Millard County Chronicle | 1912-09-12 | Page 1 | Better Roads.

BETTER ROADS. , ' , 1, It Is hoped that as soon as the farm-eis farm-eis are through with .their harvest and ll'cy have a little mote time a united ettort ill h' made to have the roads through the farming districts fixed up. They' ate certainly In a bad cendi, ion ret every side, and nothing disgusts a vStitor more than to travel for miles over roads full of chuck holes and ui'.td. The country In Miliar ! , County U so level and there Is so Utile sand tint lh-y can he put in good condition condi-tion and kept in repair a.' a very tuiiall expense, A ditch alongside the road and u ery llt'lo gJing is all that Is necessary. If V.uf nere rounded up .i j V.tfie- ..frtVrf jT.r 7.V. ) 'fl'n roaU drag soon after Si ruin there would never be any chuckNholes or ruts. If all the farmers In a certain dln rict would pa; In a few days work with t'.eir teams it woukJ not be long until Wi! would have good roads. Wc think this would be a good work for the Water I'sers Association to take up this fall. lieslih-s being discouraging to possible pos-sible Investors poor roa.ls are a constant con-stant expense to the farmers who h.ive ttq use them. The' cannot haul a. large loads and there Is a loss of time and a wear and tear to horses 1 and vehicles that amount to considerable. consider-able. We can hardly expect the farm- ' ers to qui: their work In the harvest fli Ids to fix the roads, hut when their harvest days are over there Is no teuton why they should not get busy 1 In t It I -4 direction.