Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-14
HANNA TALKED
ON GOOD ROADS
Vas at Jamestown When
County Auditors Had Their
Meeting There

JAMESTOWN, N. D., Feb. 13.-Govcr-
, nor Hanna addressed the county com
missioners and county auditors Tuesda!
afternoon. His was the first IN state
convention assembled here address OF
the convention and it was, without
doubt, the address Of the convention ant
it was in good humor and spirits and he
held the close attention of the body fol
! nearly an hour. He touched upon the
subject of good roads in which he is
much interested. because of its economic
value in enhancing the value of proper
ty generally. M particularly, and drew
attention to those portions of his first
| message to the legislature in which he
mentioned good roads, n presented a
plan for better roads. He advocated the
issuance of a million dollars worth OF
| bonds for good roads purposes in North
| Dakota. and stated that the auto tax
of the state should be sufficient not only
to pay the interest upon the bonds, but
to retire the principal in about sixteen
years.
He said it cost more now to haul a bu-
shell Of wheat fifteen miles on our earth
'cSNs t'"A ~ NA'NS w S"hi N'> aiAA
grain from jamestown TO the head of
the lakes. OF 10 the Twin Cities. The
state has collected about SIS, 600 auto
tax in the last two years and the money
has been frittered away by the present
plan of turning it back to the counties
in such small sums that nothing tangible
could be accomplished.
Good roads came up in congress and
the $50 bills presented were consolidated
n melted into "A single bill. reported
out of the committee. which would give
SIS a mile tor the maintenance of roads
apo which are rural mail routes. In
Cass county, which has forty-twow rural
routes of from 10 to 50 miles in length
under the provision Of that bill some
$500 a year would be paid. which would
go far toward the maintenance of these
roads.
The governor referred to the plan in
Colorado and Oregon of working the
convicts upon the public roads, and he
said he believed the rlan could b. well
adopted by this state, the unfortunates
of the state pen given work upon the
highways and benefited very much by
the open air exercise, and the tWlne
plant would not suffer at ALI. The plan
would do much to help make men oltt of
the prisoners.
Referring to taxation the governor said
that while the population Of the state
had increased 81 per cent. the amount
of taxes had increased 2O7 per cent. He
believed that the affairs of the counties,
districts, cities ard the state
would be handled as carefully as one
does their own private business. If this
is done he did not think. the state rate
would be so high as it now is. Z
Seventy per cent. Of the tax of the
comes from the land md it makes
me feel that we should keep a grip on
the expenditures of money in the state
by our public officials, to keep it as low
as possible" said the governor.
THE state tax of $11, 200, 900 is paid by,
loo. 600 people in the state.
we have burned every straw pile in
the state for thirty years, but + believe
the time has come when we should turn
them into paper. The Lord never in
tended that we should burn up the straw
and only save the wheat. l believe in
the future we shall see BOTH"
The governor was introduced by Pres
ident H.. j. Rusch Of Fargo and was es-
to the front by two members of
the body. EEs