AXE'' CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON, SATTODAY, OCTOBER 28, 1005.
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S The Split-Log Road-Drag Has Revolutionized Road
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Tho split-log road-drag that is mak
ing Missouri' famous, has torn to Or
egon, and threatens to revolutionise
tic whole system of dirt rend building
In this slato. Costing no more than
A good jaek knifo, and so simple that
bo of iSt years eon operate It, it yet
work eueh marvels that one must see
to believe,
Missouri is tho mother of this ter
vekusly simple invention, nnd D. Ward
tho Inventor. la this state County
Julge Beott, of this eity, has taken it
up, and ha beeeme fully as enthusi
astir ovor its prospects as the most op
timistic of its admirers iu the "shew
mo" ftntd.
Tho id wi of tho promoters ef the
rev dragging theory is, te Induce eaeh
farmer to drag tho read in front of his
place. Though the theory first origin
ated in Missouri, it has rapidly spread
all ovor tho whole country, ami tho
motto everywhere is, "Prom, your own
fr-nt gate to your neighbor's front
gato toward town."
The greatest difficulty that Is to bo
encountered is to overcome the ekepti
(im of tl'o farmer ami convince him
that the drag will do what U claimed
for it. IU very simplicity k llr- lie
grf alest foe. Mrery one who has tried
it in thla vicinity ie loud In IU praises.
3hn Jefferson, on the Bilverton read,
Harris, Jn district No. II, and Jeha
Hunt, on a aide road near Mosodnln,
have all experimented with the drag,
ac-l have become euUmotaota.
Tho Missouri state beard ef agicni
turo has issued a bulletin in whleh Mr.
King dMrlb the drag, Its results,
and give nemo rales for it m and
construction, Judge ieett has tent a
tea months and in passable condition
for the remainder of the year at an
expense of not to exceed H to $J per
mile."
HON. DAVID DEARMOND, MEM
BER OF CONGRESS 6T1I MO. DIS
TRIOT ENDORSES TID3 DRAG.
"Onee last summer In going out In
to the eonnlry a few miles from my
home my attention was arretted br n
sample bit ef dragged work, A heavy
HBNKY HARLOW, Mayor. J
A Great Probloav-Tho depath of tfajf
mud road problem I have appreclat'
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road with n drag for tho Inst nino
years.
Tha resulto that fellow persistent
dragging of the tetdn after eSeh wet
spell eannot bo pictured with whte.
I met Hon. & II. leather, vIe-nrosl-
for many years, but a renliwUion hi dent ef the State Jionrd -at Auricul
hire, of Tarkfo, recently in St. Joseph
and as we shook hands ho ealfit "I
did not takfc mueh stoek in your drag
ging idea at first, but I'll tqll yoil,
you ean not talk leng onotigh or hard
enough to a man te snake him bellev'o
what It will do. Tha enly way for
him to comprehend It in to buUd n
drag am) use it."
WORST ROADS BECOME BEST.
When talking wit read men in the
Its other proportion!, oame to mo onlj
within the year. When I heafd Ohlr
confess the fifty per cent of her pub
He highways are still of soil; when
Maeaaohftsetts editors, almost in slgh
of the Hub of tho universe asked) to
feproduee my speeches; when tho most
prominent good road advoeate In Iowa
speaking from a rostrum I had just
left, announced that Iowaps would
have reached the height of their ambU
Uon if they could secure a stone sur yiver bottom; they Invariably bewail
face on fifteen per cent of their road-,
ways; then did I begin to comprehend1
the immensity andi endlessness of thft
straggle between civilisation and an
Imperfect system of earth road man
ngement. Do we recognise it as a fact
that many veneration te came will
(ho lack of drainage, white the" clay
hill folks envy tho rivfr men because
they have no washes. Both classes
are quick te sayi "If we lived on tho
black toll ef the prairie we would
have seme faith In dragging, but
here" and werdN full then. Now
be confronted with this problem! It tho truth of tha matter la that either
has been handed down te us from the
rain bad fallen recently, and much of "- Aad until this "Missouri
the way the road wa bad, bat at one Mm 9f rd dragging was devat
pel at, for a distance ef half a mile the
read wna as good as a dirt road ean be.
The reason was evident. This stretch
of road hadi experienced the magle In
flueneo of the drag. One eenld deter
mine almnst te an Inch whore the man
with the drag began and where he
tpait. In front ef hia premises the read
was excellent, while upon either side,
with the natural conditions the same,
the read wa bad." (Signed)
DAVID DB AKMOXD.
TID3 MAYOR Or ONAWA, IOWA,
SAYS THE DRAO WILL RBVOLU
XI0NI7.B Tim METHOD 01 OAK
XNO TOR EARTH ROADS.
