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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
BAD ROADS IN ILLINOIS.
TO Better Them state VIII Make USE
OF Its COnvfets.

TO Better Them state VIII Make Uss
OF Its COnvfcts.
Convicts Of Illinois are assisting In
the construction Of hard roads by run.
ming stone crushers that have recently
been installed at both the Joliet and
Chester penitentiaries, says Bloom
ington special to the New York Even
ing World. At the former the output
is about 400 cubic yards per day, filing
eleven Of the largest cars 1t is plan
ned to increase the output shortly to
twenty cars per day.
ANY county or township that will un-
dertake to build hard roads will be
given all they want OF this crushed
rock free. the only expense being that
of the freight from the penitentlary to
the destination. Illinois Is said TO pos
sess more miles of poor highway than
any other state In the west.
The state highway commission has
now taken up the question Of con-
structing sample stretches Of roads in
various counties of the state
The first plan Is TO thoroughly tile
the road so as to drain Off all water.
The dirt Is then brought to a cone in
the center and thoroughly rolled. Three
layers OF crushed stone Of varying size
follow. each being rolled In turn. The
road ls then declared completed.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
Oats as Stock Food.
Boyer,s Pou1trv Philoaonhv.

Michael X. Boyer, one of the nestors
of poultry journalism, has the follow
ing nuggets of wisdom in the Farm
Journal:
Regularity in the performance of
the work is important.
System simplifes the work and
brings order out of chaos.
A reputation for honest goods and
honest dealing is bound to bring sue
cess.
Close attention and thorough work
will prevent disaster and save time.
labor and money.
The poultry raiser who is constantly
complaining about "bad luck" is ad-
vertising the fact that his methods are
at fault.
Take volunteered advice" with "a
grain Of salt" Wise men do not need
to advertise their wisdom. No one
knows it all.
Some one once said, and truthfully,
too, that poultry culture is made up of
a chain of little things, one link out of
place making a bad kink in the whole
chain.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
carlnn Eor Rrood Maren.

The brood mares-in fact, all the
horses and colts that are not at work
In the winter-should be turned In a
good sized yard every day unless 1t is
stormy. This yard should not be ley,
as there is danger of their falling and
getting hurt. We stable all our horses
and colts nights and feed them twice a
day oats and clover hay with some
bran, writes David Imrie In American
Cultlvator.
When spring comes, be careful with
the brood mares and any other horses
that may have been idle during the
winter. Work them lightly at first,
taking some time to get them used to
work. In this way you can do more
and have your horses In better condi-
ton when you are through with the
spring work.
l prefer to have the colts come about
the 1st of June, as by that time we
have our spring work done and can
give the mares better chance. Have
a clean, roomy box STALL 1t Is we'll to
whltewash it every year and dislnfect
1t with some good disinfectant. Be on
hand when the little fellow appears.
Feed the mare lightly for few days,
increasing her feed gradually. If you
have to work the mare, never let the
colt follow her. Keep 1t in the stable
and bring the mother in In the middle
Of the forenoon to let the colt suck
The colt will soon learn to eat oats
with his mother. Give him all he will
sat twice day or leave the lid Of the
oat box open and let him help himself.
II the mare and colt are on pasture,
iced her night and morning, SO the colt
will learn to eat oats.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
EAad Imnortant.

We have heard lot about blood and
breeding. Let's think bit about feed
and feeding. 1t is worth more than
blood. Many man has gone to wreck
ON the rock of blood alone. He-thought
his duty done with good blood added
to his flock. His pure bred rams were
supposed to make full feed racks un-
necessary. There Is no more fatal mis-
take, says writer in KimbalPs Dairy
Farmer. If the sheep are to starve for
part of the year they had better be
of unimproved blood. The Mexican,
the Merino. the Ill shaped sheep of
Tennessee, any of these can stand
starvation better than the we'll bred
sheep. Before those good rams come
pile up the hay II 1t is prairie hay cut
1t while the sap is in 1t, while it Is yet
green. Only the sap will digest and
stick to the ribs. Cut it before that Is
dried up. Make meadows of alfalfa.
Sow bronze grass. Sow rape Make
any and all provision for winter feed.
Then you are in position to get the ad-
vantage Of your good blood.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

