Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-11
Wapello County Farmers to
Fight Greater Iowa's
Road Movement
CALL 1T BURDEN
ON THE TAXPAYERS
Dirt Roads, Graded and Well
Drained, Held to Be Good
Enough for Present

A largely attended meeting OF the
Wapello county Pamona grange Satur.
day afternoon at Odd Fellows hall, was
addressed by Prof. Robert Jay of
Ames, on the subject of Hog Cholera
and Vaccination" The professor ia
an advocate of vaccination and he
pointed out to the members of the
grange, the desirability OF making
! their swine immune from the disease
which in past years has wiped out
millions of dollars worth Of hogs.
Considerable opposition was de-
veloped at the grange meeting to the
statewide movement for county option
in the matter Of road building and I'M
provement The upshot of it was the
adoption of the following resolution:
Whereas, the grange of Iowa, both
state and subordinate, has always TAX
en- a decided stand in favor Of good
roads, and
Whereas, we believe that the we'll
graded, we'll, dragged and well drained
dirt road, with permanent bridges, is
the most expedient and suitable road
in the state of Iowa at the present
time, and will remain as such for many
years to come, and
Whereas, there are at the present
time certain self-appointed commit
tees and associations throughout the
state of Iowa, who are urging the en-
actment Of law which will give the
proper authorities the power to bond
the taxpayers Of Iowa to the extent of
forty million dollars, or more, for the
purpose of building hard surfaced
roads, and
Whereas, the majority Of the mem
bers Of these committees and associa-
tions do not pay any road tax, and that
the burden Of paying for these bonds
will be placed upon the farmers Of
Iowa, be 1t therefore,
Resolved, that we, the members of
Wapello county oranges, in session as
sembled, do hereby protest against
the enactment Of such law and
pledge ourselves to use our best ef-
forts to defeat this movement and
also use our influence to secure bet
ter expenditure of the road funds un-
der the present road system, and be it
further
Resolved that copy OF these reso-
lutions be given to the Ottumwa daily
papers and the Des Moines Register
and Leader, for publication, and that
a copy be placed on file with the sec
retary of the Wapello county Pomona
grange.
Adopted at Ottumwa, Iowa, on the
Sth day of April, 1916.
G.. H. Guthrie, Chairman.
Jno. NJ McElroy
Geo. d. Robertson.
r. D. Baker.
h w. r. Smith,
Resolution Committee
Organize Tax League.
Another result of Saturdays meet
ing of the grange was the organiza-
ton Of the Wapello County Farmers
Tax league. 1t will be the purpose Of
this league to get speakers who are
thoroughly posted on matters Of taxa
ton, to explain to the farmers the
intricacies of the tax laws. The lea
que will study the matter of taxes for
the purpose of assuring themselves
that they are being fairly treated and
that proper use is being made Of the
money that they pay into the author.
tiles In. the shape Of taxes.
George Guthrie of Kirkville, was
elected chairman of the league, and he
was authorized to appoint chairmen in
each township of the county. The
league is designed to have branches
in each township.