The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1927, Page 10

sist 2 o3 3-4 P0338 ib a! Lt fall the entire highway U. 8. N the ase faced. State Highway No. 4 is|1!! THE BISMARCK ie } j [460,973 CARS ROAD SYSTEM IS NOW IMPROVED 1,590 Miles Are Earth Graded or Improved Dirt Roads— 1,723 Miles Have Been Graded and Gravel Surfaced —10 Miles Paved—Big Pro- gram For 1928 During the past year the depart- ment of state highways has added 407 miles of earth roads to the state el td system an. i additional gravel surfaci four miles scorio surfacing. Cons quently, out of the 7,500 miles which oy abe the State Highway q 1,590 miles are earth grad roved dirt roads and 1,723 miles we not only been graded but also gravel surfaced and about 10 miles have been paved. The total number of miles of the state highway system which have been improved runs to the handsome figure of 3,324, which is about 425 miles short of being half of the entire state highway system. At the close of the construction season the department had still in process of building 476 miles of earth grading of which 258 miles are about 90 per cent completed. When this work is finished over half of the highway system will have been im red Likewise there were 284 miles of gravel roads incomplete, of which about half is 90 per cent gravel surfaced. During the past year, also, con- struction of the Lewis and Clark bridge at Williston was completed and likewise the Verandrye bridge at Sanish—two excellent structures which are doing much to promote intercourse between the various por- tions of the northwest section of the state. The department at present is building a bridge across the Little Missouri river 14 miles south of Wat- ford City at a point known us Chal- Joner’s Ferry. This structure will be ready for public use early in the spring. ¥ Maintenance Costs In addition to its road building program the department has expend- ed a large sum of money for the daily maintenance and patroling of the completed state highways. I has also done no little re-graveling and re-surfacing on worn-out gravel roads. Owing to the erosion, flue to wind and water, of the older dirt roads it was necessary to re-shape a number of the older dirt roads and bring them up to the standard of ewly built highway. In order to aid in keeping the main roads of the state open for winter travel the ~ department purchased and erected something like 450,000 lineal fect of snow fence. It now has in place approximately 750,000 feet of snow fence which, if placed end to end, ‘would cover 142 miles. The depa: ment believes that snow prevention is more effective in North Dakota than endeavoring to remove snow from all the highways by means of snow removal equipment, such as caterpillars and snow plo It may surprise some people to learn that in exclusive snow prevention work it will cost the highway department something like $80,000 dollars a year t rom ve the snow in cooperation the various county boards desir- ing the same. Main Highways Completed _ With the exception of a few minor gaps, all of the U. S. roads in the state have been earth graded and the major portion thereof gravel sur- faced, except U. S. No. 85 in the west end of the state. One can travel over U. S. Road No, 2 for its entire }. length on improved highway with the exception of a 10-mile ap be- tween Rugby and Towner which is \still in process of construction and which will be finished early next year. Most of this road also is gravel surfaced. Petween Bismarck and Fargo the ‘whole stretch has been improved and will be gravel surfaced completely early in the spring, some portions under contract for graveling remain- ing to be done in Stutsman and Bur- leigh counties. From Mandan west- construction work will be begun next year for the unimproved por- tions in Morton and Stark Counti “4 v1 be a les 81 ee | throug! ahpeton, Fargo an Tan Forks is now complete except a small portion in Pembina county still under construction. It should be fully wel surfaced by the close of 1928. ite Highway No. 1 is entirely built and about 80 pe: cent gravel sur- completed an! mostly gravel S» AIsurfaced; some construction work is till. pending south of Jamestown. One of the best east and west roads | Z4n the State is State Highway No. 7, ich is about 90 cent gravel Not far behind is State Bekwey No. 5, close to the Canadian which should be fully earth by the close of the year and 50 per cent gravel surfaced. Highway No. 9, which cuts d across the state through ity, it , Harvey, and on to Bowbells, is also rin completion. i ae oe been improved ani rapidly surfaced. No. 6 Nearly All Improved i ay No. 6 from Bis- ee cok is entirely improved pt fora stretch