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Show THE CITIZEN 4 believing that road conditions are greatly exaggerated, but when they reach some of our detours they become hot in the collar and cuss our roads, and no end of advertising will overcome such conditions, and finally our advertising will be looked upon as mere bait and camouflage for the suckers. Excuses for poor roads which have been under construction for over ten years are poor alibis and it shows that there is something wrong somewhere. Some part of the main highway between this city and Evanston has been tom up every year. It ought not to take a whole year to grade a few miles of gravel road. One would think that the road builders owned all our repair shops because poor roads certainly puts the cars into the shops for repairs. COUNTY ROADS The proper and economic construction and maintenance of streets and highways is becoming more and more a subject of public interest. The people are demanding of their executives careful and judicious expenditure of their road funds. They insist upon being assured of full value for their money. It therefore behooves those intrusted with funds for this purpose, to weigh carefully and analyze thoroughly their every action, in order that it may comply with the best interest of all concerned. The people are becoming educated as to what is best in road construction, they are becoming in every way cognizant of the many mistakes of the past, and, will no longer tolerate incompetance, indifference or connivance, on the part of their officials. It is the opinion of many that for some years past, Salt Lake county has not been reaping the benefit from the money invested in roads that it should. A number of its roads have been built lightly of obsolete out of state material and as a result are now in no condition to withstand the rigors of modem traffic. Utah has within its borders every material necessary for the construction of the very highest type of paved roads. The manufacture of cement is one of the states most important industries and there are huge sums invested in modern sand and gravel plants. A proper combination of the products of these industries insure roads and streets of the most enduring and economic nature. It should not be necessary to go elsewhere paying royalties and subsidies for materials for this purpose. It is greatly to be hoped that those at present in charge of the construction and maintenance of the roads of Salt Lake county will profit by the many shortcomings of their predecessors, and, that they will comply with and adopt only those policies which are to the best interests of the great commonwealth of which they have the honor of being business executives. WORTHY CAUSE City employes want more money for their work. Judging from the present high living costs, they are entitled to more money. The merchant and milkman raise their prices whenever they see fit, but the poor laboring man is supposed to pay and take the short end all the time. PLUNGING 1 Salt Lake county proposes to expend $50,000 in repairing Thirty-thir- d South street, east of State street, a very large sum of money to spend upon reconstruction when nearly as good work can be secured for less than $5,000. In going over the road in question we find that there are some 700 chuck holes to be filled, but let us place the number at 1,000. A competent engineer is authority for the statement that these holes can be properly filled and leveled for 50 cents per hole, but for exsake let us say that $2 per hole would be a fair travagance s charge; that would mean only $2,000 as a repair job. As an example what can be done we cite the road west of State street, which was in ten times worse condition running than the east end of the road, and that road was repaired by our state road com s.r mission for about $1,500, and the road has every appearance of a new road. South and make We ask any taxpayer to drive to Thirty-thir- d the inspection and then decide if it is not worth while for this county to save at least $45,000 on this repair job. , MILITARY Military training at the Jordan Narrows camp is now on in earnest and the green boys who have come from several states to take part in this training are greatly enjoying the outing. There are 620 men and 57 officers at the camp, in one of the most ideal locations for military training and range in the entire country. The bringing together of our youth and giving them a partial military training tends to the building up of our manhood, as well as being a preparation for unseen difficulties which may arise at any moment. No matter how friendly two nations may be, the time maji come when the friendship of the people is turned to hate through the intrigue and machinations of designing political leaders and their cohorts. To be prepared is a virtue desired, and preparation, which appears expensive, is after all, the best club that can be used to avoid wars. At times two brothers easily come to blows over mere trifles, and nations are no different. Military training camps for young boys should be encouraged in all parts .of the country. of-tim- es BIG RACE MEET days of horse racing. William P. Kyne has been granted a permit for such a meeting by the city council of Farmington, the races to start August 27 and finishing October 1, with the system of betting to regulate the wagers of those who like to play the races. ' Manager Kyne has promised to employ Davis county residents in all positions they can fill and many of the farmers will earn their tax money during the proposed race meet. The track at Lagoon is one mile and there will be a fast string of horses here to take part in all the events. Stake races with big purses will be a feature and some of the best jockeys in the country will be here to ride. Horses from all parts of the United States and Canada will be shipped here for this meeting and the people will no doubt be treated to some rare sport. Lagoon is to have twenty-fiv-e pari-mutu- el FREEDOM TELLS The word comes from the Latin canus, or dog, and meansf in its origin, a snarling cur. Todays professional cynics run true to the derivation of the term. Their outgiving is a continuous yowl against every existing ideal principal, institution, personality and the mass itself. Detraction is one method of self praise. In hunting for and pointing out the real or supposed weakness of society, the cynic seeks to exculpate and inflat himself. An exaggerated ego i$y the dominating urge of the d intelligentsia whose literary output is chiefly defamation. The world is filled with baffled Lenins and Mussolinis who, since their tyranny must because of personal or social limitations remain incipient, exhibit the unsatisfied lust for power by railing against all things as they are. Scratch a socialist or communist nr libertarian and you will find beneath a dictator in the bud. Europes three chief dictatorships are wielded by men who are now or have been in the past socialists. The socialist wishes to degrade the individual to the service of an omnipotent state, and imagines himself as one. of the citizen rather than the citizen the slave of the stated cynic self-style- of his fellows. Naturally a republic like ours, where the state is the servant of the citizen rather than the citizen the slave of the state, arouses the resentment of all congcntial autocrats. So here we have those temperamentally socialistic decrying loyalty to coun- - |