Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-12-20
MUCH NEEDED LEGISLATION
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ed to the Rainbow route.
The large amount of money that
has been expended on the southern
| route and how it has been expended
was explained and to show how much
had been acc complished by the asso-
| citation. McLain asked that the dele
gates consider the highway He point
ed out how much had been completed
| and the amount that remains to be
made, all of which has been printed
Although it was expected, he made
no plea for the appropriation of state
funds for use by the Rainbow asso-
citation.
That the available money be spent
That the federal government should
assign the state lands to the state in
order that they might be sold and
| the funds given to the highway COM
mission for use in bettering road con
ditions was the argument in brief OF
Congressman elect Edward Keating
His talk was different from the re-
mainder i'll that he advocated a new
plan. The discussion following these
speakers was participated in by al
most everyone present. each delegate
being SO deeply interested that he
wanted to boost the movement as far
as was possible
ed of G. NJ. Hall OF Rocky Ford,
chairman: I. w. Monnell of Mont
rose. Z. J. McMahon of Trinidad, p.
J. Dugan of Pueblo and A.. w. Ship.
pey of Saguache. The following res
olutions on good roads were unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas. The best interests of the
state demand an Intelligent systematic
system of road building of con-
tinuous character. and
Whereas, To accomplish this pur-
pose 1t is necessary to have super
vising head whose duties shall be the
general outlining and building OF such
a good roads system. therefore
BE it resolved. That it is the judg
| mcnt OF this convention that the
nineteenth genral assembly should
pass a bill transferring the money III
the internal Improvement fund and
| the internal income fund to a high
| way commission, to be expended by
them in planning and completing a
system of good roads in Colorado.
Indorse Western Man for Cabinet.
Following the meeting of the COM
mcrcial associations the Arkansas
Valley Editorial association met and
indorsed the action OF the conference,
and closed their meeting with the
adoption OF these resolutions:
| Whereas. 1t is the sense of this
meeting that the greater development,
OF the state of Colorado in particu-
lar and of the west in general depends
to a large extent on liberal federal
laws governing the public domain.
and
| Whereas, We believe that the bcs,
laws can be created and the wiscst
administration thereof TO the best in
terests OF our undevloped resources,
only through an executive who is ia
miliar with conditions in the west;
through one who has actually lived
in the west and who has grown up
with the liberal views so characters
tic OF the westerncr. therefore be it
| Resolved. that every honest effort
be made to secure the appointment OF
a western man as secretary of.the in
terror in the cabinet of President
Wilson; and be it further
Resolved, That a copy of these res
olutions be forwarded to each and all
of the senator's and representatives
who will represent Colorado in the
next congress with the request that
they be brought before the attention
OF the new president"
In the evening splendid banquet
was enjoyed at the Vail hotel. Gov