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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28

marked that in some parts of the
country they were building hard roads
at a cost OF from $4,000 to $4,000 a
mile. and then said that their town
ship had about u miles of highways
and proceeded to show that the ex-
pense would be at $4,000 a mile to
cover all the highways with this type
of road. Upon little inquiry II was
disclosed that the roads in question
were brick roads, built upon a con-
crete foundation-an excellent road to
be sure, and such as 1t may pay to
build where the traffic is very heavy
and there is a large amount of tax
able property to pay the bill-but
these are not the roads that 1t is usual
ly practicable to build. No township
needs anything like ~ miles. The
facts are that four-fifths of the traffic
passes over about onefourth of the
road mileage. and It has been found
the country over. at home and abroad,
that when from one-fourth to one-third
Of the total mileage Of the highways
has been thoroughly improved, all
communities are well served. and the
good roads problem has been solved.
A man may have farm mile from a
good road, but If 1t is six miles to
town. he can manage to get over this
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
RIvuIets and the Rivers.

All are to be men of genius In their
degree-rivulets or rivers. It does not
matter. so that the souls be clear and
pure; not dead walls. encompassine
dead heaps Of things, known and mum
beped, but running waters In the
sweet wilderness Of things unnum-
bered and unknown. conscious only
Of the living banks. on which they
partly refresh and partly reflect the
flowers. and so pass on.-Ruskin; The
Stones of Venice.
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called upon to pay to help build them.
He should also remember that If the
roads were uniformly good it would
be much easier to get help upon the
farm. The farm laborer could provide
himself with a bicycle. which can be
had a very small cost, and upon rainy
days or Sunday he could &c out and
see his friends instead of being ma
rooned by impossible roads.
The farmer should also remember
that over good roads can be hauled
two or three times as much produce
as over bad roads. Taking average
road conditions the year round, 1t is
safe TO say that II one were hauling
over them every day in the year with
the same expenditure of power, at
least one-third more could be deliv-
cred and possibly twice as much over
good roads as over the unimproved
highways that are often In good con-
dition. but very often bad and some
times impossible.
In a magazine article the writer
noted the following:
"A prominent southern farmer paid
$500 for a pair of mules. He refused
to pay $500 for pair of smaller
mules because the larger ones could
pull $50 pounds more because Of their
increased size. He refused to vote
a bond issue for good roads that
would have enabled the smaller mules
to pull 1000 pounds more"
Thus in practice we often save at
the spigot and waste at the bung. The
need Of the hour is to take up the
good roads question in big, broad
way with liberal spirit. and realize
that the roads are a permanent asset
to the nation. the state and the town
ship, and that il they are well built
and properly cared for, they will last
for many years. and the expense of
building the roads ought to be spread
over 20 or 80 years, so as to let those
who come after us and share in the
benefits. help pay a part of the ex.
pense Of building them.
Valuable information upon highway
construction and good roads generally
can be had by applying to the Office OF
public roads, Washington, or to the
highway engineer of the respective
states.
Let the god roads advocates agree
upon some sensible line of procedure
ana cut out all the fads and impossi
bilities and bring the proposition down
where 1t belongs, and consider IL IL
the light of local conditions. and ad
vocate such roads as wiz give the
largest return for the money invested
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
GOOD ROADS GOSPEL
DISCIPLES ARE THICK AS BUNDLE
BEES IN a CLOVER
PATCH.
NOT ALL CALLED TO PREACH
Desire Is Strong, but knowledge Is
Lsekins-Wonderfui Progress in
Campaign for Better Highways
Cut Out All Fads.
BY HOWARD Il. GROSS.

