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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-01

inches In the center, and from four
to six inches at the sides, gradually
/ diminishing in depth to feather edge
| toward the side ditches.
The depth OF gravel will depend
upon the traffic and, 10 some extent,
on the material as well as the earth
sub grade.
If the material is spread in layers.
then the coarser grade is placed for
! the foundation and the finer grade
for the wearing surface. In case un-
, screened gravel IS used, the larger
sized pieces, those which will not pass
three-inch ring, should be thrown
out or raked into the foundation
course as the work progresses.
In some cases little clay or loan
will has-en the binding process. Care
should be taken, however, not to use
too much clay or loan. An excess
Of clay makes the road dusty in sum-
mer and muddy in winter.
If it becomes necessary to build tho
road without a roller or sprinkler,
the work should be done in the spring
of the year before the rains have
ceased. The traffic will pack the ma
terial much better then than in the
summer or fall. The road grader or
split-log drag may be used to ad-
vantage in removing ruts and filling
holes while the road is green. A lit
tie attention at this time is better
than much attention later.
In case the gravel fails TO bind or
wear well, good results may be OBJ
tained by applying to the surface a
thin layer Of crushed rock screenings
of good quality. They look like ma
cadam roads and wear almost as well,
but are very much cheaper.
The split-log drag has been used
successfully in maintaining gravel
roads. There is a tendency on most
gravel roads for tire material to work
toward the sides, forming shoulders
which prevent water from reaching
the sides bitches. The water thus
held back softens the foundation caus-
ing the surface 10 give way into ruts
and holes.
II the surface is rolling, these
! shoulders sometimes cause the water
to follow the wheel tracks and wash
the surface into gullies. An occas-
ional dragging will prevent the for
nation of such shoulders.
The gravel road ought to have a
! little attention throughout the year
instead of a great deal Of attention
at one time. Mud holes should never
! be filled with large rocks or boulders.
sods or trash. After the mud has been
removed. the holes should be filled
with the Same kind Of gravel with
which the road Is surfaced.
When the gravel road is worked
with a road machine the sods and
weeds are often left in windrows in
| the middle. These should be raked up
and thrown into the adjacent field or
otherwise disposed or as they retain
moisture and cause Jumps and holes
II left on the road.
FRANK NEWKIRK.
Tulsa, Okla.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-01
BY G.. PrauIcr Knapp.

There is great old Iceland fairy
tale OF man named Karg who be-
friended wandering demon-spirit
and received in return wonderful
mill which ground out golden ducats
for anyone who turned It's handle.
New every one knows all fairy tales
are true. However strange they may
appear at first blush there is In
each germ Of the solidest and sound
est wisdom And the tale OF Karg's
machine is no exception to the rule
Making money out Of work and
economy and perseverance is as much
a mechanical process as making sixty
miles an hour out Of coal and water
and steel, And In each case IL Is the
machine that works the miracle. The
speed machine is a complex marvel of
mechanical invention, weighing many
tons and combining the cunning and
the energy Of thousand men. The
thrift-machine looks simpler. All you
see Of II is a little cloth bound book
which states that so-and-so has such
and-such balance to his credit. II
looks simple, but behind II is "A most
complex organization, whore brains
and hands and books combine to keep
money safe and at the same time keep
it working The modern savings in
stitution is every bit as cunning!y con-
trived as the modern locomotive. And
II is a question whether It is not even
more necessary TO prosperity and pro-
gress.
With capable sturdy man behind
IT, the savings account becomes in
deed a money machine. II works
day and night, all day every day and
all night every ight-adding to itsel;
increasing the country's prosperity and
its owners wealth. And IL adds to it.
self in other ways. II acquires a mo-
mentum and a pulling power that
draws from its owners salary scores
Of surplus sums that would otherwise
be as good as wanted 1t teaches him
! the pleasure as well as the profit of
saving If he deposits only ten dol
lars each month, his balance, with
interest at 3l-2 per cent, amounts Ia
Sl,436.26 in ten years.
Sooner or later every man realizes
that saving is absolutely necessary to
his own individual happiness. some
times he has to learn it by hard knocks
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-01
DR.. PierCe'S FaVOfite Prescription

Is the best Of all medicines for the cure of diseases
disorders and weaknesses peculiar to women IL is the
only preparation Of Its kind devised by regularly srsdu-
aed physcian-an experienced and skilled specialist in
the diseases of
1t safe medicine in any condition Of the system.
THE ONE REMEDY which contains no alcohol
and no injurious habtformine drugs and which
creates craving for such sfin,uants.
THE ONE REMEDY good that its maker,
not afraid to print its every ingredient ON
each outside bottle wrapper and attest tho
truthfulness of the same under oath.
II sold by medicine dealers everywhere, and anT deal
Setsit. Don't take substitute Of unknown composition
No counterfeit is GOOD shs gent
who says something else Is 'ust good Dr. ?erecs
trying deceive you for his selfish teeeht so
trusted He i trifne with your most pr..- posses
may be your life ITSELF See rr vss 81; haf 20. al "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-01

