Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-15
WELL PLEASED WITH THEIR
iOtR-DAi TRIP TO 1HE
MOUND CITY,
COT ALL They WANTED
Landed Next Good Roads Convention
aud Several OFFICERS of the Ma
tonal Organization.

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er three days absence from the city,
wen pleas'u Wlth IN" results accom-
plished al the convention Of the
'hI''u states Good X ads aSsocia-
tom The TuIsans got everything
.n'S went IN Tor ana more too. In
laot th'y got some things for Tulsa
ana oklahoma lh'y never expected To
get
hesiu'S securing the ISI4 session
ol lH' Dig Eood roads association the
Iulsa puhch secured several offices
III the ORGANIZATION, places on impor-
taht committees ana had other Of
i'ots rendered To oth'r OhlaI 1mans.
J." ~ Marr OF Iui-a was ,cctrd di-
rector Tor Oklahoma, and WIN prob
AMY pc director general OF the Tulsa
v"HN'hlloh' W. @. Dickinson of Tulsa,
SIDNEY Suggs OF Ardmorc, stmc high
way commissioner and \. G. Trumho
Oh MoSk"sre were elected vice prcsi-
d'hli OF the association Eugene Lor-
loh' chairman OF the Tulsa delegation
was 'ndu' member or the commit
tee on resolutions ana ). Burr Glib
bohs, newspaper correspondent, was
made chairman of the committee on
publicity
II was one OF the most successful
ana important meetings of good roads
| Enthusiasts ana experts ever held in
the United states.
Resolutions were adopted recon-
mendlne the various national and
o'her highways now planned and fos-
'ereu py the Nar"d interests repre-
| Sehted IN othrr nauon.l organizations
| S.uuNIhE Sood roads conditions, and
p!ahs looking toward the early be-
ginning OF actual work on such pub
lie highways through the agency of
the United States government were
| thoroughly discussed and fayorahly
passed upon
Ihlrly states IN the union We're rep
| resented IN the convention, covering
'h' entire country from Maine to
Calitornla and from the Gulf Of McM-
10 lhe canadian boundary Nearly
iour hundred accredited delegates
registered ana pald their dues as
members "t the organization and par
ueipated IN the deliberations of the
among the important resolutions
| ADOPTED unanimously by the conven-
don were those covering the follow
lhS propositions:
A resolution endorsing tnr senate
! olil NO 3lI3' faVoring the apprOpria-
ti"h or $2o.OOO,OOO by the federal gov
ernment with which TO start the work
ol ACTUAL good roads construction in
ms country; a resolution endorsing
ne Mississippi Travellers association
III their action on good roads; and
resolutions commencing the work and
pans already promulgated on the
National ola tran Lincoln Memo
RAJ trall the southern National high
way the quebec and Miami trail, the
Meridian trail, and the Pacific Coast
trall and all similar projects
Among the prominent speakers at
the convention We're the following
sood roads enthusiasts Of national
reputation: Senator Bankhead of
Alabama president of the association;
Col' sidney Suggs, Ardmore. okla, |
state highway commissioner for Ok
lahoma; Hon. Jesse Taylor editor OF
Better Roads Dayton, Ohio; Prof. |
hehry ). waters, president of the |
Kansas Agricultural college; Hon. NJ |
I. Kerr state good roads director Of |
MISSISSIPPI Rev. S. NJ. Johnson Of |
Roswell n. M; Judge Conn Linn |
Iulsa' Okla; Judge w. f.. Munroe OF |
Delhl La, and Judge j. NJ. Lowe Of
kansas city.
The following thirty states were |
represented AT the st. Louis meeting: |
Kentucky, Illinois Missouri Wash |
ington, Minnesota, New Mexico. Texas, |
New Hampshire, Alabama, Ohio, |
pennsylvania Indiana, Wyoming |
Louisiana. Maine, Oklahoma, Oregon, |
Kansas Montana Virginia, New
Y ork, Massachusetts, South Carolina,
Arkansas, Georgia, District of Colum-
Dia, South Dakota, California, Wis
consln ana Michigan.
IL was only after n spirited con-
test with New Orleans that Tulsa Sc
cured the 1914 convention, and A. c. !
Trumbo of Muskogee former pres-
dent OF the Trans Mississippi Com
mercial congress, and Col. Sidney
Suggs, aided the Tulsa delegation ma
'erlaly In the flght on the floor.
Iulsa was on the floor of'ener than
any SIX states represented at the meet |