TWO MEDFORD OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thuriday, March 2, 1950
Early-Day Battles For Organization
Of Highways In Oregon Recounted
(Editor'! Not Thli ! the
second in i.ries o( "Glances
at Highway Hlttory" prepared
by Ralph Wation. highway da
partmant public ralatiom con
ultant. In which ha telli of tha
turbulant hiiiory of highway
construction projacti in Ore
gon. In th flrtt articla, ha
told of tha first beginningt of
highway construction).
By Ralph Watson
Highway Department Writor
GLANCES AT HISTORY II
The shouting and the tumult
centered about the seven diver
gent road building Initiative pro
posals at the 1912 November
election barely naa suDsiaea
when the 1913 legislature met
and picked up the war clubs
again.
In the 1912 battle, the .state
Grange had a program of its
own, an amendment by which
counties could bond themselves
by election called by the county
courts, and a proposed initiative
statute providing for a state high
way engineer appointed by the
governor who would operate in
the nature of an advisor to the
different counties in their con
struction of county roads. That
group wanted the counties to
run the show, each building its
own roads as, when and where
it might desire.
Governor Had Own Ideas
Gov. Oswald West, who was
fighting strenuously and persist
ently that session with the con
trolling senate machine, had en
tirely different ideas about per
manent road building, both in
1912 and 1913. In the former
year he had been an active ad
vocate of the "state road bond
ing act," which was diametrical
ly different than the grange bill
It provided for a state highway
commissioner appointed by the
governor at $3,BUO annual salary
and expenses, the total not to
exceed $12,000; for the issuance
of 30-year slate bonds at the rate
of $1 million annually bond
revenue together with two
third of the annual motor license
taxes to go into the state high
way fund for road construction.
Two-thirds of the aggregate was
to be set aside for use by the
counties; one-third to be divided
equally among 111 counties, one
third in' proportion to assessed
valuation and one-third in pro
portion to area. Counties with
an assessed valuation of $10,
000,000 or more were required
to show they had raised a fund
equal to their share of the state
highway fund apportionment in
order to get It. Other counties
could get their state share by
putting up half the sum in coun
ty funds. One-half of the state's
share was to be spent in the
first and one-half in the second
congressional district, there be
ing but the two districts at that
time.
Meets Opposition
This bill met the violent op
position of State Grange Master
Charles Spence and many mem
bers of the state Grange conven
tion held at Roseburg not too
long before the election. Govern
or West, who got along fairly
well with Spence, went down
to the convention and talked it
into endorsing the $1 million
bonding bill. Elated, he boarded
the train for Salem, but long
before it had reached Eugene,
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between the fire hall and drug
store on main street here.
The one-story structure will
be divided into two store sec
tions. Mead, who purchased the
property last week, said that
further plans regarding the
building will be announced
later. Construction will be of
concrete of pumice blocks.
G. W. Jack. Rancho Santa Fe.
Cal., was previous owner of the
lots, and Walter Ferguson, real
estate broker here, handled the
transaction.
Mead, original operator of the
Midway auction, gave up the
business last summer because of
Illness and has been convalesc
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Spence and his convention suf
fered a change of heart, rescind
ed their endorsement and turned
the heat on the bill. It went to
the discard by a 44.693 majority.
West, however, had the satisfac
tion of seeing the Grange bill
plastered with a majority of
50,074 votes.
That was the picture when
the 1013 legislature convened.
West, chafing over the slaughter
of his $1 million dollar adopted
brain child, joined hands with
senator I. N. Day of Multnomah
(the two were not supposed to
be either politically or officially
on speaking terms). Day was a
strong advocate of a system of
state highways to be financed by
Donas and constructed under the
direction and control of a state
highway commission.
Create Commission
In 1913 the main battle cry
of legislative candidates was the
abolition or consolidation of
state boards and commissions."
