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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
FACTS FROM INDIANA.
They Furnish solution OF the TOAD
Improvement Question from a
Money standpoint.

In a recent paper Prof W. c, Latta
sets forth the results of Investigations
which he has made in indiana. lie
sent out a large number of letters to
farmers in different counties, and from
TIE replies received he gathers the fol-
lowing facts;
First. The average estimated in
crease in the selling price of land due
to existing improved highways is SOS
per acre. The estimates from which
the average is made refer in most cases
TO lands near the improved roads; but
in few instances they apply to all
lands of the county. The average in
crease, therefore, of S6.4s per acre is
lower than was intended for lands in
the vicinity of the improved roads
Second. The estimated average in
crease per acre that would result from
improving all the public roads is nine
dollars.
Third. The estimated average cost OF
converting the common public roads
into improved highways is $1,146 per
mile.
Fourth. The estimated average an
nual loss, per 100 acres, from poor roads
is STOPS.
lie says that If these statements are
even approximately correct that they
furnish a key to the satisfactory solu-
ton of the question Of highway inn
provement from the money standpoint.
On the basis of the last mentioned esti-
mate the average annual loss per acre
from poor roads is over 76 cents. In
five years the losses would aggregate
,432 for every section of land, and
this sum would construct two miles at
a cost of S1,216 per mile, which is $40
per mile above the estimated cost given
| by the farmers themselves. The pres
cIt road tax which, under existing
laws, is largely thrown away, would,
under proper system Of road mainte-
nance, doubtless keep improved high
ways in perfect repair,
The advantages to be gained he con
cisely says are that good roads ~
economic time and force in trans
portation between farm and market;
! (2) enable the farmer to take advan-
tage of market fluctuations in buying
and selling; (3) permit transportation
of farm products and purchased COM
modities during times of comparative
leisure; "a reduce the wear and tear
on horses, harness and vehicles; (S)
enhance the market value of real es-
tate.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02

the center of it. The Shaver frame
has the open center; the joint frame
that | have invented has no tie and
there is no tie in the modern solid
timber, pin-and-mortise frame.
The cut illustrates perhaps the most
common and generally applicable sort
of frame possessing the advantages of
open center, simplicity and great
strength. l supposed that l had in
vented this frame, did, in fact, in
vent it, yet this winter l have seen
more than one barn built on exactly
the same model and built before our
barn was planned.
have said that the modern barn has
no tie across it. This is true, yet nQG
just an accurate way of stating the
facts. The barn must of course have
a tie to hold the thrust of the rafters,
else it would spread and the roof sag.
Really, the tie is at the level of the
NOV floor, at T, Fig. 1. From here the
strain is taken by the standing-brace,
+, to the short ties, c, c. With this
arrangement the building is quite as
solid as though the ties, c, c, were con
tinuous.
Perhaps l should have stated that
the modern hay carrier has the faculty
of gripping the rope at any desired
height and taking the load in whenever
it is high enough to clear the NOW
floor or height of hay in the NOW. Thus
it is readily seen how convenient it is
not to have the tie, c, cross the path
of the travelling draught of hay that
may perhaps be quite below its level.
When we built our barn our carpen-
ter was quite anxious for fear some.
thing would give way and the thing
wreck itself. l had no fears, yet
watched it curiously when first we be-
gan to lift the hay. Our barn takes
in hay at the end, from outside, So
that it is not tied together above at
this end. We often hauled up as much
as 1000 pounds Of hay at a draught and
not the least fraction of an inch Of
giving was anywhere noted, although
l watched it very closely. l. amuses
me, however, to see how anxiously
some old gentlemen even yet advise
that l spike on some plank for collar
beams, for fear that it may spread. -
| Joseph +. Wing, in Ohio Farmer.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
no TOWN CLOCK.
re UNDERSTAND that there is
NH considerable feeling against

