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Show H In a yearly report devoted to the H history and solution to the good roads H problem, State fieolagest W. S H Jtlatcldcy of Indiana draws the con- H elusion that a Stato Highway Com- H mlsslorf, such as Is In operation In H Massachusetts and New .Icrscy Is abso- H lutcly necessary If any state Is to have H good roads. The commission In the H states mentioned has full supervision H over nil road ttnpiovcmcnts in the H state, fixes a standard for both gravel H and stone roads, requires strict com H pllancc therewith, and lias done more H to bring about proper and permanent H road construction than any other B force. Experienced and honest men H arc chosen as Inspectors and superln- Bi tundcnls by sucli slate commission H and every dollar spent Is accounted H for in a proper business manner. Mr. H Hlatchlcy also suggests that thci H abolishment of the present antlquat- H cd method of working out the poll tax H under supervisors can not come too! H soon. Ho holds that such tax should H be paid In casli and this, for the most B pait, should be used in permanently B improving so mo certain portion of h road, the Improvement to be done by H contract and under the proper super- h vision. Tho suggestions hero arc H worth the while of those partlcuiary H interested In pushing the good roads |