The Capital Times from Madison, Wisconsin • Page 2

4 THE CAPITAL TIMES Monday Afternoon, January 16, 1928 2 Home Owned Home Edited Home Read Zimmerman Attacks Bob Jr. in Road School Address Here Today Governor in Defense ol Commission Characterizes Political Effort To Abolish Road Schools As 'Das tardly' (Continued from page 1) strsted a spirit of maliciousness which if It had been permitted to control the morals and Interfered whole program of rx 111 1927. attempt credit on the highway nmlsslon and those who, like yourselves, were earnestly engaged In the legitimate work oi highway construction, cannot be characterized by any less forceful "To Illustrate something of the spirit with which these opponents of the road school and disappointed politicians were instigated I wish to quote briefly from a speech made by the Senior United States Senator from this state, at a secret political gathering In which everything was kept secret excepting this Here I quote: "Under the present administration tlte Highway Commission has been turned over to greedy private Interests. For years the Commission iias been responsible for sums in excess of $25,000,000 annually and had so transacted its business that the finger of suspicion had never beer, pointed in its direction. sion were discharged.

Agents of those who had huge financial interests in the awarding of high places. Already a contract of tl crippled. The responsibility for this deplorable situation In one of the most Important departments of state government rests squarely on Governor Zimmerman." leave tills with you for your consideration, and for you to say whether the author of it was trying to disco the truth In relation to the Highway gardless of whether those false statements might not seriously interfere with the work of the Highway Com "Lucklly for the commission, and Its work, and luckily indeed for the man who said them, the public of Wisconsin took them at their value as political bunkum. But If the public had been inclined to take a United States Senator's words as truthful the splendid work of the commission during 1927, the banner year In highway construc effective organization would have lie ti appointment of five membci appointn relation to or responsibility then, 1927, which I am pleased to say I "I do not mean to take ur your time referring to these matters which, because of the cheap political insplratl' back of them, gave them a political air, but only so far as to show the extent and scope rf the effort which is made to discredit highway work in Wiscon bers of this school have a responsibility In the premises. 000 contract, which, he sa.

was awarded by the Commission to 'special That contract, cs most of you know, was lor work in Milwaukee as let with the approval of "Lot say that Senator LaFollette specifically include members county highway commission, or irs of the county highway com but you are included by Insin because you a. a part and 'spcclil interests." scattered throughout the le purpose of hamper the school and of the highw: gentlemun are entitled sinister Influences and are likely to meet with splendid work you are doing, rne senior senator and the others of his disgruntled political associates who have been at pains to repeat in one form or another the charges I have quoted, have had a whole year now in lch to furnish uroof to the public of the truth of their statements. By failing to furnish this proof they have in enect acknowledged the falsity of their charges and thj disreputable nature of their insinuations and "This wonderful road school, the attendance of which has been steadily increasing from its conception, go with its Bood work with growl confidence on the part of its members that the work they are doing is aiding immensely in the higher development SMITH'S OFFICE AT VIROQUA WAS A GATHERING PLACE (Continued from page 1) cr signed by A. E. Smith as field man for the Ku Klux Klan again shows that the Smith and Mlnshall Insurance office was a congregating places for members of the Klan: HEQUIS1TNON FOB SPEAKER Date Aug.

5, 1M4. meeting win be held at Salem Ridre. Date, Aug. 13. Time, 8:30 Nature ol Will meet speaker at Smith and Mtnshall's Insurance office.

Dale, Residence Address, iZ9 outh St. Res. phone, A. E. Smith, field Man.

Bus. Address, Farmers' Bank Bid. Bus. Phone, 196. (FIELD MEN DO NOT FIIA BLANK BELOW) Requisition O.

by D. Name of Speaker, Rush. This Requisition must be mailed on Wednesday of each week for speakers for the following week. NO PHONE REQUISITION FOR SPEAKERS WILL BE ACCEPTED. In the following letter from Sara B.

Bellows, major kleagle of the Women KU is addressed P. O. Box 1130 Milwaukee, Wis. October 7, 19J4. I am looking for a field woman to take over the women's organisation for Monroe and Vernon counties.

Would it not be possible for you to could devote her time to this I need your co operation in getting this work started and will appreciate your letting me hear from you. Faithfully yours, In the Sacred Unfailing Bond, Sara B. Bellows, Major Kleagle. Again on Nov. 5, 1924.

