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In lis broad spirit of pdternalfSm the
nation now attends to our inland water
ways and constantly maintains them in
a navigable condition." he continued.
That might almost be said to be class
legislation. for the streams are pri-
nnarily transportation routes and those
who use them for the transference Of
freight and passengers are enabled to
proftably carry on their business solely
because the nation bears the expense of
keeping their routes in good repair. l
see no reason why 1t should not do as
much for the thirty million people who
live on the farms and devote their lives
to the accomplishment of the greatest of
all tasks-the feeding and clothing of hui
manity.
Improved WATERWAYS work for the per-
sonaI betterment Of all classes; improved
railroads make the handling of freight
and passenger traffic quicker and. there
fore. cheaper and 1t follows that the bet
terment of our country roads would make
quicker and cheaper the transportation
of farm products
1.-The Inevitable result of a nationwide
activity in road building would mean not
merely the betterment OF the busy mill
lions Of the rural communities. but of the
entire race. If the farmers are enabled
to moro cheaply take the products Of
their farms to market and transportation
points the vast army of consumers will he
able to secure those products at cheaper
rates.
MANY maintain that the central govern
ment has constitutional right to APP
propriate money Tor the construction Of
public roads, but l believe they are in
error. There is clause in the Constitu
ton empowering the federal government
to establish post offices and post roads to
promote the general welfare.
''Since the inauguration of the rural
free delivery systems $4,000 miles of
country roads have become federal post
roads and they are being traversed each
day by letter carriers. That even a
greater mileage Is not covered is due
solely 10 the fact that hundreds Of thou
sands of miles Of public roads are so bad
that the Postmaster General will not send
his men over them.
But 1t is as a real estate dealer that I
am especially interested in the road prob
lem: particularly in that phase of II
which has to do with the increase Of land
values In suburban sections. The building
OF model highways Immediately gives an
increased value to the lands through
which they pass. The figures quoted are
ofhcial. by farmers. by market men. and
especially by dealers in real property"
Or. Page Of the good roads bureau said
that the figures assembled by his Office.
by the industrial bureaus of twelve rail-
roads and by the bureau OF the federal
census proved that land values in the
counties in which model roads were built
showed an immediate gain OF from 81 to
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dred subjects. Then they are questioned
as to their personal beliefs and leanings
toward forms of government.
Following the asking of these questions
representative of the district attorneys
office. acting much the same as would
a prosecutor in a criminal case, cross
examines them, for the Department of
Commerce and Labor is keeping a close
watch upon those who are admitted. and
strenuous fight to exclude from citizen
ship any applicant who seems to be I'M
desirable Is made, with the result that
hardly one out of ten applicants success
fully passes the examination.
This is the case among the men, but
most Of the women applicants, and there
are many, show remarkable intelligence
in answering the questions put to them,
and II they are refused citizenship 1t is
nearly always because there Is something
other than ignorance of the customs Of
the United States to stand in their way.
The stranger within our gates is Pc
culiarly tmpressionable when 1t comes to
the slang of Americans, and he does not
hesitate to use 1t when it seems to fit
the occasion. Not long ago at one Of the
naturalization hearings Judge Barnard
asked Russian applicant il he could
explain the difference between the form
of this government and the one under
which he lived in his own land. The
Russian did not grasp the meaning Of the
question, and after floundering around in
maze of explanation was helped to an
understanding by the judge, who asked
Il mean, do they have car in this
country as you have?'
Instantly the Russian became voluble.
mo czar. Him bad II car was here I
would not come. No car for miner
A Cape Verde Island negro was before
one of the courts recently and. though un-
deniably black, he could not tell his de-
scent, by reason of not understanding
the questions put to him. He declared
that his descent was Portuguese. for both
black and white were equal in Cape Verde,
and that was all the court could get out
of him.
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quiries On July 1 Of the same year the
title was changed to the office OF public
roads, and Mr.. Page was made director.
When America was officially asked by
France to send delegates to the internal
tional roads congress in October Mr.. Page
was summoned by President RooseVelol
and made chairman of the American dele
cation.
1t is under his administration that the
work has reached it's present state on
complete and thorough organization Of
methods and facilities He learned amoney
other things that the states did not have
proper data to guide them in the work OF
road supervision. and he realized that q
vast deal of educational work would
have to be done If costly mistakes were
to be avoided. He believed that tho
national government could do the work
Tor all the states at a cost but slightly
greater than the cost OF each separates
