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El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21

RESulTADOS DE La TORMENTA,
lnforman de Fort Worth. Texas.
que In villa de Gillian fuA totalmcn-
t. deEnstada por Ia Ultima tormenta
DE las pubiacinneS inmediatas Gue-
ron enriados auxiiios.
Los muertos liahidos por las tor.
mentas liltimas en pneblos de Texas
Oklahoma Louisiana, ascientien a 40,
y 200 los icsiouados, $1,000. %
g! perjuicio de propiedad. Las CO.
sechas del norte de Texas fueron a.
fectadRs sufriendo dailo vaiori.ado on
100000.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
ss NoCAE pE LuHA,

Es noChc dc luna.
I'm 81 aire hay una
irjana canci0n.
Vnela cn 81 amblente
dn quirtud silcntr
dicicndo "sperauzus de- aigin ceeny6n.
isecmcrda los ojas
dc iE n0Tin ruhia,
el aniante eusueho de uque!la maaa-
la iiuvia ma.
sornrcndi0lna ycudu hacla Jos rastro-
Era eW IL solaHa.... ioH.
~ Hnso : IA nin1a le il!n 81 amer
> s Ia cara dc olIa subi6,e 81 color.
Ahora el uioxo raRta.
rife ca Eu Harganta
la eopia de amorps,
y en- nu hrbol muerto
del vselao huesto.
ean.ande en- sas nides hay dos raIsa4
Fl torres.
LEONARDO sRERIF.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
RoHo POSTAL.

Fin una poilaci6n Iri Cuntlate kim
bie' fhs fohadn IN ofiCina postal. ha-
htendo stdn eNtraidOa $500. Los me
dos smpiendus nor los ladrones fne-
ron los de so,ar IL cHia del dircro,
In enal al e*tnlinr dcBperto al cmplcn-
do J. H. Martin. que vino inmediaia-
't,cntc al ediricin. C0rrid al Iugar Dc
Ia egcena. diBrard soI,rr los iadroaes.
nern folo hlrlo d nno 81 otrn es-
cnn6 III qus fnt aprrhrndIdn diIo
qnlen era el eomrahern.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
DEsAsTRE EN- CHINA.

En- China hHa oleada del rio Sans
Fh" Niang. eaua6 grandes tlesnstrcs, IN
cluscndo Ia rtrdida de mas de i.coC
almas. In ola fne dc go pies dc nj.
tura y aEot6 snbre lbs margencs ar.
rastrando 4 mas de 1900 chinos. Ia.
rrie las pcanehas emharcacionea, Las
es'cenns .aan despues del dcsastrc. fuc.
ron horrtbics. puea no SO nirahA ALI
mas ntie la sllnetn dc Ia maertc.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21

pRoYEtTo DE C0NaEMoRAcIoN
Isl Scereiaflo del Business Mems
Club, inici6 81 proyerto de connie.
morar ei scgundo centcnarIn de la
tnntiacI6n de San Antonio. la Mission
90 Ban Francisco do vaiero y ci puc-
bio de hesar, que fueron ei positive
ertEen de la cludad dc san Antonio.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
INVENTOR ENCARCELADo.

En- Monterrey. n. Leon. Mexico, un
emplaado de una casa comerciai SO
robo una gran cantidad de cordel;
fue arrestado y puesto en Ia carcel.
FL dice que ha descubierto ei sIste-
ma telelonico sin electricidad. que
para Doncr on practica 10 cuai, Sc ha-
hia tornado el cordel de la casa dom
de geryia,
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
AlfabetOs de Coma.

rs - Snletg usteI arcaF su Iors, iinpriinir su
si noInto , iiiIeeclon Sebf6 tarIetas, Eobres on
w uS catins. ch, AL como eRalosauiera nttps
PeIsnta%, eompfp I'd una csja 40 letrps do gS.
Wh, pIeyislA de linta todo 10 necesaTio re srn
sL ease; 80 euyfau pur eoFreo nj retlbo do nm
RS RsSSo. ,hay otrns mAa abpndantes On Iettas :
riITis. a'sx e stis peddTs fAnI q
ShLk,. 2uo u. Laredo ST., Han AntnnI,L rSarnS
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
Loco QUE nEsuLrA MuEnrn.

