The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1911-03-29
VOTERS TO DECIDE ON MERITS
OF PROPOSITION

Looks Like a Sure Winner. oase
of Paying Less Money and 1e'',ns
More Benefits. Vienna IoWhship
Well Provided for.
The proposition to bond uehcsse
county for S50O,OOO for good roads,
which goes before the people mex.
Monday. is something that shouia
meet with the hearty approVai u
every intelligent voter in tne County
- ,r 10 the present time this couh,
,..s na;d into the state reward
,ad fund the sum Of sl7,4ss'v'
;hich went TO pay For roads pun
4 other counties, and has drawn
|out but about onc-half OF 'hat
amount to pay for the improve
,,ent Of its own roads. Isn't II
nhon, time that the farmers Oh
Cenesee county quit paying Tor the
cher fellows roads and built iew
good roads for themselves.
wanv Of the other counties nave
.,rawn from the reward fund iar
u,ore than they have put into II.
nceana county is high line among
,he fishermen in the good roads iish
nond with a catch of over nine 'inie'
nc much as it put in; Saginaw coun
=, f;sbed out nearly four times as
much as il put in; and so it goes OH
~, down the line. Genesee county
has been one of the porest liShe,,
men Of the lot as the figures VIII
show. ,v ore
The ro,ds of Genesee county are
!, disgrace to the community anu
should be replaced with better ohes
"a, once. Roads that are hup acep
.,,,h nma in wet weather are not
Good enough. They may be cneap
10 build but they are decideaiy en-
ners;ve for purposes OF trafiic. !,
ros,s altogether too much to haui
stuff over them. 49,,
There is no way in which a iarm-
or can invest little money 10 pe',
aer advantage than he can III eoou
roads. They are of vital Importance
~ him. Good roads mean tnat he
can profitably employ time IN mar,
ketine his produce that ne wouu
.o,hermise be forced to lose on ac-
count of inclement weather condi-
tions. = ~,
yorced TO stay at home IN rainy
weather, doing odd jobs, killing t,n.
and .cussing the weather man. Du'
can 90 to town in comfort ana oo
his marketing.
without good roads. which MAKE
traffic easy and pleasant, a iarn
has not reached its true value IN doi'
Tore ana cents. A farm which i
situated on good road Is worm
more than an equally good farm SIT
,,ated on a road that is covered WIN
mud in rainy weather and with aus
inches deep in dry weather. II Oh
fered his choice, any sensible mar
would pick ahc farm on mc sooe
road.
Good roads are desirable as bus
mess proposition, because they en-
nance The value Of farming land ane
also are means Of saving time ane
eliminating discomfort for the farm
ar and his wife and family an thei'
trims 10 fhe neishboring town OF
village where they do their market
ing and shopping.
Al, the spring election on April
the farmers ,of Genesee county VII
he given an opportunity to sa,
whether they want good roads o.
are satisfied to continue 'getunl
stuck in mud holes or choked whi
dust on the apologies for 'road'
which at present exist IN most para
of the county.
No more important question sna'
This has ever been presented u
them for their careful considcra
ton and sound judgment. 1t is II
their hands to decide whether zen
esee county is to join with the othe
progressive counties of the state II Il
taking advantage of state aid y
building good roads or Is to con
tinue to get along with the presen
conelomeration Of ruts, mud hole
and dust. Upon the decision the.
make on April / depends, to larg
extent, the future agricultural wei
fare Of the county.
II the question Of good roads
settled in the affirmative on election
day, Genesee county wil have tax
! en- anothP PSsiep forward on the roa'
~ proQ YIN pave Joi9e'