The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-05
Complete Program Given Out
Today by Young Mems Bus
mess Club, BaCke.rN Ss the
Event.
GREAT INTEREST
TAKEN IN EVENT.
Citizens Are Aroused and Mer-
chants Are Enthused, Which
Practically Assures Success
Of the Event.

The good roads congress that IS TO
be held in Richmond Saturday. will be
one of the greatest events of the kind
in the history of this city. Providing
the weather is good there will be a
record breaking crowd in the city and
one that will remind the merchants
and citizens of the old fashioned cir.
Gus day. The Young Mems club has
advertised the event everywhere and
at no place has it left stone unturn-
ed to assure the success of the event.
The merchants have been visited and
they have stated that they will give
good bargains such as are to be had
on great sale days. Citizens from the
counties both in Indiana and Ohio
have been invited. Posters describing
the affair have been spread far and
wide. Automobiles have been called
into service so as to enable the Young
Mems club to get around to all the
small towns.
The Young Mems club spent the en-.
tire day today in delivering badges TO
the well known citizens and farmers
HiSAi wan VIC " vi IL oh luC SOdL ldpCto
The badges read. Good Roads Con.
gress, Richmond, August s. Ask Me-
all of which is in bold face type
Hon. Maurice Eldridge, chief of rec
ords. bureau of public roads and OF
the U. S. Agricultural department will
be the chief lecturer of the day. He
is an eloquent speaker and Is we'll ac
quainted with the subject of good
roads.
A committee has been appointed tc
attend to the decoration of the city, tc
assure this work the following request
has been sent to the business men oi
the city:
The committee on decorations re
spectfully request that you decorate
your homes. places of business, fac
tories and lodge rooms on Saturday
August 8, in honor of Good Roads
Congress Day. Make the city as beau
t1ful and attractive as possible as
there will be visitors from all parts
OF Indiana and Western Ohio Any
information desired can be had b,
calling on any member of the decora
ton committee.
The Young Mems club state that al
county, township, municipal, road ant
other public officers are accredited
delegatess and will be supplied with
proper credentials upon registering al
the county commissioners office il
Wayne county court house.
The meeting will be held in the cir
cult court room but If the weather 1:
good the meeting will be held in the
court house yard.
Inc programs that are to be distrib
uted among those who will attend. will
contain much useful information IL
regard to Richmond and the vicinity
and will be worth keeping as a souye
mir.
The program as 1t has been complet
ed is as follows:
Morning.
300 a. m.-Registering of delegates.
9:15 a. m.-Depositing written ques
tions in Question Box"
$3.50 a. m.-Richmond City Band as
sembles at corner of East Main anr
10th street and marches to cour-
house.
1000 a. m.-Band concert, court hous.
| lawn.
| 1000 a. m.-Releasing of merchants
| balloons
| 1915 a. m.-Automobile rides for dele
gates
HOO a. m.-Chimes Concert. Reit
| Memorial Church.
1880 a. m.-Closing number, Rich
| mond City band
(The Reid Memorial Church will b.
open to the public from 1000 a. m
to noon.)
| Afternoon.
| 1:30 p. m.-Exhibition run by FIVE fir,
| companies and review Of the fir.
| fighting apparatus, 18th and MAR
| streets.
200 p. m--Hon. Richard Schillinger
Mayor, delivers Keys of City.
2:10 p. m.-Introductory Address, j
| Bennett Gordon.
2:30 p. m.-"Good Roads"-Hon. Mau
| rice .. Eldridge. Chief of Records
Bureau of Public Roads, U. S. De
| partment of Agriculture
3:15 p. m.-Opening of Question Bo,
and general discussion.
Evening.
7:30 p. m.-Band Concert.
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