The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-17
Co. Commissioners En-
courage Movement
Pursuant TO Initiative of CONNER
cial Club, Good Roads Problem
Is Discussed at Gathering of
Leading Citizens. Permanent
Organization Effected. Street
Paving Considered.
(From Sunday Times)

There is one thing" said the
gentleman from Indiana to the gentle
man from Bull, that l cannot under
stand. l became interested in irriga-
ton some years ago. With good soil
and good climate it's a cinch if you
can add the water whenever 1t Is
needed. / have, therefore, visited
many irrigated sections in different
parts of the country. And want to
say to you nat you have right here on
what is known as the Twin Falls tract
he very best example of what is pos
sible under irrigation l have ever seen
anywhere. What l cannot understand
is how it can be possible that. with
such beautifully lying, fertile and well
watered acres. such sure and i'm
mense crops of the finest and highest
quality, you continue to get along with
such Internally poor roads!"
We'll" replied the gentleman from
Bull, I'VE now we need a better road
system. There are long periods in
each year when it actually costs more
TO get a ton of produce to the railway
in our fine and rapidly growing city
than it does to take it from there to
some big distributing Point. And we
people up in that part of the county
have organized a highway district for
the express purpose"
please let me interrupt YOU for a
moment" said the gentleman from
Iowa. I'VE in Iowa have had all kinds
of experience with that district bust
ness-drainage districts, etc. But the
county-the fully organized, legalized
and recognized civil and political en-
tity-that's the thingl County bonds,
and especially county oad bonds, will
sell much more readily and bring
more money han those of any district
or subdivision of any kind. You peo-
pie in this county want 90 forget you
district business and all past differ
ences of every kind, and come togeth-
er in an earnest and united effort.
Then you will get somewhere. Don't
be afraid to mortgage the future by a
large road bond issue. The resultant
system of good roads and bridges
throughout your county will add the
entire sum to the value of our lands
so soon as completed; and the
economy and convenience will each
year pay a big premium. An improve
ment of this character is for the years
and the generations that are to come.
Let them bear a portion of the cost"
Now just when and where the fore
going conversation tOOk place is not
important. But many people from
Twin Falls, as well as Jther parts of
the county nave neafu, II InOuBnt
just such things. This is possibly the
reason why the subject of good county
roads was brought under considera-
ton, as reported in the TIMES. at a
Commercial club meeting last week;
why a committee consisting OF Messrs.
ID. M. Denton, j. H. Van Tassel, Ar
thur Peavey. Sam Hart and Del
Sprague was erected to do something
why an hundred more prominent citi-
zens were constituted a kind of Com
mittee of the whole" and called to
meet in the city park at s o'clock last
evening; and why more han seventy
of hem did so meet
The meeting was called to order by
the Commercial club chairman, whc
introduced Mr.. Denton as chairman Of
the parent committee. Mr.. Dentor
very briefly referred to the universal
~ acknowledged need for better coun.
ty highways; said that his committe,