Arizona silver belt., 1891-07-18
REPLY ro MIR. POWERS.


 , such an attack upon the Board by any individual, and as Mir. Powers possess es a full understanding of the facts, I deem it duty to myself the public whose good will and confidence l hope ) to retain, the brother members of the Board, and to Mir. Powers himself that state clearly to tue public the facts and then let fall the judgment where it may,
 The old ford at Robertson's on the line of the county road was, during the flood, virtually destroyed, thus leaving us without safe crossing which WAS accessible. When the waters receded the only ford near the old one was be- low it, and opposite the Grapevine, or Hunts ranch The ranch was thrown open to travel and kept open until the time for the irrigation of crops came, ct which time Hunt, or his agent, WAS compelled to close up the field, thereby obstructing travel by. leaving no way of approach 10 tho new crossing, which the fates had made for LIS. When this was done, Mr. Powers came and in- formed me of the fact, and desired that l have the road worked around Hunts field ton the side next the river) to in tersec. with tue road which runs down DE the south side of the river, and he wanted me to say that in ease the Board refused to pay the expense incurred, l would pay II myself. After some thought ! made the promise, he Pow crs) telling me that MT Boyer, eho was at his piece at the time, would probably do the work l told him to get the work done as cheaply as possi- ble and let it moi exceed the sum of ten dollars Mir. Powers, like the truthful man he IS, went sttalghtwsy to MT, Boyer and told him that had sent him word that l would give him ten dollars to fix this part of the road. l cbsnced to be going over the river while Mir, Boyer vas at Yrfk On the road aad met man (who by the way saw Mir. Powers quite often aud who is a particular friend of his1 wh. h.. '",a gid l.sl wonld have
 
 been glad to have had the work for i've dollars So this Is one of the kind acts of my neighhor--trying to wiring money uniustly from my pocket, after he had exacted the promise from me that he had, But to resume, the work was done and travel again had highway 1; true hard and rough one, but never theless as good q one as could be had as | the time
 | Now, up to this time, fwhen this work was donej there had been no dis cOyery of permanent ford. Some time after, Mir Powers came to ne and stated that he had discovered, (to use his own worlds splendid ford on s i line between Hooker and Hunt Up on investigation l found that he wGg correcA. lost no time in seeing Hooker and Hunt to get their consent to make 6 road between the two farms. There was some nnayoidable delay in gaining Hunt consent, but as soon as this was accomplished l notified the Road Muster, MT. Wiley, who went to work to open the road, Some time ai- ter this he informed me by postal card that t wss impossible to get any one to furnish posts and pu; mp the required wire fence. l then contracted with Mir Bacon to furnish posts and put np the fence with the understanding thu, 1 l was to wai' ore week, as he had en. gagged to work for Mir. Powers that length of time. At the time Mr. Pow CTS unblushingly had published bis mis- statement, bristling sll ever with malice (although be afiirms it does Tot }. the posts were all n position and the wire for the fence had been sent to the river. The wire is now there awaiting the workman the posts are in position the ground for the road cleared of the brush and the approaches to the river made. These are the facts and when Mir Powers says that there are omore indications that there will be road than there was soon after the flood, he makes a statement that the truth will not sustain.
 In relation to the road on the north side of the river, the indications are that MT. Powers wishes new one. If so let him get up his petition for the same, bring it before the Board with suitable number of signers, and prom ise him thot the Board Tis consider it and in so doing wlll let nothing but their duty to the people and their duty in maintaining the law influence them however little MT. Powers may ex- pect them to do their duty.
 As an historian Mir. Powers IS not success, and exhibits defect in mem- ory in charging the present Board with {. the extravogance of carpeting the Court House in Globe" while they "deuy to n uortion of Gila county tboi |