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P Ihcre s any Held of public
spirited activity In tho Uultcd
States which stands out con
spicuous above all others be
causo of recent progress It Is
that which concerns itself with
tho betterment of our public
highways. If anybody had pre
dicted a few years back that tho
beginning of tho second decade
of tho twentieth century would
bco so marked and widespread
an Improvement of tho public
roads of tho United States he
would probably have been
laughed at by nil save those few
enthusiasts who were looked upon until a short
Utno ago un "cranks."
ThlB Is not saying, mind you, that there Is not
much yet to bo dono to bring tho highway sys
tem of this greut land to the point where It ought
to bo und to maintain it there. We aru still a
very long wuy behind most of tho countries of
the old world notably our sister republic of
France In the condition of our roads. Hut that
Is perfectly natural, not because the foreigners
are uuy better road builders than we are, but
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simply because their highways have been In the
making for many centuries, whereas wo have
mighty few turnpikes that are more than one
hundred or at most two hundred years old. And
furthermore on top of the youth of our country
In road building there Is the circumstance of tho
tremendous size o Uncle Sam's domain. No
wonder tho Europeans have been able to havo
good roads when half or two-thirds as many peo
ple as we havo in this whole vast country have
been contributing their work and their taxes to
keep up tho roads In a territory no larger than
ono of our medium size states.
But for all tho lead given by time nnd the ad
vantage of dense population It looks as though
we would' overtake our cousins overseas In tho
matter of the possession of good roads. Indeed,
even now in somo states, such as sections of
Massachusetts, there aro roads as fino as any
thing of similar character on tho other side of
the big pond. Tho secret of this boom in road
building in America lies in organization as well
as agitation and the country is likely to see new
fruits from both during tho middle week of Sep
tember when a "Good Roads Week" will bo held
throughout tho United States. This week of
"missionary work" Is expected to stir up a good
ly sharo of our people on tho. question of good
roads and it is hoped that some of the new con
verts and tho old will that week practice what
they preach to the extent of lending a hand to
tho building hero and there of stretches of
"model road" that will serve as convincing object
Ie3Bons.
"Good Roads Week" is going to be held In con
nection with tho first annual convention of the
American Association for Highway Improvement
which will bo held at Richmond, Va and will bo
addressed by many of the most prominent men
in the country. This national organization will,
of course, be much in the public eye In this con
nection, but it is only ono of scores of associa
tions great and small that have been helping in
this cause. There are state organizations and
county organizations and even township organi
zations all over tho country that have been sup
porting our national, state and municipal govern
ments In what they havo been doing for better
roads, and the results attained prove what can be
accomplished when a large number of people who
are very much in earnest set out to all "pull to
gether" toward a desired goal.
A good many people who have not looked very
deeply into the subject havo gained the Idea that
tho motorists aro more largely responsible than
any other class of people for this dawning era of
good roads. Now, it would not be right to dls
parago what tho automobllists havo done, which
bos been considerable in one way or another, but
In tho interest of the truth it must bo pointed
out that tho ono factor supremo In influence for
bettor roads has been tho wldc-awako farmer. To
bo suro it is a fact, and a mighty significant one,
that tho largest and most powerful corporations
In tho country business Interests such as our
biggest railroads and the steel trust and the
Standard Oil corporation aro working energetic
ally with tho new American Association for High
way Improvement because they realize that any
thing that will help the condition of tho country
at largo will help their business. At the same
Mmo It la the farmer class that aro supplying the
backbone of this movement Just as they are of
every other big movement affecting rural condi
tions and have beon from time out of mind.
It is Just as well to admit right hero, too, that
tbe average farmer who Is going In hard for the
causo of better roads Is not devoting his time and
bis labor to the project on any fanciful sentiment
al basis. Of course, It contributes to his pride to
faee bis farm bounded or bisected by a splendid
road and be is gratified that tbe good folk who
go past his door pleasure riding should have an
easy pathway, but the great underlying Impetus
Is found In tho need of good roads to enable the
farmer to market his produco conveniently and
conomically.
