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Show IMPROVING THE ROADS. Great Amount of Work being Done Near Pocntello on Thoroughfares. Special to The Tribune. POCATELLO, Idaho, April 11. Considerable Con-siderable road, building activity is In progress a few miles out of Pocatello. Near Portneuf siding tho road, ns laid out by the stato highway commission, is being built for seven miles and tho grade will not In any case exceed 5 per cent. The government forces In the forest for-est reserve here have cut down tho road and done considerable grading on the Mink creek road leading to the forestry nursery. The county Is making a water grado around tho Campboll hill, which it Is estimated will cost about $250. The people peo-ple of the RattNesnako baeln aro preparing prepar-ing to build a road irp Birch creek to connect with tho Mink creel: road and thus be conr.ected by a good road with Pocatello, whero they do tholr trading and bring their produce. Last year a half million bushels of grain were raised In that section and tho acreage this year Is much larger. |