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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
THE PROTEST SHOULD BE MADE

THE PROTEST SHOULD BE MADE
There is a mawkishness in trying to
confuse all standards of right and
wrong, under the plea of forgiveness
and generosity, which is quite as Of
fensive as open intolerance and i'm
placable hate. Indeed, of the two, we
regard as the more admirable char,
acter the bitter man who viii not
yield a jot of his animosity rather
than the chewing gum man who loses
sight of all principle in what Emer,
son has characterized properly, once
and for all time, as "a mush of con,
cession."
1t is acknowledged by everybody
at this time that Robert E. Lee was
of high type of manhood. He was
a good man, great general, a man of
the strongest and deepest conscien-
tious convictions. After tense struc-
gle within himself. he decided to stand
by his state instead of by the nation.
He gave himself up to his convic.
lions of duty; and today we need not
quarrel with his memory for that, If
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

AN IDEAL HIGHWAY OF OIL AND GRAVEL
haps one-third of the required amount,
was thrown over the hot mineral,
turned over once; then the full amount
Of oil added and turned, then the full
quantity OF asphalt added and thor
oughly mixed until practically no sand
could be seen that was not thoroughly
coated and there were no Jumps, and
the completed mixture was ready to be
shoveled into the carts and hauled to
the road.
The temperature of the mixture aft
er reaching the road in the carts was
from 100 to $50 degrees f. 1t was
shoveIed from the carts into place or
dumped upon dumping board and
shoveled back into place. The best re-
suits were obtained when shoveled di-
rectly from the cart Perhaps 1t was
because there was less cooling. One
man could do all the spreading. All
the coarser stones We're carefully rak-
ed ahead into the bottom so as to re-
duce as far as possible the voids on
the surface, The most careful spread
ing was given, and a ten ton roller fol-
lowed directly after the material was
spread.
To obtain the most perfect results
teaminG should be kept off for period
which need not he longer than twenty
four hours after spreading, when the
rolling would be completed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
VALUE OF GOOD ROADS.
Increase Price of Farm Lands Fifty
Dollars an Acre.

Mecklenburg county, n. c.. began to
build macadam roads thirty years ago,
using the direct taxation method Of
raising funds. Today that county has
2OS miles of modern highways.
AS result Of these good roads farm
values have reached that point where
$50 an acre is regarded as the mini
mum price of such lands and SIS and
500 an acre the maximum. A few
years ago $50 was regarded as an ex-
ceedingly high price for an acre Of
Mecklenburg land. Now there are
few-very few-farms in the county
that can be purchased for less than
$50, and no great number are for sale
at that price
This is the experience of every coun-
ty that constructs improved roads. In
the face of such hard facts, why the
people OF mud ridden county hest
tate to acquire improved roads is
strange. Mecklenburg, as stated, has
been building roads for thirty years,
levying a road tax
Now the people are agitating for a
bond issue to carry the work on more
swiftly and at the same time to i'm
prove streets within the city of Char
lotte.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
Auto Fees TO Mend Roads.

Bergen county, n. j., has received
$37020 from the auto fees paid into
the state fund, and to well known
construction company Of Hackensack,
n. j., were awarded four contracts
amounting to that sum for work to be
done on roads much travelled by New
York autoists. The board of freehold
ers Mt recent meeting voted to es-
tablish n road system that will cost
about 100000 and insure excellent
roads In the district close to New
York.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
DO DOCTORS HAVE FAIR PLAY?


Great progress has been made our.
ing the last half century by the medi-
cal profession. Beginning with vac
cination for the prevention of small
poX, the doctor has long list of not
able victories to his credit Diph-
liberia has been robbed of much of it's
terror by anti.toXin, yellow fever and
malaria have been routed by the fight
on the germ.bearing mosquito that
spreads them. Typhoid fever still eX-
lists but its causes are better under
stood and its victims are fewer. APP
to have the appendix removed has be,
come almost a joke. Pneumonia Is
not half so fatal as it used to be and
even the white plague is surrender
ing its victims. The new surgery is
restoring thousands who must have
died but for its skill. Yet when a
doctor discovers new germ, or in
vents serum or devises an operation
he rarely profits much personally by
it. The ethics of the medical profess
sion demand that he confer his newly
acquired knowledge upon his fraterni-
ty for the benefit of mankind and to
the honor of the profession it is sell
dom that a doctor violates his Hippo.
cratic oath. The inventor of a ma
chine, an airship, a gun or any de-
vice useful to the government is paid
thousands of dollars and his ideas are
safeguarded so that no one can use
them. But the doctors brains are
free plumber. He may work half a
life time to trace the cause of disease
and find cure, but in the end vir-
tue is its own reward and many times
while he is using every faculty to the
vanishing point to study out these
things, his wife is having a strenuous
time making both ends meet. Some
medical men are so impractical that
they are trying to exterminate all
disease, teach people how to be
healthy and raise healthy children.
Evidently we are working toward the
Chinese system. The orientals paw
their doctor while he keeps them
healthy, not for treating them when
they are sick.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
COAL TAR IN ROADMAKlNG.
Similar TO Asphalt Pavement. but OF
More Resilient Character.


