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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-05-14

Australia and New Zealand. countries than
own less popuous, and with nothing like aggre-
gate wealth The fact that the rest of the world has
good roads while have bad ones is significant; it
shows that the plan have been pursuing has not
been successful In three hundred years less than
eight per cent of the highways of country have
been permanently improved and at the rate we
Ing 1t would require nearly four thousand years to
complete the job. So roadbuders the people OF
the United States have been failure.
This is all the more surprising when we consider
that they conspicuousy successful in every other
line of human endeavor. Millions upon millions Of
dollars have been wasted in every state in the union
upon the public roads by illtimed msdrected ef-
fort and with really very little to show for the ex.
penditure. 1t is only within the last ten fifteen
that any real progress has been made along the
line of permanently improving the conditions.
The trouble is have been endeavoring to UNI
tange the snarl by pulling the wrong string Without
any doing the farmers of the country from
Maine California, from the very first assumed that
the country roads belonged to them and it their
business to improve them and this misconcepton held
sway for nearly 800 years
A few years ago man IN New Jersey made dis
covery 1t that the highways public property,
much the state house, This raised the ques-
ton; why, If the highways public property should
the public take of its own; why should not the
state and all property therein contribute to building
the roads, Everybody is interested in them. every
body affected through the markets by the road con
ditions; they benefited by good roads and injured
by bad The new thought spread throughout the
state and finally New Jersey led the way TO better
dtons by passing law by which the state should
roads Other states followed, increasing the proper
ton to one-haf and in case, Massachusetts. to
threefourths.
In many cases of the New England states farm
property only very small portion of the total taxable
property not ten per cent, and when the
cost of road improvement distributed all prop
erty the state the burden hardly felt and yet
immense raised for road purposes, Best
of all the roads built under proper supervision.
instead of leaving it TO the inexperienced hands of the
loca! path master
Ten n
way to aid and appropriated $4,000 the work
The plan grew in favor rapidly that within five years
the state by overwhelming vote passed consttu.
tiona amendment providing for issue of $50,000,00O
IN bonds help build the highways. What record!
In Ave yeara from fifty thousand to fifty millions! The
tav -acessary to pay the interest this enormous
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-05-14

Under state aid law not rod OF road could be
built unless the residents Of township decided do
so. Not dollar of state money could be expended
unless the farmers who live in the rural township
voted for improvements.
If it should be alleged that state aid was plan to
compel railroads, corporations merchants and manu-
facturers to help build the roads would not be far
from the truth Under state aid the farmers control the
situation If they decide improve the roads the other
people are obliged to help pay the bill.
In order to build roads cheaply they should he
built extensively 1t costs great deal more propor.
uonaely to build half mile of road than il does to
build ten half miles No contractor cares for small
Job but FOR large one competition is keen II takes
Just as much time and bother to get ready build half
a mile OF road as 1t does to build miles BY build.
Ing IN the larger quantities from 20 25 per cent in
cost of construction be saved
AS roads properly built will last for a great MANY
years they should be built school houses and court
houses are built viz: by bond issue; thus township
under state aid could build 10, Is 20 miles of roads
in one year have the roads use and spread the nav
ment of the same say 10 or 90 wears If THE t.
done and the state aid plan prevails there will he very
little, If any, increase in taxation
rev people have any idea to what extent had roads
interfere with travel and how they affect the busineee
OF the merchant In the country town The uino,
nish"ay commission has gathered some very valuable
data upon the effect of road and weather cordton,
upon highway traffic, Observations were made a. 20
Wei distributed points in the state and an actual cot
was MADE by the vehicles passing upon different dave
tn'oushout each month OF the year. covering all kinds
or weather and road conditions '
The report shows that traffic over stone - ,
roads was fairly uniform throughout the wear wbiIa
upon the earth roads it was subject to tbo id "iie
tons The following figures are spniecant a., ," .
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-05-14

