The Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
V.OUP CITY, . . NEBRASKA
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Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Readers.
CONGRESS.
The senate has confirmed the nom
inations of Charles J. Neill, as com
missioner of labor statistics; J. F*.
Armstrong of Juneau as governor of
Alaska and H. M. Smith as commis
sioner of fisheries.
Ben C. Davis, confidential secretary
to Secretary of State Bryan, was
made chief clerk of the state depart
ment. Davis lived in Omaha after
completing his course at Carthage
college, Illinois. He was Mr. Bry
an's secretary when the latter was in
congress.
Better have a spoils system than
an abused civil service system, was
the declaration of Senator Overman
of North Carolina in the senate when
i.e asked Senator Pomerence, chair
man of the civil service commission,
when his resolution for investigating
I he service would be reported on.
In his maiden effort in the house
Representative Barton. who suc
ceeds former insurgent Norris in the
house, severely criticised the demo
i rats for passing the tariff bill in se
cret caucus. He scored the demo
crats as fathering a measure that was
unjust to the farmer and the people
as a whole.
GENERAL.
Robert 0. Fowler, the American
aviator, made a recent flight across
the isthmus in a hydro-aeroplane
with a passenger.
More than 200 Americans have left
Canauea, Sonora, on special trains
for the borde.r The refugees were
thrown out of work by the partial
closing down of the plants.
Covernor A. O. Eberhart of Minne
sota, has signed the mimium wage
bill passed at the session of the legis
lature just closed, which provides for
a commission and gives it power to
investigate vice conditions in the
state.
The joint commission of the Meth
odist Frotestant church and the
Church of the United Brethren of
Christ, in session at Columbus, O.,
recently unanimously adopted a ’ asis
of union for the two churchps, form
ing a new denomination, to be known
as the United Protestant church.
To direct the attorney general to
collect from the Missouri Pacific
$3,360,000, the outgrowth of financing
hy the government of the original
rail between Hannibal and St. Jo
seph, Mo., a resolution was intro
duced by Representative Neely of
Kansas.
"The Chinese senate has rejected
the five-power loan contract. Dr.
Sun Yat Sen. the former provisional
president,! and other leaders have
been calling personally on foreign
firms and trying to purchase arms
for their party to the amount of mil
lions of dollars. They are conspir
ing to start another revolution,
which would provoke foreign inter
vention and end China's independ
ence.
Evidences of a determination to
hurry completion of the Panama canal
are seen in reports from the Isthmus.
The nine mammoth steam shovels
digging at the Culehra cut have been
put on twelve-hour shifts and work
ing at such a rate would have the
canal ready for ships through the
most troublesome part of the canal
by the time the locks are ready. While
the last official estimates of the ear
liest date at which ships could pass
through the canal has been some
time in October, the rapid work may
make it possible for ships to go
through earlier.
The headquarters of the woman's
social and political union, the militant
suffragette party, situated in Kings
way, were raided by police, in search
of evidence against the militant lead
ers. The police were commanded by
Superintendent Pack Quinn, of Scot
land Yard, who has been placed in
charge of a department for dealing
with the suffragettes. Miss Barbara
Kerr, the secretary of the woman’s
social and political union; Misses
Iiake, Lennox and Barrett and Mrs.
Saunders, the officials of the society,
who were in charge of the offices at
the time of the raid, were arrested,
and a large quantity of documents
was seized.
Immigration officials at Philadel
phia were startled when Rudolph
Gertzen. a German farmer, in reply to
the question as to whether or not he
had $25. witich is necessary before im
migrants can land, carelessly pulled ou
of his pocket $14,000.
In the later part of 1012.the cost
of living in the United States was
higher than any other time for twen
ty-three years. The bureau of labor
statistics has issued a report on re
tail prices from 1800 to 1013. The
lowest cost was reached in each of
the geographical divisions and in the
United States as a whole in 1896.
l and development enterprises which
are not wilfully deceiving The public
as to the value of farms they offer
for sale, were assured recently that
they need have so fear of unfavor
able reports from the Department of
Agriculture.
