The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-30
ROAD SIGNS
GALORE HELP
COUNTY TRAFFIC
Bingham County Roads
to Be Labeled for
Public Conven-
venience
MESSAGE FOR ALL
Putting Up Signs Not
! the Only Element
Considered

Z The commissioners have been
wanting to put up road signs at the
forks Of roads and at turns to indi-
cate places and distance, and all
such places and their needs have
been plated and signs planned ac-
cording to the needs of the respec-
tive places.
An order has been placed for met
al signs enameled so they will last
indefinitely If they are not abused
and they will be made and placed
in position as soon as possible.
These signs are costing some
money, but the cost of the signs
is usually the small part of the
question. 1t requires a great deal
of travelling to get this information
and the distances so they can tell
just what sign and figures are need
ed at each place to be tagged. Then
when the signs are made it requires
an equal amount Of travelling to go
out and reach the places where they
are to be placed. The task of erect
ing them is no small one. They
must be mounted on something that
holds them up to view at the prop
er point, and yet afford protection
from travel and from animals. In
some places passing herds might
tramp them down and in others idle
animals may use them for scratching
boards and ruin them.
The commissioners had to consid-
er the tendency of the white race
to take shot at every good target
or to throw stone just to see If
they can hit it, and enameled signs
do not look so good after being
peppered with shot or bullets or
raped with stones. The wooden
signs go to pieces even faster than
the metal ones, because they not
only make good target but they
dry out and go to pieces in the
weather.
The county is going to spend con-
siderable money in delivering and
erecting the signs after they arrive,
and people are asked to consider
that it was their own money that is
used to pay for them, and the signs
were put up for the good of the
public. Those who like to take a
shot at signs are reminded that
there are stringent laws against that
kind of stuff and 1t will be the
privilege of the people to have Of
tenders punished for destroying
them. There are so many other
things that people can shoot at
their own door knobs and lamps, and
their pet dogs and cats-it is ear
nestly hoped they will spare the
county property and keep themselves
out of Jail.
These signs are going to be very
useful to our own population, and
will afford great help to other peo-
pie pleased with our roads and
guide posts as well as with the tour
list park at the county seat, so they
will find travelling pleasure in
our county. 1t is very much to our
advantage to have many tourists and
lists of every kind come, and every
advantage and every cotrtesy we can
provide for them will help.
Occasionally one Of these signs
will get knocked down or turned
around or from cause will need
few minutes time to put it up. Ev-
eryone who passes tumbledown
sign, if he has any means of fix
ing it up, is missing an opportunity
to help make his county what it
ought to be.
Let's take the right attitude to-
ward these signs when they are
erected and see that they are pre-
served.