Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-11-10
BIC CONVENTION
WILL Be HELD
STATE GOOD ROADS AssocIA-
TIooN PLAN ENTHUSIASTIC
MEETING.

Portland, Nov. l, Arrangements
are now beng made by the State
Good Roads Association upon che ex.
pected passage of Amendment No. 81
to the Constitution. giving the priv
ilege TO counties to bond themselves.
TO call convention of good roads
enthusiasts to be held in Portland
immediately after the election on
NV. s. This convention win be made
up of delegates to be appointed Prom
the State Thresher's Association by
Secretary Phil. S. Bates, from the
County Good Roads associations or
ganized by Chairman d. r. Webster.
and will also INCLUDE all county Judges
ss well as members of the state Aut
omobile Association. AT this con
Vention the proper methods of hand
ling the expenditure of the bonding
issues will be discussed rs well as
;he appointment OF state highway
engineer and the utilization of the
staLe convicts and county prisoners
in the work in view.
The result OF this convention will
be the basis for am appeal to the mex
session of the legislature at which
lime it is expected that oregon will
place the most advanced good roads
avs on her statute books OF any
state in the unio1. Oregon is nov
e2ding nationally in good roads work
and this meeting will be the larg
est of Its character evol held in the
United States.
Dates for the Hood River Apple
Fair have been set for November
1926 inclusive. The aris1ocracy OF
lppledom will be on exhibition a;
Hood River on those dates. and all
who admire fine apples, and who does
lot. should plan to attend If pos
Slble
PHndleSon viii have q big poultry
show lasting one full week com
melcLng December 13. The poultry
exhibition is now a permanent feat
Ire for Pendlebon, it having recently
oeen incorporated un6er the name
)f the Umatil,a-Morrow Country Pou
ry Association. Last years exhib
t was declared to be the most sue
;essful "first show" ever hold in the
Northwest and hereafter there prom
see to be a splen did collection OF
poultry on view at each annual cxhib-
don. Pens have been arranged so
hat over 1000 fowls can be properly
ioused at the approaching show.
The 1911 national convention of the
hrisLian church will be held In Port
End, it having been secured for that
dty through Portland churches, the
commercial Club and the cooperation
# tho Whole coast. A temporary
structure housing 10000 people, will
built to care for the gathering and
thousands of de!egatel from all paris
,f the country will attend. The con
5e1''on bureau of the Conmc-cla'
Club has under consideration plans
or the entertainment of the visitors.
The Harvest Festival that proved
such a success this year will be per
)etuabed as AN annual event This
vas decided at meeting held during
he past week by the Portland Fair
Livestock Association. at which the
success of the FESTIVAL was RECOUNT
d and considerable enthusiasm
roused. The double tracking of the
itreet-car line to the fair grounds is
considered requisite to the success
If future shows and assurances have
zen given that this will be done by
he trolley company as soon as prof.
srty owners make arrangements TO
)ave portions of the route traversei.
L is planned TO make next years
how the biggest ever.