The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-09-06
State Commissioners Van Sick
lin and Broadhead Cover
Prairie Points.
MET WITH LOCAL men
Engineers Booth and Van Ars-
dol and Federal Inspector
Hewes, Here.

The members of the state highway
commission who have been touring
the north part of the state on trip
Of inspection Of the highways, arrived
here Sunday night, and left the fol-
lowing morning for Nezperce, and Vol
liner, returning here Monday night
at about o'clock.
The members of the party are: ID.
A. Van Sclxlin, wife and three daugh-
ters, of Weiser; w. A. Brodhead and
wife, of Mackey; Mrs. Van #. Peter
son, of Boise. State Engineer Booth,
was detained at Lewiston and is ex-
.pected here today.
The party left Boise some two weeks
ago and toured the two national parks,
and from Bonner's Ferry inspected all
the highways In that section i'm which
the state is interested.
Tuesday morning at o o'clock an Inn
promptu meeting was held at the I'M
perial hotel at which a number of lot
cal people were present, among them
being Geo. ID. Smith. w. W. Brown, A.
L. Gilkeson Senator Nate b. Pettibone.
who came in with the party the evening
before. County Auditor Eimers, r. r..
Fulton and w. p. Hussman, of Cotton
wood
The stateNcommissioners had maps on
exhibition showing the route selected
from the Salmon river via Chapman
creek
w. w Brown Of the Bank Of Camas
Prairie spoke at some length on the
objects Of the recent nond election and
Of the obstacles that were overcome.
stating that the $4,000 carried by the
White Bird and the $35.000 by the
1 Grangeville Highway districts. were
voted with the understanding that the
road was to come direct into Grange
vile and not leave the county seat on
spur.
At the conclusion of the discussion
Geo. ID. Smith, Nate Pettibone and John
/ Eimers accompanied the party out to
! the Adkison school mousse to show the
commissioners where the highway was
proposed and after viewing the dis.
trict all were agreed that that survey
was the proper one
! The largest probleni confronting the
state highway commission Is the con-
struction OF the north and south high
way. and the purpose Of this trip is
to permit the commissioners to famil-
iarize themselves with the actual con-
ditions to be encountered and to view
the sections where state money has
ALREADY been expended.
Engineer Booth has made the state
ment that the location of the north and
south highway from Jaques Spur to
| White Bird viii be made by Engineer
c. G. Van Arsdol, and that he hopes
the work may be inaugurated at n
very early date
State Engineer f. NJ. Booth of Boise.
and Engineer G. G.. Van Arsdol of Lew
iston. accompanied by L. /. Hewes of
\ Portland, representing the federal gov
ernment on the post road part of the
highway construction, were arrivals
In the city yesterday afternoon from
Lewiston. following up the state COM
missioner's party that left here yes
terday morning
An informal meetii.s was held at the
Imperial Hotel last evening which was
attended by quite number of repre-
sentative business men and at which
time Mr.. Booth outlined the plans of
the commission with regard to the
route between here and White Bird.
stating that Engineer VanArsdol would
accompany the party to the top of
White Bird hill and would then return
here and assemble crew for the i'm
mediate location of the route.
The gentlemen departed this morning
for New Meadows, John Eimers going
out to bring Mr.. vanArsdol back 10
this point.