The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-07-27
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them Minnesota Scenic highway
route of the Great Fairgrounds of
Northern Minnesota. ]. K. West of
Detroit, Mimi, was elected president;
Charles Loring, Crookston, vice pres
ident; L. S. Kent, Alexandria, treas
urer, and C. E. Hamzing, Brainerd,
secretary. The board Of directors as
announced comprised Senator McGar-
ry, Walker; Senator Baldwin, Frazee;
Senator Nord, International Falls;
Representative Paul Marchalk, War
road; Senator Marden, Moorhead;
Senator Dunn, Princeton, and Senator
/ Hilbert of Melrose.
"The selection of the Northern
Minnesota end of the Jefferson high
way as announced by Superintendent
Clarkson," explained Senator McGar-
ry, "is not at all satisfactory to those
who have the welfare of Northern
Minnesota at heart, and we propose to
60 to the bottom of the matter. Why
the route announced was selected, is
beyond us and the whole thing be-
comes more complicated as we try to
investigate. The route is not only a
bad one for Northern Minnesota, but
it is impracticable. There is not a
lake or bit of wild scenery along it's
entire length and for the life of me /
cannot see why it was picked.
ave were given to understand that
what was to be known as the Eastern
and Western route which is cir
cuitous one, was to be selected. This
route takes in the Lake of the Woods,
Mile Laos lake and practically every
body of water Of any size located in
Northern Minnesota. Leaving Elk
River it would take the tourist direct
to the border line through some of the
most beautiful scenery in the world
and allow him to return over another
route, with the Twin Cities as ter
minus, equally prolific in beauty
spots"
Following the conference with mem
bers of the Jefferson highway COM
mission and others interested in the
route, Senator McGarry and other
members of the Northern Boosters
club conferred by telephone with R. c.
Dunn of Princeton, an enthusiastic
good roads worker, and distant men,
bers of the State Highway commits
sion. 1t was by the telephone that
they learned from Chairman McNair
of the state commission that the route
as announced had never received the
~ %Ln c%o%o
Mr.. McNair arranged with c. E.
Hamzing of Brainerd to meet him in
that city today and talk over the sit
uation with view of having the
route changed.
Senator Nord declared that they had
been given to understand right along
that the route desired by northern
Minnesota men interested in the JEFF
ferson trail would be selected and that
in conversation at st. Joseph, Mo-,
ii was stated that such would be done.
Who was behind the change, Senator
Baldwin said he did not know, but he
was certain that it was no friend Of
northern Minnesota or those interest
ed in the proper location of the high
way. Senator Baldwin declared that
the organization perfected yesterday
intended to get busy at once and that
descriptive matter of the desired
route would be prepared and given
immediate circulation.
Members of the St. Paul Association
of Commerce, including J. H. Beck of
that organization, have taken consid-
cradle interest in the selection of
northern Minnesota route and middle
trail as annouced yesterday by Super
intendent Clarkson is said to have the
approval of both Mr.. Beck and the as
ISOLATION. =.
The route desired by Senator Nc
Garry and his colleagues begins at
Elk River, leads north to Princeton,
Milaca and Onamia, skirts Lake Mile
Laos on the west, extends to Brainerd
north, and west to Walker and Cass
Lake to Bemidji, thence to Interna-
tional Falls, thence west along Rainy
River to Baudette and Spooner, from
there to Warroad on Lake-of-the-
Woods, thence southwesterly to Carl
stad and Crookston, thence to Moor
head and Fargo along the Red river,
thence to Lake Park, Audubon, De-
troit, Frazee, Perham, thence in a
southerly direction to Ottertail Lake,
Henning, Parkers Prairie and Alex
andria, thence east to Osakis, Sank
Centre, Melrose, st. Cloud and from
there to the starting point at Elk Riv-
er.
The official party Of Jefferson trail
blazers who arrived in the Twin Cities
Sunday on their way to Winnipeg will
be guests of good roads boosters of
Minneapolis at the Radisson hotel
from 8:43 9:13 a. m. tomorrow.
Mayor Nye, representatives of the
Civic & Commerce association, and
the automobile club will welcome the
visitors. e X