The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1929, Page 2

PAGE TWO GRAVEL AND GREASE MAY BE SUBSTITUTE FOR COSTLY PAVING System Investigated by Com-| mission on Trip to Be Exper- imented With in N. D. PACKED PLIABLE SURFACE Will Not Crack Like Tar Top; Smoothest Road Results; fs Qustless and Cheap Report as to the place selected for a trial of the Idaho system of oiling roads will be made to the state high- way commission in the near future by department engineers. An effort is being made to sclect a place where conditions to be met are approximately the same as those in order to give the road oiling plan a fair trial If it is successful it is probable that it will supplant all other encountered in Idaho, in this state. kinds of road oiling and may post- pone the necessity for paving heavily traveled roads for many years. two highway The system which commissioners and two engineers in- vestigated on a recent trip to Idaho, is relatively simple. A proper base of gravel or crushed stone, firmly packed, is necessary as a foundation. Upon this is laid a four- inch coating of additional gravel which is then sprayed with oil. Grad- ing machinery is used to toss the gravel first to one side of the road and then to the other so that every particle of the gravel is thoroughly coated with the oil. Three applica- tions of the oil and 20 or more turn- ings with the grader are necessary. Says It’s Best Road When the coating mixture finally is ready it is spread over the highway and vehicles passing over it pack it down. The result, as experienced in Idaho by the investigating party, is the smoothest highway they ever cn- countered. They described it as dust- less and easier to drive and ride over than pavement. The highway department already has experimented with tar surfacing systems, but the results have not been wholly satisfactory. In a report to the highway commission, compar- ing the experiments already tried and the Idaho system, C. A. Myhre, as- sistant chief engincer, said the fail- ure of some previous experiments may have been due to failure to properly prepare and drain the subgrade of the highway and to a Jack of “road metal” or gravel on the wearing surface. Some of the tar projects already constructed, however, have developed and other defects and when this situation occurs they have been difficult to repair, according to Also, mainte- been relatively “potholes” statement. have Myhre's nance costs high. Dakota Tarring Grows Brittle ‘The Idaho system costs only $50 a mile for maintenance and in cases where repair is neccssary the oiled gravel can be torn up, additional gravel and oil added and the entire mass relaid without great difficulty. In the “tar penetration” method here- tofore used in North Dakota. the sur- facing material has often become very brittle after use, and, if torn up for repair, cannot easily be relaid, since it loses its plasticity. ‘The cost of the Idaho treatment is $1,550 a mile, without gravel, that fig- ure covering only the cost of oil and labor The tar penetration method heretofore used is $1.400 a mile, ac- cording to records of the highway de- results partment. ‘Comparing the obtained,” Myhre's report said, o— Temperature at 7 a. m. it yesterday . Lowest last night . Precipitation to 7 a. m. Highest wind velocity die i i ke i 7 al i { [ +6 Hil F e Fy i g 3 8 BRBBB88e838e888eRsr883888 a i | pet here f Weather Report i i il Lull ANDO [efalolel [1 [oO] boys’ books n coin grace Ind of horse 2. Southern cons ment . Inhabitant of: saftix 42. Wily atellation 43. Kiln for dry- 63, Capital of ing malt Idaho ) Long Island = 64, Shoot from town sh Come tn Mexiean In+ ta Do300 Goous aggoo oO iele|s|eir mms (ele|s|s cov a fu) 32 i ol ett tele: Eiower 32! Eatremely: Bon relelalal ps tal 38, Tho poor f Scot. 31, Poem ree eitepi mOwaaA oaoeooK 34, Set in order 23, Welter of form 31, Ventilator 32. Angry N ‘Top ecards 4, Correct an Operatic con: tralto Marvel Social Medel Reratea 8 Stern Insect inal Es “ « 2 can be no question in anyone’s mind as to the superiority of the mixed method of treatment in the results obtained for the money expended.” j The highway commissien already has authorized the purchase of ma- chinery with which to properly lay the new oiled gravel roads and it is expected to get one or more projects completed this year. Might Mean Big Saving Any road constructed under the new system will be given frequent and ecarcful inspection and exact records will be kept to show the manner in which it bears up under the traffic, the cost of maintaining such roads and other data which will be neces- sary to develop a permanent policy. If the oiled roads will act as a fair substitute for paved roads, the sav- ing to the state will be tremendous, Myhre said. In many places heavily graveled roads are costing huge sums to maintain. Wind blows the gravel away, frequent regraveling is neces- sary and labor costs to keep the roads smooth are high. As against this sit- uation, paving costs $30,000 a mile. At 5 per cent interest this is $1,500 a year if bonds are issued. On this basis, Myhre points out, bituminous treatment