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Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-22

The thrifty buyer knows that the
Lion Store" is the money saving spot.
Where else on this green earth can
you buy the finest $3.50 mems shirts
at 4Sc.-The Lion Store.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-22

No tuberculosis preservaline or col.
oring in Matthews Jersey milk.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-22

rs Falling Hair and Future Badness, Unless You Use
HerPiCide

The continued hacking eosh is no moes surely sign of lungd disease than is continued dandru
scalp disease Let the man. whd andrun, or itching SCALP who laughs at this statement to-day
picture taken for compahon ter. years. hence. and then he may dt his aor and begin heatm
longs as some hair marsh there shope The andnH mierhe works soMy,b II unds"rbedv e
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
\ VALUABLE DISCOVERY.
eurnea GUmbo Makes the Best KIND
OF kiighNays

Nowhere i'm the United States are
the present roads poorer or better ones
more needed than I'm some parts OF the
Mississippi valley. The problem of
improvement i'm this region. moreover,
has seemed peculiarly difficult because
there are no lodges OF rock Of a kind
suitable for making good road mate
rial
But now. behold out OF the very ex-
cess OF badness. out OF the sticky.
cliuging. almost bottomless mud into
which the roads are converted every
spring and autumn. comes the material
which is 10 work their salvation. This
material is burned gumbo. the very
mud which makes the roads so bad.
baked over wood fires until 1t becomes
one of the best bodybuilding materials
known.
Tho credit Of making the first prac-
teal application of this discovery be-
longs TO lhe railroads For several
years they have been using burned
Suinbo as ballast for their roadbeds I'm
Illinois. Missouri. Iowa and other
states Of the middle west. 1t was first
rock I'm regions where rock could not
easily Leo obtained. but it demonstrated
its superiority 50 plainly that it is now
used extensively even where lodges are
abundant.
The mud is really an impure, exceed
ma'y sticky clay. The process of pre-
pairing it FOR use upon the road is very
Simple. COrdwood is piled In a low
py'aujd eigh, or ten feet wide. Over
this Is thrown three or four inches OF
coal slack. and on this again is placed
from twelve TO twenty inches of mud.
When the wood is fired. a slow COM
buStion goes on. which converts the
mud INFO small, sharp cornered and
exceedingly hard pieces, so that the
product has the appearance of red
gravel
The railroads find that they can
make and deliver the gumbo on board
the ears at 4 cost of % to 80 cents a
cubic yard. but when burned in more
primitive fashion and on a smaller
scale. as i usually the case on country
highways. the cost is slightly greater.
D,Jads covered with this material are
ncvcr muddy or dusty. They keep free
from >no" ami ice. are slow to get out
cf repair and weeds or grass will not
STOW on them. The supply Of mud is
unlimited. its preparation simple and
cheap y writer i'm The Review Of Re-
views declares that FIVE years Of sys-
tematic and intelligent work with burn
ga SumhU would make the principal
couuTy t'ads as pasSable ali the year
r"a-d a. paved city street and at
it,lc more cost than the amount now
wasted i'm working the road"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
Stone Throwing.

\ propensity to throw stones regard
less of consequences has been one OF
the earliest signs Of natural depravity
among men since time began and, we
fear must continue that way until the
millennium ushers in the era when bad
boys are no more and stones are con
fined to their proper and legitimate
uses.
Anyway. the mischief wrought by
this vicious and cXecrable habit looms
up into serious proportions when the
figures are given out by plate glass in
surance men showing that 1t costs not
less than $25O.O0O year to make good
the losses thus caused by reckless boys
ia this country alone.
With stone throwing costing $25O,OOO
a year. carelessneSs in setting fires cost
ing hundreds Of millions more and
needless accidents causing immense
sacrifice OF property. the good people
have many bills to foot which ought
not to be theirs.-Leslie's Weekly.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21

