THD OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 10, 1914.
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T -""ihiuii miui, city ana town are reprosenieu wuoro iuu
Busy Boca are spending their vacations. Adolph Hult, king of
ttio Busy Bees, loft tho day school closed for Chicago, Ho wont
1 J Hh hla sister Miriam and aunt and will spend the summer there
with his grandparents. Walter Preston, Jr., Is at Lako Okobojl
with his father and mother and Henry Warren Dunham, Jr., left last week
for Illinois with his mother and younger sisters and brothers. Robert
Buckingham has been on a ranch In Wyoming, visiting Ills sister, Mrs.
Wayne Hemphill, for the last fowweeks and will bo away for sbnid tltuei
yet. Willis Spangenburg has been spondlng a fefw weeks at Blair and
Etholyn Bergor of South Omaha is also in tho country. Ruth Gresly and
her mother left last week for Salt Lako City.
Dorothy Darlow, who was formerly one of tho most faithful of the
Busy Bees, is at "Borgland," tho wonderful country homo of her undo,
Gutzen Borglum, near Stamford, Conn. Dorothy will surely moot many
distinguished people as her undo Is a very famous sculptor and many noted
people nro entertained there. She will be away all summer.
Milton Rogers, a. former king of tho Busy Bees, Is not going out of
town, but is having Just as good a tlmo at homo and keeping protty busy
at tho eamo time. Ho and his brother Millard, who Is two years younger
than ho, go out to Happy Hollow club qulto frequently to play tennis and
golf. Ho also spends quite a llttlo tlmo with his kodak. Milton Is also
taking violin lessons during the summer and practices diligently, besides
which ho and his brother tak care of tho lawn in very fine fashion, so thoir
mother says.
This week, first prize was awarded to Gortrudo Borndes of tho Red
Side; second prize to Alice E. Schulor of tho Bluo Sldo, and honorablo men
tion to Mary Goldenstcln of the Red Sido.
Little Stories by Little Folk
(First Prize.)
Awakes to Beauty.
By Gertrude Berndes, Aged 13 Tears,
1031 North Thirty-fourth Street,
Omaha, fted Side.
One bright sunny morning during" va
cation, Jane Lester lay in bed wonder
ing whether she should get up or not
"Do it, do It, do it!" chirped a blucjay,
perched on the window sill.
But Jane heard htm not.
No, I won't either," she said.
Tho bluejay was silent.
"Yes, I will too." sho concluded.
"Do It. do It, do it!"
"Why Just listen to that bluejay.." she
exclaimed, "I guess I'll Just take his ad
vice. Bo Jane got up, dressed and went out
doors, and not until then did sho realize
how beautiful Naturo was at this hour.
The dew sparkled on the grass at her
feet like myriad of diamonds, and she
fancied that where It fell on the spiders'
webs It was a beautiful cloak left behind
by some fairy at a ball.
Th mMM held tin their faces as If say
lng, "Good morning," while cool breezes
kissed her cheeks and hair, and- robins
himv rMtlnc their voung. twittered and
chirped in the plumy, -waving branches
of the trees.
Next morning, Mr. Bluejay found lots
of nice big crumbs on the windowslll,
and after that he didn't need to remind
Jane that it was time to bo up.
ONE OF THE BEST OF THE BUSY
BEES.
(Second Prize.)
Gardening.
Decatur
By Alice B. gohuler. Aged 13,
Sometime ago tho editor asked the
T4iiw TtMa to write about their gardens.
I havo no garden of my- own, but ,a.
Mamma's garden if very large, i neip
to take care of it a great deaL
First of all, It was cultivated in the
fall, so it was in good condition for
planting In tho spring; those that could
be set out early and easily, such as pep
pers, cabbage, tomatoes, etc I planted
some seed of each in hot beds, and In
this way got an earlier start. Radishes
and lettuce I planted first. If you want
them the year long during gardening
season, plant more seed Just about the
tlmo those you have already planted are
coming up.
Our onions, wo planted early, and they
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are very large. ' As onions have to He
.in the-ground several -weeks before they
come up, .to soak seed In water before
planting will make them came up more
quickly.
After this, I planted other vegetables.
All this took lots of work, but we can
say -we have a nlco garden. Tho onions
seem to be the hardest of all. I
weeded them four times, but shall keep
on doing so. Some people say, "After
the. onions once get to growing good it Is
alright to let the weeds grow," but they
are badly mistaken.
