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TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. APRIL 10» 1919-________ p The ROOSEVELT HIGHWAY Will bring About a Great Boom for the Coast Counties and will be of Immense Benefit to Oregon. stay at home the same as they did at with the State Highway Commission, WHERE BOND MONEY IS TO BE EXPENDED. the general election m November, All *" the prospective hardsurfacing ------ o------ HIGHWAY IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE then we are inclined to think the this year is based on the supposition To the Honorable County Court of that the county will be bonded to Roosevelt highway will be snowed TO TILLAMOOK COUNTY. Tillamook County. Oregon: under We simply mention this to pay its share of the work. We. the undersigned, residents and ------ o------ show the importance of carrying on an active campaign as quickly as pos From a taxpayer's point of view voters of Tillamook County, Oregon, Everybody in Tillamook Should Become Live, sible. for other coast counties will this is a point, and a very important are signing a petition to you for sub expect Tillamook county to roll up one. that should not be overlooked. mitting to the voters of the county Enthusiastic Boosters—Great Develop We are hearing a good deal about a majority of at least three thousand The government will maintain the at an election to beld June 3rd, market roads for farmers, and we are votes in favor of the measure.. That Roosevelt highway, which relieves 1919. the proposition of issuing ments will Follow the Building of heart and soul in favor of them, for means the voters must be persuaded Tillamook and the other coast coun bonds to provide for the construction that is the reason the snap shot man to go to the polls and vote for the ties of that expense, which is a sav of permanent roads in this county, this Wonderful Highway. has been harping, week after week, Roosevelt highway, and the women ing to the taxpayers of this county to the amount of $430.000.000, and for several years, for a hard surfaced as well. ! of at least $40.000 annually. A good this connection, for the purpose of ------o------ most desirable and profitable indus- 1 road through Tillamook county. It many persons complain about taxa advising you of the wishes of the EDITORIAL SNAP SHOTS. looked like a big job for a newspaper tries that Oregon should reach out Suppose the people of Oregon give tion. but they, for the most part. | signers of the petition, we wish to ----------- 0----------- man to tackle, but as we know from an adverse vote on the Roosevelt rarely ever do so when it comes to ask if the bonds are issued that the and get. Why can’t we have a Women’s experience what a newspaper can do highway measure next June, it will road improvements of a permanent funds therefrom be used in the fol ------ o------ Roosevelt Highway Boosters’ organ- ' ¿id you know Uncle Sam has ap in plugging away and boosting for a mean this, that the people of this character. Now, Mr. Taxpayer, keep lowing manner. ization ? It is going to take women's ' preprinted a‘“b7 puT^or^onZy for good we?now that ®ost State do not want Federal aid in this bit of information in your mind We ask that $172.000.00 of the votes to carry the measure. road improvements? Well he 7has i everybody m the county have about road improvements. That is how the and study it over, and after doing so amount to be issued in hard surfac --------- Q.-------- -- something like $200.000.000 at one ®"me to our way of thinking, and a vote will be interpreted by the gov we feel sure you will become a Roose ing roads South of Tillamook City, Every person in Tillamook county clatter, and if we don't get some if it paved h«h7ay ^e entire ernment and the people of other velt highway booster and make it beginning at the terminus of the should be a Roosevelt highway boost in this county, and Oregon fails to le"^h ofuthe “ the h«1 klnd states, and instead of Oregon receiv your duty to take every body to the hard surface road now laid, and run er, for this wonderful highway will obtain its portion it will be on ac- a market road q ing $2.500.000 from the government .polls you possibly can. This should ning thence South to Hebo; thence eclipse all other highways in the count of the people voting against 1 . other states will receive the money even interest the tight wads, if there to Cloverdale; thence to Hudson Federal aid in road building to this ’ Saap sh?1 « ac®u“d "J state of Oregon. and obtain that much more roads. are any in Tillamook county, and Corners; thence via. Little Nestucca ■■ o----------- state. That, m a nutshell, is how the a on hard surfaced The government has appropriated make them warm up to the proposi road to the draw bridge over the We do not ‘ large sums of money to co-operate