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and $100. Trial bottle free. Guar
anteed by Palace Drug Store.
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inhaler 81. Extra bottles 50c. Druggists
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

AN Is born with a restless
spirit and early exhibits
a tendency to roam.
Children three years old
or less will wander away,
led by curiosity. to ex-
plore the unknown. The
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02
THE STORY Of the ROAD

Anyone knowing the first principles
of road building should know the sur
face of the ground should not be dis
turbed after the first Of July and that
road grading done in March, April or
May gives the best results, as the
summer rains and traffic work the
earth down smooth and hard SO that
1t will be in the best condition to
stand the trying weather Of the win
ter and spring following.
The first great step In reform Is a
wise and sane expenditure Of the
money now raised, which In Illinois Is
about 100000 per year. The writer
has spoken upon the question of high
way Improvement in more than one
half the counties of Illinois and has
discussed the Tabor system" methods
employed with hundreds of the most
intelligent farmers Of this country.
and they generally agree that most
of the money raised is wasted. There
are some fundamental errors respon-
sible for this and some misconcep-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

from the state OF the latter $1,000.
$7O0 would be contributed by cities,
towns, railroads. corporations and
other forms of property. The writer
has at many times asked farmers
whether 1t would be worth to them
two cents bushel on their crops Ia
have a f1rst-class road over which I'd
market 1t. Very seldom has he found
an intelligent farmer who did not
agree that a road would be of this
much value to him and that by hav-
ing good roads and watching the mar
ket he could easily get that much
more for his crops and he could GER
tainly take them to market at less
expense than under ordinary condi-
tons.
A calculation has been made very
carefully by the writer and has been
checked over by the best authorities
of the state. 1t shows, and the writer
is prepared to defend 1t, that under
the state aid plan the main highways
In Illinois can be improved as first
class gravel and macadam roadways
within 10 or IL years at cost OF
about 10 cents per acre per year ON
the farm lands Of the state, or tax
equal in the aggregate to 81 to $1.20
an acre.
The writer believes that the princi-
pal objection to hard roads throughout
the state is by retired farmers, who
object to building roads for the ten
ant. II they would but realize that
two per cent. on their rent, which in
anywhere from 81 to 81 per acre, VIII
pay the tax, and that 1t will make
can get their selection of tenants and
sometimes 80 cents an acre more cash
rent, they would arrive at the conclu-
sion, IL they are not prejudlced, that
the money invested in roads is the
best investment they can make
The trouble has been that the farm
ers are paying enormous amounts Of
money for highways improvement and
they have not seen the improvements.
The money has been squandered.
Next to production the worlds
greatest industry Is distribution. In
this worldwide system the farm
wagon and the country road occupy
the first place and ought to have the
first consideration. II the state or tho
nation has the money to spend on
internal improvements, let them assist
the townships to build good roads,,
the highways over which the children
must go to school, the doctor to reach
the suffering. and over which must.
pass every bushel Of grain and every
bale of cotton raised. The road
reaches every field. every farm home
and every market town. The people,
everywhere demand good roads. Good
roads mean better schools, more sol
cial life, higher standard Of living
they mean progress and civilization.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

lions that must be gotten rid OF be-
fore any real progress can be made.
Among these Is the adjustment OF
the labor system, collecting the road
tax in cash and the employment OF
someone of good judgment and skill
to do road work, following the advice
that they can secure from the state
engineer, and from him learn what
to do, when to do and how to do 1t.
A thorough drainage Of the main
roads either by open bitches with un-
obstructed outlet, or. better, by tile
drains on either side. is an absolute
necessity in order to have the best
results (unless perchance there may
be inadequate natural drainage. as in
the case of rolling, sandy soil) and
frequent and timely use Of the split
log drag, used during or immediately
after the rains, or when two-or three
inches Of the rough, frozen road has
thawsd out Il would help mattsrs
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

very greatly. Some farmers and q
few so-called experts. however. entire
ly overestimate the value of the drag.
There Is only one type of road that
Is worthy the name Of good, and that
is one that Is hard, smooth and disable
365 days in the year. and one that
is not affected by weather conditions.
The main roads (these comprise not
more than % per cent. of the total
mileage) should be graveled or mao
adamized after first being thoroughly
graded and drained. The experience
of the world for twenty centuries Is
back of this system. Among the illus
trations on this page are some stone
roads that for 1000 years have been
used daily with but moderate cost
for maintenance.
Another fallacy that must be put
on the shelf is the belief that hard
road cannot be built in the corn belt;
that it would not stand up" ETC..
upon the heavy black soil. Every en-
gineer knows and experience shows
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

that this soil, II drained and graded,
makes an exceptionally good founda-
ton to build upon,
Another mistake and rank Unjust
ice has been to place practically all
the burden Of road taxes upon farm
property. This plan has obtained
from the first and is still in vogue in
about one-half the states. The other
half have learned that roads are pub
lie property-they belong to everyone
and 1t is unfair and indefensible to
place the whole burden Of public work
of this nature upon the farms. 1t is
sometimes said the farmers use the
roads more than others and that Is
given as reason why they should do
all the paying. Well. the lawyers use
the court house more than others;
shall we tax them for the county
building?
A Jersey man In the last decade az
the century Just closed made adisoov.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

