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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1902)
V FOUR BOYS WHO W ACCl'Si If 3 W daanaam. t. f-dT -a. flBaBViaw . v Greenport. N. Y.. Feb. 1. Tn.i whole country ha been .Hired as Harvey. Fred. Burton and Willi Van Wormer. with come stranjc motive HIGHWAY MATTERS DISCOURAGING GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT Port'and Oregonian Writer Apparent ly Advocating the Willamette Val le Policy of Waiting. Tli-" other day an article appear mi upon the editorial page of the Port land 1 goniau lr. which the effort mi who ar. aiMt tnar In the goo', roads propaganda received quite i ihewer of cold wtUt, The writer In qti- ttion scorned the fart that an agent of th government had romr bJ Op ..-"I m agitate the matter of bet ter publii highway, and virtually ut ter?'! tht aentlniert Oregon mut wait a long time before building bit- road Tin article took up Im discussion of the highway and their betterment In the Willamette valley am. argued that It wac absurd to ex- ; n improvement at li pres- ent :m- it. 'ha- pan or the mat in the main he 1 right wh-r. he Ml forth the difficulty of building good roadk without the expenditure of turn beyond the ability of the peo ;1. -ii- - "hi- iieei! no : . man the occanion (Of dlacouragtng all er fort to effect Improvement and abould rath'-i Im the occasion for the expression of hope that the ieopi. woulil apply themselves to the aolr 'ion of the problem ami compel sue ceaa in the (ace of difficulties. The point if here: Wcr. Oregon faulty in that th lined toward extravagance In th exiendlture for road It mlgh lie well tor thi guardian ot the peo ple to utter hi plaint and bit word ot warning leat the public treasuries b km depletes). No om ac claim truthfully that we are spending too much upon our road Let the dis euasion go right down into the very country to which the writer reterred to went in hi article The coun'v court uf Benton count) at the loot .-. .i. n' i : i . allowed bills amount ing to a total of aomething like $13 for roadk and bridge and that waa the sum that during NovemWr and p.- -n.b-r was devoted there to the betterim nt oJ '-he highways, wh. i. 0)11 region In the world tbere abould be dO!i "'illietblBg to effect improve- mept Tak Benton count) again B-te.-n Corvalln- and Philomath, a.x Bliles. line per mile v.ollld make Btipofb road This was th. opinion uf peopl. living In both place, ex pressed to the wriiur ot tms. during Sore Hands ONE NICHT CURE uk UM iwtaU UMnuWXOli. ou rstirlag, la ii.rl uU.- ' ( iTIiiiKi I"!" Wry. an auotat frei - mm i ri i .-at. lue grvjU Jou i Wear uln aacl', licnii Blie: cii'l- mil (lurast of i-iii.iiaeais I we nis-n; ror re K iMtlnt. sn.l palntul .- .1 ia wootterful Ifu'.icu'diiQaaj jaVfcf 1 Mi'pnrpiNo riieiR 0 OF 7e7l the pat six week Thre I found for a part of the distance a clay of peculiar character that need onl crowning in the center to give drain ace to make th. flneat country road CWjf traveled by man In Nitr ailhtN the crowuing had b-en don U .a iuiia J.r.d ftnn. even whea Btttt) was decj im - :,ds elsewhere in th roilajr, Here It- an Instance of possi ble improvement. Improvement that will not Ik- encouraged by the reading of the retroactive article in the Ore gonian heretofore referred to. For the love of progress when i ttr-'gor. ever going to ge nvay froin thnt lamlliut doctrine w- cannot 00 ( anything. we must wa. " Walt' Vfhi r. have we heard that word be tetvl wait! Wait until all of Call forma and all other states an ghw roadf fit for travel and then wImM ages have elapsed and everyone el t::i- don.- Ms duty let Oregon com inrward at the tall of th proceaslo'.i aj to something Wait. Wait until '-riuty . onieh ami roads are no long er needed. When Oabriel blow h' trumpet, then, let this advocate of waiting arlae and aay that it i time to do something for Oregon It I not claimed that that short stretch of road between Corvalll and Philo math represents much of the soil of Willamette valley. But the inactivity of the people there in thi Instance is somewhat Illustrative of the rov; 'liieMtlon treatment In tuat part o: the state The creation of a sentiment Im better road must precede any con siderable improvement. Before the paopla will atand by any agtoaaivi movement fpr lietter highways tl must be a demand for :he work And until this demand reaeea a point endangering profligacy in the expen diture of public DJOUtea, no one nateii sound a won! of warning A meeting la to he held in Wall I Walla on February v to conaider th I quest ion of making bettor road in thi region. It wil! b attended by mil sii-r in.rs .ii... rtiir nt.