Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-08-18 | Page 14 | Alice in Good Roads Land

uu ALICE IN GOOD ROADS LAND. I am the Good Roads Builder, Alice. I don't go to School, but still I get a good Grade. Before I was on the Job, Men waded through Mud so did Mules. Chuck-holes Chuck-holes and Hog Wallows were the best Crop in the whole State. That was back in the Times when Folks thought that they had to have Mud for their Mud-Slinging. But now, Alice, the Uplift has seized us by the Heels and given us a hoist on to Terra Cotta, which means Mother Moth-er Earth. Climb up with me on the Grader and watch the big Safetv Razor at Work. It's an easy thing for Highway Commissioners Com-missioners to keep a Rod of Road in passable Shape if they have good Luck and can find a Man who will give them 30 Cents worth of Work for a Dollar every Clip. Folks can't understand for the Life of them how much Work you can put on a Road and not get a Bit of It to Bhow. That's why they sometimes call us Fellows Highwaymen, but then that's naughty, Alice. Really, Alice, I'm on the level. You can remember me whenever you see a level Stretch of Pavement and say to yourself, "He's a Brick.", Then repeat re-peat to yourself the Lines: He is a Man of many Ways Of energetic Feet And yt he never stirs a Foot While standing In Concrete. Good-bye, Alice. You, too, might try to Improve your Ways. From American Motorist.