Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1921-05-27
AR GUMENT IN FAVOR
OF GOOD ROADS
May 20,
EOREVjOPD
MAY 90, 1872.

The committee carrying on the
publicity for this coed roads campaign
is meeting with some criticism for
signing themselves Your Committee
instead Of using their names, let us
say here and now the gentlemen com.
pcs ng this committee are not actuated
with any personal ego and do not antic,
ipate any glory from this movement
their whole object is to make Lincoln
County a better place to live and do
business. You will receive a pam
phlet thru the mails within the next
week, which will give the names of
those interested. The old adage "a
prophet is not without honor save in
his own country" might be truthfully
raraDhrased to read "a worker in the
cause Of good roads is not without ap-
preciation save in his own community
GOOD ROADS AND THE FARMER
One OF the principle arguments being
used by our friends in favor of this
bond issue is "the influx of tourists,
good roads will bring to our com
munity," If this were the only object
Of this campaign, he writer of this ar
ticle would be fighting the bond issue
with all his might.
The Pioneers who first came to
this wilderness, pushed forward on
such roads as they then had and then
on into the brush, one of their first
objects after getting settled was to
construct connecting link to the out
side world and each community did all
in their power to help this movement
with tha nhinnf in xy,a1xy ~ hat
more economical and more direct
means OF transportation for horse
drawn vehicles. The demand for good
roads in those days was no more in
sistant than it is today, but the advent
Of the motor vehicle with its econom-
ical fuel cost has so widened and
heightened our supply zone, that the
construction OF roads has cen taken
out Of the hands Of the individual land
owner and placed in the hands of the
more progressive policical bodies, the
County, State and Nation.
One Of the vital questions before the
Nation today is How to keep the
young people on the farms" the most
common answer given Is to provide
good roads that will reach into every
hearthstone," roads that will provide
happier circumstances for these young
people and stop rural decay these
young folks demand more from life
than a mere existance, they demand
constance touch with their fellow man
and community interests, good roads is
the only method by which this can
be attained. The energetic young man
Of today is not satisfied to start ou.
with one quarter Of a lead, wondering
whether he will be able to pull thru
or not, and the road that will let
motor vehicle run along smoothly will
also allow a horse drawn vehicle 20
take full load, in the shortest> pos
sible time, any profitable distance.
You cannot build a house by placing
the roof trusses first, you must have
the foundation and uprights to rest
them upon. So II Is with this good
road movement, we must first con-
struct the main highway or foundation
and then the market roads and lat
erals. The Good Roads movement is
not built On demand for means of
travel for mere pleasure seekers and
tourists, the demand Is for roads that
will carry increased tonnage, with
speed in movement at the lowest pos,
sible cost in fuel and energy. Last
year motor trucks hauled 1,2OO, ,00O, 900
tons OF freight, this Is just one half the
hauled by railroads, and re-
member they were not in competition
with the railroads, but hauled to what
were more or less isolated communi-
ties prior to the advent of Good Roads.
Mr.. Farmer there is only one way
you can bring comfort to your Home,
keep pour children on the Farm and
have horses that do not look over.
That Is by using he County
State and National credit in obtaining
capital with which to improve our
roads as fast as we can.
Publicity Committee.