Lincoln County leader., May 23, 1919, ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY EDITION, Image 1

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VOLUME 27
TOLEDO, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 23rd, 1919
NUMBER 13
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HON. R. A. BENSELL
APPROVES OF HIGHWAY
Probably
County,
Trails
Roads
Oldest Pioneer in
Has Seen Indian
Transformed into
SHALL HE WITNESS BUILDING OF
HIGHWAY OF HIS DREAM?
Came to Oregon as Soldier Settler,
so Knows Millitary Value of Road.
He Says, "Build Main Lines First,
Then Laterals or Feeders."
I ramo to Oregon a momber of Com
pany D, 4'Jh California Volunteer In
lieve the Regulars at Fort YamliUL
Hoskina and the Si let z Blockhouse.
In the (spring of 1S62 I was transferred
to Kort Hosklns and a few months
later was on detached service ait the
Slli.-Lz Blockhouse.
We readied the Agency from Hos
kins over the trail built by Lieut. Phil.
H. Sheridan, and it took us the besr
part of a day to nuke the trip. To
reach the bay nsar Newport we follow
ed an:.her trail over the highest
mountains At that period end for a
Ion? time afterward there ware n
wagon roads of any kind roarer than
Blodgett Valley. The Ya-julna Bay
& Cc-valiis Wagon Read Co. obtained
a land grant and built and operated
a toll road from a point near Nash
ville to Pioneer, and it was (irsi: used
in 1S69.
Seven yeara later the road from
Newport to, what is now, Morrison
Station was completed, and this open-
' ML
ed the way by wagon to the Valley, j fought their own lives and inclinations parts of the state by good roads. Lat
The road was built by public supscrip- j fought their own souls and 'omo neve er, It is thought, the Roosevelt High
tion of labor and money. The County i gone down to defeat in the struggle, way will be extended to Eastern Ore
Court was opposed to giving .J tc and today are being cared for in our gon. Marie Millor, age 17, Grade 12th,
public highways and it was twr. yeai-s Asylums, while others have emerged Toledo High School,
after the road was used by public j graver, more mature then their years It will be a paved or hard finished
that a private ferry was maintained j sliouid mlake them, leaving behind road and will bo passable all the year
acro3 Depot Slough, where the bridge i them something of themselves as their laround, as there ere no snows to blocX
is now located. As was anticipated j tribute to the scheme of life itself, the passage and the rain will not make
this hard earned road brought its re-1 Here lay3 the penetralia of tills iso- it muddy Zadock Thayer, age 16, To
ward, bringing to our assistance home j lcted country, the weak fortification ledo.
builders, and above all, the country j against 'the world itself, the place , The land buyer and travelers will
school where they have accomplished their come and buy land and improve the
Previous to this time the country , work , their only pride and exultation Baime, but the greatest tilling of all is
was an Indian reservation except a being In the knowledge that they are that it will join tho coast counties
etrip of territory from the north side ' leaving behind them a land which getlior. Aarne Pompel, Slletz, Fifth
of Alsoa river to about a mile north I when touched by the macic wand of Grade.
of Cape Foulweather, opened for set- good reads will undergo a wonderful , The building of this road will jriva
tlemcnt by an act of Congress in 18C6. ' change and will bloom with the green employment to the many thousands of
I (have been spared to see the evolu- j of cultivated fields and with gardens soldiers who come back from overseas,
tion of a new country, bad trails, mis- that will furnish fruits to tempt even as well as those who did not go. Many
erable roads, a long fight full of cx- an epicure and satisfy the hunger of of the idle men who have no work
asperating troubles and delays, to get the 'hardy pioneer. j will 'get work, whiclh will keep tliem
a railroad. And now the trend of Truly today it Is a land where, as out of mischief of any sort. Nellie
public opinion is to make a hard sur- Paddy says "the hand of white man . Peterson, age 15, ninth grade, Toledo,
face auto roads, that the expense is i has never trod," "but wlhere the land i Visitors from all parts of the world
fully Justified by the advantages real- j will be like sheets of shimmering sun-! will be attracted to visit the Pacific
lied. If that is so, What should L!n- -shine with fields of golden grain, when ' Ocean, which is one of the most
coin County do if we are going to jiUie country lis opened up with good beautiful end awe inspiring sights of
Veep the pace? Common sense sug- j roads. Today lies full of promise the world. When passing through the
Seats the cheapest and beat means to for 'al new start in life, for the man rich and verdant valleys of the west,
do It. First build main lines, then ' whose vocabulary holds no such word J which the RooseveVt Highway will en
laifcterals or feeders. These methods as defeat, and nowhere are the pes' . lable them 'to do, they will be highly
sure being worked out and will in time . isibilities greater and the opportunities Impressed by the country and It will
take diape. Next to consider is the better for the man who wants to own ' Influence emigrants to come to our
means to construct Sliall it be a ' a place of Hits own, ithan itlier in this Bhores where they will aid In building
combination of interests, or shall the saime isolated lpnd, which will be no ' up our country. Esther Crooks, Ten'Ui
county bear all the expense? I think longer isolated when the great Roose- Grade, Toledo.
