.1
T11K NOKFOLK WEEKLY NiWS. JOtTRNAL FRIDAY , NOVKMllKK 2f > , 11)10. ) .
The Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
The News. EMabllHhod 18RL
The Journal. EHtabllshed 1877.
THE HUSE PUDLISHING COMPANY
VV. N. II use N. A. llnso ,
I 'resident. Secretary.
Kvory Friday. Hy mall per year , Jl.fiO.
Entered at ( ho postolllcu at Norfolk ,
Nuh. , IIH second chiHH matter.
Telephones : I'Mltorlnl Department
No. U12. BnslneHH Olllce and Job Rooms ,
No. 1122.
"When name men borrow a Oollar. "
uays an exchange , "they HOOIII to
think they have earned It. "
A man won the llrst prlxc for needle
work ut an Ohio county fair. Verily
the old order changcth.
Only one republican In the Texas
legislature. What fun he must have
controlling the minority.
Guthrlo still holds the fort as capl-
tnl of Oklahoma all aspirants to that
honor notwithstanding.
Has anyone here seen Mrs. Crlppen ?
If so , get busy , before the necktie
trust delivers Its goods to the doc
tor.
The suffragists have carried Wash
ington , and the men must stand linn
or they will lose their night latch
keys. i
Senator Depow's successor will bo
absolutely controlled by Tammany
hall. It's a case of going from bad
to worse.
The socialist vote naturally gained
as there are many people who would
enjoy living on other men's brains and
industry.
The democrats say they made beef
tumble , but many republican farmers
think they had something to do with
raising the big corn crop that enables
live stock to be raised cheaper.
Tolstoi was one of the few men
who do not pay an exorbitant price
in life's real values for Unsol , glitter
and toys.
Owing to the express strike in New
York City , people who expected to
get by Manhattan with a trunk had
to bring along their own wheelbar
rows.
Upper berths in the Pullman cars
come down , but the porter's smile as
lie removes n few specks with the
whisk broom continues at aviation
rates.
Champ Clark says the new congress
will pass a tariff bill. Hut it will take
more than his Pennsylvania , avenue
mules to dragit through the white
house.
John Alden Dlx , the deinocraiie gov
ernor-elect of Xew York , evidently in
herited from his colonial ancestor the
ability to speak for himself.
A college professor 511 New York
City has just finished weighing the
earth and finds that its weight is seven
trillion tons. Quite a weighty mat-
tor.
Count Tolstoi's self-imposed exile
and death away from his home make
n sad ending to his tempestuous life ,
but his life work will remain a great
power in the world of literature.
Now they are trying to blackmail
John D. for $ . " 0,000. The Hlnck Hand
is probably calculating on the loose
change he saved up to pay the $29-
000,000 fine.
The Taft tariff commission plan
provides too much scientific adjust
ineiiL and too little pork for denm
cratic districts to suit the newly elect
ed congressmen.
It was an awful blow to go market
Ing after the political overturn , ami
Jlnd that the thick-headed provibior
men were charging just the same fen
bacon and eggs.
The government proposes to mak <
smaller dollar bills in the future. This
Is eminently fitting. Since they pur
chase so little it Is deceptive to hav <
them look so important.
The Baltimore air meet lost $40 ,
000. As long as every man who has
a backyard lias n reserved seat , avla
tlon meets -do not promise well as t
line of the show business.
During this Teddyesquo silence , om
can now hear New Orleans and Sai
Francisco disputing about the oxpc
sillon , and calling each other bai
names across the backyard fence.
The appointment of LaFnyetti
Young to the senate by Governor Car
roll of Iowa as the successor of Sonn
tor Dolliver , again precipitates a sliar ]
light In that state between the stand
patters and progressives. Young ha
always stood with the conservatives.
Our colleges and schools are rathe
severely criticised hero at homo fo
their management or inisnmnagemen
of athletics , but the German ompero
holds up American sports and atli
Gorman universities , where very lit
tle Interest Is taken In athletic sports.
The Swiss government Is t'o call a
conference to reform the calender.
Wo anticipate a movement from some
of our philosophers to drop out July
I , Christmas and April 1.
San Francisco grows 11 percent In
ten years , In splto of the earthquake.
