Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 19, 1919, Page 11

WASHINGTON, D. ¢., July 1 19.— Over two score of bills already in- troduced in the special session of the Sixty-sixth Congress make evident the positive demand that is develop- ing all over the United States nationalized highways and more com-| es plete control of Federal expenditure on roads by the government. Though the extra session is yet young, some forty bills having hich ways as their major theme have becn| dropped into the legislative hopper, is while more than a score of others a which deal with the road sit: de: pf forja we to a greater or lesser degre now on file. Chief among these in intercst, course, is the sure of Sens Charles E. Toy of 4 providing for highways, a sion, and principles ‘ederal highway commis. thorough study of the governing transportatior This bill was firs’ in, CONGRESS FLOODED wi BlLLs FOR NATIONAL ROADS INDICATES GROWING DEMAND FOR FEDERAL DIRECTION would among its other duties include all that is now done Osborne hile highways, keeping in mind future military requirements. Representative Robsion ucky vsks for an incre 100,000,000 to present F of en- of $1,- eral Aid le Re Road act appropriations; while » pe entative Ferris of Oklahoma be-! e that $400,000,000 should be spartment of public works, which added. Many of the Roc Mountain states! representatives have fathered m u which would provide for of public lands for use in roa improvement, of the most im- portant of these bilis coming from Senztor Phipps of Colorado. by the Bureau | Roads. Representative of California would create jepartment of federal highways and iblish a national highway system, Representative Reavis of Ne ska introduces in the house the me measure as sponsored in the the Public a number of bills which call for special appropriations for nate by Mr. J the construction of national park Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas,’ thoroughfares, memorial roads, and the author of one bill calling for military hi military highws along the south Delegate Kalanianole of Hawaii stern border while Representative pontends thet this territory should en of Arizona also would have) participate in the distribution of the There are war department at once under-\money appropriated under the I K y and investigate the ral Aid Road a a boundary road. Repre-; g. be - Huddapaenc ae. Pe eld nator King of Utah believes that ne idea, except that he| ‘he national forests should be re- * ‘a turned to the Department of the In- rting the build ary high of Washington terior, instead of being administer- ed by the Department of Agriculture, which arr: nt, it will be re- i of such a | Senator Jone: v= BIG HMLING BUSINESS BUILT UP IN WYOMING point to its winning qualities. It is In the | the Cletrac tank-type tractor All Cletrac : it lacks in resemblance and ability done th to smash through any army tank Thes the drivers seat on the “s planted by Cletrac tractor. mg material } BY MIGHENER COMPANY THE WYOMING FIELD NOW = ies sctea” cor sho sureties or mht Al fron : work it accomplishes in every day in from ee the At harvesting time, the ® fu ; 3 takes the place of teams ‘tte yt The Michener Transportatian com- A new tractor known on the au- |) icessary for pulling binders a| R Vi ny is in Casper to move anything tomobile market cx the Cleveland) pea) asset in summer plowing this tor = and to transport it quickly. And thac Tractor has made its appearance in| little tractor has spelled the differ is aero eaua the compen has the Wyoming field and all indicat: at_Lu } y has been here. The Mic hener eer er company is located now at 1 South David street. Michener bu eons are proprietors of the com $c The Micheners to ¢ ,e) from Arizona. The company does a for the oil comp s end refineries in Natrona county and the entire state. Twelve to thirt trucks are kept busy in alnvost nstant operation. The big hauling business is to the e e S u S Pre Salt Creek field and to Rawlins A Kissel Kar tr are used entire- i. ly by the Mich company in this -en transportation t i these same in truck. t d have a survey of the entire the last session. Since then it i ic coast for the purpose of in-|™embered, tra to the Roos company claims that the been subjected to a nation-wide criti- tigating the need of a military administration, when the change » one of the few cism, with the result that numerous He would also survey and lo-|W28 made to meet the wishes of | which have stood up under tha every powerful organizations have gone on a military and post road from| Gifford Pinchot, the then chief for-|day tests met in the big oil | fields record favoring it as a bill which St. I s, Mo., to Olympia, Wash “lester. A powerful sentiment un-:here. The weather has never stopped treats the subject in the broadest) Reptesentative Lea of California doubtedly e for the return of) them |} cording to the reports manner and with due consideration prope high ° milit coast | the forest re to the Secretary apany for the varying needs of the respec-| defense purposes along the Northern of the Inte round trip to Salt Creek is tive states, Pacific coast of his e, to be| “It is interesting to note in a very day, one of the trucks Evidently the present bureau plan known as the Roosevelt Highway. Mr. lyzing the measures that the den leaving Inte in the afternoon and re of Federal road administration docs Hawley of Oregon seconds this idea | comes from all sections of the Unit- turning early the next morning. It net Tees perniin count 4 - and | Ms for the construction of the ed States,” comm Chairman ie vork ences truc = pavencons i ide from Town Roosevelt Highway along the coast of George C. Diehl of the A, A. A. Nat- for the comr on this route that ure, several others have been intro-| his commonwealth. ional good roads “showing the Michener company points to with an ee create a radically| Senaton Shields of Tennessee that the movement for national high- © xd stance) Sana toet Weslke's) " on in- pede authorize the Secretary of; ways is a genuine growth and that : iaptomieatlan f a] y Jones; ash- War to prepare a preliminary plan ‘the roads question has passed be- The world’s sheep-shearing record is ate Ba: creation of a|for a system of improved National yond sectionel stages.” is 2,94 anima nine hours. 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Center Street—Phone 9 FABRIC TIRES GUARANTEED 6,000 MILES Subject to Government Excise Tax E"*AEex: Cc. BOYLE 6.60 6.80 7.00 7.39 7.85 8.35 the Year Round When you think of tractors, your first thought is probably; of at plowing. But plowing is only the beginning of the Cietrac’s wide range of usefulness. ; : ' While this sturdy machine is constantly demonstrating its ability to handle two 14-inch bottoms at from 3 to 3% miles an hour—8 to 10 and acres a day—it is the other work it does that makes it different better—the eeepc ~~ FANK-TYPE TRACTOR | (Formerly Known as the Cleveland Tractor) not only plows, but it does all the work necessary in preparing the 3 seed bed. And it does this without packing the soil. { After the ground is broken, the Cletrac goes over it with the disc and harrow—then goes over it with the seeder The Cletrac rides on top of the seed bed and does not waste its power in constantly climbing out of its own track ° It Does More Kinds of Work--- More Days in the Year At harvesting time, the Cletrac takes the place of the teams neces- sary for pulling the binders. -loader It handles the hot, horse-killing job of pulling the ha harvest prac- after that It takes care of the Summer plowing immediately ing, and does this work quickly and well—something tically impossible for the farmer who depends on horses. all the loss in Summer plowing often means difference between profit and the next year’s crop— Buy your Cletrac now. We can deliver it from stock today—-and we work on your farm tomorrow. can put it to a 7 aS "| H. G. Saddoris of Fort Dodge, that his Cletrac made it possible for him to harvest his grain last Summer in half the time required when he used horses, and with less help. In fact, | his 14-year-old boy operated the tractor, pulling one binder, and accom- | plished as much in the same time as could have been done by two horse- | pulled binders, each pulled by a five-horse team. R. N. Van Sant DISTRIBUTOR—CASPER AND LUSK lowa, reports the use of