All our sen tim e n ta l fe e ling s are a t
this tim e lavished upon our soldier bovs
and we enn hardly hear to have our
. president, even through misplui-eii c o n
fid e n c e , put Inuiselt hi u position o f
A W eekly N'enitpupttr W ith P le n t y
ul Btiikboutj
purtiuiiv eouilouiug c on d itio n s that p a r
A first cla ss p u b l u a t .u a entered a t C o t ents uud te lu tiv e s ot these Dovs th in k
ta g e Grove, Ore., as secuuii t in s * m atte r could have been prev ented by a more
e f f i c i e n t u d u uuistiatio u ot the aiuiv
E l b e r t B ed e aud E lb e r t ISuiitli P ub lishers
uud uuV'V departiuiits.
A lb ert b e il e ............................................... E d it o r
T t is well that this exposure cam e
b u s in e ss O f f i c e .................. 4 1 - h a s t M aiu ea rly iu our p re p aratio n s tor, and p a r
ticip a tio n in, the war. It will serve as
B U B a U K lP T lO N H A TE S
Itotiee to tht1 members o f the c a b in e t
tin e year. ___ $ 1 . 7 5 j Three mouths .50c
that even in war tim es lu e tficie u e v will
b i s mouths___ .VOt b iu g le copies .... 5c
One year, when paid in advance, or l>e exposed, and we mav hope that this
lesson will iio awav with the ueed o f au
w ithin 50 d ays a l t e r e i p ir a U o u
h i . 50
other such lesson later on when it would
T h is s p e cial applies only on a f u ll
be more disastrous than now to our war
y e a r s su b scrip tio n
Mo sub scription listed for less thau 50c aims.
We do not doubt, as many charg e,
ADY K K r U l M Q B A T ! 8
that the a c tio n of the O regon s e n a to r
Display, - 5 c au in c h ; read in g uotices, he has interru pted our war plans and mav
a h u e ; surrounded ads., 50c au lu c h ;
c la s s if ie d ails., l c a word, b p e c ia l dis di lav in some measure our p re p aratio n s
cuuuts ou c o u t ia c t s . Cards of t h a n k s for war, hut he has not d e l a t e d them
aud resulutious, be a line.
a f r a c t io n as much as thev have been
d
elayed by m e f f i e ie s c v and red tape
LEG AL HATES
he a hu e fo r siugle lu s e rtiu u ; 5c a hue It the ad vice o f the Oregou s en ato r is
f o r subseitueut insertio ns up to aud m
followed there will lie such a s av in g o f
eluding a to ta l o f four lusertio u s; 5c u tim e as will make up inanv fold to r anv
h u e f l a t fo r all no tices ru umug f iv e in
sertions to teu lusertio u s; 4c a h u e flat d elay Ins aetio u has caused. We hope
f o r notices ruuuiug o v er teu lusertious. that S e n a t o r Uliuniborluiu s a c t io n in
throwing light ou d in k places will re
M ember of
suit ia c h an g es that will m ak e it possi
M atio u al E d i t o r i a l A ssociation
ble f o r republicans, d em o cr a ts and S e n
Oregon S t a t e K .iito iiul A ssociation
W illa m e t t e Valley E d i t o r i a l Asao< intiou a to r Uhamtierlain to get behind the ad
m in is tratio n s tro n ge r thau ever.
The
i.a u e County 1‘u b h s h e r s ' A ssociation
i president must be supported, but uot
F R I D A Y . F E B R U A R Y 1, IsMh
j blindly. I f his s e c re ta rie s keep things
from him, someone else must tell him.
T H E F L A Q O F O U R U N IO N .
D e m o cratic newspapers are a little
(Fije ^ c a t t u r i
T h e followiug snug was sung during
the C ivil war ami was popular for ye ars
afte rw ard s. It is quite appropriate at
this time. The S e u tiu e l is indebted to
Mrs. J o s . B e s t, o f I ’o rtlaud , fo r the
copy:
T h e flag o f our I'u ion, the watchword
we call
Which gav e our republic her s tatio n .
United we stand, divided we fall.
