East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-01-24

stand up under motor traffic, 1t,
surface is too soft and yielding. Wher
| fifteen to sixty horse power is turned
onto the hind wheels OF machine
with chains on them it is bound tt
smash dirt surface. 1t has been OBJ
I served also that a macadam is soon
pounded into chuck holes by motor
power machines, Only gravel, when
| scientifically laid, and hard surface
| can be made to sustain motor traffic.
; And the motor car has come to stay.
The progressive minds of the nation
recognize its possibilities both as u
practical utility and as an uplifting,
lunifying Influence: In it they see an
agency capable of speedy effective
service calculated to aid the individ-
ual in his work and to lift him out of
his narrow environment and to enlarge
his vision through travel To see for
oneself any extended scope of Ann
erica with it's varied resources of soils
forests. mines, factories, and cities is
to acquire an inspiring conception of
our country's greatness and power.
And the grandeur of its natural won-
ders and majestic mountains with
which Oregon is richly endowed
evokes Il higher reverence of God.
given good roads, the motor car
through its capacity, speed and en-
durance renders satisfactory service to
the entire family, the wife and chill /
dren included.
People Want Highways.
Having caught such a vision, the
people will not rest until system OF I
highways is made to unite each coun-
ty. each state, and the whole nation
into one accessible union of under
and sympathy.
Congressman Shackelford devised a
very ingenius act to promote good
roads. Under that act congress APP
propriates money to be spent for post
roads in any state where the state wiil
match dollars with the federal gov
arnment. The people of Oregon
adopted this principle of matchins
dollars in the six million dollar bond
ng act two years ago.
State to Match.
We are now informed by w. L.
Thompson, State Highway Commits
;ioner. that the state of Oregon pro-
ooses to match S576.O00 with Umat-
!lla county; and that the federal
has $50. 900 to match with
he state, which will be used in Uma~
lila; and that. unless the county meets
he states proposition, this money
will be Withdrawn to be re-apportioneO
md expended elsewhere. This re-
minds. us that. when Shakespeare said,
There is a tide i'm the affairs of men.
which taken at its flood leads on to
he uttered a truth which APP
,lies to the road situation in Umatilla
county at this time.
Commissioner Thompson informs
Is that according to preliminary sur
-eys made by the state highway de-
iartment s1,676,0O0 will construct all
he roads designated in the caption of
his article. and that the respective
ums indicated therein will be pro-
-ided by the state from the funds of
he state and nation as stated. The
oads provided for in this program ag-
-regate 226 miles in length and reach
ntirely across the couRty from east to
vest and from north to south.
A Market Road.
The Pendleton to Cold Springs roao
$ pre-eminently a market road. II
eads across the west central portion
If our wheat belt and will give many
producers an outlet through the Co"
um bia river to tide water. 1t is the
history of rates too, that river trans
mas a powerful bearing upon
hem. not merely at the point touched
1t a navigable river, but also in the