The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
YoAKuM TAKES STRONG STAND
FOR GOOD ROADS

GOOD Roads movement In the United
States will be interested in the excep.
t~ionally practical cooperation from a
somewhat unexpected source.
Mr.. Is. y. Yoakum, who has vigor.
ously maintained for the Rock Island.
Frisco lines, that the interest Of the
farmer and the railway are interde.
pendent, and that those things which
benefit one must necessarily benefit the
other, has adopted some very practi.
cal and original methods 20 demon.
stratc his belief that the railway and
the farmer are natural partners and
the fullcs, success Of both depends upon
proper cooperation.
The following from one Of the New
York Gailies indicates one of his meth
dds of emphasizing the economic val
ne Of good wagon roads throughout
the southwest, which is served by his
lines.
"B. =. YOakum, Chairman of the
executive committee of the Rock IL.
land Frisco lines, is to give u party
Of presidents to farmers unions from
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oda.
homa an automobile ride over the good
roads of New Jersey, New Hampshire,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connec.
ticut, and New York, to show them
what sort Of roads they ought to have
in their native states. The Automobile
trip will start from the Bcllyue STRAIT.
ford Hotel at Philadelphia ON Tuesday,
September 22, under the auspices Of
Frederick Gilkyson, chairman of the
New Jersey Highway Commission. Gov.
ernor Fort will be the guest Of honor
aud will deliver n short address ON
good roads to the party at lunch at
Bartlett lnu Lakewood, y. j. The New
Jersey trip ends September %, and the
party leaves ON the night train for
Concord, y. H., whore the trip over
the New England roads will commence.
The Governor of New Hampshire will
accompany the party part way. The
route Is from Concord to Nashsu, Mas
hau to Boston, Boston to Providence
aud Providence to New Haven, aud
will consume four days. The State
Highway Commissioner and "a corps
OF engineers will accompany the party
ON the New Jersey trip. Governor
Draper Of Massachusetts,, will be ten
defed u dinner by the good roads party
and members Of the sta e highway com
mission IN Boston.
The Current issue OF Austin, Texas,
commenting upon Mr.. iosAum's plan,
says:
1t is well known that on the grad.
ed roads IN the states over which the
party travelled, one horse will DC the
same work as three or four ON the
average road OfTeXas or Oklahoma. In
every State the commanding importance
Of good roads Is recognized, but just
what Kind to decide Oh aud how 10 10
at the work to get the best results for
the least outlay is d problem nyG 80
solved.
In many localities road building Is
"a new deal 10 the people.
lin comparatively new states they
been sO busy making d living,
new sections OF the country
under cult, ZION, establishing homes
aud schools aud churches aud the var,
lOus immediate necessities ot ciyilized
liie that they have managed 70 get
with any old Aiud OF d road, kept
up IN the sIam.and Jam way that mar Ks
all community road working a few days
each year.
But Tor several years there mas
been a disposition everywhere to secure
something better.
"Commeudable progress has been
made, too, IN various counties OF this
state, but all are forced to admit that
good roads construction is only in the
beginning stage here. The same is
rue Of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louis
ana. Hence there could hardly be
anything more conductive to a better
understanding Of the subject and to
the interest Of the people IN
L than such a trip over the Eastern
and graded highways by tho heads
farmers organizations as MIR. Yoa.
has just personally conducted.
There Is no need in this connection
% attribute to him any extraordinary
or philanthropy in what be
aas done.
cit il q practical business affair be
.ween business associates or partners,
IA he said at Tulsa.
"of course, the farmers adjacent to
roads will get their products to
someway over any kind oil
ways but Mr.. Yoakum knows
hat FIRST class wagon roads stand for
better farming, and for putting every
available acre under the pillow, for ease
and facility in moving a crop eneour
ages and stimulates the growing Of
more and better crops.
1.-THE same section with good wagon
roads will give the railroad more traffic
out and In than In bad wagon roads.
"what builds up ths country and
its land and resources to the
advantage also builds up the farm