The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-04

fully. and says the county will save
money by voting for the bonds.
w p. Poland. an enterprising land
owner, who probably pays as much
Individual land tax as any other
citizen of the county, says he is per
iectly willing TO pay his part of the
road and bridge tax in order to give
the county good roads. Mr.. Poland
has been advertising lands for sale
and says he has been kept from
making sales that would bring some
good farmers from other states on
account of having no roads. Mr..
Poland says the tax will be no
heavier with the bond issue than
without It,. and the people Will get
all the improvements made so that
every citizen of the county can use
the convenicncCs. Good roads mean
good farmers: it means better prof.
its from the farm and means more
home owners in the county.
J. B. Spragins. a member of the
firm OF Stevens, Kennerly d Sprag.
ins, is in favor OF the county bond
issue, both for the roads and for tn,
court house. lie believes the i'm.
provcments are needed and says the
people have no other way of making
them. The system OF direct taxa.
tion works burden on the people
while the matter Of paying of bonds
can be divided into many years and
falls much lighter on the people.
The farmers who are here now and
who have cleared these lands should
be allowed to use good roads now
and the county will do wrong If such
important work Is delayed until all
the old timers have either died out
or left the country. Make the i'm.
Drovements now. said Mr.. Spragins.
W. NJ. Hills. the furniture man.
says the county needs the improve.
ments proposed and he congratulates
the county commissioners on giving
the people the opportunity to make
'eu in way that It will be a bur.
don .u no one.
J. G. Freddy OF the New state
Hardware and Harness Company.
says Carter county stands I'm need of
the improvements which the county
commissioners propose to make, that
the people can well afford to have
them under the plan of payment and
there is no other means by which
these improvements can be made
than by the issuance of bonds. Turn
the county loose and let II grow, do
not hold II down by providing the
people with no roads and bridges.
make a model county that any citi.
zen of the state would be proud to
live in
John HutChins, VIII O lives Just
across the line in Johnston county,
but who owns more property in
Carter county than anywhere else.
says he hopes TO see the people vote
for the bonds. Nothing else helps
a county so much as good roads and
bridges; nothing ads so much TO the
convenience OF the farmers and they
will appreciate the opportunity OF
voting bonds TO build roads when
Ardmore will pay half the taxes
toward road building. The people Of
.-rdmore should be willing 10 do
their part, said Mr.. Hutchins. and
from what | hear since have been
in town the people OF Ardmore be-
lieve in good roads and are willing
to meet the country people half way.
Surely every farmer in Carter coun.
ty should feel good toward the people
OF Ardmore.
John Mulkey OF Mulkey, is an earn
est advocate of the bonde. He wants
good roads and has opened roads
through his farms for the conven.
fence of the travelling public. Mr..
Mu,key shows the spirit that is need.
ed to make Carter county the banner
county of the state