Southern good roads . hern California has with its own money sign-boarded liundreds of miles of road. In Oregon, thePortland Automobile Club is lending its substantial in-Iuence to the building of a road to ilt. Hood. In Ne-liraska, 20 comity automobile associations have beenbrouglit into existence almost exclusively for the pur-pose of aiding in securing state aid and other essentialhighwaj legislation. In fact, all over the country thelocal associations have aided in their own vicinities,besides co-operating with the other clubs of the statebodies, Mliich constitute the national organization
Southern good roads . hern California has with its own money sign-boarded liundreds of miles of road. In Oregon, thePortland Automobile Club is lending its substantial in-Iuence to the building of a road to ilt. Hood. In Ne-liraska, 20 comity automobile associations have beenbrouglit into existence almost exclusively for the pur-pose of aiding in securing state aid and other essentialhighwaj legislation. In fact, all over the country thelocal associations have aided in their own vicinities,besides co-operating with the other clubs of the statebodies, Mliich constitute the national organization. Federal aid was once looked upon as something in-definite ; to be discussed, perhaps, but not to be ex-pected for a generation or more. But the story todayis of a decidedly different sort, and when a man of thenational capacity of Speaker Champ Clark is willingto put himself on record in this kind of a letter to theExecutive Committee of the A. A. A., it would cer-tainly indicate that times have clianccd. These were. Chert Road, Summerville, Ga. the words in which tlic Speaker announced unequivo-cally his position in the matter: I believe the time has come for the general gov-ernment to actively and powerfully co-operate Avitlitlie states in building a great system of public higli-A\ays. I believe the building of the Lincoln Highwaywould be the entering wedge for the creation of a splen-did system of roads that would bring its benefits toevery citizen in the countrj. But the list does not end with the name of the senate such men as Simmons, Swanson, Bank- December, 1911 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS 27 head, Cnllom, and Gallingcr arc outspoken in their at- Calhoun comity. Ahxbania, in addilinn to the Cane titude, while in the lower liouse one hears of Borland, Creek-Jacksonville road, the r(jii1raet for wliieh hasHulzer, Hobson and lUirnctt. (3thers have in one way been awardeil. will Imild a road from Amiiston to Al- and another given evidence of their belief in federalpartic
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