The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
..piIot. Answers F. NJ. zuck.

ST. JOINS, August l2, 1886.
 EDITOR HERALD-In the Holbrook Critic of July 29th, read an article signed by F. Nj. Buck, and the intelli- gent public of Apache county, who arc not fully acquainted with the sharp cunning of this oily-tongued gentleman, might be led to believe a host of un- truth, by taking everything in that won derful production as an undeniable fact.
 Now let us look and see whether or not the Board of Supervisors arc mak- ing fight against the interest of the people.
 Tn the first place company was formed in Holbrook, and the object of said company, was to build dam across the Little Colorado river and turn the water of said river into ditch, for the purpose of irrigating the bottom lands on either side of the river, in the vicini- tv of the town. This certainly was a laudable object, and praiseworthy in every respect, and should have the ac- quiescence and aid of every citizen in- terested in the town and vicinity, and as long as they held honestly to this ob- ject, they received encouragement from every source. But after while it be- came apparent to Zuck and his col leagues that scheme could be worked on the Wagon Road Commissioners of this county, by which the county Of Apache would be obliged to stand the expense of building and keeping up this dam, thereby furnishing the inhab- itants of Holbrook, and particularly Buck and his pards in dam, that would be constant expense to the taxpayers of the whole county, and from which Buck & Co. were to receive quarterly dividends, by making all parties using the water, pay for it, according to acre. age irrigated.
 Now let us see where the hog comes in. First. Apache County builds the dam. Second, Apache County keeps up the dam. ThIrd, Zuck S Co. pack off the swag Indeed this IS very pleas ant outlook to the taxpayers of the county We'll. how was all this to be brought about? Buck & Go. hold a council, and they decide to build q bridge on top of that dam, force the county to open a new wagon road, and accept that bridge as part and parcel of the road, and pay to Zuck X Co. $4,5O0 Zuck x Go. guaranteeing to keep up the bridge for two years. Now, at the time this proposal was made, the Board of Supervisors held bid from certain party agreeing to build bridge across the Little Colorado close to the town for $500. This would save the county $l ,0OO, and the Supervisors be- ing beset with numberless petitions de- cided to appoint three Viewers and have them decide as to the best locality for a road, and their report to govern the ac- ton of the Board of Supervisors, as to whether road should be declared open across the dam, or whether or not some other route was more to be preferred, and the majority of this county believe that report to have been honestly given, without regard to the ideas of the diff ferent factions in Holbrook.
 Mir. Buck, in his article states: 'In the name of justice what right has his honor, E.. c. Bunch, and the parties from other precincts to attempt to thwart the efforts of the people of Hol- brook and Woodruff in building road from one town to the other, when they have complied with the law, and offer to build it at theIr own expense ,"
 "Trod softly dar, niggers." Why don't he say something about that $4 800 that has just washed down through that dam and bridge.
 In another place he says, "Can it be that citizens residing forty, sixty and 8 hundred miles from the locality affected would attempt to dictate, as to the pure ly local interests so remote"
 Now, by the above quotation, it will be readily seen that the contracted con- dition of Mir. Bucks reasoning powers, will not allow him to discover that tax payers residing in distant portions of the county, have right to say, whether or not they shall be taxed, purely in the interests of certain locality, and par ticularly have they got a right to kick, when through the thin veil that is pre- stunned to cover this nefarous scheme, they discover that the money simply goes to forwari the individual inte rests