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TWO MEN '.on their way; to work yesterday morning entertained a
vhole stieet car full f people with an argument on the merits
of the $1,250,000 bond Issue for hard surfacing county roads
- . I which will be voted April 14.
j "Vote down the bonds. That's my advice," said one of them
combatively.. "This proposition to, hard surface county roads is noth
ing in the world but a stheme 9t an inside ring to load a bigger
burden of debt on us small home owners. . They- urge the bonds, but
:;we pay the bulk of the taxes." . '
"Will you listen to some facts?" Inquired the other. "Of this
county's total assessed valuation, $355,000,000, six per cent of the tax
payers pay on an. assessment of $253, 141, 942. That leaves about
$100,000,000 for the other 94 per cent, which includes 'us small
heme owners, for 53 per cent of the 20,000 taxpayers in the county
, piy on an assessment of less than $1000. Here's another thing; You
often hear it said that public utility corporations, especially railroads,
don't favor good roads for fear of the competition. If "the county
read bonds are voted the public utilities will contribute, proportionately,
. the largest amount toward the cost. They ay taxes on an aggregate as
sessment of $38,722,910 in Multnomah county.
1 The first man had no answer for figures so convincing, so he tried
- another tack. ......
) "We'll be groaning under assessments," he warned.
I " 'Groaning?' Yes, if straws break your back," retorted his com
panion. "The bonds run 15 years and are retired serially. The most
v you'll have to pay any year for the first five years will be 18 cents on
each $1000 of assessment. The moBt you'll have to pay any year of
the 15 the bonds run, will be less than 53 cents, and the total for
the entire 15 years on a $1000 assessment will be less than $5.50. Can't
you afford that much for the sake of hard surfacing 70 miles of roads?"
i "When you put it in that way, the cost doesn't seem so much, but
Why hard surface the roads at all. Isn't old reliable macadam good
enough?" .
I "Have you been out in the country recently? Have you taken a
look at the roads for yourself? If you had, you would see that the
trunk roads are not standing up at all under present traffic demands.
SAnd-here is a fact that should' appeal to your business judgment: Every
miin ftf macadam road in Multnomah county costs. $1000 maintenance
- a year;. $f70,000'a year is the present
propose to hardsurf ace. In addition
they epend Jis.uoo a- year juui iu
lng theso roads,- no the surface will
- Stay on and not blow away and cover
tip the little homes of people that live
' along them. There's $88,000 a year
maintenance. The maintenance of hard
surface roads Is guaranteed for 10
' years by the contractors. The Interest
on the bonds will be $62,600 a year,
'. tintll we begin to retire them serially,
which will be at the end of the first
five years. In other words, by hard
surfacing we nave in maintenance
enough to pay the interest on the bonds
and leave a nest egg of $15300 a year."
I ."But doesn't it seem to you a great
mistake. In the present condition of
business, to propose spending so large
on amount as a million and a quarter
dollars on roads?"
"Your question shows me that in
stead of looking up the facta, you've
been, listening to the rot that the best
thing to '--do when .business is slow Is
'' r.ot to spend money but to discharge
. 'employes and thereby make times
harder. Now, you listen to me a little
imore. In the first place, those i roads
have got to be hard surfaced.
-Must B Done 'Soon.
" ?Tlie ? county commissioners say their
- duty to. the public will make them do
it within the next five years. If the
bonds aren't voted, they'll levy enough
In the general assessment, and instead
of having 15 years to pay a little at a
.time you'll pay in gooa nara c&sn m
five years. Moreover, wher by selling
bonds you can get money enough at once
to do the hard surfacing in a year, by
tax levy you get enough money only
to Ao one-flftb. of the hard surfacing
" each year. By levy rather than bonds
you Increase the immediate cost and
delay the improvement. But there is
a bigger point than this- in favor of
'spending the money: Eighty cents of
every dollar spent for permanent roads
goes into the pockets of the men who
do the work: One million dollars of the
million and' a' quarter; wlll be paid to
workingmen. - What will they do with
Itr ,r They ?wiH pay it to the butcher,
the i baker, the . grocer, the places of
business and amusement. Government
-statistics show that the payroll dollar
turns over five: times. A million dol
lars paid toworking men have a cir-
culating power of. $5,000,000. I venture
to say It will have double that value
. to Multnomah county just now. The
only actual value of money is in cir
culation.; It buys no bread, meat and
potatoes when hoarded up."
Eastern IKoney Is Spent.