Frisco Is 11 youngster that eats some
thing more stimulating than sugar
and splco and all things nice.
Wo will not annex Panama , says
Mr. Taft. Uncle Sam's working day
Is now sulllclently abbreviated by the
time It takes him to Inspect the oth
er back pastures on his farm.
The United States , France , Ger
many and England agree to reorgan
ize Liberia. One advantage about
houses of cards is that while they
tumble easily , It Is a simple matter
to rebuild them sonic other way.
Young King Manuel of Portugal Is
the only king now in exile , but there
are other thrones on very shaky foun
dations and ho may have company
in his misfortune before many years
are gone.
II. Cnssaway Davis , at the ago of
87 , Is running for senator from West
Virginia. Very fitting , as ho must
have been born nt about the time that
the musty senate red tape was select
ed.
If the new congress passes a tar
iff bill , for goodness sake let It make
ono that will stick a few days. This
trying to build up a business with an
earthquake for a foundation Is dis
couraging.
King George V is credited with be
ing able to speak the English lan
guage so that it can bo understood.
The new English ruler may not bo a
genius but ho is certainly a near-gen
ius if he can turn a trick like that.
The electric furnace Is already
proven a success and now we are
promised family ice machines oper
ated by electricity. It sounds like
! old time wizardry to talk of melting
iron and freezing water by the same
power.
Arizona has turned down the wo-
i man suffrage proposition in its con-
I stitutlon. In a now state women who
marry are more helpful in building
up the population than those who vote ,
It is hard to tell whether England
dreads or welcomes a general election ,
The masses will enjoy n political
arousement as an addition to the holi
day festivities , but the higher class do
not look forward to It with pleasure
Prince Henry of Prussia In learn
ing to operate an aeroplane. The
members of the royal families of Eu
rope ought to make a success of avla
tlon If anybody can. They've been
flying high for a good mane years.
Many ships now sail the ocean al
all times , yet it does not become
populous. A ship making the voyage
from Seattle to Philadelphia rccontlj
1 sighted only three ships on the lonj
soiling voyage of 138 days.
Oyly 150 out of 500 young mei
named to take the examinations al
West Point , stood both the physlca
and mental tests , and were ncceptet
' at that critical Institution. But those
are the flower of young Americai
manhood.
Unless they are mistaken in theii
estimate a mountain 21,000 feet high
er than Mt. McKinley has been dis
covered in Alaska. It will at leasi
give the mountain climbers a nev
peak to try their powers on and tc
call each other names about.
Since the Irish farmers who do no
own farms are given a pension at UK
ago of 70 , they are much more will
Ing to pass their little farms and tin
responsibility connected with them t <
their sons. The same system prevail :
In Now Zealand. It means comfor
to the declining years of these ol <
people Instead of suffering and want
America Is not the only country m
the map that is putting up a wal
about high prices. The oecretary o
the American board of foreign mis
slons has letters from 100 widely set
arated places all over the globe al
telling the same story of high price
and Increased cost of living. So 1
can't be entirely the fault of the re
publican party.
3 In the early history of the nailo ;
1 Boston was a typically Puritan citj
while Baltimore was the most prc
nounccdly Roman Catholic city In th
country. The last census return
show that time has so changed th
population that Boston has twice a
large a proportion of Roman Catholl
as Baltimore , while with the excoptlo
of Cleveland , Baltimore Is the mos
Protestant of nil the great cities c
'Uio country.
Other states have put their com1" !
at work In road making , not only i
the preparation of material , but I
grading , blasting , filling and stirfai
Ing , with the very host results. Th
Mate of Washington Is going to hav
cd In this way. The health and the
morals of the prisoners improve , while
inobtlnmblc benefit Is done to the
workers. Why not adopt the system
lie re ?
Among all the forest trees which
are disappearing hefoio axe and lire ,
the white blich continues to hold its
own and perhaps to Increase. It
spreads rapidly In burnt-over areas
and grows thriftily If not crowded
by other trees. It Is a useful and
piotiy wood , being used for many
purposes from the Indian canoe to
the spools on which New England
winds its cotton thread. Maine alone
uses * about 800,000,000 spools a year.
