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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-11

ann ana then finally pay off the bonds win hardly be
pt bv the property owners Of the Empire state OWING
m their immense list Of taxable property.
ohio after 40 years Of building roads BY the ola
nan og local taxation and bond issues, In Wnicn 'ns
farmer had to pay practically the whole Dill mas
nasaed n state aid law which will enable i 70 Dmu
tbree miles Of improved roads where It has peen 0uu
ing one, without any increase whatever IN aAa''O"
upon farm property j. to,n the
ssota AID column for good roads Kentucky is aiVe 70
the auation and is taking steps to change It's constr
tuition IN order to be IN position to spread tne loau IA
over an the property in the state
In certain parts Of the country, notably IN tue ME
siesnni valley there Is entire miseoncepuoh as ~
ss4 tba state aid plan Of road building means Some
,e5na the state would take control Of the highways
h,la extensive roads and tar the people TO pay lot
them others that It is scheme to force road puains
aeainst the wishes of the farmers. Nothing could oe
farther from the truth The state does not IN any
manner under state aid law interfere with tue ao
solata ioca control Of the highways The voters OF
every township decide whether any roaas snan oe i @
nrovsd what roads. to what extent when Il shah pc
sne r. at all The state has absolutely no voice in the
matter II however the township, by majority vote,
decides 10 build road under the state aid pian i
.toe apniication to the state for that purpose the
gata engineer thereupon visits the locality, goes over
,t oad nrnposed to be improved with The loea au1nor
,t,ea and decides upon the character Of the improve
mont hest suited to the conditions. He then prepares
Mans and spechcations and when these are approved
h the highway commissioners OF other properly constr
ted ineal authorities the contract is let to the lowest
ranonsbe bidder and the work is then done under the
snnervson of the state engineer This nsures proper
construction and that means durability ana lo~ oos'
TO maintain the road afterWard
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-11

Tnder a state aid law not rod OF road coulo W
bn,t unless the residents Of township decided 70 90
so Not A dollar Of state money could 9e eApenue1
unless the farmers who live in the rurai to"nsnlp
voted for Improvements ..
r il should be alleged that state aid was plan .
compel railroads corporations. merchants ana manu-
facters to help build the roads It would not pc la
from the truth Under state aid the farmers confo me
situation II they decide to improve the r0aos s o'''
n4ople are obliged 70 help pay the bill
IN order to build roads cheapIy they Should oe
hu,t extensively It costs great deal more proper
6ouatelv to build half mile Of road than It does 70
bnlld ten half miles No contractor cares Tor slA
3ob but for large one competition Is keen II takss
inst a. much time and bother to get ready TO Duia ha
mile OF road as it does to build ten miles by Duiia
ing in the larger quantities from ~ TO 70 per cent u
cost OF construction be saved
Az roads properly built will last for great many
wears they should be built school houses ana court
houses are built viz: by bond issue thus township
nnaer state aid could build TO- is or 20 miles OF roaaS
in one year have the roads to use and spread the pay
ment Of the same over say 10 or 20 years II THIS 10
done and the state aid plan prevails there VIII Os Fsi
little. if any, Increase in taxation
Few people have any idea to what extent bad ROADS
Interfere with travel and how they AFFECT the busness
of the merchant In the country town Inc lihnos
highway commission has gathered some very valuable
aata rnon the effect of road and weather conditions
rnor highway traffic Observations we're made az ~
we'll diaributed points In the state and an actual count
was made by the vehicles passing upon different aa
throughout each month OF the year, covering al hnoa
of weather and road conditions
The report shows that traffic over stone or grave
roads was fairly uniform throughout the year "hne
uuon the earth roads 1t subject to the widest Yarla
tons The following figures are significant and tel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-11

