Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-05-21
LISTER AND JONES
TOUR COUNTY ROADS
OFFICIALS SPUR ON GOOD ROADS
DAY WORKERS, DURING TRIP
TO ALL DISTRICTS.


characterized by the unusual tour
of every section Of the county by Gov
ernor Ernest Lister and United States
Senator Wesley L. Jones, Good Roads
day was most fittingly, practically
and beneficially observed by the citi-
Gems of Thurston county last Satur-
day, in some actual "honest-to-good-
ness" work on the roads, such as the
filing of chuckholes, the raking off
of stones and the cutting of brush, in
which the business man Of the city
and the farmer of the county joined.
An outstanding feature Of the day,
of course, was the trip of the official
party, including, besides the governor
and the senator. President J. l..
Peters of the Chamber of Commerce,
Secretary H. L. Whiting, Chairman
Fred w. Stocking of its good roads,
committee. and County Engineer W..
H. Yeager in the car driven by J. b.
Eshom. and Photographer B. c. Col
lier and newspapermen in the Dodge
Brothers machine furnished by the
Rose-Neppel Auto company as the
press car and driven by Neppel.
Both cars went through the hard
drive over all kinds of roads without
. mishap until on the last stretch
and within nine miles Of the city on
the Delphi road, one of the best trav-
eled during the day, Eshom's car had
q blowout in one OF its rear tires,
(which is going some," as one men,
Der of the party expressed 1t, on
schedule that averaged around 26 to
80 miles an hour whether the road
was good or bad and which totalled
some $50 or 100 miles.
Meet Party of Women Workers.
In every section Of the county the
ofhcial inspecting party encountered
groups Of men and county crews at
work on the roads, and on the Pleas
ant Glade road an energetic crowd Of
eight or 10 women, captained by Mrs.
r. B. Rowe. q member Of the good
roads association of the district, hard
at work. In every place the party
left an encouraging message. Quite
Z number of photographs were taken
during the trip, showing various
crews at work.
Leaving the Chamber Of Commerce
headquarters at Z o'clock Saturday
morning. the party proceeded directly
to Tenino, where. Joined by the Teni-
no clubs committee, the two proceed
ed on to the Lewis county line and
met Senator Jones. Back then they
came for the first talk Of the day. at
the Tichnor school along the Shook
umchuck, then to Tenino for another,
and on to Grand Mound. stopping en-
route to meet Supervisor Sumption
and his crew, then to Rochester for
one Of the largest meetings OF the
day, to Gate for a "howdy" and
"goodby," and then to Little Rock for
rafting good picnic lunch and the
largest crowd of the day. Three
quarters of an hour later the party
was off again, speeding on to Plum
Station, then to Rainier, meeting Su-
pervisor Smith and crew at work
en- route. and on to the Eureka school
house, where another group of work
ers was met, then to Yelm for another
talk-fest.
A few minutes late on the schedule
out Of Yelm, the party hustled on to
Lacey and out through Pleasant
Glade to South Bay, where Frank
Blakeslec and Frank Kenney and
their lusty bunch of workers had
been breaking their necks filling
"chuck-holes" all day; on then to the
Woodard school, then back to Olym-
pia and out over the Westside and
down the Buffers Cove road to Alert
Grange. doubling back to Delphi and
then beating 1t back into Olympia, ID
minutes ahead Of schedule.
"Unqualified Success" Says Lister.
IAN unqualified success" was the
way Governor Lister characterized
the trip, toward its close. "The roads
Of the county are in much better
shape than I expected to find them
and I am glad to see so many evil
dences Of excellent work being DONE
Make it as strong as you like
Senator Jones responded when asked
for his opinion. II didn't know any
thing about your roads before w
started this trip and I'm surprised
and pleased to find that you have 81
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