The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1919 Page: 8 of 8
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THE ASIffiKMONT STAR
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GOOD HIGHWAYS SAVED PARIS
Example of French Capital Cited
Press Home Plan o< Improved
fioado in This Country
I 111' Congestion
s-ci seriously bundo
ns niid imttts:r:a
activity dttriin.' iiit
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Gambling Common ^
on Berlin Streets *
tlic widest opportunity nml ♦«
lse uro mil sufficient to sat- M
a light, 1 asty Bfec nits
i Just let mother call. .its k>r
Break last !?* W ere sure Huto >■; a
treat that can't he heal in store
for us — light, tender biscuits—
toasty brown and ail pulled up
with goodness! For niolher U s::>v
of her baking powder- C!aln;ne{.
She never disappoints us because
BAK1KG POWDi
never disappoints fir:\
It's dependable. Kesn'.-'s
ttlivavs the same the/;c>7.
Try it.
Calumet contains only such ingre-
dients as have been approved ui'li-
cially bv the U .S. Food Authorities.
You Save When You Br y It.
You Save When You Use It.
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ANNUAL COST OF HIGHWAYS
nefmctlon and Maintenance Involve
expenditure of $100,000,000—
Burden on Roads,.
fpfej&fed by lli" CnltMl Siao-« Tt^n.irl
m«nl of Aaxlrult tire >
Komi construe!'.on and maintenance
In the United States Involve an annual
outlay of over $a<io.<>OO.OQO, a sum
which, (f capitalized at ■> per cent.
vowUl represent an investment of .< !.-
As recently as 1000 (lu re were onl.v
100,000 motor vehicles in the United
States compared with nearly 5,00 ,000
of 191T. wlill*; in 1004 the total outlay
for Paving Country
the Joints, Plr t Coal.
on the public roads
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from
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$ #&'*<*&
j transportation, and it Is to he expected
; that the public roads will from mow on
I have added to their present tratlic bttr-
; dens such freight as may he shifted to
! them to relieve railway congestion.
It is heyolld question that for pus-
jsenger haul the public roads are usei
to a greater extent than the railroads,
i These Impressive conditions have been
j created within the span of a single gen-
I oration.
On July 11, Ktl«, President Wilson
j approved a measure generally known
: is the federal-aid road act. wldch car-
' rli'd aa appropriation of $7" .000,IKHI to
aid the state^n the construction of
| rural po-t roads and $10,009,000 to bo
I expended for the const ruction and
maintenance of forest roads.
BUILDING ROADS IN ALASKA
Road Commissioner# Find Trouble in
Maintenance on Account of Nar-
row Tired Trucks.
Ui-ka has been building roads .sine®
IvWtf). II has built 020 tulles of wagon
roads. <!'.!!) miles of winter sled roads
and 10 miles of trulls. One of flies©
roads was btdlt for motorcar tnillic,
but rum • than ".vi trucks and passen-
!ter cars were in use over them at thO
elo'"' iif the last fiscal year,
Mmh damage hna been done to the
rorii- by heavy narrow-tired trucks,
nml the board of road commissioners
fuels troubles of maintenance with
litem always. In addition, they found
It necessary to build a live-mile road
along a hillside last summer by cover-
ing the road (ted with willow cordu-
roy and surfacing the corduroy with
gravel because th material underlying
ibe location consisted of six feet of
gravel on the bed rock, forty feet of
clear Ice on the gravel and two feet of
moss and tundra on top.
PERMANENT ROAD IS FAVORED
Saving In Cost of Rebuilding Would
Pay for Them in Comparatively
Few Years.
A writer on the advantage of per-
manent highways makes the point that
the savins in the cost of rebuilding
would pay for them In a comparative-
ly few years—and then there would be
n prospect of valuable return*. Tiff
fhlnir would be like making « few pay
rnents to secure an annuity. Wherever
the money cart be n i*eil there should
tw> iKtrmanwit hlghwty*. That is the
good rotttls p * PUftilltWf.
The shortage of
:sed the govcm-
iic use of inotor-
ftelghi on .short
save freight-car
tratlic which has
tped war prcpitt a-
aud commercial
la-' few months
tuplmslxcd to all the vital impor-
tance of good roads.
freight cars has c:
11f'jt! to recommend
trucks for handling
hauls, in order to
equipment for long hauls, l-'ryight can-
not he successfully bundled by ttiofor-
trueks wiUiout; good roails.
T'he."< is also a growing tendency on
the part of uuinul'nciurcrs and whole-
sah'i • ti> have (heir salesinen travel by
autoUHiiilie instead of by railroad
trains, writes (', s. iiicmau, president
of it large motorcar concern, in Chi-
cago Post.. This also further helps to
solve the tradic preliicni. l!ut the ex-
tensive use of trucks for cross-country
hauling and of passenger automobiles
by salesmen and others, instead of
traveling by train, will depend to a
large extent upon road conditions.
It also occurs to me thai since our
transportation facilities have been so
seriously overtaxed by extra traffic re-
sulting from our war preparations to
date, the enormous increase in war
activities for which preparations an;
now beinu' made will result in further
serious delays, unless a large portion
of the traffic can be handled by motor-
trucks. In order in appreciate the im-
portance of good roads from a military
standpoint, we hrtve only to recall the
fact that in all probability 1'arls would
have been captured by the ("o-rmau
army In their lii-st great drive had it
not been that the excellent French
roads permitted the quick concen-
trating of French troops by meyns of
motortrucks, passenger automobiles
and taxieabs, which played so impor-
tant a part in helping out the French
railroad system.
