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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17
Enforcing the Law.

1t is a matter of common knowl-
ledge that the peace officers OF the
Harbor cities and the county have
not worked in the harmony the pub
| lie is entitled to for more than six
months past, and the Herald hoped.
and still hopes, the change of city
| administration in Aberdeen would
remedy the matter as far as Aber-
deem is concerned.
The police officers of the cities and
the sheriff's force are public peace
officers, paid from public funds, and
there is no sensible reason why they
shall not work in perfect accord for
the. preservation of the peace and en-
forcement. of the laws. Petty politics
have interfered with the team work
that should exist between city ana
county officers in the past to an eN-
tent probably not generally known.
and sometimes jealousies are permit
ted to interfere with the hearty CO.
operation that the public is entitled
to. Discussions were created last
fall. during the election campaign.
between the Aberdeen police depart
ment and the sheriffs Office that
could now be discarded with adyan-
tage to the public, which pays the
bills Of both.
These thoughts are engendered by
the following interview, printed in
the evening paper, with Mayor
France:
This enforcement of the Iowa
red light law seems to me is up
TO the officers of the county
the sheriff's office for instance,
l don't think it is my business to
take up the fight that can be
made under it, but ! will not
shirk my duty if it can be proved
to me that it is up to me TO do
anything. | regard the law as
purely one within the province of
the county officers to take care
of. If they fail to do their duty
then possibly the city officials
may act"
Regardless of the wisdom. or 9TH
erwise of the Iowa law, the attitude
of the mayors mind is to be regret
ted, and it is hoped he will outgrow
it. The public is entitled to the best
peace service obtainable from every
officer on the pay roll but it is use
less to expect such service, when the
city officer waits for the county Off
cial to act and vice versa. What Is
demanded is good team work among
all peace officers of the county.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17
MAKING GOOD ROADS By
BURNING UP POOR ONES
"Gumbo" Roads After Being Fired
Make Excellent Thoroughfares.

Blazing trail of good roads through
the south is not Il figure of speech, but
an actually. for many miles of good
roads are being made by setting fire to
poor ones, the result being what is
known as a baked clay road.
There are no poorer roads in all the
United States than the "gumbo' roads
of the south. gumbo being the name
given a certain kind of mud or clay
that is particularly sticky, cings tena-
ciouSly. seems to have no bottom and
will not support any weight. Gumbo.
however. contains a large percentage
of organic matter which will burn
when dry. and as Il result a road of
this material properly prepared and set
on fire energies from the fiery ordeal
as a perfectly good road and one. more
over. that stays so for considerable
period of time.
The process of converting a gumbo
road into baked clay begins by blowing
up the roadway and making bitches on
of flooring across the burrows which
run crosswisc OF the road Great Jumps
of sticky gumho are spread over this
floor. along with more wood loosely
streWn about. Then a second floor Of
wood is laid and the whole covered
with gumbO. tamped and rounded oft.
Fire - now set to the road. and the
flames rushing through the burrows.
which serve as hues. ignite the wood.
After the heat has driven the water
out of the %unbo this. too ignites. and
the actual Cooking process is in full
swing.
at is more than merely drying ont
the gumbo," says G. II Claudy in Mo
tor. at is a popularity of this gumho
that Mt low temperature it clinkers. and
these clukers when broken up are
quite different from the original Jumps
of g1uubo The clinker is not only
fairly nard bur if properly burned
will not MA Ike 'mud when mixed with
water IN this is the triumph of the
burned clay road When the fire has
burned itself out the roadmaker has
not only Il thorough mixture of dry
clay ana wood ashes. but II good depth
of %nmbo clinker, which he promptly
proceeds 10 break into small pieces to
spread evenly and finally to roll and
compact into Il real road
To all intents and purposes the road
so made is hne dry stretch of crum
bed brick.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17