I t made and preserved us a nation.
The union of lakes, the union o f lands.
T h e union o f s t a te s none can se v e r;
T h e union o f hearts, the union o f hands
And the f l a g o f our l u i o n fo re v e r
and ever.
T h e f l a g o f our Union forever.
T h e large m a jo r it y o f fam ilie s nre co
o p e ra tin g splendidly, it is true, but
those that are not ctiuso d is s a t i s f a c t i o n
among those that are and are gradually
fo rc in g the governm ent to u compulsory
system o f war ra tioning Thev are grail
uu11v f o r c in g the governm ent to impose
punishment for a t t e m p t s to evade the
regulations.
So f a r the oulv compulsory regulatio ns
have been placed against those who sell
fo o d s t u f f s
and
Food
Xdlliniistrutor
Aver savs that inanv nre m ak in g things
m iserab le for the grocers. He s a v s :
“ 111 Matured com plain ts mid th r e a t s
o f dis con tin ued p atro n ag e are made bv
a l i g n housewives, those c o m p la in ts aud
t h r e a t s in inanv cases bein g iiaeked up
by husbands or b ro th e rs who m ak e ape
i ini v is it s to tin* grocer to v o ire their
displeasure. T he se u n p a trio tic c itize n s
will go to almost m u length to evade
tlie re g u latio ns aud to secure more than
their allow mice, although assured thut
this is the surest wav o f c r e a t i n g a I
sh o rtag e and raising prices, whereas, if
thev will support liie food ad m iuistra j
tiou in its cnrefuUv worked out plans,
there will lie plenty tor all at reason |
ab le prices, with h surplus fo r the I
steady s t r e a m of food s t a p le s that w e !
must keep moving toward the fro n t it I
we are to win the w a r . “
it is hard to understand, a f t e r all the {
p u b licity giv en to the c o n se rv a tio n plan '•
how unv fa m ily can l>e ig n o ran t o f
hut is asked, or o f the lived o f coin
plving with the requests o f the food ad
m in is tratio n , but find ing f a u lt with gro !
vers who a re rom pelled to eoniplv with
the food regulatio ns is e i th e r thought
ness, iguoraui-e o f the n a t i o n 's
needs, or lack o f patrio tism
It is for {
a d i c itize n to d efin e ins own partu-u
lar case.
T h e com m ent o f Food A d m in istrato r
Aver must lie meant for some other citv
tlian C o t t a g e Grove, for ev ery fam ily
of this citv signed the food pledge and
those who have signed the pledge and
then hamper the ad m in istra tio n are uot
oulv lack in g iu the spirit o f p atrio tism
Inch considers no s a c r i f i c e too g n a t if
prudently deemed necessary, lint they
touehv about republican newspapers
c om m e n tin g so liberally upon the t'h am
be rlaiu charges.
A nyth in g unv repu b
lican newspaper lias said is e xtre m e ly
mild and ladv iik e com pared to things
said by the d em o cratic newspapers dur
iug the Spanish American war. No one
at that tim e said it was b e t t e r fo r our
boys to live on embalmed b e e f mid iu
disease-breedin g camps than to have
con ditions exposed aud corrected . R e
publicans have been for y e a r s su p p o rt
ing the Uhnuibcrlain war views, views
winch the ad m in istra tio n has found it
necessary to adopt, so t h a t this is no
are repu diating their own sig n a tu r es
sudden fa n c y .
Surelv there are none in C o ttag e
We are not willing t h a t the lives of
Grove who in te n tio n a lly put them selves
our boys shall be needlessly s a c r if ic e d
in that class.
in order that an ad m in istra tio n mav be
saved from deserved c r it i c is m even at
M ORE W A ST E E L IM IN A T E D
a tim e when such c ritic is m means s e r i
W hat God in his wisdom aud mercy de
signed
And arm ed with his weapons o f th u n
ous delay in our war plans.
der
I f the
ch arg es
are
proven,
the
Not all the e a r t h ' s despots or f a c ti o n s
a d m in istra tio n
it s e l f
is
responsi
com bined
ble f o r the c riticism and i f the c rit ic is m
H av e a power to conquer or sunder.
causes a s et-b ac k in the war plans, the
T h e union o f lakes, the union o f lands,
d elay is the f a u lt o f the ad m in istra tio n
T h e union o f s t a te s none can s e v e r ;
it s e lf , not o f its c r i t i c i z e » .
