Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-09-14
$35O,OOO FOR
GOOD ROADS
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEMBERS
FAVOR FLOATING BONDs-SELL
BONDS WHEN NECESSARY
HOLD ELECTION IN NOVEMBER
Bond Issue Must Garry Ii Permanent
Roads are Secured.

The attention of the voters OF
boundary county is called to House
Bill No. 274 which is published In full
III another column of this paper and
which provides for bond issue by the
state in the sum of $2,000,000 to be
used for the laying out surveying and
constructing of state highways in
each county. The question of whether
or not this money shall be raised by
bond issue is to- be settled by the
voters at the general election in No
vember.
The past legislature proposed the
$2,O00,000 bond issue in order that
Idaho might have road money with
which to meet its pro rata of federal
government road appropriations. 1t is
known to everyone that government
aid for road building may be secured
providing the state in which such
money is expended shall also raise
a like sum for road construction. In
order for Idaho to secure a share of
the government appropriations it will
be necessary to float bond issue IL
Idaho has no road appropriation then
the money available will be turned
over to some state in a position to
meet its quota and fulfill the federal
regulations. 1t therefore behooves
every voter to vote for the proposed
S2,OO0,000 bond issue for road con-
struction.
This matter was taken up yesterday
by the members of the Kootenai Val
ley Commercial Club and it was unan-
imously voted that the organization go
on record favoring the bond issue and
a Nf ~
A. A. Mcintyre, O. G. Wilson, Byron
n. Hawks and E. Des voignes, was ap-
pointed to give the matter publicity
and to endeavor to interest the voters
in favorable action
The club members discussed road
matters thoroughly and it was learned
that under the present levies not
enough money is raised in the county
with which to keep the roads and
bridges in proper repair and, that 1t
will never be possible to construct
permanent roads unless money is,
raised by bond issues. Reports from
all other counties is to the effect that
they will work for and vote for the
state bond issue. If the bond issue
carries then each county must be in
a position to take care of its share
of the state road money inasmuch as
each county will have to pay its share
of the interest and sinking fund of the
$2,000,000 bond issue.
1t was the unanimous opinion of the
club members yesterday that Bound
ary county should proceed with a good
roads program that would mean per-
manent main roads in all parts of the
county. Engineers have estimated
that with a bond issue of $350,000
Boundary county could hard surface
all its main roads including the roads
from Bonners Ferry to Porthill, to
Eastport and to the Montana state
line. This work could not be done by
the expenditure of $3.50 900 alone but
if the county had available this
amount of money for road construe-
ton it would be in position to request
and receive a total of S175,000 from
the state and a total of $525 900 from
the federal government This means
that under a $350,000 bond issue in
this county there would be available
for road construction the sum of ST.
050,000 with which to construct per-
manent main county roads. Unless
Boundary county raises money for
road purposes through a bond issue it
would not be able to secure permanent
roads in all parts of the county within
the next 20 years by expenditures
from the road tax levy fund.
1t was brought out at the meeting
yesterday that the county commission
ers should call for a vote on the pro-
posed $350000 bond issue at the GEN
eral election in November and that
this would save the expense of holding
a special election. 1t was also brought
out that if the vote for the proposed
bond issue he favorable that no bonds
should be sold until such a time as
money from the state and federal gov
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