Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-03-07
KLAMATH READY TO RAISE
MILLION FOR GOOD ROADS

NihhON fOh NOOD hOhD,
Because they wish to capitalize
the tourist travel, the citizens Of
klamath county are ready to raise
81 100000 to build a road from the
California state line to Crater lake,
according TO the Oregohian. The
success of the enterprise depends on
how the people OF Oregon vote in
the special election June 3.
IF we are given the opportunity
to tax ourselves 6 per cent Of the as
sessed valuation OF the county. fol
road purposes" explained State Sen.
ator George T. Baldwin recently
there will be instead OF $500 auto
mobiles going to Crater lake in Q
year, parade Of $4,000 machines
"All that is necessary to cause au-
tomobile tourists to swarm to this
greatest piece Of natural scenery in
the world is a good road TO IT,"
Senator Baldwin had just one OBJ
ject in attending the 1919 session OF
the legislature, and that was to have
put up to the people the proposition
of permitting the counties to taS
themselves up to 6 per cent Of their
assessed valuation for roads. He
would like to have made it 10 per
cent and three members of the COM
mittee In the senate were friendly
to the plan, but Senator Ira C. Smith
Of Coos Bay threatened to fight 1t II
10 per cent was insisted on. The
measure passed the senate by q
votes and went thru the house al.
tmost unanimously. The measure Is
referred to the people for approval
There isn't a county in central
Oregon that will not boost this meas.
lure on the ballot" continued Senator
Baldwin. They want roads and are
willing to tax themselves to get them
In klamath county we have a road
association with 600 members and
they are anxious to see the people
Approve the measure.
1--WE have assurances from Cali
fornia that If we build from tn,
state line California will build out
from its highway to connect will
our road. If this is done, there will
be an all-year road between Cali
fornia and eastern and western Ore
gon, for other counties will connect
up, and a machine can go. il it de.
sines, thru central Oregon to Bend
and thence to the Columbia River
highway, or it can go around by
Medford and up the Pacific highway
to Portland. We will spend a mil.
lion, II we are permitted to; that is
what the people in my country think
lit is worth to the community. II Is
80 miles from klamath Falls ti
Crater lake. We would also like to
build a first-class road from Klam.
ath Falls to Merrill, which would
pass thru the finest alfalfa land out
of doors.
THE government will pave around
the lake and, as the proposed road
runs up the forest reserve within
which the lake is located, it is pos
possible that the government can be
Induced to build the road thru the
forest reserve, which would save us
some money. Anyway, there Is II
prospect the building of a standard
high type of road right UP to the
lake, and when this is realized the
people OF the nation will begin tc
discover that Crater lake cannot be
described in words.
"There is no reason why the vot'
|ers should not approve of the meas
ure. for II a county does not wish t.
avail itself of the privilege 1t does
not cost a cent, whereas it will en-.
able such counties as wish to helE
themselves to do So"