Through agitation and much mis-
looser writing, we have reached the
position in this county that any re-
quest for public service made by a
successful business man, or man OF
wealth. must be instantly opposed,
because success is taken nowadays
to imply crookedness. 1t is not grant
ed in our very best agitating circles
that a man can be successful except
through dishonesty or by corrupt
methOds-not even a successful aGi-
tator. 1t follows. therefore, as a ma
tural corollary that every request OF
a successful man must have an un-
worthy, crooked motive for its basis.
There isn't the least foundation for
a suspicion of crookedness III the re-
quest for the Hanson road, the need
of the road is admitted by all its OPP
ponents. but the whole movement for
it must be viewed with suspicion be-
cause a successful man has become
interested in it. Yet nobody ever ac-
cused this man of crokedness in his
private. business or public life, and it
is admitted that there is no way
by which he can profit by this Han
son road. Still, it must be opposed
as suspicious simply because Alex
Poison never before suspected, adj
vocates it. Is there anything reason
able, sensible or worthy OF consider
alton in that attitude Aberdeen
World.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17
McAdoo Stands the Test

When President Wilson went tc
Wall street for a secretary of the
treasury, doubters shook their heads.
But the president knew William e.
McAdoo-knew him as the country
gradually is coming to know him.
The McAdoo order requiring banks
to pay per cent interest on govern
ment deposits afforded one testimon-
ial of McAdoo's loyalty to the ma
tons interests. There Is another and
not so recent order which has not
attracted the attention it merits, CIV
ing another line on him.
During the administrations OF sew
eral secretaries of the treasury, the
National City STANDARD OLD bank of
New York had enjoyed the privileged
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17
Personalities Injected


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be vitality interested parallel
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17

TfV ~ ~ -VasV.
The taileSt lGnt tower il the United
States is ut cape HatteraS Oh she low
tying coast OF North Carolina. which is
200 feet frolA base 10 top OF lantern.
The highest light, however. is that 1T
Cape Mendocin0 on The coast of Cali
fornia, which is 10 feet above high
water 1t is On It cliff. the lighthouse
itself being only twenty feet in height.
-Nntinnn: E.,.- -.nnhio. Nnrnzine
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-06-17
The Universal Tyrant.

Everybody condemns the silk hat,
everybody finds it absurd-and every
body wears t.-Paris Journal.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
STRANGE zoDIAcAL LIGHT

There is strange light In the
heavens appearing after sunset in the
late winter and in spring and before
sunrise in the autumn but few per.
sons in our ATTITUDES have ever seen
It. In the equatorial regions. how.
ever, and in certain parts Of the
tropics the zodiacal light appears with
great splendor and some remarkable
views of It were obtained BY French
expedition to the interior Of the sa'
hara,. undertaken for the purpose Of
studying the effects Of the unclouded
sun on the dry air of the desert.
The mysterious light. in the form
of a vast triangle, rising high In the
heavens, appeared nearly three times
a. bright as the Milky Way. Science
has not entirely solved the problem Of
the origin of this light.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
OLD TIME TABLE CUSTOMS

Even at SO late period as the Res,
toration in England. 1t was the custom
for guests to take their own knives
and forks to . banquet. Pepys REQ
ords that he did this when he went to
the lord mayors feast in the Guild
hall.
In the previous reign the lord cham
berlain had found 1t neceesary to Is
sue regulations for the benefit OF Of
icers invited to dine at the royal "a.
BILE. The were required to wear clean
boots. not to be half-drunk on their
arrival. not to drink more than one
goblet to every two dishes. not to
throw the bones under the table. nor
to lick their fingers.
The Stuarts undoubtedly did much
to refine English table manners, for
1t was one of the points admired In
Mary Queen of Scots that the custom
she introduced from France made her
courts and royal banquets more ex.
quisite and gentle than those of her
rival. Queen Elizabeth.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
"A HOUSE OF CARDS
Old "Pop" SteifeI's Great Sacrt-
flee as a Memorial to His
Daughter Nina.
BY ARTHUR JONES.

.Bends?" oueried Pop" Stiefel
scornfully. Huh! If you fellers wasn't
in such blame hurry to get out Of
the caissons 80 as to knock OF work
you wouldn't be in danger of them"
Though he was only fifty-Hve. every
body knew old Stiefel, the foreman of
the construction company, as Pop"
II ia not often that German is found
in charge of a gang; and when he is
he ia apt to be a man of authority.
But everybody revered Pop" Stiefel
because he was known to be a man
devoid of fear.
"You see bows" he would explain
tn the newcomers. them bends is
caused this way Under two. three,
four nressures the blood gets full of
air Now Won got to 90 back slow,
or else when YOU gets back to one
nres.ure them air bubbles hasn't
busted vet and it's going to get into
vorr heart and xiii YOU. maybe."
which was as nearly scientiflc as was
necessary for their comprehension.
f"Bill's anxious to git back to meet
that girl of his when the Smith build
ing turns out its people," said one Of
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
NEARLY WEEDS WRONG TWIN

