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Show FOR BETTER ROADS. I correspondent of the Logan Itepubllcan argues for better roads In Cache rand his remarks apply with equal force to nearly every farming com-y com-y In the State Tho Logan writer says: I) about forty- two years slnco tho first settlers camo to this valley, Each from that tlmo until the present, work lias been dono on our thoroughfares, .Ih the levy of pollfax and appropriations made by tho County court, as have felt ablo from tlmo to tlmo This work has been directed principally K road supervisors In the various precincts; owing to limited amount of i placed in their hands practically nothing but patch work has been nc-Eihed nc-Eihed So that In many parts of the county outside of municipalities tho i are no better than they were vears ago. These facts exist, they cannot bo 4. While no blamo li here attached to anybody, the tlmo has now como the wealth, population and resources of tho country that broader and more Jve measures be adopted to bring ubout the construction of good solid sub-Jal sub-Jal roads throughout the country. Hauling gravel with loose planks a din-tot din-tot four or flvo miles to build roads Is antiquated. This kind of hauling to md holes might do, but never In the permanent construction of county thor-fares. thor-fares. Half of the gravel shaking off while In transit. Years ago Weber tr was In the condition that confronts us today. The main street of their orolls would mire a safdle blanket. They found hauling by team was of no They Invested In a nut row gauge cnglno and cars with rails and nil equip-j equip-j necessary to haul gravel from tho hills and thereby mudholes were soon tried Into boulevards. Tho peoplo of Weber county never regretted tho step i In the road building. Now Is the tlmo for Cache county to move In this lion Purchaso or lease an outfit. Plenty of second hand narrow gaugo cn-land cn-land cars can be had. Start In Wellsvllle In tho south, contlnuo north until te roads aro thoroughly built. Let (1000 each year consecutively for twenty i be put on roads nnd at the end of that period your roads are not Improved whereas If j:0 000 Is expended on the roads In ono jcar, sou have a road will last a life time. If It takes a special tax In the country, let It come. It lulrage of a narrow gauge road Is considered too expenslvo for tho county, la use some of the traction engines that ara 1Jlc except through tho thresh-rason. thresh-rason. Attach good wagons to them with good high beds constructed In a d shape so as tho loads can bo dumped from the bottom. Have teams and trs for filling the wagons. Keep these outllts going nil the time making a of It. After tho peoplo of this county havo good roads to travel on, they be more than paid for the outlay. Tho Intention of this writing Is not to tmn acts of tho past, but to arouso an awakening with thira who havo to of our roads to adopt moro effectlvo methods In tho future. Grasping the itlon In a way that will bo In keeping with tho positions they hold, via , rcp-itatlves rcp-itatlves of a prosperous and progressive county. Clcntlemon, ou that aro t to assume the above responsibilities In ofllce, take hold of this road build-lllh build-lllh a determination to succeed Let this bo paramount with jou. Then people of Cache county with one volco will support and Indorse you In tho rtaklng. Your names will go down to future Generations as public benefac- , |