THK NORFOLK WKKKLY NBWS.JOURNAL. KK1IUY.JANTAHY ( I ,
Ed Howe Leaves the Globe.
AU'lilHon , Kim. , Jan. It. I'M. Howe ,
for many years owner and cilllor of
tlio Atehlson Globe , ono of tliu most
wldoly quoted papers III tlio riiutitry ,
owing to tlio quaint philosophy of KH
column railed " ( Hobo Sights , " linn retired -
tired from HIM newspaper huBlnoMS tea
a country homo which lie calls "To-
tate Illll. " llu will write n play , as
tniKgcHtcd lo him twenty-live years
HBO by Mark Twain. Ilo IIHH Riven
Imlf the Globe to his HOII Eugene , sell-
hit ; the oilier half to employes. II"1
IB KG years old.
Papers "Bent" Government.
AthutiH , Jan. ! I. Today's newspa
pers print u curious story to thn effect
that the government Is negotiating
with the United Status for the pur
chase of the American batllcdhlps
Kentucky ami Kenrsarge. At the min
istry of marine It was stated that the
jmjKjrs had secured n "bent" on the
ministry who hnd not heard before
of the reported negotiations.
READERS DICKENS' DEBTORS.
Stamps Suggested to Aid Author's l-n-
povenshed Descendants.
The payment of conscience money to
celebrate the approaching centenary of
Charles Dickens' birth Is the sugges
tion of n London editor. To the great
novelist's present day admirers It Is
pointed out that Dickens did not live
to draw one-tenth of the profits from
his books and received no royalties
whatever from America , Besides all
tills , three of his children and his sev-
intern grand blldren are in compara
tively poor circumstances ,
It Is estimated that , allowing for loss
and the wear and tcur on the IM.000,000
copies of Dickens' works that have
been Issued , " cents royalty on each
copy would realize half a million of
dollars. Hut this Is recognized as Im
possible , and It Is therefore suggested
that every owner of one of Dickens'
books buy a Dickens stamp for each
volume , thus certifying that the royal
ty of 2 cents has been paid.
The stamps would bo put on snlo
throughout the world In 1011. It Is
proposed that the sum thus raised be
handed to the representatives of the
Dickens family to be used as they may
Bee fit. A strong committee will be
formed to handle the matter.
IF SO , WHERET
There Is a problem which Impels
Mo ofti'iitliiH's to stop
And w.itcli the lobby In hotels ,
The bar , the barber shop-
All places whcro the guests abound-
Yet still 1 ask , cnruKcd ,
Is anybody ev r found
When he
Is
Paged ?
You calmly sit consuming beer
Or dallying with cheese.
A buttons hollers In your oar ,
"Mlsterrrrr Oazzookus , please ! "
In vain ! The letter's hidden ,
d row nod ,
Or otherwise engaged.
Is anybody ever found
When he
Ii
Paged ?
The bellboys come , the bellboys go.
Their hope undying seems.
"Mlsterrrrr McIIngKls. Dr. Doe ! "
( Poor lads ! Hespect their dreams ! )
Through heartless space their voices
found
Till they grow worn and aged.
Is anybody ever found
When lie
Is
Paged ?
Puck.
WOMEN'S RISE 0. K. , SAYS
KAISER , BARRING POLITICS.
Suffrage Indication of Country's Hope
less Decadence His Belief.
The kaiser recently seized an oppor
tunity of ventilating his views on the
feminist movement , and the substance
of his utterance has been made pub
lic , presumably with his permission.
The kaiser used to be credited with
limiting woman's sphere to three de
partments church , children and kitch
en but If that was ever true he seems
to have changed his opinions , for It
Is said that he views with profound
Bympnthy the general movement pro
ceeding In all the civilized countries
of the world for the amelioration of
the position of women , including high
er education.
Ho believes la technical education
for women and the Invasion of differ
ent businesses and professions by
women , holding that In the present
numerical proportion of the sexes this
Is inevitable and could not bo denied
to women without crave Injustice to
them.
Consequently women lawyers , wom
en doctors , women dentists and women
In many other branches of activity
may count on the kaiser's approval.
In brief , the kaiser Is a supporter of
every phase of the new woman move
ment , with the single exception of Us
political aspect , lie Is a resolute op-
jioncnl of woman suffrage. He abhora
the Idea of women In political life.
The Introduction of woman suffrage
In any country appears to him to bo
nn unmistakable sign of hopeless de
cadence and decay. Women In poli
tics would , bo thinks ) , bo tbo beginning
of the end of niiv rountrr
ACCEPTS | A "JOKE" FOUNTAIN.
