The north Mississippi herald., 1922-06-23
VOLUME xxxIv
FEDERAL AID FOR
YALOBUSHA ROAD
Good Roads Meeting Held
Tuesday-Project to Build
Jeff Davis Highway With
Federal Aid.

N~~S A0ANHA6AN ON0hSJ 0OdIu VI
Supervisors was held at the Court
House. In conjunction with the
board meeting prominent and enthus-
iastic good roads" advocates met
and discussed the project of building
the link of the Jeff Davis Highway
across Yalobusha County.
Hon. w. A. Boone, of Pontotoc,
State Highway Commissioner of this
district, and Hon. H. C. Ditzer, State
Highway engineer, were present and
gave much valuable information rela-
tive to road construction and what
is required to secure Federal aid.
Mr.. Boone assured the supervisors
that If Yalobusha County made prop
er provision for the construction of
the highway across the county, max
ing the road up to required standal
IN width, grade, etc., that the county
could secure Federal aid to put
hard surface on the road. After the
road is built it then is turned owe
to the State Highway Department
and the state undertakes to keep the
road up without any further expense
to the county.
1t has been proven in Yalobusha
County that the initial cost of con-
struction of roads means very little
in comparison with the constant ex-
pense of upkeep of the road after
same has been built When Yalo-
busha County builds the Jeff Davis
Highway-makes it a permanent
hard surface road with Federal aid
then the state assumes the obligation
and financial liability of keeping the
road up to standard.
A large nuyaber of prominent citi-
zens were present at the meeting
Tuesday, and everyone was in favor
of Yalobusha building the road under
the conditions outlined by Commits
sioner Boone and State Engineer Dit
ger. A committee of two representa-
tive citizens were appointed for eacl
beat through which the proposed pr
ject will pass or is adjacent thereto.
and this committee is to present the
matter to the citizens Of their res
pective beats and later a meeting will
be called and arrangements made to
finance the building of the road
Following are the name of the con-.
mittee appointed for the respective
beats:-
BEAT ONE
J. p. Stone J. F. Provine
BEAT TWO
w. E. Blackmur E. M. Baddley
BEAT THREE
w. B. Wagner H. X. Hunter
BEAT FIVE
G. E. Denley Q. N. Jo~
In order to show their hearty CO.
operation and support the Board OF
Supervisors passed a strong resolu.
ton favoring the project, which was
as follows:-
RESOLUTION
Whereas at a meeting Of citizens
OF Yalobusha County, at which meet
ing the State Highway Commissioner
and the State Highway Engineer
were present with the board of Sup
ervisors, was held in the County
Court House at Water Valley on this
the goth. day of June, 1922, for the
purpose Of discussing the building
and maintenance of good roads in the
State, and
Whereas motion was made and
seconded and carried unanimously at
said meeting by the citizens whereby
the Chairman of said meeting was
directed to appoint committee of
citizens Of the County to advise witt
the Board Of Supervisors and tae
State Highway Commission and to
assist in perfecting plans looking to
the building and construction of q
Highway running north and south
through the county, known as the
Jefferson Davis Highway, and
Whereas the Chairman of the said
meeting appointed the following citi-
zens of the county, as a committee,
for the purpose above mentioned, to-
wit: Beat, Hon. ]. P. Stone and j.
Provine; Beat Q, w. e. Blackmur
and E. M. Baddley; Beat 8, w. B..
Wagner and H. X. Hunter; and in
Beat 5, G. e. Denley, and 8. M. Jones
and
Whereas this action of the citizens
has been referred to this Board Of
Supervisors, therefore it is hereby
ordered that the action Of the citizens