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TIIK NORFOLK WEEKL Y NEWSJOUKNAL , FRIDAY , MARCH 11 , 1910. The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal The NCWB , KHtttbllHhod 1881. _ y Tlio Jouriml. Established 1877. THh HUSE PUBLISHING COMPANY. w. N. HIIRO , "N ? A. TiuHt-r President. Socrotnry Kvory l'Vl7li7v" Tl7malT per vimr. ' * Lfib at ttio postollico at NOIIOIK , Nob. , an second class matter. i'olophonosEfflfiorToI : Dopartnicnt No. 22. IliiHliiOHs Olllce and Job llooiiih No. II 22. Ualllngor IB getting a largo amount of free advertising. Spring Is Huroly coming. Bulgaria Is massing troops on the Turkish fron tier. An exchange suggests that congress ought to Investigate the price of the Easter hats. The City of Brotherly Love lias seri ously disgraced Its name since the fitrlko began. A Colorado aviator IH preparing to make ( light from Pikes peak which Is 14,101) ) feet high. A mill In Maine turns out 1,200,000 sots of checkers annually. They are ahlppcd In barrels. Handling money Is said to bo an easy way to contract disease , but most or us are immune. The Italian residents of America are Agitating the making of Columbus day , October 12 , a legal holiday. Boys playing marbles In the streets are now a surer sign of spring than nlnmnac or thermometer. No one wants the cold storage In dustries abolished. All that Is tic- aired Is their improvement. A wise old negro proverb says : "Keep calm , a shlllln' worth o' fret , can't pay u penny worth o' debt. " The political situation In England grows moro confused and menacing with every factional move that is made. Another cable is to be put under the Atlantic notwithstanding tUe many wireless lines Marconi expects to ope rate over it. Washington Gladden feels that In surveying the political progress of the past twenty-live years , there is much that is reassuring. Few Americans realized the extent and imortance of underground Paris until it was revealed in the accounts of the recent Hoods. Flower loving Holland has over 10,000 acres devoted to the cultivation of bulbs , among which the tulip is the national favorite. The steel car builders have orders for 100,000 more cars. The steel car lias made good and will soon supercede - cede all others. When local merchants will adver tise as liberally and as skillfully as the mall order houses do they will get more of their legitimate trade. New York is preparing to honor the English antarctic explorer , Captain Ernest Shackleton , who will visit America the latter part of the month. The railroad pension system has be come so popular that It is stated at least 40 per cent of the total num ber of railroad employes are in line for pensions. If we knew a quarter as much of what tomorrow would bring forth as we know of the day that 1ms gone never to return we could all wear diamonds mends and eat pork chops. China is now taking its llrst com plete census and It is believed that the population will not be found to reach more than 200,000,000 Instead of 450,000,000 as geographers have es timated. California agriculturists are experi menting in the raising of bamboo. If successful it will be an Important source of wealth added to the nation's resources. The number of medical students has been diminishing for the past ten years. One reason for the decrease is that the public is better educated In preserving health and not so many doctors are required. An American from the south who was recommended by the department of agriculture has gone to Slam as agricultural advisor to the king who will pay him ? G,000 a year. This Is more than a farm hand usually gets in America. A recent naturalist has established the fact that the rapidity of the lieart beat Is In Inverse ratio to the size of the nnlnml. In the elephant It Is only thirty heart beats to the minute while In the mouse It is near ly 700. The "Clerk of the Day" in the Boston Transcript , complains bittorl ) of the words "aeroplane" and "aerial" as Hsagreeablo tongue twisters which nro a burden to the American to pro- Bounce. Here's n chance for another reform. What would the "Clerk of the Day" suggest as an improvement ? The law of the nlr IH being dl - cussed In Germany. In a few years wo shall bo less anxious about dodg ing automobiles than about the beer bottles raining down from aeroplanes. Greenland llsklmos are to bo members bers of the expedition to the south pole. It will bo the Hist time any of these dwellers of the frigid north ever reached the equator. The "Shah's Highway" IB the worst kept In the world. Though Persia Is one of the oldest of civilized states , there are not a dozen good wagon roads throughout the entire country and only six miles of railway. A letter written by George Wash ington recently sold for ? 