The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-02-21

Kimberly between the people of that
town and Hansen, at which, after
some discussion it was decided to try
to ascertain whether the people OF
the proposed Filler district would con
slider joining the rest of the county,
outside the Bull highway district in
the formation OF one big district. The
county commissioners, through w. +
Brewer, a member of the board, were
requested to attempt to arrange
conference with representatives of the
people of Filler A delegation from
Kimberly consisting of r. W. Wilson,
j. w Hardin, ~ w. Swearingen and
j. A. Steelsmith. and from Hansen,
composed Of M. B. Provost and Otis
Sampson, came down and Joined the
commissioners, in attending the meet
ing There was no representative of
any commercial body in Twin Falls
present.
The meeting was called to order by
Richard Davis. Wilson Bunce was
secretary. The matter was threshed
over pro and con by Commissioner
o. r. Carlson, Guy II. Shearer, Chair
man Davis. J. W. Hardin, c. A. Nc
Claim, Louis Hill, Commissioner F..
w Brewer, r. w. Wilson, d. I. Det-
wiler, w. J. Trueblood, NJ b. Provost,
Secretary Bunce H. Murphy, II. J.
Weaver, M. A. Thometz and Otis
Sampson.
The arguments for the smaller dis
trict were that it would allow more
intensive superintendent, would re-
suit in greater confidence that all
parts of the district would receive a
fair deal would mean the better de-
velopment of north and south roads
and would make the community cen
ter also the road center 1t was
pointed out that there were four ship
ping points in the district proposed
and that those in the neighborhood q
each would have roads fixed in way
that would make the haul easy. IT
was admitted that in the preparing Of
county plan for a bond issue the
commissioners had done as we'll as
any body of men could, and had Civ
en- more money to the Filler district
than a pro rata OF taxation would
warrant, and nobody in the gathering
could point to a road laid out by the
county which should not have been
built, but it was contended that the
mileage was still too small to salts
factorily cover the district
Mr. McClain, who tended to favor
larger district, declared that he be-
lieved the principal argument for
small district was that it would re-
suit in the people being willing to
tax themselves twice as heavily for
good roads as they would in a lar
ger district. He pointed out the ex-
ample of Bull. He said that as a
matter of fact, instead of one mil
lion dollars last year, two millions
should have been proposed and that
divided into smaller districts, that
sum would have been voted yet many
objected to voting a single million.
It was admitted by east end men
that the people of the Filler district
had done well by the big bond issue
The Filler men conceded that for
years, representatives of Twin Falls
had shown a disposition to play fair
with the rest of the county, and this
sentiment was voiced by those from
the east end The main objections
to the smaller district plan was that
it might leave the Salmon tract in
bad way, that it might cripple the
project of the state highway cSst
and west and north and south, that it
might stand in the way of getting the
most effective engineering skill, that
it might result in heavier general
overhead expenses and that it would
result in depriving the smaller dis
tricts of a share of Twin Falls city
taxation, and give the small district
around the county seat good roads
at very small cost compared with
the rest of the county. On the other
hand it was finally agreed by p
present that since each community
would probably feel better if manag-
ing it's own road affairs, the result
of the harmony would more than Off
set the effect of any disadvantages
that might develop. The Filler mer
we're confident that there would be