THE NORFOLK WBEKLL NBWS-JOUHNAb , FRIDAY , JUNE 3 , 1910 ,
The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
The News , Established 1881.
The Journal , lastabllshcd 1877
THE HU8E PuusmG OMPANY.
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W. N. Huso , N. A. HUHO ,
President. Secretary
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No. 22. Business Olllcc and Job Rooms
No. 11 22. _ _
If "llmo Is money" there arc n Rood
ninny spend-thrlft millionaires.
With the IJnlllngor controverHy now
closed nnd the coinot vanishing , life
ought to ho somewhat more restful.
Short terms In Jail have been found
wonderfully Improving to the memo
ries of witnesses In bankruptcy cases.
Any able bodied man who desires
to visit the I'aclllc coast this summer
will Und thM "Weuton's way" Is open
to him.
Congressmen all appear at the capl-
tel In hot weather dress. This must
bo an outcome of the shirt-sleeves di
plomacy.
Hurglars tried to loot a smallpox
hospital at Louisville , Ky. They
ehould bo put where they will not
"break out. "
The great need for the month of
Juno Is an entirely new set of adjec
tives and polite phrases for reporting
the weddings.
Lieutenant Shackloton knows how
to boom the south polo. Besides dis
covering Immense coal Holds ho reports -
ports signs of gold.
King George V Is a successful
stamp collector. Como to think of It
King George III made a failure of coV
looting American stamps.
Great Britain 1ms fought no great
naval battles for many years , but It
has sent many a battleship to the
junk pllo during that time.
Munich , Bavaria , now has a regular
airship service , but as a three hour
trip costs the passenger $55 , it will
not be over crowded at least for n
time.
Think of n supposedly intelligent
man wasting an hour nnd n half en
deavorlng to keep a cigar alight , and
then boasting of the valuable acconv
pllshmont. '
Two hundred and llfty Apaches ol
Geronlmo's band which were placed
under armed guardianship twenty
three years ago , still remain prison
ers of war.
London no longer holds ilrst place
among the cities of the world in its
foreign shipping , but has given waj
to New York , while Antwerp crowds
the world's metropolis Into the third
place.
Professor Karl Harries of the Kiel
university has taken years of experl
mentlng to find that rubber Is dime
thylenjalooctaoien. If ho had put n
ploco on a hot stove ho would have
found It out at once.
It is a significant fact that mosl
injuries which result in lockjaw are
very slight. The reason for this is
that more serious wounds arc giver
attention by nurse or physician anei
are properly cleansed and cared for.
A New York judge whose Integritj
was questioned because he acceptec
the "private convenience" of a home
telephone , defends his action on the
ground that Instead of being n private
convenience It was a personal nui
ennce.
Much doubt was expressed as tc
whether the United States Irrlgatlor
projects would pay or not , but on th <
North Platte project In Wyoming am
Nebraska more than one-half the farm
era were able to make their payments
before they were due.
The aim and purpose of "optimist so
cloty" for the cultivation of cheerful
ness is poetically expressed in th <
following couplet , " 'Twpen optimls
nnd pessimist , the difference is droll
Ono of them sees the doughnut am
the other sees the hole. "
Recent Investigations in German ;
show that there will bo a possibility
of obtaining heat from the Interio :
of the earth If all other sources fall
Scientists have bored to the dcptl
of 7,400 feet and find there a temperature
turo of 182 degrees Fahrenheit.
King Edward's greatest lite worl
was the complete reconciliation of hi !
nephew Kaiser Wllhelm and the Ger
man people. That the roconclliatior
is likely to ho lasting Is ovlduncci
by the kaiser's words concerning hit
uncle. "Wo learned to undorstam
each other late In life , wo linally dlt
understand each other and a frlendlj
understanding it was. "
The Olympic and Titanic of tin
White Star line which will probablj
bo ready for launching next fall ante
to bo 45,000 ton vessels and will fai
exceed the tonnage of the Mnuretanlr
and Lusltnnla. It is one thing to bulk
these monstrous ships and another tx
lock them. America must hasten HF
channel nnd dock Improvements 01
lose a share of the mammoth biiHlncsF
which these great ships will handle.
The bubonic plague hint spread from
the rnt to the ground squirrels whlcl :
ore BO numerous In California , and
through ther.i city nnd country have
both become infected. Considerable
uneasiness Is felt by health nuthorl
tics over the condition and the cosl
uf stamping it out will now be great
lo say nothing of the constant and
unremitting efforts which alone wll
check this dread disease.
