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Show www WHAT IS THE ANSWER?' Ask the farmer you meet on the streets of Logan why he doesn't come to town of-tener of-tener these days and' we'll venture that the majority of them will answer: "The roads are too bad." Ask? several of them the first real muddy day what part of the county they live in, and you'll find that the greatest number of . them are from along the best roads. It does look as though we would some day wake up to the fact that we can't get business if we don't have roads fit for customers to get to town. And it would also appear that the farmers who still persist in living) on poor roads would re-niember.that re-niember.that thejiotridpile up a little more money if hauling over bad roads didn't cost much more than it does over good roads.' Right now nine out of every ten are declaring when they strike a bad stretch of road that it shall .have attention atten-tion as son as the weather moderates and spring starts in. And just as many are too busy with something else when that time comes to give the road attention We can't stay in a rut always. If we expect to compete with other towns we have got to provide, serviceable highways the kind that can be traveled by man, beast or motor 365 days in the year. The mail order house is going to get the business busi-ness our merchants are entitled to so long as the; roads are too bad for the farmer) far-mer) to get to the store. For be if remembered remem-bered thjat the parcels, post serves him. good roads or bad. Let's resolve right here and now that this will mark the end of pledges we never nev-er keep. Let's get together and talk this thing over and then keep on talking until the weather gets so actual work can be done. Let's not stand around in the mud and see other towns living in comfort and growing better financially every year. It takes but one time to start getting that which we have long been promising ourselvesa our-selvesa decent system of roads over the entire county. These columns are open for suggestions ajlong this line what have you to say? |