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: LITERATURE Y VARIEDADES. :
Nssanxsssssp

La estricta obediencia de una
muier a SUI marido, es la mas no.
bic virtud que Sc puede poser.
Seras siempre amable con tn
suegra, porque andando ell ITEM
DO seras suegra tn tambien.
No seras nunca celosa, porque
asf mataras Ia. affection de tn ma
rido hacia ii.
ST tn marido comete una inJus-
ticia, no por ESQ las has de come
ter til. Sc paciente, ten calma y
hablale noblemente.
No hables demasiado, no ha-
bles NAL de tus vecinos y di STEM
pre- la verdad. !.
Levantate temprano, a~cuestate
tarde, no duermas siestas, bebe
POGO y hasta los cincuenta amos
no visites reuniones p1blicas.
No consultes jamas con las adj
vinadoras nj consientas que tie
digan la buena ventura.
Seras economical en- la admins
TRACTION de tn casa.
No frecuentes ell teatro con gen
tie de mas edad que la tuya.
No tie vistas nunca de dolores
vivos llamativos. AL contrario,
siempre has de vestir modesto,
sencillamente.
ST tn padre es rico, no hagas
,jamas alusi6n a sus riquezas de-
lante de la familia de tn esposo.
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iVerdad que no?
JOSE LUIS VELASCO.

iLas mujeres estan a%utorizadas
en- alguna OCCASION para abrir las
cartas de sus maridos? Sobre este
tema Sc han desarrollado discu-
stones tan interesentes como gra-
ciosas. Hay quien afirma, con pro
fusion de ~argumentos, que GUAM
do en- un matrimonio existe la in
trinidad de ideas y la confanza
indispensable a la felicidad, no
deben tener secretos ell uno para
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Ell S DE MAYO EN-
HEARNE.

Nuestro estimado compatriota
Sr. Cayetano Ruiz, de Hearne,
nos comunica que en- aquella po-
blaci6n Sc celebro entusiastica-
mente ell aniversario de la victo-
ria obtenida sobre los franceses
ell 5 de Mayo. En- la manana de
csc dia tuvo lugar una bonita ce-
remonia como Inauguration de los
festejos; a las a de Ia tarde Sc
arregl6 ell paseo civico, despues
de 10 cual Sc pronunciation vibran
ties discursos que fueron muy
a%plaudidos.
En- la noche, la Junta Patriot
ca obsequi6 al bello sexo con un
suntuoso bale.
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Consoles Japoneses.

Las madres japonesas, cuando
casan una hija, la aconsejan de
la manera siguiente:
BESIDE ell momento que seas ca
sada dejas de ser Mi hija.
Obedeceras en- adelante a tus
suegros como hasta ahora has O.
bedecido a tus padres.
Tu esposo sera tn solo dueno.
Seras humilde y limpia.
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IA, LA OLE T1ENE MEJoR sURTIDo YLA QUE vENDE MAS BARATo
49, on5a ada1ncban pr cureo, con los gasts pagados ell mhmo da que SCI ecbe Ia @dm

Libro Magno de San Cipriano.
Tesoro del hechicero. Unica
edici6n autentica del famo-
so GrimOrio 500
Ell D~iccionario Internal. Con-
tiene magia blanca, roja Y
negra, concrete del inferno
ciencias secretas, adivinacio-
mes etc. I.VV
Dogma V ritual de la alta ma
gia. Contiene el triangulo de
Solomon, la irradiaci6n ma
gica. la cabala, l~anigroman-
cha Y otros muchos %secretos.
Dos tomOS SUI
Magia blanca negra o lacien-
ella de la vida fnita e intini-
ia con sugestiones practicas
tismo $50
Ell Libro Internal " O.65
La C~lavicula del Hechicero o
sea ell libro de San Cipriano' O.60
Elverdadero Dragon RojO. Pac-
tos i~nfernales, modo de ha-
cerse invisible. etc, --" 5-OO
Secretos de la prestidigitaci6n
Y Gle la magia-" Loo
SecratOs del inferno O.3O
Verdadero horoscope para adj
vinar ell porvenlr----' Oh
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CIENCIAS OCULTAS.

domino = CuIIuId--------- I'0V
Tesoros de milagrosde oracio-
mes de la Cruz de Caravaca" 700
La Magia Egipcia-------- l %
Secretos de Alberto ell Grande" O.2o
Secretos de los Carlos. Arte
de ganar a todos los juegos LOO
FL Libro Negro o la Magla.
V~erdadero tesorode las Glen
cias ocultas l.UO
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La bora de los ninos.

