PERCY H. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
IFront St., NEWPORT, ARIL
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Concrete Paving Rest.
When the council proceeds to
the paving of lower Front street
from Main perhaps as far as the
ferry crossing, it would be well
.for our city authorities to con
sider other methods than maca
dam paving, for here in our
-own city a well as elsewhere, the
short life of macadam streets
without much repair work has
been unquestionably establish
ed. Nor have many cities been
successful in repairing or mak
ing over macadam streets to
anything comparable to their or- ’
iginal condition.
And as the automobile grows
m favor and its use becomes
more general, macadam will be-,
come even shorter-lived in its (
usefulness. The macadam road ;
‘east from Newport, parts of Se-j
cond and Third streets, the far;
end of Hazel tell the story of a
worn-out macadam thorough
fare and the city should certain-.
ly profit as others have done j
through actual experience.
In a town recently visited,
where the rock was not to be
had close by and where other
conditions were similar to New
*port, the last macadam paving
cost $1.68 per square yard, the
rock being used to a depth of 9
inches at the curb and increas
ing to 12 inches in the center or
crown of the street.
This same city is now con
tracting for concrete paving at a
cost of $1.10 to $1,441/2 Per
square yard or at a saving over
the macadam. The paved por
tion of the street is 2G feet wide
and the concrete has a six inch
crown. Another advantage of
the concrete street 4s,—the ele
vation of the street is not such
that every property owner along
the same has to fill his lot In or
der to keep the surface water
from running off the street into
and upon his own property.
Perhaps the best feature of
all aside from the reduced cost
of concrete over macadam is the
fact that largeconstruction com
panies are engaged in this line of
work and put a five year guaran
tee upon their work, which
means that the upkeep cost
within that time falls upon the
contractor.
The “dollarvvay paving” of
which we now hear so much,
and which Pine BlufF is adopt
ing for a long highway is a con
crete pavement of this charac
ter to which is added a thin coat
of tar and asphaltum mixture,
which deadens sounds and
makes the riding a bit more easy
at very little additional expense.
These streets are in most cit
ies constructed under the super
vision of a city engineer and the
salary of this offical is probably
trivial when considered with
the kind of a street secured.
We employ architects for our
buildings and yet much of
our street paving is done with
out the services of an engineer
and we wonder afterwards why
we didn’t get a better job, a
more permanent and lasting
paving.
That concrete affords a better
paving than macadam and at
less cost has been the experience
of many cities and Newport
when considering an extension
of her paved thoroughfares,
ought to investigate before go
ing ahead.
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If the sugar planters of Louis
iana really believe as Senator
i Thornton predicted, that the re
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, moval of a paternalistic tarifF
will ruin their state and bring
the grass to grow in the streets
' of New Orleans,they should have
been Republicans long ago. The
alarm of these people will not be
taken seriously by the country,
for the rich sugar lands of our
southern neighbor will grow
■ other crops profitably and for
the good of the nation and the
millions of consumers, who pay
this bounty for sugar culture in
Louisiana, the industry should be
made to stand alone after all
these years of pampered growth
or allowed to fall. The sugar
producers can and will raise oth
er crops, if sugar will not pay.
The fundamental aim of govern
ment should be the greatest
good for the greatest number
and some sections have been sel
fish so long, that they are loth to
give up what seems their right
ful property from peaceable en
joyment
Dr. John D. Cole
OSTEOPATH
Successor to Dr. Whipple
STAYTON BUILDING
210 HAZEL STREET
Rooms 2 and 3
OFFICE HOURS:
8 to 12; 1 to 5.
Phone 365.
W. A. MINK
CONTRACTOR
and BUILDER
Solicits an Opportunity to
Make You A
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PHONE 208
Residence 1511 Dewey Avenue
NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
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with automobiles and servants—I am nearly starving—on the I
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here today—a dollar wil be sufficient. fl
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C. fl. WALTON
Proprietor.
Washing called lor and delivered
to all parts of the city.
Phone 150.
Agents Wanted In Every Town.
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The way to get the trade of
the outlying towns is to get into
direct touch with them, and
k<^p on friendly terms with
; them. There is nothing like fre
| quent “heart to heart" talks, in
this respect.—Harrison Herald.
All the “heart to heart” talks
in a century wont interest the
outlying towns and farming
communities but you just lay
down a good road and you don’t
have to invite anybody to come.
—Fort Smith Times Record.
As if these “heart to heart”
talks would put your team
across the river without a
bridge, reduce the hill gardes
and make easy pulling over hea
vy sand. We’ll never build
towns or roads either with these
wonderful fossilized “heart to
i heart” talks.
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Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. —
l Chester Robinson. 18dtf.
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August 9t|
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1a Factory Sale By The Great Baldwin Piano Cop
j! which is one of the largest in the world, operating three factories at Cincinnati and two at Chicago. Several of the best families® j
jji Newport have secured these excellent pianos, direct from the factories, each piano winning other customers, until Prof. Z. B. Ke®
^ who was looking for an instrument he could confidently recommend, has consented to represent the company in this territory with ® ^
'Mi understanding that ten sample pianos of different styles will be distributed at advertising prices, regardless of cost oH
‘S profit. I
| $450 Styles at $295, $375 Styles at $265, $325 at $225 and $275 Styles at $195 J «■
^ Pianos as good or Better than your neighbors have been paying $100 to $150 more for from other dealers and agents. It is an °®^t
li portunity; are you awake, or will you let it pass? Every piano bright and new from the factory. The Baldwin Company won thef®^
^ gold medal at the Paris World’s Fair in I 900 and again at St. Louis in 1904. Of course, traveling agents and retail dealers will
1* various tales and methods to keep you from securing these fine pianos at bargain prices. Come the first day and come early.
■iug choice; they will not last long. ®craI|i
| PLAYER PI AN OS—N ewest^ Type ^Md.
oje The player piano is the greatest musical invention. It can be played by every member of the family at once, or can be played oy hand in the usual way. The y are being improved J
jug and only the very newest types are desirable. The new Manualo improved right up-to-date is the latest, neatest and most easily operated of any player on the market. It Is
Baldwin Company and one or two will be sold at this sale at greatly reduced prices. j^B^d j
25 Easy Terms of Payment When Desired. ~= A Factory Man Will Be In