Five of the big hangars on Hemp
stead plains aviation field, where
some of America’s foremost aviators
learned to fly, were destroyed by fire.
Fi'-e aeroplanes were burned and sev
eral aviators and mechanicians had
narrow escapes when the buildings
collapsed. The loss is estimated at
f 25,000.
W. C. Patterson of Los Angeles,
Cal., died at Naples.
Two men were burned to death
and three fatally injured in a fire
which partly destroyed the Hotley
house, a three-story structure, at Os
wego, New York.
Postmaster General Burleson has
ordered that unpaid, misdirected un
mailable and unclaimed postal cards,
as well as postcards deposited for
i local delivery be returned to sender.
Refused permission to play accord
j dian at a party, Joseph C’onjuan of
Dayton, Pa., emptied his revolver into
the guests, shooting four, three of
j whom wifi die. He then fled,
i Five of the big hangars on Hemp
: stead Plains aviation field, where
i some of America’s foremost aviators
j learned to fly, were destroyed by fire
The loss is estimated at $25,000.
The new city wells at. Creighton,
recently sunk by the construction
company putting in the extension of
the water system, were tested and
proved satisfactory.
Former President William H. Taft,
now Kent professor at Yale, has been
engaged to deliver the Henry Ward
Beecher lectures for the next college
year in the department of political
science at Amherst college.
In a letter to Milwaukee authorities
recently, John Sclirank, now confined
in the Northern hospital for the in
sane near Oshkosh, Wis., asks to
have sent to him the revolver he 1
used in his attempt to assassinate
Theodore Roosevelt last October.
Testifying for the defense in the
trial of Arthur B. Smith, charged
with the murder of his wife. Florence
C. Smith, by poisoning. Dr. Kllis R.
Schilling of Columbus, O., a pathol
ogist, dclar’ed that Mrs. Smith's
death was due to natural causes.
To provide adequate facilities fot
the movement of northwestern crops
for the year 1913, approximately
20,000 units of rolling stock shortly
will be placed in service by the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific and Chi
cago, Minneapolis. St. Paul & Omaha
at a cost of $25,000,000.
Mrs. John Knzuuus, a bride of three j
days, is in a critical condition and !
may die, as a result of dancing too ]
much at her wedding. The Polish |
custom of dancing with the bride for I
$1 a dance is responsible. During
the 23rd dance and with 293 silver 1
dollars constituting the bride's dowry,
Mrs. Knzluus collasped and may not
recover.
William B. Dingwall, an American
citizen, owner of a foundry and direc
tor of the Santa Maria de la Paz Min
ing company, was killed by the rebels
in their attack on Matehuala, state 1
of San Lufk Pctosi. Dingwall, who is :
said to have been one of the wealthi
est residents of the district, web
killed when he refused to ccntribuie i
to the revolution.
The great strike of working men in j
Belgium, to force the government to
grant manhood suffrage, began quietly
and at nightfall it was estimated that
200,000 men throughout the country .
had quiet work. This number is at
least 100,000 short of the socialist j
predictions and the clerical press I
calls the movement a “pitiable
fiasco.” ' *: C# |
Henry Wedland and Alexander
Drummond, young men of Brooklyn,
N. Y., captured by R. I. Davisson of
Dayton. O., a Yale senior, at the point
of a silver pencil, while ransacking
his room in Vanderbilt hall, on the
Yale campus, were in the city court
charged with burglary. In the dim
light of the room the burglars thought
the pencil leveled at them by Davis
son as he entered was a pistol.
SPORT.
Pitcher “Bob" Smith has been re
leased by the Chicago Americans to j
the Minneapolis American associa
tion team. He was purchased by i
Chicago from Boise, Idaho.
Bobby Wallace of the Browns was
not in the opening game this year;
which was the first time he had been
out of a get-away battle in his seven
teen years in the big leagues.
The New York club has sold Pitch
er Paddy Green, the Holyoke recruit, ,
to the Pittsburgh club of the National
league, all cities excepting Pittsburgh
having waived on him.
