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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1912)
Home Course -------------- In--------------- Road Making V.—Basic Principles of Road Administration. By LOGAN WALLER PAGE Director ( Jftce of Public Road«, Uniteci State« Department d Agni ulture. •'•’prright hr Ano-rlenn Press Asso- elation, ¡un T cd In all the states in til» administra tion of the public rond». and today till, poll, y preiuils lu a great majority of the states, it places U|x>ti the < ounty and III most cases u|sin the road dis trh'ts <>r townships tile entire burden of . obstructing nnd maintaining roads ami leaves to It the Initiative us well as Hie final dvlermlnatha as to the pol ley will' ll shall be pursued In carrying on the work. Our road biwa for the most part du not contemplate the necessity for skill rd supervision In road work. hen< e most of Hie work Is done under the direction of uieu who have no knowl- edge of road building am! who have only a passiug Interest In it. Thia Is a situation which la truly amazing, for skilled supervision Is demanded in prn> tlenlly every line of work. To the (rallied road builder It Is evident thut uo more prolific source of waste can be found than In unskilled sujsTvlslot' There are. Including county nnd township officials. nt least a hundred thousand road officials In the United States each exercising a practically Independent authority, ('an we ex pect etth lency in nn nnny in which nil are ofllcers nnd none is the rank and file? ill nearly every public or prlvnte en tcrprlso some measure of skill Is re quired of the men who are expected to carry on the work. When a building is to lie erected a number of men. each skilled In his own cruft, are employ e<l One does not And thnt this man Is employed bcccuae lie needs the mon ey ntid that one beenuae lie Is a good fellow and the other becauae he baa political Influence, but ln^ause he Is a skilled cnr|ienter. competent bricklay er, a trained nnd capable painter, etc., throughout ttie entire transaction. The civil service of the United States is made up of people selected after ex amination. Our public schools lire In charge of teachers wlm have been awn riled certificates after propur pre liminary training nnd examination. is It not surprising, therefore, thnt we are willing to Intrust the ex|>endl- ture of $140,000.000 annually In the building ami cure of our public roads, so essential to our welfare anil even our happiness to 100,000 men, most of whom arc selected without any regard Whatever for their technical anil prac tical cx|ierlcnce? In order to have skilled supervision the technical training nnd experience of the highway engineer nre necessary. There In a popular Idea prevailing In some sections that engineers nre not essential to road Improvement. This, however, Is a very erroneous Idea. An engineer, by reason of hls technical knowledge, enn secure the easiest j grade for a roadway consistent with the traffic for which It 1s designed. Ry determining the drainage areas he Is nble to compute the proper size for culverts, he Is nble to design the bridges to suit the needs of traffic, to estimate the quantities nnd coat of ma torlnls, »elect proper road building tna terlnls and prepare plans and usti Furthermore, he stands be mates tween tte community and the con- tractor and is able to give Impartial justice to both. There la one element la American read rWImtnlstrntlrn v hlch Is nt.Ivetas!- ly conceded to tai the very acme of In- efficiency namely, statute labor nnd the working out of property taxes Men who work out their tax do it ‘tri’' Hulnoa wuirr system has been grudgingly Imcanse they think they tompieted. ni<< Is-lng Imposed upon. They <1<> it Asa Holaday, a well known pioneer iHsirly because It Is a work which they of 1853, Is dead at Scappoose, aged 84 Boston -4’larence V. T. Richeson know but little ntioiit. They render the least iMiasiblo amount of service is* years. was electrocud at 12:17 (Eastern The annual Lincoln county Fair and time) Monday morning. The current cause It seems to lie the geuernl Utt derstandlng Hint th«' object of the Festlvul will be held ut Toledo August applied was I960 volts, eight amperes. statute Intmrer should lie to shirk work 2d to 23. One application was sufficient. Superintendent of Banka Wright rather than to perform it. There Is Ilicheson walked to the electric scarcely nny attempt nt discipline, nnd lias appointed H. K.. Albert aa alate chair erect, eyes straight ahead until It Is obvious Hint discipline with such bank examiner. he sat down. Than he dosed hls eyes an nsM'inblnge of workmen would Is* The senate has confirmed the nom mid kept them shut until the end. lm|KMslblo. Inatlon of William E. Tate to be post 1 he execution of Clarence V. Many of the states provide for work master at Wasco. Rlcheson drew the curtain on a trag Ing out the property rond tnx. and this Of the 298 pupil« who took the state edy unsurpassed for cunning, cruelty him grown to Im an even greater source eighth grade examinations in Linn and notoriety In the criminal annals of weukuess thnn statute Inlwir, for In lisrt til »out $*20JMM,(KM) of the property County last week 133 passed. of the United States. The minister, Out of the 109 children of the Hood with Ida wedding announcement al tnx wan paid In labor, or, In other River valley who*took the eighth ready In the hands of friends, and a word», was prnctlcnlly wasted. Opposition on the part of ultra con grade examinations, but 42 passed. discarded sweetheart Importuning him servnllves to the geuernl Improvement Portland folk so far have contribut to relieve her from a position that of the public roads In frequently liuscd ed $443.26 toward the fund for the re- would cloud her life with shame, calm on the Itelh-f thnt tin- ndvocates <>f iluf of 3,000,000 starvitiK people In ly conceived a plan that would release road Improvement contemplate attr- China. him from his unwelcome llason and fncliig with hard mnterliil tie- entire Former Cashier Jame* Evars. of the deliberately purchased a quantity of 2,<NNi.m«i miles of earth rond Itt the defunct Philomath State Bank, will r« ■ Cyanide of potassium, a deadly poison, United SlntoH They point to the fact celve no clemency from the state int and advised Miss Linnet to take it. tlmt to macadamize 2.