Show I SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO COUNTIES I I ITin IMPROVE ROADS Twin T Falls Fans and Ada Issue Bon Bonds s for Commissioners Opposed lI Herald S Spools Rockland Ida lda Aug Aus 21 In L-In In several counties of or southeastern Idaho comprehensive com corn c enterprises arc under way 1 to Improve e hl highways hwa's an and construct new ones Ada Arh county has e an cUI election to lo vote otc to lo be expended ex ex- on the roa roads s of or the county In InI I which ii h iou the capital city of Idaho is lo lo- lo I Twin J Falls county has a bond hond Issue o of to construct highways hi and nfl to construct a D- anew anew I new courthouse In Power cO county two highway districts dis his his- are arc endeavoring to vote otc bond bondI I Issues sues forthe Corthe completion of Or highways highways' and the con construction of or extensions 1 I Highway district No 1 o of Power county has haM ca called II rJ a si bond band election for forthe or orthe the tho p purpose of v voting the sum of oC 1 10 O- O to be expended on good roads work District No 2 will call nu an election eJection to vote for the comI com com- I pl lIon of or It Its hl highway h a and ami will probably ably abl vote the sum of or for fir construction con Cull tr of or side roads Oneida count county Power c county's ner neighbor neigh h- h bor on Oil the tile south and cost cast has h itself in the sum of nf all of U iL Uto t tto to he be expended on good roads The Tho I hl highway h of district No 1 of or Power count county links up with the nl h of or dl district No Xo 2 about f- f fir flir Wiles miles north of land T oooo on nn Trunk line Lilac Three years cars ago aJo district No 0 2 bOll bonded erl It itself elf for at th the time tuno theo l- l rs of or the tle int themselves to pend end all nil of this tIlls on tho the main trunk of ut t the he hi highway hw 1 1 Ms has been beon done an and nd from Rockland to American 4 Falls a hard c l J mail Clad has been boen constructed J which according to tourists Is the pe lH peer I r 1 of any m road Toad In the state The rJ road d has hns boon been hard- hard surfaced to a point se setin sen n miles slut siut of oC Rockland nail and ha has la been graded to the Oneida county lino about twenty miles mites south of IC The Time Intention Is to ujo tm tin the grinter j I I I J I j I i part of the sum voted If th the bond Is Ie 15 ic carries In the Iii in n of the ni h- h Wl way This meins that thit t the he road v if ii il ilbe be surfaced hard cl to tu the Onolda line Oneida cO coun has declared Its Intention to build a good roa road from Malad to the o IV r I nty milty linn Vi F. Firm c mn In Malad to lo a 1 good gOd road Toad I Ii IK now extant l rom From TO o the Tower Power count county line lInc it t twenty miles Ollie J If this road is built ml l lime h j cJ conty nt road rond hard od to link U up with it it travelers will h II on ono on of It tha tita finest t. t highways In the west leading from Crom from American Falls Fans via Rockland nO Roy and anul to Salt SalE Lake City and points south In Utah The tourist t cl to anti and from Crom Ut Utah h Is gaining ouch ah over this road rhon Valley o Started Slatted Over or In Arbon valley across a moun monn tam tain range rane to the east another hj y district Is now building graded a roat loal lengthwise through the valley from Crom limo tho Fort Hall hail Indian reservation to a Iloth r point touching the Oneida Oncida county count line Inc From American F Falls through h the tho In It dim dian n reservation reser there Is a good high high- wn way Arbon va valley located In Iii part in Power and Oneida Onelda counties Is an cI c cv- elusive Iusi wheat heat section ant and ani long lIn hauls over oer poor roads have o boon benti the rule there for re Both tho the counties mentioned have h seen the need of helt better r roads roars to make It e for Cor easier esIer the farm farm- er el cr to get et their grain to the ch elevators The drouth this year car ha has half halfer er very materially ma ma- shortened tIme the the yields leIds of or the I grain fields In Power county counts and It Is imperative that work be pro provided for tor or the farmers farmer In order to enable them ther to secure the necessities of or life lite for lor themselves their families and their lle e stock It U Is the thc Intention