Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-10-20
WANTS JOSEPHINE COUNTY no
HURRY UP MATTERS.
DREAM OF MANY YEARS
Already Talk OF Corporations to
Handle Freight ON Auto
Trucks.

Attorney Don hue OF Crescent
City, who, during the spring and
summer made several addresses 20
Grants Pass and Josephine county
audiences, Is here this week and in a
quassi-publlc capacity represents the
Del Norte Commercial club In a mes
sage to Grants Pass and Josephine
county regarding the proposed auto
truck road to connect with Crescent
City, The Del Norte people want to
know II Josephine county means bu-
siness. II so, the Californians saws
Attorney Don hue, are anxious TO
cooperate in the proposed highway
plans, To The Courier the Crescent
City attorney said
The people of Del Norte county
are waiting anxlously for some defl-
Mite action on your part revardIng
the proposed auto truck road to the
sea. Already there Is considerable
talk among those primarily interest
ed regarding the organization OF cor
porations for purpose OF handling
the enormous freight that will un-
doubtedly pass through this point.
THE people Of Crescent City and
Del Norte county have long realized
what the possibilities win be when
this road is completed. For years,
so ! am told, II has been the one
dream OF our people. II we could
either get a railroad or an asphalt
macadamized road we would be the
one seaport town on the coast be.
tween Portland and San Francisco.
While this matter has long been
agitated, nothing definite has ever
become of II for the reason that. II
the county should build a road TO
Waldo along the lines mentioned Il
would be practically useless without
the same kind Of connection into
this city.
Receiving 40 announcement
from you people In this county they
have as a consequence allowed the
matter to drop, waiting for some
definite action on your part Now
that you have shown disposition
to go ahead you can rest assured
that the people Of Del Norte county
VIII follow. In fact | would not be
surprised that they would start lh
the not distant future.
With good wagon road TO the
coast you can save your merchants
at least $3.50 per ton on freight
that Is now transported by rail A
road of this character will ia a very
short time eliminate all OF the diff
Guilty now existant between your
people and the railroad.
with this road completed TO
Crescent City, II will connect with
the state highway, the building OF
which is already provided for H.
nanclally. This will give tourist a
complete auto pleasure ride from
Grants Pass TO Los Angeles. When
we look at the matter carefully, 4
cant see why you people should hes
itate to build this road. Upon ia
completion l venture to say more
money will be made in Josephine
and Del Norte counties than any 9TH
or set Of counties In either state.
Il understand from reliable au-
thorIty that the 81. George corpora
tion, present owners OF Wooleyport,
have at the present time engineers
working on a right OF way along the
klamath river east 10 connect with
some Of the tranScontlnental lines OF
the east.
Il wish to state that n the peo-
pie OF this county mean business and
will disclose II by definite action the
people OF Del Norte county will
work hand In hand with you, realiz-
Ing that what will benefit you will
unquestlonably benefit them.
Since The courier's recent ar
ticles on this question the price OF
property han Increased perceptibly,