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��MOTORING MAGAZINE AND MOTOR LIFE

��December, 1918.

��ious to develop their roads, but they are less thickly settled, and therefore have not the funds, nor the use, for the roads, that Baker County has.

Waterspouts played havoc with some roads in all three counties this spring, but especially so in Harney and Grant Coun- ties, one automobile party from here having many narrow escapes from bad road accidents last June in going through Harney and Grant Counties.

Naturally, this repair work has taken away from the active campaign for build- ing good roads, for out of the road fund several bridges had to be built. Baker County is preparing for the future by in- stalling steel bridges wherever feasible.

Six were built this year at a cost of about $25,000, while of the other $30,000 spent here, much of it went for repairs. Consequently, the County Commission- ers have little funds for additional road building this year, according to County Judge Peter Basche.

One road that lies in Grant County, but which Baker County opened, was in the Granite District, because the business all came to Baker, and therefore Grant County did not wish to improve, because, it argued, that the road was of less bene- fit to the people across the line than to Baker County.

While the waterspouts did their dam- age in the extreme western part of the county, they did little harm to those in the remainder, and Baker County roads are always praised by automobilists when traveling through here. They speak es- pecially high of the road between here and La Grande, saying it is one of the best in this part of the country.

This has made Baker City interested in the highway along the Columbia River from Portland to The Dalles, because the people believe that it will open a way for automobilists to come into this country, which can now not be done unless cars are transported from Portland to The Dalles. And Baker County is always in- terested in any plan to bring people here, because it is anxious to let people see what is here.

Another reason that Baker County wants good roads is because it wants bet- ter transportation. The railroads are slow to enter certain parts, especially into the fruitful Eagle and Pine Valleys, and the people feel that until that time the auto truck can care for the needs. If auto truck service can be established, it will save hours and dollars in hauling freight and passengers between Baker, the county seat, and the parts 100 miles away.

The county has connected Pine and Eagle Valleys with a road, 14 miles long.

��and at a cost of $15,000 through the mountains. It is the Sag Road, famous for its steep grades and good condition in all parts of the year, and is used by six- horse freight teams and every kind of vehicle up to the automobile, but at the expiration of four years it is in as good condition as at first. This is be- cause the road was dug out of solid rock and needed no dressing.

Most of the roads are of gravel or crushed stone, and the road supervisors have a friendly rivalry in making their own the best, so that they may be kept in good condition.

In all parts of the country there are many good roads. They are required not only for the farmers, but the mines, which are in all parts, and the mining industry

��is recognized as worthy of fostering. Many of the mines have built roads of their own, which has helped the general condition. The Ben Harrison mine is 20 miles from a railroad, and therefore made a good road, and is installing an auto truck of the caterpillar type for freight- ing. The Gem mine is putting in a five- ton truck to run between Baker and Sparta, a distance of 40 miles. The lum- ber companies have built into their camps many serviceable roads, all of which join with the general road system. The good roads problem's importance is fully realized here, and the people are always asking for more. It has been generally talked of as having good roads days, similar to those in Missouri and Arizona. This city, people have been es-

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