The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1927 Page: 5 of 8
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THE CBOSBYTON REVIEW
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For Road Building
NEW YORK CITY.—More than a
ion and a half dollars was spent in
the United States for road building
and maintenance'during the fiscal
year erided in Juntey 192o, according
a study just completed by the Na-
onal Industrial Conference Board
of this city. Whereas less than twen-
ty year# ^«go expenditures for road >
^^|ibuildin(^pere stffl^negHgfpeTlS^Jr "jHPHtRMftf which was surfaced tra
* g<ftrierrtmental finance, our present * "
annual road bill amounts to more than
one-sixth of the' entire public budget
, and ip exceeded onlyby our govern -
"mental expenditures for education and
The development of the country's
roads during the past quarter s$n*ujy
closely reflects the revolution in the
field of transportation brought about
by the automobile and its rapidly ex-
tended adoption aa% means of carry-
ing goods as well as pasengers, about
1,000,000 miles of highways have been
built since 1904, when the total road-
wey miliage*4n theHEJnited States a-
mounted to 2,1&1,379,- only a srn^T
rat
fic consisting mostly of short distance
market hauling and a few ventursome
bicyclist. For the next five years
less than 50,000 additional miles of
the character of the ne^ roads, in-
fluenced primaliry by Wfe automobile
traffic. /Winding often ungraded and
rutted, albiet picturesque roads have
rapidly beert giving way. to hard sur-
faced, wide and straight dve'r 7 per
cent of
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made itself felt. 250,000 miles of
neyg roads being added. In the next
'seven' years, although they include
the war years vwhen state and local
government budge! were held down
to the minimum, 560,000 miles pi*#-#
roads were adde.
Perhaps more striking thpn the in-
crease in total mileage of roadway si and; to an etxent eveft to the federal
during, this, period war tfye change in government. While in~1904", the CoMF
local centers into surrounding rural
territory. It is this phase of highway
Conference Beard's study, has caused
development which, in the light* of the
marked changes in the control and
financing of road building and main-
tenance, shifting the burden gradual*
ly fi&m local governments to the state
ference Board finds, more than
per cent or nearly all of the current
TEXAS LEADS IN NUMBER
OF FARty OWNED AUTOS
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Texas leads all the ?ther states in Misa Borotky
"l /" mi mniw* ^ f n MMH A *«• M A **
the number of farm-owned automo-
biles with 285,276, according to a re-
port made public by. the research bu-
reau of the Coleman Lamp and stove knotier novel of WeBt
company. -
with 233,166,, the report sets forth,
Ohio is-third with 231,877. Then come
roadway were built, h*t between 1909
and 1914 die advent of the automobile
was graded and surafced, and stlgSPP
lv over one per by 1914 more than
highway revenue, which then amoun- "Iowa with 229,000, Pennsylvania with
ted to only $75,965,995, was raised by 219,288, New "£ork with 204,391, and
local governments, who also floated
as the highway bonds issued at tnat
the total roadway mileage time, the state governments in 1925
1_ ~ 1 ' * had
Wisconsin iwth 204,18%
Number of farmed owned automo-
biles in the United States has dou-
bled" in the; last six years, the report
bly with memor
Sweetwater raised
still "fresh in her mind, ;
it* she puts the Action in rto
that "it didn't happen," says the No*
lan County Times. , ?'tf
Her recent novel "The Wind" had
its action in and ground Sweetwater,
and the picture she drew"of this'sec-
tion in the early days brought a storm ?
of JESteafc
highway building and maintenance points out. .There are 4,632,422
17 per cent of the much increased to- that they raised piore than 37. per cent on American farms, compared ^with
tal mileage was graded and. surfaced of all highway revenue, while the lo- 2,100,000 in 1921.
>r. 1925, th Conference Boards study cal governments raised only littleov-r "Widespread use of automobiles for
leveals ^ " er half of the total. The federal gov- farm work ha^ greatly increased the
Thc '.mmfi'br volume of long iis- ernment meanwhile had interested it- agricultural ,efficiency.4n recent years'
extent of contributing a-^says the report. "Adoption dY other
pa i ten years,
• !*• ««• incrci«6«-U the nece^vy of
«&
We have a complete line of McCormick-JBeer-
ing Grain Drills, Disc. Harrows, with Tan-
•• • * © :-J c '- " "j T-
droms. Tractor Disc'. In fact a complete^"
well linked h'ghv.ay sysfcer,;, connect-
ing important centers andfedby the
smaller market roads radiating from
Lubbock Sanitarium
(A Modern -Fireproof:.Building)
Lubbock Sanitarium
Clinic1
DR. J. T..KRUEGER
Swgcry and Consultations
DR. J. T. HUTCHINSON
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
DR. M. C.OVERTON
Diseases of Children
DR. J. P. LATTIMORE
General Medicine
DR. F. B. MALONE
Eye, Ear, Note and Throat
DR . J H . STILES
General Medicine
DR. L. P. SMITH
General Medicine-
MISS MABEL McCLENDON
!pl|- -■ X-Ray and Laboratory
C. E. HUNT
Business Manager
l'ow.'wr' b°ut 10 per cent of the total. Nearly
half or 49.5 per cent of all highway
bonds floated in 1^25 were issued by
state governments. *•'
While the-figures cited summarize
the development "ot,road building in
the ^United States as,a whole, wide
variations are-pevealesH>y the Board's
rgport. The vast change in transpor-
tation methods and ioad utilization
caused by" long distance automobile
traffic is again strctly reflected", in
tteugreat stimulus given to highway
construction in the more sparsely set-
tled mountain and western states dur-
ing the past few wears, while the more
densely populated
automobile.
