The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-12-07
FAVORS WAGON
ROAD BY STATE.
Gov. Hawley Would Build
Highway North to South
With Convict Labor

Governor Hawley has at last
struck upon lead, in proposed
state highway from the British
Columbia line to the extreme
southern boundary of Idaho,
which if pushed to successful
conclusion will mean very much
indeed to the people of this state
both north and south and itgiv-
es the Globe great pleasure to be |
able to heartily endorse the gov
ernor' 5 position in this matter for
the Globe and the governor have
not always found mutual grounds |
Of agreement in the past; due no 1
doubt to different viewpoints and
the different ends for which the
two were working. In speaking
of this matter the North Idaho
News says:
That Governor Hawley is in ear.
nest in considering the building 7
of road that will extend fromi
the Canadian line to the southern
boundary of Idaho, is evidencedf
by the fact that during his recent
stay in Spokane the county com
missioners of all Of the northern
counties were asked to visit the
chief executive in that city.
County Commissioner J.P.Dunn
of this county and County Road \
Supervision Mcbride Of this city 4
called upon the governor and full \
iy discussed the building Of the
road through this county. The /
views Of the governor as express
ed to the representatives Of this
county are that the road shall be !
built by convict labor, to be pur-
elyy state road, built by the state,
maintained by the state and under
he supervision of the state. The
location of the road through the
several counties will be left in
part OF the citizens and officials n
OF the county, and it is the gov
ernor's wish that the road ira
erse the most fertile sections of Il
the county, where it will serve
the most people and where it will
have a tendancy to open for set
Element the many acres of land |
that is not now settled.
One of the main things that the \
governor has in mind, other than l
the benefits that would be deriv- h
ed by the citizens of the county |.
that the road would traverse, is \
the accommodations that the road /
would afford to the interstate
travel The road would be one \
Of the connecting links between
the north and south ends of the
state and it would make one of
the best highways ever construct
ed in the west.
Governor Hawley stated that 4
upon his return from the east, Il
which will be about the holidays, Il
he would visit Bonner county for
the purpose of learning from the
citizens of this county how they II
felt toward the construction}I
of the road and also as to where3
the location of the road should be II
The governor expects to be ind|
this section of the state along
about Jan. /, and he stated that
he would probably stay here forI|
at least week, and probably twoi]
weeks.
The matter of soliciting gov
eminent aid for the reclamation
of the Kootenai valley was
preached to the governor by j. \
r. Dunn, and the governor stat
ed that upon this visit to this Sec
tion he would look over the prof.
ject and if he deemed advisable
he would take the matter up with
the Idaho senator's and congress-
men in Washington.
The proposition of bonding
Bonner county for the construc-
ton Of the two roads across the
county, one from Cabinet to
Priest River and the other from
Granite to Porthill, was also talk
ed over with the governor, but
he refused to say as to whether
he would be in favor of asking
the state to aid in the building of
two roads in this county, while
the other counties would only get
one road.
Nothing will be done in this :
county toward the road question Z
until Governor Hawley pays his !