Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1919 — STREETS SHOULD BE OILED. [ARTICLE]

STREETS SHOULD BE OILED.

We believe that experience will prove that streets that are oiled will wear better than those that are not oiled. The oil cements the stone and also sheds the water off better. But the most important reason for oiling is the keeping down of dust. Dust is offensive and expensive. It ruins the clothing and causes the housewife a great amount of unnecessary work. : Dust conveys disease germs. It carries the filth of the street into the home, where the injurious portions are breathed into the lungs. Now that the war is over this matter should be attended to and the people living along streets upon which there is considerable travel should be allowed to provide the relief necessary by having these main traveled streets oiled. The expense of oiling will not compare with the damage done by dust to clothing and household goods, to say nothing of the unpleasantness and the filth. The oil will preserve the streets and not allow the ppwdered stone to blow away and- is a good investment for that purpose alone. Most objection has been made against oiling on account of putting the same on carelessly and of allowing the street to ibe used too soon after the oiling., The right kind of oil properly applied is a splendid investment. It will preserve the roadbed, prevent the filth ’Starts of the street being carried into the homes and will save clothing and other articles from the damage done by dust and dirt.