The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-03

where we are re now PAYING a dollar It
by freight outfit (horse. .power> the
time would be cut at least two days:
One half again as much tonnage could
tor -txaftic .in,elues e,ont;& &. in -.a.e .yer...
no b$g-holes In wet weather. Nc sus-
been; experiencing OF late caused by
Mr.. Farmer. YOU who have M been en-, pay.
haul your wheat to market. dc you
freight rate: by reason Of our bad
wheat te> pay your total tax on s20
fact that il YOU had the money You
Of a high freight tax. by reason q
our bad roads. you cculd have paid
your county tax which has gone de-
Mr.. stockmans you who in the. hard
winter OF 1920 spent enough in ex-
! cess tax on your freight to build the
way. Say nothing about the loss YOU
| sustained by not being able to travel
our roads at all during, the most crit
that that higher srats-of. taxation hunk"
arue: We will see slight, raise tn
taxes. but the saving we have. Incurred
road tax will many times offset the
| increase in our county tax.
Did You ever stop to think .;s how often ate,
tax? The pinch OF salt and pepper TO
season your steak. the spoonful OF SUI
gar for your tea. the syrup for your
Keep out winters chilly blasts. the
farming Implements; in fact, every
thing freiEhted upon thesS roads savo. %
OF our freight rate between this coun.
this tax. II matters not whether YOU
pay pay upon our our impassab,e roads J.
many. many times as great as the ia,
we s would Pay pay upon good. graded
W. are not asked 10 buud this Who'll.
road for Custer county agrees and Il
sS"s Sxer eouny Sas IL ne far In Other the
Custer county is matching every NH,
We build with two. Literally sneakins
fer the price OF one mile OF Of, hsgn,Wsa: g,.ss::
Mr.. Taxpayer. the .government Offer
to match every dollar Of your mono!
with 65 cents and this amount is noy
rssiiey s1sfa ~se'a! we are '. a.Hsd ' %ud but
. miles of the pronosed highway.
> At. one time the Powder river c"un
9 Ris Horn. Yellowstone. Missouri an
4 the Milk rivers. But today she stand
9 | vel oped and furnishing livelihood so
. thousands OF prosperous people.
q The trouble IL. our country is sic
g and in need of an operation. To prov
. this statement ! would refer yc1 ~,
Z dive to seven wears. II Won had lie i
). one whose very life depended upon Il
v operatiOn YOU would have it done:
d vcu were short OF money You woul
borrow 1t. This is the position we N
Se Mrc"s snsSss f"s If is old not nc
e whv do we have. to start over asal
,P our resources. principally our irriE:
"a tion nrojecta and coal mines AVID ~
70 welcoming our means Of transportatto
10 making our country more attractive
u the investor.
.n And now comes the hard nart Of I'll
10 argument. Daily we hear this remn,
made. 'I would he IN favor 1T ~
,. !: bond issue i We hHd competent OF OF
til. yerv perso"s, nS1 're remSrK % fer It Il woa WOW
=. make no difference what aide m
to argue ia be laying mvse1f open
g severa crtttcssm. ! wnntd add th"n
sS that II unon invest ieation II was fom
e Setw.en No ana Greater Pcwd
ck County. these distractions should
be removed.
" Patterns question. "Can Powder Rs1
ex County lift itself BY It's bootstrap.
NJ e mIslesdinE: We Are not 6orrowi
On but instead We are honding our cous
y. to enable 10 20. utilise our broken.
g. ca!s. our WreNked horae.noWer. Z
9e lost time: eur high freight tax. tow,
,of sas eeaid'ae Of . good h!e4vey;, e;,or
Y: Broadus. Mont. ian. 50. isss.