East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-03
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the point l want you to get. This
macadam road must be hard surfac-
ed in order to save the $4,000 a mile
already invested in it. The people OF
the east end of the county through
which this road runs realize this. They
know that eventually. they will get a
hard surfaced road over this macad-
am. If you do not vote this bond is
sue the county will have TO take the
regular tax money and hard surface
this road Then the people up there
will have their hard surfaced road
and when do you think they will be
willing to vote either tax or bonds 20
build you a road? They never will
and you know they won't.
Why are they down mere today op-
posing this bond issue under which
you get a good road? Because they
know they are sure TO get their good
road if you will help them without
voting the bonds. They want you 20
defeat the bonds, give up your own
prospects for a good road and let
them receive the benefit from the road
tax for the next five or six years in
the hard surfacing Of their macadam
road.
Since the macadam road was first
put under construction how much road
tax money has the country around Pi-
lot Rock received? Where has all the
road tax money gone? Where is it
going now? Where VIII it continue to
go if this road is hard surfaced with
out a bond issue? You can readily
see where it will go ana you can see
how long you will have to wait TO get
your good roads ana you can easily
figure out what you- prospects are.
The milleagetax plan is but another
scheme for hard surfaclng the ma
eadam road This tax cannot be vot-
ed for five years. Il can be voted
for only one year at a time. Suppos-
ing this fall you should vote this ad-
ditional two mill tax raising a hun
dred thousand dollars, where would
the money be spenty Hard surfacing
the macadam road, of course. And
then, next year. if you voted the SAME
two mill tax again, wnere would the
money be spent? Hard surfacing the
macadam road. When that road was
finally hard surfaced its entire length
do you think there would be any fur
ther additional two mill tax voted? !
You know there would not
Who is the father OF this scheme |
who is heading this opposition to the
bond issue? C. A Barrett of Athena, /
wheat farmer. W. w.
Harrah, another millionaire wheat far
mer John Vert of Pendleton, a mill
lonaire land owner. There are sew
eral others whose names appear on the
but they are merely
These men are the bell |
wethers.
Where is the road in which they |
would be Interested The macadam /
road Did these men come out and /
oppose the construction of the ma
cadam road? Did they try to STOP
1t? Are they going to oppose the hard
surfacing of this no-good macadam
No, they are perfectly willing that the
county authorities shall go ahead TAX
ing your road tax money. Echo's
Stanfielc's and Umatilla's
road tax money, Helix's road tax
money and continue building and i'm
proving their road. But they are not
willing that you people up here or
any other section of the county shall
have a decent road; or that even you
shall have value received for money
you pay in road taxes. They want all
the benefit and if they cannot receive
all the benefit they are opposed to It
What are you going to do about il?
Are you going to sit idly while they
continue taking your road tax money /
and giving you nothing in return?
It is true their section Of the coun- |