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About Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 188?-1910 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1909)
Least Rtsi tance. ' The New, Fle^mitty Fitted «nd Mpeedjr MteniuFr Ek IX A B ETJIÉ . Ihit steamer is new, it ttroagly built and fitted with the latNl unproven. Posing us u model PRACTICALLY SELF HEALING. Mudleaa and Noiseless, but They Im prove With Firm, but Use—Oil Makes In the opluluu of II. T. Snell, who tuts made a study of city and couutry road* in tweuty states in the lust y ear, mure good roads will be built ill lull sue during the next twelve moiitbs tbau iu any other state in the I nion. Mr. Buell investigated road conditions for the Stuudurd Oil company. The big trust la seeking u market for Its surplus of oli left after the more val uable products have been taken from it. The surplus oil is now sold ebletly for fuel. “The company expects to build a mile of good road near the State Agri cultural college at Manhattan, Kan.,” Mr. Snell said. “We expect to show by the experiment that an oiled road, whether built with earth or crushed rock, Is not only the most durable, but in the end is the most economical. “In every state there is uunually spent millions of dollars in building new roads. In few cases Is any con siderable sum spent on the roads to preserve them. Oiled roads are not only dustless, mudless and noiseless, but they are practically ‘self healing’ that Is, they improve with use. The dirt and oil roads give horses good footing, while the tires of the vehicles ‘iron out’ the hoof marks.” Experiments made on Kansas City boulevards and on roads In Jackson county, which were coated with oil, have been watched by men and or ganizations interested in good roads. The use of oil on boulevards find roads in Jackson county was among the ear Iler experiments In its use. Adopted for use to prevent dust, It was found that oil also is a preservative. In bit report to the hoard of park commis sioners on the use of oils on Kansas ! City boulevards, W. II. Dunn, superin I tendent of parks, said the results were “remarkable." The city paid an average of 77 Mt cent* a barrel of forty-two gallons for A PORTION OF THE CASCADE COURT. The Palace of Oriental Exhibits forms one of the twelve mammoth dis play buildings first completed by the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition its lines are in pleasing contrast to the Agricultural and Manufacturers buildings, with which they are grouped, and their position overlooks the beautiful formal gardens and water display of the Cascades and Geyser Basin. The exhibit placed within the walls of the Oriental building consti tutes one of the most gorgeous displays of Far Eastern art and manu factured articles ever shipped from the Orient, and is bewildering in beauty and extent. Not a country of Asia is without representation, and treasures of old and modern art, never before permitted to leave the lands in which they were created, will be seen for the first time in the land of the Occident. The matter of arrangement of the Oriental exhibit has been placed in the hands of the most competent and artistic men at command and its display will be worthy of the magnificent collection. About the Oriental building are gathered the great buildings housing the United States exhibit and the Alaska, Hawaiian and Philippine dis plays. O' ■ of the largest bandstands is within cluse distance, and from its doors the most noted musical organizations of the world will be heard dully. made an exceedingly heavy load for a strong draft team. A good carriage team required much urging to pull the carriage faster than a walk. After the grading was completed and the roadbed »as well formed where tills ueie required the entire road, one fourth mile in length and thirty feet wide, was plowed to a depth of about four and one- hi: f Inches and thoroughly pulverized with a harrow and disk. A disk, set straight, was run before the oil sprin- kling tank to open small furrows, and a harrow followed the oil sprinkling tank to thoroughly mix the soil and oil. Tire oiling was done the first days of O tober. The oil was not heated. The tank of 500 gullonn would cover about 8,800 square yards once. The harrow fol lowed each application When one gallon to each square yard had been applied the soil seemed nearly saturated to the depth of the plowing, four and one-half Incites. After harrowing the last time a l.euvy float was used to smooth the sur face. In a week the road was sufficiently tl.ni to allow rolling A twelve ton roller was used, going over the road several times until it seemed to be thoroughly firm. After a week the road was used by all kinds of traffic It was firm, but not hard. A sharp shod horse left the calk marks plainly outlined, but did not tear up the soil even when driven at a quick trot. One reason for building the road In the fall was to note the effect of freezing weather. The road was nut seriously af fected. It seemed that the coating of oiled soil kept the underlying soil suffi- i clently dry to prevent serious heaving by frost. DIRT ROAD AFTEll ONE OTT. TREATMENT AND METHOD OF Al-PI.YINO THE OIL. J* • First-c’ass Passenger Fare, Freight Rates. And tt lie iti-pt Jed For tils etiquette On your daily conduct He would lore the bet. But II' you wilt only l’oint to hint the way Plain and eh ir he cannot Greatly go astray. Roads Not Hard. Mr. Dickens ended the report by raying that