The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-10-14

best workmanlike manner, and
placed out of danger of any high
water ever known, and believe they
will stand for many generations to
come.
Coming to the point of misleading
statements referred to, there are a
number of people in Chelan who
claim that l threw cold water on the
proposition when an appropriation
was asked for by committee rep
Presenting the town of Chelaa in be-
half of their bridge.
Now, I want to say that this is
not true. Furthermore, it is only
makeup of some of the people who
are prejudiced and could not dictate
to me what / should or should no.
do.
1 have treated everyone fairly re-
CARELESS of any prejudice (should
there be any,, and all reasonable
persons and those that are not look
| ing for graft are ready to back me
up. Should we have made an appro-
lpriation for the Chelan bridge there
are plenty of taxpayers in Chelan
county who were watching our move
.ments, and should we have made the
appropriation the county would have
been enjoined from paying the same.
1t has come to me number OF
times (Which caused me to make this
statement) that Chelan county APP
propriated money to help build the
bridge across the Columbia river at
Wenatchee This is not true. Stu.
this element has some followers.
live on Lake Chelan, and want a
bridge across the Chelan river as
badly as any one, and if we had tue
funds to dispose of in the way o. ar-
prolriations l would certainly wou'I
do my utmost TO get some help from
the county for the Chelan bridge.
AS the matter stands, l never will
go on record as trying to approLri-
ate money that belongs to the tax
payers of Chelan county for that
purpose, and lose the confidence and
goodwill of the reasonable peopl5 Of
the county. This Chelan bridge be-
longs to the incorporated town of
Chelan, and is within the limits of
the town, and the county has no Jul
risdiction over the same.
Howscan funds that belong to the
people of the whole county be used
for an incorporated town in opposi-
ton to the law?
Now, as to the Leaders charge of
Where did it '.go to?'' in which he
charge is made that during the
ten months past this road district has
been run in debt from $4,000 to
$4,000. and perhaps more" This
statement is false. Instead of being
ashamed of our work md expeEdi-
lures, we are proud of them, and
only regret that we could not do
more, even though we did go some
what in debt.
Our acts and expenditures are pub
lie property and we are ready at any
time for strict checking up of time
checks and bills allowed, with their
of during the past ten months" is
so far from the truth, the reader or
investigator may decide for himself
in regard to the editor of the Che
Ian Leaders statement.
We will pay no further attention
to him, as l cannot go into de-
tailed account of the time checks and
merchants bills in this reply, but
will give approximate amounts, which
strict checking up will prove to BE-
nearly correct. About ten months
ago there was the greatest downpour
of rain ever known in the secti01
just north of Chelan, which extended
some two or three miles, washing
the canyon road away, so that two
thirds had to be made entirely new.
This, with wash uts a mile farther
up and above McPherrOn's, cost
about $500 to repair. a new road |
above the Boyd school house built |
by the resident farmers, on which
a bridge was necessary the iistrict
paid about $3.50.
A new road was built northwest
of Chelan by the farmers, on which
was paid one of their men, VIM.
Boyd, as foreman, $50, and for
plank, pipe, wire, powder, etc, 1920;
total, $3.50
On the south side of Lake Chelan
a new road is being built by those
known as the "Hoag
road on which for rock work, pow
der etc, over $50 was paid. A new
road into the New Oklahoma, which
had been ordered opened within the
past two years, there has been ex-
pended over $3.50 on this road, and
those interested have expended free
to the district over $1,000. On the
Roland road, which had been traV-
eled for a number of years, but on
which gates had been maintained, in
order to make the county road as de-
manded, it was necessary to either