The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-06
BULL ROAD
BONDS BEATEN
fail to Secure the Required
Two Thirds Majority
BOTH SIDES CLAIM THAT THEY
LACKED ORGANIZATION.
County Commissioners at Work On
Plan to Submit S25O,O0O Road Bond
Issue to Vote.

The proposed issue of 100000 road
bonds, or so much thereof as might be
needed by the Bull Independent high
way district for the hard surfacing of
roads in the west end was defeated
Friday by reason of lack of the two
thirds majority required. A total Of
1927 votes was cast. A total affirma-
tive vote of 1884 would have been re-
quired to carry the bonds while the
total vote cast for them amounted to
997. There were $50 votes cast against
the issue. 1t therefore would have re-
quired either a change of 81 votes from
the opposition to the affirmative, or
the casting of TIA more votes, all in
favor of the bonds, to have carried
them. OF the total vote1515 was cast
in Bull, where 932 people voted for
the bonds and $50 against them. Cas-
tleford cast 112 votes, of which 65
were for the issue, and AZ against it,
Both parties claim that a return
match would mean a victory for their
view IF we had only had another
week, we would have carried the
bonds" declared Editor Barry, of the
Bull Herald, Saturday. "There were
many who were laboring under false
impressions about some things, who
would have voted for the bonds had
they understood conditions. Many vot
ers had the idea that one-fifth Of the
total amount voted would be used in
Bull. AS matter of fact not a dol
lar of it would have been used in Bull,
but, on the ether hand, Bull would
have been taxed to improve the roads
outside its limits. We did not have
time to correct all these false impress
sions or we would have carried the
bonds We did not anticipate the call
ing Of the election so soon, but when
the highway commissioners did call it,
we got out and made the best fight
that we could and we had the men OPP
posed to us alarmed. Anyway, it is a
case of try, try, again. "
"Now if the election had been a
week later so that we could have had
an opportunity to organize and pre-
sent our side to the people, the bonds
would not have received nearly as
many votes as they did, and probably
would not have secured an actual ma
jority" said S. p Atherton, one of the
leaders of the opposition a few min
utes after Mr.. Barry had expressed his
opinion. you see," he continued, 1--WE
did not have time to get our folks to-
gether after the highway commission
had called the election, while the
friends of the bonds had the business
organizations in Bull ready and had
both newspapers on their side, so that
they had every opportunity to go to
work right at the start, before we
could get a chance to get together. If
they think that this view is not cor
rect, let them call another election and
we will prove it to them"
The impression conveyed to the
casual nearer was that the road COM
missioners of the Bull district are in
bad with both sides, and that they are
blamed because the bonds did not
carry and because they were not de-
feated more decisively. There was,
however, no intimation of lack of
good faith on their part by the repre-
sentatives of either faction, each of
whom seemed to think that the time
given was too short to argue the case
sufficiently for truth to completely
prevail and for his side to win over
whelmingly.
The board of county commissioners
are now devising plans for the calling
of an election for the voting of quar-
ter of a million dollars in road bonds,
but have not yet worked out the plan.
The idea is to give the Bull highway
district a due share of this fund, which
would in no way prevent that district
from voting further bonds for itself
should the west end voters change
their minds. The good roads move
ment in this county is making head
way steadily and the only question in
volved in any of the contests is that
OF method and detail The majority of
the voters favor the general principal
of good roads, according to all OBJ
servers. The commissioners have not
yet worked out their plans for the
proposed improvements.