X TIE UNDERSTAND that there is
NAU considerable feeling against
WV us around town because, as
mayor, we vetoed the common council
resolution to purchase a town clock
for the city hall tower. Our opposition
arises solely from a desire to save
money TO the tax payers. A town clock
wouldn't have time to tick IS ticks be-
fore old Jim Hewson and his crowd
wo1ld be popping away at the face OF
It. We can't say that we could be per-
son7lly restrained. On the contrary, we
are almost sure that the sight Of the
diais up there would result in our
whooping a whoop and banging away
with the crowd. Ten minutes after fire
would be opened the town would be
several thousand dollars out Of pocket
No, we are not captious, nor do we
wish to oppose the wiz of the people.
One has but to count the $50 bullet
holes in the front doors of the city hall
to realize what the fate of a town clock
would be- II the town wants to set up
n flagstaff with a gilt ball we'll favor
the project, and if the ball isn't shot
to pieces within "a hours Wen say that
we don't know the idiums of Giveadam
Gulch.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
ABOUT BARN FRAMES.
Description of one That IL said
TO Possess Absolute simplicity
and Very Great strength.

Inventions change conditions. Once
any high barn w0s a white elephant.
Next the harpoon fork running up to a
track under the roof-peak made height
an essential of the model barn. Then
came the invention of the hay-sling,
that final perfection in unloading OF
hay. With the sling came the problem
of waste of power, of time, in hosting
the draughts over the great beam or
"tie" that in all old barns connects
the tops of the posts at the upper ends.
Not only was there prodigious waste
of energy and time in hosting these
great draughts of hay to the peak be-
fore running in, but when it WIS
dropped from the height, if at all green,
it might pack so solidly as to "mow-
burn" at that place.
Next followed the "open center"
barn, and to-day there is no barn built
by up-to-date builders with tie across
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02

mind that he got Hank Scott, the half
breed, tight, and then gave him key
of powder to blow up the Kicker office.
We have it from a man who over
heard part of the conversation. Hank
is willing enough to blow us sky-high,
for we've had his left ear among our
office relies for the last year. The
trouble, however, was that he was too
drunk to carry out his programme, and
in fooling around with the powder, he
brought about an explosion on the va
cant lot next, west of our Office, and
sailed away to unknown lands in sec
tiOns
What we could find of Hank we
buried the next day at our expense,
and we don't feel particularly hard
against the colonel. We shan't go look
ing for him especially, but if we should
happen to run across him some day
while we feel aabsent-minded, we shall
very likely gather him in and mark his
tombstone No. IA in our private grave
yard,
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

Don't neglect to grow petunias.
Handle fruit as if you were handling
eggs
1t is the early sprayer that catches
the worm.
The Bartlett pear beats the world in
popularity.
Akebia quinata is hardy, pretty vine
for the porch.
The Norway and sugar naples are
desirable trees.
Pear growers say that clay soil is the
best for the pear.
Cut out all the limbs from the pear
tree that show blight.
Evergreens are hardy, pretty and
make fine wind breaks.
A bed of tulips is a gorgeous sight,
having all the colors of the rainbow.
If the tree peddler comes from a rep
utable nursery you can afford to listen
to him.
Trim up the old orchard and give the
old tree a banquet Of potash spread on
the ground.
Send for what you want to any rep
utable nursery and you will get what
you order.
There is no difference between
budded and grated apple trees as 10
superiority.
1t is cheaper to buy fruit trees and
plants than to buy fruit-a good deal
cheaper.-Western Plowman.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
HornIess Cows Arc Rcst.

My experience in the past 16 years,
in herds Of both horned and dehorned
cattle, both milk cows and fattening
cattle, leads me to the opinion that
horns are great source of trouble and
expense to the herdsman, says a writer
in the Jersey Bulletin. l have found
that cattle that were Of a quarrelsome
disposition before the operation were
rendered as docile as lambs by being
dehorned; and in cases of milk cows,
their product was materially increased
from the fact that they attend strictly
TO business instead of chasing their
mates around the yard OF pasture.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
NEW JERSEY ESTIMATE.
Cost of HaulRge Demonstrates the
Advantages of Good Road SUR
face and Light Grades.

