The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1934-10-24

day school has a slow but gradual
increase in attendance. Excellent
courses are taught for children,
young people, and adults.
miles of road which connects with
the Indian Forest road. Now, to
make use Of this, all we want is CO.
operation on the part of various
communities.
We are all willing to admit that
it is almost inconceivable to mag
inc anything that would benefit
Okanogan valley more than a good
highway to the Coulee dam before
it is completed. 1t is my honest and
sincere belief that there is only one
way possible for Okanogan county
to get this road and that is by way
of Dlsautel and Nespelem and here
are my reasons for believing so:
First, it is natures shortest route
from the center of Okanogan val
ley by way of Coulee dam to Spo-
kane. Its highest elevation is $3.50
feet. This, nature has provided. It
is only reasonable to expect that
Okanogan county taxpayers are
not going to stand Tor a tax rate on
their property that would build a
road by Omak lake due to the fact
that there would not be any federal
money available, which would mean
that Okanogan county would have
to build the entire distance. The
state highway department has made
it clear that it has no money avail
able for this road and Governor
Martin has made his intention clear
that the state must begin to retreat
in the way of expenditures. This
means that it is not possible for
any money to be had for this pro-
posed road, so what are we to do
but turn back to our only possible
chance and that is by cooperating
with the Indian department and
encourage them to use federal mon
ey to continue the construction of
this road. It has been in print so
many times that the Indian depart
ment will never have any money to
spend on this type of road unless
it is within the boundaries of In
dian forest.
Mr.. CARRIER of Nespelem has COW
cred that point very clearly in re-
cent issues of the Okanogan indie
pendent and the Omak Chronicle
and, at this time, I would like to
add that I heartily agree with Mr..
CARRIERS opinion about Mr.. Rum
bolz's statement and also if some
one in command of the figures had
not told Mr.. Cunningham to be sure
and use the words exclusive of
towns of Omak and Okanogan," no
doubt, he would have had to reverse
his figures in regard to the asses
sed valuation in the two districts
Nor does he mention the value of
the timber along the Disautel road.
do not hesitate to back j. r.
Laycock's stand in starting a roa
by way of Disautel and Nespelem.
Did you ever stop to think that
Okanogan county only has about
seven miles more highway to build
to join on with the U. S. Indian
forest road? Now, let us reason a
little farther. We all know that
the CCC program is going to be ex-
tended Tor several years and, that
being so, it is certain that the Col
vile Indian department will get
their proportion from this appro-
priation that will come from time
to time. We also know that both
the Indians and Indian officials are
very much interested in road from
Nespelem valley through this valu-
able forest and do not hesitate to
say that if the people of Okanogan
county would get behind them and
cause them to believe that they
have the whole-hearted support, we
would have the much discussed road
so soon that you would wonder
why we could not have had it be-
fore.
I have heard so many remarks
that people do not believe the In
dian department wants to do any,
thing about this ivad, but ask your
self this question: Can you blame
them considering the circumstances
under which they have been the
past year? However, if you do not
believe they want to build this road,
just give them the support of the
county and we will have the road
very soon.
You can also hear that the cost
is almost prohibitive to build the
road by this proposed route. I
would like to answer this by saying
that I have spent the last twelve
years of my life in the Disautel vi
entity and, during that time, have