OREGON CITY COURIKR, THUR8DAV, FEB.. 12, 1914
BAD
ROADS GREAT
ECONOMIC WASTE
HEAVY COST OF POOR HIGHWAYS
FALLS DIRECTLY ON THE
FARMER.S.
ADVANTAGE OF HARD SURFACE SHOWN
T. W. Sullivan Prepares Table Giving
Valuable Information Relative
to Proposed Bond Issue
for $600,000.
OREGON CITY, Feb. 11. (Editor of
the Enterprise.) A great deal has
been said and written on the subject
of good roads for Clackamas County
and how to get them. Judging from
the statements, and assertions made
It ia nuite evident that most of the
people desire good permanent roads
but cannot agree on how to get them.
Personally I have held great hopes
that a sound business policy would oe
pursued this year by our County
Court a dcd by well meaning pairiouc
citizens of good business Judgment
who stand ready to assist In working
out a good systematic programme of
procedure under the I9ld road law
whereby we can secure for this county
a fino HVHtnm of nermanent main
trunk and other roads, extending from
the farming communities to the mar
ket places. Under such a plan the
nermanent main trunk roads can be
secured economically and within a
very short period of time.
Good permanent all-year roads are
a verv imnortant factor In increasing
the prosperity of the farmer and re
ducing the cost or living lor an.
Good roads bring the farm nearer
the market (1. e. In time required to
reach it) and enhance the value of the
farm on that account. The U. S. De
. partment of Agriculture has records
of places in the South where the time
required to haul goods from the farm
to the market has been reduced irom
twelve to two days by the construc
tion of permanent roads to replace the
old mud holes or excuses for roads,
Manv examines showing the large Bav-
Ine In haulage costs could be given
showing the great economic value of
good permanent roads.
Does it pay to build permanent
roads? You may be sure it does.
Had roads are a great economic
waste. The heavy cost' of bad roads
falls on the entire population of the
community served and affected by such
roads but this heavy cost falls in great
er degree on the farmers who must
haul the products of their farms over
these bad roads as they are at a great
disadvantage in attempting to com
pete in the markets with other rural
communities which have through good
business sense secured good perma
nent all year roads loading to the mar
kets.
The only proper way to figure on
the cost of a road is to consider both
the first cost and the maintenance cost
for a period of ten or more years, and
its effective, traffic condition during
that period. Under the present con
dition of travel on main roads a ma
cadam rond would have to be re-surfaced
every two or three years and
even then it would be In a bad condi
tion over one-half of the time. On
such main roads the hard surfaced or
paved roadway, If properly built,
would require practically no repairs
for a period of ten years and a good
and sufficient bond guaranteeing the
roadway against any cost for repairs
can be bad for a period of at least
five years. To my mind there is no
question as to the advantage of hard
surfaced roadway for rural main trunk
roads over macadam or any similar
Improvement. They ar cheaper in
the end even with only Just cost and
maintenance considered but during the
period of use they supply highly ef
fective all year round traffic conditions
and make great additional Bavlngs to
the fanner in the cost of hauling pro
duce to the market calculated In time,
energy, wear and tear of men, teams,
wagons, harness, etc. With hard" sur
faced roada motor trucks or motor
wagons could bo used to ply between
the farm, and the market places, still
further reducing tlio costs.
How are we to secure theso good
roads and the grout benefits and bless
ings that will necessarily come with
them?
By eliminating the present unbusi
nesslike and wasteful system, and in
augurating a practical scientific engi
neering system of road construction.
This system will require tho county to
engage n competent and well qualified
engineer, one especially fitted by train
ing and experience to take charge of
this branch of the county work. The
proper and economical construction of
good roads is a matter requiring spe
cial engineering skill and experience.
