Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-09-04
Ashland Voters
For Good Roads

X. l.. Burdic: The bonds shoult
carry.
]. Leslie Corbett: Vote the bonC
issue sure. Why grumble about that
H. S. Evans: The bonds SHOULD
carry. We cannot afford to take an,
other stand at this time.
E. f. Phipps: l am strong for the
bond issue. AS long as / am a tax.
payer l will vote for good roads.
L. S. Brown of Ashland Trading
Co.: The bonds should carry. Bet
ter highways are a substantial invest
ment.
City Recorder c. H. Gillette: l am
certainly in favor of the bond issue.
believe it will carry Ashland if the
voters come out.
E. j. Farlow: The proposition is a
good one and Ashland and the south
end of the county should give it an
overwhelming majority.
Jerry Conwell: l made a VOW to
myself several years ago to vote no
more bonds. l may not vote at all
in order to keep my pledge.
A. M. Beaver: The bonds should
carry. We are in no position to side
track our valley. 1t will be expen-
sive but the investment will be worth
it.
Wallace Wood of Ashland Manu-
featuring Co.: The bonds should
certainly carry. The Rogue River
Valley could i'll afford to dodge its
part.
w. D. Hodgson: Got to have 'em,
OF course. Why, it's the biggest fool
thing in the world not to vote those
bonds.
E. A. Sherwin: The proposition
appeals to me very strong. / cannot
see how the most conservative pro-
gressionist can find and serious OBJ
jections to this program.
V. o. N. Smith: At first thought
it was more than the county could
afford to tackle. The more l in
formed myself the better it appeared
and l cannot see how we can afford
to turn it down.
B. NJ. Shoudy: Have not decided
yet. Don't like Indebtedness and
taxes. If the statement that 81 taxes
on the thousand annually will meet
the Indebtedness is true, it may be
reasonable to vote the bonds.
c. A. Eliason: The bonds will
likely carry, but l am emphatically
opposed to the issue for the reason
that we have already plunged into
Indebtedness far beyond our capacity
to digest and the taxes will have to
be increased some more,
j. R. Casey: The proposition ap-
peals to me very strongly and the
more hear it discussed the more
am convinced that it is one of the
best propositions that the people OF
the county have been called upon to
decide in the road question.
Chas. W. Root, Ashland Ice &
Storage Co.: If felt sure that the
bond issue would be managed under
competent engineering advice and
the best possible results obtained |
would vote for the bonds. However
] am not radical on the issue.
S. A. Carlton: l am thoroughly
in favor of the bond issue and am
fully satisfied that it will carry by a
good round majority. The arguments
are well known, and inasmuch as the
attitude of the county is certain
believe the vote should be made over
whelming.
George w. Seager, Secretary Com
mercial Club: Aside from the bene-
fits that good roads bring to every
body, Ashland the beautiful will be
greatly benefited. More people will
see what we have and more people
will locate with us. We have the
goods for the tourist.
c. L. Cunningham: The benefits
derived from scientific road building
cannot be questioned. It's simply a
matter of progress, and the time for
this step, in the general course of
progression, is here. Let us see that
Ashland does her part to bring about
this great step forward.
Ed Estes: 1t would be a great
mistake to vote the bond issue down.
The good roads agitation has gotten
to the stage where action is the issue.
To connect with the California state
highway alone is well worth the ex-
pense as an investment not to men,
tion the various advantages.
F. G. McWilliams: 1t is incum-
bent upon those who favor the boNi
issue to get to the polls. Every vot-