; " "But doesn't a, million and a quarter
for roads simply mean , the diversion
of that amount frem the regular clian
nels of business, and . the pockets of
- the taxpayers' 1
i "Not for minute. The bonds will
be sold to eastern, investors, who re
gard Multnomah county bonds as of
the highest rank. It means to us at
the present additional capital of $1,
250.000 if rotn - the east with which to
' forward! local business. And since we
" mav tn i maintenance more -than the
interest It simply means we get hard-J
surfaced, spienaia roaos now, wnn. pay
ment deferred until money is easier,
and paid then In easy installments un
der the serial plan." 'i
Columbia Highway Gets Only Part.
can't deny those are pretty good
points, but they tell me the -bulk of
this bond iBsae, rw yoie m wu
FOR HIGHWAY BONDS IS VOTING JOBS FOR
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maintenance ost of the roads they
spent on the Columbia river highway
so tourists andJey riders can see the
scenery. What do yoi know about
that?"
"I know this, that instead of getting
at the facts, you-ve been "listening to
the noisy ignorance of gossip. I have
the figures. The Columbia river high
way will get 5354,016 of the-$l,250,u00.
The Sandy road from Portland to its
connection . with the Columbia river
highway will get $335,916. The two
roads together penetrate 30,000 acres
of the finest farm land in Multnomah
county, besides constituting the most
wonderful scenic highway in the world.
Because of our -toads we can't get
tourists or ourselves to our scenery
now. Aside from reaching more ag
ricultural land than any ,other road in
the country, it will bring us. in tourist
money every year more than the whole
million and a quarter bond issue.
Mow Money Will Be Spent.
"Here are the amounts the other six
roads will get: Base Line. $152, 166;
Powell A' alley road, $128,935; Foster
road, $.76,303; Canyon road. $39,350;
Capitol highway, $95,814; St. Helens
road, $67,400. These roads together
penetrate or gi -c access to 307,680
acres of agricultural "land in Multno
mah, Washington and Clackamas coun
ty. T3y their use farmers can get close
to market. They can ship by auto
truck at a small cost Instead of hav
ing a day's time of teams, and them
selves whenever they want, to sell
something to Portlaild. They can be
farmers all the time Instead of farmers
part time and teamsters part time."
The man who opposed the bonds
had nothing to say for a moment. He
looked a little discomfited, and several
people on the car were smiling broad
ly. Finally, he blurted: "Show me the
benefits from hard surfacing the roads,
and I'll vote for the bonds and try to
induce my wife to do so."
Producers Benefited.
"All right, that's easy. I told you
of the million dollars for labor, but
I didn't mention the benefit to JUult
rioniah county quarries that get the
orders for rock. I showed you how this
money goes circulating among all kinds
of business, buying supplies and pay
ing bills. You know it's axiomatic
that hard surface reduces to a mini
mum haulfng costs as well as mainte
nance. I told you about the tourist
money, which to ua is all velvet. And
a bigger benefit "than all these is, per
ntanent roads upbuild . the country.
King county of which Seattle is the
seat has now 105 miles of hard surface
roads. Before they built these roads
tl.J" had $75-an-acre land, mortgages
and discouragement. Now they send
$2,000,000 a year in dairy products to
market, $1.2o0,000 worth, of rasp
berries, and I don't know how many
millions in eggs, chickens, potatoes,
vegetables, livestock and other prod
ucts. Auto trucks in a regular serv
ice at a small carrying charge trans
port their farm products to market.
They keep on raising other things to
sell . for- money. - They don't lose all
their profits in the mud. We ought to
do better if we convert our, streaks of
mud into hai'd-surface highways, for
we have more and better farming
lands." .. . ..
There was no opposition in the mind
of the negative debater now. '"Man,"
he said, admiringliv" "Where did voU
get all that dope? ; If anybody knew
those facts, they'd horsewhip a ' man
who voted against the bonds." i ' I
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Top, Left to Right How the construction goes along face of cliff near Multnomah county-Hood " River line. .The swinging bridge
over Eagle creek, which is to be replaced by a 24-foot-wIde span of native, hewn stone; swirling water of Eagle Creek beneath
the bridge.
Bottom Climbing by rope ladder over the basaltic columns that must be cut away to permit the Columbia River Highway to circle
the south pier of the Bridge of the Gods.
THIRD REGIMENT O. N. G. MAINTAINS HIGH
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Staff Officers and Company Commanders Third Infantry regiment, I Oregon National Guard : (1), Colonel Clenarl McLaughlin, reg-
imental commander; (2), Lieutenant Colonel John L May; (3), Major Lauren A. Bowman; (4), Major Charles T. Smith;) (5,),
Major Carl Abrams, Salem; ( C ) , Major Marius B. Marcellus, medical . corps ; (7), Captain Wilbur S. Gilbert, chaplain, Astoria;
(8), Captain Henry Hockenyos, quartermaster; (9), Captain Carl Rlttespacher, commissary; ( 10), Captain Clarence R. Hotchklss.
adjutant; (11), Captain George H. Shnmacher, inspector small anas practice; (12), Captain Eugene Moshberger. Company I,
Woodburn; (13), Captain VTiUlard P. Dangherty, Company B;.(14), Captain Frank Sever, Company D; '(16. Captain Daniel
E. BoTrman, Company C; (16), Captain Conrad Stafrin, Company L, Dallas; (17), Captain Leo J. A. Peronl, Company II; (18),
Captain Lowell E. Blanchard, Jompany G, Oregon City; (19), Captain Max E. Gelhar,, Company M, Salem; (20), Captain, Eugene
C. Libby, Company P; ( 21),
Captain Francis L.