30G. It wasn't typewritten either , but merely the work of a goose quill. It Is a relief to see formal stops being taken toward paving. The ac tion of the council lends an olllclal tone to the movement and makes It all the more a sure thing for tins sum mer. Hereafter passengers in the New York subway cars are all to have seats. No more strap hangers , if the new ordinance is obeyed. Other cities are watching the operation of this new ordinance with interest. Easy marks from Now York and Boston have recently dropped ? GOO,000 in faro banks. The smart alecks of the metropolis acquire moro gold bricks than the Uncle Koubens of the backroads. Mr. Taft Is writing letters to got the Income tax amendment passed. The question now comes 'whether state legislators are more fearful of the disfavor of Washington or of wealthy jicn near home. Dr. Jean M. enarcot , the Antarc tic explorer , believes the land discov ered to bo a portion of a continent. This may bo true but It Is a trifle dlfllcult to become enthusiastic over a continent forever buried under ice and snow. Frances Alda , the great opera star , got appendicitis Tuesday while sing ing "Othello. " The ailment seems common among vocalists. You have heard many singers who sound as if they had this trouble or something worse. It is rather a surprising fact that 3,500 men in the Atlantic squadron did not know how to swim and were taught that accomplishment , thought to be almost instinctive in boys , while the squadron was holding a winter drill in Cuban waters this winter. Samuel Untermeyer , the great cor poration lawyer of Now York , who engineered the billion dollar Utah cop per combination , received for his ser vices $775,000 , the largest fee ever paid a lawyer In the United States. This is a big sum even for a big lawyer and from a big corporation. Two young scions of English nobil ity , Reginald and Arthur Paget , are employed In the freight office of the Northern Pacific railroad at St. Paul. They preferred to work their own way rather than live a life of Idle luxury. Both are quite attractive young gentlemen and skilled musi cians. The state of North Dakota feels that spelling has not been given a fair show of late years and has started in to bring about a reform. A series of spelling matches and prizes have been arranged which will close with a final state championship contest. The idea Is worthy of adoption by oth er states. There is a great range of prices within the limits of the United States for the board and lodging of travelers. In the south they can bo obtained for from $1 to $2.50 a day. In the far west from ? 2 to $3.50. In the central west the average Is $3 and ? 3.50 , and in the east from $4 to $6. These are figures given by traveling employes of the agricultural department. The world of today has little time or Interest in the men and women who have not achieved success along the lines of business or professional life they have followed , yet who can compute the debt of civilization to the men and women who In their efforts to make the world a little better and brighter , have been too busy to make money or achieve fame ? If woman suffragists would devote their boundless energy to gaining more women to Join their movement instead of arguing with and abusing the men , there would bo greater ulti mate success of this movement. When a majority of the American wo men want the ballot , It will be given them without any such demonstration as the English women are making to secure It. It Is prophesied by these who are familiar with air navigation that be fore many years the use of the aero plane will bo as common as the auto mobile ami that It Is much easier to manipulate , since the operator has no ruts , nor turns nor crowded streets to steer his machine through , hut can turn It'loose In the broad expanse of the skies and go where he pleases. It Is no very uncommon thing for respectable young Americans to marry the educated young Indian girls , par ticularly those of the Sioux tribe which are bettor looking than some other tribes. Every one of these In dian maidens brings to her husband a fine farm and that Is no small at traction In these days when Uncle Sam's ffood farms are getting scarce. General Knropatkln has spent the past two years In writing a book en titled "Russia for the Russians" which criticises the foreign policy of the government for the past hundred years In the wasteful expenditure of life and money upon alms which were In no sense national. Development at home and not foreign aggression Is the hope of Russia , according to the wise old general. Governor Hadlcy ot Missouri be lieves that the problem of how to re duce the cost of living will never be solved until every family keeps a cow. If this Is true the Hat dwellers In the cities have quite a long prob lem ahead of them , unless Edison can come to the rescue and invent a long distance electrical milking machine which may be operated from the kitch en of the flat while bessie grazes In country pastures. A considerable acreage of winter wheat is reported damaged in six of the leading winter wheat states. Sup plies of wheat in sight in the United States are so moderate that any losses in the coming crop would seem especially serious if It were not known that invisible stocks of wheat and j flour are liberal. The country goes into the now season with larger re serves than for the past two years. Professor Percival Lowell believes he has discovered canals on the planet Mars , but other equally noted astron omers deny that any evidence of them exists. Astronomers do not seem to be making the progress that other sciences are. When Galileo discovered Jupiter's four moons with a very ordf- nary telescope , 300 years ago , It was supposed that the vast Improvement In astronomical instruments would lead to wonderful discoveries , but the results have been somewhat disap pointing. North and South Dakota , Montana and