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i 0 WON QTY ENTERPRISER Ths tntsrprlss 4 only Clsoksmss Newspaper that all of lha news growing County, mat County Pair (holders' maatlng Sat., :30 A. M., Com. ;iub, Oragon City. of officers. a rORTY IIOHTH YIAR-No, 6. OUEdON CITY, OKEOON, FIJI DAY, JAN UAH Y 30, 101 1. ESTABLISHED 186S A HISTORY OF Acting on lint MMMiiiiipt Ion Hint tlin district run d expenditures of Cliicknmns County for I lid last five years will prove rnlher tiitrMt Iiik ri'NiHiiK to that people of llic romily anil at tlin same, tlmii form a basis of niinpnrlson of rosls mnl r aull H. the Enterprise la preparing, at considerable, cupeiis. a series of article In which tlin rmnplitte stalls tli'a will lin ahown, for rucli of Urn Mt rontl districts of tlin roimty. Thla w ill h a MHirh ui'ciliid Innovation along such linen. Th kmi(1 roiola Ishihi la the InirnltiK question of thn hour In fluckiiinna County, nil Ilia Enterprise feels that wliu plain figure aa ahown on thn county record books, giving tlin actuul cash expenditure under tlin general road fund, lha special levy where used, and thn actual condition of the roada toduy, tlin people generally will oprn their eye to the neces ally of a change In thn road building system of (isokamaa County. Tha Enterprise will draw few rotirlualon on tlin statistics; that will Im left for thn pnopln of Clai'kauiaa County to do. In othnr worda thn taxpayer ran Judge, for thitinselve whether or not thorn haa been a dollar's worth of results for every dollar expended, under thn present scheme of road work. Thn Enterprise haa Ioiik thought tha present plnu imperfect, and will frankly atata that It believes all who follow Ihn sorle of srtlele will admit that thn Cliickamua road liulMlttK sys trin la expensive and wasteful. , Thn Aral article will proliahly be pulillahnd wllhln thn next few days. Owing to tha largo amount of dnta secured, hut onn district will Im taken each day, and thn districts will bn treated In tha moat natural or numnrlrul order. In othe r worda Hoad District No. 1 will ba tha subject of thn flrat dlaruaHlon, number two thn next duy and ao on through tha 19 dlairlrta. Thn names of thn supervisors of esch district will ba published, for thn Ave yrara last paaand, thn total mount expended each year, undnr general and apeclul levlee, and thn monthly expenditures where unuaual or startling. Than thn condition of tha roada of tha district today or rathnr at thn close of tha year 1913 will ba ahown, giving mujiber mllna (travel, plunk, rniahnd rock and dirt mada, tha location of thn dlatrlrt, and the mileage of road con struction during tha paat yar. Thn serU-s of articles will not bn pulillahnd In tha aplrlt of criticism of any spcclnl district or auprvlaor thereof, but with the broadi-r plan of showing thn wankneaa of thn supervisor ayatnm aa w hole. There are aomn capable men amoux thn aupervlaora, who If unmolested and unhampered could build flrat clnaa roada at a reaaonabln coat. Under thn preaent system however, thnan capnbln men arn often between tha "devil and tha deep blue sea", aa thn saying la, and In their loyalty to thn people of their dlatrlct aa whole, mum una their available funda, aratterlnx them about checker board faahlon throoKhoiit the dla trlrt, without any permanent reaulla In the form of flrat clam roada for their main trunk. Attain the re are aupervlaora who no the other extreme, but Instead of making permanent reaulta on the mainly trav elled roada, throw their money off on aide hill aotne where and the people aa wholo arn not directly benefitted. Thyi (hern la ever the lack of unity between tha dlatrlrta, which la one of the main Influenoee In the way of permanent main trunk roada. All of thnan shortcomings nd many othera, thn Enterprise bellnvea are the direct outtirowth of the preaent ayatem of road bulldluit, and therefore will aim theae articles at the ayatnm not at tha men employed thereunder. County rncorda are not the eaatcat booka In the world to decipher. '. While thn booka are accessible to all. thn Enterprlae bellnvea tha easiest nd qulrkeat way to live thla Information, la by publishing tha data In aa complete form aa apace will permit and thua prove to the people of Clackaniaa County, conclusively; that dollar apent for road work In thla county doea not alwaya produce dollar'a worth of reaulta. Watch for the news from Dlatrlct No. 1. cow 0 w f AUTOMOBILE CLUB HEARTILY INDORSES SCHEME FOR SYSTEMATIC WORK M, SELECT SITEP0R NEW HOME Committee la Appointed to Hunt for Qrounda Upon Which to Build New Structure Remova Ban From Dealers Enthusiastic endnritcment of thn propoaed bond laauo of $000,000 for the conatmctlon of permanent hard-surfaced roada In Cluckamaa county waa given Wednesday night at the annual meeting of thn Clackamaa County Automobile club, at which the follow ing officers were elected: M.. I) ,l,utourette, prealdent. Charlea W. Hialey, flrat vice-president. W. H. Ilalr, second vice-president. Ernest (lerlier, third vice-president. John C. Hunch, ancretnry. E. E. Hrodln, treaaurer. E. J. Daulton, Wlllium Shenhan, II. 8. Moody. II. T. Mcllnlu, A. II. Ilucklea, John F. Rluley, Wllllnm J. Wilson, II. 8. Mount and K. C. I'nrker, directors. The club removed the ban that pro . ' lblted dealers from holding office, and decided to hfold monthly meetlnga on thn flrat Wednesday of each month, commencing In March. Prealdent litourntte. Dr. II. 8. Mount and John F. Hialey were ap pointed committee to select alte for a permanent home, which action will b subject to the approval of the club iiivmbers. Women Show Little Hnterest In Coming Election Issues Women have been backward In the rnglatratlon thus far in the year and w have appeared before the county clerk or any of hla deputies to get on the lints. According to estimates that have boon made, only about one out of l-ven names on thn luts Is that of woman and there aeema to be little In terest aa to any of thn Issues that are likely to he presented during the com ing year. Onn of them, however, waa deter mined to get on the -county records When told that she would have to a!rn her own name aa thn county court would he likely to throw out of a Petition If she aimed the Initials of n-r hiiHhand, she declared: "Well, I II sign my own name even If It la long out because we women fought too hard last year to get the chance to rote to lose my rights orer any little Ques tion "like that." OR GOOD ROADS CLACKAMAS DS TITLE TO LOCKS TO ABSTRACT HAS BEEN SENT TO WASHINGTON FOR OFFICIAL APPROVAL THERE APRIL I IS NOW PROBABLE DATE Formalities Ars Mat by Offlcs In Port land and Case la Before Ds parmtnt Hsads for ths Flnsl Sanction Within few weeka, the abstract of title to the locks now owned by the 1'ortlund Hallway, Light tt Power com pany will be approved by the govern ment and the possession will pass Into tho hands of the federal authorities. The abstract haa already been for warded to the department at Washing ton by the office of the dlatrlct attor ney In Portland and will be approved by the heads of the department there. It la probable that all of the legal formulltiea will be completed by April 1 and that the transfer of the property .will bn made shortly thereafter. The OreRon representatives In con gress got measure through the na tional legislature appropriating the money with which to make the pur chase of these locks and to open them for all of the commerce on the river. Shaw Peevish Over Newspaper Activity In Lorimer Case NEW YORK. Jan. 26. "Lortmer s Impeachment was the crime of the century. That waa an example of new spuicr government." Thus'snoke Leslie M. Shaw, ex-secretary of the treasury, at a meeting of the Republican cluh here. The form er cabinet member waa discussing "thn slandering." lie the junior senator from lows said to him during thn Irlmer trial: "I know !,orlmer Is not guilty, but I must vote against him. The people demand It." Ex-Senator Depew also scored the ousting of Lorimer by saying: "I didn't like Lorimer. My whole Infor mation about him -" repellent to me. The question before the sen ate was whether he wss guilty. On the testimony I did not think I could vote to expel, although I knew the people of my state wanted It. One senator told me with tears In his eyes that he did not want to vote to expel Lorimer but that he had to. 'Mis people demanded It' I would hate to have such a man on Jury that wai trying me for my life, while the mob outalde was crying 'crucify him.'" 0 PASS COURT MUST AID IN ROAD PLANS ONLY BY COOPERATION OF ALL FACTIONS CAN RESULTS BE OBTAINED COMMITTEE IS NOW BUSY ON LAWS Has Bean Studying Ststutes on ths Subject Bines Appointment But Is Opposed to Winter Work on Highways That a solution of the road problem confronting Clackamaa county can b obtained only through the cooperation of thn county court was the declara tion made Tuesday at the weekly luncheon of thn Live Wlrea by H. K. Crosa. rhalrman of the committee named last week to probe Into the sit uation. "I am not looking for great it suits this yesr," said Mr. Croaa. "In my opinion thn court will place the mat ter In tha hands of the county sur veyor, who will carry out the provis ions of the lnw to the extent of hla ability. He may employ to assist him capable road engineer, and the law makes It his duty to prepare plana