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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
THREE CURED OF ECZEMA

when a child, I suffered eight
years with eczema. I could not sleep
at night, and had sores all over my
chest. We had doctors and none
could do any good, until my mother
saw the advertisement Of the Cuti-
cura Remedies in the paper. We used
the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent, and they cured me Of
eczema. I also used them on my five
children. Two of them had eczema
very badly. When my children had
eczema, I was not worried at all, as
l knew the Cuticura Remedies would
do their work. They had sores all
over their heads, their hair would fall
out, and they would scratch all night
and day. They had it on their heads,
face, and in back Of the ears so that
thought their ears would drop off. !
washed their heads and bodies with
Cuticura Soap and they are as clean
as the driven snow. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment also cured my children
of ringworm. / would not be without
the Cuticura Remedies. They are
wonderful" (Signed) Mrs. Violet
Cole, 26 s.. Redfeld St, Philadelphia
Pa, Oct. 20, 1910.
sold throughout the world. Send tt
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, sole
props, Boston, for free book on Skin
and scalp diseases and their treat
ment.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

the wrong thing, or If perchance do
ing the right thing, then doing 1t at
the wrong time, causes a loss Of $10,-
900 per day!
In no department of administration
have we more signally failed than in
dealing with the question of the high
ways. 1t is time tt face about and
make an effort to get better results.
Is 1t any wonder people are "sore"
when it ONE to paying road taxes?
They have been at it for generations
and with here and there an exception,
the roads are no better than they were
to begin with.
The question now is what specific
things shall be done in order to get
better results. The first step in the
writer's opinion is to wipe out the
labor system of working out" the tax
by the annual picnic or talkfest, that
usually takes place in the early fall
when everybody turns out to i'm
prove the road. There is no definite
plan; the practice Is to pillow and
scrape, and fill the center of the road
with sod, weeds, brush and earth,
making what before was a passable
road one that is impossible. The late
ness of the season prevents a proper
settlement before the heavy fall rains
and the winter sets in. The weeds,
sod and brush are sure to make trou-
BILE for a year or ore. Many a time
the writer has observed a bunch of
men and teams do a hundred dollars
worth of damage to work out a fifty.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
WHY BATTLESHIP WAS SENT
Because of Misinterpreted Cipher
Message the Maine Went to
Havana.

Probably very few know that the
Maine had been hurried to Havana be-
cause OF a misinterpreted cipher mes
sage. Mr.. John R.. Caldwell, who had
been in charge of the Havana bureau,
and whom l relieved, told me that
several days prior to my arrival ne
had made reQuisition upon the Office
for a revolver. There had come siren
nous times in the Cuban capital, riots
had been frequent, the lives OF for
eigners, particularly those Of Ameri-
cans, had been more than once placed
in jeopardy, and the time had come
when correspondents felt the need of
firearms to protect their lives. The
revolver sent to Mr.. Caldwell was
struggled to him by q passenger on
the steamship Olivette, to whom the
weapon had been entrusted by an
agent of the paper in Tampa. BY some
oversight no cartridges had been sent
with it, and it being impossible to Sc
cure any in Havana, the correspond
emit cabled to New York. Camera re-
ceived, but ne plates; send by next
boat"
Through some strange error on the
part of the one who received it, the
cryptogram was construed to be a
cipher and was translated to read that
an attempt had been made on the life
Of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, American con-
sui general in Havana. This misin-
formation went to Washington and
reached there after the Havana cable
had closed. Early the next day Mr..
Caldwell received from the Herald the
following cryptogram: Send story
and pictures ordered on food-supplies;
we want it for main sheet BY apply
ing the cipher key, the first sentence
was readily translated to read: "A
United States warship has been or.
dered to Havana" The second evil
IDENTIFY conveyed some hint which was
beyond the limitation of the code, but
the word main gave the clue. Meet
ing General Lee at breakfast that
morning, Mr.. Caldwell quietly In
formed him that the Maine was on
her way to Havana. The general was
incredulous. No warship, he assured
the correspondent, would be sent tt
Havana unless he requested it.-Wal
ter Scott Meriwether, IN Harper's
Weekly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

