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OUR FINAL APPEAL
; BlUP REAL ROADS NOW that we may travel
share their savings, pleasure, satisfaction and pros
«tv and leave to our children a heritage that means
pfort and health for their bodies, access and proximity
jprket. schools and churches for the material, mental
ad moral development of thousands of our people. What
jd of our county and citizenship is greater than good ;
udg? Where better can we stand for progress and im- j
-cement of life upon the farm than in a system of j
jfhways. which cuts down distances and brings our coun- !
rsnd people into closer touch with each other and those !
pcies which develop and make a people and section ?
This county system of highways appeals to every man. ■
oman and child for support- If you think of self, it of- I
m you financial reward and relief from road conditions •
have become intolerable- If you consider your fam- :
rand the people among whom you live, it calls upon you :
a great public enterprise, which carries untold blessings ;
its wake. No community ever constructed roads that [
e roads and regretted the action, nor will Jackson j
Minty ever rue the day. * j
TO THE LAND OWNER—For years, you have '
atched the expenditure of your road taxes and liberal ;
propriaiions from the county general taxes. You say E
eyhave been wasted, for you see no results. You know [
at road sonditions are worse today than ten years ago. 1
cause traffic has become too heavy for the kind of roads =
shave and the future promises absolutely nothing un- s
I present system, men are you noi wiumg to turn tj
iposed system that BUILDS YOUR ROADS NOW g
5,000. when under the old system you will pay as '
i twenty years and have nothing then to show for =
of public moneys? You are offered the improve- l
strict plan, which leaves the final plans, sale of E
jonstruction of the roads in your own hands to see g
erv dollar is wisely and honestly expended. You '
tax according to the benefits derived,—your near- =
one of these improved roads. Your land valuations jj
ible in five years, because a good road brings you E
market, makes life on the farm better, easier and g
, assists in the drainage of your land and the op- ?
5 cultivation of unimproved and idle areas of fer- =
, You bring capital and immigration to your coun- i
section, that share the tax which brought them -
d your tax becomes lighter instead of heavier. 0
i going to vote to make your farm worth more or g
satisfied to continue in the rut and pay a three !
dtax topile up dirt roads in the summer.which the ■=
1 rains make almost impassable for half the year ? “
RE TENANT: Are vou anv better satisfied with D
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ins upon the farm than the landlord and land g
many of whom for their own convenience and to '
the road hardships of the present, live in the >
md the cities? No you’re not, but you can only ;
d bear it. WRat about your family and children, [
uld go to church, to school and to market ? The tax j
i system will be.borne by the land, railroads and j
iperty. It will not cost you a penny. In fact, the .
till road tax now assessed against your personal j
y, will be lifted from your shoulders. The landlord j
1 lias a right to demand his rent cotton but you j
ie right to demand better roads over which to haul j
•oduce as ntuch as a house to shelter and protect ,
i your family. Stand for roads that will give you ]
life for your stock, your wagon and your buggy,
ill Vactv trnii in traieli wit Vi tVip market. An im
|>ad to your natural market and railroad point will 1
y tenant farmer $50 per year and on up, depend- j
How much land he cultivates and the crop he
. Besides what you save, how much more can
2, in timber hauling and other development work
as surely follow good roads as dawn the night.
't raise poultry, surplus vegetables, fruit, have
vs from which to market butter and milk, be
i present roads keep you out of the towns and
ere you might sell them or at least get access to
ds post and ship them to bigger markets. You
2 your living in these lines and have your other
money crops for savings. You can get ahead in
1 under better roads and you ought to vote for a
f roads that the land owner pays for. because it
u and will help him as well as you.
rHE TOWN AND CITY MAN: You can afford
lis tax, if you never get outside of your town or
2 limits. If you own real estate, you will be taxed
ought to be, for this is an agricultural section,
perity of every city and town in Jackson County is
it upon the creation of wealth in this county,
ids will develop the county, double its production
2ase the earning capacity of every man upon the
mpassable roads kill business and retard the
>f any city which allows them to continue. The
ts, business men, professional men and wirkmen
aracter who live in the cities and towns ol Jack
ity have much at stake in this issue, for the de
®t of the county means the growth of every town,
o the polls on March 25th and cast your ballot for
lads, for a system that will benefit the whole peo
progress in facing the greatest need of Jackson
for the uplift of her citizenship and the develop
her resources.
M Ike Goldman
an
g Advocates System
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Of Roads Because They Will Im
u= prove Farms and Cost Is In
significant, compared with
-r'- Results.
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yp St. Louis. Mo.. March IS. 1914.
j~ Mr. Percy Van Dyke.
Newport. Ark.
