Court Cites County Road Situation
Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon, Moch 25, 1948-3
Some one has said that the
road to hell Is paved with good
Intentions. Many a county court
has been told that the roads were
simply hell and had no pavement
of any kind. A meeting was held
In the courthouse at Heppner on
March 2, 1948, at which represen
tatives of the Grange, Farm Bu
reau, Heppner Chamber of Com
merce and Junior Chamber of
Commerce, City of Heppner,
County Court, and others inter
ested in roads attended Includ
ing also county-wide road com
mittee. The following is a hrief
resume of the decisions reached:
No one was specifically appoint
ed or agreed upon to make a re
port to this Interim Committee
concerning this meeting. The
members of the Morrow County
Court therefore present this state
ment. Other reports on this sub
ject may be presented. The ac
tual condition of the roads in
Morrow county cannot be given
until the engineering committee
goes over the situation which
they intend to do sometime in
the near future. We were inform
ed that this report should cover
the overall picture of our roads
and the importance and tonnage
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and any suggestions we may
huve relative to stale and county
roads, their improvement and
what finances we may have to
carry on road work. All maps,
charts and questionnaires needed
will be furnished when the en
gineer goes over the situation.
Morrow county has not had an
engineer since the outbreak of
the last war.
Suggestions Relative to Roads
Suggest that the State Hiway
Commission immediately com
plete paving of Heppner-Spray
road from Hardman to mouth of
Chapin Creek and complete job
to John Day Hiway as soon as
possible.
That the Stale Hiway Commis
sion take over construction of a
road from Chapin Creek to Mon
ument via Parkers Mill and Sun
flower Flat. We believe that the
Forest Service might help in this
construction in order to obtain
much needed fire protection for
timber. Also that the Heppner
Lumber Company will help in
the construction to assist them
to get out a great stand of tim
ber for their lumber operations.
That the Heppner-Spray road
from Its junction with the John
Day Hiway to Heppner and from
Heppner over Oregon-Washington
Hiway No. 74 out Hinton
Creek to Nye Junction, and from
Heppner on Willow Creek Hiway
to junction on Columbia River
Hiway be placed on Federal Aid
program. Willow Creek road
from Junction to Heppner, thence
to Nye Junction was removed
from Federal Aid without notice
or knowledge to Morrow county
and said Federal Aid transferred
to North & "South road or roads
out of Pendleton to John Day.
That State Hiway Commission
oil Heppner-Pilot Rock road from
Lena to Nye Junction. That the
State Hiway Commission instead
of spending money for rebuild
ing or improving present Willow
Creek Hiway from Morgan to the
Junction consider the construc
tion of a new and shorter road
from Morgan to Condon-Arlington
road a few miles above Ar
lington. This would shorten the
distance to Arlington by approx
imately 13 miles.
That the lone-Gooseberry road
which was approved by Public
Roads Administration as a sys
tem of Federal Aid Secondary
Hiways in 1916 be taken over by
the State Hiway Commission and
completed. This road is known
on Hiway maps as Road 444 and
has 8 miles of oiled suTface and
balance gravel. This road would
connect state roads Heppner-Con-don
with Willow Creek Hiway.
That the state take over the
Rhea Creek road from Jordan to
Kuggs, thereby connecting Wil
low Creek Hiway with Heppner
Spray Hiway. This Is now a grav
el road.
That the state take over the
Little Butter Creek road from
Lena to Lexington Jarmon road,
thereby connecting Heppner-Pilot
Rock Hiway with Lexington-Jar-mon
Hiway. This is a gravel road.
That the State Hiway Commis
sion rebuild the Columbia River
Hiway from Boardman to Arling
ton as suggested by Oregon Trail
Association.
That the state complete as soon
as possible the proposed road
from Troutdale to The Dalles.
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That any contemplated new
construction or reconstruction of
slate roads be fully publicized in
counties thru which said roads
may be built and that County
Courts be given full notice of
such contemplated work.
If Hiway Commission needs
more money for road work we
recommend increased fuel tax
and we are opposed to any more
bond Issues.
