The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-14
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Commissioners Made Mistake

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Commissioners Made Mistake
When the commissioners asked the
people OF the county to drag the roads
free of charge, they assumed that
people would not want to drag the
Yellowstone highway and they
ordered the tractors and graders put
in commission and hired men to go
out and run them to drag the road
from Blackfoot up the country paral
leling the railroad and that is said
to be in the worst condition of any of
the roads that have been worked. 1t
is said that the grading and dragging
have not been we'll done and not effec-
tive and it is predicted that the ex-
pense bill will be considerable. They
are reported to have mired down diff
ferent times and have left the roads
full Of holes, where they were mired.
All the roads leading out from that
up thru the Wapello and Kimball
and Firth country are reported to be
in fine condition. Roads that were
never dragged before ride like a
boulevard now, but when they get
onto the Yellowstone highway, the
part that the commissioners had
dragged with the very best machinery
in the county, the most expensive
we have, then the road is not so
good so they say. The people do
ing the talking venture the assertion
that if the commissioners had al
lowed the farmers to take care of
that piece of road it would have been
smooth and fine. 1t seems to be a
case where the commissioners would
not let them do it when they were
"raring to CO."
Both Proud and Ashamed
When the Blackfoot people ride
out into the country and see the con-
dition of the roads and see how the
farmers have protected the invest
ment in the bond roads by narrowing,
leveling and packing them, when
they remember the bad condition of
the city streets and remember that
the farmers have put the great
of country roads into con-
dition without charging the public
cent, they are going to be proud
OF the country people and ashamed of
themselves. The only way they can
square themselves is to all Join the
Commercial club and then for the
Commercial club to get back of the
baseball league, the teachers insti-
Eute, repairing the road to Arco and
lot of things like that to show that
their hearts are in the right place.
Seed Growers Work
Some of the seed growers of the
Springfield country have undertaken
he work of putting those long
stretches Of roads in fine condition,
where the houses are a long way
part. A. ]. Snyder has a Fordson
ractor and Verl Chandler is a trac-
or expert, so they joined forces, Mr..
snyder furnishing the tractor and
Mr.. Chandler furnishing the brains
o run it with and they are trying a
demonstration of what tractors can
10 in dragging roads. People who
rive thru the Springfield country on
he state highway will report upon
Remove the Scenery
In a stretch of road Just south of
Rockford, there has always been
ONE lava rock, tearing up tires and
'reaking springs and there was a
Ugh and low place that were never
in either wet weather
r dry and the whole community got
ut with their teams, levelled down
he hill, piled it in the low place.
ook out the lava rocks and made a
ne level ,oad clear thru. This was
II donation work and it is said thew
II enjoyed doing it.
II man loves his country accord
lg to how much he does for it, that
counts for their happiness. If this
easoning is true, what must be the
tate of mind of the man who de-
lares that If he had plenty of horses
nd road drags, he would not let
lem work on the roads unless he
ere paid for it.
Did a Fine Job
Up at kimball hill, the commits
oners did a fine job by putting the
Ill onto the grade and widening It
nd making it longer and an easier
rade 1t used to be that whenever
lere was a rain or the roads were
lppery, every car that got away
ON the middle of the road was
able to slip off into the deep Dor
wv pits. Travellers say that there
as sometimes flock of cars in the
brow pits there in slippery times.
ow they can make the hill either
ay on high gear and ride in safety.