of the tho i of oC f a till the thc hl mM H highways hwa's con- con l ni work vork ln and new con colt to employ farmers and ond other workmen residing within the re re- re districts exclusively eh thus iiI iiI- I sufficient funds among amon the residents of oC the tho districts onao to them to ht have seen leen when the time conieS come where It will be need needed d for COr the plant plant- In lag ing of or the thc next crop While the thc yields of at tho the fields arc are diminished yet et it can caim he be truthfully stated that Power count county Count has stood up under the thc most severe ere drouth exceptionally well The Thc high high- est cst yield of dr dry farm tarm wheat heat recorded so 80 far Is sael sacks s of ot Turkey Red nod winter win win- ter wheat front from flet fifty acres Other fields have ha yielded acre cla a averages es of or tram frOnt ten t to fifteen bU bushels of oC WInter Inter wheat wheal yet others have fallen to but three bushels an acre The Thc la last t really beneficial rain fell foil on Ma May lar 23 21 1 In highway district No Xo 2 more moro orless or orless orless less opposition to the tho present commissioners commis commis- has developed Owing to this fact meetings were held at R Roy and at Rockland nd last week and the thc matter thoroughly discussed The Thc members of or I the present board stated their actions were In lit accord with the pledge given I cn I when the first bond Is Issue ue was voted I to expend tho tIme funds on the thc main trunk of nr tho highway hi They called upon J. J R. R Pratt former formerly a hi highway hwa commis commis- commissioner commissioner of oC Elmore county count and a road engineer ens nn and this gentleman stated that he had probably traveled over a greater mileage of roads in Idaho than n any other ather man nian He lIe told tho the assembly that lie he challen challenged ed any person to name a road In this state stale which has been constructed In as god a manner as the road from Rockland to American PaIls Falls for the tho same amount of ot mone money He lie named a stretch of or highway in another county which haul hall cost 1 and wh which ich did In no wise compare in excellence with time the highway named He lie urge urged the thc taxpayers present to vote Corthe for Cor the fbi hand bond issue and to urge urto others to tr I I I do so Mr tr Pratt lt mentioned the thc fact that the thc opportunity is presented to get g-ct federal and state aid In tho the construction work worl and In the thc maintenance of the highways He lie illustrated as follows If the lie district dis dIs- lg- lg will wilt vote yote then tho state of or oft t Idaho ll give e and If IC thc the rm road d I Is accepted as a n state stair highway then then- the state will forever cr maintain It in ingool I I good gool repair I If certain specifications of the federal government go arc are complied with then the lie government Jo will if it accepts and designates thc the highway a aa aa aa a f federal d ral post flost road give Jive the sum o n for use Ito on construction work This will make mak a 1 grand total of oC to be expended among re residents of or the thc district a sum um which will In greatest measure relieve hardships accruing accruing- from froni the Iho crop failure anure Mr lr Pratt ur urged that the work ork be he done b by day labor and that contract work h be avoided a He lie said that if contract work is done on time the road it will take tako considerable sums flums of or money out of the time district and that thai such ae action on will leave an effect detrimental detrimental detri detri- detrimental mental In its outcome and to be felt fell for fora a number of oC years Mr tr Pratt further ur urged that the time road be surfaced hard just as soon as possible possible pos pos- I sible for or a road not surfaced hard is isa isa a mere trail The Thc commissioners stated staled I that tile the construction of oC side roads must I of oC necessity wait walt until the main trunk I is completed to the Oneida count county line lino unless tho time taxpayers seo see fit It to vote yote on additional sum sum to be expended on onsIde onside side roads at once I There Is no doubt that thai the thc bonds I will be voted In Iii both districts and that actual construction work will be under underway underway I way within a few weeks I e |