requires considerable engineering ex,
perience the farmer does not and is
not expected to have. 1t is no reflec-
tion upon him to say he is not a suc-
cessful road builder-any more than
it would be to question his ability in
carpentry. To have the best superv1-
sion the township or road district is
too small a unit. The mileage is too
limited to make it practical to have an
experienced road builder in charge.
Hence the present thought is that the
county should be the road district, or
perhaps there might be two districts
in large counties. The road super
visor should be a capable, experienced
engineer employed by the year., or the
season. Let him get the necessary
tools, men and teams and do the work
when it ought to be done. When grad
ing is necessary, the earlier in the
spring it is done the better. The sur
face ought not to be disturbed after
the first of July.
The first and most important step
is road drainage. No drain. no road.
It is exceedingly important to have
one in charge who knows his business.
AS road drainage will be treated at
length in another article, the writer
will not elaborate upon 1t at this time.
The drains can be laid at any season
when the frost is out of the ground,
Culverts can be built, the roads drag
ged, weeds cut, etc. This will give
work from early spring until fall.
With the county as a unit, plan 9
f~ive-year campaign of grading an6
draining, beginning with the mali
roads and extending the work in the
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
WASTE IN HIGHWAYS
HALF THE MONEY SPENT IN
PUBLIC ROADS Is THROWN
AWAY.
UTtHstNyiS,
AME7lz.
GOOD ROADS, UNIVERSAL CRY
Everybody Wants Something Done,
but Nearly Every Community Is
Cropping in the Dark-Time to Face
About and Try for Better Results.
BY HOWARD n. GROSS.

No one who is familiar with the way
road work has been handled for the
last twenty years will dispute that
half of the time and money expended
upon Jul public roads by the hit and
miss methods employed has been
wasted. Most observers will say the
waste is even greater. The country
over, the outlay approximates $50, 000,-
600. We have gone on from genera
ton to generation pursuing this alb
surd plan, or rather lack of plan. It
is a most unbusinesslike and repre-
hensible proceeding. No business en-
terprise could last a year with such a
fearful waste. A calculation made
with great care by one of the best a u
thorities In the state, contends the di-
rec waste on Illinois roads by doing
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

nifty seems to be cropping In the dark,
not knowing just how to accomplish
the desired end. In many localities
we find that meetings are held, a sub.
scription is started, and volunteers
beat up and down the street, asking
everyone to subscribe either money or
labor. A bank will give 500, a mer.
chant another 500, the man next
door, who ought to do the same thing,
will give $40. A public entertainment
is gotten up, and after a campaign Of
a number of weeks, perhaps $4,000 is
raised for improving a piece of road.
In order to save expense some local
party will undertake the work. He
does no know much about road build
ing, and the result is a botch job. The
money is spent and a half-mile of
road is made, and while it is poorly
constructed, it is SO much better than
the previous conditions, that it is hail
ed with delight. No effort along these
lines can amount to much, beyond the
creating of al increased desire for
better roads. Experience shows be-
yond any question that the way to do
is to build as large a mileage as pos
sible at the same time, and have 1t
done under the supervision of a cap
able road engineer. If ten or twelve
miles are built instead of one the cost
of construction will be much less; it
will pay to have improved machinery
and the best facilities. Then the pay
nent of the road should not be made
by passing the hat, where some
will do their duty and others will not,
but on the contrary tho amount should
be covered by issuing long time bonds
and spreading the burden over Ill the
property of the township. If FORUM
ately the state is operating under the
state aid plan, whereby a portion of
the expense is contributed from the
state treasury, it simplifes the matter
very much and lightens the burden.
The writer made a calculation Gov
ering the state of Illinois, and that cal
culation was verified by the late DR..
Frank H. Hall of Aurora, n of the
best mathematicians in the country,
and he found it correct. It showed
that first-class hard roads could be
built over all the main highways in
the state of Illinois, under the state
aid plan, the state paying one-half the
expense from a general tax levy, and
the balance locally by the township,
and the combined expense spread
ever a period Of ten years, would not
exceed ten cents per acre per year
on farm lands. What Is true of Hi.
nois will be found to work out very
cAsely along these lines in nearly all
states of the central West.
The amount of money wasted upor
the highways of any state between
Pittsburg and Denver, and from Min
+ nesota to Florida, would more thar
. pay the interest on the bonds neces
+ sary to build and maintain first-clas
permanent roads. We might state /
in another way: That the economic
that can be accomplished and tn
benefits that will accrue from impro1
ing the highways, will take OFF, fror
the burden of the people many time
more than the taxes to build the road
| VIII impose. Why not convert thi
waste into a permanent asset? VIII
not have better conditions WHEN "
q can do so SO easily?
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
STRANGE. Children.

