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THE
F THE
; WOOOSTCXK, VERMONT
The Feople's RightsA Representative Deir.ocracy- TheUnion and the Constitution Without Any Infractibns.
tfOL. L NO. 50 WHOLE NO. 4501.
SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1913. '
SPIRIFF
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Natural Arcfaway In Japa
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C- ii iM . i i lt
All along the shores of the Japanese l.lands the trayeler encountera
most plcturcsque scencry,one of tha mott attractlve reglon. belng the
Bay of Matsushlma, In th'e southernmoot Island of Kyushu. A natural
archway at Zalmoku Island In that bay Is ahown In our lllustratlon.
L0ND0.i'S ABDUCTION CLUB
Club3 sprlng up wlth and without
reason. One of the strangest on roc
ord was the ..bduction club, organleed
ln 1706 by Bomo well-connected Irlsh
youths ln London, who banded tbem
selvea tcgether to abduct helreases
and good-looklng young women of gen
tle birth. A.a there was a large mem
bErshlp, raany forcod marrlages took
placo ln consequence of -thelr explolts.
The evll becamo eventually so Bcrloua
that a speqlal act of parllanient was
passed maklng abduction a capltal of
fensc. Two oftkomerabers wero ex
ecifted for tho abduction of two
wealthy slstors ln 1779, but tho club
was dlsbanded tlll 1802. .
TAMRIDA MOSQUE, . SOKOTRA
Not raany tourlsts land at SoUotra
Island,, ln tho Arabian sua, bu thodo
who do aro well repaid by the mauy
boautlful and interestlng blts of scen
ery. Tamrlda 1b the capltal and tho
anclent tnosquo of that clty Is here
shown. Sokotra ls under Brltlsh pro
tcctlon, but haa a sultan of its own
who receives an annual Bubsldy for
proventlng tho Iootlng of vcssols that
may be wrecked on hla coastsv
GIANT'S SNEEZE BREAKS RIB
Joseph B. Flynny asslstant mastor
at the Urilon rallroad statlon ln WaEh'
ingtin, vho etands 6'fcet2 Tnche'a ln
hls gtbclcing feetft welghs' mof o than
200, and wn.B fornierlysa football play
er, sneezcd yie other day with all the
force that a man of hla slze and vlcor
ustally puts Into-sucb a perforraauce
and broke ono of hls rlba.
Resiilt of a
One of tho curlotltles of London.both to took at from
for Its tradltlonal story, I St. John'e church, South .quaro. Wwttor.
Aecordlno to one tradltlon-there aro eeveral varlantthe !!ahU" h
ehape of the bulldlng. whence lt 9 IU nanje. the -Ftrtool church,
wa. due to a queenWflood Qupen Anne''-haln0 lort hr tempor on. day.
The archltect worrled Queen Anne about debl o of the de.lon. Her maj.
esty, at lenoth loslng patlence, kloked her foot.tool over, and replled In
anaer: "Dulld lt llke that." The arhlteet fulflll.U the royal. vvl.he.. and
thriuutph niMitBndB today. lth the cornera protrudlnfl up
warda Jlke tha fowr Um ot & eaplxed fooUtool.
FIRST FICTURE F0ST CARDS
In Nuremberg, Qefmany, thoy have
been maklng arrangeme'nts to ccliv
brate tho thlrtleth annlversary of th
plcture post card wlth a congrcss and
"xpoaltlon. Unfortunately for thelr.
plans, howe'ver, lt haB beon dlacovcTr
cd, that tho flrst plcture poat card waa
not made ln Germany or sent from
Nuromberg, nor was lt born ln 1SR2.
as they had supposcd. The dlstlnctlon
of maklng and malllng the flrst ls now
clalmcd by Leon Desnardcau, a book
Beller of SHIe-lo-Qulllaume, near Con
'le, department of Sartho. France. in
1870, durlng Ihe war wlth Prussla, he
prlntcd' plctures on postal cards lie
was eendlng to cllents. M. tiosnar
deau ls Btlll allve, and there arc many
of hls old custoraers ln France who
bave tho cards ho posted thora. The
3ermr.na adopted the ldea fdr the
Nuremberg exposltlon ln 1882.
