The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-04-17
CONVENTION DES|GNATES
ROADS TO GET MONEY
The Various Precincts of Count!
Send Representatives to Meeting
Held Thursday Last.

evening and held meeting at the
court house, called for the purpose
OF working out program of dis
tributing the $290,0O0 proposed to be
raised by the county at a special bond
election to be held June 3rd.
Judge Campbell presided at the
meeting and introduced our joint
representative Hon. c. Z. Woodson,
who explained the object of the
meeting and went into the road laws
recently passed by the legislature.
The entire proceedings we're
marked by a good spirit, and at times
there was some quite lively discussion
as the wants and interests of different
sections of the county were presented,
but it was manifest throughout that
good roads are wanted by all sections
of the county and that our citizens
are well united on this proposition.
We take the following report of the
meeting from the minutes as kept
by w. o. Hill, secretary of the meet
ing:
Upon roll call the following dele
gates were reported in attendance:
Alpine-B. P. Dougherty, C. Mel
vile.
Lena-John Brosnan, J. D. French.
Cecilia. Helriksen, Jack Hynd.
South Ione-H. M. Cummins, C. M.
Shriyer.
North Ione-S. E. Moore, W. H.
Cronk.
Gooseberry-R. McElligott, E.
Bergstrom.
Lexington-W. l.. Holmes, w. o.
Hill.
Eight Mile-C. N. Jones, Oscar
Keithley.
Parkers Milf. Ashbaugh, w. l..
Houston.
hardman-W. H. Ayers, W. T.
Reynolds.
Matteson-W. o. Minor, j. H
Frad.
Heppner-W. o. Minor, D. E. Gil.
man.
Mt Vernon--W. w. Smead, A. S
Akers.
Gentry-W H. Herrin, Jake
Young.
Pine City, p Conder, Jos. NJ
Hayes.
G. e. Woodson was elected chair.
man and w. 0. Hill secretary Of the
convention.
Judge W. T. Campbell, District
Attorney S. b. Notson and Commiss.
ioner &. A. Bleakman were elected
members of the meeting to act as al
advisory committee.
Judge Campbell addressed the con
vention, explaining the position OF
the county court in the matter OF
handling the proposed highway
funds. S. 4. Notson addressed the
meeting and explained the working
of the State Highway Commission
Commissioner Bleakman read to the
meeting a distribution of the pro
posed funds, as worked out by the
county court.
Upon motion duly seconded, it wat
unanimously voted that $125,000 bC
designated to be expended upon the
Oregon-Washington Highway, lead
ing from Heppner, through Lexing
ton, lone, Morgan and Cecil to the
Gillian county line on Willow creek
Upon motion duly seconded, 1t was
voted that $4,000 be designated tt
be expended upon the Oregon-Wash
ington Highway leading from Hepp
ner, east to the Umatilla county line
Upon motion duly seconded, it was
voted that $4,000 be designated tt
be expended upon the proposed pos
road leading from Heppner through
Hardman and Parkers Mill to the
Grant county line. A later amend
ment reduced this appropriation tt
$4,000.
A motion to appropriate and des
ignate that $4,000 be expended up
on the road leading from lone tt
Gooseberry was voted down.
A. motion duly seconded, was vot
ed that $4,000 be designated to bt
expended upon the Willow creel
road above Heppner to the summi
above the coal mines. .
Upon motion duly seconded, 1t wa!
voted that $4,000 be designated tt
be expended on the Butter creel
road leading from Lena, down Butter
creek to the Umatilla line.
Upon motion duly seconded, 1t wa'
voted that $4,000 be designated tt
be expended upon the road leading
from lone to Gooseberry,
Upon motion duly seconded, 1t Wa'
voted that $4,000 be designated to b'
expended, with the understanding
that the county court would appro
pirate like sum from the genera
road fund of the county, upon thu
road leading from Lexington cas-
and north to the Base line road, at ;
point being the north quarter pos