Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-02-09
WANT FEDERAL
APPROPRIATION
$3S0,000 AVAILABLE FOR ROAD
CONSTRUCTION WORK IN THE
NORTHERN PART OF STATE
BOUNDARY COUNTY NEEDS SHARE
Delegation To Go To Boise To Urge
Expenditures in This County.

The Kootenai Valley Commercial
club, cooperating with Boundary coun-
ty officials, has planned an active
campaign to secure an appropriation
of federal forest reserve road money
for the construction of hard surfaced
roads in the northern part of the
county
Between so and so business men Of
the district attended the commercial
club meeting held Monday night and
all pledged themselves to do every
thing possible towards securing an ap-
preparation for roads in this county
James A. Welch, chairman of the
board of county commissioners, f. A.
Shultis and ]. Bert Cowen, told of the
trip they made last Saturday to Mis-
soula to confer with forest reserve
officials relative to securing federal
aid for Boundary county roads. They.
stated that no promises were secured
and that as matters now stood it
seemed doubtful if Boundary county
would secure much of an appropria-
ton.
or the nine and a half million dol
lars recently appropriated by the gov
national forest districts, some $500. 600
is to be expended in Idaho and of this
sum about $380,000 will be apportioned
in Northern Idaho, north of the Sal
mon river.
1t seems that Wallace and Lewiston
organizations are working hard for a
large share of the appropriation for
what is known as the Lolo Pass route.
So far as is known nothing definite
has been done in the way of the dis
tributing of the money available for
north Idaho but it is expected that the
entire matter will be arranged at a
meeting to be held at Boise on Feb
ruary IA which will be attended bv
VIM. Hall, commissioner of public
works for Idaho, and several federal
government officials having in charge
the forestry road appropriations.
Commercial club members deemed
1T advisable to have a delegation at
tend the Boise meeting to be held Feb
ruary IA and voted to ask Commission
er Welch, Auditor Brody and County
Attorney Wilson to go to Boise in the
interests of Boundary county while
State Senator King is to attend the
meeting as representative of the
commercial club. The club members
empowered F. A. Shultis to wire the
National Roosevelt Highway Associa-
ton, asking the association to urge the
federal authorities to give Boundary
county liberal appropriation, mas
much as the money would be used to
a great extent on the route of the
Roosevelt Highway through Boundary
county.
A number of the northern Montana
towns, including Troy, Libby, Column
bia Falls, Eureka and Kalispell, will
be asked to assist Boundary county
in securing federal appropriation
and 1t is certain that this support will
be forthcoming because northern Mon
tana would benefit from the improve
ment of the route of the Roosevelt
Highway in this part of Idaho. Many
districts in Montana have already been
apportioned large sums of federal aid
money.
Commissioner Welch stated that he
felt that the federal officials would
favor large appropriation for Bound
airy county because this county has
available large sum of money with
which to cooperate In roadwork.
The delegation which goes to Boise
next week will not only work for. an
appropriation for the improving of the
route of the Roosevelt Highway but
will also ask federal aid for the Bon
ners Ferry to Porthill road. County
Attorney Wilson went to Spokane last
week to consult with interested part
les concerning this matter and feels
that il is probable that the Bonners
Ferry-Porthill road will receive both
state and federal appropriations.