Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1912-12-19
NOTAbLES At GOOD
ROADS MEETING
President Britton and Presi-
dent Bush Are to
Speak.
President Yoakuni. OF Frisco. May II.
50 accept in'tation-to Dis
cll>s Live Topics.

Little Rock. Dec 1S.-The annual
meeting OF the Arkansas Good Roads
Association. which will be held in
Little Rock January % and 24 will ae
the most scintillating affair OF the
year. il the talent TO he invited 10 par
ticipate in the programme accepts.
Nothing less than the presidents OF
the trunk line railroads CT the state
Will please the programe makers OF
this association. Invitations being en-
tended to B. F. Yoakum of the Fris
CO. F. F. Bush. OF the Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain. T. II. Britton. OF the
Cotton Belt, and an official of the
Roc.l Island Yet 10 be gareed upon. 1t
is understood that President Yoakum
OF the Frisco will accept the invitation.
The executive committee OF the Good
Roads Association met in Little Rock
Wednesday and decided u.on the dates
for the meeting in Little Rock. The
Cross State Highway Association,
which contemplates the construction
OF highway from Little Rock to
Memphis was largely represented. Dr..
X D. Mcknight. of Brinkley, the
president, and ]. 0. Bush, OF Forrest
City. secretary and treasurer, thanked
by Judge G. Otis Boyle and Judge J.
4. Sain, Of Brinkley; ALT Hamberg, OF
Lonoke. and Swan C. DoWell. present.
ed the claim for the cross state high
way
\ local committee was appointed TO
prepare the programe for the state
meeting The representation for this
meeting was fixed at ten to be ap-
pointed by each county Judge. in adj
dition to ever road commissioner and
overseer, and highway commissioner:
ten to be appointed by the cities, and
the members OF all road associations
will also be received as delegates.
The following have been invited to
partici cate in the program:
Dr. Bucknight, DR.. Bush and W. ].
Williams. of the Cross State Highway
Association, to discuss the highway
from Little Rock to Memphis.
H. B. Mckenzie, Of Prescott W. u.
Foster. Of Hope, and Harry Wescott,
OF Hot Springs. to discuss the Little
RockTeXarkana highway.
B. F. Yoakum, president Of the board
of trustees of the Frisco; B. F. Bush,
president of the Missouri-Pacific-
Iron Mountain; F. F.. Drittcn. presi-
dent of the Cotton Belt; a Rock Is
land Official, Senator James P. Clarke,
William B. lF'olson, of Brinkley. who
will speak on the Arkansas on
Wheels and its Relation to Immigra-
ton; Judge Dud Bassett, OF Walnut
Ridge. on the Cost and Profit of Road
Building and Drainage: Logan Wal
Ter Page, chief of the good roads work
of Washington, D. c.; H. L. Remmel
and Mayor Charles E. Taylor, of Lit
tie Rock; Congressman S. F. Prouty,
of Iowa, to speak on Federal Aid;
Gov George W Donaghey and Gov
elect Joe T. Robinson.
The date was fixed for January %
and "a because the Arkansas Assocla-
ton of County Judges will meet in
Little Rock January % and the ARK
ansas Horticultural Association meet
ing. now scheduled for Fort Smith,
will probably be changed to Little
Rock, as the general assembly will be
in session at that time and the dele
gates to the two meetings will desire
to present their business to the mem
bers OF that body.