The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-29
and Farm

find building being demolished: All
these things are necessary to the COM
fort of the fowls in addition to plenty
of green food and a supply of cut
clover to take the place of the vclE-
table tops late in the season. All of
this can be done now when the supply
Is available, but which would not be
the case when the frost is on the
ground
1t is lamentable fact that many
automobile owners seem to lose all the
decency they ever possessed when they
go over rural roads. They seem to feel
that no one but themselves have any
road rightsm and, some of them, take
fiendish delight in seeing the antics of
the frightened horse. The automobile
lists have rights and so have the driy-
ers of horses and a law like the fol-
lowing, which is portion of the vir-
glnia automobile law. enacted in all
states would soon set the matter right
and both owners of automobiles and
OF horses would respect the rights of
the other: THE owner, operator, con-
ductor, driver or occupant of any such
machine shall keep a careful look
ahead for the approach of horseback
riders or vehicles drawn by horses or
other animals, and upon the approach
OF such riders or vehicles shall slow
up, keeping his machine under thor
ough and careful control, give ample
roadway to such rider or vehicle, and
If signaled by such rider or occupant
OF such vehicle, or be otherwise re-
quested thereto. shall Immediately
bring his vehicle to full stop and al
low ample room and time to allow
such rider or vehicle to pass. And if
requested to do SO by the said rider or
occupant of said vehicle. the owner,
operator, conductor. driver or occu-
pant, If male, of any such machine,
shall lead the horse or horses past his
machine. Should any horse ridden or
driven in an opposite direction to that
which the machine is travelling, give
evidence of fright, then the duty of the
driver shall be the same as If he had
been signalled to by the rider of the
horse or the occupant of the vehicle"
1t is worth the time and trouble of any
rural community to urge the law maxi
ers of his state to see that a similar
law is enacted in such state
NO" tHdt tHeFe Is danger OF q
shortage in the tie supply before a
great many years have passed. man
agements of the railroads are begin
ming to figure out some method of
getting along without the old-fash-
Toned wooden tie." said G. T. Rodner
OF Pittsburg. THE use of longitud-
inal stringers for rail supports instead
of cross ties has been frequently sug-
gested in connection with ballast
roadway, but it has never been used
except in limited extent in an excep-
tional way. With concrete road
bed the longitudinal principle has a
number of good features to commend
it, and some of the street car lines
in the East are now using this form of
construction in the streets of large
cities.
THE idea along these lines that ap-
pears to be meeting with the greatest
favor is a concrete roadbed using
longitudinal supports for the rails.
The construction is such that the tim
Der and rails with the concrete form
solid and rigid foundation and the.
act in unison in resisting strains.
Provision is made for the complete
drainage of every portion of the road
bed so that no upheaval or uneven