The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-04-12
NORTHERN MINNESOTA
JEFFERSON y >VWAY
CLUB MADE PERM: . VI
Route Through Thief River Falls
Be Advocated by
Organization.
76 REPRESENTATIVE
ATTEND BIG MEETING HERE
Committee to Take Up Matter With
Minnesota State Highway
Commission.

At the meeting of the Northern
Minnesota Jefferson Highway asso
citation held in Bemidji yesterday, thu
following route was selected for thu
Jefferson highway through Northern
Minnesota:
From Bemidji to Solway; Solway tC
Bagley over State Road No. 2; Bagley
to Clearbrook, Gonvick and Winsol
over State Road No. 1. From WinsOl
over Red Lake trail which is on an
old lake beach through Gully and
Trail by Oklee to Lambert township
thence over State Road No. 2 of Red
Lake County to Red Lake Falls;
thence north over State Road No. 3
to connection with State Road No
1 of Pennington county and over it
through St. Hilaire to Thief River
Falls; thence west over State Road
No. 3 to old Pembina trail which is
now a judicial state highway; north
on said highway to Karlstad on south
line of Kittson county; thence west
and north through Hallock by way
of Donaldson and Kennedy over state
roads or north and west through Hal
ma, as may later be determined; ;
thence from Hallock over state road
through Northcote, Humboldt, St.
Vincent to Noyes on international
boundary.
seventy-six delegates from Clear
water, Red Lake, Pennington, Polk
and Beltrami counties agreed to sup
port the route.
The following were named as a
committee to meet with the state
highway commission and discuss the
route: Attorney E. E. Mcdonald Of
Bemdji, Oscar Stenvick of Bagley,
and Fred Farley of Red Lake Falls.
The Northern Minnesota Jefferson
Highway association was made per-
manent organization at the meeting
held yesterday. Daniel Shaw of Thief
River Falls was elected president, E.
NJ. Sathre of Bemidji, secretary, and
NJ. Jenson of Clearbrook, treasurer.
The board of directors is composed
of the following:
Beltrami County-A. E. RakO and
f. S. Lycan of Bemidji.
Polk County-A. Stark of Gully
and Joseph Dahl Of Trail.
Red Lake COunty-Fred Farley OF
Red Lake Falls and A. P. Toupin of
Oklee.
Clearwater County - George T.
Hamre, Gonvick, and M. J. Kolb,
Bagley.
Pennington County-C. l.. Hanson,
Thief River Falls, and A. H. Pitkin,
St. Hilaire
Marshall County-E. M. Wilson,
New Folden, and I. M. Myrbo, Viking.
Kittson County-P. H. Konzen,
Elallock, and C. J. Fossberg, Karl
stad
Six Counties Represented.
The members of the organization
present at the meeting yesterday
were:
Polk County-A. Stark, Malvin
Dahl, Albert Nelson, Joseph Dahl,
Oscar Thor.
Clearwater County-M. J. Kolb,
A. Kaiser, o. G.. Lee, Oscar Stenvick,
A. l.. Gordon, George E. Burnfield,
l.. Jensen, H. Anderson, A. Ander-
son, O. Nelson, M. Owern, o. L. Ham
re, G. T. Hamre.
Red Lake County-W. B. Torger-
son, F.. L. Farley, N. M. Watson, Sam
Hunt, V. N. Higgenbothhn, J. o.
Melby.
Pennington County-A. H. Pitkln,
A. S. Wilson, G. l.. Fellman, Dan
Shaw, c. L. Hansen, J. H. Mckinney
w. w. Pitchard, Math Barren, A. O.
Mccormick, George G.. Johnson.
Beltrami County-A. E. Rako, f.
S. Lycan, Judge G. w. Stanton, r
w. Rhoda, R. l.. Given, George T.
Baker, G. w. Jewett, E. B. Berman
V. NJ Owen, C. A. Thompson, q. A
Huffman, E. H. Denu, F. G. Neumeler
DR.. D. l.. Stanton, T. G. Bailey, >
C. Bailey, O. E. Bailey, E. II. WIN
ter, H. E. Reynolds, Olaf Ongstad' w
P. Dyer, A. P. Ritchie, E. e. McDon'
aid, E. A. Barker, E. M. Satire, N
G. Reynolds, c.: w. Vandersluis, 4
D. Backus, I. Wilson, Charles Com
insky, w. L. Brooks, H. G. Baer, "A
A. Andrews.
Hubbard County-H. w. Gillette
August JarchOw.
H. M. Wells and C. C. Cowsen O.
Grand Forks, N. D., attended TN