Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1903-11-12

County.
In an address at a Virginia good
roads convention United States Sena-
tor Daniel spoke on the economy and
benefits OF good highways as follows:
"a good road Is a universal public
benefactlon. There is not single mem
Der Of the community who does not re-
ceive advantage and pleasure from 1t.
II Is the most domestic OF all public
institutions. A courthouse Is for llti-
gants, an asylum is for the infrm, u
fail for criminals, theater for enter
tainment, park for recreation,
school for instruction, a church for
worshlpers, hotel for wayfarcrs, but
a good road is for everybody saint and
sinner, man, woman and child, maid
and matron, young and old, rich aud
poor, healthy and sick, the lame, the
halt and the blind all get share Of
benefit from good road.
"a good road is a mark OF the prog
ress OF the community In which 1t Is
located. Show me a good road and
will confidently say Of the people OF
the community, They are up and do
ing; they are going forward A good
road is no transient and fickle salts
faction. 1t is a slayer. Night and day,
winter or summer, autumn or spring,
II Is the general public servant, "A
friend that sticketh closer than broth
err The antipodes of interest on
debt, which runs against you all the
time, good road Is for you and does
duty to you all the time.
"a good road Is a generator and q
radiator Of benefit to all who live upon
It or who move upon II. A man likes to
locate In land OF good roads. They
are the lightning rods to attract intelll-
gent settlers. A good road Is faith
full friend and cheerful companion.
II is the best investment and the best
OF advertisements II Is n poster that
nobody wants TO deface and that you
can't pull down.
'This is a country in which you have
got to build roads after the old Roman
fashion or after the fashion of the
kODu IbuhH Nhfh ~ hAhg
built. In country Of this kind there ls
no economy in building what you
you might call 'tolerable road unless
you are on the top Of fair plateau
where nature has given you a good
grade. In Prince Edward county the
enterprlslng people Of Farmyllle and
vicinity have built good road nccord-
Ing TO modern ideas from Farmvllle
out TO old Hampden-Sidney college. At
any time you go there you can find the
farmers, with their four horse and six
horse teams carrying their tobacco and
other products 10 this road. As soon as
they strike this good road they take
out all but two horses and go merrlly
Jogging on TO town, sending the rest Of
the horses back TO the plantation.
There Is nm object lesson for you and
one which illustrates the economy Of
good roads.
"What viii road saver First, II
will save time, That is the most i'm
portnnt thing IN your life that you
ought TO save, because n little slice OF
time Is all that the Creator has allow
ed any of us here out OF the great
eternity. Whoever can save time pro.
longs his life on earth TO that extent
In the next place, you can save ma
terial by having good road This Is
a department Of the matter which the
statIstclnn has never thoroughly In
vestigated nor the historian recountcd
But your experience tells you this:
A stretch of muddy road means the
brenkage OF harness, the strulnlng OF
vehicles, ruined paint and yarnlsh on
your buggics and many other petty
losses which amount to great deal In
the aggregate. Then there IL n great
saving of animal life resulting from
good roads. II ruins good horse TO
work him hard ON bad road Look
at the horses that are strained. Think
OF the increased number of horses you
have TO use on n bad road. Then
think OF the difference between bad
and good roads TO man himself. II lie
starts with his produce TO town, ten.
fifteen or twenty miles away over II
bad road, he cannot get there and sell
| II before breakfast But on good
road he can bring his produce with the
dew Of the morning upon It ten or
even fifteen miles TO town and get II
10 market while II ls most valuable.
"Thlnk for moment OF the effect
upon the man himself. Let him have
a rlckcty wagon and bad horse and
twenty miles 10 40 TO town through
such mud ns we have up In this coun-
try, and he will be ready by the time
he gets there 90 appreciate the legend
written ON dial IN Spain with refer
cnce TO the flying moments, Each one
journeying upon n good road pleasant
thoughts come to him. lie has Oppor-
tunity TO think. lie has opportunity
10 take In whatever Is pleasant around
him lie viii enjoy conversation with
his companions, and when he gets 10
town he is a rational, contcnted man,
ready TO face the next duty In life
whatever II may be,
"But Il Is not only In saving that
good roads ARE economical. See what
they produce Increasing population
better society, better schools and in
creased value of property Just II:
soon as you get good road ip youI
neighborhood the value OF your land
upon each side Of 1t will more than pay
for It's building, There is not n singl,
thing that you can suggest In the way
OF public enterprise which offers d
more immediate aud more certain re
turn for your investment than goot
roads"
National Ala For Good Roads.
II looks now as II national aid wal
bound 10 come In the near future, Al
ready many state legislatures have pu