"WEDNESDAY, JANUAKY 19, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
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SHERRY THEATRE
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old Oregon trail here and pastured
their horses and cattle before contin
uing down to The Dales for portage
to the Willamette valley. Unfortu
nately, although they left your won
derful valley in excellent condition,
every head of livestock starved to
death in a snowstorm at The Dalles,
for then .there was no road th'rough
the Columbia river gorge. That is
one reason why the building of the
great Columbia (river highway has
been a work of enthusiam with me.
That is one reason why I wanted to
build a road in that rugged break in
.the Cascade mountains that would be
the greatest and the finest road the
world has ever seen. I want the Co
lumbia river highway to be dedicated
to the pioneers of Oregon. I believe
that it is a project of great utility,
and as such is a proper monument to
'be .dedicated to the memory of these
sturdy, self-reliant people who found
ed our wonderful state.
There is another reason why I have
always had a real live desire to see,
with my own eyes, 'La Grande. When
I was a boy of trjtt years ar so, back
in the late 'eighties, a most remark
able family came from La Granrle
and established themselves in a home
in Portland in the block next to the
one where I was born and where I
then lived with my parents. This
-wonderful family bore the name of
Snodgrass, and this J. G. Snodgrass
esquire, president of your Commercial,
tiuu, woo wic uuut? uiiiuiiy tutu, we an .
liked so well, The Snodgrass boys
told us wonderful tales of their home
"town, and to me it has always been
a paradise where robust manly boys,
and charming modest girls developed
into excellent citizens,
. . I am particularly pleased to be here
on the mission of discussing "Good
Roads." The development of our
state and the prosperity of our citi
zens depends mare today on good
roads than upon any other thing. Ore
gon does not .need railroads so much
as she needs good roads.
For the last quarter century we
have been listening ,to good roais
speeches and treading good roads
editorials. I have never heard of
anyone advocating any other kind of
a road than a good road. It is now
safe to assume that there is a unan
imous sentiment in Oregon for good
rods; but what is a good road? That
is where we differ.- We have been
think ing and talking in the abstract.
It is now time to be definite and
specific.
Every-Day Roads Wanted.
In my opinion
a gOOU ITOaU IS a I
road which is of service to its traffic
every day in the year, and the loca
tion of which is such that it can be
used with safety, economy and com
fort. Such a road must not have
grades in excess of -five per cent,
urves on less than one-hundred foot
radius, a widh less than twenty-four
feet between drainage ditches and its
surface mwst respond successfully to
the loads it bears.
To obtain such roads it is necessary
to consider a road as a structure and
to realize that it must be planned by
an experienced highway engineer in
advance of its construction, just as a
building of equal cost and magnitude
is planned by an architect in advance
of its construction. It is further
necessary to centralize the directing
nuthoritv in charge of construction, in
a capable roadmaster, just aa the
constructing of a building is put in
charge of an experienced and capable
huilder.'
. ( Road Supervisors Opposed.
The iroad supervisor system in
jfogue in most of our counties in this
state should in my opinion be super
seded by the roadmaster plan of con
structing roads. The same men work
ing under a directing head, upon a
definite plan to an ultimate end, would
accomplish mneh more for the tax
payers with less money, and be more
8atisfied,with themselves and their
work if the roadmaster idea were sub
stituted for the present road suner
visor system, wherein every suner
visor is largely a law unto hinide!. in
which he does and how and wnen he
does it. No re-sonable person would
think of putting nxty carpenters to
work upon an unplanned uuildiiu
without blue prints and specification!.,
and without a j'o.-eman directing the
work of all. Yet hundreds of thou
sands of dollars of the taxpayers'
money have been spent annually just
that wav and chartrcd to road con-
struction. i
In my opinion every county in Ore
gon should have prepared, under the
direction of a competent highway en
gineer, a program for the development
of a countyroad system, which could
be followed year after year, always
doing the most urgent things first but
always working methodically to an
ultimate end. New roads should be
located on the rules established for
the building of the Columbia river
highway, and the old roads re-located,
wherever necessary, to make their lo
cations conform to the same rulea, as
fast and as soon as their re-location
can ibe conveniently financed.
Develope Roads With Farms. .
By following such a plan ithe sur
face of all iroads can be developed as
the land adjacent to the roads de
velops and as the traffic using the
roads changes and increases with the
growth in population, without the
wasteful expenditures of re-location.
By this method, where an earth road,
properly drained, may serve the
wagon traffic of a certain sparsely
settled district today, it can be .topped
with gravel or macadam later , and
when the motor car comes along and
destroys the best macadam road that
it is possible rto build,-the macadam
can be used for a foundation for a
hard surface. iBy this plan, there is
no waste. Each type of road serves
its own day and generation, and is
of use to each succeeding surface, un
til the best and highest types of
pavement we know about today are
finally laid.
