The Jasper news., 1921-04-28

ttuii, waters and HarDur went 90
Lamar Friday. April 10, to talk to
the Barton County Court about
Strengthening the turn in the JEFF
ferson Highway at Dublin they
had no idea Of running into a hor-
nets nest OF Of addingto the Bar
ton County-Lamar road tangle.
When they got there they found
that State Highway Engineer Gra-
ham had arrived Unexpectedly and
the Lamar Chamber of Commerce
had called a meeting to endeavor
to get the highway commissioner
to approve the route Of the j. H.
to Lamar from Jasper. AS this
paper stated last week, the people
along the two or three routes are
very much divided in their opinion
about the route the road should
take. Quite a few from each of
these factions met with the Cham
Der of Commerce and the highway
commissioner on this date. Agood
many made speeches and E. W.
Scott was called on to state JAS
per's opinion, which is about as
stated in The News last week.
However, the Lamar papers made
a good dealmore out Of his remarks
than Mr.. Scott's speech justified,
so Mr.. Scott and Others Of Jasper's
representatives say.
Mr.. Scott says Mr.. Warner Of
The Leader was much nearer right
than heothers. Following are the
statements made by the papers:
The Leader Mr.. Warner, edi-
tor said: a
Mr.. Scott spoke for the Jasper delega-
tion. He isah attorney and mail clerk
on the Missouri Pacific. He said he
would have to. say unpleasant things
about Lamar, but he supposed business
men were not afraid to hear the truth.
He said Lamar was too much afraid
that If the road went through the bot
toms itwould leave Lamar of the route
of tourists. He said Lamar was the
laughing stock of tourists and road
builders; that we talked great deal,
but did little, He said that for the
road to go south from the cemetery re-
ally would not hurt Lamar and that
our fears were groundless. Then he
said that the proposed east route from
Boston was impracticable and that Jas
per did not want it.
The Republican (Mr. Box, edi-
tor)said:
Mr.. Scott proceeded to take the hide
off Of Lamar and let it be known in no
tones that he did not only ia
vor the west road but also favored GO
ing straight north from Jasper to Shell
don thus leaving our own little Lamar
one mile and a quarter from the much
heralded ]. H. We knew all the time
that was what they wanted but Bud
Wells and Scott are the only two gents
that had the CUTS to come out and say
so.
TheDemocrat (Mr. Aull, EDITOR
said:
Next came Mr.. Scott, Of Jasper. Mr..
Scott is mail clerk on the Missouri Pa
cifc railway. He said he hated to say,
what he was going to, and it was
easy to understand why he did feel
some reluctance on the subject.
He began by. saying the road ought
not to go through Lamar at all. 1t
ought to go out past the cemetery, new
err making turn, and miss the town by
a full mile. He said Jasper had spent
thousands of dollars on roads, Lamar
had done nothing, Even the railroad
crossings here in town, he regarded as
very dangerous, and when it came to
sending the road down straight from
Boston, mile east Of Jasper, Mr.. Scott
saw red. He said it ran into a blind
road, mile long, before it got to the
corner, where the proposed turn to-
wards Jasper.
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