When the peas were beginning to blos
som, Mamma and I took sticks, and wire
and made a nice place for them to climb
on. Now this is about all of our garden.
that needs attention In that way; the
main thing Is to keep the weeds out.
Tomatoes will soon need to be fixed
up so they will not fall to the ground.
We uslially do this by putting up sticks
and a small keg or barrel hoop, and ty
ing the vines to the hoop.
(Honorable Mention.)
The Rosebud Sash.
By Mary Gold'enBteln, Aged 9 Tears,
Glcnville. Neb. Red Side.
Ruth Campwell was looking In a storo
window and she saw a pretty sash trim
med with rosebuds
'I wish I could have it," she said
to herself, but She 'knew1 she could not, be
cause her mother was poor. She decided
to earn money to buy the sash.
She took care of babies, sowed buttons
on clothos, washed dishes and did little
errands for tho neighbors. At last she
had enough money to buy the sash. How
happy she wasl
But Just at this time her little brother
took sick, and they called the doctor.
The doctor said he must have rest, air
and pure, clean milk. RUth's mother
did not have tho money, but when Ruth
walked past the store she looked at the
eash for a long tlmo and then sho said
to herself, "I'd rather have a well
brother than that snsh." So sho gave
tho money to her mother. When the doc
tor heard of the sacrifice she hod made,
ho told tho nuscs. They decided to give
her n present. When Ruth's birthday
came, the mall man left a packugo at
her homo, and In it wns a protty white
dress and the rosebud sash.
A Pioneer Road.
By Rose Schlffer, Aged 12 Tears, S01S
Webster Street, Omaha. Bluo Side.
Fifty years ago the first shovelfull of
soil was dug for the Union Paclflo
railway.
It was the first thing that was built
so lnrge In the United States. The gov
ernment gave the company that was go
ing to build the railway large sections
of land and lonned them a great deal
of money to help them with It.
After they got tho things to build it
with, there were many hard things to
do first- Thoy had to cross high moun
tains and very rocky st was. Then there
was tho iron that had to be sent for
from the eastern states. They didn't
havo enough men to build the railway
because at that tlmo there was a great
civil war going on and they needed all
the men. The Indians didn't like the
-white people-to build a railway on their
hunting grounds so they put a stop to
It' until the Pawnee Indians came to
guard it. In the night the Sioux Indians
burned tho houses, killed the people,
stole the horses and did many other cruel
deeds. The first sixty miles were fin-;
Ished on March 13, 1868.
In June, 18S7, they had finished the road
to the western end of Nebraska and on
May 10, 1S69, the Central Paclflo and
Union Paclflo met in Utah on tho shore
of the Great Salt Lake, where they drove
a golden spike to connect the two rails.
Every blow of the hammer was reported
by telegraph all over the United States
and when It was finished all the cities
began to celebrate it by rlntinr belli and
firing cannon. San Franolseo and Omaha
celebrated It especially. New York held
a grand service In Trinity ohurch. After
the service they lighted all the streets,
whloh made it look very light and gay.
They also fired cannon and rang b-lls.
This is the second time 1 have written
.to the Busy Bees', page and 1 hope to
to mf laucr in. prtnt.
Disobedience Punished.
By Luclle Reals, Aged 13 Tears, Emer
son, la. Uluo Side.
One day little Betty came running Into
the house. She said, "Mamma, may I go
to town with papa?" "No, dear," sold
mamma. "Why not," said lletty. "Ue
causo grandma Is coming and you must
help mamma today."
Botty walked out of the house very
displaced. Sho said under her breath,
"I will go with papa," Bo she went in
the back door In her llttlo room, pulled
her little pink frock down and put it
on. After she was ready she went down
to tho auto and got up In the front
seat with papa.
"Well, wo ore starting," sold papa,
and away thoy went When Betty got
to town, papa helped her out
"Now be a good girl," said papa, "all
right," said Betty, and away she ran.
When papa called, Detty came running
up to him, "Oh, papa, I had such a nice
time," "I'm glad." said papa. When
papa, got home and came in the house
with Betty, mamma said, "Why, Betty,
I told you to stay at home."
"I know, but I wanted to go -with
papa, I .had such a nice time.'
