Medford mail tribune., January 01, 1914, NEW YEAR'S EDITION, HIGHWAY SECTION, Image 27

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NEW YEAR'S
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PRESENTING- SAM HILL WITH SHOVEL
USED TO ORE.AK GROUND FOR VIIOHWAY.
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(lly (Samuel Hill.)
Tho I'arlflo highway today lit at
tracting inoro oltntluu than nny
fonidhlo linn of communication In tho
United Hint', because It lit now proc
tlrully located throughout lu entire
routo from llrltUh Colunitilii to .Mox
leu. Tho line In llrlllsh Columbia
ami Washington liuvo boon aur.veyed
ninl construction work lit In process.
Tho California linos hnvo been hut
veyed mill In tho majority of In.
timers contracts Int. In Oregon 11
thorouRhly effective orRaultation linn
boon made looking to the bullilliiK of,
highways In tho state, anil If tho poo
pin of tho Koto will ho patient and
will put imldo locitt Intercsta nna
Jealauslea Oregon will linvn it Reed
prnrtlcal nyntrm of hlRhwayit con
structed at a reotonablo io.it.
Tho lino down tho weM sldo of tho
inoiintalnit from Portland to Colo ut
Iho California boundary lint, will bo
of iiocosMly hurried to completion
bt'rauno of tho iittlludo which Jack
T unit county him taken. Jncknon conn
ty Ih negotiating tho Hhiklyoii puns
routo Ihih undertaken porhupH tho
itioNt difficult part of tho worn. T!i'
county will rocelvo Immodliilo boin.
fit thorofrnm Independent of tho
othnr linn because of Its furnishing
nrrom from California north to
polntH lit .liickMon county. Tljo flrnt
great harvest will ho In tho number
of automohllo (oui'IhIh which win
coino from California. 1 ohIIuiiUii
when tho lino In flnltdied nt lonst 30,
000 nintilitnoH will come Into Qrcgoli
from tho south tlmt will niolut for
ton daya' trip an uxpondlturo of t,
000,000. llnllko nil othnr proponed kcIiciiioh
for oi-oHhlnj; tho tonllnput, HiIh pro
vltloK for n imotiblo ioito ovory day
In tho your. In connection wth tho
Columbia lilRJiwuy runnliiK hIoiik tho
Columhiu river (rom tho boa vli;
I'ortlitml to BpanlHli Hollow, down
tho Don Glutton morldlnn throiiRh
Prlnovlllo to Lakovlow, and down tho
l'Itt tivor with tho propor connoctlon
to Crater lako and Medford, n ima
nhlo Byutom of hlKhwuyu will bo ob
tallied which will rival unythliiR that
. know of unywhoro In tho world for
equally beautiful gconory In tho mum
dtetunco,
Tho orodlt for Hio nctton of Jack
son county Is well sot forth in nn edi
torial lit tho Oregon Hunduy Journal
of November 30, 1013, which tmyti,
umotiR other thlnK; 'Honor lit dii'j
tho proRimiiUr rrnldonts of Jncknon
county an ploncom In this modern
movement."
Tho all-Important thing U for tho
prom to educate tho people on three
IIiioh. 1'lrht, tho uoceitilty of mod
ern hiKhwayH Hocond, tho Impor
! tanco of hnvliiK trained onKlnoera to
j build thotio roadn; ami third, to con
vince tho peoplo of tho valuo they
will recolvn from tho Investment In
properly built roadn,
Money npetit on roadn nit evidenced
by n bond Riven a tbioo-fold icciir
Ity. l'lrxt of nil, tho money u spent
In tho locality whore tho road In; hoc
ond, a ninclilno la created In tho
ehapo of tho highway, which reducea
tho tranKP9rlatlon cost, and Im worth
(ho Invrntmnnt; third, the lands trl
butnry to thin hlRhwuy receive iti.
