SECRETARY POMONA GRANGE
FAVORS BONDING FOR ROADS.
Intelligent Letter on the State and
County Good Roads Movement.
COMMISSION WK’
BUY PAVING PI
Unless Reasonable f
Submitted, State W
Work Itself.
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I believe in the motto “Be sure you improve their farms, and make more
I are right »uJ then go
When money, live easier and pay Olf the
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te of
Special
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MOTOR CAR
of the
name
appear
the road bonding question first came mortgage. I thought of it, which I be
Paving plants will be purchased by I db**w
; filed
u I was not sure it was- the right lieve is a good thing. Why is not it a
against _ you and
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«...endants
“L. I heard conflicting statements food thing tor the county to bond the state highway commlsaloa.
If satisfactory blds for laying pave in the above entitled Court and action
about it. i read them in the papers. and borrow money at a low rate of
Well, how was I to know what was interest and build good roads and ment are not received from contractors on or before the last day ot the time
right or who was right? I thought make more money saving time, wear the uommisslua will thus bo prepared prescribed in the order for publica
over the matter and being accustom and tear on getting our products to to undertake paving work Iteolf by tion of Summons herein to-wit: the
25th day ot May, 1917, and it you fail
ed to ‘a> *n a n‘*t,er °f seconds the markets and life easier and hap- force account.
to answer for want thereof the plain
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w(ien 1 did not know whether it was
Blds for ail types of standard pave tiff will take judgment against you
n!f,r? t 1 lt ‘S nOt 1 good ‘hin8. why
right or not. "To the law and the not?
1 began to see that the "legs of ment are to be invited under open and that your damages be assessed and
¡estimony.” I said in this matter there not. I began to sec that the legs of fair competition.
awarded for the land sought to be
is a way to find out. I will go to the
The type of pavement to be selected
and described as follows
law a»d the testimony and read and rue Grangers could not consistently In each Individual case is to be deter appropriated
to-wit:
think for myself. 1 wrote to the Sec oppose the bonds. If it is good fur mined by cost and local condltioim. -,
A strip of land 40 feet in width
retary of State, Ben W. Olcott, for the individual farmer, that it was
For work dune by contract good and over, through and upon the lands of
the laws on the subject of good roads good tor the county, and if good for
the county it was alright for the sufficient guarantees of workmanship, the defendants, for the use of the
and bonding.
state.
material and durability will be exacted plaintiff and being twenty (20) feet
1 received them, and sat down to
in width ou either side of the follow
1 hen, one said this is a vast amount front contractors.
reading and studying. I found a bill
ing described center line thereof, to-
During the existence of war condi wit:
called “State and Federal co-opera ot money to put in the hands of a
tive Road Bonding Act.” Chapter 175 tew men. 1 hey have such opportunity tions no construction will be under
Begiuning at the government quar
Laws of 1917. I read it. I found that to graft or squander the money. Then taken which will withdraw labor from ter (%) state on the North boundary
the Federal Government would give 1 commenced to study the handling agriculture and other needed industry. of Section 24, Township Two South
to each state a certain amount of ot the money. 1 found there was a
The above is an outline of the gen of Range Ten West, thence along the
money for good roads if the state put law outlining the duties of the High eral policy which Is to be followed by North boundary of Section 24, on a
up a like amount, and that this state way Commission, and that they were the state highway coniHiisaion in mat true course North 85 degrees 4J‘l
was entitled to $1,819,280.65, if we put under law and responsible for the ters pertaining to the construction of minutes, West 1262.76 feel to the t-16
up a like sum. 1 found in this act the handling of the funds and liable to state roada.
corner on the North line of the
State Legislature tiad wisely provided removal and punishment - for
—1 any
Northwest quarter of Section 24;
crime
they
commit.
They
really
do
for that amount.
thence along the East boundary of
[ then turned to general laws of not handle the money in person no
the Northwest quarter (%) of the
Oregon for 1917. chapter 423. I way. But if we cannot trust them,
Northwest quarter of Section 24 on a i
why
trust
any
officer
of
the
found a bonding act referred to the
: state.
true course South 1 degree 07 min
Abolish
them
and
we
will
become
a
people of Oregon to say whether we
utes West 939.7 feet to the center
"Better Roads Will Bntld Your Busi line of the right of way of the pro
should bond the state for $6,000,000 state of anarchy. But that is only a
or not to'apply on building perman pretense and a supposition by the ness Bigger” Is the catchy good roads posed extension of the Coats Driving
skeptical..
ent state highways.
slogan coined by C. W. Walls, mer and Boom Company’s Logging rail
I found in this bill a clause which
Another objection the opponents of chant and enthusiastic good roads way; thence along said center line on j
the bill have is that the license fees booster ot Fossil, Wheeler County.
a straight course South 76 degrees
says:
“If the County of Tillamook shall I of autos are double tax and uncon
58 minutes West 1298.6 feet; thence
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so prepare and make ready for pav stitutional.
