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GOOD
ROADS
SENTIMENT FOR GOOD ROADS
Governors of Twenty-Two Western
States Petition for Increased An
nua! Appropriation.
If the passage of the Townsend hill
depended on the support from Western
states the measure calling for a an
tior.nl system of highways would be
come law by an overwhelming major
tty, says a representative of a large
ruhher coneern.
At Salt I.nke City recently governors
of 22 states signed a petition, which will
he forwarded to congress, to increase
Immensely the annual appropriation
for road-building, to be expended dur
ing the next five years.
While the Townsend bill asks for
$425,000,000, their petition calls for a
billion dollars. The Western gover
nors not only Indorse the bill as men.
but as governors of their respective
states. This netlon reflects plainly
what the West thinks of the necessity
of highways and furnishes an influ- j
ence which cannot be overlooked. The
West has gone on record as being will- i
ing to stand its share of the cost
of a system of nationally administered
roads, and the share will be a big
one.
RURAL ROADS NOT IMPROVED
Not More Than One-Fourth of 1 Per
Cent of Nation’s Roads Suitable
for Motor Traffic.
Official figures show that there are
In the United States approximately 2.
500.000 miles of rural roads of whi I.
12 per cent are classed as improved.
Road engineers, however, estimate tha
no more than one-fourth of 1 per ceii
of the nation’s roads are suitable f<
motortruck traffic. More than 6,000.
000 motor vehicles are now using th
highways, and of this number about
500.000 are trucks varying from les
than a ton capacity to vehicles cape
hie of hauling five to seventeen load*.
The most conspicuous example of
anything approaching the efficiency
a national thoroughfare in the United
States is the Lincoln highway. Or
ganized as a private enterprise si
years ago, to stimulate good-road
building, the officers of the association
have raised several million dollars by
private subscription and have stimu
lated the improvement of many sec
tion* of the highway by the states and
counties through which it passes.
SLIDING SHOES SAVE fiOADS
Wooden Device Tightly Fastened to
Rear Wheel Does Much to Pre
vent Ruts Forming.
After a road which has steep grades
is carefully rerfeired, it is disconcert
ing to see heavy wagons going down
the hills with one or both rear wheels
tightly clamped by the brake, grinding
A Wide Shoe Placed Under One Rear
Wheel of Each Heavy Wagon Which
Descended the Steep Hills on a
Road Did Much to Prevent Ruts Be
ing Formed.
along the roadway and cutting ruts.
On a stretch of road which had suf
fered greatly front this cause, heavy
wagons were provided with a sliding
shoe, which was placed under one rear
wheel when descending a hill, to fur
nish braking action. The other wheel
revolved and prevented side slip. The
shoe was made of hard wood, surfaced
on the bottom with sheetlron, and pro
vided with a staple, ring and chain, by
which It was attached to the wagon.—
J. W. Shaw, Corinth, N. Y., in Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
LOCAL MATERIAL NEGLECTED
One of First Economies Engineer
Makes Is Utilization of Over
looked Essentials.
When a competent engineer is os
gaged to look after road building n«id
maintenance one of the first econo
mies he makes in many cases is the
utilization of local materials previous
ly neglected or undiscovered.
American Roads Inadequate.
The roads of America today are ab
solutely inadequate, inefficient, and
antiquated. They are not designed
to carry heavy traffic.
Urgent Need of Country.
Inc most urgent necessity of our
! couni; is good roads—permanent
j road ' rt can be used twelve months
in ■ year.
eader Is Necessary.
Tin M ire spreader is a necessity
on 1! ■ r. farm.
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To The Voters of
Independence
County
I have used all my efforts and energy to en
force the law during my term of office as
sheriff.
If the voters see fit to honor me for a
second term I will continue to enforce the
law as I see it. All an executive officer can
say in his own behalf is that he will follow
the law.
Your endorsement of my actions will be
appreciated, by voting for me for a second
term on August the 10th, and 1 assure you I
will make you the same faithful officer in the
future as I have in the past.
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By Biggest Majority Ever l
Cast in Independence County j
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Everybody is Voting the Big Shoe Sale \
at Barnett’s the Biggest Bargain Feast of !
the year. If you have not bought one or
more pairs you dont know what you are
missing.
This sale has proven such a success that
in order to give all our friends a chance
at these great bargains we have had to
add new lots from time to time.
Remember the values from $6.50
to $10, at this sale 00
BARNETT BROTHERS MERC. CO
Batesviile, Arkansas