“fcsMETHODS
|l ROAD BUILDING
■" .Art of K,,a(l llmlding.
1, AVarcl «•
inventor of the simple
WL, drag anti one of th*
■ try\ leading exponents of
■ durability of good road*lad
■,.-ed a large crowd of Jackson
.Ky citizens, drawn from
Bctically every township m
K county at the courthouse
■urday afternoon.
■Though he spoke for 21/, hours
■ was given the close attention
■his audience and few oi his
■rers realized how long was
■ address. He makes no set
[Hech, but adapts himself to the
■■asio’n and crowd and diverts
|Km his story here and there to
■ain his hold upon the audi
■fr King has lived for over 31
|Krs on the farm which he im
IKved from the native prairie
■ He was obliged to give up
WLlife for his health and being
■orant of the subject of how to
B-m, he learned his lessons
Bm the experience of his most
orVihni's Tn this
12 was working with
id and investigating
ot following in the
tilings as his father
lad done, Mr. King
is discovery of what
ig will do for the
;ood roads.
cer told of his first
in old wooden pump
1 oak post in front of
le drove down the
:eighbor’s front gate
ain, mashing down
depositing the clods
rt in the chug holes
the surplus dirt and
the center. He was
ted with the results,
e was laughed at by
s, this stretch of
‘ront of his farm be
d highway and three
le was called before
r of Missouri to tell
iad had been con
I now7 it was famous
world.
e road drag is used
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Islands and has revolutionized
road building said Mr. King.
“What you people need is a
man at your house. Shame on
you people of Jackson county
who blame the county officers
and want the government to
build your roads. Your roads
are just as good as you want
them. If you wanted better,
you’d get them. Don’t wait for
the government to build your
roads. The government helps'
only those who help themselves
and your grand children will all
be dead before you get govern-|
ment roads.”
“It ought not to be safe to j
talk about good roads and not
build them.” Just at this junc
ture in. his address, the ice cool- j
er fell off the stand in the court |
room and the speaker took ad- j
vantage of the situation to re-;
mark: “Somebody tried to get
on the water wagon and fell off,”
which created a burst of laugh
ter.
Mr- King paid a tribute to the
newspapers for boosting good
roads. He declared that he was
not in this movement to make
money, that he had reluctantly
accepted a call to lecture and
that his interest in the question
was due solely to the patriotic
motives and a desire to benefit
the people.
“A road drag makes smoother
roads, makes the ditches at the
side, does away with bumps at
the culverts and seventy-five
per cent of the dust,” explaining
in his address how these four re
sults were accomplished. He told
of how, after a two weeks’ rain,
the half mile of road in front of
his farm was a fine race course
within 24 hours after the rain
had ceased. The theory that
the surface soil, by continual
dragging after rains could be
made water-proof was accom
plished upon the same principle
;that the slime of a hog wallow
I was made water-proof. He told
of a mud hole which he
; dragged between his farm and
the town, of how the mud was
thrown back to the center, al
: lowing people to pass upon the
i sides, and the water to run out
l
| upon a ground that would take it
, up. The mud in the center soon
i hardened and the drag had kept
it a good piece of roadway.
i “TheTime to drag a road is not
immediately after a rain, for the
! surface water must be MOIST,
BUT NOT STICKY. The formu
la for road dragging is to go
I down the right side of your road
way with a drag to your neigh
bor’s house, returning on the
left, and after the fourth or fifth
dragging, you will find the mid
dle of the road higher than any
part touched by your drag. It
is a crime to get rid of the crust
! of dirt our roads have acquired
by piling up loose dirt in the cen
ter. This kind of dirt will do for
' raising cabbage, but not to
build roads. You are not going
to have flower beds in the center
of your roadway and you don’t
want this garden dirt there.’
Upon the conclusion of his
address 28 farmers promised to
construct and operate road drags
and then he called for questions
upon the part of his hearers.
Mr. King opposed wide tired
wagons as a means of building
roads. It was too hard on the
teams in a narrow tired country.
He advised that sand roads be
dragged flat to retain the mois
ture, for sand roads were best
when wet. He recommended
1 1-2 to 2 1-2 inches of clay for
such roads after a rain and an
other coat later, but not until
road appeared sandy again.
Gumbo, he stated, was the best
soil of all for road dragging and
could be made to shed the water.
