Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-01-28
North Fork Highway Gains Supports

winning Vdlley-W1de support In
the Flathead is the project to
place the North Fork road on the
state secondary highway system 50
that future construction will be
achieved through use OF federal
funds.
The road during 1853 and 1854
had $1,000,000 worth of improve
ment through the Flathead Nation
al Forest project OF removing
spruce bark beetle infested tim
Der. Timber production from the
drainage reached 35,614,0O0 board
feet in 1854, and after 1855 is ex-
pected to return to sustained
yield figure of about 14,G0O, 900
feet. Once the spruce bark beetle
timber is removed little federal
money from forest sources for new
road construction is expected.
Columbia Falls Chamber of
Commerce revived the project of
extending the North Fork road
into Waterton National Park at
their Jan. 10 meeting.
MEET WITH COMMISSIONER
A delegation from the Columbia
Falls chamber appeared before
Flathead county commissioners
Jan. 81. They pointed out the need
to transfer the road to the Sec
ondary highway system so federal
funds would be available for fu-
ture construction.
Chamber spokesman said fur
ther improvement of the North
Fork road into a hard-surfaced
thorofare would bring vacationers
sightseeing in Glacier down u. S.
highway No. 2 through West Gla-
cier, Coram, Martin City and Hun
cry Horse into the Flathead valley
! itself. The route north would be
from Columbia Falls with Coram
alternate take-off, to the Canadian
line, so miles north and then east
for about Is miles over a section
still partially roadless into Water
ton Lakes National Park at Cam
eron lake. With U. S. No. 2, Sun
highway and the North Fork i'm
lprovement, Glacier would have q
figure 8 highway system.
4 Meeting last Friday with Flat
head county commissioners, Reu
Carr, H. w. Irwin and Harley Hou-
ston were DR.. w. F. Bennett, Col
umbia Falls chamber president;
Mel Ruder, secretary; Mayor Her
man Benzien; Cecil Hudson, Col
umbia Falls Lions president; E. J
Marantette, chamber past presi-
dent, and James Cumming, cham
; Der past president and Columbis
! Falls city attorney. Accompanying
; the group was L. P. Tonner, Mar
tin City, who helped lead the dis
cussions.
el Representing the press at tn.
e meeting was Jim Faulds, who fol
a 81 years was state editor .of ths
: Muscular, and is now their Kali.
ispeu correspondent. He is one O
: the states veteran reporters. Pa
ell Owen represented the Daily Int
$. Lake and Ruder, the Hungry Hors'
: News.
n WHlTEFISH BACKS MOVE
e Wednesday evening, Whitefisl
'e Chamber of Commerce director
le endorsed the project of placing tn
q North Fork road under the stat
secondary system are writin
/ the county commissioners.
e Reu Carr, Flathead county com
m missioner chairman, had comment
y ed Jan. 81 that the commissioner
la were favorably disposed towar
or recommending that the North For
IS road become a part of the stat
lg highway secondary system if Their
is is general interest in the Flathea
OF that this be done. The commits
y sioners recommendation would
accepted by the State Highwa
> Commission, according to availabl
information.
Art Harlow, Whitefish Chambs
,;r of Commerce president, said tn;
:, the Whitefish group favored an
project that would benefit tt
whole valley, and bring closer cor
tact with the park and Canada
visitors.
Meeting with the Whitefi.
ry chamber were DR.. Bennett, jam
Gil F.. Smith, Bob Moody and Rude
n TO REORGANIZE COUNCIL
e. Columbia Falls and Whitefi
o. Chamber of Commerce membe
ay. agreed that Flathead industri
ay committee representing labor, blu
of mess leaders and farm grou
les should be re-organized.
ars Steps in this direction we
up started Wednesday evening.
KALlSPELL SUPPORT
the Tuesday morning, DR.. Benne
)p- Marantette and Ruder met w
hat the Kalispel Chamber of Coz
sed merce directors, and told abt
err the North Fork project.
ion Bert Johnson, Kalispell char
ext Der president, said "You may r
srs. assured that the chamber here
nts vitality interested in any develc
ess ment to improve the economy
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