Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-10-12
3. r. JONES WRITES AGAIN
Newport, Oregon,
October 9Th, 1917.

aTtlcle.
l am always willing to abide
by the majority vote, and SO /
far as am concerned had con-
sidered the Bonding issue as
outlined in the Petition, that the
people have just voted upon, was
settled, but true to the policy of
the Leader, which has never had
an opinion of it's own since the
late Judge J. T. Stewart sold it,
but since which time it's policy
has been to wait until the people
had spoken and then say 81 told
you sO!" Then you commence
a dirt attacl; or me.
Among other things in your
article you say: The people at
large were not given a voice in
the laying out OF these roads at
all ana st the election they re-
buked the originator of the
scheme by voting the measure
down."
But since you have seen fit tc
attack me after the Election, not
having the moral courage to Of
fer any objections to the Good
Roads plan, until after it was de-
feated, except in the article in
the Leader on the eve of the
election when it could not be
answered, you did print a mis-
leading article in which you said
the County officers claimed that
II the Bond Election carried it
was a question whether the
State Highway Commission
would put up the 100000. This
an echo from the County Judge
to kill the Bonding issue.
The Bonding issue and the
roads proposed to be improved
were discussed through the
press, and at Public Meetings
long prior to the Election, yet,
you did not have the moral cour-
age to fight it if it were a bad
thing or TO approve it if it were
a good thing, but kept as close
as a mud clam. Your paper is
misnamed, it is not a Leader
but a slow second, after the
good people have spoken.
The good people at Waldport
did not care whoOp about the
Waldport, Toledo and Ona road
Some Of the Bay View and Ons
people did want this road. Wald
port people told me before ant
since the election that what the,
wanted was a main high%a,
from Newport via Waldport VI
the Alsea Bay and Valley to Ben
ton County line.
SiletZ people before and sine
the Election have told me tha
what they wanted was a High
way from the Mouth of the 81
letz River up past the Agenc
and out by way of Falls City t
the Willamette Valley in Pol
County.
Big Elk people told me the
wanted a main highway froI
Elk City up Big Elk to Bento
County line.
Nashville people told me ths
they wanted a main Highway u
the Yaquiaa River over the ol
Pioneer road via Summit to Bel
ton County line.
Little Elk people wanted ii
main highway up Little Elk, b,
said that they would be Statistic
with main highway no matt,
where it was located. The
heartily favored the improv
ments of main highway whe
ever it lead. The only objection
that any citizen Of Toledo h;
publicly raised prior to the ele
ton was because the ma
highway under the Rof
Petition submitted. was n
to be improved direct for
Lutsgens Via OHa to Tol
do, except that Jay Dunn did II
want to be left ali alone on
stub road on the Pioneer Noun
ain among the cougars, bobca
and coyotes.
To improve all these roads
one time that the people want
1t would require a bond issue
Lincoln county for $500, 900, al
from the State Highway Coz
mission $500,000 and from {
Federal Government anoth
100000: but the Law provid
that Lincoln county could on
bond the county for $20000O
2per cent on her assessed valu
ton. Hence the reason for n
placing all these roads in the I
.tition for permanent improy
nent. The petition 'outlin
roads that it was thought cot
accommodate the greatest nul
ber OF people. We don't blal
the people for wanting all the
roads. but all of them could II