426 ANNUAL EEPOETS OF DEP^VETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



sad commentary that when the work of a lifetime had seemed just 

 ready to open out into a field of great national import ]Mr. Page's 

 death came so suddenly and so unannounced. But his work is not 

 ended, and even now the results are meager as compared to the great 

 higliwaj^s which are beginning to take form so rapidly. It is a groat 

 movement and has national and enthusiastic public support. But 

 the work which he did is not forgotten or unappreciated by the road 

 builders of the country. 