ROAD IN GREENE COUNTY, TENN, BEFORE
IMPROVEMENT.
amount for constructing a road from
Mosheim to Romeo, ON the north side
of the county. Our crew is now at
work on that section and expects to
finish 1t in short time We are con-
fident Of being able to grade thirty
FIVE or forty miles of road with the
$4,000.
This object lesson has converted the
people more readily than anything else
ever done, and the cry now is, Bond
the county for $300,O00; give us the
roads at once, and let the taxes we are
now paying meet the interest instead
Of building the roads,"
Y We begin no road before the right of
way is secured for fully forty feet in
width, and for another road, four miles
long, we have asked for sixty feet,
which is being rapidly obtained, and
will build a road not exceeding per
cent grade at any point. Placing a
good road where it should be, cutting
down the steep hills and giving the
farmers an easy pull, is the best argu-
ment that can be put up, and when we
shall have completed the road in at
least FIVE sections Of the county lead
ing toward the county seat, there will
be no difficulty in carrying the bond
proposition with an overwhelming ma
JOrity.
We have found ON one road consider
able gravel that will possibly be suffi-
clent to macadamlze the six miles now
graded, and we purpose to utilize dur
ing the winter months our twenty
mules and wagons by having the coun-
ty convlcts haul the gravel and place
on the same.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
TENNESSEE IN LINE.
METHOD CONSTRUCTION ADOPTED
BY A GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION.

No Highway Begun Before Right OF
Way Is Secured For Fully Forty
Feet In Width-Wha. May De Done
With $2O,OOO.
After persistent work with the coun-
ty officials for eight years past the East
Tennessee Good Roads association has
won Its battle and the work of con
structing highways In Greene county
has commenced, says Henry II. Brown.
chairman of the county highway COM
mission, writing in the Good Roads
Magazine.
AS secretary of the association pro
posed to the court that would donate
to the county my services as expert
road builder Qn the direction of the
construction of graded dirt roads, II
they would purchase the necessary out
fit and allow me to employ q compe-
tent engineer and foremen. The court
granted this request and made direct
levy that gave us the expenditure Of
$4,000 for grading the roads and put
ting In necessary culverts and bridges.
My first work was to purchase twenty
good mules, twelve two wheeled scrap
ers, rooter plow, road plow, road
machine, road roller and necessary
equipment Of harness, small tools, sta
BILE and sleeping tents and camping
outfit.
We designated first number Of
roads that we would construct, provid-
ed a forty foot right Of way were
granted over such route as the road
could be placed to best advantage, on
the easiest grades and at the least cost
of construction. The citizens along
these various lines formed their COM
mittees, went to work In earnest and
soon we were invited to begin work
over three different routes.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have had more rain this season than in
any other of the last fifty years. we
have constructed six miles Of beauti-
fully graded road, nowhere exceeding
8 per cent grade, with ample tiling,
culverts and bridges for assuring Its
This road leads out from
the county site and will ultimately ex-
tend to Warrensburg, a distance Of
seventeen miles, the extreme southern
edge of the county. ,
After the first six miles Of this road
was completed, the court ordered like
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
Wonderful Eczema Cure.

"Our little boy had eczema for five
years." writes N. A. Adams, Henrietta,
Pa. 1.-TWO OF our home doctors said the
case was hopeless, his lungs being af-
fected. We then employed other doc
tors but no benefit resulted. BY chance
we read about Electric Bitters; bought
a bottle and soon noticed improvement.
We continued this medicine until sew
eral bottles were used, when our boy
was completely cured" Best OF all
blood medicines and body building
health tonics. Guaranteed at Belt 4
Belt q Cnerrington drug store. Soc.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
Notice 10 Our Customers.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles is not affected by the
National Pure Food and Drug laws as It
contains no opiates or ether harmful
drugs, and we recommend it as a safe
remedy for children and adults. Belt &
Cherrington, Dallas; M. L. Thompson,
Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

A country exchange in commenting
on the value of improved roads and the
people living along them states that
one pair of horses can do the work of
two pairs in hauling loads and gives as
an example that one of the leading
farmers of the community was seen
driving over newly completed road
with a big load of hay. Closely at
tached to the wagon In the rear was a
second wagon heavily loaded with
straw. A single team was thus draw
Ing and going along as though no load
whatever was behind.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
Do You Love

your babyP You wonder why he cries
Buy bottle of Whites Cream Vermi
tuge and he will never cry. Most babie,
have worms, and the mothers dom
know it. Whites Cream Vermifugt
rlds the child of worms and cleans ou
its system in a pleasant way. Ever,
mother should keep bottle of this med
icine in the house. With it, fear neet
never enter her mind. Price 25c. Solt
by Stafrin Drug Co.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
My Best Friend.