Because Miss Dolly Quinn OF Hese'
wisch, ILL.,. was one Of the very rev
who could tell William Mckernan ana
John McKernan. twins. apart, she eS'
capped the fate of being married 10 tne
wrong one.
When the McKernan-Quinn wedding
party went to st. Columba's churcn'
in Hammond. Ind, where Father Hi
larry was to make William Mckernan
and Miss Quinn man and wife. John
McKernan went along in the capacity
of best man. The twins as usual were
dressed alike.
Father Hillary called the prospcc-
tive bride and bridegroom to the al
tar for final instructions. W,iiiam
McKernan became confused. Johh
stepped into his place. The bride 10
be supposed this was part OF the
ceremony.
When the clergyman began the wed
ding service she saw the mistake
She whispered:
you're marrying me to the wrong
man"
The mix up in twins was straight
ened out and the young woman was
married to the right man.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
NEVADA "TRAvELlNe" STONES

travelling stones" from the size OF
n pea to six inches In diameter are
found in Nevada. When distributed
on a floor or other level surface. with
in two or three feet of one another
they Immediately begin to travel to-
wards u common center. and there
lie huddled like clutch Of eggs In
nest. A single stone removed to
distance Of three and half feet up
on being released. at once started
with wonderful and somewhat comi-
cal celebrity to Join its fellows.
These queer stones are found In
region that is comparatively level and
little more than bare rock. Scattered
over this barren region are little ba-
sins. from few feet to rod or two
in diameter. and It is In the bottom
of these that the rolling stones are
found.
The cause for the strange conduct
of these stones Is doubtless to be
found in the material Of which they
are composed which appears to be
loadstone. or magnetic iron ore.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
MASc0Ts OF THE AvIATORS

Lord Rosebery's recent confession
to carrying an amulet or mascot, In
the shape of golden swastika. draws
draws attention to custom that Ii
very common nowadays. Motorists
especially utilize such luck-bringers.
which range from miniature aeroplane
engines to Teddy bears. and from vel
vet cats to toy figures Of policemen.
Aviators have adopted the same su.
perstition. and they also confess to
variety of mascots. from brown vel.
vet monkeys to shirt The latter. 1t
may be explained. Is always taken
with him In his aeroplane by Ger
man airman. who treasures the gar.
ment because he wore 1t on an occa-
sion when he fell from consider.
able height without injury. Another
aviator consistently refuses to fly
over a cemetery-which Ia. perhaps.
Ineligible.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28

i 10.
The most celebrated shrine in all
India IL that of Jasanath. or Jugger
naut, a. popular English pronuncia'
ton calls the name, on the Orissa
coast Of the Bay Of Bengal. not far
from the Madras frontier. The Hin
doc COR vishnu is there the genius
loci; II great festivals are held In
his honor every year. The huge
twelfth-century Temple Of Jaganath
here shown dominates the place At
festival times. sharing the regard OF
millions Of devotees with the monster
Juggernaut car. which Is kept there,
and in the days before the coming OF
the British raj used to be dragged
through the streets over the bodies Of
self-immolated victims. Tho temple
10 about 200 feet high.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
FALSE LEG MADE FOR CAT

The growing popularity Of dogs with
women II greatly increasing the in
comes OF veterinary surgeons. Quite
recently a we'll known London veter-
marian was paid fee Of Sass for set.
ting the broken leg Of favorite Aber.
deem terrier-a delicate piece Of work
involving three and half months
careful nursing. The most ingenious
operation, however. was the manufac-
ture Of a false leg for a cat. A cats
bones are very elastic and springy.
30 the false leg was made Of leather
in order to give some spring to It.
It has answered very well, and the
pet 30 fitted Is still alive and active.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
FLAT FEET IN PITTsBURG

