The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-06-14
ANNUAL ADDRESS
OF PRESIDENT
Continued from page one. .


half mill.on dollars Will be expended
upon road improvements. The state
is alive to the need of better roads
and look to see vast sums expended
on the roads and high ways in the
near future.
Montana.
In Montana the recent legislature
| provided for a bond of $150,OOO 90
for the improvement of highways.
This law proved to De demonstrations
al, as a result the state has been hand
| icapped for the want of means for
road improvements. Notwithstanding
this fact in one county alone, thirty
miles of excellent road has been com
| pleted, and in number Of other
| counties considerable local money has
been expended. The state put to work
| two hundred men from the state prs.
on, which has proven h marked advan
tage to road building and a good thing
for the prisoners.
Nevada.
Governor T. l.. eddie of Nevada is
road enthusiast and is an advocate
of proper legislation for road improy
ments. | have not been able to learn
the amount of money in that state ex,
pended during the past year on road.
building. As the Governor Is present
he will no doubt enlighten us on the
subject.
Colorado
A recent legislature of the State of
Colorado provided for highway COM
mission which was required 10 make
note OF the needs of the state as to
better reads. This committee report.
ed to the governor that there were
GO,i3l miles of wagon roads in the
state and recommended the passage
Cf a bill providing for the expenditure
OF S2,l20.3l5. 90 to be used towards
the Improvement of 1880 miles of
roadway. How much of this work has
been done or the amount of money so
far expended, | have been unable to
learn.
wyoming. :. :. 80.
| am informed that considerable
work has been done on the highways
and great deal of money expended
but sufficiently accurate facts to be
given at this convention, has not been
obtainable.
Idaho.
The last legislature of the State of
Idaho, provided for great movement
in the way of road building. The new
law is known as II. b. No. 2O7, :"
mobile Law so called because the
automobile has been made the main.
stay and chief finacial factor in the
pan. 1t is proposed by and through
this law to develope and construct
State Highway System. In general
this law has three objects.
First: the taxation and control of
the use of automobiles.
Second: the development of a
State Highway system under the juris-
diction and control of State High
way Committee composed Of five mem
bers.
Third: the encouragement of high
way construction by the several coun-
ties of the state,
The first of these objects is attain.
ed by levying upon motor vehicles a
license tax. and by prescribing such
rules and regulations as experience
has has been demonstrated to
be sound and reasonable for govern.
ing the use of automobiles upon the
streets in the towns and villages of
| the state.
The second object Is sought to be
attained by providing for the state
highway commission composed OF
three ex-officio members and two
members appointed by the Governor
by authorizing such commission to
plan, lay out and control system OF
state highways and by providing a
system for securing funds with which
to construct and maintain such high
way system.
In seeking to attain the third object
of the law, the legislature proceeded
upon the theory that those should be
helped who helped themselves. The
inducement Of generous state aid IL
held out to such counties as will ent
er upon the construction Of moderI
permanent highways.
The whole plan proposed by this rat
err brief enactment by the Idaho Legi
lature seems to be feasible and ope,
to no serious objections. The Stat
| Highway commission has just organ
Il gad and 10 now antarinp unon n chu