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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
Not Fit For Ladies

Public sentiment should be
against it, and we believe it is.
there can be no reason why ladies'
should have to suffer with head
ache and neuralgia, especially
when Hunts Lightning Oil gives
prompt relief. 1t is simply a
question of getting the ladies to
try it. All druggists sell Hunts
Lightning Oil in 25c and SOC
bottles.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
Lost or Strayed.

Four head of cattle, described
as follows: old dun COW, l
light red cow with split in right
and split and crop in left ear, l
dark brindle heifer marked same
as cow, / yearling heifer calf
same marks. Strayed from Har-
die, La, about Oct. 10, 1912
Any information leading to re-
covery will be rewarded.
w. J. Riddle, Hardie, La.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22

A few days ago a horse bit off
the chin Of a man in Indiana,
and now we are thinking of what
a great curtailment of the output
of noise there would have been if
the horse had got busy on the
spellbinders during the campaign
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
Is your husband cross? I

Is your husband cross? An
irritable, fault finding disposition
is often due to a disordered stom-
ach. A man with good digestion
is nearly always good natured,
A great many have been pern,a.
nently cured of stomach trouble
by taking Chamberlain's Tablets.
For sale by all dealers.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
State of Ohio, city of Toledo,
Lucas County. /

State OF Ohio, city Of Toledo,
Lucas County, IS
Frank J. Cheney makes oath
he is senior partner of the firm
of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum
of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of
Halls Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and sub.
scribed in my presence, this 9th
day of December, A. D. 1886.
(SeaD A. w. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taker
internally and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for test.
monials, free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, G.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipation.
1t is said that the Hon. Bill
Taft this winter will resort L.
skating for ourGoor exercise.
This is easier on a gouty foot
than golfing, and besides he can
amuse himself cutting figure
Fights on the ice every time he
thinks of the election returns.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22

There could be no better
medicine than Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. My children
were all sick with whooping
cough. One of them was in bed,
had a high fever and was cough
ing up blood. Our doctor gave
them Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and the first dose eased them,
and three bottles cured them"
says Mrs. A. Donaldson, of Lex
ington, Miss. For sale by all
dealers. \ At
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
What a Baptist Preacher Did

This is to certify that | have
used one box Of Hunts Cure e.,
a skin trouble. and same cured
me after using about 50 worth Of
other OF ointments and salves.
Nothing like Hunts Cure for
skin troubles, Rev. H. T. Size.
more, Hemphill, Tex,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22

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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22

A news item says PHILADELPHIA
has a new dance called the chick.
en- flip, which makes us suspect
that it was invented by the per.
son 'who was looking on when
the ]ackass danced with the
chickens and heard that ungrace.
ful animal advicse every fellow
to take care of his own toes.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
A Great BuIdiag Falls

when its foundation is under.
minded, and if the foundation of
health good digestion At
tackled, quick collapse follows.
On the first signs of indigestion.
DR.. Kinks New Life Pills shonld
be taken to tone the stomach
apd regulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Pleasant, easy, safe
and only Is cents at all druggists
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22

is no room for debate as to the
desirability of industrial concerns
eliminating drinking men from
places where their actions have
influence over the lives and prop.
erty of other people. IN. O. Item.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
Only a Fire Hero

but the crowd cheered, as, with
burned hands, he held up a small
round box. "Fellows!" he shout
ed, this Bucklen's Arnica Salve
| hold, has everything beat for
burns. Right! also for boils,
ulcers, sores, pimples, eczema,
cuts, sprains. bruises. Surest
pile cure. It subdues infamma-
ton, kills pain. Only Is cents at
all druggists.
1t appears that the Hon. Nick
Longworth is panied not so much
by the loss of his seat in Con-
gress as he is by the fact that he
was defeated by a fellow named
Bowdler, who pictured him to
the rabble as a useless political
luxury and an unnecessary evil.
Rub-My-Tism will cure you.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22
Vote of Louisiana.