As the Roosevelt Highway bill pas vote will be interpreted on the 3rd J™11' kWe plead tion. We want to establish the fact Little Nestucca River; the money to know how we can serve our con- sed both houses of the State Legis of June with the states in road building, on in the minds of every taxpayer that be expended so as to meet the re 0______ istitutents better than to keep on lature with unanimous votes, this is 1 a 50-50 basis, and it is said that the government will maintain the quirements for procuring state aid, advocating hard surfaced roads. . .. how the people of Oregon should vote If there are any persons in Tilla When a hard surfaced road is built ^.SOO.OOO is now available for Ore- highway, and should any taxpayer in and government aid also, and in next June. mook county who are opposed to the through the county, why. those who \on- and 411 11; wa"ts “ the Tote of this county lack the good business hardsurfacing the road or any part ------ e------ Roosevelt highway, the columns of accuse us of being a crank on that tke People t0 obtal" 11 • K “ a *luar®; sense and not support and vote for of it that is required, and that the With the completion of the Roose the Headlight are open to them to style of road will have to admit that ®lea" cu1t *“ue thal tbp .P«ople will the Roosevelt highway, then we can balance of the funds, if any, be used velt highway did you know you express their views. The editor will our head was screwed on right, any- hav® u decide June viz: Are they only say that there is something from the draw bridge on to Neskowin would be abie to take your auto and be glad to discuss the Roosevelt high way, for the snap shot man does not in favor of federal, ald for road wrong in their upper crust. We in : grading and macadamizing that go to California any time of the way project, in a friendly spirit, in part of the road. We also request will remind the taxpayers that main- I like to see so much good money go- pr0’«”1«11?’ or not. year ? And it would be a pleasant trip the columns of this newspaper with that what is known as the Arstill tenance charges on our roads are 1 tog to waste every year to matoten- ----- o----- - as well in the winter months. cutoff, be adopted as the location for anybody who oppose the project. ^Vch^s. We* no'tme Îhat we are _________________ _____ ance charges. We notice that we are I What does the Roosevelt highway eat*n& UP a large proportion of the j “J k r proposltlon ““ w 111' • not t the only j crank on hardsurfaced hardjurfaced mean t0 min road ^und fund leay leavln mon- to T1Uamook Tillamook county county? ? Simply 10 m1 ^^ road ini> g little mon the road on the present survey and • in • the • county. — — We think . < to say- - ------------- j ---- ;---------------- The snap shot man has not met one no doubt, bring out some valuable roads We . have a ................ lot of this. we are right ^ # or "ew roads and j other improve that the work of grading on this cut person in Tillamook county wno is information pro and con. good company and a lot of good tog that somewhere near $1,000.000 ments- The County Court and others off be commenced at the earliest opposed to the Roosevelt highway. ° ~ . * friends, and they are growing more will be expended on the project in j who wbo have 11476 to 10 look after a^ter the tbe road im- im" possible moment and carried to com There are probably some persons in Tillamook county is scheduled to)every WMk ’ Tillamook county. And Tillamook"county. And" money fur- provements Pavements affirm what we say in pletion. the county who will vote against go over the top in the Roosevelt high- ■ We request that $258.000.00 of nished by the federal government ’b15 respect, in fact, the County taking government money for road way drive on the 3rd of June, and I The Tillamook Creamery Associa and the state. Just think of it. $1,- Court is often Put in a tight place the funds be used North of Tillamook annATlTli of Z\T heavy nflOTTV VM n 1 vi I am il M zia City; $110.000.00 to be used begin purposes, but we have not run across there shouldn't be one slacker. Votes tion expended some money on adver- 000,000 worth of permanent road -a AM on account maintenance count and must be obtained rising last year to boost Tillamook improvement in Tillamook county is charges. With that serious situation ning at the terminus of the present them. o------- if this highway, which means r s° cheese. If the Roosevelt highway is what is proposed, without any axtra ¡confronting the people and the tax- hard surface road and extending Tillamook county has never had a much to Tillamook and the coast '* built we do not know anything that local taxation, and the way to obtain payers, wouldn't we be a lot of north through Bay City and Gari boom. Its growth has been steady counties. It is but a