Pocahontas star herald., 1926-03-11

which Rep. win wahlquist is editor,
recently had the following to say anent
the two bills:
The road question is one of the
most important that will confront the
next, as 1t was one of the most vital
to confront the last, legislature. Those
who last year tried to bond the state
to the tune Of $107, 800, ,O00-$42, ,500-
600 In addition to the $65,000,000 dis
trict bonds placed by the 1919 legisla-
ture-will be there next year with the
Loughborough plan which benefits Ia
of the rich and heavily bonded coun
ties at the expense of Fulton and 60
other counties. These pie hunters
never know when they are whipped.
Fact is, no one else knows. They keep
coming and hope, by their everlasting
tenacity, to accomplish, by fair means
or foul, after while. The LOugh-
borough plan is the production of the
same man who wrote the bond bill.
We have been told that enough pledg-
ed votes had been secured to insure
its adoption had Governor Terral call
ed an extra session of the Legislature.
OF course we don't believe it; but we
did not want an extra session and risk
1t. We had killed the bond bill-the
Raney- Williamson bill-three times by
n vote Of 55 to 40. That was pretty
work. And we are slow to believe
that any one of those SO could have
been fooled into swallowing q pill with
the same sugar-coating.
Al. n..l.t L.. 1perfe.
lature will be called upon to deal with
this highway problem. The great bulk
of the people won in the fight last
year. Enough representatives stood
true TO defeat the enemy. They stood
IN @ battle where II required real man-
hood to stand.
What win the next legislature do?
You have a right to know how your
representative intends to vote. There
are 81 counties, including Fulton, that
will be hurt by the passage Of the
Loughborough plan. The people should
demand a pledge of opposition to this
thing before voting for any man for
this the most important Office they
have
We are unalterably opposed to the
Loughborough plan and promise to
vote against the thing in whatever
shape it is placed before the next legis-
lature. If you want a man to vote TO
bond this state to the tune of $101,-
100000 or to accept and approve any
measure affecting the road problem
that such a dangerous bunch would
bring forward, then you don't want
WIN Wahlquist for l promise you here
=. ~ ,.nx.- Tint I am aoafpcf fhQf fhfpp
and that whole outfit.
We are now entering upon the third
year Of the life of the Harrelson act.
II is working wonders and we should
be slow about monkeying with ii.
With its provisions Arkansas is lift
ed out Of the ruts. No change In that
law should he made that does not bene-
f, fit each of the 75 counties of the State
IN equal proportion. The Lough-
borough plan helps only II rich coun-
ties and leaves the rest of the counties
as they are.
The Hill plan to be submitted by the
delegation from Sebastian county, pro-
vides for distribution of all state high
way funds in excess of maintenance
and department expense TO ALL the
counties on basis Of population, which |
is the method used under the Harrelson |
act. The Harrelson act now gives
Fulton S19,145. The Hin plan, with |
no increase in tax, would give us $780,
457 Our total bond requirement is
Sl4,15S annually. Without the Hill |
plan, should we pay all the bond re-
quirements, we would have only $4,0S7 |
left each year with which to build and |
maintain the lateral roads of the coun-
ty. With the Hill plan we could pay |
the total bond requirement of $14,15S |
and have left for the overseers each |
year S25,299 for lateral road building |
and maintenance.
Every voter in Fulton county win |
endorse the Hill plan when he or she |
understands It,
There has never been anything so |
wrong with this Ozark country as lack |
Of money. This is true of both our
schools and roads Our schools are |
prosperous now because of increased |
funds. Good roads are increasing I'm |
miles and value because of adequate |
funds. Give Fulton county S39, ,457 an |
nually with which to take care of the |
road situation and soon we will have |
every mile Of roads in every neighbor-
hood in this county as good as the |
Hardy or Batesville road. This would |
give the road overseers their respective |
share Of $25, 200 according to the miles