The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-03-06
PARKSHIGHWAY
ASS0CIAT I0N
RE0RGANIZES
Changes Financial Policy !;
Will Draft New BY

| A complete change in the policy
Of financing of the Association, new
bylaws TO permit organization o.
state units, an efficient working or
ganiZation with an active represen.
tative in each city and town on the
Highway, increased working budget
and resolutions heartily commenting
the work of it's executive officers and
urging the fullest cooperation in a
activities for the coming year, were
among the outstanding features un-
animously adopted at the annual
meeting of the Eastern Division Of
the National Parks Highway Asso-
citation held at the Mckenzie Hotel
yesterday. p. w. Blank, OF New
Salem, was elected Director and
member of the National Executive
Committee for North Dakota and will
announce his appointments of city
repre- within few days. f.
j. Grady, Bismarck presided.
Set Quotas
Reports of the Secretary and
Treasurer showed gratifying results
and judicious expenditure of funds
according to the report of the fin
ance committee who recommended
more united and liberal support Of
the present administration. The re-
suits obtained from the $1,000 as
collected in 1924 should warrant
every city along the Highway in
creasing their financial support, they
declared. Quotas for the various
communities for 1925 were offered
and adopted. The total budget for
the year was set at $l5,0O0.0O. North
Dakotas quota was set at $3,58O.OO.
A field man will be employed to
handle the outside work.
State and sectional maps, maps
of the entire Highway carrying lists
of hotels, garages and tourist camp
facilities as we'll as complete de-
scriptive road guide of the entire
Highway was authorized and means
for their early issue assured. A
publicity man will be employed to
handle campaign of national pub
Lefty and bulletin will be issued
to every member of the Association
at different times during the year.
Authorization for the placing of
Highway representatives at Chicago,
the Twin Cities, Fallon, Mont, Miss
oula and Spokane, sections affected
and benefited, will provide the ne
cessary funds.
Establish Information Bureau
A complete information bureau
will be established at Bismarck and
information bureaus in the Twin Cit
les and other eastern cities will be
supplied with maps and literature at
all times. Arrangements will be
made with daily newspapers to fur
nish daily road reports in coopera-
ton with weather bureaus.
1t was recommended that the men,
bership be based on three year
pledges and that the minimum for
each membership be set at $500.
and that each city and state be or
g:nized with representative to
look after the Highways interests
in their particular community. A
united stand was taken against op-
tional or parallel lines and in favor
of only one main line being marked.
The designating Of the Stevens Pass
route in Washington and the extern
sion of the Highway north from
Seattle to Vancouver was endorsed.
The convention unanimously declared
itself in favor of state and Fed
eral highway system. 1t also favor
ed, in the event of a change, the To-
cation of the Highway to follow the
North side Of the Northern Pacific
Railway, between Tappen and Daw-
son, to pass the depot at Dawson and