There are many details and conditions
Amt. placed Amt. pfirm-d F"nii on which
Tr. AxHi-swri Levy Will Amt. lined In sinking by sink Int. Is cnlcu-
Vuliiatlun Mills Kulso for interest fund f'nd at 4 luted at 4
1 :io.ri)0.ooo.mi l juo.r.oo.oo :io,6oo.oo
2 32.6il(i.0illl.lHI I 3'!. 1100.00 80 500.00 i 2,100.00 1 2.100.00
3 34,700,0(111.00 1 34.70(1.00 30 500 00 4,200.00 (54.00 6.3S4.00
4 ail.fcmi.iiim.OO 1 3il.soo.00 30 600 00 B.300.00 266.3(1 12.939.3S
t - llS.HIllMlim.OO t 3S,!00.00 30 500 00 8,400.00 617.67 21.85(1. 93
li 41,0(1(1,000.00 1 41.000.00 29 500.00 11,600.00 74.27 13.431.20
7 43,1(10,000.00 1 43,100.00 29 600.00 13.tl00.00 , 637.26 27.6tiS.46
X 46.200.0(10.011 I 46.200.00 2S.260.00 lli.950.00 102.74 19.621.19
9 47,300.000.00 I -I7.3HO.00 2S.260.00 19,050.00 7S4.84 39,45(1.03
10 49.100.000.00 1 49,100.00 20 500 00 22,900.00 178.24 27.634.27
11 51,500.000.00 1 61,0(10.00 25 260.00 2ll.250.00 101.37 28,886. Ii4
52 ri3.liO0.OO0.0O 1 53.li00.00 21 000 00 29.fiOO.00 166.42 33.fl41.0li
13 65.700.000.00 1 65,700.00 22,600.00 33,200.00 146.(14 3ii.9Sli.70
14 67.800,000.00 1 67.800.00 20,760.00 37,060.00 79.47 39,ll(i.l7
16 59,900.011(1.00 1 59.900.00 19 000.00 40.900.00 104.64 45,180.81
10 02, 000,000. 00 1 ti2.0O0.00 1(1 750 00 46,250.00 7.23 45.438.04
17 (il, 100.000,00 1 ti4. 100.00 14 600 00 49.(i00.00 17.62 60.O55.5i!
15 (ill. 2(10.000.00 1 (',!. 200.00 12.000.00 64,200.00 2.22 64.257.73
19 liS, 300,000.00 1 OS, 300.00 9 600 00 68,800.00 170.31 63,228.09
20 70,100.000.00 1 70.100.00 11 600.00 63,900.00 129.12 Ii7,2l7.21
21 72.600.000,00 I 72,600.00 3 250.00 69,260.00 90.29 71,597.60
N. H. In ruk'iiluttiiK; Interest on amount
llonds paid off nt end of 21st year
and a balance of SG597.C0 Is left in the
treasury; entire rest to the property
holders of tho county, one dollar per
year on each $1000.00 of awsessed val-1
uation or a total of $21.00 on each j
$1000.00 assessed valuation spread ov-;
reciting the plan, method and details !
necessary for the construction of these j
high grade roadB to secure the best re
sults, states as follows:
"In trying to express the proven
worth of Bitch roads to the community,
I am at a loss for words. Their econ-
Colliers, the most fearless and best
edited weekly magazine in the U. S.,
and tho Courier, both one year for ,
$2.50. Collier's alone was formerly
$5.50. j
entering In, all of which must be taken
into consideration, ana met Dy uie
trained and experienced engineer so
no fn cat the best results obtainable
under the circumstances and at the
least possible cost, xt.wni pay
county well to engage a first class
who knows the
business thoroughly, and a man whose
honesty, and integrity is aDove queu-
Hnn in nil nerintend the construction
of our roads. Such a man will save
to the taxpayers of this county many
many times the salary he would be
paid. .
All successful private business firms
and corporations select for the heads
of their departments men especially
fitted to take charge of and administer
the affairs of those departments. The
business of the public is larger and of
more importance than that of any pri
vate firm or corporation and should be
managed at least as well and as eco
nomically. A satisfactory plan for a main trunk
road in this county may include a hard
surfaced or paved portion varying from
o fot ic fpfit in width, the width
being determined by the amount of
traffic that will pass over n. i"
paved portion to have dirt, gravel or
macadam shoulders of suitable width.
