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Road Maintenance and Repair
OLMES B u sin ess C ollege|
H E R E is no phase of th e road Jectionable if a sm ooth su rface is
problem m ore im p o rta n t th a n to be secured.
th a t of m aintenance. T he gen-1 A sp lit-log d ra g o r som e sim ilar
• ra i im pression th a t th e re a re cer- device is very useful in m ain tain in g
ta in types of roads th a t are p e rm a -ith e su rfa ce a fte r su itab le ditches
n e n t is erroneous. No perm an en t and cross section have once been se-
road has ever been constructed, or cured T h is d rag can »also be used
ever w ill be, according to th e road to ad v a n ta g e on a gravel road as
specialists of th e d ep artm en t. T he well as on an e a rth road. T he prin-
only things ab o u t a road th a t m ay clple involved in d rag g in g is th a t
be considered p erm anent are th e clays and m ost heavy soils will
g rading, culverts and bridges. Roads puddle w hen w et and set very h ard
constru cted by th e m ost sk illfu l high- w hen dry. T he little atte n tio n th a t
w ay engineers will soon be destroyed the e a rth road needs m ust be given
y th e traffic, frost, rain at.d w ind pro m p tly and at th e p ro p er tim e if
unless they a re properly m aintained , the best re su lts a re to be obtained.
B ut th e life of th ese roads m ay be
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Prolonged by system atic m ainte-
d ra g g in g th e Road,
nance. A poor road will not only be
In d ra K£ln S ro ad s only a sm all
Im proved by p ro p er m aintenance, b u t am o u n t of e a rth is moved. Just
m ay become b e tte r in tim e th a n a enouKh to Mil th e ru ts and depres-
good road w ithout i t
slons w ith a th in lay er of plastic '
T he first and i« »
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. d a y o r e a r th w hich p acks very h ard
In e a rth road m a lX n a n c e T s ?o ke^p S°
th e next rain instead of f in d - !
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th e surface well drained To in su re ' Dg r “ t8’ d eI,resstons and rlo d s
good d rainage th e ditches I h o X £ ' 7hh ‘Ch 2 ° C° " 7 ’n , T S
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kept open, all o b structions rem oved the BUrfaCe bUt H ttle a" ec,ed ’
and a sm ooth crow n m aintained
Ex- T he d ra g shou,d
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cept fo r very stony soil th e road m a- shouId he draw n over th e road at
chin© or scraper m ay be used
very an a n ®le of ab o u t 45 degrees. The
effectively for th is w ork. T he
ma- d rtv er should ride on th e d ra g an d j
chine should be used once o r tw ice should n o t drive fa ste r th a n a walk,
a year, and the w ork should be done One ro u n d trip , each trip strad d lin g
w hen th e soil is dam p, so th a t it a w heel trac k , is u sually su fficien t
will pack and bake into a h ard i to fiU th e ru U an d sm0<,,h th e sur-
crust. W ide an d shallow side ditches | face- If n ecessary. th e road should
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Londen Barn Equipment, Such as Su its, Stanchions, U tter Cariera, Barn Door
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PORTLAND, ORE.
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Rainy
Day
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Department L.
EVERY m an and w om an who plays safe, se ts
asid e a sum of money fo r th e unexpected, th u s
elim in atin g w orry and tro u b le. A rain y day fu n d
h a s been set aside for em ergencies.
L et us help you estab lish your R ainy D ay
F u n d . A sm all sum of m oney placed w ith us a t
sta te d in te rv als will am o u n t to th o u san d s In <i
tew years.
W rite for o u r booklet telling HOW.
Equitable S a v in g s an d L oan
Association
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face w ater. T hese ditches can in condition to puddle well and still not
m ost places be constructed and re­ i ad h ere to th e drag. If th e road is
very bad, it may be d ragged when
paired w ith a road m achine.
very w et an d again w hen it begins
Keep W eeds Off.
to d ry out. A few trip s over th e
All vegetable m a tte r. such as road w ill give th e o p era to r an idea
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THOUSANDS OF GRADUATES _____
OLDEST
In c lu d ia < L « « din K B usine«« M e n of th e N o rth w est
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of th e road, as they m ake a spongy at all seasons, but d j n ot d rag a dry
surface, which ______
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soon tu rn to d u st o r mud, and fo r , road should be ab o u t 1 inch to the
th a t reason roads should never be foot. If th e crow n becom es too high,
w orked when dry o r hard. Bowl- It m ay be reduced by d rag g in g to-
ders or loose stones are equally o b - ; w ard th e d itch in stead of from it.
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SENT) FOR CATALOGUE
J. J. BUTZER
188-190 Front St.
