La Grande evening observer., January 27, 1913, Image 6

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In Detailed Manner Tell of Its Work,
lay Application.
.Salem,- January 23, 1913. To
fhe people of the state of Ore
pposed to state aid and state super
vision of state aid moneys: , .
It has . been brought , to the atten
tion of the Multnomah county delega
tion to the bouse of representatives
that you are against the state super
vision of state aid moneys. This of
4A1 ! a r. tlinp .in . i , 1 i a rvinriltlsin
HDVI1 19 iuv .......
Inasmuch as It has been conceded to
the counties .that they are entitled
to spend the moneys within their
county lines In their own way, and as
they see. fit. Arguing from this con
cession to the representatives of the
counties, It Is no more than to be ex-
pectcd that those who are putting up
the money fo rstate aid should direct
state aid expenditures. As a member
f the legislature from 'Multnomah
county, I wish to call your attention
to the fact that Multnomah county
and her citizens stand ready to fur
nish a Uttle better than one-third of
the state aid moneys; that Multnomah
founty already has good roads or a
rogram to got roads that will In the
near future give us good roads at our
wn expense; and that the moneys
that Multnomah county puts up from
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CHASE BOHNENKAMP
Agent for Union County.
FRANK O. MILLER PRESFNT THE MIRTHFUL FARCICAL SUCCESS
From the German of
a state aid levy will be a contribution
pure and simple to the good roads
cause of the state. The opposition of
the grange and the farmers' union Is
due to two facts In particular the
objection to spending road moneys on
trunk lines for the use of automo
biles, and the reference to the sad
state of affairs that now exist in the,
state of Washington they having
spent In Washington their good mon
oy and wasted It, and their experience
should give this, your legislature,
opportunity to profit.
Sneaking for this committee on
ronds and highways from the house of
biennial Besslon, as a member there
representatives of the twenty-seventh
of. we have come to a unanimous
agreement on those measures which
constitute the enabling act for the
.Ml allowing counties to bond them
selves respectively for the permanent
Improvement of highways. This un
animous agreement on the part of
the house committee Is to the effect
that we are desirous of, and will de
vote our efforts to. a measure that
meats with the approval of the house
nnd of the senate, giving to the coun
ties of this state the enabling clause
of which they are so much In need.
To this enabling act wjll not be at
tached any Irrelevant subjects. It
will stand uikmi Its own merits be
fore the people of the state and will
not carry with It any subjects In
controversy. In other words. It is
the concensus of opinion of the house
that each subject shall be In the form
of a bill, and those subjects on which
the. greater difference of opinion ex
ists should not pull down and defeat
those subjects of highway Improve
ments on which we have unanimous
i
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A PERFECT CYCLONE OF LAUGHTER
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Robt. Pohl," English Veiuc
Prices $1.50,
SEATS ON SALE WEDNESDAY MORNING
ly agreed, and which are the first
steps toward goods roads.
, The above Is Introductory o the
objection that has been voiced by a
convention, of the county Judges and
county commissioners and the legis
lative delegations from the state
grange and farmers' union. - It Is the
Intention of the committee on roads
and highways of the house to make
the first state highway commission
and state aid moneys a matter of ex
periment and a matter of education to
the various counties. ;
The plan Is this: That we shall
provide a state highway commission
er or a state highway commission
that will be empowered to select a
competent road expert from the de
partment of roads at Washington, D.
C a department that Is under the de
partment of agriculture. The duties
of this road expert will be to Instruct
the various county courts, or those
In charge of the expenditure of coun-
ty road moneys, in the best method
of m-oeedure consistent with local .
conditions whenever called upon to!
.. '
do BO.
Ills only power over tne super-,
vision of the expenditure of the state
aid moneys will be. that of making
n request of the county authorities to
appoint and hire a suitable road ex
pert, preferably a citizen of that
county, who Is conversant with lo
cal condition, who shall under his
direction expend the state aid mon
aco I,, ithmt ranntv iinnn that hlehwav
which has been determined by. the
ocunty officials to be the main hlgh-lto
way of the county. He will have the
further power of removing said ex-1
,..-m. .
port snouia ne prove iimiaiit-iii mm...
of requesting the county authorities
to name another. Should it prove
that there is not sufficient talent' or
expert knowledge In the possession
or a citizen of that county, he will
then bo empowered to appoint an ex
port with the suitable requirements
and executive ability, subjeot to the
salification ot the county court or the
road authorities of that particular
county.
The method of allotment of state
. ,m ho n flat annronrlatlon
of $10,000 per county to be raiseu d-
state taxation. This $10,000 to be
m.tched with an equal amount by the
county which desires state aid, or a
less portion by both should the coun
ty authorities so elect.
