Rocky Ford enterprise., June 02, 1911, Image 6

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HELPS FARM VALUES
iOOD ROADS INCREASE SELLING
VALUE OF RURAL PROP
ERTY.
LARGE AND SURE RETURNS
Improvement of Highways Is' Not
Matter of Expense, but an Invest
ment—With Good Roads the Farm
Will Produce Greater Revenue.
By HOWARD H. GROBS.
There is one very Important factor
that people are apt to overlook, and
that is, the Influence of good roads on
the value of farm property. There Is
no fact that Is better established or
of which there Is more abundant proof
than that a good hard road leading
from the farm to the market will In
crease the selling value of the farm far
more than the amount of taxes re
quired to be paid by the farmer to.
build the road. Hence when the mat
ter Is analysed, It will be found that
the building of good roads Is not a
matter of expense, but an Investment
that pays a larger and surer return
Two Mules Drawing One Bale of Cotton Over Bad Road at Jackson, Tenn.
This shows the conditions down In the cotton belt, where at times the
roads are almost Impassable. The team and driver are in harmony, with the
road Ought any one expect thrift In auch surroundings? The next cut shows
the same road a mile nearer town, after It has been Improved.
than anything else one can name.
A progressive farmer will expend
money on building good fences, tile his
land, erect wind mills, barns, sheds,
covers for his machinery, plant trees,
and do many things to*make his farm
more attractive, more useful and more
valuable. When a man has spent sev
eral hundred dollars on some of these
Improvements he figures his fsrm Is
worth more tbsn the amount extended
over what it was before. He is will
lag to expend money Inside of his
boundary fencss. but when asked to go
oat beyond this to the public highway
he Is apt to feel that the amount of
money spent Is an expense that yields
him no direct return. In fact. In no
community, so far as the writer can
ascertain, after a world wide study ex
tending over 20 years, was ths building
of hard roads begun without tho strong
sst opposition from those who were
really to receive the largest benefit
Dire predictions were made that the
property would be confiscated by the
taxation, that the building of the roads
would ruin ths tax payer But every
communlty that has had the expert
eoco of building hard roads, using
Two Horses Drawing Eleven Bales of Cotton Over Road Shown in Other
Picture. After Improvement.
This is m road splendid constructed bu It by a county bond Issue. Before tha
loads were built there was little or no sale for farms, afterwards they were In de
mand at an advance of from 20 to 50 per cent., all on account of the goou roads.
them and paying for them, has contin
ued to build more and more from year
to year They found that while It
called for the expenditure of money to
meet the bills that It lightened their
burdens in many other ways, that It
made life better worth living, that
there was more social life in the
community, the children were better
satisfied to stay upon the farm, and
they could go to market any day in the j
year they liked, and thus take silvan j
tage of the market Instead of the mar
ket taking* advantage of them
It la within the experience of mil
lions of farmers that they bad grain or
live stock on hand ready to sell the
price was right, but the roads were so
bad they could not reach the market
A few weeks later when the reads Im
proved, perhaps there was a drop in
the market.
The secretary of agriculture land i 1
there Is no higher authority ) says that j
good roads, usable every day In the
year, so the farmers can take advan
tage of market conditions, are worth
two or three cents on every bushel of
grain, and ten to thirty cents a hun
dred on cattle and hogs. Hence, with
gf 1 roads the farm will produce a
larger revenue. It is a more desirable
place to live and It Is worth more
money.
If one were to go out to buy a farm,
and when he alighted at the railway
station, was met by» the real estate
agent, who told him he had two farms
practically alike, one four miles east
on a good macadam road, and the oth
er four miles west, on a dirt road, the
chances are ten to one that the buyer
would prefer the farm upon the good
road and willingly pay more money to
get It. One of the first things the
owner would say If he cared to sell,
would be that he could go to town any
day In the year and haul a good load,
while a farmer eight miles west of him
at times would not be able to turn a
wheel.
