Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-05-01

here about Suver station IS wei
adapted to earth road construction
Gravel is shipped into this district
at reasonable rate from Corvallis
or Independence.
District II. G. S. Calkins, Super
Mr.. Calkins has made good show
ing with his early work, but hasn 7
begun any actual construction. The
Immediate roads leading into Air
lie are i'll bad shape and are going to
get attention this summer, as the
people in Airlie are awake and ready
to "get out on the roads, all the
gravel the court may have shipped in.
Considerable donation work is to be
done north of Frank Larghary s on the
road, leading from Monmouth and the
court will be able to meet this com
munity half way, as they sure do need
some work ON their roads so they
can get their bull calves and cream
to the station. 1t is planned to ship
gravel into Luckiamute station for
this work.
District IL. r. R. Riggs, Super.
Mr.. Riggs has played wise this
rainy spring and saved his road money
until such time as it will do some
lasting good. Mr.. Riggs has charge
of the celebrated Guthrie lane. one of
the worst pieces of road l have been
over. Gravel will be shipped in here
and good road made as far as funds
will permit. Fern bridge will be re-
placed by 26-foot steel span.
District 13. T. ]. Alsip, Super.
Some good work has been going on
here. One piece of rough road has
been scarifed, smoothed up and the
road widened to standard width.
Patching the chucks with gravel will
to the bars on the LaCreole. 1t is
proposed to build another mile or 50
on the south side of the creek. Work |
will also be done around Polk Sta
tion and Smithfeld; gravel to be
shipped from Independence to these
places. New rates secured from the
S. p. are more favorable.
District IA. S. L. Stewart, Super.
The roads in this district will be
as they have a special
tax to help them out. Work will
consist of grading, graveling, cutting
down hills to better grades, replacing
old, wooden culverts with cement tile,
and next winter maintaining the work
that has been done with the split log
drag and banks of gravel for patch
work, etc. Several bad places will
be remedied as soon as possible.
District Is. Walter Bird, Super.
This district adjoins Dallas on the
southwest. and is not very large
district. About the only thing here
is good grade and plenty of gravel
1r crusher rock The drag here will
benefit little, owing to the light soap
stony character of the soil. Work is
planned on the Oakdale road and
McBee road, but it would be better
to change the road here in order
to get better and dryer grade
District 16. ]. ]. Underwood, Super
Mr.. Underwood's s main roads are
among the best maintained roads in ;
he county. His is north Indepen-
lence district. He is kind of up |
against it for grader, as the In {
dependence grader is being used to
carify the rough roads preparatory {
o oiling. Work has started on the {
independence Monmouth road to wild
N and drain it. One bad feature of {
his two miles of important road is f
hat three supervisors have chunk I
# it to take care of. consequently
here has been three types, or kinds t
f work. 4
district IT, James Middleton, Super. t
This district lies north of Dallas, T
nd has several miles of crushed rock
Dads, also some good gravel roads a
eading back into the hills. 1t is S
damned to extend the rock road to d
he Salt Creek school house, and do
ther work up in the hills where a
is much needed. Work has been t
DING on, blasting out stumps, widen t
ng the road in places and generally h
the system. Crushed y
oek will be used principally this sum i
ler.
District 18. Frank Wilson, Super. b
Considerable ditching, etc, has been Il
DING on here. AT present Mr.. VIII
on is at work near the Wallace a
arm, widening the road to standard s.
'idth and will gravel the same when a
e can get into the gravel bars. A A
reat deal of donation work is done 4
! this district every year, and these b
eople deserve a good deal of consid- @
ration from the court
District 10. Ren Womer, Super. ST
Rem Womer has the famous Ed g
ards He'll in his district. and also a
iher roads that are hard to keep Il
p with the money available. He has al
asted none of his money by getting il
III too early this year, as the rains
ould have washed away a good part
work that might have been done.
District 20. L. Bursell, Super. -,
This district extends north and west r
Monmouth and has a good many NJ
Ills to contend with. Mr.. Bursell NJ
now busy with the grader and will b
} considerable work where it is very f
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