The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-07-05
FOR NEW
STATE HIGHWAY
BIG RALLYlNG MEETING IN SUP.
PORT OF THE BLACK G. YELLOW
TRAIL AT CITY HALL
ALONG TRAIL WELL REPRESENTED
.Brookings County is to Give Strong
Support and Approval to
Movement.

Friday evening at the assembly hall
in the city hall a meeting was held in
the interests of the Black and Yellow
Trail. Owing to the band concert,
which claimed the attention of most
everybody who was visiting the city
as we'll as those who live here, the
meeting was o called to order until
after nine O'Clock. About one hundred
were present, and included representa-.
tives from Volga, Aurora and Elkton.
Volga was present with two big car
loads of its best citizens, who had
come in answer to a personal invita-
ton of President Roberts and Secre.
tary Phelps, of the Trail Association.
Aurora also was well represented, and
Elkton had just a few present.
The meeting was presided over by
Prof. c. Larsen. of the State College,
who made an opening address explain
ing the object Of the meeting and the
purpose Of the Trail. Between the adj
dresses of the evening Misses Leila
Linn and Joy Morton entertained the
audience with musical numbers. The
first, a piano duet by the two ladies
was "A very happy selection, and later
Miss Linn, with Miss Morton as ac-
companist, delighted them with a
beautiful solo, SO pleasing that an
encore was responded to. AS one of
those present. the Register representa-
tive desires to thank the ladies for
what they did.
The first speaker introduced was z.
j. MCGOWAN, of Minneapolis, who sells
cement and travels all over the roads
of the northwest. Mr.. MCGOWAN GER
tainly did hand it to us for not having
any paving and he further did unmer-
cifully score the road builders who did
not know how to do their work. Some
of the things he said were a little
harsh sounding. but the painful part of
it all was, that they were mostly alas
too true, He closed by telling Of the
! road advocate who lectured with pic
lures and closed with a picture of a
public hanging, and gave it as his
opinion of the right punishment to be
melted out to the road supervisor who
put clods of sod in the middle of the
road. President Tom Roberts, of
Pierre, made a rather brief address on
the matter Of the building Of the trail
and it's permanancy, of how It had
been planned, the country covered
and it's great value to the state. He
told of it's excellent general condition
and the great number of people who
are using it daily. How it brings the
outsider into close touch with our
towns and farms, and shows him the
general development and prosperity
Of South Dakota. He struck the key
note of the situation when he said that
if we are TO become n Of the state
highways and be benefited by state
and federal aid. then We must get
busy and make the Black and Yellow
a highway that is of value as an artery
of traffic. Organization is the only
way to accomplish this and he urged
that Brookings county get together
and do something along this line.
Secretary o. M. Phelps, of Huron,
was the principal speaker of the even
ing and he was loaded with facts and
figures to prove that the trail was Of
service and utility to the state and
each community through which it
passes. He rave his attention entire
ly to the question of organization and
the doing Of something, leaving the
question of road building and road re-
pairing for later consideration. He
showed that the trail is a necessity to
Brookings county, and that We must
Join in making a successful organiza-
ton so that we can have it adopted
as a state highway. Then when it is
so adopted, the new highway commits
sion will consider all plans for up
keep and take care of the maintain
ance of it. Now it is UP to us to have
the trail in such good shape that its
value will be easily recognized and
the state commission feel compelled
to adopt it as one of the state high
ways. He spoke of the plan used In
Beadle county. where the work has
been placed on a scientific basis and
men employed to keep the roads in