The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-04
D. N. Flint of Muskogee is Chosen
at Annual Meeting to Succeed
E. T. Meredith.
NEXT ANNUAL MEETING
TO BE IN ST. PAUL
Louisiana Sends the Only Woman
Director of Association to the
Annual Meeting.
Especial to the PiOneer)

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 4.-D. N.
Flint of Muskogee was elected presi-
dent of the International Jefferson
Highway association to succeed E..
T. Meredith of Des Moines by the
unanimous vote of the board Of di-
rectors at the annual meeting held
here last week.
St. Paul, Minn., was selected as the
place of meeting next June.
w. A. Hopkins of Des Moines, Ia,
was elected vice president of the as
ISOLATION, Walter Parker of New Or
leans, secretary and F. J. Wright of
Des Moines, Ia., treasurer.
The constitution and bylaws were
revived, with a provision that all
ex-presidents are to be ex-officio
members of the board of directors.
Fur-beclad good roads boosters
from the pines of Minnesota mingled
with enthusiasts from the palms of
Louisiana, while broad-sombrerOed
gentlemen from the plains of Texas
cussed bad roads and discussed good
ones with better road advocates from
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma
at the annual directors meeting
which was held Wednesday. The at
tendance surpassed the widest ex-
pectations of the members Of the as
sociation. Every state through
which the Jefferson highway will
pass was represented.
The state of Louisiana sprung a
surprise on the board by sending
Mrs. John E. Kimball of Shreveport
as it's only representative. She is
the only woman member of the board
of directors.
The Minnesota directors who at
tended we're Daniel Shaw of Thief
River Falls and Senator Thomas E..
eastman of Owatonna.
J. D. Clarkson, general manager of
the Jefferson Highway association,
who has made overland trips from
one end of the Jefferson highway to
the other, from Winnipeg, Canada,
to New Orleans, La, made an infor-
NAL report in which he said that
all along the route the counties and
states are taking remarkable in
terest in the construction of the
great highway and that most Of the
county associations have paid their
mileage assessments in full.
He laid great stress upon the neces-
sity of marking off the Jefferson
highway, stating that as soon as this
was done the association will have
some tangible assets. This work will
cost in the neighborhood of $4,000,
he thought. He pointed out that
there is a balance on hand of $1,000
in the treasury and that checks sent
in from various counties of the states
along the line will amount to over
$4,000. Mr.. Clarkson told the direct
ors that he was drawing $3.50 per
month salary and that his publicity
agent is receiving $40 a week and
his stenographer at Des Moines $12
per week.
The county of Muskogee, it was
pointed out, will be the first to vote
road bonds to be used in the con-
struction of the Jefferson highway.
"The chief aim Of the Jefferson
highway in establishing hard sur
faced good roads through the country
is not tnat owners of automobiles in
other states may travel easily over
the country on their sightseeing
tours, but that the states may be
united and given opportunity to de-
velop places that otherwise would
not be developed" said S. Wolsten-
croft, publicity manager, in an ad-
dress. "The railroads do not offer
all the advantages of we'll regulated
and cared for trails" he added.