mads for our main
I OUl-u iic,u"vu. - w
tnir linoa ran he had at reasonable
cost. We have raised by direct taxa
tion under general and special levies
In this county for expenditure on the
roads the ensuing year the enormous
sum of $318,065.62 exclusive of the 1.4
mill levy for retiring road warrants
already Issued for the maintenance of
nmoont rnarln mnkine a grand total
for this year of $360,795.47 (go to the
records and verify tins;, ana turn gieui
amount, if our county court pursues
the plan it has decided on ana out
lined in ft rflcent issue of the Morn
ing Enterprise, is to be used in the
ooma niri wrv. without any adequate
plan or effort to break away from the
old wasteful methods and esiauuau
the beginning at least of the better
and more scientific, economical auu
business like plan of road construc
tion. Tf an not tn make a start on
the better plan this year as we should
we are no more likely to maxe uiu
start next year or probably the next,
and with th continuance of such meth
ods, we will continue to waste our
time, energy and money witn very
little beneficial result, comparatively
speaking.
Thorpfnrn after reviewing the past
history of road building and the pres
ent outlook, I feel that we should im
mediately proceed to bond this county
for the lull amount permiuea unuui
the law, viz: two per cent of its as
sessed valuat, viz: $30,521,327.00
(amount for 1913) which will produce
$610,426.54 and which we can make
ovniinhlo at nnce for the construction
of permanent main trunk all year
roads through our county aim con
necting the farming districts with the
rket nlnces Including ar
teries to Portland, the great market
and port close to our districts.
And why shouldn't we bond for this
amount at once to secure the blessings
and benefits that good roads will bring
to the people of this county?
A good business man or farmer who
Is handicapped in his plans and efforts
on account of insufficient working cap
ital win if h has the security im
mediately (bond) borrow a sufficient
amount to provide equipment neces
sary to make his business or farm
hicrhiv nrnrlnotlvn and nrofltable.
The money so borrowed will under
good management be a source or in
creased earnings and profits and there
fore is no burden but a great benefit.
So with good permanont roadB. They
are a necessary equipment needed In
A,,r nnhli,. and nrlvate business and
will return large profltB to all and the
sooner we got me nrst units or mum
trunk roads built the sooner we will
begin to reap thoBe profits.
I have prepared a table showing how
the Interest charges on this proposed
bond issue and the retirement of the
bonds in full can be handled so that
the taxpayer will hardly feel the coBt
while using and enjoying the perma
nent roads provided by the money se
cured through it and reaping benefits,
during the period, equivalent to sev
erl times the cost.
As a basis for calculations In the
table 1 have assumed the present as
sessed valuation at $30,500,000.00 or
$21,327.00 less than that given for
1913 for the sake of convenience.
I have taken Into consideration the
increase In valuations of the property
In the counts. If this increase was
considered for the past ten year per
iod the showing in the table would be
much more favorable than It Is.
, thnra onn hfl Tint lllftt criticism Or
question. I have used a uniform In
crease of $2,100,000.00 In tho assess
able valuation each year during the
period given in the table. This Is less
than the average each year for the
lnat fmir vpnra nf slow nrosrress and
seml-Btagnatlon in the business of the
country. The real increase win tie
much greater especially so If we build
t roads Fnr these calcula
tions I have also assumed that the
bonds will bring only their par value,
although Jackson county's bonds sold
at a premium. Also that the bonds
will bear interest at tne rate or nve
(5) per cent per annum and the money
loft In sinking fund do not forgot to deduct
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Philadelphia or St. Louis.
The Courier is $1.50 year, but to
the subscriber who pays a year in ad
vance it is $1.00.
In the county's sinking fund will earn
hut fnnr m ner cent Der annum.
er a period of twenty-one years; pro
viding at once gooa naru uhm
Ha from the farming
in tti ii u"" " ; , , .
communities to the market placeB arid
securing the great Deneius reuiuu6
.. o whn are llvlne today
as well as providing for the future.
The benefits resulting auu acv.u.cu
once will in tne nrst nve
.i. .,iQ nf this cnuntv the entire
cost and these benefits, will be con
tinued in the Knowing yvma i".
present and future generation.
The assessed valuation on which the
average farmer in this county pays
r ' j Ov.,pori One Thousand
taxes uueo - -Dollars
($1000.00) although there many
that pay on a mucn nignei
Then for the farmer who pas on
$1000 00 assessed valuation this bona
issue'wlll cost him but one dollar per
year Will his benefits be worth more
to him than one dollar per year? Any
sensible or reasonable man will say
yes, and many times that amount. Why
the saving in the hauling cost -for one
load of two tons weight over eight
miles of permanent hard surfaced road
way, if compared to like cost for our
present roads, would amount to one
dollar.