The result of a measure as outlined
In the preceding, paragraphs will be
that where the county authorities In
any particular county do not desire
exp-TsaitH'-P of c'alo ".'it mnnpv
under state, supervision they shall be
.. ... hA art
x... . tha monevs of their
county as they see fit. But should
this experiment who have not desired
to come under the act will have aj
chance to observe ana prom oy
xnerlence of those counties tnai uenion county UI1ui u,t u ..o
expenemo Clackamas county .111.00 the disastrous result In the state of
The financial expenditure amouot-'ciatsop county 30.00 j Washington ,to the state grange and
Ins to $10 000 per year per county 'Columbia county 35.29to the press of the state of Oregon.
will amount during the next twocoos county 19.23 The writer asks the press to print this
years to $080 000 The proposition of Crook county 133. communication In a prominent place.
Uxlng automobiles at the ratol)f 50 Curry county ! and Invite its subscribers to answer
cents per horsepower will be lncorj Douglas county 3-SSjthe arguments therein contained, not
,..,. into this act; this money.
less the cost of collection to the state.;
111 be turned lntp thp stale aid roaJ(Harncy county -86
Tt,i. In the next two years will
',. annroxlmately . $200,000.'
amount to approx
leaving $480,000 to be raised by the
LA, GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER,
HOUSE
- " 1 v "rank Tannehill, Jr.,
$1, 75c, 50c
state at large by direct taxation. Of
this the county of Multnomah will I
furnish approximately $160,000, leav-
Ing $320,000 to be raised by the re-
malntag 33 counties. A these coun-
ties will receive back on the average
$20,000 for the $11,000 put up, the
burden of the ocst of the experiment
will be on the taxpayers of Multnom-
ah county. Those counties which to
not elect to come under the act will
be out the difference between what
they put up and the $20,000 they might
have received. ...
The delegates from'' Multnomah
county feel that their constituents will
approve of Multnomah putting up the
sum of $7oooo a year for this experl
menu not a cen of which can be
spent under the proposed act within
the boundaries of 'Multnomah county.!
They therefore feel that If their couu.
ty Ib willing to donate towards the,
expense of this experiment $160,000
during the next two years mat tne
other counties of the state should be
willing to take a chance. This act
will be so drawn that the experiment
..in x t . ...i.u ,1.. nvm.nillhira
win leruuiimo mm i h"
of the above appropriations, snouia
It prove a failure and at, the same
time bo perpetuated the burden will
be. with the next, the twenty-eight
biennial session of the legislature of
the state of Oregon.
To answer any objections on the
iiart of those who fear the waste of
state moneys In road construction as
Instanced in yie state oi nasmnsttm,
the friends of the measure as pro-
posed above. I. as one member, will
promise to fight out any act which,
I ,m oi,io ho lamiincr of state bonds !
otidinir the trial of this experiment.
... . -- -
There- will be time enough after the contentions fully.) It Is my derise
experiment has proved successful to that you read over carefully and an
vote state bonds for state aid. jswer by return mail if possible. A
The following Is a llsjt of those 40-dny session Is shqrt and any ef
countles. as taken from pnge 73 of fectlve legislation that will be passed
the first blonnial report of the board by this session must be ntroduced
of state tax commissioners. which during the next few day.
will receive less than they pay: j The foregoing plan without the au-
Calckamas. Douglas, Jackson, Lane ! tomobile feature will require an an
T.lnn.' Marlon. Multnomah and Uma- tiual state tax levy of one-half mill.
tllw.
'. The following is
a list of those
At ..uiaIi mill vnfalva mnrA than
counur .......
tney pay:
Baker. Benton. Clatsop. Columbia.
rw OrAok. Curry. Gilliam. Grant.
Harney. Hood iRlver, Josephine,
Klamath. Lake. Lincoln, Malheur,
Morrow, Polk. Sherman. Tillamook
Union, Wallowa, Wasco. Washington
Wheeler and Yamhill.
The following shows the percent-
nA of titinrovod ronrto In ench rountv
ln the stale of Oregon for the yearections and eliminate their objections
1909. as compiled by J. E. Pennyback. j thus leaving the legislative body of
er. chief r
t cif road management, office
jof public roads. U. S. department ot
agriculture,
'
ii.niiam raumy :
Grant county
:o
ITinil
il Kiver county
Jackson county 19.62
JoscpV.nc county
4.001
.MONDAY,
FRIDAY
JANUARY
and Geo. W, Barntun.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:
"Full of amusing- situations." St Louis Republic
"Plenty of snap and vim." Louisville Post.
"Admirable entertaining qualities." Philadel
phia Public Ledger.