One county In Kentucky spent over
$200,000 upon the highways. The rec
ord Is that former values nearly
doubled. The same Is true of Texas.
It Is also true of Indiana, and true
wherever good roads are built. Dis
tance la measured by the time It
takes to go from place to place. Ask
how far It la to a given point, and
you are told it is about five minutes’
walk, or to another Inquiry. “It takes
an hour by rail.” Distance Is mens
ured by the clock’s tick, and not by the
yard stick.
A hard-headed German fanner at
Sheboygan, in a very graphic and com
prehensive a ay. told of the \nlue of
good roads as It ap|>eared to him.
He said: “My farm Is ten miles
from market. If It was only five
miles from market It would be worth
sls an acre more. 1 cannot move my
farm in. but If we can build a good
road to my farm I ran come In the ten
miles with my produce easier than I
could come In five miles with had
roads Therefore to build a good toad
moves my farm in half way to town.”
The writer has traveled lu many
states and foreign couatrles and stud
ied the road problem. In every local
ity where good roads have been built
the peonle are enthusiastic; they say
they do not see how they aver could
have gotten along so many years with
out them, for they have better schools,
more social advantages, that the peo
ple live better, dress better, and the
people In town are strongly attracted to
rural life; that where there was an op
portunity to sell a farm once with the
bad roads, there were several oppurtu
nltles with the good ones
If any state or community will take
up the building of good roads upon th
right basis, and spread the payment*
over a series of years, they will find
It Is the best Investment they could
possibly make More than one half
the states now are assisting the town
ships to build good roads, by paying
anywhere from one third to three
fourths the cost. To aid road build
ing the sUte of New York Issued SSO.
000.000 of bonds, and will spend $5.00o!-
<►oo per year for ten years upon the
highways, assisting the counties and
the states In permanently Improving
the main thoroughfares This Is a step
in the right direction Scores of
states are doing the same thing In a
somewhat smaller way In some states
the counties are taking up the proposi
Mon. voting county bonds for this pur
pose. Wayne county. Mlchlcaa. last
fall voted a bond Issue c*r $2.005,0'J9. to
be-spent.upon the highways of Wayne
county. The state will also help, and
the result will be 250 to 300 miles of
first class highways, covering the
county with Detroit as a center. By
spreading the payment over 20 years It
is found the increase In taxation Is so
small as not to be noticeable. On an
average 80 acre farm it will be some
thing like $1.30 a year.
Roads well built are permanent,
given a moderate amount of attention
and expense for maintenance.
There Is no reason why the present
generation should carry the whole bur
den, and the future should be relieved
therefrom.
The plan of building a small piece of
road every year by an annual tax. and
extending the road a mile or two at a
time is unsatisfactory in results, the
cost is considerable more than it
should be, and It takes- a long to
get the roads. If 20 miles were built
at one time In a township, there would
be strong competition among contract
ors and the tax payers would find they
could get their roads from 10 to 25
per cent, less money, that they would
have better built roads and would have
them to use at once Instead of waiting
ten years or more to build them piece
meal. and have the first mile practi
cally worn out before the last one was
finished. Of course there would be
interest to pay on the bonds, but If the
use of the roads is not worth more to
the community than the interest on the
bonds, it would not pay to build the
roads. Money can be borrowed at four
or five per cent., and those in a posi
tion to form good Judgment, will say
that first class roads will pay for them
selves every five years, or In other
words, that their use is worth 20 per
cent, of the cost each year.
One sometimes hears a farmer, who
is opposed to the building of hard
roads, say that he con raise no more
grain or get a larger return fyom tho
farm by reason of having good roads.
Such a one will attempt to sustain his
position by stating only part of the
whole proposition. Of course It is true
hat the road has no Influence upon
the productivity of the farm along which
f passes, but it does not follow that
the net results are the same, whether
>.he roads are good or bad.