Portland, Oregon
R. G. W. T A PE , m anager of H ot w ater is ta k en from th e spring, any
L ake Springs, has ju s t received effect due to the rad io activ ity m ust
a copy of th e "W eekly News I. „
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I he lo st in a sh o rt tim e. If th e ra-
L etter to Crop C orrespondents, is­
sued by the U. S. A g ricu ltu ra l Dept. dioactiv lty of a w ater in a sp rin g is
at W ashington, D. C„ w ith a "w arn - 100, fo u r days a fte r b o ttlin g it will
in g ” from its B ureau of C hem istry he only 50, and 12 days a fte r bot-
m arked w ith a big pencil, an d he tllng 10. In a m onth it w ill be
doesn’t u n d erstan d quite how to ta k e practically n o th in g com pared w ith
It, W hile freely ad m ittin g th a t If the o rig in al rad io activ ity of th e w a­
House of O riginality
he was unprincipled enough to im ­ ter a t ,th e spring.
pose on th e cred u lity of th e suffer-
T he public, th erefo re, Is w arned
lng w orld, he could easily m ake a t0 reg ard w ith suspicion any w ater
Bnsh k Lane Piano« are built to austaln the repn-
fortu n e, because th e w aters of H ot advertised as possessing ra d io a c th -
tation w e have »pent year« In cslabliahing. Thia
L ake Springs a re acknow ledged by ity. As fa r as th e G o v ern m en t’s spe-
reputation for piano quality Include, every detail
those sam e b u reau experts to P °8- cialists have been able to asc e rta in ,,
of «uperiority— tone— action— durability, eto.
Wa
sess th e h ighest radioactivity of any j no b ottled w ater, no m a tte r how-
hack this claim with a guarantee as broad as it is
w aters in A m erica, he d eclares he , radioactive it may have been a t th e -
binding. Ton MUST be satisfied.
has never had th e slig h test notion spring, re ta in s th is rad io activ ity for
of b o ttlin g them , and doesn t s e e ; aDy length of tim e.
Some exceptional values In standard
why It should be necessary to w arn
Pianos tsken in trade for $100 and up.
him. F o r the benefit of tho se likely
Thp d ep a rtm en t Is now Investlgat-
to be imposed upon bv th is fra u d . ing a n u m b er of th e so-called radio-
th e "w a rn in g " is here p rin ted dn actlve w aters w ith th e obi ect ° f ««-
I curing evidence th a t can be m ade a
j basis of p rosecution fo r m isbrand-
Washington Street, Cor.
A ttem pt F ra u d .
ing. j n (be past, before th e food
Portland, Oregon.
T h ere a re indications of th e begin- and d ru g s act w as enacted, a num -
MANUFACTURERS
nlng of an atte m p t to p e rp e tra te a ber of m ineral w aters m ade claim to !
WHOLESALERS
g reat fra u d on th e A m erican people ) curative p ro p ertie s w hich th ey did
th ro u g h advertisin g ce rtain m ineral not possess and succeeded in creat-
w aters as possessing radioactivity, j ing a m isplaced confidence on th e
These w aters, in som e cases, a re p art of th e consum ers.
T his was
taken from sp rings the w ate rs of p articu larly tru e of a n u m b er of Im-
whlch as they come from th e ground ported w ate rs w hich w ere sold ex-
do possess certain radioactive prop- tensively in th e U nited S tates w ith j
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erties. E xam ination of m any of these i a sta te m en t on th e b o ttle th a t th ey ) House of Originality
w aters by the d e p a rtm e n t's special- were w onderful or m agical cu res f o r'
lets indicates th a t w hatever radioac- ' all so rts of In cu rab le or chronic ail
tivity they possess a t the spring is , m eats.
due alm ost en tirely to radium em an-
T he T re asu ry D ep artm en t, açtln g
ation r a th e r th a n to th e presence in ,n co. o p eratio n w ith th e D<,p'a rtn ie n t
the w ater of any substance possess of A g ricu ltu re , now refu ses adm is-
Inc radioactivity.
¡gton to th e co u n try of foreign wa
T hese em anations In th e form of lers labeled so as to m islead consum
gas quickly disap p ear from th e w ater ers as to th e ir real o r cu ra tiv e.p ro p -
and as a resu lt, a f te r the w ater has erties. T he d ep a rtm en t fe a rs th a t
been bottled a sh o rt tim e, i t will unless th e public is w arned the
possess practically no radioactivity, fra u d u len t tra d e in eo-called radio-
The belief long held by m any people active w ate r w ill develop. Just as th e
th a t som e m ineral w ate rs used a t fra u d u len t tra d e In o th e r m in eral
the springs are m ore effective than w ater w as developed, to th e p o in t
when bottled h as been explained by where people w ith stro n g lm aglna-
•om e au th o rities on th e ground th a t tions w ill supply th e ir b o ttle rs w ith
the beneficial effect of these w ate rs j all so rts of te stim o n ials a s se rtin g
U due to radioactivity. As th e ra- th at th ese supposed rad io activ e wa-
d io a ettrity disappears soon a fte r th e .te rg have effected w onderful cures.
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