Dicen de Leander, Texas, que desde
hacfa dos dfns buScaban Lawson
Evans, quien desapareci6 de s,i casa.
A una mllla de dIstancia fus hallado
su cadayer con una herIda en- In ca
beZa, hecha con rifle calibre 32. Su
famllia dice que estaba loco, pero no
Sc sahe COMO fue muer;o.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21

AA%lMILlANo, Poema EpIco Ma
cional Mexicano. Sc encueutra ya
dc venta en- In Liberia de Ell REGI-
DOR. PrecIo: 90 cts. Drfjanse los Pc
didos PABLO RUZ. 205 S. La
redo ST.. San Antonio. Tex.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21

Was uRBANAs EN- c. y. DIAZ.
En- c. r. Dfaz 80 esta construyen-
DO una linea de carrcs urbanos. La
iinea pasara por las principaies ca
Hes do Is ciudad. empezara EN- In es-
tacion. cxtendiendose hnsta las mi.
mas de cHrhan.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
DOS MIL pEREGn1Sos

DOS MIL PEREGRISOS.
Como 1900 peregrinos de Ia archiaio
cesis do Guadalajarn llegaron 4 In vi
lila de Guadalupe 4 adorar 4 In Vir-
gen del Tepeyac. Fl Tepayac Ia
viilita auc'iaron totalmente invadidos
de peregrinos, que fseron recibldos
por ci ahad DR.. Jose do Jesus Fernan-
dez.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
MuERTo ron nN nAYn

Las dliImns torIucntas han ocastona.
do ayerfas por todas parties. Ell Tlo-
gu, Texas. MI rnyo mat6 a Henry
Krone, nh mnchaoho do II aiics. Guam
do iba d Ia escuela; qtledando muer,o
dls'ahte de ella como 100 yardas.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
s25O,OOO EN- BONOs PARA LOS BUE-
NOS CAMINOS.

NOS CAMlNOS.
Durante ell dfa 16 de JUNO de 1908
tend! G:ll5cS tiiia elScrIoa On el Cen
dado de BeXar para d :cidir sobre In
expedition de bones Para la construc-
cion de caminos, puentes, Was pdbli-
cas- y que sean de una naturaleza
permaEente y durudera. Los bonos
ascenderan Il $3.50, 900, pa. nd eros eI 40
amos desde In fecha, con un interes
que no eXceGa del 4 por aIo. pa
gnderos anunlmente. g..
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
MEXICANO MUERTO.

l.. Longcria muri6 en- Karnes City,
dehido las lesioues que sufrio en-
una riha que tuvo en- Runge. Es-
tan en- Ia carcel Andrea Francisco
BaZan.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21

EscuELAs poR sEPARApo I,ARA
MExtCANos.
En Falfurrins, Texas SO trata dc
que los niiios memories mexicanos oue-
den scparados en- departamen,os espe.
ctaiea. Ei cehBo escolar tiltimo fus
dc As5 y &c cree cate aho ascienda 4
GOO.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
ron GoLI.EApoR.

