The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-26
MARKING THE Highway
HAMMOND ROAD WILL
BE WELL SIGNED
None Too Soon To Drag Rough
Spots; What Commercial
Clubs Are Doing

The Hammond highway, which
passes through Mankato going east
and west, is to be marked its entire
length before June l. The stencils
have been received and forwarded to
:! the directors, who are to arrange To-
cally for the painting of their respec-
! tive sections. Each director has a
set of the painting specification SO the
| work will be uniform. The emblem
| which is in red and white, will be
quite attractive.
1t is not too soon to begin dragging
! the roads If they are kept well
dragged until after the frost has gone
out of the ground that will be in pref
| ty fair shape all the spring. This is
an important time. The cutters should
be kept open and culverts free, so as
TO take care of the drainage. Lack
of attention during the next few
weeks will mean big loss on the up
keep of the roads the coming season.
An effort has been started by the
ST. Paul association to secure uniform
laws and ordinances regulating auto
mobile traffic In the different cities
of this state and of the nation at
large. Motorists are not confined to
flicting regulations interfere with the
full development of motor traffic.
The Chicago Automobile. club jour
nal says that cracks in concrete roads
may be avoided by the employment
of triangle mesh steel reinforcing. Es-
pecially is this necessary in such states
as Illinois, Minnesota and the Dako-
tas where the heavy soil makes it
more necessary to guard against the
effects of frost.
Whether the Pershing Way or the
Jefferson highway is the best route
from Winnipeg to New Orleans is to
be ascertained by big competitive
run between these points next fall,
according to suggestions that have
been made. 1t is not to be race,
but parties will start out of Winnipeg
on both routes, 10 be augmented bp
motorists along the way, the points to
consist, probably of the number OF
people participating, the total miles
travelled by them. the number of
meetings held, and the condition and
rractiCability of the road as shown in
gasoline consumption and condition of
the cars. -........ ...r ...~....
In order to increase the resources
of the st. Paul association, the board
of directors and past presidents OF
the organization have adopted a res
olution requesting every member to
increase the amount of his payments
the coming year one third, with the
understanding that at the end of the
year there will be such readjustment
as the business conditions justify. II
is also planned to increase the mem.
bership to 5000.
The American City bureau last year
assisted Dunkirk, N. Y, to organize
new chamber of commerce. The
campaign was organized to secure
coo memberships, but before it got
, through nearly 1000 were secured.
-Four years ago the same bureau put
on campaign at Tonawandas, n. Y,
and secured nearly 700 members. Two
lyears ago the town put on little
campaign of its own and secured
enough new members to replace all
those who had dropped out and to
bring the total to S26. Last year the
original memberships expired, but the
organization put on campaign of its
own and brought the membership up
to about 900 Both these cities have
about $4,000 population.