The Mena weekly star., 1920-04-22
REVIEWING

 tor and his wife reached home. each having not only attended the big roads meet and some of it's functions, but made the first real visit to most wonderful, and perhaps the most won. derful. health resort in the world Coming along on the home trip were Mir. and Mrs. R. II. Nall. who also as- sisted in representing Mena
 Aside from the miles of fine roads and the spots of bad going, and all the beautiful scenery, and pretty streams, there are two features of especial in terest the wonderful Abernathy spring, two miles east of Big Fork, in ! Polk county. of pure, soft water. and the remarkable sulphur spring about six miles this side of Black Springs, the latter a most popular resort for pienickers from both Black Springs and Mt. Ida.
 On all the journey the traveller Is never without the enticing view of the mountains. which for miles seem to hug the road
 A story could be written of almost every mile of the way, and one day when the way Is made more pleasant, some one might we'll do it, and well done. it would be interesting to every lover of the outdoors, and would result in leading hundreds to see for them- selves.
 Just now for the comfort and well fare of all who would travel, there seems nothing so necessary, so fitting, so sanely economical, as that way be devised to give all roads even small amount of constant supervision and little attention to drainage. little repair of culverts and a few rocks thrown aside, There are no words too strong, nor strong enough, to express this need, this step that would save thousands of dollars that are yearly wasted in road work, and thousands in the cost Of transporting goods and in travel And, is it not strange. every man will say this is true, and knows it is true, and yet it Is not done? There is nothing more inefficient than the methods now common in the man. agement of the roads. And yet they are 'of interest to everybody, are used by almost everybody, and certainly every body. in one way or another, pays for the wastefulness practiced.
 And the greatest convention of workers for better roads ever held in the United States was at Hot Springs, Ark, last week.
 The outstanding points of sentiment at this gathering might be cataloged about as follows:
 First, more and better roads.
 Second, the most careful meas
 ures possible to invent and prac-
 tiee to get full value in actual roads
 for all moneys spent
 Third. thorough system of up-
 keep.
 Fourth, trunk lines to be built
 and controlled by the Federal gov-
 ernment, while the laterals are pro-
 vided by states and counties.
 Fifth. harmony among all work
 CTS for better roads.
 Good Roads As Religion was the subject of the address before the con- vention of Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. In brlefest form his talk. and it almost was sermon, was tended to prove that the truest sons of God were those who best served Gods people humanity. and that nothing was so important to humanity as that their lives be made better and more fall by being able to move around easily, to come in contact one with the other, community with community, thus to do away with ignorance, suspicion, ~Jealously and enmity, at the same time gaining in knowledge and goodwill and helpfulness. He called attention, too, that just now there was a class, the railroad men, who felt it their right to freeze and starve a people by block ading the movement of fuel and food, and that good roads were the greatest safeguards against such a calamity. The vice president spoke to more than five thousand people, and eloquently did he prove his case, that. indeed, the workers for good roads were doing service to humanity, and, in so doing, were true sons of God.