Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-21
OPENING NOVEL
ROADS CRUSADE
TELEPHONE AND POSTCARDS
TO BE USED
LOS ANGELES WOMEN STARTING
ENDLESS CHAIN
Clubs Throughout the County Pledge
Their Support and Special Appeal
Is Made for Precinct
Workers

A telephone and postcard campaign
is the latest development in the Los
Angeles county boom for the good
roads bond election, July 80.
Headed by Mrs. Willoughby Rodman,
the women of Los Angeles have begun
the postcard and telephone crusade for
votes, each woman calling up five pros
pective voters every night and urging
them to get busy in the interest of the
coming election.
Members of the Civic league will send
postcards to all their acquaintance,
urging them to help boost the bonds,
and to take up the telephone campaign
among their neighbours.
1t is planned to have an endless
chain worked in this manner, by tele-
phone and postcard, and so as to make
the campaign wide sweeping, the wom-
en- will ask the various clubs in other
towns of the county to take up the
work along the same lines. Los Ange-
les women's clubs, almost without eX-
ception, it is said, have pledged them
selves to help the cause.
An appeal also is made for precinct
workers, especially in the city. Liter
ature is plentiful at headquarters and
1900 additional buttons of new de-
sign have just been received and are
ready for distribution. Maps showing
the course of the road Improvements
also are ready to be given out to who
ever may desire them.
The good roads promoters are empha-
sizing the Importance of every vote
possible, as the vote has to be to l
for the bonds to carry. The campaign
committee also is urging that funds be
provided to carry on its work.
There were several enthusiastic meet
ings held last night, notably one at
f@vr n q
south side residents. G. Williams spoke
at Burbank hall, Burbank, and P. ].
Beveridge spoke at the !. o. F. hall
in Pomona before the board of trade,
as preliminary to the holding of large
meeting.
Tonight at s o'clock there will be a
Zig meeting at Downey, at which Judge
Rives and Secretary r. L. Chesbro
will be the speakers.
The Pasadena Merchants association
passed the following resolutions at It's
meeting Saturday;
Whereas, The Los Angeles highway
commission has filed its report with
the board of supervisors, showing a
most complete system of roads, planned
so that each city and country district
can be reached from any point in the
county with no inconvenience or loss of
time: and
'Whereas, The proposed 307 miles of
ROADS costing 3d,OOOsuVU are " NC jun
of hard rock with a protective surface
insuring their permanency and permit
ting their use in any weather with less
expenditure of horse power and wear
and tear on vehicles; and
whereas, The cost to the individual
taxpayer will be small. only 40 cents on
each $1,000. while the benefits to be de-
rived from one source alone-the draw
ing to our city and section of thou
sands of tourists-is inestimable; and
whereas, The building of the pro-
posed roads will stimulate business by
giving employment to large numbers OF
workingmen, thereby putting millions
of dollars in active circulation; there
fore be 1t
''Resolved. That the Pasadena Mer-
chants association approves the mag
niicent system of roads planned, and,
having faith in the highway commits
sion. recommends that all merchants
and members of this association vote
in favor of the bond issue of $35OO,OOU
for good roads en- July 30, 1908, and we
further recommend that all employees
be urged and given chance to vote
likewise.
s@rhe Pasadena Merchants associa-
ton. (Signed)
an. G. CHAFFEE, President.
ATTEST: A. ]. BERTONNEAU,
Secretary"