A One-Half Million Dollar Memorial
to be Built In Detroit.
Detroit , Jan. 3. The city council
voted this morning to accept the one-
half million dollars set aside by the
will of James Scott , long a pictur
esque figure of this city , to bo used
in building a memorial fountain and
Ufa-sized statue of him in Dello Isle
park. For more than a month the
clergy and various organizations
fought against accepting the gift be
cause they considered its giver not
the proper person to he remembered
by any public object , even If he left
the money for It ,
The clause In the will Belting aside
the one-half million dollars for the
memorial has been dubbed "Jim
Scott's Last Joke. "
ROAD DRAINAGE.
Necessity of Replacing Plank CulverH
With Proper Pipes.
Pennsylvania's stnto highway com
mlssloiier give- * the following advice
on the question of road drainage.
"Where water must be diverted from
one side to the other of a road It
should bo carried beneath the surface
by means of plpw or culverts of ca
paclty adequate to carry the maximum
amount of water which ever will de
mand passage. Pipes of suitable ma
terial when properly laid cost little
or nothing to maintain beyond an oc
casional cleaning out. Water breaks
require constant attention and arc fre
quently Inadequate to prevent the flood
water from overflowing down the sur
face of the ro d. They are also seri
ous obstacles to travel. Increasing very
materially the steepness of the hills
where they are used and making nec
essary the hauling of proportionately
smaller loads.
"In the majority of the townships In
which any attempt Is made to carry
water across below Instead of above
the road surface It Is done by means
of plank culverts , usually constructed
In ( lie most primitive manner , while
the large water courses arc spanned
by structures consisting In part. If not
wholly , of wood. In some Instances
stone has been used In a very com
mendable manner , but It Is found that
many of the bridges , culverts and
drains which have been built of stone
have been laid up in an inctllclcnt
manner , which has led In n few years
to the necessity of expensive repairs.
For the smaller culverts and drains In
which smoothness of Interior surface
Is desirable four kinds of pipe are
available vltrltled clay , cast Iron , cor
rugated Iron and concrete. The use of
wood for such purposes Is to be dis
couraged , and all existing plank cul
verts should be replaced by some oth
er material as rapidly as practicable.
Vitrified clay pipes are much cheap
er than Iron , but unless very carefully
protected are very liable to breakage.
Except In rare cases this material Is
not recommended by the department. "
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
o PRESENT DAY PIRATES. O
- °
o O We were crowded In the cabin. 2
O Not a panscneer could sleep. Q
O It was midnight on the water * . o
° And a Btorm wna on the deep , O
5 But no word about the tempest °
O Oozed from out our pallid lips 2
O Wo were all too busy banning n
O The Iniquity of tlpo. o
o
o
o "Tls a fearful thine : In winter O
5 To be shattered by the blast °
o And to hear the rattling trumpet 2
O Thunder. "Cut away the mast ! " Q
O But this poem of our childhood o
O I'nlnts a scene that's somewhat O
g tame. O
O Far more ft-nrful are the stewards 2
O And their wholesale holdup game. 2
O o
O Everywhere a fellow wanders o
O Smiling stewnrd.i haunt his path , O
2. Table stewards , stateroom stewO
O
O Stewards of the deck and bath.
Q
O Stewards meet you , stewards greet o
O you , o
From the time you step aboard , O
Q Planning how to separata you °
O From your much depleted hoard.
Q
O Men may talk about old Black- °
O beard. o
g Men may tnlk of Captain Kldd , O
n Dut to neither of those worthies O
O Need the steward "lift his ltd. " °
O They were more or less successful S
O Terrorizing old tlmo ships , o
° But the modern ocean terror o
° Is the utewurd seeking tlpo ! O
n -Dennis A. McCarthy In New York °
O Sun. °
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OLD TIME MISSISSIPPI
METHODS OUT OF DATE
Captain Formerly Waded to Locate
Elusive Channel.
Steamboatmen who have been con
tending with low water In the upper
Mississippi river should consult with
the more ancient mariners In the Mis
sissippi for pointers on the movement
of boats on low water and then start
out to restore navigation on the
stream.
Captain William Kelly , secretary of
the Mississippi and Ohio River Pilots'
society , says this Is the first season
since 1850 to his personal knowledge
that steamboats have ceased to run
during the open season.
