The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-04-23
CITY MEN VEL
WORK ROADS
BUSINESSHOUSES CLOSETOMORROW
Scenes Of Action West Of City and on the
Heights Manufacturers and Women
Will Furnish Refreshments

With picks, shovels, lunch boxes and
tin cups. about 200 of the male popula-
tion of the city will leave in the morn
ing b. work on the Columbia river high
way west of the city. The Commercial
club has placed numerous signs in the
show windows of the city announcing
the City Good Roads day, and boosters
are wearing buttonhole placards. an
nOuncing that they are enthusiasts.
The plans of the road work have
been in the hands of the Commercial
club roads committee, composed of W.
l.. Clark, +. o. Blanchar, Chas. Hall,
w. b. Dickerson, 7. S. Davidson and
Harry Connoway. The stretch Of road
to be improved lies between the city
limits and the Ruthton hill. This por-
tion OF highway lies for the most part
under the survey recently made by En-
gineer Elliott, who made the Columbia
river highway survey through the coun-
ty as far east as the city. County En-
giueer Kay and Harry Coshow have
been busy this week laying out the
task Of the amateur road builders. In
one place it is necessary TO remove sew
eral telephone poles, in order to
straighteE out the right Of way.
Road Supervisor Roy d. Smith has
been busy the fore part of the week,
and is engaged in the task today, with
power crew blasting away number of
obstructing boulders. The crews to-
morrow will remove the debris and
grade the road over the points blasted.
Ii is thought that about 40 teams
will be furnished the road workers to-
day. The first of the week James
Stranahan. r. N. Young and l.. +.
Taft, the team committee. have secured
the promise of 25 teams.
All business houses will be closed for
the day. and lawyers, doctors, retired
capitalists, bankers, merchants and
business men will rally to the bee. 1 he
residents of the west portion of the
city will convene at the city limits,
while the residents of the east and
middle portions of the town will
gather at the rooms of the Commercial
club at o'clock. They will be trans
ported to the scene of action in auto
mobiles and wagons.
Secretary Ravlin urges that ever one
provide himself with lunch, and, if he
cares for coffee, which will be fur
nished by the Woman's club, a tin cup.
Mrs. c. II. Castner, of the Woman's club,
who is a member of the executive COM
mittee of the Pacific Coast Woman's
Good Roads Association, is an active
good roads worker.
The citizens residing in the west por~
tion of the Heights will not join the
river road workers, but will form a
crew TO work Twelfth street on this
i Heights. This thoroughfare is in baC
condition. and the Heights people will
be performing a commendable task.
The coffee to be served by the Wo'
mans club will be donate by the Ore.
gon Manufacturers Association. They
will also send cakes. Mrs. Castner
states that she has received word from
Mrs. Edith Tozier Weatherred that
cakes and coffee for 400 persons are
being sent.
Ed Hawkes., county commissioners,
who has been in the Mount Hood dis
trict the past week, states that mum
Der of good squads of men will be OF
the road firing line Friday. The eiti
zens there are going to work Friday
and possibly Saturday as well. They
are enthusiastic, says Mr.. Hawkes.
'and am doing all ! can to help thu
, good work along"