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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-09

To the Editor: We have levied a spe-
cial road tax in Warren county for the
past seven years. A part of the time 10
cents on the 800 worth Of property and
30 cents on the poll; a part of the time 10
cents on the $500 and 45 cents on the poll
Ii is fifteen and forty-fve now.
In the fall of 1895 we purchased yoad
machine, some other tools and six
horses, and commenced turnpiking our
main roads. We had in many places to
clear the way of trees and stumps and
in some instances to change the road
he'd entirely. The first of December
1886, we had turnpiked about thirty miles
of road, and put in the necessary Gull
Verts and drains.
On the first Monday in December, 1896,
a new Board of County Commissioners
took their seats. The new board sold
the horses at auction and laid the road
machine and other tools aside. So, for a
few years, the road tax money was diff
ferently expended In the fall OF 1900 We
again equipped for good road work. We
row have eight heavy mules, road ma
cline. wheeled scrapers, plows, ETC. Our
plan now is to work all the steep and
bad hills and worst mires first all over
the county. We have worked more than
forty such places in the last sixteen
months. Where the hills are too steep
we grade them down so that team can
handle a good load on them and when
the soil is OF such q nature as to need it
we haul On gravel or sand, to a depth of
four to six inches,
We have had great success by using
gravel and sand in this way. We are ex
pending about\ three Thousand dollars per
year in his work Of course we do not
expect to make, and maintain. good
reads all over the county, with so small
an expenditure.
We aim TO do what we can for the i'm
provement Of the roads until the people
take enough interest in the subject TO is
sue bonds or in some other way raise
funds TO improve the roads more rapidly.
The sentiment of a majority of the people
has been against road tax. but IS fast
changing in favor OF it, as. they see what
good and efficient work does for the
reads All he best citizens are in favor
o. road tax now The condition of our
ads Except the small portion that we
have improved) is decidedly bad. Our
roads are mostly red and when wet get
very soft. The old roadbeds are worn.
ana washed until they are lower than
the adjoining land. and are acting as
drains for said land.
We have failed as a rule, to get the
proper benefits from the four days per
year labor duty. imposed on all male
pcrsons from twenty-one TO forty-five
years. The overseers, excepting very
few. do not know how to do road work,
and the most of them do not care 1t is
rot the fault of the road hands. They
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derived from them. 1t seems like We
have been asleep a long time and have
just walked up. l. for one, feel little
ashamed of our roads. but have faith
in our people. We are going to have
better roads. We all need to be led some
times Road building in our State is
growing in popularity every day 1t will
not be long before there will be large
majority in favor of special taxes for
road purposes. If each county will pre-
pare to use their convicts at home l think
it would be more profitable than to have
so many State prisoners. Working our
roads with convict labor seems TO be the
most feasible plan. The problem is not
too hard for us. With Governor Aycock
in the lead and our valuable newspapers
TO aid him, we will have better roads.
y. A. SMITH.
Bradley's Store, y. c., Feb s. 1902.
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ROADS IN BEAUFORT.

The public roadst in Beaufort county
are in a deplorable condition. There has
been no special tax levied for road i'm
provement in Beaufort county.
The sentiment of all the best citizens
seems to be in favor of keeping the roads
by special tax. 1t is impossible TO keep
up the roads under the present system.
1t is important that we should have
gravel roads The farmers have hard
times getting their produce to market,
dragging it through the mud. 1t is
time for the farmers in the State TO
wake up and agitate keeping up the
roads by taxation, the only way good
roads can be secured. Good roads are a
great blessing to any community. and l
truly hope the good Roads Congress will
awaken a sentiment all over North Caro-
lima. w 5. ID. EBORN.
Bunyon, y. c., Feb. A, 1902
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ROADS IN HARNETT.

