The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-02-19
STEEL-WHEAT
HIGHWAY MEET
Association Decides to Incor.
porate at Meeting Held
Here Saturday.

AT meetlQg OF delegates OelO uere
Saturday afternoon it was decided to
incorporate the "Steel-to-Wheat High
way Association according to articles OF
incorporation prepared by Attorney L
NJ Bang and accepted at the meeting
The name selected in the articles OF
incorporation is the Steel-to-Wheat
Highway Association, Incorporated
The incorporators of the Association are
ten in number and are as follows: H.
W. Reik, G. F. Peterson, Gus Ardin OF
Cook; Jacob L. Pete, L. M. Bang OF
Ely; H. T. Olson and Chas. A. John
son of Tower; F. j. Dahlberg of Efie:
?. j. Farley of Red Lake Falls and A.
D. Ball of Northome.
After the articles of incorporation
have been accepted and filed with the
secretary of state meeting will be
called, probably at Tower, where a
board of Is directors will be named.
These directors will be selected from
the towns through which the highway
will pass in its way from Grand Marais
on the east to Grand Forks on the
west. 1t was at first the intention of
routeing the highway from Little
Marais to Grand Forks but later de-
velopments made it practical to route
the same from Grand Marais, both for
advertising purposes and also to make
closer connections with Canadian roads
now building and to furnish a direct
route through the northern end Of the
state from east to west.
Delegates present at the meeting here
on Saturday were II. w. Reik and Geo.
Peterson of Cook; Mayor Olosn and
Chas. G. Johnson of Tower; B. S.
Richards, j. A. Rothman, H. c. New
CORD, Ray Hoef1er, Jacob L. Pete and
L. M Bang of this city. The officers of
the association elected at one of the
first meetings at Cook about year ago
are II. w. Reik, president; Chas. A.
Johnson, vice president; G.. F. Peter
son, secretary.
reports of officers and delegates were
listened to with much interest Those
present stated that there will be con-
siderable new work done on this high
way this season among which will be
the rerouteing of that portion between
Tower and Cook to put the new route
on standard grade.
Some improvements are planned in
Itasca and Koochiching counties, while
through Beltrami, Clearwater, Red Lake
I'll hi
work including some regarding will be
done. The people on the western end
of the route are very enthusiastic about
its completion and conditioning for
general travel as it will give the people
from the lower Red River valley short
line into the famous Arrowhead country
of northeastern Minnesota.
Membership in the organization will
be open to individual cities and towns
and civic bodies, societies and clubs at
a very nominal fee. This fee has been
placed within reach of all ranging from
SOC for individuals to $40 for COM
munities and larger organizations.
The move to incorporate is meeting
with general favor and there is no
doubt but what Misunderstanding in the
association viii be eagerly sought for
as this promises to be one of the most
popular highways in the country. At
the present time many people from
North Dakota and border cities are
summer visitors to this section and the
direct route to be improved will furnish
closer communication without the
necessity of miles of extra travel to get
from there here or vice versa.
The Incorporation will also have a
tendency to hasten the addition of this
route to the state system with its at
endant benefits. Literature will be pre-
pared covering the attractions of the
route and the bordering cities and
towns. The markings selected and
many of which are already to be seen
along the route are white background
with the s to w and the name of the
county in black. As the route passes
through several counties, the markers
will show where the county lines begin
and end.