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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1912)
PAGB THR 11KNI nUM.KT.Nt KNI, WKDNKHIMY, JUNK IM, 11. s ! . t t J! I k , GOOD ROADS AND THE FARMER Why He Is flu Om Most in terested lnThlf Upkeep. THE 6Q0D WORK IN KANSAS, State Agricultural CotUga Advocates Holding Meeting to Dooal the Move ment Throughout tha Stata Outline of an Instructive Program, How many farmers kuovr that It costs thorn 23 coats a mile to haul a ton of farm produce to a market Jrcr the ordinary unimproved rondsT How many know that fop a few cents an aero a year less probably than tho raluc of the train they drop In ceding or hanllns they could pay tbclr shnrt oh the coat of a good road' now many surer think about tha wet faet of their children, who trudge through mud to sit all day damp and snuffling In a poorly Tcntllntcd schoolroom! 'it Is to alleTlnto thes conditions that the Kansas Agricultural college is JEfcsaKvtjNHfffllHM8PEsr9BVSr'Q SSsVSteSMBVSSBSdV -'VVbSSSSSSSSSSSSi KssfissftflRIEs ' jBBSSSSSSSSSh BBftlBBeBBrSVr " J' ifBSSSSSSSSl iSSBBBSS1 ir" ' fSBBBBBBBBM BBBHBsHtaT SBftL uBH asssEff".ij' iiiiiw m- c-j i RHODE ISLAND LEADS ALL STATES IN IMPROVED ROADS 'v, . ": .. .. Although ma omeueu, etna naa uone tha Beit Work. niiodo Island, the smnltcxt state In tho Union, with ntt arvn of only l,2fl ailttnro tullca. rank Qmt of nil the stmt's In Its iercvntnj of Improved rond. Coder the direction of 8wro- litry Wllsou n very fompreheimlrp sin llatlcnl InrcKtluutlou of tho mllniKP mikI cost of public road In the United BtntM hits recently teen completed by the otllre of public rumK United Slutcn dimrttuut of iivrlvulturo. Tula diwuiuout revcala tnttny tuterfxtliiR fact. 'Thus itppiirently. It is not be cause of her Hiimtl alto that Ithodc Is laud Is able to IhuiM of 4U.U per cent of Improved rood, for Delaware with an area of U.UVI tnjunre mlls has only 022 ,xr coiil of Improved rond. On the other Inttid. Mnssrichnsutts, with in ami of eUil," squnrv miles, has 4) per cent of her roads Improved, or very nearly tho tuimu (Mta-vntaxo as Rhode Island. Tha slw of tbo state therefor sems to h:ve llttl or no affect on the perceutuso of Improved roads. , Tha Investigations further atiow that thcra are a.lWUH5 ml.ea ut public roads In continental United State. Of this vast mlteace only lUO.-ITu, or &C0 per cent, art clnssed as Improved. Aa atatcd above. It hod o Island I cud with 40.14 per cent of Improved road, wbtlt Massachusetts la second with 40 per cent. Indiana follows with 30.7 per cent. Qhlo, Connecticut, New Jcr sey, Kentucky, Vermont and California follow In a descending order, the latter bavin IT.87 Pr cent of Improved roads. The states of Wisconsin, New York, Maryland, Utah, Tennessee, South Carolina. Malno and Michigan range in the order given from 1(1 to 10 per cent Alabama, Delft wore. Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Oregon bare between S and 10 per cent of their roads Improved. Of tho twenty-two states with less than B per csnt of improvod roads North Dakota stands at tbo bottom with only 0.123 per cent Secretary Wilson and Di rector Tage, who Is in cbargo of the efflce of pnbllc roads, are ever at work on tho problems which coufront the road builders throughout the land, aud especially tboo problem which are most frequently confronted by com munities in which road Improvement has mad but little progress. Milk CREAM EQOS Best Fresh 'Products. tf jt: Pilot Butte Dairy Jones cV Bates. Telephone Your Orders. We Deliver Twice Dally. WHAT TH TTAttHBTtS OT yORTZTKBX KKTT JUUCT .ACCOliriaSKXD BT tO-OPXJUT10& 'holding meetings and Inviting the granges and farmers associations to 'talk nt them. Tbo following program has been out lined: . iUtbodL (1) Iltiht and wrong grading kiws, looli, width of road. ate. (Z) Fair averaaro cost of grading perfectly ono mil of road. (2) Right and wrong methods of draining a road. (0 Dragging ben, bow. by whom, fair cost, etc. (J) Why not con tract both grading and dragging! IO Ad vantages of concrete or stona bridge and ' culvert, durability, ue of bom labor. ' ta ' Iawb and Policies. (1) Why not sparata i Oca of aaaor from that of road tru- tte and altct road trute on scora of (It ncaa to vupervU tha bulldlns of roada and katp tham buay at laait from March 1 to October? (2) Advantas of cUtilfytng roada Into county and township roadi. ta, accordbiK to law. (I) Why not build ach yaar m lw miles of pormannt earth roads Instead of "patching" all tha loadi, bulldlns" first tha roads with sreateat travel? (0 Heporu of funds available this year for township roada. Why not have a county road and bridge engineer! Studiaa Rat Migration. Health department oClclals of Seat tle. Waab.. bavo released twenty-five dyed rodents for purposes of Identlfi titlon. Each rat ban a price of 12 on its head, whether dead or alive. The purpose Is to trace tbe drift of tb ro dent population aa it goea from one section of tbo city to another. "At this time of tbe year rats leave tho wa ter front, where thoy stay during the winter months, and make (heir way to hill and resldonco portions of tbe city." said Health Commluloner Crlchton. 