In the summer of 1850 , Captain Kel
ly says , he was piloting the steamer
Stella Whlpple when the water was
four Inches lower than this year's rec
ord. The boat was towing two barges
as lighters coming down the stream ,
but got stuck on the crossing at Rob
inson's rocks , fourteen miles below 8L
Paul.
Captain Kelly eays ho waded into
the river ahead of the boat to locate
the best place to drop the anchor and
pull the boat over the bar. The water
was sixteen Inches deep , and the best
channel was located by wading , and
Captain Kelly returned to the boat
without wetting a stitch of his cloth
ing.
ing.The
The method of pulling the boat ! *
over shoal crossings was to carry tbn
anchor out In a yawl ahead of the
steamer , drop It to the bottom of the
river and pull the boat over by n line
attached to the anchor and to the cap
stan on the boat.
When all was ready the passengers
were transferred to the barges to light
en the boat. The run was then made
without difllculty till the next crossing
was reached , when the anchor and
capstan process of pulling the boat
over might be repeated. ,
Nelloh Water Main Frozen.
Nollgh , Neb. , Jan. 3. Special to
The News : The water main leading
to the stnndplpo froze this morning be
tween -I and f. o'clock and the city
engineer , routed out of bed. turned on
dliecl prensuie. A llro would have
hfcti serious and Nellgh believes It's
the lu < klost town In the valley , once
again.
PRESIDENT "KIDS" PRESS CLUB
Tells Them They Are Very Clubable
Set of Men.
Washington , Jan. II. In order that
the reporters may keep In their nmial
place , a little ahead of Die procession ,
as ho said , President Taft held a New
ear's reception at the National Press
club.
"I sincerely hope that the next year
will bo full of prosperity and ns much
happiness as can come to us all In
this country , " Is the greeting sent to
the people of the United Stales by
President Taft through the club. He
did not know of a more clubablo set
of men , ho said , because he wau
speaking ex-tompore. A roar of ap
plause greeted his words , because Just
before ho had said something about
some being nice to him and some
otherwise.
Just before that Involuntary remind
er of the big stick the president evok
ed a roar of applause by saying that
ho noted with pleasure that the news
paper men had the good sense to reelect -
elect their president.
THREE TO QUIT THE CABINET ?
Besides MacVeagh , Knox and Ballln-
fjer Will Resign , It's Said.
Washington , Dec. 31. Rumors of
changes In President Taft's cabinet
are being discussed. According to
these rumors at least three cabinet
officers soon will resign. It Is said
that Secretary of Slalo Knox Is like
ly to retire any day In more or less
of a huff. Secretary MacVeagh will
retire March 4 , because of 111 health
and on that date the slorlcs have it
that Secretary Ualllnger also will step
out by common consent.
The cabinet's slate makers have not
selected anybody for Mr. Knox's
place , but the other prospective va
cancies have been fllled. The report
Is that Representative James A. Taw
ney of Minnesota is to succeed Hal-
linger and that Charles D. Norton ,
secretary to President Taft , Is to step
Into Secretary MacVeagh's shoes.
There is one Important element lack
ing in all this Interesting gossip. It
is not confirmed by any reliable oll- !
clal source.
If Secretary Knox had retired from
the cabinet two months ago It would
have occasioned less surprise to those
on the inside than if he had done ao
today. It Is a matter of general
knowledge hero that Mr. Knox naa
been dissatisfied for a long time.
Ho expected to be the real premier
of the Taft cabinet. This role h s
been usurped by Attorney General
Wlckersham. Knox and Wlc.kersham
do not get along together and while
there has been no break openly , It
has been known that Knox was far
from satisfied with his cabinet place.
He did not speak for Toner , the re
publican candidate for governor in
the recent Pennsylvania campaign ,
but at the urgent request of the presi
dent ho made two speeches for Hard
Ing , the gubernatorial candidate in
Ohio.
Knox's friends believe that if he
is ever to reach the presidency , to
which he aspires , his chances of landIng -
Ing It will be Improved by cutting
loose from the Taft administration ,
and he has thought seriously of do
ing so. However , It Is said that lately
ho has found a few grains of comfort
in the success of his dollar diplomacy
policy and the movement for Canad
Ian reciprocity , and that these com
pensate him for failure to realize his
hopes of being the right hand adviser
of the president. It Is also a fact
that efforts were made to have the
president appoint Mr. Knox chief jus
tlce Instead of Justice White.
