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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

erty, and Value Is Ruled by Relation
Of Demand and Supply.
The direct effect that changing bad
roads into good roads has upon land
value and the general economic wei
fare of community is shown In some
concrete Illustrations gathered by the
United States department of agricul-
ture.
The department has just issued n
statement on the subject, based upon
a mass OF information gathered by the
Office OF public roads, which Is making
n special study of the economic effect
OF road Improvement in the country
According 10 data gathered, where good
roads replace bad ones the values OF
farm lands bordering on the roads In
crease to such an extent that the cost
OF road Improvement is equalized, If
not exceeded. The general land val
ues rs well as farm values show mark
ell advances with the Improvement of
roads.
Among the illustrations cited by the
department are the following:
In Lee county, Va, farmer owned
100 acres between Ben Hur and Jones'
Vile, which he offered to sell for 81, 800.
In 1908 this road was improved, and.
although the farmer fought the i'm
provement, he has since refused $4,000
for his farm.
In Jackson county, Ala, the people
voted bond issue Of $25O,000 for road
Improvement and improved 81 per cent
OF the roads The census of 1900 gives
the value OF all farm lands in Jackson
county at $500 per acre. The census
of 1910 places the value OF all farm
lands in Jackson county at SOTO per
acre, and the selling price is now from
$50 to $50 per acre.
AS the roads in no way affect soil
fertility or quality OF the farm, ad-
vances are due essentially to the de-
crease in the cost Of hauling produce
TO market or shipping point Farms
are now regarded as plants for the
business of farming, and any reduc-
ton in their profits through unneces-
sarily heavy costs for hauling on bad
roads naturally reduces their capital
ization into values.
Inc automobile also has begun to be
an important factor in increasing rural
values where good roads are intro
duced.
Immigration is particularly marked
where road conditions are favorable
In fact, the figures of the department
seem to Indicate that good roads indi-
rectly increase the demand for rural
property, and the price of farm land
like that of any commodity, is ruled by
the relations between demand and sup
ply.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

famous. His ancestors have
won blue ribbons in every part of
the world, where beauty, style
action and endurance were the
teSt.
The best advertisement for q
sta Ion Is his get. This horse
has produced several colts in this
county that cannot be Leaten
anywhere. Call and see him
and you will breed to him. In
surance fee $40. adv
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
SHOW ROADS OF ALL AGES.
Elaborate Collection of Models to Be
Exhibited at Exposition.

-'N@S'o NV ON''OSNlOIl " 10 DO
Exhibited at Exposition.
One Of the most elaborate collections
of road models ever displayed will be
shown by the United States office Of
public roads at the Panama Pacific ex-
position I'm 1915. Logan Walter Page,
treasurer OF the bureau, began prep
arations for assembling this unique
exhibition.
Reproduction of old Roman roads.
French roads and all the various types
of modern highways will be included
in the models. Miniature reproductions
Of road machinery as well as every
other known device used in the build
ing of roads Will appear In the exhibit.
For years the bureau has been dis
playing at various national and inter
national eXpositions and elsewhere
and I'm its railroad educational cars
samples Of the work IT is doing, but
the showing it is preparing to make
ut the Panama-Paciflc exposition will
be the most complete yet made
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

checked girl No one can imagine the
confidence I have IN DR.. Miles Heart
Remedy" \. n. CANON. Worth, No.
The unbounded confidence Mr..
Canon has In DR.. Miles Heart Rem
edy is shared by thousands of
others who know SIS value from
experience Many heart disorders
yield TO treatment If the treatment
Is right If you are bothered with
short breath fsinting spells, swell
ing Of feet or ankles, pains about
the heart and shoulder blades, pal
pitation, weak and hungry spells,
you should begin using DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy at once Profit by
the experience Of others while you
may.
Pr. Niles Heart Rsmsdy 10 sela ans
sos'sntsss by aH arvselsse,
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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

The Michigan legislature has passed
the Newal Smith automobile tax bill
which provides for n graded tax on
automobiles and auto trucks based on
their horsepower, and the money thus
raised IS 70 be devoted to good roads
The bill had n stormy time I'm the
house, and Representative Smith was
Kept busy preserving its important
provisions In the senate not much
opposition developed.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
A Democratic Governor

