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( ' Thursday, April 15, 1926. tysoppiv HARD ROADS WILL HELP MERCHANTS Merchants invariably report an In i crease in their volume of business when a hnr?]-surfaee<I road leading to their town is opened for traffic. Tills has been clearly demonstrated in many communities. The following editorial from the Oshkosh (Wis.) Northwestern cites a specific instance: "Without-questlon the hard-surfaced highways helped to Increase the volume of local holiday trade. Many shoppers came to Oshkosh from points thirty and forty mi^-s away, some of them in private nutos, and others in the auto busses now in operation. These bus lines were taxed to thy * limit, and with the favorable combination of good weather they maintained their schedules Willi gratifying regularity. The growth of this business during the past season lias been a revelation of what can be acconinllsliml alone this line. I ? "When the highways are properly j improved. It Is a safe prediction that a similar service will reach every section within fifty miles of Oshkosli. All this territory naturally is tributary to Oshkosh as n marketing and shopping center, and Oshkosh is naturally v interested in obtaining and holding the trade of this rich and populous section. The way to do It has been disclosed by what already has follow >d the improvement of the public highways. and the people and business Interests of Oshkosh have good reason to favor and encourage further Improvement of the highways until a per feet system of good roads Is obtained "The benefits and advantages will | be mutual, for quick and easy trans j portatiou Is a mvenlenee that pro i motes the. welfare of all. Of course j we appreciate the service of the rail t roads and the electric lines, hut ! modern. Improved highways through j out this section is the next big de j veloinnent. and It will do tnuch to add to the success and prosperity of Osh- j kosh and all adjacent sections." Highway Research Board Seeking, Low-Cost Road Natural earth roads, which compose I 8R ner cent of our rural highway s.vs- | tern, have been the subject for a series j of studies by the federal highway research board. "We realize what a great economic waste this Is." says I'rof. S. S. Stein berg of the University of Maryland, "when we consider that one-third of all the automobiles In use are owned by farmers, most of whom are coin- i pelted to use the earth roads. "Many attempts have been made to solve this problem. Norm CaruHnn j has used u sand asphalt surface, made ] up of a mixture of 03 per cent sand j and 7 per cent of nsphnlt. "Realizing that this Is one of the j most important problems confronting highway engineers, the highway re , search hoard is attempting to co-ordl ; nnte completed and current research j on the subject with the hope of devel- ' oping a low-cost .road surface that will be suitable for light traffic." I Miners Paves Roads to Save Maintenance Costs The vast saving iu annual malnte nance charges resulting from the pav lng of Illinois' roads Is indicated by comparing the cost of maintenance In Illinois and lojya. The report on Lincoln highway maintenance in Iowa shows that It cost $201,371 to keep in repair the .'ISO miles of the Lincoln highway in Iowa last year. Eighty miles of the transcontinental road are paved, subtracting greatly from the total expenditure, but even then the average cost of upkeep was $520.02 a mile. In Illinois where the entire mileage of the Lincoln highway Is paved, the maintenance cost is estimated at $17,040.20 for the same period or an j average ol' $103,80 a mile. Apparently, j If the Lincoln highway were paved entirely across fown a yearly saving of $420.12 a mile would tie effected, or over $102,000 a year. ooooooooocoooooooooooooooo l T-? 1 x T I ijooa Koaas iNotes OOOOOOOOOCKKXKKKMMXKKKKKKK; Highways, roads and streets cost America one and a lialf billion dollars annually. * Good roads are not heing constructed fast eneusrh to take care of the Increase In vehicular traffic. # Secondary only In Importance to the neee -ity of a yi e extensive road building program in the I'nlted States Is that of keeping those roads open for traffic 12 months out of the year. * Better highways are proving trade builders for the traveling salesmen and customers and with automobiles are enabling the commercial men to cover larger territories with greater comfort and convenience and at less expense. *? ?j? ?j? ?g? ?*? ?j? ?|? ?