Influential republican senators are
responsible for the story that Balling-
or and MacVeagh are to go , and that
they will be succeeded by Tawney
and Norton , respectively. Tawney
will be out of a Job on March 4 and
some of his friends are looking about
for a place for him. Halllnger shows
no disposition to go back to the prac
tice of law in Washington , and Is not
likely voluntarily to make way for
Tawney. Mr. MacVeagh Is no long
er young , but he has shown surpris
ing activity in overhauling the treas
ury.
TAFT IS IN THE RACE.
A Renomlnation In 1912 Being Sought
by the President.
Washington , Dec. 31. As plainly as
a president may , Mr. Taft has indi
cated that he Is a candidate for re-
nomination and expects to receive it.
That is the statement of the presi
dent's friends who gave out the in
formation regarding the correspon
dence that they say has been passing
between the president and Colonel
Roosevelt , but which Colonel Roosevelt
velt says In an interview in New
York does not exist. >
The administration's stand on the
question of a rcnomlimtlon has not
been reached without some wobbling.
The president Is said to have suffer
ed a change of mind when he went
to Panama. When he loft right af
ter the election he was convinced that
the tide against his party could not bo
turned and that it was doomed to
lose the presidency. Charles P. Taft ,
the president's brother , who accom
panied him on the trip , is credited
with having changed the president's
views , and ho came back to the
white house to begin a course of con
ciliation toward the insurgents of his
party and to sound the old chords
that used to bind him to Mr. Roosevelt
*
velt , to see If they coujd bo retuned.
The statement is now made by the
president's friends that the strings
resound as harmoniously as over and
that nothing stands In the way of Iho
president's renomlnatloii.
State leaders such as Lloyd C. Grls-
com , president of the Now York conn *
ty republican commltleo , Collector .
l.oeb and Otto T. Harnard have ln-l
formed the presldoul that ho Is the. '
only man who can count on a united
delegation to the 1M2 ! convention
from New York. Senator Penroso
ind Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania
lave leported the same sentlmonl to
exist In the Keystone s ate.
From Ohio. .Maine , Massachusetts
mil other states the same reports
have come.
Thai Is one side of U. Friends of
Mr. Roosevelt , however , are not ready
to believe thai ho has given any as
surance of his position lo the presi
dent , or thai lie Is likely lo do so , and
the Insurgents , the followers of Cum
mins and La Folletlc , either one of
whom they believe could line up the
west , are not ready to believe u de
feated party will allow the nomina
tion lo be dictated by the east , which
they hold responsible for Its rebuke ,
or by the south , where ( he parly Is a
mere shell. "
A WOMAN GUIDED LA FAROE.
In His Business Affairs the Artist
Trusted Grace E. Barnes.
New York , Jan. 3. John La Farge ,
arllsl , died several weeks ago , and In
his will , which was opened for pro-
bale loday nt Providence , R. I , , no
member of his family is mentioned.
All of his estate Is left In the hands
of Miss Grace E. Barnes , his secre
tary , to be disposed of as his testa-
trlx.
From the unusual manner In which
the will was worded the Implication
was at first gained thai Die document
came as the result of a family breach
In which then young woman , who had
acted as his confidential agent for
many years , was preferred over his
wife or children. This report soon
was dissipated by a statement from
Mrs. La Farge , the widow.
From these sources It appears thatj
La Farge was actuated In drawing |
up his will by the knowledge that
Miss Barnes knew more about his af
fairs than he did himself far more
than any member of his family did.
Miss Barnes had been for fifteen
years his secretary , amanuensis and
confidential agent.
She had been living at Larchmont ,
but moved last October. Her home
now is at 101 East Thirty-fourlh
streel. She was nol at home to call
ers today. Friends say that she had
agreed with members of the family
that all statements would come with
better grace from them.
Miss Barnes Is described as a woman -
man on the sunny side of 40 , who
appreciates deeply the honor of oc
cupying such close relations with the
man she always regarded as the head
and front of American art. According
to these friends and they are sup
ported by the family she was Inde
fatigable In her duties to her chief ;
she seemed to make It more of a la
bor of love rather than mere work.
In recent years Mr. La Farge grew to
depend entirely upon Miss Barnes.
He leaned upon Awakl , his Japanese
valet , for his personal comforts. The
valet Is mentioned in the will.
C. Grant La Farge , eldest son of
John La Farge , explained tonight
tome of its unusual clauses.