4resraisa and New Zealand countries newer than our
own esa popuious and with nothing ike our aggle
gate wealth The fact that the rest Of the worid mas
good roads while We have bad ones is Significant i
shows that the plan we have been pursuing has nos
been successful In three hundred years less than
eight per cent Of the highways Of our country nave
been permanently improved and at the rate we are go
ng Il would require nearly four thousand years 70
sssanlale tha iob So as roadbullders the people OF
the United States have been a failure
This Is all the more surprising when we consider
that they are conspicu0usy successful IN every ohes
line of human endeavor. Millions upon millions OF
dollars have been wasted in every state In the union
nnon The public roads by illtimed or msdreeted el-
fort and with really very little to show for the e1-
nendlture It is only within the last ten or fifteen
years that any real progress has been mace alons o
Zine of permanently improving the conditions.
The trouble Is we have been endeavoring 20 uh
.ole me ANAL by pulling the wrong string Mitnou1
any reason for doing the farmers Of me eoany @
Maine 70 California, from the very hfse assulneu sla
~ eonutry roads belonged TO them anu II was lhen
business to improve them, and TINS naeoHeep"0H NV
sway for nearly 300 years a,s.
A few years ago man ID New Jersey niaue e.s
eoverv # was that the highways are puehe popels'
3. r,ueh 80 as the state house fns faisea s9 49, 49,
ftos asfhv the highways are public properly shoe
80 tsa u,,bc take care o. It's own; WY ahopie hos '
s4ate and an property therein contribute 20 eulo'ns
9he s0a4sg Everybody Is interested IN nen, s's.s -
tosg IA affected through the markets py u1e tOe -
5ss.a thav are benefited BY good roads ana in5e.e4
= - onas The new thought spread throughout ths
s.se and finally New Jersey led the way 70 better eVh
- .saslng law by which the state should con
s.seia oaethlrd the money required to improve lne
sssaa olher states followed increasing ne proper.
soo Is oaehaif and in one case, Massachusetts u
s. many cases OF the New England states farm
la only very small portion Of the total taxable
sropery IN some not ten per cent and waen es
s5 ~ road improvement distributed over an ptop
erfv II lhe state. The burden vas hardy ieis anu -
.....ae ausns we're raised for road purposes hes
= "a sha sesds we're built under proper supervision
s,osd o leaving it the inexperienced haaas o. tn
local path master ... -. = .no,
Ten years ago New York state began IN q sum, sn'a
v = aid aud appropriated $4,000 to start the "ofS
ns. - 5ssa IN favor SO rapidly telt within i've year
49, agslo by an Overwhelming vote passed eonstilI
eA ss.ss5aeat providing for an issue Of s5oeeoee
s eoada 10 help 5ulld the highways what record
il ve gears from hfty thousand 9 hl9 a.
j. aasassaes Is pay the interest on this enofHoa
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-11

more forcibly how great is the burden q BAD roA1
than anything else can possibly DO ,.4a.,a
The Clear AXE earth road leading into sprhBnelai
Illinois showed an average trahac for four days -
March 1o0s if e51 vehicles per day Over the same
road ia June and July the average was SSs YeheAesi
On the same days in Peoria, 50 miles away unoet ~
same weather conditions but over hard road, tne
rac for March was 1866 and the average foE 5uhe anA
July 1853. .A
Observations at Champaign over an earth roaa
showed the average for January February and MaIen
ID be 63 s against 200 for September and October Ahs
count at Decatur over a gravel road was Mafeh ana
April 240; July and August 27S. Over an earh tSA1
leading into Sullivan the count for January 1sOluas
and March was 54 August and September sio. i.
While delivering address upon good foans, w w
favor taxing the widows cottage % hep Dulld w ~
roads He answered that be certainly Moala - wv
animal tax would probably not exceed lO Or lo ceh
and he gave the following Illustration o nov pau toAu.
burden the people: A woman goes into sIocsy
store for i dozen eggs and pound Of butter. Nnea
told the prices she protests The grocer ~ uelenag'
saws "WeI you see madam, the ROADS are V DAa uos
very few farmers are coming to town. 50 butter anu
eggs are scarce" She pays three cents more lVE
fhe eggs and four cents for the butter ana tMh
seven cents represents her bad road tax PAID tnas
Avening This ID repeated from time TO time through.
ont the year not only in her but IN hundreds q
others In that town and In thousands of towns through
ont the length and breadth OF the land There - ~
doubt that the woman In question would benefit through
good roads by at least times the amount oE the ta4
on her cottage.
It would be Interesting to take a concrete example
Of state aid, apply it to typical farm n one q M
central western states and exactly what sta0 o
means 10 far as taxes upon that farm are concerned
For the purpose OF illustration let us take an averase
farm Of f60 acres IN the belt OF illinois, ana ses
what the effect upon the that farm would pe
II the state should undertake very vigorous campaign
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-11

