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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 18, 1910)
EIGHT PAOCI INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON, FEBRUARY 1, tAGK FOUR Independence Enterprise CHARLES EDWARD HICK Knterea at Independence. Or., pout offics m second class matter. 3uMerlptlon, 81.50 Par YMf OUR ROADS COMPARED The preaeut road situation In the United States may bs briefly sutorued tip follows: In roileace we have the moat tremen dous system of rordt which any coun try has eTer possessed sine the world began. According to a careful road census, the length of all of our road amount! to 2.135.000 mile. The roost libera estimate of our annual expendi ture oo these roads, both la money and lubor. was a fraction, over $70,000,000 In 1904, or about $105 per capita. At the same rate this would be an ex penditure of about $00,000,000 a year at the present time. According to our road census, we have less than -10,000 tulles of stone surfaced roHd. or about 2 per cent of the total mileage. We bare 108.000 miles of gravel road, or about 5 per cent of the total mileage. Small as our annual expenditure for roads has been. It has aggregated during the thirty year period from 1870 to 1900 a total of upward of $1,800,000,000. We may therefore say that the road build ing in the United 8tates Is, consider ing area, population and wealth, at the same point at which It stood thirty years ago and the seventeen hundred and odd million dollars have produced few appreciable results. When we turn lo the subject of rond administration In the United States we find that about half of the states are operating under practically the same road laws as prevailed In England when America was a colony. Tlila system of road administration provide for the payment of road tnxes partly in labor and locallr.es the work to nn extreme degree by placing In authority the district or township rnd orer seers or road sujii'i . i ment being made in ''-i- "r knowledge of rond lii:'.'i . i It"' '.w'-t of these petty official.-'. 'Vi.!i few ex ceptions no system of Mci-ottMting is in force, so that an intclli rcti! Ilc:i m i.v be obtained ns to the lixpiti'n of the road tax, and no detlulte linen of au thority are established such as would guarantee the wise and equitable con duct of the work. A number of states have adopted In principle or practice, or botbT the sys tem of centralizing under a state high way department the conduct of all or part of the road work of the state. thereby securing uniformity in meth ods, economy In administration and skill lo supervision. In some of the state highway departments the work U educations! and Investigative, with a view to ultimately giving these de partments administrative power. It Is not possible In a short article to enter Into a dlweueHion ef the various systems if state aid lu effect in this country. Fufflce It to ssy thst the principle of state aid and supervision constitute the germ of the only rond administration which ha proved suc cessful lu other countries. This movement Is gaining headway at a very rnpld rate, and when we con sider that It has been little more than a decade and a half since Its Incep tion the fact that half of the states have adopted ii lu principle and have actually expended from state treas uries considerably over $56,000,000 we may well feel encouraged for the fu ture of road building In this country. The striking feature of the French rond system Js the skilled supervision provided in every grade of road work and lu every unit of the administrative organization. The basis of the sys tem Is the school of roads and bridges, one of the flt-nit technical schools to the world, maintained at the expense of the national government. In this school are trained the highway en gineers to wbom are Intrusted the building and maintenance of the roads of France. At the head of the administrative or ganization Is an Inspector general of bridges and highways, under whom are chief engineers In charge of the road work of single departments and communes. Single srrondissements are under the direction of ordinary en gineers and underengineers, the latter being equivalent in rank to noncom missioned officers in the army. The subdivisions are under the direction of Drlncipal conductors and ordinary con- COHRSHILL NUPTIALS Married in, Portland, January 31, 1910, Miss Garlin Hill to George Fred 1910, Miss Garlin Hill to George Frederick) Cohrs. Mrs. Cohrs is the daughter of Mrs: Henry HU1 of this city and has dur- SEND FOR PRINTED MATTER MONMOUTH WALNUT , ACRES 1 TO 5 ACRE TRACTS LOCATED ONLY 1 MILE FROM MONMOUTH ON FINE COUNTRY ROAD, THE VERY FINEST OF SOIL, THE BEST OF TREES, ALL TAKEN CARE OF FOR 5 YEARS, BY A MAN THAT DOES NOTHING ELSE BUT LOOK AFTER THIS FINE ORCHARD. