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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

savage picks his way long distances
as best he can, through forest or prai-
rte, as the case may be; he builds no
roads, but goes forward in the line of
least resistance. The butfaloes 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 evi-
dence Of progress in road building. AS
light dawned upon him he found an
economic advantage in making the
paths smooth. 1t also entered his
consciousness that to remove OBJ
stacles to travel was a 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,
put 1t has grown and waxed strong
beyond any OF its ancestors It not
only has learned much from the older
countries, but has been able to teach
them many things as WE'LL 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 it 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 a reason" and so
there is 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
bouleyards of all the main highways,
yet they are not much better, as
rule, than they were a half-century
ago, and this is particularly true in
the middle west
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
STOMACH CENTER
: OF HUMAN LIFE
ALL ELSE SECONDARY

The immense success which has fol-
lowed l.. T. Cooper during the past
year with his new preparation has ex.
ceeded anything of the kind ever be-
fore witnessed in most of the leading
cities where the young man has intro
duced the medicine. Cooper has q
novel theory. He believes that the
human stomach is directly responsible
for most disease. To quote his own
words from an interview upon his ar.
rival in an eastern city: The average
man or woman cannot be sick if the
stomach is working properly. To be
sure, there are diseases of virulent
nature, such as cancer, tuberculosis,
diabetes, etc., which are organic, and
are not traceable to the stomach, but
even fevers can, in nine cases out of
ten, be traced to something taken into
the stomach. All of this half-sick,
nervous exhaustion that is now so
common, is caused by stomachic con-
ditions, and it is because my rem
edy will and does regulate the stom-
ach that am meeting with such sue
cess.
ITO sum the matter up-a sound d.
gestive apparatus that is. doing its
full duty, getting every particle of vi
tally out of the food by transferring
1t to the bowels in a perfectly digest
ed state-this above all else brings
health"
Mr.. A. c. Brock, chef of the Brock
Restaurant, Market District, Boston,
Mass, who is a staunch believer in
Mr.. Cooper's theory and medicine, has
this to say: II had chronic indiges-
ton for over three years. l suffered
terribly, and lost about thirty pounds.
was physical wreck when 1 started
this Cooper medicine, a month or so
ago. To-day am as we'll as ever
was in my life. I am no longer nerv-
Gus, my food does not distress me
In the least, and have splendid ap-
petite. am gaining flesh very rap
fdly-in fact, at the rate of pound
q day. would not believe any medi-
cine on earth could have done for me
what this has done. 1t is remark
able preparation, and Mr.. Cooper de-
serves all his success
Cooper's New Discovery is sold by
all druggists. If your druggist cannot
supply you, we will forward you the
name of druggist in your city who
will. Don't accept something just as
good" The Cooper Medicine Co., Day.
ton, Ohio.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

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
it 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 labor 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 Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

from the state. OF the latter $1,000,
$500 would be contributed by cities,
towns, railroads, corporations and
other forms of property. The writer
has at many times asked farmers
whether it would be worth to them
two cents bushel on their crops to
have first-class road over which to
market it. 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 it, 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 a cost Of
about 10 cents per acre per year on
the farm lands of the state, or a tax
equal in the aggregate to 81 to S1.20
all acre.
The writer believes that the pr!nci-
pal objection to hard roads throughout
the state is by retired farmers, who
object to building roads for the ten
ant If they would but realize that
two per cent on their rent, which is
anywhere from 81 to 81 per acre, will
pay the tax, and that it will make
their farm more desirable and they
can get their selection of tenants and
| sometimes so cents an acre more cash
rent, they would arrive at the conclu-
sion, if 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. If the state or the
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 So
cial life, higher standard of living
they mean progress and civilization.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
The New Woman Of Asia.

Under the title, "The Lady OF the
Harem Emerges," Raja Rama con-
tributes to Harper's Weekly an &C.
count of the woman Of the Orient, as
she stands to-day upon the threshold
of emancipation. Compared with the
dark, quiet eyes Of these Orientals,"
he writes. ''the-eyes of European or
American women are restless. per.
turbed. full of disquietude, AZ though,
while they have won acknowledgment,
they have lost secret inspiration;
something that they miss and seek.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

stunts" of physical prowess, such as
jumping, wrestling. etc., with small
amount of work in blowing up a
stretch of road, scraping loose earth
together with weeds and grass in
winrow, and leaving it 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 Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

make some such division as this as
to the cost of the public roads in any
township, leaving it 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 a 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 Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

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 it has spread
from state to state until now q 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
way that it 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 it has
been found just and practicable to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

Take for the purpose of illustration
and as a type the great state of ILL.,
no1s, 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 a good time,
tell stories. play practical jokes. do
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

without quite, understanding what re-
mains unbound. And with the still,
selfish serenity of the Asian woman
goes degree Of power we hardly
credit or understand. I read the 9TH
er day the declaration of Latin wom-
an, who said that women Of the An
glo-Saxon and Teutonic races do not
know, how to manage men; the wom-
81 Of the Latin races on the contrary.
do know how to manage man. But It
seems to me that the women OF the
Orient, whether In India, China or ia
pan, or among the Moslem peoples,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
may have 2 finer and deeper secret
still. welding a far greater influence,
because they do not seek to WELD any
influence at all"
Cheap Railway Travel.