and apeclflratlona for the road work In each district, which must bn dona un dnr the contract system. The county court has the exclusive power, under the law, to direct road work and any thing that Is done must be done with the court's sanction and coopeiatlon. Ask Msny Questions. Several pertinent questions were fired st Mr. Cross, who said his com mittee had been doing little slr.ee Its appointment except studying the rosd laws. The speaker deplored the ex penditure Of road funds In the winter months, except where It may be nec essary to do a little repair work here and there. Mr. Cross wss emphatic In his opinion that better results can be obtained by waiting 60 or 90 days until the winter la practcally over be fore spending any money. L. Rtlpp talked of the necessity of s good organization In the work of road building. T. W. Sullivan made vigorous talk. In which he said there la plenty of time to prepare for wise expenditure of rosd money this ytar. E. Kenneth Stanton, F. A. Olmsted and L. B. Iturdon were named aa X committee to confer with represcnta Uvea of the vartoua church brother hood organizations with the otij-cl of establishing a coffee club, to be con ducted along the lines of the clubs In Eugene and other Pacific coast towns. Hose is Bought Dr. J. A. Van Ilrakle, chairman of the civic improvement committee, re ported thnt the county court has pur chaaed the hose necessary to keep the suspension bridge clean, and that specifications for lights on the bride were being prepared. He also report ed that arrangements had been made for frequent bacterlloglcal tests of thn city's milk supply. The menu follows: Petite Lamb Chopa Minced Potatoes Green Peas Fresh Crab Salad Hot Rolls Pineapple Snow Whipped Cream Angel Food Coffee BENNETT HELD MAN WHO BREAKS JAIL HERE CHARGED IN NORTHERN TOWN SAWED THROUGH BARS Of CELL Mads Good Thslr Get Away After They Resched First Floor of Court House and Finally Located by Officers Charles Dennett, who escaped from the Clackamas county Jail with com panion named Harry Walters, on April 23, 1913, has been located In Everett, Wash., and Is being held there on a charge of robbery, accord Ing to word received by Sheriff E. T. Mass, Tuesday. Ilennett will probably not be brought buck to this slate hut tried under the Washington laws for his alleged of- fenre there. Ily following this course, Sheriff Mass states that he will save the county considerable money. With Walters he escaped on tho night of April 23 from their cell In the court house by cutting hole through the wooden roof and Into the asses sor's office. After they gained the fr-edom of the flrat floor of the build. Ins, they opened side window and made good their escape. Both men were under sentence of one year, one on charge of robbery and the other of contributing to the delinquency of minor. FAMILY REUNION HELD AT HOME OF E. C. HACKETT Thomas Haley, wife and little grand daughter, of Ellenshurg, Wash., are visiting with E .C. Hackett of Green Point, thla week. Mr. Haley la pioneer of that sec tion and one of the substantial citizens a mystic shriner and all that It Im plies. Mr. Haley's wife Is sister of Mr. Hackett and they are having a family reunion with their mother who laamong the earliest piopeers of this country. Mrs. Hackett la now past 83 years of age snd makes her home with her son. E. C. Hackett IN WASHINGTON RANGE MASTER OPPOSES BONDS CHARLES E. 8PENCE IS ACAIN8T PUBLISHED PROGRAM FOR PERMANENT ROADS CLAIMS MOST Of MONEY NOT WASTED Cites New York's Example to Prove Contention That Bonding Plan Would Not Stop Graft nd Waits OREGON CITY OHE., Jan. 17. (Editor of the Enterprise.) 1 hve ben wondering for the past month whst the Oregon City snd Portland papera had up their aleeves while tbey were slandering our county courts and road supervisors, trying to convince the farmers that some $17,000,000 have been wssted the slate and one million In Clackamas County In the paat ten years. We were told that our (200,000 road fund would be wast ed; thai millions would be used to Oil mud boles. It was Intimated that all our county courts sod road super visors were grafters or incompetent, that we have no roads, only mudboles over which no loads can be hauled, and that we have too many road dis tricts and aa many different systems of road building. Then after we are sufficiently hu miliated we are told that we should have number of high-priced engi neers to oversee the work that the proper system is to first build the main trunk roads parallel with the river and railroads, that we should vote (000.000 bonds and build these roada at once, for the benefit of the farmer (?) nd the TOURIST. Then I