Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 17, 1921, Page 2

CALIFORNIA’S ROAD SYSTEM Bureau of Public Roads Has Com- pleted Impartial and Thorougn Investigation. (Prepared by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.) Eighty-seven and one-half per cent, or 1,262 miles, of Californin’s high- ways paved with concrete has been found to be in. good or better than good condition by the bureau of pub- lic roads of the United States Depar® men: of Agriculture. ago an adverse report was made by two of the large Californin automo- bile clubs regarding the condition of California’s highway system. Recent- y\ly the bureau of public roads has completed, on request, an impartial | and thorough Investigation of Califor- ‘ Construction of Concrete Road. nia’s highway system. The federal bureau reports that only 12.5 per cent of California’s highway concrete is | inferior. Californin’s concrete pavement i practically all four inches thick. Th use of this thin slab, which came in for so much condemnation in the first report, made it possible to give a part of the state good highw: ice at a reasonable cost. The was determined nearly ten year fore the heavy traffic came, measured by results, the California commission’s work appears to have been a success. Seventy per cent of the defective pavement occurs on clay and adobe solls, but a large mileage of the same thin pavemgnt on these ad- that, Some ‘months | | | . Pennsylvania state ver: | tion. The bureau found the four-inch slab Inadequate (the commission itself has abandoned it in favor of a five-inch cinfaced concrete design) and ad- wises that experimental sections be made on the unfavorable soils. Tt | also finds that the three-eighths-inch carpet oat, famous in California, does | not give a service commensurate with | its cost. | Of interest in all parts of the coun- | try is the bureau’s finding that there is nothing presented by the entire | California study which indicates that solls still remains in good condi- ! the ve; concrete is not a successful pavement. Simple, satisfactory methods for cluss- | ifying the conditions of concrete | roads have been developed from this | in classifying roads in other states. | CONSTRUCTION OF GOOD ROAD | | Careful Design and Best of Workman- | ship Required, Especially for | the Foundation. | element of a modern road re- caref.l design and the best of | | workmanship. » foundation es- | pecially must be deep and substantial, and for this it would seem that the ! inadequate and unsuited. ing is also very important, but usually is laid out on theory rather than « con- | sideration of Al condition: y every fe The surfa vitally importa it should he ab- | solutely smooth, regularity forms a ing point for | | disintegration under the trip hammer | blows of a heavy truck wheel. , fo “1-2-3-MIX” ROAD SURFACE | Found Extremely Satisfactory on Main | " Traveled Roads by Pennsyl- vania Authorities. | | At a result of long experiments the | -] | | | ment has found the urface extrem n traveled roads. This mixture con- s of one part cement, two parts | and and three The high- | is eight inches thick at the side, | eighteen feet wide snd reinforced with wire mesh. Good Repair Materials. | Broken stone and tar binder are | the on| Atisf: air materials, | for mac and many im- ' are of that type. 1 proved country ro: Heavy Duty Roads. Of the 2,500,000 miles of hi the United Stu are subject to duty traffic, ie demands of heavy | i study which will be found invaluable | %, only 6,250 miles | | 1t Ind circumf Zrows tw long leaves, which trail on the groun | and ure usually split into numerou ribbons. usual Inyer of crushed stone Is entirely | produced, and they last through th Underdraln- | litetinie of the plant, which is said t 1ch more than one hund e that ‘ small is | this rar \ of d coll ina There is in Cuba a curious gras cenchrus with tiny sharp-pointed spikelets upon | which multitudes of inse paled by night The wing and entangled by the barbed spines, |, so that the most of them are unable 'z to get away, and thus perish miser- ably. Even a large, P Plant Impales Insects. echinatus, which bristle: as well of the victims are pier hands, falls a viet s It that two bug, oebalu ree thems is found elsewhere ies and in southern Florida. Quecr P, rom this These are the only leave: 1l