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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11

has fastened itself in some part of the
system.
Peruna acts quickly and benefcially
on the infiamed mucous membranes
lining the different organs of the body.
Thus it VIII cure catarrh wherever
located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving Q
full statement of your case and he viii
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis. as
Address DIR. Hartman, President OF
Tie Hartman Sanitarium, Column bus, o.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
hundreds ofWomen Cured byPe-ru-ne
of Annoying Catarrh.

AR. HARTMAN has probably done
- more than any other physician
toward populsrizing a means of
scape from the facial deformities, such
S w;ttery eyes, twisted nose. offensive
'reath, dry cracked lips, due to the
ayagine effects of cat;lrrh.
He has made chronic catarrh a life
ong study. His remedy, popu1arl v
:nOwn as Peruna, is the most famous
emedy for catarrh in existence.
Probably there is net a ma n or woman,
boy or girl, within the bounds of the
United states that has not heard of Pc
runa. By far the largest majority nave
used Peruna.
The multitude of people that have
been cured of chronic catarrh by using
Peruna can never be known.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Uses Of the Te,enhone.

To the making of Irish bulls there II
no end, according to Marshall P. Wild
er. Here IS one OF the latest breaks Of
the Celtic species, if the humorist is to be
believed:
An Irishman just over sees telephone
on the wall and never having seen one
before. asks what it is
tits telephone" he is told.
-'Phat's telephone used for?" queries
Pat
"Why. to talk through. of course"
Can 1 talk to Mike upstairs through
thot thing?'s
why. of course" O
Pat goes to the Telephone and calls up
Mike. rs that you, Mike?''
YES" comes the answer
We'll" says Pat. stick yer head cut
the window. want to talk to ye'-
: Rochester Post-Express. .
Twice Won.
Here's a good thing" said Jokeley.
over his paper. Here's western wild
over. named William Tew, who married
again within a week of his first wife's
death"
"And do you call that good thing?"
demanded his wife. .
swell, it's good arithmetic Twice
one is Tew." -Philadeiphia ledger
As the Clock Strnek Eleven.
e Percy Staylate-Do you believe in
dreams Miss Euphemias
Miss sEphemia-No. indeed, Mr.. Stay
late. Why, only last night l dreamed
that you came to call and went home al
nine o'clock.
In the ensuing. fragile silence father
shook down the furnace and wound tn.
alnck--Critegton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Miss. Amanda johnson.

Miss Flnra Hauser, 1889 S. New
Jersey street, Indianapolis, Ind,
writes:
sI think must have been
troubled with cafarrh ever since 4
! was very young, aggravated each
time caught a cold. This did not
prove sufficiently serious TO be OBJ
H0xious until last winter Then
my head and nose were SO stopped
up that I felt must do something.
Peruna WIS recommended to me by
q friend. fused it for four weeks,
and found to my relief that il cured
me. IhaYe not had a bit of troubEe
since. My head is clear, and I can
safely affirm that Peruna cured
me. "-Miss Flora Hauser.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
BEAUTIFUL SKIN,
Soft white HANDS and L lxuriant Hair
o Produced by Cuticura
Soap.

Millions of Women Use Cuticura Soap,
assisted by !Cuticura Ointment, the great
beautifyins the skin, for cleansing the
scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and
the stopping of falling hair, for softening,
whitening and soothing red. rough and
chafngs, for annoying irritations and ul-
cerative Weaknesses and many antiseptic
purposes which readily suggest themselves,
as well as for all the purposes of the toilet,
bath and nursery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. Itcures painful, swollen,
smhrting, sweaiingo feet Makes new shoes
Don't accept any su. ssitute. ssmpse FREE FREE
Address A. s. Olmsted, LIE Roy n. "
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Inc the Right Place.

flows the new organist:" asked one
Of the parishioners.
ooh. he tiirts beautifully. replied the
soprano of the church Qaartet.-Chscago
Post. Q
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11

9Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli
Samuel, Ocean Grove, NJ j., Feb. IL, 1900.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11

