The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-02
COUNTY ROADS IN
DISTRICT TWO
rnE SUPERVISOR NErLlrS 70 OSr or
Tnr VICTIMS" or cnADNrLL,
Much Aonsy Expended 10 Little Use Tax
payers Determined TO nave Road
They Can Use,

Clatsop. August o,.-tlgdHor Astorian3
From tho Weekly Astortan OF August
iith. | soc Sa,at tho Ciniwcl victim" IL
again IN d state OF OF onp Of his pvrtodt-
cal ebulutlonA
II npps,ru one Mr. ingalls, have FOR.
gotten his initials. whllg returning from
tho Seaside upsst. Spilled out Ms wife
and baby. and stow las cart 10 shlvor-
enos. but fortunately 10 casualty to llto
OF limb,
Now Ihllv Sir. lngals las my profound
sympathy. am inclined So have JUS, "a
faini suspicion that thcrr possibly might
have l-on some uflpar unknown factor
In producing upat oalamltouH result ~
have since learned che lay Of the land
whcro q aocurr,i, Possibly no mlgh,
have been a little caiNlza or hauling
iitup loo much liquid rvrfcphmani for
thu c1lihiN OF Ids Nulaclo.
"Ono Of tho Victims" tolls Us that hrrc
arc some or many plaSon on this o-rtAin
part Of Road District M :? that arc
wIdo enough for two horsos hut not
Wide enough for uhr. Now Mr. biltor
that hsals m". aA ! supposed two horses
wanted "a wid-r road than nno have
only bovp driving horses abou, o. years.
aud have much 60 luarH wi
Now ths history Ia short Of rllla certain
road from Ciataop plains to i,owla AMI
CLARKE 10 about an follows
Tho taxpayers Of the county have paid
for Surveying and lovclpnE 4, Two or
shrvs umcs Thls CERTAIN. "Onr OF tho
Victims" besolgod tho bon-, olonliy IN,
clln"i citlsrs Of Astoria and ciatsop
county w HoHrpi and rrdpod nuvural
thousand dollars go up~n and grade H.
That's certain "unr OF up, Victims" had
tho honor NJ lotilnE tho contract Of cut !
tins and grading. OF WaH at least general |
superintendent Ito made a pretty good |
road ana ptetiy good thing honestly | |
have no doubt
Bont- ~ his SUCCESSORS came to the |
conclusion that tho road WnH not lo,-a,cd |
In tae right plaeo-tbaL II ought to SO |
hrouHi u,v mountain inp,oad OF over H. |
There has boon a gtrai d~al ut money /
expended on Fhr second route but will |
take moro than onr years tax 20 connect |
q with ,hc old ono one sanKuinr sup~r. |
Visor had dici. SIX f-rt wide dug .
about half mile to drain the road
In fact practically All tho mo-,-y and |
road work ot pistrto, No 2 haa been
put uion thai piooo of mountain and
marsh for nyc of nlN yrarn and ! never
knew. with ouc exception Of any com
moilgy uxc-iEinE few IN r-ssrs ot
clans and ,h~ said liquld rrfrvshmrnt 10
nc daulrd over o. Practically tho far.
mcrs of Clnnop plains is,y all the taxes
In Road Dislrac, No. and mover have
any b"ncnt from Il. II mak,,a us tlrcd
and w ha,r mldb- Il Change of base
Niz un Improve the road W. h,vr use for
A. for th- cri,icisms of "Ono OF the Vie.
time" on Mr Vests method OF putting
an the work on nttlc pivcr OF plank
! uad Whcrr thorr IL already a good road.
otc.. viii reply by sclling an old story.
"a certain man and his son wrrr driv-
INK an nss TO mnrio,t Hc met man
who iolii him that h. rad better g"l on
and ride. that thcrc would br plenty Of
ilHl. upccica t,ftcr hn was dead. 10 TO
pl,.,Aa the man he got on ard rodo Tho
next man hc m- said to him. You hard
lscurtcd old wrutchl You ought TO DO
,nham,i OF yOurs'lf. 10 b. riding along
4, your ease and lct,lng your littlc son
,rudgo h,i,inl IN the dust" SO hc got
lown ana put his son on.
The next man hc me-, cried out Hell
10. you young rascal cant you give your
DID fnth~r u ridr2 That ass IL ablo to
larry you both" So they both got on,
Tho next man tlp,y met was no, suit
-d and snad you are breaking that
lrutrs lack You are hrttcr able to carry
Him than he Is YOU" So they ,ird his
less and strung him On pole. nut
whom they worv crossing hridE, he ,
'trugglcd. fcu into the wntcr and was ,
drowned
Thv moral rs apparent. rhr one that
rlrs to suit every one suits No one
Road supervisors. IKE other public SER
wants receive u great deal of advice
rhc supervisor OF District No. . has
ricd to suit one and has met with rca-
'onlhlo success. That one is old nun
West His supreme EFFORT has been so d
u half II mile OF good road
where It wna badly nccded. Wnd not fret
he money all away on patch work OF
which there wouM bc no trace In u year
honcc II he should be so fortunate
mi "Onc Of the Victims" no unfortunate
~ to be- appointed another year, he
would build Ulnothcr half mile and by
hat way make mile stone on the way