Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-23
NEXT monday IS
GOOD ROADS DAY
Meeting Will Be Held at Illinois
Theatre to Further the
Cause.
JOE l.. LONG TO BE SPEAKER
President Mitchell of County High
way Improvement Association
Arranging Program.


Island County Highway Improvement
association, has officially designated
Monday. March so, as good roads day
! for this county. At a conference
Saturday afternoon it was decided to
secure the Illinois theatre for a meet
ing on that date at which Joe L. Long
| of Des Moines, editor of the Road
Maker, will speak and the annual cleo
/ ton of the county association will be
( held County bonds of 100000 for
road improvement will be urged.
Prizes Offered.
One Of the interesting features of
the day will be the offering of prizes
to people who come to Rock Island on
homemade King drags and who are on
their drags in Market square at 1870
Monday morning, at which time
photograph will be taken.
Each participant in the contest
will receive a number of prizes, the
the following having been already Of
fered:
Iowa State Auto Association-One
years subscription to the Iowa Motor
list.
JUG L. LII oob-
scription to the Road Maker.
J. w. Potter Company-Three
months subscription to The Argus.
s. w. Searle-Three months sub
scription to the Daily Union.
w. L. Gansert-One package Gan
sert's milk chocolates.
L. E. West Gum Company-One pack
age Cherry Ripe gum.
A. J. Riess (Santox drug store in
1000 block)-One package bronchial
lozenges.
In addition to the individual prizes,
special cash offerings will be made to
those coming the greatest distances
on drags, as follows:
First, So.
Second. SIS.
Third, $40.
Mr.. Mitchell also announced the
names of the committee of five rep
resenting the association to confer
with a committee of the same number
of holdover members of the board of
supervisors named by Chairman |
George II. Richmond of that body to |
recommend action by the board The |
associations committee is composed /!
of:
H. E. Casteel, Rock Island; H. ]. |
Byron; Dr. G. A Virgins. Milan; /
Rev. A. G. Stewart, Edgington.
The committee of the board of sup
ervisors is as follows:
L. Ohweiler, Rock Island; Ed Cool,
Cordova; Leslie Hanna, Joslin; w.
J. Stoelting, Moline, and NJ. A. litter
Ington, Edgington.
Urges Big Attendance.
In a statement regarding the pur-
poses of meeting Mr. Mitchell said:
81 want everybody who is intero tied
N good roads to be at this meeting
f it is possible for them to get there.
My reason for this is that l want them
LII taken into our confidence. l want
hem to know just what it is proposed
% do and how it is to be done. / do
lot want anything put over on the
axpayers of the county. 1 am one
IN in Rock Island county to under
tand what hard roads will cost and
What benefits they may expect to de-
i've from them. l believe this meet
ng will make a good starter l be-
iSNS ludl NIL IOHS, WIZ L /
5 practical man, will be able to give
IS ideas and inspiration. We want
farmers to come to this meeting {
S well as the people living in the
tiles. We want them to bring drags
With them. If they take enough in ,
crest to build the drags and bring
hem in they will use them on their l
irt roads !
while roads cost money they 9
lso make for added property values I
Where they have been built in the $
asst l ann creditably informed the in :
reased values amount to $40 for I
very 81 spent. A. f. Nissen, who
id so much work here year ago. has
indy offered to help in arranging l.
,r this meeting and l wish to speak v
word for his interest, enthusiasm
nd hard-hitting way of doing things n
ermit me to also say that l am pleas n
with the interest that is now be- b
g manifest in the subject in every n
art of the county" i
Others VIII Speak
Mr.. Long probably will not be the I,
lily speaker at the meeting March
J. number of other authorities on
ad making are being negotiated with
appear Mr.. Long is known as the
BILLY Sunday of hard roads" His
lblication is devoted to the cause of Ia
'tter highways and he is forceful
eaker. II
Another Iowa man to become inter p'
ted in the good roads proposition in
'ck Island county is G. Decker 70
ench of Davenport, president of the OF
wa Automobile association He has CO
structed +. A. Nissen, field secre- th
~ of the Iowa Good Roads associa- 70
IN, to assist the Rock Island pro- CT
1t in every way possible with the Ia
pc that Scott and Clinton counties co
Iowa will follow with similar ac- sp
N to that of Rock Island county.
Chairman Richmond of the board of be
pervisors. and Leslie Hanna, who is an ~,
member OF the road and bridge tn
board, are studying the tir