The Mankato free press., 1918-07-12
HELP FOR ST. CLAIR
ROAD WAS SOUGHT
Clubs in Mankato Are Asked
to Give Cash Aid
REPAIR B. AND Y. TRAIL
Several Other Highway Projects
Are Discussed by Local
Organizations
REPAIR B. AND Y. TRAIL
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily,
The good roads committees of the
Commercial and Automobile clubs
held a joint meeting a day or so ago,
attended by G. H. Hubmer, Henry
Thielman, Simon Schultz and R. W.
Shostag of st. Clair and County Com
missioner Matn. Sanger. The st.
Clair delegation desired that a part
of the money that is to be spent in
improving the st. Clair road be spent
east of the TivoG. bridge. They said
that the road this side of the bridge
is in very fair condition, while a
mile and half just beyond the
bridge is very much in need of grad
ing and graveling. The committee
members and Mr.. Sanger all felt the
same way, and it was decided to ap-
point a committee to accompany the
ST. Clair gentlemen before the coun-
ty board next week and see what can
be done. The only question seems
to be that the state highway COM
mission desires that improvements
be begun at one end and carried
through to the other. If this obsta-
Gle can be gotten around, probably
section of the road beyond the bridge
can be completed this year. The
county expects to expend about $10,-
900 on this work this year, and COM
plete it to st. Clair next year.
| Everybody will be glad to know
that the portion of the Black and
Yellow trail east from the BUskey
corner on the Madison Lake road to
| the county line, on the Janesville
road, is to be reshaped and gravcled
this year. The state highway COM
mission has insisted upon this being
done. Some good gravel has been
| found near by. This trail is also
being graveled in Waseca county and
on the mile and a half of county
road. This will complete this trail
clear across the state, as it has al
ready been completed across South
Dakota, and will make the longest
and best continuous road in Mime
sofa.
The following are The new officers
of the Sioux Indian Historical Trail
association, chosen at the annual
meeting at Granite Falls: President,
John J. Mooney, Granite Falls; vice
/ president, Frank Hopkins, Fairfax
secretary treasurer, A. P. Winter,
Granite Falls; directors, P. G.. ia
/ cobson of Madison, H. M. Aune of
Redwood Falls, G.. L. Hardy of Echo,
A. B. Kaercher of Ortonville, Alex
Russell for Nicollet county, Philip
[ J,eisch of New Him r. f. Soaring of
Mankato, Van Gordon of Brown S
Valley. and Carl o. Erikson of Wat
son. 1t has been decided to employ
a competent trail marker and mark
the entire trail, each county to pay
its proportion of the cost The trail
is to be logged, from Fort Smelling
20 Breckenridge, via Traverse des
Sioux, Mankato, New Ulm, Fort
Ridgely, Birch Coulee, Redwood
Falls, and Browns Valley.
1 Senator p. H. McGarry of Walker
president of the Ten Thousand Lakes
of Minnesota association, writes as
follows to Secretary Soaring: 81
am in receipt of your favor of the
2Sth enclosing strip maps leading in
to this northern section of the state
l desire to congratulate you on your
enterprise and thoughtfulness. 1t is
little matters like this that give the
tourist living outside the state to un-
= derstand Minnesota is awake. | have
placed your strip maps where the
tourists can help themselves. Will
call for more soon, as your shipment
will not last very long,"