Alternate stretches of improved along a line curving regularly to the1
ing twenty or more miles in length
left, radius being 1146.3 feet for a
We turn to the Motor Vehicle
of the post road between Tillamook Law, house bill No. 509, chapter 174, roads and tnwd holes do not get the distance of 29.3 feet through a cen
farmer
or
automobile
owner
anywhere.
City and McMinnville, and if such General Laws of Oregon. We find,}
tral angle of 1 degree 28 minutes to a
portion of said roachin either or both this is a public safety registration law They need a continuous highway just point on the West boundary of Sec i
as
a
locomotive
needs
a
continuous
tion twenty-four Township 2 South of
of said counties, .are so prepared that and a fee charged motor vehicles for
the same shall be ready for paving operating on the streets and public track. Systems of hard-surfaced high Range to West, said point being on a
according to requirements of the highways of Oregon, under the police ways are the efficient and economical true course South 2 degrees 47 min- ,
utes West and 1334.7 feet from the
State Highway
Commission, the power of the state, so that this fast plan.
Vote 314 X YES and get some per government Section corner common
Commission shall immediately pave moving vehicle by motor power can
to Sections 14, 13, 24 and 23, all in
the road so prepared.”
not run over your child or mine and manent Improved roads in Oregon.
Township 2 South of Range to West
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I thought, well, that is pretty good, kill them and go on, not be caught, or
especially for Tillamook. But then I steal something and escape or do any
In connection with the road bond of the Willamette Meridian; thence
asked where is the $6,000,000 coming other meanness and get away. Any discussion it Is noted that the state along; said center lirie on a regularly
from? Who is going to pav it? Well, citizen, who, through a pretense of a highway commission at its last meet curving line to the left radius being
I turned to the bonding bill we are to double tax, and it being unconstitu ing instructed its engineer to collect 1146.3 ft. and central angle 17 degrees
23 minutes for a distance of 347.7 feet;
vote on, and I found in that that the tional, would refuse to pay it, is not a data
relative to the cost of paving thence on a straight course South 58
state road commission is to take auto good citizen and should not be allow I
registration fees and use it for that ed to operate a car on our public plants with a view of being independ degrees 07 minutes West 1270.8 feet
ent of paving con* actors. It is also to a point on the West boundary of
purpose.
roads.
noted that the commission has prac the Southeast quarter of the North
Well, then, the question arose. Will
Another
objection.
Some
sav
this
that pay off the bonds and the inter bill is boosted by a certain patented tically decided to lay a section of ce east quarter of Section 23, said point
est on them? 1 turned to the auto pavement company that hopes tp get ment concrete on the road near Shari- being on a true course North 2 de
grees 22 minutes East 601.4 feet from
dan.
registration bill and I found the rate
the 1-16 corner on the South bound
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of license on the autos and the net re rich off of their royalties.
We turn to Senate bill N >. 5,
ary of the Northeast quarter of Sec
ceipts for this year on the registra
that
tn
the
past
tea
Are
you
aware
tion of automobiles, motorcycles, etc. chapter 221, General Laws of Oregon, years approximately S40.U04.000 baa tion 23 Township 2 South of Range
will amount to $165,638.80, and if we 1917, We find the law on paving pro been spent In the state of Oregon on to West of the Willamette Meridian
bond and borrow one million dollars vides for open bids of paving com roads, principally patch work, a load in Tillamook County, Oregon, con
taining in the aggregate 2.71 acres
this year, that would pay the interest panies patented or un-patented of of gravel here and one there? In view and
all being situated in Sections 23
on this year’s bonds and leave a bal standard hard surface pavements. , of this expenditure what about a bond and 24
said Township and Range.
ance as a sinking fund for the princi The patented will have no advantage J Issue of $4,000,000 for permanent An addition
any damages if any,
over the non-patented companies.
ple of $125,638.80.
there be, and that the Court includes
Then, next year, we would receive When we find objections to the bond roads? Some people will not believe in
its final judgment the terms agree
from auto registration fees $478.341.12 bill and we look them up we find these figures, but secure them for
and conditions contained in
and we borrow on the bonds $2,000,- they are most all based on supposi yourselves. The figures can be 1» ments
offer to put in not more
000. We will have interest on $3,000,- tion gotten out of the book of im cured from different state and county plaintiffs
than three crossings on the grade and
000 to pay. The registration fees of agining every ntan is dishonest and officials.—Brownsville Times.
