Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1921-01-28
WANT To CHANGE
n. & s. ROAD
BY WAY OF GRANGEVILLE,
NEZPERCE AND OROFINO
SAYS PAPERS.

The North and South HIGH
way. which most people believed
had been settled definitely, as
far as the location of the road
was concerned from Grangeville
to Lewiston, by the way of Cot
tonwood, Ferdinand, Craigmont
and Winchester appears to have
again become a topic of great
interest by our neighboring
cities, as an effort is now being
made to relocate the road ac-
cording to the Craigmont Regis
ter, Kamiah Progress and Clear
water Republican by the way of
Grangeville, Nezperce and Oro-
fino.
The road was so definitely To-
Gated that Cottonwood, Ferdin-
and and Craigmont Highway
districts voted bonds for their
share of the costs of the North
and South road through their
respective districts, and the
money is now ready for use,
Cottonwood having its money in
cold cash. We believe it is only
a scheme of a few broken down
politicians who are using this
method as their last resort.
Nevertheless. it behoves the
towns now designated to be on
the north and south road to at
least keep their eyes and ears
open, for where there is smoke
there must be little fire.
In regard to the proposed
change the Craigmont Register
last week read as follows:
1.-The cat is out of the bag, the
die has been cast. A conference
has been held by the CONNER
cial Club of Nezperce and w. j.
Ramey, presumably from the
Gilbert section, at our county
seat and the body as a whole has
declared for State Highway
between Grangeville, Nezperce
and Orofino by the way of the
Stevens crossing south of Nez-
perce and the Russell ridge.
Brilliant idea that, but, we heard
of it several years ago when
their senator was trying to pull
the North and South Highway
that way and keep it away from
Cottonwood, Ferdinand, Craig
mont and Winchester. At the
same time, trying to be our best
friends. This time they are
going to sidetract Cottonwood,
Ferdinand, Craigmont, Winches-
ter, Kamiah and Kooskia out in
the cold, and run a state high
way right through the middle
from Grangeville up into the
North Fork country.
"The basis of all this is petit
tion sworn to at our county seat
by Mr.. Ramey, the Lewis county
politician, asking the legisla-
ture to pass an enabling act
allowing the people of the Gil
bert country to vote on a propo-
sition of detaching themselves
from Clearwater county and
adding themselves onto Lewis
county. Contemplate the idea
of presenting such a petition tc
the members of the Legislature
from this county, Senator Reh-
berg, a prominent citizen OF
Kamiah and Representative
Jarrigan, president of the Ever.
green (Winchester) Highway
District, under such circum
stances"
OrofinO Quotes Hall
The Orofino Tribune, from
what is says regarding the pro
posed change in the North ant
South road, feels somewhat con
fident that the change will b.
made. The Tribune article read!
as follows:
"After last session of the ligis
ature a connecting link between
the North and South highway
and the proposed Lewis an,
Clark highway was designate,
by the state engineer iron
Craigmont to kamiah through
Nezperce. For financial reason
there is. every indication tha
this project will be abandone,
and that a new connection ma,
be designated from Grangevill
through Nezperce to Orofino
VIM. J. Hall, commissioner o
Public Works, expressed an opin
ion some time ago to busines
men of Orofino that the cor
Meeting link in all probabilit
would be designated fror