The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-05-29
PLAN JUBILEE FOR
GREAT WHITE WAY
THusANDs EXPECTED TO AT.
TEND PICNIC IN JULY.
DON P.M'CLURE TO Be IN CHARGE
Between Four and Five Thousand
People Expected to be Present
Pelta and oskaioosa Will Bid
For the Annual Event.

Teop'e Expected 10 De present
Pelia and oskaloosa viii Bid
For the Annual Event.
Des Mones, May ga monster
God roads jubilee, to be attended by
hundreds of members of the Great
White Way association and their
families, was planned yesterday at
the meeting In Des Moines of the Of
ficers and directors of the organlza-
ition, 1t was decided to hold the big
Ipicnic during the month of July.
Don p. Mcclure, winner of the
cross state last December, was ap.
pointed as chairman of the tours
committee to make all arrangements
for the big event. He will decide up
on the location for the meeting and
the date.
Between 5000 and 5000 people
win travel in autos to the meeting,
according to assurances given by rep
Iresentatives of towns along the route.
During the last three years the Great
White Way association has held sim.
liar events along the route between
Des Moines and Council Bluffs.
Every one of these was a great sue
cess and was attended by large
crowds. The event was held last
year at Lewis, Ia, where hundreds Of
cars and thousands of people gath
cred.
Extended Across State. ia,
During the winter the Great White
Way has been extended across the
state. Many more towns have been
added and the membership has been
greatly increased. II Is expected that
the attendance at the 1913 annual
picnic will be boosted to a CORES.
ponding extent
/ As to the meeting place, the mat
ter has been left in the hands of Mr..
Mcclure. The picnic. will be held at
the town that offers the best and
cleanest facilities, providing the To-
cation Is in central Iowa. Pella
wants to entertain the good roads
boosters and is willing to go the limit
in entertainment. Oskaloosa also
will put a strong bid for the event.
Invitations from many other towns
are expected.
| Two dates will be selected for the
picnic. If 1t rains on the first day
the bad weather will automatically
postpone the event until' the second.
day, which will be nearly a week
later. Mr.. Mcclure Is of the opinion
that the event will be held during
; the last two week in July.
Campaign for Betterment.
June 3, or were designated for
the remarking OF the Great White
Way. Poles along the line from
Council Bluffs to Davenport will be
marked with a six.foot band of white.
! A campaign for general improve
ment along the road that will result
in making the Great White Way one
of the most popular highways for
tourists in Iowa this summer was In.
augurated at the meeting yesterday.
A systematic plan of procedure is be.
ing mapped out. Directors have been
appointed in nearly all the towns
along the route to take charge of the
work in their respective localities
and standing committees were ap-
pointed to manage the various
branches of the activities of the or.
ganiZatiOn during the year.
! The executive committee elected
Nv. II. Foster, of Pella, as treasurer
to succeed O. r. Savage, formerly of
Stuart. Mr.. Savage has moved TO
| Waterloo.
| A membership campaign, the pur.
pose Of which will be to- boost the en-.
rollment in the organization TO 5000
will be started Immediately. George
b. Lynch was appointed chairman OF
the membership committee and he
will be assisted in the work by the di.
Irectors in the towns along the road.
The present membership of the assO-
citation is nearly 700
Road work In general will be in
charge Of committee, of which DR..
w. X. McGrew, of Stuart, has been
appointed chairman. ID. p. Mcclure
was elected chairman of the tours
committee. A. A. LenOcker, of Oak.
land, will head the legislative com
mittee.
Officers of the association will take
steps to interest Polk county road
boosters in the improvement of the
Great White Way in and out of Des
Moines. Ii is an acknowledged fact
that the cross state roads in Polk
county are in worse condition than
in any other section. A representa-
tive of the Great White Way associa.
'iDH win NC dppOlIltu lTOH ICES
MOines TO keep up interest here.
An unusual amount of work has
been accomplished by the local
branches of the association during
the last three months. according to
reports of the directors. Grades are
being cut down. low spots are being
filled in and new culverts and bridges
are being constructed in nearly
every section. The Pella association
has succeeded in eliminating seven
railroad crossings in fourteen miles.
The Adair road boosters report that
they have done away with twenty.
four bad turns and railroad crossings
in that section. Van Meter has done
great work in improving the bad rail.
road crossing near that town.
For Road Grading Contest.
In Washington county the Great
White Way Boosters have planned a
road grading machine contest. The
county is getting ready to purchase
a road outfit and several manufacture
ers have agreed TO send machines 10
Washington to enter the contest The
best outfit will be purchased. Hun
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