Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-27
JONES MAKES STATEMENT,
Candidate For Supervisor Addresses
the Voters in His Own Behalf.


shall County:
Some time ago l announced myself
as a candidate for the office of couE-
" supervisor for a second term.
believe that am qualified for the
position because Of my experience In
county affairs in the years from 1902
to 1909 when | served two terms. When
can on the board then. the road ani
bridge funds were OVerdrawn $4,000,
there were outstanding bends of $685.
Don and when retired from the board
there vas money in all OF the funds,
good balances, the bonds were all paid
and We had bought eighty acres of
land to add to the county farm for
which we paid $500. There were
knocks against our buying it but it il
today worth $4,000. We bought the
fair grounds for $1,000 and it has
doubled in value. We expende $4,000 in
changes and repairs on the court
house, built the annex to the county
jail costing $500 and all this was
done without any addition 10 the taxes
and all paid for.
My last experience on the board was
by appointment to fill a vacancy when
Mr.. Darling declined to serve. Then
/ :he count yoauditor, clerk and recorder
appointed me because Of my knowl-
edge Of the county's business and the
I voters ratified their selection in the
next election. I am now serving that
uneXpred term and seek nomination
for what will be a second term II
am elected.
This Is an age Of progress. We need
better roads than we ever had before
and my voice has always been raised
for replacing old wooden bridges with
permanent masonry a s fast is the old
ones wear out. | have not alwayS had
my own way about it but l know that
,hi> policy will save us money In the
long run. / believe that we should
DO more permanent grading and
draining than we are doing. This
county collects from the taxpayers
s9O. 900 each year for its county roads
and bridges and we ought TO eXpend so
large sum with the utmost care TO
obtain the most results. / believe that
gravel is a good enough surface for
rural roads but l do not believe our
money should be spent for gravel unit.
our roads are permanently graded and
drained. | am willing to go just as
fast as the majority Of our citizens
will approve but l am not willing to
crowd progress faster than the maj r-
ity Of our taxpayers want to go.
Since | have been on the board, with
the assistance of the women's and
commercial clubs, | have been able to
have es tablished the fine toilet rooms
in the court house. This was some
thing that we needed very much, es
pecialy for the people from outside Of
town. These rooms have been delay ed
on account of not being able to get
material but will be completed soOp.
l have caused to be collected about
$1,000 which was due the county and
no one was trying to collect and there
are many other things Of which the
general public does not know that
have TO De done and one can not do
mis- duty as a public official without
making enemies. 1t takes a man
some time to learn these things. some
never do and if they do, have not the
moral courage to do their duty as Off
GERS
I have held offices Of trust: both
! county and city, and no one has ever
| been able to even intimate that my
| integrity was in question and If any
! one would investigate or even talk
with those who are familiar with
! county affairs he will learn that ex-
! perience Is fully as necessary in the
| economical conduct of the county,
business as it is in private business.
! know that I am not as smooth a
! mixer as I ought to be and 1 regret 1t
exceedingly. This, however does not
cost the taxpayer anything for an en-
! tertainer on board Of supervisors
would be an expensive luxury. I often
thing people misunderstood me but /
| have always tried to be as careful with
the public money as I would with my
own. I know I1fave saved many thou
sands Of dollars that would have been
wasted had / not had the experience in
| county business that I have. For this
reason I offer my services again solely
upon the ground Of efficiency.
] w. H. Jones.
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