The Crittenden press., 1922-08-04

AsA0A AOAA1
CONCERNING OUR
NEW BRIDGE
To tie Editor and the Readers Of the
Crittenden Press:
You probably noticed as / did in
an issue Of the Press letter from
Ed Cook of Casad. concerning a i
bridge across Tradewater at mouth
of Cypress. To me the letter was Of
special interest as Bells Mines used
to be my home community. The peo-
pie of this community are farmers
and tax payers and they feel like they
pay enough tax so as to receive some
benefit Of it.
1t is not necessary for me to point
out the many benefits Of this bridge
to Crittenden county. It probably
would not bring any money to Ma
rion but | hardly see how IL could
take any away. Besides are we peo-
pie around Marion the only ones to
be considered in the good things Of
life? If you had lived where / did
last summer and winter and where
my mother and father had lived all
their lives, where you had TO cross
the "creek" as we termed II, you
would certainly see the need Of a
bridge across this stream. Every
time I went for groceries or do shop
ping Of any kind | had to cross the
muddy old creek. Some Of the times
il was fordable, most Of the time we
had TO ferry, and no difference how
much or how little your spending
money was we had TO hold back
twenty-five or fifty cents-a tax that
had to come as surely as any that
anyone has to pay-to paya the ferry
man. remember one time in par
ticular a lady friend Of mine and
went to town the morning and
fcrded the creek IN going over but
: when we got back in the afternoon
the water had risen so that we were
Z afraid to try to ford. The ferry
Imam had to be sent for and after
t5ying for two hours to get the boat
out Of the mud he found that Il was
, impossible TO ferry on account Of this
swift current. While we were wait.
|, ing the undertaken Of Sturgis came
slsiong going to Mrs. Gains. INCL,
= s.ieier IAN had died that morning
and the undertaken had been sent for
lie thought TO make the trip in cal
tapd this was the condition he founs
the creek in when he got there. o.
course you see we were in quite {
predicament. Finally a man from
the Crittenden side dared to ford th'
c turbulent stream with the watel
reaching his buggy seat. He thel
4 drove my horse seross for me, witt
}: rost Of our purchases made at tow
q piled in the seat Of the buggy. Som
! Of our goods got wet at that but W,
u were thankful to escape with ou
i lives. The undertaken had to get
l. farmer from Crittenden to pull hi
n car over with a mule. Then afte
;, shout two hours work on the car h
a started on his mission.
s. This little incident Is only one o
v the many that happen at Cypres
wear in and year out for the want O
N bridge. Should we 90 on riskin
+ our lives and spending our hard carr
5 I'd money with nothing In return jus
for the want Of bridge whena CON
paratiyely small sum Of money as
eompanied with a little brotherl
love and unselfshness toward on
Is leighbor would relieve the whole al
n uation! l understand the bridge wi
IS cost money-everything worth whil
In does-but Union county and Sturgt
= has appropriated their part also III
nd citizens Of the Bells Mines comm,
r nifty have agreed to donate their Il
e Dor and money to have this bridg,
in Trusting that this missive win
the means OF awakening In some a
spirit Of altruism so much lacking
most Of us, and helping us To 90 q
furget self that we may see some
De the needs Of others, ! am not yet
Ih' tar payer. but a sincere good roa'
e. advocate.
ID Gladyse Anna Travis Demps,