$? < * > ?j? ff ] | | EXHIBITION I of TR I 1 | ERNEST :: a <? i OAK * ? % March 29th * Safety Pace I On Trams Atlanta, Ga., April 13.?"The safest pace in the South is on the trains of the Southern," says a statement issued by the Safety Department of the road, pointing out that during 1925 the Southern maintained its excellent record for transporting passengers safely. "Dhing the year, 1925, theer were handled on the trains of the 'Southern li.iilway System a to^al of 13,461,537 passengers," says the statement, "and of these the only person to lose his life was an employee, --not on duty, who was not riding in the space provided for passengers but who, nevertheless, muts be classed as a passenger under the rules of the Interstate Commmece Commission for reporting iccidents. ' rn mwFXpRrss" Tn carrY pilcibus gas ??m. . .... lV 4 Bureau of Mines Builds Car to Transport It Fort Wqrth, Texas.?The "Helium express" will be a picturesque part of war machinery. If plans of both army and navy for handling the buoyant eleWent used In lighter-than-air craft develop according to present Indications. Discarding the tedious laboratory like equipment now in use, the once rare gas will be rushed front base to base in long black trains of qiniiuiuslooking cylindrical tank cars, the first of which wai approved recently by the bureau of explosives and is due to arrive at the United States helium plant here within'thirty days. Drawn up far enough behind the lines to be safe front hostile shells? for they will be charged to high explosive pressura?a battery of nine pr ten such cars will be able to fill a dirigible the size of the ill-starred Shenandoah. On* Car Sufficient for Blimp. One will carry more than enough helium to Inflate a blimp of the TC type, and In a fraction of the time re i1. .? . .i .. quired with U)e present "Dotue' system of handling ^he (it Oreat as tills step appears. It Is really not as remarkable as the advance shown In the production and the handling of the gas during and since the World war. When It Is recalled thut, prior to 1918, less than the content of one "bottle" of 1T8 cubic feet capacity had boen produced anywhere, the construction of tank cars capable of transporting 710,000 cubic ??cli Imobih of a feu t hy comparison. The history el helium development In this country Is another commercial romance, tinged with the grlmness of national necessity. From a business enterprise operated by two private companies. It grew to a national monopoly, the present plant having been built Jointly by the army and navy, later operated by the navy alone, and now under Jurisdiction of the bureau of mines, with every governmental department privileged to requisition helium for legitimate needs. Cost of Production Cut. The cost, once prohibitive, has come down from $1,500 a cubic foot for the first drumful produced to leas than $27 a thousand cubic feet for the 860,000 feet a month extracted at the plant at this time. Should Items allowed for helium development In the present budget before congress prove sufficient to double the supply of natural gas, from which helium la extracted, the cost can be brought down to $17 a thou nrvri onhio foof If la nofntoH nnt hv R. A. Cattel, Washington, engineer of 'the bureau of mines In charge of helium development, who was here recently for a conference with plant officials. Production on this basis would be at the rate of 2,000,000 cubic feet a month, or enough to fill a ship of tha Shenandoah's size every four weeks. The cost of producing this amount, after the expense of laying a new pipe line had been charged off, would be little more than that of extracting the present output, said C. F. Cook, engineer In charge of production lit Fort Worth. The volume of natural gas handled would be much greater, however, for the helium content of that now available la only 1 per cent, varying a few hundredths from day to day, so that 1,000,000.000 feet of natural gas would be required monthly. Some Idea of the saving In handling and transportation costs may be gained from the fact that one of the new tank cars will replace 1,257 of the Iron drums or "bottles" now In use. Christmas trees In France are potted and used for several years, after ^ ? which they are planted In forests again. *..rr********************* 1 of PAINTINGS I YON I <1 i h : BARNES ; i/ -: HALL to April 26th j 4 - ? ' ? r n South . of Southern ! "The hifeh morale of the men operating the. Southern's trains, the excellence df its roadbed, and te use of modern protective devices and all| steeFpassenger train equipment have I combined to produce a situation In " I which it is literally true that the safeI st place in the South is on the trains | of te Sotuern." i " 7 . 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' The wonderful work' done by ants, bees, wasps, spiders, butterflies and worms has been studied by many naturalists and researches have been charmingly described by Lubbock, Fabre, Maeterlinck and other able writers. The underground apartments end terrueed homes of the ants, their domestic life, social organization and thoughtfulness, are among the great ! wonders of nature. | These extraordinarily Intelligent lnI sects not only store away an abun- i J dance of food for winter, but also they provide aphides to be milked and they cultivate fungi gardens and manufacture many food substances while passing the winter months underground. Genius. Individuality and temperament In animals enable them to solve I all rlie problems of winter which they I nu'.v at any time encounter. These I J vary In Individuals of the same species. Among any group of young animals or birds or Insects you may no- | Ltle^ Individuals varying In fear, tlmldI It.v, curiosity, suspicion, sociability, 1 I aggressiveness and Initiative. Hardly