Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-11-22
ONE HUNDRED ATTEND ASsor,.
ALTON LUNCHEON.
COLVIG'S BILL ENDORSED
Medford Commercial Club President
Makes Address. Endorsing Road
Improvement Bonding.

The Importance OF the subject Of
good roads is appreciated by the
business men of Grants Pass. mde-
ing from the way in which they re-
sponded to the call OF the Good
Roads association, fully one hundred
attending the luncheon at the Oxford
Hotel Wednesday noon at which
time the permanent organization was
effected.
The prominent feature OF the
luncheon was the presence of Judge
Colyig, president of the Medford
Commercial club and a good roads
booster Of the first water, the judge
delivering an address that teemed
with live thought upon the live sub
ject.
Attorney Richard, who has been
prominent in the organization of the
association, was elected permanent
president, and W. ? Quinlan secre-
tary and Geo. w. Donuell treasurer.
As soon as the permanent organiza-
tion had been effected Judge Colyig
was introduced, and explained the
road work that Jackson county was
trying to bring about, and the ne
cessity for legislation that would
permit the various counties to i'm
prove not only the many lines of
highway, but all the branch roads as
well Mr.. Colvig is strongly in fa-
vor of bonding for the building of
roads, but wants the bonds placed
at a figure that will permit of a gen.
eral improving of the highways and
not only Of a few lie said that
Jackson county wanted to build two
great highways, one running from
the California state line to Josephine
county, and the other tapping Butte
creek and Applegate districts. In
place of the defeated proposed
amendments that would have been
of assistance, the judge presented
the draft of a measure which he pro-
posed to have presented at the COM
ing session of the state legislature.
With some proposed additions which
will be made, the Grants Pass asso-
citation gave unanimous endorsement
of the bill the provisions OF which
are as follows:
Section 1. Any county in the
state of Oregon may create a bonded
Indebtedness for the purpose of rails
ing money with which to build and
maintain public roads in the county
provided that no debt so incurred
shall either singly or in the aggre-
gate with previous debts and llaOil-
tiles incurred for that purpose eN-
coed two per cent of the assessed
valuation of all the property in the
county.
Section 2. 1t shall be the du-y oil
any county court to submit the queS-
tion OF incurring such bonded inueO'-
edness to the people Of the county
whenever petitioned so to do by al
least ten per cent of the electors
thereof as indicated by the last pre-
ceding registration Of voters there
in.
Section g Whenever such peu-
tion as mentioned in section 2 mas
been filed in. and presented 70 the
county court, the court shall maNe
and enter an order on the journal
submitting to the voters Of the couh-
ty the question Of contracting d
bonded debt for the purpose Oh
building and improving public n'eu'
ways within its boundaries. Su'N
question NAV be submitted at any
general election in the county or al
a special election called by the court
for such purpose. The order SUD-
hitting the question to the voters Oh
the county shall be made ana eN
tered not less than four weeks prior
to the time of such election; and tns
notice thereof shall contain iu'' aN-