-UUMAN PUMP V0F THE DESERT
In the desert of Kalaharl, ln Afrlca,
ls seen the buman pump. Though
there ls no water found on the surface
ln thls orld reglon, there aro places
where, velns nre struck sevcrol feet
underground. A bamboo tube ls run
down to the watar suppl and when
any one comes for wnter tho wejl 'ten
der, who ls uaually a woman, puts her
mouth over the bamboo and by a vlg
orous lntake of brcath aucks up a
quantlty of water. Thls sho thcn dejc
Iroualy squlrts from hcr mouth lnto
the shell of an ostrlch egg. Thcse
shells wbcn furnlahod wlth corks of
plth make very g'ood water bottles and
they wlll stand conslderable rougb
handllng. , .
R0SE GROWS IN A CHICKEN
An almost fully blown amall Mnr
tha Washington roso was dlscovered
cncasod ln a doublo sac"of protec(Iv
tlssue ln a Plymouth- rock hcn klllGd
by" Mrs. Florence Matthes of Ohema
wa, Oro. Desplte that acvcral weolts
must have' clapsed slnco the swallow
Ing of the bud to cnable lt to 'have
becomo ceated, tho ftower had not un
'dergone .decay,
neen's Anger
USED HYMNS IN ARGUMENT
New York Pa.tor Who Has Been Hav
Ing Trouble Wlth Hl. Wlfe, Vlctor
Aftcr Campalgn of Song.
New York. In what seemcd to ba
rually a hymn contoat, Rey. P. T. Mar
tln, pastor of tho Occan Parkway
Mothodlst church, ono of the rlcheat
congrcgatlons ln Flatbusb, won out
wlth hands down (ln bepediction) ro
cently. Pastor Martin Btlll holds hls Job ai
a domlnlo, although a blg flght was
carr(ed on to flro hlm by nearly half
of the. congregatlon. Tho nioetliig of
tho congregatlon was to elect four
now tfuatcea. Two slales were put up,
one a Martin slate and tho other an
anti'Martln slate.. On tho electlon
would hang the fnto of the pastor. Of
course, there was a woman at tho
bottom of lt all. tho paator's wlto ln
thls lnslance.
The antl-Martlna clalmed the doml
nlo had treated hls wlfe as no Qod
fearlng sky pllot should. Ho clalmed
sho was cr&nky and a. shrow and that
her actlons were such tlmt he would
have to glvo "up rellglon lf he conttn
lied to llve wlth her.
So the Ilne-up was made nnd a hot
Martin partlsan Called for tho- hymn.
"We Know Jn Whom We Have. Be
lleved." It was roared out lustlly by
the Martlnltes. As'thu last noto end
ed. an antl-Martln called for thi hymn
"Only a Slnner," ana tho opposltlon
put in all 'of. Its eoiil and' volce f9r
tbo rendltlon. ' v
The mlnlBter roso and cxplalned
what tho sttuallon was and bow he
had dohe hla bcst to get along calmly
lu raatrimouy, but hadn't been able to
get away wlth it He then opened
hls hymn-book and, called for "I Can
Now Read My Tltles Clear." The ad
mlnlstratlon adberents1 chanted lt
nobly, a cOrps of Flatbuah tonors put
tlng on the .tremolo effect."--
It was pretty near tlme for a vote
"and tho feaders for ctther slde passed
around typewrltten fcdples of thelr
slatea. The vote was taken and the
admlnlstratlon truatees were elected
easily.
SALUTE HEARSE FOR H0UST0.M
Studcnts Mlstake Funeral Processlon
for Cablnet 'Member's Eccort
In 8t. Louls.
St. Louls. Studcnts and faculty
membera of WaBhlngton. unlverslty
grooted thelr chanccllor, Davld H.
Ifouaton, the secrptary ofagrlcultiire,
when ho arrlved home from tho na
tlonal capltal. A large reception com
mltteo tnet hlm at the Unton statlon
and escorted hlm to the unlverslty
campus, '
Plans had been made to let o(I sev
enteen bombs as tho processlon ap-
Davld F. Houston.
proached tho campua. Juat before tho
Houston party arrlved. however. "a fu
neral processlon passed, and, mlstak
Ing tho cortego for tho student, parado,
thoso ln cbarge ot tbo flreworks set
off 16 of tho bombs
- A lovlng cup was presented to Soc
retary1 Houston by. the otudents.
