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Good Roads Meeting. I
The cOll1mittc appointed by the
. 400(1 roads meetil1g" met at .Tohn
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1\"uJk's office \Yedl1csday. 'l'here
was prescntY.A. . Grccnwald , G.
A. Abbott , R. 1. Grinstead , G.
J. Crook andIr ! , Babcock mcm-
I I hers of the com\l1itte Senator
, : --'l'uckcr : , Representatives . Hogrefe
it and Lord were also in attendancc.
\ W. A. Grccnwald ; wa elected
, . chairman after which it was de-
j" tcrllined to recomnlen(1 l the following
ing' amendments to the road Jaw
, 1stro do away with thc
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I , \IICC of road 1 superrlsor. .
2nd To provide for thc ollice ,
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of county engineer , It a salary , . ! of .
r SSOO.OO a year in addition to the
fees of county SU1'\'cyor. 'Phis
officer to draw all plats and spec-
, ilications for bridges and to in-
spcct and pass on bridges as
. built. This will operate to do
: away with thc bridge committee.
31'(1 All poll tax to be paid in
cash , no man under lifty years of
age to be permitted 'to vote until
his poll tax is paid.
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4th All roads to bc built and
l'rpalred by the- townships thc
, same , : to be lone by thc lowest !
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N' ' . 5th F'ifty 1 per cent of/the road
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lcr the suprl'\'ison of the coun i ty
I. engineer in thc construction of
permanent roads.
The following resolution ! was
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adopteel by the commlttce.
. After which thc committee adjourned -
jou1'l1cd to meet at the call of the
chairman "
, It is the opinion 01 this com-
mitte that any change in our
present : : ; road laws must he local
L option in kind must eliminate
the personal services of the unskilled -
skilled population in thc con-
: : -.tl uction of roals and thc substitution .
:1 : _ stitution thcrefor of an intelligent
) authority that will equitably
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good business methods in the
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f\ JI t construction and in aintai n ; Lice 01
" 1- ' = Public liighwa 1 ) : : ' . We would
: . further recommend that in a
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) , county like Richardson , where
r ; one twdth of the entire area of
1/ l' ( . the land surface is subjl.'ct to in- ! ,
- : , undalwns , which together with
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thc seapagc waters that dIsastrously -
.t rously affect our road grades in
timer of excessive rainfalls , both
.I\ : ross the bottoms and along the
uplands where seapag'e occurs ,
that an intelliretiC system of
drainage is inc1espcnsibly con-
nccted with any successful road
building and further , that pre-
Hminar thereto \ a top graphical
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lout Christmas is not only 1 the milemark of another year
moving us to thoughts of self-exainination ; it is a season , frpnl
all its associations , whether domcstic or religious suggesting
thoughts of jO\ A man dissaIis tied with his ; cndca\'ors is a
man tempted to sadncss. And in the micbt of the winter ,
when his life runs lowest and he is l'emilldel of the empty
dlllirs of his belo\'edit is well lie should he conclemncc1 to this
fashion of 1 thC"smiJing farC' Nohle sappo'intn1l.'nl and noble
self-dcnial arc not to _ hc admired , not even to be pardoned , if
they bring .bittl'1'I1cs ! , . It is one thing to cuter thc kingdom
of lien veii maim ; another to maim yourself and stay without. .
And the Idng'dom of heaven is of the childlike , of those who
ale easy to please , who love and who give pleasul'c. : flighty
mel1 of their hands , the smiters and thc buildcrs and the
judges , hare lived long and lone sternly and yet prescn'cd
this lovely Challlctcr and among om carpet interests and 1.wo-
penny concerns , thc sha111e were indelible if we should lose it.
ncnt1l'tH'SS and cheerfulness , these come before l aIlI1101'ality ;
they are the perfect dqties. And it is the trouble with moral
men that they have neither one nor the other It was the
moral man , the Pharisee whom Christ could not away with.
