The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-04-12

The commissioners of highway dis
trict No 2, which includes Moscow,
Viola and Joel, and joins the Thorn
Greek and Genesee districts on the
south, have issued the following state
ment for publication:
To the voters of Highway District
Number Two:
After number of sessions of the
of improving the roads of the district
were considered and after a thorough
investigation of the general condition
of the roads throughout the district,
and after having talked with people
from all over the district, we have
concluded that the only way that the
roads can be improved within a rea-
sonable time and without a waste
of money is to issue the bonds of the
district in a sufficient amount TO
guarantee the construction of perman-
ent roads. There is between forty
and fifty miles of main highways in
the district and many laterals and by
roads leading into those highways,
and practically all of them are badly
in need of improvement.
Under the old system of maintaining
the roads it has been necessary to
levy tax each year which has been
sufficient only for the temporary up
keep and not sufficient for their
permanent improvement. This has
been no fault of the county commits
sioners or the road overseers, but it
has been due to the fact that under
the law sufficient money could not
heretofore be made available, and the
object of the highway district law is
to make it possible for any organized
highway district to raise sufficient
funds for road construction by is
suing bonds. a.
We deem it of the utmost import
ance that the people vote favorably
upon the question of issuing the bonds
at this time. for the reason that by
being in position to match the state
and the government by contributing
an equal amount the district will get
state and federal aid this year to the
amount of approximately 100000 and
it is hoped that in addition to that
sum we can get government aid upon
the post roads. However, we cannot
expect this aid unless we put up an
amount equal to that contributed by
the government
Under the law the highway district
can issue bonds to only 10 per cent of
the assessed valuation of the district
which will not of itself be sufficient
to improve all of the roads in the
district in the manner the commits
sioners wish to improve them, but
with the state and federal aid we hope
to get we will have ample funds to
build permanent highways wherever
needed and to so improve the lateraas
or by-roads that every farm in the
district viii be accessible to the main
and market places over
a good road in any season of the year.
We want it understood that this
board will not show any favoritism or
partiality in the location or improve
ment of the roads of the district, and
that it will be the constant aim of
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the district at the least possible ex-
pense. Also that it is the intention
of the board to do as much of the
work as possible by local labor, so
that large portion of the money will
be kept within the district.
We hope to have the earnest cooper
alton and friendly advice and assist
ance of all of the people of the dis
trict, to the end that we may be bet
ter able to render more valuable serv-
ices and to make the roads in this
district the best and most satisfactory
of any in the entire Inland Empire.
GAINFORD P. MIX,
WILLIAM HUNTER,
J. H. HAZELTINE,
Commissioners of Highway
District No. 2.