The annual report of the state road
commissioner of New Jersey makes the
following statement of the cost of haul
age on various roads, and shows very
concisely where the advantages of good
surface and light grades come in. He
says:
1T costs 0h cents bushel to ship
wheat from Chicago to New York, a
distance of 900 miles; it costs three
cents a bushel to haul wheat on a level
road a distance of five miles, and on
sandy road it would cost nine cents
per mile to haul it. The saving on a
bushel of wheat with good roads for a
distance Of five miles would be equiva-
lent to that of 600 miles of transporta.
ton by steamer or canal boat, or 375
miles by railroad. One mile of good
roads would make a saving equal to IS
miles of railroad transportation. Thus
every mile of good roads places the
producer Is miles by rail nearer to the
markets. 1t is estimated that the cost
of hauling 5OO,OOO,OOO tons offarmprod-
uce to market is 50 per ton, or just
about 81 900, 100000; 1t is also estimated
that about 60 per cent of this last
amount, or 100000 900, would be saved
each year if farmers were able to do
this hauling over good roads"
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02

about the affair until next day. For a
little chunk of town, tucked away
in back county and off the railroad,
Giveadam Gulch is full of ginger, and
eastern invalids who are in search OF
climate with a tonic in it will either
die or get well here in the course of a
fortnight. New York and Chicago are
larger, while Boston is more literary
and st. Louis rather more wicked; but
for the number of population and the
high price of cartridges, the Gulch does
its full share towards making North
America a red-hot country to live in.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
HOW IT WORKED HERE.

"A VERY eastern man coming this
Il way invariably refers to the Gus
tom prevailing among the eastern edit
ors of secluding themselves and oblig-
ing would-be callers to send up their
cards. We have wanted to try the eX-
pertinent for the last year or two, but
feared results, and our little experience
of three or four days ago proved that
we were correct in our Judgment of
these people. After dinner Tuesday we
retired" to our sanctum and instruct
ed the boy that all callers must send up
their names and state their business.
We felt very metropolitan for about five
minutes. Then old Lem Jones arrived,
Lem lives up in the mountains, and has
killed more grizzlies than any two
other men in the territory. He wanted
to renew his subscription to The Kick
er and have a drink with us. The boy
stopped him at the door and explained
but Lem did not send his card. In.
stead of that he sent 16 bullets from
his repeater through our sanctum
door, and was loading up for a second
fusillade when we opened up and gave
him a smiling welcome. We promised
Mr.. Jones before he left that we would
give up the metropolitan idea" an6
we meant itand are going to keep our
word. The idea may work all right in
the east, where no editor permits a
subscriber to slap him on the back
or borrow his only white shirt, but it
can't be made to go here for the next 20
years. When a man starts out to see a
western editor, he's going plumb into
the sanctum sanctorum or shoot at
somebody or something, and we keenly
bow our head and promise not to try
any further experiments in that d.
rection.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
The Life Of Pench Trees.

1t is an almost universal complaint
that peach trees do not last as long as
they used to do We do not believe that
this is on account of the weather, be-
cause late winters certainly have not
been so destructive as many that oc-
CURED 30 to 40 years ago. The increase
of borers and of fungous diseases, in
which we include the yellows, are, we
think, mainly responsible for the
change. BY keeping borers out and
dressing heavily with potash manures
peach trees may be made much longer
lived than they used to be. One of the
secrets of the longevity of the old-time
peach tree was that they were never
severely pruned, and never produced
heavy crops. The old-time 30-year-old
peach trees had tall trunk, with very
little top.-American Cultivator.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
CASE or WILLIAM HopEwnLL


