Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-09-02
THAT MISSING LINK"
AGAIN IN LIMEL|GHT
President of Genesee Chamber of
Commerce Says Petty Politics
Reign in Whitman County

Alleging that the Whitman county
board of commissioners show no in
clination to improve the much moot
ed missing link" of highway to con-
meet with the Idaho state highway
at the state line, President Monshek
of the Genesee chamber of commerce
INDUCED in a TRADE against the
Whitman county commissions at a
meeting Of the Moscow commercial
club held recently, when the Gene
see and Lewiston commercial bodies
were guests. County Commissioner
j. B. Sanborn of Pullman states that
the allegations of the Genesee man
are not founded on fact and will be
| asked to present the real facts in the
case to the readers of The Herald
next week.
Concerning the remarks of the
Genesee chamber of commerce head
the Moscow daily Star-Mirror had the
following to say:
President Monshek of the Genesee
chamber of commerce made the
speech of the evening at the meeting
Of the three chambers of commerce
in Lindley hall last night. Intro
duced by President Hagan as the one
executive of a city that could not get
out to visit with Lewiston during the
winter months because the Washing
ton road was impossible, and never
maintained by the Whitman county
commissioners, and as one of the
committeeman on the project, he
made an opening talk praising the
reception given Genesee and Lewis
ton by the Moscow citizens and the
chamber of commerce
| Your sympathies | am sure will
be extended to Genesee when | tell
! you we have spent quarter of a mil
/ lion dollars on highway systems"
| he said, in substance. But we can't
/ get at that half mile of mud on the
! Washington side. From November
: to April this half mile is impossible
| Moscow, Genesee and Lewiston feel
it to be offensive. 1t is an impedi-
ment to neighborly feeling We
( would like to see the Lewiston folks
during the winter, and they would
like to visit us. But the road is inn
passable If there is to be a north
and south highway in Idaho, by all
means let us have an all-Idaho route.
Idaho would then be assured that
her own would be maintained But
| in Washington maintenance can not
be assured. We would be spending
our money on another portion of
that state, Whitman county,
/,
told how his commerce men had APP
preached the Whitman county com
missioners at Colfax The Cofax
men said they had no equipment to
take to the lower end of their county
I'VE offered not only to lend them
equipment but placed the rock crush
er and the rock at their disposal.
They had no money, they next said.
We offered to lend them the money.
They said it would take from $4,000
to $500. We told them we would
do the whole improvement for $500
or $1,000 less at least than their es-
innate. Later they reiterated they
had no cash to pay Genesee and we
said we would put up the money
They said that would be as bad as
building the road themselves as they
would have to tax the people to pay
us back.
President Monshek in his conclu-
sion said petty politics, he was in
formed, reigned in Whitman county.
They told the Genesee people that
they did not build roads in a day,
That is the attitude of Whitman
county. The fact is they do not
want to divert traffic from Washing
ton into Idaho. They want the tour
list trade for themselves and ! can
not blame them" Mr. Monshek was
given an ovation at the conclusion OF
his speech.