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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-07-16
EXPERIMENTAL ROAD.
Details Of One That Has Given the
Best Of Satisfaction.

6OtaHS OF Ono nat mas 0tvo0 M
Best Of Satisfaction.
Samuel s. Jones Of Clinton, Wis,
furnished the following details Of con-
struction of an experimental road built
for educational purposes under the d.
rection Of the Office Of public roads,
with George L. Cooley in charge:
This road was constructed in the
town of Clinton, Rock county, Wis.
one mile east of the village of Clinton
In the construction Of this road all
the machinery was furnished by the
government at no expense to the town.
The town, on its part. furnished all the
labor and material.
This road commenced at the top Of
clay hill and extended down the
side to and across black muck
slough. Thus we had the advantage
Of observing the construction Of and
finishing under the different soil con-
ditions. The road was first graded to
width of thirty-six feet from gutter
to gutter. The trench for receiving
the crushed rock Of which the road
was constructed was twelve feet wide.
This trench was shouldered evenly at
the edges. The bed of the trench or
roadbed was brought to a perfect
grade, having crown Of three-fourths
inch to the foot from the center Of
crown to the side shoulders.
when the roadbed was in proper
shape for the superstructure cross
drains were put in at intervals of 100
feet. These drains, which were from
eight to ten inches deep and one foot
wide, were filed with coarse crushed
stone and extended to the outside gut
ter, thereby insuring perfect drainage
for the road when finished.
'"The superstructure was built Of
limestone, the first layer being crush.
ed to size which would pass through
three inch ring. This layer was then
rolled thoroughly and covered with a
finer grade Of stone and again rolled,
This method of placing on layers and
rolling was continued until fourteen
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-07-16

The original sword worn by Gen.
eral Washington during the Revolut
ionary War is one of the interesting
objects shown in the Smithsonian
Institute exhibit at the A-Y-P. Expo.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
TOUR OF SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
American Workers 10 Visit tnxtitu-
tiona In Great Britain.

American Workers 80 Visit tnstitu-
tiona In Great Britain.
Four prominent Sunday school work
ers will spend June In making a Sun
day school tour Of England, Scotland
and Wales. They are William n
Hartshoru of Boston. chairman of the
executive committee OF the Interna
tional Sunday School association:
Marion Lawrence of Toledo, general
secretary of the association; Philip e.
Howard. publisher of the Sunday
School Times, and f. n. Peloubet. au-
depart on the Cunard steamship Sax
onia. leaving Boston for Liverpool
Tuesday, May 10.
One purpose of the trip is to arouse
an interest in the worlds sixth Sun
day school convention, which will be
held In Washington in May. 1910. They
hope to induce at least $50 workers
from Great Britain to come to the
American capital next spring.
This tour will be under the direction
of the British Sunday School union.
the oldest organization Of its kind in
he world, which was started LOG years
ago. The tourists will visit all the
large cities and address meetings or
their particular work. An interna-
donal welcome Will be extended to
them June 10 in Crystal palace, Lon
don. A feature Of this will be the
singing of the British national anthem
and other songs by 5000 Sunday
school children.
DR. George w. Bailey of Philade,-
lphfa, chairman Of the executive COM
mfttee Of the Worlds association, al
ready has much Of the program for the
sixth q~uadrennial convention mapped
out. The last gathering. OF this organ
izaton was In Rome and the o pre-
vtous to that in Jerusalem.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17

er here is desperately eager, not to
persuade them to leave on the earli-
st possible day.
Suppose that a gardner has a plot
of raw" ground to be put under cul-
tivation. How does he go about It?
First, the entire surface is covered
with stable manure, MIXED old and
new in such huge quantities that ev
en- when pressed down it makes a
bed nearly a Dot deep. On this he
spreads a second layer, about six inch
es deep, of the richest soil, which is
also mixed with manure. So the
ground has now an artificial surface
of from fifteen to eighteen inches deep
1t is all one hotbed.
The loam thus made becomes in
time too rich. Almost every year the
maralchsr takes off the top layer, re
placing it with new earth and manure
and the old rich loam is either used
in making new beds in his own gar
den OF else is old at a high price. l
read in one report of a three-acre plot
where more than $50 cubic yards of
old loan was sold a year.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17

