Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1910-12-22
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CT THE STATE
CONVENTION VOTES STATE AID
Expenditure of S2,o4o, 900 Recon-
mended for County Roads.


r After recommending the expenditur
; of 50, O4o, 900 for state-aid roads, tn
e 200 delegates from all parts of Oregol
y in attendance upon the good roads con
vention held in Wemme Hall, Port
land, adjourned.
Of the large sum mentioned 33 !.
per cent, or $3.50, 900, is to be takeI
from the state treasury and the re
mainder comes from the counties TAX
ing advantage of the state law.
1t is evident from the opening of the
session that good roads were close tC
the hearts of the delegates. 1t was
also apparent that most of the mem
bership of the convention was aware
that it went to Portland to consider
five bills prepared by Lionel r. Web
ster to be recommended for adoption
by the state legislature. There were
quite number of the members Of the
Legislature in the convention body,
some of whom took an active part in
the discussion with regard to the pro-
posed laws.
The two important measures were
settled by providing that state aid
should be one-third and the county
two-thirds, providing that $40, 900 is
expended by the county. The second
point was left to the county court to
locate the road with the restriction
that "such road shall begin at one of
the principal market places in the
county or shall connect with a perma-
nent road leading to such a place, and
shall be so located that, when con
structed, as herein provided, it will
constitute one of the main travelled
roads to the place from whence it
starts"
John H. Alberts, of Salem, pointed
out the following facts with regard to
the proposed assessment for the bene-
fit of state aided roads:
Portland has an assessed valuation
of 1927, 000,O 900, the public service cor
porations $4,000, 900. the timber
lands $3.50, 600, 600. making $3.50, OOO,-
900 out of a total of $500, 600, 900,
leaving the farms of the state, along
with the large personal property taxa
tion such as mortgages and other feat
lres, with only $140. 900, 900.
$50 you see, gentlemen, regardless
If the fact that you are farmers and
are entitled to a great deal of consid-
'ration in reality your assessment is a
mall portion of the assessment of the
tate and the burden of the state aided
Dads will fall heavily upon the incor-
'orated cities and the people who live
here"
A resolution was passed requesting
he legislature to pass a bill which
you'd put license tax upon automo-
lies of 25 cents for each horsepower !
p to so horsepower. On automobiles
aving so horsepower the charge to be
0 cents horsepower.
A committe Of five was appointed
D prepare bill regarding the regula-
ion of the width Of tires to vehicles. :
A committee of two from each coun- :
= in the state was ordered appointed Z
y the chair to go before the legisla-
Ire to secure the passage of the bills :
1opted by the association.
Five proposed bills adopted by the .
regon Good Roads convention are re- 2
arded by Judge Webster, author of
le bills, as chain to make the
forts of the good roads advocates Z
fective. They include the creation Y
state highway board, provisions D
how state aid to county roads shall :
)ply, how bonds shall be issued for q
e construction of county roads and 7 7
w state convict labor may be util- .,
ed in the construction of roads V
the state. The fifth bill i
Divides for the use of county and city q,
il prisoners. y
The convention was the result of the :,
option of the constitutional amend r,
snt at the recent election eliminating :.
e provisions which forbade counties =
om encumbering the taxpayers with =
indebtedness in excess of SIS, 900 for 81
2 construction of county roads. y
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