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just in the best condition, that the day you ought to drag comes on Sun- 

 day. I heard two funny things about Iowa men. One got out and 

 dragged the road on Sunday, and the other by moonlight. He was out 

 dragging by moonlight and his brother came along and he said: "You 

 blamed fellow, what are you doing?" "Why dragging the road; it is 

 none of your business; I have got to haul corn over this road this winter." 

 A drag will keep three miles of road in better condition than if it 

 wasn't dragged at all. Let this contract to a man, if possible, who lives 

 at the other end of the road to the town, and let it. if you can, to a pro- 



Number "2D." is a picture of the bridge at the foot of the clay hill shown in 

 '2*B." photograph. The hind wheels of the wagon are on the bridge and the fron 

 wheels are on the earth. Compare the bridge with the bridge shown in "5 D." where 

 also the hind wheels of the wagon are on the bridge and the front wheels on the earth. 

 These bridges are about one-fourth mile apart, only the one hill between them. 



gressive man, who takes pride in his work; a man who will try to do 

 the work as it should be done. You have got them all around here who 

 will do $1.10 worth of work for a dollar. You have got to have a fighting 

 organization. You know, there are so many men. when they see a good 

 thing, they want to organize — I don't mean putting water into stock — 

 they think they can get a President and Secretary and put that on paper, 

 and everything will be fixed. I know better. I know it takes men and 

 teams on the road. In organization there is strength; that is an old 



