THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL- PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5. 1920. 0 DECISION ON ROAD LOCATION W BE GIVEN THIS WEEK Hnntrnvftrsv Ovr Location ofi Pacific- Highway Said Near End, After 'Extended Fight. POLK COUNTY ROAD FIGHT l By H. C. Johnsorf . There is a prospect that the con troversy over the location of the Pa cific highway, through Polk county, will be placed this week on the road to a final decision, when Circuit Judge .McCourt. render his Judg ment In the suit, brought by cltl sens of Dalian and Independence and other parte of the county, to compel the stdto highway, commission to build, through Dallas and Indepen dence. It already has been Indi cated by Judge McCourt that he will decide that hla interpretation of the tawgjnakes it lneumtent on the high way commission to build through theite cities, not to them af 1a pro posed. It has also been Indicated that he will dissolve, the temporary writ of Injunction against continuing the work under existing contracts on the Ind4endenee-Rlckreal and Am-lty-Holmea Gap roads. The next and final Step will be to lay the matter before the state supreme court for Its Interpretation pf the law snd what may have been the Intent of the leglslaUreT i The controversy reaches way back to the legislature of 1917, which created the state highway commission and adopted the system of state highways an set forth In the $6,000,000 bonding set. It may be said to go even farther back In the past In the rivalry that has ex isted for years between Dallas and In dependence, which has manifested Itself in county politics and In other ways. So Involved has the controversy over the location of the highway become that it Is a difficult matter for an unbiased chronicler to escape the charge of preju dice, in attempting to set forth merely (the high points. Stripped of Us unessential elements the controversy hinges upon the .mean ing of the legislative act of 1917. LAW IS QUOTED The law reads as follows: "The Pacific highway from the Mult nomah county line through Washington county and Yamhill county by way of Hlllsboro, Forest Grove, McMlnirvllle to Dallas, Monmouth and Independence In Folk county ; to Corvallis and Monroe In Benton county, and through Eugene to the north line of Douglas county." In framing the original bill there was some fear on the part of the Dallas in terest that it might be leftvoff. owing to Its -Keographloal situation. This In terest was protected by making the bill read, "and Dallas, Monmouth and In dependence." The framers of the bill took Into con sideration the sentimental, fact that Dallas, was the eounty seat town which had not been provided for by the state sytem as planned, and for the further i-eason that the votes of the Polk county legislators were necessary to pass the measure. When the bill reached the senate. Senator Hawley, whose home is near MoCoy, was anxious that the road should go by way of sAmlty and McCoy.' He secured an amend ment of the bill by which the word "to" was substitute for the word "and" before Dallas. At, the time of the passage of the law the only route In contemplation was by way of Amity, Holmes Gap, Dallas, Mon mouth and Independence. In the public mind at least, as this followed the main line of travel which has existed from pioneer days. After the highway commission began to function and the question of making a location of the highway came up, a route by way of McMlnnvllle, Bellovue, Ballston and Dallas was suggested. The argument for this route was that it would run concurrent with the Tillamook- Mc Mlnnvllle read to Bellevue, a distance of about eight miles, and thereby save the etate the cost of eight miles of pavement. Besides, It was contended that it would CVltSTOSC -71 1 1 i.r m V 1 6 AttlTY NLcC0? ttOtMES GAP HEALTH CENTER 10 BE ORGANIZED III COO COUNTY Agencies Cooperate in Efforts to Lower the Death Rate by Strong Preventive Measures. i Location by ' KIGKYTCV commission WITH STUBS TO VKtlKS AND INDEPENDENCE COUNTY Pcmr ANOTHT&. A-VrER.WA.TE: ROUTE SUGGESTED BY FOLK. COUNTY Dotted line; -route psorosrp BY STATE H1GKWAV COMMISSION IF JUDICIALLY UreiDfiD CAN wot put Dallas Ofr Stub, BEN"TON COUNTY" LINE w Your Duty to Your Eyes r0 not let the warnlnf signals of eye strain go unheeded. - Care for your eyes and so prevent ts well as cure defects of vision. ENROLL IN Dr. A. P. De KEYSER'S Eye Culture Course Four weekly lectures illus-. trgte corrective gymnastic exercise for developing the eye muscles. Scientific care will eliminate eye troubles and. often, the use of glasses.