T h e union o f hearts, the union o f hands
W e sin ce re ly trust th a t the c h arg es
And the f l a g o f our I'u ion fo re v e r
made bv the s en a to r are found un prov
and ever
en, but i f con ditions a r e only a part as
T h e f l a g o f our Union forever.
bad as he has painted them , they- needed
the light o f pu b licity. I f this exposure
OUR GEORGE.
was necessary, it was, indeed, f o r t u n a t e
“ Our G e o r g e ’ ’ has spilled the beans. th a t it was made by a d em ocrat. Had
I t is r e g r e t ta b l e t h a t this mess should it been made by a republican, a partisan
fig h t would have been p re c ip ita te d that
be stirred up at this time.
Unless th e re are s u b s t a n t ia l grounds might not hav e ended with the c o r r e c
fo r the c harg es which S e n a t o r Chamber- tion o f the m istake s complain ed o f. Re
la in has made, his a c t io n may be c o n publicans have shown t h e ir s in c e r it y iu
strued a must u n p atrio tic aud re p r e supporting the ad m in istra tio n by l e a v
ing these thing s to a member o f the p a r
hensible one.
I f conditions, however, are as he savs ty in power.
t h e y are, he would be an unpatriotic
man indeed not to throw upon such c o n
d itio ns the pitiless light o f pu b licity.
One o f the most r e g r e t ta b l e fe a tu re s
in con nectio n with this exposure o f a s
tounding c on ditio ns is the presid ent s
quick retort t h a t the c h arg es were a b
solu tely without fo un datio n and the i n
sin uation t h a t “ Our G e o r g e ’ ’ was l in
in g up with the pro-Germ ans. T h e re
to rt does not harmonize with the g re at
s t a t e papers which have issued from the
presid ent and, in case th e people come
t o see thing s the way C h am b e rlain does,
th e e f f e c t will be to w eaken the p re s i
dent b e f o re th e people in any fu tu re
c o n tro v e r sy o v er the war.
I t is almost i n c o n c e iv a b le to us t h a t
th e presid ent could have, in tru ly Roose
v e ltia n m an ner, applied such unkind
words to the Oregon sen ato r, f o r whose
Teelection he pleaded four years ago aud
who, as c h airm an i f the m i l it a r y a f f a i r s
com m itte e , has been a b u lw ark to the
ad m in istra tio n in the prosecutio n o f the
w ar aud who, when m ak in g his charges
c on ce rn in g the fullin g down o f the mil
i t a r y program, aud even a f t e r the pres
ident had said unkind th in g s o f him,
re fra in e d from anv unkind rem ark t o
wards the president.
T h e presid ent must hav e know n t h a t
C h am b erlain , as head o f the m ilita r y
a f f a i r s com m itte e , was In a b e t t e r posi
tion to know about the m ilit a r y a f f a i r s
o f the cou ntry thau even the president.
T h e presid ent c e r ta in ly knew t h a t the
c o u n try would not excuse the senator
i f , as the head o f this com m ittee, he
had made these c harg es and was unable
to sustain them.
S e n a t o r C h am b erlain was studying the
m ilit a r y a f f a i r s o f the natio n before
Wilson was elected presid ent, and has
sin ce then giv e n them contin uous study.
