The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-04-20
BOOSTING FOR
SOUTH FORK
HIGHWAY
Association Formed to Bring
Pressure on Officials at
Washington.

In response to the wishes of dele
CATION of Elk City mining men a very
enthusiastic meeting was held at the
X. of L. lodge rooms last Friday night
and an organization to be known as
the South Fork Highway association
was effected the object of which is
tc promote the completion of the new
highway at the earliest possible mo-
ment, and to make every possible ef-
fort to secure federal appropriation
for this year if possible, working at
all times in harmony with the local
forestry officials.
Officers were elected as follows:
n. b. Pettibone, president; w. w.
Brown, vice president: Charles r.
Campbell, secretary and treasurer. A
membership fee of fifty cents
was established and the twenty-six
road boosters present at once became
members of the association.
When the past production of the
Elk City and adjacent mining camps
is given consideration, it can readily
be seen by the moss obtuse that those
districts in the Elk City territory need
an outlet and need it badly, to trans
port up-to-date machinery and sup
plies into that rich mining and agricul
tural territory Hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars have been produced
under the most adverse conditions,
and under the present regime of high
prices for machinery and labor not to
say anything of the almost imp lssible
charges for getting in supplies during
the winter months, production is now
ebout at n standstill, although a num-
of properties are being worked in n
email way
The South Fork Highway was des-
ignated aS Project No. l. and the peO-
lle now have the impression that by
cooperation to the extent of S50.O
the highway would become reality.
The Grangeville Highway district
voted bond issue Of $50 900 and the
first link Of some II or II miles was
constructed 70 Meadow creek. and il
is said there will be no appropriation
made for the 1920 on this project. 1t
is in IN effort To have the powers that
are ia control of these matters see
the necessity for the early cunStr1lc-
tion OF this road that the association
was formed Aside from the pruduc-
tion of the camps that would lac tapp-
ed by the highway the government
would save vast sums each year on
mail and parcel post contracts. Suffic-
lent II is said to build the road in n
few years.
The piece of road constructed in its
present state does not serve any part
of the country To advantage and it Is
available only 10 saddle horses The
! highway when completed would also
give an outler 10 many settlers a q
afford ingress to the reserve by the
forest service attaches and establish
an all-yoar route ON an easy grade /,
what will some day he the most pro
| ductiye mining section i'm the state
and possibly the whole northwest
| An executive committee with rep
rcsentatives from each district of the
mining section, was appointed by the
! president as follows
! r. McGregor. Elk City VIM Hogan
/ Orogrande Ten Mile. 4. s. Johnson
Buffalo Hump \. F. schultz; VI. Il
i Geary. f. NJ. Griffith. John r. Eimers
! Grangeville. and Henry Hazlitt Dix
/ ie, The officers of the associa tioi
We're also made members of the com
mittee. five of whom constitute {
/ quorum. A meeting of the committe,
was held Saturday noon at the I'm
/ perial Hotel and a number of prplim
mary matters were taken up whicl
| will probably lead to something o
benefit to the project in the near fu
J ture.