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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

Revised Methods of Road Building.
There is no subject receiving closer
attention from engineers than the ques-
tiol Of bodybuilding There Is yet to
be found a perfect road or a perfect
pavement, but we are learning some
thing every year. A man must keep at
It all the time or he will become back
number.
The extensive use Of the automobile
has made it necessary to change the
method Of construction of macadam
roadways. Many will be surprised to
know that these soft rubber-tired vehi-
cies will do many times more damage
than the heaviest loaded truck wagon.
The slip and suction Of the rubber tires
tends to loosen the stones upon the
wearing surface, and the ordinary
macadam road soon gets full Of little
cups or depressions due to the auto
mobile.
It has also been found that in heavy
clay and loan soils the muddy wheels
will pick up a small top stone, carry 1t
along and drop it after the wheel has
made a few turns; this disturbs the
surface and makes it rough.
These troubles are obviated by build
ing the road practically upside down ;
that is, instead of the old way Of put
ting the large stones on the bottom and
the small ones on top, the process Is
reversed, so that stones 21a to 3 inches
in diameter make up the top layer.
These are rolled down firmly into po-
sition by the steam roller so that they
interlock, and just enough Of fine stone
screenings are used to fill the spaces
between the large stones. While at
first the road does not look so smooth
and nice as by the old method Of con-
struction, 1t lasts much longer, gives
very much less dust, and the cost OF
maintaining the road is much less, the
stone being so large they do not cling
to the muddy wheels; and after a year
or two Of use a road Of this construc-
ton will be smooth, while one with the
small stones at the top Is uneven. The
builders Of macadam roads will do
we'll to bear this In mind. The Illinois
State Highway Engineer was one Of
the first to adopt this method Of con-
struction, and he has demonstrated
the value Of it.
In the interest Of good roads there
ought to be heavier tax upon auto
mobiles and the money used for keep
Ing the roads in repair. There ought
also to be a penalty for the use Of mar
row tires. The ordinary farm wagon
should have at least 3-lnch tire. If
such tires were In general use, 1t would
be worth hundreds Of thousands Of dol
lars a year to every State in the
Union. Wide tires make roads, narrow
tires destroy them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
HERE'S A DOMESTIC COMEDY.
Son WEEDS Widow, Father WEEDS
Widows Daughter.

Son WEEDS Widow, Father WEEDS
Widows Daughter.
A curious series Of domestic compli-
action Of a Frenchman who recently
married a widow with a grown-up
daughter, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. He had not been long married
when his father, who was a widower,
fell in love with the daughter of his
sons wife and led her to the altar.
Then the trouble commenced. It Is
best described in the words of the I'M
fortunate son, whose marriage with
the widow was the starting point Of
the complications.
when my father took to wife the
daughter Of my wife," he says, che be-
came my son-in-law, while my step
daughter became by stepmother. But
presented me with a son, who was thus
the son Of the mother Of my fathers
wife-that is to say, the brother-in-
law Of my father and at the same time
my uncle, because he was the brother
of my stepmother. Thus, my own
son becomes my uncle. My fathers
wife also gave birth to son, with the
consequence that he became at the
same time my half-brother and my
grandson, because he was the son Of
my wife's daughter. In short, my wife
became my grandmother, for she was
the mother OF my fathers wife, and
1 am not only the husband Of my wife,
but I am also her grandson. And as
the husband Of the grandmother of
person is called the grandfather, 1t en-
sues that I have become my own
grandfather
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
LINCOLN AS A BOSS.
When He Wanted Office He Went
After 1t in Manly Fashion.