track leyjl at the most convenient
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autos will pay that and leave a bal we cannot trust them, which is a de
place the number to be designated by
ance of $358,341.12 for the principle. structive delusion, injurious to our
To bring about an expediency of the you and your co-defendants at the
The next year 1919, we borrow $3,- best government and the progress of good road condition for use la the trial of this action, at the expense of
000,000 more. Then we will have the our county and state is clogged and time of the nation’s need It seems best the plaintiff, and «hat the plaintiff
|6,ooo.o6o to pay interest on, but we kindred.
to accept the proposed bond Issue, be will take judgment appropriating and
We are behind Washington and cause of the conflicting political in condemning
find the auto vehicle registration
the lands hereinbefore
amounts to $637,788.16. At ?ae pres California as a state, and why? Not terests that seem to have been able to described for the right of way to-wit;
ent increase of autos. So that will pay because of our resources and oppor be foisted upon the unwitting, yet use, and that it will take judgment
the interest and leave a balance for tunities, for they are as great as
honest voters of Oregon through the against you and the other defendants 1
the principle of $397,788.16.
theirs.
Initiative. The six per cent tax limi for the costs and disbursements of 1
It is because we have neglected
Not counting any increase in autos,
tation forbids Oregon ever getting ade this action.
that amount for the next three years opportunities. In 1892 I was in
This Summons is served upon you
quate and passable roads in the next
each year would leave a balance in state of Washington, working for
by publication thereof by order of the
two centuries, unless the issue is taken
the treasury of $2,075,132.56 to begin N. G. Blalock, a cousin of mine,
Honorable A. M. Hare, County Judge
to pay on the bonds. Then we are to was made president of the World’s up from another aaffU.—Buras Newt. of Tillamook County, Oregon, in the
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pay off one twentieth of them, so Fair Commission of the state of
absence of the Honorable George R.
that amount would pay the one 20th Washington. They put up a state
The time has come for Oregon to Bagley, Circuit Judge, of the above
and leave a balance of $t,955,I32-5^ building at Chicago, filled it with ex make a start tn the direction of per- entitled Circuit Court, which order is j
to put on the roads. The auto fees hibits. They hauled the logs from tnauent state highway construction dated the 10th day of April, 1917, and
every year after will pay the interest Puget Sound to build that magnifi- Washington, north of us, will spend the date of the first publication there
and the 20 per cent of the bonds and cant building, and they raised a flag li.6uO.UOO In the next two years; it la of, being the 12th day of April, 1917,
ieave a handsome sum to go on the poll from the tall trees of Puget proposed that Oregon spend *4,000,000 and the date of the last ■ publication
roads. If the registration did not in Sound beside that building, and Old in five years; California, south of us, will expire on the 25th day of May,
crease for the 20 years they will re Glory waved high in the air and de
1917.
tire the bonds and give over $7,5°°>" clared to the world that the State of baa authorised *15,000,u00 to be spent
Webster Holmes,
000 back to the roads in that time. Washington was a part of the United tn the next two years and about as
Attorney for Plaintiff.
much
more
will
bo
spent
by
the
coun
Well, then, I thought why not just States and invited the people to come
apply the vehicle registration fees on to that state. We have wonderful op ties of California Indications are that
Notice.
the roads as they come and not bond' portunities for you, and they came. conservative people are awakoulng to
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But, then, I thought that will give a But Oregon, this fair state, did not the need of getting away from tho
Notice is hereby given that the un- |
small amount of work, pave but lit give this invitation. They did not mud and dust and expense of poorly
built and maintained means of com dersigned, administrator of the estate
tle road each year, and we would be know she was ou the map.
of Lars Jensen, deceased, has filed
deprived of the benefits of the good
Until the Lewis and Clark Exposi munication.—Moro Observer
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roads.
tion in Portland did the people of the
his final account in the County Court
Under the tax limitation law there
it would be only patch at a time, in world hardly know of Oregon with
for Tillamook County, Oregon, and
the mud and out of the mud. But if her resources and opportunities. Now ean be only 4 per cent Increase in
*e bond and get a large amount of as the people are looking towards taxes annually. As that Increase will that Saturday, the second day of
paving and good roads it will save on Oregon, we should say come on. We probably be made by the tax levying June, 1917, at the hour of ten a.m., of
Huie, on wear and tear of autos, are going to have good roads for you bodies whether any extensive road said date is fixed as the time, and the
wagons, etc., a vast amount of money. to
travel uvei,
over. Now we have an op- building Is done or not, tho voters office of the County Judge, of Tilla
iu lldvrt
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1 commenced _.
figuring
on the sav- | portunity
to go forward, but if we should certainly decide in favor of
.mt* this
elite down
rl/-Vtl'VV we will take a back- good roads. There need be no fear of mook County, Oregon, in Tillamook
*nK- I asked auto ow ners what i< J vote
City, Tillamook County, Oregon, is |
would save to them to have paved ’ ward step.
additional state bond Issues, either,
toads and good roads to travel on.