Ell Jardin es tOmada al asaltO pOr
I'm ejercito de minerals. Son las
seis. FL sol ha caido y ell alre re-
fresca. No tardara en- llegar la
mGsica del Battalion Y en- despun-
tar con IN soberbio y magnitco
p%aso-doble, como de ejercito en-
Marcia. Las Petras y las Eulo-
gias Sc hacen confdencias muy
intimas, con I'm ojo al meme y o.
tro, guinador y picard, a Ia amiga.
En- tanto, los ninos Sc agrupan
para organizar ell inocente juego.
Los hay de todas edades. Los pc
quenOs, vacilantes y timidos, que
Sc dejan arrastrar, no sin cierto
tenor pintado en- ell semblante,
por los mayores. Las ninas crecl-
ditas Sc ponen a cuchichear muy
seriaa adoptando I'm aire de Sc
nora que hace reir. Elias son las
inaccesibIes, las que replican a
los chicos empenados en- jugar:
'hom0res con hombres y mule
res con mujeres.." Y es que con-
sideran a los pequenos muy bo-
hos. Elias tienen va una idea for
NAL en- sus pequenas cabezas dc
pajaro; va Sc preOcupan de las
modas, del arreglo de casa, de los
novios, en- tanto que ellos no pien-
san sino en- ell retOZO, un tanto
brutal, porque les salem va las
fuerzas y comienZa a brotarleS Ell
instinto destructor y dOminador.
Elias Sc cogen del brazo y hablan
del vestido que ha llevado al tea
tro la hermana grande, de las
cintas que Sc usan para la toile-
tie, y de las faldas de moda. No
saben siempre los nombres, pero
sus gestos y sus manecitas eXpli-
can con una elocuencia desespe-
rada y parlanchina las formas CO.
rrientes, ell peinado, el ''plisse",
las 'tablas'', ell entred0s.....
I'm beb6 llora. Eulogia Sc pre-
cipita con I'm ruido e~scandaloso
de deIantal p~lanchado. Ell bebe
llora porque un muchacho vende-
dor de dulces 10 ha echado por
terra diStraidamente. EIlOs, los
de padres acomodados, son los
NINOs; los otros, los de la clase
humiIde, son 'muchachos."
-jQu6 tie pasa, Willy?
ME pogo csc MUCHACHo.
Gala, va pas6; We a jugar
con estos "ninOs."
Sin embargo, 70 he visto un
dia a IN meme. rubio, de ojos azu-
les, bello como un principe, que
jugaba con un rapaz plebeyo y
sucio a formar montoncitos de tie
IRA. Era I'm pequeno, inconscien-
temente democratic. Pero la ma
ma intervino energicamente.
i-Dejame, -decia ell nino llo-
riqueando-es mi amigo!
Y es que las ''nanas" tienen Ia
consigna de no dejar que los en-
cafes de Bruselas Sc junten con
los harapos.
Este mundo infantil me saduce
y me divierte. Y me instruye.
Aparte del espectaculO de belleza
que proporciona. NADIA mas bello
en- efecto, que I'm nino. Grandes
ojos interrogadores; pequena bo-
ca carminea; balbuceos adorableS.
In nino reasume toda Ia hermo-
sura corporal. Cuando 20 tenga
hijos mi mujer Sc va a poner &C.
losa, estad SECURES.
La banda militar rompe en- una
Marcia de triunfo. Los escapara-
ties de las tiendas Sc iluminan de
orc. Ell girls de la tarde Sc ahoga
en- los focos electricos. Los nenes
Juegdn.
JOSE LUIS VELASCO.
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OBRAS DIVERSAS.

