Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-02
WILL PETITION FOR
HIGHWAY DISTRICT
DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE WILL
START ROAD IMPROVEMENT
MOVE
DISTRICT GET RESULT
or SPENDING OUR
OWN ROAD MONEY AS
WE LIKE.

he Gilmore Development leagu
WIN start the circulation OF a peti
JIon Within Il lew days Tor the crea
tlon oI highway distinct 10 include
the territory adjacent 10 Mountain
l1ClIt. Ine advantages claimed foI
a highway district are that it viii
Keep the tax money raised i'll the dis
trlct al home and in the hands of 4
ooaId oil highway commissI oners who
VIII give closer attention TO its prop
er expenditure than 1t is possible fol-
tae county comm ssioneGs with theil
vastly large territory to do. 1t viii
also make it possible to levy a spe,
oIal road lax 10 be expended entirely
Withln the district and WIKI give the
dlsLrct larger proportion OF the
aulOmoiye license money collected
Ni.hin the district than is now the
case 1t lis stated that the decreased
administrative costs and the larger
proportion ol license money will
make il possible to accomplish much
more road work than before without
amy proportionate increase in taxes.
The description OF the district as it
Will appear III the petition is as fol
lows:
beginning at a point, where the
boundary lime between EInore and
Ada coundes interstcts the right
bank OF the Snake river, said point
being i'll section l5, township ) south,
range east Boise Meridian and run.
ming thence in a north-westerly di-
rection, following said county bound
AIRY lime to the south boundary of
section a. township south, range
east, b. M, thence east on town
ship line to the southeast corner of
section sc, township 2 south, range 4
east, b. M, thence south ON range
line to the southwest corner of sec
ton 7, township south, range 5
east b. NJ, thence east on section
lime to the south "A corner of section
8, township south, range east, B. !
NJ, thence north on Il section lime
to the north "a corner Of section 5, |
township 3 south, range east, b. M.
thence east on township line to the |
south Ii corner Of section &c. town
ship south, range east, b. NJ, |
thence north on "a section line to the |
north "a corner of section 13, town
ship 2 south range east B. M,
thence east on section line to the
southeast conner of section IL, town
ship 2 south, range & east, B. M. +
thence north OH ctiOn line TO the
northeast corner of section IL, town |
ship 2 south, range east, B. M
thence west ON section line to the 7
northwest corner of section II
township 2 south range east, b. M
thence north on section line to the
east "a corner Of section %, town
ship l south, range east, B. NJ,
thence west on a section line to the
west "a corner of section 2l, town
ship | south, range east, B. M,
thence north on section line to the
northwest corner of section q, town.
ship / south, range east, B. NJ,
thence east on section line TO the
southeast corner of section 49, town
ship l south, range 5 east, B. NJ,
thence north on range line to the
west "a corner of section 8, town
ship south, range 8 east, b. NJ
thence east on a section line to the
east "A corner of section u, town
ship / south, range 8 cas-, B. NJ.
thence south on section line to the
southeast corner of section II, town
ship 2 south, range 8 east, b. M,
thence west OH section line to the
corner Of section IS, town
ship z south, range 3 east, B. M,
thence south on range line to the
)uth-east corner of township 4 south,
range s east, B. M thence west on
Township line to the northwest cor
ler of township south, range east,
B. NJ, thence south on range line to
he intersection of said range line
between ranges 7 and east and the
light bank Of the Snake river thence
n westerly direction and following
he meanders Of said Snake river TO
4 point in section Is, township 5
south, range 4 east, b. NJ. which is H
he point OF beginning.
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