Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-07-26

vince anyone who may read this
bulletin of the great good that is ac-
complished with the drag we include
here few statements from those who
have had an opportunity to make OBJ
servation Of the drag. We have hun
dreds OF endorsements from Missouri
and other states equally as strong as
those we have used:
Dragged With Railroad Iron.
| F. G. Fulton in Farmers Voice-"T
have made one mile of road through
almost just such fiat country as you
described in your inquiry, through
what some people call gumbo. I
had no drainage, and the water, after
each rain, not only got within three
feet of the crown of TIE road, but it
would get over it in dozen or more
places. In fact | had no grade to
speak of-not over IL inches above
the bottom of the bitches. Allow
me to digress a little to show the
actual condition of this road when IL
was first dragged. In the spring of
1869, inclusive, you could not get
through one-fourth of a mile of this
piece of road with an empty wagon.
In the spring of 1897 | saw five
wagons stuck in this quarter mile of
road. The same spring we hauled
forty large loads of rock and put into
the mud holes, but in the
spring of 1890 1t was as impossible as
ever. In July, 1899, began drag
ging one mile Of road, including this
bad quarter mile-with Kings drag?
Not at all; we at that time had not
heard of Mr.. King. | used a common
railroad rail, "a feet long. In 1901 |
cut that rail in two at the center and
used it double. placing one piece two
feet behind the other, and | continued
to use 1t until 1904, when / made a
split log drag yet. Allow me to say
that during the years 1899 to 1902
there were sawlogs, lumber and cord
wood hauled over the worst part of
this road at the rate of from 20 to
so loads every day, and today | have
the finest mile of road in this
(Daviess) county. Indeed, it is called
The model road of the county"
Endorsed by Congressman.
David A. De Almond, member of
congress from the sixth Missouri
district, endorses the drag thus:
Once last summer, in going out
| info fry 20
home my attention was arrested by a
sample bit of dragged work. A heavy
rain had fallen recently, and much of
the way the road was bad, but at
one point, for distance of half a
mile, the road was as good as a dirt
road can be. The reason was evil
dent. This stretch of road had ex.
perienced the magic influence of the
drag. One could determine almost
to an inch where the man with the
drag began and where he quit. In
front OF his premises the road was
excellent, while upon either side, with
the natural conditions The same, the
road was bad."-David A -DeArmond.
A Mayor Speaks.
The mayor of Onawa, Iowa, says
the drag will revolutionize the
method of caring for earth roads. TT
gives me pleasure" he declares, 40
comply with your request for a state
ment OF the work by the King drag.
About month ago l received word
that the Northwestern railway would
bring d. Ward King to our city. /
had heard Mr.. King at st. Lotris, and
when | received the railroad poster
| Immediately made drag, building it
precisely as directed l finished 1t
before noon, and put IL to work at 1
O'Clock on single block of our main
street The soil is gumbo and the
street was almost impossible, the
mud being hub deep in some places.
We put the drag right on to the mud
and kept it going. At O'Clock. lust
four hours after beginning to use the
drag. wagons loaded with 1000 ibs OF
baled hay were being drawn over the
block and were making scarcely a
perceptible rut. But when they
went over the crossing the wheels
again sunk nearly to the hubs in the
mud. had good deal of faith in
the drag from what l had heard and
read, but | was not prepared for such
an astonishing change as was made.
Our people are all thoroughly con.
WINGED that the drag will revolutionize
the method of caring for earth roads. ;,
Henry Harlow. Mayor.
Dragging in the Mud.
Marshall, Mo-, April 81, 19O3.-I be-
gan to try to fix my road right after
the big snow of February, har-
rowed 1t when it was so muddy that a
horse would sink halfway TO his
hooks, and when it dried little
narrowed it again. Then | made n
cheap drag out of a bridge plank and
dragged it. | can hardly believe my
own eyes when look at it. A loaded
wagon won't make any more impress
sion on 1t than it would on a floor
| don't believe Il have spent a half