Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-01-12
|BANQUETAND MEETING
HELD BY COMMERCIAL CLUB
LAST SECRETARY
MAKES SUGGESTIONS

MAKES SUGGESTIONS
The Commercial club held it's annual
meeting at the Buckman hotel last
evening, following a dinner for the
members given at $3.50. A number Of
matters pertaining 10 the work of the
club, were taken up and election of
officers was held, but none of the par
tlculars can be given as the meeting
was held after going to press. How
ever, the report Of Secretary r. B.
Millard, which was read at the meet
! ing and which contained many good
suggestions, is published herewith:
''In looking back over the year 1916,
the members of the Commercial club
of Little Falls can point with pride
to the big object set before us to win,
and which is now ours, the designa-
tion, or rather the maintaining of the
original esignation of the Jefferson
Highway. Now that this National
highway runs through our city we
should not forget it.
We should at all times work as a
unit to help build and maintain, not
only the Jefferson Highway, but good
roads throughout the county. The au-
tomobile club of Little Falls has also
worked with us and given freely of
it's funds and equally deserves credit
for the splendid work done in secur-
ing this highway.
Now that new year is upon us it
is up to us to make our plans for, not
only twelve months, but plans that are
broad enough to reach out beyond
1917.
would recommend that:
l. The club should at this time lend
aid to the state wide agitation for
more liberal road laws; in fact, this
club can, if it wishes, take leading
part in good road laws that will soon
be in the making.
2. During 1917 the Jefferson High
way from Darling north for a mile
should be Strengthened, and made to
parallel the track. There is some op-
position to the elbow, from the church
east 80 rods and north 100 rods, being
Strengthened out, as thai would cost
several thousand dollars. We must
not forget that this highway is not
only state road but part of a great
international highway, and is there
fore entitled to consideration above
an ordinary so-called state road.
3. Work little more often with
our county commissioners. They are
business men trying honestly and con-
good administration and square deal
to all parts of it. They get blamed for
many things that are perhaps not just
as they should be. But when we see
a good piece Of work done, tell them
so. They are doing the best they can
with the means at their command and
remember they are rather short Of
funds. The road and bridge fund is
now $7G;G00.00 over-draw11. 4-~s-sss@s:-s.:.-s
4. The Royalton bridge.
5. Gravelling OF the Jefferson
Highway from Royalton 10 Little
Falls.
6. Finishing of state highway from
Swanville through Little Falls to the
east side Of the county.
Z. Lars Talberg, Morrison county
good road builder, of Ramey, wants to
| work in his own county. For the past
four years he has been the big road
builder for Benton county. He made
la tentative proposition to work for
| Morrison, furnish four men besides
himself and 12 horses for road work
at $4,000 per day for the season. He
| states that he built 81 miles of road
,, in 1915 in Benton county in $50 days.
He states that he builds from 80 to
IS miles of road with his outfit each
summer. He built the stretch Of JET
ferson Highway from Royalton to
Rice this summer, miles, at cost
I Of $1,2O0.00. He claims that he can
do as much work with his outfit as a
tractor. Would it be good plan for
Morrison to have him? If so, let us
take it up with our county board and
| with our engineer.
8. We should have business men 8
lunch one noon each week to talk over
projects that will lead to the better
ment Of our county and city.
9. The paving of Broadway from
Second street west to Third street
east.
10. The completion Of the dancing
pavilion at the park this spring.
II. The budget system of raising
funds for our business and civic or
CARNATIONS. Let a committee find out
approximately how mucn money is
spent in our city yearly along these
lines. Make fair assessment and
collect yearly or semi-annually.
IL. Hide the dump with heavy
growth of willows or some quick grow
ing shrub. A place to dump refuse is
desirable, but we don It like to bring
visitors into our city through our back
yard junk pile.
13. A first class hotel to take care
of the increase in numbers of the trav-
cling public. And especially during
the spring, summer and fall the trav-
ell on the Jefferson Highway will as
sumo such proportions that our hotels
cannot accommodate them. Even now
the hotels are nightly turning guests
away. What will it be during the COM
ing summer when people begin to come
in from the south by the hundredss