Evening star., 1922-08-04
Linking Up the Roads.

! There was day. not very far back.
when vision in road building was
about as broad as a mans farm or a
community's interest. Pork barrel
methods and political pull. not yet q
| memory, were a big part OF the ac-
cepted order. Then 1t became possi-
BILE to see to the county limits and
stu! later 1t gradually was revealed
| that roads leading from one county
to another might be a convenience
| to a reasonable number Of travellers
Thus emerged tho idea of state sys-
| TENS,
! 1t has remained for recent months,
however. to bring into potential exist
ence vast system of national or in
! terstate roads that in q few years may
reasonably be expected to lie, like long
ribbons of white. across every section
Of the country and link up the states,
the cities and counties even more close
ly than they were Joined in the con-
| struction of railway lines The idea
| isn't a dream, but a thing of national
| statute, provided for in the federal
| highway act of last November and now
Grafton of the state highway depart
ments with the United States bureau
of public roads.
The system will comprise more than
IT'S 600 miles, per cent Of the entire
| public road mileage of the United
will be composed of interstate roads,
! the remainder to make up connecting
state systems. There is state and fed
eral money enough in hand or in sight
to start the actual work, and nearly
all the states now have submitted to
the national bureau plans for the Sec
tions Of road that will go into the in
terstate system. And the bureau is
seeing to it that the sections meet at
the state lines. No federal aid will be
q LII
not fit into the general scheme Of 4
| national or state system.
This Is vision in road building, bound
I ed only by the limits Of the country it.
self. It will mean results in the shape
Of roads that link up and lead some-
than a favored few.-Kansas City
Times.
It It might b. worse: Suppose the fly
| working hours.-Birmingham News.
We can't recall a single instance OF
an American who stayed At homo
being killed in Mexico.-Richmond
Item.
Lets go,'' was an excellent war
slogan. but it Is playing thunder with
home life in America.-St. Joseph
News-Press.
Having new glands put in may not
lengthen ones life, but 1t lengthens
the space one gets on the front page.
Hartford Times.
1t just happens that way. Of course.
but it's always the other mans
daughter who is a happer.-Nash.
vile Banner.
In Washington they're trying to
teach traffic cops to be polite. Next
they'll be trying to teach congress.
men and senators to be quiet.-Rock
Island Argus.
To go to London and back, first
claSs. costs about $500. or course.
you can stay at home and get 1t OF
a bootlegger Tor a little less.-Ana-
conda Standard.
Every farmer should have An auto
mobile to enable his family to get
away from home Sunday morning be-
fore two friends can motor in on
them!-Toledo Blade.
Japanese soldiers, we are informed,
have increased two inches in height
since meat was added to their diet.
Probably trying to stretch up to the
price.-New Orleans Item.
Theatrical papers reports from
London have it that the English ac-
tors are eking out q bare existence.
lover hers It IL the actresses who 20
/ In for r.that.--Dayton News.
~ 80 y 80