Matcn GaFeta fuo trafdp do Mitchell
Lake ia la carccl lie eHla cindad, don
de espera 50 IL lnamic pcr haller d.
Saltauo 4 81 mUier q. vlllarcs dc Gar.
CIu, sls-
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
Los Uniforrnes
del Ej6rcito

Los actuales uniformes del Ejercl-
to mexicaso serdn modificados.
Segdn el inforr1e relative, el kept
actual, que es de casimir, reyiste d.
yersas formas (siempre dentro dc ull
mlsmo modelo) y aimacena fdcilmeate
el polvo y el aqua de las lluvlas. To-
do este causa verdaderas molostins nj
Official. HAY que eyitarselns y por ESQ
SO ha pensado que el tocado future
sea de metal, en- forma de casco y
de acuerdo al modelo que Sc usa en- In
Escuela Militnr de Aspirantes.
Respecto al chaquetin, diremos que
los que Sc llevan ahora no tlenen
bolsas nj charreteras. Los futuros
tendran amhas cosas Sc obtendran
dos ventajas: con las bolsas, SO facIli
tara al Official In mnnera de lleyar ell
reloj. cIgarros. apuntes, ETC., y con las
chnrreteras SO aumentara la n,arciali-
dad del uniforme, pues los acluales
estdn un POGO desgarbados, q julcio
de la comisl6n, desde 81 momento en-
que los hombros se ven como cafdos,
por Ia falta de charreteras.
Sc estudia tambIen el color del nue.
yo untforme; tomando en- cuenta los
experlmentos que Sc efectuaron en- San
Lazaro. cuaudo Be pusIerGn 4 d!stan-
ella casimires de diversos colores, con
objeto de yer cuaI era el que meior
podrfa debilltar las visuales del enc
migo.
Ell UNIFORME DE LA MARINA.
Nuestros marinos serdn tambian re-
formados.
Los modeios para los uniformes de
los oficiales marinos, fueron estudia-
dos ya por los seiiores Flayiano Pali-
IN y Pedro Grovas, jefe y subjefe, res
pectivamente, del Departments de
Marina en- In Secretaria de Guerra.
Una de las inovaclones propuestas
consiste EN- zanzibar el actual frac de
gala que usan los generates, jetes y
oficiales. por Ia casaca do los marinoy
tngleses. Esta casaca sera azul, con
carteras cuello b!anco. Las iussg-
Mas So lievarnn ell las mnngtrl. El
cuello las carteras dc las casacas
de generates. seran bcrdados: Y los
de los oficialcs estaran adornadoa con
gallon de orc.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21

sE ALeuilAa cpss,os ca Il.
.sl''a del eaiftein Dc III REarpoR,
para eetsoaas sp'ss . con peea saa,I.
liza
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
JUAN vArruong,

Gompnne. yende y renia Maau,nas
do coscr y rslojca do pared. 72e a.
Pecos ST.. San Antonio. Texas.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
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o,augt on essanas

gfandes, 2t.bp sa.o0 Gals de & rets.
z. puESTH 4 soS, toi q. Laredo
ait, Fac Aatoato. qsxaa.
El regidor. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1888-????, 1908-05-21
ALsu@ FsmEAlNo

ST las tuufsTes 81 conyeneieysn
do qHc la hsrlsosura ss Q, priu.ar
prcsehte que In paturaieza les hacs
J 81 primero tsmbi6n que lrs aulia.
n" lleyastan al extreme su laolatyia
personal.
Napoleon dlio; una muicr her.
mcSa agrada il los oins; uua mu,cr
bu"na asrsda al corayan: Ia prime.
"a es un die. n segunas cs nm 10.
sorp.
.----.a:%----s
81 SOL De MAYO = gs, cgRgc
ba Las cAMeANAFs. oeras may IN.
teresarf'ra poF Don Juan A. Ataseos
euya ediciaa - hnbfa agotaao p,r
contpiesc. las sentfues do nueya 4 Ia
vents Z ics p,galenteg pseetas,
~ FOL DO Mayo. $500.
~ ceeru IL ias campaaaa. ss6a
hasafsse los psdi.i1a Patk Gfns
sOS 9, Lafsse a.. ssa kntanio. Tsx,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
Fruit Trees Shade Trees

