The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1922-01-18
OFFICERS ARE Il.
REELECTED BY
HIGHWAY BODY
Good Roads Association Closes
Annual Meeting with Ban
quet at Mckenzie
AMENDMENT ADOPTED

Delegates to the convention OF the
North Dakota Good Roads Assocla-
tion which closed it's annual meeting
here last night, unanimously adopted
the legislative committees report that
constitutional amendment be sub
mitted to the people Of the state,
which would create a state highways
system on county seat to county
seat basis with revenues for state
construction of roads provided Dy
motor vehicle, motor fueel taxes and
other funds which may become avail
able,
The association also endorsed two
bills proposed for consideration of the
legislature, one to provide for a non
politically appointed highway COM
mission with enlarged powers and the
other providing for readjustment Of
motor vehicle taxes.
Officers Reelected
All officers Of the association were
reelected at the business meeting
which followed banquet at the Nc
Kenzie hotel, at which Governor R. A.
Nestos spoke. Officers reelected are:
President. J. Moe, Valley City.
First ce-President-F. w. Mees,
Mandan.
Second Vice-President N. B.
Black, Fargo.
Treasurer. L. Bell Bismarck.
Member executive committee at
large-S. T. May, Dickinson.
Will E. Holbein was reappointed
secretary and one director for each
county in the state was selected, Phil
Meyers being named for Bismarck. q
Resolutions adopted by the asso-
citation included 'one urying creation
and maintenance of state parks in
scenic places in North Dakota and
urging congress to appropriate
100000 a year for five years for
highway aid. .
Urge County Superintendent
Other resolutions included:
Reaffirmed non-political character
Of association. an
Urged special state and federal reg
ulations to permit counties in south
western North Dakota to avail them
selves Of aid in highway building.
Urged appointment of county high
way superintendents and maintenance
of roads, preferably by patrol sys-
TEN.
Regretted death of John P. Lamb,
of Nelson county, director in associa-
tion.
Urged that county commissioners
provide trained and competent sup
ervision of maintenance of highways
not included in state highway sys-
tenn.
The resolution relating to establish
ment of parks called attention to the
fact that North Dakota has many
beauty spots which are not appreciat.
ed sufficiently by her own people or
tourists.
Seventy.fve persons attended the
banquet at the Mckenzie hotel, al
which Governor Nestos spoke.
The list of directors follows:
Adams, Ira T. Hall, Hettinger;
Barnes, Frank Heines, Valley City
Benson, Geo. Dickinson, Brinsmade;
Billings, VIM. Mccarthy, Medora +;
Bottineau, George Sidener, Lansford
Bowman, VIM. r.. Dyer, Marmaftn
! Burke, John Moore, Bowbells; Bur
leigh, Phil Meyers, Bismarck; Cass
Morton Page, Fargo; Cavalier, "A
Sparkling, Langdon; Dickey, Fred Ing
sted, Oakes: Divide, c. j. Clark, Cros
by; Dunn, w. N. Winner, Halliday
Eddy, l.. l.. Russell, New Rockford
Emmons, DR.. w. C. Wolverton, Lin
ton; Foster, w. T. N. ThornhiN, Car
rington; Golden Valley, J. P. Smith
Beach: Grand Forks, E. R. Montgom
cry, Grand Forks; Grant, 0. D
Sprecher, New Leipzig; Griggs, W
fP. Hammer. Cooperstown; Hettingel
F. G. Orr, Mott; Kidder, J. X. Marsh
Steele; LaMoure, Hugh Murphy
Edgeley; Logan, r. L. Washburn, Ma
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