Washington celebrate their twen ty-first anniversary this year. These states have developed at a marvelous rate during these twenty-one years. Their growth has added Immensely to the wealth of the nation , and the end Is not yet , for each of them is capable of supporting several times their popu lation. The natural resources are cap able of vast development and their future looks as bright as their past , has been surprising. The defeat of James K. Vardaman's candidacy for senator from Missis sippi by a man who was not born till 18GI and therefore free of the prejudices resulting from participa tion in the civil war , is on evidence of the growth of the new &outh. Var- daman belonged wholly to the old south. Whether Leroy Percy who de feated him will "make good" or not no one can say. He is practically un known outside of the state , but he , at least , will not try to reopen the old war Issues. The tunnel , or series of tunnels , through the Andes , making railroad travel across South America from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso possible , is nearlng completion. Its construction was begun many years ago and has baffled the skill of engineers for many years , but a New York syndicate at last solved the problem and trains will bo running in a few months. The/ three tunnels have nn aggregate J length of eleven miles. The total cost . of this gigantic undertaking will reach twelve million dollars. Admiral Evans expresses the belief , in a scries of articles he has recently - I ly written , that the commercial value of the Panama canal will bo disap pointingly small. There Is a great difference of opinion on this point. Some authorities believe it will pay for Itself In a comparatively shore time. Be this as It may the canal was dug quite ns much because of our naval necessities as because of Its commercial benefits. It Is a great work which will benefit the whole world and this Is too great a nation to count the cost too carefully on an enterprise which promotes the general welfare of humanity. NORFOLK ENTERPRISE. The practical unanimity with which Norfolk propertv owners uip.ned the paving petition , is enough to bring joy to the heart of the entire city. The spirit of progressiveness and en terprise thus shown , means much for the future of Norfolk. Now that more than enough signa tures have been secured , Mayor Fri day and the city council will bo free to go ahead with nil haste In the pav ing movement , and there's every pros pect that this is the last spring we'll see Norfolk avenue in its present de plorable condition. Greece and Brazil Imvo Industrial 1 problems of quite a different character - | tor from that the United States hi now struggling with. In Greece the ciop of currants has been so grcabfor several years that the price 1ms fall en below the cost of production and the government Is considering a plan to reimburse the growers for des troying 25 per cent of the vines , so that the production from those which , remain may become moro profitable. In llrnzll the same condition exists , only coffco Is the superfluous product and the government adopted the valor ization plan , by which many million dollars were borrowed by the govern ment and Invested in the surplus cof fee to be withheld from the market until prices could be forced up. The planting of new coffee trees was also prohibited. LIVING STANDARDS CHANGE. Perhaps the largest aspect of the cost of living problem is how to keep pace with our changed standards , Twenty years ago , In the country at least , sick people were nursed by vol unteer watchers. Now the trained nurse has to bo paid $20 per week. Consultation of specialists was a rare thing twenty years ago. Now families that are careful for children's health are paying high charges to oculists lists , nurists , high grade dentists , throat specialists. Instead of old time dollar fees to the country doc tor , there are $50 operations for ade noids and so on. Comparatively few country people , and a minority of city people twenty years ago , used to take summer va cations. Now this expensive habit Is very general. Now that most wealthy people take winter vacations , It will not be long before Florida and West Indian trips will become ver" common. Many of these things see i absolutely needed according to modern knowl edge , but It is not strange that it is growing increasingly dilllcult to save money. MORE MUSIC AND LESS POWDER. The demand for a safe and sane Fourth of July is becoming more In sistent with each recurring year. It Is probable that moro advance will be made along this line In 1910 than ever before. There has been a very popular idea that noise and patriotism were twins. It has prevailed for more than a cen tury. We have used millions of dollars lars worth of explosives to demon strate our undying loyalty to the flag. Year by year in our glee we have burned up millions of dollars worth of property by the careless use of lire crackers and toy pistols and the death roll of men and boys has con stantly Increased. The climax has been reached. The edict has gone forth , from the homes of the land , that this unnecessary waste of pro perty and carnage of death must stop. In Boston no explosives of any size will be allowed this year. It has been decided in advance to have less noise and more music , less pow der and