authorities i for the pres and remarkable pla colol v iwtlal ir- yARINES OFFER COMMISSIONS TO QUALIFIED COLLEGE MEN en an oppert ons as second Ii THE first thing' you want in foods—and th isyof A e all important thing is purity. Cost — taste —everything , else minor consideration.g Foods should be nourishing™ That’s what they are for—to build | up strong, sturdy bodies. ” /’ ; States Food Authorities. LA 12 0z cans instead ¥ s Calumet Baking Powder is{ pure in the can. It is made in the largest, cleanest, most modern Baking Powder Factories on earth —onlyof such ingredients as have been officially endorsed by United It’s pure in the baking.! Cal- umet never fails to produce the sweetest and most palatable of nourishing foods. ~ It has more than'the ordinary ¥ leavening strengthi . You use less \ of it. That’s one/reason it is the most economical rof all leavemers. 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Then mix in the regular way. luminous &napping beetle, which Is so strong and active that it can with dificulty be held in to these s does not appear to ment from its prey. in the West THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER n for perma ifon at the Marine Corps Instit sions in the Marine Corps next De- ) here, and will take the examination cember. for permanemt commissions in the While| About 150 officers will be required [Marine Corps before the officers, serv- Quan- [to fill vacancigs exisilng in the Corps [ing temporarily in the reserve at|Marine Corps recruiting stations and t January. Fifty mnon-commis-|Quantico, are examined. their assignment to duty at Quan- ed ofticers are to receive instruc-| A board of medical examiners will Itico. i Jorps Re: announcement mad Lejeune, v schools and colleges, and a certificate ofl their physical fitness will furnish credentials for their acceptance at nts in th rding' to y Major General John I | the Commandant of th active duty inithe re Va., they will be nd training, pen NOW ON THE LAST WEEK OF OUR 9th Anniversary Sale And Still Many Live Bargains ! in Aluminum Ware Granite Ware Kettles, Pans, Pails Tubs, Tinware Dishes, Dinner Ware in 32to 100 piece Sets from $5.95 up all at a sacrifice FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 17, 1921 i Bathing Suits Boys’ and Girls’—$1.00 up Men’s—$1.98 up Ladies’ all-wool—$4.95 up Bathing Caps—15c to $1.00 Laces and Embroideries 5c and 9c—worth 15¢ to 25¢ ~Wash Goods, Voiles 18c yard up Organdies—49c, 55¢, 75c, 85¢ New Shades Hosiery 15c¢, 19¢, 39c¢, 48¢ Silk—98c¢, $1.49, $1.98 Dolls, special 49c, 98¢, $1.49, $2.98 worth nearly double this Doll Cabs Kiddie Cars $9.95, special for $6.75 $1.95 for$1.49 $2.75 for $1.94 Children’s Autos Lo b $3.45 for $2.45 $10.95, $11.95, $12.95 { $3.95 for $2.95 Coaster Wagons Boys’ Hats $4.98 to $7.95 49c, 59c, 69¢c Straw Hats 23c, 35¢, 49¢ Ladies’ Garden Hats 23c, 25¢, 35¢ Balloons—5c, 10c Glass Toweling—18%c 10x4 Unbleached Sheeting very good—55c per yard ] Haimmocks i ) el et L e 1a [ & ~$3.98, $4.49, $4.98 3-quart Ice Cream Freezers White Mountain Make—$5.95 . 4-quart—$6.98 6-quart—$5.95 Jelly Moulds—59c dozen Glass Top Fruit Jars, ¥ pint—98¢ 1 pint—$1.20 1 quart—$1.35 Window Shades good grade—73¢ Window Sereens metal adjustment—59c Clothes Line Reels—48c No store can sell you better goods than what this store ig sho.wing every day—m!d, remember—at whatever our price is, you may depend that this price will compare with the price of any other store, and at a saving. FIREWORKS We bought more than Eleven Hundred Dollars worth of Fire Works before we knew that Bemidji was not to celebrate—mnow we must dispose of this stock and offgr any amount to any other stores or dealers outside of Bemidji at wholesale cost, plus 10%. - GET YOUR ORDER IN NOW! Fire Crackers, retail— 4¢, 5¢, 7,c 10c, 13c Cannon Crackers, 10 PRE i m smme e Cap Pistols. .10c, 15¢c, 20c | Roman Candles. .2c to 35¢ Repeater Pistols. .25¢, 50c Repeater Caps, pke. . ..5¢c in 10c Sky Rockets. . .5¢c to $1.00 S O S — Special assortment of lawn display Fire Works—=$5.00 assort.—$3.95—3$7.50 for $6.48 $10.00 for $7.85—All made up to last half hour or more. Showing Many Special Items at Special Prices for Market Day and Circus. Day Wed- nesday, Next. CARLSON BEMIDJ, MINN. A.T. of Course. The Variety Store Man with the Largest Store Shortest Prices S E— 1 1