The Natchitoches enterprise., 1916-09-28
ia DELEGATES
ATTEND COLFAX
FROM RAPIDES. GRANT,
NATCHITOCHES AND
VIM

The Jefferson Highway meeting
held in CoIfax, Grant Parish,
Thursday afternoon was attended
by forty-three delegates from
Rapides, forty-eight from Grant,
from Natchitoches and
from Winn parish.
The meeting was held in the Grant
parish court house at 8 p. m. The
different parishes sent many OF
their most prominent men to at
tend the meeting, which was called
t. decide on the location of the
route of the proposed Jefferson
through the four parishes
named. There was unanimity of
opinion as to the location of the
route from the City of Natchl-
toches to Grand Ecore, thence to
Bayou Saline, VIM parish, to
Montgomery, Aloha and Colfax,
iii Grant parish But there was
division of opinion as to the most
feasible route from Colfsx to Alex
andria.
MsetIng at Court House.
The meeting was called to order
by Editor H. q. Goodwin of the
Colfax Chronicle, who called on
Capt. Charles H. Teal to preside.
Messrs. H. q. Goodwin of the
Colfax Chronicle, R. &. Jarreau
of the Alexandria Town Talk, G.
NJ. Cunningham of the Natchi-
toches Times and B. w, Barnes of
the Boyce Journal were selected
as secretaries.
Capt. Teal in an appropriate
address explained the objects of
the meeting. He mentioned the
great value of having great high
way pass through the parishes.
v, L. Roy.
President v. L. Roy of the
Natchitoches Normal School, who
is president of the Natchitoches
Parish jefferson Highway Asso-
citation, was introduced and made
a full and complete explanation of
the highway project, explaining
that Caddo, De Soto, Sabine and
Natchltoches parishes have voted
bonds for their respective links in
the chain. That the meeting in
Colfax was planned to explain to
the people of VIM, Grant and
Rapides, SO that they can get busy
and see that this road IS built
through their districts, Mr. Roy
said that ii was a most momentous
occasion and one of the most i'm
portant that had come before the
people of the parishes. He refer
red to the meeting as the most i'm
portant one that had occurred In
the historic Grant court house
since the memorable one of 1873,
in which white supremacy was
settled. (Applause.)
Mr.. Roy told of the enthusiasm
brought to Natchitoches by the
Mansfield good roads boosters
some weeks ago, and added that
the Natchitoches boosters wanted
TO bring some of the same pep"
and vim" to Grant and pass it
along the line. He told of the
thousands of tourists that the
highway would bring through ten
months in the year, and that
tourists always spend money along
the route. He closed after telling
of the work in other states from
Winnipeg TO New Orleans.
The chairman then announced
that the meeting was open for dis
cussion.
j. p. Turregano
of Rapides parish stated that Rap
ides had several links in the JEFF
ferson Highway already completed
and that other sections Of the links
had voted bonds and would build
right away. He wanted to know
if the location of the route from
Colfax to Alexandria was to be
decided at the meeting then being
held. The chairman said that he
thought this would be left to the
engineers in charge.
A call was made tor the dele
gates from the different parishes