Almost ev ery m ilit a r y e xped ien t adopt
ed by the ad m in istra tio n was suggested
by C h am b erlain and at f irs t ridiculed
by the ad m in istra tio n . F o r three years
the measures o f preparedness advocated
by C h am b e rlain were scorn ed by the ad
m in is tra tio n , then f in ally adopted. The
ad m in istra tio n has repeated ly adopted
t h e C h am b e rlain ideas u t t e r a period of
ridicule. C h am b erlain has been right
so m any tim es when the ad m inistratio n
was wrong t h a t we are surprised that
th e president w u s d 't a l it t l e more cau
tious about so unceremoniously putting
t h e s en ato r in t h e A n n a n ia s class.
accustomed during times o f ponce uud
One thing S e n a t o r U ham berlaiu has
succeeded iu doing in his demand fo r a
d irec tin g c a b in e t for th e war a c t iv i t i e s
has been to h a v e his new plan p artially
adopted ami to draw from S e c r e t a r y
B a k e r e x a c t f a c t s c o n ce rn in g our war
preparatio ns, in place o f the rosy-
worded v e rb a l pictures b e fo re given us.
I n his address b e fo re the m ilit a r y c o m
m itte e he changed his e n t i r e a ttitu d e
and instead o f what has b e f o re a p
peared a display o f ego he inv ited c r i t i
cism o f any shortcom in gs and sugg es
tions f o r t h e ir corre ctio n .
Even S en
ato r U ham berlain was impressed b y the
new attitu d e .
T h e s ta te m e n t by the s e c r e t a r y o f war
will g r e a tl y c le ar the atmosphere. Those
who hav e fe lt t h a t the w ar plans were
not going ahead at the speed th a t th e y
should will be g r e a tly relieved to know
ju s t how bad th e condition is aud still
more relieved to find t h a t thing s are
not as bad as they feared .
A t this d istan c e it seems to us th a t
the Oregon sen ato r was ab s o lu te ly s in
cere in what he said, t h a t t h e presid ent
was sin ce re in his b e li e f t h a t conditions
were as good as could lie exp e cte d , th a t
S e c r e t a r y B a k e r has done much b e t t e r
than m an y hav e e xpected o f him but
t h a t m any m is tak e s could have been
avoided and m any delays o b v iate d by a
more f o rc e fu l and experienced rnan at
the bead o f his department.
SEL FISH N E SS. TH OUG H TLESSN ESS
OR L A C K O F P A T R IO T IS M . W H IC H ?
“ T h e g r e a te s t stum bling block in the
wav o f the food a d m in istratio n is the
s elfish ness and u n p atrio tic in d if f e r e n c e
o f the a v e r a g e Oregon f a m i l y . ’ ’ T h is is
the s t a te m e n t o f Fe d e ral Food A d m in
i s t r a t o r Aver.
Think o f it!
Oregon ran k s f i r s t fo r v o lu ntary en
list merits, for Red Cross and Y. M. C.
A. c o n trib u tio n s and for purchase o f l i b
e rty bonds, y e t when it comes t o incon-
v enciencing our stom achs we rebel.
T h in k o f i t !
T h in k o f our boys!
S t a n d in g out th e re in muddv trenches,
in snow, and rain and wind, fi g h t i n g
our b a t t le s ag ain st an enemy th a t lusts
fo r blood, th a t knows no m e r ey ; o f f e r
ing life t h a t our cou ntry and our d aug h
ters may not be ravaged as Belgium and
F r a n c e and t h e ir d aug hters have been
T h e course the presid ent should have ra v a g e d ; s tan d in g out th e re exposed to
followed, and th e one which he, no shot and shell and gas and sic k n es s and
doubt, now wishes he had followed, was living on food beside which t h a t which
to say t h a t he had no desire to protect we arc asked to live on would to them
any member o f his a d m inistratio n from seem wildest luxury.
ju s t c ritic is m fo r any shortcom in g and
Can we at home, who rio not have to
t o put it s t r a ig h t up to the sen ato r to s a c r i f i c e e ith e r lif e or limb, think o f
prove what he had said or humbly a p o l our boys out th e re and say we are will
ogize.
ing to ham per the ad m in istra tio n in the
Had the president done th is he would conduct o f the war in ord er that our
have stre n gth en e d his hold upon the s tom ach s may b e pampered and have
c ou ntry , reg ard le ss o f the outcome.
the d elicac ies to which they have been
X
I prosperity.
E lim in a t io n o f waste iu ev ery form
is a dutv p articu larly imposed upon us
at this time.