Only a few days ago the writer was
town in the corn belt of Illinois and
aw four horses hauling a load of corn
nto town. It was all the horses could
'o to handle the load, although the
country was comparatively level. The
uud In the road was nearly a foot
ieep. No fair minded man will say
• hat a crop can be marketed under
j-uch conditions as cheaply as when the
oads are good, and a single team can
tandle the same at twice the speed.
The value of the farm does not do
end alone upon what the soli will pro
duce, but upon Its accessablllty tc
narket. the environment and whether
i he farm is In every way desirable as
-i place to live. We spciid money for
•leasure and for comfort, and It is
ight that we should do so. Probab y
ts a rule too little Is spent for
his. Whenever good roads have been
>ullt. In any community, there hai
.*een a sharp advance In the price ol
and. because the farms are more a c
cesslble. The writer has In mind a
"ounty in northern Indiana, where
'bout ten years ago a system of 24
allies of hard roads were built, cover
ng the main highways of the town
-hip. About $85,000 were spent upon
he Improvements, the payment spread
over ten years. Within a year after
•he roads were built the farmers were
taking and getting sls to $25 an acre
more for tlielr farms than they could
iavo gotten before the roads were
'milt. In some eases the advance was
even more.. The increase in taxation
was hardly felt.
One «.t the prominent residents of
he township, in commenting ujH»n the
niprovement. said that the building of
!u* roads exerted a powerful influence
.ipon the lives of the |»eop!e of the
township—everybody began to slick
ip. a new picket fence replaced the old
tumble down board fence, the house
was painted, walks laid out. and an air
of thrift was apparent everywhere.
Also following the good roads, a town-,
ship high school was built, and ar
rangemtnts made to carry the children
to and from school. This was a great
relief to the Isolation the young
people were placed under before Hie
roads were built The new school be
came the social center an.l they found
In that township that the bul ding of a
system of roads was the best Invest
ment they had ever made, ami under
no circumstances could they be In
duced to go back to the old way. It
Is the same story everywhere; In erery
locality where any community ever be
gan to build good highways, and had
the experience of building, using and
paying ftr them, the community was
not only satisfied but kept on build
ing more and more roads.
In the last analysis It will be found
(hat the building of highways adds to
the value of the farm served by them
several times the cost, and this ln
rc ase In farm values is only one of
•e many advantages that grow- out of
plendid highways.
Good roxds will effect economies In
many ways; they will make life more
enjoyable; they mean better schools,
more social life and more profit; they
mean progress and civilization.
A Selfish Viewpoint.
Champ Clark, the Democratic leader,
was discussing, at a Washington ban
;ueL a measure of which he disap
proved.
This measure." he said. "Is a sign
of narrowness and selfishness It re
minds me of the scholar to whom his
teacher said on the first of F«kruar> :
“ ’Why was George Washington a
great man?'
" ‘Because.' said the scholar prompt
ly, we don't have no school on bis
birthday' **
The Passing of the Wife.
We have known for some time that
the wife would have to go. We have
held off as long as possible the in
evitable moment, but It might Just
as well be over at once.
The wife was a very desirable ar
ticle while she lasted. She mended
the hose and did the housework when
necessary and sat up patiently and
waited for hubby’s return. A useful
person certainly—one to love, to hon
or and obey.
Now the suffragette age is upon us
and the wife is rapidly becoming ex
tinct, says- Life.
In a few more years she will be ex
nlbited in museums.
Adieu, madam! We respect your
memory!
CRIMINAL NEGLECT
OF SKIN AND HAIR
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment do so
much for poor complexions, red,
rough hands, and dry, thin and fall
ing hair, and cost so little that It Is
almost criminal not to use them.
Think of the suffering entailed by
neglected skin troubles—mental be
cause of disfiguration—physical be
cause of pain. Think of the pleasure
of a clear skin, soft white hands and
good hair. These blessings are often
only n matter of a little thoughtful,
timely care, vis.:—warm baths with
Cutlcura 43oap, assisted when neces
sary by gentle anointings with Cuti
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book, an invaluable guide to skin and
h&lr health, will be mailed free, on
application to the Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp., Boston, Mass.
