The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-13
{. C. Burton in Prepared Statement
Outlines Work Done on Roads in
Chickasha District; Says citi-
zens Paid for Dragging
DECLARES WORK DONE
AT NO COST TO GRADY
States Commissioner Temple Refused
to Furnish County Truck to Pull
Graders; Points Out State
ment of Commissioner.

p. G. Burton, president of the Ora
dy County Highway association in q
prepared statement, today dealt with
road work in the Chickasha district
and answered the interview of j. A
Temple county commissioner dealing
with road improvement and dragging
in this district of the county The
statement follows:
''In recent issue of the Daily Ex-
press / notice that j. A. Temple,
county commissioner of this district
refers to certain road work and es.
pecially to the dragging of the roads
in this district just before the visit
of Col. W. II. Harvey, president Of
the Ozark Trails association.
In this regard, | wish to say that
the citizens of Chickasha and not the
county commissioners paid for the
dragging Of those roads. We made
an effort to get Mr.. Temple to give
us the use of one of the trucks of
the state highway department to use
in dragging the roads on this occa-
sion but he refused, Two tractors
we're employed and the roads were
dragged from Chickasha to the Wa
shita river bridge ON the Amber road,
from Chickasha to Tabler, from
Chickasha to Verden and from Chick
asha to the coAnty line on the Ce-
ment road The cost of this entire
work was paid from fund made up
by citizens of Chiekasha and not one
dollar was paid by the county.
"When the citizens of Chickasha
put in the Frisco cut on the Cement
road, the commissioners then put in
cement culvert on the road west
from the Frisco and south to the
vicinity of Norge. That road has
since been dragged by the commits
sioners. 1t is seldom used, all the |
travel going over the cutoff, yet we
have been unable to get the com
to drag the cutoff or do |
towark its up-keep.
"On the Tuttle road, there is a
cement culvert that the citizens of
paid for. The commission
ers at that time promised to make
refund of the amount expended on
that culvert, but after the culyert
was in and paid for, they refused.
"Mr. Temple states that Col Har-
vey passed through ne county over
a road other than the designated
Ozark trail, via Tuttle, Amber, Chick
asha and Verden. 1t is true that Mr..
Harvey on the way to Roswell came
over the Tabler, Chickasha and Ce-
ment road, but on his return trip he
came via Anadarko, Verden, Chicka-
sha. Amber and Tuttle. He made his
statement regarding work, or rather
the lack of work on the Ozark trail,
after having passed over
lie road from Anadarko to Chickasha.
"At a good roads meeting held in
Anadarko and which was attended
bv good roads boosters from Hobart,
Mangum and other towns including
Anadarko and Chickasha, Mr.. Temple
openly made the statement that if
the Caddo commissioners would bring
their road up to the specification OF
the Ozark trail, he, Mr.. Tempe,
would meet them at the county line
with a like road.
"The Caddo road, it is well known,
from Anadarko to Yerden is in good
shape. The Caddo commissioners
have, in part, at least, carried out
their promise. Until recently the
road from Chickasha to Verden has
been practically impossible. /
81 have talked with great many
good roads boosters of Grady county,
and l find that the unanimous opin-
ion is that Mr.. Temple has fallen
down on his job"