The official vote cast for presi.
dent in Louisiana November 5,
as compiled by the Secretary 81
State is as follows:
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-22

II music is the food Of love, as|
.ne poet says, we would like for
him to explain why it is that
young married couples are sucb
large consumers of canned poode
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
olD-TIME REMEDY ~
OARkENS THE HAIR
Gives Color, Lustre to Faded and
Gray Hair-Dandruff Quickly
Removed, ...~..

For generations Sage and Sulphur
have been used for. hair and scalp
troubles. Almost everyone knows
the value of such combination for
keeping the hair a good even color,
for curing dandruff, itching scalp
and falling hair, and for promoting
the growth of the hair. Years ago
the only way to get a Hair Tonic of
this kind was to make it in the home,
which was troublesome and not al
ways satisfactory. Nowadays, almost
any up-to-date druggist can supply
his patrons with a ready-to-use pro-
duct, skillfully prepared In perfectly
equipped laboratories. liz.
An ideal preparation of this sort
is Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy, in which Sage and Sulphur
are combined with other valuable
remedies for scalp troubles. and thin,
weak hair that, is losing it's color or
coming out After using this remedy
for few days, you will notice the
color gradually coming back. your
scalp will feel better, the dandrufl
will soon be gone, and in less than
a months time there will be q Won
derful difference in your hair.
Don't neglect your hair If it il
full of dandruff, losing it's color OF
coming out. Get fifty cent bottle
of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur from
your druggist, and see what q few
days treatment will do for you. AL
druggists sell it, under guarantee
that the money will be refunded i
the remedy is not exactly as repre-
sented.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
Tho Road Contract Svstem.

Tho Road Contract System. i
There are three systems of ROAD
maintenance In use in this country
viz, the contract system, the labor tax.
or personal service system, and the
system which provides men perma-
5nentlys employed. to look after particu.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
ADVANTAGE OF DEEP TILLAGE
prouth Of 1911 Stirred Up 'nterest
Among Farmers on Problem OF
Moisture Conservation.

The great drouth of 1911 caused =
crop shrinkage of hundreds OF mil.
lions of bushels. But it wrought .
benefit that cannot be calculated. 1t
stirred up an interest in deep tilling.
and the conservation of moisture that
will spread until every farmer knows
how to protect his crops against tho
dryest season. You hear deep @tillage-
discussed at the farming congresses,
says the Farm, Stock and Home. You
read about it in every leading farm
paper. It Is the talk at the Institutes
and oranges. 1t ,willrnot be many years
nutil we are getting out of our poor
soil all that it is capable Of producina
and that, too, without "soil mining
or "soil rObbing.' "r.~ -
The introduction of deep tillage
tools is another reason for the wide.
spread determination to 90 deeper
into tho soil, at this time. Heretofore
It has been exceedingly difficult for
the farmer to till as deeply as recom'
mended with the ordinary plows at his
command. But such tools have proved
that they not only till soil deeply but
that they make pulverized seed bed
all in one operation The seed bed
prepared by such, tools is thus an am
pie reservoir to hold the early spring
rains. It will absorb three times as
much moisture as shallow titled
field. The farther down the moisture
goes the less the evaporation. t. The
farther down the soil is pulperized the
roots will go, thus getting all the
drink they need even, when no rain
falls. We have. plenty of moisture
now Heavy rains everywhere. We
will have oceans of water all winter
and next spring. It may make thought
less people tired to think about water
now-but the long-headed = farmer
knows that he will need water Just al
much next July and August as he did
In 1911-and he will prepare to
save 1t.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

