The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-07-20
Rousing Meeting Held at Cot
tonwood to Discuss
Question.
TALK HALF MILLION
Every Part Of County Repre-
sented- Opposition
Broken Down.

WnaC was probably the most I'M
portant meeting ever witnessed In
Idaho county was held last Tuesday at
Cottonwood under the call for good
roads meeting with purpose OF dis
cussing a bond issue of $500000 to as
sist in the construction of state high
way and for general road construction
throughout the entire county. This
meeting grew out of a previous meet
ing held the week before by the auto
mobile owners of the county, at which
1t was decided that the only way to Sc
cure good, uniform and continuous
roads was for the entire county to en-
1 ter upon the work and bear the ex-
pense, instead of leaving it for separ-
ate action by the various highway dis
tricts. The action of the single dis
tricts would only furnish pieces or
stretches of good roads, where IL the
whole county took up the work there
would be no breaks in the desirable
thoroughfares.
The meeting Tuesday was a decided
4 ly representative gathering, almost
every section of the county having one
lor more delegates present The meet
ing was organized at IL a. m. by the
election of w. A. Hussman, of Cotton
wood chairman, and H. II. Quist, of
Kooskia secretary.
The chairman stated the purpose Of
the meeting and was followed by
speech by A. T. Parker, who gave some
figures on estimated cost of construc-
tion of the state highway through the
county, by Engineer ID. M. Booth, with
an appeal for unity of action in the
matter of good roads. s. A. Anderson,
County Commissioner Pettibone, It. q.
.s..4 n
brief but pointed talks and exhorta-
tions.
In the midst of Senator Sweets re-
marks an invitation was extended by
the Cottonwood Commercial Club for
the delegates to all adjourn to the ho-
tel as their guest for dinner and adj
journment was taken shortly before
noon to prevent congestion and inter-
ference with the regular boarders. A
!, splendid dinner was served.
In the afternoon Mr.. Sweet conclud-
ed his remarks with some apt and tel
ling illustrations of the detrimental eff
fects of bad roads and speeches We're
made by some fifteen or twenty other
gentlemen among the number being
Mr.. Kressley, manager for Wren &
Greenough of Denver, who brought
cheering letter from Thomas Wren
commencing the purpose of the meet
ing and pledging the firm to heartily
cooperate in any movement for good
roads that might be taken. Mr.. Kress-
ley followed the letter with brief re-
marks upon the experiences and OBJ
servations of the firm on good and bad
roads.
Captain Hazard, superintendent of
the state highway work now in pro-
/ tvd from
twenty years experience on frontier
road work.. He dealt with concrete
facts and actual cases which had come
under his observation during his many
Yeas of service in this line of work,
and his address carried great weight
with it. G. NJ. Clay, who came all the
way from his home at higgins to at
tehd the meeting, made a most enthus-
ing speech
Many excellent speeches We're made,
and some not SO much so, To-. all Der
sons are not orators, and soine who
know things cannot assemble them in
speech, but the spirit of the meeting
was beyond criticism, and it was all
for good roads and bond issue, there
e not arising a dissenting voice to mar
the harmony or dash the enthusiasm,
: which ran at full tide. All that any
: one seemed to desire was an equitable
distribution of the funds to be raised
= for the good work SO that all sections,
e as nearly as possible would receive di-
]. rect benefits.
f The closing speeches were made by
n Ed. Blake, of Keuterville, George Cow.
l. gill and Frank McGrane, Of Grange
y vile, and Herman VonBargen, of Fem
: all of the speecehs bearing messages
r of encouragement and pledges of co
G operation in the development of a
d good highway system throughout the
8 county. We would be pleased to make
s mention and give extracts from the
1t many excellent speeches made, but
e time and space forbid.
l. The temporary organization was
r made permanent on motion OF s. A
Il Anderson, and after a brief recess
L an executive and advisory committee
l. were appointed, the former to com
= prise seven representative citizens tt
d direct the movement, and the latter Il