In sections where drainage is
not enjoyed, he recommended
outlet drainage through the use
of a drag, just as he had show::
proved sufficient in the mud
hole between his home and town.
For teams under 1,000 pound.'
he advised a drag 7 feet long
and for heavy teams a 9 foot
drag. He discredited graders
and ridiculed the piling up ot
dirt in the center of roads.
After answering all questions.
Mr. King and the crowd ad
journed to the corner of Fourth
and Main streets and there took
place the demonstration of what
the drag will do, Mr. King
mounting and handling the
drag.
Candidates Off For Rounds.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 2.—The twc
gubernatorial candidates left
Little Rock Monday morning for
another week’s work on the
stump. Stephen Brundidge
spent Sunday at his home in
Searcy, and Judge G. W. Hays
was in cosultation with political
advisers in Little Rock during
the day. Col. Brundidge speaks
in Lake Village, Dermott, Ham
burg and Crossett today, going
in a roundabout way to Warren
Monticello, Star City, Pine Bluff
Walnut Ridge and Hoxie- Judge
Hays goes to Malvern and Ben
ton on Monday, and then goes up
the Frisco to Black Rock and Im
boden, with a side trip to Poca
hontas, and drops back Saturday
to Walnut Ridge, ‘ missing Col
Brundidge at that place by twc
hours, Judge Hays speaking al
2:30 in the afternoon, and Col
Brundidge at 4:30. There will
be no joint debate at this place
however.
State Rock Crusher.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 2.—Th(
question of a state rock crushei
will be the principal topic of dis
cussion by the Arkansas High
way Commission at the meetinp
to be held Thursday, according
to Reuben G. Dye, the chairman
Commissioners Kilgore ant
Highfill will attend this meetinj
and in all probability the secre
tary will be chosen at this time
It was the question of a scat*
rock crusher that disrupted the
Commission as first appointee
by Gov. J. M. Futrell, and cause-:
the first appointees to resign
Commissioner Dye favors the
establishment of such an institu
tion.
Fine Prospects for Cotton.
Special to Independent.
Little Rock, June 2.—“Arkan
sas has never had such a start or
a cotton crop,” reports Walter
Cotter, the Memphis cotton bro
ker, who has been over a consid
erable portion of Eastern Arkan
sas during the past week, takinj
a look at the growing crop
Our firm has reports from th<
sections I have not visited, ant
it seems as encouraging as wha
I have seen. The cotton has hat
such favorable weather that th<
stand is good and the plan
healthy. We will have to hav<
some very unfavor able condi
tions or the state will have th<
banner cotton crop of its history
It will take a lot of dry weathe
and bugs to cut the crop off witl
the excellent start it has.
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CANNOT REFER
LIQUOR LAW
To People According to Opinion
Rendered b> Attorney
General.
Little Rock. .June R—Only a
few hours after At tor y ti :
al William L. Mooseh anded d'iwn
an official opinion expressing ;.
belief that Act 59 by the last
legislature, regulating the issu
anc( liquor Is ei se 1 \ r
sas, is not subject to the referen
dum, mandamus pr ceedings
were filed by Morris M- Cohn,
attorney for the Arkansas Li
quor Dealers’ Association, and
the suit was set for hearing be
fore Judge Guy Fulk June 111.
The liquor interests contend the
emergency clause attached to
Act 59 does not prevent a refer
endum on the bill and ask that
the secretary of state be com
pelled to file the petitions now
held in his office.
Pic- of Ptomaine Poisoning.
Forrest City, May 31.—Oil last
Monday at Osceola, where he
had been on business, Charles 11
Sanders, a well known insurance
man of this cityf contracted pto
maine poison from food which
lie i -. id to have eaten earlier
in the morning at Memphis. Fp
on reaching Osceola a physician
attended him and some hours la
ter. when he was returning homo
via Memphis, he was again at
tended by a physician and given
medical ittention, and, upon hi
nrriva! at his home in this city
Wedne.-day afternoon, he was a
very irk man.
Local physicians were called
in and everything known to
i science was resorted to in an of
fort to save the stricken man's
life, but in spite of everything
he died Friday morning about 7
oclock.
Tin funeral arrangements
; have been completed and the ser
vices will be conducted tomorrow
afternoon at the family home,
followed by interment at the
Forrest City cemetery at three
o’clock.
Last Strawberry Car.
Judsonia., June 1.—The last
ear of strawberries from this
point was shipped Friday, i :s
marks the closing of a record,
breaking season.
