Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-10-21

eountS WILL nave 10 pay Tor 1t, but II
1t costs less, the town will have to
pay the most of it themselves. Con-
seQuently, the town boards try to get
bridges which cost more than $1,000 |
and then tho county pays for the ex-
travagance, whether it is paid for a |
better bridge or higher price for the
same kind of bridge.
Now I like to milk my own COWS
myself. would not like to see nv
nelghbors milk the COW which l am
feeding. If the residents of this coun-
ty get some help to build up roads,
the money goes where it belongs, pro-
vided they do not go into unnecessary
expenses, but when a neighboring
county, comes to our County Com
missioners and asks for a donation.
we cannot call it an appropriation be-
cause we are under no obligation to
build roads or bridges for Meeker
county. Our part of road is Just as
expensive and / have heard that is
more so than the Cosmos part, and
we certainly need some appropriation
for this. Will we now have to go to
Meeker county and ask for aid? Or
will Kandiyohi county pay for the
whole road? That is the question that
confronts our common people. Can
the County Board make null and void
what two town boards had agreed
about and put it in legal way on rec
ord. In that case every town boards
action is farce only.
I have talked to one Of the County
commissioners, Mr.. VIM. O. Johnson
OF Willmar. l went to him because
| thought his judgment was best but
found was greatly mistaken accord
ing to the answers he gave me. I
tried to inform him about the stu
alton out here, but he seems not to
understand common sense. He said
that the Commissioners were COM
PEELED to help build this bridge be-
cause it was a judicial ditch and
there were people living near it who
had land on both sides of the river,
and needed a bridge. 1t is funny in
deed, when the county is compelled
to build that bridge, that this Meek
er County Committee comes here and
asks for money, and even agreed to
that when Cosmos town had divided
the road with East Lake Lillian, that
each town should bear their own ex-
penses. I asked the honorable mem
Der Of the County Board why he did
not appropriate any money to the
people of Lake Lillian when they ask
ed for help to build dam for to save
Lake Lillian from running dry and to
save the people on the lower end of
the ditch from being flooded. But he
answered me that they could not do
that according to the ditch laws. This
belongs to the Judicial Ditch and by
ia combination of errors is made
wrong, so it does not do the work it
was supposed to and the County Com
missioners are not allowed to do any,
thing in that end of the ditch, while
down in Cosmos, they are compelled
to pay $500. Well, l could not get
that in my head so asked some peo-
pie whom I thought were of sane,
sound mind, if they could understand
it, but they were Of the same opinion
as myself. I have asked lawyers both
in Kandiyohi and Renville counties,
and they say that they cannot see
that the County Commissioners were
allowed to appropriate this amount to
Cosmos. Our own attorney, Mr., Otter
ness, understand has also tried to
convince these Honorable County
Commissioners but in vain. They ig-
nored his advice. Mr.. johnson said
all five Of the commissioners were in
favor OF this appropriation.
The people Of Kandiyohi county are
certainly fortunate in selecting five
men who can, with paternal dignity.
solve such deep problems, which the
rest of the ignorant people of Randi
yohi county, are unable to grasp. Il
have, in vain, hunted for one man
more who is able to look at it like our
generous honorable county commits
sioners.
For the sake Of peace and harmony,
don't split those five men, remember
them this fall, they have a generous
heart for their neighbors.
But our County Attorney, Mr.. Otter
ness, does not fit we'll in that CON-
pany, he is like these old timers who
are trying to cut out extravagance
and needless expenses for to make
both ends meet. I wonder if the peo-
pie like that? While the people of
Kandiyohi county have been blessed
this year with an abundance of water.
hail, tornadoes and cyclones and hot
winds, we don't need to economize.
we can't make ends meet anyway.
People In East Lake Lillian are
threshing from three to five bushels
per acre of understanding, and ski
to twelve bushels of oats per acre and
on one-fourth of the land, nothing
grew at all, so you see the farmers
have an easy time gathering their
money. Some people don't raise
enough to pay the tax. Isn't that fun.
ny? A farmer who has a net income
of minus $1,000, he has to pay over
500 in tax. How many mills tax is
that? 1t takes an expert to figure
that out.
This is not written for to hurt or
favor anybody, it is simply an appeal
to the good people of Kandiyohi coun-
ty to demand Of their officials econ
l.