1t takes less sense to find fault with al
than to be far with all.-Ram's Horn.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Ssona the Cough

and wo-ks off the cold Laxatsve Brom,
Quinine Tablets. Prize Is cents o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
JUST CUT THIS oeT AND RETURN IF

Gilbert-"I went to the lunatie asylum
yesterday Noyes-"And they let you
come away9 Perhaps the places we're all
taken! -boston Transcript.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11

A propensity to hope and joy il real
riches; one to fear and sorrow, real pow.
erty.-Hume.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11

They Who live on fashion die Of folly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Moravian Barley and spezt.

fattening hogs and cattle possible in OAK,
Mont, Ida, Colo, yes everywhere. and
add to above Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass.
Teosinte, which produces 80 tons of green
fodder per acre., Salzer's Earliest Cane,
Salzer's 60 Day Goats and hundred OF
other raae farm seeds that they offer.
JUST CUT THIS OFT AND RETURN IT
with Toe in stamps to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, and get their
big catalog oand lots. of farm seed SAM
Piles. K. Ii
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11

June ! Mt Butter Color makes top sf tie
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11

ana the name Of tAls paper. Ne
viz gladly send you = los ef.ssTn
Set q start with, together with our
nsmmcsA al0 page 1llssstFatoa
eat4lOG. describing such novel;
Wheat. Two Foot Data, 3eA'Ost.
Teosints, victsris
RsPe- Send
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
National 0afa

EnoYmously prolific. Does ven
everywhere. Il won't let your acre
pr0dues. les than 100 bu. Try it.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1904-03-11
Eog. aOc IN Sfnzv,sea

Mest'taiked Of grass in America.
would be ashamed Of itself II Il
yielded less shAn IL tons Of splsndid
AAY Bar acre.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

d factor Of safety Of from three to
Six depending on what portion OF Che
structure is most frequently strained
Until We have a judicial interweta.
don Of this law by the supreme court
il is a dangerous law. If ii means
IA load Of one hundred pounds per
square foot with a factor of one, e
win legallze the very poorest con-
sTuctions now built of any materials
steel wood or stone. ana even at that
it contains no provisions for repair.
ing or keeping Of such bridges in a
permanently safe condition
If IT means the bridges shall carry
such leads as railroads, or even our
city engineers deem safe, then out.
side CT few city bridges there are
none TO Be found that will meet the
strietest modern requirements: ard ov-
cry town or county village or city Of
ficials as well as everyone connected
with bridge construction is in inrmi.
nent danger Of two hundred dollar
fine
Onr road and bridge laws for coun-
ties NOT under township organization
contain many very wise provisions
as we'll as some which are almost i'm.
practicable under the conditions ex-
listing in certain counties. 1t now
gives the residents of road districts
. chance to lay out roads within
their districts, and an opportunity to
build and repair roads and bridges
Had these provisions been made be-
fore the adoption of the constitution
Of 1S4S, probably very many counties
would never have changed from the
county system. Many Of its pro-
visions were copied from the prac-
tical operation of the township organl
cation system, and having been graft
ed upon the county commissioner sys-
tenn, they have gone a long way to-
wards giving contentment under the
county system.
One good feature Of the bridge part
)f this law is the provision for county
aid for all bridges costing one hun.
tired thousand dollars or over Prac.
ice in the different counties is not
uniform under this law In some in
stances the county commissioners con.
tend that If cheap wooden bridge
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