If a just proportional increase on an
ascending scale of the future assess
able valuation, such as it actually will
be and as it doubly would be assured
with the advent of permanent roads,
the one mill levy would pay off the
hnnds in less than twenty years.
Several progressive districts have
in the last few years mai.n di.c.".
o miiia a vear for road
levies vi i-" ..... . -building,
in addition to the regular
levy, In their efforts to bbuuio
blessing and economic benefits of good
roads. This ten mill special levy in
one year is ten times the cost of the
levy per year necessary to provide for
the working capital to be secured by
the proposed bond issue and practical
... -.w,i nf ho entire cost, spread
over the period of twenty-one years
given In tne taoie, oi ""5 "-
main trunk roads with resulting bene
fits at once by means of the proposed
bond Issue.
This Is a good sound business prop
osition and one that will produce big
profits on the investment measured in
money, increased land values, social
intercourse, health, happiness and con
tentment. The quickest and greatest
profits will acrue to the farmers and
the farming communities which would
pay less than half or 44 per cent of
the whole, but the cities, towns and
all business and industrial life wil
necessarily feel its good effect and
benefit also.
The public decision as to benefits of
good roads may be drawn from the
following extracts from a paper pre
sented before the American Road
Congress, held at Detroit, Michigan,
Sept. 29 to Oct. 4, 1913, by James M.
McCleary, Engineer In charge of the
construction of the famous brick coun
try roads built during the past sever
al years in the territory surrounding
Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. McCleary, after
omy has been proven in contrast with
any other methods of road building.
The fact that our roads are in shape
for maximum service twelve months
In the year and that they originate no
dust has endeared them to abutting
dwellers and to- travelers from a dis
tance. Washing by rain suffices to
keep them clean and imparts a sani
tary advantage which has been much
emphasized by health authorities.
"Perhaps the most eloquent praise
Is contained in the simple statement
that, although we have built nearly
400 miles of such road, 33 farmers'
petitions are now on file in our office,
asking for 33 separate extensions. Lo
cal sentiment may be conservative,
but it everlastingly catches on when
It is shown something really good.
We are no longer besought to make
cheap roads but to make good ones.
Witness one case where assessments
on a macadam road had still four
years to run and yet so eager were
the abutting owners for a better road
that they threw four years payments
Into the discard and signed unanimous
petition for brick. The petition was
granted and brick laid, although It was
necessary to scrap a relatively new
macadam road to do so."
These communities have learned
what is best and moBt economical after
ten years of wasted effort and a con
siderable waste of money. As to the
best permanent road surface for our
own use in different places that can
be put In at reasonable cost we must
determine for ourselves after investi
gating and considering tho materials
at hand. We should profit by the suc
cess that others have secured in this
matter as will as by their mistakes.
I feel that only hard surface on the
main trunk roads will bring us a full
measure of success and at least ulti
mate cost.
I also believe that the people of
Clackamas County will, after giving
the matter due consideration, agree
with me and will give their support
to secure the results and lasting bene
fits that will come with and follow in
the wake of the construction first of
such permanent main trunk ronils and
thereafter by permanent lateral and
good tributary roads throughout our
county.
T. W. SULLIVAN.
Cost Amt. m
per $1000 ilehteilni'NS
Honils . vnln- on which Int.
retired utlon ise'g'd Yr.
$1.00 $(!10.000.00 1
1.00 610.000.00 2
l.OO 610.000.00 3
1.00 610,000.00 4
$20,000.00 1.00 61 0.000. 00 5
1.00 690,000.00 li
25.000.00 1.00 590.000.00 7
1.00 665. 000.00 8
35.000.00 1.00 505,000.00 9
26.000.00 1.00 530.000.00 10
25.000.00 1.00 505.000.00 11
30.000.00 1.00 4S0.000.O0 12
35.000.00 1.00 460.000.00 13
35.000.00 1.00 415.000,00 14
46.000.00 1.00 3SO.000.00 15
46.000.00 1.00 335,000.00 16
60,000.00 1.00 21(0,000.00 17
60,000.00 1.00 210.000.00 18
60,000.00 1.00 190.000.00 19
66.000.00 1.00 130.000.00 20
06,000.00 1.00 65.000.00 21
th amount pulii out for ivtirliiK bonds.