< h <».<*»' miles nt role board. $5,(NNt per tulle would cost 31o It was at first believed that she had Frank Allen, Insane, ringleader In committed suicide in a fit of despond That thin Is n mlstnl.cti view of subject enn tie easily demons!rut an escape of five men from the state ency upon learning the news of Riche- When nil the rondn of the country UMylum for the Inaane recently, has son's approaching marriage to Miss climsiflcd according to traffic re been deported. Edmands qulretueuts It will result In tie- i-llmi There has probably not been a time It is expected the wishes of the dead tuition <>f tunny thousands of miles of during the past 20 years when the totally uttiietcHsiiry road nml of many ranges of Grant county were in as man will be carried out and that be will be buried beside his mother in the more thoiisiinds of miles by relocation, good condition as the present time. family vault in Virginia. straightening of curves mid various It is probable that the Jlllhee club, other expedients. Us refill Investigation* hnve been car of Salem, organized 25 years ago, and Escapes An Awful Fate. rii-d on in various parts of the country which has played a prominent part In the social life of the capital, will dis A thousand tongues could not expnws which prove thnt about 20 |s-r cent of the gratitude of Mrs. J. E. Cox, of Joli- the rond» accommodate ntioiit 1st per i band. cent of the traffic, so thnt if the rond« | The state railroad commission has I et. III. for bar wonderful deliverance nre to ls> improved In such a way a» named June 18 as the date for a hear- from an awful fate. ‘‘Typhoid pneumo- Io do the greatest gtssl to the grent- Ing at Baker on the question of the s nia had/left me with a dreadful cough," est numtier It will be msessary to Im- I valuation of the Sumpter Valley rail »he writes. ‘‘Sometime» IJhad such awful prove only about one fifth of the total road. I coaghing »pell« I thought I would die. mileage with atone nnd other Im rd ma Thirty or more southern Oregon I 1 could get no help from doctor’s treat terlnln. leaving the rest to tw takeu physicians assembled in Roseburg Sat ment or other medicines till I used Dr. care of a» enrth rondn. The whole subject of rond Improre- urday for the twenty-first annual ses King's New Discovery. But I owe my uietil In the United States 1» now pu»» ■iou of the Southern Oregon Medical i life to this wonderful remedy for I | warely cough at all now. ” Quick and Ing through ii transitory stage We are association. There promises to be a very active »aie, its the most reliable of all throat striving not only to meet the new condition* of traffic with new forms street campaign in Eugene this sum and lung medicine*. Every bottle guar of coustruetioii. but ottr various state mer. The city council has ordered anteed. 50c and $1.00 Trial bottle free at legislature« tire actively eugugrd lu three miles of streets paved and there All Dealers. etideinoriltg to meet the demand for are petitions in for another mile. road linproiemeiit by tlie emu intent of Representation In the legislature suitable legislation and by tlie appro bused on the population aa shown by In the whole field of medicine there is priation »f the necessary funds. the 1910 census is proposed by the not a healing remedy that will repair We have tried mnn.' cX|mdients lu People's Boater league. This idea is damage to the flesh more quickly than tlie administration of our public roods, among them tlie toll roml »ysteut. witl<-h Incorporated In the measure to be sub BALLARD’S SNOW LINIMENT. In cuts, wounds, sprains, burns, scalds and Itivolvi-n private control over n public mltted to the voters of the state More than 200 persons, representa rheumatism, its healing ami penetrating utility. This Is iniitilfestly unsound In a pubili enterprise, mid It is a source tives of threshing machine concerns power is extraordinary. Price 25c, 50c of gratifleutl'iu thnt the toll roml ay»- ami others interested in grain farming and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by lx-nts lent Im» Iss'ii largely alinudomsL in Oregon will uttend the fourth an Pharmacy. Even In tlie stnte« which have roi nual convention of the Oregon State lowed a progressive policy during tilo Threshers' Association, which meets Patronize Herald Advertisers last few years tnost of tlie roml» tire at Condon Thursday and Friday. still under Io nl control. Year hv year F. W. Waters, representing the we have been frittering away our mil Welch railroad interests which recent lions maintaining tlie roads In their primitive condition until the yearly ly purchased the Salem street car sys I tribute of r<>ml taxes in the United tern, announces that hls company is States now amounts to over $14O.ttOo.- preparing to expend not less than $3.