Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-07
GILLETT ADVOCATES
MAIN COUNTY ROAD
WANTS HIGHWAY TO CONNECT
ALL COUNTY SEATS
California Promotion Committee Holds
Ninth Semi-AnnuaI Convention
at Santa Cruz and Discusses
Good Roads
Rv Assnciated Press.

BY AESoCfated BresS.
SANTA CRUZ, Cal. June 6.-The
ninth semi-annual meeting of the Cal
ifornia Promotion committee convened
promptly at 10 o'clock this morning.
Andrew Sbarboro, chairman of the
organization, called the meeting 10
order.
Addresses of welcome were made by
MAYOR Palmer and Thomas w. Kelly.
nresident of the Santa Cruz board of
trade.
They brought out prominently the
Santa Cruz epigram, Never dull mo-
ment." and said that they expected
the delegates to do the work and they
would furnish the amusement. Andrew
Sbarboro responded, and as part or
his remarks read an abstract from a
report on California made to the 1tal-
ian government by Baron Edmond
des Planches, the Italian ambassador
at Washington. in which history was
given of the first organization of this
character and what they meant in de-
veloping the resources Of the country.
The following committees were then
appointed:
Resolutions-Dr.. Frederick w. ID.
EVELYN of Alameda county, Frank e.
kellogg of Santa Barbara county,
James II. Gray Of Sonora county, Philo
]. Beveridge of Los Angeles county
and E. F. DeCamp of Mendocino coun-
ty.
Credentials-Dr. Clarence E. Edwards
of San Francisco county, G.. c. Thax-
ter of San Bernardino county, Arthur
G. Mason of San Diego county, j.
Parker ". Currier of San Francisco
and Edwin Stearne Of Alameda county.
Theodore Gier read the report of the
committee on marketing of California
products and recommended a perma-
nent state organization, composed of
producers and shippers of the state,
which would ultimately be represented
by an executive committee, under
keting of the products of the state
should be done.
Interest in Good Roads
Following a talk by Theodore Gier
this morning, Mr.. Morton, representing
the United States good roads bureau,
told the convention of the effort the
federal government is making to pro-
mote interest in the movement.
G. w. Pierce of Yolo county spoke
from the viewpoint of practical
farmer
Among the principal speakers during
the afternoon were Governor Gillett,
who was delayed in his arrival by a
railroad wreck near Sargent station;
BenJdDllH Iub w ntGlci VI tiiS cii'NA
sity of California. and c. c. Moore,
president of the San Francisco cham
Der of commerce.
Governor Gillett in his plea for good
roads pointed out what good highways
accomplished for Greece and Rome and
told of the excellent thoroughfares In
France and what they were doing for
that country.
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler emphasized
the idea that good roads are evidence
of advanced civilization. He said
"You can tell the degree of civiliza-
tion that exists In a country by the
kind of roads 1t possesses. All economic
problems are sifted down very largely
to the matter of transportation"
In accordance with the governor
recommendation for a main state high
way connecting all county seats of the
state, to cost $18,000 900, a section of
the resolutions adopted urged the vari-
Gus sections to use their influence upon
their representatives in the legislature
TO have them foster all legislation that
tended toward the consummation of
this scheme.
There were a hundred and eighty
nine delegates present from seventy
two organizations of the state and
eleven of the fifty-eight counties in the
state were represented. The business
of the convention closed today, and
tonight a banquet was rendered the del
egates. Tomorrow morning excursions
will take the visitors to the cement
plant at Davenport and to the big tree
grove