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Show oo THE VALUE OF SCENIC ROADS. Now and then the people of Toul-umne Toul-umne county talk of bonding tho county for n road building fund, which they would use In constructing a good highway to connect with the valley roads leading to Knight's Ferry and running Into the mountains as far as Jamestown, a distance of about twenty-five miles, and they are talking about the awakening at this time, but likely will put off the day for making a start, as has been dono tlnio and time again. The mountain folks aro not lacking In enterprise, but they simply do not get at the job and Uie years run along with tho roads all passable but not anywhere invltlntr, Tho result Is that travel of tho right sort for business development Is not encoui aging and the county loses In many ways. Tho Tuolumne people do not appreciate appre-ciate the valuo ot good roads, leading down to the valley highways pr thoy would got at tho building operations without delay. Thero are fully 1,009 automobiles owned In Stockton' and1 the adjacent country and during tho season all of tho machines aro whlz- 1 Tzlng In all directions to get Into tho country with their vell-to-do owners and Vlthejr friends .Many lovers of out-of-dors nfe v,'h$.s mako runs tn,ough the valloy would, bo delighted IpyfindtKOdd. roads intoj.bo mountains, -fls,thoy alffwant to drive Into the hilly sectfonsf Whlcliare very Invite' Ing to residents of tho level country. A road to any section of tho mountains moun-tains that could be traveled without discomfort or unusual Banger would attract hundreds every dayJn the week and 011 Sunday there would be' a procession of automobiles in that direction. The pull of good roads is to bo seen In San Joaquin county and nobody can be found who does not say the money used In building good roads was a splendid Investment for tho community It pays to make your roads Inviting to travel, for the people peo-ple who look lor smooth highways aro men of means and they are always al-ways open for good Investments. Tuolumne county can, without creating cre-ating a great burden, build an excellent excel-lent macadam road from Knight's Ferry to Sonora and tho boost the county would got would easily pay for the outlay In interest, while the growth of tho county would warrant the saddling of tho tax burden on future fu-ture payers. Road makiug materials of ,tho best sorts can be found near the roadway at all points. Tho project Is feasible and seems a necessity for development in Tuolurano county. Stockton Independent, |