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Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, Vol 14, No 12 cover
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Official Bulletin and Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen 14, no. 12 (1916). cyclearchive.com, https://cyclearchive.com/magazines/official-bulletin-american-wheelmen/vol14-12/

Articles in this issue

  • The lead editorial scrap-book column for December, mixing holiday quips with trade and good-roads notes: the repeal of a bicycle-lights law in Canada's provincial districts, D. H. Ross's report that the Commonwealth of Australia will manufacture government-owned bicycles for letter carriers and the military, Congressman Allen Treadway's praise for motorcycles in border army service, and James M. Linscott of Boston receiving Massachusetts auto registration No. 100,000.
  • Reports, via the Detroit Free Press, the unveiling of a monument at Mackinaw City honoring Horatio S. Earle, ex-President of the L. A. W. and 'father of good roads in Michigan,' a boulder shaft at the junction of the East and West Michigan pikes, with speeches and a fish barbecue attended by some 10,000 people.
  • A Christmas greeting from L. A. W. President Milo M. Belding, Jr., wishing members a Merry Christmas amid the World War and praising the camaraderie of the League.
  • Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett sets out the December 1, 1916 basis of representation in the National Assembly (46 representatives total: New York 9; Mass. and Penn. 7 each, etc.) and the constitutional rules for nominating candidates in January and electing them in March.