Application has been made to give
a place to Margaret Brent of Mary
land In the Hall of Fame. Miss Brent
was n friend of Governor Calvert , the
llrst governor of Maryland. At the
first session of the assembly after his
death , she applied for permission to
vote in the house as administratrix
of Governor Calvert and also as at
torney for Lord Baltimore , the pro-
'prletor of the colony. She was denied
because she was a woman. This Is
recorded as the first demand for po
litical rights made by a woman. The
English suffragettes should erect a
monument to Margaret Brent. Evi
dently many of them are her ardent
followers.
We still "tread the same paths that
our fathers have trod. " In spite of nil
the wonderful progress wo think the
world Is making , and that It really
Is making along some lines , we find
that many of the things we look upon
as new were used generations and
centuries ago In some other part of
the world. Even Walter Wellman's
reckless attempt to cross the Atlantic
was not the first effort to navigate
the air above the great deep. Pro
fessor Wise started from New York
to cross to Liverpool in a balloon in
18711. His balloon was smaller than
Wellman's and had neither motor nor
propeller. Like Wellman , Professor
Wise found himself nt the mercy ot
the air currents and landed after
twenty-four hours aimless floating In
Connecticut.
There are strangely conflicting
statements made in regard to the
present political and business situa
tions. One man declares that public
affairs must bo run on business prin
ciples' and that business men must
take a more active part in politics if
the nation is to reach Its best estate ,
Another is equally sure that business
and pqlltlcs should be divorced and
that business interests should have
no voice In legislation. As a matter
of fact , both are right. The general
welfare and prosperity depend upon
business Interests and business is defi
nitely affected for good or ill by leg
islation. But these keen business
men should not use improper means
to Influence legislation to gratify
their own selfish ends. It is not an
easv matter to adjust this relation
between business and politics so that
justice to all hliiill result and the pub
lie welfare be advanced , but our best
public men have their eyes fixed on
that goal and sooner or later it wil !
be attained.
MERCHANT'S GREAT AUDIENCE.
Many u merchant will stop his
work for half an hour to talk with f
customer who is in doubt as to the
merit of his goods. He feels that he
cannot afford to miss the chance tc
convert a single doubting indlvldua
Into an active partisan of Ills store.
How innnueiy more effective is his
talk to the public when he puts il
into the form of convincing advertis
ing for the home paper. The cost ol
oiio advertisement may not he so verj
much more than the cost of the tinu
he will devote In ono day to discuss
ing ills goods with single individuals
In one case he reaches a small groui
of people , in the other he states his
case to thousands.
A person who Is Interested in inak
ing certain purchases does not skit
the advertising In that line a greai
many days in the year. Furthermore
the merchant through the ncwspapei
catches people in the leisure of theii
own homes , When they have time t <
weigh every word ho says.
ANOTHER AIR MAN'S DEATH.
Another brilliant young aviator hni
paid the price of his daring and hai
gone the way of the pioneer. Ralpl
1 Johnstone , holder of the world's altl
3 tudo record , having flown up 9,71'
t feet , has been added to the list o
' more than n score of nervy young fel
j lows who have given up their livei
during the past year that a new scl
1 enco might be developed.
' There are those who ask , "What"
the use of risking life when there'i
nothing to gain ? " But there is a gall
8
and in risking their lives the birdmoi
have contributed an invaluable servic <
, to society.
„ They are doing more than learnlm
t to fly and teaching the world how ti
I lly. They are doing more than creat
Ing a wonderful new era in clvlllzr
tion. They are doing a great shnn
H toward maintaining the strong man
u hood of the race. They and the moi
ii who risk their lives searching for tin
: north and south poles , and the moi
o who take risk by Hying out over tin
Q ocean In dirigibles or in aeroplanes
athletic ; young fellows nt college who
get Into the football scrimmage , all
are performing a service to society
than can scarcely bo measured.
It Is Inevitable In any undertaking
requiring physical endurance , or In-
\ol\lng ilek of limb and life , that
theiu Hhould not now and then bo a
fatality. But death IB the rule of nn-
tuie. even In commonplace pursuits.
And theio's an Influence left In the
wake of these , hazardous ventures that
in worth while.
