Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1916-04-14
o., II. & g. HIGHWAY ASSN HELD
ANNUAL MEETING HERE

10, II. ~ q. HIGHWAY ASSN HELD
ANNUAL MEETING HERE
The annual meeting of the direc-
tors of the Oklahoma, Texas and
Gulf Highway Association held here
Thursday resulted in the election of
c. o. Johnson of Durant as Presi-
dent other officers elected we're as
follows: w. ~ King, of Denison,
secretary-treasurer Julian G. Field,
Denison, consulting engineer; A. N.
I,eecraft, vice president for South
ern Oklahoma; e. II. Hughes, of
Denison, vice president for Texas; r.
A. Gaffney, of Guthrie, vice presi-
dent for Northern Oklahoma. with
three exceptions, al the county pres
idents were reelected. The excep-
tions are Johnston County, j. E.
Looney; Collin County, J. e. Sur
ratt; McClain County, f. c. Lane.
The morning session and business
meeting was held in the lodge rooms
of the Ellis Club. President John
son called the meeting to order and
introduced Judge j. L. Rappolee,
who made short address of well
come, which was responded to by
A. N. Leecraft. secretary to the Gov
ernor. w. N. King then read the
minutes of the last regular meeting,
which we're adopted; after which re-
ports of various county presidents
were heard. Julian G. Field, who has
had charge of the spending of Gray
son County's 100000 bond issue
for roads, reported for Grayson and
Collin counties, Texas, and gave the
members present some interesting
and instructive sidelights on the art
of road building. Mr.. Fields most
potent message was, keep your
road work out of politics, and keep
politics out of any public-money
spending project" The point was
easily seen.
Mr.. Freeman, secretary of the
Dallas Automobile Association, was
present and spoke for Dallas Coun-
ty Mr.. Freeman's job is to route
northbound tourists over the best
road, and as a strictly neutral he
made the best speech of the day. He
said in plain English that he in
tended routing tourists over what
proved the best road, regardless of
' which road it may be.
: G. w. Early reported for Bryan
County. Readers of this paper have
: already been apprised fthe work
done in Bryan County and reporting
it here again would be mere repeti-
ton.
Floyd Hunnicutt, of Milburn, re
ported for Johnston County, telling
of the obstacles. to road work in any
: black land country. His report
? showed the people of his county to
: be alive and awake to the needs of
: the county in a road way:
County Commissioner Gafford of
Murray County reported for his
3 county, and made a favorable i'm
preston. Murray County has also
been on the job, as the report indi-
Gates.
; Secretary Leecraft reported fol-
Oklahoma County. His report has
it that the roads there are in fine
condition and are being maintained
and that al 1.-The streets of Oklahoma
city are paved or work so as to DE
easily passable:
A motion was passed authorizing
the executive committee to assess
each county it's pro rata part and
have the highway marked from
a Wichita, Kansas, to Dallas, Texas
The associations colors are a solid
band of gold with a band of black
> Iabove and below. This work will be
? done in the near future.
. There was a slight change made
? in the route. Hereafter the town oi
, Tishomingo will be included, and g
: branch of the highway will be ex
? tended to Wichita, Kansas, which
z will give a connection with the Me,
7 ridian highway at that place.
The meeting then adjourned fol
= luncheon at the First Christian
= church, where the ladies had pre-
= lpared a most bountiful and sump,
7 tuous repast. The delegates were
: the guests of the 25-Expansion Clut
= at dinner.
y After luncheon the meeting was
= addressed by Hon. Chas. E. McPher.
! lren, of Durant; Hon. A. N. Leecraft;
Hon. w. A. Durant, and r. H. Whit
Z low, the latter of Fort Smith, Ark
! who is secretary of the rk-Jeffer
! son Highway of that State.
The delegates were taken 20 Den
Z ison in the afternoon, going over The
4 highway in autos, viewing the road
! and inspecting the bridge at RED
! River.
: In spite of the disagreeable wea
ther conditions of the day os thc
3 Injecting and for few days previous
\ thc attendance was all that Presi
:, cent Johnson could have hoped ol
!, expected. 1t was a representative
: lgaiherlng Of business men, TIC dele