Perhaps you didn't know if,
but last week West Virginia had
a Democratic governor. Cover
nor Hatfield went to Colorado
Springs 90 attend a meeting Of
the governors of the various
states and during his absence
Samuel V Woods. president Of
the senate and a Democrat. was
lhe thief magistrate of the state.
After q benrty meal take Doon's
Regulets and assist your stomach,
livu and bowels Rebd'cts arc G
mild laxative 25c at all stores.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

The need Of inspection for small
town meat markets and slaughter
houses was shown ihe other day i'm a
piece Of liver which had been given a
patron Of one OF these markets for cat
meat Inspection Of the pieces OF liver
by q veterinarian showed extensive
tubercuIar Infection If the other por
lions Of this same animal were sold
over The counter the proprietor Of the
market was not only careless. but rem
dered himself liable for criminal prose.
cution for selling meat that was dis
e0sed and unfit for food.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
MERRyM0UNT, NO. 1862
The Beautiful, I2ed
SOrrel, Kentucky
Saddle Stallion

Owned and kept by Sn it'll &
Huffman at their livery barn in
Grantsville. Will make the
spring season of 1913 at that
place.
This horse is one of the very
best bred horses that ever came
from the Blue Grass State. He
is of the acknowledgements
Squirrel strain, the kind of
horses that have made Kentucky
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
SUBSCRIPTION:
CoicnelS and More COIOneiS

Kentucky has long been known
as the land Of colonies. 1t was
also famous for its blue grass.
b.oo6ed horses and mint juleps.
but it boasted more colonels than
any State in the Union. Its
said if you meet man down in
Kentucky and don't know his
name it is safe 20 say: Flow are
you. COLONEL"
Kentucky borders on Wes :
Virginia, The raging Tug Riy-
er flows between. There has al
ways been a rivalry between
certain citizens in The bo,der
counties of the two States.
which rivalry in past years, grew
50 keen that it eliminated in an
occasional crack Of a Winchester.
but now there bids fair to be q
state rivalry in the number Ct
colonies each can produce. West
Virginia has Jagged behind in
that particular, but Gov. Hat
field by one dash of his pen, has
pushed his proud State into the
front rank. Last week he IS
sued an edict, order or proclamG-
tion, appointing his personal
staff, comforting military titles
on 106 Of his constituents.
Think of it, 100 new colonels in
West Virginia.
When the Governor goes forl h
on State occasions, surrounded
by that Staff of 10G Colonies,
spick and span in their new uni
forms, adorned with good braid
and epaulettes, Kentucky will
take back seat. No more inn
posing spectacles will have beeN
seen since Napoleon rode for u
on Marengo, surrounded by his
marshals ard wall, d in by the
OF Guard.
The Governor was not only
generous in bis beHtowal Of title s
but he was considerate as well
Not county was sighted
The larg e counties got several
but even Democratic Hampshire
gets one. Dir. A. N. Mckee er
is the one hCncred here. Colo
nel McKeever, if you pl> ase
And in one instance at least
party lines were forgotten by the
Governor. Senator GRAY Silver
is a lucky one, although a Dem
ocrat. What an imposing army
of CoIonelsl What a gererou:
Executive!
p. s. For the information anC
consolidation of the Colonies
without any authority whatever
we want to deny the rumor tina
Gov. Hatfield intends to use thi:
newly created Regiment of Col
onels to suppress future strike
riots in the coal fields. RomneS
Review.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
MAJOR FIXES "ROAD DAYS"
Governor Expects Every Ablebodied
Man to Work Aug. 20 and a.

Governor Expects Every Ablebodied
Man to Work Aug. 20 and a.
Through n proclamation Governor
Major Of Missouri set apart Aug. 20
and p rs public holidays to be known
rs good roads days"
lie supplemented the proclamation
with a request that every ablebodled
man In the rural districts and smaller
cities OF the state devote those days to
work Oh the public highways. The
proclamation asks for n general sus-
pension OF business The women OF
the state are asked to supply the vol
unteer wOrkmen with food and encour-
age them with their presence and good
cheer The commercial clubs. civic or
CARNATIONS and the press are asked
to favor the movement and do every
thing possible to make the two days
as fruitful Of results as possible.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Legacy 70 Have His Health Drunk.