We can offer to the people who unless ths people of the state want fixed as the place for the hearing of i
Ute first one said it would save $60 come here a muddy road to travel them as such bonds can only be Issued the said account.
a year on tires alone, another $40. over. But let us consider the matter after ths matter has been approved by
Notice is further given that all per- j
•t’other $30, another $80. Well, then and on June 4th cast our vote for the popular vote. The present tax rate,
• estimated that it saved to the autos progress of our state and say to the with 'he annual 4 per coat larreaso. sons having any objections to the ac- '
ind trucks, etc., an average of $4° Pcr good people of the world, Come and will provide the state with an excel ceptance and approval by said County
year, and he pays $10 fees for regis- you have a smooth road to travel
Court of said final account will ap
¡ration That would leave $30 clear. that will make life easier and hap« lent system of roads In a few years pear at said time and place and show
Since
tho
taxes
must
be
paid
anyway,
1 hat would save in 20 vears to the pier.
let s have good roads — Roseburg Hr cause, if any there be, why the admin
R. Y. Blalock.
automobile owners of the state over
istrator should not be discharged and
view.
♦20,000,000, saying nothing of time
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Whooping Cough.
•aved and expense it would save in
his bondsmen exonerated.
th«
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••ConsMorin« tb* rendition
t?.5*- freights and passenger traffic,
C. C. Jensen, Administrat
th*
One
of
the
most
successful
prepar
reads
th«
p«
’
day«.
’
«aya
ik ' ’ was sMisfied by the law and
or of the Estate of Lars
ations
in
use
for
this
disease
is
Cham
Burns Tribun«. "It 1» not lllt*ly that
•¡Jf
it was a good '
•he testimony that
‘
Jensen, Deceased.
’ning. It was right. That it was the berlain’s Cough Remedy. S. W Mc the p*opl« of Harney County will vote
•"'ng ' for . Oregon
2..gon and Tillamook Clinton. Rlandon Springs. Ala., writes »X«Inst the M.OM.OOO bond laaaa ar
county to do, and I began to advo- “Our babv had whooping cough as any other measure that baa for Ita "Chamberlain’s Tablets Hava Done I
bad as most any babv could have it. I purpoao the building of permanent
<*te it.
Wonders for Me.”
’ saw the objections to it that its op- gave him Chamberlain’s Comzh Rem blfhvays which would be paaaabla the
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For satire year In thia eourtry where
Wnents made. I clipped from the edy and it soon got him well. ” ” For
“ I have been a sufferer from
«ale
by
Lamar'«
Drug
Store.
5“’^
'e**n °f Oregon, a cartoon
the ground la praeHeally level perman
stomach trouble for a number of
., "aster C. E. Spence, representing
ent highways eonld be built at a nets years, and although I have used a ,
Notice
to
Stockholder«.
e counties that bond of putting a
Inal eoat Under the preeent lawn of great number of remedies recom
--o
°°se around their necks with a j
the stau there la ao reaaon why the mended for this complaint, Chamber
. l '1*"! *• the end of the rope to hold The annual meeting of the ftock- reade should be In an Impassable eaa- lain's Tablets is the first medicine
ent back and make it hard on them. holders of Tillamook Hotel Company dftion If thf» eaunty la to progrès that has given me positive and lasting
<l^nsc* and all of ns Grangers advo- will be held at the hotel building tn asd develop ft must have roads ever relief,” writes Mrs. Anna Kadin,
an*f ’I' °f ns Granger's advo- Tillamook City, Oregon, on Monday, wbleh teams end autos may pase net Spencerport, N. Y. "Chamberlain’s
¡6« t L. H’ral credits, state and nat- Tune 4th. 1017. »t 2 00 o’clock pm enly «érale partióos et the year bat Tablets have done wonders for me
ilr* ■ Said it was a good thing for the All stockholders are requested to be
and I value them very highly.” For
at all una'
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mn rr* *° mortgage their farms for present.
sale by Lamar’s Drug Store.
E.
J.
Claussen,
Sec.
""••7 at a low rate of interes» to
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