The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1921-06-23
bud" Wells Takes Whack at the
County Unit Law.

be n indefatigable good-roads
man and well informed on the
Barton County Jefferson Highway
middle, we invited him to con-
tribute good-roads article to the
paper. He either misunderstood
our request or got so full of the
County Unit question that h e
decided to substitute the latter
for the former, and mailed the fol-
lowing article to this Office Tues
day. Mr.. Wells is a member of
the Blue Star school board in Bar
County.
To be sure that Mr.. Wells gets
his views before the people just as
he wants them we are printing the
article verbatim.
Mr.. Drake.
Jasper, Mo.
have never saw & article in
any publication since our famous
unit bill come up but what was
lambasting and ridiculeing the far
mers for opposing the said unit
bill & now governor Hide &, the
teachers associations & others are
adding insult to injury by still
abuseing the farmers for referen-
duming the law & claim they cam
see why. have read & studyed
the law & am familiar with it. 1t
isia fine theory(but not practicall
especially it is a fine theory for
the parties to prattle about that
areNnot affected by it but for US
that are effected it is different for
the reason that we are up against
the fiscal conditions this law if it
went to effect would bring about
AS none of the above mentioned
publications or parties know what
we object too | will set out some
of them as circulated thepettition
in our dist & not soul failed to
sign it. First and formost the
thing they object too is this. The
first thing they heard about it was
that our honorable administration
had discovered that we were the
Gath state in the u. S. in educa-
ton. & theLeglslature had franz
ed bill & introduced it that took
the business out of the hands of
the local people except the jan tior
work & they would let local board
buy the coal but would have too
come too the Co board too get the
money too pay for same. & the
local board was not allowed any
funds that we were a bunch of
Rummies & did not know our
business.
& they would put all of the bus
mess in too co board of six men
& leave from IL to Is twps in each
county with out any repersention
at all. In the very beginning che
charges made aginst our schools &
the proposals too take it out OF
our hands by the people that said
we did not know & put it in the
hands of a bunch that said they
did know what was good for US.
& considering that our schools
had been carried on as they are
now for a great many years & the
most Of us were fairly well salts
fed with them when the legisla-
ture jumps up over knight & pas
ses bill abolishing all of it & say
ing we were 34th(& / see this has
been denied & takeing it out Of our
hands & put it in the hands of a
Co board of six. Where we prob
ly would have to go q plead & beg
for the things we are justly en-
titled too.
It cant be denied it cut ON
pride we considered it & insult &
everlastingly soured us on the
proposition. Witch gov. Hide will
find out when the proposition
comes up to be voted on a year
from this fall. OF course they say
you farmers viii elect this board
& you can't kick on that. We
also elect members too the CO
courts and the legislature. & they
are the best fellows you ever saw
till they get elected & would dc
any thing for you when they arr
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