Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-05-27
SELECT MARkFOR
Blue GRASS ROAD
MEANS or IDENTIFICATION WILL
BIZ ESTABLISHED ALONG
THE ROUTE.
NIMOCKS HONORED
ottumwa Postnnaster Made Secretary
Of ths Association, Succeeding
Scott Skinner Of Creston-
MsIross Gets Busy.
NIMOCKs HONORED

Grass Road association has complleu
an interesting account OF the !as.
meeting OF the executive commlttee
held recently at Osceola at which one
! Of the things done was to decide upon
a marker for the route. Frank MIN
ocks Of Ottumwa was elected secre-
| tary Of the association. The letter cA
President Long follows:
| At the called meeting Of the execu,
tive committee of the Blue Grass Roaa
association held at Osceola on 'Inurs-
day, May Is, the official mark for the
| road was decided upon. 1t is to be II
band painted on every other telephone
pole, excepting that three poles eacn
way from turn shall be painted con-
secutively and to be "a inches Deep
the top Of tho band to be approxi-
mately six feet from the ground. ine
band is to consist Of nine inches Wnite'
then six inches dark blue then nine
inches white. Each county IS expected
to paint these poles along the route IS
soon as dragging agreements are
signed UP covering the road.
Twelve counties were represented
and President J. L. Long gave brief
report Of his trip He told OF the spec
iai work being done in various places
and told Of the counties which were
Some Counties Slow.
Although every county had agreed
to send in the assessment or $iOv
which the executive committee levied
for the purpose OF promoting and or
ganizing the road and for the purchase
Of such signs, and other things as the
association might desire to furnish
with uniformity Treasurer Murphy
reports that some of them had not
done 50 and the representatives pres
ent agreed to see that their counties
did their share at once. ;,
President Long, who had paid all
the expenses personally reported that
he had spent something. over $3oo.0e'
not including any pay for time, and he
was reimbursed to that extent by the
association. This is the total cost 40
far OF organizing end opening the
road.
In addition to the regular telephone
pole sign, 1t was deemed advisable to
put up metal sign at all cross ROADS,
the signs to be six inches In height.
and Of proportionate length, the back
white. Two OF these are to be placed
at each cross road or turn, one parallel
with each road, and the association
will purchase these and probably put
them up or furnish them to the coun-
ties.
MeIross Wants IN.
A delegation from Melrose were
Is
ing, to urge that Melrose be given an
opportunity to locate the road through
their town and urging that 1t be upon
the south road from Russell. There
had been some talk Of following the
state road from point north Of Rus
sell straight through to Abba and
missing Melrose, and the citizens there
up they raised in Melrose over thou
sand dollars, and the morning Of the
q COMMITTEES Of farmers on
the south road raised over $500 and
caught the morning train. After hear !
ing their reports and reasons the as
ISOLATION passed resolution express
ing their belief that the road should |
the parties interested raised sufficient
money to put the road in first class
condition and agreed to maintain It,
Raise Big Sum.
The matter Of deciding how much |
should be necessary was left to the
president. Saturday evening the conf |
mittee reported that they had raised |
$4,000 in money or labor at the rate Of
$500 per day for man and team ten
hours. by contributions among bust
ness men OF Melrose and the farmers
along the route and altogether some
s1,450 appropriated by the two coun-
ties and townships for culverts and
bridges. AS this was deemed sufficient,
II properly expended anu as they
promised to raise considerable more
and to increase it substantially ie
needed, the road will be located
through there. II the work is done at
once.
BY motion the matter Of location of
The road from FIT. Madison to Hillsboro |.
was referred to the Fl. Madison Com
nercial club, report to be made to the
president who is to finally decide, as
.wo routes are under consideration, /
one by West Point and one by Dem
mark.
While President Long was absent
rom the room. the association passed
l resolution thanking him for the per-
,istent. efficient and enthusiastic work.
re had done in organizing the road. !,
Nimeeks 10 Chosen.
Scott Skinner of CrestOn, having re-
signed as secretary, Frank Nimocks OF
Ottumwa, was unanimously chosen to
Ill the vacancy.
The members Of the executive COM
nittee were: ]. H. Pettibone, Burling-
on; J. P. Manatrey, vice president,
Fairfield; F. A. Nimocks, Ottumwa;
J. A. Paschall, (proxy) Monroe coun-
v; E. G. Paul, Osceola; Carl Daven-
BORT, Creston; Thos. D Murphy, treas
urer, Red Oak; H. G. Robbins, Mall