The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-26
Large Number of Delegates i'm
Attendance and Much Inter
est Shown in Plans of Organ
izatiOn--- Excellent Speeches
On Subjects Assigned on
Program.
LAST SESSION Is TOMORROW.

Western Kentucky's second annual
immigration and good roads conven-
tion began at the Casino, Wallace
park, this morning at 1880 o'clock
with a manifestation of little interest
|among Paducah citizens and with a
limited attendance from McCracken
county,. Only two numbers of the
mornings program were heard and
an afternoon session at the city hall
is being held now to hear the address
of the Hon. Terrence V. Powderly
chief of the national bureau OF infor-
nation, department of immigration,
Washington, ID. c., on the subject of
Immigration and Good Roads"
The council chamber in the city
hall viii be the scene of tomorrow
mornings session of the convention
instead of the Casino, as this morn
ing's attendance demonstrated that
business men will not go out to that
place of meeting. Judge r. T. Light
foot gave his address on Good
Roads" this morning, and the Hon
j. F. Merry, of Manchester, Iowa,
spoke on Diversified Farming" The
convention was opened with prayer
lead by the Rev. w. L. Cave
President d. H. Hughes, Of the
Western Kentucky immigration asso-
citation, was chairman of this morn
ing's session.
After the speaking Mr.. Hubert
Nreeland, secretary OF agriculture
made the motion for an afternoon
session and asked that a committee
be appointed from the convention to
meet with the state board of agricul-
ture at noon in the Palmer house.
President Hughes appointed on this
committee Messrs. Saunders Fowler,
w. F. Bradshaw, z. B. Johnson and
ID. w. Coons. In this conference
state cooperation with western Ken
lucky in the immigration movement
will be discussed. The meeting of
the state board in Paduoah at this
time was arranged at the instance of
Secretary Coons, of the Commercial
club.
The excellent band for the horse
show and races played at the con-
vention this morning. Mrs Edmund
Post and Mrs. o. l.. Gregory were in
terested auditors of the speakings
and attended as an unofficial compli-
ment to the business men for their
courtesies in the Woman's club work
Lack of Cooperation.
Judge Lightfoot used as the theme
of his address, the lack Of cO-opera-
ton of thu citizenship in the county
with county officials in their efforts
to give public improvements. The
technical part of securing good roads
such as construction, etc, he said
was not the difficulty in the way of
their realization, but the adherence
the average citizen has of a slightly
increased tax rate when the result
will be absolutely necessary public
improvements.
Judge Lightfoot gave evidence Of
the short-sighted policy of spending
each year large sums on dirt roads
and without any decrease in cost.
II gravel roads are built, while the
initial cost will be heavier, the de
crease in the cost of repairs for the
succeeding years will demonstrate
their economy. But gravel roads
cannot be built without more money
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who talk much about the
corrugation of county officers and the
crime of raising the tax rate. Judge
Lightfoot said, were the real diff