is dry enough to handle by his team |
and the road scraper. The road should |
be made wide enough for two teams
20 pass easily and crowned TO n sufi-
Client height to throw the water easily
TO the bitches. Too high q crown pro-
duces ruts when the road is used. Too
low a crown holds the water In the
center Of the road. The most salts
factory crown calls for Il rise Of six
inches in the center OF an eighteen foot
road. This will throw the water fast
enough to keep the road from getting
soft and does not expose the road TO
ruthng.
THE sluices in each town should be
numbered and n record kept OF them
and the dates when repairs are made
on them. Wooden sluices should be done
awaywith and iron sluicesor tile sluices
put in their place. The continued renew
al OF wooden sluices is n constant ex-
pense 10 the town, whereas the intro
ductiOn OF tile or iron sluices would
soon provide the town with permanent
sluicing. and very little expense would
be incurred from year to year in their
maintenance. The highway commits
BUILT nluSL ctG ~ IL mat Tie lNQHE
stones are removed from the highways
at least once in thirty days. and n pru-
dent man does it oftener.
The highway commissioner should
be an active, energetic man, capable Of
engaging and discharging men in his
employ. capable of handling teams in
the use OF the road machines. capable
Of building a ditch so that he won't
dy to run water up hill. capable of
figuring on masonry for culverts. ca
liable OF handling any small contract
and able to lay out his work from year
to year so that the roads can be con-
stantly improved through the Operat-
ing OF a systematic plan of develop
me- When you have good highway
CONT >ssioner, never let him out OF
Office
at Is worse than useless to create
expensive and valuable highways TO
have them only cut to pieces by the
use of narrow tires as now used for
the hauling of heavy loads in this
state. When you have got good
thing, it costs you money, and You
must take care of it and change your
methods to help maintain it. Wide
tires are Of the greatest value in pre-
serving ordinary dirt roads. \ state
wide tire law should be passed, simple
In its requirements. positive in its en-
forcement and going into operation
two years from this date in order to
permit every wagon user TO have ample
time to adapt his wagon tires TO the
new law in the interest of road main
tenance"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
THE CARE OF ROADS
IMPORTANCE OF SELECTING A GOOD
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER.

lie should Devote HIS Entire Time
60 the work and Know All About
RoadbuildinE - wide Tire. Pre-
serve Highways.
w. Pierrepont White. secretary Of
the Oneida county On. " League For
Good Roads, In speaking before the
Utica chamber OF commerce recently
about roadbuilding said:
In roadbuilding the main object is
10 get the greatest length Of the best
road for the least money. The best
road will have the location which will
give the best drainage and the easiest
grades and win serve the most traffic.
The best read win have the design and
construction which will give perfect
~ drained bed OF dry earth supporting
q smooth and water tight surface. This
will enable il TO shed water with least
delay, to endure frost with least
change, TO carry traffic with least wear,
TO carry heaviest loads with least eff
fort. TO carry light loads speedily and
with least jolt. The best location and
design Of road can only be made after
thorough survey and careful location
by civil engineer who has had expert
ence I'm designing and building roads.
The man who has charge Of the
roads I'm town is called the highway
commissioner. What kind of n man
should we have as highway commits
sioner? We want 4 man who is free to
give his entire time 10 the care Of the
roads from one end Of the year to the
other. Each town has upward of sixty
miles Of highway to be taken care Of.
The New York Central railroad in the
care OF its four tracks between Albany
and Utica. n distance Of ninety-five
miles. has civil engineer and35 section
bosses in charge of $50 to $50 men in
the summer and 40 TO 90 men In the
winter, all constantly at work keeping
the roadbed free from water and the
bitches open. The proposition which n
highway commissioner must meet in
the care Of the roads OF his town is ex-
actly the same proposition that a rail-
road has to meet in the care Of its road
bed.
1.-THE highway commissioner must
be a man who can start in the spring
Of the year with n pillow. opening the
bitches on each side Of the road. This
I'm town Of sixty miles Of highways
gives him n furrow 12O miles long 10
be opened at the melting OF the snow
in order TO take the water away from
the surface OF the road. This work
must be followed as soon as the earth
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
Rhode I.Iand,. Road Methods.