state should they attempt the work alone
Along these lines he has caused an in-
Vestlsat1on of the systems of road man.
agement first throughout America and
then throughout the civilized world. and
has studied the best methods of road con-
struction
Congressman Benjamin Humphreys OF
Mississippi wittily said in an address
In favor of generous appropriations for
road construction. mo road can cost the
farmer as much as poor one" poor
road makes teaming slow and expensive.
Every pound of farm produce which Is
brought from the rural sections to thick
ly populated centers carries with it
fictitious value, because 1t costs the farm
err SO much more to haul his wares than
it would cost were the roads in good
condition that the consumer is forced
to pay an expensive and an unjust price.
This unjust road tax, the good roads
bureau officials say, is not less than one
third Of a billion dollars year. In
vestigations conducted by the office OF
public roads by the industrial bureaus OF
twelve railroads. by good roads associa.
lions and by the bureau of the federal
census prove that the average cost OF
hauling per ton per mile over American
roads is twenty-five cents. The cost
of hauling over the roads OF Europe's
three leading countries, England. France
and Germany ranges from the low cost
of seven cents over the national routes
of France to thirteen cents over the WORST
roads of Germany.
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50 an acre. There are approximately
S4OOCO.OCO acres of farming lands in the
United States, about so per cent Of which
Is improved Consider. then. what STU
pendous gain In real estate values would
follow We're the government to forward
the building of a complete system of
model highways. To be conservative.
say that the increase would average $40
an acre, and that only the improved areas
would be benefited. The total gain, even
On that basis. would be $3.50, 600. 600
sum amply large to pay for the build
ing Of 37S.COO.0OO miles of roads as fine as
the best roads of France or England.
That mileage would be ample to connect
all large cities east OF the Mississippi
with a network of main roads or national
routes Subsidiary roads connecting
with these main roads would follow as a
natural result. and in a comparatively
ties for teaming. motoring or driving
throughout the country.
I'VE, of Washington, should take
deeper interest in this great question Of
almost any other city" said a prominent
member of the Board of Trade "for
Washington stands today a glittering ex-
ample of the restrictions thrown about q
city where an outlying system Of Doggy
and impossible highways exists Ameri-
cas- National capital Is a civic jewel
resting in wilderness. She differs
from all other world capitals in that
sh0 occupies position of isolation-is
cut off from nearly all adjacent territory
by roads which, during certain periods OF
the year, might we'll be labeled no thor
oughfare.'
Virginia and Maryland farmers are
debarred from quick or comfortable COM
munication with the city, and the pro-
ducts OF the farmers fields are neces-
sarily brought to the city by rail. The
added freight rates piled on to actual
values is one of the taxes which resi-
dents of Washington are forced to carry
because somebody has failed to appre-
clate the fact that the most EXPENSIVE
road In the world is poor road and
mat the poorer it is the more it costs
those living near it,
these bad roads make If unnleasant 80
!mpracticable for city jewellers to move to
the suburbs, and lands which would be
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fidelity to any foreign prince. state or
sovereignty, and particularly to
Many of the applicants who call at tne
courthouse have no conception of what
they are doing. A few weeks ago well
dressed petite French girl called at the
office of Clerk Young. Mr.. Young ex-
planned to her the method In which the
application should be filed. to her query
as to how to become a "ci-ti-zen.' She
listened intently and when 1t was nm
ished asked:
What may 1 do though, when I want
to return to my own country!
And that is the attitude of some OF the
few who desire the benefits of citizenship
but are willing to again renounce them
if there is a chance to return to their
own land to spend the money which the
freedom of the working man or woman
In America has insured to them.
After filing the declaration nothing is
done with the petition for naturalization
for years. It may be two or 1T may be
five. When applicants are prepared to
show that they have lived In this coun-
appear at the courthouse and their final
petition is filled out. They are then
placed upon q list and notified upon
which day to appear for a hearing. In
the meantime the Department OF Com
merce and Labor investigates their state
ments and those of the witnesses whose
names they have given.
The naturalization courts are held
the first Monday In each month.
the Justices of the District Supreme
Court sitting in rotation as follows:
Chief Justice Clabaugh, Justice Job Bar
nard, Justice Anderson. Justice Ashley
NJ. Gould, Justice Wright and Justice
Wendell Stafford.
When the applicants appear in court
they are questioned by the judges as to
the form of government of the United
States, taking in the legislative and eX-
ecutive functions. but never the judicial;
as to the electoral college and the meth
DDS Of electing the Presidents; as to the
Constitution of the United States and an
understanding of its provisions and kim
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View Or The. LABoRAToRY
Dr.. A: 0.V5HnAN, -
A11I1TANT D1REc ToR
ON THE RIGHT

