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At Fan ge r' s Department Store.
Good Roads A
Vital Necessity
State Engineer of Minnesota,
Takes Advanced Ground on
This Subject.
An is well known, an axiom in busi
ness affairs is that the consumer pays
the freight; to the rait of products is
u&kx the cost of transportation, and
this cost i9 not borne by the producer,
who simply adds it to the price to be
retliied at the market; nor by the mid
dlemen, on whose books it is entered
only as a factor in the costjbut we who
purchase thu.se products realize that we
have paid not only a fair price for the
product and a fair profit on the neces
emry investment, but also an additional
and sometimes an exorbitant sum for
the delivery of that product to our
hnuse or store. So we find that there
are tbree parties interested to a great
er or less extent in this proposition:
Th producer, who adds it to the cost
of production: the middleman, who adds
it t the selling price, Retting his com
munion on such charges as part of the
net; and the consumor.who finally puys
the entire bill.
According to the stute census of 1905
we find that the urban o ulation com
prises 51 per cent of the whole popula
tion of the state, and on this portion
of the imputation falls the greater cost
of increased transportation due to a de- tains in this country, and they are, able
fective system of highways. It has 1 on most of the roads of France, Gcr
been shown that the average cost of ' many, England, and other European
transportation over the primary high- countries to avail themselves of the
ways of the state is appr.x'mately alvantageof hauling maxmum loads
twenty-five cents per ton per mile, ' M,") days in the year.
which cost cost might be reduced fully tj0 great j3 the burden laid upon the
one-half by an improved system of j peopie 0f thj9 country by a bad road
roads. It has been further shown that ; systom that the statement is now hard
the consumption of native product haul- y doubted that the "ost to our whole
ed over our roads to consumers in this people for transportation by wagon i3
state amouots to over 2,500 tons daily, ! no 4S9 than 500 million dollars annual
hauled on an average of ten miles. i y more than it would be had we such a
This means an annual outlay at the 8y8tem of highways as during the past
cost of transportation ulone of $2 2'A-: f,fty vear, has been constructed and
750. Now if one-half of this can be
saved by improving our avenues of
transportation we would have a fund of
over 1 million dollars annually, which
the urban part, or 53 per cent of the
population, could afford to contribute
annually for good roads.
To show the vast importance of this
movement to the people I ask attention
to a few statements of facts culled from
the investigations made by those who
have devoted many years in research
along these lines. The average cost of
transportation on our primary highways
is twenty-five cents per ton per mile,
and at that cost fully 95 per cent of tne
product of wheat twelve mile?, from the
field to the market, would cover the
freightage from New York to Liver
pool and back; but with this disadvant
age that the wheat could only be moved
on land when the roads were in good
condition. It has been estimated that
the farmers of Europe market their
produce at one-third the cost that ob-
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maintained throughout Continental
Europe.
It has often been said that the intel
ligence of a people may be measured by
the excellence of their highways. We
cannot subscribe to this principle. The
r ipid growth of our country, especially
of the great West and of this state,
durintr the oast fifty years has defied
our best efforts to keep pace with its
development. Even among nations with
hundreds of years of history to look
upon, with their magnificent system of
highways, no such advance has been
made in their highway systms as this
nation has experienced duiing the past
fiften or twenty years. At the Paris
road convention held last year the gen
eral opinion seemed to be that France,
the nation of good roads, could teach us
little or nothing new in road construc
tion, and that the true secret of U e
excellence of foreign highways con; i t
ed not so much in their construction as
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At Herold's Book and Stationary Store
A brand new $380.00 Cabinet Grand Piano for $280. Spot cash or bank
able paper with payments adjusted, to suit convenience. A leading western piano
manufacturer has consigned to us a new piano, everything first class, note de
scription below. We ofTer it at MANUFACTURERS PRICES, saving you the
usual agent's commission of $100.00. If you are in the market for a first class,
guarranteed for 10 years, instrument HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TOJ-SAVE
$100. This will be the only piano offered on these terms.
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Grocery I
Essentials
Unless you are careful your supply of gro
ceries,, plain and fancy is likely to run low.
