El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-10
LBUQUERQUE. y. M.. Ny 20.

"A The session of the New Mexico
4 = Good Roads association at the
Commercial club was featured by the
reelection of Col. R. /. TwItchel, OF
East Las Vegas, as president OF the
association. several noteworthy speeches,
including an address by governor Will
lam c. Mcdonald, and utilization with
the FL PasO Good Roads association.
The reelection of Col. Twitchell as
president was a happy solution of per-
pleXin- situation that threatened to dis
. rupt the members of the association,
since the delegates were about evenly
| divided between Francis L. Lester, Of
/ Las Cruces. and c. \. Cotton, Of Gallup,
! Tor the honor of president Of the asso-
citation.
Rising to the occasion, Lester sur
/ prised the delegates assembled by plas-
/ ing IN nomination for reelection, COLr
Twitehell, who was chosen by a unani-
nous vote amid great enthusiasm.
The Resolutions.
Resolutions were adopted by the COLI
I VentlOn recommending among other
I things the early completion OF the scenic
/ highway THROUGH the PecOs national
/ forest, between Las Vegas and Santa Fe,
/ the signing of all state highways, the
/ payment of a salary to Il secretary, the
lssuInT OF a state road book similar to
/ the one recently published IN Arizona
[ by Harry Locke, the early completion
Of the Canine Real from the northern to
l the southern boundary of the state, and
I the construction of a bridge across the
Rio PUereO on the Canine Real extern
sion, and complete revision OF the state
road laws The resolutions were pre-
scented and read by Francis Z. Lester,
chairman OF the committee on resOlu-
tons, and were adopted by unanimous
consent
No endorsement was given the north
ern ArizOna-New Mexico Old Trails
route.
Mcdonald for Good Roads
| If anyone heretofore has had misgiY-
ings as to governor MeDonald's policy
relative to the good roads movement,
he had these removed Yesterday, for IN
his speech before the convention of the
state association, the governor declared
he was doing all IN his power to aid IN
the construction of good roads in the
state He spoke for 80 minutes OF more
and made a plea for harmony among
oountv officials and declared that he be-
I heved enough men could be found with
the interest of their communities and
the state at heart who would supervise
road building without pay. He praised
state engineer j. A. French. and served
notice on those who thought they had
grievances against the engineer that
thev could get no satisfaction out Of him
by Thing complaints against that Off
elal, for he would stand back Of Mr.
French IN whatever he might do.
At the session of the convention, Judge
Adrian Pool, of Ell PasO. made a speech
at the invitation of president Twitchell,
IN which he told of the road building
campaign carried on by FL Paso county
hn 4 IL
said that his county now had $3.50 900
on hand with which to construct a sys-
TEN OF county roads.
Bedichek Talks.
Roy BedIchek, secretary of the Deming
chamber OF commerce, spoke on How
Bad Roads VIII Strike OF Hit a New
conner" A discussion Of Mr.. Bedichek-s
subject followed. The delegates general
" took part.
Mr.. Lester, speaking on @What Coco
Road Construction Means to Business
followed Mr.. Bediehek. Mr.. Lester said:
1t Is probably true that this gather
ing OF road boosters and road builders
Of the state of New Mexico IS the most
important road convention in the his
tory Of the state. For the past two !
years the gospel of good roads has been
preached IN every county until there I
can hardly be a single, intelligent citizen I
to whose attention it has not been called. [
In many OF our counties 1t Is no longer ]
necessary to explain to our citizens how |!
and why good highways are wise invest /
ments, and IN the remaining counties /
the seeds of good roads enthusiasm left I
by Others are rapidly bearing fruit.
Transcontinental Highways.
The matter of the transcOntinental \
highways has within it many possible /
ties for local friction and antagonism, I
he continued. Zone year one, route Is 4
heralded as the only transcontinental /
HIGHWAY to pass through New Mexico /
Another year a few energetic citizens,
filled with the enthusiasm of local pride, /
capture an organization and change the
line of that route through another local
lty, and great victory has been accom-
plished
If half the enthusiasm that has been /
expended on transcOntinental routes IN
the western states in the past three
years had been devoted to devising and /
pushing road building propaganda our
state and others would be far better of
than they are today.
Eve need all the transcontinental
roads We can get and we need them
quickly, the SpringeTville route, the BOr
derland route, the Santa Fe-ROswel
route, the Canine Real, the CaTriZOzO-
SOcOrrO road. the Roswell-Las Cruces
road, the neutrality-suspicious. road, and
the Santa Fe-Grand Canyon road, bun
we need these roads built of rock and
not of hot air and based on mother
earth and not on paper
Roster of New Officers I
The officers elected follow: .-....
President-R. E. TwitehelI East Las
VEGAS.
General vice president Francis b
Lester, Las Cruces.
Secretary-E. L. Grose. Albuquerque.
Treasurer-John Becker, jr., Belen.