No amount Of washing will rid over
churned butter of milk.
Excitement and confusion are not
conducive to the best milk produc
tion
A money-making combination is the
COW and the SOW Give the latter
warm skim milk.
The only way to absolutely know q
COW, is to weigh and test the milk
thoroughly the entire year.
The best time to salt butter is be.
fore it is taken from the schurn, and
just as it is gathered in granules.
1t requires grain as we'll as rough
ness to produce butter fat, and butter
fat at present prices is what pays.
Dairying has crowded out sheep
raising in Australia. The Australian
butter Is in good demand In Europe.
The COW. must have, pasture or its
equivalent. This accounts for the
many soils and the great popularity Of
soiling crops.
1t is zself-robbery to take dairy
! COW through the winter Wnon sn1
gives milk only five or six months
out of the whole year.
I If the cows pedigree tallies with
/ the milk pail, then 1t is consist
ent, and a good{ foundation or a poor
one, as the case may be.
Selection is absolutely necessary in
order to feed and build up a good
dairy herd. One must Gull closely
here as we'll as In other lines OF work
One cannot Judge the size Of the
feed for the calf. by the vigor OF ite
appetite. If this is to be the measure
the calf it apt to be dangerously over
fed.
| Many of the details in butter:mak
ing can only be looked after by ex
perience Much of it must be learned
by doing the work. No one can begin
where the other fellow LETT, Of. F.,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

In the above table round timbers or
logs may be substituted for the strin-
gers, in which case the diameter Of the
log should be about one and e-eighth
times the largest dimension Of the
stringer as given. @ @
. Fig. 2 illustrates two methods by
which the simple beam or stringer may
be strengthened and states the cor
responding loads that will be carried
safely. That is, the simple beam II
inches by II inches square and "a feet
between points of support will carry.
safely a concentrated load Of one and.
#one-half tons at its center, while II the
same beam be made into a King post.
beam by passing underneath the beam
4 one inch steel rod, which is made.
fast at eitherse Of the beam, and in
serting aisingle post under the load at
the center fof the beam, then such q
beam will carry about two and three
quarter times - much, or load Of
thees and thkso ouartaF tons aafely.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

While IL the same LEAN lae built lllsft.
a King truss beam The load conaen
trated at the center may then be in
creased to nine tons.
The best culverts and smaller bridges
are built OF re-enforced concrete. The
cost Is greater than for wooden or pipe
constructions in the first instance, but
{ II well built there should be no fur
staer cost for repairs. That is, the first
cost Is the last eest, while durability
and safety are secured from the ont.
set.
! Good materials, consisting ofecrush-
ed stone or gravel, sand and portland
cement and water, are required for con.
crete: Deformed steel rods -imbeddef
In the concrete are used for strength
entng the cover spans The mixing of
these materials into concrete and plac.
ing it In the forms are extremely sim
pie matters after they are once well
understood. but utnevertheless should not
be undertaken by one who is unfamil-
lar with the use of concrete. fs
There are three general kinds of con
crete culverts. which are known as the
concrete box type. They are built for
the smaller sizes up to such as have an
opening about four feet by six feet
wide. For sizes above that the floor is
usually left ont where it is not needed
to protect the foundation, or paving
may be substituted, for it. The f]ool
and side walls are constructed of con:
crete with or without metal reinforce
ment, usually without such re-enforce.
ments, The proportions Of concrete
used for the floor and side walls are
usually /, 3. 6=-that is, one part by
measure Of portland cement, three
| parts by measure of sand and six parts
by measuresofa crushed stone or gravel
For spans above ten or twelve feet the
cover needs to be strengthened with
| concrete beams. This type is known
as thesconcrete T beam from it's resem'
| blance5 to the. capital letter. They are
! placed adjacent to each other, the dis
tance from center to center depending
upon the load which the bridge is ex:
pected to carry. Z f. = -'.- III --s! - = :
| The best type Of concrete culyerts fO1
spans from ten feet up to thirty feet is
the steel beam incased in concrete, as
shown in Fig I. Here the concrete
floor is designed to carry the load
across the span from onesI beam to an
other, while the. steel l beams carry
the load from one abutment to the 9th
er. 1t often happens that the culverts
are built on yielding foundations and
that the abutments sometimes settle
causing cracks that would be danger
GUS in some types of culverts, but it is
the ability Of the steel beam type tt
withstand such conditions as these JUS
mentioned that makes it the best type
to build. The L beams are incased il
concrete to protect them from rusting
Sometimes they are simply painted O.
more often not painted at all, and wha
would be a permanent bridge is al
lowed to rust out for lack of prope
care. .@F : &
For details in regard to the methods
of designing and building concret'
bridges attention is called to bulletin
/ No. 80, "Highway Bridges and Cul
verts," issued by the Office of public
roads, United States department o
agriculture. >,.. .-.s-sr<
| ] No road can be called a good roat
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