could be applied every two years if necessary at a cost of $2,000 per mile and the state still would be money ahead. He estimates that the oiled roads would last five years under the average traffic now encountered on state highways. f AT THE MOVIES CAPITOL THEATRE It’s a safe bet that you'll like “Trial Marriage,” the Columbia production Which is being shown at_the Capitol Theatre. It is a tense society drama woven around a timely theme. The Problems presented by the charac- ° | ° | OUTOUR WAY Now, HERES FONNIER vit, 1c] YEE ONE THIS | LA HA. ters are those which might face any individual. The chief concern of the drama is trial marriage, whether it is success- ful or not and the pitfalls that lurk in the path of an unconventional marriage. The story concerns two \girls, half sisters and daughters of a }much married father. Their home \life and environment have taught them to regard marriage lightly. ELTINGE THEATRE “The Voice of the City,” talking feature at the Eltinge for today and Saturday deals with the escape of a man from prison who was sent there for twenty years, although innocent. The chase of this man by Biff, hard- boiled detective, his hiding by John- ny, a weakling, his snatched romance with his sweetheart, and his eventual release from the unjust charges, pro- vide an abundance of vivid and grip- ping entertainment. Willard Mack plays the detective and Robert Ames and Sylvia Pields play the leads. Talking, singing and dancing by prominent Broadway entertainers are featured in “Night Club” also on the program (By The Associated Press) FRIDAY House takes up farm bill conference report. * Senate votes on constitution. al amendment to end lame duck” sessions of congress. Senate continues debate on national origins quota basis in immigration act. Senate receives census re- apportionment bill passed by house with minor amendments. Senate interstate commerce committee continues hearing on federal communications com- missions proposed. THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SYNOPSIS: Discovery of a fa- mous gold-mounted pistol in An- drew Ogden's home after his mur- der develops the theory that the wealthy civic leader, had been, 30 years before, adventurer and overlord of Torridity, Alex Peter- son. Stunned by the revelation, John Peebles, Ogden’s intimate friend, still insists that the black- mailer Dillon, and not Ogden’s son, Jerry, is the murderer. Pee- bles’ niece, Lucy, engaged Luther MacNair, famous detective, to prove her fiance innocent, but MacNair also supports the police theory of Jerry's guilt. is CHAPTER 16 ON JERRY’S TRAIL There was nothing else to be done, and so we followed Deacon from the Ogden home. I put the car in the garage and MacNair came into the house with me. Mrs. Moffit had got 8 fire crackling in the den and he put his back to the blaze while I sat down at the desk and began to pencil in the little red notebook. MacNair watched me, his ironic look tempered by amusement. “Clews?” he inquired when I had done. “In a way,” I admitted. “I thought I might be able to supplement your conclusions with one or two of my “Good idea! Two heads are better than one. Well, I must be off.” “No, indeed!” I exclaimed, standing up. “You must have dinner with us.” He laughed. “You tempt me. I have an indifferent cook.” “Mine is the best in San Felipe. You will stay?” “Thanks. I will.” The meal wasn't especially lively, although both Mrs. Moffit and Lucy did their best, and I must admit Mac- Nair was interesting in his cold- blooded way. But his twisted outlook and his ironical philosophy of life took from our intercourse that spon- taneity which always graces my table. I suppose the trapping of one’s fellow beings discourages the social in- stinct. He and I had a pleasant hour in my den, though, and I found him able to tell me a good many things | about small firearms. When he had gone, Lucy came in. Dropping on a stool at my feet, she leaned her dark head against my knees. My fingers were soon strok- ing her sleek black hair. A common sadness of spirit suffused us and neither of us spoke for a little while. “There's no word?” Lucy whispered presently. “None,” I said, huskily, and she pressed her head hard against my knee. ‘When she looked up I tried to avoid her eyes, but there must have been some magnetic quality in the look she turned on me for I felt my eyes drawf down to hers. Her expression tore my heart and I had to blow my nose violently before I felt. equal to re- counting what had transpired during the day. “You still believe in him, Uncle John?” “My dear child! Of course I be- Heve in him!” ¥ “And—you don’t think—anything— dreadful could have happened to him?” I sensed the terror leaping in. her breast, but I kept my voice steady. “Certainly not! He'll turn up in day or two.” She nestled softly against me then. In her tender moments Lucy was in- expressibly dear to me. I must admit I am Hootie on for ippers. “I am going to Los Angeles,” he an- nounoes iy es ve “Have you got word of something T asked eagerly. By Williams 4 WNILL: YOU HINOLY REFRAIN FROM LAUGHING AGAINST MY HORSE . 