Of making books there is no end
—otherwise there would be fewer race
tracks.
•Speaking-of women, attractive sim-
pleons are? more popular witlPmen
than. intelectual bores.
line of^1f"necessai,y7larmirig Implements.
We Have Just Received "A Car Load Of
McCORMICK-DEERING CORN HINDERS
Something you will need right away,
Let Us Show You
A chartered Train ingSdhool for.
Nurses is conducted in connection
with the Sanitarium. Young wo-
men .who desire to enter training
■nay ..address the Lubbock Sanitar-
ium.
Youf Pay Check
By Trading
WAPCO a lb C AN
With Kitchen Stool
report.
lab<jr savjng devices including milk-
ing 'machines, -tractors, safety, pres-
sure gasoline lanterns providing ade-
quate lighting, and cultivators have
enabled farmers to boost their-earn-
ings by accomplishing more work;
Household drugery.of farmers' wives
has been greatly lightened by intro-
duction of'5 gasoline pressure stoves
providing quick clean"heat, yashing"
machines, and running .water." '
Seven states have more than 200,-
000 farmrowned automobile^ the re-
port points out^ while nine more re-
cord more than 100,000 cars in opera-
tion. T
editor of the 11-
News, car-
ried the following on his page Sunday
"The editor is just recently the re-
cipient of an interesting letter from
a T^xas novelist. From West f!orn-
wall Conn., Dorothy Scarborough
A close friend is/aft right-—until
he declines to iSd you" money. ~~~
eastern states ai
ready veil supplied with roads, have"
conseiftrated ntore on ii*provirtg" exis-
ting roads, even abandoning many old
Toads made obsolete by* the-more sys- Nothing makes a bridp so angry
system demanded "in this age of the " as to 'Be' tQld that she nyght-have done
better.
" A woman alway% has a tender feel-
ing for a man who pays' her a com-
pHment. * ' *" " .■
writes;
"Just a word to say that I shall be
sending you an advance copy of my
new book, 'Impatient Griselda/ in a
couple of weefcg. But I have been
careful this time not to lay the scene
(in any determinable town* and I stote
in advance that the thing didn't hap-
Pen- I am by the story ias Dickens
was by Mr. Pickwick. When asked
how he came to write to him, he said
thought of Mr, Pickwick."
absence from Columbia thisfajl and
"I am to take a half years leaVe of
come south to get some information
1 need for my next book. ' Of course
Xam coming to Texas.,r - -
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"Impatient Griseida'' is to be re- ;
leased August 11, and. will no dfiuj>t
be eagerly scanned,^even in West,Tex
- "r "
itt-Snydgr WitH Ur. Cand "Mrs^ £L. 'T).
Scarborough, who are near relatives.
-—Scurry Cbunty Times.
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Climb litfle higher thaq> the^crowd
^Tyw-wITFlw ^fafgeCJoSTCe knock"
ers.
Sympathy io nl) right in its ,glag<^
but there are times .when a kick woulcT
be far more effectjy£. , •
If.- you' imagine that this is a cold
unsympathetic world, tell people that
you have a cold and listen to their
suggestions. : ; ~ ~ V
afa &
See How Much You Save
By Checking Values
Revenge is sweet only to the very,
small individuals.. -
I The palmist has no use for the mffn
: who is af-rairl to show his-hand. • ..
Some men are so" busy "beginning
|*thin£^that;sihey ha'vemo time, to fin- -
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.-iiMi tlfem. •_
Remember those good
juicy Bananas, Fresh &
s*€ome early and
avoid the rush-
For Saturday Only
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7 1-2 c
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General Hauling.
PEACHES
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jblack
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BLACK Clp
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mjmm #11 IJ mm
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Gallon * UOC
Just for your own satisfaction and knowledge,
it will pay you to check up your next bill of gro-
ceries from this store and learn first-handed
' how much you save. It will prove conclusively
that it pays to shop here. • '
Hibbitts Grocery Co,
PHONE 160
When in need of haul-
ing call me at Wool-
dridge Lumber Yard.
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Curry, W. M. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1927, newspaper, August 5, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255684/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.