George Bancroft, the historian, used
to relate with gusto a Joke that he
caught while trotting to school alonA
q Massachusetts country road. 1t was
about old Levi Lincoln, says Percy H.
Epler in Master Minds at the Com
monwealth's Heart"
The old gentleman was nearly
blind. A flock of geese was being
driven gobbling up Lincoln street.
Leaning far out of the carriage, the
fine old aristocrat, thinking they were
children, threw out a handful of pen,
MES, graciously exclaiming:
God bless you, my c%hildren!"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

order Of Importance. In a county of
ten to fifteen townships, one good en-.
gineer with three or four gangs of
men with machinery, each having a
good foreman, in three or four years
will make such a showing, that people
will wonder they eve tolerated the
old hit and miss methods.
If the method suggested was adopt.
ed and followed, it would at least dou.
BILE the results for the taxes now paid
By having regular employment. both
the men and horses would become
proficient and do more in a day than
the "greenhorn" would do in two days
and the work will be far better done
as we'll.
The above outline is for the treat
ment of earth roads. When the time
comes, and come it will, when the
main roads will have to have a hard
smooth wearing surface of stone
gravel or brick, all of the work pre-
viously done as above set forth, will
be valuable as a preparation for the
permanent road.
The Inauguration of such a plan will
appeal to the people; they will see
they are getting something for the
money paid. Their attitude will
change from one of hostility to friend
ly cooperation, and this is of mucf
Importance. The writer once saw ar
drag, He took it out in a rain storm
and dragged a mile Of road. goi.s
twice over it until it was in his Ian
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
Apnaliinu Excuse.

'"This is the fifth time you have
been brought before me this term"
said the judge, frowning severely up
on the prisoner at the bar.
Eyes, your honor" said the prisoner.
"You know a man is judged by the
company he keeps, and l like to be
seen talkin' to your honor for the
sake of me credit"
All right" said the Judge. "Oficer,
take this man over to the island and
tell them to give him a credit Of sc
days."-Harper's Weekly.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

dollar road tax. The stories told, the
stunts of wrestling, jumping and other
athletic diversions, make it a holiday
enjoyed by every one
There Is but one thing to do: Col
lect all the road taxes in cash and pay
to have the work done under the best
supervision obtainable.
This working out the road a dates
back before the war, when there was
very little money in circulation, and it
vas next to impossible for the people
to pay the tax in any other way. 1t
is different now. The labor system
has outlived It's usefulness and should
60.
Road building, even II q dirt road,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

guage as smooth as q ribbon. No
sooner had he turned in under cover
than he saw a neighbor with two
teams coming down over the road, un.
doing all he had done. The comment
made would not look well In print.
II the party in question had any ap.
probation OF the fitness of things, he
would have driven along the side of
the road, and left the dragged surface
SO it would shed water and dry
smooth. A fivedollar fine with costs
would have been a good lesson.
The sentiment is everywhere fol
better highways. Good Roads" is the
universal cry-eyerybody wants some
thing done, but nearly every eomwu
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

glad I did, for it has cured me.
II know of so many cases where wo-
men have been cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound that I a
say to every suffering woman if that
medicine does not help her, there is
nothing that will."-Mrs. JANETzKI,
1908 Arch ST., Chicago, Ill.
This is the age Of substitution, and
women who want a cure should insist
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound just as this woman did, and
not accept something else On which the
druggist can make a little more profit.
Women who are passing through this
critical period or who are suffering
from any Of those distressing ills pc
culiar to their sex should not lose sight
of the fact that for thirty years Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which is made from roots and herbs,
has been the standard remedy for fe-
male ills. In almost every community
you will find women who have been
restored to health by Lydia E. Pink
bans Vegetable Compound.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
A Wish Gratihed.

"Jiggs used to tell me that the
dream of his life was to live some
day in a big house on a hill"
Poor fellow! And now he 10 In
the, state pen~itentiary."
True. but that is e big house and
It happens to be on q hill"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

MALARIA AND KINDRED DISEASES
Cured by that wonderful remedy Elixir
Babek. Once used, nothing else will be
ever considered. It removes the strong
est and most obstinate Fevers.
II have used Elixir Babek' for past
eight years as a preventive and cure
for Malaria. I take pleasure In RECON-
mending it to my friends.-P. A. Simp-
son, w. u. Tel. Co.. Washington, D. c.
Elixir Babek so cents, all druggists or
Kloczewski & Co.. Washington d. c. 4
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Start afresh this Spring-cleanse and
purify the system by a course of Garfield
Tea, Herb laxative and blood-purifier.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

ing people; most of them are written
for the entertainment of women.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Eoot-Ease, the antiseptic powder. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen's Foot
Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is q
certain relief for sweating. callous, swollen, tired,
aching feet. Always use it to Break in New shoes.
Try it today. Sold e~verywher re, rs cents. Don't
accept any substitute. For FREE trial package,
address Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

