Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-10-10
GOOD ROADS BRIGADE
TAKES Big STATE FAIR
BY STORM, SAYS NAN
MISS 0NL FINDS The duke CITY LIVE spot and THE PEOPLE JUST
TOO LOVELY FOR ANY USSENAQR CATRON MAKES STRONG AD
DRESS FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS AND AGREES WITH THE GOVERNOR
ONCE ANYHOW
DONA ana COUNTY TAKES THE LEAD
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS IN STATE
BY NAN O'NEiL.

BY NAN O'NElL.
| Albuquerque, N. NJ, Oct 10.-Tht
campaign for good roads in New
Mexico, launched many months ago
I was given splendid impetus in Al
buquerque today at the meeting o
/ the Good Roads association. The
success of the meeting was made pos
sible by the presence here of sixty
two good roads boosters from the
Mesilla valley. The Mesilla valley
bunch proved the only really organ
lied body OF boosters to attend the
meeting. There were men present
from nearly every section of the
state, but they were in small mum
bers indeed when contrasted witt
the number sent by Dona Ana coun
ty There was sentiment in the
meeting, however, that the gathering
was most happy one; that the pres.
ent is the opportune time to get in
and boost for the 100000 bond issue
with which it is proposed to good
road the state from end to end
Immediately upon their arrival in
Albuquerque the Dona Ana good
roads boosters began the work of
pinning badges on men from other
sections of the state. BY noon the
Dona Ana county slogan: "Fill the
chuckholes, stop the dust, no more
h,,r Axr;,,p
from the coat lapel of every man III
Albuquerque.
Prominent among the men who ad-
dressed the Good Roads association
meeting today were Governor w. c..
Mcdonald, United States Senator T.
3, !Catron, Dall NJ, PotteE president
of the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway asso-
citation, Colonel r. +. Twitchell Fran
els T.. Lester and Prof. w. e. Garri-
son.
Col Twitchell, who is president of
the New Mexico Good Roads associa-
tion, called the meeting today in the
Elks theater Colonel Twitchell, one
of the first and still one of the great
est good road boosters in the state,
campaign for the $500,000
bond issue Col Twitchell pointed
out the urgent-the absolute necessi-
ty for good roads in New Mexico and
described in detail the reasons why
the bond issue would not prove bur-
den to the people when tax paying
time arrived.
Reading carefully prepared paper
on the subject of good roads, Fran
els e. Lester, of Las Cruces, made
one of the most telling arguments be-
fore the association meeting Mr..
Lester gave unanswerable arguments
in favor of good roads. He quoted /
facts and figures to show that the
people Of Dona Ana county are los
ing money each and every day that
goes by without good roads. He
proved that what is true in Dona Ana
s true in every other part of the
state. Mr.. Lester suggested that an
lctive good roads propaganda be un-
lertaken at once; that the services
If the daily and weekly papers
throughout the state be enlisted and
hat short article be published in
very paper in the state in every is
ue of every paper, approving the
bond issue and urging the
oters to work for it.
Despite the fact that he has been
eriously i'll for several days, Govern
r Mcdonald was present at the meet
ng and made brief address. Gov I
rnor Mcdonald said that his attitude
n the good roads question was too
,ell known to need any further COM
lent from him. that he was heart and
oul for good roads and that he was
lad to see that the people of the
tate were now thoroughly alive to
le benefit of better highways. +.
Introduced after Governor McDon-
Id had concluded his remarks, Unit
d States Senator 4. B. Catron caus-
laughter when he said that he did
OF find many things upon which he
ould thoroughly agree with the gov ,
rnor. Senator Catron declared how.
yer, that on the good roads question ,
e and the governor met on common
round. Continuing Senator Catron
aid that the building of good roads
| New Mexico will increase the
alue OF property in the state more
ian anything else that could be done
| development and declared himself :
lady and glad to do anything in his !,
over to assist the. association in :
leir efforts. !.
Following the reading of telegram ,
congratulations from the American
utomobile association president, I
olonel Dell M. Potter, president of s
le Ocean-to- Ocean Highway associa- a
on, delivered brief, yet snappy t
)eech in which he pointed out the h
reat benefits to be derived from the :
lilding of national highway