Imperial Valley press., 1920-04-10
BANKHEAD ROAD
CONVENTION TO
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| HOT SPRINGS, Ark, April 10.--Af-
| ter seven weeks of hard work, during
which time every governor in the
/ United States has been communicated
with, high officials in Washington in
/ formed of the meeting and invited to
attend, delegates named and recorded
from over 30 states in the union, Di-
rector General Rountree, of the United
States Good Roads and Bankhead Ma
tional Highway association, which,
with the Albert Pike Highway associa-
/ ton, will hold their annual convention
here the week of April II to Is, in
formed the board of governors of the
Business Mems league, under whose
auspices the meetings will be held,
that everything is ready for the big
gest and most important meeting in
the history of our organizations
Hot Springs regards these conven-
tions as the biggest event of its kind
that has ever taken place in the world
famous Spa. There lis not feature,
1rom a gaIly decorated city to the ex-
emplfication of southern hospitality,
that will be overlooked.
PROMINENT MEN TO ATTEND
Some OF the most prominent men
is headed by Vice President Thomas
K. Marshall, who will arrive Wednes-
day, April IA. The following day is
to be officially known on the conven-
tlon program as Marshall Day" and
besides addressing the delegates at
the convention, TIE vice president to-
gethcr with officers of the Bankhead
National Highway and Albert Pike as
sociations, will also assist in the UNI
yelling of beautiful concrete marker
that is being built by Burton d. Hurd,
first vice president of the Four States
branch Of the Bankhead National
highway. This marker will be situated
about two miles west Of Hot Springs,
where the Four States branch and the
Albert Pike Highway enters Hot
Springs.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer has also written that he will at
tend the convention, and Director Gen.
raj Rountree is anticipating an ac-
ceptance from Secretary of War New
ton ID. Baker, who stated that, pro-
vided he could arrange his visit to in
clude an inspection Of Camp Pike, at
Little Rock, he would attend the good
roads meeting,
United States Senator Owen of
Oklahoma will be one of the speakers,
and Thomas Mcdowell. director Of
public roads, Washington, will also be
on the program.
TEN GOVERNORS ACCEPT
The following governors have writ
ten they will attend the convention:
Charles H. Brough president of the
United States Good Roads association.
Arkansas; Lee NJ Russell, Mississip-
pi; c. f. Millimen, Maine; O. A. Lar
raZelo, New Mexico; Oliver P. Shoup,
Colorado; a. II. Roberts, Tennessee;
4. y. Peasants, Louisiana; J. A. b,
Robertson, Oklahoma; W. p Hobby,
Texas; Peter Norbeck, South Dakota.
j. ID. Fountleroy, divisional director
of the bureau of public roads for the
states of Arkansas, Oklahoma and
Texas, will also attend the convention,
and A. G. Batchelder, Washington,
chairman of the executive board of the
American Automobile association, and
Il. q. Mock, ST. Louis, secretary of the
chamber OF commerce of Automobile
Dealers association, will also deliver
addresses, as will Pyke johnson, sec
retary of the chamber of commerce of
Automobile Manufacturers of America.
HIGHWAY ENGINEERS MEETING
Arrangements have been made for
the highway engineers of Arkansas,
Alabama, Arizona, Oklahoma, Mis-
slssippi, Louisiana, Delaware, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, Maine, Ohio,
and North Dakota, to hold special
session during the good roads conven-
tion, while the county judges of this
and all the other southern states have
hnAn m nnt t,.a ,.n1
ton that week, having been called here
by Judge +. p. Toney, of Lake Village,
president of the Arkansas County
Judges association
REGISTERED DELEG ATES
An adequate idea of the interest the
various states are manifesting in this
convention Is seen in the list of regis
tered delegates that have been sent
here by the governors of the various
commonwealths. The chief executives
have written that these delegates were
selected from among men who, it was
known, would attend the meeting, and
they come from the following states:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo
rado, California, Ohio, Delaware,
Florida. Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Tennessee, Geor-
gia, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia,
New Jersey, Wisconsin, Kentucky and
Wyoming.
MANY SPECIAL EXHIBITS
One OF the big features of the con-
ventlon will be the many special eX-
hibits that will be installed chief of
which will be that of the government,
sent here under the personal objection
of F. Lampson Scribner, chief of ex-
,perts of the good roads division Of
the agricultural department. This
exhibit is declared by government Of
ficials to be the largest and most COM
plete that has ever left Washington.
In addition to that feature there
will be many exhibits from manufac-
turers of good roads material, while
the. automobile men from over the
state will also have special exhibits,
Tuesday will he "Countv Judras'