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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
MAINTENANCE OF GOOD ROADS
People In Many States Are Filled
With Enthusiasm for Improve
ment Of Public Highways.

The present year promises to be the
greatest in the history OF the move
ment for the Improvement of the pub
lie roads Of the United States, accord.
ing t the reports received from all
parts Of the country by the United
States department Of agriculture. A
joint committee Of congress is en-
gagged In an investigation of the feast.
lbility Of federal aid in the construc-
rtion, improvement and maintenance
OF public highways, and a number Of
the state legislatures are considering
good road legislation. In connection
with the general impetus that the good
road movement has recently had in all
parts of the country. the director of
the ONCE Of public highways says:
TOO much stress cannot be laid
upon the importance Of maintenance
in connection with the work Of i'm
proving the roads. The people in
nearly all the states are filled with
e~nthasiasm for road improvement and
are spending enormous sums Of money
In the construction Of superb roads,
and yet almost without exception they
are making little provision to care
for the roads after they are built. This
ns true not only in the various
ties. bat under many Of our state high
way departments.
TO maintain the roads in good con
dition year after year requires a con.
siderable annual outlay. but this out,
lay ID infinitely less than the loss
which must fall upon the people event
ually II they allow their roads to go
to utter ruin. The thing for all advo-
Gates of good roads TO do is to urge
continuous, systematic maintenance,
and the setting aside every year Of an
amount per mile estimated by tho on
gineer In charge to be sufficient for
the proper maintenance OF the road-a
course which must make for economy
snd efficiency"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
FOR MORE IMPROVED ROADS
Much Valuable Assistance Rendered
by Office Of Public Roads-Per-
Ishable Products Wasted.

Many of the model highway laws In
various states have been prepared un-
der the advice of the road experts OF
the department Of agriculture, and
all the data and statistics of the Office
of public roads are at the disposal of
the legislatures.
In the last bulletin of the office OF
public roads 1t was stated that at the
close Of 1909, $3.50 per cent. Of the
roads In the United States were i'm
proved. This represents q gain in the
total road mileage improved for the
five-year period, %19O4-1909, Of 1.62 per
cent, or, in other words, the per.
centage of improved roads has in.
creased during this period from TIA
to $3.50 per cent.
In the three years that have elapsed
since then, II is roughly estimated
that the percentage of improved roads
has gone we'll beyond 9 per cent, and
possibly close to 10 per cent. It is
estimated that II 20 per cent. Of tho
public highways YER improved
each highway being selected and i'm
proved with a view to the proportion
ate traffic upon it--a high degree of
efficiency in highway transportation
would be reached. It is figured that
millions OF dollars would be saved an
nually In the transportation Of crops.
the wear and tear on horses and We
hicles, and In the minimizing Of the
waste In truck farming. Where roads
are bad, the farmers frequently find 1t
impossible to get their products to
the shipping points and thus perish
able products are wasted, perceptibly
Increasing the cost Of living.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
Square Deal Mill
SCHOOL AND CHURCH AND
ROAD.

The Ozark farmer has good
schools near to his home. The
children have space to play and
teachers for training.
Road material is abundant in
all the Ozark region. Many of
the highways are rock road in
very truth. Scientific supervi-
sion and expenditure of a small
amount of money in grading
would give to many Ozark coun-
ties the finest highways in the
land. They become passable with
so little effort that the actual
work of road improvement has
been slight.
With schools and roadways to
church and town and market,
the country is attractive for res
idence. The soil gives lead to
immense industry, the streams
sparkle, and the air is tonic
every day of the twelvemonth.
There is something in the Ozarks
which gives hope to all who
breathe it's air. There is tonic
in it's atmosphere and inspira-
ton in it's every place.
Through the Ozark region
there is constant variety. For
awhile there is a valley with
overhanging hills, then the val
ley broadens to a prairie and the
roadway winds over a hilltop,
and one can see at a glance a
half dozen counties spread out
as a panorama.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
KNOW WORKMAN BY THE HAIR
Blends Are Inventive, Brunettes Con.
sentative. Is Assertion Of an
Employment Chief.