Rhode Island has shown a tendency
to repudiate the methods adopted by
most OF the eastern and middle states
in respect to the cooperation OF state,
counties and towns. That state, &C
cOrding TO the idea of the legislators,
should not aid financially the counties
and towns further than merely dis
seminating information and showing
the good results obtained from fine
roads. This latter work is accomplish
ed by building sample highways of half
a mile in extent in each town and coun-
~. 1t was reasoned that these practi-
cal object lessons would arouse local
pride sufficiently to make their extern
sion an actually. So far this system
has justified the state authorities in
their predictions. Nearly 500 miles OF
cd gravel and stone roads have been
built. representing about one-ffth or
the total road mileage OF the whole
state
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
CARE OF ROADS.
Vermont Adopting system So suc-
cc>Srui a Europe.

The ma,t,r OF -l.at>,, Importance in
road main,cp0nct b.. CONSTANT attention.
says Maurice q. EiariDZ.. assistant 0i-
rector pUhi.c roads inquiries. IL would
therefore seem v.. % CCy as 10 JCo., q
modified form OF ,ac system which h.s
been so successful i'm England. FHrcc
and other European countries and
which has been recently introduced in-
60 the state OF Vermont that is Of Iii
vlding tGc ioJNs mo certain lcNgths
ana allottir- V0Ci length 10 Il section
man. carc,abcr or farmer. Every ono
is familiar with tolls system rs applied
TO railway u3iutCn3ncC. ard B, IS
matter worthy OF note that in Vermont
the general results from it's appi ga. on
are that much better roScs arc So
cured at loss expense and The tax rate
for highways has been reduced each
year Is tAe roads grow hotter and as
we learn TO maintain them free from
damage ut ig,s cost"
Our most ie'u. rlant country roads
could 10 divided into sections OF beats
varying ,n length from one to five
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
CANADA'S GOOD ROADS.


t-r-s eos Higlvnys.
our cousins across thc border in
Canada have been oven moro active
and more insrl iu their support a1d
appropriations FOR the good ro, IS
movement tIan we are ON this side.
says thc Philadelphia North American.
Tho huio province OF Ontario. iar.c in
area. iur small in resources ass compar-
Cd with some OF the American states.
has lccu building roads Tor more than
ten years. spending $4,000 year for
this purpose. In addition 10 this am
nuci expenditure the provincial parlia-
ment last year appropriated a million
dollars for the purpose OF still further
improving IFS highways
When this is compared with the APP
preparation which the great country OF
the United States placed al the diS-
po~al of Director Martin Dodge of the
department OF good roads Inquiries Of
Washington last year. 81 forms a con-
trast Thar is anything but favorable
TO Uncle sam. Mr. Dodge was given
the muuiGccnt @ sum OF $4,000 To- de
vote 10 his work throughout thc coun-
try.
There is "a movement now on foot
among certain congressman and state
officials which has FOR its object the
complete equipment Of an up 10 date
good roads department and an apprO-
priaiion which Will be adequate TO it's
operation
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
WANT BETTER ROADS
THE AGITATION FOR GOOD HIGH
WAYS IN THE SOUTH.

Road Associations Organized and
Conventions HeId-The Jefferson
Memorial Highway Hanna and
Governor Montague on Good Roads.
If the people Of the southern states
do not have good roads in the near fu-
ture and plenty of them, it won't be
kheir fault. They are doing everything
IN their power to secure better high
ways, and the matter has been taken
up by some Of their most prominent
men, including General F4tz-Hugh Lee.
During the past winter county good
roads associations have been formed,
conventions held and thousands inter-
ested in the work of the trains touring
che south giving lessons I'm good road
building.
The recent convention held at Char
tottesville, Va, was significant as evil
dencirg tic rapidly growing recogni-
don Of the good roads movement
throughout the country. The conven-
tion marked the end OF the tour OF the
Southern railway good roads trainV
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
Forgot Their sorrow.

