Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1916-09-29

tendents to be fixed by the county
court.
Fifth-That, at the next january
term of the county court, the court
appoint a general roadmaster in ac-
cordance with section 1922 Of chap
ter of Lords Oregon law, and that
the duties of such roadmaster shall
be as prescribed in section 1928 of
said chapter.
Seventh-That the county court
pay such salaries to the roadmaster,
and to the superintendent, as may
be necessary to procure men OF the
highest qualifications for those posi-
tions, and that the selection of road
master be made as much earlier than
January as possible in order to give
the man selected an opportunity to
do the large amount of foundation
work that will be necessary for him
to do before entering upon his du-
ties next January.
The text Of the report which the
committee made was:
In the fall of 1915 you appointed
the undersigned to act as a commit
tee for the purpose of preparing and
submitting to the court a plan for i'm
proving the present method of man
aging the county roads. You charged
the committee with the particular du-
ty of devising a practical and busi-
nesslike system that would insure the
greatest possible efficiency and econ
omy.
The fact that you appointed com
mittee for this purpose indicated that
you believed that the present system
of managing the county roads was un-
businesslike, inefficient and un-eco-
nomical, judgment, happily, in
which you are supported by the opln-
ion of substantially every taxpayer
of Yamhill county.
At the December term Of your
court, your committee submitted a
preliminary report, and requested
further time in which to prepare and
submit its final Judgment.
Being unwilling to trust its own
opinions alone, your committee has
utilized the additional time granted
bv the court. since last December,
in visiting the various commercial
bodies and farming communities of
the county, and has held public meet
ines at all such places. At these
meetings the substance of the prelim-
mary report of your committee was
submitted to the people and frankly
and openly discussed.
These gatherings were attended by
large numbers of people. The dis
cussions We're participated in by
many persons present.
The deep and earnest interest in
the subject felt by the people OF
Yamhill county was manifest at every
meeting. As your original committee
of three moved from town to town, it
was augmented by large local com
mittees, voluntarily appointed at each
meeting. to join the movement IN Wis
iting the next town.
Local committees of from twelve
to thirty men were sent out from
each community. These men invar-
iably went, and were always on hand
at the next meeting.
Nowhere was Indifference or apathy
found. On the contrary, everywhere
YOUR committee went, keen and deep
rooted interest was manifested. The
movement proved that the subject
was one upon which the public's mind
of Yamhill county was burning with
desire-the desire for better roads,
and for definite, businesslike, mod
ern. efficient system of road admins
tration tihat would give to the people
dollars worth of efficient work for
every dollar of the peoples money
being expended on the public high
ways.
Your honorable court has already
received official notice of the will of
the people as expressed in the reso-
lutions that we're prepared, passed,
and forwarded to you from each OF
the public meetings referred to. These
resolutions plainly state just what
the people want and are expecting.
As a result of these public meet
ings and discussions, your commit
tee received many valuable sugges-
tions. These suggestions have serv-
ed in some particulars to modify the
original views of the committee, and
in other particulars, to confirm their
Judgment, as expressed in the pre-
liminary report filed with you last
December. Profting by these sug-
hestions, your committee now has
the honor of submitting its final re-
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