Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-09-01
DEVELOPMENT
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| TIOhnOtlon OF steam and Electric
Railroad to Coos Bay.
State Highway Construction
Through Western Oregon.
Automobile Road from Roseburg
to Coos Bay, via Myrtle Point.
State-Aided Railway from Ontario
to Coos Bay.
Opening of Western Oregon Har-
bors at Siuslaw, Winchester, va
q1ina and Tillamook.
Opening the Locks and Canal at
Oregon City so that Coos Bay Coal
Can Be Brought up the Willamette
Valley by Water.
Breaking up the Large Wagon
Road Land Grants Across this State
and Opening Them to Settlement.
Enactment of a New Water. Code
and General Port Commission Law
to Develop Harbors.
This is big program but the de-
termination of the men back of It is
to fight for big results and put the
whole state back of the campaign.
Coos Bay Alive to the Cause.
The Coos Bay congress was
planned and backed by the Marsh
field Chamber of Commerce, one OF
the live commercial organizations of
Oregon, which has launched the big
gest publicity campaign ever started
for that section by the organization
of the Otegon-Idaho Development
congress.
sity and its purpose is to blaze the
way for the development OF south
ern, central and southwestern Ore
gon and southern Idaho.
The need OF railway transporta-
tion for this vast area, the breaking
up OF immense unused tracts OF
land, the utilization of water powers
and development of a deep-sea har.
Dor are among the many objects to
be achieved.
In order to bring about these re-
suits II Is deemed necessary that a
series of meetings be held, both In
western and eastern oregon and
southern Idaho, and to that end the
President will correspond In the
near future. outlining plans in de-
tail.
The next big Western oregon
Booster congress is to be held at
Roseburg the latter part OF Septem-
ber, at which time plans will be per-
fected for construction OF high
class automobile road from that
city to Coos Bay, which will run In
connection with the Coos Bay and
Eastern Railroad making close con-
nections at Myrtle Point, and short
ening the time from the Willamette
valley to Marshneld from "a hours
OF neck-breaking staging to six
hours OF comfortable travelling.
Report OF Organization Committee.
We, your committee on permanent
organization. beg to report as fol-
lows:
We recommend that this organiza-
ton be made permanent.
That II be known as oregon-lda-
ho DEVELOPMENT congress.
That the officers be one president
and two vice-presidents from each
OF the states OF oregon and Idaho.
one secretary and one assistant
from each OF the states OF Oregon
and Idaho.
One treasurer from oregon and
one assistant from Idaho.
An executive committee, consist
ing of the president as chairman and
two assistants from each OF the two
states. oregon and Idaho.
For officers, we recommend as fol-
lows:
President. Judge s. A. Lowell
Pendleton, oregon.
Vice-presidents, DR.. j. 7. McCor-
mac, Marshfeld. oregon; f. Hofer'
Salem, oregon; Judge /. X. Perky
Boise, Idaho; /. b. Perrine. Twin
Falls, Idaho,
Secretary, C. A. Hardy, Eugene
Oregon; assistant secretary, H. s.
Sheridan, Boise. Idaho.
Executive committee. VIM. Grimes
Marshfield, Oregon; l.. j. Simpson
North Bend, Oregon; Guy Barnham'
Boise, Idaho, James o'Toole.
Treasurer, Hon. /. w. Vawter'
Medford, oregon.