Show ROAD REFORM LAWS the idea Irr valle that the state should cieli main highways so far improved road laws have taken shape in this country tho french idea is recognized eliat alio should boar a considerably consider ablo share of tho cost of constructing gaiu roads says the st louis globe democrat french rural prosperity can be traced in no email degree to its excellent roads tho substitution of a solidly built road for a dirt road soon effects a transformation in he region through which it passes nuu even the old topography bloms to vanish improved accessibility tells upon every farm and adds to ita value time and money which aro us bally equivalent are saved to tho farmer aud to all whoso business it is to communicate muni cate with him economy is consulted as well as convenience now eliat the rural inhabitant is expected to bear but a portion of the cx pensa of good roads his disposition toward tho movement is changing with a dozen states already engaged in lie reform its extension promises to be rapid |