Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-04-30
FARM AND CITY TO
JOIN IN ROAD WORK
WHOLE COUNTY TO COOPERATE
IN PRACTICAL CELEBRATION
OF GOOD ROADS DAY.

With the farmers of the county co..
operating with the business men OF
the city in an organized campaign
for actual work on the roads of tho
county under the supervision of tho
county commissioners and the road
supervisors of the various districtA
and with Governor Ernest Lister and
Senator Wesley L. Jones joining Ia
the movement, Olympia and Thurs
ton county propose to give the other
portions of the state of Washington
practical demonstration of the
value of Good Roads day, May Is,
by getting busy" on the roads.
The proposed activity comes as the
result of a suggestion made at tho
recent monthly membership meeting
of the Chamber of Commerce and 10
being directed by a committee from
the Chamber consisting of Fred W,
Stocking, chairman; Clinton Knox,
A. H. Christopher, DR.. G. w. InghanhI
Frederick w. Schmidt, C. A. Har<
mony and Commissioner B. F. Littlet
john. These men propose to "cut
out" the usual 'hot air" and speech
flying generally accompanying tho
celebration Of such days, and to ens
list some 200 or more men of tho
city with the farmers throughout tho
county in actual road work with
scrapers, drags, picks, shovels and
other useful tools.
To Make Plans Monday.
Complete plans for the work OF
that day will be outlined at q meats
ing Of the road supervisors or tS0
various districts. to be held In thaA
city next Monday afternoon, at tRG'
call of the county commissioner1.
Wednesday of this week Secretary
H. L. Whiting Of the Chamber Of
Commerce proposed to the farmers
Of the county. at the regular Pomona
Grange meeting. organized co-opera.
ton by them in their respective din.
tricts and received hearty indorse.
ment of the plan as well as assufA
ances of cooperation.
The Chamber committee and the
Grange are now engaged In organ.
izing the farmers of the county into
districts so that each group, aided
by a group of men from the city, will
perform the work needed on the
roads in his own 6eighborhood rather
than somewhere else, 10 or Is miles
away. The road supervisors are 10
have direct charge of the work. nam.
ing a man in each smaller section OF
the county who is to superintend tho
work in his own neighborhood. For
instance, the Tenino Commercial
club is to be assigned the work OF
improving the road from that city
to the Crescent oil we'll. thence ON ID
Grand Mound and the Lewis county
line. A movement is under way,
also, to induce the farmers to do
their trading on Friday, May IA,
treating Saturday as holiday so all
the business men Of the city can join
in the work on Good Roads day and
make it reach the greatest success,
Lister and Jones to Tour County.
Governor Lister was invited by the
local Chamber to cooperate with the
work and, upon accepting the invis
tation, invited Senator Jones to join
with him. The senator also acceptA
ed and on the morning Of May Is
the governor with an auto party OF
will meet the senator at
the Thurston-Lewis line, en- route
from Centralia to Olympia, and will
spend the day touring the county
and squirting on the actual workers
on the roads.