East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-05-20
SEVERAL HUNDRED
MEN WORKING FOR
GOOD ROADS TO-DAY
Volunteer Army MobiIizes and Leaves
for Scenes Of Action in AutOmO.
biIeS This Morning.
ENTIRE COUNTY CONCERNED
Good Roads Work Is General and
Men in Every section Are out on
the Firing Line Today-Nevcr BE-
fore Has So Much Enthusiasm for
Good Roads Been shown Here.

Thousands of good stout blows are
being struck today in the cause Of
good roads in Umatilla county. Sew
eral hundred volunteer laborers IN all
sections Of the county are observing
the statewide Good Roads Day" by
donating physical service toward eI-
iminating many of the spots that
make travel difficult.
Between and $50 this morning
Pendleton sent out more than a dog
en- auto loads Of business men ana
clerks TO join the forces from the
farms in the improvement work. Sew
eral other autos left this afternoon
to swell the bands Of tollers.
Reports from over the county in
dicate that the good roads work is
general Many farmers have had
forces at work all week and will con
tinue on until the roads In their com
munities are in good shape. It Is
doubtful If ever in the history OF
the county there has been so many
workers on the roads and so much
enthusiasm shown in the cause.
One of the first autos to leave Pan.
dleton this morning was thar ~
Henry Rosenberg. With Mr. Rosen
berg was Mr. Hoch, one OF the pro-
prietors OF Bingham Springs and
others. They were armed with pieks
and shovels and will devote the dav
toward improving the road 10 the
popular summer resort. The road Il
too wet for general work so the party
is devoting its time toward draining
the wet spots Piloted by ]. F. Rob-
inson, the ausos Of H. G. Blydenstein
and Douglas Belts left about $40 irs
the same direction and they are do
ing some work on Thorn Hollow
grade Later it is planned to take
a big auto party to work on these
roads.
DR.. F. w. Vincent headed a three
auto party to the Pilot Rock road this
morning. The Judd, Murphy and
Vincent cars were all filled and thew
were met on the Mckay grade by Ju-
Illus Guderian and other farmers.
equipped with all kinds of road max
ing implements.
J. W. Mccormack. W H. Nc
Cormmach. John Vaughan and Gun
der ferguson composed a party OF
the force leaving at 1880 for the
Echo road. R. W. Ritner. John Grow
and other farmers, who have been
improving the road to the agency and
mission station for several DAYS were
out early this morning and they will
persevere until they have a good
highway to the warehouses for their
grain. Lowell Rogers ]. o. Hales.
sam Thompson and other farmers
near Adams took out men this morn
ing and called out their farm hands.
too. Rogers has had crew at work
several days.
E. W. McComas organized a party
that has been working for several
DAYS on the Upper Mckay road. Bar
ney Anderson has a force working tho
roads near Fulton station and the
work they are doing is needed about
as badly as any place in the county
They will probable continue on
through the week
With practically every force there
Is the road supervisor OF the partic-
ular locality and he is directing the
operations Some of the gangs have
steel drags with which they are grad.
ing up the roads, filling in the chuck
holes and giving the roads proper
drainage. Picks and shovels are be-
ing worked with vigor and. altogeth.
er, the net results OF Good Roads
Day will amount to considerable.
Nearly all Of the parties leaving
Pendleton took out coffee pots and
lunches. The Pilot Rock party took
along Togo the Wenaha Club chef,
10 provide the MONDAY refreshments