small matter to will advertise Tillamook cheese bet- it is by a little exertion and a little cranky idiots to turn down a propo baldi to Sea View; this is to be used and permanent. But watch out for a ask people to go to the polls and vote ser than that highway. For illustra- boosting on the part of everybody in .sition like the Roosevelt highway, in meeting the requirements for ob tremendous boom in the coast coun- 'for this measure, and it will be dis- tion, Californians have been large the county. Suppose someone came ' which gives us 60 or more miles of taining State aid, so far as the same ties if the Roosevelt highway meas asterous and a bad set back to the consumers of Tillamook cheese, and along and said they would be willing hardsurfaced road and the jfovern- ean be obtained, and any other avail ure carries. And it will be some boom Coast counties if the people stay at as soon as the highway is built they to expend a large amount of money! ment will maintain it? That is one able assistance. we want to remind the people of Til home and neglect this important du I will visit the cheese county of Ore to improve every farm and business reason why the snap shot man is a That $110,000.00 be used on the ty they owe themselves, the state gon by the thousands, carrying away _ _________ lamook. booster for this road project, and the road beginning at Brighton and run in the county, wouldn't we be fools - -o------- and their home county. large quantities of cheese. We ‘if we raised objections and voted reason we want to put a lot’of pep, ning from there on through Wheeler We are sure that the person who will gamble that during the summer against it? The $1.000.000 expended enthusiasm and determination into across the Nehalem river by bridge use the word with the big ‘’D" The snap shot man predicts that if travel it will be no trouble to sell a on the Roosevelt highway in Tilla- the people of the county to help car to the Town of Nehalem; thence RoOSCVfilt highway hlPhWAV measure mPHSUT'P PUT*- tkAnaanr] email nliooco daily, dailxr if tV»A mook oahm H» nrill through uppqr Nehalem by the way when his machine butts into a the Roosevelt car- 1 ' thousand small cheese if the county will not only enhance ry it through. of Coal Creek road on the West side chuck hole, puts his car out of com- ries, the coast counties will have the I Tillamook Creamery Association will the value of dairy farms and busi- ------ o------ of Nehalem river to the County line mission, or busts a tire, will be in biggest boom in the history of Wes- .make arrangements where they could ness houses, but as soon as the high- Sgme persons think that the people of Clatsop County. favor of the Roosevelt highway. Sure tern Oregon, giving them the biggest be obtained. Visitors are hungry for way is complete the population will , K / for .K ! J double VI - itself and 1 business • •« in Southern and Eastern Oregon, as That $38.000.00 be used on the thing. But if he don t go to the polls uplift they have ever had. This is 1 cheese when will when they they come come here here for their their i soon soon double itself and business will wen as the Willamette Valley will si m m w uanntiAns i fair As>i . i road beginning at Mohler and cross he is liable to use a good many pro- (somewhat of a glaring statement to c summer vacations. take a a rl decided boom. That is what I i . _ ---- 77'1 r;— “.— .------i vote against the Roosevelt highway ing the bridge east of there, and fol fane words in the future. make, but we know what we are ■ ■ - o — the Knnsevelt nicrnu/nv »nino- tn I ’ ... « . , . . ----------- Q ------- talking about and know that it will Did you ever realize what an ideal to Tillamook County, and it will in them. We. over in thls neck of the lowing the road thence to its inter The government is just anxious to 'b* means of bringing about great climate Tillamook county has for all probability turn the weekly woods. are interested in the develop- section with the road running up the give Oregon $2.500.000. which is development in the coast counties,_________________ ___________ *____ summer travel? Just ______________ put your brains Headlight into a daily. Every part of Bent of those of the gtat' East side of the North Fork of the only a small amount to what other and w111 double their population in a to work and figure it out. There js a the county will be greatly benefjtted 77 vririVhe m 61 Tne ’lal6, Nehalem River, and from there up states are receiving. Do the people of few years This is gospel truth, and it marked contrast in the weather by the Roosevelt highway, and we has a fine svstem of hard surfaced the road on the East side of the North Fork of Nehalem River to the Oregon want that amount of money , should make *“ everybody in these along the Pacific coast in the sum-Ido not know anything that will give rniat ¿stern n2nn and ¿7 intersection of this road with the for road purposs or trill they say to counties real. live. enthusiastic mer to that of Eastern or Southern the county a better boost than the th. WiU.mdU Valley. B~„.elt highway. tg^ wantX "tt. “ Coal Creek road. Uncle Sam: “Keep your money." If b«>.ten i„ .he »..