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Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

owned 100 acres between Been Hur
and Jonesville which he offered to sell
for $1,000. In 1905 this road was
improved and although the farmer
fought the improvement, he has since
refused $4,000 for his farm. Along
this same road tract of 1873 acres
was supposed to have been sold for
s6o0o The purchaser however refused
the contract, and the owner threatened
to sue him. After the road improve
ment. and without any Improvement
upon the land, the same farm was sold
to the original purchaser for $4,000.
In Jackson county, Alabama, the
people voted bond issue of s250,ooo
for road Improvement and improved "a
per cent of the roads. The census of
1900 gives the value of all farm lands
in Jackson county at $500 per acre.
The selling value at chat time was 81
to SIS per acre. Tie census Of 1910
places the value Of all farm lands i'll
jackson county at 1919 per acre and
the selling price is now from $d5 to
$25 per acre. Actual figures of in
creased value following road improve
ments are shown.
AS the roads in no way affect soil
fertility or quality of the farm ed
vances are due essentially to the de-
crease in the cost of hauling produce
to market or shipping point. Farms are
are now regarded as plants for the
business of farming and any reduction
in their profits through unnecessarily
heavy costs for hauling on bad roads
naturally reduces their capitalization
in values. With reduced costs for haul
ing, profits are increased; with the re-
suit that the farm plant shows Salts
factorCy ernings on higher capital
value.
The automobile also has begun TO be
an important fctor in increasing rural
| values where good rods are introduced.
immigration is particularly marked
where road conditions are favorable;
in fact, the figures Of the department
seems to indicate that good roads in
directly increase the demand for rural
property; and the price IF farm land
Xix that. of any commodity, is ruled by
the relations between demand and sup
ply
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
EFFECTS OF GOOD ROADS.

The direct effect that changing bad
roads into good roads has upon land
value and the general economic welfare
of community is shown in several
concrete illustrations gathered by the
United States department Of agricul-
ture. The department has just issued a
statement on the subject, based upon
mass Of information gathered by the
office of public roads, which is maxi
ing special study Of the economic ef-
feet of road Improvement in the coun-
try. According to data gathered, where
good roads replace bad ones, the value
3of farm lands bordering on the roads
increase to such an extent that the cost
sof road improvement is equalized If
not exceeded. The general land values
rs well as farm values, showed marked
advances following the improvement Of
reads.
Z. Among the illustrations cited by the
department are the following:
4 IN Lee county, irginia farmer
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
ENaLIsT LITERATURE.

Having inaugurated a drainage sys-
TEN between swollen fortunes and tho
public treasury, established old age
pensions and compulsory industrial in
sura.ce, carried the parliament act
that puts the. House Of Lords well in
the way ofsextinction, and pushed Irish
Home Rule and Welsh Church Discs.
tablishment far toward the statute
book. t6es Liberal Party is now con,
sideringt a new land policy.
tt seems to be high time. We arc
disturbed because our rural population
has increased only; nine millions in 80
years. while total population has in
creased twenty-nine millions; but tie
rul al population of England and Walss
has been decliRing-not only relatively
Int actually-in every decade Of the
last half century. In 1851 nearly one
aaalter of all males above ten yacts
Of age were on the farm; in 1901 less
than one tenth. With great increase
in total population, the number Of per
sons engaged in agriculture has De.
creased in half a century by, more than
Eve hundred thousand, or thirty per
cent.
1t is true that introduction Of farm
machinery and improved agricultural
methods generally give an increasing
yield Of farm products.
It may be true that it is profitable
for England to abandon farming alto,
getber and buy beef from Argentina
and wheat from Russia. But the COZ.
trast Of swasming city tenenents aud
vast tracts of fertile land untouched
by the pillow certainly warrants heart
searching consideration of the laa,i
question Saturday Evening Post.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

