The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-05-28
PROCLAMATION FOR GOOD
ROADS DAYS

| Ine state constitute the nrSt INK IN
the chain Of transportation; and,
whereas, no other internal improve
ment means SO much to the State,
the Nation and the people; and,
whereas, Missouri is and has been
leading the way upon this important
question, and has more good roads
spirit than any State in the Union;
and, whereas, the two "Good Roads
Days" designated in 1913 and 1914
were of great benefit not only to the
commonwealth of Missouri but to the
entire country, creating a universal
sentiment for the improvement of
highways; and whereas, large num-
ber of the states, observing the bene-
fits we derived from the "Good Roads
Days" in Missouri, have followed the
example; and, whereas, every citizen
and business is directly interested in
road construction and betterments:
Now, therefore, l, Elliott w. Major,
Governor of the State Of Missouri, do
hereby set apart Tuesday and We'd
nesday, June 18th and 10th, A. D.
1915, for road work in the State of
Missouri, and designate these two
days at "Good Roads Days, and de-
clare same to be holidays, and re-
quest that all other business be sus-
pended as far as possible, and that
every able-bodied citizen labor upon
the public highways Of the State dur
ing these two days, and that the work
done be such as will make a lasting
and permanent Improvement, such as
road grading, culvert building, ditch
ing, graveling, dragging, etc.
respectfully call upon the County
Court of each county to issue pro-
clamation such as was issued last
year, calling upon the people to come
out with proper teams, equipments
and materials and labor, and see to
it that the county is well organized,
so work will be given and benefits,
received in gyery neighborhood, and
the same conducted in a systematic
and business-like way, to the end that
every section of the commonwealth
may be the recipient of actual road
betterments.
Again, call upon the city and coun-
try press to assist in organizing the
work and in bringing to the roads an
other army Of labor volunteers, such
as came forth last year. The press
contributed in a great measure to
the success of the work, and the state
is indebted to it for the enthusiastic
and earnest support given, and as
| Chief Executive, desire to recognize
the aid given by both the city and
country press in this official procla-
mhtion. also call upon the road
/ overseers, federated and all other
road organizations, automobile clubs
and associations and all commercial
and booster clubs to aid the State and
the Highway Department to again
carry forward to a great success, the
"Good Roads Days"
request the women of Missouri to
again prepare dinners and see that
the laborers are served upon the high
ways. They contributed much to the
success of the work last year, realiz-
ing the fact that better roads would
bring better community life and
more pleasure to the women who have
cast their fortunes in the homes of
rural Missouri.
Let every citizen be earnest, enthu-
siastic and systematic in going about
the preparation for work upon these
days. No matter whether the work
be done upon high-grade roads or up
on dirt roads, let it be permanent i'm
provement. The great majority of
the work will be done upon the dirt
roads, which, after all, are the real
highways Of commerce. This is true
because the dirt roads represent the
first leg of the journey over which
moves the traffic of the State. The
road enabling the producer to bring
more products to the first markets of
the country; the road that will save
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
shrinkage in the delivery of live stock;
the road that will lessen that part of
the cost of transportation which be-
gins at the producers door; the road,
every tendency of which is to improve
community life and make it better
morally, civilly and commercially.
4 Let us, therefore, labor upon the
high-grade roads, and upon the im-
proved and unimproved dirt roads, to
the end that no material or energy be
lost, and the benefits given to single
unit in highway traffic. Missouri is
leading the way in this great internal
improvement and upon which must
rest, in the final analysis, the success