saw the darky in the wood pile. In the flrat place It Is not true that any great part of our road money has been wasted and it is true that we have some fairly good roads. Much of the funds have been used In clear Ing rlgbt of way and grading. While this work does not make much of a showing, being necessarily scattered over large mileage, It was work that had to be done, tt la an Insult to the pioneers of this state to say tbst the road work they did was wasted through Ignorance and dishonesty. The same crowd that Is now boosting thn hardsurfaced road and the Pacific highway. few vears ago were alngtng the p raises of the macadam road. Now the rock road la nothing but mud hole. We get much of our good roada education from kldgloved gentry who do not know a road acraper from saw horse. If the work of the road supervisors Is not satisfactory no one Is to blame more than our county courts and the Judge Is usually the ruling power. The suporvlsors are appointed by the court and work under its colors. If the funds are wasted the county Judge ahould receive his share of the glory. Supervisors were appointed for polit ical reasons and not because they were qualified for the position and if the Ex-Judge who has so suddenly dis covered that the preaent system is "rotten" had done his duty be might have saved the county million dol lars, If flgflres don't lie, during his term of office. But does the proposed change to htglvprlced officials, large road dis tricts, bonds and hard-surfaced roads eliminate graft and waste? The ex perience of other states show that the contrary Is true. New York voted $50,000,000 for system of main highways. The boost ers showed that the "System" could he built for that and money to spare. The first roads built did not last Ave years and another $50,000,000 waa is sued to complete the "System." The paving contractors contributed liberally to the campaign funds of those who boosted for the bond Issue and In return were awarded large con tracts. Some of these roads were to have four-inch conctete base anl two Inches of hard surface. They were sccepted by the State Highway department. Later they were Inspect ed and It was found that miles of this high-priced road had less than two In ches of concrete and under one-half Inch of hard surface. The Governor of the state said that only small fraction of the money spent was used In road construction. Ex-Governor Hay, of Wsshlngton, said that not than 20 cents on the dollars was used In actual road construction by the highway depart ment. Coming still nearer home, it will be remembered that $20,000 graft would have been worked In the engi neering contract for the Columbia riv er bridge, If It were not for the fuss raised by the other engineers. That Is before the ncttial construction has begun. Now, wc apree that the present sys tem Is not perfect by any means, but on the other hand the proposed sys tem of bonding opens the way to greater waBte and unlimited graft and where the opportunity offers the grafters gather like buzzards about carcass. Experience has shown that waste and graft are greater whenever large sums of puWic money are to be spent in short time. If our county court la not capable of handling two or three hundied thousand dollars properly, why In the name of common sense do you wunt to give them an additional $r,00.niHi7 I think that Commlsaloner Smith's plan for using th J county road funds to build good county roads and let the diatrlcta use their special levy to keep their roads in repair Is good one. This will levy In the hands of the county court more than $200,000 with which to experiment on hard sur faced roads or any other kind of roads. If the published estimates of the Oregon City papers are correct this sum will build more thsn 30 miles of hardanrfaced road, pretty good "sample" for one year. If they, with the assistance of the State Highway Engineer can demonstrate to the tax- (Continued on Page 4). E WATER CONFERENCE COMMITTEE HAS WORKED OUT METHODS TO CARE FOR THEM RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL Entire Plan Will be Submitted to the City Fathers for Approval st Speclsl Matting When All Is Completed A Joint meeting of the fire snd wa ter committee of the city council and the executive committee of the Pure Water league waa held In the parlors of the commercial club Tuesday even ing, January if i. The fire and water committee an nounced to the meeting that It had selected William Anoresen, W. A. Long and M. D. Latourette as com mission to have charge of the construc tion of the pipe line to the South Fork of the Clackamas river. Among other things, It expects to recommend that this