Show THE ROADS OUTSIDE THIS CITY 1 The Deseret News has nothing but criticism fori for i what the city authorities are doing It is especially espe- espe i iJ g vindictive over the work which is being donI done don doner r I I on on the streets Now the county taxes aggregate e i it a a 4 large sum sura They are paid by all the property Downers o of f the county Most l of the directors of th the e 1 mines in Bingham and of the smelters at Garfield Garfiel d i j l. l l and Murray own automobiles les They pa pay most of o f s the county taxes Why does not the News turn i its eagle eye away vay from the streets in the city and for fora if IL u a moment contemplate the roads in the country Y How y r man many many dollars have been spent on them during the i past eight years The commissioners are in full ful fulli l kv i accord with the powers to which the News turns for fo r inspiration Why does not the News point out that IK it would be only fair to the smelters the miners I and especially to the farmers of the valley to have nave at least one good road running out of this city to the I s south uth another to the west and a third to the north 7 That at least at-least least st would have a look as though the comi commissioners com com- i missioners were taking some interest in the welfare of f the people who pay the county taxes Such roads would be great things for lor those directly interested r. r f They would be a boon boo to the farmers who bring supplies to this city They could haul bigger loads s with smaller teams They could come and go much quicker Their vehicles would last much longer them would be much less The v The repairs upon They I. I P could come come in to Tabernacle services from flom farther Ens Away away The truth is the main road running south o jl was better twenty-five twenty years ago than it it is now After After Af- Af r ter tel sixty years of full control by the friends of the Iti f News is the News satisfied with the condition cond of the fl ff roads leading out of this city 7 Has the fair thing 4 J been done by th the people who have paid the county i taxes axes during those three score years rears Y I Is it fair torr to rr the city to let these roads take care of themselves ir year ear after year rear Our belief is that with good roads i to the county line running in three directions the r property of or of orthis this city would be materia materially y advanced within ith n a year We know it would be greatly increased increased in- in ji creased creased in value outside the city i. i If men men with automobiles or fast horses could t drive out over smooth roads eight and eighteen miles u fL in an hour there is m many riy a small lot in the country v f that would be sold within a year at enhanced prices kl kv r Nothing here could more i impress pr ss a transient visitor f i than the scenery that would strike his eyes in an f hours hour's ride out of the city for nature did her part perfectly in this valley and though man has been i slow flow slown in n doing his p part rt nature still holds up he her 1 H 11 pictures of enc enchantment t on mou mountain tain and valley H v Good roads are a sign of enlightenment No o one oney r y feature rf t lle of old Romes Homes greatness is more apparent sj t U than an the roads she built out of the seven seven hilled hilled city f R. R She not only had to build them but invent them It may be true that the necessities of her situation 11 f forced her t to do the work Food had to be brought b toRome to Rome and the there had to be tracks over which her J legions could march But see how she did the work 4 ii v They are as perfect now as when the first Caesar rode v over over them t. t Our country roads are a disgrace considering that the he men of this valley have been paying taxes for A J. J sixty years and the disgrace should be wiped away |