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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
THE MONEY
BOND ISSUE IS BEST WAY TO PAY
FOR GOOD ROADS.
EFFORTS OFTEN MISDIRECTED
Good Roads Fever Carries Community
on Its Feet Frequently and Work
10 Started Along Impractical Lines
Tax Levy Plan Wrong.
ey HOWARD n. GROSS.

In forwarding any great movement,
as the building OF good roads. enthus-
iasm is essential, but unless this Is
coupled with knowledge OF the sub
ject it is n question whether 1t some
times does not do more harm than
good. The writer believes that a
movement for better highways is oft
en- retarded by over-zealous friends
who are attempting to do something
they do not understand. The propo-
sition to build good roads throughout
the land is a very big one. and ex-
ceedingly important. II is question
that must be handled in big way
II anyone had suggested fifty years
ago the building of a railway to the
Pacific slope, ne would have been de-
clared at least visionary. This has
been accomplished and today there
are half dozen such railways. and
the four months journey across the
desert is now comprised In less than
three days. While the building of
good wagon roads throughout the
country IL an immeasurably big Job,
yet there are back of 1t boundless re-
sources; there Is far more to encour.
age us than the builders of these first
great continental roads had to en-
courage them. Let us go forward
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

is for the township to levy an annual
tax for hard roads that will produce
perhaps 900 or $4,000 and experd It
upon a gravel or macadam stretch OF
road. which is to be extended from
year to year at a rate that will give
the township a fair amount of hard
roads. say, in twenty or thirty years.
BY the time the last mile is built I'M
der this plan. the first one In worn
out the rule being that the road once
built receives no attention. and that
ing more roads. The roads are usu-
ally built without much. II any, at
tention being paid to drainage, and
the results are not always satisfac-
tory, in fact, they are seldom what
they should be. Those charged with
the duty of spending the money nine
teen times In twenty know little, II
anything, Of how the road should be
built and when 1t is finished It is
usually about half as good as 1t ought
to be and has cost nearly twice as
much as 1t should. for let 1t be said
again and again that the greater part
OF the taxes raised for highways is
frittered away by misdirected effort.
An eminent engineer, who has had ex-
tended experience, says at least sixty
per cent of the funds raised for high
ways is wasted Certainly the waste
is at least one-half. This being the
case. 1t follows that one of the first
things to do IL to stop this awful
waste and see that 4 dollars worth Of
road results from every dollar ex-
pended. instead OF forty to fifty cents
worth. 1t ought to be clear that 1t is
very important that roads should be
constructed under expert supervision.
and that a capable road engineer Is
needed. OF course It is not practical
to have this and build the roads piece
meal, short stretch at time. hence
the township will find 1t wise, instead
OF an annual tax levy. to issue bonds
to the full constitutional limit and
build. say. fifteen to twenty miles of
road at once and pay for them by the
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

lily. but l tell them of my good friend,
your Vegetable Compound, and that
there will be no backache and bearing
down pains for them if they will take
1t as have. l am scarcely ever with
out it in the house.
I will say also that think there is
no better medicine to be found for
young girls to build them up and make
them strong and well. My eldest
daughter has taken Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for pain
tul periods and irregularity, and 1t has
always helped her.
81 am always ready and willing to
speak good word for the Lydia K.
Pinkham's Remedies. tell every ono
l meet that owe my health and hap
piness to these wonderful medicines"
Mrs. J. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 8.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
Of female diseases.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

Ben" said his friend, waking up
from a reverie in which he had been
gazing abstractedly a the shiny ex-
panse Of Ben's skatin' -rink-for-flies, lis
there nothing you could do for your
baldness?"
Ben, by the way, is on..' forty.
mo, lad" he replied with de
cision. Fifteen years ago was
counting strong, and l tried lots o.
things. But about that time { prince
Of Wales-Edward, you know-came
to opel- t new hospital, and l said to
myself as soon as saw him liftin'
his hat to { crowd, Ben, my lad, tina
can give 1t up as a ba" job, and save
thy brass. If there was owt at 'ud
cure bald head they'd ha' cured
his "-Tit-Bits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