4 ! !: : :: : !:
AN Is born with restless
spirit and early exhibits
Na tendency to roam.
Children three years old
ES411YCI or less will wander away,
SJ led by curiosity. to ex-
plore the unknown. The
savage picks his way long distances
90 best he can. through forest or prai-
RE. as the case may be; he builds no
roads, but goes forward In the line of
least resistance. The buffaloes of the
prairie follow beaten paths-it is said
the streets of Boston were made to
follow COW paths of colonial days.
When civilization came to mankind
we find among its early activities evil
dence Of progress in road building. AS
light dawned upon him he found an
economic advantage in making the
paths smooth. It also entered his
consciousness that to remove OBJ
stacles to travel was common duty
of everyone and not the special duty
Of anyone or few. No truer saying
can be found than that the condition
of the public roads in any community
Is an indication of the standard of
civilization, not an infallible one, of
course, but very trustworthy never
theless.
1t will be interesting to note what
the world has done and is doing in
making the roadway better, so they
will more fully meet the economic
and social needs of the people and
the state. Measured by the age Of
the Mediterranean and oriental coun-
tries, our own land is but an infant,
but it has grown and waxed strong
beyond any of its ancestors. 1t not
only has learned much from the older
countries, but has been able to teach
them many things as well. In some
things, however, we must confess that
we stand at the foot Of the class. One
Of our two most conspicuous failures in
the administration of public affairs is
the inefficient, wasteful and corrupt
methods of administering our great
municipalities and the other failure,
even more complete, relates to the not
only inadequate but idiotic methods
that have pertained to the question of
public highways.
Space does not permit nor is 1t part
of the STORY of the Road" to set forth
the signal failure in the mismanage-
ment of our cities, but rather to point
out some of our shortcomings as to
the public highways as compared with
the rest of the world. A well-known
advertiser, in speaking of the excel
lence of his product and its popular
ity. says: There's reason" and so
there is a reason why we have so COM
pletely failed in doing our duty to
the road. There has been money
enough expended upon them in the
last three generations to have made
boulevards Of all the main highways.
yet they are not much better, as a
rule. than they were a half-century
ago, and this is particularly true in
the. middle west.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

Take for the purpose of illustration
and as type the great state Of ILL
nois, the third In the Union in wealth
and population. In the last 80 years
there has been expended on the high
ways Of Illinois, in grading. bridging,
making and spelling the roads. ap-
proximately 100000. 900. and what is
there to show for It? The larger part
of this colossal sum has been frittered
away by honest but misguided effort
by doing the wrong thing; the annual
road picnics. where dozen or more
farmers with their boys would meet
in the fall Ito do work that ought to
have been done In the spring. to work
out their road tax. have good time,
tell stories, play practical jokes. do
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

cry far more important than the find
Ing of the north pole. 1t was that
the roads belong to the public and
that everyone ought to be taxed to
help build the roads. In this thought
state aid was born, and 1t has spread
from state to state until now % Of
the A states are building by this
plan. 1t has been tried out and found
successful. 1t Is no experimental is
an equitable, workable plan that gets
results and spreads the cost In such
a way that 1t is no burden and gives
everyone square deal.
The building of good stone and
gravel road adds to the value of farm
property, so for that reason 1t has
been found just and practicable to
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

make some such division as this as
to the cost Of the public roads in any
township, leaving 1t to the people of
the township to say what roads shall
be improved and when and how much
money shall be expended, viz: that
the state. from general tax levied
upon all property in the state, shall
pay one-half and the property owners
Of the township shall pay the other
half.
Suppose $4,000 were spent upon the
roads Of any township. Under this
plan one-half would be paid by the
property owners of the township and
like amount, $1,000, would be drawn
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02

stunts" of physical prowess, such as
jumping, wrestling, etc. with a small
amount of work in blowing up a
stretch of road, scraping loose earth
together with weeds and grass In a
winrow, and leaving 1t there and call
ing this road building. BY the opera
ton, perchance, hundred dollar road
tax had been worked out and prob
ably two hundred dollars Of damage
done to the road in doing SO. This
is an extreme case. but there are tens
of thousands of such instances in
more or less aggravated form.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-04-02
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-10-18