In his autobiography, The Making
OF an American" Jacob y. Riis tells an
amusing story of a visit he once made
to tho house Of three sisters whose
brother had been drowned:
1T was very hot July day, and to
guard against sunStrOke ! had put a
cabbage leaf in my hat. On the way
over | forgot all about 1t, and The leaf,
getting limp. settled down -snugly on
my head, like a ridiculous green skull
cap. Knowing nothing Of this, / was
wholly unprepared FOR the effect my
entrance. hatlcss. had upon the weep
ing family. The young ladies ceased
CRYING, stared wildly and then. to my
utter bewilderment, broke into hyster-
ical laughter. For the moment /
thought they had gone mad. for some
years afterward the thought Of it had
tho same effect upon me that the cab
bage leaf produced so unexpectedly i'm
that grief stricken home"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
Great Highway Proposed.

The people of Knoxville and Knox
county Tenn. have elaborated a decid-
edly ambitious scheme in the line Of
matt nal roadbuildinG. They have. 1t
Is announced prepared a petition to
congress that S5o.0OO.OO0 be appropri-
atcd FIR the construction OF a public
highway from Washington to New Or
leans This highway is to be 100 feet
wide. is to be paved with asphalt, is
to have water main along its whole
course and Is to be lighted with cleo
Tieity. Forty feet Of the roadway is
to he reserved for horses and horse We
hicles. forty feet for motor carriages,
ten feet for bicycles and ten feet for
pedestrians.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
FOR BETTER HIGHWAYS.
>o~icty orEanized For the Promo
tiU" OF Good Roads.

society OrEanizcd For the Promo
ti"" OF Good Roads.
.l t-uVOmVut has been started in Me-
d.a. .i.. tina, should receive the earnest
Support OF every citizen. 1t is the or
,.itl1aiion OF society in the county
Ser thc promotion of good roads. The
project las been launched well, and
tGv interest taken in the matter thus
."' indicates that the promoters viii
Zee able 10 secure the cooperation Of a
iargv number OF people.
For some reason it has taken many
years to secure general interest in such
ah important reform as the making OF
tne highways. and in this particular
this country is far behind some of the
countries i'm Europe. which have ideal
highways. says the Chester PaD Times.
All of the argument is on the side OF
the modern road, SO it is not necessary
70 stop and convince the people Of the
utility of the well kept thoroughfare,
but the question that must now be con-
sidered is how TO secure the means
with which 10 build the roads. Some
OF tie states in the Union are very lib
cral I'M the laws for the encouragement
o. better highways, and in this partic-
ular Pennsylvania has much to learn
from Connecticut, New Jersey. Massa-
chuSctts and other commonwealth,
which have miles Of highways over
which Il carriage or bicycle can travel
with ease and comfort.
Ii we are to have good facilities for
moving about the country. and every
body comedies that we must, then it is
clear that the state should assist, for
the benefit is TO the state as well as to
The immediate territory affected. And
If this is done it Will be found that the
farmers and suburban residents win
quickly join in the movement to secure
first class highways.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21

Treatment sc s-nd ..s yls O., sJs.
The tf~psrtnuc~ ID. s.it- 49, strc
- c~Ncrafb,c Goo1 1;r-hisc- B.. s,,e
ssea Good Road asai.crs.
Drainage IS The key TO success in
making earth roads ard constant
watchfOi,'css IS The sure means ot Keep
ing them ru after they are once wen
made. says Maurice q. = 3riIge. assist.
ant director public road Inquiries Wa.
ter is DIES .ructive To amy road. cspccial-
" 10 a dirt road. Therefore Drainage
that VIII at once carry =. az r,irr"n Or
melting snow is absolutely u,c,s lazy.
Again. httlc brcI.sS in the r..u nay be
made hy rain or by rV0vy l.ai sc ai,y
time and e. not rcla,rcl i:,Deliotciy
VIII grow ir.O uu10oi,s cspcciauy IN
the winter ami cheese ma ,hoics a.. lily
and rapidly develop into au almost i'm
paSsable mirc '.Ut frcuucn, in>nec-
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
What Good Roads DO.

Good roads. Ike good streets. make
habitation along them most desirable.
They economize time and force In
transportation OF products, reduce
wear and tear on horses, harness and
vehicles and enhance the market value
Of real estate. They raise the value Of
farm lands and farm products and
tend to beautify the country through
which they pass. They facilitate ru-
raj mail delivery and are a potent aid
TO education. religion and sociability.
Charles Sumner once said. ''The road
and the schoolmaster are the two most
important agents In advancing civil
cation"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
Ronds mud RniIwny-In Indin.

