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About The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19?? | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1910)
. . , TTTR NQTHTOLTv WEEKLY 7srE vTOTTT7X\L : The Norfok Weekly News-Journal The News NewsTho The JoimiiiJ , KHlnbllHlied 1877. THli HU8E PUBLISHING COMPANY. W , N. Huso , N. A. HIIHO , President. Secretary Every Friday , lly innll per year , H.fiU. Entered ill thu poHtolllce ( it Norfolk , Nob. , IIH i second cliiHH rnattot. ' No. 22. Business Olllce nnd Job HOOIIIB No. II 22. . % c u I < ! , . Uood f > ; opd scholars--nrq tin Indux of ' ! 'If1 . ' 1 t , < ! 'J'ho fiin/iunli , ) ' btith is llk'ofy 'to. bo very popVliy Jii * jlllfiy ) tbjt' ,1 ) Jr , 'will lnli ( > moru , lh jivonu , tu juUuyittp. tint liollllehiiiB of , thnt The rallroadif-iisHiKi an npp."alMl an adequate' rovetlult. Yet isorno of tint loadH Hlg'hlnta'thlit appeal ai'o i. > \v making 1U percent ilnd over. A Iliooklyti man 'clalum to bo tlio ilililful ; heir to the throne of England. Wo would liu.sltatu ti ) glVu n peed un- cancelled postage ijtuiiip with thu urn- ellago on lor hlM claim. Instead of stopping "down and out" when hu iav ; ( > up thu grand opera busl- iii'HH hi Now York , Oscar Hammer- Klein moioly ( Hopped ever and up to lake up tlio mime line In I'arlB. The tieasury lejiorts i domnnil Ihioughoiit tlio country tor paper money of the uuwllor denomination * ! . In thlB scollop , the larger dcnomlnn- lloiui would bo quite as acceptable. In view of thu tannin ever railroad rati'H , It might bo tlio beat way to pass tlio hat around among tlio pa.s Bongors , liiKtoad of trying to Hell tlio tickets for any llxed nmnunlB of faro. School Superintendent Ella Finn ; Young Is to teach Chicago pupils to HWlm , and we expect to sou its pre cocious youngsters soon crossing Lake A1U hlgan. ttoorgo AlacUonald well said , "No man ever sank under tlio burden of today. It is whoa tomorrow's bunion Is added to thu bunion of today thai thu weight Is nioru than a. man can bear. " Teddy , Jr. . It is giVen out. will wear a cutaway coat at his wedding. Some people llnd "news Hlto this more thrill ing than tlio fateful , ' information of war or peace between Peru and He- uador. Mr. Taft said "nully"yhen the railroad - . * " * * * H > road bill passed. If old time ideas of lamily government prevailed , Aunt Delia would be coining on to wash out William's mouth with soap for using bad words. Many prominent pooplu are getting pulled for smuggling. They feel that membership In the Smart Set gives them tlio right io buy goods -10 per cent under all the rest of their lei- low countiyinen. ' [ The aviator who flew over Berlin won the applause of the populace , but bo had to pay a tine of twenty imuks all the name for Imperiling the safety of the people. That's the way they do things In Cermany. The Carnegie report says there Is an over production of all trained doc tors. If only sonw.of those follows wielding a surgeon's knife would stick to the carpenter's saw where they be long , our houses .would cost less. Hr. Hooker T. .Washington said in a recent public address , that tlio old plan was to teach colored children to bo good. Now tlio plan la , to teach them to bo good Mr something. This Is the keynote of the- present era. Alter looking overcome corn fed specimens of college gills , wo advise our bashful bachelors to abate I heir timorous fears of erudition , and go In to win some delicious chunks of fem ininity. President Taft's .skillful maneuver fallows that while , tbfcro .Is no disposi tion for arbitrary enforcement of tlio anti-trust law , It is a valuable club up t'nclo Sam's sletrve for uao In an " " ' emergency. * There Is nd redson 'why Mr. Taft should sponil any ntoro railroad fare going down tt > meet Tcddy' . Tlio , news papers will jio doiifiyiav.e' item thy next day assuring him of the colonel's safe returu. , i ' . ' . . i President's Tattla. , school fpr , rail road prusUJ.enttt almost -broke Jooso last week'.witlr nil attempt lo Huk the teacher , but-on * sober boa nd thought they concluded'to Stick to their books a little longer. There is a widespread call for dls Kolutlon of the sugar trust , but the result would probably bo that we would buy our sweets of the Twecdlc dum Sugar company , Instead of the Tweedledeo Sugar association. There Is wnrk for congress t ) Iceej It busy all the time but the proposed ally adjournments iaayu.be * jtut sat well , communion Jwlth i irn > H' gta ( ct'iy sentlmbiit la " 'more VJnstrucHve than B'Afeti ' nlal iiiinlveiHiny of HA Indopomluiuo In September of thin jour and wauls the United States to send Colonel HooHovoll down at that time IIH npecl.il envoy. There are a great many people