East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-15

ROADS, Mr.. bennett spoke OF the neeQ
of more railroads, as well as good
wagon roads.
Delegations Present.
Among the delegations present from
Umatilla county are the following:
Echo-H. c. Willis, o. D. Teel, Mayor
l.. A. Esteb, c. H. Gardner, John Sail
ing and Jesse Moore.
Umatilla-D. c. BrOwnell, H. C.
Means, oliver Lynch, C. E. Bowman
and ]. w. Gonser.
Pilot Rock-T. P. Gilliland, ]. P.
McManus and H. H. Gilbert.
Milton--J. F. Campbell, j. M. Bas-
ket and w. w. Mcqueen.
la Grande Well Represented.
La Grande is well represented by a
large and active delegation, and is
making strenuous efforts to secure the
next meeting of the Good Roads con-
vention.
The following ldelegates are present
from La Grande: NJ. L. Causey, Tur-
ner oliver, ]. K. Wright, ]. K. Stack
land, A. Gust and F. L. Myers.
These gentlemen are all directly in
terested in the construction of good
roads and hope to secure information
at this meeting that will be a benefit
to Union county in the expenditure of
her road and bridge fund which
amounts to over $4,000 per year.
Experience Meeting"
Before adjournment for dinner an
experience meeting" was held in
which short addresses on good roads
and development of the state were
made by T. G. HALEY, Mayor L. A.
Esteb, of Echo; Colonel R. w. Rich
ardson, of the National Good Roads
association, Henry X. Fisher county
commissioner of Baker county, and
State Senator E. w. Haines, of Wash
ington county This proved to be an
interesting session as it brought out
the sentiment of the people from diff
ferent parts of the state and resulted
in making Eastern and Western Ore
gon acquainted with each other.
The forenoon session was snappy
and entertaining, all the speeches be-
ing short, witty and pointed. The pre-
liminary features of the session were
most highly appropriate. The set
speeches of the program were not
reached before noon, and all the i'm
promptu and off-hand addresses were
of the kind which pave the way for
good work later, when the actual
work of the convention begins.
Afternoon Session.
a..
Good Roads association, called the
afternoon session to order promptly
at o'clock, and after appointing
Judge Thomas F. Ryan, of Clackamas
county, as temporary secretary of the
convention, outlined the plans to be
pursued by the association, in secur-
ing quick and profitable returns from
the good roads movement
Senator C. j. Smith, of Umatilla
county, then read a paper on Spec
ial Road Tax" which was written
by Senator Jay Tuttle, of Astoria, who
was unable to be present, but who
prepared an able paper on the sub
ject.
The paper by Senator Tuttle was an
dule anu lnOTOuSn discussion OF tne
needs of wise expenditure of county
funds in road making. and was we'll
received by the delegates who dis
cussed the paper at length.
The discussion following this paper
was led by Senator E. W. Haines,
chairman of the committee on roads
and highways of the last session of
the legislature.
Senator Haines fully explained the
details and provisions of the futile
road BILL" which became a law at
the last session of the legislature,
and which will soon go into effect.
"If we only build mile of road
each year" said Senator Haines, "let
us build a good road and finally we
will have good roads all over our
counties 1t is a waste of time to
spend money in temporary repairs,
as is now DONE"
Representative w. X. Newell, of
Washington county, also spoke en-
Enthusiastically in favor OF the Tuttle
bill.
]. H. Albert, Of Salem, also in
dorsed the Tuttle bill, inasmuch as
the same principle is used by every
city in Oregon in making street i'm !