The Wisconsin assembly endorsed
Hedding bill, which provides ten
round no decision bouts to be held un
der strict supervision by the state
commission. N'o bouts are permitted
on Sunday.
Manager Jennings of the Tigers is
using his southpaw pitcher, Bert
Clauss, every minute in the day pitch
ing to batters in the hope that the
Tigers may overcome their weakness
against southpaws.
George Brooks, football coach of
the University of Pennsylvania, in an
effort to bring on drop kickers and
punters for the red and blue eleven,
has adopted the idea of competition
in these branches among the under
graduates.
Catcher Peter Shields, former cap
tain of ihe University of Mississippi
base ball team, was released to the
Portland, Ore., club by the Cleveland
American league club, and Outfielder
Charley Betts was released to the
Beaumont club of the Texas league.
The midv.estern polo championship
has been awarded to the Onwentsia
club for the last week of June. Eight
teams are expected to compete, two
cf these being from the army. Two
will come from the St. Louis Country
club, Kansas City and Cincinnati.
President Comisky of the Chiccago
Americans plans to increase the ca
pacity of the South Side baseball
park from 30.000 to 43,000 for the
season of 1914. When the enlarge
ment has been completed the White
Sox park will have the largest ca
pacity of any baseball park in the
/country.
Frank Gotch of Humboldt, world's
champion wrestler, underwent a sur
gical operation for the removal of an
excessive growth of bone in the nose.
The operation was made necessary
as a result of an injury received sev
eral years ago.
When Larry Lajoie enters the polo
grounds on June 3 to play with the
Naps against the Yankees it will be
the first time since 1901, when he
played there with the Phillies. Then
Lajoie did some of his greatest hit
ting and he says he hopes they have
'nt changed the grounds so much
that he can't repeat.
LAI BILL PASSED
PROGRESSIVES WIN POINT AF
TER AN ALL NIGHT SESSION.
WILSON'S AOIflCE UNHEEDED
Democrats Try to Tie Measure Up
But Are Unable to Break Pro
gressive Vote.
Sacramento, Cal.—The administra
tion anti-alien land holding bill, drawn
by Attorney General Webb, passed
the senate by a vcte of 36 to 2, after
nearly ten hours of debate. The only
negative votes were cast by Senators
Cartwright, democrat, and Wright, re
publican.
The futility of Secretary Bryan's
mission was shown in the vote cf his
own party. Nine of the ten democrats
voted contrary to the advice which he
brought from President Wilson, while
not a single progressive yielded to his
eloquence.
At the outset the majority leaders
made it known that they would not
permit another interruption of their
plans under any circumstances and
the word went forth that the body
would be held in session -all night, if
necessary, in order to bring the bill
to a final vote.
The only opposition swas from Sen
ator Wright, republican, and the de
mocrats who sought in vain to break
through the solid progressive front
with a string of amendments that
would tie up the bill until next week.
Wearily the debate went on and
wearily the amendments were voted
down one by one.
In phraseology, the bill as redrafted
by Attorney General Webb after
many conferences with Governor
Johnson and the administration floor
leaders, omitted the words, “ineligible
to citizenship,” which are offensive
to Japan, but those in charge of the
bill repeatedly admitted in debate
that the end sought was- the same.
Provisions of Bill.
The principal provisions of the bill
re as follows:
One—Aliens eligble to citizenship
may acquire and hold land to the
same extent as citizens.
Two—All other aliens are limited
to the specific rights conferred upon
taem by the existing rights conferred
upon' them by the existing treaties be
tween the United States and the na
tions of which such aliens are citi
zens or subjects.
In the case of the Japanese, the
bill ptohibits ownership of farming or
agricultural lands while permitting
them to own residences and factories,
manufactories and shops.
Three—Leases of agricultural lands
by such aliens are permitted for a
period of not exceeding three years.
There is a question as to whether re
newals would be lawful.
Four—Aliens ineligible to citizen- i
ship cannot inherit land. Upon the
death of an alien landholder, his
property shall be sold by the probate
court and the proceeds distributed to
his heirs.
The state specifically reserves its
sovereign right to enact any and all
laws in future with request to the ac
quisition of real property by aliens.