n BOUT the middle of last month,
IN Maj Jack Williamsfoundth the body
of a man hanging to the limb of a tree
about half a mile above the crossing of
Horse Shoe creek, ard upon his ar
rival in town notified the coroner. We
were one Of the half dozen who rode out
with that official to view the body and
hold an inquest. Nothing was found
by which the man was identified, but
certain indications pointed to the
fact that he had been lynched by a
small but enthusiastic crowd. The YER
dict was "heart failure, as usual, and
the body was buried under the tree
from which it had been suspended.
Tuesday last a man named Hopeweu,
from Iowa, arrived in this town in
search of his hayward son William,
who was last heard of in this neighbor-
hood, and who had been missing" for
several months. We looked through
our notebook and finally came to our
memorandum regarding the man on
Horse Shoe creek. 1t did not take two
minutes to satisfy the anxious father
that this was his long-lost son, and we
lent him our mule that he might go out
and view the spot and bend over the
last resting place of his wandering OFF
spring. While he was absent we as
Certaned that William was hung by
Eve cowboys from &NN ranch, who
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
STILL A CITIZEN.

THE Grass Valley Herald takes us
Il to task for being one of the spec
tators of the dog fight which took place
at Hill City last Saturday, and says that
a senator, mayor and postmaster ought
to set better example to his fellow
men. In assuming the duties of the
offices named we did not sacrifice our
rights as private citizens, and it was
as a private citizen that we attended
the performance referred to. In fact,
we own one Of the dogs, and it is per-
haps needless to add that he came out
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
TIE COLONEL GOT RILnn.

n Asst week we had something to say
IL, about Col. Jim Crocker, who is
Furnishing a big stock of poor whisky
while waiting to be nominated for some
political office. The colonel believes in
pap He's always lived on it,
and he'd starve without it. We sim
ply asked our readers if he was honest,
capable, and so on, and the colonel got
Filled over it. There's no doubt in our
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1898-06-02
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I The Arizona Kicker. !
* BY M. QUAD. &
Copyright

overlook him just as he had dismounted
from a cayuse belonging to the ranch,
which he had borrowed on a dark night
without consulting the owner. This in
formation we did not communicate to
the father. He left here Wednesday
evening, fully believed that William
had been chased a mile and a half by a
cinnamon bear, and that heart failure
was the direct result. 1t were better so.
He will return to his wife and mother
and tell them that William joined the
innumerable caravan from over-eXer-
ton while trying to keep IS rods ahead
of a hungry bear; and, though she will
grieve for her first born, she will be
spared the knowledge that he was
choked with a lariat for two or three
minutes before his heart went back on
him.
LIVELY TIMES AT THE GULCH.
IF there is a more lively town than
Il Giveadam Gulch in this glorious ter
ritory of Arizona we don't know the
geographical location of it. During the
past week, when every other town was
asleep and couldn't even get up dog
fight in front of the courthouse, we
had four shooting affairs, hung one
man, warned two out of town, pulled
off a horse race, had three marriages
and started two new saloons. In addi-
ton to the above, over 1000 worth Of
real estate changed hands, cowboy
broke his neck by falling of his horse,
mountain lion was shot in our pri-
yate graveyard and Col. Hopkins chal-
lenged us to fight duel Everything
came off in good shape except the
duel. We were on hand at the appoint
ed time, but the colonel had an engage
ment with the dentist and forgot all
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the commissioners together. The un-
derstanding here is that the sessions
will begin at Havana and San Juan
about the first week in September.
COMMISSIONERS DECIDED ON
MADRID, Aug. 19.-The cabinet
council tonight decided to appoint
Gen. Gonzales Parade, second in
command in Cuba; Rear Admiral
Luis Pastor Landero, who succeeded
Admiral Navarro as Spanish COM
mander in Cuban waters, and Mar
quis de Montoro, minister of finance
in the insular cabinet, as the commits
sion Of evacuation for Cuba.
The Porto Rican commission has
not yet been appointed, the govern
ment awaiting an expression of the
views of Gov.-Gen. Macias, but it has
been decided that Admiral vallaoini
shall be one of the commissioners.
The peace commissioners have not
been nominated, but it is believed
the composition of the commission
has been decided upon, though the
names Of its members will not be pub
lished yet, as the government is re-
solved to take advantage of the de-
lay granted by the protocol in order
to avoid cabinet crisis.
AMERICAN COMMISSIONERS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-Maj.-
Gen. James F. Wade, formerly in COM
niand Of the Third army corps at
Chickamauga, and Ma. Gen. M. G.
Butler, in command Of division of
CONTINUED on Page Four,
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Terms of Peace

