The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-12-21
VOL. x THURSDAY, DECEMBER Fl, 1916. NO 45.
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FOLLOW
DEMOCRATIC MAJoRiTIES.

The Wardner- Kellogg News has
been making some Investigations of
road conditions in various parts Of
| the county and has found evidence of
very remarkable system of road i'm
Iprovement practiced by the county
commissioners. There appears to be
direct relationship between demo-
cratic majorities and good roads The
News found that up Nine Mile, down
the summit and east to Mullan and
the state line, the roads are kept in
splendid condition and have wide
roadbeds, making it possible for We
hicles to pass without difficulty or in
convenience. These roads are de-
scribed as the pride of the county and
JOY to all who have occasion to use
them. From Wallace west the road
/ is the same until the concrete bridge
a short distance below Osburn is
reached, and that structure appears
to be the dead line. The News con-
trasts the splendid roads in the east
end of the district with the almost
impossible roads of the west end and
also on the North Side and arrives at
the conclusion that road Improvements
in this county are governed by the
vote for the democratic ticket. After
recommending the excellent roads radi-
ating from Wallace into solid demo-
cratic districts, the News says:
"Over on the North ork and up the
Little North Fork, which district has
seen an unprecedented activity all
summer and fall until compelled to de-
roads, the county has failed to heed
appeals for aid and it is doubtful if
the commissioners realize that the
section is a portion of their domain.
In the Pine creek district where like
activity is hardly duplicated in any
other portion of the Occur d'Alenes,
the condition is such that there is but
one explanation for its existence. The
best information places the amount of
ore daily hauled to the Pine creek
spur at 100 tons, This comes from
the Douglas, Highland Surprise, Con-
stitution and the Hypotheek with the
Nabob banking up hundreds of tons
of ore awaiting the assistance of God
Almighty through the agency of a
heavy fall of snow to cover the ruts
| and bog holes found on every rod of
the road, 1t is here where half the
transfers are standing idle while the
other half pass on the narrow road.
"As said before there should be no
reason why the entire district should
not at least have passable roads, but
sad to relate there is such reason AID
1t is that we have board of commits
sioners just big enough to look out for
the interests of those who put them IN
office. While the commissioners are
pleasant gentlemen to meet and to all
appearances are men capable of exer-
cising the power they possess to the
benefit of the whole people they rep
resent, the condition of the roads W
the important districts of the western
end Of the county Is a sad comment
airy upon their appreciation of fair
deal.
IF the conditions in which we find
the roads in this district is a matter
of politics and the different sections
of the district are pitted against each
iother-the spoils being apportioned
in accordance to the strength shown
for the successful candidates in the
official returns-what can be said of
the people in this district who voted
to retain in office men who were of
such caliber when men of sufficient
broadness to give the community its
due were to be had? OF course it may
be said that If we had not shown dem
ocratic votes down this way that we
would not have gotten what we have
in the way of spasmodic road work,
but even then it couldn't have been
much worse. Had the community
been faithful to itself there might
have been change, and any change
would have been relief. In the
meantime will some one please arise
and tell us what this section owes to
democrats or the democratic party
except the game warden, and may the
good Lord forgive Nose for it,"