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Show I'WIt.M ISOLATION' VANISHING As 1 n ; ;is llii'ie have Iji'.'ii pivi.'l htri-flM, ami asphalt, which we think of iiMiully is a in oilc ill product, wis hm'iI in .'liH lriit l;al).lim hy .Vtiinpn la i ;ir v. hi) w.u he I li st to use it for .t reel consi rui-l ion. His kiiii, Ncliiii liadiicz.ar, followed his r a. ! 1 1 j I ; 1 , and upon one street ol v. 1 1 i ( 1 1 he u.is p:ii ticnlaiiy proud ran 'ed to he plared a tablet callin,: li pt 'i hi people to "liMveise 1 1 ,lrie i.i joy" and wish him "eternal "eter-nal ai;e and well-heinn." rompeii hnitt sidewalks of asphalt., an I was tiiio first to raise tin; efMite of hrr asplialt streets in order to drain elf Hi,, water. Modern highways are transfarm-ir. transfarm-ir. I'.ii iii life in many s'.ali'S, relieving reliev-ing if il loneliness and placing it ii leady contact with all that ia goiiiK on i,i tiie world. flood rend; li emit nurT than uier-(i uier-(i I (j ! i -I .': ppin along t h- .highway o.i- trucks moving from town to town. Tins I'i.ier picture is that, of rural homes linked together, with the men women and children of the farms trough! ne;i rer 'one another. Social life in the farming sections is possible today, because of the constantly con-stantly increasing web of hard-s-ir-faced roads, and such life is becomm,; 1 ho envy of the city folk. Only a few years ago, ithere wa-litlle wa-litlle or no stale highway construction construc-tion that is now proving an aid to consolidation of rural schools. |