than anything else can possibly do.
The Clear Lake earth road leading into sprin,sy.
Illinois, showed average traffic for four daS, N
March 1906 of 65h vehicles per day. Over the -
On the same days in Peoria, 60 miles away unde y
same weather conditions but over a hard ROAD y
traffic for March was 166, and the average for linz
July 1853
Observations at Champaign over an earth ~.
showed the average for January, February and Ma.
to be &c. against 200 for September and October n
count at Decatur a gravel road was March j.,
April, 24O July and August, 27S. over an earth ~
leading into Sullivan the count for January Fehr.
and March was 81; August and September 3l6 r
While delivering an address upon good roads a.
writer was interrupted and asked if he vra
favor taxing the widows cottage to help build ~
roads He answered that he certainly would AZ A.
annual tax would probably not exceed 10 or Is csn.
and he gave the following illustration of how bad n,s
burden the people: woman goes into a rros-
store for a dozen eggs and a pound of butter Whn
told the prices she protests. The grocer in defe,u
says: WELL you see, madam, the roads are so bad m,
very few farmers coming to town, so butter M,
eggs are scarce" She pays three cents mora 4,
the eggs and four cents for the butter and M.
seven cents represents her bad road tax paid as
evening This is repeated from time to time throut.
out the year. not only in her case but in hundreds 4
others in that town and in thousands of towns throu
out the length and breadth of the land There is M
doubt that the woman in question would benefit houa
good roads by at least ten times the amount Of the u
her cottage.
1t would be interesting to take concrete exam.
of state aid, apply 1t to typical farm in one In
central western states and exactly what state ia
means so far taxes upon that farm are concerra
For the purpose of illustration, let take ayersp
farm of 100 acres in the belt of Illinois and ~
what the effect upon the taxes on that farm would
If the state should undertake very vigorous campan
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-05-14


In heap; taking but two three months instead Of
spreading this delivery six to ten months. Scien
tihcay products should be moved from producer
TO they needed for consumption, but
the farmer will find the roads in the winter and
spring bad and at times practically impossible, and
for this very he hurries his grain to market
harvested.
This congestion the railroads and works
havoc In business conditions The moving of the crops"
requires amount of money, and general up
heava in financial centers fall is the result of this
sudden drain.
The hurried disposition of the years crop has
cessitated the building of large storage houses In
the grain centers to for it, In Chicago the stor
charge is nine cents per bushe per year; the
rying capacity of the elevators of that city alone is
about S5OO0000 bushels representing storage charge
OF 100000 per year. The passing of the food
supply into the control of the grain kings loss
to the farmer and additional and unnecessary cost
to the consumer
The general improvement OF the highways OF the
country is vastly more important to the people
whole than the building of the Panama canal the i'm.
povement OF the inland waterways the irrigation of
the semiarid lands of the west.
Those who have travelled know that the roads
throughout Europe good; the same is true Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-23
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or is II Both?

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people right proper call Psruna
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upon profession CUBEbS C0PABA
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edy for cath that In the state Of medical b i'm
proved This action reinforced such renowned tn C01
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in the body.
From theoretical standpoint therefore, Psruna beyond im Ths
Of Peuna confirms this opinion Numbe testimonials every
quarter the earth furnish ample evidence that this Judgment
enthuc When practical experience confirms well theory
result ID truth that cannot be shaken.
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-23

