The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-02-20
Form NOn-PartiZan
Political League
BUSINESS MEN FORM ORGANIZATION
To Boost County Division And Promote Welfare
Of City---OppOSe Road Bond Issue

A we'll attended meeting OF the
representative business aud profess
sional men aud leading tax payers Of
the city was held at the Kuotensi
Inn Wednesday afternoon, at which
q non partzan political league was
Organized. the purpose of which is to
work for and further any cause that
Isdeemed to be for the best interests
of the city as a ~hole.
The name selected Tor the orRRni.
zatlon is The Taxpayers League of
st. Marles. The officers elected
we're ed. holman president and II.
K. Taylor secretary.
The president was instructed to
appoint an executive committee Of
FIVE memhe aud named John Skel.
ton, Geo. O'Dwyer, }. q. Fraliok,
D. e. Shaw and Charles Cromwell.
The main purpose of the organ niza-
with the county division committee
for the division of Kootenai county
aud the creation Of a new county out
# the southern part, and In order
to be in a position to do the mott
favorble work IL Was decided to have
compact non partizan organization
composed of the leading and most in
fiuential men Of The city who cou d
he depended upon to act as one man
IN any aud all matters.
It was the general sentiment Oh
those pi resent aud It is the purpose
Of the organization to make all poll
tlcaI matters andHquestions that may
come up, whether 10 regard to mea-
Tres or candidates su oservieut to
the one question OF county division
aud It IL believed with an orRaniza
tiou composed of the leading men
of the city, without regard TO party,
pledged 60 stand together and acting
as one man an with the entire voting
strength of the oity back of them. a
powerful influence can be exerted In
the balance Of the county, an In
fiuencetha. cannot help hut be of i'm
menss value to county division.
The work Of the organization will
not be confined to matters relating
solely to county division but other
matters that the city, as a whole is
interested In, will receive the atten-
tion Of the organization as they oome
up aud will receive the support or
opposition of the organization as the
mBiority may deem for the best inter
ests of the city.
The question OF the proposed bond
Issue Of 5000, 900 for load purposes
was brought up and thoroughly dis
oussed and analIzed and 1t was Unan
imouslv decided to oppose the lssu
ance of road bonds at this time, and
to take every possible means TO de-
feat y .esurae.
Il wals pointed out that under thu
method for using the money to be
raised Hs outlined by the commission
ers, the largest part OF the burden
of meeting the bonds would fall upon
commissioners district no 10 the
south end OF the county while that
district would reap but very little
benefit from the money received.
It ls proposed by the commits.
soners to divide the e200OUO equally
between the three districts District
No 1 comprises about one half of the
area Of the county and is the portion
in which there are practically no
roads at the present time. 1t is also
the toughest portion of the county
and the most difficult In which to
build roads
IL not only takes In practically all
of the reservation, on which roads
must be hnilt In order to give the
settlers an opportunity to get In and
uut. bnt nearly one third Of the
proposed automobile road bstween
Occur d'Aleue and Wallace is In
this district.
The sixtyfive Thousand dollars,
or thereabouts, which the district
would get would hardly start the
work.
I Is patt Of the county has been
taxed with the balance Of the county,
Tor years for roads In the north part
Of the county, until they now have
good roads. about a mile apart all
over that end Of the county. while
there are practically no roads at ali
IN the s0uth emo and those that are
here are mere trails.
hhe unanimous expression Of those
present was that the bonds should
be voted down at this time and when
the county was divided. the new
county could bond itself for hun
drsd or a hundred and ifty thous
snd dollars tor road purposes and
the burden would be no greater and
the people would be sure the none,
would be expended where Il would b
OF benefit to the settlers
The question OF street improv
ments was also taken up and the or