let's, it's pure petals to perfume the
sir to make glad the gsrden, a4d to
greet the sun.
"To her, events shall not be as the
shaking Of dice. the fortuity Of chance,
s,ut they shall be meaningful moves OF
the intelligence Of destiny, which
guides men and things by its own
perfect plan.
awe consecrate this child to rev.
ererce and against hippancy; to JUS
tice and against all lies; to loya:ty
and against deception; to love, ard
against all kinds Of hate; to patience,
ard against petulance; to beauty, aud
aga;as, agliness; to greatness oe mind,
Of heart of soul, and the world and to
the fellowship Of the entire human
race, against all littleness and narrow
ness; to the citizenship Of and against
all clans, exclusive sects, sliques and
cults.
"And this little citizen of the world
and heiress Of the future we commend
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

is equally applicable to Canada. We
have been giving all our sympathy, at
tention aad assistance to other inter
ests and industries secure in the be
lief that the farmer would struggle
along somehow and come out all right.
A truer view Of the relation between
the tiller of the soil and the prosperity
of the state is being taken, and gov
ernments are beginning to see the need
for dealing with the burdensome dis
advantages' from which the farmer
suffers. The Old World has lessons to
teach the new in this respect.
New York Legislative Avocations.
NEW York Press.)
A former member Of the Legislature
is declared to have been one Of the
crew which delivered Thaw from the
Matteawan asylum.
It's easier TO understand the sort OF
government New York has If one vii
note, the occupations of its Legislators
before and after their services as law
makers. On their regular jobs they
are a much more varied and interest
ing assortment and hardly less scan
dalous, than when sitting at Albany
All the way from kidnapping erimina
maniacs 70 serving in the pen 70,
bribery, they provide clear: index o,
the high purpose and enrolling ideal:
which can guide the Empire state''
government whenever it is Of a politi
cal machine by political machine ami
for political machine.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
Huerta's False Step.
(St. Louis Times.)

Our friend, Mi. Huerta, was entirely
unaware just how much he was our
friend, untils he had been firmly in
formed Of his attitude by the repre-.
sentatives Of other great powers. Now
it seems he never had an intention
other than of; accepting gracefully the
proposals made by President Wilson,
although until recently he had not
suspected as much.
Mr.. HuertA doubtless has had the
experience Of climbing staircases in
the dark, and reaching confidently fol
the last step, only to find it was no
there. He will recognize the sensation
in the present situation.
Mr.. Huertao not only has missed the
highest step, but he appears to be il
Ia fair way to- tumble back downstairs
again. He will have the dubious con
ISOLATION of knowing that if he had &C
|cepted the light offered him in the first
place, his progress would at least have
been less painful.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

Over at little town in eastern
Canada Harry Thaw and his corps OF
attorneys on one side and practically
all the legal forces of New York state
on the other, are holding the center Of
the stage, and beautiful legal battle
is being waged to see whether Tfhw
will be deported from the Dominion, or
whether he will be allowed to 60 on
his way rejoicing. Our opinion is that
Thaw is not insane, nor has he been
for some time, but really he should be
serving time in the state penitentiary
of New York, instead of being sup
posed lunatic, who has escaped from
an asylum.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
MILLIONS FOR WHAT?

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion calculates that physical valuation
of railroad property, as required by
last years law, will take from FIVE to
seven years and cost the government
two million dollars a year-and it is
pretty safe in all such cases to accept
the higher estimate.
Phe time and money will be mostly
wasted unless valuation is accompanied
by federal regulation of future securi-
ty issues. What practical good will it
do for example, to discover that Rock
Islands physical property is worth two
hundred million dollars, if by stock
juggling operation in New Jersey a
hundred million dollars may be imme,
Iiately added to outstanding capital,
zation without adding a dollar to the
propertys
A dozen or so states have already
appraised the physical property of rail
roads within their borders. The ques'
ton of valuation has been before the
courts in a great many rate cases
With the exception Of few notorious
ly overcapitalized roads, it may safely
be taken for granted that the courts
as a broad rule, will determine rate
cases on the basis of outstanding cap
italization. The extent to which stock
watering was practiced in the past
and has been largely overcome by, en-
HANGED market value Of real estate
holdings-can be of merely academic
interest, except as illustrating the nee'
to prevent stock watering in the fu
ture.
m short the government proposes te
spend fifteen million dollars for the
purpose of demonstrating that security
issues by railroads should have beer
eEectually controlled long ago. They
why does it not also propose to contro
them in the Enthusiastically Eve
ming Post.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
THE BAPTISM
(By Frank Crane.)