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY TREES SHOULD DIE THEY ARE ALL REPLACED AND KEPT IN FINE SHAPE. HERE IS YOUR CHANCE A LITTLE DOWN AND A LITTLE EACH MONTH AND YOU OWN A FINE ORCHARD. Smith-Wagoner Company x 311-312 LEWIS BLDG. PORTLAND SPECIAL AGENTS CHAS.E. HICKS REAL ESTATE CO. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON feiemu TfilBg EDISO ABOUT THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH AS AN ENTERTAINER IS THAT IT GIVES YOU YOUR KIND OF AM U8E MENT YOUR KIND OF MU SIC. THAT'S BECAUSE IT GIVES ANY KIND. THE MAN VvT LIKES OLD-FASHIONED BALLADS IS APT TO THINK BECAUSE HE HAS NEVER HEARD THE EDISON SING A BALLAD THAT IT IS A RAGTIME INSTRUMENT. YOU MUST HEAR THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH 8INO OR PLAY THE KIND OF MUSIC YOU LIKE. THEN YOU WILL KNOW. IT IS VERY EASY TO HEAR THE EDISON AT THE PHONOGRAPH PAR LORS OF THE SALEM MUSIC COMPANY'S STORE. ialeiMOifM? (Incorporated) 8UCCE8SOR TO L. F. SAVAGE. 247 Commercial St., alem, Or. "Strong As An x 39 fHr ii I i I ii 1 W bea lot lb bail hoe In lbs world. Is made of large, beayy baa s hlnga loin I tbit ylelda to preaiure sod tpf ingt back to place, it prooi agalnat weather conditions, thoroughly galfanlied, sod if aade to do eerdce and last. FEKI It made of steel exactly right for the purpota by the largeat wire making con- don.tr.t. this fence to ,o. We carry a large itack resdy or delivery and can give you poiutere and help in eelectlng and putting up. Have just received a car of field and poultry fence, hog tight and cattle tight. Call and see us before buying. lag some time past been a teacher in schools of Washington. Last year she taught school at Goldendale, Washington. It will be remembered that she was sent from Independence to unveil the Sacajawea monument at the Lewis and Clarke fair. Mr. Cohrs was formerly a jeweler of Pomeroy, Washington. They will lo cate at Long Beach, California, where they are now at home at 223 Kinta Avenue. The New Reading Club The Baraca-Philathea Reading Club met at their new reading room in the home of Wm. Ford Monday evening and elected officers. The following were elected: Earl South, president; Beula Bramberg, vice-president; Clyde Dick, secretary; Elmer Johnson, treas urer; Rev. Maynard R. Thompson, teacher. The club spent an hour of marked Interest in Bible study on the subject of "Christian Baptism". Do nations and loans of good books and magazines will be thankfully reeelved Those joining the Baraca and Fhila thea Bible clubs, meeting at the Bap tist church Sunday mornings, may be come members of this Joint reading (club. '; Knights Banquet their Friends A very enjoyable time was had at room of Knights of Pythias Monday night when that order held public in stallation of officers before members and a few invited guests. The beau tiful ritualistic work was very lmpres lve. occupying the first part of the evening and following after it was rendered a splendid musical and liter ary program. This was followed in i turn by games and a sumptuous ban !quet, completing a very successful ev ! ening's entertainment. Philathwas Enjoy Social The Phllatheas entertained the Bar acas and friends at the home of Mrs. Baldwin Saturday evening. The ev ening was spent In games after which a delightful luncheon was served. The fifty persons present seemed to enjoy this first social given by the Phllatheas and are looking forward to many more Just such good times. Orchard Spraying EVERYTHING YOU NEED .ROCHE HARBOR LIME, JAPANESE GROUND SUL ' PHUR IN LINEN SACKS, NO LINT. LIME AND SUL PHUR SOLUTION, READY FOR USE, GUARANTEED FULL STRENGTH. BLUE STONE, ACID HYDROM ETERS FOR TESTING SPRAYING SOLUTIONS. CALL AND GET PRICES OUR Williams Drug Company