Alexander Benton, who lives OH Rura
Route /, Fort Edward, N. Y, says
DIR: Kings New Discovery is my best
earthly friend. 1t cured me of asthma
six years ago. 1t has also performed &
wonderful cure ofincipient consumption
for my sons wife. The first bottle ended
the terrible cough, and this accom-.
plished, the other symptoms left one by
one, until she was perfectly well. DR.
Kings New Discovery's power over
coughs and colds is simply marvellous. u
No other remedy has ever equaled it.
Fully guaranteed by Belt & Cherrington
Druggist. SOC and $l00. Trial bottle
free.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
A Narrow Escaue.

G. W. Cloyd, a merchant of PUNK
Mo-, had narrow escape four years ago,
when he ran jimson bur into his
thumb. He says: "The doctor wanted
to amputate it but would not consent.
| bought box Of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and that cured the dangerous
wound. 25c at Belt & Cherrington,
Druggist.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
An electric road may be built be-
tween klamath Falls and Merrill.
More News from the New England
States.

If anyone has any doubt as to the
virtue Of Foley's Kidney Cure, they
need only to refer to Mr.. Alvin H..
Simpson, OF Willimantic, Conn who,
after almost losing hope OF recovery, on
account Of the failure OF so many reme-
dies, finally tried Foley's Kidney Cure,
which he says was ''iust the thing" for
him, as four bottles cured him com
pletely. He is now entirely well and free
from all the suffering incident to acute
kidney trouble. Belt & Cherrington,
Dallas; M. L. Thompson, Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is best for
women and children. Its mild action
and pleasant taste makes it preferable to
violent purgatiyes, such pills, tablets,
etc. Get the booklet and a sample OF
Orino at Belt & Cherringtor 3, Dallas; /;
NJ. l.. Thompson's, Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
An Irrigon Asparagus stalk has
grown Is inches this spring.
Don't Paw AllmOnv

TO he divorced from your appendix
There will he no occasion for it ii you
keep your bowels regular with DR..
Kings New Life Pills. Their action is
SO gentle that the appendix never has
:ause to make the least complaint.
Guaranteed by Belt & Cherrington,
Druggist. 25c. Try them.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
The crop of lambs is lighter than
usual, owing to the cold weather.

Mrs. S. Joyce, 1S0 Sullivan St., Clare
mont, N. H., writes: "About year
ago, | bought two bottles of Foley's Kid
ney Cure. 1t cured me of severe case
Of Kidney trouble OF several years
standing. 1t certainly is grand, good
medicine, and / heartily recommend it. i"
Belt & Cherrington, Dallas; M. l.
Thompson, Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
Larkspur killed over 100 Of a Lake
county mans sheep.

Kidney complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This is due to
the disease being so insidious that it
gets good hold on the system before it
is recognized. FoleY's Kidney Cure will
prevent the development Of the disease
If taken in time. Belt & Cherrington.
Dallas; NJ. L. Thompson, Falls City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
klamath Falls will have a new
$4,000 Methodist church.
The Life Insurance

muddle has started the public to think
ing. The wonderful success that has
met Ballard's Horehound Syrup in its
crusade on Coughs. Influenza, Bronchi.
tis and all Pulmonary troubles has
started the public to thinking of this
wonderful preparation. They are all
using 1t. Join the procession and down
with sickness. Price 25c, Doc and 81 90.
Sold by Stafrin Drug Co.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
Disturbed the Congregation.