E v e ry p a t r io t ic citizen
has been called upon for coo p eratio n in
b ring in g tins th in g about, and vet but
lit t le head w ay has been made iu the
e lim in atio n o f waste in one o f its most
f la g r a n t f o rm s — unnecessary deliveries.
Frequent d eliverie s, a source o f t r e
mendous exp e n se to m e r ch a n ts, are the
result of keen c o m p e titio n on the part
o f m e rch an ts to render s e r v ic e to cus
toniers. T h e A m erican people hav e been
educated on th is f re e d elivery to the
point where thev deem it almost a sign
o f ill breed in g to o f f e r to c a r r y a p a c k
age home.
With the need for war tim e t h r i f t it
may be possible to reduce the free de
liv ery o f goods to a minimum. The eiim
¡n ation o f useless expen ses o f this kind
could have a tremendous e f f e c t upon
the price paid fo r merchandise.
Few , p ro b ab ly, have e v er stopped to
think serio usly o f the tremendous e x
pense o f the d eliv ery system .
In C o tta g e Grove the av e ra g e expense
o f a d eliv ery has been found to be 7
cents, i f a m erchan t should add 55 per
cen t to th e cost o f his goods, he would
just break even on an order o f M) cen ts
which was sent out bv delivery
I t the
ord e r was sm alle r he would ac tu ally lose
money. As a m a t t e r o f f a c t the per
c elita g e added to th e price of goods
would a v e r a g e less than 35 per cen t, so
t h a t a sale would hav e to lie g r e a te r
thau 30 c e n ts to permit the m erchant
t o break ev en .
T h e person who as k s
a m e rchan t to deliv er a 5 cent or 10
c en t purchase can e asily fig u r e what a
burden he is imposing upon the nier
c h a n t, a burden which the m erchant
must pass along to someone else who
m ak es a b ig g e r purchase.
The latter
may be the s am e person who had the
5 c en t or 10 cent pac k ag e d elivered, but
t h a t does not a l t e r the f a c t t h a t goods
could e v e n tu a lly be g r e a tl y reduced in
price by the e lim in a tio n o f useless de
liv eries.
T h e plan is to be tried in C o t t a g e
Grove a f t e r F e b r u a r y 1, when the d e
liv e rie s will be reduced to one a day.
T hose who a re c o o p er a tin g with the
governm ent in th e e lim in a tio n o f w aste
will re g u late t h e ir purchases in such
a manner t h a t n e ith e r th e y nor the m e r
c h a n t s will be g r e a tl y inconvenie nced.
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a n im o sity , but t h e re arc, nevertheless,
many in A m erica who would p re fe r to
do without the music o f the old German
m asters d uring the war. T h i s feeling
is hardly the result of ill fe e lin g ag ain s t
the uld German m asters them selves. It
is the result o f the feeling so sponta
lieously developed in A m erica to do
awuy with e v e r y t h i n g o r ig in a t in g in
Germany.
No p a trio tic citiz e n would
today buy a n y th in g bearing the made
in G erm any tra d e m a rk , even though it
had been made years b e fo re the war
T h e same feeling holds a g a in s t made m
Germany music.
T h e re is no reason why wc c a n ’t be
independent o f G erm any in all things.
We, for one, would p re fe r to do without
music o r ig in a t in g in G erm any for the
reason th a t we would like to show thut
we a rc in no way dependent for our
music upon the natio n whose m ilita r is ts
teach f r i g h t fu l n e s s to its soldiers and
whose overlords hav e fo r a gen eratio n
planned f o r the wholesale murder o f
th e troops and c itiz e n s o f o th e r conn
T h e people o f Boland a r c e a t in g bread trie s for t h e ir own agg rand izem ent.
made from ground b a rk s and pussy wil
Wc p refer to have nothing to do with
low pods. Is any A m erican going to an y th in g o r ig in a t in g with an enemy of
com plain b ecau se Hoover w ants us to our country .
