The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-05-06
THE ROAD KICKERS

If there is one fellow above another
that humanity at some stage of the game
gets it in for it is the chronic kicker, and
on the other hand if there is one kicker
that the poor devil that has to make his
living by leaving distance behind him and
getting over the road in hurry, has a
warm spot in his heart for it is the road
kicker, the straight, square, outspoken
fellow that has the bowels to "git rite up
in meetin'" and tell the truth. For some
time past the columns of this paper have
recorded some kicks on the road question,
some justifiable and some otherwise.
Some of the kicks have been local and
some have filtered through from our
neighbor Box Elder county. Let us hope
that all the justifiable kicks have resulted
in good. -
Now we take it that all have arrived at
the conclusion that roads are important,
perhaps the most important question the
state has to deal with just now. There is
no denying the question that in this day
and age distance must be well nigh ami
Inflated, and cities and towns must be
brought into close communication. The
automobile is the vehicle that will be used
and roads must furnish the track. Utah
must be awake and alive to the situation,
and all must work in harmony, otherwise
Utah will be found back number, while
other states viii be new editions CON-
manding the consideration and getting
the coin Of all progressive people.
Every state will have main thorough
fare throughout its domain, and Utah
must have the same. To that end legisla-
tion has been passed and the good work
started. Recently number Of our citi-
zens went over to Brigham City to dis
cuss the matter with our friends and
neighbors, and from reports of that
gathering we were surprised to note that
some of our Box Elder friends have as
sumed the attitude that the state road
must run right by their own dooryard.
The Box Elder papers in published ar
ticles rather looked askance at the atti-
tude of Cache county citizens, and rather
questioned our good faith. Now it would
be greatly deplored to have Cache and
Box Elder counties at outs. The two
should stand together, and in good faith
work out plan that will best suit the
purposes of. both. To have the state road
run north to Brigham and thence on to
Dewey, and thence to Tremonron and
Garland land thence to Malad, or north
to Brigham and Collinston and thence to
Malad, would cut out Cache county, and
place us in position where we would be
forced to negotiate with Weber county
and bring the road up through Huntsville
and Paradise and on to Hyrum and Logan
and thence north to Idaho. This would
cut out Box Elder, and there you are.
Will it not be better to work together on
plan that will take in the capital of both
counties and go through the most of the
other largest cities and towns that it is
possible to go through and then build
roads to the main thoroughfare? We
think So
Now for a kick, and one that we hope
will reach our Box Elder friends. We
have recently driven over the road from
Brigham through Wellsville canyon, and
find the road good, and want to commend
our Box Elder friends for having it in
such good condition. We have also re-
Gently driven over the road from Logan
to Collinston and return and find it dis
grace to civilized community. The
Cache county end is good, from Logan to
the railroad bridge, but from the bridge
to Collinston, Oh Lord deliver u.s. Gull
verts are washed out, great boulders
greet the eye, and come in contact with
rubber tires, leaving great holes as re-
suit, ruts and washes are deep enough to