Mr.. John Dlpple OF Leytonstone, IT,
censed yictualler. who died on Sep.
TENDER 81, bequeathed R250 to the
treasurer of the Leyspring lodge OF
Free Magong upon trust to apply the
income In providing for a silent toast
TO be drunk to hio memory. to be pro-
posed at the installation banquet OF
the lodge by the master.--London
Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

ROAD ON DYREsKARD PASS, NORWAY.
drifts upon Dyreskard pass, in Nor
way. This road is 3,715 feet above the
level of the sea, and the workmen were
compelled to dig through snow. soil
and rock in order to make it passable.
In certain sections of the United
States roads have been built through
the mountains, but in most instances
they are poor and impossible, espe-
cially in severe weather.
The roads IN the mountains OF North
Carolina are perhaps the poorest, but
are being improved This section is
sparsely populated, and the inhabitants
are no longer willing to put up with
the poor roads and live shut up I'm the
great mountains. frequently having
every approach to the nearest town cut
Off by absolutely impossible roads
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

bed near a window
20 she could get
her breath. One
doctor said. Poor
child, she IL likely
to fall dead any
time A friend
told me DR.. Miles
Heart Remedy had
cured her father,
so I tried Il, and
she began TO i'm
prove. She took
a great many bot
ties. but she n
spared 10 mo to-
49, -
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
A Now Road Material.

With view Of obtaining a road sur
face which will give better resistance
70 automobile traffic, experiments are
being made again IN France with
roadbcd material consisting OF an init
mate mixture Of Iron straw" or iron
In the shape OF wiry or fbrous mass.
such as Is commonly used for cleaning
and scraping purposes I'm this country.
together with cement mortar and sand.
Such material Is called "ferro. cement"
and it appears that tests as to rs 1T
ness for road surfaces are giving good
results But the iron IS not the usual
Kind found I'm commerce. being prepar-
cd specially for the purpose by suita-
bic machines ~ appropriate design II
is claimed that the resulting material
VIII not be an overexDensive one
Scientific American.
Glover seed is high enough I'm price
so that 81 bchoOyes the man who buvs
II 20 get the best Country merchants
who are alert TO the needs OF their
farmer patrons will have samples Of
the clover seed they offer for sale test
cd 10 determine how pure 10 is and
whether DC contains the seed OF any
noXious weeds Should the merchant
not do this the buyer should do II he.
fore he takes the clover seed home.
Many farmer goes to the auction soIe
In the neighborhood not because he
needs stock or machinery. but for the
same reason that bis wife goes TO the
quAtinG be-.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

II Il is true that taxicab IN Ath-
ems lie called a Observation-Disclosures.
moxaHe. we should think that before
you got through calling Il. It might be
out OF sight.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
IeEAE- Ez~7<4-sN-.
Take His Sws

Man, says a French savant, has
Elk times more lung capacity than he
needs. How about the artist who
Stays on the slide trombone?-Chk
Sago Record-Heraid
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09

Eyerybody's friend DIR. Thorn
as eclectic Oil, the great house
hold remedy for lootbache, earache
sore throat, cuts, bruises scalds.
Sold at ell drug stores. % and so
cts.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
Heart Disease Almost
Fatal to Young Girl

my daughter. when thirteen years
old, was stricken with heart troubIs.
She was 30 bad We had TO place her
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
1.,: B & 8 ' VI:
blankets and
comforts
Trss
Values

Blankets = ia all NO O !
fancy plaid blankcts-blue and
white, tan and white. pink and
white, grey and white. black and
white and red and black
Blanket - 12-4 - strictly all
wool, solid plaid country woven
blankctS-blue and white, tan an
white, PINK and white, grey ar
white, black and white, and red
and black-$5.00.
Comforts-White carded cot
ton filled comforts, figured silka-
line covering-Persian and for"l
design-tufted and stitched-72x
81 size-$1 %.
Comforts - White cardcd co..
ION filled comforts-hne quail
figured silkaline covering-scrc |
stitched "ersian patterus-81x
80 size 80.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-09-09
HOW GOOD ROADS
INCREASE VALUES
Farm Lands Bring Much Great
or Prices.
IMMIGRATION ATTRACTED.