We consider the following to
be Primary County roads:
lone-Gooseberry Road. During
1946, 358,958 bushels of wheal
were hauled over this road to el
evators in lone or 10,768 tons; irj
1947. 101,713 bushels were hauled
over this road or approximately
3,054 tons. The difference in ton
nage between 1946 and 1947 Is
due to the hail storms which rais
ed havoc with over 25,000 acres
of standing wheat in Morrow
County last year. Much wheat is
stored in elevators on the ranch
es and is not hauled to town un
til wheat is sold; some of this
wheat in farm storage goes thru
elevators and some is loaded di
rectly on cars. All 1947 wheat has
not yet left farm storage. The
above figures may be considered
as approximately fair, in fact
conservative, as more wheat will
be delivered on or before April
shortest and most direct road
from the north end of the county
to the south end and carried
much traffic.
Clark Canyon road from Lex
ington to Rhea Creek via Social
Ridge. In 1916, 250,000 bushels of
wheat came over this road and
feeder roads to Lexington; in
1947, 158,000 bushels of wheat
were hauled to Lexington. This
area also was hit by hail It is
a gravel road.
Willow Creek road to Forest
boundary. Approximately four
million feet of lumber was haul
ed over this road by Broadfoot
Bros, mill in 1947. This road
is heavily traveled for recreation
trips to mountains. Federal gov
ernment spent much money dur
ing war improving Shaw Creek
road, a feeder to Willow Creek, so
that logs could be hauled to mil!
in Heppner. A great deal of tim
ber must still come out over this
road. Part of this road is grav
eled, part surfaced with decom
posed granite, balance dirt road.
Sand Hollow road from junc
tion with Heppner-Pilot Rock
road 3 miles east of Heppner to
Hynd ranch, thence west on Base
Lino to Barnett ranch on Lexing-ton-Jarmon
Hiway. Approximate
ly 100,000 bushels of wheat came
over the upper end of this road
the Heppner-Spray Hiway at
Kuggs eleven mill's south of
Heppner. Approximately 375,000
bushels of wheat came over this
road from the Fight Mile coun
try with a small portion of this
wheat originating above Husks
on the Heppner-Spray road in
1946 and in 1917 about 342,000
Columbia River Hiway in the nor
thern part of the county. Much
lumber and logs was hauled to
and from the Heppner Mill to
Lexington on Willow Creek Hi
way, thence over Lex-Jarmon to
unknown points last year.
Stock
Much livestock is hauled by
bushels came over these road;;. ,ru(.k over both state and county
ii is uawcujL mj g(-i me exact
amount for each branch but all
this wheat was hauled over the
Heppner-Spray road from Ruggs
to Heppner elevators.
Lexington-Jarmon Hiway. In
1916, oMJM hu.'hels ot wheat
was hauled over this road to Lex
ington elevator and in 1947, 250,-
000 bushels. Part of this area was
hit with storms before wheat was
harvested.
Heppner - Pilot Rock Hiway.
About two million feet of logs
were hauled over this road in
1947 from the Johnson Creek ar
ea; also the wheat listed under
the Sand Hollow road came over
three miles of this hiway to
Heppner.
Willow Creek Hiway. All wheat
hauled to elevators in Heppner
had to travel from one to three
01 four miles on this hiway and
-llhe same is true of all logs and
lumber hauled to Heppner Mill
or to the railroad for loading.
Two county feeder roads to this
hiway last year hauled about 30.
000 bushels of wheat several
miles on this road. At Morgan
elevator on Willow Creek Hiway
in 1946, 111,363 bushels of wheat
were received and about half of
this wheat was hauled for a cou
ple of miles on this hiway; in I
1947, 51.926 bushels were receiv-
ed, shortage due to hailstorms!
which took a heavy toll in this
area. County roads, Morgan East
and Morgan West were used to '
reach hiway.
This Hiway carries the greatest
part of the freight by truck to
the towns in the southern part
of the county but we have no
way of figuring the amount of
tonnage. Neither can we estim
ate the tonnage going over the
roads but there is no way of get
ting figures as to amounts haul
ed over any particular road.
