The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-07-05
FOR BETTER ROADS.

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Congress At Missouia Recommends
Improved Methods.
MIssouLA, June 26.-The second
annual convention of the Montana
Good Roads congress opened In the
Garden city this morning under con-
ditions that were most pleasing and
which, from the tap of the gavel by
Senator Donlan, the president, assur.
ed the success of the meeting.
There were 200 delegates In their
seats at the morning session and
between so and IS more arrived during
the forenoon and were present to
enter into the real business of the ses-
sion that was taken up after lunch.
Delegat are here from almost every
county and most of the cities and
towns, q wide awake and earnest lot OF
men, deeply and uuseldshly interested
in the good roads movement through
out Montana.
After selection by the band and
the invocation by the Rev. E. w.
Burther OF the local Congreg ational
church, President Donlan formally
opened the congress with the general
address of welcome and brief review
of the good roads movement through.
out the state during the past year.
Senator Donlan said that he was sure
the Billings meeting year ago, when
the congress was organized, was
responsible for more road building
since that time than had been con-
structed in the five years before, and
he believed that the results of the pre-.
sent meeting would just be double that
of the first.
M1ssouLA, June 28.-Next years.
meeting of the Montana Good Roads
congress will be held in Anaconda,
according to the vote OF the deleg ates
this afternoon.
Officers were elected as follows: E.
P. Mathewson of Anaconda, presi-
dent: Malcolm ellis OF Butte, secre'
tary; executive committee, A. j.
Davis of Silver Bow, Edward Don
Ian of Missoula, Cal Hubbard OF
Cascade, T. E. Hammond of Rosebud
and A. J. Galen of Lewis and Clark,
The congress adopted resolutions to
this effect:
| We recommend to the state board o
educ alton the establishment OF shor
engineering course at the University
of Montana, at Missoula; at the Stat
Agricultural college at Bozeman, unt
at the State School of Mines at Butte
wherein shall be given special consid
Grafton and attention to the subject O
J public highways, and that the repre-
sentatives of these institutions shal
at least annually give instructions
t collectively or individually. to tn
various counties of the state, whe
l requested to do so by the board {
county commissioners, and shoul
m AXE it their business to circulate Q
l to place good roads literature in tn
i public libraries of the various cour
r ties.
/ We recommend the passage OF
b general, uniform law regulating tt
: construction and mainten ance OF put
lie highways in the various countit
l. of this state.
l. We recommend that authority
e provided by law authorizing the var
e Gus boards of county commissions
II OF the state to issue bonds for Il
e mainten ance and improvement of o.
m public highways.
n We heartily indorse ard impro
II the action of our state officers in vi
lizing the labor OF convicts in the il
provement of highways, and belize
that such work is in the interest
s. good roads, good government and
D. a better and bro ader humanity towa
as those convicted of crime.
I'd We believe that small compens
1s sation. to be fixed by law, or by acti
r. of the state prison board, not excee
o. ing the sum OF 800. should be allow
~ to all convicts for work done by tn
g. on the roads, such cum to be ps
such convicts on their charge, q
cd to remain in the hands of the ward
u of the state penitentiary until 81
he discharge.