Grapes, berries, roses, hedge plants,
ornamental trees and vines, and, in
fact general nursery stock, Would you
buy any Of this, for fail delivery, if
you knew you were getting reliable
stock, from growers direct, at prices
never before made in Oklahoma?
We grew this stock, we have moved
to chickasha and are going to move
stock somewhere. You won't pay
agents commissions or freight. We
will deliver anything you want any
place you say any day after Nov. 1.
We set them, too, if you like, and
guarantee both work and stock. We
are new with Chickasha, but hope to
be old likewise with it,"
Investigate, please; call, phone or
write. No trouble to answer ques-
tions.
TURNER &klLLINGER.
Phone 89s office 224Ia chickasha.
9-148tD&2tW
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

Opponents Of the bank guaranty law
assert that it will not prevent panics
and seem to think they have delivered
a knockout blow We have never
heard that fire insurance would pre-
vent fires or tornado insurance stop
tornadoes, but at the same time we
understand policy is a good thing
to have in case one Of these calami-
ties should accidentally overtake us.
1t is not necessary to prove that a
panic can never occur with bank de-
posits insured, in order to make out
good case for the guaranty system.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

With the election only little over
six weeks off, it is time for the work
of perfecting the organization Of Grady
county Democrats to be pushed to
the limit J. F. Bishop, the new coun.
ty chairman, Is an indefatigable work
er and can be depended upon to do
his full duty. Every committeeman
in the county should get busy and
cooperate with him to the fullest, to
the end that Grady county may retain
the Democratic banner.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

The detection Of Carl Magee. one oil
the most prominent men in the state.
from the Republican ranks has caused
the g o. i. fellows to Sit up and
take notice. Not later than last March
Mr. Magee presided over a state con-
venton Of his party and he has taken
q prominent part in politics In spite
Of all the rawlings and rantings Of
the Republican press, the Haskell
ized" "Bryanized" Democracy looks
better to Mr.. Magee than Taftized
trustized Republicanism.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
FOR SALE

L94. Special barkain. 24O acres, a
fine farm for s85 per acre.
527 2OOx14O feet. A nice home
$4,000
51S. Lots 50 feet front, Askew ad-
dition, $16O each.
529 5Oxl65 feet. a choice home in
south part of town, $7O0.
L95 14O acres, well improved, s4,-
500.
51S so feet, southwest corner, well
improved, rents for $50 per month.
$2,5OO.
522- 90 feet front, Askew addition,
for $3.50.
LS7 10 acres, well improved, set
in fruits of all kinds, will bear next
year, $1,000.
The above are some of the best
bargains we have in farm and city
property We invite you to call and
see us in regard to same.
GOOD g. co.
n
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
TONIGHT AT THE LYRIC.

Woods & Woods, the fayorite char
acter sketch artists, are working a re-
turn date for Prince & Eatheridge, at
the Lyric theater with a repetoire of
new and up-to-the-minute sketches and
specialties. Roars of laughter greeted
them last night in their original
sketch, Country Cousins" in which
Mr.. Woods makes a very clever char
acter change. Country Cousins" will
be repeated tonight and "The Dutch
Music Master" tomorrow night will
still sustain the reputation of Woods
& Woods as laugh makers The mo
tion picture subjects are:
/ Head Over HeeIs in Politics"
2. "The Secret of the Iron Mask"
8. Prospective Heir"
4. Powerful Tenor"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

The next charge we expect to hear
the Republican press bureau bring
against Gov Haskell is that he hasn't
paid his last weeks laundry bill The
people have learned that this is the prin-
cipal mission in life of the Ananias
syndicate and they are disappointed
if some novel charge against the COVER
nor is not trumped up every day.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