"Now," said her mother, "you can't
have any supper, you must go to bed."
I'm sure Botty never forgot this lesson.
It has been a long time slnoe I havo
written, I will write oftener now.
A Corn Story.
By Roy Rasmussen, Aged 11 Tears, R.
F. D. 8, Herman, Neb. Blue Side.
Once I was In a box In a store. One
day a boy came in the store and wanted
some seed corn. So the clerk gave him
the box In which I was. I had many
companions.
The boy planted me and my companions
In the dark ground. It was nice and
warm there. Soon it began to rain and
It gave me and my companions a' good
drink.
Then I began to sprout In a week I
was up. I grew very fast. I was very
large. I soon had small ears. These
grew larger and ripe.
In the fall the boy came and took my
children away. I said "Good Bye" to
them. He took them to the granary and
they went through a corn shelter. Then
he hauled them to town and went down
in a nolo fx the grain car. Some he
took to the mill to be ground into olilck
feed and the chicks ato them.
I was then raked up and burned, and
that was the end of my life.
My Pet Kitten.
By Ellon Nordstrom, Aged 12 Tears,
Omaha Neb. Red Side.
I have a llttlo gray kitten whloh Is
very playful. It follows me to bed at
night and plays wltli my toes. Its oed
Is beside mtno. Every morning it Is
waiting for me to wake up.
It does not like our dqg. They often
fight and I am afraid that the dog will
kill the kitten.
Ono day we thought It was going to
die because mamma put the fly poison
on tho floor and it drank somo of it.
We gave it vinegar, which It did not
like and foam came out of its mouth.
After a while we gave it a dish of milk.
In the morning when I woke up I thought
It was dead, but It was as well as ever.
I was very glad that It did not die.
One night I slept at my friend's ho.jsa
and It followed me down. I could not
get It home again. It likes to follow
me wherever I go.
My old cat does not like It because It
Is getting too old. They often fight and
the old cat scratches the llttlo kitten
very hard. The old cat is G yeati old
now.
When' I first came to Omaha I got
It. I was years old then and I am
12 now. My alitor and I went out walk
tug 'in Benson and we saw It on the
street. The owner of the cat oiyno out
and said wo could have It if w took
good care of it. So we were very glad
and took it home.
Sly Mr. Fox.
By William Avon Barrett., Aged 10
lears, Simeon, Neb. Blue Side.
Once there was a man, who lived In
a log cabin and had no family. Ho
had a horse and that was all. Tho
horse was old and would not work, so
the man said. "I do not want you un
less you go to the woods and bring me
a lion. So the horse started out for
the woods. He reached the woods and
met a sly old fox and sold, "my mas
ter said if I did not bring him a lion
he did not want mo. Can you help me
get oner" The fox said, "If you lie down
and aot as if you are dead and I will
g.i and get a lloa' And the horso did.
The fox went to the lion's don and said,
Do you want to have a horse for your
lnea!s7" "Yes," sold the lion. "Then
como with mo." said the fox. "and I will
tako you to ono!" The lion went with the
fox and they reached the horse. The
fox sold, "I will tie a rope to the horso's
neck and to your neck. And then you
can drag him to your den." Tire lion
ng reed and started to drag the horse,
but the horse got up and started to run
home as fast as he could with tho Hon
dragging along, for he could not get on
his feet. The horso reached home all
out of breath, and tho lion about dead.
The man came to the door and saw the
Hon and after that ho kept tho horso
until he died.
The Apple.
By Lillian Schlffer, Aged 8 Tears. SOW
Webster St, Omaha, Neb. Bluo Bide.
I llko tho applo best of all tho fruit
and It is very heathful for people. The
tree on which the apple grows Is very
pretty and the leaves also. The blossoms
corns before the applos and the color of
the blossoms are pink and white. After
the wind blows the blossoms off they
are turned Into little green apples.
The apple hangs on a branch by a stem
and on the other end Is the blossom end.
All summer tho applo gets btggor and
softer and riper becauso the warm rain
and the warm sun help them to do that
Somo apples are all yellow and some
are all red.
The skin of on applo Is as smooth as
satin. Under tho skin Is tho flesh that Is
very solid and hard. In the middle of
the apple Is a llttlo core. In the middle
of the core thcro are about four or five
seeds that you can plant. The apple
hides Its seeds so well because you can
plant the seeds and they will make other
trees.
