EFFICIENT DIRT "
ROAD IMPLEMENT
Construction and Methods ot
Using a Plank Drag,
WORKS BEST OH MOIST SOIL
Battar Results Actiisvsd by First
Crowning Roadway With a Blads
J Gradtr How to Opsrats tha Maehins
; 8uecossfully.
1 Doit to construct and dm one of the
most useful and h.-inJj devices for Im
proving earth roads Is described In tile
Breeder's Gaxette bj Professor L. W.
Chase of the Nebraska experiment sta
tatlon. who says:
The split log drag. or. as It Is com
Bonl; called, the King drag, is with-
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out doubt the best Implement for keep
tag roads In shape and In manj In
stances Is as efficient as any other Im
plement In the construction of earth'
roads.
The King drag can be constructed
f either a spilt log or a plank, but In
Nebraska the plank Is much easier to
obtain than the log; hence this brief
description pertains to the construction
from planks.
Select a good yellow pine, ash or oak
plank two Inches thick, twelve Inches
wide and fourteen feet long. Cut this
in two at an angle so that one edge
of each piece is seven feet six inches
long and the other edge Is six feet six
inches long. Spike to the back and
along the center of each of these
planks a two inch by six inch piece,
which re-enforces the plan. Bore the
holes for the cross stakes about twenty-six
inches apart and fonr inches
from each end with a two and one-halt
Inch anger, using care to keep the auger
perpendicular to the plank. The two
inch by four inch brace at the front
end should start from the middle of
the rear plank and drop to the bottom
part of the front plank. The blade,
which is generally made of stock cutter
steel. Bbould be given the proper cut
mg slope by placing a wedge shaped
atrip between it and the plank. One
end of the chain is fastened to a cross
(take, and the other passes through a
hole In the plank and Is held in posi
tion by means of a pin.
The use of the drag Is more satis
factory if the road has first been
crowned with a blade grader, but
whenever this Is not convenient and
the traffic is not too heavy the road
may be gradually brought to a crown
by means of the drag.
' The surface of the average country
road should be covered In one round
with the drag. One horse should be
driven on the Inside of the wheel
track and the other on the outside, the
drag being set by means of the chain
so that it Is running at an angle of
forty-five degreps with the wheel track
and working the earth toward the
center of the road. In the spring,
when the roads are more likely to be
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rutty and soft. It Is generally better to
go over the road twice and In some
places oftener.
The drag should be floored with
boards which are separated by open
paces of sufficient width so that the
dirt which falls over will rattle
through, and yet they should be close
enough so that the driver can move
about upon the drag quite freely.
' To insure the successful operation
of the drag It is necessary for the
driver to use careful Judgment. Some
times It Is essential that the blade be
held down so that the drag will cut
roots and weeds, while at other times
the front edge should not bear too
heavily upon the surface, as It will
dig out a soft place which would be
better If left undisturbed. This regu
lation of the cutting edge can be ac
complished by the driver moving back
and forth or to the right and left on
the drag.
If t:-.e rord Is to be crrni?a with
the drag it is often well to plow a
light furrow along the sides and work
this loosened dirt to the center. On
roads with heavy tniffle the drag
should le used much oftener and with
more care than on roads with light
ttrafllc.
! The distance from the drag at which
the team is hitched affects the cutting.
A long hitch permits the blade to cut
deeper than a short hitch; likewise a
heavy doubletree will cause the cut-
tins edge to fettle deeper than ltfht
one.
Thore ar very few periods of the
year when the use of the drag does
not benefit tbe road, but It does the
beat work when the aoll la moist and
yet not loo sticky. This Is frequently
within a balf day's time after a rain
When the earth Is In this state It
works the best, and the effects of work
lug It are fully aa bem-uVlnl as at any
other tltna. The Nebraska soils when
mixed with water and thoroughly
worked become remarkably tough and
Impervious to ruin, and If compacted
In this condltlou they ecoine extreme
ly bard. This action of the soil Id be
coming so hard and smooth not only
helps to shed the water during a rain,
but also greatly retards the formation
of dust.
So much has been writteo and said
pertaining to the great benefits from
the use of the road drag that many
people beginning the use of It become
discouraged Ivfore they are well start
ed. They should not feel thus, aa It
often takes a whole season for the
road to become pnierly puddled and
baked to withstand the rain and truf
fle. After a road has been worked with
a drag only a short time It Is not well
to expect It to stntid up to heavy traf
fic during a continued damp spell with
out being affected. Uowever, it will
take far heavier traffic than most eartb
roads receive to more than scuff tip
tbe surface. During the four years
that the writer has observed the road
shown in the Illustrations only once
has It ever become so soft that teams
were not hauling a ton and a half of
coal In each load over It Even in tbe
fall of 11X10 teams were delivering
5.500 pounds of coal at a load to the
university farm boiler bouse before
the roads became froien.