Meade Post Notes"
At a meeting of Meade Tost on
Saturday last it was decided to
change the hour of meeting from 2
P. M. to 1:30 P. M.
An invitation to attend memor
ial services at the Christian Church
at Ciladstone was accepted.
The Post entered a protest against
the practice of the pension depart
ment in cancelling pensions due pen
sioners, who die between the quarter
ly payment of pensions.
Arrangements were made for a
joint observance of Lincoln's birth
day with the Relief Corps.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
CITY PRINTING FUSS CAUSES
UNEXPECTED EXCITEMENT
Appropriation for Pipe Line Bonds
Is Passed. Hackett Objecting
(Continued from Page 1)
be taken on the second motion. ,
Mayor Jones ruled that, the last
motion would take precedence over
the first; and that the initial motion
would not have to be rescinded.
"I think Councilman Hackett has
the wrong idea. Why give this to
The Enterprise again, after they have
had it for two years," said Council
man Metzner.
"The Enterprise should have it be
cause they will do it cheaper than
The Courier," said Mr. Templeton.
"The printing should go to the lowest
bidder."
Personal Charges Made
Councilman Metzner and Tooze en
tered into a little discussion of their
own at this point, and Mr. Tooze re
newed'his plea for a committee to act
in the matter.
"We had a committee on this mat
ter once," said Councilman Hackett,
"and the .committee received the bids
and couldn't agree, and made no re
port. We don't want another com
mittee, we ought to fix this thing up
for ourselves."
"I was on that committee," inter
jected Mr. Tooze, "and I want to ex
plain why it did not settle the matter.
The chairman of that committee never
called the body together, that is why
there was no report. If the chair
man had done his duty and called a
committee meeting, there would have
been a report, doubtless. I state this
merely to show that I am absolutely
absolved in the matter."
"The committee was never called
together," declared Councilman Metz
ner, "because Mr. Templeton took the
whole thing on his own shoulders and
rushed out and got both bids. But
the committee did do its work as far
as it could, it called for bids, and as
a result we have these bids tonight,
and the other bids. Did the Enter
prise ever come down before? Mr.
Templeton can champion that paper
all he wants to, but The Enterprise
never reduced its bid before."
"What Mr. Metzner says only re
flects upon the previous council, it
doesn't reflect on this printing com
mittee," replied Mr. Templeton.
E. R. Brown, of The Enterprise,
told the council that The Enterprise
had never reduced its printing rates
before because it have never been
asked to.
After some more discussion, the
council adopted Mr. Hackett'is mo
tion, giving the city printing to The
Enterprise for the year at its bid of
eight ami five cents. The vote was:
Andrews, Hackett, Meyer, Templeton,
and VanAuken; no, Metzner; not vot
ing, Tooze; absent, Allbright and
Long.
Bond Issue Fund Voted
Among the routine Business trans
acted at the two meetings, when the
printing- squabble did not occupy the
council's time, was the passage of the
ordinance appropriating $500 to pro
vide for the preliminary legal ex
penses connected with the proposed
$325,000 bond issue for a pipe line for
a new, water supply. Councilman
Hackett was the only one present who
voted against this ordinance. Other
matters disposed of were as follows:
Petition for establishment of grade
of John Adams street from Twelfth to
Fourteenth, laid on table at request
of Mr. Meyer until appraisement of
abutting property.
Application for the construction of
a public scale referred to street com
mittee. Bond of city engineer annroved.
Petition for establishment of rra.le
and improvement of Fifteenth street
irom Madison to Jackson, referred to
street committee.
Preliminary plans and estimate for
a 12-inch sewer on Main street from
Third to Tenth, costing $89,000 64,
referred to a special meeting of the
council to be held Monday evening,
so property owners could be heard
from.
Petition for an arc light on Mt.
Pleasant road, referred to street com.
mittee, as was also the question of
Placing an arc light on. Jefferson
street below Seventh street.
