ANOTHER GOOD ROADS
MEETING HELD MOND’Y
(Continued from front page)
zens were not present as this
was a matter of vital interest to
all.
He closed his remarks by offer
ing to contribute gladiy any help
or assistance that he might ren
der. He said, “The railroads
who were to pay one-third of the
cost did not fight my bill in the
legislature, but endorsed and en
couraged it, for when a country
is thickly settled they would
make more money and come out
of the hands of the receivers.”
“The building of this road,”
he said, ‘‘Would better every
acre of land in the county, and
those who live near it would es
pecially have great trouble in
showing any court where they
were not benefitted.” He re
ferred to Mr. Henkle’s four sec
tions with their very small
amount in cultivation, saying
that he doubted if it would sell
today above $10.00 an acre, but
this road would give an outlet
and make the same marketable
at double, thrible and quadruple
its present value. He referred
to lands in Crittenden County
that only a few years ago were
worth only $10.00 an acre and
which now are bonded and can
not be bought for $100.00 an
acre.
Judge Hutchins Is Present.
County Judge A. L. Hutchins
was called upon and made a short
talk, having to condense his re
marks to catch a train. He be
gan by stating that the roads
leading into a community are
like unto the veins and arterie s of
' the body, to cut one injures all.
The Judge said, “Laying aside
all personalities, I will do all in
my power as your official th help
build this road.” He informed
the meeting asto the correct pro
cedure for asking for a survey,
saying that the boundaries and
road should be designated in the
petition.
He said that he was furnish
ing Mr. Bronte with convicts and
was glad to know good work
was being accomplished. In
closing, he said, “McCrory and
Augusta are not at all the only
places to be benefited, and we
should not look on roads as pri
mariallv beneficial to automobil
ists only.”
M. H. Patterson stated that to
take in more territory would
prove an obstacle in forming
districts in the future which he
believed would result from this
work.
F. Lewis made a motion that
the road be established as pro
posed, with a mile each way
north and south through McCro
ry, added, and that a committee
be appointed to have the petition
prepared asking the Judge to
have the state engineers survey
same. Mr. Patterson offered an
amendment which was seconded
by H. T. Raney, to add one mile
of road south from Jelks. Before
the votes were taken, R. E. Hol
der stated that this was the first
time he had been present and he
did not understand how far the
district extended. The question
was submitted and carried unan
imously with the exception of
Mr. H. Arnof who has since ex
pressed himself as being more
favorable for the road.
Mr. Patterson called attention
to a petition with 300 names on
it asking for bridges at Jelks
and made a motion, which pre
vailed unanimously, that a reso
lution be passed asking Judge
Hutchins to appoint the commis
sioners as asked for in the peti
tion now before him that they
may report on building of bridges
at Jelks. Secretary Raney stated
that he had talked with the
Judge and had been informed
that the petition would be acted
upon as soon as court meets.
As a committee to draw up the
petition and map Chairman Jef
fries appointed J. H. Crossett,
M. H. Patterson and W. W.
Raney. The meeting adjourned
to meet again Tuesday, June 27,
at one o’clock.
The committee has already
circulated the petition 'With map!
of the district and road, secured
twice as many signers necessary
and have had same filed with j
Judge Hutchins who will have!
the State Highway Commission’s |
engineers make a survey and es- j
feimate the cost of the proposed
road which will be 15 miles long.
Born: Sunday, June, 18,1916, !
to Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Jones, a|
boy.
Miss Ora Lee Hunnicutt return- i
ed Saturday from Little Rock
and has accepted a position as
bookkeeper with Mayo & Robin
son at Jelks.
Among real estate owners in the
proposed road district who are
in favor of the rock roarl being
constructed as planned we note:
Fakes Brothers, Perry Holland,
Mrs. L. McFall, H. W. Jernigan,
Glen Harris, H. C. Shearer, F.
Lewis, H. D. Swayze, J. E. and
J. T. Atkinson, W. H. Jimerson,
H. T. Raney, and many others.
I. M. McCuan, a prosperous
farmer of this county states that
he has 65 acres in cultivation this
year and that not one is in cotton.
He believes in growing corn,
peas, cabbage, tomatoes, and
raising cattle and hogs. He
stated that he has about 40 head
of cattle and abouf the same
number of hogs. Mr. McCuan
can always flash a roll of “green’*
and this no doubt accounts for it.
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