Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06
Optimism Urged
By Backers of the
Roosevelt Highway
Conference With California
Counties at Tiilamook Ex-
pected to act as Accelorator
in Developing Project.

y Tiiiamook.S Or, July I--(Special.
'-"Open Oregon's Front Door" is thl
slogan Of the Roosevelt Memoria
Coast Highway association. which II
an association Of the seven Oregon
coast counties, cooperating one witt
the other for the upbutlding of coas
highway, something that has been
greatly needed for number of years
for the development Of this most in
teresting part of western Oregon. The
slogan naturally infers that the coast
counties hace been shut up and bot
tied up, to some extent, says the
Portland Oregonian.
The directors Of the Roosevelt as
ISOLATION, who have resided In the
coast counties for a number of years
and been prominently identified with
their development, realize that this de-
velopment, realize that this develop.
ment must come about by building a
highway from north to south. The na'
tural lay Of the coast country calls for
a road to be built in that direction,
for the same reason that the principal
highways through the Willamette val.
ley are from north to south.
Association Is Organized.
The firm conviction that to develop
this most productive section Of Oregon
a coast highway would have to be
built led to organization OF the Roose.
welt Memorial Coast Highway asso.
citation. The directors are B. F.
Jones, Newport, president; Fred C.
Baker, Tillamook. secretary; John C.
Kendall, Coos, treasurer; A. w. Nor.
blad, Clatsop; Geo. ~. Dickinson. Lin
coin; w. ]. Kyle, Lane; Fred Assem-
heimer, Douglas; B. X. Lawson, Surry.
The seven northern coast counties
CT California now want to cooperate
with the seven Oregon counties, for
the purpose of extending the coast
highway through what is now known
as the Redwood highway In California,
and with that object in view w. l..
Miller OF Eureka, president of the Cal
ifornia association, invited the Oregon
association to meet at Crescent City,
July 10. The invitation was accepted
and the state highway commission and
a large number Of prominent citizens
have promised to attend. The Marsh
field chamber of commerce has kindly
offered to provide autos from Coos
Bay to Crescent City and return, leav-
ing Bandon on the morning of July 8,
getting through to Crescent City in one
day.
In 1919 B. F. Jones, representing
Lincoln county in the lower house OF
the state legislature, went to Salem
for the chief purpose Of trying to get
state and government aid to build a
highway along the Oregon coast. Hav-
ing In mind that there would probably
be highway bill appropriating $10,-
100000 for road building programme
in Oregon. Mr.. Jones strongly favored
the proposition.
Fearing that his bill for another ST.
100000 would have hard shedding he
kept his pet measure in his pocket,
never mentioning 1t to any one until
the day the Legislature convened.
When the Roosevelt highway bill was
introduced. as Mr.. Jones expected, the
committee on roads and highways
jumped all over 1t, contending that 1t
would be the means OF killing the big
bill for the general road programme.
After a weeks parleying Mr.. Jones
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