--. Enrollment fee of 5 to be applied on glasses jf found necessary. Phone Mln 9587 for. appointment. be of greater local service to Folk county. As a compromise between this and .the Holmes Gap road, it was further sug gested that the highway could be routed by way of Amity and McCoy through Perrydale to Dallas. . The distance1' from McMfhnvlUe to Corvallis by these routes la as follows : Via Ballston, B7.29 miles'; via Perry dale, 58.74; via fUckreall. with spurs to Dalfas and Independence, 52.96. By eliminating the spurs, the distance is 46.96 miles. After an Investigation of these three routes by Highway Commissioner Adams, it was decided on his recom mendation to locate the highway by way of Ballston to Dallas, thence ' to Monmouth and Independence, and thence south to Corvallis. With the construction period arrived. the highway commission was confronted with the fact that the route by way of Dallas and Independence was one in which economical and etate considera tions did not coincide with thon nf political and county interest. Finally the former location was re considered and the route by way of Amity and Rickreall was chosen. It was concluded that the terms of the law would be eatisfled if a spur was made from Rickreall to Dajlas. and one from Monmouth to Independence. This conclusion was based on a general opinion of the attorney general. In which it was held that the word "to" in the act might be Interpreted as meaning contact with, and not an actual passing through. As first lo cated, the highway was to go south to Corvallis from. Independence. The same considerations that placed Dallas on a stub were in a spirit of fairness applied to Independence, and the loca tion was changed so that the highway should proceed directly south from Monmouth. The dispute over the location con tinued. It was thought to have been settled at a meeting at Rickreall In the spring of 1118, when the highway commission and citlsans of Dallas and Rickreall agreed upon a compiomlse. This compromise was that objection to the location of the Pacific highway as proposed by the highway commis sion would be removed In consideration of the commission authorizing the pav ing of the road from Dallas to Salem. BOXD IS8UE PASSED On the basis of this understanding, Polk county passed a bond Issue of $265,000, of which 140.000 Nt as to be appUed to the grade of the Pacific highway. The people of Dallas felt that they had a greater Interest in a good road to Salem than they did In a north and south road through the county. Following out the agreement, the highway commission on . its part let contracts for paving the ' Salem-Dallas road and the road between Rickreall and Monmouth, with a spur to Inde pendence. It appeared later that in carrying out the agreement the county judge of Polk county had been overlooked, as bad one or two Influential residents of Independence, wbo were not satis fied with the location of the highway from Monmouth to Corvallis, but want ed it' to go south from Independence. During the early .negotiations the Inde pendence Influence had been not to have the road go throifgh Dallas, but to run from Holmes gap directly to In dependence. Notwithstanding, it was the general belief in the county during the' county bond campaign, and was so stated in the literature of the cam palgn, that $40,000 was to be applied en the Pacific highway running directly south fro mMontmouth. County Judge Robinson, after the. event, took the po sition that, inasmuch as the county court was not a party to the Rickreall agreement, he would not be bound by it and would not contribute to build ing the road south of Monmouth on the proposed location. He was unwilling, to ao anything Unless the route of his choice, via Independence, was selected. ELECTIOX raOMISIALLEGED "The establishment of a health center to provide education in dis ease prevention and health promo tion and to unite such health activi ties as child welfare, tuberculosis prevention and other agencies de voted to lowering the death and dis ease rata by; intelligent preventive measures this in. a general way is the program outlined for the com ing. year by the Coos County Public Health association last week," said Mrs. Saidie Orr-Dunbar, executive secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis association, who has Just returned from attendance at the meeting. "The plan would place the health center in connection with the county nurse, and it may be In charge of vol unteers during part or all of the time. their work to be the distribution of educational literature, the answering: of questions and display of exhibits." Miss Cecil BcJeer, retiring eounty nurse, gave her report, which showed a total of 1639 calls made during the year. They were as follows: Nursing care SS. tuberculosis cases 125, general cases 2S2, child welfare 111, prenatal cases, 27 : homes of school children. 122; school buildings. 