Arizona republican., 1919-05-17
AFEW REASONS TOREMEMBERIN
 ELECTION DAY
Even The School Children Are Citing Them-Roads A Big Factor In Any Community's Prosperity

Opportunity is given today for the citizens to decide whether &aricopa county is to have a system of paved highways that will be the pride of every resident within it's boundaries, or whether the present naphazard road system is satisfactory. Today is the day that the decision must be made at the polls.
 A vote for the S4000,00O bond issue today signifies that the citizen who casts it is in favor of a progressive community. It means that if the bond issue carries, every tourist who visits this county, and there are thousands of them every year, will carry back to their homes words Of praise of the splendid road system of Maricopa county. And what do the tourists say of the present system In interviews with many of them the past winter you often heard the remark, We had a very nice journey until we reached the country near here where we struck rough roads" Do you wish strangers to carry back messages telling of the rough roads or the magnificent paved highway system? It is up to the voters to decide today.
 To the farm and ranch owner there is a personal reason for voting in favor Of paved road system. It means actual dollars in his pocket or an added deposit to his bank account. The small addition to his yearly taxes will not l be noticed when compared to the ad- vance in value of the real estate. Nor IS the mere advance in value of the holdings to be the largest benefit to the farmers. The saving of time in hauling products to market, both in haullng heavier loads and more rapid trips, will result in added working hours, which means additional income to the men who till the soil
 Good Roads Mean a Savinc As an example of the saving which could be effected by improved roads in this country, few authentic instances Of actual road conditions might be con sldered. A farmer in Sullivan coun- ty, Tenn, in 1908 had to haul barbed wire from Bristol to Kingsport. a dis tance of 23 miles. He round that with tWo-horse team his maximum load was 800 pounds and that three days were necessary to make one round triD. To haul one ton, therefore. required f2 days, and at s day for the team and man, the cost was S36 This was be- lore Sullivan county issued bonds for road improvement Under the bond issue, the road from Bristol to Kings port was improved so that the same team can now readily draw a ton to | Lhe load and make one round trip in two days at a cost of S6. The ion mile cost under the old conditions was Sl.56, and this cost was reduced to 26 cents by the improved road.
 Another instance, at Crosby. Texas. IS significant. Here a shell road was
 built for one mile out of town. A far mer four miles out came to town with a team of two mules and loaded his | wagon at the railroad station with two
 tons Of wire fencing. At the end of i the improved shell road. on his return.
 Lhe farmer was compelled to throw off 5'0O0 pounds of wire. He then hitched two additional mules to haul OOO
 pounds on the remaining three miles
 of unimproved road. This man then
 had to make three mere trips for the
 remafnin 5000 pounds of wire. and if
 required his time for the four miles
 rom 10 o'clock one morning until II
 o'clock the next morning to finish the
 hauling. If the improved road had
 extended four miles to the farm the
 original team of two mules could have
 hauled the two tons of wire in two and
 onehaf hours.
 Numerous instances and examples ot
 the benefit of improved roads to the
 farmer could be shown. One of the
 pest arguments for the bond issue an6
 the improvement of highways, perhaps
 IS the fact that the residents of every
 community who have the privilege ot
 residing in a county where the roads
 are paved and have the opportunity O
 naulng their products over them. are
 the loudest in the praise of them. The
 slight increase in the tax rate is sel. dom mentioned, and often forgotten Vote "Yes" Today
 Every voter in Maricopa count,
 should make an effort to go to tht voting place and cast their ballot fo1 improved highways today. It will b,
 an act that may be remembered witt
 pleasure, and if you do not personal,
 derlVe any benefit therefrom the com,
 Ihuhlty as a whole will thank you il
 later years for casting your vote fo l progress.
 An opinion rendered by County At
 torney l.. M Laney shows thai tb statute provides that all property tax payers who are otherwise ouaIifie, electors or the county may vote at sUcl
 electlon. In reference to who ar property taxpayers" his opinion re iates that any person. male or female whose name appears upon the las assessment roll of MaricoDa coun+- 1 ciearly IS a property taxpayer whethe .he taxes are assessed upon real es l la1e Is, or personal property, or both. 1 Lhe following citizens of Phoeni, l VIII nave charge of the campaign il | the various districts today. First dis i L[lct' Dwight B. Heard: second district | warren McArthur: third district, Wal | ter Brawner; fourth district Aver 1 Thompson; fifth district, Wallace Bur l ton; sixth district, J. C. Dobbins. 1 The voting places in Phoenix are a 1 follows: Precinct 1, Harmon Motor Co l No 2, Central school building; No. l Garage, 2nd avenue and Madiso ] street; No. 4, City Hall: No. 5, McKin 1 le~ school building; No. G. Staple l store Five Points
 1 Essay Prize Winners Announced 1 The remainder of the winners of tn | prize essay contest given by the Phoe | nix Chamber of Commerce to tn | school pupils of the county was an Il nounced yesterday. They arc as fol Il lows: Lynn Rountree, 5th grad H Tempe; Christine Jaeger, 7th grad H Glendale grammar school; Vera Shel | 9th grade, Lehi; and Louis Krebs, St H grade, Osborn school. Vivian Mense Il of the 3rd grade of the Tenth stree II school in Tempe, was awarded her : Il cash prize Thursday and her essay ap