Don Juan TenOriO-S U.Z0
Manual de agricultural CANA
deria. Obra ilustrada con
grabados %
Biblioteca de la Risa. Obra
capaz de hacer reir a los
muertoS. , tomos tela-" 200
u, mu nj bien educada 50
Compendio hist~6rico-critico de
la literature caStellana 1.25
PenSamientoS para p~OstaleS.
Obra que contiene muchos
penSamientos y versOs de
tOdaS classes para tarietaS
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HISTORIA.

El Sol de Mayo " loo
e. Cerro De las Campanas loo
Sacerdote V Caudillo 90
Los InSUrgenteS - 10
Memorials de I'm g]uerrillero 90
La Majestad Caida 90
Historic Universal. pOr Cesar
CantI. Tn tOmO tela 20
EpOpevas de mi Patria: BenltO
Juarez. HermosO LibrO de
Juan de Dios Pea. Ediclon
de gran lUjo zoo
Historic de Mexico, pOr Zarate" O.45
Episodes Miiitares MeXicanos
Independence { Invasion
Americana. , tOmOs
tela Z9v
". , +omoS ~ nasTa tela - 200
Historic de Mexico, pOr Yer
dia. Tn lu!OSO tOmO, tela
flexible 3.VO
Historic Patria, por Justo
Sierra. Complete O.5U
Mexico P~acifcado. EdiCi6n de
luio. Obra escrita pOr D.
Adolfo Ducl6S Salinas- / 90
H6roe V Caudillo, por Ducl6s
Salinas. Edici6n de lujo--" i 90
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Amor V Martirio.

Amor V Martirio.
La hija de Venus.
Porque Sc casan los hombres.
Porque pecan las mujeres.
Porque murmuran las VEGAS
Porque reinciden las viudas.
e. collar de esmeraldas
Las hijas del champagne.
Ell nido de ruisenores.
Las obreras del amor.
Marina o la hija de las olas
Pasionarias de amor.
FL 81 de las ninas.
La viuda allegro.
La nina de los jazmlnes.
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RELIGION.

Catecismo de Ripalda-' O.lO
LavaIle MeXicano - 600
AncOra de Salvation - O.6O
e. devote JosehnO - I.W
AureoladeI Patriarch San
Jose 2.UO
La Azucena. -Devocionario
para las Hijas de Maria" O.6O
COmulgadOr General " O.75
Lavalle de la Juventud $780," 0.2O
e Santo SACRIFICE de la Misa" 0.S5
Curse de hloSOfia elemental,
por BalmeS Us
La Imitacion de Cristo O.60
Devocionario GuadalupanO OBS
Los MartireS o ell triunfoGe LAY
religion ~criSuana, por Cha
teaubriand. Edici6n de gran
2 OO
FL Genio del Crisuanismo, por
el mismo auCor. Edicj6n de
gran lujo , 90
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NOVELAS DE CARLOTA BRAE-
Me A 40 CENTAVOS CA
DA UNA.

Dora
AZucena
Una historic de amor
Locura de amor
Entire dos pecados
Tn pecado oculto
In amargO despertar
Entire dos amOreT
Espinas de una rosa
FL OrgullO de una raZa
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POESIA.

NOvELAS DE lBO ALFARO, A 80 CTS.
CADA UNA.
Malditas sean las mujeres
MaldltOs sean los hombreS.
Maldltas sean las suegras.
Arte de buscar maridO
Las EvaS modernas.
Ell novio prestado.
La hija de las flores.
Ell purgatOriO de las S~olteras.
FL paraiso de las mujeres.
Ell inferno de los hombres.
Viva mi nOvla!
FL hada de los mares.
Su Majestad ell Amor.
Maldito sea ell Amor.
La PrinceSa del Dollar.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-07
WOMEN CLEAN UP TOWN;
BOY SCOUTS ASSIST THEM
Ladies Work With Hoes and RaI<ss to
Beauty Cornwall, N. Y.

