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traffic passing over it, and head walls
should in all cases be built mt each
end of the culverts to prevent them
from being washed out. The maxi
mum fiji to be allowed over clay
pipe culvert should be at least three
feet. The objection to pipe culverts
is that they become easily clogged and
are thus made useless, Clay pipe cul-
verts are easily broken unless they are
well laid and well 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 stringers required in
creases with the span and the dstanc'
apart. center to center. that they are
laid For example, a inch by 6 inch
stringer will do for a two foot span,
while a inch by 10 inch or inch by
II 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 The additional load which
the bridge is designed to carry is
known as the live load and consists of
animals. wagons or motor vehicles or
pedestrians. \ crowd of people stand
ing close together on bridge is usual
ly 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-
mansions of the timber, the amount
used and its location, and also very
largely upon the span of the bridge.
For example. assuming loaded wagon
carrying 800 pounds per wheel. a yell
low pine board one inch thick and eight
inches wide would require stringers TO
support 1t 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 a good quality Of oak
would be used. IL such timberS as
white pine. hemlock or spruce are used.
then stringers would be required
about every eight inches for a one inch
board. every two and one-half feet for
a two inch plank and every three feet
for n three inch plank.
The following table gives the approx
innate sizes OF stringers required for
the different spans:
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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 one-eighth
times the largest dimension Of the
stringer as given.
Fig. 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 Il inches square and "a feet
between points Of support viii carry
safely n 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
a one inch steel rod which Is made
fast az either end Of the beam. and in
serting a single post under the load at
the center Of the beam. then such a
beam win carry about two aHd three
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The Road Contract System.

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.
nently employed TO look after particu'
lar sections OF road. The contract sys.
TEN mas been used to some extent in
various states. but il has never been
found entirely satisfactory. As a gen
eral rule. the amount paid for this
work is small, and such poor service
Is rendered that In many cases the
roads have become worse rather than
better.
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MEN WANTED

On Friday. June h number of employees of the Ee
Railway Company left their without
strike which exists These represented almost entirely the
younger inexperienced large majority of the
ing all of the older responsible remained with Company
and have faithfully served operating its service which has
well maintained over its entire system.
The Company suitable experienced Moomen
Conductors fill the places who have left the
employment only these worthy
persons who qualify
For full information write apply Superintendent Employ
l53Mlk Street. Boston, Mass
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AssAILs THE TURKEY TRoT
Priest Says Those Who Dance
Should Be Sent to Jail

New York, July S.-The turnkey
trot" was denounced by Father Ed
ward +. Hannigan in a sermon TO
the young members of his congrega-
ton at the 1880 o'clock mass and the
8 O'Clock mass in st. Patrick's church
in Long Island City yesterday morn
ing. In the course of his sermon,
Father Hannigan told his hearers
that he considered the turkey trot'
not only immoral but criminal, and
that severe punishment should be i'm
posed by the courts on those who in
dulged in such dances
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-09

There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed TO be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced it local
disease and prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced 1t incurable. Sci
ence has proven Catarrh to be a consti-
tutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by T. j. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only Constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken in
ternally in doses from 10 drops TO a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case 1t
fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timonials 4 m
Address: r. ]. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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y ULVEMs and bridges are con
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1912.

~ ULVEHS and bridges are con
a structed for twofold purpose.
"a In the first place, they are re-
quired to provide the necessary
drainage for the road and, in the sec
ond place, to furnish suitable cross
ing for traffic over waterways. A large
percentage of the highway culverts
and bridges in this country were built
of wood In the first instance, and in
later years many of the smaller cul-
verts have been rebuilt with some kind
of pipe, either of terra Gotta. cast iron
or more recently of corrugated metal
1t is impracticable in a 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-
verts should be laid deep enough so
that the pipe will not be injured by the
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-09

Is it possible that Bennington is go
ing to back up or even hesitate in
taking that $4,000 for road improve
ment? Those things do not come
every day and the money will be
available only a short time because
other towns are prompt to take VI
these offers and the fund will be ex
hausted if Bennington is too slow.
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DANDRUFF
DISAPPEARS
Scalp Itch NaniShes and
Hair Quickly Stops Falling

Partisan Sage-remember the name
when you want a good pure hair ton
ic free from dangerous lead and other
dyes.
Partisan Sage is not a dye. Most
tonics that dye the hair are full OF
poison and are dangerous TO use.
Partisan Sage is a clean. delightful
hair dressing that nourishes the hair
roots and besides killing the dandruf
germs. imparts life and beauty into
the hair Your hair will look nice
and brilliant after applying Partisan
Sage and you can quickly get rid Of
dandruh and scalp itch anG stop the
hair from falling Avoid limitations
get the genuine. The girl with the
Auburn hair is on every bottle and
Druggist VIM. l. GOkay's nd dealers
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SiHsLs BEsr4
Safe LOAD ar Center "a ES7,