MIGHT HAVE ST0LEN F0RTUNE
Flve-Dollar-a-Week Etnploye In Uon
don Steal Only $1,285 In Ten
Yeare.
London. Tho chlef clerk ln tho bor
ough trehsury of Wlgnn corifessed" ln
the pollco court to havlng robbed tho
borough treasury of i,285 durlng tho
last ten yoars. The prlaonor, hls coun
sol domonotrated. held a hlghly re
spectable posltl'on, for whlch he. rp
colvcd'a snlary of $550 a year Ho
kept the Uoys of the strong room; dur
lng tha' year between $350,000 and
$400,090 passed through hia hands,
and hls books wero novcr audlted.
"I cnn only wonder at tho chief
clerk's moderatlon. One may as well
ho hangcd for a sheep nB fdr a lamb.
To place n man in unchecked control
of huge sums of money' whllo paylng
hlm a paltry, 2 a weok ls trylng hu
man naturo too htgh, and employcra
who oxpoBo men to such tomptatlon
are little better than accesories to
any crlmes that may follow,"
t Berlin Glant lo Bowlegged.
Phlludblpbla. Seven feet two Inchea
Is now tho belgbt of Juloa 'Laubacb.
Iho glant - who camo from. Berlin to
grow up wlth. the country. He Is on
hls way to Chlcago to have a famoua
ftirgeon add about four Inchea tq hla
itaturo by Jstralghtonlns blg u
BOY PLEADSf OR LIFE
ln Terror of Turklsh Butohers,
Child Writes to U. S. Rolatives.
Ottoman., Rcpulaed by Alllee, Vlslt
Wrath Upon the Chrl.tlan Natlvea,
Who Have No Eacape Youth
Appeala to Grandmother.
Chlcago. Atrocltlos moro revolting
than those practlced upon Christlans
in tho days of Nero aro belng vlsited
jpon Chrlstlan natlves of Armenla,
iccordlng to a vlvld flrst-hand descrtp
tlon that has reached Chlcago. A
pathotlc plea for rescuo from a terrl
ble death has been sent by a little
eloven-year-old Armonlan boy whose
Erandmother and aunt have fled tho
:ountry and have arrlved ln Chlcago.
Supplemented. by the knowledgq ot
in aunt, Mtss Bllzaboth Doraboura
llan, who ls staylng at a mlsslonary
'.ralnlng school at 4940 Indlana avo-
aue, the boy'a lcttor Indlcates that tho
3alkan wnr has turned lnto a frenzlod
; -ollglous confllct. The Turks, who
iro holng drlven out of Europo by
:he Christlans of the Balkan BtateB,
iro wreaklng vengeance upon the Ar
ttenfaus. Scoros of Araerlcan cltlzena
A'ho have rcarrled Armenlans are ln as
trave danger as the ArmenlanB them
lelvcs, MisBDombouraJian declared.
The letter, written .by Arsen Meger
Htchlan, and sent from Dlerbeklr, Ar
menla, ls as follows:
"My Doar Grandma: Though. I have
not seen you I llke to wrlte ,to you
Secause you aro the xnpther of my
larjlng mother. We nro bappy at
lomc, but outsldeour condttlon is so
and that I do not know bow to tell
?ou. Cbolera ls ono slde, the Turks
tnbther slde. the fomlno another;
where shall ,we run? Thouaanda are
eavlng; we llke to run awoy nlso,
jut in' what way can we get. away
md bow?
"Now we warn you lf somethlng
lappened and we dled then our slps
wlll be upon your sbouldors.
"We nre ln constant fear. 'Tomor
;ow wo wlll WII you' (Is a comraon
laylng). We cannot bear any longer
Do qutck and take us there.
"Would you llke lf tho heads ot
our grandsons were pulled off T . II
on do not, hurry up. Grandma, take
is there qulclt.
"Tlll thls letter reachea there lt wlll
30 Chrlstmas to you. so. I klss youi
lands. -
"Grandma, don't you have any
frnds who would lend us ten Turk
leh pounds? I promlse to pay back
ib soon as I como. We cannot. Btay
aere any lbnger. Your grandson.
"ARSfiN MEGERDITCHIAN."
