Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-03-25

tirely wrong and the board of directors
were instructed to make thorough in
.vestigation of the matter and submit a
correct report to Mr.. Nelson. A check
Of 800 for five memberships accompan-
led the letter.
August Christensen, secretary, read
his annual report, in which he e>reviewed
activities Of the organization. since its
inception and made suggestions for. fu-
ture work. He stated that while it is
sometimes hard to point to actual finan-
cial gain or benefit to the community
from such an organization the last year
proved very successful, a number of
projects having been put across and ac-
stual results obtained, such as getting
the streets of the business section
paved; being instrumental in getting a
county exhibit at the state fair which
captured the first prize; boosting for
a revised charter for the city, which
was adopted; conducted valuable socia-
bility tours in conjunction with the
Automobile Club; brought several good
good conventions to this city; instru-
mental in organization of Morrison
County Memorial Association, the OBJ
ject Of which is. to provide a suitable
memorial to those who served in the
World War; securing two new indus
tries, the Little Falls Paper Products
Company and the Itasca Paper Com
pany; bringing about an improvement
in the system of county road building,
etc. Principal among the matters for
future consideration, he said in his re-
port, is the housing situation, which is
quite serious here. He suggested organi-
zation of building loan associations to
promote home building.
Mr.. Christensen also gave a-summar- a
lied report Of receipts and disburse-
ments for the year. The report showed
a balance on hand the first of the fiscal
year Of $560.72, receipts of $3,69704,
disbursements Of $3,296.19 and bal
ance on hand at the time Of the meet
ing of $961.57. A detailed statement
is to be published later.
Kaliher, went on record as favoring sys-
tematic reforestation of the northern
part of Minnesota, and the secretary
was instructed to advise the state for.
estry board to this effect.
Geo. Kiewel, good roads advocate,
suggested that in view Of the fact that
good roads is the paramount issue Of to-
day and that Little Falls is located on
one of the biggest roads in the state,
the Jefferson Highway, the organization
see that this county gets all the road
work that it can this year in order to
get the tourist traffic.
j. E. Viner, district engineer for this
county, was present and he stated that
it is the intention Of his department to
grade the state road from Royalton,
along the new route east of the N. p.
right -of-way, this summer, but that no
paving will be done on that stretch
for at least another year. He said that
the road to Motley would be regarded
this summer. He expressed the belief
that the Jefferson Highway would be
paved up as far as st. Cloud this sum.
mer.
i. b. Millard and J. K. Martin told
the members about the public meeting
held in st. Paul recently at the instance
of Senator McGarry, to voice the senti-
ment Of the people regarding the admin
istration Of the road fund under Amend
ment No. I. They stated that the meet,
ing was called on 48 hours notice BY
McGarrU and that had not the people
throughout the state been tipped Oh
about the affair, it would have been de-
cidedly one-sided. At that, they said,
the friend9 Of the "3 to z man commits,
sion,' plan had the floor at the hearing
for three hours while the friends Of the
6ne.man commission plan were given
but thirty ninnte 20 present THAR side.
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