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Show FOR GOOD ROADS. The United -Uatea Department of Agriculture Ag-riculture Is doing most (ommendablo work in tho matter of loiduiaking and In stlimiliilng sentiment for letter loads throughout the cnuntrv Commissioner-) aro appointed and lenltor) ns-slguc ns-slguc 1 them In which to work among the ieo le and to give definite Instructions Instruc-tions In regard to the best methods ot road construction As u rmult of the meetings held and Instruction given by these commissioners, commission-ers, local associations me fotmed for the impose ot agitating the question of good roads and leading to the consummation con-summation of the plana foimululcd One of the good toads yimmlssloneis Is now at work In Idaho and has organ-lied organ-lied several local associations The Inter-Mniinlaln rainier nnd nam Innan urges upon Utah eoplr the need of getting In line with other Hlutes in this i alter It Is piobahle the commission com-mission rs will visit Utah In lho Interest In-terest of their uotk and when they do so tlu re should be a cordlul greellnt, accorded them It Is slowly dawning upon Utnh io-put io-put that tirlgallon results In bad touis N it that the roads arc dtrect! lnjuied by irrigation, hut tho continuous watering water-ing of the farming lands lesults In such complete saturation of the lower lands us to render all roadbeds mere mires I.oml Instances are abundant to demnnitrate this proposition Take the highways In Cache valley leading north, south uud west from Logan vvheio tho fnrmlng lands are piactlcall) all ubove thc loads and all through tho winter und si ring the roadi are well nigh Impassable Im-passable In I tali tounty about Trovo run, Hpnnlsh Poik an "lenjamln the conditions are similar ai iom the same cause In Weber and IJox I.lder counties thn road are bottomless In the springtime because of the seepage mining from Ihi lirlgnted farms on the hlghn land. It does little or in good lo annually throw up dlit from the roadsides, since Hit teepuge water will rlsi to lho top of the roud and kei p it natuiiucd The t mditlon of the toad beds becomes wiu-se each J ear and will so continue to bnome more and more unstable so long ai the piesent ss tern oi lack of sjstcm, I adhered (o In i ludmaklng . The rcirndy and one that should be spi edlly applied Is lo thoroughly drain the roudw is nnd thl land contiguous 1 meuns of tllea laid beneath the surface sur-face Thla will remove the seepage water and thus make It possible to oh-t oh-t In i flu i i mn 1 1 lion (i i a i iibet """? I ' d , tho '- - aid 6 t iiciw ,, -ii ciblit een Inches i ep with a surfa lng of I lenient, gravrl or crushed stone, one foot thj k This plan wai followed In building several miles of load In We her count, ten years ago and nllhough there were numerous and vigorous objections ob-jections urge! at the time because of the aeemlng great coit, there can scarce! be found a citizen tndav who would take his taxes back If he had to take the old lime roads also While the cost of building highways a-i suggested may seem great at first sight still figures have been compiled to show that the first cost of such a road I far less than the annual expenses ex-penses of patchwork during ten eaii on an ordinary dirt road Again there Is the higher cr -'deration of aavlng In time In ve' c ., In harness In horse-- and I eo lfort that makes the argument f e good roads fairly unanswerable unan-swerable With I reused valuations of really and the Intensive farming that follows, with the factories canneries nnd creameries that necessitate minh hauling haul-ing Utah stands sorely In need nf bet-ter bet-ter highways The way to obtain thc best highways at the least expense Is fnr the people to art unitedly nnd to be guided by the newest and best light nhtalnahle This can most likely be found by follonlnr the suggestions of the commissioners from Hie Department of Agriculture nnd therefore the Inter. Mountain 1'armer nnd Hnnehmnn be-speaks be-speaks for thee officials a hearty welcome wel-come when lhe visit l,tnh |