DR.. katherine NJ. II. Blackford,
who has charge of the employment
bureau in the NJ. Rumely company's
machine works at Laporte, Ind, gave
an address before the Efficiency So
ciety and the Scientific Selection
and Assignment of Men in the Gre
alton of an Organization" She said
that one of the greatest causes Of
waste in business concerns was Gig
norance of human aptitude and the
requirements of different kinds Of
work"
"Blonds and brunettes do not
work in the same MANNER" she said.
"Generally speaking, blends are
speculative ami optimistic; usually
mild and good natured, often inven-
tive; they like to make plans for
some one else to work out. They in
cline to aggressive work, such as
salcsmanship, advertising and pro-
motion.
"Brunettes incline to conservatism
rather than speculation; they are
often serious minded; sometimes in
2lincd to gloominess. They like to
work out and perfect the plans which
some other mind has made"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
RECALLS DAYS OF CHlvALRY
Remarkable Duel Fought Between
Champions One Of tho Happen
inss in the Balkan War.

a correspondent of the Paris
Journal narratcs a striking story of
the fighting near Tarabos. In the
hospital at Ricka, he says, he saw a
Young Turkish officer who had been
terribly hacked with saber cuts.
This man, who had command Of
m outpost before Tarabos, had rid
den forward on horseback in the face
Of the Montenegrin bullets, and in
the manner of the knights of old had
challenged the bravest among the
enemy to meet him in single combat.
This took place in the evening, in
the light of the moon.
An old Montcnegrin, a veteran Of
many fights, accepted the challenge,
and the two battlcd together for a
long while, scrupulously observing
the laws of an honorable duel.
The Montcncgrin vas wounded in
the shoulder only, but the Turk was
sabcrcd in Il frightful manner, and
though he resisted for a long time,
half-blindcd by his own blood, he
eventually fell. Thercupon his en-
envy bent over him, stanched his
wounds and called for assistance,
after which the injured Turk was
removed with all speed to a hospital.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
MT. PLEASANT
Especial Correspondence.)

fPN'
Another fine rain to be thank.
full for
Miss Stella Kelley of Hartville
visited Miss Leota Anderson
Lowell Anderson got his foot
hurt by a horse.
Orel Dennis visited his sister
at Macomb Friday night and Sat-
urday.
Archie Wilcox visited Lou Oct.
ting's Sunday afternoon.
c. r. Cochenour's of Kansas
are visiting Gid Hensleys.
Mr.. Wilcox is suffering very
bad over bee stings.
Gid Dennis and Barney Smith
are stacking wheat.
Rev. Seal went to Gravel Point
Saturday
Several we're at singing Satur.
day night
The Baptist church at Mt,
Pleasant will hold an all day
meeting Sunday, the services
will be in charge of the pastor,
G. Chadwell; everybody invited.
VIOLET.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
CAT DIES; OWN IN GLOOM.

A maltese cat put Winsted, Conn.,,
in darkness for three hours, but paid
the death penalty in doing so. All
street lights in the borough went out
simultaneously, and people who were
out in the rain stumbled and fell in
dark streets amid broken New Year
resolutions.
Linemen were sent out to ascer-
tain the cause of the trouble, but
three hours elapsed before they
found the body of a cat which had
climbed a lamp pole and fallen or
jumped on to the terminals, causing
a short circuit.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
GOOD COUNTRY ROADS
Narrow Tired Wagon Is Most
Destructive Agent.
Highways Also Have Been Ruined by
Wrong Method Of W~orklns-Dh-
ferent System Of Supervision
Is Advocated.

