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Show ; Returns From Convention Enthusiastic for Good Roads S. J, Taylor nttcnded,tho good loads meeting nt Provo nnd is enthusiastic over tho King road drag and what It will accorapllBh. Mr. King who halls from Missouri ia tho inventor of this inexpensive Instrument thnt has revolutionized revol-utionized dirt roads. Ho took some of tho worst roads In Provo and son had them lu first class condition. Mr Tnylor will hnvo some of the machines ma-chines mndo for Lehl nnd will uso them on our Btreets nnd hopes thereby there-by to have them kept In much better condition than In tho pnst. Tho dovico conslstB of a log split In two nnd ono section fastened behind be-hind tho other liv. means of braces. On ono end or each brace there Is fastened a steel cutting surfneo which draws tho dirt toward tho center of tho road, whllo tho other part of the log packs tho dirt Bolld. Tho secret of tho whole affair Is to keep tho road rounded nnd squeeze tho wnter out of It. It 1b not tho wnter thnt falls on the rond that does tho damiigo but that which stands on It. Tho county will also ubo tho drag oxtonslvoly In keoplng up tho county roads and will proviao all of Its deputies de-puties with several of them. Israli Kvuhb has agreed to uso ono for the county on tho rond near his homo lu tho field nnd will drag a mile Btrotch In accordanco with specifications. |