If your morals make von dreary depend upon it they arc :
wrong' I do not say "g''C thel11 up. " for they may be all you
have ; but conceal them like a Vice , lest they should spoil the
hi I \'es of better and sinipler people.'k * *
People nowadays are so fond of resisting temptations ;
here is one to be resistec1. 'I'hey arc fond of se1f- ( el1ial ; here
is a propensity that c..llnot be too peremptorily dcnicd. There
is an idea abroad ; unoug moral people that they should make
their neighbors good. ! One person 1 ha\'c to make geol ( ; in \ ' -
self. nut 111) duty to my neighbor is much more nearly cx-
pressed hy saying that I have tai in nIce him happy-If I may.
-l o bl'rt Louis S.te'l . nson.
survey should be made ! by a com-
petcnt civil engineer especially
those roads along and across the
bottoms and all other lands affect-
cel with Sl'apaJ.C : water where
permanen ; roads arc to be con-
structcc !
Yom committee would further
represent that our legislators
should' lend all possiblc aid to thc
enactment of any equitable
drainage laws or to the needed
amendment of allY such laws as
wc now have on thc statutes , by
which all swamp or wet lands
over which courity roads are lo be
located may be reclaimed from
periodic overflow to the end that
pC'rmancnt good roads be mach in
all parts of thc county at a mini-
mum expense , more cspecia to
the end that thc impossibility II
of acc'Jnplishin : the same may .
Ic l permanently and fore yer climi-
nated.
'I'his c01l1mittee would further
represent that in the construction
of any drainage system for the
aforesaid overflowed lands , a topographical -
pographical survey to be made by
a competent engineer is neccssar-
ily preliminary thereto , and when
the same shall have been made ,
it will also serve the purpos preliminary -
liminary forsuccess'ful road building -
ing- , the same therefore , should
be encouraged br our county
board of lpcr\ ' i : ; ors anel all other
citizens : as prodded for in - chapter -
ter Sf ) article 1 of compiled statutes -
, utes of lIJ03. The eqCn8C : of the
same to be paid for by a ; tax on
the lands reclaimcc ! .
Seed Corn Special.
'I'hc Burling"ton Seed Corn
Spccial" which was aCI\'crtiscc1 tb
reach this city at 1:15 : p. 111. on
Monday ; arrived on schedule time
and was greeted by a large crowc1 (
of farmers , who were anxious to
learn what they could of thc relative -
lat \'c values of the different varieties -
. rieties of corn for this section of
the statc. 'rhe train was co ' u-
posed of three coaches and a
din ing car. The coaches were
provided with a temporary plat-
form , It one end of each and there
were samples of all thc best varieties -
rictie of corn displayed in great
abundance. When thc train : ; 1'-
rived thc farmers were intec1 to
enter the coaches which they did
and they were treated to a scicn-
tific lecture of a high order on
the care alit ] selection or seed
corn a'f ! \ as the proper manncr
in caring for their crops while
growing' They were inritcd to I
question the lecturers which invitation -
vitation many of them took advantage -
tag-e of and thereby brought out
many points of advantage to both
the lecturer and the listeners.
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Wc were inforll1cd that 1'aJ1 , ;
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City turnec1 out a larger ninn lber
to the lecture than any outer
place bet " vice ti here alld ; Lincoln ,
there heillg almost 250 ill attenc1-
: tnce. 'l'herc was a large nUll1hl'l'
of farmers boarded the train at ,
Humboldt Dawson al1d ( SalL'lu p
and callI ( ' dowlI here , rcturnil1l.
with the train aril they had a
double al ' tntage as they kept
plying thc , lecturers with lJuest- !
ions ( luring the entire trip. l1'oJ- {
lowing are the lIall1es of those ill 44 f
char . of thc train \V.IL. Mans
charge : ; , t\
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I iiltititritl ( I ; COnliiliSSiOtier , C . J' . . n" \ '
Q. , Chicago , ill. ! ; a.v. Obel' , Sec. \ "
toV. . 1 I. flans , Chicago , 111. ; \
Prof. 'J' . L. Lyon , Prof. S. A vel ' y ,
I'i : of. A. L. Hccker , Prof. S. ( : . .
