The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-04-02

on the mountain top pointing the way
to Ills brother overseers, - the max.
Ing Of good roads, and then read q
sparkling article from an agricultural
paper, concerning the great work
done In road making through the In.
fuence and substantial help OF the
BIS day good road club OF Carthage,
Missouri, whereby Jasper county
county farmers can get their products
to their markets 36j days In the year
and cited the fact that what Jasper
county could do she was OF the opin.
ion Holt county could do.
Mr. NanCamp believed In the drag
and thought II as good piece OF
machinery a. could be used In max.
Ing bottom roads. lie made his own
drag, and lie uses II. With tile aid OF
subscription and help from the coun, >
court his district bought a light
grader and 1t does the work every
way satisfactory.
There we're three mo, ions made on
the tractor proposition one was that
the county court buy a tractor and ).
horse grader. The second, that the
court hire a tractor and s.horse
grader. Both we're Overwhelmingly
beaten. a third motion was made.
that the county court he requested to
ask some hrn to bring a tractor and
grader here for demonstration pur.
poses, and " the court should decide
TO do so. tie demonstration be made
In tie central part OF the county.
THIS was carried by a narrow vote OF
10 to ~, some 20 oyerseers not voting
on the proposition.
What the O,ersccrs Wanted.
County Clerk Kunkel was called on
by Engineer peret, and on coming
forward Mr.. Kunkel stated that lie
VAS present by request OF the county
court. 10 represent that body, and had
but two propositions TO submit TO
them for the court. Tie first Of these
vas: should the county court make
the poll tax payable In cashr" 10
seemed a. II the oyerseers unanimous.
ly agreed that II should he made op.
'ional-payable In cash or labor.
The second "as should the coun.
~ court Increase the county road tax
levy" a. soon A. stated two out Of
every three OF tie oyerseers we're on
their feet asking recognition. and all
began TO talk at the same time. II
was no evenly divided question. The
sentiment vas a. II one spoke for all.
"fes" Was the unanimous opinion OF
the - out OF Us o,erseers OF the coun.
~ that the levy should be Increased.
II !, was right to 20 the limit on the
special road and bridge fund, II MAS
right TO 20 the limit Oh the county
road levy. kut they we're heartily
agreed ~ to leaving tie amount OF
Increase With the court, without any
action from them Hut In view OF
tie meanre funds at their command
for making the roads OF their dist rict,
they believed the court would be war.
rsnted In increasing the levy for
county district road purposes,
Mr., Kun.el on retiring stated that
lie felt warranted In saying on behalf
OF the court, that IL was ready and
willing TO do It's part, ever keeping
within the law and It's revenue, and
they would lind him ready at all
times TO aid them In every Way, con.
sisient with the Law governing his
actions.
Many OF the ovefseers expressed
their opinion that as concrete work
vas the coming work for bridges and
culyerts, the county should own Its
own machinery and crush It's own
rock for such work believing II to be
economy 10 do 50.
Some Law.
County Attorney Tibbels Vas the
closing number on the program. and
he MAS ready. lie was there to an.
swer such legal points Is might he
presented 10 him by the overseers,
and they began . rapid Dire OF ques.
tons which were concisely and pointed.
ly answered by Mr.. Tibbels. Tie more
important OF which pertained to the
Hedge law; the throwing Of brush In
the road way; trespassing on the right
Of way, and similar questions.
Mr.. Tibbels told the overseers that
on oil general ofYenses against the
laws oil lie had to do was TO tile his
complaint. and arrest would follow.
But not As to to the Hedge law.
The first step was, that complaint
would have to be tiled by three free
holders OF the district against the
offender with the overseer, who mott.
led the offender OF the complaint,
and on failure 70 trim or remove the
hadVo thu oyaysaar not iHad tho ~onu