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Show "TlW.the ! slow y yet they g,,ne;! small!" has been quoted ! t tion with a thosandtecdai often is it applicable to 1 1 S at least one instance fitted tighter! ' slorJ ? Two friends ,ived t line from each other- " : county was good road,' 'lf with the nearby count," 2 other was opposition to 21 " 4 and no good connection ' county seat. m V. The two Wends had mam. a ment on the subject, he of t " roads county exulting in ' f' good roads did for him he JT " poor roads being gladaUhe ;j: of his taxes. . c'' There seemed no winning thpi ment for either. The one had mte saving in hauling and tta. )" other had much smaller taxes Then the farm house and the h where lived the opponent of roads, caught fire. He telephoI-S instantly to his county seat while his friend was also' A "fire" to his county seat, overV telephone! ' I' The fire engines from the m date county seat arrived and pM the fire before those from the p0,- road county were seen. Of course the poor-road advoca had to nav thp pnof f n,. e, h ul Lue Ilrerji it was not in his county! And f ; course the cost was much, much ui- ' I than a road tax would have beet ; But he paid it cheerfully. "Either we get good roads, na; election, or I'm going to move acres ; the line!" he said. Adequate first protection ij h0 one of hundreds of reasons why, sat & other kind of a road than a hard road is uneconomic, expensive, unreason-able, unreason-able, and foolish! t0 |