There are over 20.000 cattle in
the county and much business is
done in this line which requires
movenent of cattle. County has
close to 6,000 hogs and about
37.000 sheep.
County Roads
The Rhea Creek road runs from
Jordan on the Willow Creek Hi
way thru Ruggs and into moun
tains to Hamilton Ranch or
Seritsmier mill. In 1946, 223.815
bushels of wheat were hauled
over this road, 163,980 bushels for
Jordan elevator and 59,835 bush
els going to lone on Willow Creek
Hiway from Jordan, a distance of
three miles. In 1947, 114,781 bu
shels went to Jordan and 8,020
went thru to lone or a total of I
30th. This is true of the tonnage"! In Heppner, in 1947 about
relating to wheat on all other
roads.
lone-Boardman Road. This
road formerly connected lone
and Boardman but the govern
ment after taking the bombing
range closed this road thru that
area to Boardman, a distance of
about twelve miles. If and when
the Federal government releases
the land in the bombing field
this road will be rebuilt. This
road is approximately 12 miles in
length from lone to the Oegon
Trail where bombing field boun
daries begin.
In 1946, 170.056 bushles of
wheat were delivered over this
road and feeders to it to lone
and in 1947, 74,977 bushels of
wheat were hauled. This area
was hit hard by hail. This is a
gravel road. This is or was the
60,000 bushels. Storms affected
part of this area last year. Much
wheat went over the lower end
fo this road to Lex-Jarmon Hiway
and thence to Lexington. Free
gravel and dirt road.
State Roads and Tonnage
The Heppner-Spray Hiway. In
1947 about ten million feet of
logs came over this road for
Heppner Mill, 6 million board
feet lumber from Seritsmier Mill
ia Rhea Creek, 2 million feet
lumber- from Lampford Lumber
Company on South Fork of John
Day and about 5 million feet
lumber from Reed's Mill. Approx
imately 31,500 bushels of wheat
came from the Hardman area
over this road in 1947 and about
the same amount in 1946.
Hoppner-Cnnrlnn Hiwav ioins
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KfS! PRESERVING THE LAND mMB
IS LIKE FLYING OLD GLORY FULL MAST
Farming the conservation way is not unlike flying Old
Glory full mast. For the man who genuinely loves the soil,
there is a sense of pride and security in the land defended
well against the ravages of erosion and constant harvest. As
the flag is our emblem of defense against harm from beyond
our borders, conservation farming is the pattern for pro
tection against forces, also destructive, within our own land.
We have seen the land resources of our continent squan
dered. Working together all of us we can prevent further
needless destruction of the soil. We can rebuild the wasted
land. But we ui!l have to uork at it. We will have to join
hands and oppose careless farming even more effectively
than we have heretofore.
As your John Deere Dealer in this community, we shall
be more than glad to assist you in adapting your farm to the
loil-saving practices of the conservation program.
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122.801 bushels. This area suffer
ed from hail in 1917. Above Ruggs
this road carried 6 million board
feet of lumber from Serit.smier
Mill to Heppner Spray Hiway.
McNab road running from Mc
Nab eievator towards Olex and
Light Mile Canyon in 1916 carried
116.208 bu. of wheat and In 1947,
81,774 bu. This ar.-a suffered
from hail last year. This is grav
el road to county line.
Jordan Canyon road. In 19-16,
86,021 bu. were hauied to Jordan
eleator over this road and 1947,
approximately 37,000 bu. were
hauled.
The Blaekhorse road running
into Lexington serves a large
wheat area and figures for wheat
coning over this road are includ
ed in figures for Lexington and
Heppner elevators. This is a grav
el road.
Ridge road running from Hard
man in a westerly direction also
carries considerable wheat which
is included in figures for Hepp-ner-Condon
Hiway.
There are many roads in the
Boardman and Irrigon area
which handle the produce of that
area. Potatoes, melons, fruit, etc.
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