The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-05-22
GIVE WESTERN ORE
Con A SQUARE DEAL

Tillamook, Oregon, May Is, 1919.
To the Editor
Dear SIR Will you give me
space In your valuable paper to say
a few words in regard to the recon-
struction measures to be voted upon
in June from a Coast County view
point?
You are we'll aware that Western
Oregon is one of the most productive
yet undeveloped sections of the State.
The people in the Coast Counties
have never complained, but with
true Western grit and determination,
they have had to contend with
adverse circumstances on account of
lack of roads and bad transportation;
consequently, it Is not surprising
that all the Coast Counties are
united and greatly interested in the
proposed Roosevelt Military High
way, which, will be the means of
opening up to settlement large
amount of valuable land suitable for
dairying, and land that is similar to
that Of Tillamook County, where the
dairymen have made ouch great
success of cheese making. 1t may
interest you to know that the dairy
herds of Tillamook County pro-
duced 45,100,156 pounds Of milk
last year. and this made 5.036,900
pounds of cheese, valued at $1,352,-
694. THIS will be duplicated many
times ii the Roosevelt highway is
built, and the Coast Couaties will
produce more cheese than that pro-
duced in Wisconsin and some of the
other cheese producing states of the
east, for the reason that climatic
conditions are ideal for cheese max
ing in the Coast Counties. The
dairymen and Changers are all lined
up in these counties for the Roose-
welt Highway.
What the Coast Counties want is
an opportunity to develop Western
Oregon. They now appeal to the
generous and magnanimius spirit Of
the people Of Oregon to help them dc
so. as Western Oregon has received
but slight recognition by way of i'm
provements, but have always cheer
fully paid their taxes, some of which
have gone to help develop Other
parts of the State. All that Western
Oregon wants is square deal, and
am sure If the people of the State
knew of the undeveloped resources
that are in the Coast Counties, the.
would readily cast their votes IL
favor of the Roosevelt highway
measure. 1t will be a market road
but at the same time it will be use(
for pleasure by more people living
in Portland, Southern Oregon, East
ern Oregon and the Willamette
Valley than by peopis living In the
Coast Counties, and it will outolass
the Columbia Highway for scenic
beauty and picturesqueness. as II
passes through most interesting
part of Oregon.
The people in the Coast Counties
are almost as much interested In the
other reconstruction measures as the
Roosevelt highway, as will be seen
by straw vote taken In Tillamook
City on four measures, viz:
Roosevelt highway measure-2S1
yes; / no.
Five million reconstruction meas.
ure-1S1 yes; Is no.
Irrigation and drainage measure
247 yeso II no.
Market roads tax measure-206
yes 3 no,
Should the $5,OOO,OO0 reconstruc-
tion measure pass and the Roose-
welt highway measure be defeated,
all that Western Oregon will receive
will be two insignificant sums of
money for armories at Marshfield
and Astoria. In that event it will be
doing the Coast Counties an in
justice.
Respectfully yours,
FRED C. BAKER,
Editnr Tilln nnlr IIon dlsnht