1 cant CATCH HIM WITH SOU JIGGLUNG HIM LiKe THAT. GOLD BULLETS By CHARLES G. BOOTH His face was inscrutable. “I don't ped yet. It may not amount to any- “Well, silence is the prerogative of the Holmes tribe. You have a fine car, MacNair. Just ten miles ovér the 5,000-mark,” I cbserved, with a glance at the lometer. He nodded. “It’s fairly speedy. I expect to be back tomorrow.” The engine gave a throaty purr and the roadster slid from under my hand. At breakfast, half an hour later, Lucy had little to say. Shadows encircled her eyes and my heart ached for her. We had got to the toast and coffee stage when the telephone rang. It was Sunday, Mrs. Moffit’s day off, and Lucy answered the call. Mrs. Moffit had got our breakfast ready and gone to her Cosmic Indulgence circle, which mects every Sunday morning at eight. We didn’t expect her back until evening. “Somebody wants to speak to Cap- tain Deacon,” Lucy announced from the door of my den. ¢He's not here. Why didn’t you—” I stopped. Her eyes were fixed on me “What's the matter, “I don’t know—oh, nothing,” she whispered. “I didn’t—tell him. 1 thought it might be—I thought some- thing might have happened—he seems excited—” “Nonsense!” I cried, but my old heart thumped a bit. “Deacon must Hed in here. Wait, I'll speak im.” A sense of disaster weighed upon me as I took up the instrument. “Hello.” z “That you, chief?” some ‘one de- manded crisply. I have been told that my voice over the wire resembles Deacon's. Before I could make my identity known the voice ran on: “Some'dy just phoned in they seen Jerry Ogden driving along the Pes- kella road to Skull Valley night be- fore last!” I almost dropped the instrument. “This di Peebles. Captain Deacon isn't The floor was rocking bencath me. Jerry .. . Skull Valley .. . night be- fore last. “If you'll leave a message—” I be- gan in a voice strangely unlike my mn, “Tell him to call headquarters. He said he might stop at your place first. Don't forget!” I stared into the mouthpiece numb with horror. Jerry ... Skull Valley «. . Torridity. Torridity and Andrew's death had come to form a sort of un- holy unity. Jerry had gone there. But why? And why hadn't he re- turned? “Good God!” I muttered. “Unless he can explain himself Deacon will bring him back under warrant!” A horrible fear that Jerry mightn’t be able to explain his flight to Deacon's satisfaction, although he would to mine, overwhelmed me. (Copyright, 1929, Wm. Morrow Co.) Jerry fleeing to Torridity—the Police on his trail—accused of murder. Another amazing devel- opment in tomorrow's ¢hapter. DRY DRIVE PLANNED IN STATE SCHOOLS AS AID 10 HOOVER Minneapolis Woman to Lecture to Teachers Attending FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1929 Highway Department Seeks Economy by Trial of Idaho Oiling Plan “Can't I even come out on the track to see my own horse?” “It's my duty, lady, to see that the other horses aren't frightened.” | SIDE GLANCES - - - - By George Clark nN Peoria, Ill, June 7.—(NEA)—Cap- tain Jean Francis De Villard, one- time ace of the Forty-fourth esca- drille, has two major ambitions in aviation. First, he wants to break the world’s non-refueling endurance flight record. Second, he wants to make a ten-day hop around the world in the largest airplane ever constructed. Just now the is in Peoria, Summer Normals The slogan “Cooperate with Hoover” will be the rallying cry in a renewed to obtain observance of the prohibition law which: will be Jaunched in North Dakota schools this ‘The movement will really get un- der way when the state normal schools ‘open their summer sessions late this month. ‘Mrs. Bessie Lathe Scovell, of Min- neapolis, will visit each of the normal schools in turn and will lecture on The lect 5 ure exposition of the facts of prohibition and its advantages. At each school Mrs. Scovell will spend a day in the classrooms, giving the Vschets of Soa mate intuesen oF the manner of presenting the case get to the children who teachers the state as active sol- diers in the fight for temperance and better of the prohibition law, as distinguisbed from enforce- ment of the law. in the Teaching schools already is commanded by the state law. The statute provides that “cach teacher in the common schools shall | m; completing -his plans to make both ambitions come true. Some time in August he hopes to take off here in his giant ship with enough gasoline aboard to keep it in the air for 100 hours. The present non-refueling endurance record is slightly over 65 hours, so he believes his mark, if he reaches it, will stand unbroken for a long time. His ship will be a giant—a mono- Plane, all metal, resembling the Ford tri-motored commercial ships but much larger. Fully loaded, it will weigh 27,000 pounds, and it will have & wing spread of 110 feet. After the éndurance flight will come the round-the-world hop. Cap- tain De Villard plans to carry 2,600 gallons of gasoline and eight passen- gers, including two co-pilots, a nay gator, radio operator, newspaper re- Porter, photographer, and a woman rr. His route, as tentatively planned, calls fora flight from Peoria to Port- land, Ore. Thence he plans to make