The other day n small boy picked
up n wreath of roses that had beer
dropped in the street during a funern
procession. He gave It to an old wo
man and said , "Me believes In decornt
Ing folks before they die , " says ai
exchange. Is not that a great be
lief to live ? It Is glorious to deco
rate. There are many ( lowers , noi
all roses , but kind words and lovlnf
thoughts to decorate your friends in
they pass your garden gate.
The International Paper companj
Is doing some very practical reforcs
tratlon on quite a large scale on i
tract of land owned by the company
near Phillips , Maine. This year 150 ,
000 Norway spruces have been 1m
ported to bo set out on this wast <
tract , where the good work was begin
last year by setting out 10,000. Ii
this manner the company expects t (
solve the problem of deforested wastt
and provide n future supply of ma
terlal for its pulp mills.
Pulaski and Kosculsko , the Polls !
heroes of revolutionary fame , hav <
both been honored by monuments n
Washington to which the Polish-Amcr
leans ns well as the government con
trlbuted. A monument to Kosculski
has also been placed at West Poln
where ho superintended the construe
tion of important fortllications durlni
the revolution. It is fitting that tin
American should honor the service
of these men of foreign birth win
aided her In her struggle for liberty.
No present increase In the numbe
of battleships Is made by the launch
Ing of the Inter vessels , as old craft
were retired from bervlce , but tin
number of big guns was increase !
from sixty-four to eighty-four and tin
elllciency of the navy greatly strength
ened in other ways. During the nex
two years It Is the plan of naval ol
Ilcers to continue replacing inferlo
craft by the best until the batter ;
strength of our war ships will h
doubled , although their number wll
bo increased only live.
The Pacific coast records the larf ;
est salmon pack ever known. It I
thought by those who have studiei
the matter that the depletion of th
Bering sea seal herds has an Imporl
ant bearing on the increasing suppl ;
of salmon. As these herds of sen
go north to their breeding ground
they Instinctively follow the run o
salmon and fishermen estimate thn
the greedy seal kills his weight ii
salmon every day. While the exterml
nation of the seal is to be deplore
it is some compensation to have si
delicious a fish as the salmon increases
George Bernard Shaw , the Englis
writer , is noted for his "bad breaks
but when he recently announced tha
ho was ashamed of the land of hi
birth and publicly apologized for ii
he went farther than most peopl
will bo willing to follow. He woul
do well to spend a few hours memc
rlzing the familiar lines of an Amer
can poet "Breathes there a man wit
soul so dead , who never to htmsel
hath said , 'This Is my own , my natlv
land ? ' " Having stirred himself up
little by this patriotic exercise pet
haps he could do a little somethln
to bettor the conditions which he d (
plores.
Europe Is not only being greatl
benefited and built up by the million
that American heiresses hand over t
their titled husbands and the othe
millions that American tourists fu :
nish , but now It Is being dlscovere
that millions more are being sent foi
ward to European countries by th
immigrants who have become proi
perous here. In Sicily , in Hungary , 1
Russia , whole villages uro being tram
formed and made flourishing by th
small individual amounts sent back t
relatives from this side of the watei
Not only Is liberty hero enllghtenln
the world but opportunity Is swlngin
wide the gates of cheer nnd hope , nc
only to the thousands who come , bv
the many who stay In the old coui
tries.
THE PAVING IS UP TO YOU.
The paving bonds will carry if Noi
folk will get out the vote.
That seems to bo accepted ns
fact.
fact.All
All Norfolk wants the paving. An
consequently it seems fairly sure thn
all Norfolk will make it n point t
turn out to the polls on Tuesday an
give the small bond issue needed fo
intersections , an overwhelming mi
Jority.
If every citizen of the city will enl
make himself a committee of one , th
bonds will carry by a splendid marglt
But Indifference may cost the dofon
of the paving. And every man wh
favors the upbuilding of Norfolk wi
iclp to insure this very much needed
Improvement by appointing himself a
committee of one to boost for the
bonds on election day.
It's up to the Individual and encn
Individual must vote nnd 'get hln
neighbors to vote , If the bonds are
to bo assured.
Tuesday's the day to vote for the
bonds.
OUR SOLDIER DEAD.
Once again the nation mourns IU
soldier dead the dead who bled nnd
fought and suffered that the stars
and stripes might bo perpetuated.
