Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1905-09-01
OILED ROADS AND
IRRIGATION SUBJECTS
To be Topics of an Address to
Grants Pass Business Men
by an Expert


business man of Riverside, Cal, was
In Grants Pass over Sunday a guest Of
his cousins. X. l.. Coe and Miss Mary
e. Coe. Mr. Brinkerhoff was on his
way to the Lewis and Clark fair being
sent there by the commercial bodies
of Riverside county to represent
the interests of that section Of Cali
fornia in securing settlers and in
vestors.
Riverside was the first county IN
California to use crude petroleum
for road dressing, and so much Of
success has it proven in the making OF
good roads that now all the main
tborougbfares a. well as many of the
streets of the various towns in that
county are oil.coated Oil roads hav,
proven so satisfactory in standing
heavy traffic at all seasons of the
year as well as being dusltess ana
mudless that hundreds OF miles OF
roads are being improved by that
method in California. Mr.. Brinker-
hof being thoroughly posted on the
method Of constructing and main
tanning oil roads, at the request oil
Mr.. Coe, has consented to stop in
Grants Pass, when on his way to his
home, and deliver an address TO the
business men and others Interested III
the cause of good roads. MIR. Brinkef-
hotf IL talented speaker and an Gu
thusisst on good roads aud his nd.
dress will be worth hearing by all who
favor uore modern methods Of road
building than now obtain In Jose.
phine county.
Mr.. Brink erhoff, residing in II sec.
tion where irrigation is carried on by
every method from the canal large
enough TO float 4 steamboat to the
horsepower pump, is well posted on
tnat subject and he will, at Mr..
Goes wish, devote "A part of his ad
dress TO that topic No section ia
the world has secured greater benefits
aud has prospered more from irIiga
ton than has Riverside county. Thai
no county on the Pacific Coast would
be benefited more by irrigation thar
Josephine is fact PLAN to be set /
by all who have visited this county,
This subject IL thus an important OH,
with the citizens Of Rogue Rivoi
Valley aud the address by an expert
on irrigation, like Mi. Brinkerho H.
will be Of great interest and value,
Grants Pass has now attained tina
size that street traffic demands 4
betterment of the streets of the city
A coating Of mud In the winter ant
of sitting dust in the summer il
hardly to be tolerated ON the street,
of II progressive town. BY VIVA
IN elhod TO improve the streets AN,
sidewalks of this city is II matter tina
the oitizens of the city are interested
in. Persons familiar with oi
streets ia California claim tha
Grants Pass could have ideal street,
at reasonable expense. The methot
suggested is to first remove the sur
face soil aud then bring the subsoi
to the required grade and then roll Il
with u heavy steam power roller
Then put on layer of surface soil Il
bring the street to the required
heiRhth and then roll and then ilnisl
with heavy coating of granite sane
aud oil. The experience of Califotnll
towns is that sand and oil solidil,
aud make coating almost liz,
asphalt, II is also proposed TO try ui
on section OF sidewalk aud give /
test Grants Pass has some tine,
miles of granite sand sidewalk ant
while that ma erial makes smooth
clean walk, yet the glare from th,
glislening sand in the bright sunshu,
make 1t very tryinE on person =
eyes. The first thug that straugt Il
notice ON visiting Gru Is Pass is th,
glare from. the siewalks, which Il
almost unbearable to many people on
summer days when the sun buils dowl
ON these granite sidewalks like ON th,
desert sands, and google, aud glas,c
become rs plent ful IN Grants Pass a.
umbrellas in Tacoma or Astoria
These granite Sidewalks are like al
emery wheel IN grinding oil Shoe sole
and II the rolling PARTICLES II sharl
sand cou d be- cemouted together 10y ui
or some other substance 1t would suv,
big expense and much anuoyauc &,
the residents of this city rue whit,
concrete walks also have glare from
the sun that is tryiu, on the eyes
This could be- easily avoided wei,
some dark coloring matter put it
cemeLt at the time il was beiu.
prepared for use, It is little TO b,
wondered that such large Ger cen
OF town people, from children up wea
glasses with the constant strain a
their eyes from the imperfect 1t. ht "a.
schoo rooms and offices aud tho hray,
shaded rooms aud the glare Of Tn, SUI
from the granite and cement 81 o.
walks, 1t is good for the uculists, bu
tough on the rest OF the people
Judge w. C. Hale, LETT Thuisda,
for Wedderburn the county seat %
Curry county TO attend circuit cour
now in session at that place. Judg,
Hale is attorney Tor X u. Hume IN ,
biz damage suit that Robert Burul
aud his wiio have htought again,t
MIR. Hume over property rights OF
lower Rogue river
II you want to Ieut house or keen
posted In the bargains IN all lines
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