McPherson Sells Timber Company.
Sheridan, Wyo.-—A New Jersey syn
dicate headed by H. G. Harris and E.
H. Cuthbert of Atlantic City com
pleted a deal whereby they bought
the Big Horn Timber company, pay
ing for it with other property adja
cent, $1,100,000.
The sale was made by Thomas B.
McPherson of Omaha, president of
the company, it is planned to operate
the company continuously from now
on.
One of the assets of the cotnpany
is the Tongue river flume said to be
the longest timber flume in the world.
It runs from Wood Rock to the val
ley, a distance of about forty miles.
To Serve Twelve Years.
Fremont, Neb.—A1 Pruyn was taken
to the penitentiary at Lincoln. The
supreme court recently overruled the
motion for a new- trial for Pruyn,
who killed a saloon keeper at North
Bend sixteen month ago. He was giv
en a sentence of twelve years.
Legally Dead Man Found Living.
Topeka, Kan.—\Y. H. Caldwell, who
disappeared from Hutchinson, Kan.,
in 1902, leaving a wife and three chil
dren. and was declared legally dead
and his insurance money ordered
paid, has been found in Berkeley,
Cal., married again.
Carpenters Out.
Rochester, X. Y.—250 millmen,
members of the United Brotherhood
of Carpenters, struck when some of
the contractors refused to sign a two
year agreement for a $3 minimum.
38 Insurance Companies Will Stay.
Jefferson City, Mo.—Superintend
ent of Insurance Revelle announced
thirty-eight fire insurance companies
have notified him they would not
lento the state on account of the On
insurance law. Twenty-six mutual
concerns have agreed not to ieave.
Celebrate Victory of Manila Bay.
Washington.—Twenty-one of the
surviving officers who fought under
Admiral Dewey in the battle of Ma
uila bay celebrated the fifteenth an
niversary of the famous battle here
Say He Embezzled $60,000.
Los Angeles, Cal.—Accused of hav
ing embezzled more than $60,000 dur
ing a period covering six years, W
J. Ranney, chief clerk in the office ol
the auditor of the Santa Fe railroad
here was arrested and lodged in the
county jail.
Anti-Fight Bill Lost.
Sacramento, Cal.—The anti-prize
fight bill, making the promotion of a
prizefight in this state a felony and
attendance at one a misdemeanor
was defeated, 38 to 24, in the house.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
—
Coming Events In Nebraska.
May 8 to 10—Annual Convention
Mississippi Valley Historical Aesociar
tion, Ofnaha.
May 20, 21 and 22.—Thirty-seventh
' Encampment G. A. R., Fremont.
—
Judge Calvin Keller of Payette.
Idaho, returned to Creighton, his for
mer home, oil a business trip.
The annual meet of the northeast
Nebraska high school league will be
held at Cr.eighton on May 16.
The Hooper Commercial club has
ele'eted Glen Howard president; B.
Monnich, vice president, and H. G.
Meyer, secretary-treasurer.
Hotel Inspector Ackerman has ap
pointed F. W. Brown, jr„ of Lincoln
issitant hotel inspector and Miss Ce
cile Snapp, stenographer.
Governor Morehead and Henry
Gerdes, a member of the state board
of control, contracted for the pur
chase of 200 acres of land located
near the state industrial school at
Kearney.
William O. Southwick, vice presi
dent of the First National bank at
Friend and interested in banking at
Tobias, Cordova and Beaver Crossing,
died of heart failure.
General Hall has chosen the
points for mobilization of the Nation
al guard battalions next August.
Points chosen are: Elk City, Walioo,
Hooper, Fremont. Greenwood, Louis
ville, Memphis and Gretna.
Copies of the code insurance bill,
enacted into law at the late session
if the legislature, will not be pub
lished and distributed by Auditor
Howard. The latter was asked by a
clerk if he would attend to this for
mality and he replied with much
beat that he "certainly would not.”
The York Gas company has an
nounced that on and after May 1 it
will make a cut in the price of gas
to consumers. The price heretofore
charged has been $1.80 per 1,000 feet.
