Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-05-22
GIVE WESTERN OREGON SQUARE
DEAL
Tiliamook. Oregon,
May is, 1919.

NAY ~ loios
To the Editor:
Dear Sir: Will you allow 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 well aware that Western
oregoDi 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 de-
termination, they have had to con
tend with adverse circumstances on
account OF lack Of roads and bad
transportation; consequently, 1t is
not surprising that all the Coast
Counties are united and greatly in
terested In the proposed Roosevelt
military highway, which win be the
means OF opening up to settlement
large amount OF valuable land suit
able for dairying, and land that is
similar to that Of Tlllamook county,
where the darymen have made
such a great success Of cheese max
ing. It may interest you to know
that the dairy herds OF Tillamook
county produced 45,10O,156 pounds
of milk last year. and this made
$685. 800 pounds OF cheese, valued
( 1T s1,352,694. This will be dupli-
Gated many times II the Roosevelt
highway is built, and the Coast
counties will produce more cheese
than that produced in Wisconsin and
some OF the other cheese producing
states OF the East, for the reason
that climatic conditions are ideal for
cheese making in the Coast coun-
ties. The dairymen and grangers
are all lined up in these countnes
for the Roosevelt highway.
What the Coast counties want is
an opportunity to develop Western
Oregon. They now appeal to the gem
erous and magnanimous spirit OF the
people of Oregon to help them do
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 II the people of the state
knew of the undeveloped resources
that are in the Coast counties, they
would readily cast their votes in ia
vor of the Roosevelt highway mea-
sure. II will be a market road. but
at the same time 1t will be used for
pleasure by more people living in
Portland. Southern Oregon, Eastern
Oregon and the Willamette valley
than by people living in the Coast
counties, and IL will outclass the Co
lumbia highway for scenic beauty
and picturesquesness, as it passes
through a most interesting part OF
l0regon.
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 TIL
lamook city on four measures, viz:
Roosevelt highway measure-2s1
yes; no.
Five million reconstruction meas
ure-1S1 yes; 15 no.
Irrigation and drainage measure
-247 yes; II no.
Market roads tax measure-eO6
yes; no.
Should the $1,000, 900 reconstruc.
ton measuer pass and the Roosevelt
| highway measure be defeated, all
that Western Oregon will receive
will be two insignificant sums oi
money for armories at Marshfield
and Astoria. In that event 1t will
not be doing the Coast counties jus.
tice. Respectfully yours.
FRED C. BAKBR.
Editor Tillamook Headligh,