MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS. 



No. 321 Manistee township, Manistee coun- 

 ty, J^-mile gravel road; reward, $250. 



No. 322 Bay county, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 323 Bay county, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 324 Bay county, }4-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $500. 



No. 325 Bay County, 1 mile macadam road; 

 reward, $1,000. 



No. 326 Hersey township, Osceola county, 

 1 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 327 Bennington township, Shiawassee 

 county, 1 mile gravel road; reward, $500: 



No. 328 Arbela township, Tuscola county, 

 2.004 miles gravel road; reward, $1,002. 



No. 329 No. Branch township, Lapeer coun- 

 ty, 1.306 miles gravel road; reward, $653. 



No. 330 Manistee county, 1 mile gravel 

 road; reward, $500. 



No. 331 Muskegon county, .131 mile ma- 

 cadam road; reward, $131. 



No. 332 Muskegon county, 1.033 miles ma- 

 cadam road; reward, $1,033. 



No. 333 Arcada township, Gratiot county, 1 

 mile gravel road; reward, $500. 



No. 334 Mancelona township, Antrim coun- 

 ty, J^-mile gravel road; reward, $250. 



No. 335 Mancelona township, Antrim coun- 

 ty, 1.718 miles gravel road; reward, $859. 



No. 336 Arcada township, Gratiot county, 

 1.038 miles gravel road; reward, $519. 



No. 337 Gilmore township, Benzie county, 

 .438 mile gravel road; reward, $219. 



No. 338 Gilmore township, Benzie county, 

 .562 mile gravel road; reward, $281. 



No. 339 Otisco township, Ionia county, 1.06 

 miles gravel road; reward, $530. 



No. 340 Wayne county, 2 miles macadam 

 road; reward, $2,000. 



No. 341 Bay county, .798 mile macadam 

 road; reward, $798. 



No. 342 Bay county, J^-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $250. 



No. 343 Bay county, j4-mile macadam road; 

 reward, $500. 



No. 344 Bay county, .804 mile macadam 

 road; reward, $704. 



No. 346. Kent Co., Walker Tp., 1.744 mile 



gravel road, reward $872. 

 No. 347. Kent Co., Walker Tp., 1.52 mile 



gravel road, reward $760. 

 No. 348. Kent Co., Paris T.p., 1.594 mile gravel 



road, reward $797. 

 No. 349. Tuscola Co., Indianfields Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 



No. 350. Huron Co., Winsor Tp., 1.008 miles 



macadam road, reward $1,008. 

 No. 351. Huron Co., Winsor Tp., 1 mile ma- 

 cadam road, reward $1,000. 

 No. 352. Delta Co., Escanaba Tp., 1.152 miles 



macadam road, reward $1,152. 

 No. 353. Calhoun Co., Newton Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 No. 354. Manistee Co., Marilla Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 No. 355. Antrim Co., Elk Rapids Tp., .955 



mile "D" road, reward $716. 

 No. 356. Antrim Co., Elk Rapids Tp., .208 



mile "D" road, reward $156. 

 No. 357. Clare Co., Grant Tp., 1 mile gravel 



road, reward $500. 

 No. 358. Huron Co., Sebewaing Tp., 1.045 



miles macadam road, reward $1,045. 

 No. 359. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp., .624 mile 



gravel road, reward $312. 

 No. 360. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp., .890 mile 



gravel road, reward $445. 



Xo. 361. Lapeer Co., Almont Tp.. .486 mile 

 gravel road, reward $243. 



No. 362. Gratiot Co.. Sumner Tp., 1 mile 

 gravel road, reward $500. 



No. 363. 

 No. 364. 

 No. 365. 

 No. 366. 

 No. 367. 

 No. 368. 

 No. 3G9. 

 No. 370. 

 No. 371. 

 No. 372. 

 No. 373. 

 No. 374. 

 No. 375. 

 No. 376. 

 No. 377. 

 No. 378. 

 No. 379. 

 No. 380. 



Huron Co., Sebewaing Tp., % mile 



macadam road, reward $500. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 1.47 miles 



gravel road, reward $735. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 2.466 miles 



gravel road, reward $1,233. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., 3.76 miles 



gravel road, reward $1,880. 

 Osceola Co., Marion Tp., .426 mile 



gravel road, reward $213. 



Muskegon Co., .644 mile macadam 



road, reward $644. 

 Muskegon Co., .748 mile macadam 



road, reward $748. 

 Wexford Co., South Branch Tp., 



1.004 mile gravel road, reward $702. 

 Dickinson Co., 2.54 miles macadam 



road, reward $2,540. 

 Wayne Co., 1% miles macadam road, 



reward $1,500. 

 Montcalm Co., Reynolds Tp., 1.8 



miles gravel road, reward $900. 

 Gratiot Co.. Emerson Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Gratiot Co., Emerson Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Ingham Co., Meridian Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 



Oceana Co., Greenwood Tp. 

 gravel road, reward $250. 



Oceana Co., Greenwood Tp. 



gravel road, reward $250. 

 Ingham Co., Lansin^ Tp., 1 mile 



gravel road, reward $500. 

 Oceana Co., Shelby Tp., 2.719 miles 



macadam road, reward $2,719. 



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ROAD TAX ILLEGALLY ASSESSED. 