commission have power to select Its own secretary, hire an en gineer and employ ruch legal help as might be necessary. It also expects to recommend that the council nave the legal proceedure necessary to sub mit the charter amendment, provided and looked after by bond attorneys of national reputation In order that no delay may be experienced, and the bonda might bring the highest possible price. Many Questions Dlseused. These matters were approved by the committee of the water league but It will be the duty finally of the city council Itself to pass upon them and say whether the recommendations are. to be carried out or not ' A great many things were discussed and especially mattors relating Vi ra ter rates under the proposed system. Rased upon the reports of H. A. Hands and D. C. Henny, and also upon facts learned by members Indep endent of those reports, the following statement was agreed upon.. as being fair in ev ery respect: . "The present water equipment and property not needed for the proposed system, excluding the water rights and wheela, aa an asset would offset the present outstanclng warrant In debtedness of the water department, aa liability. Statement of Facta. "The income would be made up as follows: Present yearly water collec tions $18,338.00 Add 60 per cent (this would cost the ordinary house bolder who now pays $1.25 per month $2.00 per month) ..$11,002.80 29,340.80 Rent of present water power rights 5,000.00 Total 134.340.80 Interest 6 per cent and sink ing fund s per cent on 1325.000 128.000 00 Interest on present bonded debt of $40,000 at 4 H per cent 1.800.00 $27,800.00 Balance for operating ex- -peses and care pipe line. . .$ 6,540.00 Ths New 8ystem. Outside of the cost of operating the filter plant and that part of the pres ent system which should be disposed of and extensions, the present system does not cost anything like $6000.00 per year. "No extensions should be made that will not pay 6 per cent on the cost from the beginning and eventual ly out on the principal. Method of Reducing the Cost. "First At the end of the fifth pay ment on the $325,000 of proposed bonds, the yearly charge for interest and sinking fund may be reduced from $26,000 per year to $22,750 per year, making saving of $3250 which could be taken from charges to water con sumers. "Second The cost of operation will be less than $6340.80 which would also lessen the charge. "Third Increase in the number of the consumers In sections of the city, already served; and which would add no extra cost. "Fourth Sale of water to consum ers outside of city, who would build their own pipe line to the reservoir. Capacity of Line, "The proposed pipe line would bring In upwards to 3.000,000 gallons per 24 hours, and Oregon City does not con sume beyond 1.000.000 per day at present, so It readily can be seen, that when two-thirds of the supply is used, either by sale to outsiders or in Ore gon City Itself, the cost to individual consumer can be correspondingly re duced." The calculation shows that a charge of eight per cent would pay- the In terest on the bond Issue and at the end of the fifth year this might be re duced to five per cent and still pay the Interest on the bond issue and re tire all of the bonds at the end of the twenty-fourth year! and the committee recommended that the bonds should be Issued In such form that they might be so retired. League Members. At this meeting the members of the fire and water committee were In vited to become honorary members of the Pure Water league and accepted: the other members of the city courcll and the mayor al9o not being present were also invited to become honorary members. The enthusiasm was marked and all persons present seemed to be much encoursged. Following are the mem bers of the Pure Water league: First National bank. H. P. Frlght blll Oregon City Mfg. Co.. Wm. And resen. F. B. Schoenborn, Hub Grocery Co, F. A. Olmsted, Grand Theatre. Chas. Schram, Prop.; B. T. McBaln, nillman & Howland. Geo. A. Harding, Wm. Beard. Hswley Pulp It Paper Co.. Miller-Parker Co., W. S. U'Ren. C. Schuebel. Don E. Meldrum, E. Ken neth Stanton, Harold A. Swafford, Leo ID BONDS Teachers Begin To Get Decent Salaries For Work Done SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. Salaries of school teachers In Oregon are on th" Increase, an average advance belm; shown during the last year In every de partment of school work except school principal, whose average salaries show a decrease. The highest paid teachers In the state are Id Portland, where the men receive an average salary of $150 a month and the women an average of $97.85. I'matllla county has the dis tinction of paying the highest salaries to teachers In one-room schools, thi average being $08 82 per month. These flguns are shown In bulle tin Just issued by State School Super intendent J. A. Churchill. 