In the cities of Great Britain the
population of which: is 100000 or
more, the average rate of fare for
street railway travel .is IL cents Z
passenger mile. In the cities. of con,
tinental Europe the average rate OF
fare paid for urban transportation Is
one cent q passenger mile.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Then I bethought myself of some

Then l bethOught myself Of some
personal illusions l had made that
might easily be construed rs ubelous
I got a good deal excited and slept
very little. In the morning I hurried
down to see whether the papers had
roasted me-. The meeting was re-
ported all over the front page.
plunged into it, shivering in nervous
ness. But I needn't have worried.
What it said about my speech was in
the last two line: .; Z ~ .
"a young man named Depev also
spoke" H.. F.. ~.....- It'll
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
An Appropriate Distraction.

$50 you think the automobile has
made life much pleasanter?"
1T has for me-" answered the COM
Portable citizen. II drive a fast horse
and my son rides a bicycle The au-
tomobile has taken the minds of the
police of both of u.s."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Speech Made by Chauncey Depew
Long Ago Was Dismissed with
Scant Comment.

Senator Depew the other evening
told a story on himelf, and it has
since had a good deal Of vogue in the
senate.
H.. -. When / was q very young man."
he said, II went out to make q politi-
cal apeech with some older men one
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18
Waternroof Aebeatos.

Waterproof Asbestos.
According to German publication.
a firm in Munich has succeeded in
artifcially rendering asbestos water.
proof
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

night. They wanted something red hot,
and handed it out.
Il just turned myself to skin the op-
position. and on the whole the audi
ence seemed to like it. The more
they cheered the more l warmed up
to it. l was Intensely pleased with
my success. But after got home I
was worried: : T lay wondering IT. it
wouldn't react and injure our side
more than the opposition
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. +. w.
GROVES signature is on each box. Csc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

Some men go to their graves with
out discovering that they were not as
important as they thought they were.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

The above illustration
building
Arthur the The cloth hanging
the base
similar
tra called given
the writer never
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18


with Chinese Rather primitive
transportation. with Illinois Missouri
March with
We imagine these Chinese commiserang this pitt
high
building anywhere
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-03-18

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-
-1>-- 49, .-I I'll
The broad ax., 1910-04-23
WITHDRAW LEES STATUE.
Hall Of Fame Ne PIaeS For ceafsdsr,
ate GoneraPs Statue.

Retiring Department Commander
John L Parker Of the Massachusetts,
Grand Army OF the Republic In his ad-
dress at the recent state encampment
In Faneun ball. Boston, created great
enthusiasm By denouncing the idea Of
placing Confederate General Robert D.
Lees statue in the hall Of fame at
Washington.
The excitement ran SIN higher when
the incoming commander. ]. Willard
Brown. offered q set OF resolutions de-
handing that Virginia withdraw the
statue Of Lee and II the state refused
% DO 90 the congress would Be peti-
.tioned to order fts removal The en-
tire body OF delegates arose as one
man. cheering wildly. A bugler leap
Cd to hts feet ana sounded the arst
The broad ax., 1910-04-23

Both male and female glowworns
are luminous. although IN the former
the light e much feebler. Even the
eggs and larvae are family luminous.
The light Is produced On the last three
segments Of the abdomen
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The Joint resolution 10 create a com
missiun tg investigate and report on
the adrlsabillty OF holding an exposi-
ton commemorative Of the semicen-
tennial Of the issuance Of the enamel
patton proclamation has been fAEor-
ably reported to the house from the
committee on Industrial arts and ex.
positions
The broad ax., 1910-04-23

notes OF America" and the rpaasls
lions were passed with the enthuSias
tic singing Of the national hymn.
The broad ax., 1910-04-23

Requirements for 4dmissioa:
LA voice of fair aGetiveness, q
correct ear, some knowledge Of musical
notation, and regularity IN the attend
ance upon the rehearsaia
z An annual fee Of One Dollar /,
charged to active singing members
Which amount nust accompany appli-
eeioa
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-09

