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FOR BETTER ROADS Communities interested hi the im provements of roads are recommend ed by the department to apply for a lecturer on the subject. Lecturers' will be sent at the Government ex pense wherever there is rer.son to believe that audiences will be large enough to make the ' expenditure of time and money worth while. When ever possible it is, of course, desira ble for. a number of communities in the same vicinity to make arrange ments for lecturers at the same time, since in this way the traveling ex penses for each stop made by the lee turer are materially reduced. The number of lecturers at the dis posal of the department is limited and it i3 not always possible, therefore, to comply with every request. When lecturer can not be sent, however, the department will loan a set. of suitable lantern slides to any responsible local association or individual who will pay the express charges. The only re quirement is that the slide be made of active and practical use in the com munity and that they .be returned in good condition in 90 days. In addition, a brief outline of a lecture to accom pany the slides will be forwarded on request. ' , In addition- to this education work, or the development of a model system of highways for a county. To obtain such assistance local authorities should secure a blank from the Office of Public Roads on which to make ap plications. Requests from corporate villages or cities can not be met, how ever. Bridge work is one branch of road building in which the department may be of particular service to local au thorities. Typical designs have been prepared and copies of these can be furnished on request. A few minor alterations would probably make a design suitable for special conditions, or an engineer may be assigned to in spect the site and offer suggestions. In some cases designs by bridge com panies have been reviewed by the de partment for the benefit of local offi cials. Possibly the most important way, however, in which the department assists individual communities in the betterment of their roads is in laying out a model system of highways for a county which is about to expend a large sum of money on roads. In BORROWING TfcE PAPER - Quite frequently some subscriber requests us to say something about the paper "borrowing habit of sending over for the paper every week, even before it is read by the. family. We confess we do not know how to meet this situation. We want every body to read the paper. As long as they read there is hopes for even the most penurious. We have the names of several invalids and other3 who are unable to pay for it and we gladly send these the paper free of charge. We would be ?lad to add more of these unfortunates to our list and send them the paper free of charge. But those who are able to pay should sub scribe for it and cease worrying their neighbors by borrowing. Ex. Fire on the national forests of the West caused a loss to the eovernment of not quite 340,000,000 board feet of merchantable timber, valued at $307. 303, and of reproduction, or young growth of trees, valued at $192,408, according to statistics just compiled by the United States Forest Service. such cases the department assigns an engineer to make a thorough study of the district. He ascertains where the best road materials are, what roads are tho most importr.nt and, there fore, to be improved first, and pro vides for the location of each road so as to secure the best possible drain age and grade and indicates the most suitable type and method of construc tion, including drainage structures to meet the needs and means of the com munity. When his work is completed the county officials hr.ve at their dis posal the results of an exhaustive study of the whole problem and should be able to carry out the work with far more efficiency and economy than would otherwise be possible. Road materials are also being con tinually tested by the department and the information thus obtained is avail able for any community in doubt as to the kind of road they propose to build. Similar data can also be se cured on dust layers, such as road oils and tars, and the department will fur nish to any one instructions as to se lection and shipment of samples. The j tests are made free of charge, when they are desired in connection with I public improvements. Weekly News Letter, U. S. Department Agriculture. . stem J&W A9p&fcV- Wm::M' &V H J . I 'f I i:y .... . .r v:rrr- 'it' v. & v.. 1 ! : A The Chewiest Chewing Gum ever Chewed 'XI '.3s V'.. Its. s4i Wv. .AV V." t T.VV - (EENUIME In order to make room for our Fall Merchandise and to have only new goods to offer the public each season, we will sell the following standard merchandise for the next few days at a real reduction: Underwear, 25c values at . . . . ... 21c Underwear, 5Cc values at 42c Men's Socks, 10c values 3 pair for 25c Men's Pants, $4.50 values at . . $3.00 Men's Pants, $2.50 values at . . $2.00 Men's Pants, values $2.00 at . . $1.60 Work Pants, $1.60 values at .. $1.00 Boys' Pants, $1.00 values at ... 75c Boy3 Pants, 75c values at .... 50c Boys' Blue Serge Suits, $5.00 values at $4.00 Boys' Blue Serge Suits, $6.50 values at r $5.50 Boys' Blue and Gray 'Suits, $5.50 values at $4.50 Men's Blue Serge Suits, $18.00 val ues at $15.00 Men's Blue Serge Suits, $12.50 values at $9.50 Men's all wool Grays, $15.00 values at $12.50 Men's all wool Grays, $12.50 values at $9.00 Men's Grays, Browns and Blues, $10 values at $6.50 Palm Beach Suits, $7.50 values at $4.50 Raincoats, $7.50 values at .... $6.00 Raincoats, $5.00 values r.t .... $4.0 Complete line of neckwear. We will take your measure for suit of clothes, very Ir.test styles, at a reasonable price. , When You Consider The Low Price We Sell Our Goods at You Will Readily Realize The Saving in Buying Now WOOD CASH CLOTHING COMPANY f 'niAlinn ii. -v ; , . X: A i ' s i
The Courier (Asheboro, N.C.)
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