The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-05-03
Will INVESTIGATE
Community idea
COMMERCIAL CLUB PLANNING
TO EXPAND SPHERE OF
Usefulness.
BETTER.HIGHWAYS DISCUSSED
STREET OILING TO BE RECON-
MENDED TO CITY-LUNCH-
EON AND CIGARS.

The regular meeting of the Sank
Centre Commercial club Thursday
evening Of last week was the most
largely attended gathering of this live
wire organization many moons, fully
100 being on hand when the meeting
was called to order.
A. J. DuBeau, chairman Of the COM
mittee appointed to raise funds for
the Red Trail, stated that he had col
lected $73 for this purpose, and that
Mr.. Meigs had been sent check for
$50 as promised by the Commercial
Club for this year. Hereafter the club
will be expected to contribute $25 an
nually for the maintenance. Of the trail
which, by the way, is the most widely
traversed automobile route in the
country, running from Boston, Mass,
to the Pacific coast. The club had also
expended $33 for picture slides show
ing interesting scenes about Sank Cen
tire. AS there was balance turned
into the Club treasury remaining from
the receipts of the Buttermakers' Con-
vention in February, the amount rails
ed by the mayor cleaned up the matter
nicely.
At a previous meeting of the club,
L. L. Kells, c R. Gray ad Oscar
Klonne were appointed upon COM
mittee to investigate the proposition
of extending the membership and use
fitness of the club along community
lines. Mr.. Kells and Mr.. Gray re-
ported that they had investigated the
matter to some extent and suggested
that banquet be arranged later -ano
that suitable speakers be secured to
address this bnquet as to the benefits
to be derived from the community club
idea. President Wallace continued
Messrs. Kells, Gray and Klonne to in
vestigate and make arrangements for
the speaker and banquet at date
to be arranged to the best advantage.
The proposition of tire company
to furnish free signs for the highways
indicating the distance to Sank Centre
was accepted and George O'Gara was
appointed a committee Of one to Sc
cure the signs and see that they were
posted.
The county commissioners of Stearns
county are endeavoring to arrive at
the most satisfactory manner of i'm
proving that bad piece of highway be-
tween Albany and Freeport. After
considerable discussion the club voted
to recommend othe commissioners
that the proposed highway running
parallel with the Great Northern
track be designated as a state road.
The change would lessen the distance
between Sank Centre and ST. Cloud
and the new highway has roadmaklng
material which would insure salts
factory highway when going was pas
sable anywhere.
It is the intention of the commits
sioners to make the road from st.
Cloud to Sank Centre, clear across
Stearns county, a trunk line highway.
This route comprises part OF the re-
Gently designated Minnesota Scenic
Highway and will be one Of the most
popular routes in the Northwest.
There is some opposition to the pro-
posed change by Albany residents
while the Commercial Club at Free
port are bending every effort to have
the road Strengthened. The secretary
was instructed to inform Chairman
Lair of the county commissioners OF
the Commercial Clubs action.
In this same connection it was vot-
ed to have the Red Trail authorities
notify those interested in the road be-
tween Freeport and Albany that I'M
less steps were taken at once to put
this piece of road in passable con-
dition, that the Red Trail will be
changed to run via New Munich.
It was expected that an expert
would attend this meeting and ex-
plain in detail the advantage OF oillng
the streets of Sank Centre. The after
noon of the meeting Secretary Conk-
lin received word that it would be I'M
possible to send a man for the meet
ing. A number of the laymen dis
cnssed the matter informally, but all
had limited knowledge OF the ques..
ton. The sentiment of the meeting
appeared to be in favor Of oiling If It
would do one half what is claimed for
it. It is matter of record, however,
that over 40 more cities in Minnesota
are successfully using oil on their
streets this year than ever before.
Alexandra has recently purchased a
~noc;allv e0uinned machine for street