The boy 1b the aon of Rev. Thomaa
Mcgerdltchlan, a accretary ln tbe
Brltlsh legatlon at Dlerbekir. As the
ivagcs pald to natlvo asslstants In the
forelgn lcgatlona of Armenla are ex
tremely small. and little Arsen has
many brothers and elstoro, tbe fathcr
ln- splte of hls anxlety has been tn
able to get .tho money neceasary to
get hls famlly out of the country.
. Rer. Johnston Myers took up the
caso of the dlstressed famlly He ex
pects to do what he can in assiatlng
to raldo f 600, whlch would be requlred
to get little Arsen, hls' brothers, sis
ters and mother snfely to Amerlca
D0GS SC0RNED BY C0Y0TES
8how No He.ltancy In Vlsltlng Chicken
Coopa; Flve of the Raldera
Are Trapped.
Orass Valley, Cal. Flve coyotes and
two wlldcats were trapped wtthin a
few days ln Penn valley by Wlll Tiah
er. Durlng tho past several. months
the doga. all over the 'country bave
been muzzled and the coyotes seem to
have reallzod that thelr prlvlloges In
the fornglng Jlne were' Incrensed
They lyinturcd cloae to tho bouses
nnd appeared to have no fear of thf
muzzifl dogs.
But now that thn fear of rables has
pasBed, the tarmers har? rraoytd tho
muzzles, and for a nlght or two the
dogs brougbt. down several coyotes, al
though lt requlred. a stlff flght ln somr
Instances.
Other fnrmers in that scction hve
been successful ln trapptng the nnl'
mnla, and ln additio'n to rldding them
selves of these chicken thleves and
pcata they wlll recelvo a bounty ot
$2.60 eacli for the coyote acalps.
WOULD STAY WITH FRIENDS
Qlrl's Deslre Carrle No Welght Wlth
the Court .8he Must 8tay
Wltn, Parent
Lob Angeles. Atl'er ropudlatlni? hqr
mother, Mrs. T?va Poterson. and telltng
the court that Bhe preferred to llve
wlth Mr.and Mre.Ethan Bltlo, nelgh
bors, ten-year-old Dorothca Stygals
was forced to gOwIth her mothnr by
Judge Monroe ln the euperlor court.
Bltter teoling waa dlaplayed ln rnurt
by the Bttleys nnd Petersons, Ultfey
abd the glrl's Btcpfather nearly comlng
to blowa several tlrnea durlng tbo hear
lng. Tho two womcu are sald -to havo
engaged ln a flght ovor the custody of
tbe culld prlor to tho Invoking or the
law by the Petersons.
The Bltleys, who aro chlldless, nl
leged that tho PetirnoTis Old not nup
port the chlld, who had llvcd wlth tbem
for several years.
Surplua Flesh Causes Death.
Savannah, Ga. Mellssa Cooper, a col
ored woman of Uuyette county, thls
state, Increased In welght In flva
months from 1E0 pounds to 613 pounds
and dled when her BUrpIus fleeb sup-
LOVE DUKE'S AMERICAN WIFE
Chlef Intere.t of Duchess of Marl
borough la the Welfare of
Humbler Cla.ae.,
London. "lf a voto wero takon
among the poor as to who ls the most
popular lady ln London, Queen Alox
' andra probably would be -flrst, but tho
duchess ot Marlborough a closo sec-
ond, for the intorost whlch she takoa
In the welfaro of tho humblor classefl
Is notspasmodlc.
It h'as becomo hor chlef Intorost ln
llfo and, llke a genulnc Amerlcan, she
Inslsts on dolng as much pefsonally
as he tlme wlll permlt, (nstead ot fol
lowlng the easlor Engllsh way of do
lng good by proxy.
Recently sho has boen very much
taken up wlth tho worklng of "Alblon
House," establlshed ln the bcart of
Kensington laundrydoni, to help poor
washerwomen and otlior humhle to
male totlSTs. Thls houBo was until
lulto recently a saloon, but ls now a
Duchess of Marlborough.
resldentlal club and restaurant run by
the Natlonal Assoclatlon of Women's
Lodglng Hous'ea.
The duchess dropped lnto tbe club
tbo other .day to havo afternoon tea
wlth tbe inmates and greatly enjoyed
a large cup of tea and two "slnkers,"
supplled at the reasonablo prlce ot one
penny. , When she went away thero
was not one. of the woman or glrl's
who would nogo through flro or wa
ter for tho Am'erican duchess.