„.d, highway. o„g». All of the money to fie used, so far they do, then it means additional i ThT !l.“ hot ,and..’T*110“. dl?ed ------ °----- ! the summer, and with the Roosevelt We are not goto; ig^o make any pre-, up. In Tillamook county the weather as practical, in hard surfacing roads, taxation for the people of Oregon. We must remind the people of Til- highway this would make their sum- but where necessary to procure state ------ o -- ' dictions as to the amount of money is cool, fresh and invigorating, the i Ti 11 <-» w« «xzxlr ~ A 2 _. —. L. _ 2 n J ——.¿A I- ’ lamook that it is absolutely necessary mer vacation much more pleasurable, that will be left in Tillamook County entire county being covered with aid, the same to be used for prepar Every person who owns an auto to bond the county. Some few persons We want to say that there are some mobile, flivver or bug knows full if ' the Roosevelt highway is built, but green trees and green meadows. have a wrong idea when they con- broad minded people in Eastern Ore- ing road bed fcr hard surface, co well that bad roads causes a large this will give some idea. Suppose ten That is what makes Tillamook an tend it will not be necessary to do so gon who are going to boost the next operating where possible with the came to the county amount of additional expense every 1 thousand autos .... , .- ideal county for tourists. Very few if the Roosevelt highway measure few weeks for the Roosevelt high- State and Federal road work. month, and that hardsurfaced roads.1" one week; and they remained in persons realize what climatic condi carries. There are more reasons than way with as much energy as the peo- reduces the maintenance charges to . three days, at an expense tions amount to. but as soon as a For Sale Cheap. one why the county should bond. It pie of the coast counties. They are a minimum, to say nothing of the ¡of J10-00 a da? f°r 6ach, ,thl* hard surfaced road is built through is no doubt true that part of the , wide awake to the fact that if the Good 5-room house and two lota In the county, and the Roosevelt high- great saving on tires. Every person 1*.dea. ..... . . present highway through the county people of the coast counties took a Tillamook; And also a good 5 room amount of money tourists would who owns an auto should become in- Wfty "¿7'K ' g°,ng t W11 * used for the Roosevelt high trip to California over the Roosevelt house and one lot in Rockaway. 160 leave in the county every week, everybody the large amount of travel ,.y but teresaed in the Roosevelt highway. highway they would not come hack acres in .Sandlake at >25 per acre. month or year. The Roosevelt high- that will come to~ Tillamook county, ------ o------ s where it will not be. ’ The county that way. but would go through Address Box 200 R. F. D. Tillamook. way will be a big thing for Tillamook ------ c------ •has to pay for grading, and needs We believe it. It is estimated that county, the completion of which will Southern and Eastern Oregon, on The gtat„ o{ Washlngton and Cal- Registered Calves For Sale. light now money to pay for the fully $100,000.000 worth of taxable mean a big boom for this city and lfornia are a their return home. So don’t think for wder awake- t0 ' grading that is to be done this year. one moment that ihe coast counties property will come into existence county. Two heifer calves, well bred, one their interest than the average Ore To have no money available to co are going to receive all the benefits. when the Roosevelt highway is built, ------ o------ gonian is. As an illustration of this operate with the State Highway The same argument applies to Port bull calf—Dams Sire St. Maure, the which will not only benefit the state Very few persons in Oregon know the rapid progress these two states Commission, should the county bond land and the Willamette Valley. The >1700 ‘ bull. Dam Katy of Shady but the coast counties will be bene- Lawn farm sold for >500 at CurtiB fitted as well. Every county on the;‘*}at f*ie sta,es California and have made in hardsurfacing roads measure fail to carry, will leave the people will have the advantage of sale. P. W. Todd. coast will have a building boom, and i Washington adopted comprehensive have outdistanced Oregon. They had ! county in a bad predicament and going one way and coming home to construct their coast high- the business foresight to see the ben will be the means of curtailing the although the coast counties were late •plans