Show I 1 WHO SHALL DRAG THE ROADS somewhere B between e tween two eitrem extremities ties of opinion L lies les ultimate sol solution u tion of vexed problem there la Is a serious difference ot at opinion among authorities as ai to whether hether or not the responsibility for or draggi dragging ng roads rests solely upon tho the farmer a shoulders hero here for in stance Is one of the three members of the recently appointed state slite high way commission of iowa declaring take the road work nork out of the farm arm era hands it Is not fair to the farm er to make him work tork on the roads now I 1 am a farmer myself I 1 pay my road taxes in money 1 I here Is no rea son eon why a farmer should get out and 3 work ork on the roads an ani more than n should a banker then too road mak ing Is becoming too much of a busl bus ric ness to let anybody and ceri bod practice it one man should hive have supervision of the road work and here on the other hand is one of the leading newspapers of the same sta state te a long and ardent champion ot of good roads declaring guthrie count men dragged a highway across the country in an hour and a halt half the other day the dragging bee had been arrange arranged d for and was vas pulled off on schedule it reminds of a story told by jim fisk one of the early magnates and mill llon lion alres he was the son SOD of a 6 shrewd 0 old id tw aw and f farmer arm er one day the old man told jim that it he clean the stables well he N would pay h him rn a gold dollar tor for the service jim with nith the golden reward in sight tugged and strained and finished the stable on time ilia hia father gave him I 1 the he dollar then he said james it you vou can clean the stables onedas one day for a dollar you can clean them every day as a city and thereafter james cleaned out the stables it if guthrie county and other coun ties can drag the principal highways of the county in an hour and a halt half 1 with I ith a hurrah burrah and to show what can be done they can drag the principal ro roads ads after a rain as a duty an ar ran gement so successful as this should suggest a permanent system the gratification with which those road drag driggers draggers dr aggers gurs turned to survey their corn core plated work ork ought to teach them that 1 44 A beautiful country road in southern illinois a good road Is a joy forever it if it Is worth making as an object lesson it Is worth maintaining tor for everyday use somewhere between the two to ex tre of opinion turning the nork over to experts and making the far farmer do it all by himself lies the uld alti mate and the satisfactory solution ot of the vexatious problem says the loina iowa homestead there Is no denying den ing that road making has become as much of a science and a profession as farming itself or teaching school or running a bank or piloting a locomotive why then should the farmer be expected to be the sole and only road maker and repairer any more than the school teacher or the rural mall mail carrier 7 yet on the other hand the farmer has the first hand band direct information of what roads need most to be made or repaired he travels them most frequently he should as slat in bringing them to that state of permanency which will minimize his bis own troubles en ell route between farm and toy toyn town n in the last analysis successful road making depends upon harmonious cooperation between individuals and county state and national authorities we may not have reached the stage when state aid to the extent of many millions of dollars loll irs la Is but ve e certainly have hate reached the stage when then the burden should be taka from the unsupported shoulders of the tha farmer here it hob has bested all too long the firmer farmer Is perfectly perfect willing to do his bis share be imell objects to a hoggie policy which makes his share shara all the work and none of the credit or reward |