The prosperity of any country and
the advance of civilization are always
measured by the transportation faelii-
Uerlln.—Gambling has so In
creased here since the armistice
that the
license
isfy the passion of the residents
of lierlln, who have taken to
playing games of chance, even
roulette, in the open streets in
certain sections. Certain streets
are lined with tallies, edge to
edge. The, bets have been in-
creasing gradually in size until
men and women, apparently of
the poorer classes and often
"workless" and drawing govern-
ment support, wager 2o marks ai
a lime.
The scene Is enlivened fre-
quently by bettors wlfo, after
losing, snatch money front the
tabic and dash through the
crowd, lo the wails of the cheat-
ed gamester.
Had as is lite gambling In the
open streels, that in the "clubs"
Is declared lo be far worse.
Street gambling is not always
with cash, stolen valuables of va-
rious kinds often being put tip
as slakes.
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Strong Hardy Sweet
Potato Plapts
Nancy Hall, Porto Rico, Pum-
okin Yam, Southern Quaen;
Postpaid, r>0p/S1.75. tf)00-$3.00.
By Express collect, 5000-$2.40,
10,000-12.25, 20.000- $2.10. Wire
for special Prices o« largei*
quantities. Prompt service, full
count, careful pack. LIBERTY
PLANT CO. Crystal City, Tex-
* 37-9tf.
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Professional and Business
Cards.
P. Stinson
WHAT EX-SOLDIERS MAY KEEP
War Dfpartment Lists Articles to Be
Retained by Men After
j Discbarge.
Washlugion.-—Kvory enlisted man on
discharge, the war department an-
nounced, will he allowed to retain as
his personal properly the following ar-
ticles of uniform equipment: '
Overseas cap (for men wilh over-
seas service; bat for others), olive
drab shirt, woolen coat and ornaments,
woolen breeches, one pair shoes, one
pair leggings, one waist belt, one slick-
er and overcoat, I wo suits underwear,
four pairs stockings, one pair gloves,
one toilet set, one barracks bag, gas
mask and helmet (for overseas men
only).
Soldiers who have already turned
In their equipment are authorized 1 «>
redraw them by applying to the di-
rector of storage of this city.
The department called attention to
the fact it is unlawful for a discharged
soldier to wear the regulation uniform
without the red chevrons, which show
his connection with the military es-
tablishment has been terminated ac-
cording to law.
Convoys of Rapid-Fire Can nop on Waj;
to Front in Franco.
ties. As c. manufacturer or' motorcars,
the good roads problem ha' been
brought very forcibly to my attention*
and I have given the subject, much
thought and study. It is my ilrtn con-
viction that the continued prosperity
of this country and the quick and ef-
ficient handling of war preparations
cannot be better promoted than by
keeping our streets and highways lu
flrxt-cbiss condition. I believe what-
ever eipendl'ures are necessary to thia
end should be i -ile.
Farmer's Profit Less.
Kvery inch of bad road—of fair
armtffier-ottly road -make* hauling that
much more expensive; makes th^
farmer's profit that much less ihatt I
should 1m?.
Increase Delivery Faoilltia*.
Kvery foot of good road over which
autgoriN and trucks truvnl increanett de-
U^ey facilities.
Pull Over Roads.
Better pull your loads over a
tfeaa through it.
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HONOR SOLDIER WITH TREES
Colleges to Have Plantings as Part of
Commencement Program
This Year.
Washington. — Commencement day
at many colleges will have for part of
the program this year the planting of
memorial trees in honor of former
students who gave their lives or of-
fered their lives to their country in the
world war. Arbor day will be more
widely marked this year than ever be-
fore.
In Atlanta a memorial group plan Is
being worked out at "Pershing Point,"
where memorial trees will be planted.
Minneapolis will have [i "Memorial
drive" three miles long which will he
part of a park system 10 miles long.
At St. T.ouis beautiful lilmlell boule-
vard is to he planted with memorial
trees.
Camp Howie, Texas, will he marked
with a memorial boulevard planted
witlt memorial trees, There will he
much planting of trees to honor these
who died in the war. says the Ameri-
can Forest I-, association.
Kutr R.ads a Loji.
The farm -rs ot the United States
huv" bee;, allowing $300,000,01 Hi in
real motley to escape from their pock-
ets each v ■ ■ r because of poor roads,
accord!!!:' to experts.
C?,rt Before Horse.
l ulling I.he cart before the horse—
Installing truck lines before building
adequate roads.
Cause of Mottled Butter.
Mottled butter is caused by the un-
even distribution of suit.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
General, Civil and Criminal
Practice. Special Attention to
I-and. Probate an<l Commercial
haw.
■ ABILENE, - TEXAS.
A. A. ANNIS
DENTIST
Office over First National Bank
Aspermont, Texas.
ERNEST HERRING
ATTORN EY-AT- LAW
CIVIL PRACTICE ONLY
Specialty—Examining and Per-
fecting Land Titles.
OFFICIO FIRST NAT'L BANK.
ASPERMONT
Telephone Exchange
J. L. EVANS, Pro p.
Better Equipped than ever be-
fore to serve the public, both
with local and long distance,
flprvipp
YOUR PATRONAGE
SOLICITED
H. F. Grind staff
ATTORNEY-AT-LmW
Aspermont,
Texas.
See John Guest for all kinda
of plumber supplies. You will
find him at his old stand.
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APPRECIATES YOUR BUSINESS AND WE
STRIVE TO PLEASE AT ALL TIMES.
HOT AND COLD BATHS
LAUNDRY BASKET LEAVES ON TUESDAY AND
RETURNS FRIDAY
C. S. HOPKINS, Prop.
Aspermont*
Texas
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Dunwody, Will A. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 22, 1919, newspaper, May 22, 1919; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth126184/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stonewall County Library.