The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-01-22
EXTEND ROAD
ON TOELK
Work Begun on So. Fork
Road; Good News From
Missoula Headquarters.

The snow storm delayed the be-
4 ginning of work on the South Fork
4 road Monday, but on Tuesday the full
force struck the job and are now
3 making the dirt fly in all directions.
& The snow which fell to the depth Of
Y ten inches, at once begun melting off,
\ and Supervisor Ring, In his remarks
at the Good Roads banquet Wednes-
day evening, accredited the rapid
3 passing Of the beautiful to the heat
4 created by the swift action Of his
road force, and everybody accepted
s the statement as bonifide.
Grand News from Headquarters.
We are all deeply interested in
& the work on the road now begun, but
We are also equally interested In the
good news just received from the
4 Missoula headquarters which promis-
es the extension of this great year
around water grade trunk line into
the rich mining and timber districts
lying to the south and east of US.
This Is the first really tangible stat
ment that has been made, although
there have been a number of strong
intimations, as to what the forest
department intended doing toward pro
jecting this important road on through
to some definite point This comes
! as delightful and encouraging news,
and from the statement of a Forest
representative who recently visited
this section, it is partially due to
the deep interest shown in this pro-
5ect by the citizens of Grangeville,
and the hearty cooperation which
they offered the government in for
warding the road building. This gen
ueman said; 81 wish to express to
you gentlemen and your progressive
little city the appreciation of the de-
partment and myself also Of your
more than liberal financial assistance
In the undertaking. We have had
larger sums contributed by counties
where they had county road funds to
draw upon, which your county l un-
derstand has not since the general
adoption of the new highway district
law. but l will say frankly that in
all our construction of roads in the
northwest, we have had no town
which Of its own volitions has raised
the amount that Grangeville has for
this project; and we have had quite
number of far larger towns fall
down in their efforts, an have had
to withdraw our part of the funds
In consequence. So my remarks are
not to be taken as flattery, but as your
well earned dues; and l will further
say. you will miss nothing by this
course" And we are finding that to
be true.
The Globe Is in receipt of the fol-
lowing communication from the Mis-
eoula headquarters which first sets
forth the total receipts of the Mon
tana forest at 6O,952.6O, with $685.
23S.15 available for the road and
school funds of the counties in
which the forests are located, with
$26, 6,095.26 for the construction of wag-
on roads in the state; receipts In the
state of Idaho, 1912, ,655.61, 25
per cent, or $73,1O3.9O of which
goes to the counties of the
state affected for road and school
purposes, and 10 per cent, or $751;
265.56 to road construction. The
communication then continues
South Fork Road Most Important
Project.
"The most important project under
taken in Northern Idaho is the con-
struction of a wagon road from Mt.
Idaho, east of Grangeville, to a point
on the South Fork of the Clearwater
river thirteen miles east of Mt. Idaho.
This road will cost approximately
100000 and will give a good wagon
road to about twenty or twenty-five
ranchers who now have little more
than a trail upon which to travel.
This LIS an integral part of a larger
project which will undoubtedly be
constructed at a later date. This is
the long talked of wagon road up
from Mt. Idaho to Elk City. The con-
tinuation of the road up the South
Fork of the Clearwater will be ex-
ceedingy expensive. The next twenty
miles will probably cost at least
100000 and will require the coop
GRAFTON Of the mining interests, and
must secure the cooperation of fed
eral, state and county authorities.