BELIEVE that jus
tice to the greatest
number Of its citi-
Zens demands that
the nation get be-
hind a general
movement for the
building and MAIN
tanning Of good
roads, said q
Washington realty
dealer a few days
since.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
CENTERDALE

Rev. Mr.. Clark spoke at the Fruit Hill
Chapel on Sunday.
Read the advertisement of II. c. Mott &
Company's Mark Down Sale on the Sth
page of the TIMES.
The people Of Allendale will have a car
rier mail service; the section will be look
ed out for by the Olneyville office.
Warden Andrew J. Wilcox Of the Rhode
Island State Prison, former resident oi
North Providence. is candidate for the
office of Sheriff of Providence County.
Court North Providence, o f. elected
the following Off :ers on Thursday evening
Of last week: Chief Ranger, Joseph z. La
bossonier; Vice Chief, John B. Therouxi
Recording Secretary, ID. Page; Financial
Secretary and Treasurer, John b. Page;
Sr. Woodward, J. A. Labossoniere; Jr.
Woodward, Emile Garbeau; Sr. Beadle,
Aiphonse Albert; Jr. Beadle, Omer Their
oux. J. A. Poirier was elected dele.
gate to the High Court convention, and J..
+. Labossoniere was elected alternate.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
ENFIELD

Mrs. Crawford Smith is on the sick list.
Mrs. Fred Smith visited relatives in Oak
land last week.
Gilbert Hickey has entered the employ
OF Charles West.
Peter Houle has entered the employ ot
Sydney Appleby.
School began Monday with the same
teachers as last year.
Edwin and Albert Hill have been visit.
ing relatives in Enfield.
Charles West and family spent Xmas
with relatives in Johnston.
Ben Francis and family spent Sunday
with friends in Fall River.
Miss Ethel Cortello is spending a few
days with Mrs. Salisbury.
Percy Salisbury entertained friends las,
Saturday evening, in honor of his fourteenth
birthday.
Mrs. Hunt is caring for Mrs. NJ. c. Cor.
mick of Georgiavlle, who is quite i'll with
pneumonia.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
SOUTH SCITUATE

There are still number of cases af grip
colds in the neighborhood.
X. II. Walker still contiuueds very sick,
with not much hopes of recovery.
Mrs. Frank Capwell, who has been quite
sick with the grippe is convalescing.
Mrs. J. P. Selinger of Boston visited her
mother. Mrs. McGay during Christmas
weekr
Miss McGary attended church at All
Sainls Church. Providence. on Christina :
morning.
Town Clerk Henry II Potter is confined
TO his home with a mild attack of typhoid
fever.
Read the advertisement of II. c. Mott &
Company's Mark Down Sale Oh the Sih
page Of the TIMES.
John Bolster injured one Of his hands
recently, with a saw in Benjamin Wibur's
bobbin shop.
Miss Nellie Barden has been the guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles n. Snow of Ja.
miaca Plains, Mass.
Samuel Slater is rejoicing in the advent
of ten pound boy who arrived at his home
on December 27th. B6h mother and son
are doing well.
No merry bells ushered in the advent Of
the New Year 1908. The day was spent
very quietly and ihe villngers pursued
their usual daily avocations.
The Christmas Holidays were very
quietly celebrated. A goodly number at
tended the Christmas exercises at the Old
Battey Church. Two large trees were laden
with gifts. Miss McGary had a tree and
entertainment at her home for her Sunday
School class at Trinity Chapel. The Rev.
L. B. Edwards was present and gave talk
TO about dozen children.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03