No special tax has ever been levied for
road Improvement in Harnett county
The condition of the public roads in this
county except where nature is favorable
TO locomotion, may justly be rated as
bad" to worse" Public sentiment is
divided as to working the roads by taxa
ton A majority of those who have to do
the work on the roads are, and have been
for years, in favor of taxation for road
purposes provided the other fellow pays
the taxes On the other hand some in
sist they can give five or six days work
during the year easier than they can pay
their part OF the taxes for such pur-
poses If horses and mules were allowed
to vote on the question, there is little
doubt taxation would carry by a good ma
jority. And further, if the people can be
made sensible Of returning value for
money thus spent they will cheerfully
pay anything reasonable and just
IN my opinion, nothing so clearly in
dictates the progress and advancement of
a people as the condition of their public
highways, and our public roads will
never be any better as long as the
present slip-shod methods prevail in lay
ing cut and keeping them in repair.
I. w. HARRINGTON.
Harrington y. c., Feb. 4, 1902.
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ROADS IN ANSoN.

There has been 4 special lax levied for
road improvement of this county.
There is a bono of 100000 given for
the Improvement OF the roads. They are
very poor
The people are in favor of good roads.
There IS an improvement of twenty
miles. We have about forty convicts at
work on them now. 1t would be Il good
deal OF help to the people of the county
to have them improved in our county.
D. H. ALLEN.
Wadesboro, n. c., Feb. S.
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ROADS IN ASHE.

l. No special tax has been levied
here for road Improvement.
2. The condition OF the public roads
here is not very good. possibly on ac-
count of heavy rains.
g. People generally not in favor of
road tax.
4. / think that the time has come
when We must have better roads, but
the plan to bring about that condition of
things is q question not easily solved
Perhaps We will have to have some leg
islative work along that line.
II. G. PHIPPS.
Baldwin y. c., Feb. 5.
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Halifax, n. c., Feb. Z.

We had a special tax for better roads
but ii did such little good ii was given
up. The roads are in very bad condition.
Can't pull half loads to the markets.
About ten feet wide in great many
places. / think the farmers would be
willing to submit to taxation if we could
get good roads. There are no people that
need good roads as badly as the farmers.
We have a great deal of hauling to do
over them to get cur produce to the mar
ket. We can't get the roads worked with
free labor to any advantage. 1t has been
well tried. AS for my own views about
working the roads, ] think it would be
the best thing that could be had to give
us good roads I also think it would be
best to use convict labor TO work the
roads. They could be made TO do so
much more work in a day than free
labor.
j.. A. WHITEHEAD.
Halifax, n c.. Feb. 4. 1902
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-09
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cured me- None are genuine but De-
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w. H. King Drug. Co., Bobbitt and
Wynne Drug Co.
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: VI " I4AEsNI-A'
Brinkleyville, n c., Feb. 4, 1902.

There was special tax levied three or
four years ago for road improvements
This money was divided up in each town
ship to work hills and other bad places
but this law has been repealed.
The condition of the roads in this
county is very bad. The laboring class
of people are in favor of it but the tax
payers are not.
In regard TO the Importance and value
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First Special tax has not been levied
for roads.
9 Condition of roads bad.
3. Sentiment of people divided on spe-
cial road tax.
Majority of people have not considered
advantage of good roads.
My views are to have q road superin-
tendent in each county; also three road
trustees for each township, said road of
ficers TO meet and adopt Il system how
roads should be worked and what con-
dition should try TO keep them In, and in
q very short time when roads We're sys-
tematically worked people would see the
Importance of better. roads and freely
vote a special tax, etc.
L. II. TILLEY
Cora. n c.. Feb, Z, 1902
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OF our people is opposed to a special tax
fer road building.
My view is that good roads are essen
tial 20 prosperous communities, and that
special taxation is the only solution OF
the matter. The old way is failure
Yours truly,
]. S. WILLIAMSON
Eilzabethtown, N c., Feb. 6.
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The roads in this county are not in a
good condition. 1t seems impossible to
put them in fix with the system of free
labor we have to work them with. The
people would not favor road tax, but
think they would favor some system of
working the conyicts of the county on
the roads, and am sure they would APP
preciate some law providing for this.
think this would be the cheapest and
best way TO work the roads. as no one
would feel the burden.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-09