When the board of health Of Corn
wall, village near the city Of New
burg, N Y, after repeated appeals.
failed to clean up the Moodna creek,
a stream which had long been made
the dumping ground Of all kinds of
refuse and constituted a constant men,
ace to health, the women of the town
took the matter into their own hands.
Wealthy women organized an improve
ment society. which was nicknamed
1.-The tin can committee" and set about
the cleaning up Of the creek and adj
jacent properties.
Thanked by a squad Of boy scouts,
the town marched to the Moodna with
hoes and rakes and began a cleanup
Of the banks of the creek. On the first
day their labors, which had progressed
finely, were interrupted by rain. but
the following week their work was
finished Plans are now being perfect
ed to keep the creek and Its environs
In condition where it will be neither
an eyesore nor a menace to the health
Of the community.
At the conclusion of their labors the
women said that the Moodna had
been made the dumping ground for all
sorts of garbage and what they did
was by way of protest against this
custom. which is calculated to make
the beautiful country unhealthy and to
give an unfavorable impression of the
artistic nature of its inhabitants to the
travellers within our boundaries"
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Notice Is hereby given, that the fol-
lowing county warrants will be paid
on the presentation to the county
treasurer at his office in Grangeville,
Idaho, and that interest on said war
rants will cease on the 10th day of
August, 1918, to-wit:
Current expense fund, warrants is
sued Jan. 10, 1911, No. $52S to 1856
inclusive.
Current expense fund, warrants is
sued October %, 1912, No. 1895 to
14011 inclusive.
Current expense fund, warrants is
sued March 10, to April IA, 1918, No.
1856 to 1875 inclusive.
General road fund, warrants issued
April 10, 1918, No. SAB
Bridge fund, warrants issued Oct.
%, 1912 and Jan. 81, 1913. No. 500 to
535 inclusive
Date July 81, 1918.
F. S. RICE,
County Treasurer
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Office of the Idaho Placer Mines
Company. Limited, Occur d'Alene, Ida
no July 14th. 1918.
Notice is hereby given that at
meeting of the Board Of Directors
of the Idaho Placer Mines Company,
Limited, held on the 14th day Of July,
1913 at the office of the company at
Spokane. Wash, an assessment of on
cent per share was levied on the cap
ital stock Of the corporation payable
OF or before the 14th day Of August,
1913 to P. F. Hare, Treasurer Of said
corporation in Spokane, Wash. Amy
stock on which the assessment re-
mains unpaid on the 14th day of Aug.
1913 will be delinquent and advertised
for sale at public auction and unless
payment Is made before will be sold
Saturday the 3Oth day of August, 1918
at 8 O'Clock a. m. at the office Of the
company in the Steel Stoll Block,
Occur d'Alene, Idaho to pay the de-
linquent assessment. together with the
costs of advertising and the expense
of sale.
Jl17-Aug7 P. H. HARE, Secretary.
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The Ideal City of Today.

II controls its physical foundations;
It is not controlled by them. 1t sub
ordinates property to humanity; 1t per
mits the freest possible play Of indi'
yidual initiative so long as the indi-
vidual does not interfere with the com
mon veal At the same time 1t re-
serves to itself the right to determine
where the freedom of the individual
must end and the activity of the city
begin. and when the city does make an
Investment 1t keeps for itself as large
a portion Of the SPECTATORS profit as IT
can 1t pays for Its parks and its
boulevards. its docks and Its wharfs
from out the resale of surplus land
which 1t acquires in excess of its needs
Los Angeles Times
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Department of the Interior L. S. Land
Office at HALEY. Idaho. July "a. 1913.
Notice is hereby given that Arthur
Z. Garden. of Warren, Idaho. who on
November 10, 1911. made homestead en-
try serial No. 0l055l, for M NWA.
SEA NWA section 2S. NE1-4 NE1-4.
section 20. township 81 north, Range II
east, Boise Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final three year proof
to establish claim to the land above
described. before register and receiver
of U. S. land office. at HALEY. Idaho
on the Gath day of September, 1918.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John Woliston, of Warren, Idaho
Orlando NJ. Abel of Roosevelt, Idaho,
George Green, of Roosevelt, Idaho Geo
Yardley. of Roosevelt.
+. +. HORNE,
ju31 -a2S Register
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NOTICE TO CIR EDITORS.

