Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1916 — COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET [ARTICLE]

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET

Annual State Convention Opened at Lafayette Yesterday. The County Commissioners’ association of Indira met at Lafayette yesterday for a three-day meeting. The question of good roads and their maintenance will be the most Important topic up for consideration and several addresses will be delivered along this line. The first of these, “The Automobile and Good Roads,” wil] be delivered by William B. Foresman. He will be followed by Dr. G. P. Levering on “The Value of Weed Cutting.” David M. Boyle, county road superintendent of Tippecanoe county, will talk on “The Aims of One County Superintendent.’* Edward T. Barrett, state geologist, will discuss “The Natural Resources of Indiana,” and Prof. George E. Martin of the highway engineering department of Purdue university will give an illustrated lecture on “Indiana Roads.” Another talk that should be quite interesting will be “Highway Bridges,” by Dr. W. K. Hatt, dean of the school of civil engineering at Purdue. This lecture will also be illustrated with stereoptican views.