The Crittenden press., 1920-02-06
BY E. JEFFREY TRAVIS

The weekend brought a good many
citizens into town, 'cussn' and dis
cussin' the roads.
Bob Gibbs AYERS that the roads In
his community would bog a buzlard
Perce Brasher thinks IL dangerous u
undertake TO 20 anywhere, even Ia
Sunday school, except on foot or In a
flying machine: Tom Ed Walker says
travelling On his roads is not so ba
II 1t would not give you seasickness
so muddy. Charlie Hina says the
Salem road is in fairly good shape eN
cept there Is about eighteen inches O,
stuff on top that renders travel q
little laborious Uncle Dick Crurt
and jeff Clement, the most optimistic
of all callers and commentators. blame
mostly the unusually wet and freezing
weather that We have been having
rather than the county road engineer
and the oyerseers for our extremely
muddy roads at this particular time
jeff says II II gets so he cannot "a
on horseback he will walk. or "a
around. Uncle Dick Is feeling cocd al
over. Mr. RceS with his crow OF
helpers, are now surveying close tn
his place and he can imagine a good
road II the wolf never comes after
the sheep Uncle Dicks good road
spirit cannot be eQualed or outdont
by anybody unless II is Jack Baker
Jack says, run 'er thru any Of my
fields YOU want TO. | own both sides ID
Uncle Dick says, I'D like to save the
pond. but II it takes il, let 'er 40. In
fur ye'
hope all landowners along this
right-of way will be MS cntorpylsng
and puhlicspirited as those two men
and help Instead Of hindcring he coun
~ in this much.nccded improvement
The more trouble over rights OF way
the greater cost there will be- to the
county; the longer We will be- IN get
ting the road. and st'll the landowner
will get no more for his lands prob
ably net so much should he take {,
into the courts
II is proposed by some Of tho ci,l
zens of the Dycushurg community 70
have Mr.. Rces. while he is here. sur
vey the road from the Marion and
Princeton road to Dycusburg. and tho
project is being considered by those
IN authority hut W, viii not kroD IN
III the division commissioner comes
again
Back 20 tho mrd avain' Really
'N'nk there are a great many OF ua
who have mud on the brain" whei
we try to travel or think about work
Ing on the Crittcnden county roads
'"st now. 4 thousand times I'm my
life. yea, thousands Of times. have !
arrived at the point whore thought
| had bumped square up against tho
immovnble with no avenue around.
over nor under. but have been getting
Ny these fifty years. Il looks now that
the Crittenden county roads are pas,
all using What are we going 10 do
We all want TO know ! don't believe
the roads have been any worse m
these fifty years. stlll they tel us we
have spent more money for pows
and teams than ever before. that the
funds tor roads and hrldg has been
smashed into worse than ever. Well
what does & signify II signifies d
wasteful. spendthri't sort OF system
What do you say to having every abb
bodied citizen from eighteen to eighty
or any other age as TO that matter
become a road hard. and landowner
and teamstcr De required 10 WORK hls
team on the roads as many as six DAY
each year II necessary without p1y
for said teams or implements. This
viii gave the s5 OO0 90 To $1,000
spent on our dirt roads cach wear an 2
give Il TO MS 10 he used with s'atc
aid IN building some permanent roads
We under the present law. can
used under state supervision and wiz
Sl.00 worth Of work done for Gjc. Il