The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-03-03

publicly reacnlng all the CitilehS VI
the four counties. Benton, Arkansas,
Mcdonald county, Missouri, and Dele
ware and Craig counties, Oklahoma,
that they may all know the plan and
what it is for.
The important days we are getting
Iready for are April 10, II and II, Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesday. II it
rains us out on either day, it will mean
the next day takes the place of that
day. One road captain tells me that
lii it rains half day on the day on his
division. he will work the other half
of that day and all the next day, thus
turning the rain to an advantage.
The newspaper men along the road |
are among the most loyal men we
have to this proposition, and 1t is
Through them that the publicity viii
Ibe given carrying the news to all the
people. At a meeting in Grove the
lother night, when it came to giving
money to pay for the work that ] Will
Idirectly describe, both newspaper pro-
prietors in Grove each wrote his check
flor S25.0G in addition to their willing
mess to give publicity through their
Icolumns. Within two weeks from now
there will be some 10000 posters print
ed that will give the program OF the
three days work with a list of the road
captains and the place of assembly un-
der each road captain. A bundle OF
these posters will be sent to each road
!captain that he may scatter them out
:, Ito the right and left of the road among
: 1.-THE people on the two sides OF his
!. lsection. One of the best advertise
:. Iments that any proposition can re-
:. ceive is by word of mouth. Already
: lit is travelling, and by the three
:. methods have described the news will
: go to the remotest parts of the -four
= Icounties. and it is to be hoped, and II
= lis believed, that when the time arrives
: practically all of the people will fee
!, lit a privilege and pleasure to take
i part in the making of this great high
way that is to lead from so many dis
., tant places into the Ozark mountains
Ie. In the organization, we appoint roa'
ob captains one may have only 100 yards
a Ianother as much as a mile, accordin
m Ito the work that is to be done. TIL
road captains will study their section
hit lin advance, knowing prospectively VIII
AZ lis coming to help them, telling one
ds bring his turning plow, another
bring his plow another to make spl
log drag, others to bring picks an
shovels and so on All of the roa
he captains from the time of their a
rn- pointment will be organizers. goe
Ne road captain will have his sectic
he lready for quick work by the time Il
om important morning arrives, By movir
AZ fences back to the standard width
md fifty feet, by blowing stumps with dyn
ird mite out of the road, removing ire
ter- and other distractions. Thus, eve
est thing is made ready for the importa
day. Then, with the people comil
ado from both sides of the road and goil
nto Ito work under captain who has
to work organized everything moves wi
,ita precision from sun up to sun dow
Yin. That is the plan of grading the rof
ode land no one who works on the road
act- Ieither of these three days will recei
! is fany money compensation. 1t is und
Ne stood as free will offering. / am g
i q ling as much as 80 days of my time
! is it and am enjoying it as much al
/, is lever did playing game Of marb
tod when | was a boy. On the day VII
ugh all work, is a day on which we KIN
all at the altar OF the Common Good,
q II day on which by the united effo
that1of thousands we make one of the gre
,ake lest improvements that could be ms
will for our country It is to be like
the Iold time house raising, and as
al. turnpike is to be used by the pub
II in ION which all can travel without
nave ling toll, belonging to all, all will hi
, On Ian interest in it. When completed
get are going TO pant II "hiee. ~
hree by that, a white ring around the t
sses phone poles, white on the fence po
road white on the trees and white on the
ions rocks by the road side. The th
ding roads coming out Oh oKlahoina anu
first one out of Missouri and joining