Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 29, 1917, Page 3

i Y. MARCH 29, 1917, AN EPOCH OF 600D HIGHWAYS Elimination of Waste In Road Nanagement, 600D LOGAL INVESTMENTS l‘I'h. Highway Construction Movement Spreading Over the Entire Country. Taxpayers Awake to the Value of It and Bankers Ready to Furnish Nec- essary Money. Road building—rail and wagon—has whipsawed around in the United States until the country road has taken the lead in the field of construction, writes James Brooke in the New York Even- ing Sun. Where the linking together of cities and important manufacturing ~enters by steel rails was once an all bsorbing preoccupation, railroad con- 7,struction is eclipsed today by the in- ~ tensified work of replacing ruts and bog holes between Antioch and Smith’s Chapel with a smooth, clean, perma- 'nent concrete highway. Elimination of waste in highway ranagement and prevention of loss of COUNTY ENGINEER ON HIS BOUNDS. dme in delivering farm products to market because of poorly constructed roads is clearly indicated in the trend of the times. This trend is appraised by students of economy as the prime - T s -] reason wny country roads Occupy a leading position in the field of con- struction today. It was this trend that found expression in the $7,000,000 bond issue recently passed in New Jersey under the terms of the Egan “good roads” bill, in the $15,000,000 highway bond issue in California and in the suc- cess of similar financial propositions in other parts of the country, Taxpayers are learning how easily capital may be bad in a large volume at low interest rates to build roads that will last and earn their own cost in the reduction of hauling time and in the lessening of wear and tear on vehicles. The old idea that borrowing money to build hard roads Teans greater taxes without a sufficient tan gible value in return is being dispelled by the experience of communities where permanent highways have been built. Rural communities are learning that it is cheaper to issue bonds and borrow money on the outside in large amounts at 4 or 5 per cent to build a new road system and be done with it and ride as you pay rather than use their own money and dribble it along in a pay as you go or pay as you ridq policy. They are fast finding out that the bond plan, according to its sup: porters, is simply one way of bringing more capital into the county or com: munity and applying that capital to home labor and the purchase of home supplies during the period in which construction is under way. And when this construction is done upon a per- manent basis, as in the case of con- crete, the whole process of hiring out side capital and using it for internal improvements, such as roads, becomes a gound investment for the community for the very simple reason that the rate paid for the use of outside capita, 80 employed is much less than the gain it brings to the community in the vir tual elimination of highway repairs. -A visit today to sections where per manent road building is under way re- veals a surprising contrast to the old methods of road work. Where in times past a few farmers with teams were scattered along the lane, engaged in scraping ditches and filling up depres- sions, regular construction gangs are now at work, not merely on one lane, but throughout entire counties. Before actual construction begins lit- tle narrow gauge railroads are usually built along the country road, and ma- terial, such as cement, sand and crush- ed stone, is rapidly transported from the railway freight station to points where the roadbed is being laid. This material, measured to right proportion, N3 18 loaded in dump cars and drawn by donkey engines to machines, where it is mixed into a quaky mass and there spread over the road. As construction extends out into the county the dinky railways, as they are called, are ex- tended until the entire system of main ‘market.roads has bLeen covered. The county highway engineer or superin- tendent js usually supplied by the A OO BRUNSWICK THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER county with an automobile, and he makes the rounds of the entire section each day, visiting districts in which construction is under way. Cure that cold ~Do it today. Make It a Point —— to bring that boy of yours to our studio today for photographs. He's growing, expanding, chang- importance of the Beara. The importance of the beard was ful- ly recognized in the middle ages. Here is a passage (quoted by J. A. F. Or baan in “Sixtine Rome™) from a letter of the writer, Bartolomeo Catena: “It is well that those who bhave to lead and govern should bave a luong and fine beard. And [ can assure you that the government of cities and provinces has been given to more than oue prelate because he had a long and fine beard: otherwise he were not worthy that honor.” . ing daily, more subtly than you realize. He'll be a youth—a man—before you know it, and unless you heed our warning you will have nothing to remind yousspr him—of his happy boyhood. Our Photogriiphs Are Not l%pcnlive-— But Per- manent Real Likenesses—Too! v i The Hakkerup Studio 8rd Street Bemidji The old family remedy—in tablet form—safe, sure, easy to take, No opiates—no unpleasant after effects. Cures colds in 24 hours—Gripin3 days. Money back if it fails. Get the genuine box with Red Top and Mr. Hill’s picture on it—25cents. At Any Drug Store Honest, Anyhow. There I8 a young lawyer of this town who Is as modest as he is witty. “How much,” asked a client of his, “will your opinion be worti in this case?” ’ “Really,” said the young legal tght, “I can’t say. But I can tell you what I am going to charge you for it.”—Ex. change. A telephone wh-e_swlugs for 1,200 yards across the Yukon river. The Bemidji Ploneer is anxious to publish all the local and soclety news possible and would appreciate it very much if anyone having news of thar character would phone 933, or mail the details to the Bemidji Pioneer. An integral part of the modern loco- motive—the cast steel frame—weighs nearly seven tons. = b‘ortymn(e_va)meu out of every hun- dred marry between the ages of twen- ty and twenty-five. Organs were known before the time of Christ and were used in religious services early in the Christian era. Portugal makes ability to read and write a requirement for suffrage. To Prevent Old Age Coming Too Soon! #“Toxic poisons in the blood are thrown out by the kidneys. The kidneys act as filters for such products. If we wish to prevent old age coming too soon and in- crease our chances for a long life, we should drink plenty of pure water and take a little Anuric,” says the world-famed Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N. Y. When suffering from backache, fre- quent or scanty urine, rheumatic pains here or there, or that constant tired, worn-out feeling, the simple way to over- Read Dnllz Pioneer Wantads come these disorders is merely to obtain | J‘ & little Anuric_from your nearesj drug- i gist and you will quickly notice the grand y §} results. You will find it thirty-seven times more potent than lithia, and that it dissolves uric acid as hot water does sugar. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. 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