Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-02-18
The STATE CAPITAL
some DOINGS OF LEGISLATIVE
S0L0NS AT OLYMPIA.
Samuel Talks on Good Roads, and
House lnde finifelv P0sfpOneS
Three Bills on That Line. Def.
CienCiCS In State Department riay
Cease.

OL MTlA, rcD. lt.-SdnlueI Hill,
of Seattle, president of the Washing
ton State Good Roads Association, ,ad-
dressed members of the house and
senate last evening upon road build
ing in Washington. He reminded his
audience of the losses borne by far
mers who are compelled to haul their
crops to market, and warned the leg
is latOrs that British Columbia would
attract home seekers unless Washing
ton began the construction of roads
as good as those across the line. At
the conclusion of his formal address,
Mr.. Hill flashed pictures of European
roads on screen and explained their
building and the problems of con-
struction.
1.-THE assets of this state" said Mr..
Hill, ''are it's soil and it's climate,and
the best way to develop the intense
wealth of the state is to build a
system of arterial highways across
the state. British Columbia has the
same climate and offers the same op-
portunities to the prospective settler.
Good roads are being built in every
section of the province and they are
proving a great attraction to the
homeseeker
81 am against bonding the state
to raise money for highway building,
but l think that counties might is
sue bonds to build short sections of
roads l would like to see the road
levy increased from half a mill to a
mill. l think that the state is now
in position to spend the money in
telligently."
Proposed good roads legislation re-
ceived setback in the house yester-
day when three bills, relating to the
care and building of roads in the
state, were Indefinitely postponed.
H. B. IL, by Sayre. of Pierce
county, providing that only wide-tired
wagons may be driven on state and
county roads, was recommended for
indefinite postponement by the roads
and bridges committee this morning,
and was killed by the house.
A bill by Tonkin and Taylor,of
King, providing that road districts
may be formed within counties and
that the districts may issue bonds for
road building purposes, was inde-
finitely postponed by the house. The
bill was fathered by the Vashion Is
land Commercial club and recon-
mended by the various commercial
organizations of the state.
A bill by Fisher of Clallam county.
which provided that county commits
sioners might repair roads and
bridges without advertising for bids,
in cases where the damage was less
than $500, was indefinitely postponed
by the house on the recommendation
of the roads an dbridges committee.
Deficiencies in state departments
will mean the removal Of the Officer
in charge If bill proposed by Sena-
tor Paulhamus of Pierce county,
which he expects to introduce in a
few days, becomes law
Before this Legislature completes
it's business it will have appropriated
nearly $4,000 for deficiencies in the
various offices and departments. Sem
ator Paulahmus believes it is time to
call halt. No private business Is
operated along this line and in his
opinion there is no reason why the
states business should be carried on
In such a manner. While the ma
tional congress passed a law four
years ago making it penal offense
for head of national departemnt
to expend more than the amount ap-
propriated, the Paulahmus bill is not
so far reaching. 1t provides only for
the removal from office of the head
of the department in which is found
a deficiency.