two will be found with slmiar cnaravters and temperaments. They differ as widely as the members of a single human family. The strong and fearless mrtnbers of any species give the leadership and develop the customs which enable them to meet the condl| tlons of winter. j +++++++ + < + : ++< ++*++++ READ POLK COUNTY NEWS I SEE-MINUS Glasses fitted by us, afl ^examination of your eyes, ei to walk without eyestrain. I Dr. D; M. Uptomeirisi? j SHELB1 Will be in Tryon on next ' Missildine Pharmacy, from J +*+++*++++++++++++++++++++ + | ? I ^ ! Invest those I savings in | substantia | words a H * I I. B. HE: I* I "Real Estate 1 ! A -t- ?. A A i. *- <? J TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT^ I ^ fHEAL ESTA1 $25 ADVANCE ON AI SPRING PARK EFFEC WE HAVE ACREAGE IN T TO 1,200 ACRES THAT IS VELOPINQ WITH LAKE SI' SITES AND GOLF COU FARMS, HOMES AND BUSH FEEL" LIKE PROPERTYDOUBLE IN PRICE IN THE SO IT WILL PAY YOU SEEKERS TO GET BUSY, SULT WHEN THE RUSH C WE HAVE IT OF ALL E FOR ALL PURPOSES, IN 6 TO 1,200 ACRES LOCAT W. N. C. PROPERTY TH) THE MARKET BEFORE Al IS SURE TO MAKE A PR< VANCING DAILY ON W. HAVE RESIDENTIAL AND AND NEAR COLUMBUS 1 miiivCins DSiUAlfSlii THERE TION ON THE TOP SILE LIKE COLUMBUS, COME BELIEVE. Blanton | Offle* in P?lk Columbus, N< Th? Mountain City wit Otrds and Mankind of Long Association The association between' certain e birds and man la Immensely ancient, says tbe London Times. As with ^ sheet) and oxen and horses, and even |, more with -the dog, the attempt to as- t, sign a date to the origin of our farm- b yard birds is.foiled by the mists of g antiquity. - v The scanty company of farmyard c species has been recruited In very dlf- t ferent ages. The turkey could not f Join us until we discovered America, b and probably far the oldest Is the c rock-pigeon. When man learned how p to grow grain, the dove found a new ( attraction in his company. When man became a builder In t stone, he built also for the swallows ? and doves. The sWallow finds a e home today In the cowsheds that t mimic his ancient caves, while the x house-pigeon, like thq house-marfln, l-cllngs to the outside of man's mimic p | rock fuces and builds Its nests on his [ triumphal arches and against his ca- t thedrals. Food of Butterflies J f Butterflies feed on the nectar of ti *"*"~ and flowers ana uk nay v> ^ plants. The various flowers, etc., vary with those found In a locality. Ail adult bees feed on saccharine juices, particularly the nectar of flowers. It Is the habit of bees to devote their searching to a single sort oj flower as long as It serves their purpose,, each Individual visiting blossom after blossom of that kind, Instead of searching I flowers Indiscriminately. This varies i with the locality. H-B ? i EYESTRAIN ;er a thorough and scientific riable you to see to read and Experience will only prove Morrison Eye Specialist < r, n. c. ; Tuesday, April 20th, at the ; 1 a. m. to 5 p. m. 1 a i i it************************* : I 11 hard earned I i something tj 1.1?in other ij ome 11 STEP, Jr. j i tVith A Future" 11 E BULLETIN ^ jL LOTS IN DENTON TIVE APRIL 1st. . RACTS RUNNING FROM ? SUIT SUITABLE FOR DATES, HOTEL SITES, HOME RSES; ALSO IMPROVED NESS PROPOSITIONS. WE IN THIS SECTION' WILL NEXT TWELVE MONTHS, INVESTORS AND HOME AS YOU KNOW THE REOMES. >ESCRIPTIONS, SUITABLE TRACTS RUNNING FROM ED IN ANY SECTION OP lT HAS NEVER BEEN ON ^ ID THE FIRST INVESTOR * 5PIT AS PRICES ARE AD- F I. C. REAL ESTATE. WE II BUSINESS PROPERTY IN ^HAT ARE SURE MONEY y : IS NOT ANOTHER LOCA OF GOD'S GREEN EARTH I SEE, AND YOU WILL | & Greene County Bank >rth Carolina v h Natural Advaatagas f j. "N " . /.. t jreat Voices Called Accidents of Nature , Great voices are rare and undoubt- 1 j dly owe their wonderful purity of I < jne to an accidental combination of . hose physical characteristics wh'lch sad to the production of song. The ! uman musical Instrument, though Otlt of living tissues, resembles In !' tructure the reed organ pipe fitted ; < pith a vox humana stop. In both 11 ases the note depends on the vlbralons of a column of air produced In he organ by a reed and In the voice y the vocal cords. The human air , hamber corresponding to the organ ilpe Is composed of the larynx atfd j1 he bronchial system beneath It. The throat, mouth and nasal cavl- j les form the resonators which, by ilternatlon In shape and size, are 1 ible to pick out and emphasize cer- ' aln component parts of the funda aental tones produced In the larynx. > bhe lungs form the bellows which ' troduce the upward blast of air, and ipon their quality depends the loud- j less of the voice.?'London Dally Mall. ' Last autumn, hundreds of mileB of * " * ? 1 ?-i ?y miKlin icket rence were put uy <uuue, v>w..v ighways in Ne wYork and Middle Vestern states to prevent snow from rifting onto the road. E LE ( +++++++++ ! ++ I Let Us Figui | On ^ | JOB PR] I POLK <COUt j? LAWRENCE V Landscape Consultant on ( Indianapolis This I i> I Is playing an important part ir > ment now going on in Saluda. ? LET US SE1 ) ' JL AAA ? The Bank i SALUDA ? 'I- 4"i"> *??*? !' 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