the road is in good condi tion. Under his direction roads also were built near the Agricultural col lege lu black loam; at Maple Hill, iu j the Mill creek valley, in soil known as ! “gumbo;” at Garden City, in “as bad a stretch of road as can be found any- : where," being of sand, which absorbed the oil In places to a depth of sixteen inches, and the race track at Man battan. which was said to have been Improved so much that a widely known trainer of horses, C. B. Mi chael, terms it a “first class training track.” The cost of the roads varied from ! $525 to $1,300 a mile, Mr. Dickens re- I ported. The average cost of a road eighteen feet wide, three miles from j the railroad delivering the oil, is ■ placed by Mr. Dickens at $660. The oil used for roadmaking pur poses embodies a quantity of asphalt. The California oil Is liest for the pur pose. Texas oil ranks next, with Kan sas third. The eastern oils have a base largely paraffin. They must be j treated and asphalt added to make | them useful In roadmaking. With proper construction and the use of oil as a binder for dirt and mac adam roads the farmers virtually may have asphalt roads past their homes, declare advocates of tills method of road construction. Kansas City Star. the oil. An area equal to 1,010,560 square yards was oiled. The cost of oiling per Hquare yard was slightly more than 1 cent, representing the oil, labor and supplies. The oil subdued dlist. Had the same area been sprin kled with water to prevent dust the coat would have been 2.4 cents per square yard. Mr. Dunn estimated that the cost of sprinkling the area oiled last summer would have been 116,207.32. The expense of oiling this ares was $10,671.44. The direct saving in using oil was $5,538.88, or 34 per cent. The indirect benefit follow ed in a marked saving in the cost of maintaining the boulevards and the uniform excellence of their condition. Good roads naturally are a rural problem. In the cities no progress can be made unless the thoroughfares used for business and pleasure are paved •nd maintained in good condition. Country towns are concerned as much with good roads as are the farmers who use them. In country towns busi ness practically is at a standstill In GOOD ROADS IN SWEDEN. rainy seasons. Bad roads keep the farmers at home. If the farmer had a Every Landowner Muat Keep His Sec tion of Highways Improved. fit thoroughfare to the village he could do his trading on days when be could G. Zergkirst of Climax Springs, Mo., do no tasks In the fields, it Is far I who Is especially interested tn the more desirable that the farmer should ■ Kansas City Star's tight for good Visit h|s nearest town in the rainy ■ roads, says: "Perhaps it would be of season than at any other time, as the j Interest to know how the roads In commodities he has to sell command Sweden are maintained. There are the highest prices when rain keeps him three classes of roads there -highways, village roads Hiid private roads. The at home. The regents of the Kansas State Ag highways run between county seats, ricultural college were among the first and the grades are limited to 2Cj per of the governors of agricultural col cent. The village roads cannot be in leges in the United States to realize I excess of a 4 per cent grade. The cost the vital concern which good roads are of building Is divided among the land to farmers. Not only was there the owners according to acreage, whether feature of pour roads following rain, It Is government land or Is owned by but there was the every day feature i private citizens, except where one owu- of ruts, pools and poor roadbed gen 1 er has an extremely rostly road to ( build along his land In that case he erally. Thp college board of regents named gets due allowance in distance for the Albert Dickens to take charge of ex cost of construction. No village road perimental road work In Kansas. Mr. can be opened nntil It Is built to the Dickens selected one fourth of a tulle proper gfcide "As to maintenance, every landown- of road west of the reformatory nt c- must keep bls ¡jeotion of the road Hutchinson to use In the first experi properly Improved. If he does not a ment. He rejtorted u|s>n the teat as government Inspector orders the Im- follows: 1 provement at public expense, and If The »«Il was a fair sample of the sandy lo*ri of the Arkansan »•»llcv M th.' (toe the landowner fills to pay the coat the •f Its selection no rain I id fallen for ten government takes a sufficient amount days The sand was seve il .. tr < r < f h. • 1'i rsonal pi ■ | i riy and sells It to constating of fifty bushels of gral i satisfy the judgment Road Improvement In Cuba. Bills For Better Roads. In the Iowa legislature two bills have been Introduced tn the interests 1 of better roads. One provides for the doubling of the county road tax levy, for the development of the most Im portant roads which radiate from the principal market town In each county. The other bill places a tax of $5 on all automobiles under thirty horse power and $10 on thirty horsepower and over, the proceeds to go Into the state good roads fund. Good Road's Great Value. A good road Is a convenience and a necessity, it helps both the buyer and seller of farm produce. It Is Invalua ble to farmer and merchant alike $7.50 - $3 on Up Freight - I’,. WALSTROM, Agent, Bandon. Oregon. J. I ! Kruse, managing agent, 24 Califotma^Sl., San Fiancuto. .............. Being prim and proper. That the bo\ may see Isn't easy g,nn- . As you will