Show free travel EDITOR this place hag many hindrances in the way of financial success none of which are more oppressive and which tend to hinder i more the development of the resources of this valley than the loll 1011 re quiren on every tiling that passes over tho canyon road the necessity of making this road county property has been shown so often that it seems hardly necessary to tell of tho loss tho people sustain in tho suras that have to be paid yearly in toll on the products raised and for wood and lumber hauled from tho mountains it seems a needless repetition to thata though tho county taxes are required from the people of this place will as much precision as from those of other settlements they are not allowed ae is the case with all others to travel on a freo road and till being denied the people are not only required to pay without receiving any benefits but they buet pay a tima the they have not received or in oilier words they are first taxed for a privilege and then required to pay toll for the same thing but tho subject must bo discussed and none can deny the validity of our claims for a free road As the people of this valley form a large number in tho county their interests to a certain extent are denti fed wath the interests of the people of the whole county I desire to bring this mailer up not that I have any fault to find with any particular person or pere ons but that it be before the and discuss fid and derided as euch an important should be to the best of the whole community knowing are willing o let paraje bavo their on ot denoral interest through your columns I you the above and await remarks from other parties yours ac TAX PATER july 1880 |