Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-17
CELEBRATE GOOD ROADS
DAY NEXT WEEK

Directly. =: =: ~. ...s@ = :
To Town Boards-(In particularly.
To Public-spirited Men in Kandi-
yohi County-(In General).
You are urged to use your best ef-
forts to rouse the interest of the peo-
pie in your vicinity to proper OBJ
servance Of "Good Roads Day" June
23rd. (Sec. %, Ch. 354, Gen. Laws
1911).. .-,t. i.
Endeavor to make up several "Good
Road Day" gatherings, picnics, or
"Bees," at suitable locations In your
township, with due regard to adapta-
bility for road Improvement demon
stration, as we'll as for picnicing.
Urge the farmers, the business men,
the motorists, and the ladies' to come,
bringing their wagons and teams,
their spades and scrapers, their auto
mobiles, their lunches, and their
purses. s'
Then let everyone enter into the
spirit of the "Good Roads Day"tlaw.
Let some use team and scraper to
fill and raise the center of roadway
where it is fiat. Let others use team
and wagon to haul in gravel where
possible.
Then, before the work of the day
begins to wear, and grow irks0me,
turn the whole meeting into a picnic,
and let the ladies spread their lunch
es under the trees.
Then on with the program, and the
amusements. Try and get up little
of each.
If you want a "Good Roads" speak
er for the occasion, write the Dis.
trict Engineer of the State Highway
Commission, Willmar, Minn., and he
will try to send some one out, or If
that is not possible, will try and come
himself.
Catch the spirit and the idea of
this.
The aim is not so much to get some
work done on any certain portion OF
our public roads on that day, as it
is to rouse in the people an intelli.
gent interest in the great work Of
road-building, and to make them feel
what they truly are-partners in the
work, burden-bearers in the work.
prof1t-sharers in the work.
If it is for the public welfare and
for the common good-that we have
begun working on this vast and end
less enterprise of building roads, tc
make travel and transportation cheap
easy, convenient and secure, for one
and all,-then it is right that public
spirited men in all this count shouli
give their hand and their heart e
and their mind, to help it forward =
to boost and encourage,-the show
that they understand the full import
ance of ito prove that they are
able to see far enough ahead to thai
day when the big results will show
up on a large scale.
It is a hard and toilsome task
that of road-building. And we wan
to feel and know, while we are work
ing, that the people are with US, Hv.
and understandingly, truly realizing
that from the results of this grea
public enterprise they will be gain
ers, profit-sharers,-the happier ant
richer,-in so far as travel and traffic
over light, sure and easy roads cal
contribute to comfort, happiness, ant
convenience,-by bringing the tow,
and country closer together schools
churches, and markets easy, and nea
at hand.
Therefore, we want the people will
us in this enterprise they ma!
fully feel that it is their enterprise
their struggle, and their result to b.
obtained.
Shall we not be assured that tn,
people take this broad view of it?
Assuredly, yes, they do. Otherwise
the work will be hard. Because his
tory would prove that no public re
form has permanently succeeded un
til the people with a real, live under
standing took hold of it, and booste,
it onward as joint partners in goo'
cause for the common good.
Let us make it Real Good Day.
The law creating the "Good Road
Day" says the third Tuesday of Jun
in each year is hereby designated a
"Good Roads Day." and the governo
shall annually, on or before the ti:s
day of June, by. public proclamation
lrequest the people of the state to col
tribute labor, material or money t
ward the improvement of public higl
ways in their respective commul
lities upon that day. The Governor
proclamation in accordance ther'
with, sets aside Tuesday, June 23r
as Good Roads Day in Minnesot,
Note how you may observe it.-Co,
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