a and money is now being raised in Peoria and nearby cities. Although he has a French name and a French war record and saw Around the World in Ten Days Is Plan of : This Ex-War Ace Captain Jean Francis De Villard. He plans to fly around the world in ten days in the largest airplane ever constructed. fact that many aeronautical experts say that a ship the size of the ong he is building will be too unwieldy to fly successfully. Last year, he says, he built a ship with a 90-foot wing poskaeed and it was not nearly large service on both the Italian and Mo- | enougl rocco fronts, Captain De Villard was born in this country—Fordyce, Ark., to be exact. He has been flying since 1914 and has more than 4,000 hours in the air. He is not disturbed by the The ship as planned will have a cruising speed of 115 miles per hour, and Captain De Villard is confident he can encircle the globe in less than @ fortnight. [Supreme Court } Paul Rode, L. 8. Officer, S. A. Olsen, Tom Plaisance and Fred Shieve, Plaintiffs, Appellants and Re- spondents. vs. The State Highway ission a corporation, and dock, et al, as State Highway Commissioners, the County of Ward, a quasimunicipal cor- Poration, August Krantz, et al, as County of said County of Ward. Defendants, Respondents and Appellants. CROSS 1, Under the provisions ter 159 of the Session Laws of 1927 the Department of State Highways has the right to designate, locate, re- designate, relocate, alter and changé i PB EESR WTF i init Hi i FerRTET: (LETH [Fa "y Commission. APPEALS Messrs. Dickinson & of Chap: obtaining the h a . G. Flath, aie «| able by the county, an injunction will not lie to prevent the fulfillment of such contract and agreement on the Part of the board of county commis- (Syllabus by the court.) i H i z : i i nh 32 ff H i 8; FF sf g i E Hi é ti il Hi HH ee Ll 4 i i : g ! i E i F : H i inf i ln uf : aR iT gz ¥¢ WOOL NEEDN'T BEG SAYS MATT STARE OF COOPERATIVES Montana Expert Warns Grow- ers They Have Making of Market by Sitting Tight 1 — | “From prices paid for wool in Wy- oming and Idaho it would appear {that the coming Montana clip will not need to go begging,” said Matt Staff, president; National Wool Ex- change, Inc., of Boston, who has just arrived in Montana after covering Wyoming and other states in the in- terest of his company, says thc Hel- {cna, Montana, Independent. “In the Union Pacific districts of Wy ” Mr. Staff continued. “prices advanced in two weeks from 28 cents to 33% cents, while in the Basin 32 cents was paid. As the Mon- tana clips generally bring three cents more than wool from these sections, the ruling price in this state should be quite satisfactury even though the bast winter was a costly period for many » Of course, the grow- ers themselves will make the market, and if they show inclination to accept whatever prices arc offered, the ad- vance over Wyoming prices men- tioned may not take place.” Regarding the statistical position of wool, Mr. Staff had this to say: “It is estimated that the slightly greater carry-over from last year and the small gains in imports and domestic production will aggregate around 20 million pounds. Against this in- creased supply of raw wool, as com- pared with last year at this time, there was consumed in this country during the first four months of 1929 fully 15 million pounds more than during the same months of last year. This, consideredvin connection with the fact that unfilled orders on the books of woolen amd worsted manu- facturers are at this moment greater than at any corresponding period in Many years, should tend to instill confidence among growers and their bankers in the value of wool. Fur- thermore, prices have declined to a point where domestic wool is selling at from five to seven cents below comparable foreign wool, a condition for which the growers of the south- west are wholly responsible. The officials of the National Wool Growers’ association, headed by Mr. Hagenbarth, are confident that more adequate protection for wool will be provided in the tariff bill now under consideration in congress, and as all foreign markets continue firm and legitimate business is very prosperous and assured of ample credit there does not seem to be any cause for worry, even though the practice of contracting prior to shearing has been. temporarily suspended. The only danger,” said Mr. Staff, “is that the growers may become panicky and icg- nore the favorable fac affecting their industry. The ‘mach heraléed ery that women do not wear clothes made of wool does not disprove the important fact that cach year's pro- duction has gone into consumption. There is no accumulation anywhere in the: world.” GAINED 43 LBS.; HEALTH 1S FINE “In my opinion Sargon has no equ2l. Since taking this wonderful r: i T have gained thirteen p: now feel like a new Faerie Sl MRS. ARTHUR L. OLSON “I suffered with stomach trouble and was in a terribly rundown con- dition. Nothing I ate agreed with me and, for hours after ecting, I would feel bloated and uncomfortable. Even though I was careful about what I AG n gf i EB 2 2 wits a if a i i ctl i i Ee sf i Aj g F i i fi afte zeh ‘ n