The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-25
AIM OF AUZO
CLUB Is STATED
AID LOCAL AND STATE INTERESTS
Decisive Steps Toward Construction of
Highway Must Come from COun-
ty Court, Say Citizens.

Feeling that their organization had
not been properly perfected, the
citizens of the city and county, who
met at the Commercial Club Tuesday
night, decided to appoint a committee
for the purpose of drafting a constitu-
tion and bylaws, which will be read
and adopted at an adjourned meeting
to be held Monday night. The tenn
porary organization at the TUESDAY
night meeting was presided over by
Leslie Butler with W. T. Sheldon as
secretary.
The committee appointed to draft
the constitution and by laws, the mem
bers of which are Leroy Armstrong,
N. c. Evans, T. S. Davidson, C. D.
Thompson and j. A. Epping, with W.
T. Sheldon as secretary, met at the
Commercial Club Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Sheldon makes the following
report of the committee action:
The name of the organization will be
| the Automobile Association of Hood
River County. 1t will have tor its
purpose, not only in Hood River county
| but throughout the state, the promo
| tion of the improvements of highways,
the encouragement Of the proper high
way maintenance. 1t will lend its
efforts toward securing the proper
markings for highways. 1t will urge
just and rational highway legislation,
further all good road projects, and
protect the legitimate interests of its
members. The organization, which
will affiliate itself with all similar
associations, will discourage any local
or state legislation t. at will be a
detriment to the state, county or asso-
citation.
All persons interested in the above
objects are eligible to membership and
the secretary requests that all so in
terested attend the adjourned meeting
Monday night. A partEof the meeting
will be taken up with the reading and
adoption of the constitution and by
laws and many items Of vital interest
to automobilists, farmers and the
public in general will be considered.
The Monday night meeting was char
acterized by the warm discussion con-
corning the ways and means of
securing the road. Addresses were
made by j. A. Epping, j. G. skinner,
P. S. Davidson, N. C.. Evans, d. Nc
Donald and others. Mr.. Epping urged
that those interested IN the mater take
: immediate decisive steps toward the
building of the road. He says that il
} 20 good men would get out and solicit
4 contributions it would be but short
time until enough would be secured tC
I finance the construction. Mr.. Nc
o Donald, who stated that he had Ions
4 been enthusiastic supporter of thu
+ road, spoke in part as follows;
Care should be taken in the tall
/ made of such large donations TOWARD
: the building of the road; for it vii
n scare out a great many people who
= are vitalIy interested in the building
n of the road and who are willing to lenC
aid as much as they reasonably can
The road is state proposition, really
and should he put on the state. The
first thing to be done is to get thu
county court to give legal right o
I way. If individuals or any body Of
! them go about the building of the roat
without legal procedure, they viii
q soon find themselves in trouble anC
y litigation. The road cannot be bull
. : in a short time. The proper way,Eil
i, order for efforts to have lasting
i effect, will be to do little at first
n Secure the right of way and make i
a passable. Make it so wagons can ge
C through and people will then trave
e over it and see the possibility of
IS great highway, and then will create al
" interest toward its improvement
< Make the wagon road before you tr
% too big a thing For it will be mum
>, Der of years before the scenic road vii
be opened for sightseeing travel.
N. c. Evans, who was member o
, the Wasco county board of commits
, sioners at the time the wagon rOa
: right of way WIS traded to the o. X
- Il N. Co., said: 1.-THE state original
e built the Columbia river road, putting
!. the work of construction under TIN
supervision of different counties. TIL
tracks of the railroad line are laid owe
the old wagon road in places, but tn
county has right Of way and if tn
le railroad company is approached in tn
u proper manner it will assist in tn
g. construction of the road. Whatever tn
le association or the Commercial Gu
T. does, the decisive action must be mad
y by the county court" 3"
n Secretary Skinner explained that tn
Commercial Club had for its aim tn
procuring of data as to the status o
the present right of way. The Goo
H. Roads committee of the club had bee
in appointed for that purpose, he stated
n The Commercial Club, he concluded
i. wants to cooperate with kindre
10 organizations and secure the co-opera
,t tion of the railroad company towar
,e the promotion of the road, realizin
a that authoritative action must neces
n sarily come from the county court.