The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-05-21

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AUTOMOBILE HIGHWAYS Rf4ER ROADS,
copied these columns week from the
Record stated that the the county
postponed the letting the for the Benton
City road auto from Pendeon via Waa Waa Walula Ho
Finley arrived Kennewck and desired to Pros
Upon nqung the way told he could as
far Benton City but the road for the rest OF the way
impossible"
when automobile could from Kennewck to Posser
even such the the OF the county roao
taxation to furnish and travel Tor
mobiles provide better roads for the farmer VINO
SOIL who haus his market who the penalty OF
roads, and who foots the bill for good ones?
agree Independent that is not good business
et the road money lie idle the drawing cent IN
for the people of the county, be loaned out again at
cent The should be returned TO the
from which the OF roads Wncn must NC
daily by the farmer by carrier by the doctor
the school the Of which necessity the
transactions Of community fe rather than building tnoougn
fares for transient automobiles.
We do not attempt osay that need road be-
tween Benton City and Bggam But we do maintain that the
should be expended roads which will render the
people and for the benefit OF the
people who furnish the money.
Under our present highway law we million and quarter
dollars 1914 the construction of roads connecting isolated
sparsey settled districts of the state At the time this high
pointed that the benecent purpose
develop the OF sparse
settled sections of the The law evdence OF the fact that
the of Washington recognize the handicap that
imposed the pioneer by lack of highways and realize the
necessity of development and the benefits derived to the rest OF
the opening such sections and eliminating the
bardshps necessarily encountered by those settling therein
pioneered the thcky settled districts
of the county have faced the handicap imposed by lack OF highways
and the Of the least they still encounter
the ardps caused by unmpoved roads, They are
contributing the state highway fund IN oroer
other pioneering sections be relieved o.
hardsp other words the state highway law was enact
purpose building such roads the proposed Ben
Bggam road which section and con-
travel to population yet to In addition to provi
funds the improvement Of their roads, the taxpayers OF
the county have contributing their portion this spasey
settled Bggam) fund And it is proposed grab
off the money which the who pioneered has raised for the
the roads his community and expend for
benefit of the who and the automobile tourist
believe that is fact too patent for argument that the
growth future development and future prosperity Benton
county depends absolutely the the failure OF those
people who making their homes the cultivated
lands Of the county, SO patent has this TACT been that we nave
deemed engage regularly salared teach
methods to induce him take
caution make effort and to utilize
tunity good business enterprise which
tributes the farmer business The
equally Any undertaking which mpedes in our
populated rural districts and imposes burdens the farm
business To take from him the purchase of good
deny him the improvements which he has paid for
catalogued otherwise than piece of bad business
THROAT cUT-BL00D ON OUR OWN HANDS
GATHERING of the marketing situation
~ possible from outside viewpoint impressed with
three with the sale of
berry CROP Fact No. l. The demand Columbia River Val
Crks Seeding the trade for them
price, Fact No The which have been obtained
during the week have not been satisfactory the Fact
The Northwest markets have cleared of California berries
and the only competitor which the Columbia River Carks
Seeding met other Columbia River Crks Seedlings
I'VE have plenty for all offerings but we smp
can't hold the price the face of the prcecung and
sgnents This EXPLANATION you can
time of day. all the marketing