The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-20
gravel removed from his place and

on cOHultlOn tnat tney ala that, the
could have the land which the cana
occupied at just what it cost him
Mr.. Bills said that was perfectly rea
sonable and that Mr.. Cannon shoult
have just exactly that and he woult
attend to it. Then came the fata
accident to Mr.. Bills and Mr.. Cannon
felt that good taste required that h,
should not agitate the subject for {
while and it has gone on the rest O.
the year and nothing has been done
In the meantime traffic going up ant
down the line finds it little diff
flcult to meet and pass load of hay
unless there is care taken for one
vehicle to get out on the edge anG
stand still while the other vehicle
goes by. The deep borraw pits are
still there and there is plenty OF
gravel within sight to fill them ur
If 1t had only been dumped in the
right place. To get the gravel back
into the borrow pits now it would
have to be loaded into scrapers and
hauled back down into the canal, up
out of it on the opposite side, into
the road and then dragged length
wise of the road to the place of
dumping. This will cost, probably,
as much as it would have cost in the
first place to cut out the canal. It
will probably cost more because the
gravel has to be hauled down into
the canal and then hauled consider
able distance to the dumping
grounds. Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Dick
inson explained the matter to the
board and the board decided to 60
out and look at it. Commissioner
Williams is a stakeholder and Of
ficer in the canal and he assures the
board that he had no notice and no
knowledge of the cutting of the new
canal for their use until after the
work was about completed. They had
never so much as asked permission
and the canal company is pretty sore
about it.
Another Large Blunder
Superintendent Stone, in the
course of this construction work at
the new cut, destroyed section of
lateral ditch belonging to the Cannon
farm and agreed to make a new
ditch after the canal was cut which
ne did. In making the new ditch, he
also had to make two new fumes to
cross Cannon's water over the Wat.
son slough ditch, the old fumes were
destroyed in the course of construc-
ton. He decided to make siphons,
which is on undershot and he de-
cided to make them of cement. Mr..
Dickinson stated that he was on the |
ground and looked it over when they
we're building the fumes and he pro-
.ested against the material being put
INTO one of them saying that it was
not being made of concrete, but that
t was mixture of cement and mud |,
Ind that it would not stand. He
made the prediction that it would
collapse as soon as the water was
urned into it and soaked it up good.
The protest was ignored and the con-
'truction work was finished, the &C.
nent work was all covered over, the
water was turned in and two hours
lfter the water got into the cement i
1t fell in. Then Mr..
Stone had to uncover the whole
works again, tear out the cement
mud construction and build it over
gain using cement, gravel and sand.
When this was completed and dried,
stood the weight.
A committee of three men from
liverton appeared before the county
commissioners Monday afternoon
nd said they wanted to organize a
otfng precinct between the rivers,
ct a road overseer appointed or
lake some arrangement to have
Dad work done when actually neces-
ary and to get consta BILE appointed
that they could have the proper ,
overnment at their entertainments
he committee consisted of C. B. |,
fright, Arano Anderson and ]. Ed
ard Johnson. .'>r'
They said there was a certain eIe-
ent that like to attend the dances
such places as their school house, d
ring little booze along, have a q
'yal good time and impose upon p
sople generally. On several &C. t
lsions they had gone so far as to n
'eak up the parties and people went t
ome In disgust. Any citizen who n
tempted to set things right was ~
kelly to get into trouble since he
I'd no authority to arrest anyone A
Id 1t took the strong arm practice
do anything with them. The O.
'odlums realized the embarrassing "
tuation 1t puts the citizens in and
Ike advantage of it. They want o,
put stop to this kind of stuff and 9, Q,
we good orderly entertainments so N
cir families can feel secure when m
ey 60 to them and so these gentle p
en- do not feel that they should m
We to get out and undertake a diff =
ult task in order to protect their
ople.
The commissioners said they did p
t approve of this rough stuff and m
At If the people there would send at
a petition naming the man they m m
nted for constable he would be ap- b,
[nted. In regard to roads, they Ri
uld only undertake to make re- IN
|rs this year and do the really -
,essary things: If the people would In
6 the county clerk when some
ng went wrong he would send out he
emergency man, w. C. Thompson lis
make repairs. m.
they said there was plank
dod in hrSdno n-l / Ia,