The person who disturbed the congre-
CATION last Sunday by continually
coughing is requested to buy bottle OF
Foley's Honey and Tar. Belt & Cher
rington, Dallas; NJ. L. Thompson, Falls
City.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

Two Wheeler county men claim to
have killed 500 squirrels on a hunting
trip,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

The Toledo postofice shows a gain
Of 25 per cent in a year.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
THE FEEDER

Grain mixtures are more satisfactory
than unmlxed grain. 1t seems that the
sheep like the mixture better and
make more rapid gains.
Feeding Hogs Corn.
1t has been proved by a series of eX
periments that corn alone Is the mos
expensive feeding stuff for hogs
One part of ollmeal and four part
OF corn made gain OF Las pound.
of pork at cost of $50 per hun
dred. Corn alone makes just aJDu
half as much gain at cost Of $3.5
per hundreGwcieht. THIS rep 'eseat
the two extremes IN the experiment
1t Is possible that some turner's ma,
see III this the reason why they hay,
not been making more from their hogs
The average man has plenty of corn
and his crop OF oilincaI depends upon
the lberaity With which he Euys. II
seems expensive to buy feed when the
cribs are full and running over, AS
q matter of fact 1t is economical. says
Nimball'S Dairy Farmer. 1t does not
LlAS W NOillitG tslS- uOs5o " OAC LOONA.
Gluten Products For Horses.
Gluten products for horses may be
fed with good results in connection
with oats, corn or other grain. Begin
by giving to each horse each day
about half a pint or half a pound of
gluten feed or gluten meal After q
few days increase slightly, but at no
time should these concentrated feeds
constitute more than from one-fourth
to one-half the horses grain ration.
Feed For Young Lambs.
A writer in Breeders Gazette, Chi
cago, gives the following treatment for
q motherless lamb, the mother dying
at It's birth: Take four teaspoonfuls of
fresh milk, one of cream, two Of wa
ter and add little sugar. That Is a
feed for quite young lamb, and 1t is
fed every ninety minutes and three or
four times during the night at first.
The feed is increased gradually day
by day, but not till after the third
day. A hungry lamb is safe, so he IS
lamb is fed once In two hours, AMI
the time of feeding MAJ
lengthen with age and the amount
feed increase.
Oats as Stock Food.
Oats are less digestible than corr
chiefly on account of the large pei
centage Of hull which they contain
They have much higher percentag
Of protein than corn, especially whei
considered in relation to digestible mat
Ter. They are the most satisfactory
single grain for feeding horses. They
are not suitable for hogs on account
of the large percentage of crude fiber
They may possibly form a part of an
economical ration for dairy cows, al
.hough in general the demand for them
'or horse feeding is so great that the
price is nearly always out of proper
ion to the amount of digOstible matter
.ontained.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

A farmer sold AZ chickens in Leb
anon for 500.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

Rainier will build a new $1,000
schoolhouse.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10
GarrEN rle1ft Ar1aEmns sa.n.

boarding and day school for young ladies'.
Music (LeschtiEky method), Art: Complete
AAeaoemic Course: special Inducements For
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1907-05-10

The Wood River marsh, in Klam-
ath county, covering thousands OF
acres, may be drained.
La Junta tribune., 1907-12-28
o...n ., matthew A,...nae, eo,so..

Matthew Alexander Gordon died
at the family home in North La
Junta Thursday evening at $50
O'Clock, aged eighty years and four
days. His final illness. which was
more or less definite at different
times. covers period of more than
a year. His life reaches back to
December %. 1927. when he was
born on farm near Greencastie.
Pa. Here he lived through his
younger years. marrying Miss Mar
garet McCaughy. November 81,
lS4S. OF the ten children, two
dau yhters and one son are deceased.
the survivors being Mrs. James S.
Gordon, Waynesboro. Pa. Mrs.
James McIrhenney. Gettysburg. Pa,
Mrs. Anna Whitecraft. Wylie. Colo.
Mrs John McLaren. W. C. Gordon.
Miss NJ. Alice Gordon. and r. A.
Gordon. all of La Junta.
In 1866 Mr.. Gordon removed to
Kansas, and there abided for
period of nearly ten years,
continuing his westward journey
in 1895. since which time he has been
a resident of this city.
Mr.. Gordon was fond of fields.
and spent his life near to nature and
to natures God. In youth he united
with the Presbyterian church at
Greencastle, and through life has
been officially connected with church
work. chiefly as AN elder. Until the
last year his presence in Gods house
on the day of rest has been COM
mendably regular. He was man
of kindly spirit, friend to those
who knew him, and in every sense
an asset to the place of his resi-
dence. His later days had much of
physical pain, but the end came
peacefully. with his ripened mind in
possession of all its powers. Death
broke the separation of thirteen
years between husband and wife,
the latter going the way Of all the
earth in December, 1894.
The funeral service will be held in
the Presbyterian church at 2:3O
o'clock this afternoon Rev. Conrad
Bluhm officiating. and assisted by
Rev. r. H. Ayers and Rev. David
Kingery. :.
La Junta tribune., 1907-12-28
"a Rom.oee IN Ireland"

