The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-31
Idaho Promises
T0GiiveU. 81
Needed Care

u. S. No 2 is in good condition
from Duluth, Mimi, to Glacier Ma
tional Park, stated speakers last
Saturday at Cut Bank, attending the
first U. S. Highway No. 2 meeting
to be held since the war. From
Glacier Park on around the south
side of the park and from there
west, are many bad spots along
the route to Standpoint, Ida.
o. L. Gillespie and Harlow Stor-
dock, who represented the Libby
Chamber of Commerce state that
State Senator G. M. Moss of White
fish, appearing before the gathering
declared Highway No. 10 has been
receiving more than its share of
the money which has been spent
on Northwestern Montana high
WAYS. Later his charges were en-
bodied in a resolution to be sent
to members of the Montana con-
gressional delegation, state high
way commission, public roads ad-
ministration and the forest service.
Many speakers appeared on the
program the trend of the talks Ia
voring more advertising of the road
in order to secure heavier traVel. !
Gillespie from Libby was given the
floor toward the end of the open
session and succeeded in impress
ing the assembly with the fact that |
what the highway needs first IS
not so much publicity, but to have
the bad places ironed out and fixed
llp. It was he, stated StordOck, who
mentioned the fact that until a
good through road is completed, 1t
is poor policy to route travel over
a portion of the highway only to
have them detoured to other high
WAYS Said he: IF they come over
part of their journey and then have
to complete it on No. 10, they will
recommend their friends to make
the entire trip on No. TO- He also
called attention to the fact that
about as much travel comes from I
the west going east, as goes west,
and if this travel starts east on
other highways it seldom turns
north to u. S. 2.
In response to kilograms sent
from the meeting to the Idaho
Highway Commission, a reply was I
that evening that Idaho
his summer will construct crush I
I'd rock surface course and bitumin- 4
BUS surface on 1876 miles Of U. 5. Il
: between Moyie Springs and the S
Montana line. Also, the commits
ion wired, the new routing of the
highway from Moyie to the Mon 0
ana line has been decided upon e
% Montana can go ahead and COM
.lete her part of the route to the I
IDAHO border. o
Officials of u. S. 2 association for n
he coming year are, T. j. Landry, u
lalispell, president; Hal Davies ?
Einot, vice president; Phil King u
lom, Kalispell, sec.-treas. Walter a
Ieils of Libby was appointed p
member of the highway develop 9
nent committee. 5,
Last Monday in discussing U. S. 2 s.
Governor Bonner of Montana stated &
s follows: =:
During the campaign" Bonner u
aid, II soon learned one of the y
1aior sore spots so far as highways =.
re concerned is on u. S. 2 in the - -
portion of the. state, =,
II determined to do something =,
bout it. We now are grading, sur -
acing and oiling six miles west Of y,
roy and the state has agreed to ~
the balance of the mileage ~
} the Idaho line in the best manner fl
ossible o.
But discover the real reason tr
-hy the balance of the highway M
n the Montana side cannot be con- m
ructed to primary standards is the DC
ick of action by Idaho in deter
lining where its primary road IS in
be located. pr
Under the law, federal aid money he
lnnot be spent except to connect or
Iontana county seats or another al
.deral aid highway in another he
ate. AS soon as Idaho makes Up
S mind where its section of U. s. be
0. 2 is to hit the Montana line, we ty
i'll proceed with all speed possible tn
meet it." pr
Tuesdays Great Falls Tribune Fl
ates that Bonner intends to write re
the governor of Idaho and that m'
ate's delegates to the Cut Bank to
hoping to encourage US
aho to complete the route to the
ontana line. fol-