Mrs. Bellows P. O. Box 1130, Viroqua, Faithful Reply Esteemed Klansro your letter of from the city. ur recommending to the work re i organizer.

It is ganization our donation is only five dollars. Of this amount the county Kleagle Is allowed to retain two dollars for her services. Only recently I learned that the former Kleagle for La Crosse was county, however, the new Kleagle appointed for La Crosse was only commissioned to act in one county. If you think it advisable, I might have this Kleagle go over lo your county and obligate some of the the organization at once, and then from that number pick a suitable a name for good roads honestly conceived and honestly constructed, of which any state In the Union might well be proud. "The building of roads should not be a subject for the partisan politician, because it is such an important function of state governments Recognizing fu isin's good ri Is program of it "In his New Year's greeting, Mr.

Kuelling, the state highway engineer, speaks of 'foresight' as better than Wisconsin has held an eminent position at the head of the out a highway program. However, we must not let other states that have foresign pass us at this time. The big thing In all road programs today is an attempt to handle commercial and Industrial highway transportation. If Wisconsin has been In the lead, we ought to make every effort to stay in the lead. "We have In Wisconsin 3,000 miles of hard surfaced highways, the result of a seventeen year program of road building which has gained a name for Itself everywhere.

Yet with these 3,000 miles of hard surfaced roads, Wisconsin does not have a single highway which will carry the traveler from the cost to the west or from the north to the south over hard surfaced roads three hundred sixty five days In the year. It Is surprising, when you recall all of the fine things that have been said about Wisconsin's highways, that there is not a single road across the state in either direction over which you can travel on a hard surfaced road all the way. "This, to me, presents the program for the state: We should have ribbons of highways from the east to the west across the state, and from the north to the south possibly eight roads in each direction. To complete such a system will mean approximately 3,000 additional miles of hard surfaced roads. "The hard surfaced roads that we now have may be used to tie up with the system, and a well laid plan of roads, east, west, north and south, would make it possible for the people of our state and the visitors "Who come to lis to travel continuously on hard surfaced roads.

"That such a program is necessary is emphasized by the fact that Illinois has built ribbons of concrete from Chicago west to the Iowa line; that Iowa is building concrete roads north and on the west side of the Mississippi River to tie to Minnesota's road system, which will soon be hard surfaced construction all the way f.om the Iowa line to the north line of Minnesota. .4. A. E. Smith woman to act as Kleagle for Vernon county.

Or, if you find a capable woman who is willing to commence work right away, I might make arrangements for her to go to La Crosse to be obligated Instead of her coming to Milwaukee, and then I could send her the necessary instructions bo she could proceed with the work. Assuring you I will appreciate any suggestions from you In regard to organizing the women of Vernon county. Faithfully yours, In the Sacred Unfailing Bond, Sara B. Bellows Major Kleagle. Under the date of Feb.

3, 1925 Mr. Smith received the following letter from the state office of the Ku Klux Klan: fellowship in Imperial Klan No. Realm of the U. S. A.

Upon receipt of this properly filled out, we will endeavor to get from National headquarters, an Imperial Passport for you. Please give this your immediate at Tours very truly, A. L. pittmore 3 Wisconsin. Under date of Feb.

11, 1925, the 5 of i Ku i eauestine that he send in the money loi his bond as an organizer of the Ku Kiux Klan: Milwaukee, Feb. 11, 1925. We wrote you on January 37th, in regard to your Bond for the Klan organization. We have not as yet received these remittance of 560 to co is the National ruling that all Meld stay in the field, must be bonded, request that you kindly take care this subject for us at once. Yours truly.

