Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
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ASK FOR AID

BLUE GRASS TRAIL BOOSTERS
! SELECT MEN TO PROMOTE
ASSISTANCE SCHEME.
The big Blue Grass road booster
meeting. held here Wednesday after-
noon in the Commercial club to dis
! cuss the federal aid plan for help IN
doing permanent work along the
route, resulted in some lively discus
sion and the final appointing OF a
committee to formulate plans Tor 60
ing ahead with the movement.
One man was appointed from eacn
county, through which the route
passes in its trip across Iowa through
the second tier from the southern bor'
der. and the following were chosen:
Des Moines county,. H. Petit
bone, Burlington; Henry county
John r. Hughes, Mt. Pleasant; JET
ferson county,. P. Manatrey, Fair
| field; Wapello county-C. A. Well
man. Ottumwa; Monroe county-W.
A. Wilken Abba; Lucas county-H.
w. Raymond, Charlton; Clarke county
j. L. Highland Osceola; Union coun-
ty-Paul Junkin. Creston; Adams
county-No representative; Montgom-
cry count-George Stebbins, Red Oak;
Mills and Pottawattamie counties
no representatives; Van Buren, county
C. w. Miller Stockport; Lee coun-
ty-A. P. Brown, Ft. Madison.
+, Following the regular meeting the
committee organized with J. h.
Hughes of Mt. Pleasant as chairman
and H. W. Raymond Of Charlton as
secretary. A motion prevailed that
the committee do nothing, pending
the action to be taken by the state
legislature on good roads matters.
The committees work is to confer
with boards of supervisors in each
of the counties, affected by the trail,
and urge them to make applications
for federal aid on the county road
systems. An early meeting of the SUI
pervisors Is urged.
The feasibility of working for fed
eral aid to be applied exclusively to
the Blue Grass Trail, or to the entire
county system, consumed the greater
part Of the time. the hard road and
dirt road discussion coming up incl
dental1y.
F.. R. White, road engineer with the
state highway commission at Ames.
led the discussion, pointing out how
the present highway law provides for
local control.
He stated that there were two
sources Of funds for county road work.
the local fund from the county motor
and vehicle tax and the county road
cash fund, amounting together to
$500, 900. In addition the federal gov
eminent has appropriated s223.000
which will be available for distribu-
ton between the twelve counties
touched by the Blue Grass route, II
the application goes through. He
made the plea for heavier tax Of the
| cities and towns for good roads pur-
poses and pointed out that Burlington
Z, and Ottumwa we're paying little TO-
ward the work under the law.
The other speakers were John r.
Hughes Of Mt Pleasant, John H. Pet
tibone, Burlington, F. A. Nimocks, Of
tumwa. Fl. w. Ramona, Charlton, Sec
rotary Oberle of the Burlington Com
mercial Exchange. c. D. Forsback OF
Montgomery county, H. s. Berry OF
Abba, c. 8. Harper of Ottumwa and
George Stebbins, secretary OF the Red
Oak Commercial club.
| F. A. Nimocks was chosen as tenn.
porary chairman and M. L. Toulme,
secretary. j. r. Stodghill. president
Of the Wapello county board Of SUI
pervisors, was elected permanent
chairman.
| Representatives from all but two
counties touched by the trail were
present. The following attended:
| r. J. Gladwin, Dubuque.
H. W. Clark, Ottumwa.
s.. H. Bauman. Birmingham.
]. F. Anderson. Birmingham.
T. F. Lemley, Russell.
J. F. Knox, Ottumwa. r. s.
Leroy Gates, Blakesburg, r. 3.
J. 8. Edwards. Lovilia.
w. M. Peterson, Abba.
s. l.. .Kelso, Ottumwa, R. 4.
G. B. Morrison, Batavia.
c.. e. Smith, Mt. Pleasant.
T. K. Campbell, Keosauqua-
e. r. Morris, Abba.
H. s. Berry. Abba
Geo. A. Zika, Ottumwa.
]. S. Morrison, Ottumwa.
G. A. Stbbens, Red Oak.
c. d. Forsheck. Red Oak.
I VIM. Thomas, Red Oak.
| w. A. Wilkin, Abba.
H. E. Rineheimer. Mt Pleasant.
John r. Hughes, Mt. Pleasant.
Geo. T. Hull, Mt. Pleasant.
A. w. Miller, Mt. Pleasant
w. H. Deal, Winfield.
T. E. White, Salem.
c. E. Hampton, Mt. Pleasant.
John Abraham, Mt. Pleasant.
Raymond Duerr, Keosauqua.
John Sloan. Cantril
M. F. Hornbaker, Bonaparte.
g. w. Miller, stockport.
NJ G. Johnston, Birmingham.
H. L. Pollard, Ottumwa.
c. s. Harper, Ottumwa.
c. A. Wellman, Ottumwa-
! J. NJ Gass, Abba.
c. c. Edgingtcn, Ottumwa.
J. f. Bonnwalter, Fairfield.
j. P. Booth, Jr., Batavia.
r. Z. Stevens, Ottumwa.
H. B. Mckinney, Des Moines.