Wilson Cole was in this place Sunday.
Nearly every one around here have bad
colds.
Mrs. Mary Barden and Miss Nellie Pot
ter sPeut Sunday at ROckland.
Mrs. Damon who has been sick for the
time past contiaSes about the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Rathbun and baby
Allen, spent Christmas with Mrs Gilbert
Adams.
Miss Evelyn Phillips has been the guest
OF her uncle and aunt at Foster Centre, for
the past few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. w. ID. Cole spend
Christmas week with their daughter, Mrs.
]. Tyler in Taunton.
A Christmas exercise was held at the
Potterville chapel Christmas evening The
following program was given: Singing,
Tribute OF Praise; Concert Scripture Read
ing; Recitation, Alice Potter; Recitation,
Our Xmas eve Scare, Herbert Adams; Reel.
tation, Jesus fore Xmas, Alcott Phillips;
Singing by the children; Recitation, Xmas
Day, Evelyn Phillips; Recitation, If Santa
Claus was President, Dimis Salisbury Rec
itation, Xmas Dolls, Nellie Conley; Recita-
tion, A Legend OF Santa Claus, Preston
Potter; Singing, Come Shepherds See; Re-
citation, Ada Green; Recitation, Pearl
Adams; Recitation, Hello, Santa, Ruth
Phillips; Recitation, John King; Recitation,
Santa Claus and his Men, Sammie Parker;
Recitation, Lysle Adams; Recitation, Xmas
all the year, Hattie Potter; Recitation,
Florence Z. Converse; Recitation, A Mis-
take about Santa Claus, Alcott Phillips;
Singing, Christmas Skies are Shining.
Santa Claus and the help of the children
distributed presents off of two filled trees.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
NORTH SCITUATE

w. II. Bowen is having his barn painted
Herbert Pierce is about to remove to
Providence.
Coomer o. Ford is able to be out, after
his recent illness.
A telephone has been installed at the
Pine Ridge Camp.
The Pentecostal Institute will reopen its
sessions on Monday next.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown Of Hope have been
the guests of the Misses Smell.
Amasa Potter and Herbert Angel killed
fine fox on Saturday of last week.
Miss Eloise Smith of Boston is spending
her vacation with relatives in this place.
Mrs Abbie May Peckham is preparing
to remove to Providence for the winter.
Clarence Cook is confined to his home
by illness. He is attended by DR.. Arnold
Mrs. Ii n. Reynolds of Providence
called on North Scituate friends on Satur-
day.
William Kenyon and family of Connecti-
cut have removed to the Elmer Angel's
place.
daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Shortsleeves on Friday of last
week.
The North Scituate Cotton Mills are
running on four days week sch edule.
The quarterly meeting of the Rhode Is
land Press Club will be held on Saturday,
at Whipple's Hotel.
Read the advertisement OF III. G. Mott &
Company's Mark Down Sale on the Sth
page of the TIMES.
Mrs. Gideon A. Burgess and daughter,
Esther, called on North Scituate friends
on Friday of last week.
Miss Eta Spencer, telegraph operator
at Pomfret Street, Conn, has>-been> the
guest Of Miss Imogene ,Winsor
Mrs Ruth Smith, librarian of the Scit-
uate Flee Library, attended the annual
meeting of the Rhode Island Library Asso
citation held at Auburn on Friday of last
week.
Miss Butts, Free Baptist Missionary to
India, who is now in this country made an
address at the Baptist Church, Wednesday
evening.
James Hopkins of ihis place who is
quite extensively interested i'll the wood
and lumber business, recently purchased a
small wood lot of A. U. Barber near Mos
wanscut Lake.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
CRANITEVILLE =

Preaching service at thd Graniteville
Free B'ptist Church next Sunday at IL a.
m. by Mir. old6eid OF Brown University.
The Christmas Cantata at the Free Bap-
list Church was success William Ienckes
took the part of Santa Claus. and Miss
Bertha Coupe of the Star Queen. Mr..
Bennett, superintendent of Sunday School
was chairman Of the evening, and Mrs.
Warren w. Sweet was chairman OF the en-
tertainment committee.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
The Drama Of london's Eon.

