Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 2, 1920, Page 7

U. S. OUGHT TO LOOK AHEAD Country Could Well Afford Hard-Sur- faced System of 50,000 Miles— An Economic Asset. It is possible to build a hard-sur- faced highway system of 50,000 miles so located as to serve directly 46 per cent of all the counties of the United States and indirectly 41 per cent of all the others. For an annual expenditure of $100,000,000—hardly $1 a person per year—this fundamental road system could be completed in twelve and a half years, and it would serve 87 per cent of the total population of the Uni- Hara-Surfaced Roads Facilitate Move- ment of Motortrucks Handling Traf- fic Railroads Cannot Accommodate. ted States. Such is the statement of the United States department of la- bor. ; “The growing needs of the country demand thet some such comprehen- sive highway system be constructed,”’ says Robert F. Black, Chicago mana- ger of a large motortruck concern. “In the past there has been too great a lack of foresight on the part of the road builders. They have lacked vi- sion to foresee the requirements of even five years ahead. A road built today must be built, not with the idea of present traffic but that of ten years in the future. 2 “The growing need of the day is for @nnsportation. ‘We have simply got to provide it. We cannot stop it and the sentiment of the country will not tol- erate any handicap of our transporta- tion system. “With each year the railroads are becoming more and more inadequate. Motor transportation is a growing eco- nomical necessity, a fact that is being recognized. more and more each day as motortrucks are calfed upon to handle draflic that the railroads cannot accom- modate. “Bstimates prepared by engineering authorities show that the United States could afford to spend $1,250,- 000,000 6n a hard-surfaced road system of 50,000 miles which would serve di- rectly and indirectly 87 per cent of the population of the entire country. Not only would such a system be an economic asset that would pay for itself many times over, but its con- struction would provide work for many thousands of people for a num- ber of years, and in that respect alone would have great business value to the country in general “War Increases business to replace the great losses of destruction; but the development of a nation in times of peace provides a more normal and healthy market for labor and mate- rial that can be made a stabilizer of business and industrial conditions. “A well planned national highway system 1s a necessity, and as soon as the nation can complete the plan con- ditlons will force putting it into opera- tion.” EARTH ROAD IS SERVICEABLE Meets Requirements Fairly Well When Properly Crowned, Drained and Maintained. ‘When properly crowned, drained, and maintained with the split-log drag or other similar device, the earth road, on all but a few exceptional soils or in a few places immediately around the farm lots and buildings, can be made to answer the requirements fairly well. ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS They Mark Degree of Civilization in Community "and Add ¢t» Value of Farm Lands. Good rosds promise self respect in a community. They make possible socinl intercourse. They bring the benefits of churches and schools within the reach of all. They help to keep the boys on the farm. They cheapen the cost of transportaticn of farm products to the mark:ts and thus add to the farm profits, | Mayor of Chicago’s Part in Antismoke Crusade HICAGO.—This smoky village is making one of its xwriod.ic spasmodic efforts to abate the smoke nuisance. Wherefore the whole town had a hearty laugh over this: missioner Robertson. the telephone wires with messages to Mr. Chambers, but the latter refused to raise the ban without orders from Doctor Robertson. At 10:30 Doctor Robertson relented when he was informed Mr. Chase had promised to visit the city hall the next morning and sign an agreement to obey the law. Just then the doorbell rang and home came the mayor. “Don’t know anything about it,” he said. We pay our rent regularly and that’s all we Mr. Chase runs the chimney.” tor Robertson and Mr. Chase. have to do with i+ WELL-CALLED ‘DEATH TRAINS’ | Red Cross Commissioner in Siberia Describes Horrors Common on Russian Railroads. Tokyo.—The death trains constl- tute a fearful feature of the Siberfan railroad, says Col. R. B. Teusler, American Red Cross commissioner to Siberia. Y Into these trains are packed at the front, say, 500 refugees, most of them suffering from typhus or some other disease and iInfested with vermin. The trains are sent eastward to Vladivostok. None of the towns along the way wants the refugees added to its own troubles, so the trains are passed along, the refugees dying on the way. By the time the train raches Viad- fvostok frequently. more than half the sufferers have died. As the bodies are removed from the cars every morning fresh passengers are likely to be thyust in in their places. Another feature of the suffering of the inhabitants, according to Col. Teus- ler, is the towns composed of dugouts which are to be found in many places. They consist of hundreds of holes dug in the ground, in which the inhabitants are herded. Smallpox is frequently among them. Colonel Teusler said that underwear is one of the greatest needs of the Siberian people. Many girls of people formerly well to do are now clothed in rags. If they could have ribbons and simple laces, he said, it would help to support the morale of the people. FIND IT CHEAPER TO LIVE Despite High Cost of Food, Germans Hesitate Before ‘“Shuffling Off This Mortal Coil.” Berlin.—The natural difficulties in the way of dying have been ag- gravated by the cral shortage; that is, if you will be cremated. In the town of Esslingen, South Germany, candidates for earthly cremation have been forewarned that they can have their wish only when the local crem- atory has coke on hand. The progres- sive city of Ulm, Wurttemberg, requires the interested surviving relatives to furnish the necessary fuel along with the dead, if cremation is desired. Incidentally, the cost of cremation has gone up considerably. The cre- mation fees average around 70 marks, a niche for the memorlal urn costs from 250 to 600 marks, according to loéation, while the urn itself lets you in for 250 marks up. Even without cremation, dying is expensive In Germany today. The cheapest pine-board coffin is priced at 125 marks and the cost of coffins runs up to 5,000 and 6,000 marks for ornate metal caskets. The cheapest short distance ride in a hearse costs 50 marks, while professional pall- .| bearers get a minimum wage of 7.50 marks per capita. The cheapest fu- neral wreaths cost 50 marks, but you cannot get anything grand and showy under 500 marks. Living would seem to be the lesser evil, and as a matter of fact, the death rate is going down in Germany. The Italian Sky. The sky of Italy is noted for its clearness. The blue is deeper, not be- cause the dust there is finer than in the northern countries, but because in the countries of the north, due to the greater coolness of the air, the vapor more readily condenses upon the dust particles. Spasmodic Strife Starter. ° When a man lets his wife pick out his neckties and shirts it is an indica- tion that they are soulmates—or else he is henpecked.—Indianapolis Star. Maydr Thompson’s apartment was without heat for five hours the other night while Samuel T, Chase, owner of the hand- some apartment building at Sheridan road and Belmont avenue patched up a peace with Deputy Smoke Inspector Frank A. Chambers, whorhad drenched the fires in the name of smoke preven- tion. . Mr. Chase was at his summer home in Lake Forest when he heard that a 25-minute violation of the anti- smoke ordinance had caused Mr. Cham- bers to act on orders from Health Com- For five hours Mr. Chase and his secretary burned up “That’s a matter between Doc- What Doctors Laugh At. In the last 50 years the science of medicine has advanced more than in the previous 50 centuries. But the average man still thinks he knows an infallible cure for a cough.—Journal of the American Medical Association. Knee-Length Sermon. The~-fellow who is callous to the feelings of others is sure to make some pretty raw remarks. Beggars in India. India has the most heggars of any country in the woxld. — = — _For-your Livery Car Service and Courtesy 091:_ Motto Ward Bros. Auto Livery PulpwoodTies We are in the market for pulpwood and ties. We can,_place all your ties down to six and one-half inches of timber. We want your pulp®ood. Write or call— 215 Irvine Ave. Bemidji PIMPLY? 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