The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-06-11
ANOTHER GOOD
ROADS DAY

With money donated by the Com
mercial Club and from other sources
road has been constructed from the
| main road leading out of town to the
north to the city park, on Osoy0os
| lake, park that Is going to become
a very popular resort as years speed
by. But the construction Of that road
does not mean that the road Is entirely
completed and is today boulevard
for auto travel True. 1t is graded. but
after the grading 1t was left in q raw
state, which can be interpreted az be-
ing so sandy and dusty that travel
over it is not considered altogether q
joy ride. 1t was felt by the members OF
the Commercial club that that new
piece of road should be surfaced and
at the meeting Thursday evening q
motion prevailed that Monday be de-
clared holiday by the business men
and everybody go out and work on this
new road. That work will be confined
to surfacting. Trucks have been Sc
cured shale rock will be hauled from
the mountain side and ready hands
will put it where it will do the most
good Everybody is urged to volunteer
their services for one day and assist
in putting this road in good shape. It
is an improvement that is to be an
advantage to every resident of the
town, for at one time or another about
everybody will have occasion to travel
over the road going to and coming
from the park, and the park Is to be
one of the attractions OF the town. 1t
will work no hardship on any one to
give up a few hours one day for the
benefit of the general public, and In
the end it will be more of pleasure
jaunt and picnic than a hardship, for
the ladies are to provide lunch
which will be served at the park dur
ing the day When we intimate that It
will be in the nature of picnic It Is
not meant that it will be all play and
no work, for no one is expected to loaf
on the job. The trucks must be loaded.
and unloaded and the rock spread out
on the road where surfacing is requir-
ed and that is no child's play, but even
large undertaking becomes a small
affair where there are many hands to
help and there should be many hands
willing to help in case of this kind.
There will be cars to take workers
to the scene of the manuel exercise
and every car should go out loaded. 1t
is urged that no citizen overlook this
good roads stunt but join in whole
heatredly and make next Monday o
holiday long to be remembered.
Since the above was put in type It
was decided to postpone the date Of
doing this work, as it was learned that
by waiting a few days the citizens
could have the assistance OF the trucks
and loader that is being used by the
road contractor finishing up the
stretch of road from the Kelsey place
to the boundary line. This assistance
will greatly reduce the amount of la
Dor that would otherwise be required.
1t was also decided to devote only half
a day to road surfacing, when stores
would be closed and the always will
ing ladies of the town would serve
coffee and refreshments to the labor
nrs at o'clock in the afternoon at the
park. Ample notice will be given Of the
date, probably by means Of small
bills, when it is definitely known what
day can be fixed for this public i'm
provement.