between —_— a struction of that portion cf* dis highway within their confines)? is unlikely that the entire unith proved portion will be built during the coming season owing to the in- ability of the local commu. ities to finance their share of the cost of its improvement in one year. Much Work Ahead During the forthcoming construc- tion seaso.. the department of, state highways will be compelled to Super. vise the expenditure of approxi- mately four and one-half to five million dollars for toad work, in- cluding construction maintenance, *! marking, re-graveling and perhaps some oiling of roads, and in addition the construction of bridges at Grand Forks, Wahpeton and Fargo. Plans for the two former bridges are *|underway and only the delay in the selection of a suitable site for the Fargo bridge is preventing active work for this latter span. It is anticipated that the 1928 construc- tion program will be no larger than that for the current year due to the fact that there will be no marked increase in highway income from automobile license fees and the two- cent gasoline tax, Due to the in- crease of improved mileage each year and the necessary growing expense of road maintenance, the highway Total receipts for 1987 were here, Ha ee OR or e Total receipt for 1926 were $1 ae ‘ol recel oF 573.45, for Ioe4, $816,871.15 and REGISTERED IN N.D. THIS YEAR An Increase of 2,848 Over 1926 —License Receipts This Year $1,595,390.25 083,- for ee $760,444.4 yen i assenger cars istered t! ist total 1aase?, as compared with 145,- 570; trucks in 1927 total 15,869 as compared with 12,260 in 1! and motorcycles this total 277 as com) with last Total registrations this year ie 160.973, while in 1926 the total was 158,125— this year’s increase being 2,848. Reason for Drop Unknown Inasmuch as there were approxi- mately. 18,000 new pas: r cars listed in the state during 1927, Mr. Ingstad is at a loss to explain the drop in total number ir cars registered, except to make the statement that there must automobile owners in the state who failed to register their cars this Som new next dealers’ plates which i pla urposes only. These Taupe color ain red numerals. Supplies Ready Soy will be sent out Mond: Although there were eter pasuéh? ger cars registered in North Dakota during 1927 than during the pre- vious year, the total motor car registration fees for 1927 was $17,- 341.35 greater than for 1926, records in the office of F. B. Ingstad, motor vehicle registrar, show. More than making up the loss in passenger car | year, registrations was the increase in|" One solid carload of license tags motor truck registrations this year. | for 1928 have already been received and county officers throughout reduction. Cars registered dealers can use on new cars which | ments. are being used for Ceggeecaege peepee! is divided a Twenty mail bags full of license application blanks and other supplies lay to automo- bile dealers, notaries public, banks state for the use of motor car owners in applying for 1928 registration. The regular annual reduction of be many | basic fees will be in effect in 1928, with cars registered for the first time in 1927 receiving a 10 per cent in 1926} ,. 3 for the initial time will receive a 25| divided as follo per cent reduction and cars regis- Motorcycles rere $170, car | motor vehicle The remainder of sors, the n paid in from each county to registration department. rl Three Years Motor vehicle registrations for the st three years were as follows: 192! 1926 192' Pass. cars 133,791 145,570 144,827 Trucks .... 11,881 12,250 15,869 Motor- i cycles 443 305 277 Totals 146,115 158,125 160,973 Total receipts during 1927 were Find Old Flint Lock ets Forgotten by Pioneer ing dialast a stone in the Cabillo moutnains by an absent minded frontiersman, has. been found by 1,362.20) cattlemen during the annual round- |—Judge. building program is likely to de- crease year by year. BUSINESS GOOD, BISMARCK P 0. RECEIPTS SHOW Local Postoffice Likely to Ex- ceed $200,000 Mark First Time in History The financial condition of the Mis- souri Slope country is the best in its history if the postal receipts of the local postoffice can be considered a criterion, according to Oliver Lund- quist, postmaster. Actual figures for the first three uarters of 1927 and a minimum esti- mate of the fourth quarter show that the Bismarck postoffice will exceed the $200,000 mark for the first time in its history. With the figures for 1926 exceeded by $17,566.95 and the figures for 1925 by $17,582.86, the deduction is that Bismarck and the Slope country are enjoying their most prosperous year, largely credited to bumper crops. In 1926 when the worst crop fail- ure in the history