The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-02-21
ENTHUSIASTIC Meeting
]. {. Clayton and c. { Smith report
Big Meeting at Miles City and
Where MObridee is at


mercial club to attend the Good
Roads meeting in Miles City, re-
turned Tuesday. They report an
enthusiastic meeting and predict
that the road will be completed
from the Twin Cities to the Yellow
stone park by the latter part of the
summer.
Four different organizations are
bound in one according to the plan
of the road builders, and each acts
as q. supervisor of the other, the
National organization OverlOOks
the whole shooting match and re-
jects or approves of the state or
ganizatiOn's report, the state sup.
ervises the county and the county
the townships work. 1t is be-
leived by this method that more
perfect results can be attained with
this working plan.
Mr.. Smith told our writer that
the enthusiasm ran high, every
[ one in the territory near tie road
were willing to use their best
tefforts and means in bringing about
its completion. 'One man. he
said, walked up to the rostrum
and planked down hundred
dollars telling the committee that
| he figured that the road running
past his claim was worth that much
to him." a representative OF one
of the larger cities said that he had
the authority to meet any offer
that was made by any other city
up to $1,000 and that they would
spend that much money building
the road as they knew that a road
built probably would earn them
, dividends ten times the amount in
increased business from tourists.
When our representatives were
called upon to tell what had been
done in WalwOrth county they
were forced to tell the truth-noth.
ing had been done. The president
informed them that if they expect
ed to get the road through Mo-
bridge that lit was up to them to
to get busy as there were other
towns within the state, on roads
running parallel to Mobridge. who
were anxious to have the big
national highway 60 through their
streets and that they would do their
utmost with their time and money
to make the undertaking success.
j. Z. Clayton says that the right
way to 90 about it to biing the
road here, is for the commercial
club to spread on the minutes of
their meeting a resolution to the
effect that they wish the county
commissioners OF this county to
order survey and have the route
Of the road mapped out. The
second step is to get the township
supervisors interested so that they
will proceed with their end of it.
If this is followed out our repre-
sentatives at the next good roads
meeting will not be ashamed of
their town and forced to say
Gentlemen we have done nothing
towards securing this great com
mercial enterprise. F"
The question of getting across
the river is one Of the ticklish pro-
positions that will have to be
handled by the citizens. We are
reliably informed that Superin :
tendent Richards said that he
thought fat car with drop ends
would be provided by the railroad
company and the cars of tourists
hauled across the bridge in this
manner, that he would take it w
with the company and see if it
were agreeable. Mr.. Richards
has been ont of the city and it has
been impossible to ascertain what
he has done towards this. The
second best method would be a
ferry boat and one Or the Ot her