The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-05-01
$l5O,OOO PROMISED BY STATE
FOR NESPELEM-DISAUTEL ROAD
Lacey Murrow Assures Cooper.
alton On Visit To County
Last Week
Will Speed Project
Cooperation Of State, Indian Ser
vice and County Will Hurry
Completion

| Lacey v. MurroW, state director
OF highways, announced yesterday
at Okanogan that he plans definite
ly to set aside $4,000 for expendi-
| ture on the Omak-Disautel- Mes
pelem road, if proper assurance Is
given that work planned by the
Indian department can be contin-
| ued.
Conferring with Senator Horace
E. Smith at the Okanogan airport.
Mr.. Murrow revealed that the mon
ey will be made available as quickly
as an awaited Indian service road
additional ALLEGATION of $4,000, ex-
pected daily. is received by the Col
vile lldian agency. The depart
ment is now working on $25 900
ALLEGATION.
State funds will be used on the
stretch of the road through the
Coyote Greek canyon about 10 miles
west of Nespelem. State highway
engineers are surveying this portion
OF the road now.
Came Here On Road Business
Mr.. Murrow'S announcement,
welcomed as the elimination of q
long campaign to secure service
able road to the Grand Coulee dam
from this region, was made during
conference with Senator Smith
between 2:30 and o'clock Thursday
afternoon. The highway director
flew his departments new biplane
to Okanogan expressly for the pur-
pose of comforting with Senator
Smith on the matter of an Okano-
gan valley road to the dam.
Coupled with the work already
underway and planned by the In
dian service for the coming sum-
mer, the states ALLEGATION will leave
only Z or miles of road work be-
tween Omak and Disautel.
Senator Smith later told the.
Tribune that this stretch of the
route, which would connect the new
smile road project from Omak east
with the end Of the Indian service
work three miles west of Disautel.
likely could be built for from $685.
600 to $4,000 or less.
The Disautel route was selected
for state road funds by Mr.. Murrow
because II may more quickly be
built and for less money, and also
because funds from other sources
are available for it's construction, he
told Senator Smith yesterday. He
said that it would be impossible to
allocate enough money now to COM
plete the Omak lake road, one Of the
other routes proposed as the high
way link between this valley and
the dam.
Mr.. Murrow reflected a distinct
friendliness to the district, Senator
Smith said, and is anxious to do
something to connect the valley
with the dam, where such vast
potential market for local products
has been created.
The Tribune was informed last
week by Harvey K. Meyer, super
intendent of the Colville reservation,
that the new road appropriation for
his department was expected quick
ly. It will be applied on work in the
Disautel-east section, and will COM
plete the road from the timber line,
three miles west of Disautel to the
Coyote creek canyon where the
state work will Begin.
Comforting with Mr.. Murrow and
Senator Smith were John Duff,
Wenatchee, district road supervisor,
and j. H. Davis, Olympia, chief
assisting engineer of the state high
way department. Mr.. Murrow flew
from Wenatchee, and planned to fly
to Spokane Thursday aafternoon.