The new rate will be $1.00 per 1.0o0
feet, with a discount of 7 cents, mak
ing the price $1.53 for consumers.
A bronze medal, believed by ex
perts to be genuine, that was pre
sented by the continental army to
tleorge Washington upon his retire
ment as commander-in-chief. has
tome into possession of Mrs. Mary
Stoddard, a well-known Fremont wo
man who has one of the rarest coilec
ions of relics in the country.
Ralph, the 8-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Buchman, raught his left
hand in a piece of twine dangling
from a shaft in the York Brick and
Tile Co.’s plant. He was picked up
md whirled through space at the
•ate of 160 revolutions a minute. His
left arm was badly wrenched from
he socket and his feet badly bruised.
A petition is being circulated
imong the residents of I’ickrell, which
.vill be presented to the Board of Su
>ervisors, asking that the village be
ncorporated. The town is located cn
he old sheep ranch of Pickrell Bros.,
ifter whom the town is named. Wil
iam Pickrell at present owns one of
he largest ostrich farms in the world
tear Phoenix, Ariz.
In the federal court the Elkhorn
River Drainage district, with head
luarters at Fremont, was given judg
nent against the Bankers Surety
.•ompany of Cleveland. O., in the
imount of $14,850. The suit was
trought to obtain liquidated damages
it the rate of $30 a day for delay of
he Standard Drainage company in
tompleting its contract for the work
)f straightening the Elkhorn river.
Rev. Rodney L. McQuary of Tecum
seli, pastor of the Christian church,
las ben honored by receiving what is
tnown as a working scholarship to
»'ale university. The university is
sues a few such scholarships each
• ear. The recipient is supposed to
txchange time for the favor, and Rev.
\lr. McQuary will devote six hours
ier week doing religious work in the
slums of New Haven.
Clarence Cain, accused of ccmplici
y in the hide robbery case at Beatrice
i short time ago, was taken to the
state penitentiary by Sheriff Schick to
•esume his sentence. He was paroled
t few months ago. Cain was sen
enced on March 5 to an indetermi
late term of from five to seven years
’or burglarizing the Klein store. He
•vas in prison about nine months,
.vhen he was paroled on good beha
vior, and only three months after this
:ime he was arrested and charged
vith stealing hides. He was never
ried on this charge.
The Wymore Independent Tele
phone company, which organized at
Wymore a few months ago to oppose
the Bell interests, has dissolved, and
the money furnished for the enter
prise by the various stockholders has
been returned to them.
Attorney j. a. smgnaus at an ad
ministrator's sale of real estate to
dose up the George Miller estate, sold
i twenty-acre piece of land two miles
tortheast of Oakland at the record
trice of $270 per acre. The piece was
without apy improvements, but went
o a party to complete his square
luarter section farm.
An automobile containing five tour
ists from Lincoln. Neb., was struck
by an electric train near Venice, Cal.,
ind one was pobably fatally injured
The engine of the automobile “died”
>n the crossing and the train struck
it at full speed.
John Mead, a traveling salesman,
md Mrs. Metzke, whose parents re
tide in Exeter, Neb., were found fatal
ly wounded in a rooming house at
•'airbury by other roomers who heard
he report of the gun. They had been
iving together at the rooming house
is husband and wife for about three
weeks.
Heart failure caused the sudden
death of Perry Emery, a Gage county
pioneer, at his home in Beatrice. He
was assisting with the house clean
ing and while at work fell to the floor
unconscious. He died almost in
stantly.
The recent rains at Table Rock
nave put the ground in fine shape
and winter wheat never looked
more promising than at the present.
The early fruit trees are in full
bloom and fruit prospects are en
couraging, with the sole exception
perhaps of peaches, which are not lia
ble to be an abundant crop.
SHIP BAD CATTLE
DR. BOSTROM INVESTIGATES
PLAN ALONG THE BORDER.
SOUGHT LAW TO PREVENT THIS
Department Must Use Extreme Vigi.
lence to Prevent Such Attempts
From Being Successful.