rad building under state aid one that contempatss
- expenditure OF the enormous sum Of S00Vo0oVV p
.er veara-enough money to improve al tns man
highways Of the state connect every community vita
she market town and county seat ana slfe soR
nloa network Of good roads from Gaena to Caro- tns
L. fssnv that the state should pay onehAlf the e.
nense and the townships road districts ths oshsl
II $4,000 900 were expended tn ten years. ~
state would be required to raise s25o0VeVV Of u aas
Is in the state property 70 the total assessed
az 81 250000 COO To raise s,500.ooQ year or saof
600 600 4n ten years would require two mill az aF
IN this property 80 two.mill tax applied TO All me
pronertv of the state of Illinois at the present asseasse
valuation land not taking into account the possible ~
crease In valae thereoD would produce the sum 70
qured.
avarara 1g0 acre farm n the belt Of Illinois s
little less than $1,000 the actual value being approx
mately $4,000 A twomil state tar on this fsFm as.
saasad on the value OF $1,000 would be exactly n 3
year and no more and in ten years the state tax
would Sc $40 which would be the farms proportion p
the s25000000 total Where this farm would pay ssv.
one single corporation IN the city Of Chicago N0ula
have 10 pay $4,000 another $4,000. and ne FAlt
ways Of the state two millions Of dollars Inus ws
see by state levy Of two mills for ten years oHsnak
Of the s50O0000O provided for The other half must
be raised By local taxation or by bond issue.
Let us assume that the township ia which tbs farm
in question located votes boads 10 The luli eoAsusa
onal limit that Is goes into debt nst as far aa u
mifs It to pay The limit Of the bond issus Is i've peg
cent OF the assessed valuation the amennt ef bonds
resting upon the farm would be five per cent Of szoO0
or exactly $780, payable onetenth each year with IN
feres al five per cent The total interest this bond
lssue so far as this farm is concerned Tor the ten
years would be s2750
Thus. If We add the bonds. .....-..... 10000
Interest on bonds s................... a.b0
And the state tax of...............ss.. 1000
We have total tax on the farm Of. .sls75o
which Is exactly The amount Of the tax that would b
levied and collected upon this farm for both state AID
and 10 pay OF the road bonds and interest This amount
is about 10k cents per acre per year and the sotA
charge against the farm for the whole ten years would
he s105 per acre This amount Of money paid BY tbs
farm under the state aid plan would enable the state
10 expend s5000000o upon It's Highways. and ths ex-
,e,snre of that sum would add to the Value Of farm
nreperty 1t least hve and probably ten times IS much
es he respective farms would be taxed IA order . ~
the bill zassasA4 ~. y wsisza = Faissssssl
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-16
Peace to Her Ashes.

We quote below item of special correspondence
taken from the Denver News Times, which will be
read with great interest and deep regret by many
who lived in Iowa during and since war times:
Des Moines, Iowa, May 2-"Aunt Becky" Young
is dead.
The single sentence carries grief to the hearts of
$4,000 veterans of the Civil and sadness in the
minds of one-half the population of Iowa.
The death of the famous old war nurse occurred
after weeks of illness. She 76 years old.
The name of Aunt Becky Young was an open
to the hearts of all the bluecoated veterans of
the Civil war. Her was that of soldier.
When the nation about to be divided by the
strife between the North and South when the battle
fields of the southern land were being strewn with
the bodies of the brave northern soldiers Aunt
Becky then young, vigorous woman went to the
front and, leading band of noble se1f-sacrifcing
women, took charge of the field hospital work Right
upon the firing line the hurried to and fro
binding wounds, holding water to the parched lips
of the dying, listening to the dying petitions of
brave men, and aiding in alternating the wounds
of the stricken AS such she became known
throughout the Union army.
In later years not Grand Army post reunion not
patriotic campfire not gathering of veterans was
complete unless Aunt Becky Young was present
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-16
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

lie work came after the education of life The
broadening and deepening of character that come
from wifehood and motherhood with all their lessons,
must give one clearer view of lifes problems Elk
perience and the discipline of life are wonderful
teachers.
Clearsighted people would not hesitate long in de-
Gliding to the relative value to society of we'll
paid magazine editor and active social worker who IS
childess from choice and the mother OF beautiful
family of boys and girls growing to manhood and
womanhood around her, whose coming has given to
life richness and fulness that the ch1ldless home
can never know. Here the husband has not been de-
prved of the joy and blessing of fatherhood because
forsooth the wife has not the courage to be mother
has fancied that her social activities" were of
greater value to the world
The world has not lost the od-fashioned woman,
thank God for it. There still many thousands of
her, unselfsh, loving and true, brave and fearless
ready to plight her faith to the she loves,
and children, seeing in that career much
higher than that outlined by the New Woman and
Childless Wife" that the two cannot be compared
The swing of the pendulum which has opened
the door of opportunity to woman in business and
professional life has given her vision of
fields of work.
Are they higher than the world-o1d place she has
held as wife and mother? Are they of greater use
to society and to herself?
The educational influence in too many of our
schools and colleges is away from the home, into
the line of social activities Many girl returns
from college seeing little in home life, but with keen
desire to do social work. She rushes in where
angles fear to tread and often negecs the duty lying
nearest to her. Let no young woman believe that
any can bring the joy that comes from true
marriage where husband and wife fulfill their vows,
where children welcome and the home all that
it should be-
and rlpeness of lfe's experience she may fill i'm
porant place in work for humanity beyond the home
and social activities may be pursued with profit and
value-the practical side of education
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-16
Boise & Interurban
Railway Company
LIMITED