Good country roads are ruined IN
many ways, some Of which must be
laid at the doors Of the officials In
charge, and some we can only hold
the farmers themselves responsible
for. Good roads are ruined by wealth.
er. water and wanton neglect. Mar
is the chief destructive agent and we
must pay some attention to him and
his ways, says the Western Farmer.
. Any good dirt road can be ruined In
a short time by hauling heavy loads
over it IN narrow tired wagons. The
common one and three-fourth.inch tire
does more harm to country roads
than any other destructive agent. We
wonder why the farmers will continue
buying these wheels when a broad
tire-say four-inch-will make rather
than destroy good roads. The broad
tired wagon pulls easier and that
should be sufficient reason why the
change should be made.
1t seems a waste of money to make
a dirt road hard and smooth, dragged
at the proper time and all that, anG
then have q lot Of men haul big loads
Of grain, hay, wood or what not @
1t just after a rain and their narrow
tires cutting away In. OF course they
all keep In the one track so each sue
ceeding tire cuts a little deeper. II
another rain ONE before the ruts are
dragged full then the whole road goes
to pieces. There should be a tax or
some legal penalty against the narrow
tired wagon. We are not pleading for
low wheels, though we believe In
them. too, but we do urge every n
to buy wide tires. The old wheels
can be made over and wide tires put
on at a slight cost.
Roads have been ruined by the mile
by the wrong method Of working.
The old system Of working out the
road tax under a supervisor or road
boss is wrong. 1t never yet has made
a good stretch of road. 1t never will.
The practice Of tearing up the road
In the fall after harvest-because
that's the only time he q get farm
ers to work-plowing the sodded sides
up and s~calping the whole conglomera-
ton of sods, stones and clods into the
middle of the road is the worst system
that aver can be practiced. The sea-
son Is wrong. the system is wrong
and the road is bad all winter and
next spring.
Who has not seen brush piled in
soft places, gravel dumped In mud
holes, and even sand put In chuck
holes by these road bosses? It's a
sure way to make n bad road worse.
Who has not seen dense groves of tall
willows pile the road full Of snow
which made a mud hole exist there
for weeks after the rest Of the road
was dry? What Is the remedy? A
different system of road supervision.
Remove the Office from politics, get
men who have studied or will study
road building and keep them as long
as they are efficient. Pay road tax
In cash and let this skilled road boss
hire his men. He should keep the
same men all the time. They become
more efficient all the time.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
HER ENDLESS STUDIES.

"Mamma, what will | have to
do when | am educated and accom-
plishcd?"
"Then you can pass the rest of
your life learning how to keep
house"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
Cost Of TRANSPORTATION.

It costs the American farmer rs
cents a tor per mile on al average to
haul his produce to market or to the
railroad station. In England, France
and Germany hauling costs from TT
to IS cents per tor mile. The differ
ence is due mainly to the improved
roads In Europe.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
SOFT WHEAT FLOUR AT
WHOLESALE PRICES

Ambrosia Special, High Patent,
was So. 10, now $3.50
A High Patent, was $3.50,
now $3.50
We are making our own Corn
Chop and Meal out of Good, Clean,
No. 2 white corn at the same Prices
you have to pay for chaff from No.3
corn
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
USUAL.

Greens house burned nearly
down last night. Funny thing, too"
"What a funny thing?"
"Why, the fire did as much dam
age as the water of
Fun.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
WANTED

100 families to make homes for
car of Bull Dogs received at the
Square Deal Mill. We do not
guarantee them to be good coon
dogs, but we do guarantee them to
give satisfaction used in any other
way.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
CAPITOL TALK.

"Don't you think that corporation
agent has a commanding figure?"
81 don't know yet. How much
has he got?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
THEIR REASON.

"Why do broken-down widowers
want to marry AGAIN."
"That's an easy one. Because they
want to get repaired"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10

"Are these articles to go under the
same headisg?"
"By no means. They are not on
the same footing"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
CAUSE FOR SUSPICION.

81 am afraid that picture maker
is a dangerous CRATER"
doesn't his business naturally
lead to frame-ups?"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
STYLE THAT NEVER CHANGES.

"Telling fairy tales to children is
going out of fashion"
"But the style continues of men
telling them to their wives"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10

Patient-Doctor, what is the best
cure for govt?
Doctor-A small income. 1t cures
you by not permitting You to have it.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
GOOD.

Patience-Did that specialist you
went to see do you good?
Patrice--Did he? You just ought
to see his bill?
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
Morality.

Good roads will increase health,
happiness, education, religion and
morality.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
lecrnaan Profanity.