Sir Richard Jebb, the eminent phy.
sician, was man of irritable temper.
and when bored by the querulous com.
plants of some of his patients could
not always force himself to return 4
civil answer. A troublesome patient.
whose illness was purely imaginary,
pestered him one day with questions
as to what he should eat.
MY directions on that point said
Sir Richard. will be few and simple.
You must not eat the shovel, poker, or
tongs, for they are hard OF digestion; !;
nor the bellows, for they are windy;
but anything else ron please" |"
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
Home Course
Road 0 Making Y
Vu.-Highway Culverts
and Bridges.
BY LOGAN WALLER PAGE,
Director Office Of Public Roads,
United States Department
/ <ss.,.. Of Agriculture
Copyright by American Press Asso- q
r. citation, 1912. 49,
= ULVERTS and bridges are con
structed for twofOid purpose.
Copyright by American Press Asso-
. citation, 1912.

- ULNERTS and bridges are con
structed for twOfOid purpose.
~ In the first place, they are re-
quired to provide the necessary
drainage for the road and, lnthe sec
'ond place, to furnish a suitable cross
ing for traffic over waterways. A large
percentage Of the highway eculyerts
and bridges In this country We're built
/ II wood in the first instance. and in
later years manysof the smaller cu,
fverts have been rebuilt with some kind
of pipe, either of terra Gotta, cast iron
or more recentlyEo corrugated metal.
1t is impracticable in q short paper to
discuss the various forms Of pipe cul-
verts. They are purchased in the open
market. and the road official uses his
Judgment about the size of pipe that
should be laid to serve the require
ments of the location in question:
The following principles should. how
ever, be borne in mind: All pipe cul-
iverts should be laid deep enough 50
that the pipe will not be injured BY the
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25


traffic. passing over it, and head walls
should in all cases be built at each |
end OF the culverts to prevent them
from being washed out. The maxi
mum fill to be allowed over a clay
pipe culvert should be at least three
feet. The objection to pipe culverts
Is that they become easily zelogged and
are thus made useless. Clay pipe cul-
verts are easily broken unless they are
we'll laid and we'll protected.
The most simple and natural form Of
bridge consists of timbers laid across
the stream or opening which is to be
passed over and covered with planks
to form the roadway Walls should
be built to support each end of the
timbers, and these are called abut-
ments The width Of the opening
which they cross is. termed the span.
The timbers themselves are called
stringers, and the planks are usually
referred to as the flooring. -.
- The size OF the sstringers required in
creases with the span and the distance
apart, center to, center, that they are
laid. For. example, a - inch by inch
stringer will do for two foot span,
while inch by 10 inch or inch by
.12 inch stringer- is required for TWEEN.
ty foot span. The distance apart that
the stringers are required to be laid
varies with the thickness Of the plank
flooring and the amount Of traffic.
The weight of the materials In the
bridge Is commonly referred to as the
dead load.s The: additional load which
the, bridge r; is designed to carry. is
known as the live load and consists of
animals, wagons or motor vehicles or
pedestrians. A crowd of people stand
ing close together on bridge is usual;
" estimated at about 100 pounds per
square foot Of floor space.
The strength Of the bridge depends
upon the kind OF timber used, the di-
mensiOns of the timber, the amount
used and It's location, and also very
largely upon the span Of the bridge.
For, example, assuming a loaded wagon
carrying: 500. pounds per wheel, yell
low pine board one inch thick and eight
inches wide would require stringers to
support it about every thirteen inches
apart to. carry the load safely, while a
plank Of the same width and two
Inches thick would require stringers
three feet apart, and three inch plank
would require stringers about every
four feet apart. These figures are based
upon the assumption that yellow pine,
Douglas fir or good quality of oak
would be used. If such umbers as
white pine, hemlock or spruce are used,
then stringers would be required
about every eight inches for one inch
board, every two and one-half feet for
q two inch plank and every three feet
for three inch plank sss5ss
The following table gives the approx
innate sizes OF stringers required for
the different spans:
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
Corrections.