Revolution in highway construction
Is predicted by many road engineers,
but many others believe the successful
macadam method modified will be the
only innovation. In that event the tar
macadam method will surely be con-
sidered properly tnrrcd road Is
similar to an asphalt pavement, but OF
q more resilient character. The stone
is all bound together by the tar Into
smooth. firm surface, which can be
swept and washed In much the same
manner as an asphalt pavement
The main agencies which cause de-
terioratlon of tarred or oiled surfaces
are heavy rain. frost and the decaying
organic matter which accumulates on
the surface of the road. So far rs can
be determined, one kind OF road with
stands the action OF these agencies as
well as the other. Water gas tar is
used In connection with coal tar, but
not to any great extent by itself II
has n greater power of penetration, and
less of II Is required, but II Is not so
lasting. 1t really Is in n class by Itself
and occupies an intermediate position
between the temporary and the per-
manent binders.
In some cases where limited
amount of money is available or where
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

The highway commission in the state
Of Massachusetts desired to construct
n high class road of oil and gravel
during some experiments in road build
ing.
A section of the state highway that
was in Il dilapidatcd condition was Sc.
lCcted for the experiment The old
surface was looScncd up with steam
roller picks, then shaped up with shov-
els and rolled down with Il steam
roller, but not tightly bound on top,
the old stones being loose rather than
otherwise to prevent crawling or way
ing of the bituminous gravel surface.
The surfaCing, which Is really an oil
mixture. followed and consisted of sew
Ell grades of compositions designed to
determine as far as possible the com
paratiVC proportions of materials that
would give the best results.
They found gravel pit near by and
started to work at once. The kettles
for heating were set up on the road
near the Fit and the mixing done there.
The gravel was screened, separated
into three sizes, and the stones over
too large.
About eighteen gallons of oil per
cubic yard of gravel were used. The
oil and asphalt were heated separate
ly in kettles from 300 to 400 degrees
f., asphalt being generally hotter than
the oil, care being taken not to burn
by overhcating in the kettles. The ket-
ties used for this purpose were of two
patterns. both practically designed by
the highway commission. The one
used for heating the oil had capaci-
ty of 300 gallons and the two for heat
ing asphalt a capacity OF 125 gallons.
The gravel and sand were also heat
ed separately by means of thin iron
smokestacks laid on the ground with
wood fires. The stacks were about ten
feet long and laid in groups OF four
about eighteen inches apart and paral-
lei with each other. The screened
sand or gravel was thrown over them
to Il depth of about one foot, and after
being heated to temperature approx
imately of 225 degrees f. the stacks,
with the fire in them, were lifted out
of the heated gravel or sand. laid
down in another place and again COW
cred with the mineral to be heated
The mixing of the OIL gravel and
sand was done by hand shoveing on
wooden or steel mixing platforms, the
wooden at first. but on the steel which
was much better, requiring less labor.
The heated sand and gravel in the
above proportion were measured out on
the platform by means of measuring
box. Hot oil in small quantities. per-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
GOVERNOR HUGHES.

1t is very rare that any public APP
pointment meets such nearly univer-
sal approval as that of Governor
Hughes to the supreme court. The
regrets are mostly from men who hate
to see the cause of good government
in New York lose so powerful a cham.
pion.
The career of Governor Hughes of
fers some striking suggestions to
young men entering politics. 1t used
to be said there is no chance for a
young man to win financial success
in politics if he is honest. Governor
Hughes career disproves that. He
could quit politics now and make
100000 a year in law practice if he
wanted to.
Why? Because the people will do
anything for man who will fight the
political machines as Hughes has
done. They are weary unto death
of the give and take, trade and swap,
scratch my back and I'll scratch yours,
of old time machine politics. If a
man will simply ignore the machines,
set them at defiance, act as the loyal
servant of the common people, the
voters regardless of party will take
CAKE of that man, will see that the
assaults of the machines are innocu-
Gus, and will give him reputation as
surfing him business success when he
quits the game.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

