Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-03-01
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TIE q1sSsi1a q god rads ~i1haqs
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q tbs SSH be EnEzzthzt tie cuz
nnn eirt rad can BE improved Is M
,oaeut dragging HsEsFer. Is acc1r
q re tkzt Us vzius S sIsshat ever
estimated. Ezd THAI Il s nat = F&1z-
ca fsx 81 TIE Es q bz6 rsz& NE~
v1Iszt ever czr co1ntF Es pESszG u
wo1E Ike e Se The f1rzEE FAKE
ths experinent with tbe drag Il s.
lrsaitk In material Inp1EeEeHt &
he dirt ru1ox Ne csn reiy upon TIE
Eon sszse q rhe yErz1S fxrnlngl
iozzzrilss 10 Ne that Il IS TE1in-
tsfnss, ard to see that rrgpsr aTS2-
ltfGsk o5sxEnec upoz Eat qaEuaa
Il : ~ oganio1 AID hEkye Il t0l
hs he oVdnSoz q : Fzst sasiz1ty FL
the peorle that rhs o1lE Gay % &
ezre god roads n = psrZaaEnt ftF2
i to mex tE,ez That = zho1f TIE
iOniy e1od psr1zzsat rus1 n Other
states aus We xsH hare T. ustlz1tAy
usrxnirs Il IS TIE onlg feasible pan
Ia thh state. In tr1Ehs ne have
nsaeAed ap5sof vns1 snzstAiE zast
se da1G We are sp<21izg m1n zazey
Each rear ~ rad w0rk. a1e ySt &c
See thsn eo1srzzHy groxlzg saze Il
il waste q zaneE. r5t onlg the
zzCunt expenaed n rad wEk 5zf il
addilsoa &c THIS il results II q nscG
zy d-errsciztkoz q lad Ezln&
which IN Itself E0n1 exceed The ees1
lcf coREr1c<ing REX EzzdS
/ believe ghzt the dzF xIu osze
When Conxrez Vii rse1gzxs the in
portzucs q Es1d rezdS in cOnnecthu
with the z1 dsdss1 syEtez, and
that IN Response % popEE xAis = Aw
VIII Be passed for the c~a1SEr1rtie1 q
gravel rus3& the c1st q eunztr0ctiU
70 Be borne b. the T. 8 GgTEunsnt
The state GoTzrnzeuE ard The iEDed-
late community benE6sed- BIT this
lis = remote euntirgency, ard sszR
feasible pan vii have 70 H aoepee1f
untEi szcha law Is passed
!. IbelieTe that 8 practical hE co1A
Be PASSED, confzining the following e
seuraI features Thai the state
sbozh nzks a. appr1przztion and az
porsi0a It zzz8ng the various ooaaties
q TIE STATE. aOo0rdf1g 10 the number
LOT niles OF rad in the eoznty, CT &C
,l~cording TO The population Of TIE coun-
liz, on some other jzss rule q dtstrfhz-
iuou. that the cognfy shonid bear 4
portion Of the expense q construction
, lfay twenty per cent and that The re-
, usinaer CT the cost slso1id Be b0rne
: By the adlaeeat property 0wreEs and
out o. the state appropriation. The
! lest ASSESSED against the adjacent land
I owner should be made payable in spec
: Ial tax bills, At q low rate Of interest
! that may become due ard payable Al
such times as may suit the conyen'
ience Of the land owner. Under this
plan the cost would not in any instance
r be burdensome upon the land owner
Under this plan the course Of the rocl
q road would Be laid cut By the County
tlCourt upon a petition o. the adjacent
= land owners This would give thi
a land owner every reasonable pfotec'
: tion.
Through the efors OF ~ex-Senatoi
iCOckreIl, Missouri has recently re
ceived af75,0o0 as q Reimbursement.
Il for war expenses. Even before thi
,e money was paid into the treasury o
this State, divers and devious plan
= we're laid by interested parties TO gel
possession q IL Numerous zppr0pri
IL alton bills we're introduced In regarI
y 10 the matter. Some wanted 70 adj
it TO our already large school fund
K Some wanted 50 appropriate it for
e Library building al the State Uniyeri
5Oty. Some wanted TO take It an
n erect q building Ia memory Of the vel
se Grams who wore the blue and the graz
Is Some wanted il to 90 70 general roa
al fund Of the various counties and som
few Of Is wanted TO establish 3 psrms
nenf TUCK road fund, TO encourage tn
r. building Of rock roads throughout II
lis State. We did not have enough vote
~ to pass our bill but We did have en0ugI
o. to kill their bills, and the money n
r. mains in the state treasury. tn
be same efforts viii be resorted 70 In ID
en- next session to get hands On this pil
&c Of money. The two new norma
DO schools will try 70 get lit land PERM
tn me tostate that ! voted against bot
IN new normalS because VI have enoug
a Of the old ones and the estsbllsmen
be OF the new ones Is a useless and unne'
esSaryexpeuse upon the people Of ID
les STATED
/ propose. II renominated an
elected TO the legislature, 70 use ever
effort to prevent these special int
re ests from getting possession Of til
be money, and to get 1t applied to th
%. rocking Of 0 roads where / beliey
n it will do the greatest good.
Id A few years ago, We appropriate
q, 000O0o, toward the Worlds Fair an
ye- the people did not feeiit. We have.