Show 4 TAXPAYERS URGE GOOD ROADS Re representatives presenta tives of both town and country vote veto tn in favor of tax to create a state fund there no nover never ver has baa been in the tha past so BO much discontent over the discomfort of traveling over mud roads as an there Is at tho the present time while it it well known that the making ot of hard roads roada in communities where there to la no hard material must involve an enormous expense yet more and more taxpayers are expressing a wil willingness lingl to be taxed for permanent roads this was plainly indicated at a road conference held bald in des nio tries la where delegates composed ot of typical representatives of both town and country voted unanimously tn in favor of a one mill tax to create a state aid fund says the iowa horat home st eador eader in the past the best beat that iowa has been able to do along this line has been to support a non salaried highway commission with but little power and with practically no money to work with this same conference endorsed almost unanimously the establish establishment meni of a permanent highway commission with ample power in addition a reo rec immen dation was made to the legisla lure uro to submit the question of bond ing ng the state for good roads purposes bea to 0 o the people at the next general elec aton we appreciate the fact that this program Is not endorsed by all tha people and it la is just possible that a aej the present time it may not meet with the endorsement of even a majority but the rapidly changing feeling indeli cates that the time will soon come when all states of the corn belt will wll undertake the construction of pert manent roads this being the case the tha question of administration in the important one to deside in this mattei there are established which may up 4 folio followed tala ant p ca tene ede e pl tn in every caad to central cent less degree in a greater or cin in other words abi wherever alever gloo built ll 11 in roads roada havo have been economically ahli country they have bave been built under the general attao 6 1 tate under a plan of ordination coordination co with the county and wi with th the toda township no plan will every woric out practically in the corn belt that does not in a largo large way leave with the locality the authority to say when they are willing to bear the expense 0 good roads when it Is decided to incur the expense of building pm peri manent roads the township county and state will as units und find themselves compelled through the operation of a sound business principle to adopt plans and specifications prepared by the best available talent whether this athla be furnished by the nation or by the th state the most urgent need at the pres prea ent time in all states elates of the tha corn belt Is the classification of highways in inor or der th atthe question for all time maj may bo be settled as to what constitutes mairl roads roada and which are the secondary daM highways this recommendation wai was made to the legislature at the iowa biow road conference referred to when this plan Is once carried out we will then know definitely bitely the order in which should be permanents permanent ly improved it Is a well known fact that SO 90 per cent of the rural graffice ice lit la carried on over 10 per cent of the highways and certainly the tha first move should be to improve this ten per cent in the meantime we are strongly la in favor of keeping the secondary roads roada in the best possible condition by the construction of suitable culvert cu lverts wherever they are needed and by tha th sensible and compulsory use of the drag there will always be large and important township and county duties oo eo that no man need have tear fear that the adoption of permanent nent road ad ministration will in any way interfere with the principle principal pl 6 a oi local government |