Sand Gumbo Mix Grants Dodge County A Road Boost
A government road expert shows farmers near Dodge City Kansas how mixing gumbo with 75 percent sand forms durable roadbed. The 100 yard test spurred 2.5 miles more road, with nine months of proven success and a 25 percent rise in farm land values as market access improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge City
Kan
Ford County
Sand Hills
Sand Hill
Edward H. Madison
Good Roads Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Washington
W. L. Spoon
Spoon
Dodge
W. J. Fitzgerald
Avoiding Ruts on Narrow Toll Roadways
Driving in the track of preceding vehicles causes serious road damage. Heavy loads on narrow tires deepen ruts, but they disappear when a sharp turn spreads traffic across the road. Drivers should vary their track by a few inches to preserve road quality.
Road Construction Outcry Sparks Call for Law
A road engineer argues against highway building practice, stating the outer edge should be pulled into the center. He advocates a new law and faces harsh penalties for dissent, claiming the current method wastes resources.
Real " Jersey Devil" found on New Jersey highways
Incredible creature exhibits a long body with a kangaroo like tail, four jointed forelegs with flat broad feet, wings or wing like frame, and a hoof print clue. Burlington witnesses and Morris Cabinsky bring the mystery beast to town for Professor Lenty Morse to name and place. Robert Jackson criticizes US road conditions, praising England's brick road foundations and township funded improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Cabinsky
Burlington
Charles Malsbury
Kinkora
Winkora
Lenty Morse
State Museum
Scientist Arctowski arrives to study world weather links
Henry Arctowski, Belgian Antarctic expedition head, visits New York to review Weather Bureau records in Washington and Canadian data. He aims to link abnormal climate shifts in North America and Europe, warning famine could follow crop failures unless timely food aid is sent to threatened regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arctowski
New York
Weather Bueeau
Washington
Canada
Europe
Left Closter In Vain Miss Swanson Finds Father In Jail
Miss Elsie Swanson of St. Louis renounced nunhood to search for her father unseen eleven years. She found him in the Joplin county jail after his burglary and larceny conviction and two year sentence. They wept, she seeks parole. he confessed guilt. Swanson, twenty one, was raised by Rev. C. C. Stahlmann. Judge Landis fined John Bower one cent for a threatening letter. Mrs. Julia Tancock of Brockton, who prophesied she would live to eighty eight, died at eighty eight old age from infirmities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Swanson
St. Louis
Joplin
Swanson
Miss Swansen
C. C. Stahlmann
Landis
K. M. Landis
Standard Oil Company
John Bower
Rockford
Bower
Julia IT. Tancock
Brockton
Mass
New Model Highway Road Mix Impresses Pennsylvania Officials
In Hummelstown Pike near Harrisburg a new road mix of water gas tar cement liquid asphalt and oils is used. Copper sulphate prevents ignition while wintergreen reduces odor creating a waterproof, non muddy and winterproof surface that costs 50 cents per square yard to apply and has shown strong durability through heavy traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hummelstown Pike
Harrisburg
Rural Carrier Forms Good Roads Association in Brenham
William Barnes, rural route No. 9 carrier from Brenham Texas, organizes the Good Roads association of R I D No. 9 to maintain and improve his route. He becomes manager secretary and treasurer with F W Quebe and Carl Marcus as directors, inviting neighbors to join and contribute monthly dues to fund a team for road work. The group met at Prairie Hill and will drag the road with a log or perform similar tasks. English policy plans a motor road program with eminent domain powers and land adjacent rights to fund highway maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenham
Tex
William Barnes
Independence
Good Roads Association of R. I. D
No. 9
Mr. Barnes
F. W. Quebe
Carl Marcus
United Kingdom
United States
Road Board
Some Good Roads Pointers For Farmers
Good roads mean as much as good crops to farmers. Macadam roads require a daily sprinkling cart to stay best. Delays in road building raise costs. Produce must reach market to count as produced. Poor roads negate value of good horses and vehicles.
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Kansas
Robert TH. Jackson
Walburn Lodge
London
Jackson
Indiana
Terre Taute
Sam
England
America
Closter
Pennsylvania
Victor
Edison
Pat
Grays Harbor
New Home
Standard
Free Paragon
Climax
New Howe
And
New Victoria
Aberdeen
Montesano
Elma
Satsop
M. Payette
Music Store
E. Wishkah St
Aberdeen, Wash
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