Lincoln.—Dr. Bostrom, state veter
inarian, was at Fairbury, where he
examined about fifty head of cattle
whic.h had been placed under quar
antine. These cattle were shipper
from Elgin, 111., and are of the Hoi
stein breed. They were first shipped
to Concordia, Kan., via St. Louis
and from Concordia shipped to Fair
bury. This aroused the suspicions ol
the Stiite Board of Veterinarians with
the result that Dr. Bostrom and an
assistant tested the cattle and fount
them afflicted with tuberculosis. The
herd was ordered under quarantine.
It was to prevent such conditions
as this that the State Board of Vet
erinarians tried to have passed a bill
which would prevent shipments ol
this kind^ This bunch of cattle was
shipped in under health certifi
cate ot a veterinarian, whom it is
claimed was either ignorant or negli
gent. In shipping from one state tc
another, the railroad companies arc
compelled to take the certificate of a
veterinarian as to the health of the
cattle and under a law such as it was
sought to pass at th° late session oi
the legislature, any veterinarian
guilty of an act of this kind would
be deprived of his right to practice
! in the state.
After the examinations and tests
, have beer completed at Fairbury
I there will be some interesting dis
I closures for the publY, according to
I it.formation given out at the office of
' the state veterinarian.
No Appointments Yet.
Lincoln.—According to a state
I meat made by Governor Morehead
! no appointments have yet been made
i for the- new advisory beard of control,
| although the men named for the reg
, ular board of control. Henry Gerdes
fudge Kennedy and Judge Holcomb,
will be named.
1 According to the governor's state
ment. Judge Holcomb cannot take up
tlio duties until after the fifth or next
month, while Judge Kennedy has sev
eral eases before him to be disposed
of as jtidge of the district court ol
Douglas county, but the governor ex
i pects Gerdes to be on the job very
shortly and will go ahead with the
! arrangements of getting things in
; shape so that the board can get to
work as soon as all of them get here.
"We have not as yet found quarters
for the board.” said the governor,
j but we hope to locate them some
1 where on the first floor of the state
; house as to accommodate Judge Hoi
; comb as much as possible on account
! af his physical condition.
Inspectors Have Conference.
Lincoln.—Oil inspectors and food
inspectors, now under one general
department head, held a conference
and school with Food Commissionei
Harman. The men had their duties
outlined anew under the provisions j
of the law consolidating the two de
partments. it is probable that the in
spectors will not be confined strictly ;
to congressional districts as they
have in the past, but that trips will ;
be made in accordance with a plan
promulgated by Commissioner Har
man looking to the accomplishment ,
of more work at less expense and in !
less time than formerly.
Flaw in Compensation Act.
Lincoln. — Representative Ricbard
sou cf Lancaster has found some de- |
fegt in the workmen’s compensation |
law passed by the recent legislature, !
and while he will not divulge just
what the trouble is, he showed enough
agitation over the matter in his anxie
ty to get hold of the attorney general
to leave the impression that the de
fect must be serious. As soon as
Chief Clerk f.ichmond of the house
was informed of the trouble, he at
:nce got in communication with Guy
Cramer of Omaha, one of the chief
workers for a compensation act dur
ing the session, and with Omaha at
terneys, whom it is claimed have also
discovered defects in the bil! which
may render the law unconstitutional.
Apply for State Aid Bridges.
Lincoln.—Applications have been
filed in the office of the state engineer
for four state aid bridges. The appli
cations cover one over the Elkhorn in
Dodge county, 250 feet long to cost
$14,000: one over the Republican in
Furnas county, 300 feet long to cost
$20,0(0, and two over the Platte in
Merrick county, cne 825 feet long to
cost $30,000, and the other 465 feet
long to cost $19,000. t
Trjst Company Files Articles.
Lincoln.—The First Trust" company
filed with the state auditor an appli
cation to organize under the laws ci
the state and accompanied the appli
cation with a certified check for ?10,
000. The company is incorporated fci
$25,000, fully paid up. The directors
are Cornelius Bradley. William F
Mason and Carl C. Carlson. The $10,
000 deposited with the state will re
main as security until such time as
the company has secured sufficient se
curities to the auditor to cover the
required amount.