It Is fitting that this great republic
should take a day off to pay loving
tribute of honor to those brnvo soulf
who saved this union. And nil that we
can do the placing of beautiful llor
nl tokens upon their graves Is hul
n slight tribute , indeed , when the suf
fcrlngs that those men endured with
out flinching , is recalled.
To them the old soldiers , living
and dead , the United States owes n
debt that It never , never can repay.
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
Whatever sectional differences inaj
remain in this country , It is a source
of satisfaction that the veterans ol
either side are always able to get to
gcther and find some basts of commor
sympathy. During recent years manj
of the G. A. R. reunions have beer
held on southern soli , nnd the veterans
orans have always been treated will
respect. Were confederate veterans
to hold reunions in the northern states
they would receive the same deferen
tlal treatment.
.After nil , sectional differences arc
usually the work of politicians. Mer
that stood up to bo shot at did so Ir
any case from pure motives. Even
man who has been through that ter
rifle experience has more In commoi
with the fellow on the other side whe
assumed the same hazards , than h <
has with the man of his own part )
who stayed at home when the call was
ringing through the land , or than hi
has with the younger man born since
that time , who has no conception o
the sufferings of that grim epoch. Lei
us all , therefore , in every state re
cognize heroism and self-sacrifice
wherever we find It.
THE PAVING , 9 CENTS A YEAR.
If you pay $10 a year in taxes this
year , your share of the expense o :
paving seven blocks on Norfolk ave
nue will be 9 cents a year for the
next ten years and 27 cents a year foi
the ten years after that. The tola
cost of the entire job to you , witl
twenty years to pay it , will be $3.60
Can you afford to pay the price oi
one cigar a year to have Norfolk's
business street paved ? Is there i
man in the entire city of Norfolk whe
will vote against those bonds ?
A committee of business men .1. E
Haase , W. A. Witzlgman , H. A. Paso
walk , J. S. Mathewson and M. D. Ty
ler Investigated the exact cost am
found the figures printed above. Ant
ns more property valuation Is addee
to Norfolk , this estimate will be cui
down , so that the chances are th <
total cost in twenty years will b (
$1.80 to the average taxpayer.
Nine cents a year for a paved city
isn't It ridiculous that there evei
should have been the slightest argu
ment raised against voting thos <
bonds , In any quarter ?
THE BONDS WILL CARRY.
Everything is ready for Tuesday'i
paving bond election and the bondi
are going to carry. Tuesday will b <
one of the genuinely eventful days ii
Norfolk's life.
The bonds will carry because Nor
folk all Norfolk wants paving. Thi
city wants to go ahead and the vita
necessity of paving is universally re
cognized. And It is readily recognized
too , that other Improvements will rap
Idly follow upon the tracks of the pav
ing.
People planning to come to Norfoll
to live or to Invest their money Ii
Norfolk , arc awaiting the outcome o
the bond election. They want to bi
reassured that Norfolk has confldenci
in itself.
The cost of the paving is so sraal
as to be not the slightest factor ii
the bond election. The expense wll
be 9 cents a year to the averagi
taxpayer.
The paving will bo one of the mos
Important steps Norfolk has ever tak
en. The citizens of the city welcomi
the opportunity to vote for this prc
gressive improvement.
And the bonds are going to carry
for every man In Norfolk Is going t <
do his share by getting out nnd vet
Ing.
HAPPINESS AND THE SHADOW
The great purpose of life Is happl
ness at least the nearest approach t <
It that Is possible.
It Is for happiness that we toil , as
Mire , cultivate ourselves , love , marry
accumulate property , nnd perform al
the wholesome duties of life.
Yes , it is for happiness that w <
loaf , cheat , lie , steal , and commit nl
sins and crimes.
There Is no other ultimata aim tha
Is known to the human mind thai
happiness. Our conception of hnppl
ness determines our lives.
There Is a true happiness , the sub
stance , and the false happiness. Iti
shadow. The one lures us upward
through noble endeavors ; the othe
Is a mocking will-o'-the-wisp that al
ways leads us Into morrasses of dis
appointment.
Are you getting the genuine article ,
or the spurious imitation ? Then IE
this to be remembered : Genuine hap
piness does not cent anywhere as
much ns the falsevariety. .
