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Show GOOD ROADS EXPERT IS HEARD a DGDEi David Ward King Gives Good Advice as to Care of Thoroughfares. Special to Thc Tribune. OGDEN', April 11. Thc good points of the "split-log" rond drus and the meritorious meri-torious cfrcttf of Its use on streets and highways were explained to an Interested audience of Webor county ofrlclala and citizens this afternoon by David "Ward ICing. Uio Missouri Inventor of thc famous road Implement? The meeting, which was followed by a demonstration of the road drag, was held under Die auspices of thc city and county commissioners and the Weber club. Tho "IClng" drag, during the eighteen years that It has boon In service, has come Into (julio general use on the highways high-ways of tho middle west, principally by rea-son of tho extenslvo boosting by Its Inventor, but this Is the first lecture trip of Mr. King In thc went. Thc Inventor mado It plain at the outset that he hits nothing to sell and that the drag is not patented. He mado tho strongest point In favor of Its uso by tho declaration that It is tho only method that does not mako a road worse before It makes It better. Tho city commissioners of Ogden were subjected to something of a grilling by tho Missouri Inventor for thc condition In which ho found tho streets of this city during a slghtsoelng trip today. He excused tho extremely bad condition of the pavements by tho explanation that Improvements were coming. Outside of tho paved districts his decision was le3s lenient. He said: After my little trip today I felt llko congratulating the people of tho county. So long as wo stayed outside out-side of the city limits we moved along nicely, but artcr we returned to the city wo moved straight up and down. But tho samo condition prevails pre-vails almost everywhere. Tho farmer flnd3 greater difficulty getting from tho courthouse to tho city limits than ho docs in gotttng from tho city limits to bis farm. And tho funny thing about this Is that these city pooplo send for mo to toll tho county men how to fix their roads. Mr. King explained that ho happened upon tho uso of tho "split-log" drag, as tho best road Implement known, purely by accident, when. In 1S06, he hooked a team of horses onto an old stump stock and an oak log which had been nailed together to-gether for the purpose of dragging down corn stalks. The effect of this drag on a half-mile of rond near his Missouri home led to tho modern drag constructed of split logs, which can bo built for almost al-most any price ranging from 25 cents to $7.50. Tho so-called talking poIntH of his drag, Mr. King said, wcro tho facts thnt It puddled tho soil, malting It lmpervloue to wator; that It automatically raised thc roadway In tho center, draining tho water to each aide, and keeps tho surface of tho road In a smooth condition. He advised tho uso of tho drag after" every rain, when tho road Is moist, but not sticky. During the course of his lecture, Mr. King facetiously remarked that ho cor-talnlv cor-talnlv was talking before a solemn assemblage as-semblage and said ho was forced to us Btrcnuous examples to allay the doubt of his ll8tonorB. In tho end his humor had resulted In considerable enthusiasm and nearly all prosont mado the trip to Twentieth street to witness the demonstration demon-stration of a drag which had been built In a local shop during tho morning. At tho conclusion of his lecture, and also at tho demonstration, Mr. King answered an-swered all questions put to him. |