There are more fiat-footed males
or men with kidney feet. in Pittsburg.
than In any other American city. says
DR.. D. e. Sable. surgeon to the civil
service commission. More than 30
per cent. Of the men there have bro
ken arches. the doctor says. About
the women's feet he will say nothing.
Asked to explain the cause. Dr. Sable
said he supposed It was because of
the billy topography Of Pittsburg. the
effort Of walking uphill. and the jar
coming down. that breaks the arch
and makes the kidney feet. Another
reason. he says. Is that men do not
realize the Importance of the foot.
and do not give 1t enough attention.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
FARMER FIGHTS PoRcUPINE

Suffering from many painful wounds.
the result Of a hand-to-hand battle
with 4 porcupine, Charles Murray. a
Jefferson County. New York. farmer.
is laid up at home. Twenty-nine quilts
have been extracted from his face.
hands and head. While hunting Muir
ray and q companion lost their way
and made q camp In the woods close
to q fallen hollow tree. The smoke
Of the camp IRE routed out = porch.
pine. and Murray encountered It. The
quilts had begun to work into the nesh
and It was necessary for the doctor to
extract them.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28

that something abnormal was happen
ing. In fact, the air pressure had
been slightly lowered and a little silt
was drifting in. That in itself was not
of the greatest consequence. Probably
there was leaky valve somewhere
which lowered the atmosphere tension.
1t had happened before and meant
only few hours work lost. But this
was something different. 1t was no
leaky valve-he saw that now-but a
sudden influx Of quicksand. probably
propelled by the sudden releasing OF
the pressure of the dead weight Of
clay that had confined 1t in its orig
inal limits. And 1t was flowing, not
from the south, as 1t should have
flowed. but from the west-from imme-
diately beneath the Smith building.
Pop" Stiefel knew what that meant
The rotten foundations would simply
be swept away, The building, resting
on nothing. would collapse as surely
as house of cards falls when the un.
der cards are withdrawn.
The sweat poured down his face.
He looked round him in agony. Then
he rushed back to the air lock and
'entered the chamber with the next
pressure of atmosphere. One man
was waiting there, and he was just
about to pass back into the upper air.
RUM" shouted Stiefel. plucking
him by the sleeve. Run like all you
was worth, you Teller. and tell 'em the
Smith buildings going to fall"
The man~caught the Mortified look
u -, tnr
and obeyed. Then Stiefel turned back
into the lowest chamber again and
waded through eight inches Of swampy
sand.
Give minutes!" he muttered. Five
minutes and she falls. But we'll save
her!"
He knew that a slight obstruction
often checks a vast momentum for q
short space Of time. And he, with his
ponderous body-what better purpose
could he serve? So he sat down heav-
lily in the mud, which reached almost
to his armpits. AS he did 30 he be-
came conscious that the quivering
mass was temporarily halted. like
some wave meeting a breakwater.
The ripping surface undulated away
from him: then slowly 1t crept round
and upward. But he had saved a min
ute. And q minute meant the margin
between death and safety.
He looked at his watch. -Four
minutes" he said. Five. Good Now
let her comet" And the mass rose
to his neck and gulped his watch and
the hand that held 1t. and Tapped at
his chin and nostrils. The old man
tilted back his head to breathe. "She
looked like Nina" he muttered. as
though in extenuation of his sacrifice.
And suddenly he saw Nina beside him.
her arms outstretched, look Of in
effable love in her eyes. "Mina!" he
Ihumbled thickly. I'm coming. my
dear!" And the tapping sands no lon
ger oppressed him. nor the mud waves
that now sursed over him.
Copyright. 1918. by W. @. ChapmanJ
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28

