The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-08-26

AS the entente weaken other ALI
ances emerge in Europe as a new bal
lance of power. France, Belgium, Pc
land, Czecho-Slovakia Rumania ant
the Turkish Nationalist have treat
les. Germany and Russia have one
Britain and Italy are in accord ant
Britain is also backing Greece. Lett
see, says the Kansas City Star, was
MT it the object of the league of ma
lions to prevent these national group.
ings?
When a farmer OF a business mar
goes through a ear without making
any money and perhaps even closes
his books at the end of the year a
little worse off than he was a year
before, he naturally feels a little
agrieved. There is no reason, how
exer, for encouragement. If every
body made money every year, there
would be no such thing as want and
everybody would be rich. 1t isn't the
scheme of things that this should be
so. The individual is better off be-
cause he has to face times of advers-
ity and the nation is better off. Con-
tinuous prosperity would lead a ma
tion away from all that it good and
would eventually result in its down
fall, just as Rome fell years ago. A
hand mightier than the hand which
controls any great industry, controls
the destinies of men.
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FARMER-BUILT ROADS
In connection with the road build
ing programs which are being and
have been carried on throughout the
country at a cost which has much to
do with the present high taxes, to say
nothing of the fact that many of the
expensive roads fail utterly to stand
up under heavy traffic, the following
editorial on farmer-built roads from
the Garfield Enterprise is illumin-
ating and interesting:
"They are as good as any other kind
we have sampled; they are far cheap
er, and we want more of them. Take
an example of the farmer-bullt
road the surfaced road leading out OF
Garfield southwest, Familiarity known
as the southwest boulevard. After it
was graded it was surfaced with
gravel by having a road bee" Every
in the neighbOrhOOd cooper
ated and the thing was done we'll.
The road was built seven years ago, +,
and it still stands with practically no l
'epair since it vas built. /!
"The donated work of the farmers
the cost Of this surfacing to g
bout $500 a mile. This road is the 7
example of road building and :
We believe it is the cheapest built I
Dad in the state. Q
1--WE ought to have more Of this
ind of road building. The farmers !;
ught to see to it themselves. They "
ave to pay the bills for all the ex- n
ravagance, poor workmanship and =
that attend road building II
,day. W
"Here is another economy in road /.
that has just been called to y,
le public notice. A concrete bridge as
as to be built at Turnbow Flat. at
he county engineer estimated that "
Ter the usual metnod OF contract fe
instruction the thing would cost 5000 an
$1,000, County Commissioner Max
ell rallied the farmers of the neigh -
together and the bridge was ri,
lit for $500. op
There is a highway to be construc- OF
between Palouse and Pullman. ~
lere is some $4,000 laid aside at tn,
for its construction. This is ba'
t deemed sufficient by the state ~. ~
az department LOT the Srdulne VI IT. AM
!, believe that with the cooperation SCH
the farmers along the route, back pos
by the business men of the two =
the road could be graded and init
faced for that same sum. met
But we will wait for the road as wn!
- new
~ whe
we Will pay for it as we have rea.
n paying. The money for the T
lding OF the road is living Idle at to
mpia; it's our money, but we cant iro =
2 !" shot
We need to be delivered from the they
| program. We want more farm intel
sfIt roads" in