"The reason why my father's will
was so unusual , " said Mr. La Farge ,
"was that he had no estate to dispose
of except his paintings , drawings and
royalties from his books. Miss Grace
Edith Barnes , who is given sole
charge of'this estate , for many years
acted as his confidential agent in dis
posing of his output , and he chose
her as executrix because she is the
one person best able to reali..e the
highest prices on the estale. The
family was not cut off , nor will there
be any contest of the will. We all
agree that father did exactl ? right. "
That there was anything In the na
ture of a romance between ihu artist
and his secretary Is scouted by all
who knew the details. To the end ,
they say , It was a matter of business
and never more so than when she was j
named Instead of a member of the
family who was unacquainted with
Mr. La Farge's business affairs.
"The Newlyweds and Their Baby. "
"The Newlyweds and Their Baby , "
the big music farciality , which will be
seen here at the Auditorium , Janu
ary 11 , is reported to have registered
one of the biggest bits of its kind on
the American stage the past season.
The cVltlcs in New York , Chicago
and Boslon , all wrote columns of
praise about the piece during Its long
runs in those cities.
Carlson and Coupland to Talk.
Madison , Neb. , Jan. 3. Special to
The News : lion George Coupland of
Elgin , regent of the Nebraska univer
sity , and G. L. Carlson , the horse
breeding expert of Norfolk , have con
sented to be present and address the
Farmers' Instllule which convenes In
this city , February I and 2.
Surgery Saves Puppies.
Spokane , Wash. , Jan. 3. Caesarian
surgery was resorted to In the veteri
nary hospital , conducted In Spokane
by the Washington stale college , lo
save Ihreo puppies. The operallon
was performed by Frank II. Mason ,
V. S. , assisled by Dr. Waller Fergu
son , on a blue-blooded Boslon terrier ,
owned by John L. Matthieson , head
of a department in a local paper
house , who bought the animal in Chicago
cage several months ago. The opera
tion was successful and it is believed
that the pups will live. The dam is
gelling along nicely , but is unable to
feed the pups , who are being raised
on a bottle. Matthieson was so elated
over the news of the recovery of his
prize dog that ho invited the staff
of the hospital to o , banquet In the
leading hostelry in | , pokano. Ho de
clares the animal cost him more than
$300 and that ho would not part with
It now for ten times that amount ,
also adding that money cannot buy
the t pi.ps. Ilo will send the quartet |
to ( his country home as soon as pos
sllilc.
FARM HANDS' UNION AGAIN.
Labor Orgr.mzers Work In Pr.cifi :
Northwest States.
Taking advantage of the shortage of
harvest laborers In the Pacific north
woM , several organizers not utllllated
with any < if the recognized labor bed
les are wurUni ; In eastern Washington
and Oregon to furm : i farm hands
union to raKc the minimum wage of
laborers in $ : t..V > for a day of elghl
hour * . The scale for sack sewers and
forkeiN Is tlxod at ? . * a day. while the
pay of mai'blne men will be Increased
from .ft.V ! > mid S7 to from $10 to $112 a
day.
Efforts are being made by ranchers
and orelwrdNts to bring men Into the
country from eastern , central and
southern states , and In addition to
these U Is likely that students from a
dozen or more colleges In various part *
of , the country can bo enlisted.
27 Below Zero Here.
It was 27 ° below zero In Norfolk
Tuesday morning , following a furious
blizzard that began Sunday morning
and continued until Sunday afternoon.
The storm was forecasted last Friday.
Driven by a high wind , snow drifted
badly nil over northern Nebraska and
southern South Dakota for two days
and [ a night. Trains were stalled in
the snowdrifls Sunday and Sunday
night. Wires were demoralized in all
directions.
By Tuesday morning railroad traf
fic had been restored. On Monday ,
owing to the fact that no trains were
J running to carry the mail , The News
abandoned ! Its editions for tlio day.
It was 1G ° below zero Monday
morning ' , and the bitterness of the
cold was intensified by the gale.
Furnaces ate coal almost as fasl as
it ! could he poured in , and seemed to
like it.
Trains are Stalled.
Railroad men hnd a hard siege.
Trains were blockaded on all lines.
I'liion Pacific passenger , due in Nor
folk from Columbus at ! o'clock Sun
day night , was following a snnwplow.
The snowplow reached town at 7
o'clock ' Monday mt/vnlng , only to find
thai ' the passenger train had been
snowed In behind It.
The M. & 0. train from Sioux C'ity ,
due hero at S o'clock Sunday night ,
was stalled at Hosklus and did not
reach Norfolk until late Monday.
\ Northwestern passenger and
freight train were stalled west of
Bonesleel Sunday night and a num
ber of other passenger trains were
stuck east and west. Tracks were
cleared as soon as the wind died.