Look over your larder and see if there isn't
something you need. Then come or phone us
what you want, it will pay you, because of
quality and promptness ofdelivery.no less than
on account of prices. We are specially well
stocked with a fine assortment of everything
in our line. We give below a small list of staple
and fancy groceries which you would do well
to look over.
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1 qt. bottle Hawkeye mixed
pickles ..fcwC
Snider's salad dressing
1 pt bottle &C
1 qt jar pure fruit jam, as-
sorted kinds wC
E. C. Corn Flakes
3 boxes for fcwC
1 package Quaker Puffed Jft
Rice IOC
1 package Quaker Wheat
Berries
Bulk crackers fl
per lb oC
Brick or Limburger cheese, - -
per lb C
40 bars Haskins .
soap yl
Fels Naptha soap
per box uC
Grandpa's Wonder Soap
3 bars for ZsC
1 pint bottle n
bluing lUC
New Lima Bean?, 0
3 lbs. lor 25C
3 lbs. best Japanese
rice 25C
4 lbs. best Scotch oc
peas 25C
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I ance.
It would be difficult to invent or con
struct any piece of mechanism which
! on completion might be turned over to
j the operator with the assurance that it
! would run forever without futher
j thought or care, but such a policy, un
! wise and expensive though it may be,
seems to govern us in our road systems
and wc find a lamentable lack of auth
i ority in our laws for their proper care
i and maintenance.
NETZOW CABINET GRAND PIANO. Terfect scale, drawn on most scientific principles;
latest patent repeating action, extra heavy felt hammers; exposed pin block; extra heavy three
quarter iron plate; very best German imported tuning pins and piano wire; patent muffler attach
ment with nickel plated muffler rail, best quality spruce in sounding board; ivoryjlkeys. CASE
Verj artistic and double-veneered inside and oit, with maple veneer on interior; oval .panel, with
ndsome3t of curviugs. Warranted 10 years. Height. 4 ft 9 in; width 5 ft 2 3-8 in; depth 2 ft 3 in
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Wc have learned that all civilized
nations having a suitable highway sys
tem have obtained it through the co
operation and under the supervision of
the government, and we have profited
by this knowledge in applying the prin
ciple of state aid. We have also learn
ed that their excellence is due to their
methods of repair under government
supervision, and it behooves us to be
guided by their experience in this most
essential part ot tne general pian.
: Herold's Book and Stationery Store
Dealers in all kinds of Musical Merchandise, Violin, Guitar, Banjo and Mandolin strings and
parts. All late sheet music, vocal and instrumental, on sale.
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Notice to Creditors.
,l&k,: - I" County Court.
In the matter of the estate of Zerah Wilbur Cole,
dcrh!ed.
Notice in hereby aiven that the creditor of Mid
dcreaticd will meet the Administrator of aaid
mtate. before me. County Juilireof Caiu County,
Nebraska, at the County Court room in 1'lattn
mouth, in said County, on the 31st day of May,
liNRt. and on tho 1st day of December, 110), at 10
o'clock A. M., each day, for the purpwe of pre
senting their claims fur examination, adjuntmcnt
and allowance.
Six month arc allowed for tho creditors of said
deceased to present their claims, and one year for
the Administrator to settle said estate, from the
31st day of May. lWi'J.
Witness my hand and seal of said County Court,
at riattxmoulh, Nebraska, this Will day of
April. 1
Allen J. Pkkwon.
9'-S Seal County Judge.
Wanted:
One young man and one
woman. A movement is under
organize a physical culture club in th 8
city, to be conducted along clean-cut,
high-class lines. It is especially de
signed for business men and profes
sional people, whose duties prevent
them from getting the necessary exer
cise to maintain at.u preserve their
vitality at its best. The club will be
open to all persons of good character
who desire to improve their physical
well-being.
To assist in the work of organization
one young man and one young women
are needed (a married couple would do
nicely.) Those of excellent character
who would like to assist in this im
portant work, with full remuneration
for their time, are requested to write
U3 at once. Please give your age, oc
cupation and references. All com
munications will be held confidential.
Write us now, please, and address as
follows: Lock Box 454, Omaha, Neb.
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