East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-22
ROAD BUILDING
IS SUBJECT OF
HOLMAN'S TALK
County Commissioner Of MuItnonah
Gives Interesting Discourse Upon
Methods Of Construction.
BUILD FOR FUTURE IS PLAN

In an address teeming with facts In
connection with building good roads,
Rufus G. Holman. one OF the commits
sIoners Of Multnomah county, last
night gave his hearers some insight
into methods of road construction, at
the good roads meeting in the Com
lnercial association rooms For up
wards OF an hour or more he kept his
audience In close attention 1t was
an audience Of representative citizens
including many women and at the
close OF his address MIR. Holman was
given enthusiastic applause
HIS address in fun was as follows
Ladies and Gentlemen Of Umaulh
County
II Is particularly pleasant 20 me to
I've able to acknowledge the presence
OF ladies IN a good roads meeting.
This is the first one whore / have
had that pleasure.
My interest in good roads began
when / taught district school in the
backwoods Of Clackamas county and
there noted the Isolated lot and the
lonesome. and. fear, melancholy
iN"S Oh some OF our oregon women.
From the time the autumn rains be.
gan in earnest and converted the earth
roads INTO Wr"t'h'd guagmir's uhu'
the fair weather Of April and May
urleu the mud III 'he roaus ana aB"'h
permitted the sale passage ni wagons
the women We're "arooned 10 the'r
homes ana seldom sa" ana even less
frequently conNersed with thelr Klhd
For them there was no society save
'h"L OF 'h''' ''''''eu'"'e "'''' nus
letter WAS "a Tare'F ana ihelr lo'
was indeed monolonouS. Nith"ugh
IN" men occasionally Went I" the as
rnt store for provisions or 10 the min
."r 'r'd "r T." lh' Snl'h /" nave q
horse shod' or piece OF IRON i"Sn'
''n"d. set ihr women RENAME" al
home and continued theW 'n'l'S'
round oi household chofes
Iltt" Progress Made.
Foda}. possibly Ipe tor % woman
on an oregon i"Fm ls not AS 'heerIeSs
as II was 'h'h. We nave uhu"u"'e''N
made some progress, but we nave not
made such progress as the amount ''
none, spent and charged To road con
struction would lead one Z" expect
In this commercial age II seems we
Uls; always he forced &" demonstrate
the benefits Of pubic improvements
~
dollars the benefits to be derived by
the farmers wives ana, chlldreh "heh
they are freed from such conditions
which are still all too common IN our
state
To-day the women oi oregon can
vote and 1t is within their power I"
build such roads In our state as our
men have never yet had the initiative
To- plan and finance. hope they VIII
grasp their opportunity ! hope tha'
fhey VIII force Upon every county
court iu oregon and upon our Iegls-
Hturo comprehensive pIan oI E"ou
road construction that VIII forever
muish the isolation OF TO-DAY from the
ives of the women and children VINO
i've ON oregon farms
I am particularly pleased To he IN
Nnudloton have more than ordl-
arg interest IN Your ilourlshlns city
my people passed through here with
their oN-teams III lH"-. Th'\ had a
u. band of horses with them ana
al went well until they arrived at Ihc
Dalles, where, ON account OF 'here
being no road through the gorge oil
the Columbia, they were forced TO
await transportation pN IIli "nal ~
,t The Dalles snow storm overlook