II one looks carefully over the press
clippings that come in upon the ques-
ton Of good roads, he will be aston
ished at several things.
First, the widespread interest that
is taken in the subject. Better high
ways are being discussed everywhere
lin the shop, store. the school. at
the cross roads. women's clubs, grain
exchanges, boards of trade, railway
meetings, etc. The advocates of good
roads are as thick as humble bees in
a clover patch. All sorts of solutions
are offered, most of which are imprac-
ticable. and IL undertaken would be
simply a waste Of time and money. 1t
reminds one Of the remark of d Fhiles-
opher. who. after listening to a young
lady of volubIe conversation, said:
what a relief it would be If she would
stop talking for little while and do
some thinking"
There are disciples without number
who feel they are called to preach the
gospel OF good roads. They know lit
tie or nothing OF the subject. but the
desire is strong and impelling. 1t re-
minds one of the young divinity stu
dent with very little aptitude for the
profession he proposed to adopt and
from which the bishop was trying TO
disuade him because he regarded him
as wholly inapt The man maintained
he was called to preach and therefore
he was to obey the summons. The
bishop asked him in what manner the
call had come. He said he had had a
dream in which he saw outlined in
the heavens clearly in letters of white
"P. c." whiQt he interpreted to mean
70 go and pfeach Christ. The bishop
told him he had no doubt he had seen
the vision as stated. but he had misin-
terpreted II. and that the letters "P
c." in his case meant to pillow corn.
II is so with the good roads advocates.
many OF them doing more harm than
good
One enthusiast, who has been much
in evidence. is telling the people how
they can get good roads without
money. He might as well try to boost
himself over fence by pulling at his
boot straps.
The good roads question is a ire
mendously big one and must be ham
died in big way. No one can mas
ter the subject in a short time. The
writer has spent is years digging into
It from every angle and he feels that
there is yet much to learn. Some good
roads enthusiasts have proposed the
building OF great national highways
connecting all the capitals of the
states. or great trans-continenta
roadway from Boston to San Francis
CO. or from Chicago to the gulf Such
roads would be tremendously expen
sive. and about the only thing thai
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28

first mile, which will be little used
road, to the main highway, and II from
there he can have first class road to
town, making up five-sixths of the dis
lance. he will be well taken care of.
The fact that he has five miles of good
road and one mile OF poor will spur
him and his neighbors to put In the
best possible condition this road Of
secondary importance. 1t has always
been found that those opposing the
building of good roads overestimate
both the cost of the roads and the
amount of mileage necessary, and it is
apparently done with the studied pur-
pose of trying TO convince people that
it is impossible to build good roads on
account Of the expense involved.
1t has been demonstrated time with
out number that well built roads upon
the main highways will pay for them
selves every FIVE or six years, treated
from an economic standpoint alone. TO
say nothing of the educational and so
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
He Considered Him. as Fighting
Commander. an Extraordinary
Combination Of Great Oar
ING and Caution.

John Russell Young. the distinf
guished Civil war and Franco-Russian
war correspondent and newspaper edi-
tor, who accompanied General Grant
in his tour Of the world, was chatting
with some friends at his hotel IN
Washington shortly after President
Mckinley. in 1897. had made him libra
rian of the new Congressional library.
when some reference was made by
one Of the party to General Grant. and
especially to. Grants very high regard
for General Sheridan. both as soldier
and as a man.
Yes, / know" said Mr.. Young, in
what high regard General Grant held
Sheridan. for often heard Grant say
that he was sure that Sheridan had no
superior, living or dead. as the COM
mander Of an army.
Il remember. on one occasion, Grant
met several Americans one evening
after reception. and in the course OF
conversation he was asked what he
thought Sheridan would have done
had he been in command at Gettys-
burg instead of General Meade. Gen.
eral Grant replied practically in these
words:
There should be very little or no
criticism Of the manner In which
Meade fought the battle of Gettysburg
In three days battle there are al
ways sure to be some mistakes. What
ever these may have been upon our
side, Meade speedily rectifed them
but you have asked me what Sher
idan would have done had, he been
there Sheridan. as fighting general
was an extraordinary combination Of
grea. daring and great caution. His
judgments were intuitive. He believed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
Took Many Men to Move Him.

1t took 80 men to transfer Luke Ma
lone. fisherman weighing 2S5 pounds.
from the deck of the fishing schooner
viking to the ambulance Of the United
States Marine hospital the other morn
ing. Malone was seized with an at
tack Of rheumatism while the Viking
was at sea- Members of the crew sue
ceeded in rolling him up on deck. but
when the ambulance arrived the at
pendants had great difficulty in getting
him up on the wharf The tide was
low. and the deck of the schooner was
about fifteen feet rom the top OF the
wharf. A ladder was brought, and the
basket stretcher placed up as far on
it as the crowd on the boat could
shove It. Then the ladder was raised
by the men on the schooner. and with
much pulling by the crowd above the
good natured giant was finally landed
on the wharf and safely placed in the
ambulance.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
An Uncertain step.

