Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-08-26
MIR. Buaum Talks.

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Mr.. Buffum Talks.
The meeting was called to order in
The Court House by Judge Alex Car
ter shortly after II o'clock. Quite
number of delegates from counties
along the road were present. Mr..
Buffum, in stating the object of the
meeting said:
"rhis road which passes through
Audrain county can be built for less
than any cross state highway in Mis-
souri,. There are practically no hills
and the cost to put the dirt roads in
good condition is about 1856 a mile.
The other highways are getting the
business while you are asleep on this
roatc. When people write or call our
Office asking about the routes across
Missouri we tell them not TO use this
route. That Is the reason your traffic
through here is SO light We are
ashamed to send tourists this way. II
lis an outrage that more work is not
being done in this section just as II is
that there are not more present here
today.
.'The Audrain County Court says
the Eight-Mile Road Commission has
promised TO work the highway across
the country for cost. This section of
road is now disposed Of. viii the rest
do as well? The County Court Of
Galloway has started work to widen
the road across their county to 60
feet. Audrain should have a road at
least 40 feet across it. The Southern
route and the National Old Trails
routes will be rocked this year. They
are practically completed in many
places today. If you are going to set
an example to your farmers of what
the roads should be now is the time to
do it. The road is not built for cross
state travel alone. The most import
ant feature about such road is that
it shows the farmers what a good road
is; that he viii find he can delived his
wheat whenever the market is right
and not when it is low fearing to hold
until it raises and then be held at
home because of bad roads This road
can be dragged across the state in one
day and | want to see it done"
Il. L. Johnson, president Of the Mex
leo Mile-Road Commission, as
sdred Mr.. Buffum of the Commissions
interest and what they proposed to do
in aiding the County Court in the
work j. II. Winscott, Of Sturgeon,
made splendid talk, urging the build
ing Of better highways and citing the
West. He said Missouri had any
state in the West beaten but we were
far behind them in the making Of
roads.
The meeting then adjourned until
/ o'clock. Mr.. Buffum took all the
delegates to dinner with him as his
guests.
The west end Of the route was well
represented and those towns that were
not able to send delegates wired their
willingness to help the organization
carry out plans it might formulate.
Higbee sent the largest delegation,
amongst them were: w. f. Jones,
Wisdom Bunton, ]. H. Swetnan and
E. E. Newman. Other delegates in at
tendance were:
vandalia--C B. Ellis, W. H.'White,
w. S. Waters, and ]. M. Dye.
Sturgeon-J. II. Winscott and M. R..
McCaslin.
Moberly-H. Frank Holman.
Mexico-Judge Alex Carter, and E.
L. johnson.
Centralia-J. M. Waller M. S. Bush
and G. A. Pollard.
Bates City,. B. Shelby
The report Of the committee on
Ways and Means, +. M. Buffum, Q. b.
Ellis, G. A. Pollard, Frank Holman
and J. M. Dye, was accepted, as
amended, by the delegates, as fol-
lows:
fIRST:--That a committee be ap-
pointed to give the official name ana
official emblem for the pole.
SECOND:--That the route selected
shall be the one on the form printed
by r. w. Bufum with an optional cut
off from via Higbee, Yates and BACK
into the main line at Armstrong ana
over such new road west Of Odessa as as
have recently been established or VIII
soon be established for the purpose Oh
Strengthening said road and taking
out railroad crossings.
| rtrfpu. That iha highway shall