The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-08-18
COUNTY ROAD
J COMMISSIONERS IN
FAVOR OF M0UlT0N
CLAIMS EFFICIENT OFFICE
HOLDER is ENTITLED TO RE-
WARD FOR SERVICES

$50
William Dilley, of Muir and his
friends have started quite a lot of
talk about the fourth term" bug a
boo with which they hope to Gust
George w. Moulton from the county
clerks office and thereby place Mr..
Dilley in to the position. They un-
doubtedly realize that with Mr.. Moul-
ton having given the universal sat-
isfaction which he has during his
term in the Office that it will take a
lot of yelling to get him out. Fred
Mauren, editor of the Portland Re-
view, has published several big
"yells" in this regard and apparent
ly if Fred has his way, Mr.. Dilley
will go in with a great big whoop.
However big the noise of Mr..
Moulton's opponents may be in the
fourth term" yell, the present coun-
ty clerk has many, many loyal sup
porters who are paying absolutely
no attention to the cry against his
long service and they believe his rec
ord as being one of the best-if not
the best-clerk which Ionia county
has ever had, is the biggest argument
which could be advanced for the re-
tention of Mr.. Moulton in Office.
The county road commissioners,
who are perhaps more closely con-
nected with the county clerks work
than any other man or set of men in
the county are behind Mr.. Moulton
to a man and it is their opinion that
it would be near calamity to put
change into effect at the present
time. Fred Knox, of Portland, which
"a tc
Mr.. Dilley's stronghold favors Mr..
Moulton as clerk as do also r. H.
Hall of this place and Gen. Fred W.
Green, of Ionia, the other members of
the board.
We found this fact out while talk
ing with Mr.. Hall recently and asked
him to write an article setting forth
his views as to the efficiency of. and
the reasons for Mr.. Moulton's being
retained as clerk of Ionia county.
Neither Mr.. Dillev nor his support
ers can lay claim to this letter being
inspired by Mr.. Moulton, as he was
not even consulted in the matter.
Mr.. Halls letter is as follows:
On August 31st the voters of Ionia
county will be asked to express their
choice of candidates for nomination
vember.
At the present time petitions have
been filed by two men, one the pres
ent Incumbent, George w. Moulton
and the other William Dilley, of
Muir.
/ believe it goes without saving
that practically every citizen of the
county, regardless of party, will ad-
L.
~ clerk been more efficiently handled
tnan under the present incumbent and
the only objection, if there is any
opJectlon, seems to be the fact that
Mr.. Moulton is now asking for a
fourth term.
As a member of the County Road
commission, l am perhaps in a posi-
tion TO apralse and realize more full
iy the expense and loss to the county
should the voters decide against Mr..
Moulton.
Under present atate laws. the coun-
W clerk must be the clerk of the
county Road Commission. and as
clerk of this BODY he must handle
all OF the reports, records and end
less details which develop in the
proper handling of the highway de-
partment accounts and under our
present laws whereby the state il
paying such a large per centage of
the highway construction costs. there
is demanded what at times seems an
unreasonable amount of detail and
data before the state Highway de-
partment will pay their proportion
OF the different road improvements.
The county Highway Commission
since its organization has spent a
great deal of time and effort as well
as considerable money, in order that
the clerk of the Commission would
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