The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1920-09-24
as Others See Il.


Forest City, Mo-, Sept. 20, 1920.
Editors, Sentinel:
II looks like it is just one dumb
COOLED thing after another. We are
paying the heaviest taxes we ever
paid, and still there is more to follow.
| see by the papers that the govern
mnet is going to issue $500, 900, 900 90
more bonds-has to do il, in order to
pay expenses. No wonder we are
headed towards anarchy. How are we
10 pay the colossal debts we are piling
up on this country? II looks like the
country has gone crazy and IL seems
like few (and thank God they are
few, live right here in our county.
They are not TO blame for the nation
plunging hopelessly into debt, but
they want to move the county seat to
Mound City, and put US in debt few
hundred thousand more, and for what
One man told me ito spite Oregon"
Well, I have heard Of the fellow that
cut off his nose to spite his face, and
think we would feel Just about like
he did after IL was done. II might be
q good thing for Mound City for the
Taxpayers 10 put in at least a half
million In county improvements, and
we cant count on anything less, but
how about Forest City and vicinity?
What would do to us7 Well, in
the first place we would have our share
Of the bill to pay next, we would lose
the train service and privileges that a
county seat gets. or course, we could
go TO Napier IL we wanted to take a
train occasionally, but We would be in
the same fix that Forbes is In. Just
look at their train service. II j. an
imposition, but they can't help them
selves, and we would be In Just the
same fix whenever the county seat Isl
moved away from Oregon. We pre-
sumo that the business part of Craig
and Maitland could move over to
Mound City-they would almost have
to, or go out Of business, but the bust
ness part Of our town can't, 80 what
are we 10 do? Hadn't we better
study this thing over a little before
we vote to change? II any one can
state ONE good reason why the county
seat should be moved. IL Is more than
have heard yet. II would kill Ore
gon, Forest City, Craig and Maitland
so dead that neither will ever amount
TO anything in the future. II will be
just like Nodaway county. Who can
name any Of the towns in Nodaway
except Maryville? A county seat does
help town, Oregon, to the contrary,
Notwithstanding. Let the merchants
of county seat offer the same in
ducements for trade that the nearest
rival towns do, and people will go to
the county seat, even IL they have to
20 little farther.
The drawback to Oregon business is
they have no railroad, and transporta-
ton costs them more, but that il in |
In our favor We have to look out
for ourselves, so I am in favor Of let
ting them keep the court house. Itl
don't cost Us anything, and Il don't |
hurt US. but We do derive some benefit
from Oregon being the county seat,
and neither Forest City nor no otherl
town In the county would get anything !
out OF II II II should be moved except
Mound City alone, 80 tell me why
the other towns in the county should
commit suicide In order to help !,
"ounr wy. we TURNER'S KNOW tnnt
we have TO pay about so per cent OF !
ihe taxes in the county, and when we
lhink Of how we are going to have to
Zig up billions for the government,
Millions FOR the state, and the amount
" county taxes Of different kinds, that
Ne are now paying, we realize that we
IRE going TO have TO draw the line
somewhere, or /. is the bankruptcy
'ourt for us.
Now, MIR. Editors, I may not have
PEELED al my words according to Web
ter, but people will know what I
mean " you publish this. and II you
vlil just give US a chance to discuss
LIS questnn through the columns of
our valuable paper, ! am sure that
he verdict in November will be mo"
" n large majority.
Yours respectively,
J. w. FITZMAURICE.
(Send In your communications, we
'eep man to do the spelling.-Edi-
orS \ L.