The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-11
RICHARDSON SAYS
BOND ISSUE HELP
OCARTER COUNTY.
Believes Road Bond Issue Will
Relieve the Present Finan-
cial Strain.

Although there has been little said
publicly concerning the bond issue for
the building OF roads and the improve
ment Of the roads of Carter county,
there has been some thinking done
about the bonds. Bond issues, gener'
ally are distasteful to some people and
they need only the slightest provoca-
ton to cast their vote either for or
against. Many persons make up their
minds only when they enter the booth
to vote and they dab down with the
stencil whether it hits yes or no, and
go along as if they had done their
duty with the ballot. These are not
in the majority. however, as the men
who in the final analysis have the
burden to carry. study the proposition
from every possible angle. In selecting
men for interviews on such questions,
and taking them at random, or as you
come TO them. they usually tell what
they think Of the question in few
words, and they may be for or against.
When Mr.. j. W Richardson, Of the
State National Bank, was approached,
he was taken a little by surprise, but
spurted right out:
Il favor the bond issue. and have
favored it all along, since il was first
mentioned. ! like the way the money
| ia to be spent--among the farmers
! and l want the roads, In many cases
| the roads We have in the county are
good, If they were kept up, but the
! long dry spell, which is not yet broken.
| has been hard on all sorts Of roads.
/ and our highways need work now. As
/ / understand the proposition, the $500 =
/ 600 We are asked to vote i'm bonds. is
/ to be prorated in the three commission.
ers districts and money spent along
our present highways and ON the con
struction of laterals leading into the
highways; that the farmers who live
along these roads are to be employed
In their immediate neighborhoods.
do you know this bond issue comes
ut time when n real emergency eX
lists The county needs the roads and
the farmers and working people need
the employment and the money, and II
we put this half million dollars real
money in the county among the people
who need the work it will help every
body wonderfully. Besides that, we
want and need the roads-both the new
roads proposed and the improvements
on the old highways.
81 know conditions are bad and
money is tight and that is my main
] g., 20 h.. Of
bonds. IL means spending an amount
OF money in the county equal to more
than $12 per capita, and that amount
turned loose at this time certainly
means something. The tax rate vii
not be appreciably higher on account
Of this issue, and the little incrcas,
win not bc felt half so much AZ th'
present scarcity Of labor and money.
Il sincerely hope the issue viii sc
over ana that work may begin on th'
work Immediately after the election, OF
as soon thereafter as the preimnaries
can be worked out, and | hope mS
friends will view the matter as do
Mr.. Richardson is assuredly one o
the thinking men of the county, anC
his opinion on public matters. especial
ly where there is a half million dol
lars involved. is worthy Of consldcra
ton. If readers Of his story will give
the proposition as much solid though
as he has given it, there is not The
least doubt as to how the election viii
20. If you are in the least skcptcal
take few moments of your valuable
time To drop in TO sec Mr.. Richardson
and rest assured that he will puml
some of his optimistic views into YOU
thinker. and if you are one of thos'
who make m your mind after yol
have your ballot in your hand, rea,
his story over again. and think It on
after you retire tonight.