bond issue, paying of the bonds in in
stallments. This is vastly better and
cheaper than to build short stretches
by an annual tax levy. OF course in
terest will have to be paid upon the
bonds, but on the other hand the PEG
pie will have good roads to use, and
If the use of the roads is not worth
more than the interest on the bonds
required to build them, then road
building is not worth while. The
worlds experience is that good roads
are always worth several times what
they cost to any community.
There are many advantages to this
plan. BY building many miles at once
it is practical to have good engineer
ing supervision and proper specifica
tons, and the result will be a well
drained, better and more durable
road and one that will not cost nearly
as much to maintain as one poorly
constructed. Again. on so large a lob
contractors will figure lower than up
on a small job and the best machinery
and methods can be employed to ad-
vantage, so 1t is fair to say that TWEEN.
ty miles of road built under single
contract will cost from Is to 20 per
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

with stout heart and high purpose
and with a clear head, and all will
come out right.
In a good roads campaign one OF
the most important things is to I'M
learn some things that are not so, to
get view of the proposition from
the right angle, and not to work along
impractical lines. The good roads
fever usually breaks out in some com
munity with hurrah, to build mile
or two of hard roads. and there is a
squabble to determine which particu-
lar road shall have the improvement.
Selfishness crops out and must be
reckoned with. When the particular
road has been determined upon. then
comes the question of raising funds.
Those who are disappointed will give
nothing; others will contribute va
rious amounts; the banker. merchant
and grain dealer are called upon and
subscribe different sums; others will
contribute labor; an entertainment
will be held in the town hall, the pro-
ceeds to be devoted to the building OF
the road. The local paper will be
filled with letters. interviews and edi-
torials; everybody is patting himself
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
Uses Of Paper Metal.

AT the great coronation pageant
which will be next June. when George
is crowned King George ". of Eng.
land, there is TO be something entire
ly different from anything that has
ever happened before.
Instead of real armor the armor
that is to be worn will be made Of
paper metal" There will be exact
copies OF all the old sets OF armor used
and the paper metal viii be so fixed
that the armor made from Il will
give the appearance of the original.
And IT is said that in the future the
metal" will be used for almost all
outdoor decorations. because It Is
much cheaper than plaster paris and
also is waterproof.
II can be made to represent all the
different metals and is so strong that
one can jump on 1t without making
any impression on It.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

on the back and talking OF the won
derful progress that is being made.
This is all very well so far as II
goes, and perhaps the moral effect is
good-it stirs up the community. but
1t does not do very much in the way
of road building. Usually half mile
or SO is the limit and may reach from
the town to the cemetery. Well. that
does some good. and will give a de.
parting citizen a smoother road in
death than he had in life.
The means employed in such cam
paign are wholly inadequate TO the
end sought 1t reminds one of the
old woman who proposed to keep the
tide back with her broom.
There are Also other unsatisfactory,
expensive and wrong ways to take up
this question. The most common enc
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

cent. less than II built a mile or so AT
a time. Again. the roads are all new
at the same time and will be far more
satisfactory 10 the people. and the
benefits will be simultaneous TO the
whole community.
Suppose the state in which a given
township is situated aids in building
permanent roads. under the plan that
is followed in more than one-half the
states. This will make the roads built
a much lighter burden.
Let us see how the matter of taxa.
ton will affect the owner Of a typIcsl
farm by the two plans OF road build.
ing, that is, little each year by an
annual tax levy. and the other by a
bond Issue. supplemented by state aid
or In other words. by comparing the
old way with the new. In order To
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
A PROBLEM AHEAD.

