The Kendrick gazette., 1919-02-07
BEAR RIDGE FORMING
GOOD ROADS DISTRICT
Sufficient Names on Petition
to Secure District

At good roads meeting held on
Big Bear ridge last Saturday after
noon, the preliminary work Was
done for the formation of good
roads district that would include
practically all the farming land ON !.
the ridge. Conscientious objectors
were in the main absent and the
sentiment crystalized in favor of
the district when a petition was
presented for the signatures of all
property owners present.
Alec Galloway has been taking
the initiative and he stated that
since the meeting nearly every land
owner on the ridge had signed the
petition and that he expected the
district would be formed with al
most the unanimous support of the
farmers on the ridge.
The object of the good roads dis
trict as stated in the petition, which
will be presented to the county
commissioners at their April meet
ing, is for the purpose of building
and improving the roads within the
district and to survey, lay out and
construct a highway upon the most
practical grade from Bear ridge to
4 the town of Kendrick.
1t is proposed to eventually sur
face the roads with crushed rock
and gravel. 1t is believed that a
grade approximately five percent
can be secured that will serve the
interests of all residents of the
ridge in satisfactory manner.
The assessed valuation Of the dis
trict is $780, ,444, according to the
equalized assessment of 1918. Mr..
Galloway believes that with maxi
; mum tax levey all the roads on the
F. ridge can be put in first class shape
without bonding the district.
Following are the boundaries of
the district:
Beginning at point in the center
of Potlatch River in Latah county,
State of Idaho, where Pine Creek
empties into said river, running
thence in northerly direction a.
long the center line of said Pine
Creek to the point where the said
Pine Creek intersects the north
line of the south half of Sec. IA in
: Township 80, North of Range 2,
West of the Boise Meridian, in
: Latah county, State of Idaho, run
ming thence west on the center Sec
t tion line 5 miles more or less to a
: point where said line lntersects the
:. center of Bear Creek, running
}, thence in southerly direction
along the center line Of said Bear
Creek sto a point where said center
line intersects the north line of Sec
= tion "a, in Township 3S, North of
!, range 33. West of the Boise Merid-
ian, running thence West to the
northwest corner of said section "a,
!, running thence south one half mile
running thence east on the center
t, line of Section "a to a point where
:. said line intersects the center of
D. said Bear Creek, running thence in
l. southerly direction along the CEN
er ter line of said Bear Creek to a
r, point in the center of Potlatch river
d, where said Bear Creek emptles
5. therein, running thence in a north
K westerly direction along the center
U. line of said Potlatch river to the
point of beginning; al of the pre-.
perty within the above described
boundaries, being situated in Latah
county.
At the meeting Saturday after.
noon the matter of improving the
telephone line on the ridge, was
brought up and prospects are very
favorable that the entire system
will be overhauled and put in 8
more serviceable condition. 1t wa:
proposed to put in enough new line:
so that no one line would he over
burdened with phones. One or pos
sibly two more lines will be stretch
ed to Kendrick. This is a matter
that has long needed attention ant
the thorough manner in which tn,
". proposed lines are to be rebuilt will
be source of satisfaction to every
one.