The copper era., 1903-07-30
SPIRITED ATTACK
 ON SUPERVISORS.
By the SOlomOnville Bulletin and
 MOrenCl Standard

MOrelcl Standard
 The last i-sue of the Bulletin de
 voted nearly all of its editorial page to
 m arraigument of the board of super
 vi-or-, which owing to the limited circulation of the Bulletin in this sec Iiou Of the county, is hereby repro duccd in the ERA The ERA does not endorse these articles, because some of the statements made are not correct but the public i9 Interested in the matter. therefore the articles ure re- produced in full, that the people may judge for themselves:
 'The people of Graham county are awaiting patiently to hear the evil dencc ir court in regard tO that poor farm deal. The buying of a poor farm for Graham county could have been conceived on no other II cory than the fact that somebody needed the money; the county did not need the poor farm and with such an inatitu- Iiun the cost of maintaining Graham COunty'- indigent will be increased rather than diminished. We suppose those who needed money got it and be-
  portunity to give another pet of some member of the board soft job, all the same d. Supervisor Harper's roadover- seer snap in the Clifton district. Every member of the present board of supervisors has had his little Some of the has been better than others. but each one has had Chair man Caru,hcrs succeeded in working On Il piece of "dry" ranch on the county for a poor farm; Henry Hill sold a bridge tO the county for which tho county has no earthly use and Ira Harper succeeded in getting al "dummy' in as roadovcrscer of the Clifton district. How much longer this board is to coatinue cannot be guessed at, but the tax pay CTS will wish that the board will con | cludc that other interests in which the people are interested are as i'm i pOrtant as the individual interests of ! the members of the board. ."-Bulletin
 The above paragraph is SO pal pahly 1 unfair to Mr. Hill that the ERA can not let it pass without few correc- tions. Three years ago Mir. Hill con tractcd with the board of supervisors to erect u Gaat hniaisa- -aaross the Frisco for %3Oo, and for that purpose pur- chased the wire cable. which he still has It then developed that the \. X x. NJ. railroad required additional land along their right of way, which Nr. Hill dceded them for the old steel bridge. A there was considerable delay in erecting the new railroad bridge, tho old one was not turned over to Mr. iIill until after he had been elected supervisor, but as his con tract for the foot bridge had been made with the old board he turned the 'ailrOad bridge over to the county for Inc sum of $500 the amount which he vas to have received for the foot 'ridgc. The land which Mr. Hill radcd for the bridge k worth several ines the amount he received for the ,ridge, and as the bridge is not only m absolute necessity, but ls worth cvcral thousand dollars. it k hard to ee where Mr. Ililrs graft" came in hundred, of people cross this bridge ally, and every one of them will agree fith the ERA in stating that the ridge k an absolute necessity. as the ivcr is so full of tailing- as to be ractically impossible. When thjs natter was mentioned several months 20 Mr. Hill tcudcred the money back, ,gcthcr with interest. which was re- . Iscd by Mcssrs Caruthcrs and Harper. "Graham county has been rather uict for the past year. but uotwith- landing this fact there mas been cady advancement in the amount of INahlc wealth in the county. IL is to , hoped that tho board uf suprrvis- rs will find it possible to reduce the N rate this year. The increase in the INable property will fully warrant lch action, if there is any disposition lowu to ccOnomize; but the present 'ard has so far made record of eN- Hvagancc rather than record for 'onomy The poor farm purchase as ono that will and should haunt the 'cscnt board until each member of iat body k retired tO private life side from the fact that the purchase.
 the land was
 it was q piece of monumental ,mfoolcry and it will lead to big 'nsiug on the part of the county. eN Notwithstanding the plain law that ac ys that member of the board of ga pcrvisors shall not be interested in ir " purchase or sale wherein the 'unty is an interested party, still the nd purchased for poor farm was Is vned up to the day before it was sold sc Eugeuo Caruthers, the chairman ar the board of supervisors. Then he O.. ausferrcd it to Chas F. Solomon " ho decded it to the county. nc
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