The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-04
Many Contestants
Compete for Prizes
A Volunteer or a Stacker?
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rod banks, Seeger- Bundles store
the Bingham county farm bureau
and the Blackfoot papers.
These volunteers are enlisted to
do their all, and have already opened
their purses to get the people inter.
ested in their own business affairs;
to awaken to the opportunity now al
the door. 80
Mr.. Taxpayer put a few dollars
into good. safe, profit sharing in
vestment which pays dividends daily
This isn't "get rich quick"
scheme. You always have the value
for money invested.
Surely every citizen favors better
roads. iFfts h4'A- &i' ia
If you haven't given this question
any thought, II you are a tight-wad
and are afraid OF the risk, or II. you
are a good roads Stacker, read a
few facts concerning this matter.
Had we failed when called to do
our all when our country was at war
with Germany the kaiser would now
be at the helm.
Will we fall now, when the time
is ripe to reap the. benefits of good
roads? Namely saving money, in
creased valuation of property, saving
of lives lost yearly thru bad roads,
saving of time and energy of men
and beasts, saving wear and tear on
autos, buggies, wagons and harness,
the pleasure of being able to go any
where in the county with out getting
stuck every few miles, as many have
this spring.
Its sure fun to be an On-looker
when this happens, Ask someone
who has been stuck in the Groveland
streets the name they called it., it
won't sound life Fun
| The greatest benefit is Uncle Sam
will lhelp us with a generous sack
of coin. II we bond for $4,000 we
will get $4,000 from Uncle Sam and
we can get not to exceed $4,000
providing We send men with plenty
OF pull to put in our claim and ex-
plain our needs.
Will we let this opportunity pass?
Show your color, when your
chance comes. Vote bonds for good
roads.
Mr.. Stacker if you refuse to be
interested now and refuse to work
for the betterment of your town
and county, when there are acct
dents caused by bad roads, say to
yourself I'm to blame for that
When you see autos, wagons and
buggies broken down or stuck in
the mud for hours, when people re-
fuse to make their home in county
so far behind the times that peo-
pie have to stay home good part of
the year and when Garfield Bond
loses $3.50 and many others large
sums of money yearly by being I'M
able to get to markets, don't try
to shift the blame on your wife or
neighbor just, say 81 am the cause
of this. -,
Our first duty, vote the bonds.
Second, see that every dollar ap-
propriated for road improvement is
used on Bingham county highways
and is expended under such close
supervision by taxpayers that waste
and graft be wholly eliminated.
MRS. s. E. ROUNDY,%
Blackfoot, R. F. D. l |
The value of good roads has been |
recognized at least since the time |
when all roads led to Rome and the |
Romans built such good roads that |
some are still in use after all these
centuries. Their construction con- |
tributed largely, if not mainly, to
the wealth and prosperity of the ma
ton. So it will be with Bingham
county, when good roads are es-
tablished-wealth and prosperity
will naturally follow. Bad wagon
roads Is synonymous with poorest
facilities, and what does
1t avail the farmer to produce big
crops If he is unable to convert them
into cash or market them at a pro-
fit? The old truism Time is money"
applies especially to the farmer and
his desire for road improvement for
by saving time in marketing his
crops, he has more time for lucra-
tive farming, as we'll as for recrea-
ton for himself and family.
Not the farmer alone, but the
whole community shares in the bene-
its of good roads. This is. preem-
nently a community of parents am
oitious for the interests of their
children, and little argument should
oe necessary to, convince them that
,hese Interests demand better roads.
Good roads, making the nearby
owns and cities easily accessible at
Ill seasons, would help to make the .
Whole community content and pros !
,erous.
The farsighted man sees beyond !
oday and builds for the future SO
me is forced to the conclusion that 6
he men whose judgment and fore !
light led them into this fertile val
ey when 1t was yet wilderness, will {
ee the necessity of good roads and
ealize that now is the accepted time | +
0 secure them. '
Population makes the value Of i
cal property and good roads are \
n important factor in attracting i
eople to locality and holding q
hem as permanent settlers. The
rowth as well as the prosperity of a
ur county, demands the construc- q
on of better highways and means Of
accommodation.
L. E. SPALDING.
Springfield, Idaho April 2, 1919
LIVING do Inv ~, | ~