Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-11-28
ELECTION CALLED FOR DEcEM
Der 20-DISCUSSfON AT MEET
ING ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

On last Saturday evening the High
way Commissioners of Dietrich dis
trict formally announced that an cleo
ton would be held in the district on
Saturday, December 20. 1913, for the
purpose of ascertaining whether or
not bonds should be issued in the
sum of $4,000 for highway improve
ment
An Informal gathering of a major
fty of the representative citizens OF
the Dietrich tract met at the com
modious school house in Dietrich
simultaneous with the meeting of the
Highway board, and discussed the
property of calling such an election.
BY unanimous choice Judge King OF
Averell was elected to preside over
the meeting. In a few well chosen
remarks, the Judge explained the pur-
pose of the meeting, laying par
ticular stress on the fact that the act
ion of the meeting should be advis-
ory to the Highway commissioners
The Journal was furnished with the
following names of citizens who took
part in the discussion: Judge King.
i. J. Streathers, Geo. Reed, E. r
Gage, James Patterson, Thomas Fay
John Matson, H. w. Anderson, ]. W.
Wheeler of Shoshone.
Attorney ]. R Boutwell, of Sho-
shone was present at the meeting in
an advisory capacity in behalf of the
Highway board and addressed the
meeting briefly upon the legal effect
of such action as the board might
take either in deciding to call or not
to call an election.
The remarks OF Thomas Fay were |
received with much appreciation. Mr.. |
Fay said in part that he had been |
a resident of Lincoln county for the |
past 80 years, that he had seen the /
highways in this county develop from
a COW trail to their present efficiency
and that as a Carey act farmer and
a tax payer of the Iietrich highway
district, he was unalterably in favor
of the district bonding. Continuing
Mr.. Fay said: I believe this district
should bond for the following rea-
sons:
1. Bonding means immediate good
roads.
2. Immediate good roads means
increased farm values, if the farmer
desires to sell his farm or desires
TO DOrTOW money on IT,
8. Immediate good roads, will re-
duce traffic expense to a minn.unI
!. e. save the farmer time in travel
Ing back and forth to transact his
business and market his crops and
will save wagon and harness repair1
And the farmer can haul twice the
oad with the same horse power.
3. Bonding means the immediate
axpending of a substantial sum OF ,
money among the farmers, because !
he Highway Commissioners have as i
sured me that this money is to be
spent among the farmers. /
5. The farmers taxes will not be I
increased, the same road tax will take {
care of the interest on the bonds and {
1t the end OF ten years when one /
tenth of the bond issue shall be col
ected for sinking fund the prop T
arty values in this district viii have r
to such an amount that the 1
road tax will not need be increased f
rom the present rate. Certainly there f
s no one present who does not be- (
ieye in the future of the Dietrich
ract. c
6. A main thoroughfare from the t
,ity of Boise TO the Yellowstone q
park through the Dietrich tract will I
,ut Dietrich on the map. If we bond o
md build the roads the State High Q
way Commission win send the road .
through this tract and we cannot af- a
ord to loose this golden opportunity. I
Sot only viii we have the road but D
he State Commission will take the e
oad over and maintain it and it will $
e classed on all traffic maps as a a
tate road d
s. And last but by no means least. el
he corporations including the Ore G
on Short Line Railway Company and C.
Western Union Telegraph Company ei
re paying about so per cent of the T
axes in the district And the cor ts
orations are not complaining so long "
$ the money is spent judiciously. OF
man brings me a horse that is
'orth 500 and l need the horse, and 81
geryone knows that we need good "
pads on this tract and offers to Is
sli me that horse for $50 am going tn
buy the horse. be
The only argument against bond tn
g this district is lack of confidence &c
the Highway Commissioners. I Ii
II one have confidence in them.
hese men have told US that the bs
oney would be spent at home and
lat the roads would be built where ~
le farmers want them, what more p
,uld you ask 20 te
Joseph w. Wheeler. who is super OF
tendent OF road construction on the IN
hoshone highways gave the meeting tn
me interesting Information on p-ac- W,
cal road building. His estimate in
om actual experience being that
Ie roads on the Dietrich tract could
: constructed at an average cost pi
II to exceed $500 per nsle. this IN pi
uded everything. rock cuts. briages fr
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