New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-03-27
AGITATION FOR GOOD ROADS,
SPREADING
Plan Of 0Imstead County to Own
Gravel Pits 4 Good 0ae,
10 Follow.

10 Follow.
Southern Minnesota 10 decidedly
awake on the ''good roads" proposition.
Practically every community in this
section of the etate is taking the matter
up-and it isn't all talk; results are
bound to come. New Ulm hasn' t made,
much noise yet but We look TO see some4
thing done here as we'll as elsewhere
In fact, we can't afford to be idle. II
won't pay in dollars and cents to let the
other cities get the start.
Apropos Of the plan for a National
Automobile Road thru here, one of our
feminine readers (who ever thought
women would take an interest in roadss
made suggestion to the Review that
If New Ulm did get on the National
Road that we could easily make it the.
most attractive small city from one end
OF the route to the other by simply adj
vertising it's German characteristics.
Nothing could be easier for New UluD
has retained 90 many distinctiyely
German customs in architecture and
decorations, in lar gusge, industries.
articles of food, drink and dress and
tourists would be drawn here out OF
urioeity and it goes without saying
that New Ulm could entertain them,
not only to the good Of the tourists and
the city but to that Of surrounding
territory ss we'll by showing the city
OF homes built up in tho midst of =
splendid farming region. .
We note that Walnut Grove is send
ing q delegation of I've to Tracy to
boost for the National Road, NJ nkato to,
Tracy Route. IL New Ulu 70 be OUT
done BY her little sister, Walnun
Grovei
We have clipped from ONE exchanges
to chow what neighbosing communities
are doing 10 the Coed lssas line aa6
We call particular attsstisn u what the
Atchison Ksnsas) Gibbs has 70 say Of
olmstead County, Minis, read work.
Members of the Lake Washington
Improvement league held gssd roads
meeting at tho Conmsssisl slub rooms
10 tho city hall this sftersson. Tho
meeting had been called foy l:s0 pm.
Frank Loenen 10 president Of this
league and he presided ever the
N Getting today.
John n. Hohmans the wsllknovn
champion of good roads, gave the prin-
cipal talk Of the afternoon, addressing
the farmers especially Or the improve
ment of the Lake Washington road.
Officers for the coming year werU
9 lected.-Mankato Free Press.
Rochester, MINI, March 23.-The
W. J. and c. H. Mayo cash prizes foE
good roads building were awarded
yesterday afternoon at meeting of the
of Olmstead county, DR. c..
d. Mayo making the awards. w. E.
Randall of Eyots received 1855 and $40
was given to Patrick Walsh Of Chester
Thomas Dean of Byron, II. H. Whitney
Of Simpson, J. W. Arnold OF Rochester,
and r. M. Fuller Of Salem.
T he improvement Of roads 10 At pre-.
'end topic which 10 receiving unlimit-
ID discussion. In practically every will
'ge or city in this or neighberipg count
es, some sort of organization has BEEN
ormed with jts main object the build.
ng of good roads. Why cannot Mime
ota Lake businessmen and others get
o gether, and do something along this
inc? The roads leading into this will
GO are not above improvement by any
means Many localities where the roads,
re naturally better than here, have done
nuch to improve them. Nearly every
ay farmers who live practically 49,
ear to this town, 60 somewhere else.
ecause the roads are better. Mime
ota Lake has an excellent market andi
years gone by fully 80 per cent of the
reduce raised within radius of 8 to-
miles has been brought here tc mar,
ct. Some farmers are even now driv-
g 10 to II miles to do trading at our,
ores. Will they do thisif the roads to-
Eher towns are built MP while those
,ading here are left in the same bads
'ndition Of former years! Most assur->
lily not. The farmer like every ones
90 will market his produce where the,
set market is offered but in this he wills
leo consider the cost Of getting tho
reduce to market. Its folly to expect
lat by paying one or two cents BUSH
more you can induce . man to drag