Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1915-09-24

i NEWPORT :


Hon. Binger Herman OF Rose
burg came to Newport Friday
and registered at The Abbey.
Mr.. Herman is here by invita-
ton to attend the bar and har-
Dor Improvement meeting, held
in the banquet room Of the Odd
Fellows Hall Saturday at one
O'Clock. Mr.. Herman was a
member of the National Con-
gress for sixteen years and Com
missioner of the General Land
Office for six years, a brilliant
lawyer and one of the best
known men in Oregon. During
his public career he did great
deal for Oregon in the passage of
many river and harbor appropri-
ations, especially are the people
of the Willamette Valley and
Lincoln county indebted to him
and his associates in Congress
Mitchell and Dolph-for get
ting large appropriations for the
improvement of the bar and har-
Dor of Yaquina bay. This dele
cation was big enough to work
for the good of the whole state.
Congressman Hawley came
Saturday morning in a launch
with the Toledo delegation and,
with his wife, registered at The
Abbey. The mass meeting was
called to order by Capt. Jacob
son and on motion the Captain
was elected chairman and C. B.
Crosno secretary. About three
hundred representative men and
women were present, including
q large number of timber hold
ers on the Siletz. The county
officials and a delegation from
the Agency were also present.
The timber holders represented
fifteen billion feet ,of timber,
practically al the timber on the
Siletz. F. s. Pendleton was
spokesman for the timber inter-
'ests. These men are willing to
put up half the cost to secure
the survey and the estimated
cost Of the Improvements. This
shows that the timber people are
willing to bear their share in
helping to develop the resources
OF this country. Mr.. Herman
was invited to address the meet
Ing. He said in part, the splen-
did improvements made years
ago on the Yaquina harbor and
bar, costing approximately
800, 900 had been allowed to go
to decay; that the government
had neglected to keep the i'm
provements up, and said he did
not know of a single instance in
the United States where a rail-
road from the interior connect
ing with the ocean, like the va
quina bay, that was so badly
neglected. He said it was a re-
proach to our government to al
low such things to occur. Mr..
Herman said that before the tim
Der of this county could be used
a means of transportation had to
be provided and this can only be
done by deepening the river and
channel over the Yaquina harbor
and bar. He was of the opinion
that the government should do
this work without assistance
from the people; but as the pol
Icy OF the government had
changed the people were willing
to bear their share of the ex.
pense. Mr., Herman said pro-
duction follows transportation.
The trend of trade is to take the
shortest and best route. He
sad this administration has
trimmed everything down to the
very bone and it was hard to get
appropriations to make improve
ments. He said our Congress-
men would have to speak loud
and knock hard at Washington.
especially when asking for
money to improve our rivers
and harbors. Mr.. Hawley was
also called on to speak in the in
terests of harbor improvements.
He was very frank in what he
said and made no rash promises
but frankly told his audience
that under this administration It
was exceedingly hard to get ap-
preparations to make any I'M
prQvements. Said 1t was hard
10 get any new projects before
the committees, but he ex-
pressed his willingness to do all
IN his power to take up the va
quina project and try to get rec
ognition, but like the old Scotch
man, he had his "doots" about
succeeding. Mr.. Hawley en-
dOrgpd what M Hence. ,.,