Good roads will decrease profanity,
encouragement, back taxes, sheriffs'
sales, soul grapes and grouches.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
EVIDENCES OF IT.

"That man is O broker"
81 thought he had a stocky build.D
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
To Town by Telephone.

Did you ever hear this? The roads
we're so bad that the only way he
could get to town was by telephone.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-07-10
keen people In Countrv-

Keep People In Country.
Good roads will keep people in the
country and will bring city people to
the fresh air.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
Lawn Festival for Church
Benefit to Be Given
June Z.

IN URING the week the stone foun-
dation for the new Catholic
~ church in the recently created
'Our Lady of Lourdes' par
ish will be completed and work on the
upper structure will be started. The
church will be located at the corner OF
Eleventh East and Fifth South streets,
on the southeast corner of the Judge
Mercy hospital grounds.
The building will be OF brick, and
its style. both interior and exterior,
viii be Gothic, 1t will have a seating
capacity of 300, with three altars, two
sacristies and a commodious organ loft
Over the main altar at the rear of the
church will be beautiful stained glass
window. 9xI4 feet in size, represent
ing the ''Apparition of Lourdes -
Dart & Wardrop arc donating the plans
for the building.
The first benefit for the church will
be given juno 8 in tho form of lawn
festival on the Judge Mercy lawn. At
that time the floor of the church will
be in and will be used as a dancing
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25

ing. where they were divided into
groups, and under the guidance OF stu
dents and teachers they had explained
to them all Of the advantages to be en-
Joyed at the university
The students consumed all the fore
noon IN their inspection of the school,
and about | p, m, they went to the uni
versity lunch room where bounteous
DINNER had been prepared for them uu.
der the direction OF Miss Lucy NJ. Van
Cott.
In the afternoon most of them at.
tended the track meet The meet was
over at $50 p. m, and ut clock the
crowd, including all the athletes, again
assembled in the big lunch room.
In the evening the Varsity club Of
the university entertained the visiting
athletes and seniors at a dance given
at Saltair
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
Many Dispositions.

according to the present programme,
Judge Flanagan will be occupied dur
ing the forenoon in hearing motions on
the regular calendar in the course of
which Roosevelt VS.. Newett'' will
ZONE up. These motions out Of the
way. court proba blv will be adjourned
until afternoon, when work of obtain
ing Jury will begin.
II doubt if the case will require
Two weeks, said Mr.. Belden TO-DAY.
The depositions are much alike and
the testimony should be brief. Unless
am mistaken. the case will proceed
much more rapidly than has been ex.
pected. -
When the suit has been disposed of
the defendant will return to Chicago
Tor an operation for stomach trouble
He has already been under treatment
fhere, but the operation which his ply
-ician said was inevitable was deferred
iintIl snch time as the case in court
nad been disposed Of.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25

at Second avenue and A street In ad-
dltlon to the descendants of Brigham
Young, president of the Mormon church
and pioneer of Utah, the descendants
of his four brothers and four sisters
will also take part in the programme
or will at least be present 1t was an
nounced yesterday by the committee in
charge that unmarried members were
invited to bring their beaux and sweet
hearts with them, The following will
have charge Of the affair:
President of the association-Le
Grande Young.
Reception-Le Grande Young. vii.
lard Young. II. S. Young, Don Carlos
Young, B. Morris Young. Seymour b.
Young, Mrs. Eva Y. Davis. Mrs. Mirle
Y. Rossiter. Mrs. Catherine Yonng.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25

Mrs. Clara Little Clawson, Mrs Alice
Pitt, Mrs. Emily Y. Clawson, Mrs.
NJ. Y Dougall, Mrs. Zina Y. Card,
Mrs. Susa Y. Gates, Mrs. B. Y. Beat
tie, Miss Alton Young.
Programme-Mrs, NJ. Y. Dougall, B.
Morris Young. Mrs. Naomi Spence,
Russell Rossiter.
Refreshments-Mrs. C.. Y. Spencer,
Mrs. &. 5. Burton, Mrs. Lucille Reed.
Thc programme will be given at 7:3O
Clawson; baritone solo, Hugh w. Dou.
gall violin solo, B. Morris Young. .Tr.:
piano solo. Marybelle Kraft; Tecita,
tion, Miss Greene; violin solo, Miss
Georgia Young. The programme Will be
followed by refreshments and dancing
with good orchestra in attendance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25