- Otsi mid our petty road otlielnls have 000,000 in extension and development grown t<> an army more thnn lOO.OttO of their lines In and about Salem. strong Tlie lucompeteuce of a large With a view to eliminating saloons numls-r of official« 1» more difficult to from the Oregon Electric depot at Jef remedy thnn the ln< i>m|«etenee of n sin ferson street, Portland, Railroad Com gle offlelnl. It Is manifestly lni|n>s»ible missioner Miller directed Attorney- for a district or township w 1th limited General Crawford to look up the law revenues to secure tlie amilntam e. nd on the subject, and should he find that j vice mid »upervl«lou of u high grade englms-r. whereas in a centralized sys It is possible, he will bring a suit. Positive assurance is given that the ! tem the coat Is so widely distributed ns to Impose but a slight burden on Eugene-Coos Bay railroad will be built at once, with construction com mencing from the Marshfield end. The McArthur-Perks contracting company and Porter Brothers have secured the I contract from the Southern Pacific. That the Harriman Interests will i build a railroad up the South Santlam valley from Lebanon to a point above ! Foster this summer is indicated by the filing,in the county clerk's office at Albany of a copy of a resolution auth- | orizing the construction of the line. Bell. Wildman ti Co. a Portland I firm, has been awarded the contract ! for constructing the $50.000 storage plant of the National Apple company j at Hood River. The plant will be SO j by 100 feet, four stories. and will have a capacity of 120.000 boxes of apples. THIS HOAD WAS HKPAIHKD t'MDKII TH« A new coal mine, which It is claimed STATCTH I. A Hott STSTKU will be the best ever opened in the each of the smnller units. In the pur Coos Bay country, is to be developed chase of supplies and equipment a at once by a new company which has large saving can be effected by cen tralization, while In the reduction of been formed with C. A. Smith at the personnel nnd In standatdlxatlon of head. The mine is on Isthmus Inlet methods nnd equipment still greater and it is estimated that there are 1,- economy results. It cannot full to Im 000,000 tons above water level. press every thinking man thnt a sys The 1912 schedule is out for the tem of extreme localization will mean twentieth annual »esston of the South an entirely unnecessary multitude of ern Oregon Chautauqua assembly, officials and I regular and 111 directed which will continue for 11 days, be mill improvement. ginning with July 2. The program will It is apparent that the smallest unit embrace musical attractions, lectures, for effective control in the udmlniatra- tlon of roud affairs is the state, al readings and sermons, some of the though excellent results have been ob foremost talent coining from beyond tained under county systems where all the Atlantic. Congressman Hawley has been ad- tin* roads are placed under the jurisdic tion of a competent nnd skilled high vised that an appropriation of $225,000 way engineer or superintendent. for the reimbursement of settlers of Our highway departments. l»»th conn Sherman county who were compelled ty and state, should be entirely free to abandon lands because of The and away from political Influences Dalles military road grants, has been All road work should be placed in the agreed upon by the house claims com hands of trained nnd experienced road builders, and all road taxes should be mittee, and will be reported with the paid In cnsli. Rond officials and care next omnibus claims bill. Although the law passed by the peo takers should have sufficient compensn- tlon to Justify them in devoting their ple In 1910 provided that necessary ex entire time and attention to the work penses of delegates to national conven finder such a system properly admin tions up to $200 should be paid by the istered It will he possible to secure a state, the last legislature failed to dollar** worth of work for every dollnr make a specific appropriation for thia expended, which ts certainly not the purpoae, and the delegates will have case at the present time, except where to await the mercy of the next legis thia plan has already been adopted. lature before they receive their money. FOB GISl'S HÍIB3EÍ STYLE KNOWN AS THE CRAFTSMAN. De»i*n Ml, by Glenn L. Saxton. Architect. Minneapolis. Minn. 9 by Glenn L. Saxton. PERSPECTIVE VIEW—FROM A PHOTOGRAPH Dtr-UNG KiTCntN it-ax’io-c CHAMBER -»X. >a son •• KWxif-e LJVIKG *-• JU 5-0 CMAJ-rseR •« io-r xk - g chamber * : A FIRST FLOOR PLAN. SECOND FLOOR PLAN. We have this plan made up as an old New England colonial. English half timber. Spanish mission and Georgia colonial, besides Craftsman, aa shown above. The size of the bouse is twenty-six feet wide and twenty-eight feet deep under the main part. There is a sun room on the side which is ten feet six inches wide, thus making a frontage of thirty-six feet six inches. Neces sarily this calls for at least a forty-five or fifty foot lot. or one wider still is even more appropriate for this home. Cost to build, exclusive of beating and plumbing. $3.S00. There is a full basement under this entire house, First story nine feet. Bee- ond story eight feet in the clear, First story is finished throughout in birch and birch floors in first and second stories, Red oak or Georgia pine could be used If desired The second story is finished in pine to paint, with birch to stain mahogany color to give the old colonial interior finish for the chambers. Upon receipt of $1 the publisher of this (taper will supply a copy of Saxton’s book of plans entitled "American Dwellings." The book contains 254 new and up to date designs of cottages, bungalows and residences costing from $1,000 to $<1.000.