American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-08-01
GOOD ROADS ELECTION
TO FLOAT BOND ISSUE
SET FOR AUGUST 20
W0NES BLDG, FAiRyfEw SCHOOL
HOUSE, NELSON RANCH, NEELEY
SCHOOL, LUTHERAN CHURCH.
POLLING PLACES.
COUNTY ROADS GET $4,000
Seventy Thousand Dollars TO BE Spent
on Power County Roads Not Sup
ported by State or Federal Govern
ment Appropriations.

Highway bonds to the amount OF
$l50,000 are asked in the resolution
published today by the highway COM
missioners OF highway district No. 4
of Power county Notice is given thRs
the bond election will be held Friday.
August 29th. Voting booths will be-
open In the Wones building, Amert-
can Falls, Fairyiew school house, Lu-
theran church OF Pleasant Valley.
Nelson ranch nj Bonanza bar and the
Neeley school house. The polls wiz
be open from eight In the morning
until seven at night
The highway commissioners, con-
sisting of 10. IL. Earring, r. b. Green
wood and Wilford Bennion accepted
the resolution July 25th and have pro-
yided for a plan of road building that
they believe is essential and demand
ed by the taxpayers in district No.
l. OF the S150.000 to be raised by
bonding, about $4,000 Is TO be spent
on state and federal post roads. For
these roads the state and government
have offered to appropriate an addf-
tional 100000 making the total funds
available for road building amount to-
$4,000 or more than twice as much
as would be spent were II not for
state and federal aid.
For every dollar that the highway
district spends for good roads. she
Will then receive approximately three
dollars which is one OF the reasons
why the commissioners feel that the
coming election Will 20 strongly for
the bonds.
$4,000 for Surfaclng.
Of nd 40 NIL
be well taken care OF and built to-
stand up under the most severe usage
the year through, there will still be-
left for the building of purely district
roads a sum of $4,000 practically alh
OF which will he used for surfacing
roads, While the commissioners have
not definitely decided upon all the
roads To receive Improvement, buG
very few will be left when the winter
is over. BY using the money to grade
and surface the roads practically ev-
cry road in the district will be taken
care of.
The federal aid for Power county
was procured after several consulta-
tions with state officials who worked
through the office OF public roads.
Previous TO 1916 the activities OF
the bureau then known as the office
OF public roads were confined large
ly to making Investigations OF road
building materials. the construction
OF experimental roads, the malnten-
ance OF certain post roads and the
study OF road systems for states ana
counties With the passage OF the
federal aid road act in July OF that
year the office Of public roads be-
came the medium through which the
state highway departments establish
ed their relation with the federal gov
ernment, and the importance OF the
work In hand made necessary u
change In It's administration.
Funds for Post Roads.
BY the passage OF the original fed
eral aid road act In 1915 there was
made available SIS, 100000, the expen-
| diture TO extend over a period Of five
years beginning at $6000,000 In 1915
and increasing 10 $25,000000 in 1921.
The bonds advertised are TO bear
not more than six per cent interest
and the first payment on the principal
will be due In 1880 and thereafter for
ten years until the bonds are paid
The bonds VIII be denominations of
$1,000 and will be sold 10 the best bid
der