The Dickinson press., 1911-10-21
DICKINSON and MANNING
ROADS need MUCH WORK
Committees Places Should That Is Good
Is Made Farmers Are Going Away From Natural Centers
to Market Grain Becasue of Poor Roads Will Ask About
Freight Delays, Closing Ticket Office Etc

Will our people awaken to the fact
that good roads are essential to the life
of towns and cities and to the develop
ment of any community? In this re-
spect it seems as though Dickinson had
been very lax, more so. perhaps. than
Belfield, Taylor and other villages in
Stark county.
Wednesday night the business men of
Manning sent q special delegation to
our city to confer with the Commercial
Club regarding the depl0rable condition
of roads between the two places. The
visiting delegation consisted of E. X.
Jenkins, publisher oil the News: C. A.
LadenbergeF. q hardware merchant; H.
N. Owens of the State bank at Manning;
H. A. Kasper, liveryman and C. L.
Puffe,t. the auto liveryman. Mr.. Jenkins
acted as chairman and made very
clear statement Of facts as they exist.
AS many Of our readers know. Man.
ming is rs miles north of Dickinson and
the merchants Of the county seat town
north have to come here for their freight
and must do so until they get rail-
road. At the present time, since the
heavy rains, the roads north are almost
impossible for heavily loaded teams.
Of course, the condition will improve
somewhat as the mud dries up. but
there are many bad places that need
great deal of work. There are any num-
Der of people living north and west of
Manning who have grain to market this
fall. and many Of these people are COM
PEELED to 60 five and ten miles out of
their way to get TO market, MAKING an
additional haul Of ten to twenty miles
for a round trip. A ereat many are
pulling in east Of Mannine and going
to Taylor. There is natural valley
leading to Taylor and the roads are said
to be very good. Others pull to the
west and 90 to Belfield. where the roads
seem to be very good. Thus the con-
dition Of the roads compells these people
to 20 away from their natural centers
of trade.
The people al Dickinson and Manning
reason that all main travelled roads
should be put in the best possible
shape and that nothing will do as much
to develop the country as GOOD roads.
Expenditures for permanent roads is
the best investment county can pos
sibly make. The trouble in the past
has been that experienced men have
not been put in charge of road work
and thousands Of dollars have be- un-
wisely expended
A vote of thanks was extended to the
people of the north for coming Is
miles in the mud to help arouse interest
for better roads. To this end good
roads meeting will be held in January
to formulate definite plans of WORK for
next spring.
The roads should be put in such con-
dition that autos could be used at all
seasons of the year in the daily trans
portation of passengers and mail be-
tween the two places. 1t would be
great benefit to all farmers living north
and along the road.
| There are roads within the city limits
of Dickinson that are in very poor con-
ditlon, and it is high time that our
people woke up to realizing sense of
the needs in this direction.
Dickinson and Manning do not expect
, any better roads than other places. but
there is no reason why our main roads
should not be as suitable for travel as
those of other towns. It's our own
fault if they are not.
At the meeting Wednesday night.
Chairman Everett made, report on the
county exhibits and stated that the
sheaves OF Grain would be kept in as
good shape az possible for the Dry Farm
ing Congress- in December.
| J. G. F. Parker. was admitted to MEM
bership.
The club will make inquiries about
the N. p. ticket Office beina closed 20
often during business hours, also the ex-
press Office. Aaeiers pertaining to de-
lays Ia getting freight after its arrival.
in Dickinson will also be taken up with
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