The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-04-30
ROAD WORKING
DAY SUCCESSFUL
CITY BUSINESS MEN OUT IN FORCE
State Highway New Presents a Different
AppearaRCe--Many Districts
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Let a resident OF the Frankton sec
/ tiOn, who has been away from the
community during the past few weeks
and who was not acquainted with the
plans Of the Commercial club for Good
/ Roads day, return this week and he
I will Know not the land. The work last
/ Friday was a success. and when night
came the portion Of the Columbia high.
way from the city limits to the top Of
the FranktOn Hill had assumed an en-
/ tirely different aspect. County Sur
veyor Murray Kay and assistants had
/ been busy the fore part Of the week,
and stakes had been set for the anna
teur laborers. Roy d. Smith, Frank
/ Van Horn and G.. &. Easterly had loos-
ened tons Of rock and earth with pow
| der, and pick and shovel men sprOuted
blisters and pumped perspration. 1t
! was tired aud weary crowd that
| marched back to the city Friday night,
but each man as he sought his respect
i've home was proud of the accomplish
nent and though his limbs were sore
and his back was tired, he was con-
| tented
Shortly after seven o'clock, those
who saw the small numbers at the
| Commercial club had their ardor dam
pened, thinking the few assembled
! might be taken as criterion of the
numbers that would appear for the
bee. However, by eight O'Clock the
highway was lined with workers. Au-
tomoblles, loaded to the guard, raced
down from town, carrying soft muscle,
tools and dinner pals. And when the
crews were all lined out, it was esti.
mated that at least 800 men we're en-
gagged between the city limits and the
Ruthton hill.
On the Heights, about 80 men and
seven teams spent the day in imprOv-
| ing Twelfth street. This is one Of the
main thoroughfares of the city, and
the West Side residents are speaking
words of commendation for the Heights
residents this week.
The work started on the Columbia
highway with a ripple of laughter The
! belated men were hooted at and groars
went up as some straggler applied for
place to plant his shovel. Jokes
cracked and the wit of the village un-
burdened itself But as the day ad-
vanced, lUll settled over the workers
who, in cases with their tongues hang
ing out, were silently pecking away
with picks or scattering dirt with their
shovels. Arthur Clarke and Clarence
Gilbert formed an interesting pair on
the highway. The former in a mood of
boastfulness last week declared that he
could shovel all the earth that Gilbert
would loosen with his pick. Both
worked until they were as tired as they
have been sometimes in the past an
swering encores to their Coon and
Dutch vaudeville stunts.
One Of the crack rock crews of the
day was in charge of Joe Dobson and
j. d. McLucas. This makes me think
of the days when used to have to
work the roads back in Missouri, -
said MIR. McLucas. every mother s
son of US back there, when we couldn't
raise the price to have the work done
for us, had to serve ten days working
the road, but don't think any of US
ever did road work any more willingly
than we have today"
"How would you like to have a crew
like this all the time, Joe?" ?. S. Da-
wilson, a wember of the rock crew,
asked Mr.. nobson. "By golly," was
the reply, "If had bunch of men
like you | would be ready to tackle
the next Panama canal there is to be
dug" Mr.. Davidson, however, de-
clared he didn't know whether he was
being joshed or complimented.
h., ss.sn g g 4 h.. IL,
was that large portion of the citizens
of Hood River had missed their calling
for they seemed pretty successful as
common laborers.
One of the most interesting sights
of the day was Hon. C. II. Stranahan,
who was a member of the water boy
corps. And he was always welcome
for cold Adams ale tickled the palates
of the thirsty men as delightfully."- as
though it had been the best brew Of
lager. However, no small number were
heard to remark that they would give a
small fortune for a schooner of suds.
Some citizens had thoughtfuly
slowed away apples or oranges in their
pockets. picture of contentment was
presented about 1890, when }. r.
kinsey, relaxed for a few moments,
sat himsef on grassy sward ano
munched an apple. No schoolboy ever
relished stolen hosre apple any more
than J. K. Kinsey did that Yellow
NewtOwn.
With a gasoline stove on the ground
that is, as soon as Mr. Stranahar
had discovered the method to be USED
in starting it-hGated the coffee that
was served by the members of the
Womans club. Mocha never tasted
better to the citizens, who lounged il
the shade of the many oaks that line
the roadside west of the city, and they
all had a warm spot in their hearts fOl
the women Of the club and the mem
bers of the Oregon Manufacturers AS
soclation, who donated not only the
coffee but large quantity Of cakes as
we'll. The contribution was received
through the efforts Of Mrs. Edith Toziei
Weatherred, vice president of the Wo'
mans Pacific Coast Highway Associa,
tion, and an official of the Manufac
turers' Association.
Roy d. Smith, who says he never
rode so much before in his life, was
field marshal of the day. Astride hi:
old gray nag, he csntered over the
stretch Of road score or more times,
Different groups applied different
names to him. He was accosted as
Carranza by one crew, while another
would hail him as Villa. One of his
chief worries was that he had failed t
blast enough debris for the unexpected
numbers.
The following is a partial list Sc
cured by Secretary Ravlin, of the Com
mercial Club. of the names of those
who participated in the bee on the Col
umbia river highway:
Chas. Hail. j. F. Mason, Geo. Slo
com. r. D. Way, Geo Thomson, w. T
Price; Prof. l.. F. Henderson, c. D.
HoIlenbeck, Bob Perigo. j. W. Hin.
ricbs. T. D. Wadie, B. H. Dawson, S
f. Koplin, Emory Davenport, J. r
Nickelsen. Hugh Garrabrant. DR.. 4
ID. Kanaga, H. o. Kresse, E. L. East
man, Murray Kay, Waiter Ford, G. N