Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-11-26

men Of Judgment and obsefsafion, farmer.
themselves They mer and zee the cOndi.
ton Of the sensfsi farmer at the present
time. BIS struggle vith debt the effort he
is making 10 impssys his fartn, to tile drain
ii that he may raiss aicrop. They know the
condition Of the poor man in parts Of oul
county, and in view Of these facts viii nesel
consent that a new burden of taxation be
put upon us at the present time, ,l -. se1
Now, tax-payeras i viii repeat; I have
brought these facts before you for q purpose,
Action is demanded on your part. Meet in
your different townships, Organize, get up a
remonstrance, present it to the commission.
ers at their next session Get up petition
to present to the Legislature next term, for
the repeal of this unjust law, get every tax
payer in your township to sign them, and in
this way show the few in this matter the feel
ing Of the many. .oa 80, ~ at aai5f .l -sa
MCCLURE, Nov. 16, 1886.
Yes, stone roads, gravel roads, plank roads,
corduroy roads, saw logs up ended, or mill
yard fashion, anything bat Maumee mud,
from which may the good Lord in the near
future deliver us, TO some extent at least
Have the people Of Henry county come to
think that there is fatality in this thing of
the perpetuity of mud, and such is their ire
mediable y doom. We trow not. know
there is proverb which indicates we might
be satisfied to wallow, wallow, wallow in the
mud, mud, mud. 1t says: 'Happy as a
clam in the mud" Better we fad all been
CLAIMS, but as we are human beings and not
CLANS we are not satisfied with the clam eIe-
ment. s,Sti atfhNf tfl&
No man, woman or child, obliged to pass
over or through our roads in the condition
they are in large portion of the year, but
feels it to be humiliating process. In To-
eating our cemeteries, we seek position
high and dry, and if they are not sufficiently
SO, we make them so by artificial means -
This is right and proper, but if we are to be
buried in the mud-better be dead than alive.
After all our roads are what we make them;
the roads would be good enough If there were
no travel on them. Every man that uses the
roads contributes to make them bad, and so
he should contribute in some way to make
them good; hence the property adjacent to or
abutting on the highway should in the, main
be taxed for the purposes of improving the
same, and no tax we think is generally more
cheerfully paid than for road improvement
judiciously made. We know nothing of the
legal phases of this subject nor do we care to
know, we simply want better and improved
roads, and as farmers we are willing to pay
for them. Is it not greatly to the discredit of
the county that with all its agricultural re-
sources and prosperity it cannot boast of one
mile of solid, reliable road2 1t is not the
lack Of ability. III
As suggested by the NORTHWEST editorial
ly), few miles each year could be made and
kept in repair and shortly we would have the
pleasure, yes tarury of riding over as good
roads as our neighbors in Defiance or any
other county. Again, we have not only the
means but we have the material. We have a
grade of gravel within the corporate limits of
Napoleon which for road purposes is unequal-
ed in the State, and unsurpassed in the world.
And without doubt gravel roads for smooth
ness, and durability, and cheapness, are the
best roads that can be made. GRAVEL ROADS.