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The average old-time farmer wao prone to look
upon bad roads as a necessary evil. He realized
in a sense what a detriment they were to his in
terests, but he put up with the situation because
be did not see any way out of the dilemma at
least not without more work than he could afford
to give. Then along came the United States gov
ernment, when rural free delivery commenced to
be Introduced, and declared that these rural mall
carriers could not be placed In districts where
the roads were not In fair condition. This did
much to awaken the farmers to tho situation, for
every rural home prizes the boon of a dally mall
delivery. And, at about the same time the farm
ers, who thus had their serious attention focused
upon the good roads question, found, as they
looked closer, that bad roads meant a hole In the
pocketbook of every tillor of the soil. It began
to be realized that if a farmer required the serv
ices of four horses and an entire day's time to
get a load of produco to market via bad roads the
loss to him was Just as serious as though he had
to accept a very low prlco for the yield of his
acres. Heroin Is found the supreme incentive
among many that has enlisted tho progressive
farmer In behalf of better roads.
Ono of tho best things accomplished for the
farmer by good roads is that It has broadened
his markets. With rocky or muddy highways en
forcing tlow progress the average farmer was In
tho old dayB restricted to one market town tho
ono nearest his farm. Now with good roads he
can In a Bhortcr interval than was formerly re-'
quired reach any one of several communities lo
cated in different directions. This enables him
to attain the market whero he can get tho best
prices. Similarly with good roads the farmer Is
not likely to be so restricted to one railroad for
shipping facilities. If the road nearest his farm
will not give him the cars he needs or otherwise
play fair he most likely bus some redress by
driving across the countryside to a rival line.
And the very fact that the Introduction of good
roads Is destroying such monopolies has served
to render tbe railroads more obliging to their
farmer clients.
The new country-wide Highway Improvement
association which is to bold Ita first annual con
gress In the near future will not seek to drive out
or supplant the various good-roads associations
that Lavo been organized all over
the country nnd many of which are,
as has been said, doing an excellent
work within a moro or less local
Bphero. However, tho new national
Institution is designed to servo as a
clearing houso that will pass on nil
good roads schemes wherovcr they
may originate and that will seek to
bring together all 1ho various local
associations, harmonizing their nlins
and policies whero In tho past thoy
havo too often been working at
cross purposes.
Tho United States government ti
back of this new national organlza
tion upon which public nttentlon Is
now being focused. Indeed, -tin
first president of the body is Illicit
Sam's chief expert on good roads
namely, Mr. Logan W. Page, direc
tor of tho United Stntes office ol
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should bo noted that this public roads onlcc-a
branch of the United States department of agrlcul
ture Ib doing a most Importnnt work for tho cutis
of road improvement throughout the length and
breadth of the land. For ono thing, laboratories ar
maintained at Washington , specially equipped to
ascertain which of these are best adapted to
use In any specified locality or under uny given con
ditions. Even more important Is tho work of the
government bureau In building stretches of "model
road."
Under this plan of building model roads to servo
as object lesBons In the possibilities and benefits
of highway Improvements Undo Sam sends his
forco of engineers and experts into any community
which seems to need to bo aroused regardlug good
roads and with their own helpers, or by means of a
force of workmen recruited In the neighborhood
they construct a mile or two miles of Just the sort
of road that Is Ideal for that particular district
How beneficial these object lessons nro la proven
by tho fact that thousands of miles of good roads
have been built In various parts of tho country this
past few years with theso governmental "sample
roads" as patterns. Tho showing mado by rurol
roads "before and after" treatment by tho govern
ment road doctors has prompted state legislatures,
county commissioners, local boards of trade, farm
ers' granges and other bodies to appropriate money
for a rooro extenslvo good roads campaign In lo
calities that have thus had a taste of tho benefits,
and in some states, notably Delawaro, wealthy
men havo paid out of their own pockets for long
stretches of Improved public roads for tho use of
tbe whole community.
Busy Times in Minnesota
Those In charge of digging tho state drainage
ditches complain that they cannot keep nion be
cause tho farmers grab tho laborers to work In the
harvest fields, says tho St. Paul Dispatch. A Min
neapolis man with an automobile tells bow ho was
shanghaied by thoso who wanted a machine In
which to ride to and from their work as burglurn.
It would seem ns though no ono Is safe In thest
busy harvest times.
Review of the
Kingdom of Judah
Sunday School Lciiod for Sept. 3, 1911
Specially ArraneeJ tor Tills Paper
firmness la feminine and obstinacy
Is masculine so says u woman.
K)M)1:N Ti:XT.-"li-twrt from i-vll
nint (to kooiIj hooIj piMi-o, ntvl puriiln It."
-rn. 3C14.