In the Probate Court, County of Idaho,
State of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mary
Gibson. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that letters
of administration on the estate of Mary
Gibson, deceased, were granted to the
undersigned on the 22hd day of July.
1913, by the Probate Court of Idaho
County
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
to me for allowance, at my residence
in the city of Grangeville, Idaho, the
same being hereby designated as the
place of business of said estate, within
months after the date of the first
publication of this notice, or they shall
be forever barred.
Dated this 22nd day of July, 1913.
ED BICKFORD,
ju31-a2S Administrator.
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ALIAS sum MONS.

In the District Court Of the Second
Judicial District Of the State of Ida
no, in and for Idaho County.
James R. Gibbins, plaintiff. VS.. Alice
Gibbins, defendant.
The State Of Idaho Sends Greetings:
To Alice Gibbins, the above named
defendant.
You are hereby notified that a COM
plant has been filed against you in
the District Court of the Second Ju-
dicial District of the State of Idaho
in and for the County OF Idaho, by the
above named plaintiff, and you are
hereby directed to appear and ans
wer the said complaint within twenty
days of the service of this summons
If served within said Judicial District,
and within forty days If served else
where; and you are further notified
that unless you SO appear and answer
said complaint within the time herein
specified, the plaintiff will take judg-
ment against you as prayed, In said
complaint.
Said action is brought to procure q
decree of divorce by plaintiff from
defendant upon the ground of the
wilful desertion and abandonment of
plaintiff by defendant, said desertion
and abandonment having existed for
more than one year Immediately pro-
ceeding the commencement of this
action.
Witness my hand and the seal Of
said District Court, this End day OF
July, 1913.
(SEAL) j. A. BRADBURY,
! Clerk.
G. F. JOHNSON,
| Deputy.
c. T. Mcdonald, Attorney for Plain
tiff. residence and post office ad
dress, Grangeville, Idaho. jl3-a7
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NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

Notice Is hereby given that in pur-
suance of an order of sale, made and
entered by the Probate Court of the
County of Idaho, State of Idaho, on
the End day of July, 1913, in the mat
ter of the estate of John w. Bennett,
tor of said estates will sell at pri-
vate sale, subject to confirmation by
the said Probate Court, the following
described property, towit: SEA SW
u. S1s SEA Sec. 8, and SWA SW
u Sec. 8, Twp. 20 N, R E., M,
100 acres; and the NJ M, NW'A
NWA Sec. 80 Twp. 80 NJ. r E.. B
M 10 acres, all in Idaho County,
Idaho.
This sale will be made on or after
the 26th day Of July, 1913, and bids
will be received at office of Public
Administrator, in court house Grange
vile. Idaho, up to IL o'clock, M. Of
said day.
Terms of sale will be cash, lawful
money of the United States of
America on confirmation of sale by
the Probate Court, of Idaho County,
Idaho, ten per cent of amount bid to
act ompany each and every bid.
Right reserved to reject any or all
bids
Dated July 3. 1913.
F. S. RICE,
Administrator of said estate.
H. Taylor. Atty. for administrator.
July 10-Aug. 7
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among the ways of providing better
transportation facilities for the dairy
man and farmer. none seems more fea-
sipie than radial system of good
roads running out into the country for
ten or fifteen miles. Farmers then
could drive in with their products at
any season OF the year and save the
pronts OF possibly two middlemen and
VI al least one. the railroad In prac-
uce II generally works out that this
saving Is shared by both the consumer
and producer 1t would seem that any
city could well afford to contribute gen
erously as business proposition to
sucn project. which would both bring
uaue to her merchants and cheaper
,ooo TO- her people Winnipeg Tele
gram
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HOW ONE TOWN SOLVED
ITS AMUSEMENT PROBLEM
Pttsfsld, Mass, Now Has Good Plays
OF Educational Value.

