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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1921)
LET ER BUCK East Orconian Rovmd-Up Souvenir Edition , Pendleton, Oregon, Thursday, September 22, 1921. Pae fourteen no mi Kf fcl LI fit u; Hi NLLIU. Over 6UU Miles of Hard Surface Pavinff Laid; Almost 1000 Miles of Macadam; Total Grading Mileage Reaches 1920 Miles. -. . n i .v.w iN., n ii m in on imi I nm mi nnn IMnnnirrMrilTC CIMOr OTftDT fit LTPUWAV DDflPDAM M NrtJ LAftltllLU Urti 4U mLLlUiM UULLAKO UN AUAU HVirUVLUlLM 10 OillbL OlAill Uf ummi riUMrWl Oregon's activities In road build'ng sre brought la the atien'l.m of the jmbllc In the following article by U A. Honth. chairman of the Oregon FaM Highway Commission. The nrtlclo ap peared In the Oregon Motorist for An il follow: tracts Is 20S paving, 4S6 macadam and 5r.8 grading. Thwe figures are the to tals at the close of the first half of the year 121. 1 Jlilenro Increases. Vprcssed in cost It means J1S.000. (lrto under contract July 1 and J2.500.- A recent ieiinft for an art.cle cm ( tina required to meet the July pnrou. the Oregon Highways asks for rmpha- omarcl with IS:!" it Is ah excess In on ,n(. ,,,,,,.,,.,, , f the work ivid mileage of about SO per , urnK-lhle mtUS '.n l prn-.Hwd for the Portland fair. responding In g neral terms and approximately, let It be noted first that for work now completer or oi cent. This e ante dues not Include s.i nines 01 improve ment l.y tmv.ng, m.icnii.im auosTOuios . ..ollntv contract there l.ns been expenuen or approximated $ l.Tt'O 009. cover ng 26 miles of raving, S95 mMeu of ma cadam and 120 miles of grading. The mileage Involved tinder present con- m.-u'udam and grading i at an approximate cost of xjiiO.OOO. To i;tte there have been contracts let for bridges totaling 2,500,000. What farther contracts there jnay be let fur the calendar year is l rob lemuio;il. A large percentage of the road building equipment In the state is now engaged and Is making ;ood progress at favorable comparative cost. Harvesting V takl"R up the most of the Flack in labor. The highway commission Is coinmit ted to further contracting for 1921 on the John Pay, rallies-California, Ihiuk-las-CWs, Cuaat mid Mt. Hood high ways in cooperation with the counties traversed by these lines, but may be limited in carrying out the proposed plans becaus-e of the money inurkct that at this date prevents marketing "" 9 '' -v -.;, v - r - ' " ik ' 4. 'l".j V,". j. !;.. ;,: 1 .. '. . ' '.: h , " - x . ,. i O ' : "' i i . Jackson Sundown. I per cent bonds at par. In some cases this hindrance, which doubtless is temporary, Will be modified by local sales. Stato AUI Provisions. Th legislature at Its last session authorized loans by the state to cotin ties, directing that the county bonds be taken as security for such limns jThe.purpoKe of this was to tenlporaril; aid counties that cannot sell t.teir bouds at par as required by law. The Interest rate on tha county bonds va ries from S to 6 per cent. The state-commission has offered sld In a nuftiber of Instances In con formity with the provisions of the 'leg islative act, but some of the counties are declining, under counsel, to pledge their bonds as security for loans, that are to be paid at stated times, because j h. nvght result in sale of the county bonds at less than par. The stat commission is offering loans to tr counties for twelve months' time and at interest rate of 5 1-2 per cent. The attorney general advises thnt loans thus made are legal, but if a contro versy develops, as now 'seems proba ble,, some delay will likely be occa sioned in letting further work- until the bond market improves, for the commission does not feel warranted in agreeing to extend loans beyond one year, for repayment w U be needed to carry forward the 1922 work. Nineteen hundred and twenty-one witnesses an Immense Increase in the use of highways. A census is now be ing taken at various points In the state On April 1. last, 8S2 vehicles passed a given point on tne i-aeuic nignway Just north of Salem. Of these, 732 were classed as lirht and SO as heavy automobiles: 43 were trucks and only 20 were horse-drawn. For the same time the average of 101 stations in California was 1387. classified as 472 light end 674 heavy autos: 173 trucks and 32 horse-drawn vehicles. In the plan of building good roads X: 1 T i V. .. . ..S ) hi 1 us.S ft ' ' r4-f A. S4V -e. .j,. V - s i-.Ji I , I, T TP"! w- j. it 1 7 t,!ra; - At the PendlSton Public Natatorium. and heartily supported the work. .With a consttutional bond limitation (of 4 per cent there has been made 'available for state expenditure, based an rho !Qn nuutumnnt til fi 1 5 r.nft. the legislature of 1917 commuted n8 ' J2.500.00n o thl,.. under nresent Inws. state to its most extensive enterpr se i . , nn . n,v and subsequent Bess:ons and county and municipal action has continued .. ii ii in i.-jljiiLL i i.,-,rf--r'- r,TT-T7-T; , ,"3 7iiw?3rw(fi5gm raOTTO.TITTOmT&MVJ JII!!;r,hll!liiV;ilAV.i'IIIIIIIIIIIIIILVJiWai I m t ; ; i -A; i ill1 must be used on the Iloosevelt way. provided the federal government matches the same by February 1. 