Charlevoix county herald., 1915-05-29
GOOD ROADS DEPARTMENT
CONDUCTED BY
Michigan State
Good Roads Association
p. 7. COlgr0ye, President. Hastings, Michigan
Hastings, Michigan.

sessments shall be levied against such
person or persons known as sustain
ing members, aside from their own
voluntary contribution.
"Sec. 5. Honorary Members shall
be those persons who have furthered
/ the interest of this association, and
who shall be deemed worthy of honor
airy recognition by the association"
In every great constructive work
there must of necessity be thoughtful
preparation and complete knowledge
not only of things to be done, but the
right way to do them to bring to a
successful issue the purpose we have
in hand. To bring Michigan up to the
standard of our sister states in road
construction and maintenance means
more than educating our people in the
best way to build and maintain our
highways; it means the conversion of
thousands of our citizens as to the
necessity of good roads. 1t means
knowledge to every community of the
terrible loss we are yearly suffering
by reason of the condition our roads
are in. 1t means more. 1t means a
conversion and confirmation, together
with new baptism, of the good roads
spirit and enthusiasm.
The campaign for the abolition of
the mud road is of necessity more or
less one of education. An association
such as ours has better advantage
than the individual and is in a posi-
ton to disseminate information re-
garding the value of improved roads,
and to cooperate with other organiZa-
tions in creating demand for their
improvement. Results have been ac-
complished by various civic organiza
tons in identifying our cities and viii
lagos and Transforming waste places
into attractive parks bearing evidence
of what can be done by the constant
and tireless efforts of individuals; and
when such organizations as ours, un-
dismayed by Indifference and undaunt-
ed by lack of means, direct their en-
ergy and attention toward the better
ment of our public roads it will be
but question of time alone until
what we now call our mud roads and
sand roads will be thing of the past.
The readers of these pages from
week to week must know that the Of
ficers of the Michigan State Good
Roads Association receive no compen-
sation whatever for their work and
labor. The writer is serving his sixth
year as president of the association
without compensation and much of the
time has paid his own personal ex-
penses in going about the state from
place to place aiding and assisting the
Good Roads cause. We want the read
ers to know and understand these
things because they can better enter
into the spirit of the work and under
stand more fully the real purpose Of
the association.
We have conducted campaigns in
more than thirty counties where the
county system was in issue, we have
sent our speakers, literature and bull
letins and conducted campaigns of ed
ucation whenever requested. We are
still at work along these lines and as
rapidly as our financial ability will
permit we shall extend our field of en-
deavor until Michigan has been thor
oughly redeemed.
We want every man in Michigan
interested in the building up of our
highways to become a member of this
association. Section three of our by
laws makes it very easy to become a
member, as our active membership
pays but $1.00 per year for the sup
port of the association.
Having introduced ourselves to the
readers of this department we shall
endeavor to give you from week to
week entertaining news of the work
as it is progressing in Michigan.
In closing this first article let me
remind our farmer friends that this
is the vital time of the year for the
earth road Work on our earth roads
at this season of the year is of the
greatest Importance, one load of gray
ell put on the road in May is worth
more than two loads on hot and dry
July day. Get busy, now is the time
to do successful road building.