The Ely miner., 1930-08-15
ARROWHEAD MEET
H|BB|NG TUESDAY
SUMMER MEETING OF ARROW
HEAD ASSOCIATION AT THE
ANDROY HOTEL AT HIBBING
ATTR ACTS OVER A HIINnREn


ANDROY HOTEL AT HIBBING
ATTRACTS OVER A HUNDRED.
One hundred delegates, representing
practically every village and COM
munity in the Arrowhead region, were
present at the summer meeting of the
Minnesota Arrowhead association at
the Androy Hotel in Hibbing Tuesday.
Harold Cook and Peter Schaefer from
this city attended the meeting.
A short entertainment included vio-
lin solos by Ralph Borelli, accompanied
by Miss Charlotte Gusse at the piano;
and Angelo De Bernardo, accompanied
by Carl Harms, and vocal solo by Ed
ward Patneaud, accompanied by Roy
Blake.
Arthur L. Egge, president of the
Hibbing Chamber Of Commerce, intro
duced DR.. w. A. Coventry, Duluth,
president of the Minnesota Arrowhead
association, and he introduced the
speakers.
L. A. Rossman, Grand Rapids news
paper publisher was the first speaker.
His subject was the future of the
Arrowhead region, and he discussed
particularly the undeveloped resources.
Agriculture, dairying. mining, tourist
trade and forestry, all were mentioned
in his address.
Discussing the historical significance
of Tower to the Arrowhead country,
G. G. Carlson, Tower, told of the in
terest tourists have in the district.
Fred Vibert, present agricultural
agent for the Minnesota Power and
Light company, quoted statistics at the
meeting to show the development of
the agricultural industry in the Town
of StuntZ.
Increasing the Minnesota gas tax
to cents a gallon was recommended.
The resolution will come before the
board of directors for final action.
The report of the roads committee
also urged early grading of state
trunk highway No. from Swan River
to Duluth and paving of this road
from Grand Rapids to Deer River.
Attention of st. Louis county COM
miSSioners was called to the condition
of county road No. frof Virginia to
Tower, and they were asked to divert
sufficient funds to insure hard sur
facing by the close of 1885.
State Highway Commissioner G. M.
Babcock was asked to expedite the
survey now under way on state trunk
highway No. II from Virginia to In
ternational Falls, to begin standard
construction this year, and to pave
this highway as soon as funds will
permit.
Action win be taken by the associ-
alton on the flooding Of agricultural
lands in ItaSca county through un-
timely opening Of dams in the Missis-
sippi river. Dr., w. A. Coventry, presi-
dent, assured the delegation from Deer
Rifer, consisting of H. E. Wolfe, Fred
Bried, M. j. Baker, D. s. Szetterstrom
and George H. Herreid. Mr.. Wolfe
presented the case of the farmers, who,
he said annually suffer great losses
under regulations passed by congress
in 1889 to facilitate passages of logs.
The lumber industry no longer needs
this help, he said.
"Cut every pound Of hay available, -
Mark j. Thomson, superintendent of
the Northeast Experiment station,
! urged. Other sections will be short
and prices will be high." he predicted.
The purchase Of breeding ewes at
present low prices, he suggested, would
be good investment for Arrowhead
farmers. Moisture conditions here
compare very favorably with those
elsewhere, he observed.
Abandonment Of the present method
of distributing road funds In ST. Louis
county and substitution Of unified
| plan under direction of the highway
engineer was advocated by Harry
| Greenwood of Virginia