Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14

somewhat of a cruiser ran the line. it
is said, but his wires became crossed
in the southwest corner of section Is
and through the swamp he left
trail like a drunken sailor Mr. Gil
berg, then a resident, and a man of
much ability, being the neighborhOod
doctor, veterinary, justice of the
peace, as we'll as the best wood work
er in the territory, tried later with
his Jacobs staff to improve on the
job, but with not much better success,
something in the neighborhood either
drew his needle or his eye-so the
second attempt was not much better
and the third trY-<f don't remember
who did twas also a failure in the
attempt to go due east and west. Mr.
Hedberg has improved on it some
what. using the old road for part of
the new, so that when finished it will
at least be a graceful curve instead
of the bunch of kinks it was before.
There was also another road which
finally terminated at Moose Lake, but
| would not attempt to tell you in
how many directions it ran nor the
length of the journey, suffice to say
that when a man made the trip he
started early. and the good wife was
not worried if he did not return at
shutdown.
After the depot was moved to its
present location. those who had bust
ness to transact there would drive
to the old town and then walk down
the track, some would come with
wheelbarrows to get their goods, and
others would watch for the hand car.
and the obliging section boss would
give them a lift With the change of
location of the depot it was found alb
solutely necessary to have a road
from the country to it. and this was
later provided with a road which
crossed many pieces of land to get
two and half miles to Oak lake dam
where it connected with the county
road before mentioned.
Then came the road connecting the
two business centers kerrick and
Old Kerrick, which follows the track
and is now part of County Trunk 3
which. believe me. was no boulevard
for a number of years. though it now
makes pretty good going. Then came
the socalled Dahlgren road in the
north end of town, built many say,
more to give a man a job than be-
cause of the need of it for the public
good.
Later new blood gained control of
the reins of the town and a program
of building was inaugurated which
has resulted in our present road sys-
tenn which gives very complete
system. making all parts of the town
ship accessible to other parts with
very fair roads practically all of
which are useable at all times of the
year. except when the snow blockades
no provision having been made for
the care of winter roads as yet
Beginning on the east side of the
town we have the Range line road
running from the south end to the
north end of the town. This road is
owned and maintained jointly by the
towns of Kerrick and Nickerson
Then one mile east We have the Ron
kin road which starts from the Coun-
ty Road B and connects with the road
which runs north around Oak lake
and to the county line near the Aug
Larson place: then comes the Ker-
rick road leading from the town to
Oak lake which has been straight
ened out. widened and improved. this
connects with the county road: then
the next north and south road is the
mail route one mile from the west
ern edge of the township. This con-
meets with County Road s on the
south and the north county line on
the north. East and west we have the
! road running through section IL