who' are eager to go back to the farm , but the trouble Is that the larger iw ? of them want to go In an automobile and i cturn to thu cities In time 'o read the dVouliui pnpcrs. . Vm'ovement ' Inaugurated by f MI-H * . Klla j-'lngg Young , Biipoilntun- dent of tb < ) Chicago public nchool syn < iuln , ' every school child In the city will bo taught to 'uwlni and Inntrnc- tlpii \vll ( soon begin along the Hhotes of Lake Michigan. at the several bath- Neir.Vork city la planning this ycnr a ii.aiirn to thu old fashioned Fourth of July , which was absolutely safe ami Barn , ' . It did not mean barbarism , din , cruelly "to thu aged , Inllrm nnd sick , hundicds of accidents , 'Injuries and deaths. It meant piocesslonn , ceie- monles , public functions , orations and Imposing spectacles. Thu situation In Illinois lelatlvc to thu morals of Its legislators has be come shocking- teason of much that has been established and a great deal moio that Is Indicated. Sober minded people everywhere are Justl- lied In beginning to wonder how the experiment of democracy In America Is to be prevented from tragic lalluie. I'etei Hekul , recently came over the sea to New York , with the Idea that lai mlng in Noith Dakota was about hlsi sl/.ur Ho is 107 years of ago and tas with' him a young lellow of ST. , .nd giandson ( ! 7 , a great-grandson , .nd a great great-grandson 10 years of ge. No doubt the. combination will ear up the soil and make the prairies ilnssom and bloom with crops that vlll produce wealth. The largest battleship that Uncle Sam has on his list is the North Da- tola , with a displacement of 23,000 ons , ten big guns and twenty-one mall ones. The captain of this big easel Is tholightest man in command of any vessel owned by Uncle Sam- lei , "Dickey" Mulligan , who only velghs ii2 : pounds , but he Is a whale discipline and a man under him vlio falls to salute or do all other hlngs the tactics call tor is pretty lire to hear from "Dickey. " ' . IJlnds , the parMamentary expert wlioiu'spe4kor Thomas U IteeO discovcjrid aofl Vtio hus bcouJ.ue chief support for 'every speaker ? slnuo 'n ' intangllng dlfllcult parliamentary &U- latlons , Is running for congress in t't | ' > Maine primaries against Colonel Fred lale , a son of Senator Kugene Hale. The tact thatha , ' , has dvery < prospcvt of success isa ; matter o' congratula Ion , both to 'J.lje-people of Maine a-.d ' ho nation. > / . , - , stalefl .thitt'tho people of a llfornla towjof'flavo exterminated the inndellon by p iying their lawns with a HO percent solution of Iron sul phate. It is sjiW that the spray kills weeds and dandelions'1 without injur- " ng the grass , "it sounds too good to be true , but it > is well worth trying. Die dandelion'pest Is a serious one n almost every community and its extermination should be In some way accomplished. That this Is an energetic age Is , ngaln evidenced by the resolute cour- ige with which the possibilities of iviation are being pushed , bolh in this and other countries. Capital is fur- ilshed in generous amount for experi mental purposes with the uhderstand- Ing that It is not to be treated 'as a commercial Investment.Many men > uve come forward to take the phys- edl risks and there seemf no reason why Hit' liuentors may not be able to perfect this latest methodtof eliminat ing space moro speedily than moat nventions are brought t'o a state of practical usefulness nnd commercial value. All who have enjoyed his short stories on which he acquired an envia ble reputation will regret that the pen of William Sydney Porter , known un der the pen name of "O Henry , " Is fprevc.r stilled , ho having recently sue- ciunbed to the surgeon's knife. His Journalistic career began on the I Ions * tun Poiil before which time he had been a cowboy , sheep herder , druggist and Mttenslve traveler. Later ho bo gaiiywilting Bhbrt stofes | for a Ne\s ' * ' * Ydrk pa'p6r a'ntl moro reconlly his stool's 'found ' prominent , place In sov raU of , the. leading magazines. Ho ' a , writer of ability and his humor was DurelyvAnorl9iii/ ? ( , , , , , , t. i ' There is supposedly n president bee buzzing in close proximity to Uovernor Folk of Missouri. Ho hat announced that he could , possibly , bt Induced to lead the democratic part } In the contest , but ho would Insls upon the doctrine of equal rights which ho has advertised oxtenslvolj all over the United States , Canada am portions of the foreign shores. Hi sn.yp t ! IsJho slogan that wouh fr6iuMh6''li6iiNetop.s ' , a ; ] atrcnh ) and tld 'n'aVo tiiUerstau ) : lhe''MtJuatlon ! this tmesUcjn Q 'tftcfhlufly ' Ipr tb u man. And he declaruH that ( ho patlj Hhould stamp out glad and loriup- tlon , Bolze It by the hind IcgH and throw It down a deep , dark