Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1915 — LAFAYETTE MEETING TO PROMOTE MEETING [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE MEETING TO PROMOTE MEETING

Jasper County Committee Report Much Interest—Meeting to Be Held Here Saturday Eve.

The committee composed of Mayor C. G. Spitler, Attorney E. P. Honan, and Ohas. E. Peck met the committees from the other counties along the proposed Dixie Highway route at Lafayette Thursday. The other counties represented were Marion, Boone, Clinton, Tippecanoe, White apd Lake. The name chosen for the association was the Chicago-Indianapolis Air Line Dixie Highway Association. The committee from Jasper county desire to meet the citizens in the court house Saturday evening at 8 o’clock to report on the actions taken in Lafayette and to select two delegates to meet the Indiana commissioners in Indianapolis Monday and to attend the Dixie Highway convention in Chattanooga on May 20th. N. C. Shafer, of the Main Garage, took the two Rensselaer members and the Remington member of the committee to Lafayette Thursday. All returned home very enthusiastic for the proposition and convinced that with a concerted effort we can land

the routing through Remington and Rensselaer and that it will bring thousands of tourists each year through this country. All who can do so should attend the meeting Saturday evening and hear the proposition discussed.