Laying Coal Tar and Pitch On Roads
Connecticut Highway Commissioner Macdonald promotes a coal tar and pitch road surface designed to resist auto tire wear. The method requires a dry, clean base, two hot tar applications, top dressing of trap rock splinters, and a ten ton steam roller to embed the mix before cooling. No water gas tar or adulteration permitted.
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United States
Europe
Macdonald
Connecticut
Siys
Hartford
Conn
Bushnell Park
New Haven
Oil Road Experiment on Cape Cod Promises New Surfacing Method
The Massachusetts highway commission will test a sand and Texas crude oil mix on Cape Cod where stone is scarce. The process spreads heated oil over sand, then mixes with a second oil coat after two weeks, with disk or rolling to four inches depth and a final sand top layer. A prior trial two years ago yielded satisfactory results.
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Cape Cod
Massachusetts Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Good Roads Movement Gains Steam for Rural Free Delivery
State and federal officials report rapid progress in highway improvements as rural free delivery expands. Officials say new routes require good roads and that gravel road programs in Grand Rapids, Michigan will use three gravel grades to match traffic levels and optimize costs.
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Postoree Department
The
Union
Grand Rapids
Mich
Rochford Defends Campaign Honesty and Public Standards
In a senate or county race Rochford denounces hostile articles in the Statesman-Index alleging personal political expenditures. He claims his Pend Oreille river trip served county business, not personal gain, and accuses the Index of false statements while urging voters to judge by integrity and fairness.
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Statesman-Index
Pend Oreille
Charles Adams
W. R. Baker
F. Leo Grinstead
Colville
A. S. Anderson
Blue Slide
Index
Renee
J, A, Rochford
Colville Republicans Pressures East Siders to Stand Pat
A Colville Republican ring demands East Side support for county candidates claiming unity and loyalty. They warn at primaries you won’t cut any ice while implying jobs are at stake and urging residents to retract criticism and “stand pat.”
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Colville
Real
Pat
Poindexter Challenged Over Parcel Post at Loon Lake Meeting
Miles Poindexter, Republican candidate for Congress, faces a farmer’s challenge at Loon Lake about parcels post. Poindexter defends opposition to sending east for goods, arguing local merchants rely on competition and that the district should trade with producers and mail-order houses.
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Loon Lake
Miles Poindexter
Congress
Poindexter
Republican Newport letter praises fair county ticket and voter support
A Newport reader writes Colville Editor praising the paper for fair distribution of offices. The letter notes Colville GOP nominees for legislature, auditor, attorney, engineer, and coroner, questions Doc Sutherland’s county commissioner pay claim, and endorses W. I. Fountain as a Republican vote.
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Newport
Colville
Doc Sutherland
Stevens County
W. I. Fountain
Loon Lake Items Highlight Local Movements
Mr. Jenson of Garden Spot plans to move into a new house next week. Mr. Stone, former Crystal Icehouse owner, will occupy his summer cottage this winter. A theft of school lunch portions is reported as children walk miles to school. Montana dairymen Perchey and Shanefelt bought a carload of stock this week from C. H. Arnold, Hazen, and Carlson. James Crump works as a clerk in Dunlap's store.
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Jenson
Garden Spot
Stone
Crystal Icehouse
Messrs
Perchey and Shanefelt
Montana
C. H. Arnold
Mr. Hazen
Carlson
James Crump
Dunlap
Township Organization and County Road Plans Context
The speaker argues township organization works in settled, tax rich regions with extensive road and rail networks. In our county the tax base and infrastructure may not support the same approach, suggesting need for cautious consideration of local conditions.
Rural residents seek county aid to build roads and end township changes
Mitchell H Fox argues rural districts cannot fund road building alone. He favors a heavy local levy and a $4 poll tax paid in cash or labor, with county commissioners directing funds to the most needed projects. He cautions township organization would worsen inequality and delays road access.
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Mitchell H, Fox
Local officials survey roads as election draws near
W. I. Fountain and S. S. Beggs, county commissioners, visited this week to inspect roads. Fountain seeks reelection on the Democratic ticket, praised for intelligence and fairness. Beggs is a holdover. A Republican paper says Seale has been promised deputyship if Turk wins, among four other promises, fueling a scramble as candidates learn of each other.
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W. I. Fountain
S. S. Beggs
Fountain
Beggs
Northport News
Seale
Turk
Joe Seale
Reveille
Miles Poindexter
Addy
Colville
Poindexter
Index Supplement
Notice of Final Distribution In Emerson Blackmore estate
Superior Court of Washington Stevens County. Notice is given that L. E. Blackmore-White formerly L. E. Blackmore, executrix, will present for hearing a petition in Calville on Monday November 16, 1904 at 10 oclock in the forenoon. Any person may offer objections why the petition should not be granted. Judge D H Carey, county clerk and ex officio clerk. Brevens County, Washington.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Stevens
Emerson Blackmore
L. E. Blackmore-White
L. E. Blackmore
Brevens County
Washington
Monument Dedication Planned in Stevens County
Large attendance expected for dedication at Four Mound prairie next Wednesday and unveiling at Walkers prairie next Friday. Notables including Gov Mead and Senator Ankney invited. Gov Isaac Stevens party member Francis Wolff to attend Four Mound ceremony. Col. Fibiger and 200 Fort Wright troops slated to participate.
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Stevens County
Four Mound Prairie
Walkers Prairie
W. H. Gilstrap
State Historical Society
Francis Wolff
Camp Washington
Isaac Stevens
Stevens
Washington
Olympia
New Commonwealth
George B. McClellan
Guy Haines
Walker’s Prairie
McClellan
Grange Hall
Mead
Ankney
Territory
Richard Stevens Eskridge
Seattle
Hazzard Stevens
Fibiger
Fort Wright
Walker and
Eells
Springdale
New Manager for Stevens County Fruit Growers Union
George W. Dexter of Meyers Falls elected manager by the Stevens County Fruit Growers Union board in a bid to boost horticultural development. Dexter, with Chicago wholesale grocer experience and a strong integrity record, accepts a reduced salary to serve, aiming to advance local interests. Also, 200 Colville public school students will perform Months and Seasons, a rustic opera, Monday evening, Nov. 2.
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Dexter
Chicago
Franklin McVeagh & Co
North Dakota
Colville Public School
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