1922. In the event of failure of the federal government to thus act In har mony with the state on the road nani- cd, the amount of fund restricted in Its use, as stated, will become or could be made available for the gen eral system. Most Counties IKinilctl. AH of the counties in the state, ex cept Harney. Washington and Joseph- Work on 'Oregon Tin II. The Old Oregon Trail la far advanc ed in grading and Cons'derable mirfac ng has been done. The work will be rushed to completion and It Is hoped will be finished next season. The Dalles-Cl fornln highway will bo finished next year through Jeffer- iop and Deschutes counties if present plans do not fall, and the work far auvtneed in Wasco and Klamath. The John Day highway will be In ernd condition for travel from Prairie City to the Columbia river highway before the close of next season. The Douglas-Coos county road wUl I e fii.lshed from the Tacif c highway to CiKiuille by the close of 1922 and a largo amount of work will have been A i .ui '. .. ; .. ., .. ,..:; A . i i . j - ' " 5 ' t - . j ... vr',4. .. -)1 , ' , "j , , fc , . . i ' in i !.' tf H "MP PENDLETON CLEANING WORKS - GED. a FELL, Prop. V ' Cleaning Pressing Repairing Men's Suits,. Ladies' Suits, Dresses and Fancy GowmsVFure, Gloves, Waists, Etc. Hats Cleaned and Blocked. ' r Only Thoroughly Equipped Plant in Pendleton 20CJ2East Alta Street Telephone 169 Ine, have now bonded for road better-!doi e froKl that P"1"1 sooth, with of PENDLETON, OREGON Member Federal Reserve System. Docs a General Banking Business, such as receiv ing: deposits subject to check, and issuing: of demand and time-certificates of deposit Sells domestic and foreifjn-draf ts, and travellers checks. . ' Opens savings accounts for small or large amounts , on w hich liberal interest is paid. Acts as trustee. executor, administrator, guardian or Accepts escrow agreements. Has for rent boxes in Safe Deposit Vault for the safekeeping of securities and valuables. Makes loans on improved farm lands. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS lilHlli! num. ment. Lane leads with 12.000,000 and the total county authorisation is $21, 297,944. The constitutional limit of county Cjij; lndebtedne.su for road work is six per cent, una me most oi , mo counties have reached it i There is so much of interest In con nection with the improvement and I use of highways that an article devot-1 ed to the subject may be almost In- j 'definitely extended, for now and hith-; ;erto new and unthnught of phases are continually presenting themselves. ' Construction for modern highway transportation is new and is not yet understood or far advanced. Many mistakes have been made and others will follow, put great improvement is noticeable and will continue. Pl-oplo Show Iiuewwt, When the people commit themselves to unusual or large undertakings It is natural for the Interest to develop and Intensify as the projects progress. ThiK especially true In public mat ters that Intimately concern a large percentage of the population. This tendency is very marked in the high way work. The interest of all c 'asses in our state is now so keen that in quiry and In some Instances demands are dally occurrences. It is therefore not only natural but entirely proper that you should ask for the probable status of the work at the beginning of 1925. . . This can not be definitely nnswerod, j but, speaking In general terms, it may be said that the roads are buill on the , theory that they are worth more than they cost and lienca the benefits isliould extend as widely as possible and as quickly as can' be reasonably 'done. Our 'highways are built very j largely from proceeds, of bond sales. jThe bond market now is not good. The Interest rates for the state securities ; for the past few months have been ifrom 5 1-2 to 3-4 per cent and some- what higher for county bonds. The ; higher rate now demanded, however, its not deemed sufficient reason to de ( lay the work, now well toward com ipieton on roads that are of first or getirial importance. The depression that is reflected by the interest rate points clearly to the need in our state cf providing employment for labor, of lucreasing the producing capacity so clearly marked In communities which Pave benefited by good roads already built, and of attracting tourists who a ro annually coming in increasing r.unibera. -i Frogrnim Is Pushed. I The highway commlss'on does not i leileve that the conditions that have disturbed markets, lessened produc tion end depressed general business I now call for public expenditures on state toads, but rather demand vlgor- lous p'ogress InMhis public work, and I the commission believes this view Is common to all who arecharged with I the v-ork In hand and firmly supported by e people. . j The Pacific highway at the end of I the present year will probably be 85 'per cent paved and it is planned that i the job will be finished by the end of I On the Columbia river highway, jwlth the possible exception of a few j miles near Warrenton, the pavement will fce completed from Seaside to The Panes before, the close of 1921. The surfacing of the remainder as far ns I'eudwton Is completed, with the ex ception of a few miles near the Ds rbuies, which wa finished In Beptttn-1 ber. . I view to early connection with the Cal- ifninta coast line. The Sit. Hood loop will doubtless all be tinder contract for grading within a vsnr mul likely finished before the close of 1021. The Crater Lake road Is well ad vanced and work will be vigorously continued through another season. An. I thus the story might be contin ued to other roads Important .n the Motions they traverse. Work Is' be ing doho on every state road on the I n-p nnd the plan Is to push steadily Iforwaid as the legislature, may direct and s funds are provided by the fed' era! aoverament. state and countie The fdume and pubgress of the worlj j depend almost wholly upon the con , tnhutioti of funds from -the varloui siour.es and the funds In turn are con trailed by fedvral and state legislator ,-fnd rn an extent by the marketability ut the securities offered. : .i .. - ' I JAMES JOHNS, Pres. C. H. MARSH, Secy. Capital $25,000,000 it.. 4 " fti . , m,. 7-i Mm 4 vt BSTRACI GO. n INCORPORATED Loans J ; Insurance Bontls Real Estate r The Only Set of Abstract Books in Umatilla County Main anil Court Streets