Imperial Valley press., 1912-11-09
OCEAN.TO-OCEAN HIGHWAY
ASSOCIATION IN SESSION

Los Angeles Times: Enthusiastic
boosters are to leave here on special
train for Santa Fe this morning to at
tend the convention of the Ocean-to-
Ocean Highway association, the dele
gates to which were appointed by the
governors of California, Arizona and
New Mexico. This is the second an
nual convention and officers for the
ensuing year will be chosen.
John S. Mitchell, president Of the as
sociation, will be in charge of the dele
CATION from here and it is expected
t1at representatives from every state
along the old Santa Fe trail will a, :
tend. Those who will make the trip
from Los Angeles are Secundo Guasti.
Chester Lawrence, J. Clem Mitchell,
Wilbur Hall, John J. Jenkins and ]. S.
Mitchell The delegation will go un-
instructed, but a plan Of campaign will
be mapped out on the train.
Frank w. Balfour will represent Po-
mona anu lie Will De accompanied py
C. E. Bichowski. Balfour was one of
the men who took an active part in
the formation of the association last
year. He is in touch with all the
plans for an oceanic ocean highway
and has proved one of the hardest
workers for the cause, which already
is represented by enough money to put
the California end of the highway in
tourable shape.
Dan Johnson will look after the in
terests of Cotton and w. w. Wilcox
will be his teammate. Johnson is one
worked hard to mould public senti-
ment in favor of an ocean-t to ocean
route.
George w. Wilder and w. D. Brook
ins represent Redlands. Wilder was
one of those who at Phoenix helped to
swing the election in favor of Califor-
MIA in the choice of officers.
From Riverside w. E. Clancy ana
Supervisor Karl S. Karlton will make
the long overland trip. Though the
ccean-to-ocean highway does not pass
through Riverside these men have
worked to send the macadam boule-
ward through San Gorgonio pass and
now they will endeavor to see that the
old Santa Fe trail is the route on
which the 100000 recently subscribed
in Indianapolis and the other large
amounts are expended.
X. R. Smooth is the Beaumont man
who will make the trip and j. NJ
Westerfield will represent Banning. g.
c. Macdonald will be the Coachella val
ley representative and E. B. Harris is
the Mecca man. Harry Stewart and
H. L. Fulton will make the trip from
interests and the Imperial and Coachel-
la valley towns will find in them
champions who will fight to the last
ditch if it is necessary to gain a point
Abbot Kinney will make the journey
from Venice, Charles Glassell from Re
dondo Beach and P. +. Dudley from
Sarta Monica. This trio will represent
the beach cities as it means much to
that section. p. E. Hatch is the Long
Beach man slated for the trip.
w. A. Freemire is the Ontario man
who will go to Santa Fe this year He
at Phoenix last year and this time is
primed for action. He will be accom-
panied by Charles Frankish. The val
ley towns will have men who are used
to holding their own on the floor of Il
convention and this good roads meet
ing, it is believed, will be memora bl e
one.
The special train will leave La
Grande station this morning at 10
o'clock. The men should reach Santa
Fe tomorrow. The meetings are
scheduled for Monday and the train
will leave for Los Angeles on Tuesday
morning.
The ocean-to-ocean highway fund IS
increasing to a large figure Subscrip-
tions here average 500 a day. The
subscribers yesterday were California
Corrugated Culvert company, S10O; the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance COM
pany, $50, and George 1. Cochran, $50.
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