The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-03-14
IN PRIZES
FOR GOOD ROADS
is OFFERED TO THE BROOkINGS
COUNTY FARMERS BY COM.
MERCIAL CLUB
FOR WORK ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
Prizes to be Distributed for Improve
ment Of Winnipeg-Gulf and Chi
cago to Coast Routes

President Harris OF the CONNER
cial club of Brookings and the good
roads committee, consisting Of Prof.
H. c. Solberg, w. NJ. Cheever, e. c.
Sheldon and j. r. Fridley, have issued
the following letter, setting forth the
conditions under which the club will
award cash prizes for road improve
ment. The letter is as follows:
TO road overseers, property owners
and residents of the various road dis
tricts traversed by the two Cross
State Highways in Brookings county:
The Commercial club of Brookings
has unanimously adopted a resolution
authorizing the awarding of $780, 90 in
prizes for road improvements in 1912.
BY the terms Of this resolution, and
the authority given the committee on
good roads, the prizes will be award
ed in the following manner:
lit dlu oOuiu INOdu'
A total of $4,000 and a King steel
road drag will be awarded on this
road, which commences at the Deuel.
county line, runs south sixteen miles,
on the section line between sections
one and two in Eureka, Sterling and
B%rookings townships, the college road,
to the corner Of Sixth street and Me-
Diary nj in the city of BrOokings,
where a half mile jog west is made
to Main street, thence due south
four miles, thence east cne-half mile
to the Peter Lunden corner, thence
due south four miles on the section
line to the Moody county line, thence
east on that county line Two miles.
The East and West Road.
Another $4,000 and another King
steel road drag will be awarded on
this line, which mmenc where
the Kingsbury county line east Of
Arlington intersects the section line
between sections six and seven, Ban
gor township, running east one mile,
south n mile, east two miles, south
n mile to the southeast corner Of
section sixteen, Bangor township,
thence east seven miles to the city
Of Volga, south on Main street in Vol
ga, one-half mile, east one-half mile,
south one-half mile, east eleven and
one-half miles through the city of
Brookings on Sixth street to a point
two miles due north Of Aurora, south
two miles to Aurora, east on section
line on the north side Of the North
western railroad tracks three miles,,
south three miles to the southeast
cOrne or section eighteen, Parnell
township, east nine miles through the
city Of Elkton, on the section line
to the Minnesota state line.
These prizes will be divided as fol
lows: First; to the road district on
each line making the best improve
ments on these highways prior to
September /, 1912, over existing con
ditions, a cash prize of $40 90 and a
King steel road drag presented as
an additional prize by J. ". Warren.
Second: To the road district on
each of these lines making the second
best improvement, a cash prize OF
$500
Third: To the road district on each
Of these lines making the third best
improvement, a cash prize of $500.
These prizes to be awarded and paid
not later than October /, 1912, by
a committee appointed by the direct
ors of the Commercial club of Brook
ings.
All cities and incorporated towns
are barred from competition.
The more distant road districts
have an equal chance with those
nearer the city Of ~Brookings, that IS.
road districts in Eureka and Sterling
townships, and road districts between
Aurora and the Minnesota state line,
or between Volga and Arlington, will
have the same opportunities and
chances and will be given the same
consideration az other road districts,
even though they may be nearer to
Brookings.
In the event the two districts which
are awarded the two first cash prizes
having already purchased n OF
the King steel road drags made by