This Is law today and In Brown Full.
ton and Schuyler counties the largest
bridges are stll constructed at the
expense Of the counties. In Peoria
coutny all Of the coaty's appropri-
tions for gravel roads which nave
continued for over twenty years, and
amounted to over one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, are still paid
out by a majority vote Of the board
Of supervisors.
Yet q few years ago in preface
to Hurd's Revised Statutes we were
told that the law Of 1851 seems to
have been repeated" by implication"
because the legislature had provided
a method for paying one half the cost
of bridges by the towns and one half
by the counties, Several years ago
gave it as my own belief that the
law of 1851 was srill in force, and was
much gratified that a judge gave his
opinion. informally that this was cor.
rect. | am still of the same belief
and as the law of 1851 has not yet
been repealed to my knowledge.
still think that Brown, Schuyler Full
ton and Peoria counties are correctly
interpreting this law by their occasion
al or annual practice. believe there
has never been supreme court opin-
ion on this subject and we do not yet
know whether Mr.. Hurd is correct or
not
1t may not be generally known by
this body that an amendment to the
road and bridge law passed four years
ago. authorized the construction of
bridges on county lines to be built
at the expense of the counties in pro
portion to the taxable property Of
each county without any payment by
the towns in which the bridges are
situated, provided the bridges cost
over five thousand dollars. This law
Is a general law, though it was passed
to suit the case Of a bridge at Grand
Dotour on Ricl, River Lear Dixon, on
the line between Lee and Ogle coun,
ties. There has been one other
bridge constructed under this law be-
tween Rock Island and Whiteside
counties and one Is now under con.
struction on Koch lines between the
same counties, as well as one en- the
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

shall be assisted as far as the county
tax viii 80 in proportion to the cost
of their bridges And yet when
resolution looking to such an amend.
ment was introduced into this con
eeniion at It's last session, II found sc
few advocates that it was immediate
" laid upon the table
This same law contains no pro
vision for assistance in an emergency
In case the call for aid happens to
come between the time Of the adjourn
ncnt Of the old board of supervisors
aud the meeting Of the new board,
there is no bridge committee author
lied to act unless the board has
taken the precaution 10 authorize the
Old committee or part Of committee
10 act. Furthermore, in case the
chairman Of the county board does
not happen to be reelected, there
Is no chairman Of the board to whom
commissioners can make their peti.
ton Furthermore. in case town
has been fortunate enough not TO
have needed a forty cent levy for the
two years previous to its application
for county aid, it must wait until it
has had two such levies before it can
procure county aid. Sooner or later
some sudden disaster to some large
bridge viii show MS case Of tire.
mendous hardship. when some town
will be compelled under this unjust
and absurd feature. to wait two years
for It's just dues.
There is another unjust feature
which appears to have escaped the
notice of most boards Of supervisors
Tt is the final provision that The
county board shall not be liable for
any part Of said expenses. or com
pelled to pay any part of its appro
priiatcns mtil all ri the work shall
( have been fully completed etc. and
an "itcmlzed report made to the
board ol supervisors. sooner or laiel
some smart board viii discover that
( # takes q majority gote Of the whole
board Of supervisors 10 pay for
bridge and that contractors have onls
oue-half Of a contract under this law
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

Sangamon river between Macon and
Christian counties This is a good
law and it will be found to operate
well in quite a number of cases
There is another bridge law of the
same age which is one of the absard-
lies of modern legislation IT is Sec.
275 in force May /, 1899 1t provides
that every bridge or culyert upon any
highway or street in any county, town
or city in the state shall have a capaci.
ty Of sustaining q weight Of at least
one hundred pounds to the square
foot Sec 27G provides a severe pen.
atty for the violation Of this law. Git
may perhaps be an official or it may
be workman who performed the la
b0r,j being q fine not to exceed one
hundred dollars. can imagine the
heartfelt satisfaction of the author
when he found the legislature had
passed and the governor had signed
This bill and made it law. He
doubtless thought he had performed
his full share towards bringing abctt
greater security 10 the public.
Perhaps he felt as well as that mem
Der Of the legislature who introduced
a bill a few years ago TO provide for
the greater security Of bridges It
contained but two or three lines and
merely stated that after the passag
Of this bin no bridge stringers should
be used less than two by ten inches.
He did not specify how long these
stringers should be or how many
should be placed in each PANEL, for
getting that without some such limi-
tations his bridge floor might be no
better than 50 much blue sky
In the like manner unless the law
fixes some definite strains to be an
piled to the steel. wood. stone. con
crete or what ever material is used,
the phrase one hundred pounds per
SQUARE foot simply means that wbe1
the structue IS new it shall bc capable
Of sustaining one hundred pounds per
square foot with gacior Of safety
,,f ,t,l. nm, rt-htlc .,ffs fstBit,f.tpuI qfp0i
bridge constructors expect these
bridges TO carry the same load with
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

