The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-09
DIRT ROAD IMPh0TER
Wonderful Change Made by Usirg
the Split Log Drag.
DIRECT, EFFECTIVE RESULTS.

/ Dragging q Road When Muddy Fills
! In Ruts and Closes Up Uneven
/ Spaces-Persistent Use of Drag VIII
/ Soon Make Smooth, Hard Surface
1t has been said that only 10 per
1 cent of the roads in the entire United
/ States are the main Travelled highways.
/ The other 90 per cent are the common,
/ everyday country dirt roads. In the
/ ordinary discussion regarding road i'm
/ provemCnt our thoughts and energies
! SO frequently lead us to the discussion
of macadamized roads brick. stone and
| other specially constructed roadbeds
! that the vast majority Of our dirt roads
! are lost sight of. We talk about ncccS-
| Sity for road rollers and road scraDers.
rock crushers and various other cs-
/ Scutial roadmaking devices. and then
! when we figure out the cost Of such
! roads at from $1,000 to $1,000 per
| mile we oftentmes wonder how many
generations it will take for our dirt
roads to be adequately maintained. ac-
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/ '''I''''H''''N9 vi N'l''HE
/ macadarIiz"d or other expensive i'm
] proved roads in his locality in Mis-
/ souri, man named y. Ward King
built a drag out of log split in half
some thirteen years ayo and after
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NJ w. per cent "i our dIF' r"auS IN
me "l'" H'a''S' properly dragged
'rl '"'"' Gun ne maze almost as
9r'iS'''''rH curing the GFeaIcr part
VI 'l' l'"' "S 'APo'lSIf'F nara sur
i''' "'~"N'HH an" d. II"i' "l"uNi!
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0''' "'''N vi I"''"N I'' l"' hi'oH H'at'S
III "''' E'L'Ia' ~" OF even III any nm
i,'u Pc. 10" VI ''''e' ana III 'H' "-n' 'I
'ii' e"t ..N' ana 'h'ul'uI''e FoSuiIS
"''"'''" iI"." "I"ENI"- IN" highways
ne N'""l "' 'iIlH I'Flnod can De l"I-
'"M'" WIN ii'"cH Ir"ul
4. 1T w 'uI' "i"--'"E '"au Nieh
ii'-o"S MS /" liIe RUS CLOSES up I'M
even Si'"reS ana makes smooth sur
'''r' !" course 'rail'c over Nu'h
,o'" VIII! lliillIeolatciN proceed TO cut
II Wy 'S'''. however as inc dragging
- I'''NIS,'" III ana the liIu" IS worked
n''" ,'A ~ me HISS anu becomes
w. II 'ih'" ''c "'ooi''tS i'iu' LNc"'"
amy 'I' 'UP oI tue ROAD presents Il re-
SISt'u', sue" me 'aNe OF tough lhuu
a. '''" a. uIi"ui 1t u. 'N'
Al'tE 'ilIe IL WILL De hotlced lhaI
i'"" 'ii"' ""H ''''' u'"EIcu VIII ne
! '"l"t "IA i'u'" S""""r ihah he@le'I'u
",' ". wa" III 'i'e s'ii'e H'I-"-
u'''oo"' "' lhoi "' Icl''l"n 2lEeu 10
L
lux d ro"' 'ne quI'her VIII 1t dry
ou' ""e'u vi ''S "eIS uporS' hNch'uaIIE
".''i I'''i'' 3'"'S VI e'SlS'e"t ur'N
s'"S 'he uIu" sHtH Oh 'he surface Oh
Suon io'" WIN oe'o'ile SO h"ru 'nat
e'Vn "!'r' r'"uu ou'st u ram puck
VIM WIZ" "'iil'"''H "e "'""e L" pe'e-
'i@'e ','e 'u' lave i"' oNcl !"" i"ciIeS'
ny 'H' HNil'u USE VI liit III dS inc
nU"o can "e 'i"ue 'II-h Ill 'le hlluo'e.
ns 'e,aSe heI'e','eu country ROAD IS
ueu""' no'i'N II. t''e '''iuu'e anu al'er
ram Has sl'"ll IaNeS anu Pools S'tnu-
ins ''', - SUI i"oe' Soiile'!LiieS Io'
many o"9S an" weeks but the
uIdSEeu road' haNihS Su'h crown
neSe I'''H |" Tue u"lIliIiateu Ut
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