It is no longer a question of how
steep grades we can travel, but -how
steep grades we can travel econom
ically. It is no longer a Question of
how shoirt a turn we can make, but
how short a turn we can make safely,
It is no longer a question of the low
est first cost of a surface we can main
tain in our roads, but of the lowest
ultimate cost at which we can main
tain the surfaces on our roads.
Until the advent of the automobile
a few years ago, the problem of
surfacing roads was considered
solved. The macadam .roads on per
manent locations served very well
for the .traffic of the horse and wagon.
Of course there was some mud in win
ter and much dust in summer, but we
didn't mind that then because we did
not know ithat there was anything
better. . But the automobile has made
the macadam road impossible of
maintenance upon our main traveled
- highwavg
Union County Leads State.
Yet .the automobile is hare today.
Already in our state there are over
23,000 of them registered and there
is an average of ten more registering
every day. In Union county you have
547 autps and 47 motorcycles. In
Union county, during the year 1915,
thd: was an increase of 108 pgr cent
in the registered horse power This1
county heads the list with the great
est increase in automobile horsepower
of any county in the state for 1915.
The average increases for the state
is 43 per cent and far Multnomah
county 87 per cent. It is what might
be trmed the agricultural or rural
counties Mat show the greatest per
centage of increase.
The automobile, on account of the
motive power exerted by the back
wheels, the suction caused by the
speed with which it moves, and the
skidding of the whole machine, causes
the macadam roads to ravel and disin
tegrate, and in a short time, unless
immediate and constant repairs arc-
rnriat.,Tit. mnnirn nro pvnonaiv. HTio
.binder of earth and screenings which
at great expense were knit into the
larger rack to make a unit of all, are
'.blown away in dust and pushed away
by the trnftic until where once was
a good road there remains naught jut
holes and bumps.
In Multnomah county we developed
the fact that it cont the taxpayers
from $700 to $10C0 a mile a year to
maintain a macadam surface on our
main arterial highways, and then we
decided that it was not only cheaper
in the long run to lay a hard surfaced
pavement, but that a pavement would
give a better service to thene nsinp
the roads.
Ultimate Cost Considered.
The real cost of any article is not
the first cost of that article, but it is
the ultimate cost of it. The ultimate
cost of a road surface is the cost of
that surface over, say a twenty year
period. If you grant the truth of this
and I do not believe you can logically
deny that it is a truth, then for the
main traveled roads of our state today
it is more economical to lay a hard
surfaced pavement of a proven, suc
cessful type than to try and maintain
macadam.
"ing arrived at this point in the
consideration of , this subject, we now
face the all important problem of how
best to finance the hard surface pav
ing of our county roads. In Mult
nomah county, the smallest county
in area and the county having the
least miles of county road in the state
but yet whereover one-third of the
population and wealth of the state are
we found that the cost of having these
roads which suddenly we learned could
not otherwise be saved, was too great
to be borne in any one year, and so we
had to issue 15 year, 5 ner cent bonds
to iinance the work. These bonds are
serial bonds, and mature annually
after the fourth year.
If Multnomah county had to bond
surely any other county in Oregon
contemplating the subject, will be
forced to do likewise. And that is the
fair and equitable thing to do in any
event. Pay for the road as you use it.
just as a young man is better off
building a home on the installment
plan instead of paving .rent until he is
able to pay cash for his home. Other
wine, he will probably live all his life
and die a tenant and never know whnt
it is to live in a home he can call
To day
Adventures of-WaJlingford
THE LILAC SPLASH '
, Comedy' ,
GREAT WHILE IT LASTED
TOMORROW Robert Mantcll
In The Blindness of Devotion
his own and leave as a inheritace to his
children. . . ;
Amicable Relations Urged.
I have covered, I believe, all but one
phase of the subject. I have seen
other counties agree to everything as
I have outlined it this far, and then
split into factions and ruin all their
construction work over rivalry and
jealousies, as to what roads should be
improved first. J trust you will have
no such difficulties, but that you will
approach the subject with a feeling
of generosity and co-operation, and
realize that what benefits your neigh
bor enriches you and that that which
serves him well is just what he will
wish you and yours to enjoy also. With
such a spirit, Union county can suc
cessfully solve the road problems
which are common to every county in
the state, and she will obtain for her
self, and for us who wish her and her
people well, tiiat high state of develop
ment and prosperity which she richly
deserves. ,
Women Discuss Militarism.
(By United Press) - "
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 19. San j
Francisco women at the local Mothers'
congress met today to endorse the j
idea "1 didn't Kaise Sly Boy to lie a
Soldier" and to discuss their stand on
Frank H. Harris, president, spoko in
opposition to the plan, saying in part.
