Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-07-12
Crater Lake Highway
90. Included in List

70 District Forester Cecil has made
the announcement that approval has
been given by the secretary of agri-
culture to cooperative road work in
Oregon involving $1,114,194, which
is distributed to fifteen projects. This
amount is matched by the state, as
sisted in some instances by counties.
The projects on which cooperation
Is authorized by the secreary are as
follows
Mckenzie Pass road, Mount Hood
loop road, Eugene-Florence road,
Pendleton.La Grande road, Medford-
klamath Falls road, Ochoco Creek
road, Canyonville- Galesville road,
Reedsport-Coos Bay road Little Nes-
tucch road, John Day road, Flora-En-
terprise road, La Pine-Lakeview road,
Pilot Rock-Prairie City road, Crescent
City klamath Falls road and Zigzag
road.
The Mckenzie Pass road is along
the river of that name and connects
eastern and western Oregon. 1t is
about "A miles in length.
The Mount Hood loop road will
consist of entirely new construction,
beginning near government camp
and extending around the southeast
ly base of Mount Hood to the Upper
Hood river valley, where 1t will con-
meet with a road leading to the Col
umbia highway. It's length is about
25 miles.
The Eugene-Florence road will
give suitable outlet from the north
ern part of the Willamette valley to
the coast. Its length is approximate
ly IS miles.
The Pendleton-La Grande road |
will connect two of the most popul-
Gus and important farming sections
of eastern Oregon. It's length is ap-
proximately Is miles.
The Medford-Klamath Falls road |
will make easy access between the
points mentioned by way of Crater
Lake. It's length is about 25 miles
in the reserve.
Ochoco creek road is a part of the |
main Translate highway, OF which
the Mckenzie Pass and John Day
roads are sections. It's length is
about 13 miles.
Canyonville-Gainsville road is the
only national forest road in Oregon
lying directly on the Pacific high
way. It is in Douglas county and is
about eight miles in length. At pres
ent 1t is one Of the worst sections
in southern Oregon.
Reedsport Coos Bay road ie " oiv-
mile section lying in Coos county "a
the southerly extension of the Eu-
gene-Florence road. 1t is a part of
the coast highway.
Little Nestucca road will serve as
an outlet for the Willamette valley
to the various coast resorts in Tilla-
nook county The length is approzi-
mately five and one-half miles.
The John Day project follows the
John Day river through eastern Ore
gon and is part of a main trans
state highway, It's length is about
20 miles.
The Floral Enterprise road is about
~ miles in length and lies in Wallo-
wa county 1t will connect Enter
prise and Flora.
La Pine-Lakeview road lies on the
east side Of the Cascade range and
is a part of the main north and
south highway of eastern Oregon. It's
length is about five miles.
The Pilot Rock Prairie City road
will be an artery of travel connect
ing the populous Pendleton region
with settlements along the John Day
river and intervening points. The
length is approximately 16 miles
The Crescent-Klamath Falls road
is part of the main north and south
highway east of the Cascade range,
The length Of this project is about
20 miles.
The Zigzag road is an 11-mile Sec
tion OF the Barlow road lying west
OF Mount Hood and Is a part of the
main highway to Mount Hood and
eastern Oregon.
Location surveys and the letting Of
contracts and other preliminaries
necessary will he made for a vigor-
GUS construction program next year