The other day n lone robber In the
southwest stopped a train , assembled
all the passengers Into ono car , com
manded them to open their pockets
and put their valuables In a heap , and
then , while they looked on , he gath
ered up his booty and escaped. Not a
man In the crowd wan man enough to
offer resistance or protest to this high
wayman.
' 1 wo men In New York the other day
stood by and watched a child drown
In a pond when either of them could ,
by wading out In four feet of water ,
have saved the little one's life.
The town "bully" in many a com
munity offers Insult upon Insult to
| follow beings and none is courageous
enough to take issue.
I
I In Europe recently nn American sat
j with tin American girl In a carriage
I when a drunken foreigner came up ,
seized the young woman's hand and
dragged her from the carriage. The
man beside her was not man enough
to move his finger in her defense.
Courage.
That's what these airmen and these
pioneer explorers and these football
players , just as the pioneer frontiers
man of a half century ago , are Instilling -
'
ing Into the race. And courage Is
what the race needs. There Is none
too much virulent manhood as it is.
1 We need these examples of ner\v
j and daring , these acts that defy nil
1 obstacles and all precedent and risl :
] life in the defiance , for the purpose ol
keeping us from becoming a bunch of
mollycoddles.
SHAME ON MORBID CURIOSITY.
Shame on the morbid curiosity that
breaks loose In American crowds
whenever distressing tragedy makes
its'appearance. It's a trait that lias-
no place in decent civilization and one
which ought to be thwarted whenevci
it bobs up , even though violent meas'
ures bo necessary. It is impossible tc
'
read of the disgraceful scene that was ;
enacted at the Denver air meet when
Ralph Johnstone met death , without
feeling a sense of shame that duel ;
actions could take place In the Unit
ed States. Here's an account trial
tells Its own story :
Had his deatli been part of the pre
arranged program of the aviation
moot , in which he was a participant
the event might have assumed more
of the gory features of the tradition
. al Roman holiday. But this is doubt
fnl.
fnl.For
For , possibly before the last breatl :
of life had departed from the mangled
form beneath the tangle of steel ami
wood that had been an aoroplano , ;
horde of male and female soiivenii
hunters , who , in their rush to be ii
' at the deatli had distanced the police
' fell upon It and fought for 'mementos
, of the occasion. "
Frantic for souvenirs , the spoiler *
i quarreled and pulled and tuggei
among themselves even for the pos
session of the gloves that had protect
ed Johnstono's hands from the cold.
These had been torn from his hand !
i by the first of the mob , but even mon
heartless was the action of one man
L
who , cheated of any other booty , ton
1 a splinter of the machine from John
1 stone's body , and ran from the scone
i bearing his trophy with the aviator's
[ blood still dripping from its ends.
The police finally drove the crowi
back and made way for the surgeons
i but there was no need for their rer
vices. No one thought to order tin
\ band to stop playing , and as that or
| ganization was under contract , I
blared away , apparently uncoiisfiloui
of the tragedy , accompanying the plov
i march of the cortege that bore John
stone's body to the aeroplane silted :
with the ragtime strains of "The Grlz
' zly Bear. "
i .
i A FIRESIDE HOLIDAY.
Again the annual national Thanks
. giving day Is at hand. The best wa ;
! to appreciate any blessing Is to con
; template what it has cost for , as IIol
, land says , "For cost to worth has al
ways been the closest neighbor. "
| Thanksgiving day as we commemn
( rate it is a gift from the men and wo
men who early settled this country
It grew out of the stoniest and mos
severe experiences of that band of ex
i lies who moored tholr barque on tin
1 wild New England shore In 1G20.
1 There Is a great distance betweei
these people who after their harvest
I In 1G21 decided to set aside a day o
f Thanksgiving to Him who had bparet
their lives through hardship and lone
J llness to that hour in 1910 when nine
ty millions of people rejoice in tin
< unparalleled prosperity which they en
3 joy In this free republic.