PIG. u.-CoMPARATIyE TYPES AND LOADS
FOR WOODEN BEAMS
many OF our highways at the present
time Such bridges are menace 10
our travelling public and are expensive
to maintain. The price Of timber is
advancing. and the increasing traffic
demands safer bridges and culverts.
Re enforced concrete for this class OF
work appears to form the best son
ton of this problem. Bridge construc-
ton is eminently the work for the en-
gineer. and his services should in all
cases be secured.
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Put a Price on Your Brains

Do not let it be said that you did
not value yourself enough to insure
yourself, or that you did not love
your family enough to want them 10
have your worth. National Life In.
surance Company of Vermont. (Mu-
tualD Earle 5. Kinsley. General Agt
Mead Building. Rutland. VT
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The Republican national committee
is having a good deal of trouble in
selecting a chairman. President Taft
is no politician and his friends ought
to realize it by this time. 1t is right
that he shauld be consulted about
who is to be chairman. but it is not
right to put the whole burden of
selection on him.
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eRlsToW FOR ROOSEVELT
Says Republicans Are Not Bound by
The Chicago Convention.

United States Senator Joseph l..
Bristow of Kansas formally has de
clared for Theodore Roosevelt for
president. in a letter to William AL
len White, Roosevelt national com
mitteeman from Kansas. according TO
an announcement at Emporia, Kan,
yesterday. Bristow declared that the
denomination of President Taft was
fraudulent" and that republicans
are in no way bound by it," Senator
Bristow advises all Kansas republi-
cans to go to the August primaries
and vote for the Roosevelt electors.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-07-09
FOOT AGONY VANISRES
No Matter How Sore or Painful Your
Feet, You can Dance With Joy
Rlaht After Rubbing on EZO

Don't feel blue and gloomy; good
feet are easy to get. Ask
VIM. L. Gokay for a % cent jar of
EGO a really refined ointment, sold
on money back plan.
Then rub it on those sore, tired,
tender. burning. sweaty feet and the
misery will disappear like magic.
Nothing on earth so good for corns
callouses, sunburn, chatting.
prickly heat and eczema.
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HILL SUGGESTS THE oEcALoe
Wants Roosevelt Men to ObserVc
Two Commandments.

Washington, July 9.-Representa-
tive Ebenezer Hill of Connecticut. a
republican member of the House
ways and means committee, made the
following comment on the national
progressive platform yesterday:
The Ten Commandments as whole
would make a mighty good platform
for any party, but Dixon ought not to
stop with one of them. In view of
the progressive platform being given
out Sunday, | would suggest that
they at least add Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy and also
for the benefit of the prospective can
didate, Thou shalt not covet any
thing that is they neighbours, and fin
ally. for the benefit of Dixon himself,
he should add, Thou shalt not bear
false witness against thy neigh
bor'"
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FRANK E. HOWE. EDITOR and Pub
BENNINGTON, VT, JULY 9, 1912

Five deaths from drowning in Yer
mont in two days is one of the re-
suits of the hot spell. The Fourth of
July isn't the only institution that
ought to be rendered safe and sane.
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Shoe Repairing

People in Bennington and vicinity
know that |, the widow of the late
G. Himovitz of 104 Gage street. keep
the store for repairing shoes and try
to make a living for my children, to
avoid charity. ask all mothers and
fathers to sympathize with me and
TO give me work. have a very good
workman, as shoemaker, of New
York, who is ready to give all kinds
of the best work in shoe repairing,
and the best goods will be furnished.
A free shine will be given with
every pair of shoes repaired. The
work is done by hand, not by mach
lnery, so you shouldn't be afraid that
1t will tear like that done by machin-
cry.
Mrs. Y. HimoVitz
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Overeating is the greatest cause of
discomfort during extremely hot
weather. Eat moderately and avoid
meat and sweets largely and you will
be better able to endure oppressive
heat
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Noue.

