Morris tribune., 1913-06-13
AGITATION WORKING TO
THAT END.
The Greatest Good Roads Meet
ing Ever Held in Stevens
County Was That Held at the
Court House Tuesday After
noon. State Commission
Pleased That Stevens County
Should be the First to Work
out Comprehensive System
of State Roads.

of State Roads.
The special meeting of the county
commissioners on Tuesday afternoon
was not called for the purpose of re.
ceiving petitions for state roads. but
so many petitions were presented and
so many petitioners were in attend
ance that the commissioners adjourned
to the court room and there held the
greatest good roads meeting ever held
in Stevens county.
Charles A. Forbes, assistant en-
gineer of the State Highway Com
mission, was in attendance and during
the course of the meeting gave many
valuable Suggestions, and after the
meeting stated that Stevens county,
was the first county in the state to
grasp the possibilities of the Dunn
act and begin to plan now for com.
prehensive system of state roads,
which will make every dollar spent
on state roads fit il to the working
out of a complete plan.
The meeting opened with the pre-
sentation of the petition for the re-
storing of 81, 900 which was appro-
priated but not expended last year on
State Road No. IL, straight south
from Morris Another petition called
for vacating the designation of State
Road No. 6 and that the road past
Steinbrinq's in Darnen and on past
Spain's in Horton be designated in-
stead. Another monster petition
called for the changing of State Road
No. 5, between Morris and Alberta
from south of the track to the present
we'll travelled road north of the track.
Still other petitions were presented
as more fully noted is the official pro-
ceedings published in this issue.
A Comprehensive System.
The Morris Auto Club then present.
ed petition which embraced all the
other changes. and suggested a COM
pIete system of state roads for the
county. This petition was in the form
of a resolution, as foflows:-
Whereas, There will be available to
Stevens county, the sum Of approxim-
. ately $15. 600 annually from the state
road fund to be expended upon the
state roads within this county. there
fore
Be 1t Resovled by the members of
the Morris Auto Club that a compre-
hensive system of state highways for
Stevens county should at this time
be planned in order that said fund
may be expended most economically
and effectively. and
Be It Resolved. That it is the sense
of this meeting of the Morris Auto
Club that state roads should be SC
designated and state road funds should
be so expended as to best serve both
the traveller from the farm to the
town and the traveller from one towr
to another. and that in accordance
with this plan.
Be 1t Further Resolved that the
county commissioners of Stevens coun
ty be asked to vacate the designation
of state roads No. a, No. g.. No. 8
No. 9, No. II, and that portion o.
State road No. 5 Letween Morris ant
Alberta, and that in lieu thereof ant
supplementary to the other stat'
roads already designated, the follow
ing be designated as state roads, viz
First, the road running west from
the City of Norris to the Village o
Alberta on the township line between
the townships of Morris and Darnen
and the townships of Pepperton an
Scott.
Second, That the road running du
north from the city of Morris on tn
township line between sections q
and %, 125 40. extended to th
Grant county line be designated
state highway, and that the count
commissioners of Grant county b
asked to cooperate in making thi
road a state highway to Elbow Lake
Third, That the road running south
westerly from the City Of Morris 70
point on the west line of section :
124-42. thence south to the southwes
corner of section 4, 123-42. theme
west one mile and thence south
the Swift county line be designated
state highway, and that the count