The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-04-16

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ming was ATTENDED by nearly fifty
businessmen and boosters for the
city.
The meeting was decided sue
cess, not only from standpoint of
actual accomplishment but as a
''get-to- -gether' meeting The
dinner which was served added to
the pleasure of the occasion and
gave the members the opportunity
to talk. nnnoticed. to his neighbor.
The results from this are inestimat-
able and it is to be hoped that
more Of such meetings will result
from the success Of this one.
Questions Of interest to the men
as boosters for the city were placed
before the meeting and open discus
sion upon them brought out good
opinions and suggestions. The
first was that Of the city streets
Arthur Mitteistaedt as chairman
presided and placed the questions
before the house The proposition
was to get the sentiment Of the
citizens as to whether the city
streets should be graded. crowned.
rolled, graveled and rolled with
final coating of oil to put them in
good condition. The suggestion
was also made to put the approaches
Of the city, at least one mile out.
in good condition 50 that the people
coming into the city would not have
the bad impression of the city that
they now get. A suggestion was
also made to make "drive'
around the city special effort being
made to keep these streets in good
condition which would be around
the outskirts of the city, and mark
ed so that the tourists could follow
| it thru the city. A community
holiday was suggested to work up
this proposition after the city
council had designated the routing.
! These suggestions were embodyed
into two propositions and two COM
mitttees Of five were chosen to act
! upon the matter. They will chart
the city, appoint one or more men
upon each street to circulate
petition to the council to make
these improvements upon the city
| ct 0<~ Tho nn{,%so~
tain a certain number of signers
before it can be placed before the
council L. w. Thirsk Vic Erland-
son Tom Pendregast L. A. Loven
stein and J. B. Wright were chosen
as one committee f. C. Rockwell
Dr.. Cliff. Rev. Calfee, Arthur Pat.
ridg. and Lee Bannister were chos-
en- as the second committee, to
work in connection with the first
committee upon these plans.
A committee Of ten was appoint
ed to work with Rev. FIR. ]. j.
O'Neil throughout the rural dis
trict for subscriptions for the hos
pital which is nearing completion.
About Sc, 900 remains to be raised
for this fund and it is planned to
have two of the committee 60 with
Rev. O'Neil each day in this solicit
alton. Roy Brannon. George Jur.
gems. F. D. Ballet, Earl Owen,
Harry Bailey, Fred Meyers, F. c..
Rockwell. DR.. Cliff, Lee Bannister
and Dr.. Sullivan volunteered upon
this committee.
The question Of roads was next
taken up. Several spoke upon the
general bad condition Of the roads,
saying that they were in poor con-
dition and always would be until
permanent roads were put in. A
campaign Of education Of the value
Of good roads was talked Of. and
ways and means Of doing this were
discussed. The matter was placed
IN the hands Of committee to
thresh out and make recommends.
tions to the next or succeed ing
meeting.
The county Fair brought ont /
great deal Of discussion relative to
the fair last fall and the fair for
the coming fall. Il WAS reported
that . great many Of the premiums
which were to have been paid last
fall for prize winning entries have
not been paid for lack of'funds and
: committee was chosen to look
after this, collect the outstanding
pledges and pay the premiums.
This committee will also confer
with the board Of directors Of the
fair and - wha: plans are being
made Tor the coming year. There
Il no doubt bnt that ! county fair
10 . qaeat advertising feature Tor
the cC1nty and for the city Of MIL