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Show 'cities interested I in rural roads I . : Editor of "Daily Town Talk,' Alcx-i Alcx-i andria, La., Makes Pointed j Observations. There is an occasional complaint that people living in cities, unless thev i own automobiles, have no concern in ; rural roads and should not be taxed for ; their improvement. An interesting liyht nn this point is shod bv an editorial in the -Daily I own Talk" of Alexandria, La., which reads ae follows: ! Attention has a Rain been called I to the almost impasalde condition ; fi' ihe road to -MarksvilJe. One of the worst places in this road is the ! Bayou Marie swamp and the hill in that section, which is almost im-i im-i passable for teams. Parties coming ' through there today state that the road is too bad for travel now, and that in the fall and winter it wili be nmcii worse. The condition of This road is injuring trade in Pme-viile Pme-viile and Alexandria, used as it is bv a lare number of fanners living- in that section, who will go toward to-ward Marksville instead of traversing travers-ing this road lo come to Pineville and Alexandria. It is stated con- jj scrvatively that a thousand bales N 1 of cotton will b-1 di crtr. f-nm here If to Marksville this seasoti 'on account ac-count of the condition of the road, unless it is improved at once. Every progressive town has a board of trade or its equivalent which strives to attract rural trade to the town's shops. If the roads leading to the town are so poor as that described in the quotation, a check is not only placed on the trade, from the farmers but, the number of thrifty farms is kept down, for no intelligent man desires to isolate his family in lonesome solitude by living liv-ing where conditions are like those on "the road to Marksville." |