Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1917 — RALSTON NAMED OFFICIALS [ARTICLE]

RALSTON NAMED OFFICIALS

Gathered Much Va’cmble Information, Force of Which Is Seen In Good Roads Ideas, , " When Samuel M. Ralston gave over his duties as Governor of Indiana to James P. Goodrich, there passed from the service a real good roads enthusiast. ' The work Ralston did for good roads wilFbe long remembered. Much pf the enthusiasm of the present day for better roads and' the belief that Indiana should have a highway department, with the state deriving the benefit of Federal' bid, comes from the missionary work done under his administration and under the spirit of his enthusiasm. The report of the high way sion, appointed by him June 22, 1914 —the report being made Dec. 26, 1914—was one of the forward steps toward the consummation of an ideal system of main market roads in Indiana. It is the idea of the men behindthe State Highway Department bill to make those roads a reality. On that commission wasj the late Addison C. Harris, jurist/ publicist and diplomat; Thomas Taggart, exSenator; Leonard B. Clore, William H. O’Brien and R. L. Sackett— On -the advisory, committee were Lewis Taylor, Newburg; Prof. E. R. Cummings, Bloomington; Albert P. Eenn, Tell City; I. Newt. Brown, Franklin; William P. Franklin, Danville; Maurice . gPouglas, Flatrock; Clarence A. Kenyon, Indianapolis; John H. Retherford, Muncie; D. F._ Mtfish, Frankfort; J. G. Short, Hillsboro; Mike Duffey, Fowler;. W’illiam Jones, Fairmount; Oliver Kline, Huntington; Senator George V. Kell Ft. Wayne and Aaron Jones,: South Bend.