Phillips County herald., 1922-04-07
Road Builders NosD
FaUor Wider Hi9Itlvays

80
The department Of agriculture REL
ports that the tendency in road-build.
Ing is toward wider highways An
announcement by the department
says:
eral aid roads for which statistics
have been collected by the bureau
of public roads, United States depart
ment Of agriculture, one-half has been
constructed Of sixteen and eighteen
foot width, 25 per cent Of greater
width and 25 per cent of less width.
"As would be expected, the wider
roads have been constructed largely
in the more populous states, although
some of the less populous states are
building wider roads for the main
highways. There is q general tend
ency, 1t Is said, to build wider roads
to meet the needs af the constantly
increasing traffic, as shown by the
rs per cent of the mileage over eight
cen feet in width, per cent being
twenty-four feet or wider"
An experiment to determine just
how hard rock or gravel must be in
order to be satisfactory for use in
building concrete roads is being car
ried on by the bureau Of public roads
at the Arlington experimental farms.
About sixty sections Of experiment
al road are being constructed in
which practically every variety of
stone, gravel and sand will be used.
These sections will then be trav-
eled over thousands of times by a
machine automatically operated and
which has the same effect on the
ft.t,p pl- hi
continue until the wearing properties
of all the sections are determined.
The bureau believes that the result
of these tests will show that many
local materials heretofore deemed un-
suitable may be used safely in build
ing concrete roads, thereby saving
the cost of importing stone, gravel
or sand from distance.
The Live-Wire class of the Baptist
Sunday school held an unusually en-
;Oyable party at the home Of Laura
Griffith Saturday evening. Each girl
came dressed to represent an adver-
tisement, and the costumes were very
clever. The Dutch Cleanser woman
was there, several Campbell Kids,
beautiful old lady with silver hair
representing Rogers 1847 silverware.
while the Perfection oil stove, Rit
and Mazola each had representative
there too. The refreshments were
very dainty and in keeping with the
season.
Seymour Martin of Geneva, Nebras-
ka, arrived Tuesday and will be man.
ager of the local store OF the Vogue
Clothing company. c. C. Eckard of
Friend. Nebraska, member of the
firm, is spending a few days here.
Tony EdmondsOn, manager OF the
Friend store of the company, and who
spent several weeks here, returned
to that place last week. A. H. Evans,
manager Of the Lexington store. who
has been here the past two weeks.
will leave for home tomorrow.
Mrs. Charles Harris was very pleas
antly surprised Saturday evening
when twenty OF her Royal Neigl,bor
friends gathered at her home to help
celebrate her birthday. The evening
was spent in playing games. Each
one presented Mrs. Harris with a
handkerchief, after which CAME a
tempting lunch. Everyone present
spent very pleasant evening. all
leaving at a late hour wishing hrs.
Harris many more birthdays.
The special song service at the Bap-
tist church Sunday evening was much
enjoyed. There were two anthems
by the choir and orchestra selections.
The church attendance was large and
Rev. Gray delivered splendid SER
mon. The special song service Is
held the first Sunday evening in each
month.
Word has been received from Mr..
George Stewart, who has been In
hospital at Lincoln for the past five
weeks. that he is able to be up. but
still confined to his room.