The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-08-13

As Its primary object the enact
for Montana $50. 1870, 900 In federal
aid road funds which have been al
loted to Montana for the years 1928
and 1926 and which must other
wise revert 20 the government and
be lost 20 the state, the Montana
Good Roads and Automobile AS
ISOLATION was formed In Helena
recently.
The perfeeting OF this organization
was accomplished at meeting OF the
Montana executive good roads COM
mittee, which was formed about two
years ago. The association elected
as its president Sid Coffee of Mis-
soula, and as its seoretary-treasurer
Charles II. Roberts, also of Mlssoula.
An executive COMMITTEE of seven.
each member to represent certain
district of the state, was authorized
and viii be appointed at subsequent
date by President Coffee. This COM
mittee will then work out the details
OF the organization along the lines
approved at the meeting in the adop-
tion OF the following ideas:
The Purpose of Association
That plan of information be ar
ranged looking to a progressive road
program to include within It's pur-
poses the establishing OF a state fund
through legislation, using the auto
mobile license tax and the gasoline
tax at least sufficient In size to match
up all the federal aid fund available.
THAT the officials and the commit
tee be requested to take under con-
sideration the formation of a perma-
nent statewide organization which
shall consistently urge the construc-
ton and maintenance of the state
system of highways as soon as the
enabling funds can be secured for
this purpose and the time shall seem
ripe to do so"
The melting adopted a suggested
slogan as: give us dollar and we'Ii
save you ten" and endorsed the adj
ministration of the state highway
commission.
Sid j. Coffee informed the meet
Ing that his idea was the formation of
@ state automobile association, which
would devote the major part of Its
attention to the good roads movement
but that In order for such q move
ment to succeed IL would require
from $4,000 to $4,000 year and
the services of an efficient secretary.
which he did not believe feasible Mt
this Time
Immediate Action Necessary.
Congressman Scott Leavitt told of
the disposition OF the congressional
committee on public roads and OF the
government In general to ignore
Estates which did not do their share
In the construction OF highways un-
der federal aid. and he condemned
the plan of devoting motor licenses
and gasoline tax funds to purposes
other than I'm the building and up
keeping of roads.
O. =. Warden of Great Falls, ex-
planned that unless state funds were
made available allotments of federal
aid funds to Montana OF $1,031,000
ment on July /, 1925 and for the
year 1925, s1,34b,000 would like
wise revert and be lost to Montana.
Those present at the meeting from
different points In the state we're:
Sid ]. Coffee and Charles III. Roberts
OF Missoula; Frank Venable and Geo.
N. Short OF Butte; Congressman Scott
Leavitt, o. 8. Warden, A. J. Breiten-
stein, George ID. Prentice and l.. X
Jones, Great Falls: VIM. II. Dowlin
Billings; p. N. Bernard Kalispell;
Edgar l.. Baird, Whitefish; ID. p
Bates. Livingston; l.. Il. Hathaway
Bozeman; M. v. Wilson, and w. O.
Ferguson, Helena.