The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-14

A4 doris OF the great king, ana
81 IA that king is none other
than the common plain peo-
pie of these United States, and In this
manner of securing continuous lines of
improved interstate highways we af-
firm that the kings business demands
haste.
The day OF parleylng and temporizlng
is past, and those in authority who at
tempt to thwart the will OF the people
or who are Indifferent to this great
project of road improvement will be
swept from power with the besom OF
destruction in the hands of an outraged
people as effectively as did the Master
when He drove from the temple those
who were profaning the holy place,
and the places that knew them now
shall know them no more forever.
1t has been said that the present Con
gress is a "do nothing Congress-" IL
this be so, we demand that this "do
nothing Congress" awake from its leth-
argy and get its ear to the ground that
it may hear the groaning of the land
under the burdens of these barbarous
mud loads, which are compelling the
people-the burden bearers-to make
bricks without straw, and then we ask
them to look up that they will be wise
enough to hear and heed the demand
Of the people and forthwith pass bill
creating bureau of good roads in the
Department Of Agriculture carrying q
sufficient appropriation so that those
now in authority in the public roads
inquiry office may be able to meet the
demands of the people and build fol
them with their aid and cooperation
continuous lines of improved interstate
highways, that the vast capital in
vested in agriculture may be relieved
Of the heavy burdens of transporta.
tion which now so heavily oppress it
that the rural districts may enjoy the
benefits Of ntercommunication better
educational, social and religious priyi
leges, in fact, every advantage anc
blessing which continuous lines of i'm
proved interstate highways wont
bring to these people, to all of which
they are justly entitled.
If continuous lines of improved inter
state highways are to be constructed
where shall the beginning be made
Minafestly should it not be two great
est cities of this continent, New Yorl
and Chicago, be first joined in this ii
that binds?
The greatest good to the creates
number is a principle we can never ig
more, and since there is more traffic
travel and communication betweel
these two cities than between any othe
two cities on this continent it is mani
fest that this great highway-we vii
call it the kings highway-should frs
Of all be the one constructed
When this great highway shall hav
been SO constructed, it will stan'
through the ages as an enduring monu
ment to the cause of good roads, bring
ing renown to the great cities thu
linked together, and rejecting homo
to this great nation within whose DC
main it was constructed.
Who will say that this highway wa
not in the mind of the aged Hebre'
seer, when, standing on Judea's hills
looking with prophetic vision dow
the centuries. he exclaimed. "Prepar
We the way and make straight the hlgl
way; let every valley be exalted an
every mountain and hill be made low
let the crooked be made straight, th
rough places smooth, and let a highwa
be there that the wayfaring maj
though fool, shall not err therein
From the securing Of such continuou
lines Of improved interstate highway
we pledge our time, om means and II
best efforts at our command.-From
Good Roads Convention speech, quote
in the New York Tribune.