HE has about the strangest walk
have ever seen" Yes: you see,
he was engaged to a girl who wore a
hobble gown and Just when he had
got so he could keep step with her she
threw him down. and now he Is en-
gagged to girl who wears harem
skirt and he is trying 70 learn to keep
step with her."-Houston Post.
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How He Planned to Go South

that called me to the White House. but
do remember that the president told
me that he was going on that day or
the next to send several nominations
to the senate for brigadier general
He asked me to look over the list I
glanced at the names rapidly, and saw
that they were all good names Blu;
it occurred to me that the president
had overlooked one army officer. sns
l ventured to say to him:
Mr. President. don't see the
name Of Col. George H. Thomas here.
I don't know much about Thomas,
said Lincoln. Would he make good
generalr
None BETTER ! said. and II you
want any guarantee for him. I'll give
it,
Well. Sherman. Mr.. Lincoln re-
piled. II you say so, It must be so. and
Ill send his name in soon.
"A little later. as I was on my way
up to the capitol to see my brother.
John Sherman, It suddenly flashed
over me that | lad no, seen Thomas
for some IL years. that he was Firf
ginian by birth. and that possibly be
might take the same view that Lse
had in April. when he resigned hIz
commission as lieutenant coolneI IN the
Second cavalry. with which Thomas
had been stationed since 1855. to 50
with the Confederacy It was start
ling thought in view OF the fact that
/ had just guaranteed Thomas 70 the
president ! worried over the sItae
ton for awhile. and then ! said to M.
self: Well. know what he was. and
I will find out what he is. Ny own
intuition tells me that he says with
the Union, but ] will find out
Il learned that Thomas was witt bis
regiment in Pennsylvania. not so very
far north Of Baltimore. and hasteped
there as soon as railroad train aid
horse would carry me. When reach
ed the regiment and YVES shown 70
the colonies headquarters, found no
body there but an orderly. He told
me that Colonel Thomas had gone on.
| a little ways on horseback. but thought
he would be back speedily.
by any by l saw him coming and
I went out In front Of the tent .
greet him. He knew me INSTANTLY.
and called out:
Hello. Billy!'
Hello. Tom replied. We always
called him Tom.
He dismounted and we sat down
together. Tom / said. I have come
to tell you that the president has told
me that he win nominate you for brig
adler general
He showed HE Joy, more BY the er'
preston of bis countenancs than of
any words. He simply said: Billy. you
couldn't have brought me any mcre
agreeable news.
But, said !, Tom, have cons
to find out exactly where You stand
What 90 you mean. Billyf Pc
asked.
| well, you know that Lee has gone
over to. the other side. You are both
| from Virginia
"'oh. that's what you mean. Il ~
said Tom Well. I'll tell you. Billy
I'm going south.
"'You are going southr said
Yes. Billy. he said. ] am son;
south. but am going at the head q
my boys. and am never going 70 turn
my face the other way until ~ ~
over
And he never did" said Shermen
| Copyright. 1911. by E. j. Edwards. AZ
Rf0ffu Roaeryedl
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
Amerlca at : Distance.


A man may see American counu'es
from the pine wastes Of Maine % ~
slopes Of Sierra: may talk with amer
lean men and women. from the sope
citizens Of Boston to Digger inois''
In California; may eat Of kmerices
dishes. from jerked buffalo IN o'-
RADIO to clambakes on the shores ne''
Salem; and yet from the nme
first smells the molasses a. y.
tucket lightship to the momen, -
the pilot quits him at the uo'. ..r
Gate. may have no idea OF an AZ (, !.
ca. You may have seen the east =. y.
south. the west and the Pac'nc 49, 80
and yet have failed to md Am 1s,,--,
It Is not TIL you have LETT me 'p 9,''ss
wrote Sir Charles sWentwor.n "a
that her image grows up 10 'n'
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28

Alice-I thought Mr. Smart had
good literary taste until he sent me
that silly novel
Kate--Oh that doesn't necessarily
indicate his taste. dear; It merely rep
resents his opinion Of yours.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
Strong Bodies Needed

higher forms OF mental development
should be attempted ouly by tie few
whom nature has endowed with strong
receptive faculties aud an eager love
for that form OF activity.-American
Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
nallx Iho,,nht.