77: miscellane ous calls 827. Altogether 155 individual cases were cared for, 125 of them being general and 30 being tuberculous. Dis charged as cured, improved, moved away or died, 87. Forty-nine talks were made before cluba and school chil dren. A total of 1948 school children were treated for J777 defects ; defective teeth heads the list with 10S7 cases. The influenza epidemic called for extra serv ice and for two weeks five nurses were employed in 14 communities, making $77 visits on 400 patients. The association elected the following new officers : President. Dr. E. Mln gus, Marshield ; vice president. Mrs. C. R. W ade, Bandon ; secretary, Mrs. A. C. Vestal, Marshfield ; treasurer, Mrs. C. O. Bock. North Bend.. JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT LEADER WINNING NOTE ij ,W-V- jj II. V -w - 'A ' -' if. FOREST FIRE LOSS GIVEN AS MOO National Damage Caused . by Burning of Young Growth Tract oV Lewlf River, a - Alice V. Joyce- Miss Alice V. Joyce, formerly principal of Fulton park school and later con nected with the Oregon Agricultural college, doing work in- the organisation of boys' and girls clubs throughout the state, is now winning note in the East as "junior achievement leader" ia New Haven. Conn. In writing; of her work, to a Portland friend, she says; "Since the close of my term's work at Columbia university, New York, early in June, I came to assist O. H. Benson; director of Junior achievement work for these 10 northern Atlantic states. He formerly was in charge of the boys' and girls' club work for United States. "Following are the objects of the bureau and its work: "To furnish expert, leaders, organisers and directing agencies for boys and girls in their work outside of chool hours. "To furnish achievement standards and self-help programs of work to boys and girls In connection with their homes and local Industries. "To assist local communities, coun ties, states and the nation to American ize the citizenship of the future, through self-help programs for boys and girls of today. "To assist every boy and girl of In dustrial centers, city, town and rural communities to become self-supporting through a process of self-help and self earned property. "To offer cooperation and constructive The Lewis' river flr on the- Co lumbia national forest Dear ; Mount Adams, waa aju- actual fianclal loss to the public of (14,000 without con aider Id g the money expended in con trolling . it, - which. If unchecked, would have amounted to at least f 182,000, says Supervisor F. H. Brundage, who bag Just returned. to the district forester's off lceV Of this damage, that to actual green timber amounted to only S20Q0, The remaining losa Was due to young growth which was valued at 14 an acre, but which cannot be replaced for less than III an acre. If allowed to stand Idle, It will require at least tfsyears to even get a start of young growth. The fire burned over 7000 aerea and If unchecked would have covered 11,000 acres. The fire was a' difficult one to fight, said Brundage, because of the severe hot weather and the dry 'east winds. The fighting crew was one of the best. About half of the 10 men were regular em ployes of the forest service. FLEMING TO MANAGE . NIGHT HORSE SHOW help throuah home .achievement pro grama to agencies now working In -the interest of children and their welfare. "To demonstrate through children, thrift, economy, profit making, property ownership, better practices and 'cooper ation in community development for the benefit of adults, and to-secure more active cooperation of parents with chilr dren in all community welfare work. "In training teams for the eastern states' exposition, September 11-26, Springfield, Mass., In hardware, silver ware, brass, rubber, paper, mechanical toys, electrical appliances, toy furniture, banking, shoes, clothing and millinery pre-vocational- work, assisted by experts from the factory and each team sup ported by a local factory. It's very In teresting work. "Buff with my home In the West. I'm giving this work up September 25. to take charge of home demonstration agent work In Arizona aa slate leader of home demonstration agent work. Oc tober 1. The work there will be to assist the women of rural homes In home making, sanitation, poultry, gardening, with special organization of mother daughters clubs for closer family life." EM Pi OREGON HELD IN-OF SUPERIOR GRADE Forest Examiner Weidman Finds Washington Timber Stands Shorter and More Decadent. A 1. rieining Preparations on 7 an elaborate scale are being- made for the night horse show feature of the Pacific Interna tional Livestock exposition, which will be held in the big tanbark arena 'of the new stock show building -at North Portland In November. ', The brilliant record made by the week of night horse shows during last year's stock show set a high mark for all future events of the kind. A. p. Fleming, who has been ap pointed manager of the night horse ahow division of this year's expoosltlon, is busily engaged In working up a pro gram of high-class events which he is confident will surpass even the excep tionally brilliant record of last year, Fleming, who will have charge of the night horse Show division. Is widely known for his association for many years with state fairs and night horse shows throughout the Kast and South and Canada, and more particularly in connection with these events in the Kentucky and Tennessee saddle and har ness horse districts. He served as ring master at last year's Paciflo Interna tional night horse shows. Yellow pine stands In Oregon not only run many more thousand feet to the acre, but the timber is of much better quality than that of Washington, Is the statement made by Forest Examiner .Robert W. "VVeidman, specialist 1q yellow nine timber, who hasjust returned from an Inspection