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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION
Automobiles and Good Roads
A Departm ent Designed to Help Farm ers W ith Progressive Road Ideas.
highways correctly prop-1t
T O construct
er excavation should first be made
and the subbase thoroughly well
Farmer Must Be Own Garage Man
We Make Large
Loans Upon
Improved City
and Farm
Properties
rolled with a roller of at least ten tons
in weight. This should be done no mat
From Location of His Home, Country Owner of Machine Must
ter what kind of base material is used.
Attend to Duties Himself Which Promotes Economy
However, in the construction of a slag
and B etter Knowledge.
road, in order to obtain the very best
By DENNIS H. STOVALL.
results, it is necessary that the loose
And, as the farm er’s motor never lacks
S THE farmer must shelter and oil, it gives a long season of service
slag be spread on the subbase to _
proper depth and then thoroughly rolled __1 care for his own machine, and has with no repairs.
not the opportunity to run into a
from time to time as the work pro­
The same precaution must be followed
gresses.
garage for gasoline, lubricating oil or in providing a supply of innertubes,
During such procedure it is recom­ other supplies every time he gets ready patches, cement, cases and tire equip­
mended that the road be kept well wet for a drive, it is necessary for him to ment. There is also found a small ma
with water, if water is available, and be his own garage man. Such provision, chine shop or at least a bench with all
in finishing it is only necessary to put it must b< said, proves to be an item of needed tools for doing lighter repairs on
IN WASHINGTON
on top of the slag base abont two inches economy rather than undue expense. Al­ the machine. To accommodate all these
of slag screenings, which eontayi dust so, it necessarily leads to a closer con­ features, the farm garage is usually
AND OREGON
and slag particles as large as one fourth tact with the motor and all working built large enough both to shelter,the
of an inch, which, like all cement, is in­ parts of the car. This, in turn, brings car and allow ample space for the oil Making the Mortgage to secure
a greater degree of pleasure in its opera reservoir and tool kit. The gasoline a number of Notes or Bonds
ert in the dry state.
« tion.
tank is buried underground nearby, with of $100, $500 and $1,000 each.
Road Steadily Improves.
The farqier is obliged to get his gaso a pipe and pump connection inside the
The form of the bond and
This likewise should be thoroughly line by the barrel, so he has a storage building, convenient to the supply tank
mortgage
is, so far as possible,
wet and well rolled. In fact, the top tank near his garage, and in such
of the car.
identical with the small loan
should never be put on except with place as to be conveniently reached
Care of Auto Beal Pleasure.
plenty of water and thoroughly rolled. Thus he never leaves home without a
On our own country place we have where the note and mortgage
This is necessary because of the natural plentiful supply of fuel. It is very, very learned that the closer we can keep to are assigned to the purchaser.
cementing qualities of slag, and in order seldom that a farm er’s car is stalled by our machine in the matter of its opera­
We have at present several
to get it properly bound this material the wayside for lack of gasoline. He tion and care, the more positive is the very attractive issues of such
must be rolled to eliminate as many likewise keeps a plentiful supply of lub­ enjoyment we derive from its use. Even
>onds, maturing from 1 to 10
voids as possible.
ricating oil and grease on hand. So his though we are obliged to move to town, years, netting 7 per cent. Let
A slag road built under these specifi­ motor never lacks for lubricant, and all we should continue to do our own work, us tell you about them.
cations, instead of deteriorating, as is working parts remain in perfect tune.
simply because we have grown into the
Jacob Furth
John Davis
Gasoline Bought in Quantity.
too often the case with most other road
habit, and not because of any griev
F. K. Struve
J. e . Patrick
Buying gasoline in quantity work3 a ance against the garage man, for the
metals, will gradually improve until
V. D. Millor
the entire roadbed becomes a solid considerable saving within a year. Oil, latter, after all, in time of need, is truly
mass, thereby giving practically a con­ even o f the best, can be purchased at as much the farm er’s friend as of any
a much lower price when secured in owner of an automobile. But we have
crete road.
It is sad indeed to watch road forces barrel or half barrel lots. So the method learned by experience that to care for
at work, not only along country high­ that is adapted as a necessity becomes our own machine adds at least 100 per
ways, but more es[>ecially in the cities, the very best that could be devised. cent to the pleasure of operating it.
where there are macadamized roads,
INVESTMENT BROKERS
for the waste of time and material is ....................................................................
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807 Second Avenue
Seattle
something appalling.
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DAVIS & STRUVE
BOND CO
Some Good Advice
M IREDI
Slag Natural Cement.
By George F. Paul.
To Auto Owners
8treets are repaired merely by throw­
The shades of night were falling fast
When through a country village passed
ing loose slag or some other material
A youth, who bore through slush and
into the ruts and, instead of finishing
slop
O N ’T coast downhill.
the job by roiling and compacting the
A carpet sweeper and a mop.
Don’t go down a long steep
Kxcelaiort
material, making it more or less per­
grade faster than 15 miles an hour.
manent, the loose material is allowed
Being ready when the oppor­
The shades of night fell like a log.
Shut off your spark on descending
to remain, and vehicle* passing over
tunity comes is what counts for
They roused the cricket and the dog-
a grade, with your clutch engaged in
success. There is a big demand
it, instead of compacting the filling
He floundered through the ru st r
high, intermediate or low, according to
deep,
for BEIINKE-WALKER trained
will cause the parties to grind into
steepness, and use your foot brake only
And ns he stopped he swore a heap.
bookkeepers, stenographers and
dust, which will be carried off either
Excelsior I
when necessary. This not only cools
telegraphers.
by the wind or by rapidly moving au­
the motor but saves your brakes.