more flags. Let the plan spread throughout the country. A free people cannot afford to be foolish. "Safety and Sanity on the Fourth. " OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS. Not further restriction but merely to make possible such restriction us the existing law intends , but has not accomplished is the object of a pro posed new immigration law recom mended by Daniel J. Keefe , the com missioner general of immigration in his report for the fiscal year 1909. Some of the principal suggestions are : So defining the term "alien" as to leave no doubt that It includes all persons not citizens , extending the contract labor provisions to forbid and penalize the inducement of immigra tion by false as well as genuine pro mises ef employment , penalizing an at tempt to Import foreign laborers , and permitting the importation of alien skilled laborers if labor of like kind unemployed can not bo found here only if the consent of the secretary of commerce and labor is obtained In advance ; increasing the fine against steamship companies for taking on board dangerously diseased aliens from $100 to $200. Mr. Keefe believes the time is ripe for the adoption of even stricter meas ures and suggests that a proposal wor thy of careful thought is that all male aliens between 1C and 50 be required to pass a physical examination equal to that observed for army recruits. Touching the "white slave" traffic the report sets out that a "special investigation conducted throughout the country and the general experi ence of the year , make it apparent that an enormous business is done In importing and distributing foreign wo men for Immoral purposes , including the seduction and distribution of alien women and glrjs who enter regularly and also to some extent of American women and girls. The federal offi cers have not discovered positive evi dence of the existence of a syndicate for those nefarious purposes , but there Is among these who conduct the business a certain esprit do corps , and there are In several cities clubs and headquarters where they congre gate. " Immigration , which during 190D , fell off from the two previous years , the commissioner says , is reassuming nor mal proportions. There were issued during the year U7.337 certificates of naturalization , an excess of 11,820 over the preceding year. The four states In which the principal work of naturalization was transacted being Now York , Ponnsyl- uuilti , Illinois and Massachusetts. AROUND TOWN. All signs point to 1910 as Norfolk's greatest year. The mayor and council anil city mean business about this paving. John Cudahy seems to bo an ex- peit at meat carving , as well as packing. No wonder the price ok. moat Is high. We have to help pay John Cudahy's lino. Among other necessities , there's n rumor now that the pilVe of golf balls Is going up. Put 1910 down as the year when the greatest Hood of Us history , was luckily escaped by Norfolk. Paving district No. 1 has been cre ated in Norfolk. Doesn't that make yon feel like throwing up your hat ? Pavelka has just wrcslicd at Nlo brara. But ho and the Burke Giant , after all that talk on both sides , never got together. Norfolk will never know how lucky It was in the slow , steady , gradual melting of the mountains of snow which had piled up north and west of tills town during the winter. One Norfolk man who has just gone Into the fancy chicken business , is so proud of the few eggs ho gets that he puts them In a cut glass dish on the sideboaid and won't allow the family to touch 'cm. "The News means a great deal to Norfolk. " said G. A. Maylleld , editor of the Stanton Picket , when he was in town yesterday , "but it moans Just as much to the entire territory In which it circulates. It's a great help to a region like tills o have a live daily newspaper such as The News to help build it up. " ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Some men seem to have a natural aptitude for seconding the motion. Only those who don't believe in love can talk about It without becoming silly. Every good husband is what Is known among women as a "great baby. " Somehow , one never finds any fault with the misspelling in a good cook's cook book. Literary note : No one reads Charles Dickens any more. There are no chauffeurs in Dickens' works. After a man lias known a few jeal ous women , he doesn't marvel much at the cleverness of Sherlock Holmes or Old Sleuth. So far , we have seen the shirt waist worn upon every occasion ex cept a corpse at a funeral , or a bride at her wedding. In a town this size there Is always some woman of whom it is said : "She has beautiful clothes , but she never wears them here. " Our idea of a real expert is the man who can find out what are the con tents of a woman's stomach the day alter she ate salad at a party. It would add something to the peace and tranquility of the world if self- satisfied creatures were only as easily pleased with the rest of us. Opportunity comes In many ways , but , up to date , no one lias encount ered it while earnestly gazing at the new moon over his right shoulder. What lias become of the old-fash ioned parent who took his child to a funeral , and lifted it up for a look in the coflln , that it might realize the power of death ? In sending valentines , should a pic ture of a girl be sent to a boy , or to a girl ? This may seem unimport ant , but the philosophers have always insisted that It is the unimportant things that count. The people have a way of referring to the "laboring class" as though It meant the farmers , and the people who work by the day. What Is the matter with the people who sit on a hard chair In an office all day ? What are they doing ? Playing ? When a man Is real young , there seems to be so much going on In the world that he regrets the loss of the little time he has to devote to sleep ; but , In time , he learns that sleep Is about as Interesting as the rest of it , and moro satisfactory. Before the daughter In the family is ten , she wonders how It happened that father got into the family : Be cause of the sympathy between father and son which originated when they found themselves under the thumb to gether , this question never enters the head of a boy. Mrs. Lysander John Appleton In serted the following advertisement In the Globe today : "For sale cheap one hot water bag , two foot warmers three boxes of ointment , one bottle o' llnament , one Invalid's chair , two rolls of surgeon's gauze , and five dlfferon1 kinds of antiseptics. " ( Chart : Mr * Lysander John lias been converted t < Higher Thought , and there Is no neoi for plaster or pill In the arms of F circling Good , ) GOOD ROADS MEAN PROGRESS THEY TEND TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF PROPERTY. WILL LOWER COST OF LIVING s Farm Lands Will Be Settled More Rapidly , More Good Crops Will Be Raised , and the Consumer Will Re ceive Supplies at Smaller Prices. A luiuii uf horses struggling along n mud road In the cndcimir to draw half u load iilTurils a striking object lesson nf rntiil Improvement when com pared to n icam drawing a heavily loaded \\upui at a comfortable trot idling a stone surfaced road. This Iso luted example must be multiplied bj H.OOO.OOO In order to obtain the cumu- lathe effect uf bud roads upon triifllc in the I'ulted States. Not less than & ' . - > O.OOO.OOU is the useless tribute an ntiiill.v le\lcd upon the people of the United States by its bud rouds. lu IS'.H ' ! n widespread Inquiry made > y the office of public roads Indicated that the morage cost of hauling on roads In the United States was ' _ ' . " > cents per ton per mile , lu UHMJ the bureau of statistics ascertained from Its 'J.SOO county correspondents that the average cost per ton per mile was about - ' . " . cents and the average length of haul ! ) . ) miles. The high ' nst of hauling Is not the only huidcn which the American people are carrying by reason of their bad roads. In traversing a region of country Isolated from markets by rea son of bad nwds one is struck by the wastes of unillled land and by the lack of variety In the products. This Is a condition more frequently due to lack of adequate transportation facili ties than to lack of Industry and lnti/1- / llgeiii e nf the inhabitants. The ( iiiint may be Illustrated by as- sunilnc n series of concentric circles to lie drsiviii about n market town or railroad station , constituting zones of production in all of which the roads are uniformly bad. Within the first zone all products can bo delivered to market at a profit. Within the second zone certain products must be elimi nated because of the length of haul. Milk , small fruits and certain kinds of vegetables roqtilrfhg' quick delivery and careful transportation might be cited as examples. In the third /one still other products must be eliminated because of the prohibitive cost of hauling. The fourth zone will include only those products which can be held until the roads arc passable and then hauled long distances and sold at a profit. Beyond this zone the land must be left unproductive or utilized for graz ing and timber. Every Improvement in the roads leading from tills market widens thes.0 zones , makes unproductive land pro ductive and enables the farmer to ex ercise a wider discretion In determln- Ing the character of his crops. The prosperity of the individual farmer be comes far greater , the traflic of the railroad Increases , the consumer re ceives better supplies at lower prices , and thus the beneficial effects continue in an ever widening circle. While It Is Impossible to assign an arbitrary percentage or amount to rep resent the Increase In land values by reason of road Improvement , it is gen erally believed that the average In- COUNTRY noAD UNIMPKOVKD. crease per acre within the zone of In fluence of an Improved road would be from $2 to ? 0 per acre. As there are n'jout KiO.OOO.OOO acres of farm lands Improved and unimproved In the Unit ed States the possibilities of aggre gate increase in value are enormous. These figures constitute conclusive evidence of the Immensity of traffic on the common roads. They do more they give food for reflection as to where the cumulative losses In wear | nd tear of wagons , harness and teams , due to poor roads , will land us on the debit side. Nobody can ever approximately estimate this drain , but everybody must know It is In terms of millions. The loss in dollars is serious enough for grave concern , but when the ad ditional charge Is made that bad roads are a menace to our institutions , our health and our educational develop ment It constitutes an Indictment of Biich gravity as to demand paramount consideration. Hundreds of