Perhaps the only one to be en
vle-tl , and yet the one least envied. IE
the one whose Ideals are humblest
and best lit Into the hearts. For true
happiness consists not In the imiltl
plication of material wants , but Ir
the slmpllllcntlon of them. There IE
likely to be more of It In a simple
wayside flower than In a conservatory
tilled with exotics ; more of It In the
singing of a wild bird than In the
braying of brass bands ; more' of It
In the worklngmnn's bowl of bread
and milk than In the sumptuous
spread designed for the perverted pal
nte of the rich ; more In the tremu
lous "I like you" of a modest youth
or maiden than in the dramatic "I
adore thec" of a dissembling world.
True happiness lies not In whal
the eyes may. set- , the ears may hear
the palate tastes and the hands hold
but In the soul that senses these
things.
And he who thinks he must tool
the big brass horn or beat the bass
drum to be happy will find the whole
show of life a delusion and a disap
pointment.
LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK.
The News Is not friendly to prohl
bltlon and is much less Infatuated witl :
the Idea of county option. Nebrnskr
has the best liquor law In the Unltee
States today , and we are much bet
ter off than Kansas and Oklahoma
with their prohibition laws , and theli
slack methods of enforcement. The
Slocumb law with the 8 o'clock clos
ing proposition , comes about ns neai
controlling the liquor question ns it
possible. But a portion of the demo
crats are following Mr. Bryan In his
new county option fad and the same
element In the other party seems de
termined to force the issue upon the
republicans. > We do not believe conn
ty option by legislative action is go
ing to satisfy its adherents when thej
get it. It is perhaps true that the
time lias come when Nebraska slionU
take up the question and settle it
otherwise the agitation will continue
indefinitely with its consequent ten
dency to keep business interests , polit
leal parties and communities in un
profitable turmoil.
If the question must be met now , ii
would be much better for each politi
cal party to incorporate in its plat
form a plank promising that the leg
islature at its session next winter wil
agree to submit to a vote of the pee
pie a constitutional amendment pro
viding for statewide prohibition. Coun
ty option Is a cowardly make-shift ai
best nnd it would be far better t (
have statewide prohibition , dolnt
away with the strife between neigh
bors who live on opposite sides ol
county lines and the county line roae
houses which are sure to follow the
adoption of county option. Let the
question be submitted to a vote o :
the whole people of the state , whlcl
puts it squarely up to everyone as te
whether we want prohibition or not
This is the only fair way to meet tin
question , and the responsibility foi
the result will rest- with every votei
in the state , not with a few members
of the legislature.
As the matter stands now , both the
leading political parties are split upor
the question. In both parties there
is a faction trying to secure the noml
nation of candidates for the leglsla
ture pledged to county option , while
another faction In either party is en
deavoring to elect men opposed to the
proposition. Before the campaign is
over this situation is going to lene
to a chaotic condition of affairs , If ii
may not be said that they are alreadj
so , and frequently will lead to th (
defeat of the regular nominees anc
the election of Independents.
This whole proposition might b (
mightily simplified by all parties
agreeing to submit the question to ;
vote of the people , applying Mr. Bry
an's principle of initiative and refer
endum , if you please where it right
ly belongs.
AROUND TOWN.
Did you vote for the bonds ?
The swimming season is backward
Now on with the straw hat , you fel
lows with nerve. Who'll be the first'
Norfolk avenue is going to be pavoi
with something better than good in
tentions.
Another Memorial day is at hand
And there's this to remember : It's t
funeral day and not n day for joyfu
celebration.
Wouldn't you like to bo a boy ngair
Just for the privilege of enjoying this
week ? It's the last week of the torn
nnd examinations are on.
Here's another first of the month
These bill collectors don't seem to de
anything but Just come back. Thoj
could give lessons to Jeffries on that
"I wish I could preach just one ser
inon , " a Norfolk man says. "And mj
text would bo : Tnko the cards tha
are dealt to you , and play the game. '
If you pay as much as $10 a yeni
taxes now , the paving of Norfolk avenue
enuo will increase your taxes 9 cent ;
a year for the next ten years. Cat
you stand the expense ?
In the to any punlshm6nt known t (
this world that would be adequate ti
hand to a newspaper man who wouh
dellbe'rately scoop his own paper ni
entire we'ek on the arrival of a nev
boy at his house ?