I wrote to the Busy Bees page once
beforo and ' 1 hope to sco my letter in
print.
My Dog Carlo.
By Genevieve Harris, Aged 9 Tears,
umann, wen. noil Bide.
My dog, Carlo, has been dead two
years. He was brown and was as soft
as velvet and had curly fur. He was
killed by a train.
Shall I tell you how? Ono day we
were going to the store with him and
had to cross the railroad tracks, but
a train was coming so my brother nnd
I waited till it passed.
But Carlo didn't He ran in front of
It and barked. The train caught him In
its largo wheels and crushed him to
death. My brother ran home crying and
I followed slowly.
It was nearly two days beforo I went
to the store, because the tracks made me
think of my poor Carlo.
My father came down to the track
and got the remains of poor Carlo.
Every day we watered the flowers that
we planted on his grave.
Wo have a ploturo of Carlo."
I have a cat too, It Is white.
We do not live by the tracks now.
I hope to eeo my letter In print.
Midsummer Eve.
By Ethelyn Berger, Aged 12 Tears, 906
..".tit iiirac-vjiui ellici OUIIW1
Omaha. Blue Side.
It was tho 23d of June at midnight mid
summer evo and In Fairyland everyone
was trying on llttlo fox gloves, lady slip
pers, new ribbons and Jewels and gauzy
scarfs.
Now tho fairy orchestra was playing
sweet music, while once In n whlln n fnlri
touched a hluobell with her wand and
It rang out with a clear, sweet tone which
ecnoed over the whole glen. The old
moon shone bright and full (ns you know
tho fairies only dance on moonlight
nights) and It sent a rv nf llvht nn ih.
glen and the Jowels on the fairies sparkled
nnd shono so brilliantly you would have
thought you wero In a Jewel mine.
Then Uie fairies danced and sang, and
an hour before sunrise they all sat down
at small toad-stool tables and drank the
sweet nectar and ate the violet and roso
wafers from acorn cups and saucers.
When they had feasted they wrapped
their gauzy scarfs tight around them, as
It was growing chilly, and spreading their
gauzy wings they flew out of sight In a
moment
The Naughty Four.
By Ruth Rhodes, Aged 13 Tears, Lander.
Wyo. Red Bide.
One day I was walklnrr along from
school with three of my (friends, whose
names were Adcle Felgel, Margaret Bry
ant and Kathleen Snyder, when Adele
said: "Girls, let's start a club with Just
us four belonging to It We can wrlto
stories and study together, and we'll havo
a lot of fun." Wo readily agreed, so tho
first thing to do was to chooso a name
for our club. Many names wore sug
gested, but none were decided upon, so
we finally asked our teacher to name It
nnd sho gave It tho annroDrlate title of
the "Naughty Four."
Next we eaoh picked out a club nick
name for ourselves. Adele called herself
"Fldo," Margaret was "Peggy," Kath
leen wna "Kitty" and I was "Bunny."
Our teacher. Miss Case. fnv in n.r.
mission to sit together when we had fin
ished studying and then we
stories, generally btwmn imni
thirty pages In length. Among the sto-
ncs written wore: "The N. F's at Board
ing School." "The N. F's In nhlnA "
"Tho N. F's in Cuba," "The N. F's in
Alaska," "Tho N. Fb In the Alps," "The
N. F's at tho Seashore." "The N. F's In
Kentuoky" and many others. These wero
imaginary stories or our Adventures when
we had gotten to bo sixteen or seven
teen years old.
Altogether we had a great deal of fun.
Constant Reader.
By Alpha Sharp. Aged 13 Tears. Crete
no. Miue Mine.
I am a new writer and would like to
Join the Blue Side. I read The Busy
Bees' page every Bunday. I hope to see
my letter In print
Sunday Sohool Picnic.
By Charlotte H. Bradford. Aged 9 Team,
3RS3 Franklin, Omaha, Neb.
Blue Bide.
Wo had a Bunday school picnic at Elm
wood park, June 20. We had a nlco ride
on an open street car. We played a few
games before dinner. While we were
there, thcro wero other Sunday school
picnics. One had a plo eating race, which
was very funny. Wo had two gallons
ot Ico cream and some lemonade. In
playing tho gomes I won two prizes.
One was a hand bag and tho other n
box of candy. After dinner we went
home.
