The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-12-20
Object Of Today's Sessions o
Delegates From Towns
Hereab0uts
Hammond and Pershing Way
Are Organized BY These
Enthusiasts
Session of the Commercial Club
Has Been Called For This
Evening

ORGANIZING or important new HiSH
ways occupied the attention of Man
kato business men today, and many
representatives from surrounding
towns, who had been invited to
general conference by the Mankato
Commercial club, were in the city to
attend the organization meetings.
From ten o'clock this morning
until noon a we'll attended and inter-
esting meeting was held, the subject
being to organize the Harmon High
way from Redwing to Mankato and
Worthington. At Worthington the
road will connect with the main road
to Sious Falls, S. d. From Mankato
to Worthington it will be part of the
big trunk line system announced this
week. By organizing the road to Red :
wing it is hoped to bring enough
pressure to bear to have that a part
of the trunk line.
Six thousand miles of road in Min
nesota will be put in good shape in
the near future by the Minnesota
state highway commission, and this
newly organized road will be an i'm
portant part of the whole. 1t con-
meets with the Jefferson Highway and
the National Parks highway at Red
wing, and will make the best trail
possible to the given points.
The Pershing Way.
At two o'clock this afternoon a
meeting was held to organize the
Mason City and Detroit division of
the Pershing Way. This route will
be organized before spring and will
be marked on all road maps. Among
the important places through which it
passes are Winnipeg. Can. Crooks
ton, Alexandria, Litchfield, Mankato,
Lake Mills. Mason City, Waterloo,
Belle PLANE, Ia; Fairfield, Burning
ham, Mount Pleasant, Keokuh, Ham
ilton, ILL.,, Quincy, Barry, Alton, st.
Louis to New Orleans. From ST.
Louis to New Orleans the road will
pass over what has been known as
the Kings Way" which will be
changed to "Pershing's Way" This
route is 367 miles shorter from Win
nepeg to New Orleans than the JEFF
ferson Highway, and the population
on either side for radius of twenty
five miles is five times as great as
the population for the same radius
on either side of the Jefferson High
way.
In Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois the
highway will follow the official trunk
line system, it being the natural short
cut route connecting Winnipeg and
New Orleans. The first week in jan
uary the Detroit and Winnipeg divi-
sion will be organized at Crookston,
and divisions of the road will be or
gained every week, ending with the
final divisions, the ST. Louis and New
Orleans division to be organized at
an annual meeting of the Kings
highway commission at Memphis,
Tenn. the second week in February.
The final meeting will be held at
Mason City, Ia, or at Quincy, ILL.,,
about March 1. The trail will be
marked before spring, and will also
be marked on all maps and road
guides.
Dr.. Cook to Be Present.
A. E. Nissen, representing the Auto
Trails department of Rand McNally
& Co., Chicago, ILL.,. will speak at the
meeting to be held this evening, his
subject to be Get Together-Get To-
gether." Dr. Frederick A. Cook, dis
coverer of the North Pole, who is
now manager of a large sheep rails
ing concern for Minnesota and South
Dakota, is expected to be present
and will tell of his plans. R. P. Eel
ton, secretary of the Minnesota Rec
lamation league and also secretary
of the All Minneapolis Good Roads
Council, is expected to be present.
Mr.. Nissen will explain in detail the
plan for the Improvement of Mime
sofa roads, and will give an account
OF the greatest Good Road Congress
IN the world, which was held at Chi
cago last week. He attended every
session of this congress, and took
notes on all meetings
Tomorrow afternoon at Albert Lea
MI Nissen and John d. Deets of this
city, who is representative of the
Rand Mentally company for Mime
sofa, will organize the Southern Min.
nesota airline from Lacrosse to
Sioux Falls. The following day AT
Sioux Falls, they will deliver the
principal addressesAt a good roads
meeting, the program having been
arranged by the county highway com.
mission of the state.