The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-09-26
M. ]. Brown, the Next Pres
ident of the Indiana Coun-
ty Commissioners Assoc'n
Was Named Today.
GARY CHOSEN NEXT
PLACE OF MEETINGi
Robert Beeson, a Wayne
County Commissioners, Isl
Elected Vice President,
Dehority a Speaker.

NJ. J. Brown, OF Lake county. wAs
elected president. Robert Beeson. OF
Wayne county. vice president. andsw.
ID. Thurber. of vigo county. was chos-
en- secretary and treasurer OF the
County Commissioners State associa-
tion at the morning session Of thsl
convention today. Gary. Lake county,
was chosen as the next place of meet
ing. The dates of the 1918 convention,
are September 10 and IL.
President Brown was vice .presideun
last year and at the eighth annual con-
vention he. with other Gary Officials
and citizens, made a determined ef.
fort to take the 1912 convention to
that city, but as the delegates to the
association favored Richmond as more
centrally located, this city was Sc
lected. Mr.. Beeson. the well known
commissioner from the middle district
Of this county, was unanimously chos!
en- vice president. Mr.. Thurber Is ed.
itor of the Public Officials Magazine.
the organ OF the county commissioni
ers In this state and adjacent states,
The principal address of the morn.
ing session was delivered by w. A.
DeHority, of indianapolis, on Results
of Three Years Experience with thd
Accounting Law" Mr. DeHority re-
| viewed the causes OF the founding Of
the state board of accounts and show.
ed the difficult propositions encounter.
ed in the ninety-two counties, the l..
900 or more townships and the large
| number of cities. towns and villages
Crack at Richmond.
| In the course of his address, Mr.. De.
| Hority mentioned the misapprupria;
ton of the improvement bond funds
and stated that In one city In the
state $4,000 had been taken from
this fund and misappropriated Smiles
| were seen on the faces OF Richmond
men who heard this statement as thu
state board Of accounts recently re:
ported that this particular amoune
had been placed In Richmond's eenS
eral fund, when II should have beed
placed in the Improvement bond fund.-
] Following Mr.. DeHority's address,
( E. G. Hoffman of TT Wayne. spoke on
the Duties of County commiasionj
ers." The election OF officers theI
followed and the delegates repaire4
to the Lyric theater where pictured
on road building were Iectured upg3
by DIR. Chubb. of Chicago.
This afternoon M. o. Eldridgs, .con}
nected with the United States depart@
ment of agriculture, addressed The
convention. at the high school auditors
ium on Some Practical Phases q
the Road Problem in Indiana !.
For Central Highway. !.
An urgent appeal to the commisG3onS
ers to do all in their power to get q
central highways commission. under
state supervision, established In Indi.
ana, was the principal feature Of Mr..
lEldridge's address. He explained .thid
idea, which Is being put into practi>
cal use In other states. saying that The
commission adopts plans for general
road construction and that In, this wan
the system of road building Ii staadr
ardized over the entire state.
Mr.. Eldridge declared that Indians
has the largest number of gravel
roads in the country but that It also
has the largest number Of second class
roads in the country.
Commissioner r 1. N Beeson Of
Wayne county is to take Mr.. Eldridgs
lover the county to view the roads eth.
Ter late this afternoon or tomorrow
Mr.. Eldridge has consented to either
send a government oflicial here later
to make Recommendations or TO maks
suggestions himself after viewing the
roads in the county
Needed legislation in Road Build
ing" was the subject of Clarence A.
Kenyon. president of the Indiana
Good Roads association Following
this lecture Charles C. Brown Of ndi-
annapolis gave a stereopticon lecture: !:
w. p Blair delivered short talk and
James Hoskins closed the ninth an
nual convention with an address upon
Good Fellowship Among Oniciais."
In the resolutions adopted today. the
convention thanked the Wayne county
officials, the Commercial Club and
IRichmond citizens in general for the
hospitality rendered the delegates.