Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21
GOOD ROADS BIG
AIM OF AUTO CLUB
Bettering of Highways Is Funda-
mental Motive and Inspiration
Of Organization
COOPERATION is IMPORTANT

Tell me what company you keep
and I'll tell you what ou are" can
be appropriately paraphrascd 10, Tell
me what kind of roads YOU have IN
your vicinity and III tell you how
progressive your citizens arc"
Good roads, and all that pertains
to their making, maintenance and
beautifying, is the fundamental mo-
tive and Inspiration OF the Omaha
Automobile club. Touring benefits
and road information, to be Of service,
depends upon the advance OF the
good roads movement.
The club has always advocated and
supported every reasonable demand
for better highways, S. L. Smyth, as
sistant secretary, pointed out. County
and city commissioners have coop
Grated with the club in every way
possible, he said
Publicity Is Important.
Good roads and their ultimate
building depends to large extent on
plain, old, every day publicity con
versation between Jones and Brown,
and when the talk has made wide
enough circle of adherents, then ac-
ton must follow
This publicity concerning a certain
demand for highway building is what
the Omaha Automobile club is doing
every day in the year through the
fraternal feeling OF the members on
this one most important topic. The
individual moiorist in the club has
chance 10 exchange views with other
members, with the result that a nat-
ural demand arises from the several
individual observations and wants.
4 The club, according 10 Mr. Smyth,
has never made il practice Of an
noying city and county officials with
petty complaints pertaining TO road
repairs. Complaints are first inycsti.
gated, and II found 10 be OF impor-
iance, then request is made Of the au-
thoritics for action. Hundreds OF inn
portant repairs TO city streets and
county highways have been brought
about through concerted action from
the club Probably a dozen members
will report the same complaint. By
this assembling Of the wants and
needs Of the motoring public, action
Is more quickly assured, and coming
from the majority Of motorists
through their club il bears weight
Of importance which demands recog-
nition.
Successful Cooperation.
The clubs efforts in furthering
good roads is not confined 10 Omaha
and vicinity. Il has been very sue
ccssful in securing corporation from
towns nd counties touched by i'm
portant highways The Omaha Deni-
son-Spirit Lake Airline from Denison
to the lakes, has been put in much
better travelling shape through the
action taken by the club with the sew
eral good roads organizations along
the line. The club has secured action
from the towns along the Spirit Lake
Airline in Frightening up the road
markings, the entire route from Deni- |
son 10 the lakes being now marked,
ox has been marked with large
white "a"
The clubs interest in signing the
highways has been instrumental in
bringing in new members from all
over the state. Alliance itself |
strong supporter of road signing, is |
deep admirer OF the clubs work |
and the two members there are work.
ing up dozen more 10 send in.
The larger the membership in the
Automobile club the quicker a crys-
talization OF thought and want in the |
matter OF good roads will come about, |
sfor il is appropriate that through a
club which is primarily good roads |
organization, should come the initia-
tive" Mr.. Smyth declared