Once pon a time. in the days when a
certain well known theatrical man.
now dead. reigned at a minor play
house, the manager and the millionaire
proprietor of his theater strayed on
the stage while Heinrich Conried. then
stage manager. was experimenting a
rehearsal OF "a comic opera The In
trusion OF the two men was disturbing.
The chorus giCgled The supers be-
came restless. There was u moments
pause. Their the stage manager. with
out preface. gave an order. Ladies
and gentlemen, you will go back To
you dressing I'M
The theatrical manager and the mil
lionaire Ia surprise asked Heinrich Con
ried why the rehearsal had stopped
1T will stop" he said. until the
stage is clear. During rehea rsaIs this
is my territory and nobody has n right
to invade 1t. When you retire we will
go on"
The visitors retired.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17

at S35,911.62. The meeting was held
at the present Masonic hall at three
O'Clock. Other business consisted in
the naming of an executive building
committee, composed OF John H. Jen-
kins, chairman, Jonn W. Poe, E. A. Ca
hoon, j.. w. Wilson and j. c. Hamil-
ton. Lucius Dills was selected as su-
pervisor of the work, and he is to de-
vote all his time TO the task. Work
on the new building commenced today
on the Masons' lot at the corner of
Pennsylvania enu and Fourth st.
While thDeent contract covers
the cost of the building and the heat
ing plant, there will be many other ex-
penses connected with the finishing
of the Temple and grounds. The Mas
ons expect to spend $4,000 on their
new home. Commenced today, the
work will be finished by December l..
The cornerstone will be laid Thurs
day, June "a. This date will be the
twentieth anniversary of the ~organiza-
ton of the Roswell lodge of Masons
and furthermore it is a day of unusual
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
TRIBUTE TO SIOUX INDIANS.

small D1nds Drave DECD - gs Gem
meMoratsd ~ . Monument.
A11sr fhe lapse Of wen nigh ha1f .
eent1ry the band OF young Sioux In
diansk known as the fool soldier
band; winch In November, 1861 at
great personal risk to themselves, res
Tn what II now Walworth county,
whites, who had been abducted by a
rowing band Of Sioux from their homes
at Lake Chetak, MIMI, are to be re-
commemorated by 4 suitable monu-
ment.
Under the auspices Of the South Da-
kota Historical society n the South
Dakota Pioneer association q granite
shaft will be erected IN June q a
mile from Mobridge, s. D.. where the
rescue was effected.
The fool soldier band consisted of
eleven young Indian braves, and their
act was one of the exceptional deeds
Of the aborigines In which the whites
were ~befriended at he risk Of incur
ring ostracixation and the enmity Of
not only their own tribe, but the entire
Sioux Nation, at the time powerful and
warlike.
After conceiving the idea Of saving
the white captives the young braves
watched with ~unceasing vigilance un-
til the opportune time came, when they
secured possession of the captfves and
rushed them to a white settlement
whence they were returned to their
homes.
Walworth county was at that time
totally unsettled by whites, but after
the whites settled the country the
members of the band were always well
come guests at any white mans house,
and after the Walworth County Old
Settlers association was formed the
survivors of the a were features of
every reunion Of the association.
The monument erected to their mem
org will be a plain granite shaft. stand
ing upon two mammoth native bowl
ders and suitably inscribed with the
account Of the Iced which won the In
dams Immortality. Doane Robinson of
Pierre, 8. D., state historian, will de-
liver the address at the dedication of
the monument.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
MORE ON RANGE cONDI-
TlONS FROM ANDERSON.

w. P. Anderson. travelling stock
agent for the Santa Fe system, came
in Saturday from a trip through the
lower Valley and says that in locali-
ties where mesquite is abundant the
foliage and bloom have been very
beneficial to range cattle during the
past few days. To h Record he said
THE drouth district is not confined to
the southeastern part of New Mexico,
as implied in the headlines of last
Mondays Albuquerque Journal, but ex
tends owe the entire Texas, New Mex
leo and Arizona Southwest and much
of the country south Of the Rio Grande
The exceptions are the elevated
plains and the mountain grass lands,
where occasional winter and spring
snow produced new grass.
The season is a peculiar one, but
longer and more destructive drouths
have prevailed. But no other spring
is remembered in which the winds of
February dried UP water-holes as they
did this time. The fall rains were
abundant throughout and the winter
cured grasses were everything that
could have been wished for, and much
of it would still he available but for
the distance from water.
THE movement Of both cattle and
sheep, whenever over the trails or by
rail will be very much impeded until
rain I'M There will not be thirty
per cent. of a lamb crop throughout
New Mexico"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
c0NRlED'S BEGINNING.
How Famous impresario 6ecame an
Acto-instance Of His Firmness.

