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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
2
Rev F S Hollett preaches July 2 at 2 PM and a local school light improvement league forms with monthly meetings. Crop conditions improve after rain. road work advances. Local residents visit and entertainments held, including dances and a 4th of July Rose Hill celebration invitation.
Local items report events around Spring Coulee and Williston including a Muddy Valley Literary at Spring Coulee schoolhouse on July 8, church services July 2, social dances at Ike Webb’s and Henning Hanson’s, various visits, and crop reports. Sealed bids invited by Williams County school board for district deposits. local ads note cash land purchases.
Crops at Sand Creek look good. Roy and Hazel Ashwill dined with Howard Musick on Sunday. W W Keltner Red Frantz visited Clarence Rensberger. J C Charles called. R C Snook hosted Sunday. George Bowers and his mother visited P G Head. Marian Snook visited Neva Head. Rev Hollett preaches at Sand Creek schoolhouse Sunday July 9 at 3 o clock. all invited. Farmers worked roads last week.
A discussion explains road grade as the rise per distance and shows how steeper grades reduce usable loads. It argues for keeping highway gradients to three to four percent to maximize load capacity and minimize haulage costs, even if that means relocating routes.
The article weighs a large bond proposal to fund highway construction against per capita debt levels of major nations. It argues a federal program for roads would spur nationwide development, raise property values, improve schools and social life, and transform transportation within ten to fifteen years.
The article argues bird protection shifts from humane and aesthetic reasons to economic grounds. It notes bird slaughter declined due to millinery fashion, while fewer birds raise insect pests and threaten harvests. Birds also eat weed seeds, aiding agriculture.
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