Iolltg-omcry , Prof. Pugsely , all t
of Agricultural ; Dept University '
of Nebraska , 14incolnProf. ; A. N.
1111111e , University of Illinois ,
Champaign ; ; , Ill , j .m. v. UrackC'll ,
'L'rainll1astcr C. ft & U. ( Table
Rock I ; 11. L. Lewis D. Ii' l . & P.A. , '
Beatrice ; Chin nceflor l. I laen j.
Anclrcws , l4incoln ; Rev. l 'l'uttle ,
lincohi ; D. I l ; . Dcspain , State i !
DcpL of Labor , also of Lincoln /
Star , ' Lincoln.1. ; [ , . I\Iel1c1el1'hall ,
'I' F. 8. P. A. C. L' . & Q. Icat-
dce.
'I'hcrc is no doubt hut that
much Iood will rcslllt Irolll..this
tour of the state as it is the
lI1C'al1S of bringing thc fatltlers ;
together to exchange icleas be-
sides getting thc valuahJe infor-
1l1atiol1 from the experts ill this
particular branch of fa tin iii g and
we heard it suggested that tht'sc
trains would eventually do away
with the farmer's institutcs.
Resolutions.
Wh-r'a. . . Il /l1I-aKclllI" / " , ( ; 1':11111.hlh':1 (
of thIJII'rH' ! to n'III11\'l' hy .II-ath frulll our
IIlhhl.ollr trt loved Jlrnllll'rIartlll g. l Haylor ,
III thl'lrlllw of his IIf , ' . :11111
\yilt ' rtavyo havt ' tenons lirothtr/iaylor as
a true and falthflll hrutIiruuong II" . a worthy
and dlli dUz"1I in our contmunity.utd a good
mail alld i trot , wllfl n II ttiniely drat , t.e . with
tit ( ' cntirt . . :011I11I111111) lIIullrll. Be It
H"Kol".I i. Ity N'wllrlc 1,0011fe No. 21A.1' &
A. 11. . III l'I'Ulllar cotnmttnicatiou , that WII exIt .
It 'Iul to tilt h'n'av-cl Wlfl all,1 n'latl\'l'fI of [ , a
Brolh'r Saylor our Iwarlfdt hYIIIJlath for thl'lII
III this sad hour and cUlllmellel Ihelll In lint ! /
who is our suit Coin forteI' III lOrro\\ ' .
'I'hat tilt so Muttons \ ho spread upon Uu'
, Bout " s oi the T.odlfl , ;
'j'hat UIl charh'r of tire T.uellfu ho draped III
11I011 ntitiK for a period of hint . ) ' days ; I
'j'hat a copy of tiles ollltlollK ho presented
to ttllJ I'rean'd I'I-Iatl\'c's and that Ihehu reoolll-
tines 1m Jlllhlhhcet III the city papers of New-
, 1:11'1" , Olclahul1la. and rails Clt ) ' . NcJrallca. !
J. : ' 1. lIAYNm ; .
CI\U1m nuv s. ,
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Adopt ' d at a regular cOllll1lllnlcation of Nuw-
kirk Lodge No 21. A. 1' . & A. M. , Ncwlclrlc ,
Oklahoma UecemJer ! 171h , A. I ) . 1704.
11. S. WorKh\J.11I1 \ Master
11. C. IIUOOKS Sccntar ! f
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John Dorrington camc down : '
from Lincoln Wednesday cveni ng.
Mrs. Dan Watson of Reserve ,
Kas. , visited with MrR. Jessie
Sears ' of this city on \Ve nesday.
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