The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-03-25
BOOSTERS
DESIGNATE
MAY 3RD
AS GOOD
ROADS Day


its luncheon Monday night initiated a
scheme for Good Roads Day. to be
observed throughout Fremont county.
II will be celebrated on Monday, May
3rd, and an effort will be made to en-
list every able-bodied man in the
county to do something for the i'm
rroyement of the public highways at
that time.
All of the civic organizations in the
county will be invited to cooperate in
the movement and merchants and
business men of all kinds will be ask
ed to cease their regular employmets
for the day and devote the occasion,
and request their employees to do like
wise, to the betterment of the roads.
An appeal will be made to every man
in the county to help in the undertake
ing by fixing up some portion of the
public highway system in which he
if Interested. 1t is hoped the day will
be made holiday by everybody SO
far as ordinary affairs are concerned
and that all will unite in furthering
the cause to which the occasion will
be dedicated by some individual ef-
fort The appeal for cooperation in
the work to be done will be made on
the grounds OF patriotism and public
spiritedness and a very generous re-
sponse is expected. The county will
he divided into districts and chair
man appointed for each of them to
have general supervision of the work
in his particular territory. In this
way 1t is believed that the movement
can be made to include practically
everybody in the county. All are in
ferested in good roads and it is be-
Leved that there will be very few peo-
rle who will not respond to the call
for assistance to improve them.
The services Of hundreds of men
and scores OF teams will be enlisted
IN the undertaking and by use of
graders and scrapers, spade, shovel
and pick the rough places on the
highways can be made smooth.
Eor HGood Roads Day." the mer-
chant is expected to leave his shop, the
professional man his office. the ac-
-contant his books. the clerk and sales
men their ordinary duties, the office
holder his desk and the rancher his
customary work and all join in a COM
mon; purpose to improve the public
highways; a matter in which all are
mutually concerned. "A long pull, a
strong pull, pull altogether" will
accomplish much in the good roads
movement and a day set aside for in
divdual cooperation for their improve
ment will accomplish wonders and
will unity the aims and ambitions Of
the public on subject in which all
are vitality concerned.
The COMMITTEES
DR.. Hart Goodloe, president OF the
Automobile club, has announced the
following general committee on or
ganization for Good Roads Day
John Shaw, Jr.. chairman; G. V. Hod-
gin, w. ]. Lindenberger, DR.. Otis Or
endorff, Grant Dickinson. DR.. Noonan,
of Chandler; DR.. Hart Goodloe, Dali
De weese, Warden lyman and Haagen
Stockder. 1t will be the province OF
this committee to look after the or
ganization of subcommittee in Flor
ence, Portland, Concrete, Penrose
the coal camps, Howard. Hillside
Texas Creek, Cotopaxi, Parkdale and
al other towns and communities In
the county and to secure their assist
ance in the enterprise. The commit
tee will meet at Hodgin and Shar
rsn's office in the Harrison biocl
next Thursday evening for the. pur
pose OF mapping out campaign o.
yublicity for the Good Roads Day
movement
The meeting and luncheon Of tn,
Automobile club at the Strathmor'
hotel Monday night was largely at
tended and was an interesting even
10 It's members. Covers we're laid To-
about eighty people. Talks on thu
good roads question we're made by Wa
cen lyman, H. ". George, DR.. @. A
vawter. DR.. Otis orendorn, D. N
Cooper Frank Singer. A. r. Livina
stone. DR.. Noonan Of Chandler. c.. Y
Hodgin. Ithel williams Of chandlel
W. J. Lindenberger and W. o. His
Gins