Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-07-28
C. S. JACKSON, PROPRIETOR OF
OREGON JOURNAL IN CITY.
EN- ROUTE TO CRATER LAKE
Expresses His Views ON Roads and
Road Making-Compliments
Our City.

c. S. Jackson, owner OF the Oregon
Journal, the big evening daily news
paper of Portland, is touring south
ern Oregon with his family In q big
Stearns machine and arrived In
Grants Pass Wednesday afternoon.
pending the night here, This morning
Mr.. Jackson and party drove to Med
ford, from whence they will go to
Crater lake. In the party are Mr.. and
Mrs. G. S. Jackson, Miss Whitney, f.
C. Jackson, r. l.. Jackson and Char
els Hoyt. From Crater lake the par
ty will go to Ft. klamath, to Bend,
then westward to the Santiam river
country and home to Portland.
At the Western hotel this morning
c. l.. Mangum, Il. Il. Rorapaugh, Ii.
l.. Andrews and representatives OF
The Courier called on the owner OF
the Journal and to them he talked
Interestingly of his Impressions OF
Grants Pass and Josephine county, or
so much of the county as he had seen
on his journey here yesterday from
Roseburg.
Grants Pass furnished us a sur
PRISE" said the Portland editor, "as
we we're not prepared to see such
clean, broad streets, with such q
splendid system of lighting as yGu
have installed here. You have pro-
gressive spirit that could be followed
with profit by other towns In Oregon.
You have not sufficient hotel accom-
modations at present, but | note that
that need will soon be supplied.
"The lands in this region are most
inviting In appearance, and most
fertile. Especially when you irrl-
gate these valley tracts, as you are
now beginning to do. will the Grants
Pass region be one OF the most desIr-
able In Oregon, especially for fruit.
You have some OF the worst
stretches of roadways that have
struggled over In many day. Some
portions OF your road leading towart
: Roseburg are good, but the greatel
part of the way is bad indeed. Yol
build your roads too wide, A wid'
! roadway cannot be cared for as I
[ should be. You should build you
roads narrower and concentrate you
energy and money on this marrow
y road, to the end that you may keel
I lt in first class condition. made
= tour through New England last yea
in the same auto we are using on thi
trip, and we found the roads narro'
and In fine condition; when a vehicl
: there turns out to let another pass
the auto or whatever is being used
( rolls out TO the side IN dirt. There
s Just sufficient macadamized or crush
+ ed rock roadway for one vehicle I
y cover, As result, the roads In tha
y country are among the best In Amel
o ical and the people there get III
4 worth OF their money expended
|. building roads. Here you waste you
q money on broad road that Is NJ
kept in decent condition along moi
Il of the mileage.
v Another and exasperating fact n
r. gardlng your roads Is that you allo
5. the crossings Of the Southern Pacif
+. railroad TO remain menace. WI
Is do not your county court officials
le something In this regard2 YesterdI
* coming from Roseburg TO Gran
Dr. Pass we crossed the Southern paclf
tracks fifteen times and each eros
~ ing was bad and dangerous. ,
Is not know how many Of these ! 3 eros
ings are In Josephine county, but q
majority suppose. II Is dangero
IN condition when an auto or other '
~, hIcle rs compelled TO rare up al
he climb onto a railroad grade al
" track, with rails standing M bol
hump across this high track and IN
~ duck down on the other side W
Is- do you not compel the Southern 7
lls ciilc 10 make decent approaches
these places and make them pla