The Kadoka press. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1923-current, 1924-03-07
RE.ROUTE
e. B. HIWAY|
FISHER TELLS OF WISH OF
COMMITTEE AND DIRECTORS
AS ADDING LIVE TOWN

The Philip Pioneer-Review car
ried the announcement last week
that their county seat had been
placed on the Custer Battlefield
Hiway thus turning the road from
west of Kadoka into Cottonwood
north from here to Philip and
thence to Cottonwood. Last Sun
day morning the Rapid City daily
confirmed this story as coming
direct from Mr.. Fisher.
Last Sunday the Press editor met
Mr.. Fisher at Philip and received
confirmation of this news from
the secretary himself who was at
the Haakon county seat to collect
in person the first installment of
a five year pledge of $500 each
year made by the Philip CONNER
cial club to get the hiway to come
their way.
Mr.. Fisher stated that the COM
mittee had reported this change
favorably at the annual conven-
tion at Sioux Falls last fall and
that later a majority of the di-
rectors had sustained this report.
He claimed in no wise to be con-
nected with the result, but re-
affirmed that no town was cut OH
but another live wire town added
which was willing to pledge itself
to the tune of $25O0 to replenish
the much drained purse OF the
association. He fervently pleaded
the need of money and the hard
struggle to get it in these hard
times to keep the route favorably
before the touring public in keen
competition with the Lincoln HI
way and the Yellowstone trail
both of which were being financed
by weather. communities than
the territory serving this route
That both of the routes compet-
ing were graveling and even paw
ing and aided in this program by
state and large commercial club
grants. All the communities
served by the c. B. H. will have
all the travel they can possibly
handle next summer he claimed.
"Deadwood scorned us for years"
he continued, but when they saw
the blessings of the tourists they
have asked to enter. offering a
goodly sum to get ON our route
We have taken them in but have
not deserted our old friend the
town of Whitewood, which has
Loyalty stood by us all these years.
Deadwood will be on loop and
miles could be saved by deserting
our old friend White'"ood, but
such is not our policy.
He continued with tic story OF
his hard fight to get the r"ute
through Montana, Of the bitter
financial struggle in that state, o.
his securing 100000 from the state
highway commission there. Of the
financial situation in the city OF
Iewistown, Mont, where six banks
were closed and when he finally
tried to cash the membership
checks received there found them
worthless for the seventh and last
bank in this formerly prosperous
city of 1000 souls had just closed.
rs it true" he then asked, that
some of your citizens living on or
near the C. B. H towards Cotton
wood are circulating petitions to
your county board to stop all hi
way work as is reported in a dis
patch in one of the Sioux Falls
papers?" "Well. there will be some
traffic that won't annoy them this
summer and their wish will be at
least partially granted.
Fisher went on to Sioux Falls,
Des Moines. Iowa and Chicago
after the big game. One of his
lady assistants is now working
the towns between here and Ra-
pid City drumming up member
ships which includes this year
free towing service. She will be
in Kadoka next week.
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