The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-01-07
G00D ROADS Meeting
BACKS BETTER ROADS
PASSES RESOLUTION ADVOCATING
Engineer and new SYSTEM
OF BUILDING ROADS

OF BUILDING ROADS
Nearly fifty men, all boosters for
.aco1 ,oad> n the county, met at the
st. Hubert hotel Tuesday noon at the
invitation OF the Milbank Boosters
Association and took steps toward a
Good Road campaign.
Rppe SentatiNe> from all parts OF
the county were present anG many eN-
presSion~ OF opinions were made by
these men. which all were heartily in
favor of the proposition and deter
mined that something was to be done.
Those who We're present are:
LaBot: w. r. Oestreich. A. A. An
tlerSon Louis Johnson.
Milbank: l.. f. Nicholl, j. l.. Manley,
c. Il. MoSiman, Geo JurgenS, Harold
Mittei ,taedt. H. A. Herrick, j. X. An
tlerSon. Geo. S. RiN, X. j. Brannon, K.
J. Jacquot, Chas. II. Jacpuot. A. +.
Ioclhart j. G. Cahill. l.. Lovenstein,
Il +, Manchester. X. ID. Jones, John
Hellernan, Dave Trapp, A. l.. Nelson.
$. Seldom.
nerilio: A NJ Enelund, L. +. En-
@tene&S. Oliver Storlie.
Twin Brooks: Robert Schultz, Frank
Seycke, Frank Seiveke, Enoch Lind
uuiSt, lrvin Kruger,
Stlandbure: Rev. Rydpuist, c. r..
Berouist
.Nlhee: c. A. Sem, Gilbert Enge-
bret son.
Stockholm: r. A. i.indquist, Conrad
$. johnson.
Falmngton: Andrew Melander.
Summit: Frank Fransen
Marvin: Sam Mattson, h. A. Wright
Troy: G. w. Nilbrandt.
Madison. Twp: John Nord.
After great amount of discussion
the following resolution was drawn up,
read and Approved by those present.
Resolution
BE 1t Resolved. That it is the con-
census of opinion of those present at
this meeting consisting of representa-
tiveS of the various communities of
Grant county. that the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners employ graduate
Civil Engineer qualified and appointed
as a Deputy State Surveyor, as a
County Road Engineer, and that the
Commissioners require him to make
the surveys and reports required Of
his Office BY law
John Heifernan
Dave Trapp
Conrad Johnson
G. NJ. Engebretson
Robert d. Jones,
Committee.
A committee of seven men from the
county We're ordered appointed to
look into every phase of the good road
proposition. not only here in the state
but IN other states and oct a cam
paipn outlined which could be followed
out 10y the boosters This committee
will gather all the data, such as costs
OF al kinds Of roads, cost of main
tainence. where the county roads
should be built first, bridge construc-
tion and methods of raising the mon
ey to carry out the plans outlined. An
expression in favor Of bond issue for
the building of roads was discussed.
"We could have good roads now, our
sons could have good roads when they
take our places and our grandsons in
their turn" said George Rix. speaking
in favor of this method of raising
money.
'We will have the use of the roads
and pay our share, and our sons will
pay their share, which is no more
than fair, is it? Some people object
to the word bond, but it is nothing
more than promisary note by the
people of Grant county to pay GER
tain sum of money at certain times
and there is nothing in it but what
every businessman or farmer does at
one time or another, that is, to borrow
money on a promisory note And we
will spend NO MORE MONEY EACH
WEAR for the interest and payments
on this bond than we are now doing
for the building of few miles of road
and maintaining them. Every year
at the end of twenty years. If we go on
the same way as we are doing, we will
have spent the same amount of money
and WILL HAVE NO ROADS to
show for it. Our sons will have to
pay out more money to build roads,
just as we are doing. But if we pass
bond issue and build complete sys-
TEN of roads in the county NOW, we
will have the use of them all of those
twenty years and WE WILL HAVE
ROADS TO GIVE TO OUR SONS.
They will not have to build them
EVERY one of you men go out to
your part of the county and talk good
roads, tell your neighbors and friends