of the Rainier and Wenatchoe national forests of Wash ington. , "The yellow pine stands sre morr open,' the timber Is shorter and tnor decadent," said Weidman. ,"I visiter1 several small timber sales, but In no In stance did the timber compere with- th yellow pine of the Blue mountain rrglui. in Oregon." . Weidman, accompanied by M. I Mer ritt, forest examiner, went over the Snn set highway to Yakima and qut onto th national forest In the Tleton nd Nache watersheds In the Italnler. JJe then re turned to Yakima and went through Kl lehsbury and Leavenworth, over th cenlo Bluet Pass road to Swak basin li the Wenatchee. " In both the I'sklm and the Wenatchee valleys the sppi crop Is good, although not such a bump er crop as last year, said Weidman. ' Weidman brought beck specimens he wood of bitter cherry, choke cherrj dwarf maple, Oregon crab and wtllo to add to the collection of forest wood on display at. the forest service, whkj now comprises nearly J5 varieties. 18,000 Schools Had , No Teachers in Year "Violently" Is Good Oridley, Cel.. Sept 4 (L N. S.) A dislocated shoulder and three broken ribs were sustained by Margaret Noyes, 17. recently, when she snecsed violently. Waashlmrton. Sept 4. Eighteen thot sand schools in the United tilstes wet ; teacherless last year, aocopdintr to th department of the interior. This ws . due in large part to lack of homes tn. teachers in rural districts. Nobod wanted to board them. Consolidation C schools and amalgamation of school dis tricts is suggested as a temporary remedy. giiiiiiiiMiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiitmiiiiiiminmiimmimi ing his campaign for election be had said that he would build the road on the route selected by the highway com mission. At that time there was a controversy as to which way the road should lead from .Independence, wheth er on the west side of the railroad or on the existing road. Matters progressed until last spring, when the state highway commission be gan to realize that County Judge Rob inson was not disposed to do anything towards preparing the grade between Monmouth and the Benton county line. It was then concluded by the state high way commission that matters would be brought to a crisis if it were Intimated that the work on the Salem-Dallas road would be suspended. At this point it Is apparent in the light of retrospect that the highway commission made an error of Judgment In not laying the matter before the citizens of Dallas with a view of bringing pressure on the county Judge, instead of assuming that the county Judge spoke for them. This was not done, however, and when It was given out that work would be suspended on the Salem-Dallas road on the section between Rickreall and Dallas the citizens of Dallas rightly assumed that the state highway commission was breaking faith and was not li,ng up to th Rickreall agreement. It was at orjee decided to bring a suit tot compel the hlghw commission to build through Dallas in accordance with the law as they interpreted it In this suit, which was heard before Circuit Judge Mc Court of Multnomah county, the people of Dallas were Joined by citizens of Independence, and residents along the Indepcndence-Corvallis road. The county court of Polk county was not Involved in the suit St'IT WAS STARTED The suit was begun by the people of s uanaa unaer me impression mat me state highway commission did not pro pose to carry out its agreement with1 them. The Independence Interest Joined in in the hope that by reopening the controversy the plan to build from Monmouth south could be overturned and the road routed from Independence. Up to this time the people of Dallas had been satisfied with- the Rickreall agreement and were living up to It The state highway commission made the mistake of confusing the Interest of County Judge Robinson with that of the people of Dallas, as was shown In the testimony adduced at the injunction hearing. In the event the case goes to the supreme court for an interpretation of the law and it should be decide1 that itr Is mandatory on the state highway commission to build a road through Dallas the state highway commission has decided on a route which- diverges from Its present location near Holmes dap and angles toward .Dallas, skirting the foothills. Coming out of Dallas It Is proponed to follow the present county road to Rickreall on the north side of La Creole river and thence turn south to Monmouth, traversing two sides of a triangle. Goats to Be Made Particular Feature Of Fair, at Gresham Since goats have come Into prominence as milk producers and farmers are be coming more and more Interested in them as a part of every well equipped farm, their culture is to be a feature of the Multnomah County fair at Gresham the week of October 4. Elaborate exhibits of goats, goat culture and goat products will be shown, according to C. D. Min ton, manager. Plans lor the fair are rapidly assuming dlfinite form as the date for opening approaches. Minton says the biggest problem this year Is that of finding room for all the exhibits. 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