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Show BUILDING GOOD ROADS. Interest In the Movement Spreading to All Parts of the Country. The good roads problom Is occupying occupy-ing tho attention of tho peoplo as It nover did before, nnd on ovory sldo nro heard discussions of ways and means to' provide bettor highways. In Missouri Gov. Folk has suggested that, tho money obtained from dramshop dram-shop llconsos bo usod In building roads, and tho next legislature will be askod to pass a law to that effect. In somo stntos the revenuo dorlvod from automobllo licenses will bo used for building roods. Tho utilization of convict labor seems to bo tho simplest nnd best method of Improving tho roads quickly and at tho least expense, ex-pense, nnd when this method Is adopted adopt-ed the roads will rapidly becomo bettor. bet-tor. In tho southern states It Is a common com-mon alght, says tho Motor Way, to seo the convicts working on the ronds, and whorover this work Is bo-Ing bo-Ing dono tho county or district Is benefited and the Improved roadway moans a higher valuo for tho adja cent farm land. Bettor highways will bring tho countrj resident closor to tho city nnd onnblo . him to enjoy many of tho prlvilogos of city llfo heretofore denied him. |