sewer that leads to the Chicago river. Ills platform Is all light , but should ho ' over reach the goal of his ambition we fear he would bo surrounded by BO many other things that he woulu forget his platform suggested In Juno of 1010. . * TM13 COLONIAL'S ' Colone ) Uoosiiyolt in on the bound * Ing billows. King Onnutj ! of old fail ed to nmku the waves Irctrvut before his reghl chair , and Coltqi)0l ) Koosovelt will yield up his tribute ) to the ilsli of the HUH as easily as lliojialesl molly coddle. Hlu return Is awaited with a scale of emotions coveting a wide gamut of feeling , fiom the tiemors of the railroad president , to the exuberant chortle of thu Insurgent. All. how ever agree that Colonel Roosevelt has rented a greater stir In lOuropu , ox- lied more Interest In himself an an \mcrlcfin piodutl , than any othur of our countrymen could do In even a factional degree. The colonel will ) e an enormous factor In our politics o the day of his death. His Intense ihyslcal vitality will keep him light- ng where others would tire of strlto , mil his ktM'ii intellectual couiloslly vlll place him In thu foiefiont of a vldo lange of political and social novements. HANIC13II LATTA. Apparently all th'at Congrensman .alia 11 om the Third district of Ne- iraska has done or tried to do in rVasbingtoii to gain a place lor him self , was to block legislation. Some itlle time ago hu made a spectacle of himself by trying lo defeat the ap- noprlatlon of a fund to be used In orestry work in Nebraska , a work of nlinite value to the farmers nnd the stale at largo. And now ho has made mother mark of himself by voting igalnst the postal bank bill , even Hu ng up against the demociatlc provi sion In the bill and taking an atll- ude absolutely opposing postal banks ) f any sort. It always had been understood that Mr. Uryan's tollowers lavoied a postal bank bill. And great clamor was undo over Latin's desire lo serve 'Hie people. " 13ut When It conies to a Jill that In any way affects the sellish nterests ol Hanker Latin , it Is appar- .nt that the people can go to. It Is dltllcult to understand just \\here Mr. Latta will claim support for e-electlon or even renomlnation. He can not consistently ask the demo- ntla tojupj } > ort him. for' Hennas' al- eady proved n traitor to dejnocratlc irlnclplcs and even went on , record against the democratic provision to the postal bill. He Is out of line with lie legislation which both parties had endorsed , and which the republican mrty has enacted. Maybe Mr. Latta will form a bank ers' paity , since he sees lit , In con gress , to represent merely the sellish nterests of his own private business. Til 13 SAMK OLD I3HYAN. Mr. Bryan may have changed his spots In so far as to be willing note o force himself upon his paity again is a candidate1 for the presidency , though even this we are somewhat In clined to doubt. But ho has not as yet changed his character. That It Is the same old Bryan Li made evident by his attack in thu Ccmiinqner on jovernor Harmon of Ohio. And how any hum guilty of this sort of thing could over receive the support of de mocracy Is a mystery. Governor llnunoii Is one of the host type of democrats. lie is honest , high- minded and has shown himself capa ble In ofllco. Ho Is a candidate for re-election to the governorship ; and It Is generally admitted that , should he succeed , he will bo the democratic nominee for president. At this mo ment , for ( his reason and for no oth er , c.oiues Mr. Bryan's paper , dxJnouritA ing Uovernor Harmon for the purely imaglnury offenpo of not Insisting upon a popular choice of United States senators , and declaring that he is too closely allied with the corporations for his own good or that of his paity. Now we have no love for Governor Harmon and no wish to see him suc ceed. But ho Is a decent man and de serves decent treatment. The reason and purpose of Mr. Bryan's assault are obvious. It will , he thinks , pos sibly prevent the re-election of Gov ernor Harmon In Ohio. That will prevent - vent his renomlnation. And Mr. Bry an Is determined that no one but him self or some one personally chosen by him shall have the nomination while he lives. It will In the future bo counted one of the strange freaks of American his lory that this man should havq re- celved and held. the support of sc many excellent people among the voters for so long a time. For Mr , Urynn 1ms not changed. He Is what ta he has always been. Ho has alwayp charged every man who happened tc oppose his own ambition with person al corruption. He has always iiiiuk u the vote for Bryan his test of na i- tlonal patriotism and civic righteous i- ness. ANOTHI311 WOHFOLK CAUNIVAL. At least four burglaries or nttompt ted burglaries in Norfolk following j qircus , and announcement of | i forth , coming amusementcurnlvnl whlcl * \\ill bo held for a week by a travelIng - Ing lonipany , under auspices of thu lire department , should serve to put Norfolk people on their guard and to Incite them to lock their doors and piepnro against burglars and thugs be fore the carnival arrives. There are deplorable conditions surrounding the carnivals , among them being the gen eral demoralizing effect upon a com munity and the fact that crooks of all sorts , many of them former prison convicts , make it a business during the summer months to follow Jt > t such organizations. 