Clarice had baby. It was the won
der Of the island. From the old fisher
man down by the beach to the Hon
orable Joneses and Walkers up at the
big hotel the baby was the subject Of
intense discussion. For everybody
liked Clarice and her husband, who
was play-actor, and the baby was an
amazing compound of the excellencies
Of both.
Clarice wanted the baby baptized.
No priest or minister could be found
on the island. "Just the same, I shall
have the. baby baptized. said she.
"Ill have Berriman do it" Berriman
was poet, past sixty, and a beauti-
full failure. Physically he lived on the
crusts and edges of things; spiritually
he ate of the heart Of the world.
So one afternoon they had the
christening. And .Berriman, the poe+
spoke saying:
/ Beloved friends, we are here gath
cred, in the sight of God and in the
presence of these witness, to baptizt
this child.
Baptism is the application Of waite,
to the human body, solemly and form
ally, as symbol of the cleansing Of
the soul. It is a most ancient rite
and is found in all religions.
cit indicates the adoption Of a can
didate into the membership Of tn,
elect.
"There has always been superior
few, an aristocraey in the world.
"There is the apparent or so-eallst
aristocracy, who as rule are not su
perior at all; and there is the real ar
istocracy, who are = secret orde,
known only to themselves.
"We are here to baptize this bah,
into the real elect. the real upper-ten
dom, the real church, or ecclesia, O.
called out.
eve therefore consecrate ourselves
to teach this child to take the upper
thought as to all things.
"To her flowers shall net be mere
plants, but Gods thoughts.
"To. her stars shall be more tina,
burning worlds; they shall be eye.
of mystery. :.
"To her men shall not be brutes
whose labor is to be exploited; they
shall be brothers, prophets, spirit
| flames.
"To her the sex feeling, when i
comes, shall be as lily. which, thougl
its roots grow in common soil, ye
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
Lavish Government.
(Oh;o State Journal.)

Some of these days, when the men
who pillow the corn, mine the coal,
shove the plane, drive the engines, roll
the hogsheads lay the pavements,
weave the CLOTH grind the -four, be-
come truthfully adjusted to the public
welfare, they are going to see that the
glory of the public function becomes
more truly attuned to the needs and
necessities of honest living and that
the money produced by the sweat and
tired arms and limbs Of the workers
is going to be spent under the influ'
ences of a strict economy. They are
going to do this, not only for the
money in it, but because lavish gov
eminent is always a corrupt govern
ment. Yes, always. That is what Carl
schurz said, and he knew.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
Better Methods Increase Business.
philadelphia Ledger.)


Constant improvement develops in
our foreign trade. After long cam
tpaign, American cotton will be ship
ped abroad in artistic bales instead
of in ragged mass that looks as if
it has been struck by lightning. TRAY
elers returning from South America
report that American goods are be'~
ter Grated, better packed and better
handled in every way. his means
progress. Another gain is that Ameri-
can brokers have just secured an
agreement by which the time for set
ting bills for grain exported to Eng
land has been reduced from sixty to
seven days. Not only is our foreign
trade growing enormously in volume
but it is improving in its methods and
in its system.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

soil is that the crops upon it come to
matupity SO much earlier than those
spoa cold one. Therefore the man
who is cultivating the former is en-
abled to place his produce upon the
market very much soConer than his riv-
al, and often gets an enhanced price in
consequence.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
FORUM OF The PRESS
THE NEW BRYAN.
{Kansas City Star.)

-
Is this the Bryan the country
thought it knew'
IA bill,'' the Secretary writes, in
reference to the currency measure
"is usually the result of compromise. /"
His letter urges reasonable attitude
toward the pending legislation, and
he opposes loading the bill with
amendments, even though they EN-.
body ideas which he thoroughly ba
lieves in.
It is fine spirit in a man Of Bry-
ans incorporating aggressiveness.
His loyalty to the success of the Will
son administration reveals side of
his character which was unexpected
by very many of his countrymen.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
THE SOIL WE LIVE ON.