Sporting slang OF the time when
Corbett was champion spoke OF one
pugilist going around another like a
cooper around bartel." But not many
coopers are going around barrels now
adays. says the Toledo Blade. Tho
trick is performed by machine
which. fed the materials. turns out the
finished product as the engineer regu.
aates the steam. Carloads OF scrap
Iron go into a furnace yard at one end
and come out in the shape Of ingots at
the other. the amount OF hand labor
being proportional to the faith or dis
trust the management may have In
new-fangled contrivances. The bottle
machine soon may be making most
OF the common household utensils, and
there are rumors that the glass fac
tories may cease to manufacture in
candescent light globes. the electrical
companies getting their supply from a
mechanism stuck away in q corner of
the plant. where 1t won't bH in the
way and won't heat things all up. Ma
chinery comes In Skilled labor de-
parts or radically changes it's way Of
working. More machinery comes. The
unskilled labor goes Where will it
end! Invention will not, cannot be
stayed. Evolution proceeds remorse.
lessly. What Is there ahead for the
painfully trained clsverness, for the
wonderful fingers OF mankind?
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

Fish meal IL an article now figuring
In the imports of the United States
1t 10 used az a fertilizer and also as
feed for swine and cattle. 1t is made
in Norway. England and Scotland
from the residue of herring, codlings
and other fish. cooked. dried and
ground. Consul Skinner, writing from
Hamburg. says. Swine are said to
consume fish meal eagerly. and Its use
for this purpose II increasing in Ger
many from year to year. 1t must be
fed with care. however. as an exces-
sive ration 10 likely to affect the quail.
ity OF the pork. Fed in moderate
quantities It contributes to the gen.
eral health Of the animal without dis.
advantageous consequences OF any
sort
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
Planning the House.

We'll" said Clifford Bennington
cheerfulIy. I've got the plans for m,
new house ON the lake shore all fin
lshed."
Finished 10 suit your
"N-no. But the architect is satisfied
and that's the best can expect"
'Ha. hal How about Mrs. Berring
toni"
TITS all right with her. too. In fact
she got that fixed before We started
You see. she laid out the cupboards
and wardroles. and all the architec,
had to do > to build q house around
them. Plain Dealer.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
sPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE v

SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE viii
cure any possible case of DlSTEMPER.
PINK EYE, and the like among horses
OF sr ages, and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper.
Any good druggist can supply you, or send
to mfrs. so cents and $l00 a bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co.,
Spec. Contagious Diseases. Goshen. Ind
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

v 9 &c table Com
pound and Sanative
Wash have done me.
/ live on q farm and
have worked very
hard. l am forty
five years old, and
am the mother Of
thirteen children.
Many people think
1t strange that l am
not broken wn
with hard work and
the c0ro 0f NM for
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
He Got the Pass.

II want a pass"
Pass? You're not entitled to a
pass. You are not an employee. Sorry"
NO; but here the anti-pass law says
free transportation can be granted to
necessary caretakers OF livestock.
poultry and fruit Well. I'm going on
this trip with an aunt that's a hem
there's your poultry; girl that's a
peach-there's your fruit. and a
nephew that's mule there's your
livestock Gimme a pass. The Way
Ri
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

An inquirer wishes to know what
has become OF the old fashioned June
bug that used to swoop down on Chi
cago. die In countless millions around
the lampposts and have to be carted
away by the street cleaning depart
ment.' The bug that spoiled the fish.
ing when 1t came and snapped when
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
Important to Mothers
Lead In Salt Industry.

The six leading states in the salt
industry are Michigan. New York.
Ohio, Kansas, Louisiana and Cali
fornia, and in 1909 these six states
produced salt valued at s7.714.557.
The salt from these states is obtained
from rock salt, sea water and natural
brine--in other words. from all the
known sources of salt.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
Why

you should use HEWLETT s
LUNETA COFFEE.
It is the ONLY FRESH
r GA T e D, STEEL CUT COZ
FEE on the market.
All chaff and waste are re-
moved.
In buying LUNETA you get all
Coffee, steel cut in our large cleo
trio mills, and packed in alright
tins made in our own can factory.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
One Necessary Thino.

Kate-Maud is married and she
doesn't know the first thing about
housekeeping.
Alice-Yes, she does; the first thing
IS to get husband to keep house for.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
First and Second Choice.

Uncle.-"Johnny, wouldn't you like
to be an angel?"
Johnny.-"Not as long as there's
show for me to become a baseball
pitcher or a circus clown.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
ieething, softens the gums reduces iniiamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c a bottle
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
A Wise Precaution.

