The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-02-04
Idaho Country Life

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zens. We expect to accomplish 6
great deal of good in the betterment
of our. roads by the appointment Of
special overseers and judicious use
of our road funds.
/ In the county of Ada advantage
has already been taken of the good
road district law which promises to
be great success and doubtless 9th
er counties and districts will follow
suit with beneficial results.
Considerable discussion has al
ready taken place but it requires time
| in order to become familiar with our
| new law. Personally, believe in q
good road commissioner who shall be
a state officer and at such a salary
as will secure a thoroughly compe-
tent man, and then an overseer in
each county who shall receive rea-
sonable salary and be under the SUI
pervision of the state road commits
sioner. Under such method as this
uniform plans of construction would
be adopted as far as possible in keep
ing with conditions of the country
affected.
!, The adoption of such plan as this
would also facilitate cooperative
movement on the part of states and
also uniformity in the adoption of
good road laws. This system would,
OF necessity, interest the various state
legislatures and bring about inter-
state conventions at which some uni
ted plan of action, best suited to the
interests of all parties concerned,
could be adopted.
The good road movement applies
equally to state and interstate high
ways. remember hearing, last sum-
mer, of proposed road between Salt
Lake City and the Yellowstone Ma
tional park and 1t was a splendid idea
and should yet be carried into effect.
What great pleasure 1t would be
to drive team or automobile, on a
thoroughly good road, from Salt Lake
to the Yellowstone National park! If
this were an accomplished fact, the
movement would spread eastward
and westward until New York-San
Francisco road, of the very best con-
struction, would be a reality. =
The results of a successful good
roads movement will be of such far
reaching and beneficial character that
they cannot be overestimated.
City VS.. Rural Roads
1t Is generally believed that the
country, speaking of the rural dis
tricts, are most in need of the good
roads, but this Is also true concern
Ing the city, and the city, wherever it
may be, Is just as vitality interested in
good highways leading from it as
the rural districts to which they lead
can possibly be.
Country life, as the term is gen.
orally understood, is by all means the
most wholesome. From the coun-
try, in most instances, come the men
who have combatted every obstacle
arisen to be equal to every emer-
gency. Deep down in the heart of |
almost every man is the earnest hope
and desire that at some time in life
he will be able to own a piece of
land and erect upon it home for
himself and loved ones. This is pre-
true SO far as this Ameri-
IAN nation Is concerned. Nothing will
10 SO much for the accomplishment
If this lofty ambition as the good
highway leading from the city out in
o the country where land can be OBJ
aimed at reasonable price upon
which to erect home. And after
I'll, what more beautiful sight is
here than splendid road dotted on
ach side with individual homes and
ne homes surrounded by garden and
avn, animal life and household pets
s represented in the pony and dog
hat the children are playing with! | t
What vastly better condition is such | s
life compared with the crowded Q
enement house, shorn of all domest-
beauty! On the one hand the man III
WINS his home and would defend it Ii
18th his life, IL necessary; on the b
her the occupant pays his rent and O
as out little interest in the home Il
eyond the household goods he pos G.
,sses. a
Should Find Support h
From this 1t can be seen that the Il
tai interests of the country can be c
stored and protected by the build n
g of good roads and surely the q
ovement should find its most hearty Ell
pport in the city because the cities al
e possessed with the wealth and in
great many instances are in posi- ly
IN to contribute freely to the sup G.
'rt OF this movement and thus in HI
re Its success. In fact, everyone Of
interested in and will receive bepe-
s from better roads throughout this nj
lr country of ours. y
To me, the most beautiful and en- 81
ring monument to Abreham Lin Id
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