Miss Gwendoln Burden, n promi-
nent young member Of New York and
Newport society, The report is again
current that Miss Burden, the second
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Y. Townsend
Burden, is engaged to marry David
Dows, Although no official announce
ment of the engagement has been
made society is inclined to believe the
report.
The Burden family's prominence In
New York and Newport society was
established by Henry Burden, of Troy,
N. Y, who made a great fortune as an
iron manufacturer.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-01

ed. one hundred days labor. judlci-
ously distributed throughout the year,
will accomplish more and better re-
suits in road maintenance than the
SAINT amount Of labor expended all at
one time. The French patrol sys-
TEN which provided for daily inspec-
ton and care is probably the best sys-
TEN yet devised.
Because OF its simplicity, its effl-
cheney and cheapness, the split-log
drag Is an excellent device for main
tanning earth and gravel roads. The
best results have been obtained by
dragging once each way after each
heavy rain. In some cases, however,
one dragging every three or four
weeks has been found sufficient to
keep a road in good condition. The
drag does It's best work when the
soil is moist but not sticky.
The Sand clay road is made by mix
ing sand and clay together Coarse,
sharp sand and sticky clays are pre-
ferred. A proper mixture will pro-
duce a hard surface, which in mild
climates and for light traffic will not
become loose when dry nor sticky
when wet.
Ordinarily, from 10 to Is per cent
of clay and from S5 to 80 per cent OF
sand constitute the proper mixture.
The proportion of sand clay can best
be determined, however, as the work
progresses, as some clays will con-
tain more sand than others. In fact
clays are very frequently found which
already contain about the right pro-
portion of sand
If the road to be treated is sandy
the surface is first leveled off and
crowned with the road grader. The
clay is then dumped on the surface
and spread to a depth of from six to
eight inches at the center, and gradu-
ally decreasing in depth toward the
sides. A layer of clean sand is then
added, which is thoroughly mixed
with the clay. either by traffic or
preferably by means of plows and
disk or tooth harrows,
The best results have been obtained
by thoroughly mixing or pudding the
materials when wet For this rea-
son, 1t is desirable that the mixing
be done In wet weather. The mixing
can be left to the traffic after the
materials have been properly placed;
but this involves a whole season of
bad road, and even then the mixing
is not always satisfactory.
In all cases, 1t is advisable to dress
the road with the road grader after
the materials have been thoroughly
mixed. and to give It a crown of not
more than one inch or less than three
fourths Of an inch to the foot from
the center to the sides. A light coat
ing of sand may then be added. The
use of the road grader should be con-
tinued at frequent intervals until the
surface is smooth and firm.
If the road to be treated is COM
posed of clay, It should first be
road grader. The surface should
then be plowed and thoroughly pull
verized by narrowing to a depth Of
about four inches. after which It is
given crown Of about one-half inch
to the foot from the center to the
sides.
1t is then covered with six to eight
inches of clean, sharp sand, which is
spread thicker in the center than at
the sides. The materials should then
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-01

Farmer saves folks money on furni-
ture; his terms are liberal. Adv.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-01

City loans made promptly. See
Coggeshall. 121 S. Boston. Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
THE RUSSIAN
PASSPORT QUESTION
BY RABBI MAX RAIsIN In The Meridian Dispatch.

doing it's full duty to protect the honor
Of the nation abroad. Indeed, the in
vestigation of this matter by a number
of prominent Americans has led to
the conviction that Washington was
playing in the hands of st. Petersburg,
and bartering away the treaty rights
of free born American men and women
for the mess of porridge of certain
commercial concessions by which a
few powerful American corporations
might be able to add to their hordes
Of well or ill-gotten wealth.
Work of Money Powers.
AS a characteristic of this attitude
on the part of the Washington au-
thorities, we may take the utterances
few days ago of Mr.. Jacob H. Schiff
in his accusation Of John H. Ham
nond, as a go-between the Russian
government and some American bank
ers and financiers, and as exercising
his influence over President Taft to
leave the question of American rights
in Russia untouched. Mr.. Schiff made
his accusations before the two United
States senators from New York, Root
and O'Gorman, and gave it out to the
press as his firm and unshakable opin-
ion that the administration was a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