most tax payers will feel inclined to j velt Highway ia built. The disagree-1 If the Roosevelt Highway is built,
"Let George'' do his part. In this I able features will then melt like the , the people can then send their produce
concur, and as the Roosevelt Highway . dew before the dawn and the land ; to market. Where with the poor roads
promises more in the way of material will be transformed Into beautiful they had before, they could not. Alice
aid than any other road proposition homes and the biasing splendor of the Murray, age 10, Toledo, Oregon,
before the people, I favor it. : coming down of prosperity will open The Roosevelt Highway will do the
First, because the Government ad- the splendid gates of success. Not a ; farermers a lnt of good. There will
vocates the highway as a mlHtairy canyon where the sun shines warm In ' be more people coming for land; there
necessity, and purposes not only to the summer and the soft spring water will be more products and cattle ship
pay half the cost, but to maintain the gurgles from the rock but will be bene- ped out; and all the coast counties
eanle for all time. It win settle In flted by this road, and all womanhood will be joined together. John Koaydar,
the most economical way the question will rejoice and spread her oipprecla- sixth grade, Slletz,
of a coast road in Uliis county, for rem- tion of the 'blessings that fall to the j It would solve the labor problem
ember, this rdad MUST BE f!ON- lot of the faithful who pitched their and give our soldiers, who have retum
STRUCTED in the near future. tents Where the progressive people ed fromi overseas, work, and by em-
Second, because it will be memorial , will one day erect their summer co j ploying them on this road, we are
to one of the greatest men of thi,tages. So vote for the Roosevelt High- holping our country by giving work
Kreat nation. I
m,wA it will be etate-wfde in its
beneficial effects, harm onl ring con-1
flictlng interests by combining scatter-
ed torn into one powerful factor for(
the establishment of a greater com-'
merce uind a wider range of trade
"A good blacksmith never tries to
weld cold iron, h waits until it is!
hot. Now is the time, and the differ-!
ent voting booths, the place to strike, j
This is the plain duty of all citizens. :
If we fail In this we may never have
another opportunity to rectify the
mistake REFLECT, CONSIDER, and
vote Yes."
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A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT 1 BOod ones UTO' Ullian Dmvt1, Indian
I Girl) sixth grade, Siletz, Oregon.
Looking at the land of the isola d f'ully one hundred million of taxable
, value will Ibe added to Uie state tax
coast country, thro' the eyes of a lla when the agricultural land along
woman pioueer who has lived the life, this route are thoroughly connected,
who has seen the suffering that comes and this taxable (property will continue
from the great silence of Nature only, to 'P&y taxes ever after. Merle E.
a silence deep and sullen, save for the Young, age 16.
tuneful colony of wild-birds or the ' It will develop thousands of acres
fia:-:'i of .eaping .-abbits, my advice of the most fertile land in the state,
would be, until we have better reads, It will be' the nice,;, scenic highway tn
to all women, not to try homesteading the Northwest; will develop the farms,
thoughtlessly. The hardships that dairies u.nd cheese factories that have
constantly beset the Way of the con- been hold back by lack of transporta-
(iiieryrs of any new land will try the tlon. The failure of the Uoosevelt
metal of women as it never does a Highway bill would be one of the must
man, the long monotonous nights are ttiM blunders in our patriotic pro
a thnj of terror even to those wha : eressive state. Rose Abrams, Taft,
have the capacity to endure for a
time. Any woman who has had tli 1 3
experience holds a brief for tliosa
who have qualified for the job of
opening the way in the wilderness for
the homes that will some day come.
