SIXTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART'i. 29' 



footsteps, "the regulars are coming!" Around the corner came a column 

 of green coated men, with rifle in hand, behind each rifle a determined 

 soldier. On thej- came, the officer marching them right in front and up 

 to the strikers. He raised his sword. He said: "Halt! Make Way! 

 Aim! Lay down those hand spikes!" They laid them down. A small 

 body of organized men against a mob of hundreds. 



We can get the same effect by organizing the forces here in this state. 

 We desire to see the roads made better, and everything organized to bring 

 strength to bear on the bad roads of the state. 



A Member : I would just like to have Mr. King tell us about 

 this split log drag, when to use it. We are having some dispute 

 in our county. 



Mr. King: There is just one time the split log drag may be 

 properly used. If you drag the road when it is muddy, the first 

 time you drag it, every other time you drag it after that, it must 

 be at a time when the soil has become, not dry, but it must not 

 be sticky, it must be moist. 



A Member : Isn't there a difference in soil ? 



Mr. King: Yes, sir; there is a difference in soil; every man 

 has got to study his own soil and own piece of road. Every man 

 will have to ride his drag over different sections of the same road. 

 I have been riding a drag for ten years. I can take an old drag 

 and a good team on the road and pretty near make it talk. You 

 will find, if you will use your brains you will get a good deal bet- 

 ter results. 



A Member: Where the road don't bake, couldn't you drag 

 it better? 



Mr. King : There is no such a thing as the soil not baking. 



The Member: The mote sand the soil has in it the less it will 

 bake. We have soil w^here you can go right out after the rain and 

 it won't bake. 



Mr. King : I would like to see that kind of soil ; I am from 

 Missouri. 



A Member: How about the winter? 



Mr. King: You can do more good in the winter time than 

 in the summer for the same amount of labor. If it thaws just arr 



