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Show ( GOOD 1 X HIGHWAYS I; ROADS LEAD TO EVERYWHERE Domesticated Cow Is Credited With Having Been Engineer to Lay Out First Road. The first domesticated cow Is credited cred-ited with having been the engineer who laid out the first road. Not an ancient city In Europe but testifies, in the tangled Intricacies of its streets, to the vagaries of that cow's descendants, descend-ants, writes Samuel Hopkins Adams In Leslie's. Man Improved progressively progressive-ly upon the bovine method of highway establishment until his chosen pathways path-ways were bedded In rock, lined with steel and patrolled by monsters that outsped the winds of heaven. With the railroads, said prideful man, had come the last word in the spread of highways. Then the automobile loomed. And where tills modern engine en-gine of Mercury goes, roads unroll before be-fore It like the magic carpet before the feet of the djinn. From Greenland Green-land to Patagonia It imperatively demands de-mands passageway to its unknown ,'oal beyond the ridges. American-Inspired associations In Japan, In Australia, Aus-tralia, in the Argentine, at the Cape of Good Hope, preach the gospel of the wheel-bearing path to everywhere. Propaganda, this is pure propaganda, primarily In the Interest of business, but by Indirection, and more Importantly, Impor-tantly, for that solidarity which binds communities together and dissolves barriers between nations. The history-old history-old engineering which began with milk, ends with gasoline. FUKDS FOR ILLINOIS ROADS Sub-Committee of Bankers' Association Report Sufficient Money to Complete Plans. The sub-committee on good roads of the Illinois Bankers' association, after careful Investigation, has reported report-ed to that body that there are approximately approxi-mately sufficient funds available to complete the 8,056 miles of highway yet to be built of the original 4,700 I" " -rvv;- J J 'v " Nj i A Section of the Dixie Highway. miles in the Illinois plan within five years, without Issuing any more bonds, or increasing the motor fees. It Is believed that the Increuso In motor vehicles may Increase the highway high-way revenue to such an extent that the state will be able to finance the Improvement of the connecting roads on the "nay as you go" plan and avoid further debt and further Interest payments. $7,000,000 FOR GOOD ROADS Oregon State Officials Complete Estl. mates of Highway Department for 1923-24. Oregon state officials have completed com-pleted estimates Indicating that the Income of the state highway department depart-ment for the 1022-24 blenniuiu will aggregate ag-gregate $21,500,000. This will give 57,000,000 for new roads, the remainder of the estimate receipts having already been obligated for fixed expenses. The trunk-line highwny program largely bus been completed. The highway high-way department expects to concentrate on lateral and market roads as soon as work on the trunk roads now In progress Is cleaned up. LONG TREE-LINED HIGHWAYS Roads Dedicated to Soldiers Who Fell in World War to Be Begun In New York State. A "Itoud of ItemeiiibrHncc'' dedicated dedi-cated to soldiers who fell In the World war is to be begun in New York on a hirge scale, und It will be carried on under competent bands. That will Insure In-sure the health and longevity of the trees. The planting when completed, uccording to present plans, will ba more than 400 miles in length. |