This electric railway is splendidly
equipped throughout and gives fire.
quent passenger, express and freight
service between Boise and Caldwell.
The line passes through the beautiful
Boise River Valley, and no pleasanter
trip could be imagined than a ride on
the comfortable and easy-riding cars
of this railway.
Connections are made at Caldwell
with the east and west bound trains of
the Oregon Short Line and at Middle
ton with the north and south. bound
trains of the Idaho Northern Railroad
Company.
Information regarding passenger,
express and freight rates can be OBJ
tanned by addressing the agents of the
company at Boise and Caldwell.
Special cars chartered for private
parties.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-16
POcafeUO Study League.

The Woman's Study League of Pocate11o has elect
ed set of officials for the ensuing year, as fol-
lows:
President, Mrs. Frank Madden; Vice-Presdent
Mrs W. R. Siders; Recording Secretary, Mrs Ru-
pert P SoRelle; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs
George H. North; Treasurer, Mrs. E. G.. Ga11et.
This League of women has been in existence now
for more than ten years, during which time it has
been of great assistance to the mental and social life
of Idaho's Gate City.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-05-16
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The Washington times., 1908-08-05
75c FrOntingS 29C

Swiss Embroidery Shirt
waist FrOntinEs-each piece
containing fivs-eighths OF =
yard, which is ample for
making entire front. One
day al 29c-regUlarly 75C.
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75C Muslin
Wear 4Sc

Choice of Muslin and Cam
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Corset Covers, and Chemise,
trimmed with laces and enl-
broideries IT. a number Of
STYLES. Wen made and full
cut garments. left from
lines which sold up to 75c.
Choice at 4Sc.
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zoe fladras 1870

Waite MeFeerized Madras.
IN q large assortment OF
white woven 5acquered ef-
iects: washing will not affect
It's beautiful luSteT. Regular
price, zoe yard. Thursday
Bargain. 125sc.
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39C and SOC
Bands Csc

100 pieces Of Point Venice
Lace Bands. in white. -Arabe
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Boys Collars
6 for IOC

Boys Laundered Linen
Collars. in a variety of popu-
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CThird FIoorl
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zoe Pillow
Cases I4C

% dozen 45x36 Salem Pill
low Cases, large size, hand
torn and ironed. finished with
8-tnCh hem. Sold regularly
for 2oc each. Thursday Bar
gain price. 14c.
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Mems Handker-
chiefs 3 for IOC

Special lot OF Mems Hand
kerchiefs, with plain white
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SIPS Auto
SCarfS soc

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ished with hemstitched Dor
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SOC PetticOatS soc

3 dozen Women's Good
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Petticoats. cool and service
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Made with double rufhes.
In neat stripes. One day at
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Juvenile
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ues worth up to SOC for one
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White Dotted Swiss. small
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SI.5O Gas
Stoves 0sc

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SOC Sheets CSC

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$500 SILK
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l5c Persian
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39c and SOC Silk
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Thursday Bargain. PC.
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Csc Tourist
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One day at 121zc a box-reg-
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&C Lawns $3.50

a large assortment Of
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SC Dress
Gingham $3.50

One case OF Dress cling
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20 dozen pairs Of wOmen's
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Regular SOC value at Ice a
pair.
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White Linen Cannon Cloth
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day Bargain, PIC.
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Misses 25c
Hosiery l5C

Special lot of misses fine
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25c.
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Lot OF 1 dozen Black Lawn
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p rolls OF extra neavy
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China Mating. in stripes.
checks. and plaid designs.
and $50 warp carpet design
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N carpet patterns. Sold reg
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Special at 171zc.
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Boys s. Bathing
Suits 69C

Boys and children : ono
piece Bathisg Suits. sizes TO
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years of age. Sold regularly
at 800. Rummage Sale
price, SC
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II Mantle Lsmbrequins,
made Of good quality sat
teen. finished with heavy
tassel fringe, colors Of pink.
blue. red. and green Sold
regularly for $50. Thursday
Bargain. f9c.
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Boys double b r e a S [ d
Fancy Cashmere Suits; all
in light patterns. Sizes :
10 16 years. Regular price,
$3.50 Rummage Sale price,
Csc.