The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-03-07

every citizen Of the county will be
expected to get out and lend his assis-
lance to the betterment Of the high
ways.
Hon +. c. lssenhuth of Redfield,
followed Prof. Solberg with a splendid
talk on Good Roads and Their Bene-
fits" Mr.. lssenhuth is one of the fore
most good roads advocates in the
state, n the author Of the good
roads law passed by the last lcgis-
lature, he being a member of the
lower house from Sphinx county. He
explained this law in detail, telling
of its many advantages over the old
The new law is a direct tax for road
purposes. which aroused some antag-
onism, and led TO a referendum amend
ment being tackled IN the bill before
it passed. This amendment allowed
the counties to refer the law to the
voters at the coming general election,
and thus defeat its purpose for the
time being. Several counties have
done this and Mr.. Issenhuth said that
he was surprised that a wealthy, en-
lightened and progressive county like
Brookings should be among the mum.
Der.
Mr.. Issenhuth explained in detail
the many advantages of good roads,
from a social, commercial and even
moral standpoint. Good roads mean
better schools and hence more en-
lightened cummunities; they mean
more sociability among the farmers,
and a better attendance at church
and other meetings, therefore they
make for a better citizenship; they
mean a saving of dollars and cents
to every farmer who hauls a load yer
them and they increase the value OF
every acre acre of land upon which
they Adult, therefore they are a goo(
investment, money savers and wealth
producers.
MI. %Issenhuth made a plea for
5 fair and unselfish view of the roat
: situation. Too many farmers, he said
t regard the agitation for good roads as
city ~fellers" to get the farmers to
, improve the roads for their particu-
lar benefit. That the farmer is the
one most benefited is an established
fact and he shouId be only too willing
to cooperate with and assist the city
man. The speaker reminded the far
mers that the city man pays his pro-
p%ortionate share Of the county bridge
fund, which builds all bridges in the
county and is a very necessary part
of good roads work. Under the good
roads law passed by the last legisla-
ture. the city man as well as the far
mer would also be taxed for all road
work in the county, which exceeds
five hundred dollars in value, there
fore the towns would materially as
oioI liz IOuiL ~ tiO
Mr.. Issenhuth closed with a review
Of the road work accomplished by
other states. He stated that South
Dakota was the first state in the I'm
ion in the production of wealth per
capita, but only t~hirty-fourth in the
matter Of Dad building, which is
hardly to u credit. He urged the
people OF the county to get behind
Prof. Solberg and give him every pos
sible assistance in his good roads
york. Mr.. ~Issnehuth's talk was very
much appreciated and made a fine i'm
The balance OF the afternoon pro-
gram of the institute was devoted to
papers by DR.. A. N. Hume, agronom-
ist at the college and his assistant, Pro-
fessor J. G. Hutton. DR.. Hume talked
on Alfalfa and Professor Hutton or
South Dakota Soil Problems" and
both addresses We're interesting and
helpful.
Yesterday morning the first number
on the program was an interesting
paper on agriculture in the Rural
School, by Herbert Blakely. He was
followed by DR.. A. A. Brigham of the
state college, who talked on Poultry"
In the afternoon the first business
was the election of a board of direct
ors of the association and the fol
lowing were selected; Frank Sherwin,
Frank Slocum, f. c. Sheldon, Fl. |.
S~tearns, G. n. Kennard. This board
will elect it's own officers. The first
address was by c. F.. Brown OF the
University of Minnesota, whose sub
ject was, Potato Raising and Market
ing Along Cooperative Lines" Mr..
Browns talk was a practical one and