'They aro based on the school year ending last June. Tb bulletin shows that tbe average length of the school term for that year was seven and one-tbird months. Tbe average monthly salaries of teachers throughout tbe state are shown as follows: Male teachers, $84,25; female teach- ters, $61,74; teachers In one room buildings, $t0.50; assistant teachers in buildings of more than one room, $08.43: principals, $95.16. City super intendents were paid an average sal-! nrj ui i79.o? per car. - tiann A In every esse but one, there was slight Increase over the average sal ary paid the previous year, the month ly gains being as follows: Male t earn ers. $2.14; female teachers, $1.78; teachers In one-room buildings, $3.21; assistant teachers In buildings of more thsn one room, $358. Principals lost $2.48 per month, and city superintend ents gained $99.93 for the year. COUNTY COURT CONSIDERS THE APPOINTMENT OF TRAINED MAN FOR PLACE SUPERVISOR IS ONLY AN AGENT New Law Relegates Him to Scenery and he Loses His Place In th Chorus Plant Held up for Decision , Clackamas county may appoint roadmaater to take charge of the work on the highways during the coming year. County Judge H. S. Anderson Tues day admitted that the court has had the matter under consideration al though there has been no action taken. Tbe law now requires the court to have' plans and specifications drawn by the county surveyor for all road work that Is done and in fact makes him the roadmaater In all of the dis tricts. Thus far, the matter has merely reached the discussion stage but it is possible that some engineer will be selected to take charge of the high ways and to build them according to a definite plan that has been approved by the court This means that nearly all of the road districts will be under the contract system, for few of them are without tbe $1000 for the highway work and are placed by tbe new law In the class where the supervisor be comes merely an agent of the official in charge of the highway construc tion, whoever be may be. Since the law has been called to the attention of the county court, the sug gestion that roadmaater would aid In the soluton of the problem has been seriously considered. The dlacoery of the statute has materially Interfered with the plans of the court and has held up the work that has been con templated. The court plans to get the road work started this year at an earlier date than last year though it proposes to wait until the roads are in condition to make the repairs and Improvements worth while. S. Burden, F. F. Sullivan, Jesse Harell, Wm. Sheahan, J. H. Walker, Dr. Clyde Mount, John Lewthwalte, Sr., Dr. J. A. VanBrakle, J. W. Moffatt, Bannon & Co., O. C. Enterprise, Drs. Mount & Mount, John W. Loder, Dr. L. A. Mor ris. L .Adams, V. Harris. Geo. C. Brownell, Frank Busch, O. D. Eby. Huntley Bros. Co.. Dr. U L. Pickens, Dr. C. H. Meissner. H. Burgoyne, Llvy Stlpp, Ernest P. Rands, M. D. Latour ette, O. B. Dlmlck, W. A. Dlmick, O. C. Courier, F. D. Simmons, Price Bros. Jones Drug. Co.. Max Schwartz, Fashion Livery Stables, H. L. Martin. Wm. McLarty. J. Levitt, E. Bauer, "The Falls;" R. U Holman, Chas. S. Noble. W. J. Wilson, W. J. Wilson ! Co.. J. F. Hodge, F. C. C.sdke. Hogg Pros.. Oregon City Ics Works, E. L. Johnson, Lsrsen & Co., Oregon Com mission Co.. Dr. M. C. Strickland, Straight Salisbury. Richard PetroH, W. H. Sllcox. Oregon City Shoe Store. Portland Flouring Mills Co., F. H. Crosa. W. C. Green, C. W. Freldrlch. Farr Bros. Geo. V. Ely, Everhart 4 Hall. J. H. Mattley, O. W. Elliott, Jack & Albright. SUIT AGAINST BOARD DISMISSED BY COURT SALEM. Ore., Jan. J7. Because At torney General Crawford failed to make any showing of damages sus tained by the state. Circuit Judge Kelly today sustained the motion of John McNary. attorney for the mem bers of the state board, for Judgment on the pleadings In the penitentiary re volving fund case, wherein Crawford brought suit to recover from Governor West, Secretary of State Olcott nd State Treasurer Kay, approximately $16,000 alleged to hve been spent for the state Illegally. Judge Kelly dis missed the action. BUY BRAINS TO BUILD ROADS DIMMICK ARGUES FOR BETTER PLAN BELIEVES ROAD ENGINEER IS PANACEA FOR PRESENT ILLS IN HIGHWAYS SCHUEBEL RAISES STRAW MAN Scheme Doss Not Include Any Great Expenditure of Money But Is Intended to Get Results at Cheaper Price OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 28. (Editor of the Enterprise.) My attention was called to a