In order that the readers Of the
Pioneer may have correct informa-
ton on certain subjects, the follow
ing is printed:
Bemidji Sentinel-"County Audi
tor George has received from State
Auditor Iverson the blanks used in
the leasing of pasturage lands in
Beltrami county. This land can be
had at any time before April 9 at
ten cents an acre."
Instead of the land being furnish
ed at ten cents an acre, the auditor s
commission on the transaction is
ten cents an acre. The land can be
obtained only through bids which
will be opened April 9 in the audi
tors office. Bids have to cover at
least forty acres and cannot be for
less than 81 on each forty so taken.
Sentinel-"Ed LeClaire, notorious
as professional criminal, and want
ed by the state in it's prosecution OF
DR.. Dumas, has been located and ad-
mits that it was he and "Sandy'
Young who set fire to the Bacon
block in Blackduck a year ago. The
state fire marshall's Office stands be.
hind these assertions:"
Interviewed Friday night, A. NJ
Wallace, first assistant to the fire
marshall said that as far as he knew
it was not true that LIE Claire haG
been located; that the department
had heard of his location severa
times but that it had been unable tt
get him; that he knew of no founda
tion for the statements quoted above
Sam Fullerton, also assistant tt
the state fire marshall, stated Satur
day that he had not been authorit,
for the statements quoted above ant
knew nothing of LIE Claire's where
abouts. He branded the story al
newspaper DOPE"
Sentinel-"Oscar Baker, who ad
mitted having set fire to house il
Spooner last January, was sentenced
TO Saltwater Tuesday afternoon b!
Judge B. F. Wright. The minimum
penalty is ten years.
The house burned stood in what i
known as "Old Baudette" and wa
not on the Spooner side of the river
Furthermore, Baker was not sen
fenced to Saltwater, but the record
Of the clerk of the court will sho7
that he was sentenced to the 81
Cloud reformatory.
Sentinel-"Efforts of George F
Kreatz to collect $s,O48.65 from f
T.. Mcdonald, etc. .
The amount sued for by Mr.. Kreat
was $3,04S.65, slight difference c
$1,000. .-..--
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25

lar sections Of road. The contract sys-
tenn has been used to some extent in
various states, but 1t has never been
found entirely satisfactory. As gen
eral rule, the amount paid for this
work sis small, and such poor service
il rendered that in many eases the
roads have become worse rather than
better.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-25
THIS DATE IN HISTORY"
MARCH 25

l634-Lord Baltimore's first
colony landed in Maryland.
1744-Lotteries were authorized
by law in Massachusetts,.
177l-Joachim Murat, who mar
ried sister Of Napoleon and became
king of Naples, born. Executed Oct.
IS, 1915.
1797-Special session of Congress
called to consider the threatening
relations with France.
1S25-University of Virginia
opened to students.
1S36-First issue of the .Philadel-
phia "Public Ledger"
1S46-Michael Davitt, noted Irish
leader, born. Died May 81, 1905.
1S62-Beaufort, N c., occupied by
Federal troops.
1911-Fire in a shirt-waist fac
tory in New York killed 14S persons
most women.