When He Wanted ONCE He went
After 1t in Manly Fashion.
The idea that Lincoln sat patiently
by and waited for Office to come to him
Is utterly opposed to the facts, says
the Philadelphia Inquirer. From the
time he was 81 years old until his
death he was an Office seeker, one who
yearned for Office more than almost
any man of his day or this. He repeat
edly sought election to the legislature,
and never failed to secure it except at
the first attempt. He was eager for a
seat in Congress, and desired a second
term, but retired in favor Of a friend
who claimed the honor, and who was
defeated.
Lincoln wanted a good federal Office
and refused a poor one that was Of
fered. He wished to be senator from
Illinois and also to be governor. 1t is
true that he was magnanimous enough
to retire at times when his chances
seemed best because of party harmony,
but he never ceased to crave Office or
to work for 1t in a way which in these
OdJo u1nJ RSlOOuS WOuIO LI111h
ni1ied.
Lincoln wanted to be president and
went so far as to offer to pay a Kansas
man handsomely (for those tfmesE to
become a delegate In his favor. If
Taft, Knox, Fairbanks, Hughes or Can
non should write such a letter now 1t
would be fatal but 1t was considered
good political morals In the days Of
Lincoln.
How deity and how strangely Lin
coin Unanswered to secure his renomi-
nation is well known. He could not
have been defeated but he feared he
might be, and he used very proper, If
unnecessary, methods, which at the
present would DE considered of the ma
chine order.
When Lincoln wanted anything he
went after 1t in manly fashion. He
was no political prude and he knew
how things could be accomplished with
out dishonor. But men who do some
Of the things, honorable alike in his
day and this, which he did, are accused
Of being bosses and political marplots.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
MASQUERADE FOR RICHES.

Romance of an Oklahoma Teacher
Involved a Cuban Estate.
On the roll of the Cherokee teach
ers' institute, held at Tahlequah in
1884, appears the name Of j. r. Huer-
tas. j. w. Chandler Of this place re
lates an interesting story Of Huertas,
says the Vinita (Okla.) correspondence
Of the Kansas City Star.
The examining board granted Huer-
tas a certificate to teach in the public
schools Of the Cherokee nation, and he
was assigned to a school in the Illinois
district, near Fort Gibson. Huertas,
apparently about Is years old, was
prepossessing IN appearance, but less
robust than the average man. He was
refined and well educated.
In time Huertas' peculiar manner
aroused suspicion, and 1t was whisper
ed that he was a woman masquerading
in mans attire. It was difficult to
prosecute an inquiry, as the Cherokees
had no Jurisdiction at law over a non
citizen. AS final expedient the COM
mander Of the military garrison at Fort
Gibson was prevailed upon to arrest
Huertas under the Federal law.
The suspicious of the patrons Of the
district school were we'll founded.
Huertas was a woman. She was held
by the military authorities for inves-
tigation. The young woman, to obtain
her release, wrote at once to her father,
who lived In Cuba. The father asked
that the girl be cared for until he could
reach Fort Gibson. Upon his arrival
he offered an explanation that was sat
isfactory to the military authorities
and the young woman was released, re-
turning to her home In Cuba.
Miss Huertas' family was reputed to
be one Of the most influential In Cuba.
A large estate was descending to the
first son Of a certain line. This estate
was in Spain and was to be secured
through this young woman as the male
heir. Her sex had been carefully con-
ceaIed from birth, and to guard the Sc
cret with greater safety the girl was
sent to the United States and educated
In a private school. Upon her matricu-
lation she was sent to Indian territory
to get a position as a teacher In the
Cherokee schools, where she could re-
main hidden until her majority, at
which time the estate would come into
her possession.
"What the sequel was to this roman
tic, but true, story" said Mr.. Chandler
"I am unable to say. It is possible that
the deception was continued"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
MODEL VILLAGES.
Excellent Plan Followed by a Min
ing Settlement.

Excellent Plan Followed by n Min
ing Settlement.
Consul H. Albert Johnson, in a report
from Liege, gives details of coal min
ing enterprises in Belgium, one Of
which is planning to establish a model
mining village, and has engaged as
manager an engineer in charge Of a
mining plant at Bethune, in France,
concerning which the consul writes:
'0These French mines employ
force Of some 5000 workmen. They
possess 1000 workmen's dwellings, that
are rented to the miners at from $1.15
to $1.54 a month. The houses, with
gardens attached, are arranged in at
tractive villages, with broad streets
and boulevards. Churches and schools
have been built. The water supply,
sanitary arrangements and the electric
light plant are all Of the most modern
and up-to-date class.
"a visit to Bethune proved highly
satisfactory to the officials Of the Linn
bourg region and has tended to
strengthen their determination In
building up their new organization to
follow as closely as possible the model
set by the French mines. Thus, ac-
cording to the plans, this new mining
settlement in the Campine will be a
most beneficial innovation, and instead
OF the hitherto insanitary conglomera
ton Of novels, piled one against the
other, without either symmetry or de-
sign, the new mining village will pre-
sent an attractive and orderly collec-
ton of neat cottages, grouped on we'll
laid-out and broad streets, with a plen-
tiful supply Of good water and the
most advanced system Of electric light
ing and sanitary appointments"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

