Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-04-07
INVESTIGATES CONDITIONS IN
WILLAMETTE VALLEY
EVERYTHING PROSPEROUS
Examined Various Kinds Of Pave
ment But Found None Better
than III Grants Pass

Mayor Myers returned last Mon
day morning from a trip to some OF
the cities Of the Willamette valley,
where he went to investigate the
conditions In other municipalities
and compare them with Grants
Pass. The places he visited were
Albany, Corvallis, McMinnville and
Newberg, winding up with a three
days stay In Portland. The mayor
was accompanied by N. w. Sharf, OF
the Warren Construction company,
and together they examined street
paving, sidewalks and sewer connec-
tion--three interesting topics for Mr..
Myers at this time.
The city Of Corvallis has been do
II & some extensive street work, but
It's improvements lack the finish
given the same work In Grants Pass.
Mr.. Myers speaks enthusiastically OF
the Corvallis Commercial club rooms,
which, he says, are the finest In Ore
gon. The approach to these rooms
is up a stairway which Is fully IL
feet in width, while all the apart
nlents OF the club are finished In the
most modern style. Corvallis, he also
states, has a model four-story hotel,
steam heated, tile floor, elevators
and many other up-to-date convent
ences. Such hotel. he thinks,
wculd be a drawing card for any city
In McMinnville the two gentle
men spent a couple OF days, Mr.
Myers to VISIT relatives and friends
and at the same time took occasion
10 look over public work. He met
many OF the leading citizens OF the
town and all OF them made anxious
inquiries regarding the bitulithic
pavement and the cluster lights OF
Grants Pass, OF which they had heard
so much. Those interested In street
Improvement talked pavement and
prices and they were never tired,
Mayor Myers says, OF getting inform
alton along these lines. The visitors
were taken on an automobile ride
40 miles through the country and
were given view OF the growing
crops and the productive farming
land OF that section. McMinnville
Is In the very midst OF prosperity
and as a result paving Is the one Inn
portant thing now under consIdera-
tion and much of this kind OF i'm
provement Ia expected to be under
taken in the near future. The city
has two modern hotels which, visitors
say, are a credit to the town. Mr..
Myers states that as he entered these
beautiful caravansaries the thought
would come TO him that II would be
happy day for Grants Pass when
II had one or more hotels Of that
kind.
The visit 10 Albany and Newberg
was interesting in the extreme and,
as Newberg Is Mr.. Myers old home,
he had the pleasure OF meeting
many old friends. Everything look
I'd prosperous TO him, both in and
around the town.
One OF the marked features OF
Newberg are the many thousands OF
English walnut trees planted In that
locality. Walnut trees are also fea-
ture OF McMlnnyille, where walnuts
are popular and have been success
fully grown for number Of years.
The last three days OF Mr. Myers
trip were spent IN Portland, the
greater portion OF the time being
taken up In examining various kinds
OF pavement. What has been done
In street paving and what IN now go
on and the miles OF paving soor
to he undertaken, proves TO visitors
that Portland Is a great city and has
the means 20 do any ort cf muni-
cipal work that may be desired.
On his return home Mr.. Myers felt
that his eight-day trip was profit.
able investment In an educational
way along the lines OF municipal
construction.