Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-09-04
Automobile Day at Aledo At
tracts Big Crowd of En-
thusiastic Visitors.
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Banquet Held in the Evenins-Justiee
George A. Cooke and Former :.
Congressman Dawson Speak.
Especial to The Argus.)

the city vera nneQ WIN countless
machines.
The parade formed at / 80 and about
$50 autos paraded through the paved
streets of town. Many decorated ma
chimes were in line competing for
prizes.
The people then proceeded to South
Maple street HILL where the hill climb
ing contest was held. Prizes were
awarded for the best time made in
climbing the hill on high speed. The
remainder of the events were run on
| College avenue. The novelty races
caused much amusement to the spec
tators.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
THE PRIZES.
| Best decorated car-W. J, Graham,
first; Ernest Carlson, second; Shaw
Music house, third.
Most antique car-Swartout & Park
er, old Oldsmob!le.
Hill climb, gentlemen-C. R. RAIDER
first; Clyde Harris, second
Hill climb, ladies-Mrs. John Harris
first; Mrs. A. C. Painter, second.
Potato race-Mrs. John Harris, first;
Margaret Seaton, second.
Balloon race-H;-rry Arnott, first;
H. E. Wiesel, second.
Needle race-John Harris, first;
Joe Farrell, second.
| Starting car in shortest time
Clyde Harris, first; Clint RAIDER, sec
ond.
Straight drive gentlemen = John
Harris, first; Clint RAIDER, second
Straight drive, ladies-Mrs. John
Harris, first; Mrs. A c.. Painter, Sec
i ond.
Backward straight driye-John Har.
ris, first; Archie Sheets, second.
Slow drive-Joseph Kinsey, first;
Frank Jones, second.
Between objects-John Harris, first;
Clyde Harris, second. y
Car coming farthest-L. A Dickey
20 miles from Atkinson, ILL.,, first; F.
E. Cole, 80 miles from Toulon, second
BANQUET A SUCCESS.
At 1880 over 900 people gathered
, at the immense hall of the Aledo
Machine company, where the banquet
was served by the wives and daugh
tiers of the men comprising the Mer
Ger County Automobile association
Toastmaster H. K. Whitman made a
few Introductory remarks, thanking
the ladies who had so graciously do
mated their services and he told OF
the purpose and plans of their asso
citation. This association is a little
over year DID," he said, land now
has over 400 members, who have tried
earnestly to extract Mercer county
from the mud. If you arc not a mem
Der, we want you to be one, and tC
help us to make the roads of Mercer
county the best in the state
He then told of what Mercer county
had dene regarding getting her share
: of the state aid as provided for under
the Tice bill, and in conclusion intro
duced Chief Justice George A. Cooke
q of the supreme court of Illinois. Thu
speaker gave a very lucid description
of the provisions of the Tice bill anC
showed how it would benefit ever!
= one in the county, and concluded hi
remarks bN saying the best featur,
of the DILL is that it centraliGes tn,
road working force, and that the road
are now under state supervision and 1
they are not kept in good and passa
BILE condition, the users of said road
will know where to make their com
plant.
DAWSON SPEAKS.
Ex-Congressman A. F. Dawson of tn
Second district of Iowa was then in
troduced by the POSTMASTER, who re
sponded with few appropriate re
marks to the many ladies presen
regarding their right to vote and thel
launched into a few statistics regard
ing the condition of roads through
out the United States. In this countr,
it costs the farmer 25 cents for eacl
mile that he hauls a ton of produc
to market, or on every quarter sec
ton of land in the United State
S125.09 is the tax due to bad roads
This said tax is a total loss and az
gregates total CT 100000, becaus
of the inability of the farmer to maj
ket his produce at the proper tim
of the year.
How much longer are we going t
let these conditions exist, when har
roads would save one-third of the tim
and the loss to the farmer said MI
Dawson. Iowa has a new road Law
that is very similar to your Tice bill
in the appointment of road superiI
tendeHts and designating how wor
shall be done on the road. Iowa ais
provides that 40 per cent of the roa
tax shall be spent in dragging tn
roads with a. King Split road drag
This money to be spent preferably
with the farmer Without doubt tn
King drag is the best invention O
road improvement known to moder
times, and so simple that every on
can own one. The King drag turn
. the road up side down, so that |
drains properly and this is the secre
of good roads. In Iowa we have ST
river TO river roads that have bee
brought about by independent aut
clubs. II was in this way we prs
Ecureo the great river 70 river roa
from Davenport TO Omaha and throug