mix tw e n t y per c en t o f o th e r grain
T h is f e e li n g does not lav ag ain s t luu
flours with our w h e a t f
sic produced by those o f G e rm an b irth
who arc now p a t r io t ic citize n s o f Amer
A very r e g r e t ta b l e thing in c o n n e c ica.
tion with th e C h am b e rlain exposure,
(State and g o v e rnm e nt employes arc
from a repu b lican s tan d p o in t, is that
e xem pt from the war tax on t h e ir sal
Oregon, which has given more volu n
arics, but th e re is nothing t o prevent
te e rs in proportion to population than
them from d e m o n s tra tin g t h e ir p atrio t
a n y o th e r s t a t e in the union, is ra llying
ism by v o lu n tarily payin g th e tax.
around the C h a m b e rlain s tandard, and
the best re p u b lic an in the s ta te could
W c w o u ld n ’t be surprised to wake
not get within ye llin g d is ta n c e o f “ Our
up most any m orning and meet an eat
G e o r g e ” were he to come up fo r re-
election to day . E v e n those d em o crats less meal.
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who think C h a m b e rlain has made a m is
It duenn’t n e c e ss arily follow t h a t a
t a k e w o u ld n ’t let thnt I n t e r f e r e with woman physician has more p a tie n ts
v otin g f o r him.
than a man physician .
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G E R M A N M U SIC
In a new novel the lover drops kisses
from an ae ro plane to li is s w e eth ea r t on
J a c o b s ’ O r c h e s t r a M onthly t a k e * issue
board an ocean liner.
T h e obi style
with those who desire the e lim in atio n where you hidd her tig h t to you and feel
o f German music during the period o f her heart th ro b ev ery time the lips
the war. In a way this m a g a z i n e ’s po meet, is good enough for us. Under such
aition may be c o r r e c t . T h e g re at m u si circ u m s ta n ce s it is easy enough to be
lieve that you are t r a v e lin g on air.
cia n s o f G e r m a n y , at least those who
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lived and died years b e fo re th e war
T h e goody goody rnan q u ite f r e q u e n t
s t a rte d , c e r t a i n l y had no q u a r re l with ly makes o th e rs cuss. In o th e r words
us and hail no ill-feeling to w ard s us. his method of pre se rv in g his own morals
has ft tend ency to disrupt the morals of
T ow ard s these wc have no f e e li n g o f others.
G
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sto r e
- coop ser v ic e
H INGS W E TH INK
Thing* O t h e r * D fiK and Wh.it We
Think of the Thing* Other* Think
A lt e r a girl lias In- • a murrii-.l a roupie
years. she begins to I in a k of w lint she
(night have aiiiounti .1 to.
A h bolli-ut man cali get
thiiigs t li il t would bruii;
and ubasi- upon thè known
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Delirious Invi* »mi i n f o i
in li st he some w hat alikc.
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awav witli
vituperai itili
h i p o c r it e
ir ut i ng lov«*
M»*n un<! vvoini*ti un* perversi* ami in
«‘ousisteut anyw av. A man vvouMn't
walk on flit* S t r e e t with a vv ornali vv ho
limi a cigur stmrk in her inettith or vvho
was *<|ijiitiug tnliacro pii«'«* info th«'
g u tte r, ami a woiiian vvouMn’t walk
down tii»* str«*et with a man vvhosr out
i
sui** ciotti ing ailowrtl ina nmh'rclotlira
to
HÌIOW t h l O I J g l l .
Tin* polity or petulunt expression «
not improve a g i r l 's looks, hut m*
th«*l»*ss it li a m a stran ge a t t r a c t io n
the young man in love with h«*r.
Wh«*n a young man g«*fs to nibbling
at a g i r l 's I'M* the «harnea arc that I k *
ia g«ung t*i lut«*.
.lust becaus«* a person lina been aol«i
it ia no sign that in* can lie bought.
VV«* notice a news item about a man
fifiditig u can ot oh! coins while iligging
f«*r fiab worms. T h a t was good fortune
hut a bad precedent.
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T h e mail who aim lea while paying his
ta x e s and suys they are too low, may be
an optimist, but we'd call Inm an oliot
I f people acted in real life lik • they
«lo in novels we w«m!d have to rr\ise
the penal code.
