Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-10-15
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MlNNEsoTA FAVORED WITH aAR
EoT +REAUTlEs or NATURE.

,EoT BEAUTIES or NATURE.
Millions to Bs spent for Good Reads
VIII Mean the Continued Better
mont 81 do Highways.
Dy John H.. hohmann.
President Of the Minnesota Automobile
Association.
Minnesota has become one Of the
foremost states Of the Union on &C
count Of the development Of its tre-
meadous natural resources. worked
out largely through the medium OF
good roads. These are among the
prt4cipal veins and arteries of com.
uaeroe. As good. vigorous ctrcula'
ton of the blood is essential to the
health and normal growth and devel'
opuent Of the human body, 80 must
&he great commercial blood vessels
DE properly taken care of, and that
duty has been and is being performed
lin Minnesota Our automobiles, cor
:puscles of traffic, perform an abso-
llutely essential function in the move
;ment Of persons and property from
;place to place. We have given them
4 chance to do this work right. Let
them do their proper part, and 4
mighty part it will be, in giving Min
nesota further growth and develop
ment into a commonwealth greater
and richer by far than it's early found.
ers dared to dream, a leader among
the commonwealth that comprise
this vast republic.
Marvellous Beauty Spots.
What state has been favored by
nature with a more lavish hand than
Minnesota? Think of her marvellous
agricultural and mineral wealth. Man
kind has scarcely begun to draw upon
it. This state can and will give beau
tiful and happy homes TO millions Of
families. It needs only to have it's
resources developed to be rendered
capable of sustaining many times its
present population
Yet, great as are the commercial
resources of Minnesota, the state has
been no less favored i'm the bestowal
of some Of the rarest beauties of ma
ture, picturesque spots and a climate
that is unexcelled. This Is a state Of
lakes. There are ten thousand of
them. Fishing and bunting reserves
still abound. There are good roads
to enable our citizens to take proper
advantage of the pleasures, us we'll
as the wealth, which Minnesota Of
fers in such prpfusion. Travel in any
direction in this state and your eyes
will feast upon the marvellous beauty
the edifEation of mankind. These
gifts can easily be reached by the
auto1sts.
Millions For Good Roads.
Minnesota will have approximately
one hundred million dollars to 1Demd
for gooa reads during the next ten
year1. I'd this vast sum, which is de-
rived from the >one-mfn state aid tax
and the county and township tax
levies, IL spent judGfously, it will
mean the continued 'betterment OF the
highways.
The campaign for >good roads has
been the means OF educating the
great mass of people up to a realiza<
ton OF what these improved channels
of trade mean as wealth producers
Besides, they are a standing invita-,
ton to sight-seers and pleasure seek.
ers from a wide expanse OF territory
to visit Minnesota and take advan.
tage Of her multiplicity of lakes and
summer and health resorts.
Minnesota, The State For Autofsts.
The automobile is the modern
pleasure car It was conceived by a
genius and born of necessity to sup
ply the demand of the rapidly advanc-
ing times. The auto is NO longer a
fad, but fixture in the social and
commercial life. It has been the ad-
vance agent Of the better highway
movement and has necessitated the
building up and maintenance OF the
lake resorts, where the mind and
body can seek that rest and content
ment which often becomes necessary
in this world Of strenuous endeavor.
Minnesota is the state for the autoist.
Here he can find all that he seeketh.
We have one Of the best road Laws
in the United States, the so-called
Dunn law. Under its wise provisions
the roads of permanent character
are being constructed. They are the
delight of the autoist.
"See Minnesota First.'
Already a chain of fnter-county
state roads has been laid out, extend
ing 1000 miles. The greater part of
this chain of roads has been com.
pleted. We have the Black and Vel.
low trail from Chicago through WI.
mona to the Black Hills; the Yellow.
stone trail, starting from Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul, and extending
through the west central part of the
state; the old Dodd road, an excellent
graded and graveled highway, run
ming from St. Paul south through
Mortified, Owatonna and Albert Lea:
the old Government trail from the