agree. But It is a tittle Small for any one ' To Inform the youngster How it should tie done. .. ............................. — j Norton’s Book Store New Location, New Goods, New Prices Just Her “How you getting Mft- tiel?” “She never would r ♦’ “No." “Gave her a pair of gloves once, and she told me to quit kidding her. Having moved my store to the building opposite Trowbridge’» store i now have on hand a full line of ? Books, Stationery, Cigars, Tobacco, Etc ’ he largest assortn ont of POST CARDS ever brought to Bandon. Price» always right. Frank Anyway. "What would on do if found $100?" "Look for owner.” “To give it to him and receive a reward?" “Every man must maintain Ills own roads In that country under govern ment supervision. line provision of the government law In Sweden also Is that the driver is not allowed to ride up the hills on a loaded wagon if it Is neces sary to use a whip on his horse.” One of tile beneficial results of the American occupation of Cuba has been the establishment of an adequate sys tem of roads and the beginning of construction. These roads are built primarily for the marketing of crops, but they are used extensively by au tomobiles as well. They are made uni formly thirty-four feet wide, with six teen feet of macadam In the center. The surface finishing is placed on a foundation of ten inches of broken rock, and they have no grades greater than 6 per cent. Bridges are of steel, culverts of concrete. Ditches are dug in the low places, and the roadway Is generally elevated above the level of the contiguous land. The main road is complete from Havana to San Cris tobal and from Dinar del Rio to Es peranza, besides numerous short branches. .4 will gff. a tegulai 8 day cnae, lor passengers and freight, between the Coquille over. Oregon, Isn't easy sl.<t.!lng Nor ex utlj [»lay. But it i -q’t \ - ( Straining, you’ll allow. Or fatigue Inducing If you tell him how. Oiled Highway* Are Not Only Duetleia, "No; to dodge.” Enforced. “He seems to lie a level headed fel low." “Still, he never looks nt the over his left shoulder." "Superstitious uh that?” "He Is blind In bls left eye. For Safety. “What Is your business? "I am a book agent.” “What do you consider the most nec essary qualifications in that business? “To know- how to hypnotize dogs." Results to Show. “Yea look as though you were all In.” “I was in a collision this morning. “With a street car?” “No; with my wife’s disposition. Found a Way. "Had your maid long?” "Dear me, yes. A year.” “How can. you keep a girl so long that?" “Because alie is no good Gallier For Others. “Do you believe in punishment?” “Sometimes.” “For instance?" "When 1 am sure lam not going be found out.” Rales $t.c\> to $2.oa per day. Modern Millinery. “What is all of this flurry about?” "I can’t find the waste paper bas ket.” “Probably one of the girls is wear ing it." week or month. Special Vates by Sample Room in ¡ConneGtior Bandon Wrought tha Change. “What ails old Jabbs?” "Just a trifle eccentric.” "They used to say be was crazy.“ "He Inherited money |ince then.“ The Opera HAILSTONES. HAS A SELECT STOCK OF The Part Electricity la Said to Play Wines. Liquors & Cigars In Their Formation. BANK OF BANDON IIIMIOX OHKMON Capital. »25.000 The formation of hail through elec trical action, according to the theory of scientists attached to the weather bu Steani Iteeron Draught reau at Washington, is an interesting and even wonderful process. The wind draws put a cloud Into a COURTEOUS TRETMENT tong, narrow strip, in that form, ow ing to the great amount of surface ex posed to the air, the cloud evaporates rapidly, and the rapid evaporation pro duces Intense cold. Dry particles of OREGON enow are then formed, and these, by BANDON friction with the water drops, quickly become charged with negative elec FURNISHED ROOMS tricity. But the water drops them selves carry positive electricity, and, AT since negative attracts positive, a film of water* is formed upon each snow particle and Is Instantly frozen into a layer of Ice. At this thickness its outer surface re MRS SARAH COSTELLO mains moist, the water not freezing there so rapidly, whereupon the elec Nice clean room« 25 and 50c i hU’lit; $1.25 a week ; $5 nmonih trical charge changes from negative to positive, and the particle Is repellisi by BANDON ----- OREGON the water drops and driven to the outer parts of the cloud. Here the increased cold covers It wlth-auow again, and I'or the best friction charges it anew with negative electricity. Repulsion Is now once more changed for attraction, and the particles rush back Into the cloud, re ceiving upon their surfaces another , CALL ON • film of water, which Is turned into sec- ‘ ond ice layers. Thus the grotsing hailstone darts zig zag through the clouds, piling up its I alternate layers of «now and ice until gravitation gains control and sends it. with a jingling crowd of its 'fellow.*, Copying and Enlarging a Spec «pinning to the ground.—Minneapolis Journal. • • GROSS BROS. The Pacific PHOTOGRAPHS GETTY ially,. All work guaranteed Ì BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J L. Kronenherg, Prcident. J. Denholm, President; I . J. Fahy, Cashier; I rank Mam, T. P. Manly. 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TTTTYT Method of Construction Valuable For Dirt and Macadam. Teach >-■ t. » Practice is ^o I. rd ’Stead of -n ex B. .n lu. | i:;> f Tell him that the only Way tu atruxale through la the way you tell (Um. Nut til-.- w-if* you Io