} i The comparison could not bo mon
i striking. During that first year tin
i Pilgrims lived /Plymouth flfty-om
3 out of the scanty 100 who landed
I slept In now made graves before It :
; ' close. Those who survived sufferei
untold prlvltatlon. They had the mos
meager kind of a crop , but thuy hai
found liberty and a right to worshi ]
God and pursue happiness accordlni
to the dictates of their own consclenci
and they were very happy nmld al
their want and perplexity. Today wi
look over the past year and see pro
urnss and plenty on every side , and i
we contemplate the greatness of thl
In the mighty achievements already
wrought and the Immensity of Its pot -
Hlhllitles. In the surging spirit of rest
lessness and discontent with existing
conditions , docs it not behoove iu to
reflect seriously and ask ourselves
how much of this Is a noble discon
tent , an eagerness to "rise on slopping
stones of our dead solves to higher
things , " and how much of it Is quern-
lousncsH and dissatisfaction with the
things that are best for us ? On this
Thanksgiving day we can look across
the centuries and reallyo to home extent -
tent the nobility and high character of
the men who laid the foundations of
our national Hie. Can wo feel that
we arc measuilng up to the same high
standards they so patiently erected ?
Thanksgiving Is the day of all the
jear when family reunions are com
mon and the glory and the comfort of
the American home Is exalted. By
thousands of happy firesides the chil
dren and the children's children will
spend the day with "father and moth
er. " It Is tills kind of a day that In
sures the permanence of the repub
lic as long as it Is honored.
It Is a day of Inspiration and ot
hope , emphasizing in its love and ser
vice , all the best motives and pur
poses of a great people.
The optimism which Thanksgiving
day , with Its feast of good things and
happy home festivals encourages , is
voiced in Henry Van Dyke's beauti
ful 'words :
Mortals join the mighty chorus ,
Which the morning stars began ;
Father-Love is reigning o'er us ,
Brother-Love binds man to man.
Ever singing inarch we onward ,
Victors in the midst of strife ;
Joyful.music lifts ussuiuvnrd
In the triumph song of life.
AROUND TOWN.
It's the turkey bird's lust chance to
gobble.
Here's n little preliminary advice :
Don't overeat.
The ducks avj flying south , but a
few of the geese will probably stick
around all winter.
The water commissioner advertises
that every delinquent water renter In
town will bo shut off from the city
supply within four days , except conn-
cllmon. Why his discrimination ? Why
should delinquent councilmen be left
on the water wagon when others
have to walk ?
Henry Fleishschauer , a former Nor
folk man who for years had been in
the Lincoln asylum , and who lias just
fallen heir to $100,000 In Germany ,
has Improved in his mental condition
and will claim the estate. Falling
heir to $ lr > 0,000 would be enough to
bring pretty nearly anybody "to. "
The women ot Norfolk at last are
to have their inning. I'sually when
a big show comes to town , it's the
men who get their eyes full , feasting
their optics on the shapely chorus
maids. But this time it's a real , genu
ine matinee idol who comes in the
person of handsome Henry Woodruff ,
and the men will have to take a lit
tle of their own medicine.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
If a book agent didn't butt in , he'd
never get in.
Tlie trouble with tact is you are apt
to catch people using It.
The man who doesn't amount to
much usually has his sign out.
An old timer hasn't much use for
anyone who hasn't road up on early
history.
What young people call "having
the blues , " older people call feeling
bilious.
If you have made up your mind to
get married , got married , and have it
over with.
Busy men become very tired of
loafers , particularly if the loafers act
important.
It is easier to raise chickens for
moat than it is to hunt rabbits , the
easiest of all game.
Don't lot your sympathy for the un
der dog carry you to the length of
betting that it will win.
The foundation of the average kin
row Is this : Some member of the
family manages to save a llttlo money ,
and the others try to borrow from
him.
1 The time Is gradually passing In
t this country , If It has not already
t. passed , when it Is much of an asset
to a statesman to have been born in
a log cabin ,
"You can't toll what a wonderful
town Kansas City Is , " said a man to
day , "until you ride over It in an auto
mobile. " Wo know what a beastly
prosperous town Kansas City is with
out riding over it in an automobile.
Doc Robinson , town drunkard and
horse doctor , Is as loyal to the second
as to the first of his professions. Ho
says ho never rides In an automobile ,
" and the chances are ho never will
unless gasoline supplants the horse
ns power for the patrol wagon.
It is announced that Belle Elmoro
Trlppon , an American actress who
married a dentist In London , Is alive
and well , although her husband is to
ho hanged shortly for her murder.