There Is whole world OF drama
bound up In the chronicles Of London's
fog. This misty and mysterious Wis
liant far older than Cog or Magog,
which used To visit the watches Of the
night when the metropolis barely lifted
itself out Of the surrounding marshes,
has a fund Of comedy as well as trag
edy. Countless murders have been
committed under it's ,shelterIng cloak.
men and women have been waylaid.
children have been torn from their
mothers and wives from their hus
bands. but on the other hand there are
few Incidents Of less narrowing
character. Strand Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
Curved Spokes.

There Is no doubt that an iron wheel
with curved spOkes Is much more at.
tractiye TO the eye than the ordinary
variety. but It Is not on account Of fits
appearance that II II constructed In
this manner. Wheels that are cast in
variably contract little in the process
Of cooling. and those made with
straight spokes are always liable to
crack. The curved variety. by allow
Ing a certain give and tAks n -
metal, avoid this dAnUpa
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03

Greenvile has a new physician.
There are quite number Of cases oi
grippe.
David Goodson has gone to North Caro-
lima for the winter.
A daughter was born last week to Mr..
and Mrs Fred Eldridge.
The mnmps have been having quite a
run among the younger generation
The Smithfeld Fown Council held a re-
gular meeting last Saturday afternoon.
The Greenville Wooden Mills are rushed
with orders and are running two shifts Of
help.
Miss Najorie Bgelow, Of Blackstone. who
has been visiting relatives here has return
ed home.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
ASHLAND

Laurel Lodge, ID. of r. recently elected
the following officers: Noble Grand, Dora
Salisbury; Vice Grand, Eunice Potter; Re-
cording Secretary, Susan Walker; Fiuan
cial Secretary, Cora Bussey; Treasurer,
Lucy A. Allen; Trustees, Mary Wilbur,
Sadie Potter, Lucy A. Allen; Hall Com
mittee, Harley Salisbury.
Covenant Lodge, /. o. o. F. held re-
Ct lar meeting on Saturday evening. Ow-
ing to the illness of Noble Grand Elect
Henry II. Potter the installation which
was to have taken place tomorrow evening
has been postponed.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
4 CLOCK III A BOTTLE.
% Way This Marvel of Mechanism
Was Constructed.

% Way This Marvel of Mechanism
Was Constructed.
4 German clockmaker living In the
.lttle village of CONNER. near Magd>
burg. built a clock in bottle. The
maker, III. Rosin, secured a strong
movement with a cylinder escapement
measuring forty-five millimeters and
began 10y saving the plate into halves.
The opening in the neck of the bottle
measures fifteen millimeters, and in
order to get these halves into the bot
tie he cut another segment off each OF
the halves Of the plate. He built sort
of tripod Jas n resting place for the
movement. This tripod was assembled
after he had introduced it's parts into
the bottle separately. The tripod is so
the movement is being wound. The
four pieces OF the plate were fastened
side by side by means of screws to
the platform attached TO the tripod, a
long screwdriver and other tools espe-
cially constructed for the purpose hay-
luS bctu uoth lol llliS Ol'tihtloh' w hNh
the plate was put together, the clock
maker proceeded TO put all the parts
of the movement in their original
places with the motion wheels for the
hands A ring of white metal was
placed around the neck of the bottle,
and upon this ring was soldered n
round plate, thus closing the opening.
On this cover were fastened in an i'll
clined position the arms which serve
as n support for the dial.
The dial is made of ground glass
plate, which has n diameter Of twenty
centimeters. The black numbers on the
dial are cut skeleton fashion and ce-
mented to the glass. At night one can
tell the tine by placing light behind
the dial.-Technical World.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
CHOPMIST

Miss Desire Aldrich is visiting relatives
in Providence.
Albert St. Martin, the four year old son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. St. Martin died on We'd
nesday afternoon at FIVE O'Clock Of typhoid
grippe at his home, on the Amasa Potter
farm at Chopmist. He was the oldest OF
three children, taken away after a weeks
illness.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03

"Why don YOU get married?'
"Oh. II would Ice absolutely fatal 10
my literary WORK"
"What DO you writey"
"Love stolies." Plain
Dealer.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-01-03
To Horse Owners.

George Price, the harness maker, has a
full assortment of horse blankets tor street
and stable, carriage robes and mats, horse
covers, carriage boots and mems storm hats
and coats. lie also sells DR.. Daniels horse
medicines and Tuttle's Elixer. In fact every
thing for the horse, wagon and driver at
IS4S Westminster street.