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Show I -T- """ Good Road Facts Henceforth, civilization can be no better than ItB highways. Mors than 11,000,000,000 waa spent In Improving highways ot the United States last year. Good roads are a line thing, but It Is wn to remember that they lead away from the farm as well as to It All roads leading to the four gateways gate-ways of Yellowstone National park are reported to be in excellent condl tloa. , , The national parks, seven In the United States and three In Canada, are now linked together by Improved highways. The Defense highway, shortening the distance between Washington and Annapolis. Md, by eight miles, will be completed this year. Twenty times around the worldl Such, at any rate, Is the distance American motorists could travel on ' their 500,000 miles of surfaced roads. The Arizona highway department has taken consideration of the pedestrian pedes-trian on tb roadway and has mads official recommendation that be walk on ths left side. Minnesota has 100,000 miles of public pub-lic toads of which T.000 are trunk highway! treated by special patrol maintenance, on which there has been expended during the past Ave years 133,000.000 annually. This state is a targe nser of calcium chloride for dust laying and highway maintenance. |