How Famous tmPresario Became IN
Aetor-instanee Of His Firmness.
Heinrich Conried. the famous i'm
Metropolitan Opera House in New
York city; who recently died at Meran,
Austria, speaking of his youthful eff
forts In Vienna to get a start on the
stage. said:
1T was the afternoon OF q special
performance Of the pupils of. my
friend the actor. There were numer-
GUS visitors. One OF them stood e
while we talked. Afterward he
touched me on III arm and said:
"'And so. my boy. you want to be
an actor. l am Herr Forester, man
ager of the Berg theater- ] will give
you a months instruction. II you do
well. you will be engaged
81 told him that | could not get
away from the bank during business
hours.
well be said. I walk to the Kur-
saal every morning at 6 O'Clock to
drink the waters. You may join me.
and l will give you your lesson as we
60
$50. with the freshness and quiet
Of early morning on the streets of vi
emma. we would walk to the kursaal.
I reciting and Herr Forester correct
ing. illustrating the proper method and
laying down precepts. His colleague.
Iaube. also too the waters and often
accompanied US. They would discuss
fine points in the actors art and did
not always agree. The discussion
would become warm. These two clev-
er minds. striking fire against each
other, taught me much.
GAS the day Of the test rehearsal
drew near l became painfully anxious
and r~edoubled my efforts to acquire
fitness for the stage. In my room.
until late at night, I would practice
accent. i~ntonation. gestures n dra-
matte action. thought of nothing
else. Upon thai rehearsal l felt that
my destiny depended.
swell, the day came. n I played
my part, TREMENDOUSLY at first. but with
growing confidence. Out of the forty
two aspirants / was selected for the
stock company"
The following aneedote illustrates the
flrmness to which. in a large measure.
Heinrich Conried owed bis success.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
in

IllSTOSl III
There were six bids for the con-
tract that was let Saturday. The win.
ners are men who built the new bar
racks at the Military Institute and
the armory. There were two local bid
ders, S. P. Denning and G. n. Amis,
and their bids were the second and
third lowest, in the order mentioned.
The other three bidders we're from
Trinidad, Pueblo and elsewhere. The
highest was $4,000. The installation
of the plumbing and heating has been
sub-let to the Roswell Hardware Com
pany, at $3.50.
The general plans of the new build
ing have been described in the Rec
ord. There were only a few minor
changes in the original drawings of
Mr.. Roe, the architect from Pueblo.
The general building committee con-
sists of all the Past Masters and the
present Master and Senior and Junior
Wardens of the lodge. BY virtue Of his
Office, Master John H. Jenkins is chair
man.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

form size, about the shape of a chapel
bell, a little less han seventeen inch
es in diameter and from fourteen to
fifteen inches high. The French call
them cloches. You may often see o "
err a thousand frames M owe 10000
glass bells in one two-acre plot in
the suburbs of Paris.
A more recent innovation is the en-
ployment of hot water pipes run un-
der the soil, making of the earth a We
rita.Sle steam heated hotel, with this
essential difference that the hotel keep
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
RoGUEs' GALLERY ON LINERS.
steamship cenpany's Pi.n to Protect
Gard Players From sharps.

Steamship Cernpsny's P1an to Protect
Gard Players From eharps.
Chagrtned because Of the failure of
passengers to prosecute ocean gam
blers. Captain Clippers Of the steam
ship Kaiser Wilhelm II. and the Off
GERS Of the North German Lloyd have
arranged a new method to warn pas
sengers, which, it Is believed, will be
effective. 1t Is b posting OF photo
graphs in the first class smoking room.
As warnings printed IN various Ian
guages In big black type to be
Of no avail. the system OF framed pho
tographs OF men whose methods are
SO well known that there can be No
mistake will be Installed.
The photographs OF b gamblers
with their various aliases attached
VIII be framed, and It Is believed that
NO gambler whose lace Ii pictured will
dare to set his foot ON the steamship
Is SO decorated.
The express ships VIII be dxSt equip
ped, and II this proves q all
others win have the interesting bureau
Of faces for travellers to scan
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
Freak Fashions In Berlin.