11 ' ; To inniiy Narfolk taxpayers it will appear th'jft ' If thu Ilfo | depnrlmoAt' ' needii the funds which nr oxpeqteij to bo realized froin this wfeulc of carnival revelry , the best way , fj- ) the city to piovldu the money would bo n direct approprlat'lon by the city council. In the end the community pays the fund anyway nnd the direct payment would bo much moro satisfactory to the com munity at largo. Thoio will seem little reason to the who has been called upon to pay this year's taxes , why the city coun cil should not be able to provide ade quately for the tlio depaitmont with out toicing U lo resoil lo the carnival as a iiioans of revenue. With a GO- ulll tax moro than twice that of the year before when the tax was but 2 ! ) mills It would Bcem that the city council ahould be amply able to take care of this as well as other depart ments ofthe , , city's government. With more than $10,000 cash rained by thu I'JOO tax for Norfolk city nlonu. it would seem to the average citizen that the council ought to be able to so jimnngo the city's llnances as lo pay [ ill current expenses nnd even then have several thousand dollars that It would puzzle them to spend. ' During thu trial of the Hadar bank lobbers at Pierce last winter , It was brought out In the testimony that the robbers had been in the habit of fol lowing amusement carnivals during the summer. One of the robbers was a former convict. Bolh weie desper ate ctlmlnals. Last week the sher iff at Stanton arrested a crook who had a former prison locord and who , it was shown , had gone to Stanton expecting to hiid a cm nival to coyer up such thuggery as ho and two pals nilght perform. * ' Norfolk has bad enough of street carnivals to make them altogether un welcome. The taxpayers of the com munity believe that with the $40,000 In cash which the city council as sessed against local property lor this year's running of the town , there should be plenty of money with which to take care of the fire department in titling 'inaimer ' ; " without forcing { lie lire boys to indict one of those demor alizing carnivals upon the community as a revenue producer. And In case the city council hasn't enough in that $40,000 for proper maintenance of t'.ie lire department , then let us hope tl at there is at least enough In the coun cil's cash box to provide extra and adequate p.olico protecllgn during the carnival's sojourn. ' AROUND TOWN. Been swimming ? ' He's on the way home. This weather is more like it. . , The good old summer time Is on the job. . Pass the NIobrara grapejulce , please. ' June is half gone before It begins to behave itself as June should. /Four / burglaries 01 attempted burg laries within twenty-four hours , Is too many. j You haven't any real cause for com plaint if you aren't nursing a sprained ankle. That's all for today. "If 1 had to become Insane , " says a Norfolk'woman , "I'd prefer to suffer fronu , the hallucination that I was ' rich. " There used to be a man living in Norfolk who admitted that thu reason he raised a long beard was because bo was too lazy to shave. Or , rather , his wife admitted It. Senator Allen seems to put the prin. clpal witnesses In murder cases at Neligh on the blink. In the McKay trial Henry Naeglo suffered nervous prostration following Allen's cross- examination and In the Thornbcrg case Thornberg himself reeled and went to pieces after Allen's cross-fire Friday. ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Almost all old women wear their drisses too short. "I don't amount to much ; but how much 1 expect of olhers ! " Parson Twine. , Wo are willing for people to save money , If they will quit talking about it. It Is our theory that salads offer an excuse for spoiling a lot of otherwise nourishing and palatable foods. iThere are a lot of men willing to ishow their patriotism by going to a baseball game on Decoration day. When a man says , s "How are you feeling today'ho / expects you to an swer "Fine" and go int o no details. A polite man reully ought to display a algirof letting people know his good maimciH aren't an Invitation to camp. Among buys , a lucky boy Is one who can learn to smoke without becoming sick. If a boy consents to wear shoos In summer , it Is to walk on the feet of the boy who goes barefoot. Wo have noticed that when a man has , sere eyes , ho also looks as though bin teeth are bleeding. When a woman Bells a horse , nlio wants the owner to promise to pot and spoil It na she has done. When a good nnturcd man gets mad , ho Is mighty mad , and you'd , better keep away from him. "When I smoke a ch'oroot , It Is ns a punishment for being fool onou'gh to smoke. " 'Drake Watson. Kveiy girl can give the Impression when away from homo that her par ents uio rich , but a boy can't do It. Homo gtown gooseberries arc com ing to market. They make a plo that wo piefur to any other table Joy. But alas , wo can't eat pie. Kvory time a doctor makes a call , he carries a mysterious grip. lOver look Into ono of Ihosu grips ? What Io they contain ? A girl named Dora is well sallslled with her name until her father gets u good deal of money ; then she changes icr name to Dorcas. One difference between the country woman and the town woman is that the ttrst hears tramps , whereas the second Is worried about burglars. Kvory man has an occasional streak of strength and genius : in baseball we have noticed that occasionally the tail-enders will defeat the leaders. Wo believe in optimism , but the real estale agent has a stronger attack than the ordinary conscience can bland. Wo have noticed that the enter prising retailer gets news of a raise in wholesale prices a good deal quick er than ho hears of n reduction. What has become of the old-fash ioned woman who snld , meaning that she had never visited around much , "I am not much of a hand at going ibroad ? " The fact that men are so conceited they don't think their wives could keep a secret from them , Is what makes It such an easy thing lor their wives to do. Americans have a great reputation for strenuoslty , but.as . < a matter of fact , there arc""a"iot 'of lazy Americana , who could give a dog or n Filipino pointers on loafing. When the first boy is born in a fam ily , all sorts of big plans aio made for him ; but by the time he is 20. his parents are fairly well satisfied If he hasn't been in jail. When a young thing maicen a dis covery , lie decides that it has just happened. No young thing believes bis parents made the discovery before him. When a woman makes a failure of a cake , then is when her family gets cake to eat , but when she makes a success of it , it is sent out to the neighbors. Sometimes it happens that a man's casket is buried under flowers , not be cause he was so popular , but because he had the good luck to die at a sea son when ( lowers are cheap. The Lancaster Literary society lias been meeting every night lor a week to debate on "How much should a wife tell her husband ? " nnd finds that the moro the subject Is debated , the far ther they get from a decision. "You may think , " said a German to an American , In very broken English , "that I can't talk good English. I can talk as good English as you. You may ask why I talk broken English when t can talk it well. It's because I hate the language. " Every girl includes a new Irunk in her wedding outllt , although the poor thing must know that after her wed ding tilp , she will never see the cars again , except to wave at them as they pass through town. By the time n woman has reached 40 , men and time have chilled her be lief In lasting sorrow , and when she hears of a woman's , death her com ment IB usually , "Oh , well , he'll get another wife In six months. " In Atchlson n Protestant Is In busi ness with a Christian Scientist. And every time the Christian scientist is sick , wo have noticed that the Protest ant wants the fact mentioned. Which indicates that the partners do not got along very well. Don't force people to do things If , you can help Jt ; they don't like It When a little child asks a man to buy a conceit ticket , ho is forced to do something ho does not want to do. And there Isn't much excuse for the child selling tickets. It takes a long time to got n re sponse when ono lings the boll nt the Lysnndur John Appleton lipme , and this Is the reason : The cook'lu Inking off her kitchen apron and dross , nnd chnnging them for a neat suit of black with white apron and cap , BO that by the tlmq she , reaches the front dpor. she Is no longer gio cqok , but ( the maid. The Applelous arcyefy In sistent about .this , tfp matter who Is ringing the bell. ADVICE ON T'AR MACADAM ROADS SUGGESTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTING - ING HIGHWAYS. MUCH DEPENDS ON LOCALITY Highway Engineer Should Do Consult- , cd and Given the Data Bearing on the Problem -Topography of