THE WAUPACA REPUBLICAN POST

May 27, 1915

 

JUNE 7 IS TRAIL DAY

 

Will People of Waupaca and Vicinity do Their Share to Secure Yellowstone Trail

 

           

            Tuesday, May 25, was the date for the meeting of delegates all along that section of the proposed Yellowstone Trail lying in Wisconsin and there was a large attendance at Marshfield to complete plans for securing the necessary concerted action on the part of those living along the proposed route to secure the necessary work on this route to warrant the promoters in pledging that this highway will be constructed and maintained in suitable condition to be used as an ocean to ocean route for automobiles. The road from Stevens Point to Fremont through Amherst, Sheridan, Waupaca and Weyauwega has been shunned by auto drivers for the past year or more and a large delegation from Grand Rapids was present at Marshfield in the hope that the road might be diverted away from Stevens Point and go through Grand Rapids instead.  Mr. Erle Whipple of this city very naturally joined with the delegation from Stevens Point in an effort to hold the route through these points as was originally planned.  Wausau and Shawano also made an attempt to divert the route north of the route outlined and it is necessary for the people living along this section of the Trail to get busy and keep a good thing when it is offered.

            June 7^th was set as the day for the first work to be done gratuitously by the people of the towns and in the rural section along the Wisconsin section of the trail.  It is hoped that some tangible efforts may be made before June 15 when a relay run will be made carrying a letter from Chicago to the Pacific coast.

            We hope in our next issue to be able to give the plans more in detail for Trail Day, June 7.  In the meantime a meeting should be called in this city to lay out the plans for co-operation with the town on the east and the town at the west.  We should remember that the posting of placards along the highway and at the intersection of other roads will not be sufficient to secure and hold the through state travel that is so much desired.  The thing that is needed is a manifest interest at this time to secure real and permanent improvement in our part of the Yellowstone Trail in the near future.

            Following is the list of representatives that attended the meeting at Wausau last Tuesday:

            W. D. Connor, president, Marshfield; Geo. Athearn, vice-president, Oshkosh; E. S. Bailey, Sec.-Treas., Marshfield.

Executive Committee

            Dr. E. P. Kermott, Hudson; B. J. Ruddle, Milwaukee; John S. Owen, Eau Claire; Dr. H. H. Christofferson, Colby; T. H. Hanna, state representative.

County Representatives

            H. A. Aune, Baldwin, St. Croix; H. W. Quilling, Menomonie, Dunn; G. R. Wood, Eau Claire, Eau Claire; Carl Johnson, Chippewa Falls, Chippewa; Geo. Zillman, Thorp, Clark; R. L. Kraus, Marshfield, Wood; H. D. Boston, Stevens Point, Portage; Erle Whipple, Waupaca, Waupaca; E. E. Meelens, Oshkosh, Winnebago; L. A. Busch, Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac; Robert L. Frost, Milwaukee, Milwaukee; Fred Kaufman, Dale, Outagamie.