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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1948)
lACE EIGHT HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THURSDAY, MARCH II, 1948 dead Meet uf I ines Huge List Of Work Projecis On Highway 97-Quartz Mountain Roads Asked, West Side Secondary Talked; Financing Methods Held Major Issue An Immtnse program at sui.tstrd road work will be displayed to the state highways Interim rommittee when it visit here April 12, accord-Ins- to indications at a preliminary conference of road enthusiast held by the county court yesterday. Everything from two-mile stubs to major Jobs on primary highways was discussed at the conference by people who want to see road work done. Anticipating that the interim com mittee will want to know- what the public thinks about methods of pay. ing lor all the work It desires, the conference went into a discussion that Indicated favor for increases in gasoline taxes and aulo registration fees rather than general obligation bond Issues for highway financing purposes. Finances Eyed Representatives of various organi sations present were asked to sound out their groups with respect to the financing Issue, so that expressions on this matter may be included in the Klamath briefs presented to the j Klamath Site For District Music Festival The following Oregon cities win be represented at the Southern Ore gon district music competition-festival, to be held at the Klamath Un ion high school Saturday, March 13. Grants Pass. Medford. Ashland. Rogue River, Tulelake. Eagle Point, Sacred Heart academy of Klamath Falls, and Klamath Union high school. About 200 students from these schools will participate in the con test. The competitive events will be run off during the day at the high school, and in the evening at 8 p. m. will be a festival concert in the KUHS auditorium. The concert will b presented by student soloists and ensembles that judges have chosen as superior during the day's events. The public is cordially Invited to either or both the competition event curing the day, or the big festival concert in the evening. Ad mission is 60 cents and tickets may be secured at the door. Interim committee. The committee will report to the legislature and Its findings will probably be the basis of highway legislation proposed at the next session of the legislature. First presentation at yesterday's conference was from T. B. Walters, chairman of the roads and highways committee of the Klamath County chamber of commerce. He outlined the master program for major high way development, with which that committee is mainly concerned. This included work on I S 9J from Al goma north, the California avenue cut-off on I S 31. the Terminal City Henley cut-off on the Klanintii Malin highway, widening the Mer rill road from the Senion ranch south, re-surfacing on the Willam ette highway, work on I S 87 as lar north as Willamette highway Junc tion. (Bend will urge -instruction north of that point on I S 971 and other major work. He also outlined the state secondary highway pro posals, headed by the west side Klamath lake secondary. Tile latter road came In for strong boosts by the Fort Klamath grange, the Lake o' the Woods homeow ners, and others. A paved stretch com pletely around Upper Klamath lake was strongly advocated In a pre pared statement from the grange, which pointed out the economic im portance of sucJt a road m serving ranches, bringing out timber, pro moting tourist and recreation travel, and providing an alternate route in case US 9? is blocked as it was by flood a few years ago. Bly Men Heard Representatives of the Bly grange urged Improvement work on the Lakeview highway on Bly mountain and between Bly and Beatty to elim inate traffic hazards. Major con struction in the brokeu-up area on Quartz mountain will probably be urged jointly by Klamath and Lake county groups. There was considerable discussion of the possibility of making the ma jor route from the Rogue valley to the Klamath area through Lake o' the Woods. This would be a forest highway section for a considerable distance, and such a route may eventually replace the Greenspnngs highway as the major route between the two valleys. County Engineer Wally Hector said that he is classifying all county roads in accordance with the wishes of the interim committee. He said that the county is concerned about the 156 miles of streets In subdi visions, which are not now in any Jurisdiction for improvement. The to a rounrcliou Willi the Lnkrvlrw road. Representatives of lloimimi point, ed to need for drainage under huh. ways and told of pinna of their city for better streets In the high school area. Frank Hi own of Latiscll Millry. repivsentmg the farm bureau and grange, said farmers generally are opposed to a bond Issue fur highway purposes. City F.nginrcr F.. A. Thomas said "for a 6ood Meal good because wfirfc)i t '? that II will cost half a million dol dars to put Klamath Fulls streets in shape. He also Is classifying streets for presentation of an out line to the Interim committee. President Ned Smith of the Sub urban league said (he league hopes to cooperate closely with oilier local groups in urging the best possible improvement of road and street con dilions In the area. He said that I SUhurhjin alral am ntiiiti itr.ih. possibility Indian reservation roads lent and that a constructive program may become a county burden was i in their behalf is badly needed. He cited bv him. ' ask his group for expressions .) . i ' on financing and other mailers. J , '"" Bert Igl of the city plntming coin by both the i mission presented the commission's Grange Home Ec Club Meets Midland granite home economics club met on Maivh 3 at the home of Mrs. Cleoigc Lamb, wllh Mix l.yle Hickman presiding. Members siicnt the afternoon doing fancy work. Several members received yearbooks. Mrs. l.amli u-ii nritiii,il tt-itli - hostess gilt and also received a .special door award. Refreshments were served by the hostess lo Mm. Joe Mlliml, ' Mrs. August Atulrleu, Mrs. l.yle lltckmuti and Carol. Mrs. Verlnnd Hulf and Linda. Mrs. II. Milligan, Mrs. Hoy The Sprague river : eluded in discussions chamber and county, as well as Mayor William Lorens of Chtloqum and r. w. Markwardt of Chtloqum. An attempt is being made to work out a more definite program of federal-state financing to get that Job done. Hector and County Commissioner John Reber said that an effort is being made to get the state to take over the route from Bonanin to the Lakeview highway on Bly mountain : ; a state secondary, extending the present Malin-Bonanza secondary definition of major highway routes In the Immediate city area, outlined in yesterday s paper. Several others spoke briefly on various roads and on the general F. W. 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