"It given me plcnenre to afmnljr
with year request for a statement ef
the wwk ef the King drag. Abent a
month ago I received word that tite
Xerthweetefn Hallway would bring I).
Ward King to our city. I had heard
Mr. King nt it. Lenin aad when I re
eelved the railroad potter, I Immediate
ly madu a drag, bnlldlng It precisely
as directed. I finished It before noon,
and pnt It io work at one e'eleck en n
Ingle Mock ef .onr main street. The
soli is gumbo and the street was al
oped, the only answer was "aurfasa
lay or gttmbe will make a mere sub
stantial read than the soft prairie
wdl. The self-samo oharnotorlstlefl
tlmt kmIm1! alo.v ar crumtwi an linnl ia
the read with stone or gravel." Tkaljgefinte good order, after It onco gols
inw a newer has been inndequate is exceedingly bad will epcrnto to keep
c py of tbbi iHilletln to each road sn meet impascabla, the mud being hub
ptrvisor in the oeunty, with the re ,) R me place. Wo put tha drag
qtirst that they ooaitruct drag ami
Miovr tho iMtnietlea eJaeely, Hn
han also dUtrllHJte.1 sixty of tho 1ml
lttins among the farmers In different
parts of tho county, with the request'
that thex give It some attention.
Tho following fl,uotUon are ftin
this bulletin! "Tho great problem in
Missouri for many years to oome will
bo tho maintenance of dirt road. It
has boon oenolunivoly domonotrated In
n number of counties In this state that
tVo dirt roads can bo maintained In
first elaso condition for some eight to
right en to mud and kept It going. At
five o'clock, just four hours after be
ginning te use the drag, wagons load
ed with forty hundred. (4000) ef baled
hay were being drawn over the block
and wore making scarcely a poroepU
Ida rut. Dut when they went ovor the
eroedng the wheels again sunk nearly
to tho hubs in mud. I had a good deal
of faith in tho drag from what I had
hoard and road, but I wna not pre
pared for ouch an Mtonloklag change
aa was made. Our people are all thor
J oughly convinced that the drag will
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Tbo. Split Log Drag.
proven by Ohio. Hero we see a
wealthy state, ono hundred yearn old,
wlUi unlimited quantities 'of reck anil
gravel and yot with only fifty per cent
of her reado maondamUed. It is prev
on inadequato by tho tager manner In
which tho homo of tho Plymouth IV
thern nNd other Atlnntle state arc
seeking on inexpensive way to remedy
their lmpalblo muddy highways.
That road dragging eolVes tho prob
lem la net dttaled by any who have
given it a careful tost.
The statement mndo by the advo
cates of read dragging aro not bated
on visionary theories but en actual re
sult obtained by actual work. The
writer baa oared for half a mile of
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a maximum of value at a
minimum: of cost, untirino
Attention to detail, extreme
WATCHFULNESS IN EVERY TAltT
OF CONSTRUCTION, UNFLINOIL
Xno STEADINESS OF PURPOSE
MARKS Tim DISTINCTION OF OUR
OLOTinNO rRO MTHAT OF OTHER
STORES.
TOP COATS
RAIN COATS
MEN'S SUITS
$15 to $30
INVESTIGATE
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I STEELHAMMER & YANTIS
It from getting Into )md order after it
Is onee put Into exceedingly good or
dor. It stays good just as tenaciously
under good ntgthddn an It stays lwd
nndcr bad methods, Ily the way, a
clay hill, a little over a half mllo south
of my houso In tho best pleco of read
of wblek I know, taking Into account
tho short time it has been dragged.
Defero it was dragged, It was noted
far and near as a tough preposition.
At present It Is good, oven In bad
weather.
Fuddltag-MarvebMM Is the only
word that in any measure .describe
the result secured by continuous drug
Ring. 8o wonderful was tho bardnecs
of (be road and tho persistent manner
In wWek it teemed to defy bed wonth
or that I for years searched for acme
adequate explanation. At mot I have
enncUdod that the greatest factor Is
tho manipulation of tho puddled earth
while It Is motet. Net only Is earth in
this condition water proof, but it
baken hard an a brick. It mny also be
wll te observe tho aetlcn of the split
log drag In thla eounoetion. Now a
gmdar or oven n single plank temper
tboi) with Iron or even the front slab
cf the bif when It is abed w4U knve a
OHLing action with a ItMUtMoy to leave I
tfco svall at tho enffAoe cf the road
rMjhcwod and aUgfccljr lifted op. TWk
ccDdltton in not fnvcmUe for shod
dteg skin. Ht tho cfdltdcg dreg
(vvltk only cno front etal shod), lonvoe
the. turfnco In a, vnciry dlKotont oon
d4tiH bocantc the hind rdab, not being
snod, bascules polUfced and at it i
dnwn ovw. the inolot soil smooth
anil smotua and pack. Tula is better
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WWCSH WW vFj cojcc iiVJjpvwoi ti frwH s jcof
wtfd "cement" ic need inotead of
puddlejiL Nucncfoco practfeal road
drnggore have oxprett.od to me their
appreciation cf this cementing effect,
anl awerta that to MtU effect, in torn
henatinn with tho grade soenrod and
tbo smooth nroc, In due those mar
vHs Kceulte.