Two ordinances empowering the
city to enter into contracts with the
Southern Pacific lines for overhead
crossings, at the elevator and at th
southern city limits, were passed irst
reading, and will come up for final
passage February 23.
Rock Crusher Proposed
Complaining that the street de
partment had "only a few shovels
and a rake" with which to do its work
Councilman Templeton suggested that
the city ought to acquire adequate
street repair equipment, including a
municipal rock crushing plant. The
matter of sidewalk repairs and the
question of getting necessary tools
was referred to the street committee.
The tangle over the paving of Di-'
vision street, controlled partly by the
city and partly by the county, was re
ferred to the recorder and city attor
ney for investigation.
Application of various merchants
for a change in the electric sign ordi
nance was referred to a committee
consisting of Councilman Meyer,
Hackett and Long.
Complaint of Mr. Osborn, of Mon
roe street, that he had been assessed
for "excavation" in front of his pro
perty, when a fill was put in, was re
ferred to the city engineer and street
committee.
The street committee was asked
to report next Monday on the feasi
bility of giving unemployed Oregon
City residents work on street jobs.
Application from the water board
for permission to delay the relaying
of mains on High street, between
Fifth and Third, until dryer weather
was referred to the street committee.
AND THIS IS LAW
No Farmer Can Haul Load of LESS
Than 2:00 Under anOregon Law
Editor Courier: ,
In last WdpV'a Pftlln'pr n Mi A C
Newell, speaks of regulating the traf
fie on the county roads and says that
Mr. Dimiek tried to have a law passed
to regulate the same but could not
get any one to back him.
Now lot us see if that is so. On
page l'0!, chapter 143. of the 1909
session laws is a law which the Dim
icks had passed, and part of section
3 reads as follows: "And shall also
include in said order the maximum
weight of each load of cordwood, saw
logs, lumber, ties, timber, piling, or
heavy merchandise, to be hauled in or"
upon any vehicle upon said road, and
the MAXIMUM WEIGHT thereof
of shall not be made LESS than
twenty-five hundred pounds nor more
than thirtyfi-ve hundred pounds for
any vehicle having tires of any width
PRINCIPAL PORTLAND AGENTS
STYLES IN ALL SIZES AT 10c & 15c EACH FULL LINE OF EMBROIDERY PATTERNS PRICED AT
in, 15c MAIL ORDERS CAREFULLY FILLED-PARCEL POST PACKAGES SENT PREPAID TO
ALL POINTS WHERE CHARGES
Another Important Sale of KNIT
UNDERWEAR for Women-Children
WOMEN WHO REGULARLY, SEASON AFTER SEASON, REPLENISH FROM OUR UNDER
PRICED SALE OF KNIT UNDERWEAR WILL BE SORELY TEMPTED TO FULFILL THE RE
QUIREMENTS FOR MANY MONTHS, AND THEY WILL BE WELL JUSTIFIED IN DOING IT.
IN THE LOWNESS OF ITS PRICES IT REVEALS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY VALUES
EVER RECORDED HERE,
OOa GARMENT lor Women's Fine Fleeced
OJC Cotton Vests and Pants in cream color,
also fine lisle thread garments in all
sizes. Our regular 50c and 65c lines. Sale Price
only 33c.
OQ a SDIT for Women's Heavy Fleeced, Fine,
JSC Ribbed Cotton Union Suits, in cream
color. Perfect-fitting garments in an
sizes; regular 75c values. Sale Price 39c,
7 a GARMENT for Women's Fine Ribbed
J C Woolen Vests and Pants, all sizes in
white. Garments that sell regularly at
$1.25 and $1.50. Sale Price 79c.
CO A SUIT for Women's Fine Silk Fleeced
DSC Cotton Union Suits, in elastic rib. Perfect-fitting
garments, shown in all sizes,
in cream color; $1.50 grade. Sale Price 69c,
less than four inches."
Now if a-farmer was going to mar
ket, say with 1,000 or 1,500 pounds of
wheat, oats, or anything else, he
would have to finish out hia load up
to 2,500 pounds with a rock or some
thing else, or he would be in con
tempt of the court and might be pun
ished by said court.
Mr. Newell please ask friend Dim
iek why he didn't enforce the law after
having it passed, while he was coun
ty judge.
