The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-12-07
$26O,OOO In ROAD
BONDS ADVERTISED

In accordance with the plans made
by the county court of Wasco county
ut the time the question of bonding
Wasco county for $3.50, 900 to build
roads was placed upon the November
ballot and was carried by a large
majority, says The Dalles 0ptimist,
the advisory board met with the county
court Monday to plan the sale of the
bonds, obtaining of right-of-wsy and
employing a competent engineer to
take charge of the work.
The advisory board consisted of one
man from the Farmers Unisn, one
each from The Dalles, Dufur and
Mosier, and one jointly for Shaniko
and Antelope. The Farmers Union
was represented by President Harry
Richards; The Dslles, by ]. L. Kelly
Dufur, by DR.. II. C. Dodds; Mosier,
by Mayor E. A. Race; and J. W.
Hoech. representing Shaniko and An
telope was absent. District Attorney
Bell was present to see that the laws
were strictly complied with.
County Judge Cunning spoke briefly
on the purpose of the meeting for the
disposal of the $3.50, 900 bonds.
These bonds cannot be sold below
par and the interest was limited to five
per cent. While some were of the
opinion that it would be most advan-
tageous to sell the bonds in one block
it was found that they may be sold in
sums of from $50 up. Willis X. Clark,
representing Clark Kendall & Com
pany, of Portland, was present and
offered the legal services OF eastern at
torneys for a consideration, but the
court and advisory board concurred in
the opinion that District Attorney Bell
was competent to handle the legal end
of the matter.
A number of engineers had made
application to superintend the con-
struction of the roads, but because
j. A. Elliott, assistant highway engi-
neer. has done the preliminary survey
work he was selected to oversee the
highway construction west of Mosier.
The state will divide the expense with
the county if he is employed, and the
efficient work of Mr.. Elliott was de-
cidedly in his favor. He named as his
salary Sl75 and expenses. He is ex-
pected to suervise the construction of
all roads covered by the bond issue.
Work will he started as quickly as
possible. The work will be let to the
low bidders on the yardage contracts,
and these bids will probably be adver.
tised at the same time as the bonds SO
that the first work.week in January
will probably witness active work on
the building of roads, Wasco county
men will have the preference when il
come to employing laborers.
81. A. Elliott was hired to take en-
tire charge of the road construction,
the bond issue covering 1870 miles OF
road" said Mayor 4. A. Race, mem
ber of the advisory board from the
Mosier district. ''It will not be neces-
sary for MIR. Elliott to have engineer RS
under him to assist in carrying out the
work in this county. 1t was stated
that the bonds were to bear five per
cent interest, beginning payment in
the fourth year, ten per cent of the
principle and interest to be paid an.
nually, the bonds to run for Ia years.
Blanks will be sent to Mosier shortly
to be filled out by the taxpayers
through whose property the roaC
passes, but the county court, with the
assistance of the advisory board, will
make their own appraisals regardless
of the amount of damages asked.