Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-10
GETTING READY FOR
GOOD ROADS MEETING
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS TO
CONFER TODAY
Large Attendance Expected Saturday,
When the Campaign for Bonds
Will Be Definitely Started
Throughout County

In preparation for the meeting Of the
Good Roads association tomorrow al
10 o'clock in Blanchard hall, the execu-
tive committee of that organization
will meet today in the rooms Of the
good roads campaign committee in the
Chamber of Commerce and outline the
program. 1t is already decided that +.
w. Blanchard will be chairman of the
gathering, which is expected to bring
$50 to 500 men here, as 8. A. Butler.
the regular chairman, is unable through
illness to be present. In q general way
it has been agreed that the meeting
shall start the campaign throughout
the county for good roads.
1t is expected at the Saturday meet
ing to appoint boosting committees and
hustlers to work in every district
throughout the county to stir up the
voters, get them fully informed on the
good roads project and see that they
reach the polls July 80 when the bond
issue for $3,500,000 is to be voted on.
There is an immense amount of this
missionary work to be done, and as
that is what the association was formed
for it is expected that all theNmembers
will do their several duties.
At the Saturday meeting the new
maps of the roads proposed to be i'm
proved will be ready for. distribution.
1t is planned also to have an eight
mage pamphlet which will be complete
guide to the road plans, besides acting
as a sort of campaign text book for
speakers and others who will want to
controvert any arguments against the
road system. The little yellow folder
which will be given members pledges
each one to get twenty-five names
listed, and to see that these are at the
polls July 80, without fail. This has
proved very popular, and Is good
piece of missionary literature.
Mr.. Blanchard, at the meeting Sun
day, will have a large Illuminated map
of the proposed rock road system,
which will show every line of highway
planned. with the towns and cities 1t
connects all in colors and easily un-
derstandable by anyone at glance.
This he will explain in detail before
the smaller replicas of 1t are dis
tributed so that all questions may be
asked and answered right then and
there.
Among the speakers will be w. d.
STEPHENS and T. r. Gibbon, and ad-
dresses on the necessity for good roads,
the present law whereby they may DE
secured by means of bonds, the cost OF
these roads, figured at 40 cents on the
on each taxpayer, and the like, will all
be given. The meeting is expected to
last all day and to be the biggest dur
ing the good roads campaign, In point
of numbers at least
THE East Hollywood good readers
will meet in Hoegee hall, Vermont and
Prospect avenue, tonight to hear about
good roads in their immediate Vicinity
from f. w. Blanchard and John w.
Mitchell This section Is vitality in
terested in good roads, and as 1t will
find that by means of them its own
streets will be improved is expected to
vote solidly for the bonds. 1t is prob
able that strong resolutions favoring
them will be passed.
The auto dealers will meet next Tues-
day night in the Peerless garage, 1872
Main street. to arrange for their part
in the good roads campaign. They
stand to a man for rock highways and
the bonds. and 1t is only question
with them of boosting the campaign in
every possible way.