The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1939-10-12

prove the twelve miles of county
road between Libby and Jennings
on the north and west side of the
kootenai River, and to raise the
money for such sponsorship by levy
ing a tax of not to exceed one
fourth of one per centum of the tax
able value of the property in Lin
coin county upon which taxes are
levied, which money so raised is
known as the emergency relief
fund, and at the expiration of 80
days from October II, 1899, the
/ date of publication of this notice.
to issue emergency warrants on said
fund in an estimated amount of
S2,50000, and it is the intention of
said board to and said board will
SO do, unless within said 80 day
period petition opposing the con-
structlon of said project contain
ing the names Of as many as ten
peIcentum of the qualified cleo
tors voting at the last general cleo
ton within Lincoln county shall be
filed with said board of county com
miSsioners.
The reasons for sponsoring such
project and particular description
OF the project, together with the
amount OF emergency relief war
rants to be issued and the purpose
for which they are to be issued and
all the other requirements Of Chap
ter 30, Session Laws 1887, as amend
ed, are fully set forth in said resolu-
ton and said resolution is hereby
incorporated in this notice and made
part hereof.
"RESOLUTION UNDER CHAP
TER IS, SESSION LAWS 1897. |
AND AS AMENDED BY CHAP
TER 209, SESSION LAWS 1889
Whereas, there are now, to-wit. |
III citizens of Lincoln County. who
are out Of employment but who
are available for work, and whose
names now appear on the active |
list Of such persons registered with |
the National Unemployment Serv-
ice, and ITS citizens of said county
who are now registered on the ac-
tive list as WPA workers. making |
total of 346 employable citizens |
who have no private employment /
and who are wholly or in part de-
pendent upon public assistance. and |
Whereas, there are not now and /
are not likely to be in the near fu- I
ture private projects in said county |
to provide work for more I
than five to ten per cent ofssuch T
citizens; and
Whereas, the poor condition Of
the county road along the Koote- I
mai river from Libby to Jennings IS
and
Whereas such poor condition
many tourists to avoid that
scenic road between Libby and Eu-
reka, and prevents many citizens
who reside in the northern part of
Lincoln County from coming to the
county seat for the transaction of
their business, and prevents that
free exchange of commerce, of COM
and of ideas that should
exist among all the people of the
county, and tends TO set the north
arn portion of the county apart
from the rest of Lincoln county;
and
Whereas, there is project that
could be carried on with direct help
% thirty or more citizens who are
but are unemployed,
md with resultant benefit to all
and that project is the i'm
proving of the county road between
libby and Jennings to such extent
IS to attract, not drive away, travel;
md
Whereas, an important part of
UGH project consists in the clearing
md grubbing Of 10 miles of the
light of way Of said road, and the
stimated cost thereof has been
worked out with Federal Works
Agency Work Projects Administra-