The question of Russia's discrirni-
nations against the American pass
port whenever presented by Ameri-
can citizens whom Russia regards as
undesirable, is one of long standing,
though 1t is only of late years that
it has assumed it's great Importance
and bids fair to become one of the
great national issues of the day. 1t
is indeed to be wondered at that for
more than a generation American wom-
en- and men travelling in Russia
have been subjected to brutal treat
nlent at the hands of the cars Off
Gals, We're bounded by police spies,
dragged to jails, and often turned out
Of the country without any notice or
warning, and still our government,
through it's department of state. has
not seen fit to do anything more
drastic than to merely make a per-
functory protest through the Ameri-
can embassy protest which re-
peated experience has taught US to
be Of no avail whatever.
This standpat policy on the part OF
the Washington government has given
rise to the suspicion that certain COM
mercial interests have been at work
influencing the administration from
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
CLIMATE RELATION OF BUSINESS AND POLITICS
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servant to the dictates and to the in
terests of particular groups of men.
Their interests have been served con-
stantly and often in defiance of the
well known opinions and purposes not
only Of the national administration, but
of the members of the houses as well,
for some hidden reason struggled in
vain against the dictates of the omni-
potent leaders of the Senate.
Here displayed in it's grossest form
was the intimate power Of business
over politics.
The country has definitely made up
its mind that it will get at the root of
this matter and of all other matters
like it, and that it will break up his
alliance. There was a time when it
looked as If to accomplish this would
involve a very dangerous sort of strife
between the general mass Of voters in
the country and those who had ex-
hibited splendid talents in building up
the business of America. But, hap
PLY, that threat has disappeared. 1t
is one of the happy circumstances of
our time that the most intelligent and
progressive of our business men have
seen the mistake as we'll as the i'm
morality of the whole bad business.
Inc alllance between business and pol
itics has been a burden to them-an
advantage, no doubt, upon occasion,
but a very questionable and burden
some advantage. It has given them
great power, but it has also subjected
them to a sort of slavery and a sort
of subserviency to leading politicians.
They are as anxious to be freed from
the bondage as the country is to be
rid of the influences and methods
which it represents. Leading business
men are now becoming great factors
in the emancipation of the country
from a system which was leading from
bad to worse. There are those, of
course, who are welded to the old
ways and who will stand out for them
to the last, but they will sink into a
minority and be overcome. They have
found that their old excuse, that it
was necessary to defend themselves
against unfair legislation, is no longer
q good excuse, that there is a better
that way of defending themselves than
through the private use of money, and
that is to take the public into their
confidence, to make absolutely open all
their dealings with legislative bodies
and legislative officers, and let the
public judge as between them and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

all inside our legislative bodies-at any
rate, no leadership which is definite
enough to attract the attention and
watchfulness of the country. Our only
leadership being that of irresponsible
persons outside the legislatures who
constitute the political machines, it
is extremely difficult for even the most
watchful public opinion to keep track
of the circuitous methods pursued.
This undoubtedly lies at the root of
the growing demand on the part of
American communities everywhere for
leadership, for responsible leadership,
for putting in authority and keeping IN
authority those whom they know and
whom they can watch and whom they
can constantly hold to account. The
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

mere tool in the hands of some invisi-
Russian question.
1t is hard to believe that so promi-
nent and influential man as Mr.. Schiff
who is usually very reticent on all
matters of public concern, would allow
himself to publish an accusation of
such a serious nature against a most
prominent American, did he not know
that the case was really so. The fact
that the government in Washington
has so far made no effort to Vindicate
itself in the face of the weighty accu-
sation of the New York banker, only
confirms the suspicion that have been
entertained in the matter for long
time.
Contrary to Treaty.
For, the rights of Americans in
Russia are inalienable if a treaty
means anything at all as binder on
two nations to live up to certain self
imposed obligations for the sake of
peace and commercial intercourse.
The treaty between the United States
and Russia, concluded in 1882, was a
most solemn compact which makes
express provision for the reciprocal
privileges of the inhabitants of each
country to travel and sojourn in one
another's territory without molesta-
ton and interference on the part of
the authorities, always provided, of
course, that such travellers and So
journers lived up to the laws of the
country in which they found them
selves. Whether or not Russia had
made bad bargain in agreeing to the
treaty is not at all to be considered.
She signed the document and thus
made it binding upon her until such
time as either nation found it to her
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

