The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-05-12
SERVED
BY ROAD BONDS

10 the People % Weston and vlclnityl
What are you golng TO DO with the
macadam roadg
You know its present condition
You Know Il Is rapidly solng 10 pieces.
You know that the bulk ef the road
I taxes OF the entire county has been
sunk In this foolish piece OF road
building and Ia In danger OF being en-
tirely wiped out. How are you going
90 save ~ There is a quarter OF A
million OF dollars and moro OF tho
road tax money OF umatilla county
invested In this macadam.
II YOU vote down the bond issue,
how and where are YOU going 10 set
1.-THE money 10 hard surface this ma
cadams You cannot Eet u by a sne-
clal mlliaEe tax levy, Tor the other
sections OF the county win vote solldly
against you. Tor you deny them a road
and their only chance to gct roads is
by this bond issue. You cannot take
the bulk Of the tax money of the en-
tire county any more The last legis-
lature passed law prohibiting this
very thing.
You are facing an acute road condl-
tion and serious one u you stop TO
give Il a little intelligent thought. un-
once. q viii be a total loss and the
only method and only source from
which you can expect money suffi-
client to lay this hard surface Is
through the bond Issue.
This bond issue. you know. Il not
going 20 increase your taxes The
figures are very plain. Tho tax is 90
cents on each 100000 OF assessed
valuation for the first four years and
the average tax for the entire fourteen
years Is only ss.et per $1,000. and fig
ured upon the present assessed valua-
tlon OF the entire county OF $4,000
600. AS this valuation Increases the
tax will decrease: as new lands are
brought on the market the taxes VIII
decrease and above all as the enor-
nous maintenance charge OF $1,000 a
mile against your macadam road un-
der the present condition Is wiped out
your taxes will decrease.
You want good roads and you know
down In your hearts that the only
feasible way of securing this Is
through the bond issue. You build
your city water system. your school
houses and all other necessary public
improvements through issuing bonds
and you do not consider these bonds a
mortgage on your homes nor viii
you consider the road bonds such.
You get the roads and YOU set back
In labor and through labor rs per
cent OF what the roads cost In other
words. ss0e.oeo OF this money will BE-
expended for labor alone.
But laying all this aside the actual
situation which now confronts you
demands serious thought n you are
going 10 save your macadam road yol
must get busy AZ once and unless ypu
do get busy and save Il by hard-aur-
facing II. you are going 10 lose all that
you even now have. You know you
cannot expect people Of the rest OF the
county to donate you money to hard
surface this road when the other sAc,
tions have not even macadam base
for their use.
These same men and same interests
who are 50 loudly protesting against
the bond issue ON the grounds that {,
will increase taxes are the regu'a'
calamity howlers who raise this same
NAS tFN4S 1fat0 . @tNNAG Improvement
of this character is proposed Thes
are the big rich men Of the co ines
and In proportion they pay less taxe'
than the small farmer or small busi-
ness man, but they ALWAYS raise this
howl and make their appeal 10 the
ueonie to protect them and mako II
aasssble for them TO escape their lust
and proportionate share of the taxa
tion. Let them howl The money they
have they cannot take with them
Many Of them will be dead before
the bonds terminate and the streets |
paved with gold VIII he no joy or sat
isfactIon to either them or their de-
scendants left In umatiila county.
Think this over; take II home with |
You and seriously consider it, tAdy.l |
UMATILT,A COUNTY GOOD |
ROADS ASSOCIATION.