Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-02-05

splendid report on road work for both
town and county roads.
An action was taken i'm the matter
of TRANCIENT SOLICITORS
which is of interest to every m r
chant in No. Valley whether Com
merci Club member not. "All
solicit ers must get card signed by
the Sitting COMMITTEES. co listing o,
the president. Sec ami one member
of the executive committee before
being recognized by the business
men, Cat this OFT and paste it on
your desk.
Early in June throug the efforts
of the executive committee the Oma-
ha cade tts.about 300 strong, Wore in
duced to hold their annual outing at
our city ark, They bought all OF
their supplies here in No. Valley and
They'll come again perhaps. The
expense OF the Cadet ercamp-
ment to the Club was about $780,
Latter D1y Saints encampment
meeting was held atour city pa k the
latter part of August. 1913, with
members present from all over West
ern Iowa and Eastern Nebraska and
treatment here. The expense of the !.
meeting to the Club was about $4,000.
In the early summer a committee
from the Mo- Vale Commercial
Club together with a committee from
the Logan Business Men Assn. start
ed working on road improvement be-
tween Logan and Mo. Val eystraight-
ening the road and cutting out the
hills and shortening the distance UNI
til the road when Travelled next sum-
mer a plans are laid out now will be
practically a level highway from Mo.
Valley to the city limits of Logan.
In the early fan came the news
that the Trans Continental had been
designated the Official Highway
across the continent to be hereafter
known as the Lincoln Highway"
which was to he paved road from
coast to coast. We are conceited
enough to elieve flat the enthusiasm
of the road workers along this route
and the splendid conventions held
along the route through Iowa had a
great deal to do with putting Mo.
Valley on the sLincoln Highway"
In answer to a letter of invitation
from Detroit to send delegates to the
National Good Roads meeting at De-
troit the Executive committee was
called together and j. S. Dewell was
selected to represent Mo. Valley at
the Detroit meeting, Sept. 20, to Oct.
3, inclusive. Railroad fare paid by
Mo. Valley Commercial Club, Mr..
Dewell paving the other expenses.
Early in October invitations came
from Logan to attend their Business
Mems Ass H.. meeting and hear the
report OF the Detroit meeting The
splendid report from Detroit was
listened TO by representatives from
Dunlap, Magnolia. Woodbine and Mo.
Valley. The meeting was a grand
success.
On Oct. IL, occurred the great
sLincoln Highway" meeting at Mo.
Valley at which were guests from
Dcnison Co. Bluffs and Omaha. IT
was at this meeting that Co. Bluffs
woke up TO the realization that the
Lincoln Highway sa reality and
that Mo. Valley was My IA little over
20 miles to the nortllward situated on
that same s.Lincoln Highway"
III was only a few weeks until Co.
Bluffs came back at the Mo. Valley
G Club with an Invitation to attend
the celebration and dedica tion Of the
.'Lincoln Memorial Highways" On
National committee i'm charge. 1T
+ was a great meeting at Co. Bluffs at
, which We're men from all over South
!. western Iowa The meeting ended
by kindling a great bonfire which
: was the first of all the thousands OF
: bontires on that date along the Lin
coin Highway" i'm celebration of the
event.
Woodbine not to be outdone for
loyalty or hospitality issued invita-
! tions forall of Aarrison CO., to come
! to Woodbine Oct. 81, 9l3, and help
{ them to celebrate and dedicate the
9 "Lincoln Highway" The meeting
! was a grand one and itcertainly looks
i as tho dirt would fly in Harrison Co.,
L next summer along the sLincoln
. Highway route.
e Nov. 10, IT the regular meeting of
! the G. Club the matter of more salts
! actory street sprinkling and better
committee was appointed to look
: into the matter and see what could
be done. This committee reported
very satisfactory at the annual meet
ing and we have fine respects for a
. we'll kept and sufficiently sprinkled
I srtreet for the coming year. These
are few of the important matters
D that came before the Commercial
Club of Mo- Valley i'm 1918.
. cereiy the ! members men bsrss of the Several
committees for the splendid work
t they have done and the cheerful man
3 ner in which they have responded to
!. every call. Especially does the Com
: mittee w. j. Roden, Leroy Doty and
J; II. A. Heath want to thank the bust
] ness men of Mo- Valley for the kind
: ly way you received us when we were
soliciting new members and collect
3 ing dues.
d 1t takes some time from business
: to work on these committees but if
: the results are satisfactory a public
Ispirited man of the committee feels
we'll repaid.
ri Respectfully,
3 f. A. Heath,
EXPIRES. C., Club.