The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-04-16
WILL CUT DOWN
A STEEP GRADE
Work on Behner Hill Will be
Started Soon.
BUSINESS MEN RAISE FUND
Commercial Club Secures $35O.OO from
Business Men of City to Pay
Part of Expense.

widening the fill of the county road
at the Behner hill between Glasgow
and Baylor will be started within a
short time. At the last meeting of
the County Commissioners propo-
sition was submitted by the Glasgow
Commercial Club in which an offer
was made that the Club would fur
nish portion of the funds necessary
to complete this work provided it was
done at once. The county commission
ers accepted and teok up the prelim-
mary work at that time.
The Behner hill has been source
of great annoyance and trouble to the
farmers Of the north portion of VAL
ley County since last fall and has
caused considerable grief to many Of
them. The hill is very steep and the
fill at the bottom was not high enough
+. nor was it of sufficient width on top
to assure safety in passing over it
in bad weather with heavy load.
Many of the farmers have called
the attention of the Commercial Club
to this piece of road and the Club
has had it under discussion with the
commissioners at their meeting. 1t
was the opinion of the Commissioners
that it should be worked and they
made it known that as soon as wealth
er conditions would permit the mat
ter would he taken care of.
Many farmers complained of heing
forced to unload at this point and 9TH
ers stated that until it was put in
better shape grain and other products
would be hauled by them to Scobey
in Sheridan county, rather than risk
wreck at this point. Business ap-
parently was being directed from
Glasgow to other points as a result Of
the steep grade.
The business men of Glasgow real
ized the Importance of this trade to
the city and also the necessity of corr
siderable work required to make the
Behner hill less difficult.
The Commercial Club decided that
it was a cause worthy of the atten-
ton of the business men of the city.
They realized that the many friends
of the city among the farmers in the
north country should be given every
assistance to make travel between
their farms and Glasgow as attractive
as possible an dto make it so, the
business men We're willing to spend
their money.
Secretary S. C. Moore of the Com
mercial Club circulated a subscription
list among the business men Satur-
day and Monday and secured budget
of $35O.OO. This sum was donated
clseerfully by the business men and it
will be expended to pay part of the
cost of cutting down the Behner hill
to about per cent grade, widening
the fill and surfacing it with gravel
The cost of this work will, according
to estimate, amount to about 81, 100000
and when the work is finished no one
will have cause to complain of the diff
ficulty of thi particular place in the
road to the north country.
Other work will be carried on by
the county this year, and the CONNER.
cial Club will render its assistance
whenever it knows the farmers need
II in socurino oood roads
This action on the part of the bust.
ness men of Glasgow through the
Commercial Club should be a most
substantial proof of the interest taker
by them in the welfare of every farm,
er within the county and should bring
forth corresponding responsiveness
upon the part of our citizens of the
country.
FACING THE MUSIC"