The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-25
LOGAN CHOSEN
FOR 1912 MEET
Salt Lake Delegation UnSuc-
cesSfuI in Capturing Good
Roads Convention.
Especial TO The Herald Republican,

Especial TO The publican-l
ogden. Sept. 24-Aftcr a gallant
fight on the part .of the salt Lake dele
cation. Logan won the contest for the
1912 convention Of the Intermountain
Good Roads association. tonight PO-
catello had already been selected for
the convention next year. and salt Lake
and Logan were the only important
contestants for the meeting Of the fol-
lowing year.
r. r. sherman OF Bull. Ida. was
unanimously reelected president OF the
organization and William Wsllin OF Po-
catelio, Ida. was chosen to fill the Of
flee OF secretary and treasurer. The
20 the various state delegations. which
VIII report later.
Postponed Untu Monday.
The matter Of greatest importance TO
me convention-that OF petitioninE the
government to donate 10 600 000 acres
Of land TO be divided equally among
ten western states to aid in the build
ING OF good roads. did not come up az
.9e meeting OF the associations last
ntsht as expected. The committee hav-
,ng this matter in hand asked until
Monday in which 20 make it's report.
me Eek, extra time was sranted.
uisc Hssed. the meeting adjourned IN
~ Monday when the first half-miIe
or me proposed interstate highway be-
,Neem btah. Wyoming and Idaho will
be put under way. work berinninE near
IIyerdsle- Dclegates will use picks
and shovels In starting the work.
Gives History.
At this mornings session OF the In
termountain Good Roads convention. J.
~. Dodge. superintendent of the deuart-
ment or road construction at Washing
ION, and one Of the best informed Of
iiciais or the interior deuarf nonf on
roads. addressed the meeting Ee told
~ the history Of road building up TO
me time y matchmaking. and put be-
Tore the dlnvention important sugges-
tions 80 TO how 90 accomplish the ends
Of the dav.
To the automobile declared the
speaker. Eve owe the present unprece-
dented impetus TO good road building
mat this vehicle would SuuerSede the
horse m most lines OF travel. and that
ROADS would hereafter be constructed
especially for auto traffic. wss one OF
his statements.
TIN same subject was handled by w.
- kishel. president or the Automobile
club Of Utah. who talked on the re
latiou OF the Automobile 20 Good
Roads"
Conservation Assured.
During the morning session tele-
EIam WAS received from the Pacific
Highway association Of North America.
winch became an organization 40 Sc
attle last Moudsy. in which the Inter
mountain association was assured OF
the hearty cooperation OF that body in
me carrying out OF road reforms The
Pacific association has I'm mind the con-
StruCttou or national highway from
Mcrico 10 Canada. and viii solicit the
az OF The intermountain association in
this undertaken
inc afternoon was given over 30 an
excursion over Great salt lake via the
Lucin cutoff special train Of six
cars leaving the union depot az 2
O'Clock. More than go delegates and
other visitors 10 the city were the
guests Or the road during the after
noon.
The party returned 90 the city at s
clock this evening. and convened FOR
2 ntEht session In Carnegie library at
= SO o'clock.