Show 6 VALUE OF IMPROVED ROADS public highway la Is more generally used than any other means of intercommunication it lins boon been state blunted anil and correctly tie so that lint only 10 0 per rent of tho the pill public lile ro cromli tid lu lit tile tho united states are ani improved in binally states only 11 per cint cent have been cindo rood good therefore ieli from IX 00 to 13 03 per ent eat of our highways hll nus inno trails across country americans arc living alln lit in a ineil of oc mud or dust according to tile sol pennon lson uro tire poor roads easily travel able improved roads it improved tie nc cording to 0 o modern tire til nl ways iya travelable in tho most inclement weather barring n blizzard and snow KHOW iritts the force or of this ills inny ile bo tilt alio inoru readily udder understood stood lilii it la Is stated that the public emd la Is more generally use bcd linn halt any other W X beautiful eastern flo ad of Inter comm unicia I 1 ton it la Is free and open to nil all of the people it Is of benefit to one class more than another only to the extent ono one class uses it more than another anny sections of tile country tire oil oi posing improvement just like tile cliff cottlo barons ani ons of the un staked western tho flatla esta callo not mally years ago oppose opposed tile coming of file ho and the railroad nill rond ono one delili alon of a la Is that lio Is a foe to progress opponents of good t roads itro of tills this aliar acter they tire fo bumping tholar on the van of progress pro Brosa Rs solely because they lack inck understanding of tile tho value of good roads to their own communities too much cannot ile bo eald donld in III favor of improved roads aronds they tire worth tilt nil they licy cost the argument Is in nil lilt onn one way ivay why drive through mud and water with a four corso tenni team empty ncr liver a bad road when a two hoise haul ns as much us is 32 12 bales of cotton tor for example moro more rapidly abid surely burely over a 11 rood good rond road A little thought ilone along these m must convince anyone that thelio states need good roads about tit av bad as now york commercial tit 1 MAKING STATE ROADS SAFER Par purchase chase of parcels parcel of land at highway intersections intersection of interest to i all travelers A bill 1111 authorizing tile the purchase liOBe of parcels or of land at intersections now on the calendar ts ls of interest to tilt nil trav travelers on tile roads any reasonable clittis for improving the corners ls 18 to havu have generah approval real estate in the country towns outside the villages in inexpensive the cost coat of right angle turns should not bu bo excessive and ihu gain in safety will bo appreciable many serious accidents have occurred at these abrupt turns particularly where the dangerous conditions were not revealed by lights at such points tile alio best remedy Is 19 in relocation of uio the highway lines nud and it may bo be sald eald that immunity from froin dnn danger la Is worth more inore than tho price of a fow few square feet of unoccupied farm faria laudi laud journal |