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OCTOI1EB 8, 1010 POTATO GROWERS ARE RAPIDLY ADOPTING MOTORTRUCKS TO CARRY LOADS TO MARKET Standard Patterns Magazines and Books with Fall Fashions Here Call No. 351 (bR For youri Phone Orders PniNtviLLC. Oregon CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROAD CROOK COrNTT joitwal : 3R0A1D5 MssESsasaBsascmasBaaBSBsaaasa' i I Ft 1 V T-- VA'r?V V7f , I Tuber Being Unloaded From Refrigerator Car Into Motortruck. In regions where potato production ! specialized, motortrucks are being rapidly adopted for hauling even when the distance to the railroad siding Is elatively short. Two-ton trucks are popular for this purpose, and 100 bushels, or 6,000 pounds, are common ly taken at a trip. One business like potato grower whose farm is four miles from railroad states that he av erages five trips a day, hauling 100 bushels to a trip; that be uses the truck little except during a two tDonths' shipping season; that his haulage costs, allowing for Interest, repairs, storage, depreciating and driver's wages, averages about $225 trip, or 214 cents a bushel. He ptates that the haulage cost would be noticeably reduced if he used the truck over a greater period. Five Trips Per Day. He figures a ten-mile round trip, three tons being carried in gofog. It would be possible to make six trips a day. Instead of five, he says, were K not fur the Inevitable delays whld. occur at the station. Heavy shipping causes congestion, and new arrivals must wait their turn to unload U tru.k. Fruit Growers Favor Trucks, Fruit growers are another class among whom autotrucks are becomlnic common. The big fruit farm, hauling its own fruit to the railroad, uses horses in the fall out of all proportion to farm needs at other seasons Numerous large fruit farms formerly made no attempt to keep draft horse in the numbers required for fall haul ing and Instead let this work out on contract, at so much a box or bar ret The autotruck interests tnu class; during the long, idle periods it consumes no oats. The autotruck is also proving valuable to growers of perishable fruits, permitting them to ignore the express route uuj find a market in a hurry when required. A Want Ad Gets Results Fresh Fruits and Vegetables And Fresh Apple Cider, sold by the glass, quart or gallon. Stand in Horrigan's Meat Market Building. J. L. MINER & SONS Phone Red 21 PRINEVILLE, OREGON iflt tiii'v nr "i i' an i? im ir art am im vMin ft swt E'tnn itt THE OCHOCO MARKET Is now ready to supply your needs ALL KINDS OF FRESH AND CURED MEATS I Fruits, Vegetables and Produce Bostwick & Cox PRINEVILLE, OREGON Concrete Highway it Composed of Mixture of Sand, Stone, Portland Cement and Water. Tlie concrete mud la composed of a onvfully proportioned mixture of clean, hHrd, well-grailed sand, peb bles or broken stone. Hirtlnnd cement and water. This mixture Is laid uimhi the subgrHtle to u depth of 7 Inches or more for the entire width of the road, and soon hardens Into a muss as hard as rock. The materials are bomled together by the cement so linn- ' ly thut it Is Impossible for trattlc to liMisen or separate the particles. For i this reason no expensive mnlntemince Is required. The foundation or siibgrnde is com pucted where the concrete Is to be laid and the rondbed is drained so that no water will remain under the slab, writes A. L. Pettlbone in Dakota Fanner. I'pon the foundntlon con crete Is laid In one or two courses. A one-course concrete road consists of a relatively rich concrete mixture throughout. A two-course rond con sists of a somewhat leaner mixture for a base with a richer top or wearing course, applied before the concrete In the base has begun to harden. Fre quently re-enforcement In the form of wire fabric or steel rods Is embedded In the concrete. This assists to pre vent cracks in the slab and aids In keeping cracks which may form from opening to any appreciable extent. The high wearing quality of the con crete road results from using properly graded, clean, hard sand and pebbles or crushed rock. These must be com bined with Portland cement In cr.re fully measured proportions, mixed with a power-operated batch mixer to pro duce a stiff plastic consistency, then placed upon the foundation and struck off with a template or strike board, so slmped thnt the surface of the pave ment will have the desired crown. Af ter rollinn with a light metal rolk-r to compact the concrete and remove excess water used in mixing, the con crete Is finished by seesuwlng a sec tion of rubber or canvas belting along frZ An Improved Highway In West. the pavement, leaving a true, even, gritty, dense surface. When sullicient ly hardened to prevent pitting or n,arking. the surface Is sprinkled with water, then covered with 2 Indies or more of moist sand or earth, which Is kept wet by sprinkling for from ten days to two weeks to prevent the con crete from drying out Km rapidly. Un der no circumstances should a con crete road be put in use until It is 14 days old and in cool weather a longer time U necessary. This is a brief sum mary of the essentials of the construc tion of a concrete road. GOOD ROADS ARE PROFITABLE Authorities Should Act to Meet Grow ing Demands Before