^ Dear Mr. Van Dyke:
in I have seen, through your pa
per that Jackson county has
p at last arisen to the fact that
LL good roads are one of the great
2[t est assets that a farm can pos
in sibly have. It will not alone
1= bring the farm now located ten
zJ l
jp or twelve miles from town very
zl much nearer, but it will improve
the farm to such an extent that
ini the cost will be so insignificant
^ alongside the enhancement of
J5 the value of the farm, that our
ITU
= good people will be sorry they did
not start the improvement simi
jfE lar to this twenty years ago.
I. myself, have always advocat
ed ed good schools and good roads.
L As far as schools are concerned.
1 have been all over the l mted
^ | States, and just returned from
i= | a trip through California- I do j
is j not think that Jackson county.'
j_ ! Arkansas, needs to be ashamed
^ : of any of them.
[Hi I The road proposition is. no !
[j|; doubt, the worst in Jackson
15 1 county of any I have seen any
^ where else in the United States
eJ; at least as bad. but I can assure
in you that I am happy to say that
jp our people have arisen to the
^ fact that the twentieth century
je farmer must have good roads,
and a5, far as I am concerned, the
^ Wolff-Goldman Realty Company
ini are heart and soul with the im
pr vement and hope that in a
je very short time Jackson county
^ can boast of the best roads in
^ the state of Arkansas.
^ With best wishes, I am,
^ Yours very truly,
J5 Isaac Goldman.
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| Cap Wilmans
1 Endorses Movement
ye Declares Issue To Be Voted Up
2 on Wednesday Most Important
2™ Ever Before Our People.
1 —
ye Little Rock. March 18. 1914.
yq Mr. P. H. Van Dyke,
3™ .Newport, Ark.
Ufa Sir:
I ts a voter and landowner of
ue Jackson county, I want to state
2 that I believe the “Good Roads
3™ Movement” to be voted upon
sni Wednesday, is the most import
^ ant issue that has even been be
lie fore our people.
y= j The tax will fall entirely upon
| the landholder, who can well af
sni | ford to pay it, and the difference
afi;it should make in our road tax
JjEj i will be hardly perceptible,
yg | I will be proud to see Jackson
2 the foremost county in the build
ani jng 0f good roads, which I feel
will increase our land values and
jue lower our rate of interest. High
Mg class of security wTorks for low
2 interest.
3a The saving to our farmers in
m repairs upon wagons and horses
ye alone, to say nothing of the time
yg saved, and satisfaction of rid
® ing over good roads, will be
m worth several times the cost of
m the roads
we There will be a few of the large
jp landowners who hate to pay tax
es and who are content to sit in
H the office and have their rent
m handed in, who will oppose
2 the bill, but the “live wire” who
wants every fellc w to have a
good time, and who wants to
see his part of the state forge a
head. is going tc v :• in fav i
of this measure.
You know the old saying.
"Live fish swim up stream" and
"Dead ones float down". I want
to be a live one to the very end.
I hope to be in Newport Wed
nesday to vote for good roads
and better times for Jackson
county.
Yours truly.
J. S. Wilmans.
Benefits Of
Road System
A Saving to Every Citizen And
a Good Investment to Every
Land Owner.
Good roads for this county
means a saving to every citizen
of the county; a good investment
for every land owner, and in- j
crease in the population of the !
county, a development of county !
resources and an increase in 1
county property.
A man's wealth is usually the
result of time spent in work. It
takes much less time to travel
over a good road that a bad one.
so that there is a saving in time
that may be employed in some
money producing labor.
There will be a saving in the
expenditures for vehicles, har
ness and teams, because there is
vastly less strain and wear and
tear upon them in the case of
good roads, even where double
the load is hauled.
There is a saving in the sell
ing price of commodities, be
cause advantage may be taken
of good markets where they can
be reached easily and quickly.
Where all parts of the county
are easily accessible by wagon
roads, such a condition tends to
create new markets and brings
more people in touch with the
seller- This results in a saving
over the bad roads method of
marketing in only such places as
the weather will permit the sell
er to reach.
Roads good the year around
'add value to the adjacent land
just as a paved street increases
the value of abutting property.
The many ways in which they
save time, trouble and money to
one living near it, gives the
■ land an added value that will at
tract a better class of tenants,
so that good roads make for the
land owner
On such land as we have in
; this county there is hardly ever
J a crop failure. This is an ad
I vantage over many sections of
'this country that would attract
(new comers, provided facilities
were present for transporting
i these crops in as quick and in as
economical a manner as other
' sections afford. These new set
tlers will mean that more land
will be put into cultivation, more
crops and more diversified crops
| will be raised. These new peo
ple will bring money into the
county with them and spend it
here. The increase in crops cul
tivated will mean an increase in
| the wealth of the county and as
this accumulates it will be in
vested here in new and larger
! enterprises, and this in turn at
tracts more people and provides
more people with a means of live
lihood.
