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Show IDAHO SAVES $40,000 ON ROAD CONTRACT ' BOISE. Ida.. July I. A sarin of Ou wu mad by the state on a contract tor tne const rauction of I..t mtlti of hign-wy hign-wy in Bannock county recently, it wu announced by i. A. Olson, tut director of highway, upon hla return trora a tour of Inspection over the atate. - Tte etaie had estimated the work wM cost aoout se,vu, Mr. Owm saaid, but when the bids wrt opened recently at i oca t el Jo the tow btd waa .&.-. vVH-ilam vVH-ilam iMvIin of Mountain Hume waa th low bidder and the contract has been tentatively ten-tatively awarded to him penning- the return re-turn of W. J. Ha U, state oonuniaeioaer of pubito worka. the atretch of bleb way Ilea between MoCammoa and Lava Hot Springs and ia to be widened, traded and giaved. The state Is bearing one-sixth of the coat ot the work, the county two-six tha and the federal government ia cooperating to the extent of W per coat of the coat of tha project. Nine contractors submitted bids for tha work, but the bid of Mr. ievltn waa low. Hla estimate has . the - approval of the county commissioners of bannock county. |