The Everett estate will be closed
10 the public after May 1st 1912.
while present construction and plant
ings are in progress. Owing TO so
much new grading and seeding this
Is very necessary. After roads and
lawns a., completed. the public viii
be welc
E. II. Everett
BY n. A Albyn, Mgr.
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SpRINGBROOK

BAY horse, 3 years old. 1874 hands high. weight
100. Sired by Sgringcruft. Jr.
Dam Scotia by Nelson No. 4sOa, Re :. 200,
a son of Young Role No. 1917.
. Dam Tlnsmith Maid by Matchmaker No.
1854.
3 Dam Nancy by King Philip, son OF Ethan
Allen No. a.
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
- E.fafn 81 sARAH q HOUSE nARREI

The undersigned. HAVING heen appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court for the District
OF bennington. COMMISSIONERS, % receive.
eramiue and Al Just The claims and De hands Of
A rrfrauus against the estate Of .ar N q. house
Barrett. late Of Bennington. IN sald District,
deceazcd and al claims exhibited IN Offset
Tor the uuruuSe afOress ID AZ the Office 81
Bennett Grave. 10 the Town 81 remington
in sid District. on the ist dsT Of November.
next from O'Clock y. " unti O'Clock Z. ",
on said day and that SIX months from the Isl
daF 81 May. A. n. 1912. Il the time limited BY
- n court for said creditors % present. tier
claims 20 us for eNamination and allowance.
Dated al Bennington this 18th DAY q Nay
IE GIBSON.
H. b HUnHiNc
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CLEANING AND PRESSING

service is quickest, best and lowest
priced in town We do wonders with
many an apparently hopeless case
We can save you money. Make us
SHOW" you
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Ladies and Gentlemen as

Let first-class tailor tailor you
once and the tailor will tailor you
always
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Entered at the Post-offiee, Bennington
VI, Dec. II, 1908, as second class
mail matter.
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THE EVENING BANNER

All subscriptions payable in advance
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Stations in Service
SEASON OF 1912
SPRINGCROFT. JR.

Bay horse. ~ years old 10 hands high. weight
100 Sired 10y Sprngcroft No S1. Rec. .: IA,
by Alcyone No ~ Rec. 2;27, "A son of George
Wilks No $40, Rec. 2:22. Dam Jennie q. by
Princeps Sprague No. 276s by Governor Sprague
No. 40, Rec 221lS. "A son Uf Rhode Island 2:l3lS
2 Dam oy General Stark, a son OF Vermont
Hambletonian.
3Dam by Daniel Lambert.
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every customer who places in our
charge the renewing of garments,
gloves, plumes, etc. Our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
MRS. HELEN CRAYS CASE
PUT OFF TO TOMORROW
No Reason Is Announced for
Postponement of the
Hearing.

Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray was not re-
quired to appear this morning to answer
the charge OF concealng papers and rec
ords of the Indian bureau. Department of
the Interior. United States Commissioner
Anson S. Taylor. before whom the hear
ing was set for IL o'clock. received word
from Assistant United States Attorney
James Proctor that the case was con-
tinued until II o'clock tomorrow morning.
Neither the prosecutor nor the defend
ant or her attorneys appeared at the Of
fees Of Commissioner Taylor The COM
missioner stated that he knew nothing of
the reasons for postponement. having re-
the bare announcement of the contin-
uance. Mr.. Proctor declined to explain
the situation when interrogated later.
Whether the case against Mrs. Gray
will be dropped is to be seen. and proba-
bly, will be shown at tomorfow's hearing.
Mrs. Gray. It is understood. has declared
her purpose to institute civil proceedings
on the grounds of false arrest against
the officials of the Interior Depa rtment
who were parties to the complaint against
her. in the event that the case is not
proceeded with.
Schedules for allotments of lands to
individual Crow Indians Mrs GRAY is
accused of hiding. She threatens to prove
that vast tracts of land have been stolen
from the Indians. and that a railroad has
been the beneficiary. She also promises to
reveal a scandalous condition of affairs
in the administration Of the Indian bu-
rea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
TRY ALIENS AT WYTHEVILLE.
Change of Venue Agreed To-Both
Plead Not Guilty.

HILLSVILLE, Va, September "a
When Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
were arraigned yesterday before Judge
Waller R. Staples in the Carroll county
circuit court on the charge of participant
ing in the courtroom tragedy Of March II
attorneys for the state and for the de-
PENDANTS advised the court tnat they had
agreed to a change of venue and Judge
Staples announced the Wythe county
courthouse as the place and October %
as the day to start hearing the evidence.
The trial of Edwards will be the first
on the docket He will answer the spe-
ciflc charge of numbering Commonwealth s
Attorney Foster, while Allen will be tried
on the charge of killing Judge Thornton
l.. Massey Both men pleaded not guilty
to the charge.
Mrs Sidna Allen and her two small
daughters spent part of Sunday night
with Allen In his cell in the Hillsville
jail Sidna broke down and wept bitterly
when he saw his wife and children. The
two prisoners We're returned to the Roa-
noke city Jail last night and will remain
there until taken to Wytheville to stand
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
EXPECT CONTINUED RAIN.
Storm Now Over Kansas Is Due
Here Thursday

