Show LAND VALUES ARE INCREASED INCREASE D english country residents enjoy enjo y good roads and are arc ever within reach of good markets in england the highest ambition of ft a majority of well to do men la in to lave hav a place lit in the country they dont hanker banker after city living the year around indeed they dont hanker nit aft er it at all except as it may be forced upon them in order that they may live near their business but the minute mi their business reaches such euch a point as aa to afford them some soine leisure 0 or r the minute they acquire sufficient means meana to retire they sock seek a home in the country england has haa good roads though in very early times none were worse and these country residents are never beyond the reach of good markets and of the supplies which good markets marketa offer A country house ten miles from a market town but connected with it by a good road a road good at all seasons and in all weathers really so difficult of access as some country Z an english country road houses within a mile of some borne ot of our city limits has it ever occurred to landholders in some of our own towns that good roads to their lands would not only bring those lands nearer the markets they raise produce for or but would also bring those lands nearer the city where business men do business make them more available for residence and increase their value no man wants to travel two or more miles every day dav to and from the city where his business ness la Is located over such roads oa we have found existing in various parts of the country no wonder the state road system has become so popular dut but many men would be glad to drive their buggy or auto five or even more miles every day it if the roads offered them were such that the drive was a dally pleasure and did not put them at an unreasonable distance from their offices in point of time |