Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-18
PREACHED The
GOSPEL ROADS
HON. LAFE YOUNG CHIEF SPEAK
Frat COUNTY ROAD CoNVEN-
TON THIS AFTERNOON.
LAW DISCUSSED
Recently Passed Road Drag Act Was
Thoroughly Dissected and it's Parts
Given Thorough Dis
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! The gospel of good roads is being
J spread today in Ottumwa with yea
that bids fair to make the progress 81
| the road movement this year eclipse
anything ever attempted in the county
Hon. LATE Young of Des Moines Is the
principal speaker Of the occasion and
| with him from Des Moines Mr.. Young
brought his musician, Harry r. Murri-
son who in the capacity Of singing
(good roads) evangelist, lends novelty
to the meetings at which Mr.. Young
expOunds good roads doctrine. The dis
cussion of good roads and especially the
features of the new road drag law took
up all of the morning session and
brought out many matters Of interest
in connection with the carrying into ef-
feet the different phases Of the new
road drag law. Frank A. Nimocks OF
Ottumwa took>the floor in the capacity
of teacher at the~call Of County Audi
tor James Stevens, and for nearly two
hours the postmaster OF OttumWa who
has given perhaps more time than any
other person hereabouts to the study of
roads, took up the new road law and
presented it to the meeting.
Law Explained.
The. pamphlet form that has been
printed by Mr.. Nimocks giving the re-
suit of his correspondence with the at
torney generals office in the interpre-
tation Of the road drag law, was circu-
lated at the meeting. The pamphlet is
made up Of questions and answers pub
lished in the Courier during the farm
ers' institute as an, address made by
Mr.. NimOcks before the institute and
goes into the new legislative act quite
exhaustively. Mr.. Nimocks took up the
pamphlet and each question was gone
into in detail and thoroughly explained
until no one in the large crowd present
was in ignorance Of the essential points
of the new road drag law.
Many in Discussion.
While the meeting was held in ac-
by the county auditor for the purpose
of bringing the supervisors and trus-
tees of the townships over the county
into a meeting Whereat the road law
might be discussed, there were others
present besides the trustees and super
visors. The fact that good roads doc
trine has been preached for the past
few years was made apparent by the
number present and seemingly keenly
interested in the meeting. The discus
sion that followed the reading of the
law and the pamphlet of Mr.. Niomcks
was quite general and all seemed to
know what his particular district was
most in need of. The means of applying
the law in its varying phases was
shown bv one to be easily accomplished
in his district, while another saw diff
ficulties because of another condition
existing in his district. The price of
dragging, the work Of supervisors of
dragging, the conditions obtaining IN
various parts of the county, were all
brought out and discussed.
Hon. LATE Young and Harry r. Muir
rison arrived on Burlington No. 17S and
were met at the station by Supervisor
J. w. Hall who brought the Des Moines
men to the road convention. The morn
ing session closed by all present stand
ing at the request of Singer Harry r.
Murrison, and singing the national
anthem, America" s