The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-06-24
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changes and alterations in the orig
inal plans and specifications as pro-
posed by the Commissioners should
be made, and that it is to the best
interests of the Improvement DIS
trict and to the landowners thereof,
that said changes be made; and 1t
is. therefore, the judgment and the
order of the Court that the original
plans and specifications for Road
Improvement District No. / of Polk
County. Arkansas, be changed as
and as set out in the pubic notice
given by the Clerk of the Court.
No changes are made IN the assess
ment of benefits, but where there
are imperfect descriptions of lands
these have and will be corrected
and the corrections entered on the
assessment book when it is possible
to make such corrections"
Seeking Influence Elsewhere"
A. f. Wear, getting the attention
Of the chair, said one particular puf-
pose of the meeting was to get reg
lister of the sentiment of the people
in Road Improvement District No. 2.
He explained that the reason for turn
ing down Gin toto" the proposition
made BY the Commissioners at a re-
cent meeting was that the people
of the district did not consider they
were liable for any of the expenses
that had thus far been incurred and
hence would not agree to the payment
of said expenses in the event that
majority would be against the con-
struction of the road. Again, he stat
ed he had at that time a petition
signed by a majority of the landown-
ers in opposition to the road, so con-
sidered it foolish to go over the
ground again as provided in the
agreement of the commissioners. In
stead, he suggested, petitions be pre-
pared for this meeting and that all
present be asked to sign for or
against, and then place the same be-
fore the commissioners; not that he
thought it would have any influence
on the commissioners, but for the in
fuence it would have elsewhere.
Petitions Prepared.
A. E. Wear, L. o. Cooper and ]. R.
Perry were appointed a committee to
prepare petitions along the line sug-
gested, reporting to the meeting as
follows:
eve, the undersigned, landowners
of District No 2, in Polk County,
do hereby express ourselves as OPP
posed to the building Of the pro-
posed road in said district, and that
we do further hereby express our
selves as determined to resist in ey-
cry legal wav possible the collec-
ton Of any taxes levied against our
property for the purpose Of building
said road or paying any expenses
incurred by the officials of said dis
triet."
The Injunction Suit.
w. r. Shinn reported that the com
mittee appointed at the previous
meeting to bring injunction proceed
ings had taken steps to carry out the
wish of the meeting, but that ex-
penses would be incurred, and he sug-
gested that the matter of meeting
these expenses be DISGUST. This sug-
gestion lead to the adoption of mo-
ton that all land owners who signed
the petition should pay one dollar, If
so minded, and later, when the OPP
ponents crowded around the table TO
sign up, dollars frequently accom-
panied the act of signing, until, when
the ceremony was over, A. K. Wear,
who was made the custodian Of the
funds, had before him quite bunch
Of money.
Jefferson Wouldn't Stay Down.
The jefferson Highway business,
however, would not stay finished, for
Joe Lewis again took the floor and
asked that funds be raised to fight the
Jefferson Highway, suggesting that
each person so disposed pay 81 to Joe
Anders to be used for this purpose.
Joe Anders followed with the state
ment that they chad fit this thing
from Genesis to Revelations; that
/ Hatfield had put up 81 900. but that
if courts would rule like Judge Finger
had in the case today it would do no
good to spend more money to per-
feet the appeal. Joe Lewis on a ris-
ing vote, however, decided the senti-
ment was in favor Of appealing, and
while Anders insisted that the only
way to get justice was to "hit him
between the eyes" Lewis and Wear
urged legal methods and not violence,
the former suggesting that the thing
to do was to spend time and money
until the election when men would be
elected to mete out justice Mr.. Wear.
/ still further urging legal methods in
stead of violence, pointed out that one
legal ground of attack would be the
/ special act increasing the territory
in the district, and while he confessed
he did not know what the Circuit
court would do, he thought an appeal
should be taken from the ruling of
Judge Finger, adding that the ex-
penses of an appeal to the Circuit
court would not be great When some
one suggested that a committee be
appointed to ascertain from Judge
Martin the probable cost of an appeal
to the Circuit court, an opponent
urged that it was no use TO hire a
local attorney, but legal aid should be
sought from without the county.
One Man Thought Move Too Late.
VIM. Lowe thought it was too late
to do any good on the Jefferson High
way, tho work might be DELAYED bv
an injunction, but concluded it would
do no good in the end, while there was
chance on the Mena- Big Fork road.
The folks, again recognizing the
chairman of the meeting, moved that
committee of three be annointad ~