The warmest point Sunday was S °
below zero and the warmest Monday
was 7 ° below. The average for the
twenty-four hours ending at 8 o'clock
Tuesday morning was 17 ° below zero.
Fair and warmer is the forecast to
day.
30 Below at Nellgh.
Neligh , Neb. , Jan. 3. Special to
The News : The government ther
mometer hero registered 30 ° below
zero this morning , the coldest in eight
years.
The News' Forecast Helps Some.
O'Neill , Neb. , Jan. 3. Special to
The News : The worst storm of years
swept over this part of the country.
Saturday at 3 p. m. the wind shifted
to the north and blew almost a hurri
cane all night and Sunday. The cold
Increased hourly until the mercury
had fallen to 20 ° below , Sunday. The
snow fall Is not very heavy but the
intense cold was felt very keenly by
reason of the high wind.
Farmers and stockmen were warn
ed by telephone from ten to fifteen
hours previous to the beginning of the
storm and The News reports of its
approach helped to appraise people of
its coming.
Stole Fifty Chickens.
Royal , Neb. , Jan. 3. Fifty chickens
were stolen from Mrs. B. Fletcher ,
north of here.
Arch Hoxsey Also Killed.
Arch Hoxsey and John B. Moissant ,
aviators extraordinary , were killed
Saturday. Both fell out of the treach
erous air with their machines nei
ther from a vast height and Mois
snnt's remaining minutes of life were
so few as to count as naught. Hoxsey
was killed Instanlly.
Moissant met his death at 9:55 : a.
m , , attempting to alight In a field a
few miles from New Orleans , La.
Hoxsey , who went into the nlr early in
the afternoon at Los Angeles , lay at
2:12 : p. m. a crushed , lifeless mass , In
view of the thousands who were watch
ing the aviation tournament. Thus
the last day of 1910 , In bringing the
total number of deaths of those who
have sought to emulate the birds to
thirty-two , capped the list with two of
the most Illustrious of those airmen
who have been writing the history of
aviation in the skies of two contl
nonta.
MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE ON.
Reapportionment and Election of
U. S. Senate Are Up.
St. Paul , Minn. , Jan. a. Both
branches of the .Minnesota legislature
will meet at noon today. Lieutenant
Governor S. Y. Gordon will preside
over the senate and H. H. Dunn , se
lected by the republican caucus last
night , will bo elected speaker of the
house.
Reapportlonment and the election of
a United States senator are i-o most
Important questions the legislature
will bo called upon to deal with.
A republican senatorial caucus has
been called. Senator Moses E. Clopp's
friends claim that nearly all of these
will vote for him. Clapp's enemies
will try to hnvo action on the senator
ship postponed and If they succeed It
Is rumored that Congressman .lames
A. Tawney will announeo hl cimd.-
( dacy. An endorsement of ( Mapp to-
light ' by sixty live members will set
tle the matter.
ROAD WORKJN TEXAS.
How Gra-ftl Highways Forty Fe t
Wide Are Duilt.
The method of const rtirt Ing roads In
Kills county , Tex. . was described at a
recent road convention In that Htato by
County Judge Spencer. Ho stated that
during ' the preceding year eighty miles
of n > ads hud boon complelod In the
county , the rate ot construction having
been between eight and ton miles per
month. The commissioners' court has
full charge of the work , the commis
sioners ! noting as superintendents , but
receiving Instructions from the court.
Four camps wore maintained , each
camp consisting of a grading , a gravel ,
a concrete and a rock and labor crow.
Two convict crews were hired at $1.1W
per work day per mini for loading
wagons , roremeii receive $75 a mouth ,
assistants $ ! . " > a month and concrete
foremen $ : t per day , Labor Is paid
$ l.r.t ) per tiny , teams for scrapers ? II
per day and the same for those haul
ing one yard loads of gravel , with $11.50
per day for those hauling loads of one
and one-iiiarter | yards each. One man
Is employed to do nothing but locate
and test gravel. The equipment , such
as scrapers , water wagons , wheelbar
rows. picks , drills , shovels , tool boxes ,
tents , etc. , costs about $5,000.
A roadway of at least forty feet Is
aimed at. The roads are built almost
entirely of pit gravel , which Is bought
by the acre at an average cost of about
7 cents per load. The first twenty
miles , of road oost average per mile
follows
as :
Oraillng . . . WJ5.M
tint vol. rock and pit work . lG7.tr.
