Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-10-07
LET CONTRACTS
NEXT SPRING
CHIEF ENGINEER OF STATE HIGH
WAY DEPARTMENT VISITS
THIS COUNTY TUESDAY
INSPECT THE STATE HIGHWAY
Col. Olson Among the Men of Idaho
Who Served In France

Lieut.-Col. A. r. Olson, of Idaho
Falls, head of the state highway de-
partment engineers corps, and A. e.
Bassett, district highway engineer,
with headquarters in Occur Alene,
were in the county last Tuesday af-
ternoon and on Wednesday made a
trip to Porthill, for the purpose of in
specting the route of the north and
south highway in this county This
was the first visit of Col Olson to this
county and he assured the several cit
liens whom he met that this end of the
state would get its share of road APP
preparations and that there was every
reason to believe that the federal aid
project from Boomers Ferry to the
Bonner county line would receive fav-
orable action.
Col. Olson and Engineer BaGset con-
Cured in stating that deviations from
present roads in this county would on
ly be made to eliminate distance OF
grades and that the surveying work
would be pushed as rapidly as posi-.
BILE as it is expected to have road con-
struction contracts let so that work
can be started early next spring.
Col. Olson advised that if this state
is to continue to receive federal aiC
for road building the citizens should
urge upon the Idaho delegation a.
Washington the Importance of support
| ing the bill now before congress fol
an appropriation of one hundred mil
/ lion dollars each year for four years
this money to be apportioned to thu
various states requiring aid on basis
of population and area combined.
| Engineer Polsen, who is in charge o
the state survey crew that has beer
working in this county for severa
weeks. accompanied Messrs. Olson ant
Bassett on their trip over the rout
of the north and south highway. H
stated that the survey has progresses
as far as the Rock Creek hill and tina
a new grade to the north bench ha
been secured which will serve tn
roads to LENA, to Porthill and to tn
Canadian boundary line, withou
doubling in any direction.
Col Olson stated that the stat
highway department has been en-
deavoring to do it's work in such
manner as to make the most of tn
money it has to spend for road con
struction. The department is in clos
JOucn WIN I0e leueTdl. government
regard to federal road aid and wi
try to get every dollar possible fo
Idaho road building. 1t is announce
that by next fall it will be possibl
to travel from the north to the sout
end of Idaho over the north and sout
highway, although parts of the rout
will not be in firstclass condition.
Col. Olson is a familiar figure to
number of the soldiers of this count
who served with the old End Idah
infantry, as he was a major in con
mand of the End battalion of the Of
organization. When the regimen
was split in the fall of 1917, MajC
Olson went to the 116th engineers ar
was sent to France. Landing at
Nazaire, he was transferred to ba
talon of combatant engineers in Il
> zone of operations, where he won pr
motion to a Internationally al
was recommended for the eagles of
= fullfedged colonel Just as the armi
tice was signed. Just before the a
tack on the st. Mihiel salient he W;
= assigned to the famed 2nd enginee
of the Justly famous End division al
where he had 500 men of the End Id
no under his command.