Tke meet difltuK part of road drag
Hisg U getting at it. All tbo rest is so
staple that en looms it U the doing.
The firat notfceoblo effect la the
tajftching of the road surface and bis
in tsuw ullcwo tho rain nod saow water
to flow off, and onoocMges the dittri
bntjea cf travel over tbo road from
old to-atda.
HOW TO USE THE DRAO.
Don't drive too fast.
Bsu't walk got on the drag and
ride,-.
IJgaU wait for yocr neighbors to take
held: thoy may be waiting for you.
iDojvit wait for the big grader to
come and shape up year road. All
you can do first will help to make the
work; of the grader permanent.
Dea't bo. particular about material.
With as ax and a two-inch augur al
most any kind of a log can be made in
to A drag. Tha one I used for several
years Is a box elder.
Don't try to drag with one piece;
use two. Ono will scoop out tho hob
lows in tho road and deepen them.
Whon two aro nsod tho ono keeps tho
other up; nnd in a month or so tho
hollows will havo filled and boeome
level nnd bard Hko tho Imknco ef tho
rond,
ROAD DRAOOINa OATEOinSM.
Would It. ttot bo bettor to plow the
road bofora dragging?
No. Plowing given n soft foundo
tlcn. Plowing the middle cf the rend
Is a relic ef the old dump scraper
flays.
MWhat do you do where tbero oral
deep ruta in tho rood?
Drag them. If you drag when the
ytfrfneo Is quite loose nmj soft yn V0
be surprised new scon they wMI dm
up Jtvlre
. .How do you get the dirt to tho mid
dlo of Jiio road7
lly hauling the drag slantwise with
the end) that m toward the center of
tho reed a Utile te the rear ef the etb
But suppose tho road Is too narrow?
First drag tho whcol tracks. After
three or four rnlru or wet spells, plow
a shallow furrow outside tho dragged
part. Spread this over the read with
the drag. Only plow ono furrow. You
may plow another furrow nfler the
next rain. At each plowing, you
widen tho road bed two feet.
How many berooa do you use?
Two generally. Three if It Is as
handy. Peer when breaking colta. A
good Mdid team In tbo center and a
celt on each side Two men oh the
drag, one to drive, tho other to eon
trel the colts.
How do you drain the road?
If tho earth la pushed to the mlddU
of the road continually tbo read wilt
drain Itaclf.
Why net wako tho drag out cf plank?
You can, and da good work. Mr.
Ctmrles Hill ef Mexico, Me (quoted
elsewhere) usee ono made ef three
bard wood two by fours. Hut tho
split log Is best. Tho plank drag U
not no stiff nnd quivcro and flouneo.
Why not mako tho drag of hoavy
sawed timber, nay OxB or 8x10?
llccnuso they have a tendency to
dip ever tho humps. The log la better
than the plank beeauso H Is more rigid
and better than heavy timbers beeauso
Jto thin, tapering edge scrap mora
surely.
Don't yen grado tip tbo road first?
No. The grading Is done with tho
drag, gradunikyv Ily so doing, the read
U seild all the time and Is built en a
solid enndntloM.
At what angle do yen haul tbo drag?
A We answer la 4t degrees, or is
eemmsn parlanec, exactly quartering,
llut bear In mind thnt the proper angle
ef a drag like Uc proper tenolon of
A sewing machine depends somewhat
en drenmetonees. Tho angle of tho
drag will need to bo varied as the sell
Is nflrtst or ity and ah the surfneo la
more or tarn convex. These slight
changes ean be made by tho driver
walking In ono direction or tho other
on the drag.
What dooa it cost to drag a mllo of
rond a year?
Tho cost Is variously estimated at
frem 1.00 te (0.00.
TOR SALE.
Powreem cottage, Merningiddo ad
ditto. Postered wails, lot 10 by 1S9.
Just lo rdseo for email family. Will
sell for cash or easy payments. Price,
M0. Stfp paying rent, own yew
own homo. Address O, lit. Lookrrood,
SU N. Commercial stv Balem, Oregon.
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Kileld A Dosen Deer.
Dr. 0. H. Xeherfcten, Attorney John
If. McXnry and Tom Kay have re
turned frem a hunting trip to Seuthcrr
Oregon, whleh resulted In the bagging
ef IS line door.
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Cleaning, Pressing; and Repairing.
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