Wilson Seeks Ratification as Senate Debates Treaty
President Wilson tours Columbus Indianapolis St Louis and Des Moines urging swift Senate ratification of the League covenant with reservations. The Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the pact with conditions while defending its overall benefits amid Irish Chinese and Hungarian concerns and new peace terms for Austria and Germany.
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Wilson
United States
Senate
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Kanas City
Des Moines
Washington
Hitchcock
Knox
Germany
America
Reparations Commission
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
League of Nations
Nations
Congress
League
Shields
Tennessee
McCumber
North Dakota
Great
Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Foreign Relations Committee
Maintaining road surfaces after construction
Colorado expert Prof. E B House cites an Engineering News-Record piece stressing ongoing maintenance is essential. He warns improper repairs mislead the public into preferring more costly surfaces and urges proper drainage and earth-fill repairs as the economical method.
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E. B House
Colorado Agricultural College
Engineering News-Record
Improved Roads in Quebec Progress and Spending
Quebec has debated road improvements across the province. From 1911 to 1916 the government spent 15,774,369 dollars on good roads. Municipalities with provincial subsidies maintained 1,000 miles in 1907 rising to 18,000 miles in 1916, with 1,214 miles macadam and 497 miles gravel added since 1911.
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Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
John Knickrehm
Grand Island
Soldiers and Suilors
Wymer
Ladies of the Red Cross
Ofice
Omaha
Chauncey W Porter
Chambers
J J Thomas
Seward County
Midhind College
Atchison, Ros
Fremont
Grand Island College
Donne
Copner
Wayne Normal
State Banking Bureau
State Board of Control
Geneva
Milford
Boys
Kearney
Beach
Mead
Theodore Toosevelt, Jr
American Legion
Lincoln
United States
Tugene Scott
Negro Bellhay
Plaza Hotel
Moral Squad
Bay
McKelvie
Allen V. Grammer
Alson BB. Cole
St Paul
Grammer
Lulu Vocet
Elba
Supreme Court
Cole
Earl Driscoll
Council Bluffs
Ind
Nemaha
Rolo
Beemer
Amphion
Suwanee
Mobile
New York
C. L. Herring
Des Moines
James Rogers
Bassett
Company L
868D Infantry
Wahoo
Frontier County
Stockville
Burlington
Thivelock
Port Robinson
May Pershing
DM. Buller
Lincoin
John J Pershing
France
Leviathan
Box Butte
Potato Commission
Insurance Press of
Oliver No Magee
Middle West
Congress
Silver Creek
Gage County
MelKervie
Linccoln
Beatrice
Estenation
Quebec
Benefits of Good Roads
Good roads attract automobilists who spend money and drive trade growth. They raise property values and lure homeseekers and industries to the area.
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Serbia
Paris
Black Mountain
Montenegro
America
Great Britain
Toover
Peter
Do Not Build Roads Large highway plans miss the mark
The article argues that large appropriations and paper plans for highway development fail to produce actual roads. It questions whether government spending translates into tangible infrastructure and urges scrutiny of projects versus outcomes.
Slogan of Good Roads Echoes Across All Sides
From all sides the slogan Good Roads is echoed and re echoed, reflecting broad support and ongoing advocacy for road improvements. The repeated refrain emphasizes public demand for better highways and infrastructure.
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