The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1911-07-20
WORKING HARD ON
TALLY LAKE ROAD


Alton J. Crossley, who plays the
violin at the Orpheum theatre with
such fervor, and pleases the audi.
ence with music that truly comes
from the heart, is known to most
people in and about this city as,
1.-THE rancher from over in the Still
water country"
Mr.. Crossley has a homestead
about four miles west Of here that
he proved up on last fall. and is nc
the proud possessor of az fine q
quarter section as can be found any
place in the Flathead valley. He
has not been able to develop
his land to any great extent on
account Of being badly handicapped
by having NO roads to this city.
Realizing the benefits that will be
derived by himself and his neigh
bors.he has been one of the strong
est agitators for the Saltwater road
that is now in the course of con-
struction. But he is not stopping
there. By building a few more miles
of road he can save the ranchers at
Tally lake many weary miles of
travel, enhance the value of his own
property, besides bringing his neigh
bors closer to our city, which in turf
benefits US, because we are all de-
pendent on the ranchers. and the
more ranchers we can get to come
to our city to do their trading, the
more prosperous we will be. Mr..
Crossley's idea is to build a road
directly to Tally lake from Twin
bridges, and for the past week he
has been as busy as a bee in a bon
net interviewing the county COM
missioners, the members of the city
council, and the citizens in gener-
al.
What seemed to be his greatest
obstacle was to secure the right
of-way. Mr.. A. G. Tosto, one of
our most prominent merchants, owns
part Of the land that the road will
run through, and at first did not
feel that he could give the county
a title to the road on account Of it
running right through the choicest
part of the land. Mr.. Tosto then made
a condition that the county pay for
part of the fencing along the road,
but as the county is just about out
of funds it could do nothing more,
and the matter was tied up again.
After a long talk on this matter
with the Pilot Man, in which Mr..
Tosto was shown the benefits that
would be derived by himself, and
the city in general by having that
road put through, and how il he
received pay for the fence it would
have to come out Of the fund raised
by the Whitefish people for construc-
lion work, he saw the matter in
the right light and signed the pc
tition that he would give the coun-.
ty clear title to the road through
his land. The only provision being
made that a stock chute be put un-
der the road in some convenient
place SO that the cattle can go
from one part of the land to the
other when it is fenced. Mr.. Tosto
Is entitled to the thanks Of the COM
munity for his generosity, which IL
thoroughly appreciated by every
merchant and citizen in this city.
who is alive to the situation.
There is one more rancher, Fred
Null. who has objections to giving
the right-nf-way desired, but it rs
thought that he. too, will soon see
the matter in the right light and
will not prevent the plans from be-
ing carried out.
During the past week. Mr.. Cross
ley has been very successful in get
ting Whitefish merchants to sign
up for varying amounts to help out
with the construction work. The
department has contribut-
ed $3.50, the lumber companies have
promised to be liberal, the ranchers
in the vicinity are all ready to do
nate at elast one weeks work on
the road, and it is now up to the
people of Wbitefish to contribute
little in order to close the matter
up. To date. the full amount, $3.50,
has not been raised, but everyone
seems to be So heartily in favor of
he project that it is not anticipated
hat any trouble will be had in rails
ng the full sum.
The following donations are
signed up on the petition:
Ranchers who will contribute al
weeks work: J. F. Sempf, ]. A. Roe,
!. H. Sloan, J. L. Swanson, Walter
:. Freeland, c. A. Strodtheck, R.
4. Knapp. George w Rurton and