' The Third infantry. Oregon National
Guard, which .is . the f largest' single
organization ' of, citizen-soldiery in the
state, was 'organised 'November 22,
1 89, ' immediately ; after the Spanish
war , and ; while the Philippine insur
rection 'was 'still In progress. It was
largely'' formed of veterkns of the reg
ular and - volunteer troops land mem
bers of the, Id ; firstj infantry .... regi
ment,' the organization of which -nte
dated the .. Spanish American war by
many years., More than 25 "per - cent
of the -present officers are veterans
SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,
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Captain James H. Porter, Company
Michelbook. Company A, McMinnvllle; ( 2 4
of the, United-States regular or volun
teer Service.' While the regiment as
such has never , been in active service,
it always has been , maintained at a
state of high-, efficiency. '
; In U10 its services. In quelling dis
astrous 'forest fires f were especially
valuable. -.. .. ;.
j. Many., officers of the. regular army,
marine corps, the Philippine ; scouts
and different - state militia : organiza
tion have begun their military train
ing in the Third Oregon Infantry. The
officers of the third regiment are- de
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JS; (22), Captain Charles A. Murphy, Company K. ' Corvallls; (23),
) , I Lieutenant John P. McCormack,
voted to their work, and the spirit of
the rank and file Is excellent. In the
performance of their ; manifold duties
they - practically . receive no - pay, ' and
the requirements of efficiency make
it! necessary -that the commissioned of
ficers devote to it from three nights
a week up, according to circumstances.
The non-commissioned officers are
capable of taking command of a com
pany or corps at any tlrnej and many
of the, privates are fully up to their
officers in military, abilities and ' tech
nical knowledge, ' - ,
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armorer.
The third regiment has 12 companies
in its formation, located In the follow
ing places: Company A, McMinnvllle;
companies B, C. D, E, V. and .'Port
land ; company O, Oregon City; com
pany I, Woodburn;- company IK, Cor
vallls; company L, Dallas; company
M, Salem. - h; '
The total tnumbr of . enlisted men
and officers of the Third Infantry,
N. in 114 was 846, and It is
probably over 900 now, and comprises
about half of all the different forms
of Oregon ' national guard organiza
tions. , ....
WAGE EARNERS
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THAT PORTLAND WILL
RECEIVE BIG BENEFIT
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Value of Highways-Demon
strated From Days When
Romans Held Their Sway,
It Tr. Ci. IT. TtnnirlM f ""
Chairman Orod ' Roads Committee,
Multnomah Commercial Club.
One has only to 'look at Italy to see
the value - of " permanent roads great
stretches of this country today would
be practically uninhabited, were It not
for the wisdom of the early' Romans
who built roads and . built them for
future generations. . ; - i
Were the principal roads constructed
in those days as we have been con
structing our roads In the-past, with,
high maintenance and up keep, the pop
ulation would have dwindled away,
and Instead of vineyard clad hills, a
vista of burned out, uninhabited waste
land Would be seen. These people had
to get their products to the cities, ami
the cities and villages had to have
their. water hauled to them. Permanent
roads were the only means of accom
plishing tbli and the roads that Cae
sar built are still being used. !
Some criticism is being made of the
statement that macadam roads cost
$1000 a year to maintain this figure
may not be true for the first year but
soon the ruts come, they are not air
tended to promptly,, .gradually they
lengthen and deepen, soon the 'road
needs fixing In spots, then In lengths
of a quarter or half-mile to a mile
finally, the stretches between the fixed
places, go "bad, and by the tlmei they
are repaired the previous patch wprk is
in bad condition..., ;
The district howls fop the road to ie
fixed, the road master and commission
era discover that they have 'used ail
the money pro rata for this road, and
stop; they may , stop the work iu any
phase f repair or damage. Then the
constant travel ruins absolutely the
damaged portion and wears, out the re
paired part over and ove,r this is re
peated, until - finally the whole I road
must be made' anew from start to ob
jective p6lnt, , Tbls'is what makes the
maintenance, so. high,, and the more
travel over the roads, the oftener the
process of repairing and remaking goes
on.'"- - :
Naturally this estimate is high for
slightly remote countries, but where
you nave countries that have : large
cities within' their confines, the cost of
maintenance goes up. Cities are the
most helpless things in the world ab
solutely not selfsupporting. and de
pendent on me tarmer, outside Us lim
its. "A city Is Just as great as its
surrounding country."