He lived but seven miles from town,
tomobiles, leaving the street in as bad
Eight hundred and forty one
Don’t be in a hurry on mountain
J u s t where the Hollow road slopes
different firms called on us for
condition as before it was repaired.
down,
grades and don’t be afraid to make a
help since August 1st. There is
Blag is the one material that not only
Yet when at last he reached the place
noise so that others may know you
no quicker, surer way to secure
Long whiskers covered all his t&ce.
is cheaper as a rule than alf othor road
are coming.
remunerative employment and
Excelsior!
bases, but it is available in large quan­
future success than to secure our
When rounding curves sound your
tities and at all times, regardless of
diploma.
No more he ventures in to town
horn.
To act the mud bespattered clown.
the weather. The rainy season has no
V
ou
cannot
make
a
sharp
curve
safe
H e’s sitting th ere; he w aits and w aits
effect od the shipment of slag, as is the
T ill mud driea on the pearly gates.
<$> ly if going over 15 miles an hour.
case in the rock quarries and grave pits,
Excelsior I
Make it a rule to take no curves at
and by reason of the fact that it is
at a speed of over 20 miles an hour.
usually loaded at points where a num • • • ixi- • -
BUSINESS COLLEGE
On mountain grades don’t put too
ber of railroads center cars are availa
I. M. Walker, Pres. Portland, Ore.
much trust on the outside bank, espe
ble when such is not the case at quar
A New Road Material.
cially if your car is a heavy one.
ries and gravel pits located exclusively
If you have to cool your radiator on
A new road material designed to
on one line.
stand hard usage from automobiles is a long hill and you- have the water to
do it with, make a good job of it. Let
Advantages Are Told.
being tried by a Swiss engineer, W. the radiator drain while you pour in
The advantages to be derived from Erlich, and is said to consist of a mix­ cold water until the motor is cool. If
the use of slag in building highways ture of broken stone about the size of a you have no water, a quart or two of
may be analyzed as follows:
hazelnut, but not limestone, with a bind­ fresh oil in the crank case will help
The New Rodent Exterminator
It is a natural cement rock.
out.
ing
material whose composition is not
It will cement together if properly
RATS AND SQUIRRELS
compressed by wetting and rolling.
GO IN A SINGLE NIGHT
divulged by the inventor. In the pres
Song
of
the
Lazy
Farmer.
It is, as a rule, vastly cheaper than ent process the stene is heated at first
If Your Dealer Does Not Have It,
My neighbor's got some formalin, to
any other road material.
Write Us.
It is available in large quantities and from 100 to 150 degrees C. and mixed soak bis oats and barley in; he says the
at all times, regardless of weather con at this temperature with the melted seed is full of smut, th a t’s been there
AMERICAN DISTRIBUTING CO.,
ditions.
composition. When in use the mass is since the crop was cut. Then when he
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Broadway Bldg., Portland, Oregon.
It is an impervious material.
remelted in order to put it on the road.
It is considerably lighter in weight A road roller heated to a rather high plants it in the field, the smut germs
grow and hurt the yield; instead of get U. S. and Foreign Patents
than stone or gravel, consequently a
great saving in freight is effected where point is passed over the surface, the ting lots of grain, he’d harvest heads
distances are equal.
roller weighing about six tons. Re of smut again. He says to kill these
Obtained.
ports state that a very good road suf- germs of his, he ’ll soak ’em up and Send Sketch and Description for Opinion
as to Patentability.
face can be obtained in this wav.
Inland Empire Crop Prospect*.
let 'em fizz; so all his grain is in a pile,
PETER HABERLIN,
On the basis of a canvass just com
and wetted down to soak awhile.
200 Victor Bldg., Washington, D. 0.
pleted by the International Harvester
To Sell Own Produce.
I ’ll let my neighbor toil and soak. I
Company on the prospective wheat and
A SNAP
At a meeting held by committees of
cereal crops, figures of which have been local fruit growers and groeerymen it think this thing is all a joke. I blieve A first class steam laundry. Fully equipped.
submitted to the Spokane Chamber of was decided to institute a farmers’ com­ in tater bugs and worms, but don’t go Laundry buildings snd residence; wagon:
Commerce, the increased yield this year mission house in Centralia, Wash., this much on these here germs. When neigh teams. E arning 1700 p er week. Splendid
in the Inland Empire will total between season. A good man will be placed in bor sows alfalfa seed, he doesn’t soak it, town. $4,000; easy term s.
PEOPLES REALTY CO..
eight and ten million bushels more than charge of the house, and another put no indeed; before he plants the crop he
14 N. 8th St.. Portland, Oregon.
the bumper crop of 1913. The added on the road. The farmers will deliver
income of the Inland Empire farmers all of their produce at the commission puts a lot of germs upon the roots. Now WOULD YOU LIKE AN INCOME OP
this year will be dose to <15,000,000, house, and what is not sold to local and I would like to have him tell, why tin t
»2,500 A YEAR?
and this amount will not be additional outside dealers will be put through the germs good on oats as well» This whole
If so. and you have »1,000 to invest in a
germ
business
sounds
so
queer,
that
I
crop altogether, but aleo returns from cannery, thus insuring no over-produc­
good, legitim ate business th at will stand the
higher prices, which are inevitable, save tion. At the meeting the grocers pledged don’t want ’e mover here; if he don’t strictest investigation, w rite to me
keep his germs to hum, I Hl set the dog
the report
JOHN SPRINGS. 312 Henry Bldg
to buy home-grown produce entirely.
on them, by gum I
312 Henry Bldg., Portland, Oregon
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