The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-28
CANADIAN RIVER
BRIDGE OPENED
10000 Persons From All
Parts Of the State in
Attendance
TWO HIGHWAYS LINKED
Completion Is Monument to
Effort of Huntley, Origi-
nal Road Booster
Special TO The world.

Special 10 The World.
CALVIN. May 27.-With more
than 10000 persons. from all parts
OF the state In attendance, the new
100000 steel bridge across the South
Canadian river, at this place, was
formally opened for traffic on
Thursday. Tho program annotated
with the opening was both extern
eivc and ~varlognted and was en-
ioyed TO tho fullest extent by the
large crowd that flocked here.
Tho completion OF the bridge
marks the linking up OF the Postal
highway. which IL to extend from I'll
Paso. Texas, to Washington, ID. c.,
via Memphis, Tenn. and Little
Rock. Ark. The Calvin bridge ls
the last structure across the streams
encountered on the Postal highway
TO ba built. The Hughes county
commissioners, state OF Oklahoma
and the federal government Joined
together In building the bridge.
which IL described as being a par
ticularly imposing structure. II In
approximately 500 feet in length
and built upon concrete sub-struc-
ture sunk 10 solid bedrock. Actual
building work began or June /,
1920, and was finally finished May
/, 1922.
The opening ceremony was made
n Hughes county affair" and every
town and hamlet In Hughes county
was represented, each and every
man. woman and child from Hughes
county being designated ms ION the
reception committed" TO makes tho
visitors from elsewhere in Okla
homa feol at home.
The christening OF tho bridge was
performed by Miss Lillian Hard
wick. assisted by her four charm
ing attendants. Misses Glenn Spettle.
Iona Castleman, Willie Mae Mar
tin and Elizabeth Clayton. The five
young women offered n pleasing
picture as they stood In the center
of tho structure. Miss Hardwick
broke n bottle OF coffeo-colorcd wa
tor from the South Canadian river
as an appropriate substitute for the
conventional champagne.
At the formal exercises OF the
opening, the Hughes county taxpay-
ers voted almost unanimously to ask
the county commissioners to call
q special election at which bonds
would be voted To provide 100 miles
OF ~hard-surfaced roads In Hughes
county.
If the crowd did not know that a
forthcoming state election IL near,
before hand. the army OF candI-
dates who attended tho opening
soon acquainted them of the fact. l..
X. Founders, OF Bristow. acted as
representative OF Gov. j. II. A. Rob-
ertson. who could not attend. John
A. Whitehurst. president OF the
Oklahoma State Board OF Agricul-
ture. and also OF the Postal high
way. was on the job. with II. A.
Clark. state highway engineer:
y. u. sneed. c. C. C~hildress, T. d.
Mckeown. congressman, who seeks
recollection; A. s. j. Shaw, Ed mn.
A. p. Lover. Il. T. Williams and
And old -fashioncd barbecue was
held at noon, and between the
speaking Mt both the morning and
evening sessions, there were plenty
OF athletic events.
A novel way was evolved by a
member of the Holdcnville company
or tho national guard In forcing a
speaker. who disregarded tho chair
mans instruction 4 talk but n stat
ed period. to quit. This youth had
the machine gun detachment train
Its gun on the speaker and call his
attention to Il. He Immediately
ceased and the crowd then rushed 10
the bridge where the formal dedlca-
ton took place.
Citizens say the completion OF the
bridge In q monument to the efforts
of John 7, Hundlay. who In 1919
began to preach for good roads In
Hughes county. Through his ef,
forts an election was held Nav q
1919, at which $4,000 of bond,
were voted by tho county for n FIRE,
bridge across tho South Canadian
river. The promise of state ant
federal aid helped TO carry the cleo
tion.
The Missouri Valley Bridge com
rany got the contract and per
formed n very satisfactory Job.
The Postal highway, which IN,
new bridge, connects will pas
through the richest section of west
ern, central and eastern Oklahoma