The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-26
GREAT INTEREST
N GOOD ROADS
Northern Part of State is Do
ing Much Work in I'm
proving Road System.

That good roads is an all-absorbing
subject In northern Minnesota. W. r.
Mackenzie. secretary Of the Northern
Minnesota Development association.
discovered on q trip through seven
teen counties. from which he returned
to Minneapolis yesterday. Mt. Mac
kcnzie believes that amendment No.
on the state ticket. providing for .
l-mtll road tax. will have a majority
in the northern part Of the state. at
least. and in rural districts generally.
Effective methods. Mr.. Mackenzie
calls them. are being pursued all
through Minnesota to remind people
to vote on the amendment.
Counties are being ~placarded with
notices reading IF YOU are repub-
lican. democrat. or socialist. boost for
the 1-mill tax"
County chairmen are arranging for
representatives Of development asso-
Citations at the polls in every precinct
to urge electors to vote for the amend
ment.
c. NJ. King. Deer River. president Of
the Northern Minnesota Development
association. is campaigning in south
ern Minnesota for votes for the
amendment.
Secretary W. r. Mackenzie Of the
association and r. c. Dunn. Princeton.
author OF the Law. are making address,
es for the amendment in rural districts
and small cities.
Letters to 10000 Voters.
Forty thousand letters advocating
the tax amendment were sent to voters
this week Jointly by the Northern Min
nesota Development association. the
West Central Minnesota Development
league and the Southern Minnesota
Better Farming league.
Mr.. Mackenzie said the 1-mill road
tax will not increase the cost of good
roads to taxpayers. because Of the
elimination OF waste in road building
under supervision Of the state high
way commissions: and that St. Louis
and 1tasca counties together pay on an
assessed valuation OF $3lo.225.476 az
compared with $344.1S0. 093. the COM
bined figures of Hennepin and Ram
sey counties. indicating that the out
side counties are paying a fair pro-
portion Of the cost of state highways.
The road law provides the way of
getting money o highways and the
new Elwell law provides a method of
spending it." said Mr.. Mackenzie.
What I say regarding the proposed
the money under the Elwell law,
which places o%ne-fourth the cost on
the n benefited.
Under h state highway law no
county can get more than 3 per cent
Of the total fund. which makes the
maximum which any county a re-
ceive from the state about $36.
The County Cllairmcn.
The county chairmen working for
the amendment r Aitkin county. G.
II. Warner. Aitkin; Becker county.
Sam v. Weiser. Detroit; Beltrami
county. Jessie Dade. Blackduck: Ben
ton county. J. NJ! Thoen. Rice: Carl
ton county. NJ. A. Hanck. Corona:
Cass county, Chris Burns. Cass Lake:
Clay county. L. A. Huntoon. Moor
head: Clearwater county. A. L. Cor
don. shevlin: Cook county. c. J.. John
son. Grand Marais; Crow Wing coun-
ty. Carl Zappfe, Brainerd: Hubbard
county. c. F.. Sheers, Akeley; Isanti
county. j. V. Glover, Cambridge;
1tasca county. G.. NJ. King. Deer River;
Kanabec county. G. F. Serline, Mora
koochiching county, L. A. Agaard, In
ternational Falls; Kittson county, C.
j. Estlund. Kennedy: Lake county,
John Dwan. Two Harbors: Morrison
county. A. H. Vernon. Little Falls:
Mahnomen county, A.. L. Thompson,
Mahnomen: Marshall county. H. L
Wood. Warren; Mile Laos county, r,
c. Dunn. Princeton; Norman county
Joseph Gaare, Perley; Pine county,
Joseph Ball. Crookston: Pennington
Red Lake county. J. A. Duffy. Red
Lake Falls: Roseau county, r. J.. Bell,
Roseau; st. Louis county. j. S. Pardee,
Duluth; Stearns county. Harold Knut-
son. st. Cloud: Todd county. T. ].
Sharkey. Staples: Wadena county. g.
G. Hastings. Wadena: Wilkin county
q. w. Burrows. Breckenridge.