Year after year these faithful women
have made their fight against the Ion-
liness of utter isolation, and they have
been able to do so only berttuse they
hold in their hearts the world old
drcum of Motherhood, the fierce flam-
ing desire that their children, their ,
beloved children, - will have some
chance in, life and not be caught in
the shallows of poverty because of the
undeveloped land, that they will not
be unable to travel because there are
no roads The immeasuralble bravery
of these women with all the dulled
but not dead agony of their heart-
breaking yearning for the social life
of their own kind is past all under-1
s'.iamdin-j. Many of they have I seen
with elw-ays this hope before them,
of better roods and a fully developed coast alone, but to the entire state,
land that will blossom and blocm and . as they reduce freight rates and im
bud with long looked for prosperity, prove the shipping facilities. Cannot
Here, way off in the wildeiness, far these harbors be made still more bene
from the fringe of our civilization, is flcial to Central and Eastern Oregon
the arena where these women have if they are connected up with thosa
wa7 ana lirt up your eyes and vision
the land as it will then be.
Rosemary Schenck.
REASONS A-PLENTY FROM
YOUNG AMERICANS
Lincoln County Boys and Girls
in Whose Hands the Future
of Our Splendid Coast Count
ry is to be Intrusted, Want
Good Roads.
These aire but a few paragraphs sel-
ecftoa a random from their writings,
They are full of pep and reason Read
them.
People who have poor roads in their
J county would be glad to go where
Oregon, age 10 years.
Sume people will nt vote for this
bill because they think it means high-
er taxes. It does not The entire
amount to build the road is $5,000,000.
The state of Oregon will appropriate
$2,500,000 provide! the federal gov-
ernment gives the same amount. Ore-
g-ns quota can be furnished by the
auto license taxes, so the people t?
Oregon will not be taxed directly by
the road. Arc you going to vote yes
or not on June the tfiird. Vote yes.
Don't be a slacker. Watch tl.e d v-
elopment of Oregon when this high-
Way is completed Edith Young, 0th
Grade, age 15, Toledo,
This coast is practically undefended,
and any conscientious man or woman
who votes at this election will surely
vote for the proteotiun of themselves
and their children. The coast has con-
tributed a considerable amount of
money for the Improvement of har-
bors. Theae aire not a benefit to the
to those wno ao bravely fought for
the protection1 of out homes.
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The
WHERE WILL THE HIGH-
WAY BE LOCATED?
The following cut indicates the prob
able route. If built cooperatively with
the Government, U. S. Army engin
eers will locate it. Willi it be cut
In an exposed position on the coast?
Or more likely after passing thru the
larger towns, will it mot be located
eome distance inland, thru the agri
cultural districts, up tho streams
Where the Irays are easily bridged.
Study the map and figure out a more
probable locution for Lincoln County.
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VOTE 310 X jYES
The Roosevelt Highway, Oregon's
ma 1 to prosperity means' Commercial
and agricultural development of Lin
coln County, also Clatsop, Tillamook,
Lam, 'Douglas, Coo and Curry. The
emp'.cymenit of thousands of laboring
men and skilled mechanics In Its con
struction. That the counties will build
otlies roads leading to the highway.
Practically evwyone will he benefi ted.
That Uncle Sam will match every
state dollar for construct. ton' and will
maintain the highway forever. Be
sure and go to the polls at the special
state election June 3rd and vote 310 X
YES,
S. E. Newklrk.
WILL BENEFIT US
FROM HEAD TO FOOT
"The Roosevelt Highway now ex
ists only ln the mlns of ihc people,"
says Miss Rosa Derrick, of .the Toledo
High School. Wo aro wo id?ring if It
would not improve our understanding
if it were built.
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WILL INCREASE TAX
ABLE PROPERTY
"A remarkable feature of the new
road is that, because of the fact it will
tap millions of acres of the world's
befit farm and dairy lands that have
heretofore had no roads worth men
tioning, It will add more than $100.
