The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
A GOOD PLAN-BUT
congress,
GA Contributed Editorial)


Running the farmer in favor of big business is
the Hoover program, although he does not come
out and say so. Our present county admnistra-
ton is strong for the Hoover program and have
gone long ways twarod helping it along, by
running the county in the hole and hollering for
taxes.
Suggesting anything which would better the
present deplorable financial conditions in the coun-
ty is useless. A farmers advice does not count
much with Hoover business administration. Any
way want to get this off my chest, then they
can take it or leave i'll know darn well they will
leave it.
The county road fund has been run close to
$1O0,OOO.OO in the hole the last couple of years.
The commissioners are figuring on having people
vote more taxes at the next election, which will
very likely be voted down, the same as it was at
the last election. Instead of voting more taxes
there is better way out, if the present admins
tratiOn wants to get out-which is very doubtful
The State is going to build highway through
Sheridan county. There will be about so miles of
it and it will probably take the next four years to
build the road and it will cost in the neghborhood
of One-half million dollars.
This half million can be spent in two ways It
can be spent the people of Sheridan county will
not get smell of it, and it can be spenv so the
people of Sheridan county will get practically all
of it Half million dollars is lot of money
when you are broke. If it was divided I'D even
among all the people In the county, each one
would get $4,000.
If the proper step is not taken-and taken soon
this work is going to be let to an outside con-
tractor He will come in here with his own ma
chinery, his own men and his own cook car He
Will send to Sears & Roebuck for his grub and
some of them even make their own home-brew and
moon. The county will get the road but not a
smell of the half million.
Practically all of that half million could just as
well be earned and spent by people right here in
the county This could be done bv the county
taking the contract for building the highway The
county has all the machinery needed with the ex-
ceptlon of gravel loader which thew are going tn
buy some day anyway. When it comes to gravel
ing the highway, plenty of truck owners would be
willing to equip their trucks with dump bodies and
maui gravel Only small part of the half million
would be spent for material for culverts and
orldges. The big bulk would be paid for actual
work done by the people of the county
The State Highway Commissioner arc broad
minded people and l do not think the county
would have any trouble getting the contract with
out even bidding on it. I am reasonably sure the
highway Commission would be willing 10 turn the
contract over to the county at estimated cost If
the proper steps were taken in time
The proper step to take would be to select COM
mittee to go and see them. It should not be the
county commissioners, it should not be a commit
Tee OF farmers, it should be committee with plen
y Oh gan would suggest committee consist
ing OF: Carl Bull, DR.. Storkan and ATTORNEY Lewis
provide themselves with information from HaIe.
sheridan county is paying more than its share To
wards the state highway program and should he
enttied TO some consideration. The cons;dara+;or
should be the contract at estimated cost
In the four years it would take M hu;1d %he
state highway, the county should Law low on
county road work, confine itself TO mainten-
ance work mostly and spend let us saw s26 00f1 IA
sacn year out OF the road fund and 100000 out