Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 308, Decatur, Adams County, 29 December 1924 — Page 3

■ NEWR<T 01 .T <•■ )■"’ ■II ‘ 2 .jnmras < H .SMw*’-* I<v •* 1 '»*’*’ i i ■ i- • * ‘ > J I A : ** ' ■ ’ 4 ' X wlWaMwEa&t y~> ■ ■ , ’' & ■ ifeftW^MF 5 ■ E”” JBIIL -~- — • L t.i.t*A•■;■■? C;sn>-"|j H The above picture shows the VI. the newest nnd nn.> ... ,>, .. Hington. where it had just arrived for inspection by naval c.,Ti< r 't'i, 'Vi''" '7 ” subln: "' inflR ’ li "' 1 «l> : " Wash■Xanyine a squadron of battieships on ~ 7'' “ f - ■ vide, has a maximum speed of nine knots an hour snhm r -.-,! „,i , ~ " , ' " 4 f,Pt ! "" K and 27 fe<,t [ crfW of seven officers and eighty men. ‘ kr ‘°'* °“ surface and carries

■large sum is I SPENT ON ROADS ■ Sum Spent In 1924 Estimat- | ed At 20 Per Cent Higher I Than 1923 ■ Allhough it will be some months ■ More accurate figures are obtain- ■ able which will show the vast sums ■ spent for highway construction in the ■ United States during 1924. authoriI tire estimates place the total fully

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'twenty per cent in excess of the 1923 I figure, which are approximately sl,000,250.000. This amount puts (the highway industry in the select class of billion dollar enterprises. A goodly proportion of this amount , is appropriated to maintenance , as I those in charge of highway work are i fully alive to the fact that even the most scientifically constructed roads must be maintained. No one has yet discovered a road surface that can bo .put down and then left severely alone. The continual stream of traffic that passes over the well-paved highways of the country inexorably i takes its toll, anil it requires unre-

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'Witting attention on the part of those •<> whom the high ways are entrust- * dto keep them in good condition, s Different methods of maintenance ire in operation in different sections , of the country. States, counties, dies an dvariotts other municipal or- ’ ganizations all have roads to maintain and. as was inevitalhr, they have I all followed the same practice. For a ''number of years, the necessity for I constructing new roads and recon- : -tfueling old orn-s to keep pace with i the enormous increase in automobile ; j traffic, shoved the maintenance pro ' ;b!em into the background, but in the' last fe w years most of the states have j been making intensive studies of their

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highway maintenance problems They have not al) reached the same con<liislou, but so far us the fundamentals are concerned, they are approach ing uniformity. A thotough discussion of state maintenance of highways in on the program of the Annua) Convention of .the American Road Builders' Assocla Jlon to ho held nt the Congress Hotel, jchlcnro, Jannnry fdh to Sth, next. I'rank T. Sheets, Chief Highway En- " nor.' of Illinois, has beep selected tin h> t qualified to discuss this Important subject. Mr. Sb-iets has ria from Um ranks in the Illinois Highway Department and knows every phase of highway work. He Is one of the younger men in the highway field who have been appointed to positions of great importance. The people of his state have Just voted an ■ dditlonal $100,000,000 bond issue for highway construction. Tim sort of maintenance needed, of course, varies with the type of road maintained. The hard surfaced road, ; uch as the concrete road or the asphalt surface, requires considerably less attention than a gravel or other secondary surface. No state in the country is lucky enough t o have reached the point where all of Its roads are of the hard surfaced type, ’o one of the first problems Is to so oragnize the maintenance department that is can work equally well on either type of road. This phase of the problem will bo discussed by Mr. 1 Sheets. ■ Another problem that comes under the head of maintenance is snow re- ■ moral. It was not so many years ago that only the bigger cities spent considerable sums for. snow removal ' j but now in all the northern states, ' i the highway departments are romov•|ing snow on the country roads under .their Jurisdiction. Work of clearing I the snow on the through routes between the liig cities usually begins . before the snow stops falling. Most 'I of the states have snow removal forces all ready to turn out at any .hour of the night or day to tiegin I work. Many of the machines, such ;as tractors and blade graders, which are used for maintenance during the simmer, are called upon for snow removal in the winter. The proportion

of the maintenance fund which goes Into snow removel is considerable. Delegates and guests from u’l over the country will be present at th.Convention of the American Road Builders’ Association i.. t ve. n - th' registration nt the Road t'dtov which the Association conducts ~s an Integral part of its annual meeting was In excess of lf,,oini. Every phase of the highway Imiii.fri was repre sented, and It Is e>pe,.|..,i that an even greater number will he on band at the coming Convention ami Show. Both Convention at ih>- Congress Hotel and Tito Road Show at the Coliseum are open without ehatge —■— HAVE DARK HAIR AND LOOK YOUNG Nobody Can 'fell When Yon Dnrken Cray. I'aded Hair Wilh Sage -i Grandmother kept her hair beanti- , fully darkened, glossv and attractive with a brew of Sage Tea end Sulphur. Whenever her hair took on that dull, i faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with wpmb iful effect. By asking at any ’ drug store for “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound." you will get a . large bottle of this old-time recipe, , improved by the addition of other ingredients, all ready to use. at very little cost. This simple mixture can be depended upon to restore natural colorjind beauty to the hair. A well-known downtown druggist . says everybody uses Wyeth’s Sage , and Sulphur Compound now because It darkens so naturally and evenly ’ that nobody can tell it has been apI plied —it’s so easy to use. too. You Simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw It through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morn- ’ ing the gray hair disappears; after ; another application or two. it Is restored to its natural color and looks glossy, soft and beautiful. i n Eire Truck Drivers Musi Watch Eor Joy Riders Indianapolis. Ind.. Doc. 2». Fire| trucks must slow down when "silent policemen" flash "slop" on approaching traflle at Indiitnaptdfs street in-l tersections and be ready to stop if

so "some darn fool Joy rider flashes In front of them,'' acrordlnf to ord era Issued by Fire Chief O firlen O'Briens order was in rvtpomm to a cry from the Hoosier Motor ciuh following a str-er <ornei- sniuent in which .1 lire truth crashed Into an automobile. The < Ittb asked that trucks come to a full stop when semi phores were nrainst them. "vYottld the club have its wait half a minute or so at a crossing, while perhaps, somebody' children are screaming In tb<- upper floor of a burnlug home, Just because Joy rid ers don't pay enough attention to the sirens of a Are truck’" 0 —.., — __ I—I—I—WANT ADft EARN—l— t— I

Wm. Blee Got a Ton of Coal FREE I ill our December drawing at our yards on g 7th street, Saturday afternoon, at 3 o’clock. L With every load of coal containing a ton or more, we will give you a ticket on the FREE TON OF COAL. The drawings are held the last Saturday of every month. If you hold the lucky number and are present or not you receive the FREE COAL. Try it. S j Carroll Coal & Coke Co. |

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