The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-05-26

that a route between MapfetOn and
Minnesota Lake had been picked
J out, going north from Minnesota
Lake through Danville to point east
of Mapleton and thence to that viii
| lage. The farmers on this road had
raised about $1,000 for grading the
ungraded portion of this road. it al
ready being graded and graveled
three miles or more east of Maple
[ ton.
| Mr.. Grimes said that the move
/ ment had been started because SO
many people from Wells stopped at
Minnesota Lake to inquire the way
| to MankatO, and it was hard to give
/ directions. The Minnesota Lake Au-
to club had decided to try to get the
trail established, and it was ex-
pected to blaze the, trail by means
of signs and markings. Then the
| people living between Minnesota
| Lake and Mapleton got interested,
and the people on the Grapeland
route offered to raise $4,000 to grav-
ell that road, but it has not been
properly graded. On the Carey road,
$4,000 was pledged for gravel at the
rate of 81 an acre. The road elected
| goes over the highest ground and
| best soil for good roads. The state
road to the Gilmore corner has al
ready been graveled 1t is intended to
gravel two miles north from Mime
! sofa Lake on this road this year,
and the township will do some til
/ ing, also.
/ DR.. Barr said that Wells was much
| interested, for Mankato is the hard
est place to reach with automobiles
| of any point around Wells The del
egates from there had come mainly
| to get information
| Improvement of Trail.
The improvement of the trail was
| talked over, and it was decided to
| take steps to decide att once which
| road between Wells and Minnesota
Lake shall be selected The Wells
F., delegates promised to take this up at
! once and push it through. 1t was al
| so decided to extend trail to Albert
Lea
DR.. Barr moved that the trail be
established and that it be named
| the. IN. w. A. trail,' and this was
carried. 1t was also voted to adopt a
marking for the trail, to use on tel
ephone poles along the road 1t con-
sists of three bands, each six inches
wide, from top to bottom, white, red
and white. The letter M will be
stenciled in red on the top white
band, the letter w in white on the
middle red band, and the letter A in
red on the lower white band Red
and white makes a marking easily
seen, both in the daylight and at
night. It was decided to mark the
entire trail in the next few weeks.
! Mr.. Rape, who is secretary of the
| Wells Automobile club, agreed to
take up with Alden and Albert Lea
| the matter of coming into the trail
organization and marking the road to
the latter city, and it was felt that
there was no question but that those
towns would be glad to do so.
| 1t is hoped to have the trail graded
and graveled its entire length in a
year or two. The trail goes from
Mankato to Mapleton by way of the
Silver ravine road and through
Beaufort station. 1t is now graveled
to the lie Sueur river and the coun-
| ty has let the contract for crawling
lit to the Beaufort town line this
year, and it is thought that the grav-
cling to Mapleton will be done next
year.
The Mapleton and Minnesota Lake
| delegates are to appear before the
! county board at the next meeting to
see what can be done about improv-
| ing the road to Minnesota Lake, and
making the road through Danville a
state road
| 1t is expected that this new trail
will become eventually an import
ant tourist route into Mankato and
| the fact that it has been so enthusi-
astically received by he farmers as
well as the villages promises well for
its future.
| The delegates from Mapleton, Min
nesota Lake and Wells arrived on the
7:10 p. m. train and returned home
on the 9:55 p. m. train.
From fridays Daily.
| Headquarters of General Pershing
| in Mexico, May 19.-SiXteen Villa
istas were reported slain and many
made prisoners in an engagement that
| took place yesterday forty-four miles
[ south of MADEIRA. A detachment OF
twenty-five American cowboy rang
ers surprised a party of Mexicans.
attacked them and quickly dispersed
| them.
Poisoning of Americans.
UNITED Press Dispatch.1
FL Paso. Texas, May 19.-Reports
are reaching this place to the effect
that MeXicans are accused of poison
| ing American soldiers. 1t is said that
| quite a number of the American SOL
diers have recently been made sick by
eating food, purchased from Mexicans
and discovered to contain poison.
Three Mexicans, it is said, have been
arrested, and one story is to the effect
that some of the Mexicans were
, court martialed and executed, but
| there is no confirmation of this.
! 1t is reported that ninety Mexicans,
+, that were made prisoners by the
Americans near OjdaZulas, have been
released after being questioned at
4 great length