letter printed In the Morning Enterprise under date of Jan uary 25th, 1914. signed by one O. A. Schuebel, in which he seems to at tack the writer for something entirely foreign to anything that I have ever aald upon tbe road question. Never have I stated in any public meeting, or ln any private conversation, that Clackamas County has spent $847,000 In the last four years and received no return, nor have I stated publicly or privately that farmers are incompe tent road builders, as such is not the case. Now for tne benefit of Mr. Schuebel and all others in Clackamaa County, I wish to state exactly my position re garding road Improvements not only In Clackamas County but in every oth er County in the State, and the reason why I make this statement la because I honestlv believe that the best re sults are obtained nnder a change of the present methods employed In the permanent construction oi county roads. In the first plac whenever a county road l located in Its proper place and the road cleared from rocks, brush and stumps, and proper grades eetab- llshed, and the grading, ditching ana draining of the road completed, all of that stands as a part of permanent road improvement, and therefore all of that particular kind of work done by the supervisors in Clackamas County has added that much to perma nent road construction. I am also mindful of the fact that when the foundation of roads have been proper ly laid, with large rock and macadam placed thereon, that all of that partic ular kind of work goes to permanent road Improvement, and we have a great deal of that, kind of work com pleted In Clackamas County at this time, and the only question that pre sents itself to the taxpayers is, "Are the tax payers getting value received for the money expended along those lines above mentioned under our pres ent system?" We are Informed through the press that more than one quarter of a million dollars are to be expended during the year 1914 on the county roads and bridges in Clackamas County, and the question naturally presents Itself as to what method shall be pursued in mak Ig this vast expenditure in the several districts, whether it shall be expend ed in a haphazard manner by experi enced and inexperienced road super visors, or whether it shall be done un der the general supervision of a com petent and capable road master or road engineer who is experienced In that particular line of work. It is true that some of the most pro gressive counties in the State are giv ing this question serious thought and consideration, and some of the coun ties are doing all of their road work under the general supervision of a man skilled In road building. I visited Umattna County a few weeks since, where during the last three years all of the road supervisor are executing their work strictly in accordance with the plans and speci fications provided by an experienced road engineer, and who has general supervision and control of that partic ular line of work, and a large number of the heavy tax payers living in the interior of the county Informed the writer that during the last three years they had gotten more permanent road Improvement for the money expended than they ever got in a period of twen ty years prior to that time. I also visited a part of the roads which were constructed under the supervision of the road engineer, and found all of the work done under one system and re sembling the Improved roads of Mult nomah County. Since reading Mr. Schuebel'a letter (Continued on Page 3). HODGE AND R1C TO TEACH FARMERS Dr Clifton Frement Hodge, who la becoming a familiar figure In the Wil lamette Valley through his numerous extension lectures on popular biologi cal topics since he was added to tbe extension division of the Unlverslty of Oregon Isst September, has Just been elected professor of social bi ology at the university. Dr. Hodge, however, will continue to be a professor among the people In stead of among campus students. His lectures throughout the state will con tinue as before. His election to a full chair Is In recognition of the work he Is doing In the towns snd rural dis tricts of the state. So gently is this work appreciated that his dates sr taken nearly two months ahead and It Is rare that he is seen st all upon the university campus. Dr. Hodge will al so continue to collaborate with the state game commission. Dr. George Rebec, also widely known In eastern Oregon from numerous ap pearances on the lecture platform and at teachers' Institutes, has been elect ed full professor of philosophy. He. too, will continue In extension work to a great extent, although giving cer tain philosophical courses upon the campus.