After forty years of faithful politi-
cal service, Col. George Barefoot for
the first time will have his palate
tickled by official pie. The Colonel de-
serves a good fat piece; he has never
asked any reward for his service, but
has been content to labor on account
OF his love for the cause.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
cLINcHINe ROOSEVELT PoLIcIEa

cLlNcHINo ROOSEVELT POLICIES.
If am elected president | propose
to devote all the ability that is in me
TO the constructive work of suggest
ing to congress the means by which
the Roosevelt policies shall be
clinched From Taft's Speech at San
dusky, Ohio.
Will Mr.. Taft, If elected, clinch the
Roosevelt policy Of extravaganza in
public expenditures? viii he suggest
to congress the means BY which the
expenditure Of public money win in
crease the ratio Of the Roosevelt adj
ministration? Will he guarantee that
the Roosevelt twobillion basis will
be rapidly advanced to a four-million
basis?
Will Mr.. Taft ellnch the Roosevelt
policy Of promoting militarism? VIII
he assure the country the biggest
navy at an enormous cost and twice
as big an army at three times the
cost of the present army?
Will he clinch the Roosevelt policy
Of Capitalization?
VIII he clinch the Roosevelt policy
of getting campaign contributions
from predatory plutocrats?
Will he clinch the Roosevelt policy
of letting the tariff severely alone?
VIII he clinch the Roosevelt polio,
Of stopping prosecutions under The
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

Have you seen how beautiful Mis-.
Jones dyed her plumes, mowers and
laces; even her shoes and gloves with
the Swedish Dyes to be used without
heat or water. Get it at the Owl Drug
Store, 226 Chickasha avenue, Chicka-
sha, Okla. S-20-1m
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
THE POPULAR REMEDY.

Full many a grisly evil, afflicts .
this world of ours, the wheat com .
plains Of weeyil, the bugs assail
the flowers; our ills-we must en- =
dure them, or to them weakly .
yield; if Talk would only cure "
" them, how quickly they'd be =
healed From platform and from =
rostrum, the yawpers talk each =
day: each has his patent nostrum,
to drive our i'll away; each knows /"
just how to deal us a dope that is
insured; If Talk would only heal =
us, how quickly we'd be cured =
Perhaps If every talksmith would I"
get an honest job, and help the "
village blacksmith, or husk the =
fragrant cob, life wouldn't seem y
so rotten, so bitter to endure; our y
woes would be forgotten-we >
wouldn't need a cure .-Emporia y
Gazette.
{.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

1t is not surprising that Mr.. Roose-
velt writes a long letter in support
of Mr.. Taft's candidacy. It has been
generally understood that he was fa-
vorable to his former cabinet member.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
cHIcKAsHA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1908.

} 0EoLHIF OFT EMDEn 10 i1bos
@@SSS~aSSSG1ScSG&oSSScSc
anti-rebate law when personal friends
are endangered2
Will he clinch the Roosevelt policy
of formulating and directing revolu-
tions in South American republics for
our own benefit?
VIII he clineh the Roosevelt policy
of smashing business by reckless ut
terances and actions?
Will he clinch the Roosevelt policy
of denouncing judges whose decisions
do not please him?
Mr. Taft refrained from discussing
any Of the Roosevelt policies except
the regulation Of railroad rates, the
perfecting Of which he said required
a trained legal miid That is chiefly
legislative work, but the policies we
have enumerated are executive and
distinctly Rooseyeltian. They are the
policies which are embraced in the
significant term Rooseyeltism. Mr..
Taft will find that when he stands
for Rooseyeltism he stands for some
thing the majority Of the American
people want to get away from-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

It is announced that Teddy will not
take the stump for his heir apparent
but will content himself with using
the big stick as occasion may require.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

Save your melted Ice; 1t is the pur.
est of distilled water; for drinking
purposes no mineral water equals 1t
and for washing the face and hail
nothing can excel =. du
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

Now is the time to SOW alfalfa. Go
to J. E. Farrington's seed house for
fancy seed. ia North Fourth street.
9-2-1mo
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

City hall location is the really warm
issue before the house.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
NOTICE. pEMocRATc.