can be constructed for this amount.
IL Is not the duty of the county to as.
sist In some, the county commits
sioners will build Of steel all bridges
which will cost over one hundred dol.
lars. Sill others will construct on
this basis. but require the road dis
trict itself to pay one hundred dol
lars towards theh total cost This is,
in my opinion the proper construc.
ton Of the law
There are bridge laws on the stat.
ute books, swallowed up in the mass
Of other road and bridge requirements,
which arc scarcely ever noticed by
our commissioners or supervisors.
One is the provision that in certain
cases a town may pay the whole cost
Of bridge on town or county lines,
while the general rulo is that this
cost be divided between the com.
manitics divided by such streams.
This section Of the law. which is sec.
tien %, provides that if ole Of these
towns refuses to build the bridge the
other town may proceed to take a
vote in the manner specified, and pay
the whole cost Of The structure.
AS matter OF course this law win
he put into effect in but few instances,
and these only where the people on
ono side Of the stream are. so anxious
for the bridge that they are willing
to pay the entire cost This general
law was passed to enable the town
ship Of Peoria to build a bridge across
the Illinois river, which cost In all
nearly fifty thousand dollars. and the
case is remarkable for another fea.
ture. which is that the town declined
to call on the county for any finan-
cial assistance
/ The City of Cairo secured the pass
age Of a general law Of which road
and city officials are generally igngr
T ant itfs law by wbich = city coun
/ Gil can appropriate money 10 build a
! bridge Gr construct road within five
lriies OF ihe city limits. Under this
I law the city of Cairo has constructed
In bridge over the Cache river nea'
Mound City. on the line between
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

the cost of such bridges as cost forty
cents on the one hundred dollars Of
the townships assessment This law
stood for several years and contained
a very wise provision that in case
OF an emergency the town might
construct its bridge and apply for the
county's half at any time after en-
tering into this contract, This coun.
ty aid law, as amended IS now known
as section 10, and was the result Of
a compromise between counties will
ing to pay the whole cost, and counties
where popular sentiment favored the
entire construction BY the townships,
as was the case originally in Kane,
Lake, McHenry, DeKalb, Lee and sew.
eral other counties The clauses Of
the Law which allow townships 10
build bridges without county aid we're
left in the law, and it is a fact that
up to the present time al least one
county Kane. has never yet paid one.
half the cost of any township bridge
Popular sentiment in Kane county
brands as paupcr any town thus
seeking county aid. once contracted
bridge at Geneva. the county seat
at a time when under the emergency
clause Of the county aid law, Geneva
was absolutely certain Of one-hall
Of the cost Of a bridge costing nearly
eight thousand dollars. but in the
final wind up Of the affair. the county
seat town felt it would not be iust
fed in making itself 50 unpopular
as would have resulted from an appl
cation under the law and paid the
I entire cost Of the bridge II will thus
f be seen that cur present law provides
several methods Of bridge construc
ton. thc one uudcr which counties
can pay the entire cost. the law Of
1851. chat system by which The towns
can pay the entire cost. and The sys
+ TEN practiccd 10 perhaps four iiGth'
Of thc counties under township orsani
zation. by which the town and th'
county can pay equally ia case %
bridges costing twenty cents IN ih'
ono hundred dollars Of The towns sal
nation. Besides these VIC also have
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