It is not well to consider tbe benefits
from a good road as solely coufined to
heavy traffic, for there is no doubt
that tbe time saved to light vehicles
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and tbe greater pleasure derived from
their use over good roads far sur
pass tbe economy in heavy hauling.
While driving over a well crowned,
smooth road the team does not have to
follow the usual rut. no slacking has
to be made for Irregularities in the
surface, and It matters not whether
one or two horses are being driven.
Calcium Chloride For Preventing Dust.
The Houston (Tex.) Post has tbe fol
lowing discussion of dust preventive:
Second in Importance only to the
construction of good roads themselves
Is tbe solution of tbe dust problem.
Automobile truffle has had a revolu
tionary effect upon road building and
has taxed the utmost energies of road
engineers throughout the world to
cope with the new conditions which
have arisen. The dust that is raised
by a rapidly moving machine Is disa
greeble and annoying not only to other
users of tbe highway as well as tbe
occupants of automobiles following in
the wake of the car ahead, but also
the residents along tbe road. Tbe only
real and permanent solution of the
problem is the construction of a binder
that will not yield to the effects of au
tomobile traffic. Oil and tar together
with various other preparations have
been tried out, and especially abroad,
with only fair success. In most cases
their application Is expensive and their
effects disagreeable. Tbe greatest sat
isfaction from all standpoints has
been obtained both in tbe United
States and abroad from the use of cal
cium chloride. It is the cheapest of all
layers, with the exception of water,
and in some cases Is much more eco
nomical than the latter when the cost
of dust prevention for the whole sea
son is taken Into consideration. One
of its greatest advantages is that it
Is clean and absolutely odorless. In
fact. It seems to have been demonstrat
ed that calcium chloride can be used
with profit on frequently traveled
highways.
Good Road Helpers.
Don't be Jealous of the automobile
owner, for if he doesn't happen to own
land in your township be is paying
taxes In some other place and thus
contributes his share toward the mak
ing of better roads, and in many in
stances he Is advancing money to aid
In road construction. If a road is
made better for an automobile It is
also made better for a buggy with a
load of eggs In the back end.
A Gotod Move.
It is a good Idea to have a clean
ditch at each side of the road before
winter. The other day a farmer plow
ed a good furrow out of each ditch
of the road alongside his farm, and he
pulled the dirt over the grade with a
road drag. It was a neat thing to do.
The dirt put on tbe grade was not
enough to make mud, but enough to
Dpen a clear track for the water into
sach ditch. .. i ; ,.,.
! Sale of Mattresses I
J We are offering you in new and second-hand, about
forty mattresses almost at your own price. Give us a call
and we will convince you our prices are right.
J City orders given prompt attention. We set up all
stoves and guarantee satisfaction.
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Dressmaking
Olive and Goldie Telfer
Ladies, we cut, fit and make stylish
garments
We use the only practical method of
cutting garments, everythingbeing done
by the actual inch measurement, on
the same principle as the tailor cuts for
gentlemenand perfect . fitting gar
ments may be cut for all kinds
and sizes of forms.
Dressmaking by the Day Opposite Presbyterian Church
City Meat Market
Horigan & Reihke, Props
Beef, Pork, Mutton, Wholesale and I
Retail
All Kinds of Sausage Nice and Fresh
Home Cured Bacon and
Lard. Fish and Poultry
in Season.
Butter and Eggs.
Finest Made, 5 lb.
Statement of Resources and Liabilities of
The First National Bank
. Of Prineville, Oregon .
At the cloa. of business Jun. 7, 1911
RESOURCES I.IA1IJMTIKI
Loann and Discounts 2M,SM M capital Stock, paid In (0,000 00
United States Bonds W.WI0 00 Surplus fund, earnd 6010 00
Bank r.rerolaM,eU: 12,540 12 Undivided profits, earned 27,724 M
Cah A Doe from banks 210fjl oi circulation 8,600 00
Deposits W."89
)1,424 19 .031,424 19
B. P. Allen. Pr.iid.nt T. M. Baldwin, Chl.r
Will WunweU.r, Vic.-Pr.iid.nt H. Baldwin, Am"! Casbiar
Get in the Journal Piano Contest
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HAND FURNITURE
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Dentist
Rooms 14 and IS Adanuoa Building.
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O. C. YOUNG
jCmmjftr
rrartlc. In all pntirta. HiwHal attanllnn to
walvr nsliu, litigation and vrlnituai dvl.ureft.
Dr. John lluback,
late Vetprlnary Nuritmtn I. Army,
hrtriniffiit oi tli ritilitlntw.
