Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-12
FURTHERS CAUSE
OF GOOD ROAD AT
BANQUET BOARD
East Moline Commercial Club
Entertains 154 Boosters for
Sterling Route.
ORGANIZATION IS FORMED
Name "s'eek Hawk Memorial High
way" IL Proposed-Meet at
HiIlsdaie April p.
The Erentest rnoh hard mad. hO.

The greHtest good hard roads boost
er nesting both in nurn>~r OF reorIa
present and enthusiasm. was held in
Hast Moline last evening. under the
auspices Of the East Moline CONNER.
cial club. One hundred and fft~-faur
out Of town good roads booster. and
about hundred local men. making
total Of over TWO hundred and fifty.
sat down 70 enjoy a banquet PREPARED
by the ladies' Of the Congregational
church Of Moline.
The expense OF this banquet and
the entertainment was paid by -he live
wire business men and manufacturers
OF East Moline.
This meeting was the result Of an
aggressive campaign toward securing
an organization which i'm the near
iu'ur" viii build a hard road connect
ing East Moline. Hill-dale end Ster-
ling The East Moline Commercial
CLUB having been the iustigators Of
this campaign during the early fan
Of las. year, and iu the last few
months have been assisted by the
TritI'y Ocean TO- Ocean OHria. High
way association, and their secretary,
A. p. Nis-eu.
STATE ENGINEER TALKS
A. q Johnson. president or the Com
mcrr.s. club. acted as temporary chair
man ana postmaster OF the evening
and A. H. Nissen as temporary sacre.
tary After an explanation bg Mr..
Johnson OF the object Of The meeting.
fine main speaker was called on. =. y
Johnson, Springfield. DID,. state ous.-
u"er. who gave an explanation OF the
Iics bin which is to b. submitted
10 rho present Illinois legislature. Mr..
johnson was enthusiastic about this
u.lL and emphgtIcaIly informed the
|ud.""". that h. if was passed that in
his Judgment The hard roads PROPOSE
ton loo Illinois would Dee advanced -
years The speaker urged this gather
ing 20 pass resolution endorsing
the bill and suggested that aII pres
cnt forward personal letters 10 their
senator. and representatives 20 the
same end
The next speaker was George r.
Ross OF East Moline. who is the pres
ident of me East Moline Land com
pany Mr. Ross is also president OF
the TriEiOy Ocean 90 Ocean Highway
association. and "a. gave an interesting
talk, urging the organization Of an as.
ISOLATION 20 further the interests Of
a hard road from East Moline 10 Srer-
ling
WOtlD NAME ULACk HAWK.
Will Miller. editor of the Sterling
Gazette, gave an eloquent address i'm
favor Of the Tice bill and also the
hard road from East Moline 20 Ster-
ling Mr. Miller advocates the idea OF
building this hard road as a memorial
10 Black Hawk and the Indians who
were the original owners OF this beau.
tfuI Rock river valley Mr Miller
stated that ne fel' confident that II
the proper efforts were put forth that
national and state aid could De- secured
for his particular road by reason Of
having same advertised and rgcoguiz-
ed as the BLACK Hawk memorial
highway"
The next speaker was W Nc
lu'yre OF Rock Island, who gave one
Of his usual popular aud uplifting talks.
Leslie Hanna Of HHlsda'e explained
iu detail what he considered rhc rea-
sons were why the official Chicago and
tri-city road should De built by the
UiIlsdale way
Mayor VI r. Carlson OF Moline gave
talk iu which he assured East Moline