LONDON, Aug. 90 The Daily
Mails correspondent at Madrid gives
the gist Of an interview with Senior
Sagasta, similar to that published in
FL Liberal, adding that the peace com-
mission will arrange for treaties "
which Spanish goods will obtain "a.
vantages in Cuba and Porto 1ioo, ~
exchange for similar advantages -
DC given the Americans il The ( kilir
pines. i
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Craig Continues the Fight for the
Seventh Regiment
Sam FranciScO'S Chamber of Commerce President
Says Things for Secretary Alger and
Gen. Merriam to Remember
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD.

SAN FRANCISCO Aug ls-augh Craig the doughty Scot whs
president Of the San Francisco chamber Of fighter The
special fight he has hand Just to get the Seventh California
to Manila He admits he leading rather oon hope but mean
while he saying few things for Secretary Ag and Gen. 1ea
to remember.
who has kent the Seventh here" said Craig todv
and Merriam who has kept them in that hehoe Camp Merritt
where they have lost ten
body back him. to force his hand What I'm thinking
that Otis enemies have been doing spite work sn
have pulled strings enough Washington the Seventh has been kept
out Of all chance Of glory
Der wired US to do what could and to show that know ~
am in the San Francisco chamber Then presented the sv
foreign lands
1T isl damnab outrage keeping here while oths Len
ned Tor service in the tropics are sent Men who have lived in tho
interior OF Southern California used heat than PENN
yvana or Colorado Besides that large proportion Of the Seventh
speak Spanish
"Ager wired Merritt asked for more men, Mean
while assigned the Scandal
cus are ordered Personally believe Merritt
needs and probably will be mustered out and home
But we not letting that happen without vigorous protest
Berry and his officers and have made friends
pathize with them in their disappointment
1--WE want the Seventh to 20 to Manila especially 10
that when mustered out they perhaps
nia colony and develop trade Manila good
ton will hold it Before surrendered Dewey Merritt there
nave been question to holding the islands, but there
none now We want and
side by side with the First
Merriam has shown noompeteny charge
ne ever mas WORD to say the parents and friends of those sixty soldiers
who died in that Internal snkh camp chose will hold
MN responsible He doest dare reply to my charges
SOME HOPE STILL LEFT
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 19Battery A. artillery o. s. A.
under command Of Lieut. McManus will embark
boldt tomorrow for the Yukon large Of
TO De SENT but the steamer will not be delayed Some
will be chartered to take the excess
The Arizona with troops already designated depart Sunday
as scheduled Army officials here believe soldiers now eah
cred in this city will be dispatched Philippines hep preserve
order there.
Private Allen company California volunteers the n.an.
soldier who sent back from Manila Australia confined A.
the Preside hospital and kept under the observation
MILITARY TRIALS
SAN FRANC1SCO Aug l91 reported that the men Of
the First Tennessee will be subjected military trial for COMPLETELY
in the attempted yncng Dan Thomas Monday
Lieut. Fowler that regiment in the Gen Miller The "a
port deals only with military matters question of damages r. thu
subject Of entirely distinct investigation
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FAVOR ANNEXATION

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.-The
San Francisco chamber of commerce
and the Manufacturers and Produce
ers' association of California each tel
graphed today to the national con-
ference on the future foreign policy
of the United States, at Saratoga.
urging that the government retain
all the territory conquered in this
war, and also strongly favoring the
building of the Nicaraguan canal
and its control by the government.
DISGRACED HIS REGIMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19.-Pri-
vate John Talon, company H, TWEEN
ty-third infantry, us. A., was ar
rested today, charged with robbing
the United States mails. He is 40
cused of abstracting a money order
for SIS from letter written by Phi.
vate W. NJ. Guerton of Company D.
First Nebraska volunteers, and At
tempting to cash it at a saloon near
Camp Merritt.