ing. For once he did not care. He
was determined to have his say and to
learn the worst or the best, whichever
way it might happen.
at haven't asked him yet" he said,
''but shall, and I'm going to tell him
1 am thinking Of marrying you"
"Yes?" drawled the girl.
Half frightened by his temerity, he
sat looking straight ahead, expecting
every moment that he would be an
initiated. He seemed surrounded and
engulfed in a portentous silence while
he sat gazing into space. His atten-
ton was aroused by the sound Of the
screen door behind him, closing softly.
He knew what 1t meant. The girl had
made one Of her unceremonious de-
partures. 1t might be days before she
would allow him to see her again. She
had given the sure signal that another
"spell" had come on.
The boy went AWAY as uncertain Of
his fate as ever. He was hurt and
angry by this repulsion and resolved
never to see the girl again. AS he
Immediately plunged into preparations
for his journey to the west for several
days, his occupation helped him to keep
his resolve, but when his arrangements
were completed and all that remained
was for him to start, he decided 1t
would not be courtesy to leave with
out at least making a call upon the girl
to say good-by.
The night he chose was flower
scented moonlit night in midsummer.
a night that was propitious for lovers
and tender passages. The boy was
filled with love for the girl, but he
steeled himself to meet with a cold
reception; to say only formal fare
well, If such should be her will. He
found her at home and alone. She
was on the veranda, standing near a
twining honeysuckle vine, which she
was apparently engaged in tearing to
pieces.
"Oh-yOu !" she exclaimed, startled
when she saw him coming. 81 thought
you had leftyus forever"
She was off guard and there was a
reproachful tone in her voice that gave
the boy courage. He went to her swift
ly and caught her in his arms before
she could escape him.
"Will you marry me?" he questioned
in a now or never manner.
did you ask your big brother?''
| came back In a voice that n-as muf1ed
because, you know, the girl stayed
where the boy had put her.
He bent his head and rested his
cheek on her soft hair.
unless I'm mistaken" he whispered,
holding her closer, Il think were en-
gagged"
The girl made no denial.-Toledo
| Blade
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

acres was made for a national park aS
Sulphur practically all Of the business
section Of the town was included. The
buildings were appraised by the govern
ment and the owners got the money.
Then the town was started anew south
Of the old town site.
J. NJ Bayless, of Cassville, Mo-, was
sent for by the Frisco Railroad and
told to build railroad from the main
line of the Frisco at Hickory to Sui
phur. He built the road and then the
Bland Hotel. This magnificent hotel,
with it's 120 guest rooms, forty business
rooms and an assembly hall that seats
1000 persons, was, when 1t was COM
pIeted, the finest hotel in Indian Ter
ritory. But it was never opened.
Just as it was completed the Sec
rotary Of the Interior visited Sulphur,
discovered other mineral springs south
Of the Bland Hotel, went back to Wash
ington and got Congress to pass an act
in April, 1904, taking more land into
the national park, and this new segre-
CATION included the Bland Hotel. Just
as it was completed government agent
appeared and posted a notice on the
doors that the property had been taken
over by the government. In May Of
that year the Indian Territory Bankers
Association was entertained in this ho-
tel, and then its doors were locked.
The hotel company was paid $4,000
by the government for the building.
The building is so located that it can
not be drained without pollutfng some
of the springs in the national park.
For that reason it can never be utilized
as a hotel where it stands. The gov
eminent has tried time and again to
sell the material and have the build
ing torn down, but has never been Of
fered more than $4,000 for 1t, which
was refused. So the building stands
there vacant, except for the govern
ment caretaker.
A movement has been started to
have the government turn the building
into an Indian museum. If this fails
the State may try to buy the building
to convert it into a soldiers home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
TOWN THAT PASSED AWAY.

