Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-19

on each side. Not only this. the Re-
publican commissioners have placed
two new bridges across Pine river,
one at Bayfield, and the other Just be-
low Ignacio on the main line to the
Allison district.
We will admit there are cross roads
and portions of main lines. up the river
from Bayfield, and up the Florida that
need Strengthening out and grading
and this will be accomplished within
another year If the present Republican
policy is continued. The Florida mesa
farmers never enjoyed such fine roads.
They all agree to this.
The main roads on both sides Of the
Animas river north Of Durango have
been put In fine shape and can be kept
SO from this on at little expense.
To the west of US the same kind
of road construction is under headway,
but not quite SO extensive as east
Of us because it is impossible to cover
the county in SO short time, but
delegation of farmers in Thompson's
park waited on George Logan and ask
ed him to run for commissioner again
as they knew with Mr.. Logan and Mr..
Reister on the board the present sys-
TEN would be carried on.
The Republican nominees are COM
mitted to continuance of this per
manent road construction and will de-
vote their time and best judgment to
caring for the greatest number of
| farmers possible and inside of their
term every nook and corner of the
county will be traversed with perma-
nent reads and then the expense of
keeping hem up will be light and tax
es can be reduced. To Messrs. Charl-
ton and Logan will be given great
credit in years to come and 1t re-
mains for Messrs. Griffith and Folsom
to finish the system throughout every
section of the county and they will
do 1t.
In this connection it should be re-
membered that both the Republican
nominees pay more money into the
county in one year than the Democrat
ic candidates pay in six or seven years
and the thirty-five thousand dollari'
worth of property upon which the
Democrat claimed Scouton and Tovrea
paid taxes turns out to be less than
$4,000. Mr.. Scouton is money loaner
instead of an extensive property own
er. Instead of investing the money
left him in realty and improving it
he is loaning 1t and making the other
fellow do the developing. This is all
right SO far as the man is concerned
and nothing against him personally on
this account. but the people want some
one who has his money invested in
realty and is devoting his energies to-
ward building up Durango and La
Plata county for commissioner.
j Again, comparing Griffith and Tow
rea is out of the question. Griffith
is progressive. large minded and will
: do justice to every section and
e taxpayers. On the other hand Tovrea
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- the county and that he is also against
= fostering industries that will afford q
: market for the farmer and employ.
l ment for the laboring men. He gloat.
i ed over the fact at Bayfield, that he
: would not rebate dollar of smelter
assessment no matter how high and
unreasonable it might be placed. In
face of this we have a Democratic
: member of the board, Conrad Reister,
: who had no hesitancy in declaring the
! assessment placed on the smelter by
. Coston was beyond all reason and
, offered resolution to reduce the Cos.
+ ton assessment from $425,O0O to $275,.
! 900.
! Surely the voters of the county are
] not blind.