RESTORE OLD MEETING HOUSE-
.South Structure, In Boston Has Ita
Anclent Feattires Agaln After
Palnt la Washed Off.
Boston, Mobs. lf those Brltlsh dra
goons who sallod away from Boston
137 years ngo could return to the
Bccnes of ttielr rldlng explolts they
would- probably recognlze the 'Old
South mceting house as lt has emcrg
ed today from beneath the drab palnt
of nearty a century The hlstorlc edl
flce was bullt ln 1726 of red brlck, but
for some reason whlch does not ap
pear on its recorda the outside walls
were palnted ln the sprlng of 1815.
Tho meetlng house .narrowly es
caped .destruction iri the blg flro ot
1872 aa well as a few years later,
when an assoclatlon was hurrledy
formed to prevent lts belng supplant
ed by a bu'slnesB block The auccese.
whlch attended the etforts of the state
In brlnglng out the anclent features ot
'.he old statehouse, fartner down
Washington street..by . yashlng ofT
the paint. prompted .the Old. South as
soclatlon to folow, and the last trace
of palnt was removed.
MADE T0RCH 0F HIS WIFE?
Boy Sayo Father Poured Gasollne on
Her and Llghted It Woman
Dles of Injurles.
Nutley, N. J. A -nelghbor who henrd
screams In the home of Petor Deako
wltz ln South Center street ran lnto
the house and 'found Mrs. 'Deskowltz
, lylng on the floor envcloped ln flames
and Deskowltz trylng' to aavo a. birn.
Ing tablecloth. Th'e woman dled ln the,
lSiBsa!f! hospltaK Deskowltz fled'i
Tho DesUowltzes' hne-year-old son
Mlchael told tho pollca that hls, father
held thfs womnn,, poured' tho. contentR
of two blg bottles of gasollne oyer beT
nnd llghted lt yrfth a match.
Mrs. IcBkowltz- .was forty yaars old
and Deskowltz ls-twenty-elght. Desko
wltz had beon out Jate, the nlght be
fore. When hls wlfe. waa proparln'g
breakfaet thls mornlng she complalned
of hls conduct and they qunrrejed. Des
kowltz haa been a llneman ln the env
ploy of the New York Telephone com
pany. .
EACH FOUR TIMES WEDDED
Man of Seventy-Three Hobblea to Al
tar to' M'arry Womah Ten
Years' Hls Junlor.
BellevlUe, 111. When J. H, Seott,
seventy-three years old, and Mrs. An
na V. Brfra, slxty-three years old,
were marrled. here. Scott took hls
fourth bfldo and Mrs. Brlm, for the
fourth tlme bocame tho 'wlfe of a Clv)l
war veteran. Scolt hobbled to the
court-houso on crutches, the result of
a bullot vbund recelved at the battlo
of Shllob.
Statue of Vlrgln In Tree.
Parls. While'cutting up a century
old flr tree on the Slmplon foresters
found ln the heart of the trunk a
bronze statue of the Vlrgln Mary It
was about a foot tall and perfectly
preneryed It is supposcd that th'e
'statuette ,was placed 4n b -Jalcho
carved in the tree, abd. that tbo wood
TAXPAYERS URGE GOOD R0ADS
Representatlves of Both Town and
Country Vote In Favor of Tax
to Create a State Fund.
Thofo never has been ln the past
Eo much dlBContent over tho dlscom
fort of travcllng ovor mud'roads us
there ls at tho presont. tlrao. YhUo lt
I lt well known that tho maklng of hurd
' roads ln communltles whero thero 'la
no hnrd matcrlal must lnvolvo an
onormous expense, yet moro and moro
taxpayera are cxpresalng n wllllng
nees to ,bo taxcd for pormanent, roada.
Thls waa plalnly tndlcated at a road
conferenco held ln Dos Molnes, la.,
where 200 delcgatcs composed of
typlcnl representatlves of both town
j and country voted-unanlmolsly In
ravor of a one-mlll tax 10 create a
stato nld fund, says tho Iowa Home
Btender. In the past the best thnt
Iowa has beon aule to do along thls
Hne has been to support n non-salarled
hlghway commlsaton wlth but little
power and 'wlth,- practlcally no' money
to "work. wlth.
