The chronicle=news., 1913-06-12

Trinidad II ON the route OF tn
National transcontincntal highway
You should be proud OF the monu.
menix that mark the old Santa r.
trail and that you have the backing
and influence of the National OLE
Trails Roads association behind y0i.
Pueblo county or Fremont county
would give thousands Of dollars 4.
they had these historic trail mark
ers."-c. X. McLain. Highway Com.
missioner Third district.
THE people no longer have to b.
educated to the need OF good roads.
Nowadays the Interest ccntcrs In the
question OF how to get good roads
and how to maintain them. The pco.
pie Of every community are kcenl,
awake to tho value OF good roads.
The Colorado Good Roads association
stands for u system of roads and
highways throughout the state.
This year Colorado "
going 10 rec more automobile travel
over It's roads than ever before. -
". II. Emmons. Secretary Colorado
Good Roads Association.
- would like TO SEQ every farm
and commercial center Of the state
connected with u fine highway. Look
after the home people first then build
your scenic highways for the people
Of other parts. Build good roads and
then maintain the roads.
I strongly endorse the us. oi
state pcniirntiary ronviriS In road
building. They have done good work
In Pueblo county. ."-R. u. HiIIini
President State Association Of Count.
Commissioners.
Build good roads and maintain
shcm.'' Connect the cities and
townx and the farms with fine high
ways ''i,uiid system Of roads In
Colorado iha, will be the best In the
world" These arc samples Of the
hoostrr philosophy delivered by ihrcs
notable good roads advocates Al =
yooslag osahrrdbar 0sseins Of the
.ChaahseAe Ceaaescs -iari nixht.
SsAaFlss q MclAia o. Canon City.
hS6Avay eoaaissioase - the third
district: r. II. liiRgins of Pueblo.
president Of the state association o.
county commissioners. aud W. IL.
Ensmons Of Denver. secretary Of the
Colorado Good Roads Association.
brought message to the ~idc.awakc
people of Trinidad and Las An!mas
roIunty. Bciwcm Nfiy and sist,
business and professional men attend
cd tho meeting. After the spcak!n.
hot coffee and sandwiches were
served and cigars passed around and
q number enrolled themselves NJ
members Of the state association.
The practical side Of road build
Ing was touched upon and the value
and benefit Of good roads were point.
cd out. Facis and figures were pre-
scn,cd to show what Las Animas
county had done for roads. The nc.
rompI!shmcnts Of the Colorado Good
Roads association were enumerated
and the keynote Of the talks was that
the STATE of Colorado is the mecca for
the worlds tourists and that a unit
ed effort should be made to construct
and maintain system OF highways
that will be the best in the country.
A. l.. Branson presided at the
meeting and introduced tho speakers.
Before the visiting orators were In
trosiuccd Secretary Victor Friar read
extracts from the annual report o!
the Pueblo Commerce club showing
the financial standing of that organ
isation and commented on the splcn-
did work accomplished by that body
lie also read letter from Prof. !. X
Morgan relative TO the plan OF cstab-
fishing u $4,000 high school gym
nasium. j. u. Belts addressed the
meeting relative to the Chicosa Val
Icy OIL and Gas Company recently In
corporatcd by local mon. calling at
tention to tho proposition and nrg-
ing the cooperation OF the business
men and citizens to make the project
q success. He explained that the
company had leased 10000 acres in
the Chicosa valley and would drill 10,
oil. Mayor ". p. Dunlavy In few
words stated he had invested and had
confidence in the ultimate success oi
the project.
!. D. Kenworthy. Pueblo. rcprcscn-
tative Of the ID. & X. G. railroad, wa
the first one called upon by the
chairman and In the recital al most
appropriate story advised the Assem-
bied boosters that he had nothing tt
unload"
W. n. Emmons outlined the work
Of the Colorado Good Roads Associa
tion Of which he Is secretary ant
treasurer and urged that Las Animal
county have large membership. H'
said that the people no longer had tt
be educated to the need OF good road
but that the talk now is how to built
roads and how to maintain them
People. he said, were realizing tn
value Of roads. He referred to tn
state highway commission and TN
manner in which under the new law
this commission operated. He spok