Weekly journal-miner., 1919-07-09
IN REPLY ID THE OBJECTIONS OF
 MIR. DOUGLAS

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 To the Editor Of the Journal Miner Sir: Our esteemed fellow citizen James s. Douglas, has an article ir
 the Courier in which he says that hs
 believes that the suggestion for five
 million dollar bond issue "emanates
 from the minds of people who have
 not given the matter the considera-
 ton 1t deserves
 As the undersigned IS advised, the
 proposition was endorsed by the peo- pie who have taken a keen interest
 in roads and other matters of great
 import to the county for many years,
 as well as by many who are practi-
 cally newcomers to the county, and
 who have the experience of other
 states to guide them, we feel that
 there is something the matter with
 the reasoning of Mir. Douglas. In
 the first place, he says that there is
 no reason for Yavapai county to
 built roads because Maricopa county does, or words to that effect.
 Advocates of the Yavapai county
 bond issue have held up the example
 of Mhricopa county, to show what
 our progressive .neighbor is doing,
 but, it is not incumbent upon the cit izcns of this county to be bound by
 all the same reasons that existed in
 Mhricopa for the voting of bonds.
 The actual fact is, that Yavapai county has more crying need for good roads than Maricopa has. Yav-I apai has more dormant wealth that
 will be awakened by a system of good roads to a greater extent than Maricopa has. The mountainous character of the country through which the roads should be built isl such that initial cost will be more, but the upkeep less, for more sec-I tions, and on account of this rough character, roads are all the more im peratively needed
 Then, again, MT. Douglas attacks i the wisdom of Mlaricopa county in voting her bond issue. He feels that Maricopa county people are not competent to locate the proper ar tries of her highways. When will they know any better? Does Nlr. l Douglas thinks the next generation is going to be any wiser? And if they are more discerning and sounder in they will be well able to heritage to the coming generation. The debt of good part of their cost will likewise be Left for them to pay. but why should they object to paying for an improvement so great, for an the value of which can not be overestimated? Mir. Douglas, with others of the present genera ton, are too busy building up lega ces and heritages for pOsterity with out figuring that future generations will receive great benefits from the wisdom of this generation, and grat- itude should make 1t a pleasure for our successors to pay for many of the permanent benehcences devel- oped and left to them.
 figure the advantages that will have come to them from their progenitors by reason of the expenditure of this road money, which beyond any doubt will greatly improve some sections of the county, and the use of these good roads for a generation will be worth more than their entire cost of both building and up-keep. This value will be reaped by those who use the roads through this period, and the roads will be left as great
 The fact that our roads can be ised by automobiles in case they are built IS not any hurt to them. The and his burro are fast disappearing and no one Is coming II his place. His occupation is too Drecarious. He gets too little from his discoveries. For instance, how much did the discoverer of the Verde listrIct get tor his discoveries:
 Mr. Douglas feels that " do not get value rcccIyed for the money spent on road building. That is just the trouble .,;th having road money in small dribs. The long suffering board of supervisors has been eN- oected to do wonders with road fund just about big enough to keep half the roads in repair. Mr. Douglas knows just exactly how roads ought to be built and public money expended, and he surely lnows how private founds ought to be handled 10 make dividends for Why not nominate and elect him on the board of super yisors to help look after the eX- pending of the five million dollar pond issue proposed and which will De voted by big majority: The amount is big enough 10 warrant his notice.
 Road building may be considered a grandstand stunt. but if it is, it IS one that should be heralded from every grandstand in the country. Worrying about the big debt that this country would face, to be paid in lOuo time bOudS. seems to be a