ry virtue Of = deere If "a, Circuit
Cour, u Csihouu county, rendered at the
August term, 1910, IN tn chancc5y cause
of IL. II. Nc.u against Wad., IT, I;c;,S, ti,,
undersigned Commissioned NIL offer r.r
sllc at public Auction 10 the i'jSbe,C b. Z
der, at the front donr of the cou. hoyls II
sa county, ON rue,dlv
I|te 18th DWy0f N0veU1be.",
l9lc, Il { following & .,cribed real estate a i
lumber by the o1il decree directed u re
asil. to wit:
4 certain lot VI .'crcel Of real cstIte 8 :
nate il the 1854 Of Drootsville. CaIhpll
County, Wet Virginia on the Little / u
n1wh1 river in Sheridu District, sail
C1Gnty and State, anl bounded and a.
scribed as follows: eginn N: It 4 s:V,s. "A
corner 20 ~. ownel by r. IL. Roger s..
bains Oh the public rJul, and funnng
thence with said puJ!ic road n. ~ Y. 7
poles to take; thence leaving said pub
lie road 8 - W. 8 poles and III Inns
t. a stone y. ~ " l pole to stone;
thence S. -! W. ;. ! poles to maple
standing Oh bunk of sail Little Kanayla
River and rnnnin; thence NJ said river
wilh its meanders ll'j poles to the line DC
Il. II. Rogers lot; th,lce with sid lin, 7.
-! + is poles e tac beginning, conta. J.
ing 1873 square pole, being the same real
estate conveyed - W4lc IL Bets AMI If.
. li.Eron by RI Hickman AMI wife by d.sI
dated ON liz, 18th Il ~ Of Iuiy IODI "a 80
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-10-18

Do you want to know who
IRE the bond holders in the Viz
ginia debt suit? A Democratic
house will find out, and G.. War
rem Hays will assist in the work.
Tell Mcdonald would, if elected,
stand pat, and no investigation
would be made; and he would
vote for Scott for u. S. Senate
G. Warren Hays will not. He
will cast his vote for an honest
representative of the people, and
a Democrat. He will vote for
a sub mission Of the prohibition
amendment, which republican
house has refused to submit.
Which do you want: The pay
ment Of the Virginia debt and
Scott, or look-in on the mys-
terry and good man in the place
of Scott? Take your choice. IF
you want the former vote for
Mcdonald. IF you want the
latter roll up your sleeves and
help elect G. Warren Hays.
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9th Year. Whole No. 1899.


claimed that he was chief cook
of that mess as to whom belongs
the doubtful horror. They may
settle among themselves Ger
tain it is, that it was q repetition
Icf Che old skin game in which the
! Government was made 20 pay a
IIC.lnd some 20 the corporation
| for worthless piece of property.
1.-THE elecloneeriue scheme of
/ pay;re' . few dollars TO a lot Of
stone totel5" 20 wade the up
per river this sumter did no
more good than did DR. Cray and
wife rakeing Leading Creek rip
| pie for molusk and cracking
them open In search for pearls.
THE State Journal tells us that
the Republican State Commute
Imetin ParkersburG and "deciced
that all possible should Dc Gone
to hclp in the election Of every
Republican I'D Tho state this fall,
and that enough enthusiasm was
Iengendered to furnish more than
one campaign with suiIiciaacy
of the neeiful." Well, if dol
liar IT two OF a republican slush
fund viii compensate the voters
of this district for the coorbitant
protective tariff duties they pay
on ali they bay. let them pocket
their blood money on election
day forget that John Harnil ton
whose every heart beat is in VI =
ison with labor r. is candidate,
and vote f5c harry woodward
and stand pat in their poverty.
! Let them forget that upon every
Iatticle Of glass, from Il glass
front to a glass eye. they are
paying to Senator Scott and his
glass trust from 45 to 100 per
cent more than they should, and
vote for Price and Mcdonald to
the end that Scot. retain his
place in the United State Senate.
ORTHODOX.
Miss Blrucb Webb died Monday
Of ;Lis week Of tut rcaIJsis. The
remains were inferred Tuesday at
Cherry FJr', bnrial ~, nd
The opening OF the campaign in
this county by the Democrats AZ
Annamoriah. B-ool,,yi lo aud at
this place last week presages q
gront victory for orr party at the
Polls IN November Large, enthusi-
a-;ir crowds were at each meeting
and Judge Hamilton, Senator Kidd,
Warren Hays, Gay Stalnaker ard
I the balance Of the Democratic ticket
were assured loyal support from
| Democrats and Republicans alike.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-10-18