good work so that needs of our own pi pie may be supplied, and that we meet the comfort of the millions strangers, particularly the tourists, come into our state during the su: "Our road it include the oil graveled highways In order to relieve the dust nuisance, and I know that the state Highway Commission Is making injuirles now of the results of the various treatments with several materials. To be spending large sums of money on graveled roads, only to have them worn from the center to the shoulders and ifrom the shoulders into the ditch in one season of tourist travel Is a financial loss and a waste, know the Highway Commission and county maintenance departments everywhere are united in feeling that they can give real highway service unless the dust nuisance Is eliminated, especially on heavily traveled roads. "The subject of snow removal is one that interests us most when we have a snow storm, but that subject is being agitated and we shall eventually have the state and the counties working together everywhere so that all of our roads may be trai "It is tr a aukee County and a program in Waukesha county are not enough for through travel, unless the adjoining counties are also working out a snow removal program. So it is in all of our highway activities the entire program must become a state picture rather than a local picture, and nothing will do more toward bringing that about than the meeting of the road school where representatives of the several counties are present to discuss all of the questions of road building, snow removal, treating of roads, a through system across the state and all matters helpful in road "With hard surfaced roads come reduced cost of travel more mileage on gasoline and tires, longer life of an automobile and greater comfort to the traveler. It is much more expensive not to hae good roads than Jt is for us to have them, although it may be difficult for us to see that truth, "How best to finance a road program such as I have outlined previously is one ofhe questions always difficult to answer, and always will be.

It is now being studied by the Highway Commission, the members of the legislature are giving it thought, automobile associations everywhere have committees at work, and a plan will be presented to it for the tood of the st FOR KLAN Under date of March 27, 1925, Mr. Smith received a letter from the state offices of the Ku Klux Klan urging him to get busy and get more members "as explained to you at the state meeting Wisconsin, March Zt, 1925. Mr. A. E.

Smith, 489 E. South Street, Viroqua, Wis. Dear Sir: The writer has noticed looking over your reports for the last three weeks that you have only reported a' Next week is the starting of the month of April and Mr. Lewis will their quota of 12 men a i end of the third week i explained to yon at the ing at Oshkosh. This by If you have your organization working with you this is not going to bo a difficult proposition, and I would suggest that you immediately get together your organization and explain to them that you arc in need of their individual personal assistance beginning immediately.

office has faith in you as an ofgahlzer or we would not have faith was well founded. Various indications from the state at large lead us to believe that there is no question but what we will have results this summer that will be the making of this state in Klancraft. Remember what John Paul Jones said and show us that it can be done as wc believe that you can ALWAYS BE DEPENDED UPON. Very respectfully, ALD ES Under date of April 30, 1925, Mr. Smith received the following letter from C.

B. Lewis, the grand dragon of April 30, 1925. rnon County. ar Mr. Smith: subject: Celebration, June 11th, counties at Osseo, Wisconsin, Flag Day, June 14, 1925.

There will be speakers of National prominence there. We arc also going to hold a great parade, and we arc asking that you be there, with all of di lo this ccle celcbration at So, for the honor of the Klan and the good of the church, see that this meeting has plenty of publicity and estion of the hard si fur men know tiat the legislature ncet in special session next week. That became necessary because in the regular session i believed it necessary normal schools and the state Board of Control. In the call for the special session I have asked the legislature to so change our present highway" law so as to provide a three man full time Highway Commission, but to retain the state geologist. Professor Bean, and the engineer, Dean Turn eaure.

The regular session of the legislature considered several such bills, but they were defeated. "You know that the chairman of the Highway Commission, Mr. J. T. Nema check, has resigned as a member of the commission, effective February 1.

Our friend Joe is, an old time road man who knows the state in the north and in the south and has given to the state members be residents of the same congressional district. That, I am sure, will tend to represent the several sections of the state and In a luTge measure satisfy the people, because all are interested in good roads. "You will be here during the week discussing road problems. I trust that you may have a successful session, and that as a result of it, the year 1928 will be recorded as the banner year for Quicklti Effective For All Coughs A and All Aees i Nemacheck 16 Loathe to Go, Tells Road Men Highway Chairman Addresses Highway School Opening The Dromram of the road school on Tuesday follows: D. S.

Welch, member of Wisconsin highway commission, presiding. 9:00 "The Relation of Maintenance to Highway Safety," W. X. Dillon, Ashland county highway commissioner. Discussion led by E.

R. Fischer and H. J. Greil. 9:45 "Snow Removal from Highways," H.

I. Davles, division engineer, Michigan state highway department. Discussion led by J. A. Clark and W.

J. Ubblnk. 10:30 Recess. 10:40 "Modern Equipment for Highway Maintenance," William Hoenlg, assistant division engineer. Discussion led by E.

W. MacAllistcr and W. V. Robinson. 11:30 "Taking Care of Traffic, Spring Breakup, Proper Detours," N.

M. Isabella, division engineer. Discussion led by F. M. Afternoon George Staudenmayer, member of Wisconsin highway commission, presiding.

