White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-04-17
WHOLE COUNTY OPPOSED TO FORMATION
OF INDEPENDENT HIGHWAY DISTRICT

county and a small portion in each
of Yakima and Grant counties. The
portion in Yakima Includes the entire
town of Sunnyside. No towns are in.
cluded in Grant county and only the
towns of White Bluffs and Hsnford
in Benton county. The law further
provides that the petition shall be
filed with the board of county COM
rnissioners Of the county having the
most land in the proposed district
and if it is accepted by the commits
sioners they shall give notice of hear
ing and fix the boundaries and call
for an election. Anyone owning land
and being a voter in the district can
vote. A two-thirds vote is necessary
to organize the district. Under the
proposed boundaries Sunnyside would
have far more than a sufficient num-
Der Of votes to put the project over
even if every voter outside of Sunny
side voted against it,
Summed up, the move is character
lied as an attempt on the part of the
Sunnyside residents TO infict upon
Benton county an improved portion
Of the North and South highway
from Wenatchee Through Sunnyside
to Goldendale and hn down to the
Columbia river which would leave
Benton county out almost entirely ex-
cept that this county would assist
materially in paying the bill.
The meeting Monday evening
brought out the fact that all of the
districts in Benton county are ready
and anxious to lend their aid and
support to the north and south high
way that leads through White
Bluffs and Hanford to an inter
section with the Yellowstone trail
about nnc miles north and west Of
Richland. The travel then can go
through Richland and Kennewick
to the Plymouth Umatilla ferry or
through Benton City and Prosser
to the Patterson ferry. Dave Rogers,
president of the commercial club
and Mayor Desgranges of Kenne-
wick and MIR. Miller, chairman of
the road committee of the Prosser
Community Club, both endorsed
this route and committed their re-
spective communities to ouch an
arrangement.
]. c. Syfford Of Hanford was
called on to voice the sentiment Of
that community and ha MADE
pleasing and interesting talk in which
he grew little reminiscent and in
a humorous way revived some po,iti-
cal history of Benton county that
made real hit with the crowd. Mr..
Syfford is probably one. of the best
posted road men in the county,
both from practical standpoint
and a knowledge Of the road laws
and the various road funds. His talk
was interesting and instructive.
d. S. Wilkinson, secretary of the
White Bluffs Community Club,
spoke for this place and being the
last speaker touched the real heart
strings of the sentiment of the
meeting when he said that instead
of condemning Sunnyside for trying
to put over the independent dis
trict we really owed them vote of
thanks for being responsible for
providing the opportunity for all of
the districts, communities and fact
ions III Benton county to get to-
getler on one proposition.
At the close Of the meeting al
motion prevailed to have each COM
munity or commercial club in the
county appoint one or more members
on committee whose sole object
it will be to work for the north and
south highway coming through White
Bluffs and Hanford to connect with
the Yellowstone trail. With this nu-
cleus, the chances . of having this
route adopted by the state never look
ed brighter.