The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-03-15

COST OF BONDING FOR GOOD ROADS rs NOMINAL.
Inc question OF constructing good roads highways at
TINS Time Is the most absorbing topic exant Everywhere
east west north and SOUTH is under discussion and the
unanmlty OF sentiment is community and
wants good roads The Idaho legislature GRE
ated $OOOOO bond ISSUE demanded by the people, Nor
the building OF good roads conjunction with the
and the various counties and highway districts the state
Many OF the counties have awaited the action of the state
to see exactly what would be what would be
pected OF them In the of cooperation before attempting
to submit the county bond issue to the voters and
taxpayers This true of Idaho county At various
good roads meetings which held during the last wear
was agreed that it would be ques
ton until the legislature had taken action definite plans
had been formulated by the state for campaign of
good road construction The legislature having done its part
the matter the time is at hand when Idaho county must
decide whether it proposes get into progressive line
and it's part of the state appropr
ons for good roads by heartily cooperating them in this
forward movement whether prefers pay its part of the
taxes to build roads for other portions the state and
direct benefit herefrom This question of whether
community wants to taxes for good roads
have got to share of the anyway and
we fail to through in cooperative way as county the
money to the other fellow who enterprsing and
longer headed businessman In addition to the loss the
state taxes we are compelled to pay also lose the entire
government appropriation In other words it is question
OF whether we ready put in two dollars out
hve In good roads, which would be good investment if we
had to the whole thing whether put
in one dollar which have got do anyway get nothing
In return
Some who have studied the subject and fa
iazed themselves with the facts afraid that bond issue
will make their additional taxes heavy that they will be
vemion county, Illinois, cited by the Standpoint Review
to the people of Bonner county.
In Vermon county, Illinois, typical Illinois highways pre-
vailed until 1913 when the county bonded for 100000
good roads OF took the taxpayers breath away
when the county supervisors first put the issue before the
people, but campaign of education entered upon with
the result that the bond carried were built and
deductions made to show that is costing farm lands
sessed at of $3063 just "a
for period of 90 years. each 500
% LIZ cents The Breeders Gazette for February tells the
whole story Of this enterprise.
had oho
county has, only of larger SCALE From aid
it could figure for two years 1000 This would
build about five miles of road such wanted there
3 miles of state aid road the county It decided
not to adopt the drop the bucket plan but to bond for enough
to build real roads and make the improvement
eral one for the whole county petition filed with the
county board in September and it acted March In
the meantime the whole county reached by the good roads
organization at public meetings and farmers Institutes The
routes all designated the kind of road be laid agreed
upon before the bond issue placed before the voters at
election By the time the election reached there
few doubling Thomases and the bond issue carried heav
iy When the first assessment made the million and
half bond issue several taxpayers appeared the court
house and wanted to know why the payment the first
interest and sinking fund had not shown their
They surprised find that the interest sinking fund
there.
bore its fruit Now the farmers of Vemon county have had
to them the value of good roads they
delighted with their colossal bond issue They do feel that
they have milestone around their necks They know that
advanced farm values accessibility more
than swallowed up the whole million and half They
twice happy and connted they before they spent
much money.
WHO PAYS REDUCTION OF INTEREST ON STATE
LOANS?