The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1915-04-02

he report along road No. 10 that was
irving to see that some of the money
for road No. 10 be spent
IN road No. 4, and also If l kept on
Okanogan would lose out altogether.
Roth statements were absolutely false.
However, the reports were accepted;
was not consulted to learn the truth
q, same. but resolutions were sent III
against what ever l was trying to do.
| now want to put it up to you IN
all fairness exactly what / asked for,
and see if | was being fair to the tax
payers or if Mr.. Bolinger was.
This is what / asked for in the
house roads bill:
s31.7O5.S6 for state road No. 10.
SIS 9O9.79 for state road No. a.
s1O,56S. so for road No. IL, or, in 9TH
err words, $32,762.72 for the north part
of the county, and $26,521.55 for the
Methow and the extreme south part
OF the county.
My efforts seemed not to meet with
the approval of some of the people on
road No. 10, as hundreds OF etters,
kilograms, and resolutions were sent
in to the senate to make the distribu-
ton as Mr.. Bolinger desired, and this
was done, with the result, that the
north part of the county gets only
$15.51S.OO while the Methow and ex-
IRENE south part of the county gets
$43,51S.OO. Where is the explanation?
1t surely isn't fair.
Remember now, approximately $780,
100000 is charged to Okanogan county,
so it may be hard to get more money
next session. OF this sum, the Methow
has had $90,0O0.00 and the bulk Of the
balance has been apportioned to the
extreme south part of the county. To
have been absolutely fair with the
tax payers of the county, should you
have stood by me every one?
Then, the Methow would still have
had the best of the bargain by thos-
ands of dollars. If this part of the
county had received as much state
money as the Methow, in proportion
to the amount paid in in taxes, We
would have had over $500, 100000 more
state money than we have had.
Some objected to any money being
spent on road No. 4, from LOOMS to
Wauconda. This is much more i'm
portant road than No. 10, and yet
money has been spent on that with
out a murmur.
Because we people on road No. 10
have a railroad, is that any reason
why the LOOMS and Wauconda people
should have no state road money for
their road? Appropriations have been
made every session on this road and
again this time, for improvements in
Lincoln and Ferry counties. Shall the
Wauconda people be forced to go to
Ferry county because the Ferry cOun-
ty people improve road No. 4, or will
Okanogan county try and get some
money for road No. 4? To date on
this road outside Okanogan county,
there has been apportioned the sum of
$74,689.11 while in this county there
has only been $1,45O.31.
This is not an abandoned road, and
the people who pay their taxes, are
entitled to some of their money back,
instead of putting all of it on the
Methow.
The report that l was to get mon ey
for road No. 4 at the expense of No.
10 was false, as the drafted bill will
show. but did have a right, and it
was by business as a representative
of the people, to ask that a smaller
sum be given road No. IL, and that No.
be recognized. and though l was not
successful. l sincerely hope those who
opposed me will realize how unfair
they were, and two years from now,
line up and help their neighbors get
this much deserved money.
1t was also reported that if l urged
change from the recommendations
OF the Eastern Washington Highway
Association, that Okanogan county
would get no appropriation at all.
This was not true, as was proven.
Other counties asked for changes, and
got them, because their senators
worked with them, and there was no
Interference from home, but the af-
fairs of the county were left to the
men who were elected to look after
them.
Another very strong reason why l
opposed the recommendations of this
association was because l had a letter
from the secretary of the association.
IN which he said, that the resolution
committee, at the meeting in Spokane
october 9th, and of which Mr.. Culver
was a member, made this recommen-
dation that roads No. 10 and IL of Okla
hogan county should have so large an
appropriation in order that two years
hence these roads would not be con-
sidered in the distribution of state
money. l would not agree to this. for
dio not want to promise that Okano-
try