A meeting of the Grady county Dem
ocratic central committee is called to
meet in Chiekasha on Tuesdey, Sept,
22, at 8 o'clock p m. The meeting will
be held at the court house, and i'm
portant business will be transacted.
All members of the committee are
earnestly requested 10 be present a
representative from every precinct in
the county is desired.
j F Bishop
H J. Miller Chairman
Secretary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

a0oo@o~oooe@eo@~sSeeSN@
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President
WILLIAM J. BRYAN.
. For Vice President
JOHN w. KERN.
. For Congressman
SCOTT FERRIS.
: FOR Corporation Commissioner
= A. p. WATSON.
+" For Judge Of Supreme Court .
. S. ~. HAYES.
. r. L. WILLIAMS.
For state Senator
GEO. 0. JOHNSON.
. For Representatives
HENRY lREToN.
r. L. GLOVER.
sss&@# *&#a$ y
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

Baby Williams again in her songs and
iances Songs by Harry Lawrence
and wife.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15
eIJou TONIGHT.

chiokasha, Okla, Sept IS
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-09-15

"The Coward. =
"a Terrible Appetite"
"The Power Of Labor"
Vaudeville:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-08
Panics and Bad Roads.

Every fall financial centerS are up
set by the enormous amount Of money
withdrawn to move the crops" For
two or three months the strain is in
tense and sometimes last fall-it is
disastrous. Why the undue haste to
get the crop to market so quickly
only a part of it is needed for i1nme-
diate consumption? One of the princi-
pal reasons is the roads are generally
bad throughout the winter and spring !;
at any rate they cannot be depended
upon, so the farmers prefer to get the
grain off while the roads are good, and
this grand rush upsets everything.
1t costs 8 cents per bushel per year
for elevator storage alone, which en-
tails other expenses. Grain can be
stored on the farm for cents per bush
ell The elevator charges are equal to
a 10 per cent tax on wheat and a 20
per cent tax on corn and oats. This is
Il big and largely an unnecessary tax.
With good roads the farmers can store
their grain on the farm and control the
situation, saving a neat little sum that
is now wasted, as we'll as selling their
grain to better advantage. Enormous
fortunes are being made and augment
ed by shrewd middlemen manipulating
The man who raises the grain and the
man who eats it pay the bill. Good
roads are the best remedy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-08
Good Roads In Ohio.

There is no Western State where the
people are more conservative and
where they figure more closely than in
the Buckeye" State. In no State is
there higher average of intelligence.
For fifty years Ohio has been building
hard roads; at first in a small, crude
way, usually putting winrow of gray
ell down the center of a bad stretch of
road and letting the teams tramp it
down into the mud. That helped some.
Later they discovered that drainage
was advantageous. Next they found a
stone road was better than gravel; that
it drained more readily and cost less
to maintain and was more durable, SO
stone was used where it could be had.
Townships and then counties took up
the matter and thousands of miles of
good roads were built. The methods
Of construction were improved and
also the plan Of raising the necessary
funds.
A year ago fundamental change
was made. Ohio adopted a State Aid
Road Law whereby a tax will be levied
upon all the property of the State to
pay One-half the expense Of building
the roads. This will be a great relief
to the farmers of the State, and will
enable townships to build three or four
miles of road where they could before
build only one, and with no apprecia-
BILE increase in farm taxes, as the
farms are only Il small portion of the
whole taxable property of the State.
Under the law no roads can be built in
any township except by vote of the
electors in the township. These being
mostly farmers, they control the situa-
ton.
Ohio was the fourteenth State to
adopt State aid, and was quickly fol
lowed by Virginia, making the fifteenth
State and the last. State aid is the
sensible, equitable, workable plan OF
building the roads. While always OPP
posed at first, the law under innOva-
ton in every case became popular
where adopted and worked to the sat
isfaction of every one, and most OF all
to the farmer-H. II. Gross, Secretary
Farmers Good Roads League.