I'll call up my wife and tell her
I'm detained at the office"
BE sure to shut the door OF the
telephone booth. Last time l called
up my wife from this cafe she heard
the orchestra playing Exchange.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18
OWES
HER
HEALTH
To Lydia e. Pinkham 8
Vegetable Compound

Scottville, Mich want to tell
you how much good Lydia E. Pinkham's
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-08-18

Love is the only thing that more
than pays for all it gets.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
]. F. SCHROEDER
FELT co. HEAD,
DIES SUDDENLY.
Succumbs in Hospital After I'M
dergoing Four Operations
for Mastoiditis.

Death came suddenly early today to
]. Frederick Schroeder, "a years old, at
the Eye and Ear Infirmary, following
four operations for mastoiditis within
twenty flour hours of each other. His
parents are heartbroken and his mother
is Frustrated.
The Schroeder family lives at 70 In
graham place, but they were at their
summer home at Lake Hopatcong. md
the young man commuted daily, It
tending to his duties at the factory OF
the Newark Hair Felt Company, In
Frelinghuysen avenue, of which COR
poration he was president.
But a week ago Monday he deter
mined to remain at the lake, saying his
right ear panied him and that, mas
much as business was duh, he you'd
remain away. The following day he
became i'll.
Mr.. Schroeder was a member of Kane
Lodge No. 55, F. and A. M; member
of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon a d.
rector in the Hawthorne Building and
Loan Association and a member of the
Clinton Hill Improvement Association.
He was the secretary and an active
member of the American Club and be-
longed to several other organizations.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
G. O. P. SWEARS IN VOTERS
UNDER OLD ELECTION LAW
[special 10 the Newark star. j

TRENTON, Aug. 2.-On the opinion
of City Solicitor Charles e. Bird, the
Republican organization last night
swore on a number of voters to the
registry list. He holds that the special
election for commissioners cannot be
conducted in part by the provisions of
the old law and In part by the Geran
law After the opinion was rendered
the Republicans got busy and had all
unregistered Republicans placed on the
registry list by aff1davits, in accordance
with the old election law. The act Of
the Republicans is expected to work
to the disadvantage of the Democrats,
as they failed to have Democrats placed
on the registry list by affidavits.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
DENY BEATT|E
SAID He WOULD
GET RID OF WIFE
Women Discredit Story He Tried
to ElOpe With Bin
ford Girl.

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 2.-The pros
ecution received a blow today when
Marie Haynes and Mamie Shafer. the
Norfolk women brought here, denied
ever having heard Henry c. Beattie.
jr, declare to Beulah Binford. his
affinity" that If she would return to
Richmond he would get rid of his
wife,
According to the statement originally
credited to the women. Beattie was in
the Shafer woman's house last spring
trying to get the Binford girl to return
to Richmond or to elope with him. She
was quoted as having said there was
nothing in it fer her, considering the
fact that he had wife.
Leave that to me. I'll get rid of
her" he was said to have answered.
Their sudden declaration. consequently,
that they never heard such a conversa-
dion; came as surprise.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
men AIDED
IN infant
DESER T|ON
STAR Finds That Two
Bought Cart On
July l9.
| WOMAN SEES LIKENESS OF
ANOTHER BABE IN PHOTO
Positive of Identification at First
She Learns Mistake
at AlmshOuse.
WOMAN SEES LIKENESS OF
ANOTHER BABE in PHOTO