Coun try and Traffic Should Do Studied. As many industrious members of various rural communities are anxious to receive information as to what kind of tar macadam roads io build , an expert authorlly on road construction and maintenance gives the following valuable advice : Thu proper determlnallon of what kind of tar macadam road to build In a given locality could only be made by n competent highway engineer in possession of all the data bearing on the problem ami preferably by an ex- Hinlmitlun on the ground. Leaving for the moment the matter of cost out of the question , ( he sulec- tlon of a suitable method of consirufc- tloii and of materials best adapted thereto depends upon so many factors that no choice Is possible without thor ough study of the surrounding condi tions. This would Include a knowl edge of the location of the road , Its grades , the topography of the country through which It runs , the climatic conditions and especially of the t rattle lo which it is subjected. A construction that would give satis factory results In one section of the country might be entirely unsulted to another section , and In the same man ner materials used successfully In a warm climate might fail in one where extreme cold prevailed during a part of the year. When , as Is almost always the case , low cost Is the controlling consldera- lion , sllll oilier factors are Introduced Into the problem , and still more data are required for its proper solution. The question then becomes one not of building the best possible roud. but of building the best possible road that can be built for the money available. While it is not n simple matter to an swer the ttrst question , yet it is com- IDEAIi STIU'.TCH OF MACADAM. LFrom Uood Roads Magazine , New York. ] pnratlvcly simple as contrasted with the second , and It Is just here that the services of a specialist are Indispensa ble. ble.It It is seldom that the available funds are sulllcluut to pay for the best pos sible road , and it Is necessary to BUG- rlllce In the construction to keep with in the limits of the available funds. Sucli weighing of cost nnd quality and the final decision ns to what is the best and most economical procedure re quire not only careful thought , but also n thorough familiarity with the whole subject of road building and maintenance. * There are many rend binders com posed principally of tar , besides the several tars themselves , Ibat are em ployed In road building. Their use has been attended by both success and failure , neither being necessarily an Index of the value of the material , for Hie selection with due regard to condi tions to be met and the manipulation In the actual work affects results fully as much as any inherent qualities of the materials. As In most work of a similar nature , the best results are to bo expected when a material and method of con struction are chosen which have given satisfaction In n case similar to the particular one under discussion ; hence In the last analysis the most reliable Information Is to be gained from serv ice tents of rondc subjectedto the same outside iutluencps as that which la to be built. Remove the Mud Tax Burden. No plan for spring work Is complete which docs not Include dragging the roads. If this Is attended to al the proper lime It Insures good roads for the season nnd removes the larger share of that awful burden , the mud tax. lu this matter the towns and cit ies are equally Interested with the farmers , nnd their co-operation Is no : generally hard to secure If ( be matter Is handled rightly. Jtoad tlragglng Is one o' those things that must be se cured through co-operation if wide spread benefits are to be enjoyed. Prosperity follows Good Roads. You sho'w imv'nny community in this or nny other ; state \yhere there are good roodsi said a speaker'nt a good roiids convention , and 1 will show you a community where there are no paint famished buildings tottering lean tos. a community where there Ls the air of prosperity , thrift nnd progres sion. If a merchant Is really sellliiB some useful article lower than any ono else In town , nnd Is not gelling out of that fact Its full advertising value , ho was never destined to bo , a. merchant ! Snlary-ralslng Is often want nd work. The better Job has to bo adver tised for. ' ' ' " VALUE'OF'GOOD ' ROAD They Would Tend to Lower the Cott of Living. The 2.000,000 miles of unimproved roads which the country lias io Ita ills- credit are as heavy a burden upon tlio unfortunate "ultimate consumer" no Is an excessive tariff. Every pouud of produce hauled from the farm to the market bears an I minted price be cause of the excessive cost of lla trans portation from the farm to the point of shipment. For Instance , It