"Full of good clean humor." Indianapolis Star.
"Every member of the company is worthy of spe
cial mention." Dallas News.
Klamath county 1.55
Lake county 16.00
Lane county ......18.17
Lincoln county .....
Linn county 20.66
Malheur county
Marlon county 5.33
Morrow county
Multnomah county .' 51.11
Polk county 12.40
Sherman county
Tillamook county' ..41.00
Umatilla county .08
Unto county 2.94
Wallowa county .SO
Wasco county : 1.20
Washington county 8.00
Wheeler county ... 2.00
Yamhill county ...26.00
In conclusion of the above remarks
I wish to add that we are all agreed
upon the need of good roads and we
commence to diverge upon the first (
Introduction of an act towards the
, rurnisniog or tnis mucn-ien neeu.
! Where we come In conflict Is the
method of economical expenditure of
. road funds and we can only determine
' tlia hael niathn,! i v Avnarlmpnt At
"' " .-
; measuer, arariea aiong me lines as
proposed In the preceding paragraphs
win not tae away rrom tne county
' officials their authority to say whore
.'-the money shall be expended or on
what roads, but simply provides a
'change for adequate Bnpervisiop of
this expenditure along the lines of the
most approved practice. (I wii! add
.i.u iu .us uC.... ...,t-
ed as a legislature act. but that the
nature of an act resulting will be in
line with the general opinio.: as ex-
Dressed by you. so kndly be-prompt.
; and if in the negative explain your
j- - -
Yours very truly,
W. IRVING SPENCER,
Member of committee on roads
and highways, house of repre
sentatives. Twenty . Seventh
Legislative Assembly.
Note. These facts have been com
piled, and the above outline has been
formulated for the benefit of thoBe
who are offering resentment to a
state aid road measure and state su
pervision of state aid expenditures,
oixf ! Intonrtod to nnowpr their on-
the state free to enact measures of
an expermental nature. It Is parti
cularly addressed to the county Judges
Per Cent. 'nd commissioners of the state who
0.50, hiwdie road moneys, to the farmers'
-
,n tne press dui ay uirei-i raiumumui
i Hon to the writer, and to lay special
stress upon explaining their objec-
I tions in run. rnis special request is
(Continued on page seven.)
JANUARY 27f 1913.
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BRING .
RESULTS
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HOUSE DRESSES $1.30. Other sew
ing reduced during January. 170S
Spruce. Mrs. Etta Wines. . 1-7-tf
WANTED Second girl for nurse
maid and to assist In general
housework. Call at Mt Emily
Timber company's office, new Foley
building. A. J. Stange. 1-10-tf
WANTED Clean rags at the Observ
er office. . Pay 2c per lb. 1-16-tt
FOR SALE Two new 126 egg Peta
luma incubators, at a bargain.
Tnckey & Warnlc. 1-17-tf .
FOR SALE Good four foot wood $6
j per cord. Call Main 90. 1-17-tf
i FURNISHED ROOMS with bath Toi
rent. Inl2 Adams avenue. Phore
Black 1713. 1-15-lmo
WANTED Boarders and roomers;
1601 Adams; phone Red 3291. Mrs.
G. E. Moorei 1-17-tf
POR SALE Modern five room house
on O avenue. Telephone Black.
562. l-23-6t
FOl'N'D Sum of money. Owner can.
recover same by applying at our
office and giving proper descrip
tion. Home Independent Telephone
company. 1-21 tf
WI LtX CHANGE A 1912 model T
Ford automobile in perfect condi
tion for La Grande real estate. Ad
dress Drawer T, La Grande. 1-21-tf
FOR RENT Housekeepng rooms
1914 Third street. 1-24-tf
FOB "KENT Rooms suitable for of
fices or HghtJiousekeeplng. Inquire
of B. F. Lewis, Lewis bldg. 1-24-tf
WAiXTED Smallpox cases to nurse
Call Wtll Julan, IRonde Valley
House. l-23-6tp
rooms. . Phone Black 3881 or call
905 Spring street 1-24 4t.
BOARDHtiS AND ROOMERS wanted
Phone Black 3SSI or call 509
Spring street. 1-24 4t
FOR SALE Fresh cow. Full blood
Jersey. Phone Bed 153S or call F.
H. Talman. l-23-6t
FOR RENT Furnished housekeeping
rooms. Phone Black 3512. l-27-6fc
FOR RENT House and barn and two
acres of ground. Xorth street and
V avenue. 2 blocks east of school
house. Phone Farm 203 or call Ob
servers l-27-6t
FURNISHED ROOM FOR RENT De
sirable location. Close In. Mrs.
Frank Pike. 101 Greenwood, phone
black 3832. 1-27-tt