Two years ago the citizens of Pitts.
neld. Mass. decided that 1t would be
well to try to make their local theater
an institution Of some value to the
community Instead of having It con-
Quoted after the manner of theaters in
most of the smaller cities and towns
or the United States. Their expert
ence may be Of value to other places
suffering from similar evils.
The theater was in a rundown con-
dltlon and under management which
had let 1t go from bad to worse The
Pittsfield men got together and chip
ped In enough to buy it out and out
and put 1t in good condition In every
way. They did not confine their ef-
forts to the front Of the house, but
even went so far as to put in decent
dressing rooms with modern convent
ences. They made tempting terms
and tried to secure attractions which
would give Pittsfeld something be-
sides constant succession of cheap
musical shows and fly by night enter
tainments. In this they were fairly
successful. but found that they were,
Ike other places. the victims of the
cratic booking system which controls
theatricals in America. In addition
they found that conducting the enter
prise was taking more Of their time
and energy than they cared to devote
to it. Therefore they turned the house
over to William Parke, who had had
a considerable experience at the Castle
Square In Boston. and aided him in the
esta Adjustment Of stock company.
Mr.. Parke was so encouraged by his
early experiences with the Pittsfeld
public that he took the theater over al
rental which Is satisfactory to its
owners. and Pittsfeld now has an at.
tracttve. well conducted theater, al
which are regularly presented by q
well trained company the standard
plays and the more recent successes as
fast as they are released for stock com
pany use.
With the knowledge that their thea
ter could be relied upon new theatel
going public has developed not only IL
Pittsfield itself but in the territory
which is accessible by trolley. Finan
cially it has not been great success
so far. but has been self supporting t.
an extent that makes every one con
cerned willing to go on with the enter
prise The experiment is Of value t.
other communities that find themselves
In the same position as Pittsfield
In Northampton. Mass, they have
tried out the experiment of a municipal
theater with considerable success, bu
this idea Is not so likely to comment
itself to American communities. Their
is reasonable existing prejudice
among most Americans against usinl
public moneys for purposes of amuse
ment, even in the form Of an educa
donal theater There can, of course
be no such objection to such an enter
prise as that in Pittsfleld, and the of
tener 1t is copied the better for dra
matte art in America. The stock com
pany Is about the only practical schoo
! for the stage that we have In this coun
try and today is supplying the bes
new material that comes to the metro
politan theaters.
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ROADS RAISE PRICES.
One Instance Of the Advantages Of
Better Highways.

One Instance Of the Advantages Of
Better Highways.
contrasting picture of the effect of
good roads upon farm prices is paint
ed by a daily newspaper of the grain
belt in this manner:
"a good farm on q bad road. Nice
house. Modern improvements. Fine
team High fertility. Seven miles from
town. Owner wants to sell. Adver
tises. Buyer comes. Has plenty Of
cash, seeking good farm. pleasantly
located Roads fierce Conversation
hinges on highway. Buyer wants good
road to town. Boy in school. Likes to
60 in to plays. lectures. church
Couldn't offer over 500 an acre and
doesn't think he wants the farm at all
No sale.
Same thing: similar farm. similar
circumstances. except good. permanent
road. good every day in the year. Own
er thinking Of selling. Same man with
cash in hand looking for farm. Con-
versation hinges on price Offers $3.50
Owner can't see 1t Keeps edging up
- at time. Sale closed at $500 per
acre. Everybody happy"
Not the least important phase Of the
whole highway agitation is the effect
OF good roads not only upon farm com
forts and contentment. but upon farm
prices. A farm which had never been
priced above $75 an acre before the
construction Of good roads sold within
few months after their construction
Tor S112.50 an acre. the owner admit
ing the advance in value was due
solely to the new highways Such In
cldents are far from rare. The amount
asked for road improvement is large
enough at times TO stagger us. but
tnere are proofs in plenty that the re-
turns are not long in coming and that
the problem is so large as to call for
an expenditure and a policy in keep
ing