Theatrical people , wo bollovo would
go that far In order to obtain free ad-
" " "
GRAVEL ROAD"
CONSTRUCTION
Two Economical Melliods De
scribed by an Expert. .
VERY LITTLE SAND NEEDED ,
Screened Gravel IB the Most Suitable
Material to Use Winter Treatment
Considered the Cheapcr Advice on
the Mending of Highways.
Representative Wllllnm W. Cocks of
Long Island , who has built several
gravel roads and has found them veiy
satisfactory , tells how they can be eon-
Htructed economically
"To the minds of most people. " ho
says , "when we speak of a gravel
road comes the Idea of coarse wand ,
such as they have seen dumped on the
road from time to time and frequently
In such quantities that It did not mix
properly with the loam , and hence
there was a soft , sandy road , which Is
the worst road In the world for haul
ing heavy loads over. What 1 mean
by a gravel rend is screened gravel or
gravel that may be found In some
banks that would be suitable for road
construction without screening , but It
should not contain over 10 per cent of
sand In most instances unless one
were to use a very thin coat and over
a road that was of very deep loam ,
when It would be well enough to allow
n little larger percentage of sand , but
otherwise I prefer it to carry as little
sand as possible.
"There are two methods In which
this kind of road could be constructed.
One l by the ( urination of a trench ,
treating It very much as we do a road
for macadam and then putting In the
gravel about eight Indies deep mixed
with a little loam or clay , and I be
lieve that now It would be wise to put
some tar on the top course. In the
const ruction ol this road I would lay
It hi two courses , provided I were go
ing to use tar In the upper course.
There would he some dllliculty In get
ting a gravel road to pack If It wore
laid In eight Inches thick , and It should
be done In the winter time unless one
\ OIUVHI. IOAI : )
[ From Good Roads Mnnazitie , New VorK.J
expects to haul n good deal of water
and use a roller By far the most eco
nomical way to build a gravel road Is
to spread about two Inches nn the or
dinary surface ot a road that has been
previously cleared ot all deail and
worn out material that would never
pack again and then plow the road
and put the gravel on about three or
four inches deep and Just allow the
tralllc to work It In and have a man
continuously along the road for two
or three weeks with a rake to fill In
the ruts- and pick out any of the too
large gravel stones , as the top surface
should contain no stones larger than a
hickory nut.
"Another method of constructing
this rend which would bo still more
ecniiomlcnl would be to spread the
gravel on In November or December
Spread it over the rend about two or
three Inches deep and repeat during
tlie winter as the tralllc works It Into
tlie mud. I am assuming now that
we have a rend that would get muddy
hi the winter time and one that would
have a clay or loam bottom or n large
percentage of loam. If we are to deal
with a sandy rend It will be necessnry
to put n considerable percentage of
clay or loam with tlie sand prior to
the spreading of the gravel. I have
built quite a number of pieces of rend
In this manner , by putting the gravel
on during the winter , and they have
been very sntlsfnctory
"One of the greatest difficulties with
t great ninny people In mending roads.
In my judgment , Is that they endeavor
to patch up the rend Instead of plow
Ing It up and letting the whole muss
settle nt once. Some people hnve an
Idea thnt tralllc will make a rend level
Tralllc will mash down some lumps
and some of the course grnvel. but If
the material Is not evenly spread or
the road not properly grndod when it
Is constructed It will grow worse thnt
Is. more uneven as time goes on. It Is
time well spent In the grading of n
new rend to go over It innumerable
times with a rend machine In order
thnt the grnde may be mnde perfect In
the beginning , and I know of n grent
many rands In Nassau and Suffolk
counties. New York , now which , If they
could he plowed up and have a little
sand put In some places and a little
loam In others , then be thoroughly
graded with a road machine and have
n little pravel added during the winter ,
would be good nil the yenr round for
wngons or automobiles , and If they
were oiled they could be rendered Just
is dust proof as a macadam road. "
Find the store advertisement that
pleases you , and It will lead you tea
a store that pleases you.
A News want ad will get II for you.
HANDY ROAD TOOL
_
Combination Device For Whipping Dirt
Highways Into Shape.
