The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-08-05

50 It. in width and having its points
OF beginning and termination, course
and intermediate points as follows to
wit: A public highway heretofore estab-
lished and maintained on the line be-
tween the north half and the south
half Of the southeast quarter OF Sec.
twenty eight. in Twp. 81. N, Range
| z. rs feet OF the width aforesaid being
on each side respectively Of said
line which line is a quarter section
line. 1t appearing to the board that
there is no objection to closing said
road 1t is hereby ordered that the
overseer of said dist. to do no more
work on said road that the said road
Is hereby abandoned.
The petition of L. b. Murphy, A. E
Lycan, ct al, for a road grader in road
dist. No. is was examined and grant
ed, and the said dist. Is hereby auth
orized to purchase one road grader.
that the said arrangement to be made
with N. b. Pettibone.
Comes now Frank McGrane and makes
statement that the Crooks Corral
Mining Co., was assessed for improve
ments for the year 1903, 1904 and 1905
and that said Improvements are now
rotted away and gone and are OF no
value, that said assessment still stands
on the assessment rolls of Idaho coun-
ty and have never been paid, but he
Is willing to pay the taxes on the
original assessment without interest
said amount being $47.62 for the three
years 1t appearing to the board that
the tax should have been collected by
the assessor at the time of the as
sessment and at this time there is no
loss to the county In accepting the
proposed offer. 1t is therefor order
ed that the county auditor accept said
amount OF $47.62.
In the matter of the petition filed
by August Won Bargen and others, pray
Ing for the vacating of the following
described highway. beginning at the
southeast corner of section, in Town
site 81 N. r. East of the Boise
Meridian, in Idaho county, Idaho, run
ming thence westerly part OF the way
on the section line and part of the
way swinging northwesterly around the
Hill to the half section line running
north and south through the center
OF said section g. at a point about
from to 10 rods north of the half
section corner. thence north on the
halfsection line to the northeast corner
OF the southeast quarter Of the north
west quarter of section 8, said point
being at the Highland school house:
the commissioners find that the petit
ton asking that the county COM
missioners Of Idaho county, Idaho, va
cate said above described highway was
filed on the 18th day of July and there
after the county commissioners of
Idaho county fixed the hour of one
O'Clock p. M. Thursday, the 18th day
OF July, 1915, as the time for hearing
the petition Of August Won Bargen.
and others, and the county commission
ers at the hour OF one o'clock D. m.
on the last above mentioned date in
regular session listened to testimony of
citizens favoring the vacating of said
highway, which was presented to the
board of commissioners by Hampton
Taylor, ESQ.,, in behalf of the petition
ers, August Won Bargen, and others.
and listened likewise to testimony of
citizens protesting against vacating
said highway above set forth. which
was presented by A. s. Hardy. ESQ.,.
and thereafter the commissioners took
The matter under advisement and having
made personal inspection OF the high
way on the 18th day of July, A. d.
1915, have come to the following con-
clusion as to the matter above set
out, to-wit:
We find that this highway sought to
be vacated has been travelled for a
period of at least twenty years or
more and that at times has been u.s.
ed by persons residing in the vicinity
OF the Highland school house. and while
The road is not used very much 1t has
at certain seasons of the year been a
convenient passageway for people In
the vicinity of the road;
we find that there Is no public
benefit to be gained by the closing of
this highway and 1t ought not be va
Gated unless there is an urgent demand
Tor vacating the same, or some public |
good to be gained. or some injury to
The public accruing by reason of its be- |
ng opened, neither OF which conditions
appear very strong to the commission |
srs:
We further find that the road inter- |
sects with a good highway and in fact
9 the only outlet that vollner q |
scott have on reaching and departing |
rom their land and premises. and that !
% close the road would probably entail |
damage to vollmer ana |
scott and might, judging the testimony
siven at the hearing, lead to a law
'uit. all Of which we deem unneces-
'ary and not a condition sought by
he commissioners;
We find also that a portion of tha
highway sought tobeclosed lies in the
cottonwood highway district of idaho
county. and we are informed that a
Dad situated in part in one jurisdic-
Ion and part in another Jurisdiction
annot be vacated except by the Joint
lction OF both highway districts and
therefore, Idaho county through its
'oard Of commissioners acting separat-
cannot vacate this highway.
Now therefore in consideration Of
he foregoing statement we deem Il
dyisable at this time to refuse the
rant the petition of August Won Bar
en- and others and so find. and ask
he clerk of the board to forward
opy Of this decision to the Cotton
rood and the Union highway district
{ Idaho county. Idaho