Hew far does the heat Of the full
summers sun penetrate into the
ground: asks Tit-Bits:
Probably not one person in ten will
give an answer that is even appyexi-
mately correct. Their replies generally
vary from one inch to many hundreds
of feet. Actually, the distance is about
three feet Beyond this depth the tenn
.perature- Of the soil does not vary ap-
probably from hour to hour, let the
midday be ever so hot and the mid
night ever so cold. At this depth the
mean temperature in the summer is
about SO degrees Fahrenheit, and in
the winter about Sc degrees Fahren-
heit SIC
And the annual differenee7 That is
to say, the depth at which there is
some difference between the summer
temperature and that of the winter
Well at depth Of sixty feet it is i'm
possible to measure any change DUE
to the changing seasons overhead. Go
down only forty feet, and it is minute
barely Measurable. But at twenty
FIVE feet to thirty feet it is quite
definite amount.
The surface heat takes a long while
to penetrate downward. In fact, cur
iously enough, the change in tempera'
ture of the ground takes just more
than six months to reach the end Of
it's 2o.feot journey. Thus, we are
faced with the phenomenon of mid
summer upon the surface occurring at
the same time as midwinter twenty
Eve feet to thirty feet down, and vice
versa.
AS most people are aware, the tenn
perature increases with the depth. At
three feet down the average annual
mean is just short Of As degrees Fab
renheit, while at twenty-five feet it is
just over a degree more, that is A
degrees Fahrenheit.
In agricultural districts you will
hear farmers iCn the same village talk
ing about "cold'' soils and "warm"
soils. This, although it sounds improl''
able to those who have never had any
thing to do with the land, is an actual
feci.
Everybody knows from personal
experience, that black clothes are hot
ter to wear when hot summers STU
i, shirfhg than white ones, hence the
Channels" for men and the white
frocks for girls. The reason for this
is that black and other dark color.
absorb heat while white and the light
er shades reflect it. And this applies
to soils equally with clothes.
The nils which BY their ingredients
are darker color are literally wafne'
than their lighter neighbors. Pest,
soils, some Of which are nearly black
others rich dark brown are the warm
est. Light colored clays and chalk thu
coolest There may be a. much as !:
degrees OF 16 degrees Fahrenheit be
tween the temperatures of tive soils
lying next each other and upon thu
same day. On a warm summers day
the temperature Of peaty soil nay vel
- over 81 degrees Fahrenheit. whil'
a chalky fld Of similar situation {,
the same district will not rise sns~'
= d'arees to - degrees Fahrenheit.
Of course, the advantage Of war~
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

The present outlook IS that those
who have investments in Mexico will
have to look after them without the
Intervention Of the U. g., as it 10 evil
dent that this country will keep its
hands of and let the "greaser" coun-
try settle their own troubles, 90 long
AZ they DO not jsopard1ze the lives OF
American citizens.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
THE CUBAN PARALLEL.

