The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-24
THE COUNTY COMMISSION
Frs AGAIN CONFER WITH
THOSE OF BUHL INDE-
PENDENT DISTRICT
"A New Law Makes a
New Situation
Report of Conferences at Bull on
Friday and at Twin Falls Yes
terday. No Final Conclusion
Public Meeting at Bull Today.

a firm belief on the part of tho
commissioners of this county that bet
Ger roads are a crying and immediate
need, that such need can only be ade-
1uately met by a bond issue and that
bonds can better be voted and more
economically floated by the county
Ehan otherwise, led to another confer.
ence at Bull, last Friday afternoon
with the commissioner of the Bull
independent Highway district.
The visiting party consisted of the
Supervisors, Messrs. O. E. Carlson. r..
r. Moore and " f. brewer. reinforced
by invitation with Nlessrs. A. l.. Swim
J. Hahn. l.. Z. Salladav.
mayor F. F.. Bracken and the
TIMES scribe. At the Buhl CONNER
3al club room they were met by the
district commissioners, Messrs. Geo
Wade, chairman; Geo. Childs and Ern-
est Molander, with the secretary. i G
Fl1ch. There were also present and
participating, presumably by request.
Messrs. G. 5. Peck, L. V. Sonner. ]. w.
Earis, r. w. Alfred. w. R. Morrison.
a W. Ostrom, Frank Atkins. B. r
AliIery' f.. w. Fisher and a number of
others.
The gathering organized by calling
Mr. Geo. Wade to the chair and maxi
ing Mr.. ]. c. Finch secretary. AS a
former attempt to secure a county
uoDd issue was made abortive by the
Aega1 inhibition of any previous agree
Enent as to how much money should
De used in any given district. atten-
eIOn was first called by Judge Ostrom
20 an amendment to the former law
by the last legislature in effect March
IS, 1917.
Under this amendment. should a
.anprrfx honH fce,r, h, ,,,tlo-s..I L.. /
1wo-thirds vote for the construction
.9r the repair of roads and bridges"
snch road. and bridges. within n
organized highway district" must
have been named and described and a
specific amount allotted for each in
n resolution of the board calling
The election. This was hailed by In
county commissioners as removing the
one serious obstacle in the way OF
agreement. and in a spirited talk
Chairman Carlson plead for union and
action.
A couple of hours were then spent
In rather desultory talks, largely con
sisting of questions and W By
these it was developed that the Bull
Highway district desires to Juild APP
prOXimately r'Xty miles of roads; that
the area of the district is somewhere
near one-fourth that of the entire
county and that the assessed valuation
is between one-fourth and One-fifth
of the county. There were some
present who were opposed to joining
IN a county issue on n terms; but
were distinctly in favor of such
Al issue, provided the needs of their
district could be assured.
Senator Faris made a strong plea
Tor road improvement NOW Said it
might not be possible to vote a bond
issue, but it should be done. The au-
tomobile taxes, from and after next
year will pay the interest on a million
dollar issue. 1t don't make so much
difference how we get better roads;
the thing is to get theml We can
raise thousands of dollars to send
away: why not vote something to
sYeno at home?
The crying need for better roads
was admitted by all. But the ques-
ffon as to whether the Bull cOntin-
gent would join in promoting a Oun
IN bond issue continued to remain un-
4nswered-indeed, it did not appear
tbHs they were themselves fully
agreed thereon. 1t was apparent,
however, that the needs of that dis
trict, and the cost of supplying them,
must be definitely formulated before
anything further could be done; and
70 this end a resolution offered by Mr..
A. l.. Swim, providing that the county
and district boards should together go
into such details and report subse-
luently, was unanimously adopted.
Thereupon the work indicated was
at once taken up by the two boards in
soint session. But although they con
tin,led for several hours, the time
proved insufficient and adjournment
was had until next Monday, 23rd inst,
when the conference Will be resumed
ID this city.
The further conference above indi-
Gated took place ID the commissioners
room in the court house at 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon. 1t was partici-
mated in only by the commissioners.
Messrs. Carlson. Moore and Brewer
for the county at large and Messrs.
Childs and Molander, with Secretary
Finch representing Bull Highway dis
frict. Like the meeting at Buhl. the
conference was a lengthy one, and
there were numerous things developed
mere as well as thereof which il is well
not to speak pending a final decision
of the matter.
While there was room for all kinds
of talk, much of which was INDUCED.
the vital questions were few and sim
pie, namely: first, What assurance as
10 its share of a county bond issue. if
voted, would satisfy the leadership of
the Bull district; second, could the
county supervisors accede to such de- {
when formulated? without fol- J
lowing the course of the discussion, I
suffice 1t to say that a proposal that &
the vote be called on a county bond {
issue of S1,250, 900. one-fourth to be J
applied to the road work in that dis I
rlct-wit a further concession as to