HADN'T MUCH BRAIN.
He—That fellow has got more
morey than brains.
She—That so?
He —Yes; I lent him a ten spot
this morning.
TO QUENCH A SUMMER THIRST.
Don’t pour a lot of ice water Into
you in order to quench the thirst for
the moment—not only docs It not pro
duce the desired result, but It Is bad
for you.
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all conditions of heat and thirst—
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drink a glass or a bottle of this one
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Truth About COCA-COLA”—you will
find It interesting.
Baseball Anecdote.
"Curious episode, this. Seems a
young fellow got excited at the ball
game and hugged the young lady next
to him. a perfect stranger. She had
him arrested, but he told tire judge
that any man might do the Name
thing, and his claim was upheld by
expert testimony.”
"What was the sequel?”
"Well, the sequel is rather interest
ing. The next day there were 5.000
girls at the ball game.”
A Prudent Program.
" I make It a rule never to lend any
body an umbrella." said Mr. Growch
er.
"Good Idea.” replied Mr. Grump
"If you keep lending an umbrella
about there's no telling when It may
drift into the hands of the original
owner."
Garfield Tea will regulate the liver, giv
ing freedom from *ick-headache and bilious
attacks. It oven-omen constipation.
A man ran lead any woman to talk,
but he can’t always make her say
what he wants to hear.
Mm Winslow a Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gum*. rnlurr. ittrfnmma
Mon. tallnys pain, cure* wind colic. She m buttle.
Anyway, there Is nothing monoto
nous about the weather.
A Drop of Blood
Or a little water from the human system when _
thoroughly tested by the chief chemist at Dr. ft
Pierce's Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. f tells the U J
story of impoverished blood—nervous exhaustion W.
or some kidney trouble. Such examinations ere r /\
made without cost and ie only a small part of the j*\ jT
work of the staff of physieiane and surgeons under IjAX 'UI
the direction of Dr. R. V. Pierce giving the best jffi SkV JW'|l
medical edvioe possible without eoet to those I I
who wish to write and make t full statement of • I
symptoms. An Imitation of natures method of
restoring waste of tissue and impoverishment of \ _ TIW
the blood and nervous force ia used when you
take an alterative and glycerio extract of roots, kfiJ
without the use of alcohol, such as
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
Which makes the stomach strong, promotes the flow of digestive juioee, re
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GOOD WORK WELL SUPPORTED
People Are Liberal in Their Contribu
tions to Young Men’s Christian
Associations.
This year Young Men’s Christian as
sociations are likely, it is said, to
break all records in amount of money
raised for new buildings. The success
at Philadelphia, when $1,030,000 w'as
secured in twelve days, has given stim
ulus both to Young Men’s and Young
Women’s associations. Added to it
was the $2,000,000 campaign for build
ings In foreign capitals. Brooklyn
women, with the aid of a few men.
have Just secured $415,000; Atlanta
men. $600,000; Reading, $217,000;
Elyria, Ohio, $127,000, where the com
mittee asked for but $100,000; Charles
ton. 3. C.. $150,000; Raleigh, N. C..
$75,000; Walla Walla, Wash., $48,000,
and Ishpemlng, Mich.. $22,600. Associ
ation leaders say three things help
them in getting these large sums:
Christian unity, a short and public ap
peal, and real results accomplished in
buildings already erected.
That Liberal Congress.
“Washington has asked for one
hundred additional policemen.”
"What about ft?”
“Congress wants to give them that
many new laws, Instead.”
If your skin is marred by pimples and
liver marks, take Garfield Tea. It will
regulate tho liver, cleanse the system and
purify the blood.
There’s nothing disappoints a wom
an more than not to be disappointed
when she experts to be.
Some men look upon laws as things
merely to be broken.
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Don’t Persecute t;
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Cut out cathartics and purgatives. They are
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