Friday, Juno 30, 1022
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE
Page Four
COMMISSIONER IS SQUEALING
"Oh what tangled webs we weave
when first we practice to deceive,
And then instaed of acknowledging
the corn. State Highway Commission
er V. B. Barrett is attempting:
through the Oregonian to fasten onto
Independence the blame for the mar
ket road tangle.
Mr. Barrett appears to have over
looked at least one point in his tirade
against the "road obstructionists" in
Folk county: If the highway commis
sion is functioning according to the
law,' then how is it possible for so
called obstructionists in Polk or any
other county, to pester that august
body?
On he other hand, if the highway
commission and county courts are
violating law it is good citizenshp to
call a halt to it
Judge Kelly has said that it is in
violation of the statutes to use mar
ket road funds in building the Pacific
highway, and Judge Skipworth holds
a similar view. We presume that In
the estimation of Mr. Barrett Messrs.
Kelly and Skipworth are obstruction-,
ists. And likewise, so would anybody
else be who might oppose the illegal
acts of the commission.
The Enterprise has never been
willing to concede that the highway
commission has either divine or state
arar tn An as it mav. It is willing
.).:(. v,, Qvor tVist. itm av have that, so far as
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appeared in that light for some time, concerned, the commission and court
It is barely possible that the commis- nave Deen on gooa terms aim imvc
sion will find in the final analysis tried to find some way out of the
that it is presumed to be a part of the tangle in Polk,
state government with only statutory
"And now," continued Commis
sioner Barratt, "you want the state
to pave the road for you you
want other counties to be deprived
of aid and much needed roads in
order that you can have hard sur
face pavement for nothing. It wouk:
be robbing counties In eastern Ore
gon and western Oregon. I, for one,
won't stand for it. You're not fair
and are not asking for anything
fair. You voted bonds and never
sold a dollar's worth. You voted
your bones for market roads aim
not for the highway. If the state
paved your highway and you
haven't sold your bonds, what would
prevent you from cancelling Uie
bond issue and getting a road system
for nothing?"
At the former meeting of the com
mission with the Polk county court
the commission tried to have $23,000
turned over toward constructing
bridges on the highway and $40,00'J
in bonds, the commission saying that
it would use the bond money on
some section in the county, possibly
near the Benton county line. Some
how the delegation misunderstood
the commission and had an idea that
if the $65,000 was turned over, the
commission would finish paving
through the county and ask for no
more funds. It was when this idea
was expressed that Commissioner
Barratt opened up.
Chairman Booth gave assurance
the county court Is
privileges.
Here's the Oregonian story:
Road work in about ten couties
is being held up and counties in
convenienced because of Polk county,
or rather a small group of obstrue
. tionists in the town of Independence
This statement was made direct to
the Polg county court yesterday by
members of the state highway com
mission. The road obstructionists in Polk
county, not content with blocking
completion of the west side high
way through the courts, have
"gummed up -the road game" in
many other counties through at
tacking the agreement of the Polk
county court to contribute market
road funds on the unfinished state
highway in that county. Market roa 1
money was about all the court had
and the obstructionists went to court
and a decision was obtained from
Circuit Judge Kelly to the effect
that market road funds cannot be
placed on state highways. Nearly
a dozen counties have been so placing
market road funds and, in view
of Judge Kelly's decision, this road
work must stop.
As soon as possible, the commis
sion will try to get a decision from
the supreme court. The develop
ment has brought down a shower ot
criticism against Polk county as a
whole, although the members of the
county court, with some heat, de
nied vesterday that they were re
sponsible and declared the whole af
fair was the work of a few individ
uals. "Morrow county," exclaimed W. B.
Barratt, member of the highway
commission, "has spent more money
on 35 miles of macadam road than
ycu people want to pay for a first
class highway clear through your
Polk county. Morrow has spent
$265,000 on these 35 miles and Tues
day it took me two hours to drive
over it. We want an outlet' to the
Columbia river highway, but you
people of Polk are holding us up."
"It isn't us," interrupted Judge
Robinson, of Polk county.
"No, it is a few individuals in our
county," added a Polk county commissioner.
reached, at
promised to
due on the
which sum
July 5 and
One aereement was
least. Judge Robinson
pay the state $27,000
Dallas-Salem road, of
$14,000 is to be paid
$13,000 August 10.
