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MAINTAIN ROAD AFTER BUILT
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TO BUILD THAT
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IF OUR MANY PLANS Afl FOUND
IN OUR PLAN HOOKS DO NOT
MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. JUST
GIVE US A SKETCH OF WHAT
YOU WANT AND WE WILL DO
THE REST.
AIIHOM'TKLT FRKR PI-AJf HER
VICE WITH ALL THE HOMES WE
BUILD.
FRKR PLANM
Efficiency tnetboda should be inaug
urated In a home m well aa In bull
ness. t It Impossible to systematise
a house unlnaa the architect haa flret
made It poaalble by a particular and
wlie arrangements of rooma The mis
treaa of the home will not be able to
do her work easily unleae each article
In the kitchen la properly placed and
the living rooma and sleeping rooma
proparly aegregated. Our architect
ural department la at your enrvlce.
Free Plana furnlahed with every
home.
YOURS FOR SERVICE,
. TUM-A-LUM LUMBER jzr
n-AKB COMPANY MADRAS, GATEWAY
Successor to SHIPP A PERRY
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interesting assortment
W. H
Improper Method Have Placed Eco
nomical Typea In Dierepute,
8ays Colorado Expert.
Prof. E. B. House of the Colorado
Agricultural College la a finn believer
In the Importance of maintaining a
road after It la built He supplies the
following, taken from The Engineer
ing News-Record, and says of It "It la
ao true and blta the nail to squarely
that I quote It direct":
The tendency In road Improvement
la to select typea of roada which re
quire very little annual maintenance.
The general . feeling among . laymen.
et-me to be that when a road iurface
requires aoroe annnal maintenance to
kejep it In good shape. It la an expen
Ife type and ahould be avoided. Yet,
If the Intereat on Investment and the
repairs are taken Into consideration,
the cheaper wearing anrface may In
many case prove to be the more sat
isfactory and economical.
"It la not uncommoD to see roada of
good type constructed and then,
after they begin to ahow algna of wear,
to aee them neglected entirely or eome
method of repair or maintenance Im
posed which haa been found by long
practice to be defective. When we aee
mud holes In earth roada tilled with
riprap, crushed atone or cinders. It la
not the engineer's fault that an enor
mous price Is paid for the repair mate
rial; the road engineer knowa that
proper drainage, and repairing with
earth from the side of the road, are
the economical methods of mainte
nance. "Old gravel and macadam roads are
often repaired by filling ruts and ile
preaalons with Inferior material that
Is readily displaced by traffic or
ground to dust Bituminous surfaces
are often patched. If patched at all,
with loose stone or gravel, and In some
SEE HIM FOR
Kodaks and Supplies f
Splendid Type of Road, Well Taken
Care Of.
cases with concrete. In a number of
j streets and roads recently inspected,
I brick was used to patch concrete sur
faces, and concrete used to patch brick
surfaces,
"When careless methods of this kind
are applied to the maintenance of
public highways, the result Is that a
good type of road is made to appear
unsatisfactory and uneconomical, and
road Improvement is discouraged
particularly the cheaper types of Im
provement, which in most localities are
the best if properly maintained. It is
the utter neglect of maintenance and
the many Improper methods of repair
that have molded public sentiment
against types of roads requiring an
nual maintenance, and have led road
promoters and officials to disregard
many economical types."
IMPROVED ROADS IN QUEBEC
In Five Years Government Spent $15,.
774,369 for Development and
Improvement
The development of good reads In
Quebec Is a subject at present much
discussed front one end of the prov
ince to the other. In the five years
from 1911 to 1!10 the Quebec govern
ment spent $15,774,31$ for good roads.
The following figures show the num
ber of miles of roads systematically
maintained by the municipalities of
Quebec, with the aid of subsidies from
the government of the provinces: In
1907, 1,01)0 miles; in 1909, 2,000 miles;
In 1911, 8,500 miles; In 1913, 15,000
miles; In 1916, 18,000 miles. Since
1911 more than 1,214 miles of mac
adam and 497 miles of gravel roads
have been made in Quebec.
Benefits of Guud Roada.
Good roads bring automoblHsts.
They spend money. Good roads bring
trade and increase property values.
They attract homeseekerp and Industries.
Do Not Build Riads.
Lii'sp, appropriations and paper
plan fur highway develoi meat do not
build roads. j
-igjn o' "Good R a."
; -sides eeunns a re-echoes
T "Good llomU
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Government?
At this critical period In our history our manufacturers are
offering their mills and our young men are offering their nerricea
to tne United States government Would yon like to lo your
share and help, by putting your money where it will support the
new Federal Reserve Banking System, which the government
baa established to stand back of our commerce, Industry and
agriculture?
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dollar ao deposited goes directly into the new system, where It
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