We recently vlHltinl n model farm ,
nntl < IIH of tliu most attractive fen-
turos about It was the condition In
which the roads , hotli on the fiinn mill
the mljiu'i'iu highway , "wore kept l > y
use of tlii > Mpllt log drag. This In it
mutter of real economy , us well us of
good lookH. A visit to another farm
showed a modllled device which wo
hnd never seen used elsewhere nntl
which Is the Invention of the owner.
Buys a writer In the Kansas Farmer
It Is so effective tlnit a drawing of it
Is shown herewith It Is really a com
bination of harrow and split ! OK drat ;
The harrow teeth are attached In such
a manner that they can be let down
and the Implement used as a harrow
only , or lite teeth can be raised and
the Implement used ns a drag only. If
the tooth are set level with the bottom
of the drag It forms an excellent clod
USEFUL lltl'MJMKNT I'Oll KAltTH 1IOADS.
crusher , and Its weight Is such that it
can be nicely handled with an ordinary
farm team. There are certain roads
which require n good deal of whipping
Into shape before they become good
dirt roads. This work can be done by
a split log drag If time is taken for It.
It can be done more readily by the
combination Implement herewith Illus
trated , as will be shown on a trial.
As this Implement has a value In the
field that Is equaled by that on the
road. It may be considered a distinct
improvement over both the ordinary
split log drag and the harrow. The
drawing Is sufficiently plain to allow
the method of construction , and the
cost for the iron attachments for hold
ing the teeth need not be great. The
teeth , of course , can be set In n wooden
frame , though they are less satisfactory
so because less readily adjustable.
This Implement has been used on the
farm where It was made for a num
ber of years and has been found equal
ly effective In the field and on the road.
KEEP OUT OF RUTS.
In That Way Motorists Will Make
Highways Better.
Few problems with which the mo
torist has to eope have proved more
refractory than that of Improving the
roads. It N so mi wieldly a situation
to handle and Its ramifications extend
Into such a multitude of tangles In the
field of legislation and of public sen
timent I Inn progress has now been
slow Indeed None the less It is pos
sible for each automobile owner here
and now to give practical assistance
to the movement if lie only will.
Those who have carefully studied
the road maintenance problem find
that one of their chief dllllcultles
arises from the fact that tralllc Inevi
tably finds Its way Into a pair of ruts.
Kncli succeeding vehicle digs deeper ,
and so the operation continues until
there Is only one part of tlie road
which can he traveled with comfort.
Suppose that each vehicle should
seek n new path. What would be the
result ? A smooth , firmly packed sur
face , In practically ns good condition
ns If a steam roller were In constant
operation Now is the time when a
policy of avoiding the ruts can best
be made effective.
Procrastination.
Ono great criticism of our rend im
provement policy here in Pennsylva
nia is that It Is too long In accomplish
ing Its object , snys the National Stock
man and Farmer. We know of one
j road on which Improvements were begun -
, gun last year The grading was com-
I pleted far ahead of the paving , which ,
of course , left the unpaved portion n
big mudhole when winter came. This
year the grading on this three mlle
stretch has been completed , but no
more paving Is being done. Another
winter will find the public struggling
In the mud on this new grading , while
the road will have to bo reshaped when
the paving is finally reached. There
should be some plan of improvement
whereby a rend neeu not be torn up
three years in the ranking. The public
is ready to suffer Inconveniences for
the snke of better ronds. but It should
not have to suffer thera for so long a
time.
Danger In Unexpected Road Funds.
A Florida good ronda enthusiast who
nppenrs to favor the actual construc
tion of rends rather
than paper or vo-
cnl rend building puts it as follows :
"Wo beg to assure the bond trustees ,
enwrapped and enveloped and accom
panied by our most distinguished con
sideration , that good ronda bonds art
vain and worthless until they are cash
ed and the cnsh expended for thw
most estimable and excellent purpose
originally Intended. A million dolltu
rend fund unexpended la a mo * ,
worthless and dangerous possession'
Money Goes Abroad ,
The jno.OOO.OOO a year American
tourists nro said to spend In Europe on \
automobile trips would largely b
spout at homo If wo had food roads
for touring.
A good of the
many people who are
reading and answering classified ad-
vertisenientB in this newspaper nowa
days nro aa anxious to find a desira
ble place to llvo as you are to uecu.ro