G. A. Schubel.
THIS FARMER IS DIFFERENT
Says Present System is Waste and
We Should Hard Surface Roads
Editor Courier:
In solving the good roads problem
in Clackamas county, I believe the
most of the men who have proposed
remedies have been on the wrong
track in the past because they have
not taken the climate into considera
tion. First, the present road system will
not do, because water will go through
the roads nine months of the year.
Now concrete will stand all the water
given to it without penetration.
My idea of solving the road ques
tion is to give us a single drive way
of concrete: throw out a space 8 feet
wide and ten inches deep along side of
a eravel track, till 8 inches deep witn
crushed rock or gravel and cement
with one inch of fine dressing on top,
I would have this a little below the
surface of the road grade. This is
the best material for the money m
this climate and .will not need repair
ing six months after building at the
cost of $5,000 a mile as the present
system does I mean on the roads
that bear the heavy trattic.
I would tear out every wooden cul
vert and small bridge and put in con
crete tubes or arches. This system
will stand up under heavy traffic and
will lower taxes for road work. And
later on, if necessary, we could put
on another 8 foot drive alongside.
It cost $1.25 per square yard to
pave Miller street in Sellwood, last
year 6 inches deep with crushed rock,
sand and cement. Our present road
system is costing from $1 to $2 per
yard to dump the gravel on the road
and the same work must be done over
again in six months.
I challenge any man to show where
I am wrong in this matter, and show
how we will ever be able to lower
taxes under the present system and
the farmers are feeling it pretty hard
in taxes.
It is said in the Courier that one
million dollars have been spent on
roads in this county in the past five
years and what have we got for it,
every road district calling for every
dollar it can get to keep the roads
passable. With the same condition to
meet next year, isn't it time to call a
halt and start a better road sysem?
Allowing $5000 o $7000 a mile for
hard surface 8 foot road, we would
have" had 190 miles of hard surfaced
road for the money and this would
have lasted for many years. And
how many miles of permanent roads
have we got for the million dollars
spent in the last five years.
I would let all road work of any
amount to the lowest bidder. What
do we need an engineer for on
thoroughfare roads. These have been
surveyed and graded and the con
tractor will do the rest. Put the
money in road work instead of use
less office expenses.
G. T. Watts.
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A LETTER FROM HILL CREST
How a New Comer Looks at County
Roads Problem
Editor Courier:
As a reader of your paper I've
noted its usefulness in one respect as
serving the public with a place to
"post opinions" in its columns for the
benefit of the world at. large. I, for
one, do appreciate the privilege and
like to read the many different opin
ions of as many different people. We
farmers who live "way back in the
woods" really enjoy the communica
tions from "Silas or Miranda" from
the little 'burgs over the county. But
what we do not like is the attitude of
he press generally, when a question
like the $6,000,000 bonding matter is
up before the people, why not "be
sure you are right then go ahead."
Those who dance should pay the
fiddler. Let the pleasure seeker pay
for the road for pleasure purposes.
Now what is the use of trying to fool
people on the all important question
of "Good Roads." No class of people
want good roads more than we farm
ers do. We want main trunk roads
and the laterals too and of necessity
have to have them. It has not been
many "moons" since a certain tax
measure was before the people for
adoption, it was a sugar coated pill,
but people said there was a trick,
because the "label on the box" was
misleading, and did not state what it
contained. Was that any more of a
trick than in this case? Call them
Pacific Highway bonds and be honest
about it, put the right "label on the
goods." "Pacific Highway Bonds,"
instead of trying this deception dodge.
People will not "fall" for deception
even tho' they may some of them
leave when the grass is green on the
Prune Flats. Some of the Socrates
of Oregon City have made some
strong utterances in regard to the
wasting of the road money. We ad
mit some of it may not have been
judiciously expended but here in the
Logan country where people always
had to help themselves, if they ever
got anything worth while, and as the
story goes "once upon a time" they
conceived the idea to build a road and
more, that idea materialized. ' They
made the road, and it is here yet a
substantial memorial to their pluck
and energy. We loyal Loganites
know (and many others too) that the
money was not wasted, but well spent
and the people have had value re
ceived for the money and time spent.