Likewise Good Roads Directly In
crease the Demand For Rural Prop
erty, and Value Is Ruled by Relation
OF Demand and Supply.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
BOARD OF TRADE
FILES PROTEST
Truesden Sends Letter to Sem
ate Committee Against
Borland Amendment.
MOST EQUITABLE SYSTEM
Proposal that Property Owners Pay
One-half Street Improvement Ex-
pense an Injustice. ~

A protest against the Borland amend
ment to the District Appropriation bill,
providing that that one-half the cost of
improving streets shall be paid by own
ers Of the abutting property, was filed
yesterday by the Washington Board OF
Trade municipal finance committee with
the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The letter, which was signed by George
Truesdell, chairman of the Boards COM
mittee, recites that the method for meet
ing expenses of street Improvement pro-
vided by the Borland amendment was
tried unsuccessfully during the time
when the District had board of public
works 1t states in part:
However successful the Borland meth
cd may have been elsewhere, the plan
upon which the city of Washington is
laid out. with broad rectangular streets
and wide radiating avenues varying in
width from IS to 100 feet, with numerous
public squares, circles and triangular
reservations, does not lend itself to any
equitable system of assessing the cost of
paving the carriageways on a front foot
basis. Aside from the distress brought
upon the small property holders under
this system, it was found under the vast
system of improvements inaugurated by
the board OF public works impossible to
devise any uniform and equitable method
OF applying the law to the large number
of irTegular-shaped lots varying greatly
in depth and frontage in proportion to
depth.
Under the present law, in force for
nearly thirty-ive years, the small
property holder in the suburbs and on
many of the unimproved streets of the
city has contributed toward the pay
ment in the older portions of the city.
and now when he is about to have his
own streets paved he is. IL the proposed
change is made, to be assessed for
costs. There is no demand for this
change, and IL would work great hard
ships and injustices upon a deserving
class of small property holders In the
suburbs and elsewhere who are paying
for their homes in monthly installments.
Moreover, the proposed change would
not reduce the tax on any property in the
District a single dollar, and there Is no
public necessity for such a change: nor
is there much analogy between this sys-
TEN and the existing law under which
sidewalks and alleys are paved, where the
benefits are almost wholly local. The
present revenues are adequate for all the
work estimated for by the Commission
ers. and asgregating several millions Of
dollars more than the House of Repre-
has appropriated in the pres
ent bill
The Board committee had asked a hear
ing, which Senator Warren. chairman
of the Senate Appropriations Commit
tee replied could not be given because
of a lack of time. The letter accordingly
was filed.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
WASHINGTON MECCA
FOR SUFFRAGISTS
Advance Guard Reaching Capital to
Participate in Inaugural Parade.
Uniform Unnecessary.

The great suffragists' migration has
started. They are coming into Washing
ton by twos and threeS-the advance
guard of the hordes which are to follow.
Gen. Rosalie Jones left New York with
her column of marchers yesterday in the
bleak breaking Of the morning. Other
bands, companies, armies, are rallying
around the women's militant banner I'm
many places throughout the country pre-
paratory to breaking camp for Washing
ton.
From the end of the week on, the num-
Der of suffragists in Washington will
noticeably increase from day to day, the
pageant organizers say.
Preparations have been made on a
large scale for the accommodation of the
women who are massing on the Capital
to fight for women's rights. Mrs Har-
vey W. Wiley announces that her COM
mittee has completed arrangements
whereby an army may be housed and
fed
Not all the marchers in the pageant
will be in costume. Hundreds of men
and women are expected to take pa
dressed in their regular winter wraps,
out any distinguishing dress will be just
as welcome as the others. ii Is said
at headquarters.
Many local high school girls have
pledged themselves to take part in the
parade. There will probably be a school
girls section, emphasizing the women's
belief that the women of the next gen.
Grafton will have the right to vote.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
NOT FORCED TO GIVE.
ClapP Committee Hears Testimony
Concerning Campaign Funds.

