Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-07-29
GOOD ROADS PROCLAMATION

Usually at this time the year dirt roads Kansas are
many respects traffic and travel than the roads of other
Few equal upa them under normal conditions and the
gua udciou application of the drag But this phenomenal
and continued rainy closely following the rains and
early spring done ncacube and unprecedented damage
and bridges grades and bitches County and
township road officials overwhelmed with the of repair
work demanding their urgent attention.
To these restore the roads of Kansas
good condition without exhaug greatly depicting the road funds
townships couneshere widespread need
service of willing hands to help fill mudhoes drains repair
cuver eeabh grades of more teams and pow and
and of men to direct them
The aid and the cooperation in this work of all the people of Kansas
for days would accomplish wonders Every friend of good
roads Kansas should be- and believe will be- glad give his
personal contribution his home community and state days labor
Or its equivalent, On the roads.
That may cooperate fine demonstration public spirit
when urgently needed have designated Wednesday
and Thursday August Days
call patriotic citizen of Kansas volunteer days
of road work these dates unable perform the work himself
urge him hire substitute and that the substitute renders
faithful service in the cause of better roNds
recommend country township officials give
people their services these days. that they all road
making tools and machinery their command keeping all drag busy
where dragging will be effective and is needed
Unless better way be found this plan be adopted by the
road officials in every county for organizing the work
Let county engineer be the road general Where there
gineer the county surveyor should take command
The road general shall appoint road colonel every and in
tile county containing The road colonel shall choose road
captain for every road district
The road colonel shall divide his territory special road districts
each district consist of manraveled road from the
such road the township
Every road captain shall carefully inspect his district well
of the good roads days determine what he done #
be is select boss the work particular job
OF lection in his district
The road colonel prepare list of all available in his
and township who be expected to work supply substitutes
These shall be divided the road captains Every captain
shall personally invite his list of townsmen and the farmers living
his district his band of volunteer road makers.
In this way every every country nearly will per-
sona invitation help in this cOmmendabe work AsoN will
vide for giving attention manaveed road and will avoid
confusion and lack of system
Knowing how greatly the Kansas press help promoting
era this kind ask that this proclamation be given the
fullest possible publicity by every editor and publisher and that
Kansas publish advance of the two good roads days the
the complete organization from general bes with
details all local arrangements every kind and that the newspapers
and enthe their readers onn the personally
To the of KauSas who greatly interested max
the they
ganz committees townships and districts and arrange osend
refreshments the workers those days and cheer them
in their efforts
eveybody will heartily generously paocaly onin this days
campaign in roadmaing the results will demonstrate in r
the community spirit of the Kansas people and thousands
of miles of Kansas roads will have good them
days than ordinarily could be done in months Our roads will then be
prime condition for the Of marketing when good cond
ons for hauling often great difference in the profits and in
the prosperity of all our people.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have my hand
and caused be affixed the great seal of the
(seaD of Kansas Done at Topeka, Kansas this twenty
eighth day of July A. D. 1915.
ARTHUR CAPPER Governor