The diamond drill., 1919-08-23
DIcKINsoN's ROADS.


dent OF Dickinson county" said a
gentleman from Marquette to some OF
his friends in Crystal Falls one day
during the week. The gentleman had
driven over the road between the
Michigamme river and Sagola and TO
the Iron county line. Immediately fol4
lowing the rain and the Inconvenience
es that he met with was the cause Of
his indignant outburst.
what the gentleman meant was that
he would be ashamed to be a resident
OF Dickinson county and do as the
residents OF Dickinson are doing just
now; ignore the rights OF their neigh
bors in adjoining counties for re-
ciprocal road advantages. Dickinson
county is a fine section OF Cloverland
and all that IL needs is little waking
up Of the people to the way that the.
are treating their neighbors to bring
conditions to correct balance
There was a time when Dickinson
county was the foremost county in the
peninsula in good roads. From that
position II has gravitated to about the
worst OF the fifteen The reason for
this reversal OF form is that Il has
been content to rely upon old fogy
notions Of road building and road fin
ancing. building little nibble here
and there yearly while its neighbors
have realized that the time to enjoy
roads Is when one + alive not after
death. Also that the time TO get
some road building help out or the
iron orc thar IS being mined and ship
ped is while the mines are producing.
not after they are worked out.
The place where Dickinson county
falls down and d imposing upon its
neiEhbors. Marquette and Iron. the
most IS ID the stretca Of road from
Twin Falls north 10 tie Marquette
county line. The road to Randvile Is
a good one but from that north II ls
just one degree removed form the age
Of the tote road Of the lnmberman
The old snake ike stretch has been
shaped up. drained little and here
and there. some gravel spread upon i,
always careful that no. TOO much
gravel is put on.
The result is that the road IS SO
dusty in dry weather like that We
have had the past month that car
passing over II IS enveloped in a cloud
OF dust which completely hides It's
location and makes meeting or pass
ing very hazardous When it's wet
the short clay stretches are slippery
and the rest 81 the road Is SO puddled
with the dust that has been saturated
with water that the riding is rough
and very muddy.
Dickinson couny owes It 10 Iron
and Marquette counties 10 improve
that stretch Of road. X Is an import,
ant trunk line. one tha, Is coming in
10 use more and more as the days
roll by. II is connecting ink between
the three counties and an important
link on ihe proposed Red Arrow route.
County pride should prompt our
Dickinson county neighbors TO see
that this work Is done.
In these days when the state s.
paving Ssis per cent OF the cost os
building trunk line roads We cannot
figure ont how a county can be 50 un-
solicltous of its own welfare az not
20 get into the game with both feet
and get its roads built while the get
4lng Is good. The lower Michigan
counties are getting into the game for
all that there IS in Il and II our upper
peninsula counties don't wake up
4hey viii find themselves holding ths
nag for The other fellow
However. the only Interest Iron
.couuty has N Dicklnaon's business u
1hst our neighhor meets Us hak way
in this Grad game and furnishes us
good outlets to our neighhoring conn-
iisc Just as we have done for her and
which we are trying to do.in great
er degree hy bonding our county for
s2seoeo and getting roads built now
10 that everyone may enjoy them