Milwaukie High School - Maroon Yearbook (Milwaukie, OR)

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Each county has a county surveyor. In all but two counties he is paid, when he works, by the day. Of course, he cannot be kept busy all the time so some- times in order to get work he has some influential person start a petition for opening a new road. It is done, the county court orders a View and survey, the surveyor goes to work and gets his pay. Such roads are rarely constructed and the loss of thousands of dollars has resulted through useless surveys. There are other defects of the present system but I shall not go into the details of these. The county bond issuescannot be expended with the highest economy or efficiency, no engineering records are kept, the supervisory system is disliked, friction exists among the many officials of limited power, and organiza- tion is impossible under the present system. We cannot profit by past experience. If one county has learned a valuable lesson on the road question through bitter experience, other counties cannot profit by it for no records are published. Great corporations and department stores find that system and records pay. Other states and countries have proved the efficiency of highly developed road organizations after years of trial. So why should not our state and counties adopt a similar method? But the roads of Clackamas county or any other county are not without pos- sibilities. The future holds out wonderful opportunities for the advancement of good roads. The topography of Clackamas county favors road construction and the people are demanding. good roads more and more. There are many improve- ments that might be made on our present system, but I consider the following one best. , Our roads should be divided into three classes: state, county and district. The state routes should connect the different county seats. In planning them the needs of the state should be considered. The routes should be selected by the legisla- ture and the number prescribed by law. On these routes alone should state and government funds be expended. The legislature only should have power to amend a plan. The state routes should be classed as primary and secondary so that the great- est effort would be given to those considered of most benefit to the state. Work on the primary, or most important roads should be given first consideration. Work on the secondary routes should not be prohibited while the construction of the primary routes is going on. Any route, either primary or secondary, after it has been constructed and the maintenance thereof undertaken by the state, should then be known as a state road, the county should make and maintain such roads as are needed, The routes planned by the legislature should be briefly but specifically des- cribed by law, for example: John Day Highway, from Portland across the mountains south of Mt. Hood, thence up the John Day Valley across Baker and Malheur counties to the Idaho line near Ontario. Such a detailed description should be made only after complete surveys have been made and based on engineering reasoning. A detailed description by the law will do away with any possible dispute about the route planned. The above plan if followed out would do away with the spasmodic efforts exerted now, would eliminate friction among numerous petty officials and would insure the construction and maintenance of good roads. Therefore Clackamas county has splendid possibilities for the construction of roads equal in excellence to the best in our country. -Lily Koenig, '17, 20

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FOOTBALL The term ending in January, 1917, made football two years old in Milwau- kie. In its infant year many heavy defeats were faced, wherein, the second year, great changes in the team and scores were made. Mr. Goetz and Mr. DeLong together organized and coached the team and under their training a great amount of pep and Hspiritu alone from Hteamworkl' was accomplished. Some of the boys played with us last year and the experience gained surely helped this year's team. Several new fellows joined in this year, but few had ever played football and therefore had to be drilled into shape by good hard practice. Early in the season a game with Washougal was scheduled, and, as the boys had practiced only a week, they gave us the rub at 39 to O. To show the change in a year, the score last year with this same team was 119' to O in favor of our Opponents. The outlook for next year looks like some team will present us with the championship 'of the county. Our team will not be a green one as were those of the preceding years and will be full of pep and Hfightl' to the brim. Rolfe Skulason, captain elect, played left tackle and his weight and spirit together, greatly helped the team. Later in the season he played center and the first man is to be seen to come through his territory. Arthur Johnson, star of the team, made the only touchdown of the season and also many long end runs, his position being left half throughout the season. Claude Buckner played cen- ter in the first of the year and right half in the latter. Boyd Gibson at full played a remarkably good game. His punting and line plunging made several long gains for Milwaukie. Harold Dedman played left tackle and his weight and punting were a great help to the team. Clyde Davis, right half, played a splendid game. He worked with Johnston to a great advantage and together several plays were made successful. In the latter part of the season he played left tackle. William Miller, at full, played a brilliant game and at the end of the season valuable results were shown when he played right tackle. Shorty Edwards held his former position at quarter-back and missed but one game of the season. He did the forward passing for the team and made some long passes. Charles Fox on right end was the find of the season, being fast and having a number of excellent tackles to his credit. He also played right tackle and kept men twice his size on their own side of the line. Edward Keeler on the left end missed very few passes in or around his territory and some of his tackles could not have been more perfect. Louis Shindler, the fighter of the team, played right end, made a number of excellent tackles, and few men came through his part of the line. K'Bill and Bud Moore were two valuable men to the team. The positions played by them were left 'end and right guard. Ernest Keller at center played a fine game and few fumbles are due to him. Burley Reynolds was the right hand man to the team and played right end guard. Homer Klipple, at guard, could not have been beaten. He was always on the bottom and few men passed through his part of the line without help. Herman Fisher, at left guard, strengthened the center of the line when such was badly needed. Last but not least is ReRuben Spring, at guard, playing a good steady game. The following is the ilst of games played this season and the scores of each 0 VS 39 At Milwaukie. . . . .... .... W ashougal .......... . Milwaukie. Milwaukie .... 0 .... vs .... Estaoada ............ 32. At Milwaukie. Milwaukie .... 0 .... vs .... Columbia Juniors 41. At Columbia University. Milwaukie .... 0 .... vs .... Camas .............. 26. At Camas. Milwaukie .... 0 .... vs .... Gresham ............ 48. At Greshham. Milwaukie .... 6 .... vs .... Canby ..... 19. At Canby. Milwaukie .... 0 .... vs .... K. E. DF ........... 6. At Milwaukie. Milwaukie .... 0 .... vs .... Canby .............. 0. At Milwaukie. if K. E. D.-Knights of Empty Domes-of Oregon City. 22