The west side highway must now
wait, explained Chairman Booth,
until a decision on market road
funds is reached in the supremo
court.
Social Events
On Thursday night of last week
Mrs. J. G. Mcintosh presented her
piano pupils in annual recital. The
Methodist church was beautifully dec
orated with quantities of ferns anil
Caroline Testout roses, the work being
Dlanned and executed by Mesdames
Ingram, Butts and Heffley.
The auditorium of the church was
filled to the doors, manifesting the
interest of friends in the progress oi
the students. Mrs. Mcintosh's class
is composed of about 35 pupils, from
the wee beginner whose little hands
can scarcely reach the octave to the
more advanced student of several
years' . study. It would be useless to
attempt personal mention of each
participant in the 'program, but each
number was well rendered, showing
fully the care and thoroughness with
which each lesson had been studied.
Mrs. Mcintosh, as well as her pa .ils,
is to be congratulated upon the suc
cess of the recital.
When Edwin Dole returned from
town a few days ago he found a room
full of boys who had come to help
him celebrate his 11th birthday.
Edwin, while rather staggered at first
proved himself fully equal to the
occasion and invited his friends to
the shady yard where fun and laugh
ter held full sway for several hours.
Then came the lunch, an exceedingly
important event to 12 hungry boys,
end something which could be fully
appreciated by them. There was a
fire in the yard and a weenie roast,
but each fellow must contribute a
number to the impromptu ' program
before the coveted weenie, brown and
fizzling from the fire was his. Many
and varied were the stunts performed
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by the boys and of such a nature that
it is only by a serious oversight that
Ringling's side shows are not greatly
increased by acrobats and sleight of
hand performers, and the number of
Independence small boys materially
decreased. Even Grandma Dole fell
victim to the savory odor of the
luscious weenie, and, the prize being
great, performed her stunt which
while not as strenuous na those of
the boys, found favor in the eyes of
the company and was rewarded with
a bountiful supply of "hot dogs".
Ice cream, cake and candy formed a
dessert just right and the games were
renewed until darkness fell and the
boys scattered for their homes to
count the days till Edwin should see
fit to have another birthday.
Guests present were: Benton Skibis
kze of Portland, Carl Pressler, Dan
Moore, Merle Coquillette, Emmett
Batch, Dale Wood, Kenneth Loretz,,
Ronald Troxel, Melvin Wilson and
Hollis Dole.
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A story in the Capital Journal of a
concert given at Silverton by Misj
Mary Schultz, a niece cf Mr. and Mrs.
George ReuJ, will be of particular in
terest to the many friends of Miss
Schultz in Independence: "Miss Mary
Schultz,' Salem violinist, filled her
concert engagement at Eugene Field
hall in Silverton, Monday night, with
pronounced success. A large audi
ence, which included many out o
town friends of the performer, was in
attendance, and was most enthusias
tic. A brief concert by the Silverton
Mt. Angel band preceeded Mlsa
Schultz's program, which was very
much the same as the one given re
cently in Salem. Additionally there
were given the Tartini-Kreisler Var
iations; the lovely composition, "Last
Rose of Summer," by Ruthyn Tumey
of Chemawa, and encores.
About 50 members of the K. of P.
and Pythian Sisters and their friends
gathered at the K. P. hall Monday
evening and enjoyed ' several social
hours together. After a short pro-
ntuuli nd readings
"fiddler" and accompanist were com
mandeered, and waltzes and fox trots
filled the hours, the dancers pausing
only to partake of the delicious re
freshments' of ice cream and cake,
when feet again kept time to tlio
music until a late hour.
The country homo of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh llanna was the scene of a de
lightful picnic party Friday evening
when the members of the millinery
class and their families gathered on
the spacious lawn for a seven o'clock
dinner. A long table, laden with all
the delicacies of the season, was
spread on the lawn and the dinner
served cafeteria stylo to 42 persona.
After the table was cleaved, games
and dancing en the wide verandfi
were enjoyed, The families represen
ted were: J. K. Neil, Dr. Snapp, A. L.
Keeney, A. L. Thomas, D. P. Mae
Carthy, A. E. llorton, Z. C. Kimball,
C. G. Irvine, William Campbell, 0.
D. Byers, Earl Butler, Hugh llanna,
Chester Sioper, J. S. Robbie and the
Misses Arbuthnot and lloux.
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