Tailow is the Eskimo's candy. T.
= pat UP in bright red packages made
cat Of the feet Of water fowl. The
women rui on the rcd fee; ~ the bird
which l. called the Govckic. draw p-s'
The bones and blow w fhc skins so
a 90 make pouches which thev on
With Reindeer ta1low for 'hciT little
folk None 81 III food that the p
kimr' eaf seems very inviting tn as.
hut they are extremely fond ri g. and
Tre very apt 20 overcsi r. O. said
~ explorers Uho have gone 70 Green
land hat o. Is no uncommon sight ~
SEE an Eskimo nan who has eaten an
tnormDus meal II The raw frozen flesh
Of INC Reindeer. zeal or vai-us. lyinz
on hts back and eating hlubbcr rn;I
he cannot move.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-09
SOLDIERS CHARGE
ON JAIL FOR NEGRO
Fort Myer Troopers Attempt
to Lynch Negro in Alex
andria Prison.
GBy Associated Press,


WASHINGTON, ID. T.. July S.-De-
termined 10 avengc the probable Ia
tai injury to one Of Their fellow sol
diers, Private Scott of Battery ID.
Third Artillery, L. ). A-between
forty and fifty United states white
troopers and artillerymen from Fort
Myer. Va. early today made an at
tempt % storm the Alexandria county
jail en- Fort Mver heights to lynch
Robert Jackson, a negro.
a clever sub,erfuge of Jaler Harry
C:ack, in inducing the soldiers TO be-
lieve that Jackson was not IN the
jail. was the only thing that saved the
negro from lynchinE.
Privte Scott was dashed across the
abdomen with a razor during a fight
between a crowd Of negroes and a
number of soldiers on trolley ear
bound fcf Fort Never the night OF the
Jeffries-Johnson prize fight The sol
diers learned tn; Scott. who had
been removed 10 d hospital. had de-
velopcd peritonitis. sud that death
might be expected Il anv hour
Colonel Gerard. comHand NJ tho
garrison at Fort Aiyer. has ordered
an investigation into what he terms
an incident sevcring TOO strongly or
the Brownsville affair
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-09
Chief Object of the CONNER
cial Congress.
CHAMBER JOINS IN WORK
After Hearing interesting and Con-
vincing Talk by Secretary ouarIes
Local Organization Makes Appropri-
alton to Cover Share Of Expense.

Edwin L. QuallCs. secretary of the
Southern Commercial Congress, made
an entertaining and convincing talk
about the work OF the great org iniza-
ton he represents before the Cham
Der Of Commerce last night Nil.
Quafles told something about the or
ganizatiOn and methods OF the CON
gress, the motto of VIII ch Is "A Great
er Nation Through a Greater South.
dwelling particularly upon the advan-
tages TO be gained by comparatively
small cities through the exploitation
campaign, one OF the chef features OF
the congress work.
The chamber is a member OF 1he
congress and already has secured val
liable advertising for the small amount
paid annually as membership zee.
Mir. Quarles showed that il would be
impossible for the congress to con-
nue. the campaign properly without
funds in addition TO the current reve-
nues, and asked that the climber
adopt It's advertising committees rec
ommendation that 500 be approprlat-
ed as the LEGAL contribution to the
movement.
w. S. copeland, chairman OF the ad-
vertisine committee, made q report,
recommending the appropriation Of
500 for this purpose. Mr.. Copeland
spoke briefly in support of the propo-
sitiOn
The chamber adopted the report
unanimously.
The board of directors presented a
proposition from the First PreSbyte-
r an church, offering to sell the body
200 moonlight excursion tickets for
500. without recommendation. No ac-
ton was taken by the chamber.
The chamber met in regular session
last night, with President Powell in
the chair. and disposed of consider
able regular business. The secretary
read an interesting report upon the
work of the board of directors during
the past month.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-09
MAN STABBED BY NEGR0; q
JAILED BY WITNESS
L. Tourejats was Getting Ready to
Leave City When Caught
by Police.

l.. Tourejats. the Greek sailor, OF
the crew of the United States naval
collier Abaranda, who was stabbed by
a negro on Eighteenth street several
weeks ago. was arrested by Patrol
man Fisher at Eighteenth street and
the River road last night and locked
up at the police station to be held
as a witness against his asSailant
The police learned yesterday that
Toureiats was preparing to leave the
city and as he Is the only witness
against his aSsailant Henry Elum. II
was decided to lock him up pending
the negros trial in the Corporation
Court Tourejats recognized Elum
two weeks after the cutting as the
man VINO attacked him and it was on
his complaint that the negro was ar
rested