Of makes me think Of my Nina" he
said. bid.
Old stiefel's wife had died two
Year, before, and his only daughter
had been killed In . railroad accident
4 year later. He lived absolutely
alone. for at fifty one does not often
make new friends.
what I'm afraid Of" he continued,
munching his luncheon, lis that that
rotten old Smith buildings going to
fall. Yes, fellers, them foundations 10
rotten-rotten. fellers. I've been down
and I've seen them. Some swindling
contractor must have set them down
on the mud Of the river bed. There
Amt one inch of concrete under EN-.
eerlers. And II that old building falls"
Tho paused impresively-"I tell you,
rom the way them foundations 10
twisted, she falls plumb into the East
river, like q house Of cards. But don't
you say nothing to BILL"
Miss Elizabeth always waved q well
coming hand to Pop" Stiefel. He
would have died for her. She had
whispered to him, before anybody else
was told, the secret Of her engagement
to Allen, and had told him he was to
consider himself privileged guest at
the little bungalow which was being
built for them out on Long Island. She
reminded Pop" more than ever Of
Nina. He went away. wiping the
tears out of his eyes. Soft-hearted
and stout Of soul, Sdefel was exaE-
xeratedly German, from his bluchers
to his spectacles and his thatch Of
iron.gra hair.
He had gone down in the caisson.
Under several pressures of atmos-
nhere the men were pushing the great
shield forward, scooping out the soft,
cheese-like clay of the river bank and
aending up the debris. When the
gangs hour was ended old stiefel re-
NAMED down alone. He wanted to in
meet those Smith building foundations
arain. He had been worrying about
them. Three months remained before
The old. condemned building was to be
closed. OF course It was not likely
th.t within three months they would
i've way. They must have been rot
Tan for nifty years: three months
made little difference.
Suddenly suefsl became conscious
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28
DULL TIME FOR ROYAL CHILD
Heir to the Throne Of Russia Knows
Very Little Of the Genuine Joys
Of Boyhood.

The czarevitch cannot look back up
on the Joys Of early life in the way
that most children born to q throne
are in a position to do. Nor will any
of his European colleagues envy the
crown prince Of Russia.
From the day of his birth the little
prince was put under the care Of a
Cossack guard. who is held answerable
with his life for the safety Of his
charge. The soldier never leaves the
child; he sleeps in the anteroom Of
his bedchamber. The room Is locked.
but . series of bells would at a touch
communicate with the outside world.
Two sentries parade in front Of the
bedroom door. and few PAGES fur
Their on 10 another double guard.
Little Alexis was four years old be-
fore his eyes fell on any sight beyond
his own small garden bounded by the
wall of courtyard. He did not even
play as other children do. for while
he was digging In the sand or running
about with his only companion. the
son Of lady in waiting, other chill
dren were acting as his ghosts and
running about in another part Of the
garden to distract attention and make
security doubly sure. His own Cos
sack guarded the imperial child Of
Russia, while a second Cossack guard
simulated duty over the other little
ones.
An English tutor entered upon the
service Of the czarevitch when he was
seven years old. but all lessons are
done in the presence Of the Cossack
and Of q lady in waiting. Friedborg
was the first place the little boy saw
outside his own secluded playground.
later he beheld the grounds Of the i'm
perial residence, and from the decks
Of the STANDARD his eyes greeted the
Baltic.
On one occasion only was the son of
Of the car at military reception, and
the precautionary measures adopted
were Of the strictest kind. The car
and czarina have tried to prevent any
possible risk of their child being pois-
oned. attacked or kidnapped. He eats
nothing until it has been examined by
his own special Caster who makes
trial Of every dish before 1t appears
on the table-Neues Wiener Journal.
The Ordway new era., 1913-02-28

The little boy whom you forget
To play with when the days are fair,
The child whose hopes are sinless yet.
Who kneels to lisp his evening prayer,
And learn the things that men must
Why do you waste the precious days
That never, never can returnf
You never lead him by the hand.
Nor make his little Joys your ownS
Ambition sends you her command.
And he Is left to play alone;
He never climbs upon your knee
Delighted at the long days end,
To ind that you have time to be
His fond and sympathetic friend.
You never can afford to waste
A precious hour amusing him;
The prizes after which you haste
Are always far away and dim;
You must be ever pressing on.
Forgetting. while you strive and plan.
How soon his childhood will be gone.
How quickly no will be a man.
You never pause with him to hear
The breeze that sings among the reeds.
You have no time to give the dear.
Sweet sympathy for which he pleads;
You mover rush with him in Wild
Pursuit of fairies through the glen.
Yourself again a careless child,
Freed from the cares that worry men.
Have you no treasured memories
OF ono who gladly played with you.
Before you had bssn robbed of ease,
And when your cares were small and
fewr
All. will you rob him Of the Joy l.i- p,
OF looking back along the years
When he has ceased to be = boy
And Duty's call rings In his sarsf
The little boy when you forget
To play with when the days arc fair.
The child whose thoughts arc siRless yet,
Who kneels to lisp his evening prayer,
VIII soon leave OF his childish ways,
And you will sit somewhere alone
Rsgretting precious wasted days
And Joys that might have been your