The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-14
MAKES REPORT
ON GOOD ROADS
LIONS CLUB ROADS COMMIT.
TEE CHAIRMAN TELLS
OF WORK DONE.


the Good Roads committee OF the
Lions Club, has made the following
report on his work of locating high
ways in his section of the state:
To the Officers and Members oi
the Ardmore Lions Club:
Since | have been chosen chair
man of your good roads committee
appointed for the purpose of locat-
ing and marking roads to and from
and through Ardmore and Carter
County, | have succeeded in locating
the Indian Trail from the eastern
border of the state-in fact, beyond
the border as far as Arkadelphia
Ark.-and as far west to Duncan ;
realizing from years OF experience
that the first thing that is necessary
y. in establishing road is to perma-
Z nently locate same.
Organizations have been perfected
from Center Point Ark, through to
Idabel, Okla. These organizations
are all temporary, but as soon as the
Indian Trail is located to Lawton
and on to ChildresS, then 1t is my
purpose to have the officers in the
different counties and towns meet
in Ardmore and organize perma-
nently, realizing that nothing along
this line can be accomplished with
out permanent organization and CO.
operation.
North and South Road.
The next line to be taken up is
the one originally known as the In
terstate Postal Highway, which en-
ters the state at Arkansas City, Kan,
on the north and Gainesville, Tex,
on the south. The Oklahoma Good
Roads Association is very much in
terested in this road and we hope
to have, in the near future, work
ing organization.
A very important road that will
intercept the Indian Trail at Wilson
and follow it into Ardmore and
then turn south, via Marietta and
Gainesville, will be the Dallas, Can
adian and Denver highway. 1t was
my good fortune to attend the
meeting of the officers and road
builders of the Dallas, Canadian and
Denver highway at Lamar, Col,
July 10 and II, which was one of the
most enthusiastic meetings, and one
at which more work was accom-
plished than have attended in
some time. | was called away from
the meeting before it adjourned, but
before leaving [ laid the claims OF
- Ardmore for the next convention
\ before the delegates. r. A. Single
terry, president, and s. J Young,
manager of the Oklahoma Good
Roads Association, and w "A. Pal
mer, manager of the Dallas, Cana
dian and Denver Highway Asso-
citation, assisted me very materially
in securing the next convention tor
Ardmore. Ardmore has been repre-
sented at nearly every national and
state good roads convention that
has been held in the last ten years,
and | feel very proud of the fact
that we are to have one OF those
conventions. Several of the most
prominent road officials in the
United States, together with sena-
tors and governors, will no doubt
be in attendance, and the Lions,
with the other clubs in the city,
must appoint strong committees to
begin work at once to make this
great success. All officers of the
Indian Trail Association, along its
entire line, will be present, as well
as the officers and members Of the
Dallas, Canadian and Denver high
way.
Importance of Good Roads.
Too much stress cannot be laid
upon the Importance of good roads,
General Goethals of Panama canal
fame says: I'VE need more good
roads" He resigned as state engi-
neer of New ersey when he was
appointed army quartermaster gen
ton, and he Immediately recon-
mended to the state highway COM
mission that it spend all its available
funds this year in building sections
of roads that will enable the army
to use motor trucks and other vehi-
cles to relieve the railroad conges-
nipn in hauling supplies to its camps |
u ID TO the shipping bases. This is
Exactly what we want the Indian
Trail to accomplish. | hope the
Lions Club of Ardmore will extend
an invitation to the Lions Club of
Little Rock, Ark, to attend the
meeting in Ardmore in order TO in
terest them in carrying the road
from Little Rock to Ardmore and
west to Lawton.
On my recent visit to Washington
] called upon some of the prominent
officers of the National Highway
Association and the American Auto
mobile Association. together with
national officers, all of whom say
emphatically that the people could
not engage in a more patriotic work
than the construction of permanent
roads. | received the following let
ter from A. q. Batchelder, executive
chairman of the American Automo-
bile Association: My dear Mr..
Suggs: Referring to the quite ex-
tended conversation which we had