Grand Island began talking nbou
paving last fall. The subject hadn'
been discussed up until then , In an ;
concerted way. Today Grand Islam
has forty-live blocks of paving nil Un
Ishetl. Three streets are paved fo
nine blocks each , with all cross stre'oti
between them.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
The most disgusting liar Is the loafer
or who claims to be ns good as ai
Industrious man.
Me > st people have maudlin sontl
ment mixed with what they call thel :
sense of justice nnd right.
We wish we were so situated thn
wo didn't need to care whether th <
farmers used the road drag or not.
How It pleases a foolish , obstinati
man to hear some one say , "Ho hai
the courage of his convictions ! "
What has become of the old-fash
loned man who attended a wedding
and Insisted on kissing the bride ?
If a foolish woman will tell a mat
she Is such a fool , and not smart llkt
he is , he will decide she Isn't a fee
at nil.
"If I should buy an automobile , " snli
an unlucky Atchison man today , "whn
a lot of fun my hoodoo would lmv <
with me ! "
When a farmer gets gout , It Ii
from over-indulgence In Ice crean
and cake , and from drinking to <
much coffee.
When we hear anyone say , "
wouldn't He to save my own life , " wi
begin to doubt their other state
ments. too.
When the paper announces that !
man has bought an automobile , every
one involuntarily checks off wha
neighbors will get a chance to ride Ii
it.
When the first baby is new , iti
mother , with pain still sharp In mom
ory. always says. "It is the first , and
intend it to be the last , " and when oh
fashioned women who have had nlm
or ten children , hear her , ' they go inti
another room and almost laugh them
selves to death.
The shawls are "coming hack. " Bu
what use will there be for them sinci
there has passed out of sight foreve
the women who wore hers as mucl
to protect the baby she1 carried undo
It as to protect herself.
The discouraging feature about i
woman having a higher nmbitloi
than to be a butterfly , is that after i
man has eaten a good meal some ant
wife has prepared , he plainly show :
ho would like to have some butterfl ;
amuse him.
A man must not only attend all tin
family reunions , but after his wife I
dead he must hunt up all her stra ;
dead kin and bury them in the saint
lot with her , so that her family re
union may be perpetual , if he wnnti
to be entirely satisfactory.
When the girls are grown , nnd gt
out in the evening with young men
their mothers get lonesome , but the ;
more than make up for this neglec
later In life. After they are marrlee
nnd the babies have come mother * !
lonesomeness is constantly on thel
minds. "Mother Is lonesome , " thi
daughter will say , " and I will sent
the children over to keep her com
pany while I go down town. " "Deai
mother , " the thoughtful marrlei
daughter will tell her husband , "Ii
BO lonely. I have decided to ask he
to come over and keep the baby fo
us this evening while we go out. Hi
is teething , and so cross that dea
mother will forget how lonely slit
Is. " And so the dear daughters plai
all their days with an eye to tht
comfort and happiness of dear moth
era.
Not so very many years ago thi
family gathered around to hear Daugh
ter sing , "Wait for Me at Heaven'i
Gate , " "Pass Under the Rod , " "Shi
Sleeps in the Valley So Sweet , " "Rim
the Bell Softly , There's Crepe on tht
Door , " or a song with a similar sentl
ment. The Cold , Cold Tomb figurei
In every song , and It was a popula
notion that n girl couldn't sing unlesi
she sang with such "feeling" that shi
brought tears to every eye. But wha
a difference now ! "Has Any Ono Hen
Seen Kelly ? " Is the most popular soni
of today. It Is said that one musli
store In Kansas City sold 1,000 coplei
In one day. "Has Any Ono Here Seei
Kelly ? " has nothing in it about Heav
en or the Tomb ; no one will shed i
tear over the sentiment of the soni
though It may become so popular tha
tears will be shed because It Is suni
so often. "Tho Christening of Ahra
ham Lincoln Jones" is another hot fn
vorito with Daughter these days ; als <
"The Big Cry Baby in the Moon.1
"What's the Matter With Father ? '
"Be Careful , Mary , " "Do Your Duty
Doctor , " "Helnzo is Pickled Again , '
"Stop That Rag" and "That Mesmeriz
ing Mendelssohn Tune. " If the love ;
of music doesn't like these songs per
Imps ho would like The Hardwooi
Rag , The Dish Rag. The Chantecle ;
Rng , The Cabbage Leaf Rag , Klddc
Rag , or Pickled Beets Rag. If thii
doesn't suit either , all that Is loft foi
him Is to get a Jew's harp and pick on
"Massa's In the Cold , Cold Ground1
for himself.
