The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-11-17
A Great Meeting.
Delegates From Towns Along the
SiOux City and White Rock
Route Have an Enthus-
iastic Gathering.

SOcsaS
The party of good roads en-
thusiasts who went to Sioux
Falls last week, had fine trip,
reaching Brooklngs before even
ing, and in that city were enter
tainea over night by the Com
mercial club, Brookings dele
CATION accompanying them the
next day to Sioux Falls, where
delegations from other towns
along the proposed route had
gathered, aud a good working
organization was effected. The
Sioux Falls Argus Leader gives
the following account of the
meeting in that city:
The meeting of the delegates from
the various towns along the proposed
north aud south automobile road
through South Dakota proved most
enthusiastic affair. Upwards of one
attendance and they we're all in favor
OF the road running from Sioux City
on the south through Jefferson, Elk
Point, Beresford, Worthing, Sioux
Falls, Dell Rapids, Brookings. To-
ronto, Brant. Clear Lake, Altamont,
LaBolt, Milbank, Big Stone, Grace.
willie, Wheaton, and leaving the state
at White Rock.
A large majority of the above men
toned towns were represented by del
egates. Sioux City had no deleg cation
present but sent word that it was
heartily in sympathy with the move
ment.
Nine delega ates in two automobiles
made the run of $50 miles from Mil
bank to attend the meeting.
1t was planned to hold the meeting
at the Commercial club rooms, but
the attendance was SO large that the
deleg ates had to move over TO the
auditorium.
To show the spirit that was In evil
dence on all sides, one instance might
be mentioned and that was when 1t
was announced that q membership fee
of 81 would be charged to furnish the
funds for the preliminary work that
S95 was forthcoming from this source
in q very few minutes.
The organization was perfected by
the election of the following officers:
President-C. II. Newly, of Sioux
Falls.
Secretary-Dr. A. A. Harris, OF
Brookings.
Treasurer-O. Ofstad, of Reresford.
Vice Presidents Grant county
Geo. S. Rix: for Brookings county,
E. G. Sheldon: for Minnehaha coun-
ty. p. s. Gordon of Dell Rapids; for
Lincoln county, George Nj. Frame:
for Union county. H. j. Madell: for
Clay county. A. 5. Anderson. Deuel.
and Moody counties Will name their
vice presidents later.
A committee on organization, which
had been appointed earlier, made IL
report and among others reported the
following purpose OF organizations:
THAT the object and purpose of thi:
association shall be TO locate and ina
prove a line of highway between
White Rock. =. D.. on the north, and
Sioux City, Ia, on the south, and
the said line of road shall be the
shortest practical road between these
points and wi hin the state OF South
Dakota, SO far as practical, and that
thls association shall coop rate with
similar organizations in Nebraska,
Minnesota, North Dakota and Iowa.
for the purpose of constructing aad
maintaining the proposed highway,
which shall be north and south so fan
as Is possible and prac.i cable, passing
through some OF The better towns of
each state thus forming the South
Dakota section Of the proposed route
from Winnepeg to the gulf; it shall
be the further object of This associa
tion to put mp uniform and substan-
tial signs. at all corners Of the South
Dakota section Of this road, giving
directions and distances both ways
aud that ali signs be placed upon in
dependent poles provided for thi:
purpose.