Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-14

j. howard Jayne. Monmouth.
pie amendment to the Tice bill which
gave to the voters of your townships
the privilege of levying an amount not
to exceed one dollar on each one hun
dred assessed valuation: such levy to
cover a period of FIVE years and the
same TO be used for grading and oiling
your roads The old law invited high
way Improvement but did not author
ize the performance of the work to be
| done. Under this latest amendment
results may be realized if you only
grasp the opportunity,
What are known as hard roads are
q great Improvement, and the State
Highway Engineer which advocates
them Is as necessary to the state as a
/ father to a son, but am still contend
ing that we are not in a position from
any standpoint Of view To use for the
building of hard roads all Of the money
/ we raise.
Some people living in Illinois would
enjoy getting results from their road
tax money before the undertaken goes
Jas far with them as he can. TRYING to
/ live on a road with Il patch of brick
here and there, and being compelled to
wade through the mud the balance Of
the way. is incompatible to good bust
/ ness sense and the comfort and con
/ yenience we are looking for. 1t Is
equally consistent with the action Of
the Home Mission societies Of some Of
our churches which take care of the
poor on Christmas day and allow them
to starye the balance of the year, while
the money in their treausry is being
solved out through numerous officers Of
some Foreign Mission. in an endeavor
to help some Sandwich Islander with
ring in his nose and gunny sack
wrapped around his hips
Value Of Oil.
When you consider the cost Of both
the original building Of the road and
its future maintenance you can read
lily see that the value Of oil on dirt
roads makes it the very best invest
ment that can be made today for this
purpose. Think of it. You can buy
road oil containing about fifty per cent
binder more commonly called as
phaltuml for about three and one-haif
cents per gallon. 0ne-half gallon or
one and three-fourths cents worth of
oil is all that is required to cover nine
square feet or one square yard and
the oil can be spread on the road at a
cost Of not more than three-fourths
OF a cent per gallon. Do you know Of
any other road building material that
can compare in cost to this road oil?
Too much organization is a bust
ness wrecker Community organiza-
tons are what have made America and
no plan or idea which shall take away
their privileges can ever bring success.
( Universal consultation and delibera-
ton is always beneficial, but local or
ganization no matter how small with
power to act, should he sufficient to the
needs of each individual community
The smaller the unit there should be
the more economy and better results,
and with a good state engineer which
you now have. to tell you how and
why, and yourselves to see that it is
we'll done, you must succeed. II ii
wasn't for the cost of maintenance or
organization. a fellow could see all OF
the animals in the circus for nothing
and it wouldn't cost him more to get
out than TO get in.
There are now too many people de-
Imanding hard roads who have an auto
mobile appetite and a wheelbarrow in
come. What is now needed is the eX-
ercise of sane judgment in road build
ing, which will give US common high
ways Just good enough for the trans
portation of the common people and
their products. thereby reducing the
cost of production and keeping your
taxes below the point where it be-
comes necessary for the producer tC
sell his crop IN order to pay the county
treasurer.
Balance of Program.
The program for this evening and
tomorrow follows:
1870 p. m.-Solo-Mrs. ". Beard.
Reading-Miss Margaret Carnaghan
Milan.
Address-Mrs Margaret Bangs, Chi
cago.
Reading-Miss Margaret Carnaghan
Milan.
Wednesday. Dec. la-At Opera House
1000 a. m--1nvoeation-Rev. Mr.
Adair, Coal Valley.
Report of committees.