The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-11-17
IDAHO AUTOMOBILE
| ASSOCIATION SEEKS
BIG ENROLMENT
Secretary of Organiza-
ton Tells of Origin
and Explains
Purpose
TOURISTS FRIEND
Great Advertiser and
Big actor for
Better Roads
TOURISTS FRIEND

Believing that the automobile
owners of Bingham county would b,
interested in knowing the object
and purposes for which the Idaht
State Automobile association wa,
started and what membership in thu
organization really means to cal
owners, Secretary H. w. L. Niemeye1
has prepared the following state.
ment:
The Idaho State Automobile asso.
citation was incorporated as non
profit making body under the laws
Of the State Of Idaho on February 18,
IN920 and its principal office was To-
Gated at Nampa because of its acces-
sibility to all sections of the state.
Its charter was formulated and its
business conducted in the footsteps
of the great California Automobile
association, the largest and most sue
cessful in the world: It has board
OF directors consisting of fifteen
members, which represent the fifteen
districts into which the state has
been divided. A county committee,
consisting of five persons, who must
be members. of the association, will
be appointed in each county in the
state by the board of directors. Such
county committees shall represent
the association in their respective
counties.
Now, why was the organization
formed? For two-fold reason.
First, to bring together, upon a COM
mon ground, every automobile owner
in the state, under certain objects to
be stated later, for the great good of
the automobile owner himself and
for the state of Idaho generally, and
second, because it is a well acknowl-
edged fact in touring circles that
when the average easterner thinks of
the west he thinks of California and
why is that? Because California is
the best advertised state in the
Union, has the best roads of any
state in the Union and is the best
road sign posted state in the Union
and why is that? Because it has the
largest automobile association in the
world. With these two thoughts be-
Fore them, surely the founders Of the
Idaho State Automobile association
cannot be charged with any selfish
motive. Ss
The principal objects of the as
'ociation are to thoroly mark all the
highways Of the state.
To compile and distribute to its
members, without cost accurate road
maps and touring information.
To. carry on a constant campaign
# road Improvement until every
county as laterals connecting with
he state highway that are equally
IS good and to carry on a constant
Of education that the tax
ayers money for road purposes be
expended efficiently and with as
title waste as possible.
To assist in making more acces-
ible Idaho's natural wonders.
To advertise Idaho's scenic attrac-
ions and motoring facilities and to
ttract to the state motorists from
II parts of the world.
TO foster just legislation and to
ombat jnimical legislation affecting
rotor car owners and to secure
OOuOu ducuuA0ILS 10 C00 motor
tate vehicle laws.
The automobile is recognized as a
estroyer of. distance and has. had
lore direct effect upon the good
Dads movement of the United tSates
ian any other single agency force.
he automobile has made possible {
lie greatest piece of nationwide ad-
that Idaho has ever enjoyed !
the tour of Scott's modern caravan
nd has focused the eyes of the east
pom Idaho for a moment. Now.
hat is Idaho going to do about it, It
keep that spark burning? Let's s
nalyze the situationxthere are G
lore passenger automobiles regis 7
red in each of the states Of Cali '
'rnia, Illinois, New York, Ohio and 7
than the total popula-
on OF Idaho, and in the states of =
diana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,
issouri, Texas and Wisconsin,
Early as many in each of these
ates as the total population of Il
[aho. Commercially and agricul- Y
rally, the several states mentioned D
e in a state of development far a
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