Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-02

old roads and the creation of new
ones has bene a troublesome and ex-
pensive duty of the county. Petitions
calling for the creation of new roads
are being bitterly fought; divisional
roads the instigator of much bitter
controversy Notwithstanding the
great need of the highway both to
those favoring and opposing. Con-
clusiveness is a thing almost impos-
sible to arrive at by the court, so
strenuous are some issues contested,
they being carried to the extreme linz
it of the law not for the purpose of
relieving taxation alone, but a large
portion of the objection being due to
disagreement over the premises and
the route of the proposed county
road. 1t will be presented during
the meeting for an open discussion
and il possible some method will be
adopted, or started, by which the
residents of the respective districts
can arrive at some peasable and bene-
ficial conclusion. 1t has been sug-
gested to the county court by some
that the construction of highways be
left to the district to either improve
or create their own roads. In this
manner the respective district can
realize immediate benefit instead of
petitioning the county court for help
and be burdened with a special road
tax levy.
AS the result Of tNe present county
roads, or main roads, becoming ade-
quate to accommodate the many new
home builders in former isolated dis
tricts as far as roads are concerned,
it is probable that the matter of a
straight road through the county
from north to south will be agitated
A straight county road through the
center of the county was talked OF
several years afo, but no definite con-
clusion was arrived at 1t is con-
tended that by creating such road,
the farming district of Marion County
will have greater excess to the main
road than to carry on the construc-
ton of new roads through farms and
private property. At the present
time the county has six leading roads
or main highways, by which the far
mers and residents in the Country can
gain admittanee to the city, although
several of these main roads are con
siderable distance from many of the
farms and the only way left for thoes
farmers is through a crude roadway
broken by themselves and almost i'm
passable during the rainy season. In
the north part of the county near the
st. Paul district the roads are not To-
Gated so that the residents can ap-
proach the main highway. The coun-
ty court thought that matter could be
improved by creating a county main
road a few miles west OF the old
stage road which passed down east
of Chemewa. AS in this way, resi-
dents located nearer to the stage road
could take that route, while those
residing farther toward the river
could handily reach the highway by
travelling few miles west.
The first general road meeting will
be made the starting, and the expi-
diting of road matters will be prac-
tically accomplished without the US
ual long discussions and tedious con-
of the petitions for and
against such a proposal. County
Judge Bushey extends a cordial in
to all the people. in Marion
County to attend on the 10th and
/ 7th of this month, and come prepar-
ed to discuss their interests in their
locality and offer any ad-
vice they can toward bringing the
county road business to a harmonic
ing tone.