"Such training comes at a time when
the mind, soul and body of the boy are
in the formative period. We should
be careful what influences bear upon
the boy at that time; whether thty
foster the spirit of militarism or of
peace, kindliness and harmonious
adjustment of difficulties." Replying
to the argument that such training
inculcates obedience, Mrs. Harris said
that even so, its real object viuis "the
ultimate taking of human life." "If.
as a nation," she continued, "we feel
it necessary to prepare for defense
then let it be through mechanical de
vices and armaments manned by those
of mature years who have chosen t;ds
calling, rather than by mi'itarizin.Tf the
young and innocent of humanity, not
capable of julging for themselves."
Great talkers are like 'leaky pitch
ers everything runs out of them. '
Many talk like philosophers and live
like fools. .
Our Want Ads bring results..
( WE
The 'Big Three'
1 The Maxwell. The world's most popu
ular car at a popular price.
2 The Busiest Spot in La Grande.
La Grande salesroom of the Maxwell.
3 Bob Leighton Known to all as
Author of the slogan
According to the Leighton plan you can buy one of these famous sturdy, pmvorf ul family cars on payment of a special sum and pay the
balance as you ride on easy monthly payments.
Hundreds of good Clevelanders have already taken advantage of this convenient method of car owning. There's no reason why you
should not.
The Maxwell is not only easy to buy according to the Leightoniplan, but it is economical to operate, the up-keep cost being fully 50
per cent less than on any othef car selling at this price.
Price $745 f. o. b. La Grande Electric Starter and Lighted.
Farmers B 51.
Main 737
REV.WOWK
WILL LEAVE
MEHODIST MINISTER SEEKS
CHANGE FOR HEALTH.
Hob-Sleds and Cutters Are All the Go
in Imbler Country.
Imbler, Oregon, Jan. 17. -(Special)
Rev. Womack, who has been filling
weekly appointments at the M.. E.
churches here and in Elgin, will leave
for Missouri in a few days, and a min
ister'from Dayton. '.Washington, will
accept the vacant pulpits here. . Mr.
Womack is making the change on ac
count of sickness in the family.
O. L. Allphin, who sold his barber
shop to Ed Dennison, is leaving soon
for Wyoming. Mr. Allphin and his
wife have many friends here who re
gret .their departure, but wish them
success in their new home.
Friday evening about a score of
Ivan Bingamart's friends gathered at
that young man's home south of town
and pleasantly reminded him that he
was celebrating his fifteenth- birth
day. Light refreshments were served
and a pleasant evening enjoyed.
Saturday evening a Sunday School
social was enjoyed at the homo of Miss
Edna Martin. '
The advent of the new semester wit
nessed but few chanties in .the high
school. A few new classes are or
ganized and .. a. Hurley . is com
petently filling the position vocated by
F. S. Francis. . '
Owing to the continued snows, bob
sleds and cutters have almost entirely
replaced wheel conveyances for the
time. Bob-sled parties are all ' the
Tage.
The dancers who "bobbed" over to
Elgin Friday evening kept the mu
sicians busy till about 5 a. m. and
then did the "sled glide" all the way
home.
Horse buyers have been operating
in this end of Ithe valley again and
several dozen good horses were pur
chased. Bad Habits.
Those who breakfast at eight o'clock
n). lnf.AP Itinpll nf. hunlva anit Htavo AnL !
ner at six are almost certain to be
troubled with indigestion. They do
not allow time for one meal to digest
before taking another. Not less than
five , hours should elapse between
meals. If you are troubled with indi
gestion correct your habits olnd take
Chamberlain's Tablets, and you may
reasonably hope for a quick recovery.
These tablets strengthen the stomach
and enable it to perform its functions
naturally. Obtainable everywhere. ,
Nearly 13,000 Miistcrs at The Front
Paris, Jan.-12, By Mail) Nearly
thirteen : thousand ministers and
priests are to day serving in various
capacities with the French army, ac
cording to statistics just given out
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Dealers in Union County J. H. Barnes, Elgin, Grand Konde Garage, Union.
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by the Minister of War. The govern
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with regiments 151 Catholic priests,
28 protosUnt ministers, and 14 rab
bis. There is about un equal num
ber of chaplains who have volunteered
their services and boen allowed to go
with the troops. Most of the eccles
iastics are serving as nurses. Their
total number 12,580.
Chamberlain's Cought Remedy Most
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"I have taken tt great many bottles
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every time it has cured me. I have
found it most effectual for a hacking
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j Facts About Well Known People
i- Oakland, Cal. Jan. 1!). Col
J o.nel John P. Irish, who was a
J navul officer at tho Port of San
4 Francisco under both Democra
tic and Republican administra
tis tions, and who recently again
4 became prominent through his
4 denunciation in New York of
? Dr. Anna Shnw, never wears a
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