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Show OO j GOOD ROADS NEWS IS ALWAYS GOOD NEWS. i Persons who study the newspapers I rfannot fail to be Impressed by the .amount of news that Is being pub-j llshed about new roads that have Just been built, new roads about to be built and new roads which are planned for ihe. near future. In connection with these announcements the sums mentioned men-tioned run into hundreds of thousands and sometimes into millions. All of this news is the most welcome sort of news. Good roads benefit everybody. ev-erybody. Even If they only benefited the automobile owner they would be worth while for here In Utah nearly everybody is becoming an automobile owner. But benefits of- good roads are not limited to the automobile owner or the farmer, either. For with, good roads, the farmer's garden and poultry poul-try yard are placed miles closer to the consumer and this should serve to keep prices in check. Good roads in the country encourage the-building up of suburban communities commu-nities with the resultant decrease in city congestion and beneficial results in heallh conditions. Furthermore good roads in the rural districts assist those who are obtaining better rural schoolB. For with good roads central schools can be built to rival big city schools and students may be transported trans-ported conveniently in school busses over good roads from their homes to j the school. ! ! Millions of dollars will be speut In Utah this year for roads. The opening of spring will see a great program of highway construction launched. Cities, counties, states and the nation are contributing generous sums toward highway building and all news about such projects will be read with welcome wel-come interest. , oo ! |