sure you that l heartily agree with
your conclusion that the conservation
of the natural resources of our country
presents a problem demanding, the
best Thought of our times is superflu
GUS. We have been exploiting oul
resources with no thought of the NOR
row, and the claims of posterity upon
us should certainly be taken into &C
count" rs
In his letter of invitation to the
conference President Roosevelt said:
There is no other question now
before the nation of equal gravity
with the question of conservation of
our natural resources, and 1t Is the
plain duty Of us who, for the moment,
are responsible, to take inventory of
the natural resources which have been
handed down to us, to forecast the
needs of the future, and so handle the
great sources Of our prosperity a.
not to destroy in advance all hope Of
the prosperity of our descendants"
The need for such a conference Is
Illustrated by a few facts vouched for
by investigators. Government experts
say that between 3O0.000, 900 and 400,-
100000 tons of coal were lost in 1906
by penny wise and pound foolish
methods, and that the total so wasted
since the beginning of the industry
is $4,000, 100000 tons. Millions upon
millions Of horsepower are going to
waste through failure properly to
utilize and conserve the waterpowef Of
the United States.
The construction of reservoirs at
the sources of streams In which flood
waters may be stored to be released
at periods of low water Is expected
not only to keep the waters at con-
tinuous level, but prevent the destruc-
ton of property by floods. maintain
constant levels for navigation and to
develop water power.
At the present rate of timber con-
sumption II II estimated that the price
Of every kind Of lumber will be about
double the present price only one de-
cade from to-day.
1t Is said that the total iron ore
available In the world to-day is U.s.
000, 000,0 900 tons. Of which three-fifths
-is in the United States. Should the
rate Of consumption continue to- in
crease In the United States in the
sama ratio that It has in the course Of
the last score Of years, at the end Of
two centuries there would be no
more ore to be mined.
In the United States there is an area
of It's, 000. 900 acres of land susceptible
to reclamation by irrigation, and 500.-
100000 acres Of western public range
which may be made available for In
creased production Of meat by restrict
ing the grazing and reseeding portions
which have been destroyed BY unre-
stricted grazing. With this area
made available once more. Il IL estl-
mated that its NEST producing capac-
ity will be nearly doubled.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-23

fertility and decreased production.
The question of Forests" was ex
pounded by r. A. Long, president o
the Long-Bell Lumber company o
Kansas City, Mo-, who explained thei
early use and destruction, present ex
tent and value, rate of consumption
estimated duration. prospective price.
Of forest products, the influence o.
forests on soil, ground water ant
springs, rivers, floods and low water
waterway improvement and naviga
ton, and the relation between forest
control and crop production, com
merce and population.
DR.. George w. Kober of Washington
in a paper on Sanitation" spoke Of
the development of systems of com
munity water supply, relation between
purity and clarity Of water for com
munity supply, mortality and disease
due to impure water, and the action
required in the interests Of the public
health.
Reclamation" by Hon. George c.
Pardee of Oakland, CAL, dealt with
the extent Of arid and semi-arid re
gions, development and extent of ir'
rigation, growth of concepts concern
ing water-rights and water as basis
Of property, influence of irrigation on
production, commerce, population
consumption of water and other re-
sources, reclamation and stream con,
troll by drainage, and extent of swamp
and overflow lands and increased
value available by drainage, protection
and food prevention. n
Judge Joseph H. Carey of Cheyenne,
Wyo., in a paper on Land Laws
dealt with their early policy Of dis.
posal, transfer under state charters,
especial grants, etc., development, eff.
feet of creation Of national parks,
forests and other reserves. advantages
of making this a nation Of homes and
home owners, state and federal action
required, etc.
Hon. H. A. Jastro, president Of the
National Live Stock association Of
Bakersfield, Cal, delivered paper on
Grazing and Stock Raising" He
treated on the development Of the In
dustries in the United States. their
extent and value. grazing In the arid
and semi-arid regions, methods and
results, comparative cost and profit
and relation between stock raising
and commerce.
Under the general head Of mineral
resources. DIR. I. G. White, state geo
logist OF West Virginia, in speaking
Of mineral fuels, dealt with the coal
fields Of the United States, methods
Of mining. losses in mining, estimated
duration Of present methods Of min.
ing and use, improvements in mining
and use. connection with coal produc'
ton and transportation, relation be-
tween coal and other resources. pc
troIsurn and rock gas and possible
substitutoo for fuel.
Andrew Carnegie spoke on rores
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-23

