The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-05-16
ARE WE TO GET THAT GOOD
ROAD?


White River last Saturday was not as
we'll attended, as the promoters could
reasonably have expected, but the
rain that day, no doubt, accounts for
| the small attendance to some extent
We, ourselves, had planned to attend
this meeting, but finally OH account
OF press of other business and the
weather, were compelled to forego the
! meeting. However, it is said that
t5ose in attendance were quite en-.
thusiastic over the project. The new
grader Is wonderful machine and
does good work. AS near as we can
| get at the facts the situation is about
as follows: The county has bought a
new and up to date tractor and grader
at cost of something like $1,000,
The State Highway Commission has
offered to donate $4,000 towards the
building CT the proposed cross county
road, provided Mellette county will
put up $4,000 for the same purpose
and build the road this year. As
near a: we can learn the county in it's
present financial condition, can only
expend approximately $1,000 on this
proposed road this year, and in order
to take advantage of the State High
way Commissions very liberal offer,
we will have to make up the defcien
cy, which is something like $4,000.
The road across the county from east
to west, is about 60 miles long, and it
is estimated that it can be graded
with this new machine and put H.
good shape for approximately $4,000
| The Mellette County Good Roads AS
sociation proposes to raise this de6cen
cy by popular subscription, and so
licitors are ont canvessing the county
this week with that object in' view,
ar3 they are to make their report at
a meeting to be held in White River
to morrow. Everyone is asked to con
Tribute. Subscriptions of $40 and
under are to be paid in cash, sub
scrirtions oyer that amount, note
plan is provided, whore the subscrih
er gives non interest bearing note,
payable when the road is completed
and accepted by the County Com
missioners, through the particular
township in which you reside Or the
township abutting the same. If the
road is not completed throught tie
township specified, the note becomes
null and void. The plan is good
lone,:and about the only objection il
that we cannot reach the non resident
land owner who will reap just as
|mucho reward in the raise 10 the
values of his land on account of the
building of this road as do the sturd y
pioneers, who are enduring hardships
and paying excessive overland freight
charges, and developing this county
and making it what it is today. We
have not heard what success the SO
icitoUs are meeting with, but some
how we woul1 like to see this road
built. it may be little har- to raise
ltbis amount OF money bv popular sub
|scription among the residents of this
lcounty, but good graded road
Iefoss the county, and kept in condi
ition after it is graded will be worth
aany times its actual cost. Wouldn't
lh De a good thing if the non resident
Hand owner would kick in say, about
twenty five bucks for every quarter Of
band he owns 10 this county on this
booster project! Well here's hopeing
there are few real "thoroughbreds'
among them, and that the Good Roads
Association and Mellette county will
be able to go over the top in this en-
terprise.
VIM. Fredricksen of Rosebu,!. Va
lley took four OF the finest looking fat