The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-07-06

bers Of Commission.
W. B. Barratt returned home from a
meeting of the state highway commits
sion in Portland the first Of the week.
Mr.. Barratt had the opportunity to ex-
press to the Polk county road wranglers
who have succeeded in tying up market
road funds over the state by court de-
c;sioss, Just what he thought Of their
petty local quarrels. Mr.. Barratt Is
quoted by the oregonian regarding his
attitude toward this matter, but states
that the Portland paper did not give all
that he said. In the course Of its report
Of doings Of the highway commission,
the 0regonian has the following:
Road work in about ten counties Is be-
ing held up and counties Inconvenience
because of Polk county, or rather be-
cause of small group of the obstruc-
tionists in the town of Independence.
This statement was made direct to the
Polk county court yesterday by men,
bers of the state highway commission.
The road obstructionists in Polk
county, not content with blocking COM
pletion of the west side highway
through the courts, have "gummed-up"
the road game in many other counties
through attacking the agreement of the
Polk county court to contribute market
road funds on the unfinished state high
way in that county. Market road money
was about all the court had and the OBJ
struetionists went to court and deci-
sion was obtained from Circuit Judge
Kelly to the effect that market road
funds cannot be placed on state high
ways. Nearly dozen counties have
been SO placing market road funds and,
in view of Judge Kelly's decision, this
road work must stop.
As soon as possible the commission
will try to get decision from the su-
preme court. The development has
brought a shower of criticism against
Polk county as whole, although mem
bers Of the county court, with some
heat, denied yesterday that they were
responsible and declared the whole af-
fair was the work of few individuals.
Morrow county" exclaimed W. B.
Barratt, Of the highway commission,
"has spent more money on 35 miles of
macadam road than Won ueople want to
pay for a first class highway clear
through your Polk county. Morrow has
spent s265 900 on these az miles and
Tuesday it took me two hours to drive
over it. We want an outlet to the Col
umbia river highway, but you people
of Polk are holding us UNI
at isn't true.1 interrunted Judoa
Robertson of Poll county
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sioner.
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