There is no walk in life that
will not be benefitted by a
change from the present condi
tion that we have “stood for”
so long to one where you can
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Facts To Consider When Yon Vote
1. The proposed system f road-vdd. -•
and 193 miles of macadam road are t- be . ’.str.u un
der contract to the best bidder according t -y- heat ions
and supervision of state engineers.
2. The system of proposed roads as out 1 : ed by the
state engineer intersect every township of the twelve V
townships in the district, leaving no part f tht .■ .arty
over three miles from an improved road.
3. The system is designed to carry the traffic . d eat h
section into its natural market and railroad point, but so
planned as to connect the whole county and afford drain
age necessary for the construction of a permanent road,
as well as for land along the route of the roads.
4. The final plans will be determined by the commis
si ners consisting of one landowner from each township
named by the respective townships and this commission
will sell the bonds, award contracts and direct the execu
tion of same.
5. The total real property valuation of the proposed
district is $5.121.971: tin lands or tin district are as
sessed at S2.5S9.427: the railroads, city and town real- g
:y in the district S2.534.524. For every dollar road tax ^
paid by the lands the railroads, cities and towns would c
nav another dollar. c
16. The average assessment of land per acre in this y
district is $8.79 and figuring the cost of the proposed sys- ji;
tern upon this basis, together with all interest charges on ji|
bonds for twenty years, the cost per acre would be $2.25 ]ij
in the twenty years or 11 cents per acre for a term of Ji|
twenty years. j||
7. This 3 mill road tax now levied upon all property, i]i
both real and personal would be done away with and for a iji
real system of roads, you will pay little more than you are J
now wasting. '5
8. The tax would fall upon real property only and the ]!
rate would be determined by the benefits derived; that is ji
the nearness of the land to an improved road. s
9. In th<~ vst 12 years. Jackson County has squan- !]
dered $216,000 in road tax. Where are the roads you've !]■
paid for? When you spend this $675,000 you get what ijl
you pay for because you get it through contract and not iji
through politics and you get the roads now.
10. The vote upc.n this improvement district for a g
system of roads is advisory and instructs your representa- 9
tive in the next legislature to support and secure the pas- g
sage of an act creating this special road improvement dis- g
g trict. to be representative of the whole district and with g
g every proper safeguard thrown about it to insure an eco- g
g nomical administration of its affairs and the construction 9
g of a permanent system of roads for the convenience and 9
g betterment of every township in the district. x
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drive over the country easily,
quickly and comfortably. School
attendance in the country will
be better and enrollments will
be larger where children can
get to school easily and dry shod.
The patient won't have to wait
for the doctor so long. His fees
should be less, since he can go
and return so much more easily
and quickly. Litigants, wit
nesses and jurors can get tc
court on time, the docket won't
be kept waiting on them and the
expense of holding court will de
crease. More land in cultivatior
means the draining of lands now
a source of malaria, and so th(
general health of the county wil
be benefited. Where the whoi*
of the county is easily accessibl*
| from any part of it. it wil
imean that we will be brough'
into closer touch with each othei
and this will tend to the bettei
development of the county an*
to unify our efforts along an}
other line of public improve
ment.
To have all this, however
means that we must spend mon
ey along intelligent and system
atic lines upon our roads. Th<
best method of doing this on a:
large a scale as the propositioi
confronting us demands is pro
vided by the improvement dis
trict laws of our state, or by ai
act of the legislature followinj
out the general idea of sucl
laws. Under such a scheme th<
land owners alone pay the cos
of the improvement, because th«
land alone bears this bur^
personal property being taxe<
There should be no objection to
a bond issue for good roads from
any man not a land owner, be
cause he will not be called upon
to pay any part of its cost. Nor,
when you come to think of the
benefit that good roads will
bring, should the land owner ob
ject. Such a man. it would
seem, stands in his own light,
JOHN W. STAYTON.
Sorry Barren Not Included.
Adelaide. Ark.. March 17, ’14.
Mr. P. H. Van Dyke,
Editor Independent,
Newport. Ark
Dear Sir:
I am sorry Barren township
, is not included in the proposed
I good roads district. I know it
would make my farm worth
. more and I know too, that 1
. would save more than half of
j what it now costs for repairs on
. my wagon and harness as well
as make my team last longer.
We would save double what
any road tax would be. It now
, costs about $50 a year to keep
■ my wagon and harness in repair.
I advise my friends to vote
: for Road improvement.
W. M. WHITLOW,
ij _
$1,000 To Loan.
By order of the Circuit Court
i of Jackson County, I have $1,
: 000 to loan, payable November
i j 1, 1914, at 8 per cent interest
i per annum. Real Estate securi
t ty required. Call, write or
i phone C. E. SMITH, Clerk.
This March 7, 1914.