My Pet 'Horse.
By Chester Harris, Aged 7 Tears, Omaha,
Neb. Red Sldo. "
I have a pet horso whose name is
General.
It Is very good and never runs away
from me. I ride It horseback every day.
We all love It because It Is very
gentle.
It Is 6 years old now.
My undo gave It to mo when it was a
llttlo colt.
I have three pets. I will tell you their
names. The dog's name Is Nig. Tho
horse's name Is Bog and the cat's na'r.o
Is Snowball. I love them all.
I hope to see my letter in print
Fourth of July Pionio.
By Esther Potashnlk, Aged 11 Tears,
Omaha, Neb. Red Sldo.
I will toll you how I celebrated tho
Fourth ot July. In tho morning my aunt
uncle and my cousins came from the
country. They brought a lot of fireworks
with them. At 3 o'clock we took our
lunch to tho park. After lunch we shot
off our fireworks. My cousins and I were
sliding and swinging while the fireworks
were going off. We saw the boys swim.
Wo went home at 11:30 o'clock and were
so tired that we slept late the next morn
ing. I hoVo I will win a prize.
Puss Gets Bird.
By Helen Ballou, Aged 9 Tears, Colum
bus, Neb. Bluo Side.
One day Pussy wont Into tho woods,
In one of the trees there was a nest.
She climbed up In the tree and peeked
In. A sick mother bird was In the nest
She could not fly or walk. The cat
smacked her and took her home.
Soon after, tho father came. The bird
looked alt over. It flew out of the woods,
It saw tho cat and knew whero It was.
Tho next year it did not build near
there.
New Busy Bee.
OBy George Horaeek, Aged 11 Tears, It. F.
D. 1, Belgrade, Neb. Rod Sldo.
This Is the first time I have written
to the Busy Bee's page.
I am in tho fifth grade at school. My
teacher's name was Mr. Homer Good ding.
I will write again. I wish to see my
letter In print
Bear Intrudes.
By Eola Gasa. Aged 7 Tears, Columbus,
Net). Blue Side.
Just as some children sat down to eat
a bear peered out from a tree. With his
long, red tongue he tastes the picnic's
feast "Do not be afraid, children," said
Budge, "I can put a bear to sleep."
Has Five Sheep.
By Julia May Conger, Aged 8 Tears,
Dannebrog, Neb. Blue Bide.
I would like to Join the Blue Side. My
teacher's name Is Miss Ada Hart I havo
two sisters and one brother. I live at
the station. Wo have five sheep.
Ilntlona rtednced.
A famous Arctic explorer was ono giv
ing an nccount of his experiences amid
the rice fields of the north.
"Wo certainly would havo travelled
much farther," he explained, "had not
our dogs given out at a critical tlmo."
"But." exclaimed the lady, who had
been listening very Intently, "I though
tho Eskimo dogs were perfectly tireless
creatures."
Tho explorer's face wore a whtmslcally
gloomy expression as he replied.
"I er speak In a culinary sense."
Saturday Journal,
PLAN 00,000MILE8 OF ROAD
National Highway Association is
Making Extensive Plans.
WILL MEAN MUCH TO STATE
Two of tho Thoroughfares Will Pass
Thrangh Onmhn nnd Extend East
nnd West, "While One Crosses
State from North to South.
Fifty thousand miles of highway, sep
arate and apart from tho Lincoln coast-to-coast
road, are proposed by tho Na
tional Highways association ot Washing
ton, D. C. According to present plans
tho route suggested will serve 92 per cent
of tho population ot tho United States,
C8 per cent of which is contiguous and 26
per cent adjacent
Two roads will traverse Nebraska west
ward from Omaha. One is to be known
as the Nebraska road and extends from
here to Yellowstone pork, while tho other
la to be called the Loke-Mountaln-Paclfio
road and wlU be between here and Den
ver along the Platte valley.
These are tentative plans and the asso
ciation is asking for suggestions from all
states in behalf of Improvements.
This state ranks fifteenth In the matter
In area, ninth in mileage of public roads,
seventeenth in proposed mileage of roads,
twenty-ninth in point of population and
K per cent in point ot population ot
counties traversed.
To llnve Many Feeders.