GOOD ADVICE TO
ROAD BUILDERS
SIMPLE METHODS FOR KEEPING
HIGHWAYS IN REPAIR.
300D DRAINAGE IS IMPORTANT
'Don't Leave the Work for Others ;
Supervise It All Yourself and You
Will Meet With Success , " Says Don
aid McCoskey.
A prominent physician who Is an
enthusiastic road builder makes the
following KUKKestlons. which tho.su In
terest ttl In thi ? eniiso will ( hid very
valuable :
First go to work ; talk afterward.
MaUe up your nllnd at the start what
kind of road you are going to build.
Tlie'ii when you begin work on the
road give It your full attention.
If you do this mue-h yourself you
will lean : more about how to make
country roads better In two hours than
I could tell you In print in fourteen
weeks API I n. I repeal , go to work ;
talk tifierwaul.
The second tiling Is study the needs
of the little stretch of road upon which
.von actually do your work. Moke that
stretch of road a model of good road
way In every particular See to It that
every Individual \\lio drives over your
road becomes a talking advertisement
for highway Improvement. If .sou
must blast out rock to afford gooel
drainage1 for die Hide gutters along
jour road. why. blast them out. Don't
wall to talk about it.
Earth nnd water spell mud , and a
muddy road Is not a good rotid. and
A CONCUETK OULVEIIT.
( From Good Roads Magazine , New York.
you cannot get rid of water until tin
water lias the right .slope of n druinagi
channel to carry It off.
Culverts constructed out of concreti
are believed by many authorities to hi
the t > e-.t means of carrying the wate
from a well tin lit road.
Third. It you can. do It yourself , or
It you must , have some one else do I
tor you. but be sure to get good , livi
photographs of your road befoie yoi
start u > work upon It. alter soveru
Hours' work lias been done and ugali
at tlie conclusion as the final exhibl
tion test of your work. Get as muuj
good , live people as you can to trave
over your road with the specific pur
pose ot examining It in comparisoi
with othei roads negle-eted In youi
i mined late neigh borhoud.
tJt't your newspaper men there. Ge
the members of your automobile clul
there. Get prominent members 01
your local board of trade there , foi
every business man In every torn
realizes that the better the road ;
which lead from the country to hi ;
town the more farmers there are wh (
Will travel to town and the more bust
ness he can secure.
Fourth , adopt the platform of P
B. Shaw of Wllllamsport. Pa. , ono ol
the "llvost wires" for good roads 1m
provemcnt In the United States. Mr
Shaw's platform Is "work and talk. "
New Dust Layer.
Vice Consul W. Washington Bruns
wick furnishes the following informa
tlou concerning experiments made ii
Chemnitz with a German antl-dusi
sprinkler :
During the last summer extensive
experiments we-re made with "antl
staublt" to pre'veut dusty roads Ir
Chemnitz. The material was bought
by the city from potash works al
Ascherslcben and cost $20.18 per met
rlc ton of 'J'J.O-IO pounds. The antl
staublt Is sprinkled over the road bj
means of the ordinary street sprlnklliif
curt. After carefully cleaning the
street and moistening the mutcria !
with water it is thus strewn whor
first applied , and for each square me
ter about one Ullo ( ii.2 pounds per 10.J
square feet ) is required. All subse
ijiient sprinkling Is done with a solu
tion of f > 0 per cent water. According
to the experience of the Chemnlts
street cleaning department , the dust
preventing effect of nntl-staublt lasted
from twelve to twenty-four days , nc
cording to the amount of tralllc and
the general condition of the streets.
To Build Road of Slag ,
At Colfax. la. , steps ha\e been tak
en to Improve one of the roads loadlii ) . '
out of ihe city with slag. The ma
terial to be used Is not blast furnace
sing , but tlie refuse from a coal mine
in the neighborhood. It consists prln
clpally of slate particles mixed wltl :
coarse fire clay and Is said to make an
excellent roadway.
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want advertising will find good room
ers for you. If they're not good rooms
they ought not to bo advertised and ,
of course , will not bo.
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CARE OF ROADWAYS.
They Should Always De Duitlett to D *
Considered Ideal ,
The Rood roads cru has begun In
many states , and alri'iuly the H tea in
roller , the piles of crushed rock along
the roadside Mini the digging out of
the original roadway are familiar
sights In many of the eastern states.