Weather conditions governing the steady
fail OF rain that began In Washington
Sunday night. show no signs Of change
according to forecasters at the weather
bureau today. The prospect, in fact, for
some of the Indian summer which has so
much to do with making Washington a
national and international gathering place
at this time of the year, is remote, for
the weather bureau is expecting another
storm from the west. which will not ONLY
bring with it rain. but lower temperature
This storm is now central over Kansas
and may be expected to reach Washing
ton Thursday.
The rain fall since Sunday night, w ,ile
not large. being but one and twenty-nine
ono hundredths inches. Is said by the
weather bureau to be the result of what
most people call the fall equinox, and
between now and the time of the expect
ed storm Thursday there are no indica-
tons OF settled weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
APOLOGIES TO WHITMAN
Hot Springs Lawyer in the
Schepps Case Had Called
Prosecutor Liar.

HOT SPRINGS. Ark, September 24.-
Possibility Of hostilities that threatened
when l.. f. Sawyer, a Hot Springs law
yer, called District Attorney Whitman OF
New York "liar'' was eliminated today
after Sawyer had apologized.
The incident arose yesterday during a
hearing of one phase Of the Rosenthal
murder conspiracy. Sawyer and Whitman
engaged in a tilt over the next move
i'm the hearing. and liar was applied to
the New York official. He laughed and
replied to Sawyer: "Oh, YOU Arkansas.
a few minutes later John W. Hart
counsel for Police Lieut.. Becker Of New
York, called Mr.. Whitman a shrimp.
Whether this incident has been closed
no one would say this morning.
Hearing Nears End.
1t is believed that formalities of the
hearing will be settled today and prob
ably the visiting lawyers will return
home this evening.
MY evidence will send Becker to the
chair
Don't I know it,
This. in effect. was one of the declara-
tions of Sam Schepps. Rosenthal muir
der witness. to Postmaster Fred F.
johnson of Hot Springs, according to
the testimony of Mr.. johnson last night
before Special Commissioner Huff.
Another declaration of Schepps. ac-
cording to the postmaster, was, IN
substance:
IF Rosenthal had not been such a
'peacher' he would not have got himself
in so bad I don't want you fellows to
think we killed a man Of some account
Rosenthal deserved to be killed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
MANY HURT IN COLLISION
Two Trains Come Together on
a Switch Track Near
Wheeling, W. Va.

. WHEELING, W. Va. September "a
Six persons were seriously hurt today
when the Chicago express on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad crashed into the
rear of passenger train standing on a
switch track at Benwood Junction. The
injured were taken to a North Wheeling
hospital. They are:
Carl and Claude Coffman Fairmont, W.
Va: Mr.. and Mrs. George Duncan, Wood
stock. Va: John Modi. Mannington, and
Charles Foster, Bellaire, Ohio.
Others Injured.
Among others reported seriously injured
is Mrs. Charles Johnson who was return
ing to her home in Martins Ferry, Ohio,
with the body of her husband. He had
died in Alabama.
Others injured included:
c. B. Gray. Martins Ferry, Ohio. arm
crushed.
Raymond Corsie, window glass manu-
facturer Salem, w. Va. right leg broken,
knee crushed.
u s. Couison Warrington, w. Va. in
ternally injured.
A. w Sharp, Bridgeport N. j., not Sc
r!ously.
Almost every passenger in the day coach
was hurt. and many in the Pullman were
cut and bruised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
OPERATION PROVES FATAL.
Sir Richard Cartwright Gave Life
Services to Canada.

KINGSTON. Ontario, September o.
Sir Richard Cartwright died today, fol-
lowing a surgical operation.
Sir Richard was born here in 1880 and
devoted the greater part of his life to
the service of his country politically. He
was a firm friend of the United States
and as minister of trade and commerce
in the Laurier cabinet urged CONNER
cial reciprocity with the neighboring re-
public. He represented Canada on the
joint high commission at
Quebec in 1898 and at Washington In
1SaS-@.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
CHARGED WITH KILLING TWO.
Woman Causes Arrest of Italian in
ChicapO

CHICAGO. September "a. - Dominick
Modeska, who is alleged to have killed a
liow-solder in Motta Santa Lucia,
Calabria, Italy. and afterward slain a fel-
low-workman at Johnsonburg, Pa, was
arrested early today on street corner
i'm the Italian quarter here by Italian de-
tectives of the Chicago police department.
The information which led to Modeska S
arrest was given by a woman, said to
be q relative of the prisoner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-24
Will Demand Death Penalty.

CHICAGO, September 24.-Assistant
States Attorney jeremiah Sullivan an
nounced today that he would demand the
death penalty for Benjamin Nadolski.
seventeen years old: Thomas Bormand,
nineteen years old. and Harry Jacoby,
twenty years old, who were put on trial
for the murder of John Engle, South
Side saloon owner.