Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-21

Importance of the building of this road.
we pledge our support and cooperation
and herewith instruct our secretary to
petition the national park service to
designate this road, known as Logan
pass road, as part of Y-G Bee line sys-
TEN.
I'VE commend the active co-opera-
ton of Montana's state highway COM
mission in their cooperation with the
counties along the Y-G Bee line. which
has resulted in the building of greater
mileage of better highways.
"The Blackfoot Indian agency.
through private funds of Indians, has
appropriated $4,000 for construction
of road from Browning to Badger
Greek bridge, distance of - miles,
and a part of the Y-G Bee line. As
there is yet to be built about Is miles
to complete the Birch Creek road, of
which the road from Browning to Bad
ger Creek bridge is part, we urge that
officers of our association lend their
support in aid Of the completion of the
building of this road and that the In
dian agency at Browning be advised
of our desires.
Cooperation Urged.
1--WE pledge our support to the ma
tional park to-park highway, and COM
mend the national park service through
Mr.. Mather, superintendent of Yellow
stone and Glacier parks service, the
forestry service and the Indian agency
for their valuable assistance in adver-
tising the road building of this high
way.
1--WE recommend to officers of our as
sociation that plans be made to brine
about close cooperation with all high
way associations of similar nature in
the state of Montana, with the purpose
in view of securing more and better
road construction on all the important
highways throughout the Treasure
state. 1t is important that officers
of our association be given authority TO
make such expenditures during the
next year that will be presented by the
ways and means committee:
I'VE therefore, recommend that the
president, secretary and chairman OF
the ways and means committee COM
prise an executive board and be en-
powered to act as they deem necessary
in the expending of such funds.
"We instruct the officers of this as
sociation to urge upon the county COM
missioners of Cascade county the i'm
portance of constructing that portion of
the road between Monarch and Ar
mington as soon as possible, thereby
completing the Y-G Bee line highway
throughout Cascade county.
Whereas, it has been brought to the
attention of this convention that the
state game and fish commission has
before it proposal for establishment
of a state game farm at Emigrant, in
the state of Montana.
lndorse Game Farm.
'"Therefore be it resolved that the
Y-G Bee Line association, in conven-
ton assembled, hereby endorses said
proposal and recommends to the state
game and fish commission that tthe
game farm, as proposed, be established
at Emigrant.
Whereas, it also has been repre-
sented to this convention that GER
tain part Of the Y-G Bee line between
Gardiner and Livingston, being the
logical entrance of Yellowstone Ma
tional parks of more than usual i'm
portance to the YG Bee line highway
and travelling public between Yellow
stone and Glacier national parks. as
we'll as all other points in United
States leading from Yellowstone park,
and
Whereas, that particular stretch of
highway is, on account of its location
and character of soil, very difficult of
construction and maintenance, and
Whereas, this road is made use of
by hundreds of automobiles during the
year, the greater per centage of which |
being cars owned and operated by the |
citizens of the United States outside |
of the state of Montana for the pur- |
pose of touring our national parks, be
it,
Resolved, that the Y. G. b. Line
association direct it's officers and di- !
rectors to use their best efforts toward |
securing federal road construction |
along that stretch of its highway ex-
tending from Gardiner to Livingston" |
W. III. George is director of the as |
sociation for Cascade county for next |
year. Officers for the coming year
were elected as follows: President |
Scott Leavitt, Great Falls; first vice |
president, A. v. Gibson, Kalispell: Sec |
ond vice president, d. J. Wheeler,
Ringing; secretary, L. q. Jones, Great |
Falls; treasurer, A. J. Breitenstein. |
Great Falls. Livingston was chosen
as the place of meeting next year. The
closed with q banquet and
dance in the evening.