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Show KANSAS FAVORS GRAVEL HIGHWAY THE Kansas Highway Commission Commis-sion has adopted a definite policy pol-icy of using sand and gravel on all the roads it can improve thai way for the present. "Gravel and sand cost only $1,500 to ?2,000 a mile," said John Gardner, Highway Director. "By using these materials, which are plentiful in many sections, we can build roads passable at all seasons without difficulty or long delay. They are easy and inexpensive inex-pensive to maintain. By using the calcium chloride, the gravel and sand are held together and the dust is obviated. ob-viated. Of course, these roads will have to be rebuilt in five or six years, but .we feel that it is better to build that way and get as many people out of the mud as possible rather than build short stretches of more permanent perma-nent and more expensive roads, just at this time." |