The Little River news., 1920-01-14
JUDGE RECORD MAKES
 REPORT OF YEARS WORK
Little River County Judge Makes q Splendid Report of The Years
 Work in This County.

! feel like I want to give you some what an outline of my years work as County and Probate Judge. It has been very busy year with me. full of anxiety and eagerness. I have work ed day and night to try to advance every interest of Little River county. and l guess l have placed more stress on road improvement than anything else. Feeling that there was nothing that could be done that would boost the country more than good roads
 And have worked very hard as lots of the people will know right with the road gang, and have spent lots of money to get the desired results and have made some mistakes l know along the way, but no one will say that they were not honest and tell the truth, l know that 1 havnt pleased everybody and didn't try to, only in an honest and legitimate way. I know 1 have taken some authority and done some things that my opposers criticise me for. l have done nothing officially that l want to hide from any body in Little River county The County Judge of Little River county was made road commissioner by the legislature of 1919. and I took the authority to buy a car for the road commissioner to use in the discharge of his duties in looking after the roads. l could have bought a cheaper car than 1 did but l did not think it was economy to do so, because I wanted to be on the road working instead Of being ill the repair shop waiting for the ear to be repaired,
 I bought the ear out of the County General fund, but I expect to repay out of the road tax some of these days. The running expense and up-keep of this car has been paid out of the var ious road districts, which I think was right When I was working in dis
 
 so much for car expense, one or two dollars per day owing to how much used that car, and I tried to be worth more to the different districts in the way of personal work and overseeing the bunch had at work. If had not been there in person 1 would have had to hire some one else to do which l did. I also bought some machinery and teams to he used in road conStruc- tion work, and am paying for them out of road district bridge fund. fund out of each district set apart for bridge purposes, and all other kinds of expense that constitute road con struction. and would charge each dis trict six dollars per day for each team and driver Will someone say that's more than you allow the regu- lar overseers for terms and drivers? Yes, but we put in from 3 to Il hours d iay and overseers. lots of them put in from six to eight hours a day. The tractor that We used in grading roads, charged each district from ten to thirty dollars a day owing to the num- Der of hours worked in a day. The charges run from ten to twenty dol lars per mile of road grading. We made from , to rounds to the road It loos like now that We haven't done much, but who could have prevented weather conditions from being what they have been. If you could l wish you had l expect to continue work ing the roads with the road teams and road tractor as long as l am county Judge. because | think it is d much better and cheaper plan to work the roads this way. than Co have them worked under the old system ot ever se,rs and free labor. because a man can't make a crop and work the road a hen 1t ought te be- worked,
 fl anyone wants to inspect the Coun- iy and Probate Judges records. they are ag the court house tree to inspec- lion and if there is any thing you don't anler-tana Will take pleasure in explaining II fa you
 received 9 srrat dggl of criticism uronruly last teai about the tick eradication work only did what he law directed me 10 do. Hut roody. no one vii got 10 eritieise me about cattle dipping this year. am aat of fl now and am going to stay out nj il until the Quorum Court puts me into the services again. which don't thirk they will soon. from the action they took last October
 Yours for better roads and better | Lr dges for Little River county,
 F A. MeCoRD.