Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-06-06
ROAD 0VERSEERS SENT To JAIL

commercial Club luncheon ~ o
Roads talk by D. Ward a.
On this city THURSDAY Tha
luncheon, at the Hotel Hoxsev h.'
an attendance Of almost 100 Inns,
ness men and farmers and Pdea,den
orreH made a short address !,
tie guests. =
Mr. WorrelI told the assomh,a,
men that the Club was in favor I.
GOOD roads IN Audra'n, first. last an,
; @iways, and that with the dee,rs J
entertain the Road overseen wa.
me cause Of the luncheon Tbnrs
gay which usually s he'd Fr,dav ~
! urged a Farmers Club IN A,,draln
aga said tho Cub sought Their co ON.
trau'on in securing an Individual A.
rtultural exDer, aud experluebt sta
uoa for the county. These suzpoa.
Tons were greeted with much an.
plause. ~
After the dinner the guests visited
me County jail aad were Ioud IN
Their condemnation OF what some !
them called the terrible hoe"
there were those mes,
eht who had voted
against The proposition for new
jail at the last election, bnt tbtv ex.
pressed themselves s'roogy In favor
after the visit.
AT two O'Clock In the Circuit Court
loom, the Good Roads meeting was
called to order by Judge Geo. Rob
er'son- Mr.. Robertson named
Judge Alex Carter chairman of the
meeting.
Judge Carter said it was a strik.
ing feature OF the good roads move
ment that The townspeople we're TAX
ing the initiative in the direction of
beuter roads, while it appea~ed the
country people were tagging ms
what In, interest on this important
question Judge Carter tod the road
o~verseers to report TO the County
Court next Monday the places where
bridges either needed repairs or
new ones. He said the Court would
visit every bridge in the county
next week.
Alex Carter introduced D. Ward
King. the split-'og drag man. Judge
Carter pad Mr.. King the compliment
of being most practical, with the
greatest experience in road work OF
any one in the United States.
In his Introductory remarks, Mr..
King sad Mexico spelled Saddle
Horse to him, He said he rode Rex
Mcdonald when he was here nine
Years ago.
"In speaking Of the roads in this
section, Mr., King said he had severe
criticism to make as a general prop
osi;.on. He sad he told the farmers
Of this county nine years ago how to
tse the drag and he had been told
his instructions had not been careful.
ly followed. "Use the road drag,
no matter what kind Il is and results
viii follow, but the spIlt-log drag
does the most efficient work"
Following the meeting al the
Court House, the road drag demon
stration by D. Ward King and the
commissioner Of the Mexico Special
Road District was given. This part
of The program vas carried out un-
der the supervision OF Il. W, Walk.
or, street commissioner, and Kennen
HuIen, superintendent of work OF
the Smile district.
The place selected to give the
demonstration was on North Clark
avenue, going north from Love street.
This Is an excellent place for such a
demonstration, and the discussion Of
the work by d. Ward King was most
interesting and instructive.
Many Of the road o~verseers of the
county took advantage of the invita-
ton by the Mexico Commercial Club
to attend, and the offer of a days
wages by the Audrain County Court
ag an i~nducement 10 be here.
Curtis Hill, Sta'e highway engineer,
wa unable to be here.
These here were:
District. Name.
8-A. T. Chase
candy Talbot.
lie. o. Sneds,er
l3-J. NJ, Young
I6--W. R, Eubanks
I7-Jas. Greed.
Isl A Henderson
15-E e Pierce
Cor w Powell
21-J w Beamer
&C A Candy
9S-Ezra Ward
al w Curry
25-B. L. Fresb'e
2S-N L Dysart
30--H H Long
31-Perry Palmsr.
26-F Z Curry
32-JI w. Mackey.
3S-W Y Jones
Sf-Jas. Given.
35-C r Jesse
3G.-Jas. Childers
4S.-Lon WHITEWATER
al r Dorgan
46--Geo. Kellerhals.
49-Geo. Williams
i7--J r Scott
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