-ii.i. n -from Oregon and Washington Hup I noee thi deprecating article In the ' 1 regonlan were read before that con I ventlon What would be the eff.-c v uld it make for advancement' 'r would It influence for further d ! lay Were It accepted at It fu" presumptive value, it would be suai lar in effect to throwing a bucketful of cold water over on. in was abou bj i .-I 'orni an act requiring enthus in But it would not be accepted i at it apparent valuation It arould be read with intereat, and work some what to damjM-n the ardor of those I who with flue public spirit have I M Lrad th idea of utlliaiug the meat at hand to make better roads. But that Is not saving all The reading of that article would i uo many a fellow In tbe convention to -mark that he waa Had he lived lr. 'In present generation and not ir. th past, that be realtaeo that pn (t.es.. comes not by waiting: that Ore gon and Washington have waited long enough and that some of their citi -us do not propose to wait any long t than tbey have to it is to be hop ed that all the Umatilla county road a will attend tbe Walla Wal'i meeting It will be an occasion hog sentiment will be strengthened am. knowledge disseminated regaruln th. iest methods of Improving coun try highwaya. And that this Is desir able need not b argued to any ex (upting the moaabacks X What ateaga ia to navigation newa paper advertising is to business In judicious use of steam will blow you in. inlnillcloiia advertlsins will blow up your bualnaa Newark Advertle- uncli - i wo vows, shooting himtowath t-dM.' I .. 1 aSJ (A never before over the k.il.no. of Peter far the crime. -OTE L ARRIVAL Thf Pendl-ton U C Watson Albany J J Hum. Portland J M Church. I a Orande W A Dalrymple W W Robinson, Tortlam: Frsrik J Ginger, Spokane. .1 w Oneat. A R Bethen Boise. Oaorgi Orlffrtb ' olorado. S L f'ross. Elgin. .1 II Kl kman Chicago Miss Maun. line. Walla Walla Q H Richardson Portland. Hugh I TtoasM St l.oula. Imn M Kav D-nver. c a Barrett Athena W T Hisi.ii Chicago C F. Williams Seattle J. U Smith an! wire Spokane Mr. K. V. Griffith. Colorado. Ton: B .lohnson DoBVtf Tne Golden Puis. J. B. S'ullav. Portland. W. J. Smith Sam Ho.-. . Si : .tigs ' F Ileda! I.ol.- W M Sayer and family Adams J H Este and wife John P M Mantis H I! Nelson Weston J H Willis and wife. Hep'pner W H Ib-nton and wi(e Monument Miss Schubrnd Weaton. R. A. Mercer, Portland. Sam l ee Spokane C. L. Downer, Spokane O F W Schramm I.os Angel- luloma Schramm Lot Angeb-s Mr. and Mrs Hammond Pllo- Rook f J Gardner. Portland J. (J Huson Mrs HroroPeld Clark Wood. Weston Free1. Marten Cold Springe Kay I a- Grow, Walla Walla .1 V Ankeny Walla Walla S. Hartle. Cold Spring George Winzler. Stage G-ilch Georg. I. Hols- Portland 8. A Kemmel Sumpter. J. L Kemmel. Sumpter. J. Williams Salt I.ak City. T R Hampton and wife city Says He Wa Tortured "I suffered such pain from corns I could hardly walk." writes H Robin son. Hillsborough. III. "but Bucklen Arnica Salve completely cured them Acta Ilk- magic on sprains, bruises cuts, sores scalds, burns, bolls ulcers You will make money w By calling on the New Lumbermer before purchasing that bill of lumber. New shedt goin: up New stock coming in At tht new retail lumber yard Gm's Harbor Commercial Cn opposite the W & C K. depot pKNiH.i-rroN num. i. 9 1 A. Hallenbeck. by hi four nephew. Pirfe t healer of skin diseaaeo and pile Cure gtiarat t- ed by Tallman ft Co 25c. It lh MM of our buslnea. but why didn't Wllhelmina take the rolling pin to Henrv i in i r.iNti v ii nt: I mi nut CATARRH CATARRH East Dsi t' mm. gThKlfta.: dM U A asw -ij- susul t, v redm uuinip-WT"" mm COLD 'n HEAD ' th.' 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