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Show NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM IS NEEDED Roads in Rural Districts Should Be Built of Concrete Along Main Routes. Mertring" country roads into national highways Is one of the big" things In rural road construction that Is given very little lit-tle attention, it Is claimed by those In a position to know. In the wot. Ditlle stretches of improved roads hero and there in any county won't get that county lur. To be of benefit in the general gen-eral scheme of road-building, now uppermost upper-most in the minds of all state engineers, the improved road should be planned to fit into the system of highways that the state wishes to build. It is not only necessary that the improved' im-proved' road be built to extend the peneral highway scheme, but it should be I built of concrete. It is possible to pet anywhere, any time of the year, despite rain or snow, on a concrete road. The fii st cost m-Hy be hi;; h. but it is seldom prohibitive and the maintenance cost Is comparatively light, much less than try-ijiK try-ijiK to keep dirt roads In repair. .Some time, perhaps, when the eternal fitness of thinrs hay been worked out to the satisfaction of the p-overnment, the rond question will receive the attention that Is due and laws will be passed to compel all main highways to be constructed con-structed of concrete or some other material ma-terial that has an equal chance to become be-come permanent. |