Hotel in Oklahoma Which Cost $780,
900 Never Had Guest.
Standing upon the crown Of high
hill In Plat National Park is the
Bland Hotel, n magnificent structure,
the sole survivor Of the town Of Sui
phur, Okla, which was confscated by
the government when Plat Park was
finally defined, says the Kansas City
Star. Now that the government owns
this building, the question is, what
shall be done with it2
When the original segregation Of GAO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
HOME FROM THE FIELD.

The white clover spread as wings Of storm
Had dropped down of snow on the field;
The cherries cleaned red at the edge of the farm
A shower Of red wine cOngealed
As fairy balloon sailed the light thistledown,
a mocking bird twittered anon
As homeward we trudged up the lane growing brown
When the time to working came on.
The whippoorwill dreamed in the thicket sedate,
And the cricket chirped out in the wheat;
The cattle stood lowing beside the farm gate,
And milking song faint and sweet;
The summer breath told Of the roses that grew
BY the farmhouse whose gable doomed wan;
And mother would meet in welcome, we knew
When the time to working
We are toiling still, though different ways
From the where labored when young,
And not with the careIessness known in the days
When Hope her sweet melodies sung.
The hours are longer 1t seemeth, than then
But the toiling will some time be done;
Then peace will again smile upon US when
The time to working came
Hale in Chicago Record Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
Careless.

Two Irishmen, meeting one day, were
discussing local news.
"Do you know Jim Skelly?" asked
Pat.
"Faith," said Mike, "an' l do"
well" said Pat, she has had his APP
pendix taken away from him."
eye don't say 500" said Mike. We'll,
it serves him right. He should have
had 1t in his wife's name. Every
body's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
Old FavOrites
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Barbara Allen.

(English Version.)
In Scarlet Town where l was born,
There was a fair maid dwelling,
And every youth cried, well away"
And her name was Barbara Allen.
All IL the merry month of May,
When green buds were a-swellingI
Young Jimmie on his death bed lay,
For the love of Barbara Allen.
He sent his man unto her then,
To the town where she did dwell inI
Saying "you ride to my master,
If your name be Barbara Allen.
"For death Is printed on his face,
And over his heart is stealingI
Oh haste away to comfort him,
Oh! you lonely Barbara Allen"
Slowly, slowly, she rose up,
And slowly she came nigh him;
And all she said when there she cameT
young man, think you're a-dying.
''Recollect, recollect, recollect young man,
When I boarded at your tavern;
You drank, you walked with the ladies
round,
And you sighted Barbara Allen"
''Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes, oh yes,
When you boarded at my tavern,
1 made the health go round and round
My love to Barbara Allen"
He turned his face unto her then,
With deadly sorrow signing;
Saying, "Come, pretty maid, and pity me-
For I'm on my death bed lying"
IF you on your death bed lie,
What need the tale you're tellingf
No better will you ever be,
For your bonnie Barbara Allen"
As she was cruising over the field,
She heard the death bell knellingI
And every stroke did seem to say,
Unworthy Barbara Allen.
She turned her body round and about,
She spied the corpse a-coming;
''Lay down, lay down the man" she said,
"And let me gaze upon him."
With a sorrowful eye she looked down,
Her cheeks with sorrow swelling:
While her neighbors cried all in moan,
Unworthy Barbara Allen
When he was dead and In his grave,
She was stricken down with sorrowi
Mother, mother, make my bed,
For I shall die tomorrow.
Mother, mother, go dig my grave,
And dig it both long and narrow;
Young Jimmie has died for me to-day,
I'll die for him tomorrow"
When she on her death bed lay,
She begged to be buried by him;
And sorrowfully repented of the day,
She ever did deny him.
Farewell" she said, Eye virgins all,
And shun the fate l fell in;
Henceforth take warning by the fate,
Of cruel Barbara Allen"
Young Jimmie was buried in one church
yard
And Barbara in another,
And out of her grave sprung rose
And out of his sprung a brier.
They grew and grew to the church top
Until they could grow no higher,
They locked and tied in a true love knot
The rosy and the brier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
(scotch version.)