I'robablv a m a jo r ity o f people in this
old world dread death, y«*t they are eon
tiriiially wishing for the time to pass
that brings them nearer to som«* o b je ct
o f the heart ami ills«» eloner to that
which they dread.
I f you pose as an exam ple V * hi must
expect to be worked.
LU C K Y DOUGLAS COUNTY
I . • 1 1 1 * » r i n 1 ni I . * i g • • ii » • ftcgisti-i
I he colili I v court of Douglas ifiuntv
r «'• cut I v appoint* .| M It Gelinomi as
• ■•»nut v rom lina-ter, ami i»f't«*r tending
a «! if« merit of I um polirò**« p u n te d in a
Hone but
new papj
a n - « i ii 11 •• s u ra
the Douglas county tu 11 h e rs a c te d w ise
I v. Mr. ( i n iiioio I *s idc as on ro a d b u ild
tug ought t «• le* scatt«*i ed fa r a lid w i. lc ,
tor they con tain much u is .lo iu a n d i - oiii
moil sense IL- say at
* • I ’roh ihlv one of tin* most import
ant pollen** that I niteml to follow will
be to build new roa«ls «»lily w her«* they
will have a permanent location lle fo re
ri'comuiemling anv «*xp«*mo* for ctinsfruc
ti«»n, I will cmhuivor to satisfy myself
that w)i«*u tin* w o i k ha* b«*«*n «lone tfn*re
Will he little likelihood of t h e i r ever be
ing a demand lor a « hang«* o f location.
Good sound doctrine
It our roads
had been laid out in the first piaia* with
this idea in mimi, Oregon would hav«*
l*«*«*n saved igillions o f d o lla is and w (*
should liow have tar less o f a puddelli
to fa«*«* in the wav of new const ruction.
Dui Mr. Gelinomi has other id« as as
well Here is one «d t hem :
* ' l n «»nr road const rii«*! ion program
as nearly as possible wc intend t « » «on I
s f n u t and improve tin* roads from tlo*
farm s to tlo* produce marki'ts, so as t«»
n a Id«* thus«* who grow fo o d s tu f f s to g«*t
their products • « » market « 1111 « k I v. i n
dcr present world d«,nian«ls i f our roa«l
systems f ail t « » «lo this they an* lackin g
in tin* r«*« 111 ir«*in• *nts o f th«* film s. ’ ’
A«le«|iiai*' market highways is th«*
problem that Oregon must s«dv«» in tin*
near future it her «lev I'lopmeiit is I«»
proceed ns it should, for vve nre le a r n
ing that it is « » I httli* vain«* to inereuHi*
production on the filini i f vve provi«!«*
in* way t«» get the products o f the farm
to mark'd at all seasons « » t the v«*nr.
Hut let us h«*ar more ot Mi. G e l i n o m i 's
pin ns :
••When we g« t a romlway built oil a
pern iam*nt location vve «lo not intend t<*
"it still and let if become worn out, but
interni to keep it in shape at all times
by doing the repairing at th«* right tini«*
ami thus not only save ou the cost of*
tlo* work, but at tin* sam e time hav«* a
g«M»«l road ii II t In* t ime. ’ '
I f Douglas county will spi'ciali/«* on
this om* thought, it will soon solvt* the
undesirable reputation o f having th«*
poorest roads in Or«*gon. It mak es lit
tie different*«» how much money is spent
on a rond iu the first place , or liovv
^oo«l th«* roa«l may be when it is first
1 1 ni h Ii4*«I ; the r«*al t«*st of value is how
long it rem ains in good condition ami
no road will «'ontinne good without
proper mainfeatiuce.
Douglas «oiintv lias \ote«| a h a l f m il
lion «loilnr bond isso«* for roa«l improve
m«*nt, mid if these th re e c a rd in a l pria
«•ipl«*s of permanent location, iiilc<|iint«>
m aintenan ce and m arket routes nr«*
kept in mind hi spending the mon«‘y the
tax p a y e rs will have little cause for
complaint.
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