The rends built are generally of up-
proved macadam construction , which ,
completed , are perfect strips of white
ribbon running through the green
UelelH and hills of the rural sections.
Thcso roiuls are perfectly built , anil
ns soon ns completed the farmers anil
other ratepayers contentedly alt buck
and feel contented. Thin Is a surlous
error and one being mndo In many
states.
Many fall to realize that whenever
dust Is raised a road Is being destroy
ed. This Is particularly the CUBO on
smooth macadam surfaces , where there
la nothing to hold the dust on the
road and where every cross wind
blows off any loose material.
As noon as roads nre built arrange
ments should lie miule to keep them In
repair. Some dust preventive should
bo used Immediately macadam roads
are completeel In order to prevent dust
Oil , tar and many npeclal prepara
tions are now on the market , and the
communities should he educated to
look upon these additions us n legiti
mate part of the road maintenance.
California linn Its oiled roads , over
which motoring Is n pleasure ) to the
motorist and not n dust path to the
citizen who happens to be on the road
the same day or who hn. t the mlflfor-
tune to reside along n well traveled
highway.
Massachusetts has proved that road
treatments nre u success and more
economical than continuous applica
tions of water , and In England dust
preventing Is always considered a
part of the road problem.
HIGHWAY OF THE FUTURE.
One Constructed of a Material Durable
For Heavy Motor Traffic.
All road builders are now engaged
In trying to devise a road which will
Btaml motor trafllc. Many new meth
ods have been tried with varying de
grees of success , lint none of them
seems to be perfectly satisfactory.
If broken stone Is to form the wear
ing surface , then some means must
be found to hold the binding particles
so firmly that they cannot be sucked
out. and sulllelent strength must bo
given to the mass to enable It to with
stand the sliding action of the wheels
at bends and turns. Several kinds of
tar macadam answer fairly well , but
they are expensive.
It would seem that the most promis
ing kind of road for heavy automobile
traffic Is what Is called dtirax In EUK-
land. It Is a pavement of three inch
Irregular cubes of bard stone laid in
small segments of circles.
These stones can be cut by machin
ery nnd are comparatively Inexpen
sive. They are laid without grout ,
but there seems to be no reason for
Its omission except the cost. Great
quantities of this kind of pavement
have been laid in Germany.
Unique Roadmaking Plan.
Judge William E. Porter of Law
rence county , I'a. , lias a unique idea
i
for improving the roads. His plan In
a jail on wheels that Is. a place where
prisoners can be locked up at night
nnd transported from place to place
nnd employed In roadmaklng during
the day. He put his Idea to a test , and
the results were eminently satisfac
tory. Tlie prisoners graded away a
high hill on the West Plttsburg road
near Newcastle and constructed a
cement bridge over n culvert eighty
feet long. Tlie only expense to the
county from this Drldge that would
ordinarily have cost thousands of dollars
lars was for the material and the serv
ices of an engineer. The men em
ployed were sentenced from ten to
ninety days nnd were Informed that
the sentence would be materially
lessened If they would work on the
roads and not attempt to escape , and
they worked.
Good Road Maxims.
A Rood road affords an excellent
way to church.
A dollar spent on the road la as
food as two spent on the farm.
A community Is known by the roads
It koeps.
Better go two miles on a good road
than half a mile on a bad one.
The wide tire maketh the glad path
master.
A bad road and Its travel are soon
parted.
Many path masters spoil the roads.
A little gravel Is a dangerous thing.
Sow deep or wallow full and spring.
The horse knoweth the bad rord and
letleth his cars drop.
Many country roads nre paved with
good intentions , but for the most part
with lumps of sod , stones , roots and
rubbish.
Improvement Mottoes.
If an embargo of the same force
were laid on the ports that is laid on
farm traffic by bad roads the noise
that would follow could be heard
around the world.
If the money Is expended wisely nnd
honestly n people can tax themselves
rich for the construction of good roads.
Road repairs to be effective must be
continuous.
"Push ! If you can't push , pull. It
yon can't pull , please get out of the
way. "
Caused by Lack of Good Roads.
The lack of good roads to remote re
gions In held to bo ono of the cMlef
causes of the decline of British apri-
rulture.
His Voice.
Polly rinktlghts-What sort of voice
has the new toner ? Fanny Footlights
Bum ! You can almost sop through
the crack In It. Philadelphia Record.