Thls aamo conferenco endorae'd al
most unanlmoualy the establlshment
of a permanent hlghway commlsslon
wlth ample power. In addltlon a rec
ommendatlon was made to the leglsla
turo to submlt tho quostlon of bond
Ing tho state for good roads purposea
to tho' peoplo at tho noxt general elec
tlon. We appreclato tho fact that thls
program ls. nof endorsed' by all the
people and lt fa Just poaalble that at
the present tlme lt may not meet wlth
tho encloraement of even a majorlty,
but tho rapldly changlng tecllng Indl
cates that tho tlme wlll soon come
when all states of tho com belt wlll
undertake the constructlon ot per
manent roads.' Thls belng the caso tho
quostlon of admlnlstrs.tlon ln the 1m
portant one to dcsldo. In thls matter
there aro establlshed precedonts
whlch may be safely followed and
these .precedentB ln evory caae tend
In a greater or leas degreo to centrall.
jatlon'. In other wprds, wherevergood
roads 'havo been economlcally bullt ln
thls country -they have been, bullt
under the general supervlslon of the
stato under a plan of co-ordmatlon
with tho coiftty and wlth the town
shlp. No plan wlll overy -work out
practlcally ln the com belt that does
not In a largo way leave wlth the lo-.
callty'the authorlty to Bay when .-they
aro1" willlng to bear the expense ol
good roada. When It is declded to ln
cur the expense of bullding per
manent roads tho townshlp, county and
state wlll as unlts flnd-,.themselves
compelled through tho operatlon of .a
sound bualness princlple to adopt'
planB" and speclflcatlons prepared by
Ihe bcst avallable talent, whethor thls
be furnlahed by the natlon or by tbo
Btate.
The most urgent need at the pres
ent tlme ln all states' of the com belt"
ls tho classlflcation of hlghways. ln or
der that the quostlon for all tlme may
be settled as to what conBtltutes nrnln
roads ahd whlch aro the secondary j
hlghways, Thls recommendatlpn waa
made to.the leglalaturo at the Iowa
road conference referred to. When '
thls plan ls onco carrled out we- wlll
then know deflnltely the order ln
whlch our roads should be permanent
ly Improved. It ls a well-known fact
that 90 per cent. of tli.o rural trafflce la
carrled on ovef 10 per cent. of tha.
hlghways and cortalnly the flrst move
should be to Improvo thls tempor cent
In th'e meantlnie we are Btrongly ln
favor qf keeplng the- secondary roada
In the best posslblo condltloh by the
conatructlon of sultablo culverts
wherever they are needed nnd by the
senslble nnd ' compulsory uso of the
drag. There wlll always be large and -Impprtant
townBhlp and county dutles
tib that no man need have fear that
tho. adoptlon of permenent road ad
mlnlBtratlon wlll In any wny Interfern
wlth the ' prlnolple pf local govern
ment. ' 1
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT IN 0HI0
Buckeye State Falled to Pasa Appro
prlatlon of $50,000,000 to lnf
prove Its Roads.
The grcateBt dlsappolntment of last
year was the "vote of Ohlo on the con
Btltulionnl amendment-- to authorizo
the general assembly to' lssue bonds of
the state ln an,amount not to exceed
$50,000,000 for tho purposo of con
8tructlng and malntulnlng an Inter
county systom, ofwagon roads. Tho
vote was: for. 272.527: against, 274.
C18; maiorltr against. 2.001 Thlaclose
vbte was all the more unfortunate. be
cnuso tho lssue waa n"t declded on
lts.- merlta. Forty-two ameridments
'ere voted on, and In the'zial to de
feat some of them, thousands of
votera slaughtered all So. under the
circumstancea, it wna prob.tbly sur
prlslng thut the vote In- favor was as
large as U waa IlUt lt Is a shock
to fnd that such a state af Ohlo out
of 1.250.000 quallflea vqtcrs less than
1 6OO.060 took the trouble to go to the
I pollB to vote on conatitutlonal amend
' ments, and nof all of theso pald any
nttention to good roads. t
OAD
BUiLPINC
MAKE BETTER PUBLIC R0ADS
Experlence Haa Taught That Much
Work Can Be Done Durlng the
Wlnter and Early Sprlng.
