THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL- PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5. 1920.
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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
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Agencies Cooperate in Efforts to
Lower the Death Rate by
Strong Preventive Measures.
i Location by '
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WITH STUBS TO
VKtlKS AND
INDEPENDENCE
COUNTY
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A-VrER.WA.TE: ROUTE
SUGGESTED BY
FOLK. COUNTY
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BY STATE H1GKWAV COMMISSION
IF JUDICIALLY UreiDfiD CAN
wot put Dallas Ofr Stub,
BEN"TON COUNTY"
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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
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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."
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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.
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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. The fair s branching
out in such shape that It will be vir-
tually a state fair, entries having been
premised from nearly every part of the
It was understood, however, that dur- state and. from outside states aa well.
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