Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-04-04
AUTOMOBILE Club
HOLDS BANQUET

uULDO DANVUEl
Farmers and Business Men Gather
at Festive Board to Discuss
Scenic Highway Plans and Boost
For Good Roads.
On Saturday evening about 40
farmers and business men gathered
at a banquet as guests of the War
rem Automobile Club. After the
dinner, cigars were passed and then
followed a business and social ses-
sion that was rouser for enthusi-
asm from start to finish.
DR.. Wattam Presides.
AS President of the Automobile
Club. it devolved on DR.. Wattam to
act as postmaster. He opened the
program by outlining the work done
by the Club and it's committees dur
ing the past year. He then called
on several Of the Club members and
guests to discuss matters Of special
interest and the progress of the
"good roads" movement in this vi
cinity.
w. o. Braggans gave an extensive
talk on the condition of our country
roads, as viewed by one who uses
them altogether for pleasure His
remarks dealt with certain pieces
of road that he has travelled ever
many times during the past year
because they were kept in splendid
condition. He laid particular en-
phasis on the need for making the
little repairs that are nearly always
NEGLECTED but make the difference
between a good road and bad road
for the man who is travelling over
them FOR business or pleasure. The
stone; carelessly left in the roadway,
the broken culvert, the unsafe
bridge and the washout >overgrown
with weeds were some of the minor
features Of road repair, that in his
opinion, deserves and should receive
more attention from our road build
ers in the near future if our coun-
try roads are to meet the require
ments of the average driver of an
automobile. He also called attention
to the need Of building continuous
roads trunk lines that lead some
: where xinstead Of disconnected links
sthai were constructed for the 4ene-
fit Of an Individual along the boun-
diaries Of his property or farm. If
you want the traffic, you must first
build the road to carry it.
MI. Braggans was followed by Mr..
Oswald Lind, the Engineer, who
gave short talk on state roads.
According to his statement, there
are about 267 miles Of state roads
now in Marshall county big mile
age to maintain and keep in repair
with the small amount Of money
available for that purpose. Mr..
Lind further stated that the best
results in road building can only be
secured where there is intelligent
cooperation between townships,
county and state. in fact, between
all Of the agencies that assist in
! supporting and contributing to our
road funds.
Mathwig on Scenic Highway.
{ Mr. Mathwig was then called upon
for a talk on the Minnesota Scenic
Highway. This feature of the pro-
gram was to be handled by Mr.. ].
j. Olson, who was absent from the
city but expected to return in time
for the banquet. Mr.. Mathwig gave
a brief history Of the Scenic High
way and how the plans originated.
He explained and gave an outline
Of the route starting from st. Paul,
then running north on the east side
of the Mississippi river to Brainard,
thence to Cass Lake, Walker and In
ternational Falls. Then along the
Rainy river west to Baudette, War
road and Roseau, then south
through the Red River Valley
through Stephen, Argyle and War
rem and other valley towns to Moor
head. Then east to Detroit and then
through the "Park Region" of Min
Enesota in a southerly direction back
to the Twin Cities. The importance
Of the Scenic Highway to northern
Minnesota cannot be fully appreciat-
ed at this time. It will require sew
eral years to construct this great
i highway but when it is fully com.
4 pleted, we expect that it will carry
a tremendous tourist traffic for six
months each year. The financial
benefits that will accrue to the
towns and cities along its route will
J. be enormous. Northern Minnesota
has the big mines, virgin forests
iah,1ndrods nf hea,1tifi1l lakes raanx