There has not been any special tax
levied for road purposes in our county.
The condition of our public roads is
bad.
| don't think our people would take on
10 special tax for road purposes at
present, our county being loaded down at
present with special taxes. We need to
be educated up to it. look on road inn
provement TO be very important for sew
eral reasons: il will make the country
more attractive. besides all other benefits
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OF good roads. If there was special tax
levied and used only for road work it
might be better than working them by
the people, as they are now worked. be-
ing only patched up TO make out with.
]. H. ALLSBROOK, JR.
Scotland Neck. Feb. 5.
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ROADS IN BLADF;N.

Our county has never levif,d special
tax for road Improvement a d therefore
we have very poor roads. The sentiment
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-09
ROADS IN HALIFAX.

We have no special road tax in Halifax
county since 1897.
Our roads now are almost impossible,
and our system not good one, and not
enforced gives us practically no roads.
do hope some plan may be devised by
which our system and our roads may be
improved. ! hope to be on hand on the
18th of February.
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ROADS IN ALLEGHANY.

/. No special tax.
.. Roads very bad.
3. am for anything that will improve
the roads.
S. F. THOMPSON. .
Sparta. n c., Feb. 8.
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ROADS IN BURKE,

No tax has ever been levied for road
Improvements here. Our roads are bad
but the sentiment of our people is favor
able TO working the roads by taxation.
No question was ever asked about more
Important work than road Improvement.
Hoping by your zeal and Influence much
good will be accomplished in our State,
II remain.
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JAMES EKNESI EtWIN-
Morganton, y. c., Feb. s.
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LloHrNiNo.LIke JUSTICE.
Brutal Cheyenne Criminal Raiiroaded
to the Penitentiary.

Cheyenne. wyo.. July 11.-Early this
morning the police arrested An. Funk.
thirty.cight years Of age. for criminal
assault oh the two little daughters OF
Dan Syndcr. The children arc four
and ten years OF age. and were de-
coycd To Funk's room ut o'clocl; last
night and kept there until after mid
night. They were then permitted 10
leave and told their story.
For fear that summary Justice might
he dealt out To the brute. the closest
secrecy was observed In the affair and
Funk punished by the law In record
time. AT 3::O o'clock this afternoon
he was nrraigncd In the Justice court
on two charges OF assault. pleaded
guilty and was bound to the District
Court. At I::.O o'clock he pleaded
guilty to both charges and was sen.
fenced by Judge Scott to fourteen years
In the pcniientinry on each charge.
the second term To commence ut the cx-
plrntion OF the first. making twenty
eight years In NIL. This IL the extreme
limit OF the law for the ofTcnsc.
The next train for Itawllns would
have. left ut 11:2O o'clock tonight. but
the sheriff found that n delayed train
would leave at $50 o'clock. and start
ed his man FOR the pcnitcntiary on
that. BY ! o'clock tomorrow morning
he will be behind the bars.
Funk came to Cheyenne from Dem
yer in April and has been employed as
n saloon cleaner,
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PROMISED HELP.
Gompers viii Assist Advocates Of
AustraIasian Tax Amendment.

Denver. July 12.-Advocates OF the
Australasian tax amendment have np-
pcaled TO Samuel Gompers. president
OF the American Federation of Labor
to help them in their fight for tax re-
form In Colorado. and Mr.. GOmpcrs
has promised to do what lies within
his power. A large delegation of
friends of the amendment called upon
the noted labor leader on Wednesday.
July 9th, and fully explained the char
acter of the measure and the extent of
the opposition to II. They appealed to
him 10 exert his moral influence on be
half of the amendment. and also to use
his best endcavors to secure an appro-
priation from the executive board of
the American Federation for propagan
da purposes. Mi. Gompers. after thor
ough injury and explanation. prom
ised his assistance. When the eyecu-
tive board meets in San Francisco he
will lay the matter before 1t.
State Labor Commissioner Smith and
Mr.. Charles Egan headed the delega-
ton of friends of the amendment
which called upon President Gompers.
Rocky Ford enterprise. (Rocky Ford, Colo.) 1887-1950, 1902-07-18
Irrigation and Cultivation.