And lots of people who think they
have nothing but trouble don't know
what trouble really is.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

A hating speech may be the result
of a lame excuse.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
The Real Reason

II am going to send you my little
kitten to keep you company"
How good of you"
Don't mention it.. Besides. we are
moving"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes
Prevents Infection-Murine Eye Salve
In Tubes for all Eye Ills. No Morphine.
Ask Druggists for New Size Csc. VAL
liable Eye Book in Each Package.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Many a mar has discovered that
popularity is not worth the price.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

| For HEADACHE-Hfcks, CAPUDINE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
| Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It's lquid-pleasant to take-acts immedi-
ately Try it. 1Oc., Csc, and SO cents at drug
stores.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c a bottle.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Lots of city farmers make a spe-
ctalty of sowing wild oats.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

dA0 L WOAAo w eAA0
store to get q bottle
of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound, but the
clerk did not want
to let me have it
he said it was no
good and wanted me
TO try something
else, but knowing
all about it I in
sisted and finally
got it, and / am so
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Wrath and wine unveil the heart of
friend to friend.-Plutarch.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
For COLDS and GIRL

Hicks CAPUDINE is the best remedy-re
lieves the aching and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
Cold and restores normal conditions It's
liquid-effects Immediately. 1Oc., 25c., and Soc.
At drug stores.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
SHE GOT
WHAT SHE
WANTED
This Woman Had to Insist
Strongly, but it Paid

Chicago, Ill.-"I suffered from a fe-
male weakness and stomach trouble,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
Avnnofie

Hypnotic.
Margaret think MI. Baker could
easily hypnotic. people.
Katherine-Why do you think so?
Marguerite often holds my hand
till it falls asleep.-Puck.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Your wife, as we'll as your sins, will
find o out.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08
IloodS


Cures all humors, catarrh and
rheumatism, relieves that tired
feeling, restores the appetite
cures paleness, nervousness,
builds up the whole system
Get it today in usual liquid form az
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-06-08

Garfield Tea regulates a lazy liver.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-06-22
The Cedar Canal Will
Water Splendid Land

the surface. Tho prevailing rock =
sandstone. The soil IL deep aAA
strong. principally red soil covsfoA
with gramma grass, some sage bruaA
and other shrubs in places. but an
easily cleaned and much Of It natnr.
ally ready for the plow.
II will grow any crop that II raised
in Delta county. The fruit Ia simply
fine and corn 10 good for Colorado
All small grain does well.
Plenty OF wood and coal near and
there is large pine forest within .
few miles Of the valley whore you
can secure your houselogs. etc. from
Uncle Sam. Plenty Of cedars on the
mountain sides from which the post
office Cedar" takes its name Come
to Cedar at once and will help you
secure a good home and win give you
all the work you want on the ditch In
exchange for water stock. Better
come prepared to supply your own
outfit with whatever you will need un-
til you can raise a crop. There are
several thousand acres, on which
crops may be grown next year ana
some Of the land under the completed
ditch is yet vacant. Your water right
will cost about s25 per acre At present
price 81 per share.
GEO. ENOS.
Engineer in charge OF Cedar Canal
and Reservoir.
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-06-22

To the many who are inquiring
ebout the Cedar Canal and Reservoir
enterprise near Cedar in San Miguel
county, Colorado. will say that l
have finished the survey Of two res
ervoirs this summer, one OF which will
contain ten thousand. seven hundred
acres Of water one foot deep with a
dam requiring fifty-six cubic yards Of
dirt to the acre foot of water. The
other one will store about ten thous-
and acre feet with a less quantity Of
dirt in the dam. There is plenty of
dirt available for building the dams at
small cost and the reservoirs are
ideal for holding water.
These reservoirs are so situated as
to cover the entire valley OF thirty
thousand acres or more, by means Of
about eight miles OF ditch to the up
per part Of the land to be watered.
There are three other reservoirs To-
Gated which can. and will be utilized
II needed. The water supply is more
Likes each year. besides irrigating
the land during the early part Of the
season. l have been camped near the
Disappointment creek, which will sup
ply the water, since March 5, 1910.
and took notes OF the flow OF water
in this stream and I know there is
enough and to spare
The country has but few stones on
The Paonia progressive and the Paonia newspaper., 1911-06-22
GUSHING CLAIMSN
CONGRESS y. znmgz zAex

URING the closing days Of
the last session of con-
gress a filibuster was con-
Quoted in the house Of
representatives against
the passage of certain
sections of what Is known
as the Omnibus Claims
bill. All of the claims