During the past winter season Ger
man women In Berlin have been max
ing unheard of attempts TO set new
fashions and have Invented all kinds
Of weird freaks in their efforts 10 he
different from the society women of
other countries. One of the most stTIk-
ing innovations has been jeweled an
klets. The novelty VAS first tried AT
fancy dress balls. and IL was found
that the effect Of flashing jewels ON a
slim, silk cased ankle was decidedly
fetching. The snake form Of ankipt
Is the most affected. mother freak
fashion now frequently to be seen con
sists of gloves Of gold or silver thread.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
A Modern Improvement.

Three doctors Were OF Grating on q
man for appendicitis After the oper-
alton was completed one Of the doctors
missed a small sponge. The patient
was r~eopened. the sponge found within
and the man sewed up again imme-
diately the second doctor missed II nee
die. Again the patient was opened
and closed. Then the third doctor
missed a pair of scissors Gentle
men," said the victim as they were
about to open him up again. for
heavens sake. II you're going to keep
this up put buttons on mer'-Succe~s
Magazine For May.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
The Kansas City Stock Market.

KANSAS City, No, May 17-Cattle
receipts. 10, geo, including 5000 south
ern Market steady. Native steers,
5.25@6.90; southern steeH, 4.75@6.50;
southern cows, 3.25@5.25; native
cows and heifers. 3.Oe@6.50; stockers
and feeders, 4.O0@5.75; bulbs, 5000
5.25; calves, 4.OO@7.25; western steers
5.50@6.75; western COWS, S.75@5.50.
Hog receipts. 10000; market SC ow-
er. Packers and butchers, 7.00@7.35;
bulk of sales, 6.25@7.35; heavy, 7.25
@7.40; light, 6.80@715; pigs, $500
$50.
Sheep receipts. 10000. Market stea-
dy. Muttons, 5.25@6.75; aambs, 1900
9.25; wethers and y~eariings, 5.OO@7.-
IS; ewes, 4.2506.25; Texas and Ari-
IONA muttons, 4.75Q6.30.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17

Pen Picture Of Turkeys New Sultan.
The new sultan of Turkey ~ he ap-
peared at the selemlik Il thus de-
scribed by a correspondence: Nobody
Knows what he thinks He said moth
ing. Many believe he feigned ignorance
and Indifference In order to save his
own life, and to look at him today it
appears rs II the stimulation viii con-
ttnua. One ~ only e in his pro-
trudin8 Eyes good natured Ingenious
ne1and almost infAntile curiosity,
which contrast strongly with his aged
.rreer.nee Hescertnfnfvkfs xood. but
weak. was unable 10 re In him q
sovereign of the new epoch. . reorga1-
ker Of Turkey. Q sultan OF progress"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-17
LET CONTRACT
TO LYON 4 AxTEIL

AT a meeting of the Masonic Build
ing Committee the contract for build
ing the new Masonic Temple was let
Saturday afternoon to Lyon & Axteil
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-18
HARTMAN COMPANY WILL
AID AVIATION FINANCES
Entire Receipts of Grand Opera House
for Thursday Afternoon Per-
formance to Be Donated

The sale of seats for the mammoth
benefit to be given by Ferris Hartman
and his big singing company at the
Grand opera house next Thursday
afternoon to help swell the funds for
the Aviation week planned for Jan
uary, will open this morning, and 1t
is expected that before the box office
closes on Monday night that the entire
house will be practically sold out.
Mr.. Hartman and his company will
give their big production of Audran's
delightful comic opera, ''The poy-
maker" in which they will open next
week, and which is a most appropriate
Offering for the holiday week. To show
his interest in the success Of Aviation
week Mr.. Hartman has donated every
cent of the receipts of this Thursday
afternoon performance, and will also
manufacture and introduce into this
particular presentation of "The Toy
maker much funny material bearing
upon what may take place here during
the stay in this city of the flying
m chimes.
Many interested citizens and theater-
goers nave already sent checks to the
box office of the Grand onera house
for the performance, which is evidence
of the interest being taken to make the
benefit huge financial success.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-18
KINGS FORTUNE
MUCH INVOLVED
LE0POLD'S ESTATE LIKELY TO
CAUSE FIGHT
Three Million Dollars Left to Be
Divided Among the Daughters.
Baroness Vaughan Provided
for by viii
Associated PressI

