Show P D BUILDING ROAD BUILDING IS DIFFICULT experience and expert knowledge are ease essential nt a I 1 federal government offers assistance road building Is a scientific lem not a haphazard job we be bileve however that it if a census were taken tomorrow DD 99 per cent of 0 the people ot of this land would claim that they were amply qualified to build a road and edit a newspaper only a small percentage get a chance to try their hands or OL the blue pencil apropo but a trip over almost any country road will convince one that eliat most of the 99 have had bad a crack at road building little lit tie by ettle the public in general and the officials charged with the re for our highways are learning that road building requires expert knowledge and experience that ridiculous antiquated provision ze Z well wall kept road in iowa for working out the road tax which has spoiled more roads than 11 abom b 0 m bar dment from all the high calebe r ed guns guna of the european armies is gradually disappearing from our statute books board of county commissioners and township supervisors are giving the matter thoughtful attention and improvement will undoubtedly be rapid from now on the federal government Is offering every assis assistance to the forward movement object lesson roads are constructed upon application of township or county authorities to demonstrate proper method metho s ot of construction and proper us use L 0 of f roa road materials the boffl office c e of pit public roads and rural engineering of 0 tl the e department of agriculture furnishes the services of an engineer and the tha local communities anre required to furnish all the material labor and supplies experimental roads are also constructed to determine the relative merits and values ot of the various types of road construction and of the varl various preparations anil and materials for use in road construction in certain in stances the office pays only a portion ot of the cost of these roads and the balance Is ia borne by the county in which the road is located it Is too bad that we had to wait tor the wall of the stalled automo billat to awaken us to the shameful condition of 0 our roads A scotch civil engineer was imported as adviser in the ho matter of building a railway over our great western plains tle he investigated very carefully and andA ravely reported that the project was waa unfeasible when pressed for ills his reason by the astonished promoters of the enterprise he said you cannot build a line ot of railway over that country because theres no place to run your tunnels the designer or of most of our country roads has been laboring under a similar twisted and contorted vision of 0 his job but were on our way iowa homestead |