See Hardmans 1Oc counter.
Ladies Jacket suits are selling
fast ut Chenoweths.
Buy your shoes at Hardmans.
Hugh johnson WIS transactipr
business in town Saturday.
Mrs ]. S. Silcott and Miss
Veda Pugh, of near cabots
factory, were shopping in
town Friday.
Ladies and Childrens coats at
Hardmans
M. H. Hardman buys Junk.
For boys and girls school
shoes that will stand the
rocks, call on the HUI Store
company.
Arch Shock, one of DodrilPs
good citizens and a progressive
Odd Fellow was in town Friday
for supplies for the big reunion at
Dodrill on Saturday
Take your old rubber shoes to
Hardmans and trade them for
new ones.
Dr. Ray Morford, the we'll known
Spencer dentist, will be here Tues.
Gay evening and remain three days.
He Is thoroughly prepared to do all
kinds of dental work in first class
The HUI Store company
handles a full and complete
line of shoes for men and
women, boys and girls at the
lowest prices.
contractor Morgan S push
ing the work on cabots
Kight we'll, east of Grants
vile. With good luck the
well ought to be in this
Cal Elliott, one of the coun-
TVS best citizens, has moved his
family to Spencer and will en-
gage in the dray business in that
hustling town. We are indeed
sorry to lose this estimable fam
lily from our county, and our
best wishes follow them to their
new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Barr
and Ian Fogle, of Russell, pass
ed through town one day the lat
ter part Of last week enroute for
Harrisville, from whence Mrs.
Barr and Mr.. Fogle will go to
MorgantoWn for a two weeks
visit with friends and relatives.
County Clerk S. w. Nc
chung has returned TO Ashe-
n. c. after spending
a few weeks here. We are
glad 70 know that Snoden
contemplates returning here
! the SPRING and we hope
by that time he will have
fully re yainod his health.
A. Hardman and son last
week sold to couneWay end
and Allender seventeen
head of grade COWS with
alt side for $4,000 g
head. This is a good price
and shows the result of
keepidg q good bull on the
farm
The Argonaut cos. No /
1T Stumptown was drilled
into Che salt sand Friday,
and a good flow of gas was
encountered. There was
ffty-two feet of salt sand,
and the well is considered q
good one.
For Sale.
Farm IF 1852 acres. on Syca
more known as the Laura Me
Donald farm. 70 acres improv
ed. and in good blue grass am.
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any other member Of the sam,
school.
The reproduction Of the edito
rial is quira timely. It show.
how different aro conait.'.ons
Then tie ereo bod to be bent 20
Cannon. Today tie lec opera
ton toward Cannon must be &C.
sentially different; the knee
bending must be followed by a
pretty near instantaneous knee
strengthening. Should Mr.. Wood
yard be elected. he will not stay
on the rivers and harbors com
mittee, even if congress is r.
publican. The insugent will see
to that Along with all the 9th
er CannonItes - will 20 over
board. SO the only application
of the editorial of 1907 that can
be made TO the present campaign
is as an argument showing the
utter uselessness Of voting for
Mr.. Woodyard on the river i'm
proYement or any other ground.
The only way in which West Viz
pinia can TStaip its Influence In
the river improvement trcgram
is by .electing Democrats to a
Democratic congress. Sentinel.
Mr.. Editor Stand pat is a
gamblers phrase by which he
expresses a willingness to accept
the cards given him by the deal
er without trying t. better his
hand by a draw" Sometimes
chance or luck, the devil or the
dealer gives to the standpatter
the best hand among the players,
but more frequently he uses it as
a bluff" to scare out the play
ers with a weak hand while he
rakes in the Jackpot" on a
"bobtail," or something equally
worthless. The phrase was in
troduced into politics by some
Congressional black-leg q hay c
forgotten who) when a revision
of the tariff was being affiliated
some years ago. Through the
tariff, the Congress Of the Uni,
ted States has managed to give
to the 'malefactors Of great
wealth a pat hand" with whici
they skin the "tenderfoot" IT,.
labOring man-out of his ante
mot even allowing him the poo.
privilege of a SHOW down" fol
his money. Then again at cleo
ton time if ne shows any disp)
sition not to cast a standpat vote
they threaten to shut down tn
mills, close the mines, throw cv
cry laboring man out Of employ
Iment and send the country t
! the poor house. This is q blur
pure and simple, not that a roo
| Der tariff does not enable then
to do il, but because their greco
and ayarice is So great that the!
cannot afford to do it. Their al
yocacy of a protective tariff fo
the purpose of enabling them t.
Ipay higher wages tran is paiC
| the "pauper labor Of Europe j.
another bluff. The pious souls o.
our legislators are greatly cXor
ci5ad over the condition tina
wouli happen to the poor labor
Ter if the tariff was reduced, bJ
neither Scott nor WOODWARD
would vote for an employers
liability bill. II Scott was wor5l
only the 20 cents that he told Iii
son, when making him a weddin,
present $500, 900. that he bagar
his business life on me instead o
being "syauIpatter Of th.