The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-08-01
Every County Represented.

Every county was Represented "N
one or more of its county commits
sioners, and about fifteen senators
and representatives We're present
| There were also a number of citizens
| of adjoining counties in Texas and
Kansas. who are interested in the
proposed highway.
Among many enthusiastic speeches
in support of the road building plan
was one by Prof. c. y. Gould of Nor
man. state geologist, who said that
all of the road building materials TO
be used on the great highway may be
found in Oklahoma.
Shortly after noon, a delegation in
! Guiding Judge Gale of Guthrie, Dor
sett Carter of Purcell, and II. r.
/ Broadball of Kay county, went to
| Governor Cruces office. and he was
| brought to the convention hall where
/ he received big ovation. He said
in part:
Il cannot express my qualification
| this. and I want to assure YOU that
while, perhaps, | have not the out
ward enthusiasm for good roads that
my friend Sidney Suggs has, | am
nevertheless as much interested in
| this movement as any person here
present.
THE Plan of building a state high.
way north and south and east and
west is my idea of commencing a
ont which our great state cannot
reach the proper state of develop
ment.
Il 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 world. | believe. however.
that the convict should feel that he
has something more to do than to
XIII time, and I propose to give every
convict who works for the state an
allowance of one day in every four
for the work he does. \ man with
q five-year sentence will then work
out his time in four years and have
some incentive to work, and the chan
ces of his attempting escape are min
im2ed. | think, however, that every
county, should pay the additional cost
of working the conviCts, which will
be insignificant amounting only to
the pay of extra guards.
The plan being pursued meets with
my hearty appreciation. and I can as
sure YOU that | am at your service
for anything l can do for the move
ment."
The permanent ways ant~ means
committee met directly after adjourn
ment and organized by electing Clark
c. Hudson of Oklahoma City, chair
man. The committee will meet fire.
quently lay plans for the road, and
execute them.
Start Work at Once.
The members of the executive com
mittee will at once begin the work
Of organizing county good roads as
sociations in their respective coun- ,
ties. and these will be affiliated with
the state good roads association. II
IS the plan to have an organization
in every county in the state. and I
@ bring the total membership of the g
state association up to $4,000 as soon
as possible
In addition to the great highway :
discussed Monday. 1t is planned to !,
lateral roads throughout r
Oklahoma and other counties to con |
lect with it. g
On the north the main highway |
VIII join a similar road through Kan
'as at a point near Hunnewell. Kan. !;
rhe Kansas road runs almost direct c
V north through that state, and joins +
With another in Nebraska at Chester {
This runs to Omaha, where it con- L
lects with the River to River" high
way running east to Chicago. and L
lso going north to the South Da- =
-ota line. :,
In Texas roads have already been n
from Gainesville and i,
)enison 10 Hearne. where they unitet d
nd one big highway extends on the Y
outh to Galveston. Thus the road Il
n Oklahoma is but a link in a huge c
hahn of highways extending through :
large section of the west and =
outhwest.