interest to abrograte the old treaty for
a new and more advantageous one.
If Russia found herself loser by the
treaty, we have never heard her make
a complaint. Evidently. that land of
deceiptful diplomacy did not deem the
issue of sufficient importance to make
a complaint of the bargain. She, in
stead, did what was by far more agree
able to her Slavic temperament. She
held on to the treaty but refused TO
carry out its provisions. AS a mat
ter of fact, however, Russia had never
cause to complain of her alliance with
the United States. If we were not
sure of her, she, at least, was sure of
us. She knew that we would live UP
to every little and iota of the contract
even where we found ourselves the
losers by it. AS for the treaty itself,
Russia could not ask for terms more
advantageous to her political or COM
mercial interests. The treaty practi
cally opened up the whole American
continent to her industries and offered
her opportunities for trading scarcely
enjoyed by an other friendly power.
That treaty. known as the treaty of
commerce and navigation was intend
ed to promote the freedom OF com
merce and navigation between the
high contracting parties. The very
first article of the treaty contains the
following provision:
Terms of Agreement.
There shall be between the terri
tories of the high contracting parties
a reciprocal liberty of commerce and
navigation. The inhabitants of their
respective states shall mutually have
liberty to enter the ports, places and
fC.o,+ir,,ad ~, pa1a ? Sac+Ior Two
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

those with whom they are dealing in
the field of politics.
Publicity the Cure.
This discovery on their part of what
ought to have been obvious all along
points out the way of reform; for ur-
doubtedly publicity comes very near
being the cure-all for political and
economic maladies of this sort. But
publicity will continue to be very diff
ficult so long as our methods of legfs-
lation are so obscure and devious and
private. I think that it will become
more and more obvious that the way
to purify our politics is to simplify
them, and that the way to simplify
them is to establish responsible lead
ership. We now have no leadership at
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

turn of how safe It is to depend upon
public opinion in America when pub
lie opinion is we'll informed. There is
no revolution in the air except as
against iniquity and secret conferences
against the public interest. The Amer
lean mind is well poised and whole
some and inclined to justice, and the
task that lies ahead of US at every
turn the task of putting that opinion
into the saddle again so that affairs
may go forward by common impulse
that great impulse of righteous law,
that eager impulse for the attainment
of better and better things, which we
are proud to regard as characteristic
of the country we love.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

business of the country ought to be
served by thoughtful and progressive
legislation, but it ought to be served
openly, candidly, advantageously, with
a careful regard to letting everybody
be heard and every interest be con-
sidered. the interest which is not back
ed by money as well as the interest
which is; and this can be accomplish
ed only by some simplification of our
methods which will centre the public
trust in small groups of men who will
lead, not by reason OF legal authority
or the right to command, but by reason
of their contact with and amenability
to public opinion
1t is a refreshing and reassuring
thing to remind ourselves at every
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
AM0ITTHERS
1nuTY

1t Is the duty Of every expectant
mother to prepare her system for the
coming of her little one; to avoid as
far as possible the suffering of such
occasions, and endeavor to pass
through the crisis with her health
and strength unimpaired. This she
may do through the use of Mothers
Friend, a remedy that has been so
long in use, and accomplished so
much good, that it is in no sense an
experiment, but a preparation which
always produces the best results. It
is for exernal application and so pen
Grating in its nature as to thoroughly
lubricate every muscle, nerve and ten
don involved during the period before
baby comes. It aids nature by ex-
banding the skin and tissues, relieves
tenderness and soreness, and perfectly
prepares the system for natural and
safe motherhood. Mothers Friend
has been used and endorsed by, thou
sands of mothers, and its use will
prove comfort and a benefit to any
woman in need of such a remedy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Mothers Friend
is sold at drug
stores. Writ for
free book for
expectans moth
ers, which con-
tains much 7alua
nEn@nnrnHI
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Continued on Page I, Section Two)
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29

with Blanche's mother, who is in
thu. hospital at Webster City.
M. H. Hendrickson was Webster
City visitor Friday.
The Grand View Mission society
will meet with Mrs. John Christen-
son Thursday afternoon. They will
meet with Mrs. Ness Hanson, Sept.
Z.
Fred Studley was a Webster City
visitor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Neese visited
Sunday with Mrs. Neese cousin,
Frank Cormaney and family.
Miss Clara Christensen began a
term of school six miles east OF
Kamrar Monday. This is Miss
Clara's first term and her many
friends wish her success.
The ladies aid society of Kanraf
will meet with Mrs. M. H. Hendrick-
son Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. H. Hendrickson
and family visited Sunday at the
Mark Carey home.
Aug. 20.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1911-08-29
Fremont.

Mrs. Louise Deffke OF Duncombe
spent a day last week with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Perry Philips.
before leaving for Greeley. Col.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. BiernatZki of
Webster City visited Sunday at the
Schropfer home.
Mat Nellis and sister Elizabeth
visited Sunday at the Joseph Lang
home.
Mr.. Max stark and sister Annetta
spent day last week in Humboldt,
driving up in their car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mat Nelson spent
Friday at the Chautauqua in Fort
Dodge.
Perry Phillips is attending the
state fair in Des Moines.
Roy vanWinkle and family spent
a day last week in Fort Dodge, driv-
ing up in his new Moline car.
Miss Annetta Stark visited friends
in Iowa Falls Saturday afternoon.
Aug. 20.