Tho principal rhurncteis nnd the
leading cventn of theso lllblo lessons
Hhouhl bo Impressed on the memory
of all. This should bo dotio In such u
way as: To show what wero tho
marked characteristics of each per
son, tho relation of each person to
tho course of tho history, tho relation
of each event to tho movement of tho
history, tho bearing of each porson
and event on tho progress of tho
world toward tho dlvlno Goal, tho com
ing of the kingdom of God, tho prin
ciples which earh ono sets forth
clearly to shed light upon tho path of
llfo and progress today.
Rehoboam. First king, H. C. S2
first year of tho kingdom. Hud Ad
vice. Kolly. -Threw away flvc-slxths
of his kingdom. Event. Division of
the kingdom,
Asa. Third king, 11. C. 0C2 twenty
first year of kingdom. Reformer.
I'rospeiouH kingdom. Event. Greut
revival of religion.
Jeliohlmphat. Kourth king, 11. C.
021 sixty-second year of kingdom.
Strong character. General, successful,
icllglotiH. Event.?. Intellectual, mor
al and rellgloim progress. Suffered
from had alliance with Jezebel. Moab-
ito stone.
Several had rulers. Jehornm, Aim
7lah, Athallah, Introduction of Hani
worship. Temple desecrated. Decline
In morals and prosperity.
JoiihIi. Eighth king, I). C. 880
ninety-seventh yenr of kingdom. Tho
bad king. Good so long as under
good advisers. Events. Tcmplo re
stored, and Hb worship. Hlacl: obe
lisk. Aliaz. Twelfth king, H. C. 738
two hundred and forty-fifth year of
tho kingdom. Events. Assyrtnns
como in contact with Palestine. Dial
of Ahaz. Isaiah prophesying.
Hczeklah. Thirteenth king, D. C.
72.1 two hundred and sixtieth yenr of
tho kingdom. Good, religious, active
reformer. Taylor cylinder. Events.
Pall of Samaria end of Israel. De
struction of Sennacherib wldo ex
tended revival. Llfo prolonged 1C
years In answer to prayer.
Manassch. Fourteenth king, D. C.
694 two hundred and eighty-ninth
year of tho kingdom. Tho bad king
suffered captivity changed llfo.
Events. Assyrian domination par
tial reformation.
JoBlnh. Sixteenth king, I). C. C38
thrco hundred and forty-fifth yenr of
kingdom. )? Youthful consecration,
cleansing of temple, widespread revi
val. EventB. Finding' the book of tho
law. Diblo study, Jeremiah.
.Tcholaklm. Eighteenth king, n. C.
C07 threo liundrcd and seventy-sixth
year of tho kingdom. Weak, wicked,
defiant of God. Events. Durns tho
bock of Jercmlth. Hcglnnlug of tho
captivity. Nebuchadnezzar besieges
Jerusalem. Daniel cnrrlcd to Habylon.
Tho second captivity began nt tho
closoof his reign when many cnptlvca
wero carried to Habylon, with his son,
King Jcholachln.
Zedcklah. Twentieth and last king,
D. C. 59C-387. Weak and falso to his
Agreements. Events. Jeremiah im
prisoned. At tho closo of his reign
Jerusalem and tho tcmplo wero de
stroyed by Nebuchadnezzar, and tho
end of tho kingdom of Judah enmo In
I). C. CSC, after 397 years of existence.
Thcro wero thrco deportations by
Nebuchadnezzar: 1. The fourth year
of Jcholaklm, Daniel, cto 2. 10,000 at
tho close of his reign. 3. 4,600 in tho
thrco deportations of tho final cam
paign. Gcorgraphy. Study tho map for the
three kingdoms Involved. Egypt, Pal
estine, Assyria, tho great routes of
travel, and tho situation of Palestine
between tho two world powers; Jeru
salem being off ono side from the
routes between the other two. This
Is tho key to tho situation.
Note, In this history, what were the
things that urged or attracted the na
tion to the downward course. What
was the essential clement thut would
have enabled tho nation to movo up
ward to true success and character.
No nation and no individual can at
tain tho highest good from life with
out supremo consecration to God, a
lofty ideal and a holy enthusiasm in
tho scrvlco of God and man. Trace
in tho history what God did for the
peoplo to InBpIro und movo them to
tho upward course, as prophets, writ
ten scriptures, rovlvnls, prosperity, re
wards of obedience. What obstacles
did God put In tho way of tho down
ward courso of tho nation and puts
them in tho way of sinners today; as
warnings, adversity, losses.
