Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-14

Ever hear of the Lower End
Good Roads Association Of Rock
Island county?
Well, you'll hear now and you'll
hear more later. One OF these days
it's coming to town with a brass
band and about 'steen hundred au-
tomobiles all decked out with BAN
nerS and full Of people in their
Sunday-go-to-meeting cloth e 8.
blowing tin horns and wearing
buttons an everything and making
the biggest noise you ever heard.
They'll parade all around town.
paying no attention to the speed
limit or the traffic rules and the
city people will stand safe on the
sidewalks and cape at them, and
then the whole business will wind
up in great big banquet at which
the city and county officers, mem
bers of the chambers of commerce,
business mems organizations, RO-
j.. terians and a lot Of others will be
guests and the farmers will pay
the bill. What do you know about
that?
OF course all this will have a
purpose back of it That purpose
will be explained in a general way
by the banners and badges, which
will read something Ike this:
1--WE want good roads to market"
Build it the Edgingt0n Way"
give Rock Island county its
share of state hard roads"
Big Committee Named.
At a meeting held at Edgington
yesterday authority was given to
name 81 committeeman to canvass
Black Hawk, Andalusia, Edgfngton,
Buffalo Prairie and DrUry town
ships for support for the undertake
ing. They are going to find out
how many will come to Rock Island
and how much each will contribute
to make the thing a success. The
date will depend upon when S. e.
Bradt, chairman, or some other
member Of the state highway COM
mission can be present to speak on
good roads in general and the
manner in whi,h the state bond
fund is being a2poTtioued, in par
ticular.
This movement tod its origin I
the fight made before the super
visors at the last session to have
Turkey Hollow and Ed5in gtOn
route recommended as the part
within this county Of the proposed
hard road to Aledo. After one of
the hardest contests recently wag-
ed in the county board that body
decided that it had Jurisdiction in
such matters and the resolution for
Edgington route was adopted by a
two-thirds vote Representatives
from the townships named and
from the city of Rock Island lined
up sOlidly for the project and this
paved the way for further cooper
alive effort.
Officers Chosen.
At a recent meeting at Edging-
ton the Lower End Good Roads
association was formed with these
officers:
President-M. A. Titterington,
Edgington.
Secretary-M. L. Thomas, Buff
falo Prairie.
Treasurer-Albert Hofer. Anda-
lusia.
Executive committee - George
Harris, Dr. Allan Miller and Ed
Hartmann, Edgington; George
Rausch, John Eckhardt and Con-
rad Mueller, Buffalo Prairie; John
Powell and Tom Watson, Drury:
Albert Hofer and Charles Wenks.
Andalusia, and John Blazer and
William F. Nichols, Black Hawk.
At yesterdays meeting the size
of the township committee was or
dered increased to five for Anda-
iusia, which is a fractional town
ship, and Is for each of the others
Present at the meeting besides
officers OF the association were a
number from Rock Island. Super
visor W. H. Schillinger and J. G.
Britton spoke in advocacy OF the
plan, pointing out the need for CO.
operative effort to carry on the
night started in the county board
and TO get for this county as much |
as possible Of what 1t is fairly en-
titled to out of the state bond is |
sue. The most miles within the |
country that the county may fair