(Scotch Version.)
It was in and about MART mas time,
When the gren leaves wer a-fallin',
That Sir John Graham, in the west coun,
tries,
Fell in love wi Barbara Allan.
He sent his man down through the town,
To the place where she was dwelling,
"Oh, haste and come to my master dear,
Gin ye be Barbara Allan"
Oh, slowly, slowly rose she up,
To the place where he was lynn,
And when she drew the curtain by,
young man, 1 think ye're dyin'."
''It's oh, I'm sick, I'm very sick,
And it's a. for Barbara Allan
Oh, the better, for me ye'se never be
Though your hearts blud were a-spill-
in"
"Oh, dinna ye mind, young man." she
said,
"When ye was in the tavern a-drinkin'
That ye made the healths gaze round and
round,
And slichtit Barbara Allan?'
He turned his face upon the wa
And death was with him dealin',
"Adieu, adieu, my dear friends a.,
And be kind to Barbara Allan"
And slowly, slowly rose she up,
And slowly, slowly left him.
And sighin' said, she could not stay,
Since depth of life had reft him.
She hadna game a mile but twa,
When she heard the deid-bell ringin',
And every jow the deid-bell gi'ed,
1t cried, "Woe to BARBARA Allan
'Oh, mother, mother max my bed,
And max it saft and narrow
Since my love died for me to-day
I'll die for him tomorrow"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
UnwOnanIy,

allow was it discovered that the
supposed woman was a man masquer-
adingf"
"a detective who was slightly sus-
picious made an appointment with him
and he arrived at the meeting place on
time."-Kansas City Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10
The Dent I'm the Can.

The inspector held up the offend.
ing milk can.
There's q dent In this cam" he said
severely, that saves you fully a quart
Of milk. How do you explain it?
The farmer shook his head.
That's an accident" he said.
The envious neighbor winked at the
inspector.
1T can show you tn ak he dented II
WITH" he chuckled.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

A young man Is apt to believe that
he has friends who would die for him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

What has become Of that dear,
thoughtful and handsomely dressed
woman who always wore her hats tive
seasonsf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-10

The doctors are good fellows, but
none of them can make an old mar
young.
Arizona republican., 1908-09-06
ELEVATION AND CLIMATE
TOPOGRAPHY
SURROUNDING MINES

You are within miles of the. famous old Union mine and the and others in that group--wthln five miles of the Contention-withn and half miles of the and within twelve miles of the Phoenix mine 5O-stamp mill near the head of Cave
Arizona republican., 1908-09-06

makes them easily recognizable everywhere. they intensely pcated olded up) and the tops of the were away by erosion before the succeeding laid down that they everywhere appear to stand end.' -.
 The folding up rendered them everywhere schstose they everywhere converted into thin schists quite thick but glass the thckest will show the incomplete schose structurthe strain of the lateral push which folded them
 schist. bear in mind, is not kind of rock; out condition resulting a horizontal strain push
 Any rock may thus become schist.
 These were laid down in the sand beds and clay by metamorphsm have been changed into schistose quarzites and fisse clay schssoften sate-like. considerable of the from Phoenix out to property the road runs over the upturned edges of such slay schiss When their beds lay hor- they in many places intruded Cntercaated) of eruptiye rocks. The subsequent pcation rendered eruptives also schisose and they ndstnguishable from the sedimenta ries which have been metamorphosed to crystalline condition like true eruptives.
 said it is highest importance that should understand the history and character Of these Agonan scists because ground consists of them nothing else the eruptve dikes which traverse will therefore you specifically to the Brad where these schists under the of the Yavapai schists" beautifully and clearly studied out
 The Bradshaw mountains lie within sight of your ground the northward in Yavapai county, and schists but extension of those.
 You will realize the importance of understanding your schiss when mention that the great United Verde mine in Yavapai county-one of the worlds greatest copper mnesIies entirely within the Yavapa schists' which at that point a thickness of 1000 to 5000 feet
 Every great copper deposit Arizona s underain by these Algonkian schsts and the most thortave mneaogists the belief is growing that they formed the original domce of the copper.
 It is to be inferred from this however, that the presence the schst guarantees copper mine. The disseminated throughout the schists their horizontal laid down-deposited perhaps. from the water-and that workable is found only where the metallic values became concentrated by aqueous solutions.