and Related Minerals" their produc
ton In the United States, price, est
mates of available quantity, duration
of supply. processes Of mining ant
Quarrying and probable consequences
OF exhaustion Of standard minerals.
On May IL President Roosevelt en-
tertained at dinner the cabinet, the
members of the supreme court, the
governors and the other more dis
tinguished guests. Clifford Pinchot
chief of the forestry division. gave a
reception to the governors and the In
land Waterways association on May
IA. On the afternoon of May Is Mrs
Roosevelt gave garden party on the
White House grounds for all the dele
gates to the convention. At the vari.
GUS hotels In Washington arrange.
ments were made for smaller recep.
lions and dinners.
All of the governors who accom-.
panied President Roosevelt on his Mis-.
sissippi river trip last fall were pres.
emit. They are: Conner OF Alabama,
Broward Of Florida, Deneen of iii.
nois. Cummins of Iowa, Hook of Kan.
sas, Blanchard Of Louisiana, Folk OF
Missouri, Shelton of Nebraska, Cuny
of New Mexico, Burke of North Da.
kota, Frantz Of Oklahoma, Chamber.
lain of Oregon, Davidson of Wisconsin
and Brooks OF Wyoming.
That the conference attracted world.
wide interest was evidenced by the
fact that many Of the foreign diplo-
mats at Washington followed the af.
fairs Of the convention closely.
Those who were In close touch with
the conference arrangements declare
they have never known another move
ment which has been greeted with
such quick and enthusiastic popular
approval.
An indication OF public opinion was
afforded by the great mass Of CORE
spondence which poured into the
White House on this subject. Organi-
cations Of all sorts expressed realiza-
ton Of the greatness Of the enter
prise.
That conservation Of national re-
sources Is nothing about which the
political parties wish to raise an is-
sue is indicated by the attitude OF the
Democratic leaders. Both william ].
Bryan and Gov. John A. johnson.
leading candidates for the Democratic
presidential nomination, wrote to
President Roosevelt expressing their
approval. Equally emphatic indorse-
ysnauf n IN undorufood has haer voicod
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-05-23

When the conference of governors
Of states and men distinguished in 20
litical life Of the nation met at the
White House in Washington, May 13
14-15, In behalf OF the preservation Of
the country's natural resources, the
strangest, and. perhaps, the most i'm
portant convention ever held In the
capitol was inaugurated.
Among those invited to attend by
President Roosevelt himself were mem
bers Of the cabinet. judges Of the su
preme court Of the United States
governors Of all the states In the
union, including the executives OF
Alaska and Hawaii, and Andrew Car
negie, William Jennings Bryan, James
J. Hill, the railroad magnate; John
Mitchell, the labor leader, and prom
inent scientists and business men
from all over the country.
Political differences, opposing issues
of national questions and business
rivalry were laid aside to discuss the
ways and means Of conserving the nat.
ural resources Of the country.
President Roosevelt opened the con.
vention with an exposition Of the why
and wherefore of the conference and
an outline of his views of the mat.
ter. While on his trip down the Mis-.
sissippi river last fall, with the gov
ernors of 16 states, under the auspices
Of the Inland Waterways association,
be is said to have obtained the
pucleus of the idea which resulted in
the present conference.
It will be remembered that Presi.
dent Roosevelt on that trip expressed
the opinion that the question Of the
conservation of the natural resources
Of the country was Of more import
ance than the regulation Of the rate
question.
A number of papers. prepared at
the presidents request were read
and discussed.
James J. Hill, the railroad king,
spoke on Relations Between Rail and
water Transportation" His paper
dealt with such subjects as the
growth OF rail transportation. Ito dis
tribution and extent OF systems, cost
and present value. trafiic and earning
capacity. estimated cost OF the cultiva-
tion of trees for railroad ties and
their preservation, increasing railways
to meet prospective requirements. etc.
Regarding water transportation Mr..
Hill dealt with its cost, present facil-
tiles, relation to rail transportation.
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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-02-05
Greatest Lumber Cut.