Accordingly, to get around that
hurdle and past the Grange op
position to state bonds. West and
Day made the governor, secre
tary of state and state treasurer
into a state highway commission
set up a state highway engineer
with a working organization as
the highway department, and
gave It all the money it could
raise out of a quarter mill state
lax levy with which to carry on
approximately 5248,000 an
nually.
During much of this time Sam
uel Hill, Northern Pacific rail
road tycon and ion of the illus
trious Jim Hill, had been bat
tling for state highway construc
tion in the state of Washington.
He had put his own money into
the construction of the scenic
loops at Maryhill, partially fi
nanced the road to The Dalles
from Goldendalc, and the Wash
ington legislature gave him
some money to start the North
Bank highway.
Cuts Fundi
But when Hill's program ran
into heavy construction costing
$30,000 a mile, both Governor
Lister and the legislature devel
oped cold feet, cut out more ap
propriations, so Hill came down
to Salem bringing his two chief
road enthusiast! with him: Maj.
Henry L. Bowlby West Pointer
and engineer; and Samuel Lan
caster, who had been sent to
Europe to study European road
building methods: together with
Charles H. Purccl, noted bridge
engineer.
Maj. Bowlby was appointed
state highway engineer at $3,600
a year, Lancaster went to work
as his assistant at $450' monthly
and took over the location of
the Multnomah end of the Co
lumbia river highway; Purcel
commenced designing bridges
for $175 a month and the high
way program was born.
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Hollywood, March 2 (U.R)
Something new is coming off in
Hollywood. The gals are going in
for "outside
undies' now.
Honest.
Wearing their
underwear
right out in
the open they
are, and we
guess if trie
rest of us don't
get in the
swing we're
apt to wind up
as old-fashion
ed has-beens.
Bras, corsets,
girdles name your poison, lad
ies, and Jack Cagan will supply
it. Ho s the gent behind, this new
"let it show" business.
Cagan, who's head of the
Dc Milo Brassiere company, cam-
ouflages undies to look like
clothes.
"I call the bras "glamour
tops'," Cagan explained. "They
can be the top half of a dress.
playsuit, cocktail dress, or eve
ning gown. You re really wear
ing a bra, see but it looks like
a beautiful decollette get-up."
Got a bulging waistline?
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Killer Ot Lambs
Found To Be Horse
Oregon City, Ore., March 2
(U.R) The mystery killer of 50
lambs on Earl Diskill's winter
pasture has been found. It's
r'Doc," an unsuspected saddle
horse.
Government Trapper Clifford
Rolison of Willamette pinned
the goods on "Doc" by snapping
three pictures of the horse stalk
ing, killing, and devouring a two
day-old lamb.
Diskill said the lamb-hungry
horse didn't touch lambs more
than a week old because they
didn't have any clabbered milk
left inside them.
Head Crushed
While Rolison clicked away at
his camera, six other persons,
including Diskill watched "Doc"
chase and trap a lamb. After the
horse tipped the unwieldly vic
tim over, he crushed its head,
taking care not to flatten the
lamb s abdomen.
Diskill said the predatory sad
dle horse cost him 33 lambs last
year and 17 so far this year. The
farmer and his neighbors had as
sumed that the culprit was a
wild animal. ,
"Doc won't be getting at those
Iambs any more. Diskill said.
"That kind of food costs too
much."
News o4-H
CLUBS
Busy Bee Cooking Club
February 27 Wagner Creek
Cooking club held a meeting at
the wagncr creek school at 3:1ft
p.m. to raise funds for the 4-H
cooking club.
J he meeting was called to or
der by President Verlee Mac-
Dowcll. The club pledge was
given.
Roll was called by Secretary
Beverly Hild. Numbers were
drawn for demonstration part
ners at tne tair.
There will be a special meet
ing Marcii w.
There will be a cooking school
every oilier Monday. It was de
cided there would be a cooked
food sale, date to be decided
later.
Motion was made that the
meeting be adjourned by Presi
dent Verlee MacDowell, second
ed by Annie Morrill.
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but, by golly, when he gets
througli with you your waist is
waspish.
