The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-31
Merchants and Other Citizens
To Join Hands in Receiving
Farmers on Good Roads
Day."
YOUNG MEMS BUSINESS
CLUB PROMOTING AFFAIR
Organization Is Rapidly Com
pIeting All Arrangements
important Committees Are
Selected.

Further plans for the good roads
congress and gala day In this city.
August s. were perfected at a meet
ing of the general committee OF the
Young Mems Business Club held last
evening. Among the special features
arranged for were parade of the
band on Main street from Sixteenth
to the courthouse and an exhibition
run of the fire department. There is
nothing quite so attractive to the rur-
al resident as to see the fire horses"
go and all who are In the city one
week from tomorrow at 10 o'clock will
be given the opportunity.
The city is TO be decorated In much
the manner of festival occasion and
there will be a blaze of color. Mer-
chants will be asked to decorate their
places of business with banners. PEN
nants and streamers and toy rubber
ballons will be used for advertising
purposes also. Many of the downtown
merchants have expressed their will.
ingness to offer bargain sales as spec
ial inducements and this will make 1t
possible for the outsider to combine
business with pleasure when he Wis
its the city. 1t will be possible for
him to enjoy the free band concerts,
see the exhibition run of the fire de-
partment, hear an address by Maurice
| Eldridge, the government expert on
good roads, and be given a free auto
| mobile ride about the city and also Wis
| IL the stores and make purchases at
| reduced prices.
The city council will be asked for
| the special privilege of suspending
| streamers across the streets within
the fire district. These streamers will
| bear different slogans and notices, but
principally the words: Attend good
roads congress, Richmond. Ind. Aug
ust Sth." Inasmuch as the affair Will
be more than local 1t is expected there
will be a large number of persons
from out of town attend. Neighbor-
ing counties are expected to be repre-
sented by their county ot,icials.
Advertising P.ahs-
It has been planned to raise funds
by the sale Of pennants and balloons
to merchants. The balloon scheme has
been used successfully elsewhere.
The custom used frequently 10 for
merchant to attach small cards OF a
DESIGNATED value when exchanged TOR
wares to the balloons that are set
adrift. BY capturing q balloon and re-
turning the card to the sender the
holder is entitled to the prescribed
value Of goods. Great exc3tement has
been created at times and II has hap
lpened frequently that one merchant
has attached a $40 bill to balloon.
Men, women and children have taken
up the pursuit of the balloons and
followed them on bicycles or In We
hicles and often IL has been necessary
to climb trees to secure the elusive
rubber bubble. Hand bills are to be
printed and distributed as are badges,
streamers and pennants. Circular let
ters will be sent all road officials in
the country and congressional dis
trict
The following is the program for
tees:
L a.
department.
10:30 a. m.-Automobile rides about
the city.
2:3o D. m.-Good roads meeting.
court house.
, Reception committee-R. A. Schfl-
| linger, chairman; J.. A Spekenhier.
, Watson P O'Neal. C. W. Merrill. Ray
X. Shiveley, Demas 8. Coe, ]. B. Cor
don.
Finance committee-Chas- III. Felt
man. chairman; Albert f. MoreI. Fred
Krone, Albert W. Gregg. VIM II. Bar
tel, Jr., c. A. Harrison, John Zwissler,
Frank Lane.
| Advertising committee-Elmer Nc
! Conaha, chairman; LOTUS Jones.
chas. Kremeier. Lewis Tiff. John C.
Bayer, Lee B. Nusbaum, Guy Gotsch-
all, W. L. Morgan.
Program committee. A. Spoken
hier. chairman; P. ]. Freeman, Byram
C. Robbins.
Music committee-O. z. Dickinson.
. chairman; Elmer E. Eggemeyer, Arch
! Street
Decoration committee-Chas. Koip.
D chairman: r. p. Butler, VIM n. Bal.
2 ley, Lon Kennedy, Frank Parsons,
VIM H Romey. Geo. r. Martin, H. H.
I Toler, John Havekotte, Ed. Schweg-
: man, Ed. Miller, Allen, Frank
> Posther. Harry Penny. s. oxendine-
: Printing committee-C. s. McCoole,
s chairman. Chas. Morgan. c. 8. Neal
. ]. A. Spekenhier. chairman general
( committee.
e Fred Krone. special treasurer gener.
r al committee.
y z. H. Harris. special secretary. gem
eral committee