'This is ono of tho precautionary tuc.ia urea taken In connection with plugne. prevention work carried on by tbe dlf ferent cities 03 the Pacific coast i W. II. COULU 12. M. LAKA Central Oregon Brokerage Go. Agents for tho UNION MEAT COMPANY OP IOIlTLAND, OltK. Wo carry a complcto stock ot luitm, bacons, salt meats, lards and compounds with tho United Warehouse Co. at Dcnd. Prompt uttentlon to mall or phono orders. WholcMtlo only. Offica mi Salesrooms Bend, Oregon. -.-.s R ' If You Were Offered . . . 1 . . . 1 . . WeGoEverywhere 1m ( . . . 1 . 1. ! $1 t 00 Would You Take It? ::t :! i Would you llko to roml tho blKKcst nrul Iwat weekly fttrtn mtiKnzIno In tho Northvcat7 If to, ub:rlbo to THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD (RoKulnr price $1.00 n yenr.) Hy combining with THE BEND BULLETIN (Kcgulnr jirlco 1.60 nycnr) You Get Both Papers for $ 1 .50 By tnklnp; ndvantnifu of this icc!nl oftor you iwvu a dollar, nndKtit nil tho form and ntrriculturnl news of tho Pacific Const untl nil tho local ncwa of your district nnd of nil Central OrcKon. Send $1.50 to Tho Bond Bullolln tolny, nnd receive both pnporn for u year, ono hundred nnd four papom for $1.G0! That's lean than ono nnd n half cents each. , Samples of both papers sent to you or your friends on request. THE BEND BULLETIN : t t f f t f f ::: :i: !" ::: ? r I BEND. OREGON ------'---------- eeeee-e-eee eeeeeeee --- --e-e- eee-e n e e .-e'---e-a--e : t e :!) OH JOY! LOOK! The liulletln nnd the Pacific Home stead a yenr for only SI -50. If our wasona can't reach you send I your wash by express. I LOW PRICES, BETTER SFRVICE' Bend Steam Laundry.! Hut Your Duds In Our Suds" Big Celebration! CARPETS FOR ROADS. by An "Elastlo 8klna' Recommended English Expert. A lecture was recently dellrered by a member of the road board before tbe Itoyal Institution of London on "The Iload Past, Present and Future." The lecturer said tbe problem was to find tbe best mode by which a road should be constructed ao-that Its surface would uof bo broken by trade, so that tbe transit mlsbt be easier for both pas sencers and goods, a road which would form neither puddle boles nor exude tuud from vehicles and create no dust .when the weather was dry ' One thins was universally rrcoffnl f& that tbe road of tbe future should be a truly bound road in which, what ever kind of stone was uned, tbe stone should be held together so that it would form a crust. Tbe lecturer sug gested that what be called a carpet or an elastic skin should be adopted as the covering. Tbe carpet, be thought, should be made of bituminous material mixed with sand and placed on tbe roads In Tart cms thicknesses according to the nature of the traffic. It should go on n liquid form; solidifying quickly, but I (ways remaining resilient and com pressible and so integrating with the crust of the road that there coeld be po shifting of tbe surface below. The advantage of such a carpet, it was said, would be to permanently protect the crust, and Just as a carpet on the floor softens the stap so would this carpet for the roads silence 'the noiae and reduce tbe shock of reUsa Yehlct. It was admitted that tht original coat of a ,yaad .so, lata" woeM be saore than that of a rand bawl road, but spreading the coat over a series of years (t would probably not "b so great since the crust of tbe road taef -VoaJd not tare to be renewed. ' ;JULY SEPARATORS THE SHARPLESS TUBULAR THE BEST Separator made. Easy to clean, light to run, and It's the CLEANEST SKIMMER MADE. Wc have them In stock. COME AND SEE THEM. MOWERS AND HAY RAKES. THE CELEBRATED DEERING LINE. Light, strong and durable. For sale by TT. STORE OF QUALITY S. a CALDWELL, Mgr. Farmers' Day EXCURSION. ?The O.-W. R. &. N. . Willlsell ROUND TRIP tickets to Moro nnd return at greatly reduced rates account FARMERS' DAY at the STATE DRY FARMING EXPERIMENT SUB-STATION AT MORO, OREGON Tickets on sale June 28-20. Return limit June 20 or 80 3.45.'6. ') '? "1 BEND JULY 3. 4. 5. e; 1 V v7 4 FOUR DAYS AND NIGHTS OF WHOLESOME AMUSEMENT TP ngC9E IE Frank Miller Amusement Company, Inc. New In, Everything but tbe Name. A Well-Balanced Combination of the Best Available Features Adapted to the Profession of Tented Amusements. Sensational Free Attractions! Balloon Ascensions High Wire Bicycle Acts Parachute Jumpers Slide-for-life . Aerial Gymnasts High Divers Fori particulars apply to J. H. CORIETT. Af wit, , Oregdft. s "1 I to"! K ) f U " t V, 7 Seven Big Shows 7, . -. , j TAIIIOII) MUH1CAI' COMKDV. Frisco's Texas Tommy Duiirer Iia AiiKucltltln, HjianUli Dancer AKAYANA, T1IK HIIOW UtiAUTIFUb. Where the Btatuo Turns to I.lfc, Where the Woman Tunis to Htone. 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