The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1921-05-19
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INFORMATION REQUESTED
Who is the supervisor under bond
of Road District No. 8? -.
Is the road boss in Road District
No. 8 similar to what the grand jury
reports Barney Folk to have been in
Road District No. 1? .-.
Over two years ago the County
Commissioners granted petition for
county road south from Finley to
the Brown schoolhouse Is. ID. No. 81
thence east to Yellepit. Without a
survey being made work was begun
at the schoolhouse towards Finley.
Some say the Vermont Loan q Trust
company forced the county to survey
through their holdings. At least there
were threats of suit being brought
against the county, we know. OF
what use is this road? Autolsts say
it is unsafe and drivers with loads
shun it. Why was the county broke
when the Yellepit part of the road
was asked for? This road is much
needed as a water road to the Co
lumbia river and wheat road to the
S. P. & S. siding. Before election
Mr.. Pratt promised us road. With
what results? Not road in south
east Benton County worthy of the
name. Ask a resident how many
gates must be opened, how much sum-
mer fallow crossed, between Mottin-
ger and the Valley. Again ask the
ranchers-of fences cut, gates left
open, stock to be chased out of wheat
fields, gates and fences to be repaired
and yet Mr.. Pratt says: "Why l am
picked on about buying supplies, ETC..
/ can't for the life of me understand %
For instance, does not every one
in southeast Benton county know the
history of that Cleveland tractor pur-
chased several years ago by John
Howard?
Did not the grand jury make re-
port of this tractor as follows: Com
missioner Pratt purchased for the
county a secondhand Cleveland trac-
tor at a cost of $4,000, which was
about rs per cent of the cost of a new
machine, that this machine was not
in good shape when bought, ETC..
1t will be remembered about the
time Commissioner Pratt sent out a
county truck for this Cleveland trac-
tor taxpayers were asking (as they
had many times before) for improve
ments to be made on the Yellepit
Trail and the road boss reported the
county was "broke." 81 200 of ac-
tual work on the road would have
helped the tempers of taxpayers-if
not the road.
Road work was done on the Trail
north from the schoolhouse-we know
of two men and boy doing some
wedding on it-but perhaps this work
was donated?
Did the commissioners deduct from
Mr.. Wehmeier's salary for time ne
was surveying for private individual
in southeast Horse Heaven? How
about his expenses? Commissioner
Pratt refers us to the report OF Coun-
ty Commissioners. Different parties
studied the report for these and oth,
or bills as we'll as that Cleveland
tractor but concluded they must be
like the salesman's coat.
An old story tells us OF salesman
sending in his report "a charge Tor
his lost overcoat. Word came that
the company did not pay for lost over
coats. But upon sending his next re.
mort he was heard to remark: "That
oyercoat's there but you don't see 1t.
Are we not to conclude from the
iury's report that the county COM
missioners did considerable of this !?
We are strongly in favor of Ken