Such tactics as is being pursued at
present by "the higher ups" serves
but one purpose, to aid in widening the
breach between toiling producers and
the pleasure loving city people. I do
not mean that there are not toilers in
the city. However, there seems to
be a "feeling" tor something, any
way) people iiving in the city imagine
that farmers are all rich or inde
pendent. What they base their rea
sons on for so thinking is beyond my
comprehension. Let them try it
awhile, experience is a good teacher
some learn by no other. This thing
of trying to force an issue by mis
lepresentations through the influence
of the leading papers etc., will not aid
in this great problem of better roads.
Cut out the deceptive part already
shown. Farmers DO want good roads
but a hard surfaced scenic highway
straight -from Portland to Oregon
City thence up Willamette to Salem,
will not aid us one iota, and to bond
for $600,000 (or in other words go in
debt) we are not quite "emerald hue"
all throug either. Another thing, they
are not permanent roads either, they
do not withstand traffic. And in win
ter (it does rain a bit "here) no farmer
could afford to keep his team rubber
shod, which they have to do, to pull
a load on those hard surfaced roads
when wet and slippery. Why not
have meetings in different parts of
the county and debate the question,
give "the other fellow" a chance to
ask a question or say a word, show
THE PURCHASE PRICE.
and in white. -Elastic ribbed,
a little of the fraternal spirit of the
great "Brotherhood of Man."
Farmers whose products are in -open
competition now with the world,
a stagnated market, with little or no
demand for them (this is no josh) are
not much in the humor or anything
else to add to the ever increasing bur
den of taxation. Automobiles do not
eat hay and oats, now that they are
taking the place of the horse, it keeps
us guessing what can be raised that
can be converted into cash; have had
two years with a dead market for po
tatoes, so the dairy is the "mainstay"
here about, and the poultry. The
duty off on butter has hurt the dairy
business in this state and county.
Clear Creek Creamery last month
manufactured about 40,000 pounds of
butter, the largest amount made by
one creamery sold in Portland. It is
sold direct to customers in Portland
and Oregon City. A new route
through Eagle Creek was established
this week. The company is prepar
ing to enlarge the plant with re
frigerating rooms, office rooms etc.,
very soon.
New Citizen
Hill Crest Farm
Feb. 9 4914.
DODGE
Rainy weather has begun again at
this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Brown, of Sell
wood, have been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Roberts of this place the first
part of the week.
. Mr. Henry Gibson was visiiting the
Cooper home Sunday.
Mr. M. E. Lee has returned home
from Portland where he went to see
his father who was under-going an
operation for the mumps.
Mr. . Ernest Evans has returned
home from Oklahoma where he has
been visiting the past two months.
He says there is no place like dear
old Dover, Oregon.
Mrs. Henry W. Gibson died at her'
home in Sandy, Sunday morning Feb.
1st, after a lingering illness with
tuberculosis. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. E. M. Smith, Tues
day and interment was in the Sandy
cemetery. She is survived by a hus
band and two children.
Mr. Henry W .Gibson has moved to
Sandy Ridge Lumber Co's. mill where
he has been employed by that com
pany. Mr. Wm. Berghouse was visiting
his daughter and son-in-law (Mr. and
Mrs. Birch Roberts) at the Sandy
Ridge Lumber company's mill last
Saturday.
The party at the McCabe place was
well attended and a very enjoyable
time was had by all.
Grandma Cubbage is on the sick
list.
VIOLA
Viola is booming again with pro
spects of a railroad in the near future.
There were two new buildings
erected in our burg last week. On
the Randolph ranch Mr. Rany is do
ing the carpenter work.
Clarence Ray went up to Bethel
Saturday night to auctioneer the bas
kets. Tho social was held under the
auspices of the debating society. The
receipts to be used to fence the school
house grounds. Receipts $29.95.
, Grandma Tenney had a rather ser
ious accident this week when she fell
on the stairs, but we are glad to re
port she is much better at this writ
ing. Mr. Clayson is putting up some
new fence this weekT
The best winter we ever saw, no
WiV0 S?eal? of-. We think the
backbone of winter is broken. Frogs
are squeaking every day.
vi Ed Fi.cen and M. Bill
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