The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-11-29
And According to Report Will Strike
Walker Scheme Praised by
st. Cloud Journal Press.
CHAD JEWETT FAVORS PLAN
President Of Bemidji Auto Club Says
That This City Should Install
Posts Over All Roads.

Little Falls, Nov. 29.-Roscoce B.
Anderson and A. L. Meigs, represent
tatives of the Automobile Trail Blaz-
ing Association of America, were here
Monday placing their blue and white
and other colored markers on the
city electric light poles.
They are being used throughout
the country by the trail blazing as
ISOLATION so as to route the country
for automobile travel The blue and
white trail starts from St. Cloud.
runs through Little Falls, Brainerd,
Walker and on to Bemidji. The Of
ncIal garage is marked with a blue
and white circle and in this city the
F. P. Farrow garage has been design
ated as the official one The official
hotel will be the Buckman.
Markers have different meanings.
A large a. signifies that the trail
leads to the left.
The letter ''R" is designated as the
guide mark to turn to the right. A
large 'X'' means railway crossing,
danger, go slow, sharp curve or any,
thing IN the shape of a warning to a
driver. These signals are always in
the color scheme of the control.
The. st. Cloud Journal-Press has
given the association a good write I'D
and the following is quoted from the
paper:
TO get as close to the old method
OF blazing a trail as possible, is the
plan Of the Automobile Trail Blazing
Association Of America. Instead of
wooden signs that can be removed bv
Vandals or shot full of holes by excit-
ed hunters, the association has hit
upon color scheme that is far more
effective. Red and white are the
coiors marking the main transcontin-
entail route laid out by the A. A. A.
running from New York to the west
ern coast.
On the telegraph poles from New
YORK to Seattle, following the best
ROADS Will be seen the red and white
signs. II turn to the left is to he
maze a huge L is seen. if to the
T1sht the mark is an R while if
there is railroad crossing or a blind
turn ahead there is a large X
The signs were painted in St
Cloud Wednesday, The main road
runs along the Tenth street bridge uD
to Fifth avenue to Second street. then
TO Sixth avenue and out to the Cathe-
dral, then west to the city limits.
st. Cloud, under the plan propos-
ed by Messrs. Anderson and Meigs.
is TO be the crossing point and night
control on two big routes. The Sec
ond road, known as the blue and
white route. runs form Duluth
through st. Cloud to Sioux Citv and
then on to Omaha and Denver. This
road branches Off at the Cathedral
and goes straight north.
The signs are at the level of the
eye and painted in loud colors on the
poles. They can be plainly seen at
night as the lights will shine on
them.
The scheme is a splendid one and
IS to be followed out all over the
country. Local automobile clubs that
desire to lay out roads can commune
cate with the national organization
and color scheme that will not in
ter1ere with the other routes will be
assigned.
The laying out of the routes will
make st. Cloud night control and
will induce many automobiles to
make tours of the state The rep
resentatives received the hearty sup