door for the evening, The social will
be held during the afternoon and even
ing. Supper will he served by the Ia
dies of the new parish on the lawn.
Band and orchestra music and many
other diversions will be offered as at.
fractions The affair will be in charge
of the Rev. Father L. T, Kelly, chap.
lain of Judge Mercy, who will be the
pastor of the new church.
The following we'll known artists will
appear: Miss May O'Neill, soprano
solo, accompanied by Miss Rowena
korns; Miss Puma Purcell, reading
Miss Eugenie MERCER, soprano solo. ac.
companied by Mrs. l., w. McCool; Will
liam n. Crowley of Kentucky, mono.
logue; P. p. Grady of Chicago, baritone
solo, accompanied by Miss Mary Crow
ley of Kentucky. For the benefit of
those who desire to play cards, special
tables will be provided aud appropriate
prizes offered for the best scores made
Father Kelly, who recently came TO
Salt Lake from the east, is well plea sed
with the progress made. He comment
cd yesterday upon the generosity of
Salt Lake people, regardless of their
creed.
$50 far / have only called upon
few of the business men of the city,
he said, 'and ] am greatly encouraged
at the cordial reception have re.
ceived. In all my experience their gen
erosity, gentlemanly bearing and broad
is unsurpassed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
VISITING DAY At
u WAS ATTRACTIVE

Visiting day for the high school sen
iors of the state was held at the Uni.
verslty of Utah yesterday, and between
400 and 500 seniors from nearly all the
high schools of the state were shown
through all the buildings at the school
The crowd began TO arrive on the cam.
pus at about 10 clock in the morning.
They were directed to the library build
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
YOUNG FAMILY PLAN
A JOYOUS REUNION

The annual reunion of the Young
Family association will be held Satur-
day, May 81, on account Of the ami
versary of Brigham Young's birthday
falling on Sunday, June /, The cele-
bration will be held in Whitney hall
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
Prominent Witnesses.

Word was received here today to re
serve accommodations for the following
members of Colonel Roosevelt s party:
Frank Harper, Jacob Riis, Clifford
Pin, not. Frank II. Tyrec. Robert Ba-
con, william Loeb, Jr.. Edmund Heller
Walter Brown. i. L. OIauphlin o X
Davis. j. Sloan. Judge A. Z. Blair, w
hmilin Roosevelt, Phillip Roosevelt, DR..
Alcxander Lambert, James r. Garfield
Truman H. Newberry and eight Others
whose names were not given. Most of
thew are witnesses.
nd'r the SuDrrVi sian If Judge Rich.
hrd e. Flanagan he courtroom where
The suit will be heard was filed with
extra tables and chairs 10 accommo-
date the crowd of newspaper men who
WI be here to represent the case when
II Docs 10 trial
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
MANY LIVES LOST
IN SEA DISASTE'
Steamer Nevada Strikes Three Min
Ill Gulf OF Smyrna and Sinks
With 200 OH Board.

SMYRNA. May 24.-The steam
Nevada, with 200 passengers on boar
struck three mines in succession tod
in the gulf OF Smyrna and sank. 0nI
eighty Of the passengers and crew al
reported saved.
The mines were strewn in the Coz
waters by the Turks to prevent a|
tack by the Greek fleet during the Ba|
kan war.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-25
Experts Are Needed.

What constitutes drunkenness is an
other point calculated, it is said, to af-
ford much argument for counsel, much
quoting of authorities and considerable
thought on the part OF the jurors. 1t
is said that drunkenness has been de
fined in many ways by many courts and
Is Judged in many ways by many tests,
Including the conduct of the legs, abil
ity to distinguish colors, remember
one : home address. clarity or thickness
of speech. aud u hundred other signs.
The significance of these evidences
vary with the individual. according to
court decisions for while some men
have proved complete control Of their
faculties after many drinks, others
guilt of only one or two have behaved
with great eccentricitv and hilarity.