Many feeders to these main rood will
doubtless be constructed as soon as tho
thoroughfares are established, and It will
be the policy of the association to en
courage Just such a movement It will
send out literature pointing out the great
benefits accruing to farm lands by having
good roads Into town, facilitating the de.
liveries of products to markets and mak
ing the automobile an all-year-around
possibility. Particularly does this apply
farther east where the roads are heavier
and muddler more months In tho year
than they aro in Nebraska and other
western states.
Nebraska roads will be easily estab
lished and, aside from volunteer work on
he part of Individual farm owners along
their property, there will also be a gen
eral movement by township and county
organizations.
One of the proposed roads extends
north and south through the state about
seventy-five miles west of Omaha. It
starts at the Canadian border and after
traversing Nebraska goes through Kan
sas and Oklahoma, winding up at Gaines,
vllle. Tex.
FIFTY THOUSAND MILES' OF NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
PROPOSED BYJTHE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON. D. C.
CONTIGUOUS POPULATION
ADJACENT POPULATION
POPULATION SERVED
SS PC CINT OP TOTAL U. S. POPULATION
2S PER CENT OP TOTAL U. S POPULATION
02 PER CENT OF TOTAL U. S. POPULATION
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PUBUSHtD UNDER DtRCCDOH
or tmi
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATION
GENERAL COLEMAN DU PONT
CHARLES HENRY DAVIS. CE,
FREDERIC REMSEN HUTTON. ME. SC. .
WMu uU
WAIHINGTOM OC
MA, 114
NOTE
THU MP SHOWS TENTATIVE
LOCATIONS rOK A NATIONAL
HIGHWM9 1T3HM.
IT IS HOPtO THAT EACH STATE
WILL SUGGEST TO THE
NATIONAL HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATION
IMPROVEMENTS IN LOCATION
WITHIN IACM STATB.
SUPERFLUOUS MECHANIC
SHOWS ADVANCEMENT
The superfluous mechanlo was tho toplo
of an extenslvo artlolo by J. V. Holland,
printed recently In a welt known l!n
gllsh publication. To Illustrate hla point
tho writer relotod an Incident that hap
pened to W. K. Poare, a Cadillac dealer
In Ireland, which not only proves that
mechanics are not generally needed, but
that In some Instances one need not
bother about tho contents of a tool box.
Mr. Tearo was gtvlng a demonstration.
At tho close of the run the prospective
purchaser expressed his dellKht with the
car, Its electrio self starter, lighting and
Ignition system, and the other features
that characterize It, IJut fearing that.
bolng a green driver, something might
go wrong while ho was at the wheel, ho
asked to see tho tool box and to have the
contents explained to him.
Mr. Pcure was quite willing to oblige
and showed the prospect where the tool
box was located on the footboard where
It would be easily accessible when oc
casion arose. Hut to his consternation
he discovered that he had lost the hoy.
Search as he might he could not 'Ind
any key to fit tho lock.
"I have been driving this car for near
ly a year already," ho explained, "and
this. Is tho first tlmo I havo had oc
casion to discover that the tool box Is
even locked.
Religious Sect
Places Taboo on
The Automobile
For the first tlmo In history s, ban has
been placed on motor cars. The Dunk-
ards a peouliar religious sect numbering
about 96,000-have gone on record that a
motor car makes ono "high-minded, su
perior and puffed up." Therefore they
have prohibited the use of motor cars
bv their member.
Dunkards are known by various names
the country over, but are most easily
Identified by their plain modo of dress.
The women wear gray frocks and poke
bonnets. The men dress In blaok and
wear broad-brimmed hats.
The veto was placed on the motor cars
at a national conference held In Ross
vllle, III. It voted and duly ordered that
no member possess a motor car "until It
Is possible to procure more light upon
them."
The taboo placed on the motor car was
explained to the P. 13. Stearns company,
Cleveland, O., by a New Bngland pro
gressive, who stopped at the factory en
route home to advise that his order for
a Rteama-Knlrht tnuiintr car mleht have
to be cancelled unless he could persuade
his eastern brethren to make special dis
pensation Jn his case.
He had Incurred the displeasure of the
convention by pleading the cause of the
automobile, but had been defeated, al
though ho argued that the silence of the
car made It unobjectionable,
the Indignation of Elder Garvey, chair
man, from Ohio when he vehemently de
clared: "Five years ago my horses shied at
automobiles. Today they don't pay any
attention to them. I think It Is time this
convention got some horse sense."
