Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-25
MONSTER GOOD
ROADS MEETING
FORT DODGE TO ENTERTAIN
GOOD ROAD ENTHUSIASTS Il.
THURSDAY, JUNE 26.
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS TO ORGANIZE
Manchester Automobile Owners To
Form Local Association
Next Tuesday Night.

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Moines. Fort Dodge. and Spirit LAX
associations will be held at tn
commercial club rooms in Ft. Dodg
on Thursday, June 26. 1913. Head
quarters for delegates will be had a
the Wahkonsa hotel. 4
A business session Of the officer
and delegates of the Hawkeye High
way association will be held in tn,
commercial club rooms Thursday af
ternoon, promptly at one O'Clock.
AT this session officers OF the asso
citation will be electe and busines.
Of interest to the association viii
be discussed. The present officer!
Of the Hawkeye Highway associa
ton are:
President, DR.. Fl. NJ. Bradley, Man
chester.
Vice president, E. D. Huxford, Chero
kee.
Secretary, A. c. Rigby, Independ
ence.
Treasurer, F.. A. Fairburn, Fonda.
| Executive Committee,
G. M. Wykoff, Sioux City.
Mayor j. F.. Ford, Ft. Dodge.
W. F. Parrott, Waterloo.
9. NJ. Peaslee. Dubuque.
NJ. r.. Faber, Remsen.
The officers and committee IL
/ charge are very anxious to make
this one Of the best meetings eve,
held, and it is important that there
be large representation present
The Ft. Dodge Ad Mems club is
making elaborate plans to entertain
the delegates at banquet to be civ
en- in the new two million gallon
:ity reservoir, located on Duck Is
land In the Des Moines river. This
banquet will be given at $3.50 O'Clock,
and will be one Of the most novel
social events ever held In Iowa.
Invitations have been sent to ev-
cry mayor of. towns and cities along
&he Hawkeye Highway route. Each
municipal officer is urged to send
a. least three delegates to this meet
ing. Invitations have also beer
sent to editors of newspapers Of the
state. All delegates, municipal Of
ficers and newspaper men will be
guests Of the Ft. Dodge Ad Mems
club,
At $3.50 o'clock, following the
session Of the officers and delegates
OF the Hawkeye Highway association,
a Joint session Of the Hawkeye High
way and Des Moines, Fort Dodge,
and Spirit Lake associations viii
ne held in the. commercial club
rooms. This promises to be one Of
the best good roads meetings ever
held In the state Hon. NJ. +. Healy
Of TT. Dodge will preside at this
session. Among the speakers on the
program are Hon. H. c.. Beard, who
represents the State Highway CONF
mission; Hon. J. w. Jacobs Of Lake
City, and Hon. l.. j. Dickson of Al
gona. At five o'clock the officers
and delegates will be given an auto
mobile ride about the city. At $3.50
o'clock the Little Glidden tour will
be expected and arrangements are
being made to meet and receive them
on their arrival.
The banquet program is as follows:
Hon. Seth Thomas, toastmaster.
Address. Mayor J. F. Ford. Fort
Address, Mayor J. R. Hanna. Des
Address. Hon. Robt. Healy, Fort
Address. Senator L. NJ. Francis,
Spirit Lake.
Address, R. E. Mcdonnell, engineer,
3 Kansas City.
Address. Hon. J. w. Jacobs, Lake
City.
Address, Maurice o'Connor, Fort
Dodge.
At the meeting Of asto owners held
in the council rooms last night, A.
r. LIE Roy was appointed temporary
secretary. and a committee appoint
ed to draw up plans for local
automobile club. 1t was the opinion
of those present that an organiza-
ton of this kind should be had In
Manchester. Another meeting will
be held In the council rooms Tues
day evening, July 1, at O'Clock
when the organization will be per-
fected.
D. H. Young. G. A. Peterson, w.
D. Hoyt and F.. E. Richardson were
chosen delegates to the Highway as
sociation meeting at Ft, Dodge. az