The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-11-12
LEvEEs AND ROADS.
Farmers Brave Weather to Or
ganize Branch of Missouri
Highway And Waterway AS
sociation.

A'' A'pooii III NNilIiN1lloll Will lllOl
present booming of the good
roads and levee movement was
held at Clayton, St. Louis coun-
ty, Monday. the IS of this month,
and, in spite of the rain which
poured down upon the county
all day long, the meeting was
charged with an enthusiasm and
a spirit of "up and doing" which
bespoke great future for the
present move. More than 200
farmers answered the call of their
county court and came through
the binding rain to the court
house, where the meeting was
held, and listened attentively to
the things which were told them
by the prominent speakers who
were there.
Each of the bodies to be con-
sidered before the final work can
be done on levees or roads was
represented at the meeting. Con-
gressman Bartholdt of the Tenth
district spoke of the attitude of
Congress in the past toward the
Missouri river and how that at
titude, unfriendly and cold as it
was. could be changed in very
short time by the urgent insist
ent clamoring of an organization
as powerful as the Missouri
Highway and Waterway Asso-
citation promised to be. He
promised to do all in his power
and here he hinted at the official
position which he held as chair
man of the committee on public
buildings-to prevent the very
large and rather useless appro-
priations which were being made
for other things which, in his
opinion, were not as necessary as
the Improvement of the Mis-
souri, river.
While Congress was power
less to appropriate money for the
direct protection of farm lands,
there was no reason, said Mr..
Bartholdt, why it could not ap-
propriate money for the improve
ment of the navigation of the
river, which would indirectly but
effectively aid the farm lands.
State Senator A. E. L. Gardner
spoke from the standpoint of the
Legislature, and said that, while
he was not informed as to what
steps were to be taken as to the
financing of the levee building,
he was sure the legislature would
not hesitate to do all in its power
to aid, by necessary legislation,
any feasible plan.
Col. ]. c. Kiskaddon, lawyer
of extraordinary skill and exper-
fence in organizing drainage dis
tricts, spoke of the details of the
work and the feasibility of such
a plan in connection with the saw.
ing of the river banks and the
farm lands.
These speakers were followed
by Mayor F.. G. Lewis of Univer.
sitv City, head of the great Lew
is Publishing Company,who men
toned the organization of the
Highway and Waterway Assoc
citation at Sedalia and compli
mented the plan and told of the
ihcalculable effects of persisten
and well-directed publicity and ;
general campaign of education
such as the association contem
plated.
George B. Logan of Clayton
secretary of the Missouri High
way and Waterway Association
spoke of the organization and OBJ
Ijects of the association and ex
Iplained that, in accordance will
the plan. each county was to b
organized into branch associa
tions, the members of which wer
to be members of the state or
ganization as well. The scope 0
the plan was enthusiastically re
ceived and was accepted, and be
fore the meeting had adjourne
there were 325 members of tn
St. Louis County Highway an
Waterway Association, who we
also the first s25 members of til
state association.
The officers of the St. Loui
county body who were electe
and who will direct the work {
organization are: Gortlieb Bay
er, president; Albert WehmeieI
'vice-president; Fred f. Muelle
4 secretary. and Herman Luecl
treasurer. All Of these men ar
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