The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-29
DIRT BASE BEST FOR ROADS
Manager of Jefferson Highway Tells
Kansans at PaoIa of New System
in Building.

winch greatly re0uceS the cost OF 900
day highways and adds to their life,
was explained by ]. D. Clarkson, the
newly named general manager OF the
Jefferson highway, at a conference OF
Kansas directors Of the road and local
community Leaders at Paola recently.
The outstanding superiority of the
plan lies in the solidified, impervious
dirt base, on which either a macadam
or oiled dirt crown may be placed
If macadam is used, from 25 to 40 per
cent less rock is required; if asphalt
tic oil, about 80 per cent less.
To arrive at this the earth road is
compacted by a simple device that
fits to tractor wheels. When the earth
has been thoroughly packed and
forced down so hard that a loaded
wagon viii not make an impression In
| it, it is oiled and the crown is placed
| on it, either more dirt and oil or
crushed rock.
1.-The thing that ruins any road Is
the water underneath ii" he declared.
cit is the capillary water drawn up
/ from below that softens the earth base
I and permits the freezing and loosen
| ing of it The oil placed on this solidi-
| fled earth base caps the capillary
/ tubes effectively and cuts off the wa
| ter" -
One advantage is that the oil for
the base may be Of the cheapest kind
of any waste product oil The oil that
I is being taken from the wells around
PaoIa was good enough, he told them.
For oiling the crown Of the road. how
ever, he explained that asphaltic oil
must be used
Lawrence Veteran Dead-Capt- J.
/ N. Spencer, Civil war veteran and a
resident of Lawrence for the last thir-
ty-seven years, is dead at his home
there. He was SO years old.
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Motor Car Kills Wihita Man.-Geo.
W. Berry of Wichita was killed near
Cherryvale recently when his motor
! car overturned,
Gives Child New PaIat-The Bro
/ ply operation for cleft palate was per-
formed at Wichita, the first time in
| Kansas and probably the first time in
| the West, by a local surgeon upon
Elizabeth Terffus. child few weeks
/ old. The baby was born at Sharon.
/ The operation consisted Of breaking
/ the jaws and bending them in the
! shape of an arch to form a roof for
| the child's mouth. 1t is believed the
T child will have normal speech, some
thing no person with a cleft palate
! can have
Dies From Kick Of Horse-Bertraln
Huckins, a farmer residing near Leav-
enworth. is dead as the result Of be-
| ing kicked By a horse. He went into
! the barn to feed the horses when an
animal. supposed to be gentle. wheeled
suddenly and kicked him in the stom-
ach.
| Girl Wins OratoricaI contest-Miss
| TiIlie McGiI1, a sophomore at Fair
mount college, won the state orator.
cal contest for college girls held at
Winfield the other night Cooper col
lege took second place.
\
Killed by New Rhubard.-Oliver Sea
/ ton is dead at Turon from eating rhu-
/ barb greens. The Rev. A P. Hurst,
pastor Of the Christian church, who
was q guest at the Seaton home at the
preaching train too late to clear the
! who was also taken violently III, was
/ able to say the funeral service.
Train HIT Handcsr-West bound
Santa Fe passenger train No. II6
struck a railroad handcar about two
miles east OF Emporia, killing one
Mexican track laborer and injuring
three other Mexicans, two severely.
|
Road Boosters Meet--The residents
l Of Spring Hill held good roads meet
/ ing recently. The jefferson highway
men we're present and explained the
/ plans and purposes Of the highway and
the benefits to be derived by the COM
munity from the road. Much interest
was manifested.
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Geneseo Editor Dies.-Bert Camp
bell, editor Of the Geneseo Journal.
died suddenly the other day. He had
Just returned from Scottish Rite re-
union at Salina. He was 60 years
1 old