costs nn average of almost 2 cents moro to haul n btiahol of wheat from the farm to the station nine miles nwny than it docs to ship a bushel of , wheat from Now York to Liverpool , 8,100 miles awny. Thla ex cessive transportation cost must bo made up by the farmer In charging more for ills wheat , by the jnlllcr in charging moro for the Hour , by the bnkcr In charging more for bread nnd finally , of course , by the "ultimate eon- Humor" Hi paying moro for his bread. As the farmer and tho. miller nro also consumers , tlio excessive cost of road transportation really levies n tax upon nil. Whatever doubt there may have been about the need for systematic road Improvement In the Untied Stales facts and figures such as these finally dispelled. If there was ever nny work cnlculnt- ed to OH the proverbial "long felt want" It was the work of the ofllcu of public roads. JUDGE FOR GOOD ROADS. ' W. W. Harndtn Announced Hl Im proved Highway Policy. "If there Is one thing I am unquali fiedly for , " W. W. llarnden , a new county Judge in Missouri , said recent ly , "It is good roads nnd plenty of thorn. I believe it is the most impor tant function of the county court to provide lliem. It Is being leall'/.ed over all this country and with the ad vent of the motorcars moro than ever that good roads are the most Impor tant asset of any community. "So far as I am concerned 1 shall do all In my power to see to It that thu rock road system of Jackson county is a model both In the quantity and the quality of Its roads. And I believe that these roads should be built pri marily with a view to the convenience and profit of Kansas City , which sup plies most of the funds. "It is my idea that we should first see to It that the roads are kept in first class repair and then build moro roads. One thing 1 hope to accomplish , with the co-operation of Judge Patter- sou , is greater facility In the annual oiling of the roads. It is my Idea that enough men should be put on the Job to finish the oiling of the roads , say , In a month , so that they would be clean and free from dust during the season when tho&u who drive can enJoy - Joy them. " TO FORCE ROAD BUILDING. Negligent Supervisors Will Be Prose cuted by Altoona Autoists. Finding that requests and entreaties hod failed , olliclals of the Altoona ( Pa. ) Motor club have been Instructed to take legal steps to compel road super visors to clear the public roads of loose stones nnd put llm highways In good condition. At a meeting It was decid ed to a.sk the district attorney to pios- ecute all negligent officials. While nlost of the supervisors have cooperated ated with the motorists , several of them having charge of two of the most traveled roads in this section have done nothing. Make the Roads Beautiful. The National Good Houds associa tion lu convention recently recom mended that the enlisted men of thu army be used in making good roads. How better could they servo the coun try than by beautifying and making the roadways more serviceable ? Wo remember that wherever Caesar and his legions went good roads followed , and some of those highways are there today to prove Ibat they are the best thoroughfares In Europe. If this or der ever went into effect a regiment would consist of about six privates the next morning. A Unique Improvement Scheme. Says a recent writer : "I know of a local paper whose edllor Interviews all the mull carriers when the roads are in good condition to drag after each rulu nnd secures the names of ail the men who donate work on the drug. These are then published as a roll of honor. Of course a man doesn't drag roads just to have the good he is doing in that way exploited ; but , all the same , ono likes to know that the good ho does Is being noticed , and it certainly Is by those who travel the dragged roads whether they read the paper or not. " Build For Permanency. Land and property , said a speaker nt n good roads convention , were valua ble in proportion to their accessibility to market or pleasure , and whatever adds to the accessibility enhances val ues. The history of the country , ho stated , bore witness to the most use less and wasteful extravagance In the use of money and labor on Its high ways , and the lesson to bo learned waste to tyilld , as did the ancients , for per manency and with the utmost care nnd thought for the future. Good Highway * Uplifting. There is nothing that contributes moro to rural uplift thnn good roads. For social and economic Improvement communication must bo easy. With out good roads It Is impossible for thu people of rural communities to meet nnd discuss ways and men us of Im proving rural society. Try n News want-ad. See the bargains lu today's wnut ad columns. Try a News V/pnt Ad.
