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Red and Yellow Indian TraiI'...presi.
dent lssenhutIl Tirsless Worker.

Re0 dflO yellow Indian trail '...PreSi.
dent lssentutIl a Tireless Worker.
The late Good Roads Booster
meeting, at Faith, met in the hall
of the Mills Hotel, fine large
two-story structure, by the way,
and elected the following vice
presidents, and passed the follow
ing resolutions:
Butte county, O. IL. Barnes,
Belle Fourche.
Meade co. f. A. White. Faith.
Ziebach-co. G. A. McGarraugh,
Dupree.
Cheyenne reservation, f. C.
Campbell, Cheyenne Agency.
Dewey co. Frank Bowman,
Eagle Butte.
Potter co. K. p. Thorne, Forest
City.
Faulk co. E. II. Thayer, Faulk
ton.
Sphinx co. A. d. Darling, Red
field. "
Clark co. j. E. Platt, Clark.
Coddington co. w. III. Stokes.
Watertown.
Treasurer, David r. Miller,
Faith.
Resolved that the convention ex-
tend vote of thanks to Gov.
Byrne, E. G. Issenhuth, John D.
Deets, Homer NJ. Derr and +. G.
Campbell, who have helped make
this convention a success.
1t is the sense of this meeting
that the old trail now travelled
from the Cheyenne Agency west
ward through the reservation be
designated by the Indian depart
ment as q permanent public high
way. 1t is also the sense Of this
meeting that r. G. Campbell, su-
perintendent of the reservation,
use his best efforts to accomplish
the same.
1t is resolved that the vice -presi-
dents of the various counties call
a public meeting in their respect
i've counties for the purpose of or
ganizing a county good roads
ASSOCIATION.
1t is resolved that any changes
that the convention to be held at
Red6eld, S. D., June 9TH, 1918,
may wish to make in the officers
above mentioned in the territory
east Of the Missouri river may be
acceptable to this meeting.
The Press is pleased to receive
the following communication from
Mr. lssenhuth, president of the
Red and Yellow Indian Trail"
with aprogram of the county con-
vention to be held at Redfeld on
June 9TH:
i have written all vice presidents of
the counties interested and asked them to
cooperate with the Commercial Clubs and
others and call County Good Roads
| meeting. Get several speake S to further
enthusiasm for good road building
when ] came thru Gettysburg home
ward, Mr.. Schlachter talked with me, say
ing he was chairman Of the good roads
bommittee of the Commercial Club, and
he thought everything was favorable for
a county meeting for Potter county.
Would suggest that good time for the
meetidg is between eth and 18th. [ also
met the machinery dealer and he is a good
one, too-all enthused for better highways.
"Our meeting of June is only county
meeting. as it was called as such before
we went to the Faith meeting. After all
the counties have had good road meetings
then | shall suggest another crOss-state
meeting in the interest of the "Red aud
| Yellow Trail, to endorse. adopt or amend
some of the features of the Faith meeting
and of course we will invite them over
here.
"At the county meetings to be held first
it will be very important to get good
committee on resolutions, and among the
different planks in 1t should be a recon-
mendation to the county commissioners.
asking that they levy five mills for.county
road purposes next September Thathigh
efthey can levy without a vote by the peo-
pie. II that's too much, they can make it
less; but assure the commissioners that
II they need not hesitate tn makA q Unr.3