When it is considered that I'm India
alone, where roads were unknown
when the British government assumed
control. there are now 10000 miles OF
road, OF which over 10000 are met
alcd;" that the railways i'm the Brit
ish colonies now aggregate G3.549
miles against $1,000 in 1885. a growth
I'm fifteen years exceeding The distance
around the earth; that the irrigation
canals and other works of India are
$4,000 miles in extent. and the area
irrigated 10y all methods exceeds So
100000 acres. and that although they
have cost about 4OOOOO,OOO rupees, the
value of single years crop in the
irrigated district above that which it
could produce i'm years of drought is
more than the entire cost of the canals,
the Importance Of these public works
will be apparent.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21

Although it is impracticable and .
many cases impossible for communi-
ties ID build good stone roads. a surface
Of gravel may frequently be used to adj
VANTAGE. giving far better results than
could lr attained by the use of earth
alone. Where beds of good gravel rre
available this is the simplest. cheapest
ana ID st effective method Of improv-
Ing couMirv coads
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21

People generally are beginning to
realize that roadbuilding is a public
matter and that the best interests of
American agriculture and the Ameri-
san people as n whole demand the con
Etruction OF good roads
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
Road machinery Reduces Cost.

New York state may be said TO lead
the others this year IN road improve
ment interests, and the national con-
ference upon road improvement held at
the Pan-American exposition at Buff
falO last summer helped to Increase in
terest in the matter, says The Good
Roads Magazine. The exhibition Of
machinery for road construction and
repairing mt Buffalo naturally illuStrat-
ed in a forcible way modern methods
OF improving our public highways ut
the least possible expense. In award
Ing the contracts for road construction
this year the attempt was made to keep
the cost of road development to the
very lowest possible point consistent
with excellent work. 1t is estimated
that some of the inland highways can
be constructed at the rate Of $1,000 per
mile. where a few years ago they would
have cost between $4,000 and $1,000
per mile This reduction is due TO til
cheaper cost Of trap rock and the e..
plOyment Of machinery on the roads IN
place Of so much hand labor
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21

FIR ..v past tci. years ! aavy hccu d, Real
rs lie gent in 6crryvIll.. ami tnrough nav
adv Rising tlrCui.r descriptive 81 iarEc
COIat have cndc.,Norcu 90 direct attention
10 the ...Nautu-cs aud STABILITY of the
COua,a Tor Home seekers and Land buyers.
In Ulun nave Kept zap large curr,S-
pa v....e an answer Ia letter ui Inquiry
for .r..S. Ia - nay purpose 10 exercise still
grct ,r cflvr tn a. courage pr, spcctiNc land
pa ..i..~srs irptl oth,r states haVcu mum
b. A.pl'aut~ Nnu propose 10 come and
Sc tisoN ,Aa bs Sl.tcd.
,r- '''>.r...~ 1 >..iA their farms
@'.i,o >-n.i. trat,-Hr houses
AN GcN a,rVS. Wi.i iil.d il 20 their
In "a ia W.tA me. Yours may
80. Aly is,naS throughout
IN 80 purchasers of
II -t... t,>.rc To- locate
IN cd r-.nIa.' to send OF
d. .te
ID. G.. SNYDER.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21

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Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-05-21
yvhnt shouId he DONG.

Papers everywhere are urging the
construction Of better roads They
speak of this method and that method,
but II all Will amount to nothing until
another and better system is establish
ed. As things now stand. says the
Bergen Springs (MichI Era. the road
tax in rural localities is payable in
work unless the taxpayer can find some
way to get ont OF il. Ii would be Just
as sensible TO pay the school tax or the
tax for an official stenOgrapher in work
as to pay the road tax in that way.
The highways should be made under
the supervision Of a competent engineer
and the work be done by contract.
Then we should know just what is
done and what il costs. and if il is not
well done the bondsmcn of the con-
tractor could be held 10 make il good