2:30 Award of Milwaukee Journal county maintenance cups and 3:30 "Dust Prevent Surfaclnirs." II. Nlcken Minnesota state highway department. Discussion led by T. M. Reynolds and J.

R. Allen. 4:15 "Our Highway Maintenance," J. R. McLean, malnten highway commission, of which he een chairman, was expressed this ioon by J.

T. Nemacheck in ad dressing the seventeenth annual road tually arrive at the point where all section of the state arc Joined together with improved all weather ads, the lew of us who tnrougn we love so well can at least join Just Begun Building Painting the need of good roads to ep up with increase in motor traffic, Mr. Nemacheck declared that Wiscon beginning has been made compared with what must be building. building of highways this state of ours may well, for years to much of its I rui I li power and its wealth," the chairman declared. "A thorough system of hard 1 for Wisconsin means better health and better educational facilities for all the people, broader opportunities for the diversification of agriculture and for the Increase of in olutionized business methods, improved health conditions, shortened distances in time terms, and opened up country districts, making smooth the way progress.

Good roads ofTc fire protection, advance education, make library service available to remote sections, extend trade areas of cities and towns, an dfor man important link in national defense plans. i Big Invest has surfaced," Mr. Nemacheck said. "It has 125,000 motor vehicles, 80 per cent of all the world. We have In the na tion been investing $1,250,000,000 in highways annually during the past sev More than 300 men had registered at the school by noon today.

The first session started at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Machinery exhibits were being placed on the streets near the capital building today and the rotunda was filled with photographic exhibits of Wisconsin roads, bridges, overheads, and culverts, in addition to apparatus exhibits by machinery companies. The school will end on Friday. "Railroads and Motor Roads," was discussed this afternoon by R. N.

Van Doren, vice president and general counsel of the North Western road. Kuelling Will Speak H. J. Kuelling, state highway engineer reviewed the work of 1927 in highway construction. Response by J.

T. Henton, president county Hignwi ernor's welcome, a roll call of county highway commissioners, and a brief meeting of the commissioners' association with Pres. Henton presiding, were other item3 on this afternoon's program. No program is scheduled for tonight. County highway am mlssloi throughout the state who are compelled to attend the road school are: Adams, A.

J. Boze; Ashland, W. E. Dillon; Barron, Ed, Gleason; Bayfield, Buffalo, George Janett; Burnett, George E. Miller; Calumet, John A.

aillis; Chippewa, W. H. Taylor; Clark. Otto J. Weyhmlller; Columbia, J.

T. Henton; Crawford, B. Dodge, E. C. Nltschke; Door, J.

M. Douglas. Conrad Hanson; Dunn, Frank Stewart: Eau Claire, Gay Os born; Florence, O. F. Soderberg; Fond du Lac, J.

S. McCuliough; Forest; C. E. Cummings; Grant, Henry Dave C. Williams: Iowa.

j'. E. Wedlake: Iron, William Weber; Jackson, O. H. Overll Hans Chrlstenson; Kenosha, John P.

Kewaunee, Herman Griese; La Crosse, John Hintgen; Lafayette, H. Shock Taken by Death Mrs. Ida Emma Gallagher Mrs. Gallagher, Pioneer Family Member, Dead Mother of Realtors Dies At 62 After Long Illness Following long years of confinement i an invalid, Mrs. Ida Emma Gal lagher, wife of Ellsha L.

Gallagher and daughter of one of Madison's pioneer families, died Sunday at her home. .50 Morrison at the age of 62 Born. in Madison, Feb. 23, 1866, Mrs Gallagher was the daughter of Mr. and ity.

She was married to Elisha h. GaUagher, prominent real estate op Funeral services will be neld from le home at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and at 2 o'clock from Pil grim Congregational church, Jennci and Brearly sts. The Rev. Bryn Jones will officiate. Interment will be in Cottage Grove cemetery.

Mrs. Gallagher is survived by five daughters and six sons. The daush Ethel, Ruth, and Evylin, all ol Madison: Mrs. E. W.

Langer, Clei: Lake Wis. Two daughters, Marion and Gladys, died In Infancy. The sons are: Eugene, Clifford, Floyd, Donald, Clyde, of Madison, and ge, Cottage Grove. There are 21 idchildren, 25 of whom live In Madison. i i i ler body will be carried acting as pallbearers.

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