The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-12-19
Farmers Are Doing Well On
Several Highways
HELP OF KA7O'S CLUBS
Crawling Is Being Done; Cree :
table Move BY Men Outside
The City

Farmers living on several OF the
! ROADS leading cut OF dankato are
taking quite an interest IN seeing that
| their highways are put i'll better cen
dition Tor travel next year than they
! were tins year, and are having graz
| cling done. Mankato Township If
| Gas lng the Pohi road graveled from
| ls city limits 10 near TIE Whlte
school house. Ii is understood that
farmers living further on expect to
do some grayeling between utere ana
| the Kennedy bridge. The ether side
OF the Kennedy bridge the farmers
are leading IN movement for the
graveling Of The read east from the
church at the top OF the hill toward
ST Clair. The county board las gwen
them s175 and Mankato and Dccoria
townships has each given 500, ana
the farmers have donated some work.
and yesterday delegation headed
by Ncssrs. Bowe and Kruse called on
The Commercial and Automobile
clubs for assistance, and each OF these
clubs appropriated $50. ~ good deal
az graveling has already been done,
and the work will go right on. The
rad had previously been graded, so
il is expected to be much DetteT
road after this. While the 20. Cialr
road Is being graded into st. Clair
rext year. il is thought that travel
will go Via Kennedy bridge.
Where Farmers Are Crawling.
The farmers On the Poor Farm road
are grayeiing a long stretch OF tnat
road. from the city limits through the
hills They have already put on
about $50 yards, with assistance IRON
the township. and yesterday {. Ban .
ard called on the Commercial ana
Automobile clubs for assistance ana
was promised not less tiian 3loo 10
helm gravel the last of the hills. me
GRADING Of this road was done year
ago. when il was Strengthened ana Il
new culvert built near the city Inn
it's. The farmers on this road, win
few exceptions, have made a splendid
cash donation.
Farmers On the road leading nortii
from Waters have been g.aVeilhs
tlrat road. and have sought assistance
from the Commercial and Auiomo-
bile clubs and have been promised II.
The Lime town beard will hop. anu
the farmers are donating.
Mankato Clubs Are Helping.
The two Mankato clubs are also
beIping on other roads. II the farm
crs ON other than state roads. when
lead into Mankato, are deslfous OIL
improying their roads and viii take
the lead and do some of the Worn
free as their part of the donation
and will get what assistance they
can from The township and county
he Commercial and Aut2moRslle.- cups
will be glad to rent.cs-rs. s-A--aHne az
sisfanee. let the good work go on.
The roads need lettering, anu now
10 the time 10 get the gravel on,
while the farmers have time and The
hauling is good. Go to H. Don't. De
afraid TO cone to .Mankato ana ASH
for n little help from the good roads
committees of The business orsanlza-
tions il your proposition is meritor
ious,
Tho county is pushing the Gravel
ing Of the Madison Lake road, where
light coasting is being put on, Dy
The aid of The three new governments
auto trucks. The St Clair ROAD IS
also being grayeled by the county
the gravel here being hauled by PRIV
ate auto trucks.