Southern good roads . , and we want them in cutting a hill mrt tn lirint; it from a 15, 18 or 20 [ler cent down to a fi or 10 per(•cut, but to get them cut d iwn as low as possible. We have also had a campaign on hedge pulling. Thewiiter lliinks that hedges cost our state more than hogcholera. Hessian tiy, and everything else in the insectline, because they aie there every year to i-ause dam-age, aiiil \\liile the insect possibly will come only oncein ten yeais. We are also asking that hedges be cutto .) feet, if they are maintained at all. that they <lo notshut off our roads and keep the s
Southern good roads . , and we want them in cutting a hill mrt tn lirint; it from a 15, 18 or 20 [ler cent down to a fi or 10 per(•cut, but to get them cut d iwn as low as possible. We have also had a campaign on hedge pulling. Thewiiter lliinks that hedges cost our state more than hogcholera. Hessian tiy, and everything else in the insectline, because they aie there every year to i-ause dam-age, aiiil \\liile the insect possibly will come only oncein ten yeais. We are also asking that hedges be cutto .) feet, if they are maintained at all. that they <lo notshut off our roads and keep the siiii ami air from dry-ing them out. and forming snow ilrifts in the wintertime. We are askiiie- that all roads be made rm-ty feet they eaii be pioperly eradcl. and thai the r;iad )Vei-seers will I lok after the man who is iiiovinti in hisfeiiee and taking from tlii state that prupeily tn wliiehhe is not eiililled. .\ Ieat many an-ideiits are beingcaused l)\ heili^es nlisr 11 nil L eoiiiers, aiid eoriiers be-. HON. F. W. BIFFIMState Hifihway Commissioner of iiig obscured liy being loealiil ill cuts. We are askingthat all i-onieis ln roundeil, and not a small c irner betaken oil, but cut in thirty or forty feet, so we can getllie- round cornels and sa\e aeeidents. and head-on col-lisions. Till (|iiestioii of Iliiiiiuat iiig railroad crossings is onelliat our depart meiil has pushed very vigorously forthe past t \\(i and we are getting tlie railroadsto work with us, and now that the money market isbetter so thai they i-an sjiarc funds for putting in theseimpi-oveiiients. We anticipate that they will be stillmore anxious to eliminate these dangerous spots iniiir highways. AVe tried to gel ail amendment to mr Constitution,allowing lis the beiietit of a tax of Idc. (ui the $ road luiriioses, but as there were about sixteen oth-er amendments along with it. they all went down to-gether, as it was generally conceded they would. Wehope this year to hav
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