The baby of mystery, found In Branch
Brook Park, Is now a greater mystery
than ever.
When Mrs. Margaret Stauhs, of 66
Mulberry street, was shown Evening
STAR photographs taken this morning
old boy, whose discovery in the park
Monday night revealed an unusually
peculiar mystery. she said she was
positive that the baby was Harold
Montgomery. child of Edith Montgom-
cry, who recently boarded the infant
with her But later she visited the
Newark almshouse and said 1t was not
the child, though very much like 1t,
The go-cart, from which the makers
tag, hidden beneath the leatherette on
the bottom of the seat. had been cum
ningly removed to balk the tracing of
the vehicle, was traced, through the
efforts of the Evening STAR. to Harry
Fingerman, a dealer in go-carts at a6
Belmont avenue. He positively identi-
fed the go-cart as one he had sold to
two men July 1s
In the early part of May, young
woman, 20 years old, who said she was
Edith Montgomery, an actress, went
to Mrs Stauhs's with little baby and
said that she wished the baby taken
care Of Edith Montgomery told moth
| ing about herself. except that she came
! from New York, was an actress and
wished to work in Newark.
She took room at 81 Mulberry street
| and went to work In a factory on the
hill. Every night she ran upstairs to
where the little baby boy was Growing
| in Mrs. Stauhs's rooms and cuddled the
little fellow to her with inarticulate
cries of JOY.
Mrs Stauhs was sure the park baby
belonged to the woman until she saw
| it this afternoon at the almshouse.
Tuesday, July Is. two weeks ago. as
the Evening STAR discovered, after
tracing the Haywood" go-cart and
narrc ing down by a process of elm
nation, Harry Fingerman was APP
preached in his store at night by two
men, apparently brothers. one a little
older than the other. and the young
er very we'll dressed.
They wanted a go-cart. He sold
sold them a cheap one for So. The
next evening they appeared at o'clock
and said they wanted better one. He
then sold them the go-cart which is
in the possession Of the police, and
which he identified
The baby was wheeled up Park ave-
nue., almost certainly, after having been
carried in a Clifton avenue car, and
left in a dark corner of a path N the
park. For strategic purposes the place
could not have been better chosen. The
man or woman could command two
paths and had two ways in which to
regain Park avenue in few seconds.
Charles and Leo Stauhs went to the
almshouse last night, but failed to
recognize the child.
The baby is unmarked in any way
strong and sturdy. It's age is months.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
WANTED To DIE
BECAUSE TWITTED
ABOUT HER LOVE
Miss Zitterman Says She Took
Gas to Escape
Criticisms.

81 am sorry that l did not dieA but l
mothers sake" said Miss Anna litter
man, 20 years old, to physicians in the
City Hospital, where she was taken
today. following an attempt to end
her life by inhaling illuminating gas.
She will recover
81 wanted to die said Miss litter
man, because my friends criticised me
because of my friendship for Herman
Patercoe, of SO Springfield avenue"
After arriving home after spending
the evening in company with the young
man. Miss Zittman telephoned him that
she intended committing suicide. He
laughed at her threats. you will see"
she said, as she hung up the receiver.
Patercoe could not be found today.
Shortly after 3 o'clock this .Aorning
her cousin, Louis Zitterman, whose
bedroom is directly back of the parlor,
was awakened by the strong odor of
gas coming from the front room, and
on investigating he found the girl un-
conscious.
Miss Zitterman when she returned
from home shortly before midnight.
did not go to her bedroom, which she
shared with her sister. Miss Elizabeth
Zitterman, but lay down in the parlor
on the couch. The room was hot, but
she closed, or left closed. all of the
windows and the door
Her relatives say she had not lost
her position with the General Electric
Company, nor had she quarreled with
any one. They claim the gas jet was
left open by accident.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-02
M'COY CHOSEN IN CASE OF
LOCAL VICTIM OF REVOLT.
Will Help to Recover w. IL. Mac.
Donald's Property.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-Representa-
tive Mccoy, of New Jersey, was ad-
vised by the State Department today
that he had been chosen to act with
Arnold Shanlxlin. American Consul
General at Mexico City. in the depart
ments endeavor to recover the prop
erty and belongings of the late w. H.
MacDonai,, of Newark. who was mur-
dered during the Mexican insurrection.
r. C. Good, brother-in-law of Mac
Donald, and Mr. Brice. a cousin Of
former United States Senator James
Smith, jr, both of Newark, have been
here in conference with an assistant of
the Secretary of State concerning the
matter Through the efforts of Mr. Nc
Coy they were able to get the ear and
interest of the department.