All HorMUftl Work i KonbU
Hamilton Stab).
PriMvUla, Or.
W. A. HELL
FRANK MFNLFFF
lawyers
The Dalits
OrKun
Ckmt. S. CJmm-l Jf. 9. SStiknmp
Of'CUMHTH
ffiolknap dc Gd wards
(County Pliyniclan.)
WaenrVe.
Crfmm
St. Cum.
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Frr.l A. Rice. C. K. 1, B. Ncrllle, Jr., K. M.
Cuuniir Surveyor. Di-iitty Co. Hurrpytir,
Hicc & Neville
, Civil Engineers.
tieneral Kniilnctirlni. 1'siNtvn.i.t, (laruus.
C, SSrink
Xawytr
Culm Ahiwuir PanvrrLT IXT oa Niuht
OrriOl ONK l)OOft HlltrTH or AUAMaON't
Ijautt HTuas. Hoilt tilth,, an rtia).
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Prinflll: . - Ortfm
Dr. J. Trcgelles Fox
M. R. 0. 8. Kng; and I,. H. A. London;
Llcencw Ort'iron Ktate Medical Hoard,
HpecialiM in Hurireryj llynlt'iif; Ali
mentary Canal; women and children's
dlfifaacfl.
Attendance at office. Main St.. I'rlne-
vi le, dally il to 8. lei, I'ioneer Ui7.
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Rooms 16-17 Adaauos Bldf. Calls mada
G. A. McFAKLANF
Lawyer
Practice In all courts and U, 8. Land
Office.
Redmond,
Oregon
Willard II. Wirtz
Attorncy-at-Law.
Ofllcu in M. It. IllKK"' ofllce.
I'llI.NKVII.I.IC, OlIKQON,
Huntington & Wilson
Attorneys
Of The Dallort, Ihiive oponcd ofllcca In
Portland, Oregon, Rooms 805-807
Lewis Building.
RiiHlnPRB aont to tti(?m from Crook County
throuiih thflrofflco In Th tlallci or direct
to their Furlland itddreHN will receive prompt
atututlon, Forlluud Phone, Muln 7080.
AbatrarU ot title to all l.ud sail
ki.a kiU la Unmk oouuljr.
I. F. Wilde, Seoaitry. MattUU, 0nM
F. II. Fremont
Anhllact and Dealg nwr.
I At. MMhiMta in btillilinieflri.iriii'tliin.lnl.rlur
arr.nsmviiu ami detHiratluu.
llMiil,uarlen al Urtiftin Huiol,
Prin.ville, . . . Oregon.
HAVE YOU
Filed your Deed? Of Course.
HAVE YOU
An Abstract?
Certainly everyone lias an alwlract now.
ovon Know where your corners nr..
Well, No, Not exactly,
Brewster Engineering Company,
I'rluvville, Oregon, will locate th.m lur
you ami gtinranln. the work. Survey
ing, riatilim. Irrliratlon K
D. H. PEOPLES
Gvil and Irrigation Engineer.
Irrigation. Subdivision, Land
Surveying, Mapping,
Estimating.
Office next door to Lyric Therter
Road Warrant CaSK
KftflriU'rmJ warranta up to nj
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umuj nuio acrrica
From 1'riiieville to Hinter li)r way of
O'Nt-ll, Heiliuotiii ant) Cline i'alla.
leaves l'rihoville at 13 o'clock. Tit-seta
on sale at tn oUtc. next Htxir to xt-
ollic. J. K. CHHirruN, prop.
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Nutlet l.r PuhllcstiM.
lHartmint it( tit. Interior,
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SuvvmUvr GtU, 1911.
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itl PrtiifviH, tiri-smi, tit, ou April r.'nd,
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lilt, fl fti'tilti ranat, lit r.l, W lllmiii.il. Mi,
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Hit, 1huI ttUiv. diHH-rltMit, Ulurn Warri'n
ttmwit, t'lititujr i li-rk al til. urm'e, .t rrlnnvlllv,
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i ihiiiii,i iiii), ma wiiurB.c jniin
Hun, pit. tin Ullm, A. Curl MuUtir, III, tint, I
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Nutlet of App4liitmnt o( AdmloUira
trU od to Cr4lloin.
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Iimsi l-rwii hf I im pftuiity rnurt irih
htstto of Omtmi, r OmiIi mutily, dulv n
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rttiulrttt lo prrxariit tl.ft Htnp, duty Vfrlflpil.
tu anlil linluUtrtlrlV tl Ih mw ortlrw of il.
K. H rln It, In I'rlni'vllte, Oriim. wlihln tlx
month fnnu IliUUf of ltt drl putillm
Hon of thU nulltw.
