Show GOOD ROADS ENHANCE I IVALUE VALUE OF FARM LAND Improvement o of Advocated at It Convention o of Civic Civi Association Dec 11 The H.-The The economic value alUe of or good roads was emphasized tod today by speakers before the annual convention of or the American Civic Chic as- as as Herbert Quick of or the federal farm Carm lo loin loan n board explaining the relation be between between be- be tween anticipated highways s an and farm land value sat said an efficient system of oC country roads was waN cheaper and more valuable to the farmer Carmer than called so-called tap line railroad spurs which could not be constructed for Cor less than limn a n amile amile mile and ud the cost of which must be paid by hy the tho communities tho they thoy serVe serve Good Goo roads have a vital affect effect on the value of or f farm rm land said Mr 11 Quick Quack If It our board and country banks are alc to lend mone money on farms arms they must know the producing value of or the mortgage mortgage mortgage mort mort- gage element and here bore Is where the value of or good roads becomes manifest Prof Frank A A A. Waugh of the Massachusetts Mas Mas- Massachusetts Agricultural college an and Io Logan an Waller aller Page director of or tho the federal office of public roads and rural engineering ur urged cd improvements and beautification of the tho country's roads Prof Albert D. D Ta Taylor Jor of or Ohio State university outlined the relationship of oC the landscape architect to country planning 1 J. Horace McFarland of or HarrIsburg Pa president of ot tho the association in itt his annual address tonight declared the war In Europe Uy had peen been responsible for civic lc advancement ont in the United States Plates n The rite c horrors of oC war nr he lie said said had impressed on the tho American Ameri Anion can people their civic responsibilities and their duties lies toward their fellow men The subject ct of national parks was presented tonight by n Il u. u B B. Marshall of wt Washington ashington H. H W. W Gleason of oC Boston Boston Bos Bos- ton and Enoa Enos Mills 9 0 of Colorado |