Ik16 CUBAN PARALLEL.
Comparisons between the Mexican
situation now and the Cuban situation
sixteen years ago crop out in comment.
The resemblance is merely superficial.
War with Spain was precipitated by
the destruction OF the Main. That put
an irresistible weapon into the hands
Of those who wanted war for selfish
reasons.
The same dangerous interest exists
Eow, but the stories Of the outrages up
on Americans in Mexico with which it
tries to excite public feeling are large
Iy invented and Ineffective. The list
Of Americans said to have been killed
in the Mexican disorder does not bear
examination. The hundred victims.
paraded by the war party cover the
Nadero revolution, and are largely
false in fact and include many who in
vitea their fate by active participa-
ton in rebellion.
Before and after the Maine disaster,
President Mckinley was doing his best
to bring about peaceful settlement.
President Wilson is doing the same
now, but with far less opposition in
Congress and the country. Not only is
the whole matter left in his own hands
but he has the sincere support Of his
own party and most Of the opposition.
Compare the. public !. excitement and
congressional impulse that followed
Senator Proctor's impasaioned report
fpersonal observation in Cuba and
the fat fall of Senator Pensore's par
ade of secondhand invention of Mex
;can outrages.
When Mckinley abandoned his exc
cutive efforts, his message turned an
inhamatory situation over to an .ex-
cited and determined Congress. Will
son s message reports the failure Of an
honest endeavor to help difficult do
nestle situation by peaceful personal
mediation, and is delivered to con-
gress that in the main supports this
policy and will continue to do go. The
whole government and people will now
unite with the president in, trying to
brig about the results. he has been
striving for alone.
The fundamental difference ie that
this county has no international cause
of offense against the Mexican govern
ment or people. We have only the
interest of helping to restore order and
security for life and property. The
surest way to do this is by aiding the
establishment Of constitutional gov
eminent with good legal title. Other
powers in Europe and America are
fast coming to our support.
This course can give no just offenss
to the Mexican people, or to any gov
ernment with a clear title, right to
foreign recognition Of domestic sup
port. Its success would provoke no
resentment in Mexico, outside OF a
usurping government without title. Its
failure wosaa provoke no excitement
to intervention in this country, outside
of a selfish faction that would profit
by war. Every provocation that led
to the war with Spain is thus absent.
The whole policy, of the president
has been peaceful and friendly. 1t has
failed with murderous despot and a
distracted country. Now he turns it
over to congress and the people to pur-
she by other means. There is not a
trace Of natural war peril in the sit
uation. The government and people
are enlisted against forced and selfish
war-Minneapoli Journal.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

The hunting season opens Sunday
morning and Judging from the many
arrangements hunters are making to be
in the fields on that day, the chickens
and ducks will have strenuous day
Birds are Plentiful this year and We
expect to hear of many bagging the
limit.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

tAtorney r. W. No5risey Of Kdmore,,
Has attending to legal matters here
Tuesday.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

Mrs. Fred Peters Is home again at
ter an extended visit with friendssand
relatives at St. Peter, MINI. VI &
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05
Watch the Feathers Fly.
pittsburgh Dispateh.)

:
Mrs. Ella Fqagg Young is likely to
have bigger. row on her hands than
the fight she recently won with the
politicians on the Chicago school
board. AS the fozamost woman edu-
Gator in the country she has been ex-
hibited proudly BY what the high
brows term the feminist movement.
Men teachers, she says, do not like
the Lever grades; they have not the
patience nor the enthusiasm in deal
ing with children that women have.
Women love children, overlook their
little annoyances. develop a bond Of
sympathy with them, try to under
stand them, and delight in the unfold
ing Of young minds. But in the higher
grades, where big world problem5 ap'
pear and the pupil delves into the
wore profound problems, them Mrs
Young says, it is quite essential to the
best school system that men teachers
should be employed. Man seeks ma
turer minds and goes into questions
more deeply than womankind.
b!.!rsY anbo1gdanhwo emfw hpdl mfw
We await with trepidation the on
aaught that must follow whom the
feminists learn Of this tribute to man.
But we are inclined to think that Mrs.
Young will be able TO give Q good st-
count Of herself in the battle,
osnad. Has Farm Prohaeu, Teo.
winnipeg Free Press.
Farnst .bAPT mi, teoooac. .JJ q AIS
What President Wilson says about
he easy indifeaense Of the public TO
Ne special difficulties q the farmefs
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-09-05

unto that Goo. Who kfssT made no thing
common, and to that MISTER Mhosioved
no less than the whole world"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1913-05-01
LOSING FEAR OF
''''" THE WEEV|L

Wilkerson county, Mississippi,
was the fsrt county invaded by
the cotton boil weevil when 1t
crossed the Mississippi river ON
its eastward march. For several
wears that county was almost
desolated. Negros fled and farms
grew up in briers. It'was thought
that it was impossible to make a
crop of cotton. Those farmers
who had to turn to diversificatlon
did so. Gradually the county
began to get in better shape
Some cotton was planted, out
the weevil got most of 1t. Inc
next year the amount the weevil
got was reduced, owing to better
understanding of how to cultl-