added value Humotlmeit mnay fold tho
rout of tho road. I know of no other
form of Investment which will pro
ilucn equally Reed rosultH,
Tho whole matter Ih miuimod up 'n
ono phrare: n Reed road In for th'
benefit of -evtirybody, n poor road
puttt the K ion tout burden on tho?o
least able to afford It,
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, The iiiM hI emit (in nttompl In
Imiuovo n vi'iiil nlou tjio I'noiiio
oonxt li'nvorhin); Cillil'iiruiti, OroRon
npil W'jihhinnltin wiih mndu n Jilllo
inoro limn four ,voriin ngo. I'rou
rt'HH bus boon very mnrktul, , til
lhmii;li to Hit ueru;o iiitli yi'tlntil it
may t-ecm tluil very lilllo Iiiik been
ilono mi I'm' lowiinl nu imirovoil
I'nt'il'lti liij,'liwny. The i'tinimtioli til'
tho l'uoifii! Highway ntoiooiiilion of
North Ahiorionn in I ho hiunmor of
11)00 by llio Kotl roml onlliuhinsls
of Iho lliroe I'liiiifie slnlox imiUKii
rilled a inovoinent to luiiin lo (lie nt
lonlion of the people of Iho wodeni
hIojio (hut propor iiionuit of font
munioiitioii by land were lucking.
Kirsl, u voulo was marked by tlm
now fuiiiiliiii' Pficilii) liluliwny w-t
poinliiif,' nut to t lip traveler the be 4
road to take when traveling north oi
south on iho l'aeifio coiikI.
In Cnlifornlu the stuto Iuih pro
vitlotl n fund of $18,000,0U0 for
modern improved rolidn. Out of tltiH
fund a now l'aeifio highway is u bo
built. K I ailing nt 9nu Diego, n
inii'd-surfiiocd load will bo con-
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QUESTS BANQUE.TED BY ASHLAND
ON COMMENCEMENT OF
HIC-HWAY CONSTRUCTION
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stfuetod north through Los Angcio, i tho entire htnle of Oregon. Tho day
Sun rrnneisco mid the Saeramomo ! this is conaummatcd will bo a,
valley, along the base of Mount ! ? ,,ay,for 0tv0"' A luud-mir-
01 . , ., n ,. ; lueed road on n grndu not to exceed
I Shasta to he Oregon hue. fl mA w;,u
; ise, ...deed h the lorcMBhl ofjt1o moro o (lt,vel J,10 , ,
tho peopo ot Juckson oountv. Oro-lcounlie3 ()f g of Q
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California section of the l'noifie;
highway. It is impossible to eon-'
coivo of the benefits that will no
erne to the logio Itivor valley
through Iho opening of a hard-sifr-
1 faced modern highway from Ja.ck
more for tho genopil prosperity of
tne omiro district travorHcd, than
will tho construction of another
Uteam railroad or, of an electric road.
Tho day that Portland and Ashland
tire connected by a hard-surfuued
road will bo u great day hi Oregon
sou county to Mnilhern lalifornm. ' j,j3jor..f ?
Thousands of tourists will annually ! - .,' . - -"; :, r
CULVELRT ON POSTAL ,Hlc3HWAy
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, visit tho IJoguo river and its won
derful beauty spots. Another Los
Alice os will L'l'ow 111 this tertilo val-i
ley. lis climato iilouo is of untold
I value,
j The counties north of Jiieksou will
not, however, leave the terminus of
J this hurd-Kurfnoo road from the
: nun 'II 111 illivivauil VUIIMIJ. ItUIIUI ll
! few yenrs after it is completed in
Jackson county; which leads Oro-
gou in good roads construction Is
fortunato In having a progrosslva
county court consisting of r. L. Ton
Voile, county Judgo and Comailslon
ors W. C. Leaver and J. N. Smith.
They aro all ardent good roads men
and It Is to their leadership along
progressive lines, and the coufldenco
roposod In then, that tho pooplo vot-
Jaekbon conntv. if not before that,od co"'000 for permanent Improve
time, tho counties between Portland !mcnt of tho v Highway. Tbt
and Orants Pass will see to it that!roaa ,8 bel contructeA under au.
tho l'aeifio highway is properly lo
cated and constructed throughout
pervlslon ot the state highway com
mission,
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