I.alinr anil snlnrlrs . M7. IS
Gravel iitul rurk ( muling . I.IS'J.HG
Dynnnilti ! nml powder . H.O'J
Concrato construction . liy.-i
Mlscc-llnmous . 19.S2
The average width of gravel was six
teen feet and the average depth four
Inches at tin ; edges and twelve to
twelve and two-thirds at the crown.
The average number of loads of gravel
and rock per mile was 1.8.11 and the
average haul two miles. The average
co t of haul per mile load was It'J 1-1 !
cents. There was nil average of two
and one-half concrete bridges and cul
verts per mile , costing an average of
$ . " 0.70 each. These were built of re-
enforced concrete , the re-enforcement
being bought by the carload and the
cement In 4 , < K)0 barrel lots. These are
built on the general rule of providing
one square foot of opening for each
four or live acres to be drained.
The services of an engineer may be
requited on some extremely flat or
level place . Our commissioners nml
foremen , however , have been able to
handle this feature of our work satis
factorily In all but one instance. This
service apparently cost them $11.00.
which gives a very small average per
mile , since this was the only engineer'
Ing item for twenty miles of road.
HOW TO HELP.
Drivers Are Given Cards of Instruc
tion.
The North Carolina flood Roads as
Delation Is distributing throughout the
Mate cards which read as follows :
"How to Keep This Koad For Years :
"This road was constructed for your
ise.
ise."Don't
"Don't drive In one track. Avoid
making ruts.
"If all use one place all the wear will
be In one place and make a rut.
"If you use a little care and do not
drive exactly where the last wagon
did the wear will be distributed , which
will-keep the surface smooth and tin
road will remain good for years ; oth-
rwlse it will soon be rutted and the
smooth surface cone. "
It Is believed that if those who use
( ho road will | VP n little attention to
whore they drive. o as not to drive di
rectly In the same track as the team
ahead of them has done. It will pre
vent the roads from becoming tilled
witli ruts and will have a general tend
ency to pack the greater portion of
the i'"tnl.
YOUNG GOTCH WINS.
Throws Henderson of Norfolk Twice.
Challenges Sullivan.
Young Gotch of Chicago , light
weight champion wrestler of the west ,
won In straight falls from Clint Hen
derson in the Auditorium Saturday
night. Ho secured both falls with u
head lock and further arm hold , the
first In twelve minutes and the second
In eleven minutes. Twice Henderson's
shoulders were close to the mat but
ho wriggled out of danger. Henderson
Is a local wrestler and showed his
skill Is by no means bad. Ho wits
hughly praised by Gotch , who said :
"Henderson Is a big husky boy and
ho ; Is a good wrestler. Ho can show
many men his size a good contest. "
After his victory over Henderson ,
Young Gotch In a brief address to the
audience said :
"I like Norfolk and would llko to
make this city my headquarters. I
now challenge Dan Sullivan of O'.N'eiU.
whom I understand has a reputation
as a wrestler on the western coast. I
will wrestle any ono at 135 pounds
and do not bar anyone nt ICO pounds. "
Although the contest was of short
duration It offered much sport to the
small crowd which was well satisfied.
Max Brenlon and Stanley Ford are In
cluded in Gotch's challenge.
Flynn Knocks Him Out.
Los Angeles , Jan. 3. Jim Flynn of
Pueblo knocked out Tony Caponl of
Chicago , in the ninth round of a sched
uled twenty-round bout at Mt. Vcrnon.
Flynn outweighed Caponl tworty
pounds.
A Bout In Ohio.
Canton , O , , Jan. 3. Johnny Kllnano
of Cleveland had u slight advantiiRO
over Patsey llrannlgan of Plttsbutg
In a twelve-round bout bore. llruunl-
gau carried tlio light lo Kllnano all
ho tlmo but the latter showed exeep-
loiuil cleverness In Rotting awav from
ho Plttshurgor.
Zbysko Throws Swiss.
Buffalo , X. Y. , .Ian. : i. Ktnnlliius
/hysko , the "Polish wrestler , defeated
lohu l.utnm. the Swiss , In two straight
falls , the llrst III 1 minute and . ' 10
seconds and the second by default.
In the first Lomm lifted the Pole clear
> IT the floor but lost his balance and
'ell backward with hlii bulky oppo
nent on top of him , Ilo was stunned
nml apparently Injured about the
chest. When they ciuno together for
Mo second bout Xbysko said Lomm
iffored no resistance and appeared to
bo badly hurt. The referee declared.
Xbysko the winner.
DID PAPKE HOLD THE TITLE ?
If So. Dnve Smith IB Now the Middle
weight Chnmpion.