Gordon H Campbell. treasurer of the
Republican State committee Of Arkansas
testifying before the Clapp campaign
funds investigating committee, denied
yesterday that any force of compulsion"
was used to compel Federal Office hold
ers to furnish money for President Tafts
campaign in 1872
In refuting the charges made by Post
master Thomas ]. Camp before the COM
mittee. yesterday, Campbell said that
Camp. like others. had been asked to fur
nish money to help the Republican party.
He denied that a ; per cent basis Of the
total salary was stipulated, and said that
refusals to contribute were accepted by
the central committee without protest.
In referring to Camps dismissal from
the service for alleged failure to con-
tribute, Campbell stated that the inspec-
tors report discharging him was dated
prior to Campbel's letter asking for
funds.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
PRESIDENT APPOINTS OFFICERS
v. f. Stack, of This City, Placed in
Marine Corps.

President Taft yesterday sent to the
Senate the following nominations: Lieut..
Commander John S. Dodderidge. to be
Commander, U. S. N; Lieut. John w.
Scheenfeld and Lieut.. Clarence l..
Arnold to be lieutenant commanders;
Junior Grade Lieuts. Harold Jones,
Albert Rees. Alexander Sharp. to be
Iieutenants: Ensign Charles S. Brand to
he assistant naval constructor; Assistant
Paymaster Omar c. Conger and John H
Knapp to be past assistant paymasters:
to be paymaster. Samuel r. White, Of
Maryland; to be assistant surgeons
Medical Reserve Corps. George T.
Vaughn, of Virginia. and Lloyd p. Ship
pen, of Maryland: to be assistant sur
geon, John Buckley. of Maryland; to be
second lieutenant U. S. NJ. c., Norman
C. Bates. of California; Douglas B.
Roben. of Michigan: Harry Il Pickett
Of South Carolina: Morris s. Barry, of
Pennnsylvania; Harold D. MacLachlan.
John B. Sebree, of California: ". Z
Stack, of the District OF Columbia; Theo-
dore E. Secor, of California
To be postmaster at Sawtell, Cal !:
Charles S. Martin, at Loyafton, Cal: !:
Mrs. S. E. Stark. Altoona, Pa, George
Fox.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
NEW WATER TOWER
IS OBJECTIONABLE
Anaeostia Citizens will Protest Against
Its Erection Near School
Building.

Citizens of Randle Highlands are in
dignant at the present time over the ac-
ton Of the Water Department in begin
ming the work Of placing one Of their
towers, to used in connection with sup
plying the higher sections in that com
munity with water, in the ground al
most Immediately adjoining the school
building, and on property donated to the
District to be used for school purposes.
President s. E. Snyder, OF the Citizens
Association. together with Messrs. Bar
ker and Williamson. have formed them
selves committee to protest against the
erection of this tank so close to the
school, and to request that ground be
secured elsewhere for this tower. The
committee has gathered instances where
tanks OF this character had bursted
thereby causing much damage. Failure
to induce the authorities to purchase
land elsewhere, the committee will inter
view Col. A E. Randle. who made the
donation, and request him to donate a
small lot upon which to place this tower.
The committee has also been informed
that similar towers are being erected at
Congress Heights and Good Hope. and
IN these cases school ground was not
used. but additional property purchased.
An athletic organization of the boys
ana young men OF emmanuel Episcopal
Church has been perfected, and ]. {.
Winterwerp elected president.
The special committee Of the Randle
Highlands citizens Association appoint
ed to circulate petitions addressed to the
Senate and House District Committees.
requesting that a new bridge be placed
over the Eastern Branch. where the
present Pennsylvania Avenue bridge
spans this stream. in lieu OF appropriat-
ing $4,000 for putting a draw in the
present structure, as contemplated In the
District bill, has about completed its
work and will file the petitions soon
The Washington herald., 1913-02-13
Calls stone Company Monopoly.

Declaring that the Cleveland Stone
Company, Of Cleveland, Ohio. is a
monopoly restraining trade in building,
tagging and curbing stones and in grind
stones, United States Attorney Ulyssus
G. Denman filed a petition in the North
ern District Court at Cleveland yester-
day, asking for the dissolution Of the
concern under the Sherman antitrust
law. The petition alleges that the CIeve-
land Stone Company absorbed eighteen
competing stone companies and quarries
In Ohio, Indiana and New York, and
that, through agreements with the direc-
tors, corlbined to kill competition.