The Forrest City times., 1913-09-12
GIVE CREDIT WHERE DUE.

The automobile club of Forrest City had meeting at the home of Dr. J. O. Rush on Tuesday evening to make arrangements for meeting the official l logging party of the National Auto mobile Association, which is expected here about September l5 to inspect and measure the new road from here to Memphis The club likewise took steps toward atliiiation with the state and national associations.
 The automobilists are always good roads, boosters, and while their ef- forts are not entirely unselfsh, good roads" for them are good roads for the entire community, and hence de- serve the active cooperation of all live citizens.
 The across-the state highway is all completed now between here and Memphis except short piece of road about three miles long in Crittenden county east of Blackfish lake. This is now being worked by about twenty 1 five men and number of teams under that good roads booster and live wire, George Rumage, of Heth. In few days this stretch of road will be ready for the grader, when the highway will be completed from here to Mem- phis.
 One day this week Mir. Ralph O'Dodd, of Little Rock, with Hup Roadster No. 32, made the trip from Memphis to this place in three and one-half hours, and had to run slowly over this piece of unfinished road. He says this road through the bottoms, running through the virgin forest for miles, the stately trees arching over- head, is one of the best as well as most picturesque roads in this state of beautiful scenery. This road skirts two beautiful lakes and crosses Black fish, as pretty a piece of water as jewels any country. This, at present, has to be crossed by ferry, but already plans are on foot to bridge this and Crow creek, when there will be an uninterrupted road in any weather.
 The Arkansas Gazette of recent date says: "The section of the road from Forrest City to Memphis was built with very little money, the state department caring for the extremely bad places, while the farmers along the route and the county officials agreed to rebuild the fairly good stretches.
 Now, we believe in giving credit where credit is due, and this article reminds us of the old story of How Betsy and l killed the bear" when it developed that q" was under the bed while Betsy fought and killed the bear. We can only speak for St. Francis county, but believe the other counties through which the road passes have done as has this county. This road is the result of work done by few men in Forrest City, chief among whom is s. P. Mcdaniel. who is the pioneer good-roads advocate, aided by his equally enthusiastic friends, Hon. F. w. DeRositt, Dr. J. O. Rusl. and others. including our county judge, Hon. E. A. Rolfe Not one cent of state money has been ex- pended in the construction of this road through St. Francis county. The expense has been borne by the county, aided by such private citizens as have shown interest and had time and means to aid in this work. The state department had their engineers on the ground and laid out about three miles of this road, surveyed the ground for the bridges across Blackish and Crow creek, and we believe are now figuring on the plans for these bridges. When this is done it is understood that work will begin on these much needed bridges, and we hope the state department will see fit to participate actively in the construction of these bridges.
 One only needs to drive over this fine road, which was but a trail through the woods only few months ago, though following the "Old Mil itary Road to become an enthusiastic and active advocate of good roads, boge left over from last week. 
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