Despite this plea a delegate from Tales
tine, Tex., was ordered to dispose of his
automobile, which was tho link which
connected him with tho railroad thirty
five miles away and which took hla chil
dren to and from the school house, some
miles away.
A delegate who was bitterly opposed to
the motor car stated that ho had ridden
In one "Just once to see how It felt." He
declared that It was true that It made
one feel "superior and puffed up'' to
ride In a car.
After numerous speeches the subject
was submitted to a vote and overwhelm
ingly defeated.
Younger members are now hoping that
the next biennial convention will reverse
the action taken last week. Several have
petitioned th F. II. Stearns company to
aid them in their fight
AUTOS AID GOOD ROADS MOYE
Motor Car Industry Has Brought
Into Being a New Science.
MAKES INDIVTJDTJAI, PROBLEMS
Gorernnif nt Should Provldo nn Ex
pert Who Has Studied and De
cone Fnmlllnr vrttb. the
Conditions.
H00SIER DRIVES COLE CAR
AT LOW MILEAGE EXPENSE
W. S. GUbreath, secretary of the
Hoosler Motor club of Indianapolis fin
ished a day's run ot 1E1 miles recently
which only strengthens his conviction
that the standardized Cole Is tho machine
which gives the highest and best service
at a low cost Cn the run through ter
ritory north of Indianapolis as far as
LaFayette and Crawfordsvllle, an aver
age speed of twenty-eight miles an hour
was maintained with a gusollne consump
tlon of eight gallons for the entire trip.
This makes a remarkable mileage per
gallon and gives his car, a JD13 model,
an average of eighteen and seven-eights
miles per gallon. Mr. GUbreath asserts
that the engine Is in perfect running or
der despite Its two years of hard service
and runs as smoothly as It did on Its
maiden trip from the Indianapolis fac
tory.
Thrifty J.nvcr,
When sho returned from her summer
vacation sho received him with an Icy
demeanor.
"I'm going to give you back your en
gagement ring," she said. "I love an
other." "Wilt you give me his name nnd nri.
dress?" he inquired, as he took the ring.
"His address!" sho exclaimed, in sur
prise. "What are you going to dot Kill
i ImT"
"No. Indeed." was the reply. "I want
to sell him the ring." IJpplncott's Magazine,
"Tho good roads movement. In nulllv
an outgrowth of the automobile Industry,
iibs orougni into being a new science,"
said Fred W. Warner, srenernl nn1 mnn.
ager of tho Oakland Motor Car company.
"I say an outgrowth or tho automobile
Industry advisedly, for were It not for
tho rapid development of motor cars, tho
good roads
obtained the Impetus it has received.
ine building of good roads Is truly a
science worthy of a- dtatlntml.hlno- hu.
artd the builder of good roads Is as much
an engineer as tho designer of a motor
car.
"For overy mile of m,i mminru
there are Individual problems to be
solved. People havo passed the stage of
waiting for state annronrlatlnn mnA pnm.
munlties ore building their own roads.
nui witn tnis willingness on tho part of
individuals and communities, they havo
a ngni to demand that they be assisted
oy euner state or natlpnal appropriation,
for tho benefits that accrue from good
roads aro not centered locally.
"And right here Is where the science of
road building comes In. The services of
a specialist are required to advise where
a brick or concrete road will best servo
tha purpose-tho cost of maintaining a
gravel rood governed by local conditions,
or the depreciation of asphalt whether
conditions will merit a heavy appropria
tlon, etc.
"Hero ore problems which must be con
sidered from an impartinl business man's
view point-problems which call for the
judgment of a specialist, Tho least
that the authorities can do Is to provide
a government expert-one who has made
a study of the subject and is thoroughly
conversant with conditions. Experts are
provided for the guidance of farmers,
great sums ore spent on forestry, but
government Interest in good roads Is
practically nil.
"Tho good roads movement has had a
long, uphill fight, first In overcoming
farmor projudlces. then In ohtnlnlnir re
operation, and any man who Is connected
with automobile business should be suf
ficiently fat- sighted to forseo future
benefits and to boost all ho can."
A limine or Cot
Is rendered antiseptic by Bucklen's Ar
nica eaive, a aura remedy for sores,
bruises, piles, ecxema. 26c All dnunrista.
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