The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1912-05-11
GOOD ROADS CON-
YENT|ON AT LOGAN

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demonstration train from Washington
will be whrled across the continent
| from the national capital next month
to Logan. Utah, there to be one of the
star attractions of the third annual
convention of the Inter- Mountain
Good Roads association. This train
equipped with the very latest and best
road making machinery, will be in
charge of government experts Prac-
tical demonstrations of highway build
ing will be given, and stereopticon
slides will show some of the effectual
accomplishments of the federal good
roads builders in the past.
William Wallin, secretary of the
Inter- Mountain Good Roads associa-
ton. in company with Chairman Hen
erickson Of the executive committee of
the association. recently conferred
with General Passenger Agent d. E.
Burley Of the Short Line. Mr.. Wallin
| gives the following account of the
conference:
Logan will be the Mecca for all
good roads enthusiasts of six states
at the convention of the Inter- Noun
tain Good Roads association. in June
this year.
Road making in all its various
phases will be discussed, roads maxi
ing machinery Of all kinds will be on
exhibit, but greatest of all attractions
will be the exhibit to be made by the
government Good Roads division of
the agricultural department at WASH
ington, which will be brought out for
the instruction of the delegates in the
making of good roads from all kinds
of material most convenient to each
locality.
u. A. Hendrickson of Logan, chair
man of the executive committee of
the Inter- Mountain Good Roads asso-
citation and myself were in conference
with d. e. Burley and other officials
OF the Short Line and received the
assurance of their full cooperation
In bringing the government exhibit
to Logan in June, which, thanks to
the Short Line, will be the first ap-
pearance of the Government Good
Roads Educational train in the inter-
mountain territory
'The officials of the Inter- Mountain
Good Roads association already have
the assurance of the full cooperation
of Gov. VIM. Spry of Utah, and Gov.
j. n. Hawley of Idaho, and of the en-
tire congressional delegations of
Utah and Idaho, and other states
comprising the membership of the
association, in the effort of bringing
the Government Good Roads educa-
tional exhibit to Logan for this con-
vention, and Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson and Logan w. Page. director Of
the office of public roads at Washing
ton.
THE educational features of the
convention at Logan in June will be
the most practical ever given in the
West; the whole meeting will be a
good roads educational feast. the ben
eficent results of which are obviously
apparent
Speakers from all the states COM
prising the association, Utah, Idaho,
Montana, Colorado. Wyoming and
Nevada will be on the program and
problem in the West and the import
ant subject of enlisting government
, aid for national highways from coast
, to coast and Interstate highways be-
, tween the capitals and principal cities
of the inter-mountain region.
THE Inter- Mountain Good Roads
,, association originated in Salt Lake
City in 1910 and held it's first conven-
! ton in Ogden in the fall of that year
The second convention was held al
Pocatello in June last year. At the
} third convention in Logan, June IL
l3 and IA, this year. the convention
city for 1918 will then be selected and
: there promises to be the spirit of bid.
! ding for the place of holding the next
I convention.
D "Other important features of the
Logan convention will be the adoption
{ of bylaws and perfectng the organ.
ization into an efficient piece of ma.
chinery in the good roads cause
The bylaws drawn by the executiv,
; committee during the year to be pre-.
sented for ratification of the Logar
i COuN cHtiOI PIONiuc iOI dH tAcCutlNs
8 board to handle the business of the
! association between conventions: thi,
7 board will be composed of an execu
tive committee of three prominent
good roads workers, in each of the 81,
n states. There will also be a legisla
8 tive committee of three members II
g each state. who will work towards
cIot in nd oil
c various states. and a highway com
!, mittee whose duty II will be to propos
). location of routes and to disseminate
\ information in the line of proper an,
uniform construction of highways on
of the best material at hand at tn
lowest cost.
THE assurance of cooperation o