The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1921-01-06

linquish his Office in favor Of another
man, as he has been in the chair for
the past year and thought it no more
than right that the burden should be
shifted, albeit being anxious to do his
full share as member in the ranks.
The doctor has made an excellent
official and has done as much as any
one man in keeping the club together.
Mr.. Seifert is a successful business
man and the consensus of opinion is
that he will whip the organization into
shape and make it strong factor in
the development Of the community.
As the new president was men,
ber of the executive committee it was
necessary to elect successor, and the
names of A. P. Guy, DR.. Maercklein
and N. j. Nelson were suggested.
The two former withdrew in favor of
Mr.. Nelson because they felt that if
the commercial club wishes the COOP
Grafton of the farmers it is a good plan
to have them represented. Mr.. Nelson
was elected by acclamation, and will
serve with Messrs. Ingstad and Nc
Cartney, hold-over members.
Inasmuch as the council has taken
drastic measures in order to keep the
young boys and girls off our streets
at late hours, it w4s suggested that
the commercial club make an effort
to provide an outdoor skating rink for
their special benefit. Messrs. Guy,
Reko and Scott were chosen to see
that steps were taken at once to ac-
complish this. They did not allow any
grass to grow under their feet, either,
and within an hour they had found a
suitable. place, three lots just east Of
the Keating residence on Union street.
These lots will be flooded, warming
house erected and park benches and
electric lights installed at once. The
young folks will be skating there
within very short time.
The subject of good roads was tax
en- up again and discussed from var
ious angles. The road committee,
Messrs. Gronbeck, Ingstad and ]. W..
Bush. accompanied by A. G. Ander-
son, DIR. Maercklein, w. R. Singleton,
c. A. Malander, N. j. Nelson and j.
C. Gould, left Immediately after the
adjournment for Glendale, where they
went into executive session with the
commissioners, hoping to secure their
consent to extending the road west
from Oakes through government aid
instead of the Ludden to Glendale
highway. It appears that the worthy
commissioners have already ordained
that the Ludden road is to be put
through first at all events, and that
the road from Cakes east to the Sar-
gent county highway will be finished
as a part of the project. This is not
at all pleasing to people living in this
end Of the county and the commission
ers were made aware Of the fact. They
seemed to think we should be salts
fled to wait while. There is a bill
now before the legislature which will
allow counties to bond for the purpose
Of building roads, and the board men,
bers expressed their willingness to
pass resolution to issue bonds in
case the bill becomes law. While
the impression was given that the
Ludden road would be carried no far
ther than Glendale, as matter of
fact the next move will be to extend
it to Forbes, and this is contemplated
right now, though it is not generally
known.
The only way we will ever get the
road extended west Of Cakes will be
to force the issue, because the COM
missioner districts have been laid out
in such a manner that Oakes gets
practically no representation, and four
of the five men on the board favor Ell
lendale in everything that comes up.
The north end of the county, in which
three-fourths Of the people live, have
been getting the small end Of the deal
about long enough. Anybody can see
that an east and west highway through
Oakes would benefit more people than
the Ludden road and would actually
be better for Glendale, but there is
an organized effort to prevent the
consummation Of this project. We
have not vet played all our cards and
hope to take few tricks before the
game ends.
IN the meantime the watchword Of