of western North Dakota occurred, the peal receipts bettered those of 1925, a good crop year, by only $15.91. Believed to be largely due to an increase of 4,000 in the city popu- lation in that past 10 years, the 1927 figures better those of 1917 by $89,172.24, Increase Is Phenomenal Allowing for a steady growth in postoffice business from year to year, the fact remains that the 1927 figures indicate a phenomenal in- crease over that of the “average” year, said Mr. Lundquist. With a special session of the state legislature scheduled to meet on January 10, which means a result- ant increase in tons of business for the postoffice, and a_ predicted bumper crop year for 1928 because of the heavy snow that blankets the 1| whole of western North Dakota, Mr. Lundquist believes that 1928 will better this year’s figures. Figures, by quarters, showing the Bismarck postoffice’s business dur- ing the past three years, follow: 1925 1927 1q $47,105.92 $58,294.80 $59,655.04 2q 45,561.69 37,784.07 54,744.45 3q 52,541.57 43,638.98 42,397.69 4q 33,196.96 38,704.26 * 39,191.88 $178,406.20 $178,422.11 $195,989.06 *Minimum estimate, ___Totals for 41 Years Figures, showing the postal re- ceipt totals for the past 11 years, follow: - $112,036.38 - 106,816.82 - 130,463.76 137,186.17 135,270.20 127,480.18 150,385.28 150,697.00 178,406.20 178,422.11 195,989.06 ¢>——_________» NEWS BRIEFS | ° ae Wilbur decreases AA 8 navy prison’s population by half in freeing 534 naval prison: ers. Le Secretary Mellon in review of 1927 and forecast for 1928 says, “we may look forward to continued progress in the year ahead.” ,__ Twenty-two Boy. Scouts, caught in blizzard in mountains near So- nora, Calif, make way safely to lumber camp. Duluth—Dr. C. M. McMillan, held in connection with slaying of Mrs. Amelia Apuleby in Los Angeles, was a euest at Hotel Duluth here for two weeks last summer. A will drawn in favor of Dr. McMillan,| written on hotel stationery, was xoupe in doctor’s Los Angeles apart- Minneapolis—Thomas Moore and company, ginger ale manufacturers, announced it would seek temporary LS ale, Mond ig seearel court r Prevent northwest, ibition officers from interfering with distribution of ginger ale. Minneapolis — William A, Fisher, Boston, was Mose’ ele id president Gs the most valuable ca _ ever offered for so little mon ;, = months of to present the perfected Whippet for 1928. mM, we are ready You will be satisfied and delighted with every detail of its equipment and performance. You will be amazed when you learn how low is the price. For Willys-Overland resources and equipment are now such that no car of equal quality can be built and sold at a lower price. : Greatly Increased Facilities Within its class, we believe, no car combines so many advantages—offers such remarkable value. To make it possible, our plans have included major revisions in factory. —a new body plant doubling our capacity: addition of new depart- ments—the installation of new and highly perfected machinery—and notable economies in production costs. ; The factory service cost on the Whippet has been the lowest of any car we ever built. Asa result, we have been able to minimize materially the usual al- lowances for service costs— ae anothercontributing factor {| — to the lowered price of the 1928 Whippet. Present light car standards are a tribute to the pioneer. Four-wheel brakes — . center of gravity—greater: economy —greater roomi President, The Willye-Overiand Company beauty—no one today would think of buying a car that had not made these advances. Many Added Features Among the many things you will like in the 1928 Whippet are improved bodies in a wide variety of beautiful colors, and fitted with cadet-type visor, full crown fenders, an engine that doubles its rated horse-power, full pressure lubrication, silent timing . chain, gasoline tank in rear, long, semi-elliptic springs, oversize balloon tires and snubbers, an adjustable steering wheel, automatic windshield wiper, rear view mirror and stop light. Holds Remarkable Records . Owners have driven and tested the Whippet for tebe tees “p — record in po: f ve reco of its superiority. It holds the A. A. A. Coast -to-Coast economy record, averaging 43.28 miles to the gallon. In a national economy test 5,508 owners averaged 38 miles to the gallon. Whippet established a record (of 71.6 miles an hour in a speed test on Rocking- ham Park Speedway. It accel- erates from 5 to 30 miles in 11.5 seconds; turns in a 17- fodt radius, and parks in 14 .We' suggest you see the — Whippet. and. get the new... price next Friday. Examine it carefully. Compare it with: .. any other car. Then ask about. out of your income. ii riddit if F é shai sualie