The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-03-22
Commercial Club to Begin Campaign
to Secure Highway Route
Through Bemidji.
PRESIDENT DENU ANNOUNCES
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Baseball Park, Larger Game Refuge
and White Way Matters are Dis
cussed; Many New Members.


paign to secure the Jefferson high.
way. This was decided at a meeting
of the Commercial club last evening
and President Denu appointed the
following committee to investigate
and prepare plans for campaign: F.
S. Lycan, R. K. Bliler, Attorney f.
E. Mcdonald, Attorney A. A. An
drews and A. E. Rako, chairman OF
the board of county commissioners.
Many Present.
Nearly rs men attended the meet
ing of the organization last evening.
Besides the Jefferson highway, the
armory, white way" baseball, new
membership and committee matters
were discussed.
F. S. Lycan, president of the city
council, introduced the Jefferson
highway situation to the members.
1t was pointed out that the high
way would extend from the pines of
Winnipeg to the palms of New Or
leans, through the Empire of JEFF
ferson." The plan to link Canada
with the Gulf of Mexico by a great
trunk line highway was begun last
fall and since then it has grown to
a lusty youngster in the family of
good roads.
Route Established.
The interstate trail from Kansas
City to Minneapolis has become the
Jefferson highway between those two
points and from Kansas City south
various rock roads form sections.
Around Joplin the Ozark Trail asso-
citation has 18O miles of good roads.
In Oklahoma and Texas only connect
ing links are needed. It is planned
to have the entire road completed
within a year. = - : - .'-~'> - 'e==aa-5
From Minneapolis north, the route
has not been entirely selected. Sev-
eral sections of the state are bid
ding for the route through their Sec
tion. At a recent meeting of the
highway commission of Minnesota
the route to Bemidji was favored but
since that time several cities in the
western part of the tsate have raised
money to secure the route in their
direction.
Detroit Wants Route.
Mr.. Lycan read several letters from
men interested in the project and
explained that Detroit, Minn., was
making the most opposition. He
pointed out that Grand Forks was
willing to cooperate with Bemidji to
secure the route here and that if the
route was established here that it
would be the juncture of the Won
derland trail from Duluth to the Ma
tional park and the Jefferson high
way. It was stated that it was be-
lieved that Crookston would favor
the route to Bemidji and then west
to that city.
The committee appointed by Presi-
dent Denu will meet in a few days
and begin active work on securing
the highway through this district.
The following committees were ap-
pointed for the ensuing year:
| Finance and Auditing-W. L.
Brooks, chairman, R. H. Schumacher
F. S. Arnold, H. G. Baer and J.. L.
George.
House-H. H. Cominsky, chairman
H. j. Loud, l.. G.. Crothers, H. H
Mayer and G.. S. Harding.
| Advisory-C. w. Stanton, chair
man, M. A. Spooner, G.. M. Torrance
M. J. Brown, H. J. Loud, P. J. Rus
sell, T. c. Bailey, F. S. Arnold, H
IL. Huffman, A. A. Andrews and J
F. Gibbons.
Public Affairs-A. P. White, chair
man, G. w. Vandersluis, G. E. Battles
W. N Bowser, r. L. Given, B. w
Lakin, G.. D. Backus, A. L. Nolan
der and G.. E. Carson.
Industrial Developments. J
Trask, A. M. Bagley, George T. Ba
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