Tho rlso and fall of Israel Is a
picture of what Is going on continu
ally among Individuals. Tho whole
course or tho history Is n magic mir
ror in which sinners may sco them
Eclves. On tho bank of the Niagara river,
a sign hoard bears this startling
legend, 'Past Redemption Point,' bo
cause It is bclloved In tho neighbor
hood that nothing can pass that point
and escapo destruction. One day a
vessel was being towed across tho
river when tho hnwser broke and sho
drifted helplessly down stream, In full
view of the horrified thousands on tho
shoro. Just as sho reached Past Re
demption point a broezo sprang up, all
sails were set and she escaped. Tho
wind of God's mercy blew upon the
Hebrew ship of state, but no sails
wer set, and sho was engulfed.
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foot. II. Divln, Wnti-itown, Wis.
Surely.
'Is that bargain really cut glaasT
"Sine; It was marked down."
Mr TttnMnw'4 HonlMnir Hvnip for CMMrea
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, A Commuter's Explanation.
Tho man In tho Iron mask explained.
"They assured mo thrro wero no
mosquitoes here," he cried.
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Could Take Her Choice.
As tho railroad train wan stopping,
nn old lady nut accustomed to travel
Ing hailed tho passing conductor onif
asked :
"Conductor, what door shall I get
out by?"
"Either door, ma'am," graciously
answered thu conductor. "The out
stops at both ends." Gnlcsburg Mall,
Advice.
"Now that you've heard my daugh
ter sing, what would you advise me
to do?"
"Well," tho music master replied.
"I hardly know. Don't you suppose
you could get her Interested In settle
ment work or horseback riding or
something llko that?" '
A Human Cruet-Stand.
Several villagers wero discussing a
departed slstor who had been given to
good deeds but was rather too fond
of dispensing sharp spoken advlco.
"Sho wns an excellent woman," said
tho deceased lady's pastor. "Sho was
constantly In tho homes of tho poor
tnd nUllctod. In fact, sho was the salt
if tho earth."
"Sho wns moro thnn that," remark
ed a vlllngcr. "Sho was tho vinegar,
tho popper and the mustard as well.
Sho was a perfect cruet stand of Vir
tues." London Tlt-Hlts.
- Avoid Disputation.
Tho disputatious person never makes
n goad friend. In friendship, men
look for penco nnd concord and soma
measure of content. There ars
enough battles to fight outside, enough
Jarring and Jostling In tho street,
enough disputing in the market place,
enough discord in tho workaday
world, without having to look for con
tention In tho realm of tho Inner Ufa
also. Thcro, If anywhere, wo ask for
an end of strife Friendship Is th
sanctuary of tho heart, and tho peace
pf tho sanctuary should brood over It.
Its chief glory Is that the dust and
polso of contest ate excluded. Hugh,
Hlack.
A DIFFERENCE.
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Mrs. Jinks My husband Is making
' collection of steins.
Mrs. Boozo A. Lott My husband Is
making a collection of the contents of
steins.
GET POWER.
The Supply Comes From Food.
If we get power from food why not
strive to get all the power we can.
That Is only possible by use of skil
fully selected food that exactly flta
the requirements of the body.
Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a
poor fire Is not a good steam producer.
"From not knowing how to seloct
tho right food to fit my needs, I suf
fered grievously for a long time from
stomach troubles," writes a lady from
a little town in Missouri.
"It seemed as If I would never ba
ablo to nnd out tbo sort of food that
was best for me hardly anything that
I could eat would stay on my stomach.
Every attempt gavo me heartburn and
filled my stomach with gas. I got
thinner and thinner until I literally
became a living skeloton, and in Mm
was compelled to keep to my bed.
A few months ago I was persuaded
to try Grape-Nuts food, and It bad such,
good effect from tho very beginning
that I have kept up Its use ever since,
I was surprised at tho case with which.
1 digested It. It proved to bo Just
what I needed.
"All my unpleasant symptoms, tha
heartburn, tho Inflated feeling which
gavo me so much pain disappeared.
My weight gradually Increased from
08 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded
out, my strength came back, and I am,
now able to do my housework and en
Joy It Grape-Nuts food did It." Nam
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
A ten days' trial will show anyona
some facts about food.
Read the little book, "Tha Road to
Wellvllle," In pkgs. "There's a reason."
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