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Show I1 MONEY WELL INVESTED. ? This year "Weber county will k expend large sums in road con-s'truction, con-s'truction, Jiaving arranged to bear a large percentage of the build ing of an eighteen-foot hard-surface boulevard through Ogden can-yon, can-yon, pay $65,000 of the $200,000 to be expended on North "Washington "Washing-ton avenue, in addition to other extensive road improvements. -i These large outlays will call for a 2-mill increase in the tax rate 1 qt Weber county, but the expenditures are money well invested, t An authority on good roads says: When a farmer buys an improved form implement or machine lie does not consider the price paid as being a mere expense. lie figures fig-ures that he will be able. to do more and better work with it and regards re-gards it as an investment that will pay him a profit. J Good roads are the most profitable investment a township can make for they pay for themselves many times over in convenience and cash. ; There is less time required and less wear and tear on vehicles ji i a:nd stock. A 'heavy rain does not cut the farmer off from his mar-I mar-I et and leave him with a store of ruined produce. He is independent 6f the weather for he knows that the rond is not affected. I) 1 He can make and keep a schedule that will bring his goods to J market at a time when the best prices are obtainable. t Taking it all in all good roads are a necessity and an economy j that cannot be denied, and the most prosperous community is the one that builds and maintains the best roads. , |