The suit brought hi the Jackson circuit 

 court some months ago by William P. Far- 

 rand against the Township of Henrietta to 

 recover tax which he had paid under protest 

 was settled by stipulation, Mr. Farrand win- 

 ning out. By the terms of the settlement the 

 township returns to him the amount of illegal 

 tax levied on his property to apply in defray- 

 ing expense of constructing "good roads." 



The supervisors of the township attempted 

 to levy a highway tax upon Farrand's real es- 

 tate and personal property for the year 1907 

 to the amount of $195.75 for road tax alone. 

 The other property owners in the township 

 were taxed in the same proportion, but Mr. 

 Farrand was the only one who kicked on it to 

 the extent of employing a lawyer for advice 

 as to whether or not he should pay it. Under 

 advice of Attorney Kline of Jackson he paid 

 it under protest and then brought suit against 

 the township to recover the amount illegally 

 assessed to him. So the township now has 

 to pay back to Mr. Farrand the sum of $135.95. 



It develops that every taxpayer in that 

 township paid more taxes than they were le- 

 gally bound to pay ,but there seems no chance 

 of recovering now, for they didn't pay under 

 protest. Had they all done so it is likely the 

 township board would have been held liable 

 for the expense of conducting the road over 

 and above the tax that was legally levied. 



NEW ROAD IS NEEDED. 



There will be a general hope here that the 

 county road commission will include in its 

 plans for next year work on. the highway 

 through the farming district between Chocolay 

 location and Green Garden. There is no part 

 of the county where road improvement would 

 directly serve more people, or benefit to a 

 greater extent those most interested in good 

 roads the farmers. The present highway is 

 one that permits the large number of farmers 

 who use it to haul but small loads with greater 

 difficulty than much larger loads could be 

 hauled if it was in good condition. Thus the 

 farmers have, year after year, been paying a 

 heavy toll for the bad road, and it has also j 

 been an aggravation to the townspeople who 



have had to use it. If new roads are to be 

 built on the principle that they should be put 

 in where there is the greatest need for them, 

 the highway being discussed should be given 

 a prominent place on the county commission's 

 program, and should receive attention next 

 season. Marquette Mining Journal. 



HILLSDALE ROADS THE WORST. 



If Hillsdale County roads needed any other 

 endorsement for the lack of goodness it is 

 found in the story of the Y. M. C. A. running 

 race from New York to Chicago. In com- 

 menting on the run the Chicago papers say 

 the most arduous running was in the vicinity 

 of Hillsdale. 



It is too bad that the roads are not put in 

 a high grade of efficiency. This could be done 

 if the townships would take advantage of the 

 new road law. It could not all be done at 

 once, but a good start could be made, and 

 continuous, persistent and intelligent effort 

 would soon make our roads the finest in the 

 state. Hillsdale Standard. 



FINE STRETCH OF ROAD. 



Person & Hoose, the contractors, have fin- 

 ished work on the Twin Falls section of the 

 Dickinson Couifty road system. The highway 

 is aobut two and a half miles in length and is 

 built of stone. I't is one of the host stretches 

 of road in the state. Fred F. Rodgers, deputy 

 state highway commissioner, has inspected the 

 road, which will receive the customary state 

 bonus of $1,000 per mile, or a total of $2.500. 



GOOD ROADS FOR LENAWEE. 



"Good roads must be built in Lena wee 

 County!" This is the watchword of the board 

 of control of the Adrian Industrial Associa- 

 tion. Secretary Palmer has been instructed 

 to begin a strip of good road, made of gravel 

 under the direction of the state highway com- 

 missioner, out on South Main street, begin- 

 ning at the four corners of Madison. This is 

 one of the worst pieces of roadbed anywhere 

 in Lenawee County, the whole being nothing 

 but sand. 



The original plan of the association had 

 been to begin all the roads at the corporate 

 limits of the city of Adrdian, but the improve- 

 ment designated would be a greater benefit to 

 Lenawee County farmers than anywhere else. 

 This strip of road is over three miles from 

 the corporate limits of the city. 



Another road was also ordered built begin- 

 ning at the corporate limits and extending out 

 the Treat road, this also to be made of gravel, 

 and under the direction of the state highway 

 commissioner. The association is to be con- 

 gratulated upon the way in which it has taken 

 this matter up, which will be one of the great- 

 est of benefits to Adrian. 



TUSCOLA WILL FALL IN LINE. 



F. N .Rice, of Millington, who is securing 

 signatures to petitions for the adoption of 

 the county road system in every township and 

 village in Tuscola County, is meeting with 

 gratifying success. He was in Caro recently 

 with the required numbcn of names from all 

 but two or three townships, and the promi- 

 nence of many of the signers leaves no doubt 

 that all will join in petitioning the board of 

 supervisors at the session in January, 1909, to 

 submit the question to a vote of the people at 

 the election next April. 



Peninsula township. Grand Traverse county, 

 is making a record this year in the matter of 

 highway improvements. All told, $2,800 is be- 

 ing spent in putting the wagon roads in better 

 condition. The money in the repair fund is 

 expended under the direction of the township 

 highway commissioner. Dan H. McMullen. 

 Practically the entire sum will be used in 

 patching up bad places on the cross roads and 

 at other points where repairs are needed. This 

 money will be scattered over the entire town- 

 ship. The other township commissioners are 

 John Holmes and J. Carroll. 



