The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-05-15
THE TUESDAY LUNCHEON
7. F. COMMERCIAL CLUB
The Subject of Good Roads and Incl
dentally, Good Eats, Given Active
Attention by the Club Membership

The fourth regular Tuesday lunch !
con of the Commercial club was had |
this noon at the ROgersOn cafe, with !
good attendance and a good spread. In
advance of serving the soup, the chair
man, Mr.. A. l.. Swim, announced for !
consideration the very important sub |
ject OF good roads and called c. A.
Robinson to speak on the Value OF
Hard Surface Roads"
Mr.. Robinson alluded to the fact of
the multiplicity and diversity of coun- |
sci in this matter; but insisted that II
had an extremely practical side-es-
pecially for the farmer. Taking the
beet culture as example; two miles
from the factory the hauling costs ap-
prONmately soc per ton; at Iour miles,
91.OO; at seven miles, $1.5O; at ten
mllesY $500. TINS means that the
more distant land, compared with
the nearer, is handicapped from four
TO twelve collars per acre, which soon
becomes prOhibltlVe. In this way IL
Was clearly SHOWN mat the facility OF
perfect roads would so increase the
value OF land as to add at least three
mllnOns OF dollars to the tax rolls OF
this cUunty-tne added revenue from
which would pay the interest ON tuIIy
two mllnOnS OF road ponds. he then
CITED California, where the traveller
can hardly get Off a hard surfaced road
way; salu TINS was accomplished Dy
oOnuIng, ana Jnat the people OIL Cnac
State we're more IMAM saLlsI4eu MIIn
Sucn expenditure.
Nir. 4. II. Null was then asked to
SPEAK on cost Ol SurIacIns. re re-
| spOnueu by showing now many local
COnuluOns, Sucn as topography, dram
age aOCessIDIlIty OF raw material and
| Climate, naue any COmpuuuOn some
| what uncertain. Then a1Cer enumerat-
ms the various kInus OIL nara surfaced
rOdUWays, ana eliminating by force OF
| local conditions, he 1Ouno TINS section
| practically hmlred 10 the use elmer OF
| graveI or some DItumlnuOus material.
Inc former ne estimated TO cost, 1Or
IA slXJeen-tooJ roadway, from ten TO
| CWelye thousand dollars per mile; the
latter, including bridges, from twelve
10 sixteen thousand per mlIe. Per
1nanancy is Lne great desideraJum; in
TINS regard Jne DlcumlnOus roadway
as PROBABLY the beSJ-and the pest Is
lone too good.
MI h. i. tlnch, asked to state how
mucn puUIIc money was now available
IOr ROAD purposes, maze maj answer
tnat the sum was $4o,5UU. ms state
ment was, however, preceded by an
apology Tor the county commissioners
VINO lad Deen asked 10 FURNISH the IN
formation, sbut who had not yet drawn
any OF their increased salary anC
could not afford the eXpense-promls
| ing MN, however, tnaC IL he would
represent them, they would come across
, ron pay uay. II was also preceuet
by full and very interesting and in
fOrmaIOry statement OF the methods o
raising, the sources and division of tn,
revenues for road purposes-of which
more anon. And it was followed by
the statement that the commissioners
were now earnestly seeking to pui
before the voters of the county a mil
lion dollar road bond proposition, in
which they had been temporarily held
up by legal complication.
The meeting was then turned over
to Mr. Hackman, club president, who
entertained a motion, which was car
ried, that as incident to a good roads
campaign, the local automobile club bt
revivified. A motion also carried tt
memorable the authorities at Wash
ington against at present withdraw.
ing the Bruneau country from amonf
Carey act lands. Mr.. J. L. Cooksley
was selected to preside at next meet
ing and adjournment had