the new five Thousand dollar county
line law
My paper will close after some dis
cussion Of the ordinary county aid
feature Of the road and bridge law
It is astonishing that a sensible leg
islature should pass such a conglomer.
alton OF unbusinesslike clauses. and
sin more astonishing that the sensi
he boards Of supervisors who have
carried out rs provisions since 1891
do not insist on a revision Of somc
Of its impractica0le provisions. l.
forces these boards to pay one-hal
Of the cost of bridges without an,
provision as to a limit in any one
year 1t allows all Of the towns in III
county to obtain aid in any one yea
for as many bridges as the town ma,
need, each costing twenty cents d
the one hundred dollars. as a supremt
court decision in the Lee county cas-
declares that the town is the sole
Judge Of how many bridges it ma,
need When the finance committed
Of the board of supervisors decide.
how large a county tax levy shall b
made for the following year it is u
utter ignorance Of the demands thai
may be made for bridges a fet
years ago it happened that in White
side county three towns were about tt
call for aid on the three Rock Rive
bridges each costing from twenty
five to thirty-fye thousand dollars
was hoping to see these towns al.
act at once, wei knowing that tn
impossibiity of meeting this demanf
would result in the calling Of a specia
session of the legislature to take &C
ton for the relief of all counties en-
dangered by this law, but 10 happened
fortunately that these three bridge
we're called for in three differen,
years, and Whitesde county bravel,
stood up to the law without attempt
ting to show up its impracticablc
features. What is needed is a lega
provision that no county shall be
asked for bridge aid in any year ex
ceeding a certain per cent of the
county tax allowed by the constitu
tion for county purposes, and in CASE
more towns call for aid than can b,
assisted out of this provision. the,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13


alexander and Pulaski countless and
has maintained the same for "a number
10. years. The only other instance iE
the atate where cities have similar-
~ maintained bridges 80 far as am
acquainted, are Rock Island and Mo
line, which cities have converted toll
bridges on the Rock river several
miles outside their boundaries, into
free bridges under the operation OF
this Five Mile Law
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end this road today is one Of the i'm
provements greatly desired by the en-
terprisins citizens Of the lower end
Of the state, II ought to be noted
that these same enterprising citizens
have already constructed quite num-
Der of miles OF flrst-cass hard roads
built of Elco gravel, material called
"Novaculite, shipped by rail from
Elco, eighteen miles north OF Cairo,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-02-13

Two such cases have already arisen
am told. where the board ii super.
dsors chose to repudlate the action
II their bridge committee. but both
of them have been settled without d
inaI resort to the courts. II has
lways been my ouinion that IN case
if such refusal the contractor will
ave no recourse on the board Of SUI
1ervisors, because he has plain notice
II the law that he can hold the town
nip for only one-half Of the contract
rice and chat he must take his
,hances on the county board being
satisfied with the itemized report of
Is committee In case the board is
issatished, he well knows he cannot
ompel payment. but he does. not
now until there has been a supreme
curt decision whether he has half
contract or a whole one under this
)ece of legal botchwork. For my
lwn part, | have always gone into
uch contracts with my eyes open
the fact that had nothing but the
lonor and good faith of a board of
supervisors to fall back on for my
nal half payment | must state,
sowever. that | have never lost any
hing but once under this wretched
aw, and that was a case where the
ounty's share of ten thousand
lollar contract payable in cash, was
lithheld for year and no interest
1aid, because of the lack of a pro
ision in the law for the finance COM
nittee to call for enough county tax
. pay for bridge needed after the
ak levy was made, The bridge com
littee agreed to pay cash, but as the
sual levy was not large enough.
here was no one but the contractor
Tho could be legally made to stand
he loss Of full years interest The
difficulties in the way of cautious,
,areful and business-like revision of
he road and bridge laws by the legis-
ature are so great, that | have but
little hope that anything can be done
lone by any one, or by this conven-
ion, will bring about better state
# affairs, but its ridiculous incon-
yruities and awkward provisions, only
few of which can be touched upon in
his paper, have caused me SO much
)erplexity and Inconvenience, that
onsider it pleasure and a relief
have been allowed to speak my
lind to an audience made up almost
holly Of the officials whose duty
Is TO administer the law which
ave seen changed, amended and adj
mustered for a long series Of years.
wish therefore to most kindly
hank you for your attention, and will
erely express the hope that at some
eriod Of the future, ADLER arguments
| han am able to present with force
be state legislature to improve the
Dad and bridge laws in very many
articulara
Upon the conclusion of the above
nudge VIM, S Dewey, Of Alexander,
delivered an address on The Care
t Dependents"