New York. Jan. It.Koine persons
say that under the rules of the ring
1)111 ) Papko has lost the world's middle *
weight championship , which he as-
mimed at the death of Stanley Kot-
chel. Papko proclaimed himself
champion before ho entered ( ho ring :
with Dave Smith at Sydney * N. S. W. .
on Monday and agreed to lot the title/
go with the result. Smith won a foul
In the tenth round and thereby cap
tured Pnpko'H assumed title.
Hut It Is an open question In this ,
country whether Papko had a right
to defend the world's middleweight
championship and ring records are
used as proof that he has been mas
querading on the other sldo of the
globe. Papke. It IH true , stopped
Kotchel once , but he was also knock
ed out In eleven rounds and twice
beaten on points , oneo In ten and
again In twenty rounds by the late-
middleweight champion. There was.
no doubt as to the mastery of Kolchel.
He had the Indian sign on Papke and
was universally regarded as a great
er lighter In every particular.
Hut after Kelt-hoi's C-rouud bout
witli Sam Langford In Philadelphia
it was generally conceded by rinir
sliarps that Lnngford in a longer fight
would surely have won. In fact , Kot
chel was broadly accused of sidestep
ping Langford alter that , and because
of such action Lnngford's prowess In
creased. Furthermore , Papke abso
lutely refused to fight Langford at
IfiS pounds ringside , giving as an ex
cuse that be had drawn the color line.
When Keteliol died Langford claim
ed the middleweight title and an
nounced that ho would make 15R-
pounds for any man In the world. As.
both Ketchel and Papke had refused
lo fight him Langford's claim under
the rules was pronounced reasonable
by many sporting critics who still be
lieve that the Boston tar baby Is the
best pugilist at middleweight In the
ring today.
But eliminating ; Langford for thcr
sake of argument , It may be said' '
that Papke has never been regarded
as n champion by Jack Twin Sullivan
of Boston , Frank Klaus of Plttsburg.
Hugo Kelly of Chicago and other mid
dleweight. Sullivan , who is prob
ably the best of this lot , 1ms been tin
able to secure a match with Papke , al
though ready to meet him at any
time. Klaus a year ago stook Papka
off In a rough G-round bout in Pitta-
burg , while two years ago Kelly
fought twenty-five rounds to a draw
with Papke at Vernon , Calif. , although
several months later Papke knocked
him out in a punch at Colma. In vie/c.-
of this controversy It is asserted b >
American sporting men , therefore
that Papke was not the recognized'
middleweight champion of the vrorld
or of America when he got into the
ring with Smith.
v
GOODWIN ON THE WARPATH.V
New York , Jan. n. If Nat Goodwto
comes across a certain young man
whom ho describes as "an actor , in a
way , " In the Lambs' club or on Uroad
way , or anywhere else , within the
next few days , there's going to be
trouble. The comedian , tired and out
of humor after a Christmas celobni
tlon with his folks that Is , all his
folks except his wife in Boston , and
with n long tour In vaudeville ahead
of him , arrived in Now York and Inti
mated that what he proposes doing
to this young man will not all be ac
cording to Marquis of Queensbury
rules , for It Is because of this per
son's tale bearing , he says , that the
fourth Mrs. Goodwin , the beautiful ;
Edna Qoodrlch , has had papers In an ?
action for divorce served on her hus
band.
"This trouble Is all due to a man'
who was In my employ for fifteen
years , " ho said. "If I could catch him
I think Pd break his neck. He's been
going about repeating all kinds of
stuff on mo and he's got Mrs. Good-
win and her mother nil worked up.
No , I won't tell you his name , but I
think you'll hear it If I find him. "
"Would Mrs. Goodwin believe him
and not give you a chance to ex
plain ? "
"God knows , " ho answered , with .1
fine disregard of whatever experience
may have taught him , the much mar
ried. "Who can diagnose a woman's
mind or tell what she'll do ?
"It's all bosh , that story of Mrs.
Goodwin coming on to ppend Thanks
giving with me In Toronto , and sud
denly entering my room In the notol JH
and finding me In a compromising po- /
sltlon. She did come to Toronto and
wo hnd our Thanksgiving dinner together -
gether , but Ihero was no scene like
Hint. No , air. It Is impossible that
there could bo a corespondent In this
case. That story about an actress be
ing named Is Just another fabrication
of that young man I told you about. "
Mrs. Goodwin's lawyer , Herman L.
Roth , who used to bo Mr. Goodwin's
lawyer , said the disagreement had I
started over money matters. I