Trade Goes Other Ways, Good roads are a paying Investment. Local authorities in cities, towns and counties should act without delay to meet the growing national and local demands before trade goes In other directions. It is almost Impossible to get back the lost advantage after oth er districts have won It NOT AFFECTED BY WEATHER Heat or Cold, Freezing and Thawing Does Not Injure Concrete Once It Is Hardened. Concrete roads are not affected hv heat or cold nor by freezing or thaw ing when it Is once hardened. Other materials tracked upon concrete have no effect upon It. Heat does not soften the binder permitting it to flow ; cold aoes not make it brittle, causlnz it to chip. Proper Grade of Road, The grade of the road Is Imnortanr. for on this depends the weight of the load which can be hauled economi cally. , jCaciies Attention . Radiant with the Spirit of Newness you will find this slore the most attractive in Prineville. Efforts have been made as never before to present the new here firsl. In all its glory, in all its beauty, in all its richness! A visit to this slore will convince you that this sltore displays the sort of HATS, SUITS, COATS, DRESSES, SKIRTS, and WAISTS you will enjoy wearing. MEN! We are featur ing Fall and Win ter, Suits at very attractive prices - $27.50 to $50 Our Immense Showing of New Dress Goods Will Surely Interest You Make your selection now 5i HATS! For Men and Boys $4.50-$10 Smart styles in approved color tones Ladies' Hats Made to order. If you cannot find a hat in our large assortment to suit you,"ee our trimmer. We again urge you to make our store your headquarters during FairJ Week Chinese College Girls. The most plcturescpie school In Nan king Is Olnllng college, a recently opened Institution, operated by five boards, presided over by a faculty of eight and Including 18 girls. As this Is only the second year of operation, 18 is a goodly number. Ist year there were hardly enough girls to go around. The college is honsed for the present In a charming old "gung gwan" or official residence belonging to the estate of Li Hung Chang, and once occupied by one of his relatives. For Chinese women to come Into such an Inheritance, even by renting It, is enough to make anyone enthusiastic. Only two years ' of college work are done at present, but a year's work Is being added over autumn, so thnt It will soon tax the eight teachers to keep the class work up to the high standard that has been decided upon. Christian Herald. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Improvement in Texas. Texas this year will snend total of $76,216,000 on Improved highways, ac cording to figures compiled by the state highway department Building Roads Is Important. The bulldins of good roads Is of the greatest importance to a community. Rigorous Mourning. "Germany's week of mourning over the harshness of our peace terms was rigorously observed nit," said Major Frederick Palmer, the famous war eor respondent "There's a story about the week of mourning from Berlin. A Berllnese assistant theater manager said to the manager: " Ts our burlesque going to observe the week of mourning, bossr " 'Rigorously, sir, rigorously the boss replied. '"Close down Is thnt the Idea?' said the assistant. "'Close down nothing!' said the boss. 'We'll put nil the chorus girls In black silk stockii; " The suger shortage In Pendleton is becoming more acute. The average age of Oregon men kill ed France was 23 years. Portland will celebrate armistice day, which falls on November 11. There is a great shortage of dwell ings and rooms In The Dalles this year. Public night schools opened Mon day In aix of Portland's school build ings. Registration In The Dalles schools surpasses that of last year by 211 pupils. An army retail store has been open ed in Portland at Fourth and Pine streets. Prices at which cull apples are sel ing In Hood River are far above those of former years. Women workers In the Sheridan can nery in some instances are earning as high as V a day. Twenty-three elementary schools and six high schools of Lane county still lack teachers. A. E. Rowland, a well known busi neHS man of Corvallls, died suddenly of heart diseaHe, aged a. WK HAVK HOMK R A It ti A I N 8 In Aoiuenrun.ii IMPLKMKNT8 FARM WAUONH WIKK KKN'CK ETC. FOR CAM1I COLLINS W. Kl, KIN'S W. W. Johns, Oregon pioneer ot 1852, and for many years a resident of Salem, died following a stroke of paralysis. With the opening of the new pack ing plant Roseburg now has three big prune packing establishments in full operation. Judge Harry H. Belt of Polk county donned overalls and went to work la the orchards to help harvest the big prune crop. Julius H. Barnes, - United States wheat director and president of the United States grain corporation, will visit Portland October 9. With a large membership Illahe di vision of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railway Engineers, was started In Roseffurg. Reports received at the offices of , the Oregon public service commission Indicate that the car shortane sltim. Hon is becoming more acute. Shipping of sheep owned bv ranch. era in the Antelope and Maunin cmm. try from summer to winter range will De Btarted from Bend this week.