countries. The conven-
ton at St. Louis will be held in con-
nection with the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition. The National Press
and the Press Associa-
tons of nearly all the states will be
Assem- bled there the same week.
1t lie expected that the railroads
entering Fort Scott will give a one
fare rate for the round trip to this
1t is hoped by this
means to work up an interest in
road building in this part of the
West that will be of greater value
to the community than any other
movement now under considera.
ton. The Fort Scott commercial
club cannot too strongly urge every
one, and especially country, city
and township officials, road over
seers, surveyors, civil engineers,
and lovers of good roads generally.
to work up an interest in this con-
that will secure a number
of delegates from every neighbor-
hood in the district of Southeastern
Kansas, and Southwestern Miesou-
ri. They also urge the newspapers
to publish this call and to keep the
matter before their readers from
now until the adjournment of the
Fort Scott has ample
facilities for the caring for the del
egates who will attend this conven-
lion; also convention hall which
viii seat 5000 people and which, it
is hoped, will be filed to it's utmost
by delegates interested in
this matter.
Write TO the Fort Scott CONNER
cial Club for any information.
Don't forget the date, March 30th,
Fort Scott, Kas. Very Respty,
FORT SCOTT COMMERCIAL CLUB.
P. S:-Ninety-five per cent of every
load by railroad, steamship or ex-
press must be carried in a wagon
or truck over highway. II coats
the farmers of the United Ststes
nearly three times more than ,hose
of Europe to market an equa ,nn
mage of farm products over 'ima
ry roads.
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