Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-09-26
Great Int or,al
!: Highway System to
Canada Is the Plan

fund the $4,000 would be raised quick
~. Mot an owner $but uses this
road and not one: but would save SOL
Ton tires in one season. business mensI
ana tanners as well as the railroads
and the county could all contribute
Fpuah it along to the Canadian line.
! More traffic would pass over such
a. road in three years than passes over
any road in the state at the present.
time. The road would be about 30feet
wide. Grades should be high enough
so that the road would never. be muddy.
Weeds should be kept scut away at
all times so that the road would never
have snow on it-at least not drifts
! Then farmers could haul grain in
wagons all winter assured of perfect
road. Travellers could use either
teams or automobiles all winter, sure
OF not getting stuck in the snow. si
| 1t should be thoroughly gravelled so
that wet clay would not stop traf
fic. The grade could be wide enough
for teams to pass easily. e.. =, s, st@
The solution of the problem Of get,
ting business isst get. transportation
Rome had the greatest system of
highways in the worlds history. With.
out them she could hot, have i...u
her position as Mistress of the World
! for 80 days s Tram portation was i'm
peratiye. ..s 10. ~: 4
4 cn ~ ln Do fo11
/ want and neets iran sportati9nr facilit-
lies. The. theory Of mo Tern road reu-
ties, is:noW to eorfne ct,co unty; seat with
j With county. seat. This. would be a.
splendid. st art connecting Devils Lake
tie county. eat. Of Ram sey; county with
i i-angdon, the county. seat of Cavalier
1 and Candle rhg. county seated Tow
/ ;nlyerT,S,and Rol1a: the count seat OF
I Rolette {. ID, S = IT, J IN
i !, It would bring the cities Of ;Llangdon
4 Wales, DRESDEN Hannah, Sarles.@and
4 Munich within from 2 to ~ hours
i run ffDm. Devils. Lake; # Think What
4 this. would mean to everybody con
cerned: Edmore, Hampden,. Derrick,
4 Starkwe Gather, +Langdon, Munich. Dew
Ills Lake, Cand would. all be. neigh
: bors linked together by roads max
} ing frequent intercourse easy, sure
4 and safe, both winter and summer.
The support Of all farmers, all bus:
mess men, of all automobile owners
and all those interested in bette,
roads is 5ia}sked sto2 help, support such
protect. ',S' @ &. = s.
/ Already the plans have met with
!, the hearty approval of those tc
: whom it has been explained. IA
, The organizers will give $40 to the
: person no matter where he or she lives
, who will between now and Oct. Isl
suggest thru the columns of this paper
the best name of this highway Eys: ssss,
:, Other highways must come in time
:, itoo, One should be built to Mime
waukan, and one thru the reservation
. via Fort Totten to Seyenne which
would open another good territory
make a start. The first thing is tt
= done at once: Time first thing is t
designate the road. Then put up the
: sdgnboar6ys. Then get "a competent
J. man to lay out the road and direc
> the work on it. In a few years. a won
derful change will be apparent. @".s
Il L Many of the grades now there cal
J. be used. Scre must be widened. 2
Y Splendid week has been done this yea
h on the road suggested between Dew
lis Lake and Webster. r.! +. ~.
= The support of every one in the dist
n riot served is urged. Subscription
! will be received by the secretary o
l. the Devils Lake Commercial club 70
this purpose and each subscriptio!
10 will entitle the sender to a member
ship in the association to be forme
e.. for this purpose. ..sz.@., ~
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