The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1922-02-23
Northwest Mining Convention
Recently Adopted Strong
Resolutions.
LOCAL PEOPLE BUSY
Will Ask Appropriations for
Continuation of Work
Without Delay.

notwithstanding reports that the
South Fork Highway project would
not be included in the 1922 federal
road program, work is now going on
In limited way, settlers in the dis
trict affected by the road donating
their labor, an effort is being made
through the influence of the Washing
ton and Idaho representatives in con-
gress to bring the matter to the atten-
t1on of the Bureau of Public Roads to
the end that the road will be pushed
to completion.
The taxpayers of Grangeville High
way district were saddled with a con-
siderable burden when the district was
bonded for $4,000 in order to COOP
crate with the state and federal gov
ernments In the construction of the
first link" Of this highway and they
were led to believe that the govern
ment would make the necessary ap-
preparations to complete the work.
They are now commencing to wonder
II 1t will be the policy Of the govern
ment to permit the project to remain
In its present uncompleted state and
eventually allow the link already con-
structed to go to rak.
In recent letter to Frank Van
Deventer, secretary of the Commercial
club, Senator w. f. Borah gives some
further information regarding the pro-
Ject and enclosed a copy of letter
signed by Thomas Fl. Mcdonald, chief
OF the Bureau Of Public Roads, which
corroborated the statement recently
made to the club by Fred II. Cotter.
a representative of the federal road
bureau, to the effect that there would
hn activity of
ernment on the South Fork road pro-
Ject this season as this project was
not included In the tentative program
for 1922.
Inasmuch as the appropriations of
the department of agriculture pertain
Ing to roads withing national forests
have not been made, the road commit
tee of the club will make an effort to
have this project included in the
years program, working in conjunc-
tion with the congressional delegations
of both Idaho and Washington.
In this connection the Northwest
Mining convention, held at Spokane
last week, unanimously adopted the
following resolutions, which were read
to the Commercial club members at
the regular Wednesday luncheon by
Il. nj. Griffith, who was In attendance
at the session. These resolutions. be-
sides being unanimously adopted as
recommended by the committee on
resolutions, were given a thorough
discussion on the floor of the conven-
tiOn, and received the entire support
OF representatives covering a wide
range of country. They read as fol-
lows:
Whereas, what Is known as the
South Fork road and designated by
the department of agriculture as pro-
ject No. l, in Idaho county, state of
Idaho, has been constructed to a
point on the South Fork of the Clear
water river In said county, and at a
distance of about 1S miles from
Grangeville, the county seat and rail-
road terminus and
Whereas the Grangeville Highway
district has appropriated and paid the
full sum of $4,000 on a cooperative
plan with the government, toward the
construction of said road, and
Whereas the taxpayers of said dis
trict were led to believe that said road
would be constructed within q reason
able time to the town of Elk City i'm
said county, the eastern terminus of
said road, but that over two years
have elapsed since any appropriation
for the further. construction of said
road has been made, and that said
road in its present uncompleted con-
dition is practically valueless to said
highway district or the section which
1t is proposed to serve. and
Whereas, said road, IL completed,
mould not only cause saving to the
government of somthing like $4,000
or more, per fear, in its postal opera
tions in the sections to be served, be-
sides the great saving to the govern
ment in lessening the expense of fight
ing fires on the reserve. but would
give suitable transportation into the
several gold mining districts adjacent
thereto, viz: Buffalo Hump. Elk City.
Dixie, Orogrande, Ten Mile and Clear
water Mining districts, all seperate
and organized mining districts, and
other unorganized and practically un-
explored because of the inability to
mine and operate at profit mithout
at least some transportation facilities
to and from them. but that all of said
districts are now lying dormant on ac-
count of the lack of suitable roads
over which necessary supplies and ma
chinery could be hauled, which cannot