The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-08-01
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NORTH AND
SOUTH ROAD.
Proposed Permanent Highway
Sets Substantial Boost In
State Conference

AT the good roads conference held
at Oklahoma City yesterday j j.
Abeil. az Gnthrie, was named as 10.
gan county's representative on the
ways and means committee which Is
90 work out plans for The consuuc-
fion al permanent highway traVers-
ing the state from north 90 south.
0ther members of The committee arc
Judge ] f, King, Newkirk, Kay conn-
ty James Lobsit2, Perry. Noble coun-
fys RI E Brownen, oklahoma CITY,
Oklahoma county; Il VI Askew, Lex
ington, Cleveland county; i9ersett
Carter Purcell, Mctain county. Tom
Grant, Pauls Valley Garvin county;
s. II. 4AYis. Davis, Murray county,
R r. Schiyeiey, Ardmoi'e, Carter
county. A member from love county
viii be chosen later.
fhe road VIII pass through Kay
Noble Logan, Oklahoma, Cleveland,
McGIain, Garvin, Murray, Carter and
Love counties, probably with branch.
es through Johnson and Bryan coun,
tics on the south From the north the
route runs down the east side OF Kay
county TO Noble and Via Perry4f 60
Guthrie, through Oklahoma City, Nor.
man. lexington, Purcell, Maysville.
sIidmore and through Love county To
Red river Tle west side Of Kay
county also wants the road ana offer
ed Il minority report. That matter
will be determined by the county
d9yernor Favors Project
Addressing the conference at the
afternoon session. Governor Cruee
declared himself in favor OF utilizing
state convicts in building the propos
ed highway. The governor said, in
part:
! have been studying the problem
seriously, and am convinced that the
convict system OF building highways
as practiced in Colorado, Is the best
in the worlds belieye, however,
that the convict should feel that he
has something more to do than 10 kill
time, and propose to give every con-
Wet who works for the state an all
lowance OF one day in every four for
the work he does. A man with a
1--WE year sentence will then work ont
his time in four years and have some
incentive to work. and the chances or
his attempting escape are ninimized.
think, however, that eyeny cuinty
should pay the additional cost OF
working the conyiets. which VIII be
insignificant, amounting only toi the
pay OF extra guards. k
THE plan being pursued meets with
my hearty appropriations, and | can as
sure you that / ana at your service for
anything can do for the movement.
The permanent ways and means
met directly after aajoutn-
ment and organized by electing Clark
G. Hudson of oklahoma city, chair
man. The committee viii meet frei
quentiy, lay plahs for the road, aud
execute them
To Organize every County
Inc members or me executive com.
mittee Will az once begin the work Of
county good roads assQ1
Citations hi their respective conpties5
ana these VIII be ahlliated With the
state good roads association II Is
iAe plan to have an organization IN
every county in the state, and to
3ring the total membership of the
state association up to 2a,000 as soon
as possible
In addition to the great highway
discussed Monday, il is planned 70
construct lateral roads throughout
Oklahoma and other counties 20 con-
meet with it.
on the north the main highway
will Join a similar road through kans-
as at a point near llnnnewell Kan.
The Kansas road runs almost dirscl-
ii north through That state, aud JOINS
With another III Nebraska at Chester.
This runs to Omaha. where 1t CON
hects with the River to River high
way running east to Chicago, and also
going north to the South Dakota line
In Texas roads have already been
constructed from GAINESVILLE aud Den,
ison 10 Ilearne, where they unite ana
one Sig highway extends ON the south
to Galveston Thus the road in OKLA
homa is but link in a huge ehain
II highways extending through large
section OF the west aud southwest