The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-10-20

man bury his face in his hands and do
what Job didn't do. A farmer starts TO
town with twenty hundred knowing that
he could take forty If it wasn't for IA GER
tain bad place in the road. The cost of
two trips would fix that bad place, but
hundreds of others go over it, says he, and
it is as much their duty to repair it as il is
mine, and IL goes unrepaircd. If, as a
sudden thought, you should realize the
amonnt of labor and money lost To the
rancher by reason of our bad roads, you
would run your hand in your pocket to
make sure that your poclletbook was not
gone. There is n matter here for consid-
GRAFTON. My solution of the problem is
this; Let every ditch be brdged and
every hollow filed and the roads other
wise be put in good shape; and then let
MS consign these narrowtired wagons to
the scrape pile as soon as possible, and
get broad-tired ones, at least, in the name
of good roads and the best interests of the
farming community. Let no man from
this date buy anything but wide-tired
wheel TO his wagon. If the dealer has
none, let him send for it. We are literally
running our roads with heavy loads and
narrow tires. This country road question
is being agitated everywhere. Farmers
are beginning to see they are an immense
factor in the governing of their dividends
In Michigan man is granted rebate on
his road tax who hauls his loads ON wide
| tired wheels. In other states man is
guilty of misdemeanor who hauls over a
country road load of certain weight
without a certain width tire. In France
tney go SO Tar as to not only use very wide
tlres but the front axle shall be shorter
imam the hind one, so that the front wheels
run inside the hind ones and thus about
twelve inches of the road is rolled every
Tune wagon passes over it. With the
wide tires our roads could be kept in such
condition that our loads would only be
limited by the strength of our wagons.
would most heartily suggest road con-
vention at which to discuss this matter
that union may be had with IL view to
certain legislation, and that opinions may
be exchanged concerning IA matter of such
vital Importance. In Missouri il is sup-
| gested that certain moneys, now otherwise
| appropriated be directed TO the repair of
| roads. 1t names dram-shops and licenses
as the moneys to be thus used You can
see that there is matter for thought and
debate just here, and | suggest "A road
convention. E. p. HENRY.
What difference is shown by the
above between the Bingham county
idea and the Washington county
ideal And we might add that as an
adjunct of this advanced idea among
her farmers, Bingham county is one
OF the foremost and most prosperous
counties IN the state. Every principle
has its opponents. High protective
tariff has its opponents. Tariff for
revenue only has its opponents. The
advocates of each battle for their
principles year after year even though
they should be gaining no Roadway
Thus with us. The SIGNAL believes
the road question is the most vital
one before the American farmer to
day and we shall uphold those prin-
ciples against any and all calumny
and anonymous writers who do not
contribute one quarter of a dollar to
the support of the journal devoted
alone to the interests of this county.