Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1913-08-28

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never lets an occasion go by, but
what he has something to say for
Jefferson. On his last trip TO
Dallas, banker friend said
Look here Taylor, what in the
h do you mean by leaving a big
and prosperous city like Dallas,
and going to dead place like
Jefferson" Taylor answered,
Jefferson is the Invest corpse
you ever saw, why man we have
used more lime, cement and
brick, than any three cities of
East Texas have together. | am
going there because | want TO
live and enjoy life. Where | can
drink good pure artesian water;
where | can lie fiat Of my stomach
and drink cool water from an al
ways bubbling spring; where I
can stretch my tired limbs and
take a nap, and peacefully dream,
under the shade of a graceful
pine, or a stately oak; whe.s IN a
real river l can take good swim
as did when boy. When / am
tired and worn out from bust
ness cares, l can get in a motor
boat and spend the day on Big
Cypress River. landing trout,
white perch and black bass.
And that amt all" When / get
to Jefferson among those good,
kind and hospitable people. |
feel will be just 100 miles near.
err Heaven, than am in Dallas.
AS Secretary Of the Prog ressive
Club, have mapped out some
very important work for the
coming year, work, in which |
will need the support and coop
GRAFTON of every citizen of Jeffer-
son. The first proposition, the
most important one, and the one
| intend to make the hardest
fight for, is today the greatest
question before the people of the
United States, it is being dis
cussed in every newspaper, and
Legislature in every State, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
the Great Lakes to the Gulf, the
proposition | refer to is the
Public Highways or Good Roads.
In this age the greatest achiev
ment Of County is to build
Good Roads, for Good Roads are
to Commerce what blood is to
the human body, and vitality to
life. There is no better or safer
investment than money put into
Public Highways, and every dol
lar Invested liz road improve.
ment, adds three times it's value
to adjoining property, and every
argument that appeals to the
Improvement of private proper
ty. will apply with multitied force
to public property. and especial.
ly to Public Highways, as every
farmer to market farm products
must use the public roads. 1t is
said that the bool weevil is the
farmers worst enemy, bad roads
today IS the worst enemy, not
only Of the farmer, but of the
City, County and State. The
boil weevil in destroying half of
the cotton of Texas, increases
the price of the remaining crop,
but half of every roads in Marion
County be in bad condition. then
you destroy the value of all the
roads. The Texas Commercial
Executive Association at the re
C ent Convention in Mineral
Wells, set apart two days for the
discussion of Good Roads, and
such able men as Prof. r. j
Potts of the A. & M. College,
Major II. &. Travilla of FIT. Worth
the greatest road builder in the
South, advocated a State Public
Commissioner and FIX
pert Engineers and Road Bull |
ders in every county, a strong
resolution was unanimously
and will be ably pre-
sented to the next Legislative for
a Highway Commissioner for
Texas, and this proposition will
bear the endorsement Of every
Com mercial Club in Texas
In all parts of Texas can be
seen, representatives of the Ma
tional Highway Association, Sc
lecting and locating the route,
for the ocean to ocean National
and these parties are |
only visiting counties, which |
have voted bond issue for the |
building and mainting Of Public |
Roads, or where the Commits
sioners Court would guarantee |
such roads, by employing an
expert Engineer or Road Builder
Cass county has voted bond is
sue for its roads, and will EN-
ploy Road Builder. Harrison |
county is during the same, and
these neighoring counties will |
build their good roads, right up
10 the Marion county line, and
unless we awaken from our long |
aud quiet sleep, the trade will be |
taken from our very doors, for
these days and times, the Farm
ers travel the good road and you