Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-03-03
THE GOOD ROADS CAMPAIGN is NOW ON
Oregon Good Roads Association to Hold Southern Oregon
District Convention in Grants Pass.

hospitality for which this city is
noted, would insure ample funds
with which to defray the expense Of
the convention and OF entertaining
the visitors They also expressed
the wish that the Miners Association
should provide free OF charge hotel
accommodations for such Nisitors as
took part on the program.
A motion was made by Mr. Mangum,
which was adopted that a committee
Of three, Of which Judge Booth should
be chairman, be appointed TO have
full charge Of all arrangements ior the
convention and to make up the pro-
gram and SECURE talent for it and to
issue invitations TO prominent men
Of the state to attend the coonven-
tion. AS such committee Chairman
Sherman appointed II. l.. Gilkey and
O. l.. Mangum to act with Judge
Booth. a motion made by Mr.. Kin.
ney " az carried. empowering the
committee on general arrangements
to name such subcommittee as they
might desire to attend to special
work in preparing for the convention.
The question Of securing direct
wagon road from the upper Grave
creek district to Grants Pass was
bought up by Mr.. Mangum. He
stated that by the present wagon road
it was % miles from Placer to Grants
Pass, bat that route could be had
of bat 10 miles by constructing ga
miles, of road from the present road at
the head Of Horse creek across the
divide between the Jump-off- and
Grave creek valley, to the road lead
ing to Placer. A trail leads over
the ridge near where the route of the
road wonld be and Nj. Mangum had
recently been over 1t and he found
that the divide was quite low and
that grade Of less than 10 per cent
could be had. The route would be
through open timber and scattering
brush on ground of red clay forma-
tion, thus making it possible to
grade the road at a small expense.
MIR. Mangum then spoke of the
trade advantages that would come
to Grants Pass by the opening Of this
road and of the advantages that this
road would be to the Grave creek
and Jump.off.Joe sections of the
county. Judge Booth stated that II
petition had been granted and the
survey made for road on this route
two years ago and the road supervisor
tor that district had been ordered to
open the road but for some cause had
failed to do the work. The Judge
said the county would readily CO.
operate with the citizens of Grants
Pass IN the expense of opening the
road Mr.. Kinney thought the work
Of opening the road could be done for
$500. Mr.. Gilkey made motion
which was adopted, that II commit
toe of three, of which Mr.. Mangum
be chairman, be appointed to inyesti-
gate the feasibility of this road and
of the probable cost OF lis oonstruC-
tion and to report at the earliest date
convenient to the executive commit.
tee of the Miners Association. As
such committee r. l.. Coo and w. NJ
Hair were appointed to act with Mr.
Mangum. The committee decided
to 80 over the route of the proposed
road this Thursday, and to make up
their report to submit to the exocu.
tive committee early next week. The
executive committee then adjourned
subject to the call OF the chairman
A meeting was held Tuesday even.
ing at the olico of Judge Booth Of
the committee ON general arrange.
ments and invitations which Is com.
posed of Judge j. O. Booth, III. l..
Gilkoy and @. l.. ManRum, at which
the following committees were
appointed
Committee on Finance -- Joseph
Moss, w. NJ Hair, X. L. Coo.
Committee on Transportstion-G
=. Jester, W, q. Hale, H. q. Smith
Committee on Advortising-Ohas.
Mesoryr, d. IL, Stovall, Herman
HorninR.
Committee ON Music-H. G. Kin
ney ]. II. Williams, T, r. Cramer
Committee on Entertainment
Arthur Conklin, W, b, sherman, Q.
G.. Amsnt
Reception Committeo-Mayor or Geo,
E Good, Ii. d, Norton, r. Thomas,
James +. Hair, p. H. Harth, L. l..
Jewell, d. II. Stovan. Geo. II, Dur
ham, a. II, Carson, +. w. Ohausse,
DR. w. Ii, Flanagan, y. +. Noorhies,
H. $. Van Dyke, Chas. Meserve, Geo
W. Colyig, Il. q. Smith, ]. G.
Campbell. James T. Logan, c, L.
Lovclace, Il. 5. Swonson, Prof Il. Il,
Turner. Ice Calvert, H. \. Roter-
mund, Nj. ~ Wortz, II, c. Perkins,
\, q. Barnard, b. O. McCullooh, II,
l. Reynolds, c. T.. Harmon, ]. d.
Fry, Or 5 Loughridgc, ", q. Hale,
G y. Jester, A. c. Hough, G. W.
Donncll, II. E, Foster W. ]. Winner,
Dr. Geo, II. Douglass r. W Clark,
Samuel Bowdcn, $. Chase, ]. Il, Har.
yoy aud ". G Wright.