Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-04-16

acre for ten years. THINK OF IT
AND WHAT 1T MEANS. You will, l
believe, when you pay your next
years auto licenses find that you pay
double what it has been in the pa.
This money is to be spent for hard
surfaced roads. If the car drivers and
owners do not receive such roads
and shall continue to build nothing
but dirt roads, how long do you
think the car owners will continue
to put up with them and only use
them 40 per cent of the time? do
not think that it will be long be-
fore We hear from them. I advised,
in my former article, not to sign
every petition that comes along, no
matter of what nature. Mr.. F
does not agree with me. 1t is rather
laughable but nevertheless the
truth that at recent auction sale
a petition was presented to the
gathering and large per cent sign
ed it, knowing nothing about it ex-
cept it was against hard surfaced
roads. After the sale closed they
proceeded to travel homeward and
before they got mile several had
to be pulled out of the mud. Mr..
F has travelled around con-
siderable he says, then he knows
what is going on around us. He
knows that on the north of us a
gravel road will he built from our
county line to Prosper, to Canton
and to Harmony, etc, this year. He
then knows that Howard county will
build considerable gravel roads and
that Chickasaw and Fayette counties
will also work along this line. Don't
you think that Winneshiek had bet
ter get some started to add to their
! THREE-QUARTERS of a mile of
permanent road (Which by the way
! is not graveled) which HOWARD
COUNTY BUILT FOR US on the
county line.
Is there any man, when he builds
a granary on his farm that does not
think it is an improvement? Will
not a hard surfaced road be as much
Of an Improvement? and increase
the value of your farm. You say you
you intend to use it as your home
and not improve it to sell. Very well
You intend to make your home as
comfortable as possible, do you not
You have put in furnace GnsteaC
of stoves,) you have probably put in
electric lights in. your barns and
home. and otherwise built for com
fort. Wasn't that the reason
Wouldn't your children stay on The
farm longer and help you with your
duties, if they had some way of get
) ting to the picture shows, to theft
neighbors and friends without wal
lowing up to their necks In muC
! every time they took the notion Il
go anywhere? Think of these thing.
, and l feel sure that you VIII be il
favor of good roads also. The day il
J past when people think Of nothinE
but work. They want enjoyment al
well as any class of people living il
town. How can you, living in the
country get the fullest amount il
life unless you can come and 81
when you please? You can not now
you can scarsely get to town in {
buggy. Isn't it time to get a better
class of roads to travel on?
This is a good subject and thi!
is good way of discussing it. We
! all want good roads but the money
: end of it is where we balk. We are
interested in this subject and il
| what others think. Can We not hear
from you along this line? If you are
against good roads tell us why
there are a lot that will agree with
you and it makes good reading. Thi!
paper l believe will be glad to print
any article you may wish to Offer
along this subject.
Respectfully yours,
FRANK w. ARNESON.