Three hundred and twenty-five
cars moved from this station
during the month of May, which
is 127 car. more than last. year.
Twenty-nine cars were sold here
oil th ground and shipped in one
day. The carrying quality this
year shows an improvement.
One ear wa shipped to Winni
peg. Canada, arriving, according
to returns, in excellent conditio'
Shipments were To made
I’ittshurg, Fa. and Roches'
N. Y,, in good shape.
According to A. M. Iviltler,
president of t he Judsor i Frit.
(Jrower A ocia.tion, there was
approximately .$75,000 paid to
pickers in this vicinity. One
man is credited with picking of
.‘>11 quarts in one day. The
pickers are paid two cents a
quart.
Weather conditions this year
have been ideal. Eighteen buy
ers, Eastern and Northern deal
ers, have been here for four
weeks.
In filing the mandamus suit
against the secretary of state,
the liquor dealers assert they art
opening a fight which will be car
ried to the Supreme Court of the
United States, if necessary, for
| a favorable ruling,
j
If the case goes to the United
States Supreme Court, the opera
tion of the act will be suspended
' until a decision is rendered by
! that tribunal. Two years at
j least is required for the Supreme
j Court to reach cases so that sa
! loons could not be driven out of
S Arkansas inside that length of
time- In the meantime, a new
legislature will have been elect
ed.
The liquor men will not take
the case to the highest federal
tribunal, however, if the Su
preme Court of Arkansas revers
es the opinion of the attorney
general and finds that Act 59 is
subject to the referendum.
Whippoorwill Peas For Sale.
Just received a carload ol
WHIPPOORWILL PEAS. Set
us before buying.
Wilmar.s Mercantile Co.
50d6w2.
Veteran Steamboat Man Dying.
News was received in Bates
ville Saturday morning that Cap
| tain Billie Shipp is in a dying
condition at St. Joseph’s hospital
in Memphis.
He is well known in Batesville
I
J and was for years in the
service of boats on the White
river. At one time he had his
! headqu rters in Batesville. He
was engaged in the service on St.
| Francis river up to the time he
was stricken.
Captain Shipp is well known
I to all the river men, and to most
jof the older inhabitants of Bates
i ville.—Batesville Guard.
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For Sale.
|
j Several thousand bushels of
! corn and large quantity of timo
thy and alfalfa hay at Kinman
farm. For information inquire
at T. D. Kinman’s or Arkansas
Bank & Trust Co. 32btf
Mrs. H. H Smith of Calico
Rock was here Saturday night,
going to Conway to visit her
mother, Mrs. Frank Phillips.
A Straw Vote.
A bunch of twenty voters were
at the court house Tuesday. Pat
Doyle, who is an ardent Hays
man, thought it a tine time to
i get an expression on the govern
or’s race, and it was. He said,
“all you Hays for governor men
hold up your right hand,” and
five hands went up, and there
was continued laughter from the
other fifteen. (let, ready to
| climb on the P.rundidge band
! wagon. It is much better to be
on the band wagon and see the
fence go by, than it is to be on
! the fence and see the band wa
gon go by.—Walnut Ridge Blade
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Mrs. Sigmund Wolff and daugh
ter, Miss Emma, of St. Louis,
j are in New York city, and will
sail the tenth of this month for
I Europe, where they will spend
(the summer. Norman C. Wolff
| accompanied his mother to New
York.
I Dr. K- K. Kimberlin was down
from Tuckerman this morning.
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WE GUARANTEE IT |
Especially interesting are the Our intereest in you only in
new wearables we are showing tensities when you have purchas- g
yi for summer. Vou will enjoy ed a th.ng here. We want you to
i seeing them and the unusual get full serv.c«-sat.sfact.on, and
I! values will appeal to every man we see that you get it. Its the
1 „f discerning judgment. safsfactory way to trade. |j
1 Hats Shirts Cravats ffi
jaro Original designs and ex- Every new shade and de
ijgS New ideas in hats that coiorjngs make sign in our new stock for
a| you’ll like because they buyjng at this the men who care.
pi mean head comfort to store unusually attrac
you tive. You will find just the one
|§ ‘ manv different You’ll find just the right that matches your new
and shaDes will en- sleeve length for you suit, and adds the finish- |g
m styles and shapes win en e ing touch to your sum
ffi able you to n jus “Manhattan and “W. B.” mer apparel. |§
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