II every one did an act Of daily kind
ness to his neighbor. and refused to
do any unkindness. half the sorrow Of
this world would be lifted and disaD
pear.-Ian Maclaren-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
Protection for Wood Bison

lection. II is not the intention q '''
department to remove the bison g ,
park. but simply to make II easy 10
them to grow in numbers ~ tnsp
own. wild retreats.-Ottawa Citizen
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28
Nv Permission,

Going to quit your job. are youy"
Yes; Tve-er-accepted the firms
invitation TO look around for another
one"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1911-07-28

LESSON IEXT-Isaiah 52:l3; 53:l2.
MEMORY VERSES-53:4-6.
GOLDEN TEXT-'.The Lord hath laid
on him the iniquity OF us all.'-Isa. 1876.
The lesson is from the second part OF
the Book of Isaiah.
Whenever written IL belongs to the time
Of the exile. just before the return
1t brought hope. inspiration. instruction.
life. and light In the darkest period In
the history of Israel
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

WINNING BY PRAYER

The case OF that Kansas ciy
preacher who, though already sun.
piled with two wives, married another
woman who prayed SO earnestly tbat
n> couldn't help becoming interested
in her, provides a little tin which,
made use Of By resourceful but hus-
bandless feminine believers in the
desirability of the welded state.
SHOULD prove very valuable.
OF course. Il isn't exactly clear how
saitors can be brought to one BY
payer and ii must be confessed that
in the case OF the Kansas CITY wom-
an, her devotions bore results in a
luther ambiguous fashion. The man
she won was not wholly hers. nor ala
she have even her share very long
i'ut the fact remains that she got
him, and this point ought to interest
q LOT Of unmarried women who have
lot thus far been able to make even
this much progress along The matri
monial line
But II a praying woman is inter
estlng To a man who Is already we'll
supplied with wives, she ought not
10 find her charm altogether lost lip
on that masculinity which is as vet
unwed. And ii hearing her suppli-
cations win make q husband forget
his wife, the sound of the petitions
ought to at least stir the bachelor
into feeling that he ought to wed.
SO we can see that this Kansas
City instance can be made very help
tul to women who study the case
carefully and somewhat prayerfully.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

muny respect ana love is che most
naguihcient and satisfying benedic
ton thar can rest on mortal man It
prngs Il is Of itself all az the best
and finest there is ii man aad thus
Ell there is in life worth attaining. It.
II the utopia Of which men have
Creamed which some Of those most
gifted have created. bodily from the
storehouse Of imagination never un-
eerstanding that the reality is easily
available IL we would but think
Alright
TO see beneath the veneer the real
man, to glaze his faults and magnify
his virtues; to mover hear what is
not intended for you to hear, and to
forget at once all that should not be
remembered to take no offensive
pride in mere possession OF wealth,
nor parade 1t enviously in thy neigh
boris face; to work each day and be
enabled o lay by little surplus to
meet your own wants i'm time of
stress and help your neighbor when
his necessities require; to cherish
the informal communion of one with
another based ON the standards Of
The Creator rather than on the stand.
ards set UP by mere man-that is be-
ing neighburly And II to these be
added theFsvirtue of repressing self
ishness, then you are filled with
neighbOrly love
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

Since the accession OF Judge White
% the chief iudgeship until last Mon
day aH the decisions OF The supreme
court had been rendered by unang.
nous bench, and It was said thar
the presiding genius felt great
pride IN that fact But on Monday
the record was broken when Justice
Holmes handed a0wn dissenting
opinion in case involving the right
oi q manufacturer 10 control the
price at which his product should
go 20 the ultimate consumer THE
court held that no such right existed
hut the Massachusetts juist took the
contrary view, avowing his belief
that There was tendency 10 over
value the benefits of competition in
trade. and that he favored the idea
of Letting people manage their own
business their own way as far as nos.
sthle. This Is taken III certain quar-.
ters g indicate that 5nstice Holmes
may be found ayerse TO dissolving the
oil and tobacco trusts on the ground
that they are practical monopoiles I'M
their respective lines of business.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13
ABOUT BEING NEleHeoRLY

