This does not mean that the road on the north side of the river between Bridgeport and Broadwater will be neglected, as it will be maintained by the county, but it does mean that the route on the south side would serve the greatest number of people at this time. The state and federal aid is for roads most needed. The commissioners are pledged to a good roads program, and each district will receive attention as rapidly as possible. It has been hard to find labor to do road improving, and the county board has had to do the best it could. All roads in the county will receive attention.

The road from Denver, Sidney and Halton connects with this state and federal aid road a few miles southeast of Bridgeport. This highway over the divide roughlv parallels the old" Sidney-Black Hills trail."

Bridgeport-Broadwater Road Quite a lot of trouble was had in getting

the route from Bridgeport to Broadwater, south of the river, laid out for work. A road close to the river was wanted, instead of through the hills and this became accomplished by donating of the right of way by land owners along the route. A. W, Atkins donated over a mile and a half of the right of way through his ranch, and other land owners signed up so as to make certain the best road.

This road will require a little more work at the beginning than the road through the hills. Twice or three times as much tonnage can be hauled in one load and the cost of hauling thereby materially reduced. It will run through the irrigated section enabling travelers to see the better lands.