Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-04-09

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things carefully. They should not cut of
their nose just to spite their own face. Tha
is the only thing that will happen by votin'
it down, as it will carry with an overwhelm
ing majority throughout the state, but b,
our vote, if we turned it down, it will indie
ate to the Highway Commission that we d.
no want good roads in this county.
The law became operative April LIST
and calls for only 5 cents tax per gallon, ane
it is on the anticipated revenue under this
law, which is now listed as Chapter 3 of the
1881 Session laws, as ammending Section.
1882 and 1888 of the Montana Statutes from
which this money will come.
The story that farmers will not get any
rebate on the gas they purchased for power
machinery is an absolute lie, and we SC
brand it by everyone who repeats that false
hood. They get their full rebate the same as
in the past.
The further fact that more gasoline fol
automobiles are purchased by town and
city residents than country people would
lead people to believe the city folks would
be against this referendum, but it is exactly
opposite. The city jewellers want good roads
and are willing to dig down in their jeans to
help get them.
Another thing that our voters should
take into consideration is that once we get
the State and Federal authorities to build
roads in this county they will take care of
same in future years, and not at county ex-
pense. This money for keeping up our best
roads which has been done by the county
in past years, can then be used for building
up the side roads.
The voters will have to decide, but this
is an assured fact: the referendum election
will carry elsewhere in Montana even tho we
are so short sighted for our own future wei
fare that we vote it down and thus antagon-
ize the powers hat be and by this voluntary
act deprive ourselves Of good roads until
the rest of Montana needs are fulfilled.
Just as sure as the sun rises and sets that ell
ection is going to carry, and if we vote it
down it will be chargeable to only one source
and that is the Producers News, whose aim
is to decry honest effort, defame competit-
ors and defeat success.
Even though this bill is a Democratic
measure and more than half the papers in
Montana are Republican they are whole
heartedly in favor of this measure.
We call our readers attention to the let
ter from Representative Scott Leavitt
which appears elsewhere in this issue. You
all know him, and know that he is a staunch
defender OF the common people of this state,
and he would not back up this referendum
election if he did not know it was for our
own good, and for the greatest good of the
entire state.
In Minnesota the revenue in 1880 from
tourist traffic amounted to the huge sum of
$50, 600, 900, and simply because they had
good roads and splendid tourist recreating
grounds. We in Montana have the most
wonderful recreation lands in the world,
and the great tourist traffic that will travel
through Eastern Montana through the Black
Hills to the South and to the wonderful fish
ing regions Of Saskatchewan on tn. north
will mean millions of dollars in tourist
income in this territory. Every fifteen miles
one OF these cars travel over our roads they
will contribute five cents gas tax towards
the payment Of the money the state will Dor
row to make the good roads for them to trav.
ell over.
And yet, there are people in Sheridan
county who are so completely befuddled
through the misleading statements of the
Producers News they will deliberately vote
against this measure when all they will dc
IS hurt themselves, and put us all in a bac
hight, not only with the rest of the State Of
Montana but with the entire nation.
Wake UP, and get this poison out o.
your system, and vote right, by voting ir
favor OF this referendum on May 5.