Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: June 24, 1958

The Department of the Interior today announced ,approval of a contract for $67,303.30 between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Aslett Construction Company, Twin Falls, Idaho, for construction of five miles of road on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation near Pocatello.

The contract calls for grading and bituminous surfacing of 4.985 miles of road on the reservation. The road will be used for farm to market access school bus and mail routes. When completed the road will be turned over to Power County, Idaho, for maintenance under an agreement between that county and BIA.

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Glenn L. Emmons said the Bureau examined seven bids ranging to a high of $93,760.10 before making the award to the Aslett firm