Defect in Old Law Cured by New Act
Lincoln.—The new stallion regis
tration law Is practically a reenact
ment of the law of 1911 excepting
that it names as the registration
board the governor, state treasuret
and commissioner of public lands and
buildings. These are all executive
officers as named in the constitutior
and cures the defect in the old law
as found by the supreme court. The
new law provides that all 1913 inspec
tlons made and certificates issued by
the old board are hereby legalized
and approved.
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS
| Narrow-Tired Wagon Is Most
Destructive Agent.
; Highways Also Have Been Ruined by
Wrong Method of Working—Dif
ferent System of Supervision
Is Advocated.
Good country roads are ruined in
many ways, some of which must be
1 laid at the doors of the officials in
charge, and some we can only hold
[ the farmers themselves responsible
i for. Good roads are ruined by weath
1 er, water and wanton neglect. Man
is the chief destructive agent and we
must pay some attention to him and
his ways, says the Western Farmer.
Any good dirt road can be ruined in
a short time by hauling heavy loads
i over it in narrow tired wagons. The
common one and three-fourth-inch tire
does more harm to country roads
than any other destructive agent. We
wonder why the farmers will continue
buying these wheels when a broad
tire—say four-inch—will make rather
than destroy good roads. The broad
tired wagon pulls easier and that
should be sufficient reason why the
change should be made.
It seems a waste cf money to make
a dirt road hard and smooth, dragged
at the proper time and all that, and
then have a lot of men haul big loads
1 of grain, hay, wood or what not over
it just after a rain and their narrow
tires cutting away in. Of course they
all keep ir. the one track so each suc
ceeding tire cuts a little deeper. If
another rain comes before the ruts are
dragged full then the whole road goes
to pieces. There should be a tax or
Mime legal penally against me narrow
tired wagon. We are not pleading for
low wheels, though we believe in
them, too. but we do urge every one
to buy wide tires. The old wheels
can be made over and wide tires put
on at a slight cost.
Roads have been ruined by the mile
by the wrong method of working.
The old system of working out the
road tax under a supervisor or read
boss is wrong. It never yet has made
a good stretch of road. It never will.
The practice of tearing up the road
in the fall after harvest—because
that's the only time he can get farm
ers to work—plowing the sodded sides
up and scalping the whole conglomera
tion of sods, stones and clods into the
middle of the road is the worst system
that ever can be practiced. The sea
son is wrong, the system is wrong
and the road is bad all winter and
next spring.
Who has not seen brush piled in
Eoft places, gravel dumped in mud
holes, and even sand put in chuck
holes by these road bosses? It's a
sure way to make a bad road worse.
Who has not seen dense groves of tall
willows pile the road full of snow
which made a mud hole exist there
for weeks after the rest of the road
was dry? Wlmt is the remedy? A
different system of road supervision
Remove the office from politics, get
men who have studied or will study
road building and keep them as long
as they are efficient. Pay road tax
in cash and let this skilled road boss
hire his men. He should keep the
same men all the time. They become
more efficient all the time.
FOR MORE IMPROVED ROADS
Much Valuable Assistance Renderec
by Office of Public Roads—Per
ishable Products Wasted.
Many of the model highway laws in
\arious states have been prepared un
der the advice of the road experts ot
the department of agriculture, and
all the data and statistics of the office
of public roads are at the disposal of
the legislatures.
In the last bulletin of the office of
public roads it was stated that at the
close of 1909, S.66 per cent, of the
roads in the United States were im
proved. This represents a gain in the
total road mileage improved for the
five-year period. 1904-1909, of 1.52 per
cent., or, in other words, tin; per
centage of improved roads has in
creased during this period front 7.14
to 8.66 per cent.
