The L'Anse sentinel., 1919-04-04

hundred corrections. i nave since ad-
ded 100000 to the roll. I have
tried to be fair in my assessments,
and believe / have succeeded. have
inaugurated new system Of using
stamp sand on the roads, saving the
township thousands Of dollars. Dur
ing the past two years, with the cost
Of labor and materials almost doub-
led, when operating expenses of all
other corporatiins and concerns in the
county almost doubled, the township
has done the same amount Of road
work as was done during Supervis-
or Boivin's term, and has done it for a
third less. An intelligent study of the
township reports will prove this. AL
SO remember that this includes over
SC, 900 of useful road machinery, auto
truck, roller, etc.
Regarding little. cry from West
phal about my driving the auto ! 'lck
/ admit l did This, when labor was
scarce and the road commissioner was
busy on other roads, and I believe /
worked as hard as any man could,
giving the township their moneys
worth. / am sure the voters won't
hold this against me.
The claim is made that the roads
are in poor condition. This claim is
made by Westphal and some of his
friends and is another lie, and is GER
tainly not being said by the people
who pay the taxes and use the roads.
Westphal probably doesn't remember
the condition Of the roads three or four
years ago. need say nothing about
the roads. They speak for them
selves. Take any Of the township
roads, especially the Pequaming road.
Inquire of the people that have been
using it, if it is not in better condi-
ton than in years before. The Sand
Beach road never was better, also the
roads in other parts Of the township.
Westphal wants to know VINO has
been signing the highway orders since
Commissioner Sands left town. The
supervisor and clerk have been sign
ing them. Incidentally the township
has been saving the salary which
would otherwise have been paid the
commissioner.
Now, regarding the high tax rate.
am sure it is my desire to keep the
rate as low as possible, and that the
high rate this year can hardly be
charged to me. especially when the
rate in L'Anse township has had the
least increase of any township in Bar
aga county. The increase per hun
dred dollar valuation the past year
has been: Baraga Township SLOT,
Covington Township 93c, Arvon
Township 39c, Spur township soc,
LAnse Township Ice.
Here is what caused the high tax
rate. First the state tax was the
highest in history for an odd year, due
to the war, the county tax was $751;
600. higher, due to an accumulation
of old debts that had to be paid, the
new federal aided road bond and in
terest tax, the new federal aided road
maintenance tax, the Zellen decree,
and last, but not least, the school gym
nasium and repair tax. You voters
probably know who put this last tax
over. You probably know how much
interest the taxpayers are getting on
the money. All these helped to make
high rate, and had Westphaps can
didate been in Office the rate would
have been no lower.
/ have been endeavoring to have the
local bank pay interest on this money,
also on the $4,000 Of Federal aided
road money and funds of the county,
and in doing so have created the en-
nifty of the bank officials who openly
opposed me at each election. / don't
believe in the taxpayers borrowing
their own money and paying interest
on it besides.
Now for Westphal's little joke a
bout the "Grand Canyon" (the exca-
walton on Broad street for the fed
eral aided road). Was it not last
year that Westphal was giving former
Supervisor Boivin credit for putting
this road through? If Westphal is
right, and Boivin gave us the federal
aided road, why then does he not
charge the Grand Canyon against him
and not against me. / certainly can
not be to blame.
In order to get the women's vote
Westphal claims / opposed woman,
suffrage. This is another lie. Why
should I oppose woman suffrage.
have as many friends among the wo-
men as among the men, and will get
a full number Of their votes. One Of
my reasons for desiring that the Cit
izens caucus be held at Pequaming
was to give all the women chance to
vote. By doing this Westphal and
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