TIL. New Mexico Experiment Station
ns the result Of some experiments car
rici ON this year publishes the follow
Ing conclusions:
I. The moisture content OF Irrigated
land ~ apt To vary within wide limits.
=. The results OF this seasons work
Indicates that when the moisture IN
this soil fniis below "a fairly definite
limit the corn begins To cure. This
limit lies twenty per cent. calculated
on dry weight of soil, or about nfty
per cent. of the water capacity OF tho
soil. Mt 30 inches.
.. The crop showed very unequal
growth within short distances. the rca-
sons for which We arc not yet able to
explain.
4. The results indicni" that under tho
climatic conditions which prevailed
during last season mt least thr,c IT.
rigntlons are necessary to produce q
crop Of corn. nnd that the late irrirn.
tion showed morn marked effect than
the early irrirniions.
.. The cultivation tas prnciiccd this
season. doe. not seem to have Ind iii's
desired effect In conserving moisture
In this soil.
q. Good termination II readily pro-
ducc,i by lrrIgatine to produce scrmi-
nation after planting even when tho
water II quite muddy.
:. Sub-soliing had apparently no cf-
feet either on moisture content or
yield.
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Many Soldiers Brought Back.

San Francisco, Cal, July 9.-The
transport Lognn arrived yesterday nf-
ternoob. twenty-ninc days from Ma
nila and seventeen days from Naga-
saki. The vessel was expected two
days before. and her long trip Is due
to rough weather and her foul condi-
ton. The transport has on board 3II
enlisted men OF the Seventeenth in
fantry, 7ST men OF the Sixteenth In
fantry. twenty-seven prisoners. eight
insane and seventy-sevcn sick men.
Nearly all the troops returning on
the Logan have seen long service In
the Philippine Islands. The Sixteenth
went from here In 1899. The men OF
that regimen. have served in Northern
Luzon. now and again being In active
combat with the rebels. Sergeant
Schroeder distinguished himself ut
Carig by withstanding an attack from
800 insurgents. though he had only
eighteen men mt his back.
Raoul Fnyette. n private OF Company
II. Seventh infantry. died OF heart
trouble two days after leaving Naga-
saki.
The Sixteenth infantry has been as
signed to duty at Fort McPherson, At
lnnta. Georgia. and the seventh Will
remain for some time at the Preside.
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and corporations. Some OF these are
among the high mountains. but the
greater number are near the foothills
| In the vicinity OF the land to be irri-
| gated. The largest and best reservoir
sites, however, have not been taken.
their very magnitude and Importance
necessitating some form of public nc.
ton in which other states may be con-
| cerned. The most completely devel-
oped Of the reservoir systems is prot-
ably that on the Cache In Poudre riv
er. a tributary of the South Platte.
| Among the important canals are Cache
In Poudre, I.ar.mer county; Larimer
County canal Nc. .; Larimer and Weld
canal. Pleasant Valley and Lake ca
nal. and the Mercer ditch. The COM
bined length Of these canals Is more
than 22O miles, and the area irrigated
by them In 1890 was approximately
| 100000 acres.
Water is held in the layers of sand
and gravel which have been deposited
at various depths beneath the surface
| of the plains. Investigations indicate
that this supply is large, and that con-
siderable areas Of valuable land, locat-
ed Mt too great an elevation to be irri-
gated by gravity diversion of water,
will ultimately be reclaimed by utiliz-
Ing tue uHueuOW.
The Arkansas River.
The Arkansas river rises in the vi
cinity of Leadville, in central Colo
RADIO, at an altitude of 10000 feet, and
region of perpetual snow. 1t first
flows south, through mountains COW
cred with valuable forests, then east
