The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-05-09
Much Enthusiasm in
Shoshone County
Organization
LIVE OFFICERS ELECTED
Consider Improvement of the
Burke Road---Change
to Lookout Pass
.HE ANNUAL MEETING of the
Shoshone County Good Roads
association was held in the par

association was held in the par
lor of the Samuels hotel last
Tuesday evening" 1t was one of Il e
history of the association, and much
interest and enthusiasm was manifest
ed in plans for the further extension
and improvement of the highways of
the county. w. J. Hall, assistant
manager of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company, was elected presi-
dent of the association for the en-
suing year. o. A. Riedel, of Mullan,
editor of the Progress, was reelected
vice president, and F. e. Stone, of
Wallace, was reelected secretary.
Members of the executive board in
addition to the foregoing were elected
as follows: w. r. Miller and E. r.
Denny, of Wallace; Glib Machan, of
Mullan; Morris Mahoney, of Burke,
and E. w. Miller, Of Kellogg. All of
these are energetic workers for good
roads and under their direction the
association is expected to make fine
record of achievement during the COM
ing year.
Burke and Lookout Pass.
Attention was called to the fact that
the assurance of the completion of the
Fourth of July canyon road rendered
it imperative that improvements
should be made on the international
highway across the ldaho-Montana
divide This involves work on the
road between Burke and the summit
to connect with an excellent road that
has been built from Thompson to the
summit by Sanders county, Montana,
and would thus open an attractive
route through this district in connec-
tion with the National Parks high
way.
Another Improvement of even more
pressing Importance is the proposed
change in the present road across the
summit above Mullan to Lookout pass.
The condition of the present and pro-
posed route at this time affords all
the argument necessary in support of
the change. Lookout pass has been
free from snow for nearly two months,
while the present road is now under
eight or ten feet of snow. The change
involves the construction of only
about two miles of new road by this
county The commissioners of Min
eral county are ready to build from
the Montana side to meet the Sho-
shone county road on the Lookout
summit.
These two propositions were dis
cussed at the meeting and President
Hall was authorized to appoint COM
mittee to confer with the county COM
missioners and to take whatever other
steps may be necessary to accomplish
these improvements. This committee
will be announced later.
Support Two Highways.
The association appropriated 800
as membership fee in the National
Parks highway. This is the northern
route, but it's advertising matter gives
prominence to the route between Mis-
soula and Spokane by way of the
Coeur d'Alene district, showing 1t to
be shorter than the main line and Of
SURPRISING interest to tourists 1t was
for this reason that the appropriation
was made.
An. appropriation of 800 was also
made to the Yellowstone Trail asso-
citation, which controls the transcon-
tinental highway through this county
and which with the improvements
made as contemplated will be the most
popular thoroughfare from coast to
coast
Association Membership.
The Shoshone County Good Roads
association now has a membership Of
50, and it should have membership
of 600 or 700, for there are that many
automobile owners in the county
every one of which should be per-
sistent booster for good roads. The
membership fee is IS per year.