BRUSSELS, Dec. 1.-THE entire
kingdom of Belgium mourns its de-
parted ruler, Leopold II. Court, schools
and theaters are closed, parliament
and the municipal council have ad-
journed, and flags are at half mast.
Meanwhile a tremendous contest over
the kings will is threatened, and the
status of the Baroness Vaughan is
not determined.
Affairs of the nation are in the con-
troll of the cabinet until. Prince Albert
takes the oath of succession on next
Thursday, the day after the funeral
An official decree issued today
lauds King Leopolds career and de-
clares his creation of the Congo In
dependent State was unique in history.
''Posterity will judge Leopold a great
king with a grand reign" it says.
The body of Leopold remains in the
mortuary chamber of "The Palms"
Tomorrow night it will be removed TO
the palace in Brussels.
Doubts Marriage
The filing of the will of King Leopold
today shows that he divided $3000,OOO
between his three daughters princess
Louise, Princess Stephanie and Prln-
cess Clementine). This practical dis
inheritance signalizes the beginning of
a gigantic legal battle to obtain the
kings wealth, similar to that which
ensued on the death of their mother.
The exact amount of Leopold's for
tune probably never will be revealed.
senator Winer, the kings friend and
confidential legal adviser told the AS
sociated Press today that Leopold
turned over a large portion of 1t to the
Raroness Vaughan and her chlldren
and created a stock company of ms
estates to forestall possible raid upon
it by the Princesses Louise and Ste
phanie or their creditors.
senator Winer said that later. per
haps, large portions of the estate would
be given to Belgium. The Princess
Clementine, aside from bequests she
will receive, is provided for by speci Il
income from Congo prope ty.
Investigation shows that the right or
succession to the throne of a child OF
the king by the Baroness Vaughan is
not worthy of serious attention.
Daughters Get Some
II is pointed out by Senator iWner
that if there were only a religious cere-
mony. laws of the kingdom would pre-
vent the accession of a child of such a
union. The senator however, does
not believe there was evn rel 6 GUS
marriage.
If it is established that the Baroness
Vaughan is of foreign birth she prob
ably will be expelled from Belgium
like the favorite of Leopold I, The
Baroness Mayer, whose hou So was at
tackled and destroyed by mob after
the kings death.
Under the Belgian law a parent is
not permitted to bequeath more than
a quarter of his belongings away from
his children, and reports are current
CONTINUED on Page Threel
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-18
MEETS WIFE WITH RIVAL
AND STARTS FREE FIGHT

The domestic troubles of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. C. Byers, who agreed to dis
agree two months ago, were given fur
ther impetus last night when Mr.. By
ers met his wife walking near Mer-
camille place and Broadway in COM
pany with Jack Davis a waiter, and
as a result of the meeting fist fight
is alleged to have resulted, which ne
cessitated medical treatment for Mr..
Byers at the receiving hospital.
Mrs. Byers and Davis were bundled
into the police patrol and sent to police
headquarters with Byers. While the
latter was having deep cash over his
left eye attended by the police sur
geons Mrs. Byers and Davis were
questioned by police officials. with
the result that Davis was locked up,
with a battery complaint against his
name.
Mrs. Byers was allowed to go to her
home, lilo East Twenty-fifth street,
to appear as a witness this morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-18
AGED NEGRO BURNED
TO DEATH IN SHACK

John LennoX, 80 years old, a negro
hograiser, was burned to death at L
O'Clock this morning when his shack
became ignited and was totally de-
stroyed Lennox lived at 2556 Edwin
street three miles east of the city In
the shack with him lived Jose Subea,
a Mexican and Mrs. Anna McNelly
his negro housekeeper, tenants of Len
noX.
Mrs McNelly told the officers that
Lennox had returned from the city
Yesterday where he had received $3.50
i'm gold for some hogs he sold. 1t is
said he had been drinking and while
i'm that condition he started a fire, us
ing a tin pail for a stove. The fire is
said to have ignited his clothing, and
before his tenants could render him
assistance the flames had gained too
great Roadway to be checked.
About five months ago LennoX was
held up and robbed of 5000, and the
police believe that the fire may have
been incendiary for the purpose Of
covering up another robbery.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-18
WARSHIPS SENT
TO NICARAGUA
U. S. S. BUFFALO, WITH 700
MARINES, DISPATCHED
zeIaya's Scheme to Have lrias Elected
Successor Still Would Give Him
Control of Government,
Say Diplomats

BLUEFlELDs, Nicaragua, Dec.
1.-THE American grip on Blue
fields was frightened today when
Commander Shipley of the cruiser
Des Moines, on the authority of
Rear Admiral Kimball, in command
of the American forces in Nlcara-
qua, issued proclamation formal
ly stating that no fighting would
be allowed at BIuefields.