Show KEEP ROADS OWN OPEN IN WINTER federal highway commission Commis alon suggests that special efforts be made by state officials it Is suggested by the federal high nay a y council that state arid and count county y highway departments make a special effort to keep the roads clear of snow daring the winter months and thus thug permit of uninterrupted traffic the transportation of certain commodities I 1 in really more important during the winter than in ill sumi rier and aad it Is then that the roads are more difficult to pass over oer then too the rural mall mail must be carried whether douds are good or bad and when the snow drifts ti several everni feet deep over the roads the life of the rural mull mail carrier Is anything but pleasant As the snow melts jt transforms many roads into a mire tint that Is almost impassable on any rood road no matter how good there Is it a tendency for the melting snow to soften tile the and loosen the basse under ider the iv wearing isenring surface thus causing rig great damage to the road intond officials could do nothing better than to keep their equipment busy in the winter removing the snow froin fioro the road surfaces it Is one form forin of M Intern mee work nork that Is very ory essential in lengthening the life and use ue u e falness of the highways |