to another, without back tracking. It in bung developed, this new road • ways, and are now constructing efits that were to be derived from work that is proposed this year, for will be readily seen. then, that the will develop them at an amazing rate . them as fast as possible, because they hard surfaced roads, which exceeded instead of obtaining 15 or 20 miles Roosevelt highway is of as much saw the benefits which are to be de their expectations. consequently of hard surfaced road this year it will benefit and interest to Portland, the ----- » —— rived. Oregon has been slow in this they are enjoying a large amount of . be cut down to five miles, and prob Willamette Valley. Eastern and /hen discussing the Roosevelt respect, in fact, too slow, for this prosperity, while Oregon has been ably not that much. There is another Southern Oregon, as it is to this sec highway measude. don’t let ifs. buts 'state should have co-operated with lagging behind. The Roosevelt High- measure, which if it carries, will re tion of the state. Another thing in nd rads get into the controversy. ! the other two states long before this. w..y v. ill help Oregon overcome some quire- county money to co-operate this connection we may mention is This is wliat the voters are called I The Roosevelt highway measure of the disadvantages it has been suf upon to decide: “Are you in favor of i gives the people of Oregon an op- fering from, so let s have a little wrih thé state in building market . the importance and benefit it will be ! S' te ol Oregon receiving a large I port unity to do this, and we stocere- more State pride, and although it is mads. So it is absolutely necessary to Portland. The people of that city to bord the coun . o obtain a large need highways like .that proposed uni-aut of money offered by the i ly hope that they will turn out at the geing to be a long time before Ore 'V . . nent for road improvement ?" polls and give the measure a rousing gon can hope to catch up with Wash amount of hard surf iced • road this along the coast for pleasure and rec year and to be prepared with money And “Yes" or "No" decides the ques- I majority. ington and California in hardsurfac for maiket roads. We simply mention reation. which is now almost a n- < cs- 5, WTu*0,ÛR[ûO- 1 lon '. hether there is to be a Roose ed roads, the State can make a start these facts to show the citizens sity with so many persons owning velt highway or not. automobiles. As Portland has been If the Roosevelt highway is con with the Roosevelt highway. where they are at if the county is not generous enough to allow al! the | structed. it will cause a revolution in bonded, and we may add further Sold by Th argument in favor of the Tillamook county. This may be a pe- T, lv Roosevelt .„I, highway „„7 boosters that the contemplated road improve state road funds to be expended oni-1 The side of Multnomah county, it is no Tillamook Feed Company. f’oos relt highway says; “We tour- culiar statement to make in connec- should get together nght'away. It is ments in the north part of the coun more than right that so:ne of thi3 C. 0. & C. M. Dawson st ciop is even more desirable andtion with that proposed highway, ]CB8 than two months to the day of ty. the paved road to Hebo and the Conover & Condii. p rot r. able than any other crop we but ft bring about a revolution election. They should not only get paved road through Cloverdale to the money should go towards the Roose-1 Geo. R. Edmunds. <aii have, because it provides many ln this respect. It will do away with busy, but remain busy right up to dock will be indefinitely postponed velt highway. And we feel sure that Tillamook. Oregon Oregon people with employment to the poor roads and mud holes on the the tune the polls are closed. One several year».. What a back set it the people of Portland will take as much interest in and get as much A. Anderson. Wheeler. Ore. rvc J>e tourists needs and con- highway between Clatsop and Lin- special feature in this campaign will be to all parts F.tl of , the „ wuu county if u pleasure out of the Roosevelt high les our product at home. So the Coln counties, will bnng about won- should be a united effort in getting it is not bonded and the County W. A. Rowe, Brighton. Oregon. ,o .ns. ciop is considered one oi the derful developments, and double the the people out to vote. If the people Court has no money to co-operate way as they do the Columbia high Wilson & Co., Beaver. way up the Columbia river. Mohler Supply Co., Mohler. population of Tillamook county in a short time. That is the kind of revo lution the Roosevelt highway will bring about in Tillamook county. There’s nothing bolshenski about this kind of a revolution, but will be a revolution to develop Oregon, es pecially the coast counties. I a a --- k t , ;heTR™seveJtbiShway^ z a