to Canon. where it leaves the noun
tains. Within the mountains the slope
is extremely steep. averaging forty
feet to the mile, but the fall gradually
diminishes after the river enters the
plains, where, for n distance of 800
miles, 1t averages seven feet per mile.
The drainage basin of the Arkansas
contains 1861 square miles, and its
total length is 1.497 miles.
A, the point where the Arkansas riv-
er enters the great plains of eastern
Colorado Its waters are largely drawn
upon for irrigation, even the floods be-
ing stored and used; as result, very
little water flows into Kansas except
when the stream Is highest. In many
respects the river has the same charac-
teristic features ms the South Platte.
The tributaries are of two classes
those from the mountains, having n
perennial flow, and those which drain
the great plains and receive water on
ly in time of rain OF IN the early spring.
The largest of these mountain tribu-
taries are Like, Badger and Grape
creeks Fountain creek and st.
Charles. Huerfano. Pugatorie and
Apishapa rivers receive their supply
from the plains, as well rs from the
mountains. The Huerfano, Apishapa
and Purgatoire rivers come from the
south. where they rise In the Sangre
de Cristo range. In their upper courses
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a shortage Of crops IL reported each
year. The farther development OF ir-
rigntion Is inpracticable without re-
course to artificial storage. Opportuni-
ties for this are afforded I'm the noun
tainous rcgi,n OF this basin and Il num-
bcr OF excellent reservoir sites have
been found and reported. The system
OF reservoirs constructed by the Great
Plains water Company. near Lamar,
has proved very beneficial In prevent
ing loss of crops.
Tho Rio Grande River.
The RIO Grande, rising I'm the San
Juan range, drains the mountain area
30 the sorth and east of the continent
nj divide in the southwestern part of
the state. Its total area in Colorado is
1921 square miles. For eighty miles of
Its course itflowseasterlyn it as II mountain
stream, until II enters the San Luis
valley. fertile. level plain. having an
area about equal to that of Connecti-
cut, and lying between ranges Of the
Rocky mountains. This valley has u
general elevation of 1900 feet, the
mountains surrounding Il rising from
1000 to GOOO feet higher. The Rio
Grande cuts through 1t diagonally
from northwest to southeast, and re-
ceives from the adjacent mountains
the waters of nearly thirty streams.
The structure OF the soil of the great
or mart of the Rio Grapde valley is
such thot II readily transmits water,
or sub.irripotes. and its adnptability
for holding moisture has enabled the
farmers to extend cultivation over a
much larger nren thnn could be done
without this mid. The soil is generally
,,cb md farming nv IRRIGATION is prof-
itable throughout the valley. Exten-
s,ve exnerjments awe been made with
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Tn. census bureau In report on tho
siauIhi"rlns ana meat packing Indus
Try for til. census year 1890. says the
development OF this industry during
Ill. last half century has b-en almost
phenomenal. During that period eapi-
tai invested has grown from 81. .ts2.SD
to Sls;, ii's I'll: III. number OF wage
.arncrs from .,...1G To 'rs.5:it. and value
OF product. from Sii..ssl.Gi: Ia s'sS.-
.sg.. .lJ:i For i:sO III. report shows a
capital OF sisc iiss..'ji Invested In land.
buildings. machinery. tools and impie-
m.nts and tn. iiv. capital utilized.
III. vaiu. Of products II given Mt
SIS, ,.i4s... t.ri. which Involved an outlay
Of xiO.isi.:ts for salaries OF officials.
clerks. eic.: SCI. .t5I.Oi3 for wages: $.i.-
Gsbji. for miscellaneous EXPENSES. IN
ciudin. rent. taxes. etc. AMI Ssisi.'.Si.-
81 for material used. mill supplies.
freight nnd fuel.