Inc Tulsa World drops into hoin-
ly betimes and this is one Of them.
Away back in primitive times, when
society was new and men lived closer
49, their Creator than now, the great
esi law giver that ever trod the earth
laid upon humanity this Injunction
Ihou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
sell. A moments introspection viii
serve amply 70 enlighten YOU just
Row far humanity has drlfted from
the observance Of that law.
And yet, aside from the religious
aspect OF the ease. neighborhood har-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

Recall petitions are now out in
Shawnee to recall the mayor that
town elected on the lth OF this
mouth HIS appointments were not
approved By the people and they are
after his scalp Recall petitions
have already been signed and filed
ct McAlester for the recall Of Pete
Hanraiy the mayor of that city, and
iast as soon as the elections in Dali
las ana oklahoma City are over tive
same thing may be expected in those
cities The e is a great political un-
rest throughout the union The 10.
call may have its virtues, but it GER
tainly does give the dissatisfied ele-
ment in the cities an opportunity 10
SIR up a great deal Of strife aud
Feep the people talking politics from
one end OF the year to fire other, in.
stead Of talking municipal growth
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

0 4biet Snhsihy Alonger Gallngef
iS FEue io bis spoken WORT the senior
senators from New Hampshire will
iike 0lhelo, be without an occupation
during the remainder 81 taeir term
When the ocean mail bill was pat 0n
ga rs passage ia the senate at the
secoad session of the last congress.
Oiallluger declared from the fl0or oil
Iaat body that, should the measure
again fail of enactment there wolla
ae no further attempt to revive Il.
THE bis' died With The 9dy-first
congress.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

for me to have made one soul
Fhe better for my birth
70 nave added but one flower
!. 10 the garden Of the earth
- nave sown ia the souls of men
one thought that will not die
io nave been a link tn the chain Of
life
Shall be Immortality
George eliot.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

The BalNlesyNle Enterprise puts
10 rms way X Oklahoma has reat
W loSl the fighi to keep gas, a. home
There can be no grest harm Ia amend
ing article 3. section 81 nf the consti
tuaon TO allow railroads TO buy the
tn@UCh lines la THIS state.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

Jaek AQAnson Is ROW cRgaged n
pHiNHs California roads ln coed con-
Gtion for other speed deuis Ii
must be Intensely aHuoyIng % Alm io
watch siN-eNiaderS So shooting hv
ana hlmseli Iled 10 one snni
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

our federal government now ad-
niits that It is something Of q prnb.
lem 20 provide for the distribution
of immigrants But when the south
wished TO help. Roosevelt and Bon
aparte insisted on monopoly tor
New York.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

We hear from Wisconsin that Tart
d to be opposed for denomination by
q Progressive. ana Roosevelt is now
in the state to support this move
meat But Taft reached out a help
ing hand when Roosevelt Was being
overwhelmed BY an outburst OF pub
lic disappr0yal and then it was as.
sorted that the two were friends
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

Safest civilization shosld be ashaia
q oI a qfeNentshie elamiE That calls
@at q funeral procession 0f tH.A#il
Aloufaefs % paradc the streets 0f an
American city VI tie year III efaee
1911
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

ne discovery. OK rich gold uelds
an the reishbsrhood 0l Quebec & RS
ported This is one R.0re reason
why there should be Do unnecessary
aeial AZ Washington IN ratifsing the
pending rec proCity agreement.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13


The fact that Memphis has offer
cd Mr.. Bryan a million dollars ia
make thar city his home effectually'
dis2oses Of the old notion that talk
is Cheap.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

Jury IN Connecticut has awarded
slS,0a0 damages to a man who lost
his right eye in ar accident. He has
one eye left via which to see that
l3 Is not alwags an unlucky number.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-13

Iceland proposes 10 force an wom-
en- to vote. This looks like a Well
directed effort to kill woman suf.
frage in the hand of Mt. Hecla. Fe-
males, Ike dreams, 20 by contrar-