The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-05-11
POFF WILL m APPOINTED
To COLLECT ROAD TAN

JR Blair. J. y. white, and Will
lam Klein went up 10 Deming Mon
day to attend the regular monthly
meeting Of the Luna County Road
commissioners They met with the
Board and put up n proposition To
them for the Columbus Chamher of
commerce to collect the road tax
due In this precinct. with the un-
dersianding that the funds ~ col
lcrtrd should ~ spent In this end NJ
the county
There ~ a road tay ~ "a assessed
against every man IN The state u
IL thought that this will amount tu
something near the sum Of si0on m
'hi- prrrinri n meeting " ~"
board ~ directors ~ the Chamber
III Commerce last week II was de-
cidcd tn make The road hoard
proposition tn collect this money n
Il could be- used at home. The board
readily agreed to this, agreeing tn
name a. the collector who ever the
directors NJ the Chamber of Com
mcrcc might recommend At q
Injecting held Thursday afternoon of
his week. II was decided lu recon-
mend James B. potT as The collector
who will receive commission from
hr county clerk within few days
as collector.
The money will be used In repair
ling roads In this precinct The
Chamber Of Commerce coming Ia
some agreement with the road cugi-
l'rr Amy. a. to where u Is the
riust needed. aud II viii Boz spent
under Almy', supervision
The Columbus Drming highway
IS unw In the hest condition for
travel Il has ever been. The old
rld board. Ghas Heath, Fred Shcr-
..n and G.. l.. Baker. and later :. ].
smith In place NJ Heath, started the
iuh of building this road. u had
been worked on. hut no systematic
.plan for it, completion had ever
developed. Under this boards su-
.pcrNision the work was progressing
ami II was quickly to hc seen that
the road would suOu be- IN acuuditiuu
That Il could be- used. when the new
law camc inioelecuhe contrRc,slsd
ulrcady been given out for the lar
-er portion ~ the work. The cnun-
liy commissioners then took charge
nf road building, and the job was
continued on the same principle.
/ There is still lot of work Ia de- ON
thr road hut the spillWays have
most all been completed. aud tho
road can now be- Travelled with
greater comfort than over before.
When the rainy season sets IN II
% r. given thr proper attention there
is M reason why this should not be-
mnd" intn ilrst-class highway.
Mr.. sherman was In Columbus
last Friday aud stated ln the Courier
that The engineers IN charge " tho
work, Ncssr, Nmy and Sampson.
had stated to him that tho Colum-
hus-b"ming road would hc com
.pl"t"d as quickly aS tho work could
b" done. Mr. sherman Is very much
interested IN good roads. and had hr
been appointed n member of the
road hoard a few years sooner there
:, un doubt hui what We would now
have much better roads m Luna
, County
Thus part ~ tho county was sorry
N have tho road board done away
with, after II had really started to
10 something but the county com
missioncrs, I. l.. Nhrdhaus, Jas. 4.
Phillips and andy Lewis have
, shown that they too, know some
hing about road making. and II II
, no doubt Ia the best interest Of the
. taxpayers that the oilicc has been
, abolished.
A matter that has apparently
been forgotten is the collection from
D. the federal government Of the sum
. nf something near Sq.O0 whirh was
! recommended paid 10y the govern.
m'nt engineers who investigated the
mattcr after II had been put IN io
them hyihcnldruad board. This sum
was supposed Ia represent the dam
age done Ia the county roads hy
government trucks. This is an
opportunity la get the money for
" IN" county that Is really due the
county, and It's Importance should
d mot he overlooked by the commis
Is Nnncrs,