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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1902
Page
6
A historical piece by Maurice O. Eldridge on road building methods for earth roads. Emphasizes drainage, rolling, and maintenance to prevent mudholes, with guidance on sand and clay road composition, turfing, and the use of road machines. Notes wide tires reduce repair costs and improve durability.
An New York group formed the American Roadmakers to pursue a nationwide highway system connecting state capitals to Washington. The plan seeks a $1,000,000 national appropriation via the Road Inquiry department to map routes capital to capital. Officers include Senator Horatio Earle as president and Edward Bond as first vice president.
In West Point Georgia Mr M A Haralson a Troup county farmer drove a four mule wagon to market with sixteen full sized bales of cotton on it The land weighed about 8000 pounds plus the heavy wagon The trip from his farm was in remarkably good time and the team showed no signs of strain The article credits good county roads for enabling this load noting eight base loads would have been difficult in poorer counties.
The difference between good and bad roads is often equivalent to the difference between profit and loss. Good roads have monetary value to farmers as well as political and social value, and beyond convenience they enhance comfort and social refinement, yielding annual dividends.
A collage of riddles and word games with puzzles No 00 to 67 including number tricks with digits nine and one, puzzles about money names, acrostics, lost letters, charades, and humorous exchanges from Paris and London style snippets, noting playful remarks from Professor Snore and a Venice window line.
A riddle about a living creature said to be real yet claimed as a fable tied to ancient belief. The second section, Phonetic Additions, presents examples of wordplay transforming common words by adding ten to create new terms and clues, with numbered prompts and fragmented items.
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