The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-09
ROAD B0STERS
PAY EXPENSES
To WASHINGTON
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD DE-
CEMBER IL TO OUTLINE Ma
TlONAL LEGISLATION. OKLA
HoMA REPRESENTED.

HOMA REPRESENTED.
Col. Sidney Suggs, state highway
commissioner of Oklahoma, returned
home last night from a visit to Ford,
Sapulpa, Claremore and Tulsa, and
left today for Washington where he
will meet December II with the high
way commissioners and engineers of
the different states. This meeting was
called by the national road congress
which was held November 8, IA, in the
city of Atlanta The object of the
conference is to make recommends
tions to congress on what the road of
ficers of the different states desire in
the way of national legislation for
good roads in the United States. 1t
will be one of the most important
meetings ever held in this country
with reference to the road movement.
Congress has in mind some road legis-
lation, bills were introduced at the
last session and other bills will be in
troduced this session. The people of
every state are interested and the
pressure necessary to produce action
has been brought to bear, and congress
will take some action on the question
as soon as emergency legislation is
disposed of. What that action will be
is of supreme importance to the people
and thse men who are unselfishly de-
voting their lives to the good roads
movement will be listened to by mem
bers of congress. Their recommends
tions will have much to do with the
shaping of national legislation, and for
that reason it is the most important
road conference that was scheduled
in this country since the revival of
road agitation.
Represents Entire State.
1t is important that Oklahoma be
represented. 1t is important that such
representative be a man who belongs
to the entire state and to no one sec
tion of the state Col. Suggs' official
duties place him where he represents
the entire state to the prejudice of no
one section and his presence there
will result in much good to the state.
No other citizen of the Union has
devoted quite so much time to the
road movement. He has studied the
laws of the different states of this
country and has made a study of the
national road laws of many of the
European countries. He has always
been in the active harness for good
roads and for the past five years has
the question and his storehouse of
knowledge on the subject is probably
not equaled by any other man in
these United States, This is not said
of him out of local or personal pride,
Private Funds Necessary.
The cities of Tulsa, Bartlesville and
Sapulpa thought it was important that
Oklahoma should be represented at
this meeting. These cities thought Col.
Suggs who is devoted to all sections
alike and who had given more thought
to the questions to be considered than
any other man, was the proper person
to represent Oklahoma and they back
ed their conviction by contributing
generously to the necessary funds to
defray the expenses Of the trip. The
highway commissioner of the state
draws no salary, the small auto tax
has not been paid in sufficient amounts
to leave any funds for travelling eX-
penses, and if Oklahoma was to be
represented it was necessary that pri-
yate funds be used to pay the expenses
of the delegate.
The automobile people realize the
need of such representation, and their
appreciation of the work done by Col
Suggs was demonstrated in the fact
that Fred Shaw, president of the Tulsa
Automobile Association, was the first
man to contribute to the fund to de-
fray the expenses of the trip, and he
very generously gave $50. On Col.
Suggs return from Washington he
will be the guest of the Kansas City
Automobile Association.
w. o. Dickinson
While in Tulsa Col. Suggs appointed
an assistant highway commissioner,
and w. o. Dickinson was named for
the place. Mr.. Dickinson is a success