At thls tlme of year much Intere.t"
la aroused conccralng rond lmprove
mont As has beon found out by ex
perlence, much work can be dono to
earth roads early ln tho season, la
fact, durlng the wlnter and sprlng
when they soften, lf they aro ytem
attcally dragged there ls no equal
amount of work that can be dono wlth
as good effect at any other tlme of
tho year.
The law permlt. tha hlghway com
knlsstoncrs to malto contracts wlth per
sons Ilvlng alongBlde a road to do the
dragglng. To facllltato thls work, tho
ptato hlghway commlsslon has Ju.t Is
eued blank contract forms whlch may
be used by commlsolonora ln maklng
thelr contracts, says the Farin Home.
Thcso blank forms aro bound wlth
etubs attachcd llke an ordlnary cUcck
Cru.hed Rock Road In Mls.ourl.
book and are very convonlent They
wlll be furnlahed tree of' charge to
any hlghway commlssloner' who wlll
apply for them to tho state hlghway
commlssloner, Sprlngfleld, IU.
Tho commlsBlon haa also just la
eued a pamphlet on the prpceduro
that should be taken when a vote on
hard roads Is propoaed. Much ,tlma
and expense wlll be eaved lf all who
are Interested In havlng petltlons clr
culaled and vote taken wlll be aurp
that all atepa have been' takVn ln. ao
cordance wlth the law. Instances aro
constantly arlslng whero through a
ralsstep at some polnt or other tha
whole proceeding ls made lnvalld.
causlng delay and expense. Any one
wlahlng informatlon concernlng tho
townshlp hard road law ot the stato of
Illlnols can get- the pamphlet hero
mentloned tree of charge on appllca
tlon to the' Illlnols hlghway commla
sion. Sprlngfleld, 111.
GOOD ROADS IN CALIF0RNIA
Paciflc Coast State Ranka, Next to
New York In Maklng Apnroprla
tlons for Improvement.
Next to Now1 York; Caltfornla ls do
lng .ho blg thlng In road , bullding.. .
It haa 2,300 mlles of maln routes and
400 mlles of' laterals, and' lt is apend
lng Its lunip appToprlatlon of $18..
000,000, of w,hlch lt is sald., "Apprpxl
inately 70 per.- cent. cf the, burdcn wlll.
fall upon the Incorporated bltlea." Cal
ifprala communltleB havo th'o oplrlt of
the- tlmes. .For Inatanco.-i Loa Angol
the county alono BCnt,, 1 3.500.000 on
oll mac'adam blghwayi: J' . '
In Alabama 'a'o'yatem of tnlrik' roada
from north to south 'and, from ca.t
tq west, has beeti lald out. Loulala'na
. bas spent nlraost ?10,000;600 In ' fotir
years. Mlssisalppl cd'untlea havo der
ctared bond tssuea of. $000,000, nnd'tho
state wlll pend.mll)ons(in thenext
throo years. Utah spent $2,000,000 la
the past two yearii. '' ''Minnosota 1
prepnrlngi t'o bulld 2,700 mlles or road
next; year. .. Marzlaod bas got Ita rpad
- bulfdlng under a rlgorous syatem. Ita
,newest program calla for about $5,000,
000 ln two years' ln the 23 countles.
. Thls la the latost expert knowledge,
FILLING ROADS AND STREETS
. MoJern Tran.poratlon Oemanda Beat
of Thoroughfarea Alm Should
Be, to Even Fllllng. ,
When gravellng Btroots. lf the out
sldes nre fllled flrst and tho stonea
raked toward the cenor'and covered,
lt wlll leave tho surfaca In nlce .con
dttlon. When the centei1 Is fllled flrat
lt. ls lmposslble to cover the stonea
wlth the, thln coverlng at the outsido
of the fltl- I notlccd a vlllago ntreot
that was belng raised ten Inches Vlth
coarse gravet The center waa fllled
flrst and the coarse stones raked. to
thn ouUidos, It requlred twlco tho
tlme to do the gradlng as lf the but
sldes had been fllled flrst and the
coarse stones raked toward the dcep
est part of the flll ln the center.
writes an expert in tho Farm ' and
Hotne. Moreover. the atreet ii' sprin
ltled wlth stones that could sot bo
covered, whlch ylll make exira
pense to baul away. nnd 'U wUl lmyM'

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