In the three years that have elapsed
since then, it is roughly estimated
that the percentage of improved roads
has gone well beyond 9 per cent., and
possibly close to 10 per cent. It is
estimated that if 20 per cent, of the
public highways were improved
each highway being selected and im
proved with a view to the proportion
ate traffic upon it—a high degree of
efficiency in highway transportation
would be reached. It is figured that
millions of dollars would be saved an
nually in the transportation of crops,
the wear and tear on horses and ve
hicles. and in the minimizing of the
waste in truck farming. Where reads
are bad. the farthers frequently find it
impossible to get their products to
the shipping points and thus perish
able products are wasted, perceptibly
increasing the cost of living.
In the five years preceding March j
1912, the office of public roads of the
department of agriculture has built
215 object-lesson roads; in all, about
300 miles of road 15 feet wide, and by
expert advice aided in the formulation
of more than 650 model country road
systems, resulting In most instances
in beneficial reforms. It has also as
sisted 26 states in effecting equitable
state-aid plans. The secretary looks
forward to the coming year as promis
ing better results than at any time
in the history of the movement for
improved highways.
Tor Every Baking
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
Best—because it’s the
purest. Best—because
it never fails. Best—
because it makes every
baking light, fluffy and
evenly raised. Best
—because it is moder
ate in cost—highest in
quality.
At your grocers. *
RECEIVED
HIGHEST
AWARDS
World'* Pure Food Expo
•ition, Chicago, 111.
Pari* Exposition, France,
March. 1912.
You don't save money when you buy
cheap or big-can baling powder. Don’t
be misled. Buy Calumet. It's more
economical — more wholesome—gives
best results. Calumet is far superior to
soar milk and soda.
IF HE WERE A RELATIVE
Observance of Colored Man Really
Offered Some Good Ideas for
Worthy Reflection.
An official of one of the departments
at Washington says that while going
to his luncheon one afternoon he saw
a military funeral passing down Penn
sylvania avenue. As the pageant
passed the official was standing on
the curb, hat in hand, and noting with
interest the reversed arms, the flag
draped coffin, and the riderless horse
behind some one touched him on the
elbow and said: "I hope you'll ex
cuse me, boss, but would you min' tell
in' me whether the dead soldier was
anythin’ to you?"
"Why, no,” answered the official,
smiling in spite of himself, as he
turned and beheld a solemn looking
darky of perhaps sixty years of age.
"Excuse me again, boss,” continued
the negro, "but you kinder looked that
sorry I thought mebbe he was some
thin' to you.”
"He was a brave soldier,” answered
the official.
Tine darky said nothing for a mo
ment. Finally, with a sigh, he added:
“Wouldn't it be gran’, boss, mournin'
fer a man like that, s'posin' he was
somethin’ to you?”
Easy.
"Is your husband easy to get along
with?"
“Easy ? Why he doesn't even object
to going to church suppers.”—Detroit
Free Press.
Paraaoxical Drawback.
"Do you intend to make a tour of
the big desert?"
"No; I haven't got the 'sand.'"
MORE THAN EVER
Increased Capacity for Mental Labor
Since Leaving Off Coffee.
Many former coffee drinkers who
have mental work to perform, day aft
er day, have found a better capacity
and greater endurance by using Post
um instead of coffee. An Ills. Woman
writes:
“I had drank coffee for about twenty
years, and finally had what the doctor
called coffee heart.’ I was nervous
and extremely despondent; had little
mental or physical strength left, had
kidney trouble and constipation.
“The first noticeable benefit derived
from the change from coffee to Postum
was the natural action of the kidneys
and bowels. In two weeks my heart
action was greatly improved and my
nerves steady.
"Then I became less despondent, and
the desire to be active again showed
proof of renewed physical and mental
Gtrength.
"I am steadily gaining in physical
strength and brain power. I formerly
did mental work and had to give it up
on account of coffee, but since using
Postum I am doing hard mental labor
with less fatigue than ever before.”
Name given by Po3tum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
Postum now comes in new concen
trated form called Instant Postum. It
Is regular Postum, so processed at the
factory that only the soluble portions
are retained.
A spoonful of Instant Postum with
hot water, and sugar and cream to
taste, produce instantly a delicious
beverage.
Write for the little bock, “The Road •
to Wellville.”
“There’s a Reason” for Postum.