Itotnl kiiiI ubUhv4 fintt Hnw Orti.rr IJtb
lull. Ki th Kiutir,
Adnttnlilmtrtx nf Iho KUl uf Onu.lr K
Wrlgtit,il.-.vui'd, lti7l
If otic of Appintmnt tif AJmlolitrutor
and to Crc4ittra.
Ntittrv U horfhy nlvvti thnt the utitter
Hitrittt Imi Imiii, ly tit rmmly miurtoriho
Htui of t 'nftin. fur i'riBt ciuitty, duly (.
EMntxJ mtmliilMlrnlnr of tht rutnl oT HIIm
. Atlniii, dttv iwil niMt nil rf"tn Imvlnf
cUtuiB ittfulni th ttt am lirn-liv r
f,ultrl in iirt'rn thn tuititt. duly vtrifltt, to
utht tttliiihilliiiior. Ht flit Inw sfH' of M, V..
Hrliik. In I'rinr-vlllia. nstuii, within x
inuiiihi fntni thD Utttf of llio Mri puhlkuilloit
of IIiIn linllo,
I'sitril anil puttlUhrit flrat tlmi Oo1otr IJtli
inn. w. au
AdtnlnUlrnlor nf the etttnto of HiIhn K.
Atlanta. UtHi'nwil, iu-ti-7i
Notice of Appointment of AdmlnUtrator
and t Creditor.
Noltep ti hrn'hy glvr-n that the untti-r-larnrti
Iiuk m4i. hy tlmrountv oourt of tho
Hiaicnf Onwiut, fur nntk rHiunty, duly
IMitnit'U HdmlnUlmUtr of tlit n"inte ofollvo
tlftlng, titHt'UMKl, nod nil iwrMins Imvlttf
clutnm nanlnot kuhl cwtuie an InTt-hv n
qutrtMl lo iinotfitt Hit wiiu duly vorlflt'd, to
mi lit ftdinlulHirittor. al th law i (tv of M. K.
Hrtnk. In rrlni'vlilt, Ortun, wlllilit nix
month) from the ditto ,of the ft rat ul)lloatlolt
of I hi nolle,
ln hi I and puhllahrd first ttmit 0itolMr
lllU. I -'it UlM.IAM U hKI.
AdinlnlNtrAtor of tlte eaUite ofotlvo Itlini,
Notice of Appointment of AJminlatrttor
and to Creditors.
Notlra U hrrvliy tflvcn that the under
nltnid htm lMi-n, hy I he muniywiurt of I ha
htutetof Onvoiii fori'rook county, dulyat-
K)lnU'd adiiilnlHtrHtor of the nttaic of lwla
('alllMlor, diHHHMd, and all pcniotm havlne
nlHlma iMrnliixt tnhl ittUtt urn htr'tiy r
f.ttlrfd lo pnMrit thn humi, duly vorifli'd.lo
mild adtnlnlMtrrlor, nt thn Inw olllw of M. K.
Itrlnk, tn 1'rtiiMvlllu, Urt'Kon, within Mix
monthi from tliu date of the drat publication
of Lh In notlt.
Imtvdaiid puhllHhfd flmt time (VtuN-r l-'lh,
1011. (.KoKOK W. MtX'A IiltlHTKKi
AlmlnlNtnitor of t ho rn tutor of Ivewl Me.
CallUter. dwwaHcd. H12-71
Notlct of Admiauitratrii'i Salt of Laad.
Notloa tn herchy given by the undoralifnfd,
tho ndtulnlmrHirlx of the cmnie olJolinir
Knatiiit, d(taHiMl, that punmant to an ordtir of
the county court of thu Htate of t)r'Kon for
Crook county, innduon tho 6th day of Novi'm
bor, Mill, fthe will at thu front door of the
county eourihotiHO tu I'rlncvlllc, OrcK'". on
tho ui fi day of Uwccmhwr, lull, alio o'clock In
the forimiron, mil ui puhltt! unlo to the liiHlicut
hlddur, anbjuct to confirmation hy Maid county
court, all thu rlKht, title and Intorenl thu John
II. k'miui had al thu time, of hi dunth In thu
following diwrihcd rtuil entitle, to-wlt: toti
one, two ami throe In Mock eight lu the flrat
addition to Prliicvlllu, orcKon.
'IVrinn uf HHlu,caHti upon coullrmatlnn.
Dated thliUlh day of Novciuhur, ml
Mahoakkt Kramn.
AdmlnlHtratrlx of out a to of John H, Huama, do
ccniud.
Give us your order for
CORDWOOD
Juniper or Pine, v large or
small quantities.
' DILLON'S YARD
Opposite Post Office.