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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1913)
Semi-Week!y Bandon Recorder, May 13, 1913 Page 2 e ! No mat r what it is that lias become marred and unsightly from age and wear, there’s an Acme Quality paint, enamel, stain or varnish that will exactly fit the need We are agents in this vicinity for ACME QUALITY PAINTS AND FINISHES touch of brushful of varnish yonder—everyone can see a dozen or more such opportunities for brightening and beautifying the home. Perhaps it’s the outside of the house that needs protection from the ravages of the weather; perhaps it’s a chair, or dresser, the floor or wood work that has become worn and shabby, or perhaps it’s the family carriage, the farm wagon or the lawn swing that has ceased to be a source of pride. the most scientifically prepared, the most satis factory in appearance and wear, made in the largest paint and varnish plant in the world. Simply tell us what you want to do, ask for the proper Acme Quality goods for that purpose and you are sure to get the best that can be made. • I he Acme Quality Painting Guide Book tells what Acme Quality Paint, Enamel, Stain, Varnish or Finish to use, how much will be required and how it should be put on. It not only enables you to tell your painter or deco rator exactly what you want, but makes it easy for you to rennish the many surfaces about the home that do not require the skill of the expert—the jobs that a painter would not bother with. Ask us for a copy. IPs Free. BANDON DRUG COMPANY, Bandon, Oregon MOST PRACTICAL STUDY THE “AGGREGATE.” Local Deposits of Sand, Gravel and Rock Form Important Part of High way— Be Careful In Purchasing Ce mont—Machine Mixing Best. In n way II Is fi»rtiimite Hint tin United Suites tills been riitliet slow In the mutter ol runtlinilklng The roods can now tie built ut lusting material« such ns will withstand the wear of mo tor Irnttie, which is fnsi ruining K ii ro|>e's century old rondwnys Lusting rund mnterlsls me everywhere present in the form of send mid gravel from pits mid stream lirds mid crushed rock from stone quarries Combined with cement Into concrete tit«** form an In expensive and permanent road surface, which successfully resists the usually destructive aetlnii ol niitomobiles The first consideration In the build Illg of concrete roads Is a careful study of local <le|ioslls of sand, gravel and rock—known ns the "nggregats"- to see whether they are suitable for con Crete Sum) must tie elemi amt hard mid must grade uniformly In size ot grain from one fourth Inch down I lie siitne applies to gravel mid crushed rock. except that the largest particles commonly allowable are one and one fourth Inches In diameter If local ma terlals are usable a considerable sav lug w ill be effected, as only cement will need be freighted It is much faster and clieaper to mil the concrete with a machine than by ha ml liepeudlug on the grading of LOCAL NOTES the aggregate, the coucrete Ik usually plo pur I lulled one bug of cement to two cubic feet of sand anil four cubic feet of screened grin el or crushed rock, I or one of cement to two of sand and three of gravel or roek. During the Shoes shined at Hotel Gather by grading mid draining of tile road the Archie Jorgenst n. Ig tf "aggregate" ix liniUed mid piled .'it W an fill - Agate work. Stones convenient points The concrete Is mixed mushy wet. is ilejtoslteil to the cut Same Day received.—Sabro thickness of six Inches upon the firm Bras. old roadbed and is brought to grade and shape by menus of a templet III W. P McMillin and wile of Port • order to shod the water to the side land are in the city for a few days, drains the surface of the concrete Is given a rise 01 crown In the center of "doing the beach.” one one hundredth to one seventy tlftli Four neatly furnished house keep | the width of the roadway The surface ing rooms near school house for is finished with a wooden tloat and rent, Inquire of E. Lewin. wire broom, by which means there Is afforded perfect footing for horses. At F. A, Golden, County supervisor | Intervals of twenty five feet the road ix divided into sections by narrow con of schools, visaed the Parkersburg traction Joint« extending crosswise the sclio 1 a couple of days last week. road and entirely through the concrete F or S ale A Maxwell touring I The Joints are formed by means of n thin metal or wooden cross form or car in good running condition Price divider, to wldcli Is tied a single or S400 00 A. G. Erickson. A411 double thickness of tar paper, w ith the VV. D Marshall and little daugh paper face against tile last section of roadway After the surface of this sec ter go to Portland to visit and will tion Is flnlshisl mid while the concrete attend the Rose Festival before re- | for tlie adjoining section Is lielng plac ed the cord holding the paper to the' ■ turning. cross form Is cut. and the cross form F or S ale Thoroughbred Bar- 1 Ix removed The tnr paper adhere« to re.d Plvmoulh Rock eggs $1 50 per I the concrete mid stays In the Joint, which is reduced to the tlilcknexs of setting Apply N.J. Crain, Ban-I the pa|ier I don. 21 tf When the surface of the concrete has hardened enough to prevent pit ting It Is sprlnklisl with clean waler and Ix kept moist for several days l ikewise, ns soon ax possible, tile pave ment Is colored temporarlh with two Inches of sand or dirt from the side Smith X Baker, editors a tv I pro ' road to give farther aid In curing the concrete Trnllli Ix confined to tin* prieti is ol the Curiv County Lead earthen side roads until tin* concrete 1s er were Bandon visitors Sunday and nlxmt two week« dd In the menu Monday. This office acknowledges time slionklera of broken stone or grav a pleasant Jraternal call. el are built along tmth edges of the pavement These are made three feet Mrs. George Cox and daughter wide and «iittieleiitlv tlili k to Is* Arm Gilssie and Bert Linville left on the mid to make It mi easy matter at all times for wagon wheels to pass from Breakwater for Portland where they the »Ide road on to the pavement will visit for some time anti will take Result of Rad Roads. Tlierc ls nnotlier mitter flint m iki*« bui inml« n fm tur of io«« Timi •> le thè sale of ilio turni X fnrin tei rolli*« olir oli il rami Imp.'issnble fot Un motiflis Iti Ilio ivi- ha« flvf t welltli« of Its tisefn >e-s inipalred and 1« «*r tallii? worth :t:t I .1 i*or cent intrinsl etlllv less tirili t sh iild ls* werv (he nuli!» tiot so tnid limi ronda are s de terreni to «etile sent itine drtvlng mi nddltlonnl valile awm from furto intuì due t<> In rerising |*o|mlat1on Tliey net ns n re|ie|lvnt fXirer to drive thè Itoyrn and •.• ih « miti ileslrable cititeli« frwiu furiti 'Ife The Bruto. a comobu - ii num Mrs XV —.toh i. If I sbollili die wonld .voli imtrry ncnlu? XX' l'eitmp». if thè trnp was set iliffereut.-Exchange 11 the Rose Carnival before they re turn home, I be public library at this place, which was founded a year ago by tin united efforts of a number of public spirited citizens, is proving I exerx day what this paper said at that tine and repeats today: The I Mvitl Point Public Library had a small I < «inning, but is bound to «row into .m institution that will in x i ats io come stand as a monument In the noble efforts put forth by those w ho had pait in establishing it Myrtle Point Enterprise. Patronize Recorder advertisers- ’twill save you money &