000,000 to the taxable property of Ore
gon. Thus hi five years or loss, the
bond issue will be paid back through
new tax Income, without adding ono
cent of taxes to present valuation! of
your property and mine."
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"WALDPORT ON THE SEA"
Roosevelt Highway will Open
Extensive Recreation Ground
..(in Lincoln County's Sea
shores. r , .m-ITc
E. LINTON OF WALDPORT
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TELLS OF SPLENDID OPPOR
TUNITIES AWAITING
Right now when the thoughts of
the Inland people turn to a selection
of a spot for weeks of delightful re-rrcutj-n,
Lincoln County h.-iiis like
a paradOse found in a desert of trouble.
Now wlih the constant improvement
on the coastal roads the largest mot
ors can negotiate the trip from Port
land to WTaldport between sun and
sun. The trip In itself after leavlm;
Philomath is one of constacvt enchpiit
ment and excising surprises. Tin
road, one of the beat mountain roods
in the state is laid through one of
those fertile mountainous countries
that abounds alike with the grandeur
r.t wild scenery and the cultivated
condition of doligliful homes
Tho famous Alsea River constitutes
one of the larger watersheds In west
ern Oregon. It Is a stream born of
legends and ha3 contributed more to
the delights of the sportsman than
ar.y other waters on the central Pac
ific Ocean. Its open hand has filled
tla lieait of the whiti. t.: 11 as well as
its savage brother with content
sijng. Ever and anon splondid mounit
ain rtreams inuriiier tliolr cheery
glair.fss linto the pl.uid bosotn or
mother Aliiea and lisp H.elr rlppli-v?
cadences with tlio mother song. Stout
iiicdern bridgos span this great river
at convlent points and campii: sp ,s
along the banks besiido silent pools
leavo nothing to bo desired to nvir;.
the soul happy.
Who can resist the tempting desire
to enjoy an epoc of excitement and
thrilling scenes?
Wa'idport is situated less than a
imile from the frnious Alsoa bar and
unlike many other bars in Oregon It
lis not dry although tho plate is pro
hibition. Two largo rannei lesi ni this
place take care of the luscious salmon,
crabs and elams that God so generous
ly supplies us without hibor or with
out price A modern' mill struggles
with the great forests alcng our shores
but can make little impression on our
vast resources. Two creameries take
care of the produois of our dairies and
the Alsea honey and cream are known
far and wide for their excellence. :
Churches, highschools, picture shows '
and public spirit make this one of -the
aggressive oltios of Lincoln ounly.
The great Cape Perpetua Is at our
door and little we thought when pour
ing over our Geography lessons In a
log school house In Iowa during our
childhood that some dtiy we would
dwell at her foot and from its heights
view the grand old Pacific as sho
either lies calmly or snai ls vicii u "'
as humor presents. Picture u sunset j
from this lofty point a blaze of gold I to Verdun Is the same road uod Into
to where the water breaks oft into the Argonne, which borders on Verdun
spare, a school of lazy whales spout-1 j WM ti,ere W.W the soth nivUsion. the
ins and wallowing in the limped tslare j niue Ridge boys, more than a year
and here and there a sea lion pursuing after I had last been at Verdun with
a fleetins; denizen of the deep, who IiWs the French, so I think I know soma
left his home In the dark recepses of thmK about it.
the ocean bed to en'joy the yellowed where do the refugee travel? Back
light a light so golden a miser would on the roads How do the wounded
dream about It. get back from the front. Many walk.
Go with me to ithe hills to season
and view the stately buck as lie
hounds from creek to hill in his Joy
of living, where abounds every luxury
demanded by onvtmal life. Follow me
to the berry patches and hear tho
snort of the harmless block bear as
he quits his feast In order to divide
the good tilings nature has provided
him.
Although I have travelled from South
America to Siberia, I can truthfully
say the Yachuits Rocks have mo equal
as a scenic and pleasure spot on the
Pacific Ocebm Natural bridges hewn
by the erosive dlibwl of the ocean are
decked In curious seaweed and cover
ed by luscious muscles fit for the pal
ate of a king.
But let us return to Waldport amd
vicinity. Do you know that a score of
celebrated geologic s have pronounced
this an extensive oil field? Are you
aware that one of the large oil cor-
porart Ions of the United States is oper
atln j here? Do you know that several
other companies with abundant capital
are only awaiting machinery with
which to develop their interests?
