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and in more road dragging than ever before. Our local road association, 

 which you organized, has since extended the good work one mile further 

 and along what was before the worst stretch of road in the eight miles 

 between St. Clair and Union, the county seat. The total amount ex- 

 pended to date in continuing the work begun by you is $324.00. The 

 county highway engineer and county court pronounce it to be the most 

 road for the money expended in Franklin county. Flattering comments 

 are also made by others who knew this 'very worst stretch of road' 

 before, and who have seen it since. I for one, and I believe the entire 

 community, are convinced that the demonstration and methods are all 

 i-iglit and have given us practical and substantial results. ' ' 



Road at Marshfield after demonstration but before completion. The water hole at side 

 was afterwards drained from the right of way, and the road surface finished and 

 smoothed. 



Under date of December 1, A. E. Campbell, mayor of Richland, 

 wrote as follows: "I give it as ray opinion that the road demonstration 

 and the interest you have taken in our community has benefited us. "We 

 have done some street work, not a great deal, and have about $4,000 to 

 spend on our streets in the spring. I hear more good roads talk than 

 ever before and I thin]?: most of it is due to the demonstration you gave, 

 and I am sure your line of work has helped us in this section. IVEy obser- 

 vation is that the road overseers have done more effective work this sea- 

 son than ever before and a great many of them quote the State Highway 

 Engineer. The improvement in drainage is especially noticeable." 



In answer to an inquiry, Mr. Blickensderfer, county highway engi- 

 neer at Lebanon, answered on November 21, as follows : ' ' The sample 