Take Portland back to the macadam
street days, and you are back to the
days of dirt country roads, impassible
in the Winter. What would the main
tenance! of Fifth street have amounted
to In the last 10 years if It had been
macadam? Fifth street' has been paved
10 years and Is good for five years
more There is no argument against
hard surface, except first cost, yet if
the bond Issue for the full amount fs
not . carried the commissioners are
going to hard surface 15 miles yearly
1 or . five years, each 16 mile unit to
be paid for yearly.
The city, in her helpless Invalid way,
will reap the benefits; transfusion -of
new blood through, the permanent ell
yearly arteries of commerce will put
new life in her, -
Certainly ' the city must pay her
share : in taxation for the farmer to
fill her helpless mow; she must provide
good roads . for him to get his pro
duce to her. .j
Found Warsaw Depressed. ;
Lodz. Russian Poland, April 3. A
German merchant of this city, who has
just returned from: a trip to Warsaw;
says a general feeling of uncertainty
and anxiety. concerning the future pre
vails in the capital of Russian Poland.
Provisions are very dear and for some
days past there baa been virtually no
tea. sugar, tobacco or flour to Joe had.
People are depressed. - , i
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BULLETIN GIVES BEST
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Agricultural Department Tells
'Advantages ofthe Serial
Bond.
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The United States department of
agriculture has recently innued an In
teresting bulietlri showing the ecu
nomlc features of financing count;,
highway improvements by bond inije.
The bulletin points out the great ad
vantage of the serial bond which I
the form now being considered Iti
Multnomah county. .
Statistics are given to, demons! rte
that road improvements are field for
by the saving in the cost of trunior
tatlon alone, " without' considering the
increase In land values. I,
Under the heading "Benefit to Non
abutting Property Owners," the bul
letin says:.
"The fact that cities and towns ar
frequently taxed for bond Issues to
build highways outside their own lim
its is sometimes made a point of de
bate In bond elections. It is argued
because a -large part of the county
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wealth is within the corporate limit"
of such cities and towns highway bond
money should also be used to construct
their, streets.
Object of Bond Issue.
It is even urged that the expendi
ture should be made proportionate to
the assessed valuation wjthln the city.
"If the proceeds of highway bono
were distributed in this way thflr pur
pose )n many cases would te defeated.
The, primary object of the county high
way bond issuo Is to build county mar
ket roads and not to improve rlty
streets, although a high perr entage of
the aseessed - valuation ' may be city
property. It Is now known .that th-.
expenditure of city, taxes on country
roads is a sound principle nnd that it
Is one of the best-features of state aid
for highways.
"In Massachusetts the city of Bos
ton pays polbly 40 p.er'cont of th
total state highway fund, but not
mile of state-aid highway has been
built within Its limits. ' ,
"New York city also" pays about 60
per cent of the cost of the state high
way bonds. Some state laws prohibit
the expenditure of the proceeds of
state highway bonds within the cor
porate limits of cities and towns.
Improve Market Conditions.
The Improvement of market roads
results In Improving msrket conditions
which benefit the city. Most Htle
are essentially dependent upon the sur
round in a country for their prosperity
and development. TWe development of
suburban property for residence pur
poses Is also dependent, upon highway
conditions and it in becoming evident
yearly; that whatever makes for an In
crease in rural population must be en
couraged. "Since the Introduction of -motor
traffic country highways have been
used to an increasing extent by city
residents. In fact, the cost of main
taining many country" highways ha
been greatly Increased , by the pres
ence of city-owned motor vehicles, T he
general advance in facilities for doing
country business f rpm town head
quarters when roads are Improved is
no Inconsiderable factor In the -commercial
life of the community."
Some ' Heavy Are These Ilrothero.
Tlgerton, , Wis.. April 3,Thls vil
lage boasts the largest family In tho
United Btates. There, aren't so many
of them, but there's a lot of each.
At a recent gathering of the Hoff
man brothers a dispute arose as to
which ; was the biggest man In the
family,' They got weighed, with ti
following result: Hubert, 213; John,
233: Matt. 230; Louis, 229; Joseph, 2.10;
Henry, 2S0; Harry, 247; J. II., 2J7;
Ilarin. 34v Bounds like-the lineup of
team of . bowlers with their bst
scores.
That's mor4j than a ton of brothers,
at an average of 233 pounds per Hoff
man ...
METHOD
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