Lili, the French designer, had
somewhat the same idea a few
months back when she came out
with her "uninhibited bust
gowns. These "bare bosom" num
bers had necklines that dipped
to where waistlines used to be.
Era of Extremes
Lili's idea was that bras give
many women inferiority com
plexes and frustrations.
Cagan said his "glamour-tops"
do "what muscles should."
"This is an era of extremes,"
he added. "The American wom
an is discarding as much clothing
as she dares. But some women
will always need bras and
girdles,
"By wearing 'em outside they
can be In style and still look
good. I don't know why we
didn't think of this a long time
ago."
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Ballot On Unions
Portland, Ore., Mar. 2 (U.R)
An election on union representa
tion for 05 employees of the
Pendleton Woolen mills at Pen
dleton, Ore., will be held March
Robert J. Weiner. NLRB of
ficer in charge here, said today.
The National Labor Relations
board said employees would de
cide whether they wanted repre
sentation from the CIO or Art,
textile workers or neither union.
Boy Scout News
Cub Pack 15
Phoenix cub Pack 15 will hold
an ice cream an pie social Fri
day, March 3 in the Presbyterian
church at 7:30 p.m. Parents are
asked to bring pies.
Troop 5
Troop 5 met Monday evening
and made plans for an overnight
hike on March 11 and 12. Guests
at the meeting included Dr. A.
W. Glutsch and Jor Lester.
Rogue Rivei
Astoria, Ore., March 2 (U.R)
A 115-unit low-rent housing pro
ject to be postooued by the fed
eral government has been ap
proved for Astoria at a meeting
of citizens before the city commission.
Rogue River, Mar, 2 Eliza
beth Schmidt and two small son
left Monday for Los Angeles
where they plan to visit for a day
or two before leaving for New
York td join their husband and
father who is in the air corps.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Obenchain
spent the week end at Trailor
land as guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hess and the two couples
attended the square dance at
Live Oak Grange hall, Satur- j
day evening. The Obenchains
own and operate a large stock j
ranch near Klamath Falls where j
they specialize in raising regis-1
tered white face cattle. The two
men have enjoyed some wonder-!
ful hunting at the Obenchain ;
ranch, according to Hess. I
The Homestead cafe has been
redecorated and opened for bus-j
inejs Tuesday under manage-!
ment of Shade Combs, owner j
of the Homestead Tavern. Combs j
states he has been fortunate in ;
getting two excellent chefs, Don :
uanana, reLeuuy at xidi-y a m
Grants Pass formerly employed
at Jonathon's club In Santa Mon
ica, Cal., and W. W. (Bud) Stoe
fen. formerly with Bill's Grill in
Seattle. The cafe will be open j
from 6:30 a.m. to midnight. I
Mrs. Thomas Wright, of Riv-;
erside, Cal., has purchased the j
Manning ranch near Grants Pass.
Mrs. Wright, sister of Mrs. Bill ;
Lowe of Highway 99 has been i
visiting at the Lowe home and j
has decided to remain in Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Petne re
turned to Rogue River Tuesday.
They spent the winter in Pasa
dena to be with Mrs. Petrie's
sister, Miss Alice M. Warner who
is in ill health. They expect to
be here about two weeks.
Mrs. Douglas Bennett, and
Vickey Lynn, age 7 months, of
Kelso, Wash., spent the past
week at the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth
Nightingale of Highway 99. Mrs.
Nightingale says her small son.
"Skipper" age 22 months, wel
comed his little niece by sharing
his toys and high chair cheer
fully. The birds are arriving in
flocks, according to Bill Lowe,
who has decorated the grounds
of his riverside home and busi
ness location with gay bird
houses. And he aks all birds
lovers to hurry their spring bird
house cleaning so the feathered '
families will find clean comfort- i
able homes when they arrive
from the southland.
McGregor, la. U.P) A mill-1 tlonal mounment are near Hi
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new created Effigy Mound na-
northoastern Inwa town. It ws
first used in 1840 by troops froi
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