Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-02-04
Letter
Continued from last Week

| AOil.I iClUl usually nave iilbiS
farm work to do than they can get
done they do their farm work
when the weather conditions are
right; they neglect the roads at
such time and then the roads are
spoiled for the season many times
tuIs occurred, and such a contrac
tor ought to be fined for such work
for the first offense and fined and
imprisoned for the second AMI
if the road commissioner knowing
ly permits this kind of work, put
him in jill with his "buddy" and
keep them there for all of thirty
days, nothing less will break them
Of 'sucking eggs
To maintain a road in good con
d;tion nothing takes the place of
the split log drag. 1t is a wonder
our supervisors don't put a claus:
in the contract compelling the use
of the split log drag.
The fact is we have one of the
best road laws but it is badly ad
ministered.
The suggestion that the people
get together and discuss the road
question is a good one and | have
wondered why we do not have
good roads meeting some time dur
ing court times or some time dur
ing stock show week. Better still,
let every community in the county
get interested in public roads
through the public schools. The
Department of Public Instruction,
Richmond. Va issues number of
school bulletins that can be yours
for the asking. Among them you
will find the following:
School and Civic League Bulletin
Organization. Series l No. l.
Parliamentary Form and Rules,
Series l No. l.
Question for Debate, Arguments
and Reference. Series l, No. 3.
In writing for these bulletins
don't fail to ask for the special
pamphlet giving suggestion for a
good reads meeting.
If you haven't these pamphlets,
you ought to have them. They are
eye openers and great help. On
page 25 of the School and Civic
League Bulletin you will find a list
Of these helps.
Certainly there is not a teacher
in the county but has them all, and
|! ( am sure many Of our schools are
already we'll organized along the
lines here suggested.
Your correspondent suggests that
the tax on automobiles ought to
be applied on the roads in the dis
trict where paid and not put on
the general road state fund - dear
me if that should be done we would
scarcely get anything.
The State has helped to build
bridges all over our county, has
graded and graveled a good deal
of road all out of the automobile
license money practically = we have
greatly benefited becausethe money
from auto licenses have been used
just as it has.
Your correspondent concludes by
saying; Brother, let us not only
talk good roads but let US work
for better roads etc." This is a
good suggestion, but let us work
intelligently. Let us make more
efficient the good laws we have, let
us each do something ourselves to
help along, let each one of us,
every man in the county turn out
on Good Roads Day and put one
hard days work on the roads our
editor will surely let US know when
our Governor by special proclama-
ton sets aside one day to be known
as Good Roads Day when every
body is expected to turn out and
work on the roads that day.
All this will help, but the most
help can be rendered by educating
the public as we'll as our boys and
girls to theimportance of good roads
through our school improvement
leagues help to organize league
in your school, get everybody in
terested especially the parents, have
the most influential men take hold
land don't fail to write briefly about
meetings to your county paper,
that others may know your neigh
borhood is interested in the chill
dren, in roads and in every way
endeavoring to build up the COM
munity.
Yours, not only for good roads,
but good schools, good public off
GERS. good teachers, good morals,
good men and women, good boys
and girls, and then we shall have a
grand good county. X
Bolar, Va, Jan, "a.
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.