Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-31

IThat type of road would represent
 a highway the equal, if not SUI |perior, to the paved streets of Para lgould. Just what type of road is to be built is yet to. be determined.
 | At the session of the Association Iyesterday afternoon, interesting talks were made by Judge John c.
 Honey, J IT. McPherson, Wm Me
 Kelvey, Joe Woods, Joe Knight and
 others MT. McPherson told the
 gathering many interesting facts
 about the value of highway such las was planned for the Lone Star Ito be. and the manner in which Ithey are built. Judge Honey as-
 sured the members of the Associa-
 tion. that he was enthusiastically in favor of promoting good roads and lthat if We can get the Lone Star l Star Highway built as set out in l the statements by those claiming to knew the details of the plan, he was much. in favor of it. The judge said he was not very familiar with the details of the present undertak- ing but, upon present indications relating to the project, it looks ex- tra good.
 | w. M. McKelvey, who resides northwest of the city, addressed the lsession with enthusiastic references to the road. He said he was strong for the Highway and felt certain that the citizens of his en- l tire section of the county would rally to the support of the under Itaking with interest equal to that held by him. He said he was heartily in favor of the undertaking Joe Woods said he believed the citi-
 zens in his old home section of the county, south and southwest of the lcity, would join in the movement heartily. Joe Knight told the members of the Association that they need have no fear regarding the sentiment in support of the hard road among the citizens of the lsection of the county in which he lresides. He said the people in that lregion are wanting good roads and the proposed plan of the great | Highway from Chicago to the Gulf |of Mexico appeals to them very strongly.
 It was the sense of the gathering yesterday afternoon for President |McPherson to appoint two or more representatives from the local or ganlzat1on to go to Little Rock within the next few days and con- fer with the State Highway Depart
 ment for the purpose of procuring first-hand information relating to the appropriation of funds by the National and State Highway De- partments for use in building high ways. The State and. National De- partments work in unison upon the issue, it is said. A representative of the State Department, it is said recently made public a statement in Poplar Bluff, during the occasion of the meeting of the National As sociation of the Lone Star Route in that city, to the effect that hard road of the type and character of the Lone Star would be of very small cost to each of the counties through which it traverses, due to | the iberalty of both the State and National Highway Departments in Enhancing such important road
 projects. Just how liberal or to what extent the state and na-
 tlional branches will participate in
 the Lone Star enterprise as referred
 to by that gentleman is yet to be
 determined.
 | The officers and members of the
 local organization are anxious to
 swell the membership of the club
 to the maximum number. Everyone
 interested in the undertaking is
 invited to become aligned with the Ihio'chirhu Dy tihiilG out a mem
 bership. The greater the member ship the greater will be the force
 of the organization in carrying the
 plan through to a speedy realiza- Ition. A large membership repre-
 senting all communities in the lcounty will do mnch toward speed
 ing up the building of the road. A
 great force naturally accompanies 2
 large organization. It encourages Jthose who are devoting their time
 and energies to the movement. If
 Will enable the local club to have
 funds with which to carry ont
 quickly important phases of the
 undertaking. Every member, by
 reason of his membership in the
 organization, becomes an important
 part of the organization. The cost
 is only $500 per year for a period
 Of five years. Eighty per cent of
 the money thus obtained is utilized
 by the local organization. No sal laries are paid. Every penny of the
 elghty per cent is to be used in