The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1916-08-31
ROAD CONTROVERSY
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lone Correspondent Can See Growing
Sentiment Favoring Improvement
of lone Heppner Road.

5. Bates, secretary, of the Oregon Ed
itorial Association, were visitors in
lone for short time on Friday last
on their return trip from visiting the
different towns of Eastern Oregon in
the interests of the Association. These
gentlemen, travelling by auto, we're
not loud in their praise of much of
the roads they had to pass over, and
they were especially sore at being di-
rected over the "Blue Trail from
Heppner to Pendleton via Pilot Rock,
stating that the road, where they
could find any, was fierce and alb
solute death to tires. They returned
from Pendleton by way of Echo, and
while they found some of the road
cut up pretty badly, there was no
rock and they were getting through
with much less wear and tear to ma
chinery and in far better frame of
mind than when they reached PEN
dleton. Many other travellers have
made the same statement concerning
the upper route. This being the case,
tourists have been directed over the
Echo route from lone as a matter of
course, the people here feeling that it
was only fair to give the tourist the
benefit of the least of two evils, any
of the roads being bad enough at this
time of the year. 1t should be un-
derstood that there is no bad feeling
on the part of the people here against
the travel going through Heppner,
and we are quite sure that the bus
mess men of Heppner, generally, un-
derstand it this way. Getting from
lone to Heppner these days is not
pleasure trip by any means, yet we
long for the day when enough money
will be spent on this piece Of road
that he reaching of the county seat
will be a joy over roads that are good
the year around, and when this hap
pens there will be no difficulty what
ever in getting the tourist trade that
way Furthermore, we believe that
there is no particular opposition to
such road being built by the peo-
pie of the north end of the county,
and we look for some good results to
come out of the present controversy.
But in the meantime Heppner should
not tell tourists that there is a good
road from that town to Pendleton via
Pilot Rock. The publishing of such
statement is bound to react injurious
ly upon the tourist trade unless
something is done mighty soon to
bring the roads up to the standard ad-
vertised.
F. w. Beck and wife, of Mont
pelier, Ohio, are visiting this week at
the home of Ernest Heliker. Mrs.
Beck is an aunt of Mr.. Heliker, and
the Beeks are touring the west in
quest Of health and pleasure and
may decide on locating at some
point on the coast. Mr.. Beck follows
railroading in his home state and is
somewhat interested in the outcome
of the pending strike.
l.. ]. Padberg and wife, Mrs. e. L.
Padberg and A. T. Wood made up an
auto party that left lone yesterday
over the Columbia Highway for Port
land. They will spend short time
visiting Willamette Valley points and
may 60 on to the coast for an outing.
Kenneth Davidson returned to his
home at Portland Monday after a
visit of several days at the home of
L. P. Davidson in lone. The young
man is clever with the pencil and
some day should make cartoonist of
note. He has fine talent along this
line.
f. l.. Padberg, ]. A. Keihn and DR..
c. c, Chick are possessers Of new
autos which they purchased this
week. KLEIN and Chick have Sax
ons and Padberg treated himself to
little Six" Buick. More announce
ments later.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
French, of Rhea creek, at the home
of Ralph Beckett, in lone, August
26th, daughter. DR.. Chick reports
mother and babe doing we'll.
Jake Young was down from Hepp-
ner Tuesday. He wants to make ar
rangements to get some of his big
wheat crop moved down to the rail-
road.
Miss Carrie Whitmore, who visited
at the Mason home on Rhea creek the
past week, returned to her home in
Portland on Monday.
Rev. c. P. Bailey was up from The
Dalles and filled his appointments at
the Baptist church here on Sunday.
He returned home on Monday.
Mrs. Addie Wood, of Arlington, is
visiting at the home of her sister