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Show B ECONOMY OF GOOD ROADS. 1 ' ' -" The economic loss due to bad roadg is beyond comparison and M the indifference of the general public toward any projected iraprove- M ment of our highways is not easily understood, says the Pocatello M i Tribune. Each owner of property must be held accountable for the H condition of the highways of this locality. H 1 Of our public works the condition of none reflects our business status more accurately than the condition of our highways. To I make good roads so that products of the farm are easily and quickly I brought to this market is to increase the value of every farm along these roads and is practically to increase the farmers' facilities and j i lessen their own expenses; at the same time making this town a big- H 1 ger and better market for farm produce. H ' If every citizen could see in actual money the financial return on Hl his investment in good roads he would contribute his share there- H l after Avith alacrity. He has drained the swamps on his land and H I converted them into arable land. He has bought improved farm H t implements he has, in fact, adopted all modern methods in order fl to increase the productiveness of his land. But the marketing of his H farm products is still seriously hindered by defective highways. The H J actual returns on any envestment in improving the roads to market H, are just as direct and even more prompt than are those from farm Hj drainage and improved farming methods. H In these days of automobiling good roads open up a. much wider H' range of vision for the rural inhabitants and the same conditions H i that enable our residents to visit other sections induce residents of H other communities to visit this locality. This intercommuncation H results in a kind of advertising that inevitably increases the value of M property by bringing in desirable purchasers. In fact, the results accruing from the building of good roads comprise an endless chain1 of benefits to the community that builds the roads. |
