The San Francisco call., 1913-08-05
PLAN BIG RALLY "
FOR GOOD ROADS
Meeting Called for August
20 at Eureka for Better
Highways on Coast

A conference which is of general i'm
portance to the motor world of the en-
tire west will be held in Eureka, Cal.
be held under the auspices of the Hum
boldt Chamber of Commerce, but out
of the meeting of good road delegates
will be organized a Pacific Coast Good
Roads association
The Importance of the conference is
to participate by the governors of Cali
fornia, Washington and Oregon. One
of the three state executives will pre-
side over the assembly.
The subjects discussed will be for
the benefit OF solving the question OF
organizations which have to do with
better roads, chambers of commerce,
boards Of trade and the California De-
velopment board will attend the rally.
Governor Lister of Washington.
Governor West of Oregon and Gov
ernor johnson of California have
pledged their support to the rally and
announced that they would attend in
person.
Lie proposed conference Will pTeScHC
some novel features. Eureka, where it
is to be held. is the largest town in the
United States without through rail-
road and except in the summer months,
wholly dependent upon the sea for in
tercourse with the outside world.
Thus, those who attend the conference
Will make the journey by steamer
from San Francisco or Portland, or by
automobile from the north, east or
south Many Of the delegates, inciud-
ing the directors of the California De-
velopment board and the San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce, will make the
trip by auto from San Francisco north
ward along the coast. A number Of
those from the north will turn west
ward at Grants Pass and follow the
coast to Eureka
1t is planned that Governor Lister
and Governor West shall be met by
Governor Johnson in the morning of
August IS at Redding, where they will
be the guests at luncheon OF the Red
ding Chamber of Commerce. In the
afternoon the journey will be made
from Redding to the quaint old town
Of WeaverviIle, where, in the evening.
a banquet will be given by the local
chamber of commerce. In the morning
of August 10 the journey will be con-
tinued to Eureka, which will be
reached early. in the evening OF that
day. This trip will involve 169 miles
of travel and will carry the visitors
through some of the finest scenery in
the west. Ample provision will be
made for the transportation from Red
ding to Eureka of all properly accred-
tied delegates.
The conference will open at 10 o'clock
in the morning of August 20, and the
subjects to be discussed include every
important phase of the good roads
tnI fdf
of the speakers and the topics with
which they will deal:
Hon. Ernest Lister, governor Of Washington
1.-The General Necessity of Good Roads
Hon Oswald G. West governor Gad Roads ol
Hon. Hiram w. Johnson, governor OF Califor.
nia-.should State Build and Maintain All
Roads Within Its BoundarlesF
james D. Bullitt, San Jose" County and In
tercounty Roads,,
C. III. Edwards weaverville-s.The Need OF
Highway From. Sacramento to the Coast.
NJ. B. Johnson, San Francisco" Raising Money
+. n. Martin, Tacoma. and s. Glen Andrus.
Sacramento-"The Tourist Value Of Good
Roads,
Francisco-.The Automobiiist and Good Roads,
Henry L. Bowlby, state highway engineer OF
Oregon-"For What Kind OF Roads Is a County
Justified In Issuing Bonds r.
Captain j. Rupert Foster. Msrysviile-"Link-
Ing Up the Pacific Coast States. es, v.,. 80 poh
Hon. W. s Worden, Klamath Falls ana Rob,
ert Newton Lynch, San Francisco-"What Good
Roads Mean to the Farmer
b. r. Lynip. Alturas- Combined State and
County Road Building
Colonel C. NJ. Hammond. Upper Lake-s'The
Care and Upkeep of Roads,
Americans Arrive-Fred Bowman,
factory agent for the American (under-
slung) Automobile company, announced
the arrival in this city yesterday of
number of 1914 model cars.
Santa Monica Race Safurday-The
interest of the auto loving public is
now centered in the classic by the sea
race which will be run at Santa
Monica next Saturday. A large delega-
ton of local dealers and supply agents
will leave this city shortly to witness
the race and at the same time boost
the Portola celebration, which will be
held in this city in October. Bert
Latham and Fred Carroll are leaders
of the party.
Lozier Breaks Record-The early
part of last month witnessed the rec
ord between Spokane and The Dalles.
Oregon, being broken by Briarclifr
Lozier. The former record for thes 365
miles was "a hours, but the speedy
Lozier lowered it to 161a hours. This
remarkable record was made in a driv-
ing rain, not to mention that the
speeders twice got lost. Word of the
broken record was Immediately sent
to the Bekins-Speers Motor company
of San Francisco, who are the agents
for f11o