The United States Forest Service,
which may be depended upon for accu-
racy, gives out some Iather startling fig
ures on the lumber industry of our land. &.
1t says:
More lumber was cut in the United
States last year than in any other year in
its history. The enormous amount OF
81, $50, ,736 board feet was produced, and
the mill value of this was 1921 ,l5l, ,3SS In
addition, there were produced IL 1856, $780,
900 shingles, valued at S24 l55, ,555. and
3 Sl2. .S07 600 lath, valued at $ll,490 $40.
On the whole, it is safe to say that the
present annual lumber cut of the United
States approxima'es 40 billion feet. and
that the total mill value of the lumber,
lsth, and shingles each year produced is
not less than S7OO.OOO,OOO. These figures
give some idea of how vast is the lumber
industry and how great is the demand for
its products.
A glance at the kinds of lumber pro-
duced shows very clearly the passing OF
white pine and oak, one the greatest soft
wood and the other the greatest hardwood
which the forest has ever grown. Since
1899 the cut of white pine has fallen of
more than 40 per cent, while that of hite
oak has fallen off more than SO per cent.
To-day yellow pine leads all other woods
in amount cut, while Douglas fir-and
this will be a surprise to many-comes
second. Since 1899 the cut of Douglas fir
has increased 1856 per cent. Louisiana is
the foremost yellow pine State, with
Texas, Mississippi. and Arkansas follow
ing in order. Washington produces by
far the greatest amount of Douglas fir.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-02-05
NeighbOrhood Notes.

Charles J, Carlson, a lumber jobher Of
Kane, committed suicide Wednesday by
shooting himself with a revolver. No
cause is known for the su eide.
Lewis and Michael Blake, brothers,
while walking on the Buffalo. Rochester
Il Pittsburg Railroad near Bradford Sun
day night, we're instantly killed by a
last train.
Ridgway is not yet altogether rid OF
typhoid and several cases were reported
the past week. The papers admonish the
people to continue to boil all water used
for drinking purposes.
The Justice of the Peace of Kittsnning,
has fined the Burgess of that place for
using three cuss words at the rate OF 81
cents cuss, and incidentally decided the
term damn" is not profanity.
A trio Of boys, the oldest 10 years, were
srraigned in an Elmirs Police Court one
day last week for disturbing services at
the Grand Central Avenue Presbyterian
Church by throwing snowbslls into the
building. By mutual agreement oI
attorneys for both sides the boys were
soundly flogged by their parents. Then
the complaints were Withdrawn.
What is said to be the largest station.
ary engine ever built will soon be in
stalled in the Sharon plant of the Carne-
gle Steel Company. 1t is from the shop
OF the A llison- Chalmers Company, New
York, and has capacity of 1000 horse
power. Two of the castings weighed lis
tons each. Five special reinforced 100
ton fiat cars were built to transport the
engine to Sharon.
A convention will be held at Union
town in the near future in which the
prominent Italians of the state will par
ticipate. The object of the gathering is to
awaken interest in the convention to be
held in Italy next October to study the
conditions of Italians in America. The
primary object of the movement is TO Sc
cure the deportation from America of the
undesirable element of Italians.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-02-05

"STRANGE, is 1t not" says a Washing
ton correspondent of the Oil City Blizza d
"how we driit apart after we commence
rafting on the stream of life. There was
an illustration of this here one day this
week in an interesting meeting in the lob
by of the New Willard, when boyhood
friends of50 years ago met for the first time
in that period and renewed old scqusint-
ance. One, who as boy resided near the
headwaters of the Allegheny River, had
since risen in the world until he had
been Attorney General OF the United
States, and the other had been elected to
represent his district in the Congress of
the United States. The family of the
first named boy bad removed to Cincir-
natl, making use of navigation by raft
down the A Allegheny and Ohio Rivers for
that pnrpose. After reaching Cincinnati
the boy grew up and one day took a trip
on raft from Cincinnati to Louisville.
rhe other boy was looking after for
ward oar of the raft. That was their last
meeting until Tuesday. The two boys
had become Judson Harmon, who was
Attorney General under Cleveland, and
Nelson p. Wheeler, the active and ener-
getic Congressman from the 2sth Penn
sylvanis district. When they were
brought together both instantly recalled
the rafting trip from Cincinnati to Louis
vile and exchanged many interesting
"reminiscences of their younger days
around Portville, N. Y"