Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-10-16

ClSIuSldSlIC IUcaQ IileG tlbSS GNCi
held in western Iowa Was helG
here last evening when the To-
cal Commercial Club acted as
host to the Lincoln Highway
boosters of Harrison county
and western Iowa. Represent
atives were here from Danison,
Dunlap, Woodbine, Logan,
Magnolia, Modaie, L9ve|and,
Honey Creek, Council Bluffs
and Omaha,
Promptly at 6::3o the assem-
hled men filed into the r R
Eating house where very
neat three course supper had
been prepared. After using
about an hour in satisfying the
inner man, President Heath
announced that the talks OF
the evening would bo on 5000
roads and more particularly OF
the Lincoln HiehHav, abeuf
which we are all very much in
terested. The fest speaker of
the evening was j. S Dewell
who gave a short concise re
port of the Yecaot National
Good Roads Convention at De
troit. His talk dealt entirely
with the Lincoln Highway par
of Tho meeting; be told VIVA
the Lincoln Highway STOOD fer;
what the association had al
ready done before the route
was established; how the funds
are to be raised and what is ex-
pected of each township coun
tv and state through which the
highway passes
Mr.. Dewell was followed by
Mr.. Seabury, of Logan, also in
attendance at the Detroit meet
ing, who gave some additional
information about the highway
Mr.. Seabury had tie pleasure
of returning from Detroit by
auto and he contrasted very
clearly the difference between
the paved roads in the vicinity
of Detroit and the dirt roads
of Iowa. DIR. Humprey, Pres
of<he Logan Commercial Club,
followed and told the assem-
bled boosters tElat Logan ives
on the map In the good roads
game and that they were doing
a great deal Up there in the
matter Of Strengthening the
roads, smoothing out the rough
places and improving things in
general. Mayor Prather of
this city was the next speaker
and he showed what Missouri
Valley is doing within tee city
to improve street conditions.
He hit the nail on the head
when he said that adequate
drainage was one of the first
essentials before a good road
could be maintained and that
this city was spending many
thousand dollars this fail to get
adequate drainage. w. G. Rol-
Inns, of Denison, gave the diff
ference in amount of travel
over the improved roads in the
east and those roads which
have not been improved Mr.
Rollins is ore of he pioneer
good roads men of the state
and he gave facts and figures
which could not be disputed.
President Metcalf of the
Council Bluffs Commercial Club
who was born in Missouri Val,
lev, said that Council Bluffs
and Pottawattamie County had
been a little backward in the
matter of good roads on this
particular line but that in the
future they could he denended
upon to do their share He said
that the Lincoln Highway pro-
jact had not been properly pre-
sentod to them nrevi su~iv but
now he could pladoe tl,e sup.
port of Council Bluffs to the
undertaking and that in the
future PottaWattamla would
not be known as having the
worst part OF the road in west
ern Iowa. He was given 9 great
deal of applause because a'l
present felt that Council Bluffs
had Disseminated against the
Transcontinantal route and all
were more than pleased that
there was to be a change. II.
q d Frederickson, Consul for the
Lincoln Highway in the State
Of Nebraska was the next
speaker and gave the assembly
some very good pointers. Mr..