When the favorite young singing
comedian Allen Doone presents his
new comedy drama at the La Junta
theatre Friday evening. January Sd
play-goers will have an opportunity
to see the clever Irishman. in novel
and attractive surroundings. The
play is called "A Romance in Ire
land" and the promise is given of an
adequate scenic production and a
supporting company of unusual ex-
cellence to portray the various parts.
There are four acts and no less than
eight stage settings, some of the lat
ter of considerable pretension. and
the play is said to contain number
of original situations away from the
conventional Irish drama of the past.
Mr.. Doone. whose sweet singing in
the Joseph Murphy plays will be
pleasantly remembered. has COM
posed some catchy new songs for
A Romance in Ireland.
La Junta tribune., 1907-12-28
e...ss,c,.. l...lsss "a pnsh.

The westbound California limited
was derailed on Hilton hill about
1880 o'clock on Christmas morning.
The entire train of Pullman cars
turned over on its side. the engine
alone remaining on the track. No
one was injured except = BIRD 1n
who wss thrown violently forward
and had his nose broken. Safcely ,
car window was broken ~ It: 81 :
new railroad grade and the ground
was soft. allowing the CARS to rink
into the earth and thus ease the
force Of the. fall. The tsail was
four hours late and was running. on
= down grade at the rate OF over
fifty miller an hour. There were I'll
kinds Of wild rumors in circulatiou
at first. but later deveiopmsnts
proved tat most q them were With-
out any foundation whatever.
La Junta tribune., 1907-12-28
Georgia ni"s,reI..

TO these who enjoy mirth, music
and song the coming of Richards &
Pringle's Famous Georgia Minstrels
will be hailed with delight This
sterling organization has weathered
the theatrical seas for twenty eight
years. never changing management.
and not once departing from their
established rule of presenting only
what is great. good and wholesome
in the minstrel world. Other min
strel companies have come and gone.
but Richards K Pringle's go on for.
ever. The secret of their success
has been the fact that the manage
ment has always firmly believed that
the paying public craved genuine
colored minstrel performance when
presented on the lines that made
La Junta tribune., 1907-12-28

minstrelsy so popular years ago:
their belief has been proven to be
the correct one. Sweet southern
melodies. beautiful. and enhancing
music by skilled musicians. dancing
as only the negro can dance. and
witticisms told as only the negro can
tell them. Clarence Powell. the
comedian. who has made the whole
world laugh. is still at the head of
the list of artists. and will bring
with him this season a big budget of
good things that he has collected
during the past summer. The COM
pany travel in their own Pullman
palace cars and number over forty
people. The noondsy parade and
free evening concert are feature
this season. and will be given as
usual. The date OF their appearance
his Thursday. y.evening, January ID.
La Junta tribune., 1907-12-28
Christina. .. the s.s,,., Church.

This year the Christmas tree and
program were held at three in the
afternoon of Tuesday. This was
done in order that the very Young
pupils of the school might enjoy the
festivities. While this hour makes
it impractical for the fathers and
mothers To enjoy the hour. we
found that the younger pupils were
able 10 be out in force.
There was representation of
Santa Claus. and many thought that
the representative might have been
taking lessons of his principal so
well did he mimic the old saint.
Every person in the house was re-
membered with a treat. In connec-
ton with this festivity theapastor in
behalf Of the Sunday school pre-
sented to Superintendent F. NJ.
Stark. whe has served the school for
four consecutive years. beautiful
engraving of Hofman's painting of
the head of the Christ fittingly
mounted in rich oval frame. This
was a fitting expression of the ap-
probation of the whole school of
the superintendent faithfulness.
Mr.. Stark replied in words express
ing his appreciation of this manifes-
tation of the love and esteem Of the
school The exercises We're very
fitting to the joyfulness of the day.