millions of fertile acres remain untlllcd while the Insanitary and unwholesome city tenements arc crowded with human beings whose standard of living must result In their mental , moral and phys ical decay. It Is not generally realized that our S.inn.OOO miles of road constitute n preat source of disease. By means of dust disease germs enter the human system This is particularly true o/ / uberculosla germs. Roads of the fu ture In great centers of population will be practically dustlcss , and the bituminous and other binders which will be used In the construction ot such roads will not only minimize the danger of disease by reducing the dust nuisance , but tuoy. . are in n measure possessed of antiseptic properties. There IH no phase of life in the coun try , Hoclul or economic , which Is not affected by good fondn , There- a direct relation between Improved high WI."H and the value of land , the at tendance of children at school , ( he health of the community and every thing else that tends to make life In the country elllclunt And this , In turn , affects ( ho people lu the cities who live on the country products. It is n task the maintenance of good roads which affects every person In the country , no matter whuro ho lives or what his profession. Road building Is an art bused upon n science. In this ago of specialists II almost surpasses belief that the Amer lean people , so practical in all othet lines of endeavor , should permit thelt golden millions to bo frittered awaj Till : HA UK ItOAD MACAUAMIZHD. by men vtho for the most part know little or nothing about either the sol ence or the art of road building. Then1 are today more than 1 , < } < )0 ) petty rend ollleinls In the United States , each and all receiving compensation. Very few of these men devote more than a fraction of their lime to rend work , because their Interests lie else where and their compensation Is toe small to enable them to devote theii entire time to the work. It is not sur prising that a century and a quarter of this kind of supervision has result ed In the present chaotic condition of our public roads. The reforms that should talto place will provide a com paratively small body of trained , competent potent road hulldorta devoting their en tire time to continuous road work. Not only must the roads be built bj trained men , but they must bo kept in repair. The road building era has ulrendj becun. Already great strides have been made In recent years toward bringing about these needed reforms In the road laws and administration , in providing more adequate revenues nnd In devising methods of construc tion and maintenance adapted to the requirements of modern traffic. Logan W. Page in World's Work. HASKELL'S HIGHWAY PLAN. Oklahoma Governor Advocates a State Good Roads Commission. Governor Haskcll said recently that he will recommend to the Oklahoma legislature , possibly at a special scs Mon , the creation of a state good road ! commission and the ollice of state er. Klnoer and will favor the continuance of good roads from one county lute another. "The building of roads that Is , per inanent and good roads" he said , "Is quite as large an undertaking as build ing railroads. They should be of large extent and should not be stopped arbi trnrlly at the county line just because the authority of the county commis Bloncrs does not extend into the next county. The way to build our roads state wide Is to create a good roads commission to act as a coiiRiiltlns board for the various sets of county commissioners. The engineer of the board would , In fact , be a state engi neer , who would plan the best surveys for good roads from a ntate standpoint and lay the plans before the sets ol county commissioners for approval and the voting of the necessary bonds to defray the expense by counties as must be done under the present good roads law. The only thing that the state can furnish Is convict labor. " Sand-clay Roada In Kansas. Sand-clay roads are made of those ( wo materials , and in some purts of the south arc held to be. for particular re gions at least , more practicable thiin macadam. This construction is now being Introduced in the sand bill coun try of Kansas , where the sandy roads bave hindered agricultural develop mcut by Imposing great difficulty on the transportation of farm products. Garden City , which is In the snndj country , solved the transportation problem by building a sand-clay road through the hills south of that city. Before this road was built fanners had to haul their grain more than twenty- five miles by a roundabout way In or der to reach a market that is only ten or twelve miles distant. The property owners of Hutchlnson nnd McPhcrson counties are now considering the open ing of a big territory that has beeu handicapped by heavy sand hill roads. More Real Work Needed. A good roads convention Is always a helpful Institution , but there are a great many people who would do well to spend moro time In making roadi Instead of attending conventions. Good Road Movement Spreading. The split log drag is still meeting fa vor in many parts of the United States Good roads associations are belns formed nil the time , nnd better roads "re making tholr apponrnnco over many sections of the United States. All this agitation will lend to perma nent mads The quicker the better. Get Into the movement