The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-10-21
NORTH COUNTRY
SHY ON VOTES.
1922 MISSISSIPPI VALE Y
HIGHWAY CONVENTION
GOES TO ALTON, ILL.

| Delegates Ayres and White have
returned from Meridian, Miss.
where they had attended the an.
nual meeting of the Mississippi
Valley Highway Association. Not.
withstanding that the delegates had
attracted much attention to this
section of the country and were
promised visit to "The Play.
ground of Nation" by practically
all the delegates present, the ILL
nois people were there in force
and voted the Convention for next
year to Alton, Ill.
1t was conceded early in the
game that Illinois would cop the
meeting, this state being repre-
scented by more delegates than all
other states combined. The only
delegates from Minnesota were
those of this city.
The Superior National Forest
attracted much attention in the
south and many were the re-
quests received for information re-
garding this nationally renowned
outing spot. The resolutions COM
mittee took cognizance of the For
est by embodying a section relat-
ing thereto into the resolutions
unanimously adopted as follows:
"That special efforts be made
toward securing proper mainten-
ance of highways during their
building and afterward; that the
roadway be marked, that a bridge
be built at Cairo to take the
place of the present ferry. that a
bridge be also built at Mobile, that
the government build highway
through the Superior National For
est from Ely, MIMI, to Grand
Marais"
The Meridian Star in speaking
of the convention paid our dele
gates many compliments among
which the Star said:
1.-TWO of the most interesting
delegates to the Highway conven-
ton are Messrs. H. E. White and
George T. Ayres of Ely, who
made the trip from that city at
the extreme north end of the high
way to Meridian in an automobile,
a distance of two thousand miles
or more. They did not show any
the worse for wear this morning
when they were called to the plat
form by Cliff Williams who as
sumed the chair after the address
of welcome by Governor Russell.
ely, Mimi, is asking for the
1922 convention of the Mississippi
Valley Highway.
ELY, the northern terminus of
the highway is the gateway to the
Superior National Forest, now gen
orally known as the playground
of the Nation"
"At the time the convention
would be held in the north, about
the middle of September, the sum-
mer resort places would be avail
able for entertainment, and Ely
has ample convention hall facilities.
There will be plenty of auto
mobiles at the disposal of the
delegates who come by train, Ely
men say.
''In the public roads bill that
has already passed the United
States senate there is provision for
ST. 100000 for roads through ma
tional forests To a certain extent,
the disposition of this fund will be
left to the forest service. The
convention at Ely, delegates say,
indicate that people from all over
the, United States are interested
in this great playground, and will
help to secure a part of this an
preparation to open up this place
and enjoy themselves"
In speaking of the banquet had
and the speakers and their address
ses the Star says:
"Dr. George T. Ayres, of Ely,
Minnesota, one of the two gentle
men from the northern termini Of
the Mississippi Valley Highway,
1000 miles away, who made the
entire trip by automobile, was the
next speaker. He said it was his
first visit to the south and he had
been delighted and impressed with
what he had seen and with those
he had met. He told of the mixed
races of his home locality and hint
ed that they had an Americaniza-
ton problem there all their own.
He said he was going to visit
New Orleans before returning north
and he hoped to have an oppor-
tunity to welcome the southern
people to Ely, Mimi, at no very
distant date.
Hon. H. E. White of Ely. Mimi,
brought to the attention of the
convention the desire OF his Sec
ton that the government build a
good road through the Superior
National Forest and was loudly
applauded. He told of the beauty
of this section, of the number of
tourists already going there and
the encouragement for more if a
government highway were built"
BE Sure Abo.,t s&h. T;.I.