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The.:city. street ,crew.. ixas- .been_ .
w~ar~i~t~g.'this`-. week x~vith the little
-tractor cutting out ditches -on~ vat- .
iaus struts about 'the city.- Many
of the old ditches had never been
built tt~ drain - 'properly, leaving, .
vsrater~ ltol~s~ alI along''- the street. ~
Whveevr ran the grader just follow-
ed the contour of th~_Ian-cl_. and .cut ~ ~
just as deep •a dit~~ in__. the lo~~v . ~
places . as he did on the_~ highez' 1
ground. Naw the boys are cutting ~
the ditehe~ .through the -high places ~
to let the, water out. Later the dirt
dug out will either be smoothed -out ~
over the shoulder or picked, tip and i
hauled away. ~
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When they get clone they hope to }
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get -all road shoulders szxl~ut.,~,~ „~. ~ ~ i
sp ~ that riew mt7wing machine can +
keep.-the .grass and weeds cut away,
which___will. make. the town look as
if somea~ tared for its appearances,
flagged, bumpy -shoulders on eac~
side -a~' the travelled `r'oadway, with
weeds end grass growing from four
to six ~f~et. high, sure make our city
look like. billy .heck, as the feller
said. '
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