These are folcta and the reason you
were net aware of them we have no
newspaper or means of publicity.
(Newspaper men to.ke a hunch.)
Toledo, our county seat, perhaps has
tfhe likeliest show of becoming a large
city of any county seat in Oregon,
while Newport, on the Sea, has long
drawn the seeker of Health and recrea.
tion for thousands of miles In fact,
Lincoln county is the banner coast
eomity In its oil, its timber, lish fruit.
ua,ry"S. climate, money, Industry, civ.
j0 r,iid mwt., i..,.u
. , wubuvul uvaLU ami pros
Parity, Waldport extends an It.vitatinn to
i!.e entire state to visit ner The iey
to our gates are ever your and if
you can find a single mis-statement In
the foregoing, I will make a pubHo
acknowledgement of same in dua
humllatiun.
Dr.
C. E. Linton.
ROOSEVELT HIGH
WAY FROM A MILI
TARY STANDPOINT
This artlclo should bo written by
n in Hilary expert with experience to
buck up theory, so just a few obser
vations are made hero In hopes that
, more .muy bo Added by ethers better
Informed.
Oregon has a ccast lir.a of neorlv
; 400 miles in which are m.uiy na'.urui
, hPTbnrs or buys and somo ojicri ones
In other words, it is exposed as was
:;o north and e:.: or Fi.nu:e border
ing :i Uermany. Whore was the de
v,'st;Mon in Prance, entire cities and
countless villages remains no trace
iOf tiie-n? Farms were ruined, the soil
Imned and filled with uncxploded
tliells, the trees and crops destroyed.
Dc.' iKLir v.es thy reward of years of
patient toil.
Napoleon naicl his greatest asset
wast knowledge of eery road in
! q Europe, und In the w.nnio book, his
( "Slemnirs", that his greatest mistake
I was in not destroying tho Prussian
jrule and wiping tho Hchenzalern dy-
nasty, frcm the face of the earth. We
j know now Uint Napoleon forsaw more
than 100 yaors ahead. Let us took
, ohelud a l w years at Lxist.
i Lincoln Cnuntv in on tho -ot ,t
of Oregon, it is often said that Ver
dun saved Franca. Thb of course, 13
an exrsge-ration, though while with
the From-h army I remember five bat
tles which would be hard to forgot It
Is said without exaggeration that the
road frani ntir lo Due to Verdun saved
j Verdun. Eloven thousand, trucks and
I wagon loads or muniti' n and oilier
.'supplies and a place for nn army to
march each ono of those feverls'i
nights, whon the sky resembled a red
sunset lmd the noise the rumbling of
a volcano.
The first hard fight of the American
Army was Chateau Thierry. St. Mt
heil salient was not hard to take but
the Argonne Forest, held by the Ger
mans for four years, conltainlnt? a
portion of the Hlndenburg Linn, was
the greatest battle. It was a succes
sion of attacks lasting f cm September
2(1, 1918, until the armistice was signed
November 11. Tho Yanks took the
Argcnne. The road from Uar lo Due
numy are loaded into empty trucks to
be 'bumped along, and some are for-
tunate enough to get Into ambulances.
Having examined about 11,000 for
hemorrhages last Fall, I know some
thng about wounded.
This ia looking ahead not for, but
In case of, trouble and looking back
lo what han Impressed my mind so
vividly; the great suffering only equal
ed by the dauntless courage of our
doughboys If we have any national
enemies itliey know our rouds or lack
of them. Spies 'hi the Spruce produc
tion work here Inst year were allowed
to send reports to Germany because
Its effect would be to Inspire fear and
regard So we need a good highway
to ward off trouble as well as to use
for cannon, munitions, supplies, troops,
etc.
We all know what the Columbia High
way has done for Oregon. It is adver
tised by every tourist agency In the
world and Is well known in the East
em hemisphere. It Is mentioned ln
the advertisements In every leading
periodical. Oregon gets the advantage.
What would Portland or Columbia
Ittver townspeople say, not to mention
Eastern Oregon residents, if there
were talk of abandoning IL Yet it
la only a few years old and not yet
completed.
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