USING ROLLER ON COAL TAR ROAD.
tFrom Good Roads Magazine, New York
for climatic reasons ii Is available to
treat the road with the idea of its last
ing only through one season water gas
tar is expected to prove n valuable
dust layer and any extension of its
use Is thought TO lie in this direction.
The value of coal tar in the prescrva-
ton of macadam roads and as a dust
preventive is proved by the fact that
in the majority of cases the life of
treated road has been materially
heightened, and by applying tar the
complete rebuilding of many roads at
an enormous expense has been avoided.
A great drawback in the standard
ization of tar treatment is the impos-
sibility of securing a uniform supply
Of coal tar. Coal tar is purely a by
product, and the processes by which
it is derived are never run with refer
ence to the quality of tar produced,
but solely to obtain maximum yields
of gas or coke.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

there.
But it remains just as true as ever
that Robert Il. Lee consecreted his
great abilities to the destruction Of
the national government Why blink
at the fact? To him more than to
any other one man is due the pro.
longation of the war, the desperate.
ness of the struggle. Under such cir.
cumstances what possible meaning
can there be in the acceptance of his
statue by the nation? The proposi.
ton ought never to have been made
but since it has, it should be quietly
declined.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

We shall soon know what our
growth in population has been for the
last decade and where our relative
place among the nations will be for
another decade. Experts place their
guesses as to the number of inhabi.
tants all the way from SSOOO.OOO to
9l,0OO,000. In any case the number
will exceed by many millions the last
census, and the wealth has accumu.
lated more rapidly than the popula-
ton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Mr.. Carnegie has advanced a new
idea. He has decided that he is not
in favor of the income tax but would
have half of mans millions go to
the state at his death. 1t is becoming
every year more firmly fixed in the
public mind that the great mass of
men not endowed with the money
making talent are nevertheless essen
rial agents and co-workers with those
who have this talent. Without their
active cooperation it could not be
developed and hence, sometime, there
should be a division of profits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
Good to Remember,

In planning road improvements 1t
should not he forgotten that when a
road Is once improved with macadam
or gravel the travel instantly doubles
or trebles, ana the road surface must
be sufficiently strong and durable to
provide not only for the present traf-
fc on the road. but for the traffic which
the improved highway will bring to
that community.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

This is probably destined to be q
year of numerous railroad accidents
The traffic is so heavy that it neces
states the employment of many mex
perienced men by the railroad com
panies. No inexperienced person
however careful, can scent danger like
the begrimed old hands that have
seen years of service. They instinct
lively feel danger and know how &c
avert it if possible.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Modern farming is a pursuit with
many branches and the range of
choice is wider than in any other vo-
cation, while the variety in location
is almost infinite. Citrus fruits may
be raised on irrigated land with but
little labor, but more capital is re.
quired for this branch. Stock farms,
truck farms, wheat farms and corn
farms may all bring a good living
and health and happiness to any fam
lily who knows how to care for the
knd of farm re chooses aud if he
does not know there are practical
schools of Agriculture %h,re he can
learn far moro safely and Easily than
ic the hard school Of experience.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

President Taft is making a most de,
termined effort to have business meth,
DDS of the most approved kind adopted
in the financial affairs of the govern.
ment, hoping to cut down the expen,
ditures to the level of the receipts
or below them. Should there ever
be year when there was no deficit,
it would be a shock to the people.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

1t is reported that Kaiser Wilhelm
is getting rather tired of meeting So
many Americans of German descent
who have grown rich and are travel
ing abroad There is at least one
American travelling abroad whom the
kaiser is ready and willing to enter,
tain.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Theodore Roosevelt stated a great
truth very clearly when he said il
his Paris speech War is a dreadful
thing, and unjust war is crime
against humanity. But it is such g
crime because it is unjust, not be
cause it is war" The demand of the
average man" everywhere is for jus
tice between individuals, society ant
nations. When that is secured wal
and great many other evils will disap
pear.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Governor Ames of Colorado says
that common sense and selfishness
should impel us to plant trees. A
child that loves and cares for flow.
ers, trees and birds will never be,
come a bad citizen. Groves, blossoms,
birds are natures poetry. There are
.Troat lessons 10 he taught on Arbor
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Possibly Senator Aldrich was not so
wide of the mark in his offer to save
$500 100000 from the annual expen.
ditures of the federal government, IL
given chance to run affairs on bust.
ness principles. A commission is now
working in Chicago that expects to
reduce the city's expenses seven mil
lions year or about one-third the
annual budget
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

new departure in the business
world is reported from London, where
a bureau advertises to furnish house
maids, suitably attired in any mum.
Der desired at an hours notice, for
the sum of one guinea. With the
advent of the hired bridesmaid TO.
nance dies out of the world.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

