The Kendrick gazette., 1922-12-22
GREAT BOOSTER SPIRIT SHOWN At ROAD
MEETING IN LEWISTON THURSDAY, DEC. n
The Beginning of Big Road Building Project to Connect
Kendrict and Juiaetta with Lewiston

Crushed rock is being put on the
road northeast of kendrlck between
the Bear Greek bridge and Wand
cher gulch bridge. Campbell &
Barr have the contract on this strip
Of road and the first coat of rock is
already being spread. With good
weather conditions the contractors
expect to finish this piece of road
before the first of the year. This
mas loEg been one OF the wol st
stretches OF road IN the country
and these who travel 1t extensively
will be delighted to know that it
Will soon be IN first class shape.
The building OF this stretch of
road Is the first step in the big road
building program mapped out at
the booster meeting held at Lewis
ron Thursday of last week.
Soon after the first of the year If
weather is favorable it is planned
to begin work on the % mile stretch
below town. This Will be graded
and surfaced and will probably be
finished by an early date IN the
spring.
The following article taken from
the Lewiston Tribune gives very
good account of what transplred at
the meeting at Lewiston last week;
OF most friendly cooperative nature
was the meeting in Lewiston last eve
ming, at dinner in the Lewis Clark
hotel, of representative citizens oil
Latah and Nez Perce counties, tC
consider the completion of highway
link between Arrow Junction and the
county line, connecting with thai
through Juliaetta and Kendrick into
the Potlatch country. The result was
the unanimous adoption Of a motor
pledging the two counties, as repre-
sented at the meeting, to the earl!
completion of the road, as the mos
important piece Of highway construc
tion yet unprovided for in thi
vicinity.
Present at the meeting were mem
bers of the Latah county board o
commissioners, members of the Clear
water highway district board, mem
bers Of the Kendrick highway dis
trict board, members of the Lewisto
highway district board and citizen
of Kendrick, Juliaetta and other con
munities interested, those present IL
cluding the following. e. p. AtkisoI
Wade T. Keene, v. Thomas, F. Bensek
H. L. Barr, A. Wilmot, Theo. Hal
son, N. E. Walker G. F. Wake
George T. Davidson, Claus Eichher {
Kendrick; Charles Hill, c. F. Byrn
Fl. w. Porter, william Cox, Columbr
Clark, J. C. Hamil, Juliaetta; R.
Parks, A. A. May, Leland; w. I
Stump, Southwick; John Cone, Primo
ton; ]. w. Thomas, Charleston; Elm,
M. Paulson, Moscow; A. A. Seaborg.
f. Parker, D. Schiller, M. A. Mean
P. ]. Miller, A. T. Schick, F. c. He
brook, J. H. Campbell, G. L. Sickle
M. B. Mikkelson, w. G. Hawkinson,
F. Savage, e. A. Cox. P. R. Bevi
Lloyd Harris, Dr.J. T. Moser, E.
White, Frank Thompson and H. H.
Rowell
Senator E. w. Porter Of Juliaet
was designated by President Bevis
the Lewiston Commercial club as t
dean of the visiting delegates Al
put in charge of the speaking pl
gram. Mr.. Porter explained that t
formerly poor road to the Potlat
ridge had been much improved
that few miles below Arrow Jul
tion and the county line is in Dc
condition and that the meeting h
been called to remedy this lack OF
practical outlet.
Columbus Clark Of Juliaetta cha