An exchange puts up more truth
than poetry in this compact package;
people generally don't care if God
does know all the things we do if he
won't tell the neighbors."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Seldom i'm English history, says the
London Daily Mail, has the nation had
so little reserve food between it and
starvation at the opening of year.
England seems to be having troubles
all along the line just now.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

The amicable adjustment of our
tariff difficulties with Canada causes a
general feeling of relief The plain
truth is that the public opinion of this
country would not endure a tariff war
at this time with country which
is our largest market and buys from
us far more than it sells.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

A comparison of the development
of Texas with that of Illinois indi-
Gates that if Texas had the popula-
ton per square mile that Illinois has,
there would be 3O,OOO,OOO people in
stead of 100000 in the Lone Star
state.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Governor Hughes may have the de.
Gliding voice on the most important is
sue since the civil war, that of trust
organization. Not even the president
is assigned so long a row to hoe.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

There are 2S,2G9,2 200 square miles of
fertile ground that is being put under
cultivation this spring, and this does
not include the back yards that are
being planted with such great antici-
patton.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

witty paragrapher suggests that
at root the chief faint about a mil
ionaire's money is that faint ours"
That fact makes the unclean spots on
the gold so much more conspicuous.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

st. Paul is to have the next national
conservation congress, which meets in
September. Conservation is a very
live issue at the present time and the
sessions held by the various congress-
es have no slow numbers on their
programs. They are full of interest
from start to finish.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06
Rural Delivery and Good Roads.

The intimate relation which exists
between good country roads and rural
free delivery Of mail cannot be too
strongly emphasized. Communities
which would enjoy the latter must
make and maintain the former. In
many instances bad roads have pre-.
vented the extension OF rural free de-
livery to communities where It was
greatly desired
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Oscar Hammerstein gives up grand
opera in New York. If he had called
1t insignificant opera, perhaps the pub
lie would have overlooked his theater
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Now that nine republican elephants
have stampeded in Uncle Joe Can
mons town, the time seems ripe for a
flock of democratic dOnkeys to kick
up their heels at Lincoln.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Washington, ID. c., is said to offer
more attractions in the matrimonial
line to aspiring maidens than any 9TH
er city in the country. Eligible bach
elors with both brains and money are
unusually in evidence in the capitol
city at the present time.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

No higher compliment was ever
paid to Mark Twain than the one con
tanned in President Taft's telegram of
coincidence when the president said;
"He never wrote a line that a father
could not read to his daughter"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

The new bank exclusively for wo-
men which has been established III
London is attracting much attention.
If it wants to become popular it will
make a speciality of 80 cent and $l.9S
deposits.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

With whole libraries of spring
poems, and great scarcity of bacon
We are trying vainly to persuade our
versifers to perceive the romance in
raising hogs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Kermit and Ethel Roosevelt took an
aeroplane ride in France. Now that
their father has so dropped out of
sight, they are working nobly to give
the family a place in the days news.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Holland said, Great souls have
wills, feeble ones have wishes" Much
of the good work of the world is done
by dull men who have done their best
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

The Elgin board of trade knocks the
price of butter down three points to
29 cents. Probably too late for the
picnic sandwiches we've got to eat
next summer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Poor John ID. Rockefeller was found
fault with for many years concerning
his method of accommodating his pro-
perty and now the public is not suit
ed with his manner of disposing of
his millions. The public is hard to
please, anyway.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

When Governor Hughes resigns
next October, Lieutenant Horace
White will be governor of New York
for three months. Mr.. White will
merely fill the gap. He will not be
the candidate for the next term for
obvious reasons.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Singular as it may seem there are
$500 sailors in our Atlantic fleet who
cannot swim. They are the men be-
hind the guns.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Chauncey Depew is quoted as in
tending to stay in the senate until
he dies. Remarkable heroism, to face
&ath March next so calmly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

The Wright brothers are going to
start correspondence school to teach
flying by mail. We would rather do
ours that way.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

When there are number of april
cot trees in the orchard, that signifies
that the woman is the boss. No man
who knows enough to dig a hole in
the ground, will plant an apricot tree.
All that an apricot tree ever does is
to arouse hopes in the spring, which
are blasted two weeks later. An april
cot tree is woman's tree, since wo-
men can always hope and hope and
hope without single statistic to back
them.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

The administration got a big wind
fall from the supreme court plum tree
when Governor Hughes dropped into
its lap.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-05-06

Hetty Green's son receives $50 pro-
posals of marriage. sympathy with
those in need still warns the generous
hearts of womankind.