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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
BAD ROADS LOWER PRICES.
Government Issues Report Citing Loss-
e. to Farmers.

Government Issues Report Citing Loss-
81 to Farmers.
Where bad roads prevail farmers are
forced to move their crops, not when
the market price Is favorable, but
when the roads are favorable and fire.
Quently at heavy pecuniary loss as
result. according to the Office of public
roads of the department Of agriculture.
In a statement 1t cites specific cases
- such losses. asserting:
Excessive fluctuations In market
prices are seldom due to overproduc-
ton. They frequently take place In
REGIONS where the local production
does not equal the consumption. There
are counties rich in agricultural pos
abilities. burdened with bad roads,
where the annual incoming shipments
Of food exceed the outgoing shipments
IN the ratio OF four TO one.
Many such counties with improved
roads would not only become self sup
porting. but would ship products to
pther markets.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
TWO new ROADS
FOR CALIFORNIA
Each Extends Entire Length Of
That State.
SMALL TOWNS CONNECTED.


of sts.ooo,ooo - How Economy 10
Praesiesd ard the Shortest Possible
Routes Are Followed.
CALIFORNIA; wants and Is going to have
twe grGs8 ROADS north and south, and
rs we'll ds6lsre1 plan presents an object
his'sO@ To VsAeF state OF great distances
sr3 emphasizes the fact that the
through road is modern necessity In
q general system.
The California law requires roads to
be built the length of the state along
the most direct and practicable routes,
one along the coast and another trav-
ersing the Sacramento and San Joa-
Quin valleys. with lateral roads to such
county seats as may not be on the main
lines. For constructing these roads
$1S,0OO,000 was voted two years ago.
The automobilists naturally worked for
this legislation, and it Is worth noting
that California has more motorcars
than France, in excess of 10000
In the eastern and central states not
only are conditions different, but the
topography of the country is less severe
and lends itself more readily to the
building of~roads that will best serve
the interests of the people. The great
bulk of travel on the through roads of
the east is not from one terminal to
the other, but between the important
cities along the route and between them
and either terminal. Consequently 1t is
more expedient to build main roads so
as to reach all the important points
along or near the route, even to the ex-
tent Of sacrificing part of the direct
ness and adding some mileage.
That the comparatively few people
who travel the whole length Of road
should go few additional miles rather
than compel a large number of short
distance travellers to go additional dis
tances is self evident. For every ten
persons who travel across a state there
are probably ninety who travel from
one point to another within the state,
30 that as a matter OF convenience to
the great majority a route across a
state should touch all of the important
cities within reasonable reach.
With the amount of money provided
the utmost economy must be practiced
and shortest possible routes followed
to comply with the law. To build
roads that will stand the strain of
much motor travel the state highway
commission has adopted concrete for
almost the entire system. In building
the road the grade is prepared and
drained so as to leave the subgrade
dry that 1t will not freeze and heave
with frost.
1t Is then thoroughly rolled. On this
n placed four inches of rich concrete
which Is surfaced with coat of heavy
asphaltic oil and sand about three
eighths of an inch thick. This surfac-
ing, according to the commission. costs
B cents per square yard and can, If
necessary, be renewed every year or
two under the head Of maintenance.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
FOUR STATES BUILD ROAD.
Highway TO Connect Arkansas, okla
homa, Kansas and Missouri.

hona, Kansas and Missouri.
For the purpose of building $50 miles
Of improved automobile roads, connect
ing more than 400 towns and 5000. 900
people, the Ozark Trails association
was organized at Montene, Ark, by 300
delegates from Arkansas. Oklahoma,
Missouri and Kansas.
The association plans to raise 5000
annually through dues paid by men,
bers. This will be used in the promo
tion of good roads and their upkeep
after they are built. The association
will not contribute financially to the
actual building of the roads, but will
offer $1,000 In prizes yearly for the
best pieces of road built.
The territory to be embraced by the
association consists of from ten to
twelve divisions. each division having
Q road to be marked every half mile
with a white marker bearing the words
"Ozark Trails" The route runs at far
north as st. Louis, west as far as Okla
homa City, Kansas City and Wichita,
Kan, south as far as Rogers and east
ut Montene.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
NEW ROAD TO YELLOWSTONE.
sThe Black and Yellow Trail" to Be
Built From Chicago.

South Dakota. Wyoming, Minnesota
and Wisconsin are interested in high
way from Chicago to the Yellowstone
National park. to be known as the Chi
cago. Black Hills and Yellowstone
Park highway. or "the Black and Vel
low Trail"
The tentative route is from Chicago
north along the lake shore to Mllwau-
kee. west through Madison to La
crosse. north to Winona. west through
Minnesota and South Dakota, follow
ing closely the line Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railway, through the
Black Hills and on to Yellowstone
park.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
WORDS OF THINKERS.

To do DIN evil action Is base.
To do good action without in
curing danger is common
enough. but 1t Is the part of
good man to do great and noble
deeds, though he risks every
thing.
All human history is the his
tory of reform. The evolution
of the race, physically. morally
or mentally. has been thus ac-
complished. Anon.
Honor must grow out Of hui
mility, freedom out of discipline.
righteous JOY out of righteous
sorrow, true strength out of true
knowledge of our own weakness,
sound peace OF mind out of sound
contrition.-Charles Kingsley.
They tell you that habit recon-
Giles you In time to many IN
welcome things. Let us not
trust to this alone Custom, in
deed. sweetens the rugged lot
when the cheerful soul is In 1t.
1t does but imbitter 1t the more
when the soul stays out of it,
James Martineau.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11

In Colorado, Illinois. Michigan, Min
nesota. Washington, Utah, California.
wyoming and several other Of the
northern states experiments have been
made with convict labor on the roads.
and almost --ithout exception satisfac-
tory results have followed. The men
have appreciated the privilege of living
In the open air. their health Sad NOR
ais have improved. their worS has been
rona and very little trouble has been
civ u.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
MODEL ROAD DRAG.

The next trip the drag should be start
ed little nearer the middle, and the
last trip over the road the drag should
work close to the middle itself Small
ridges of earth will be thrown in the
horse track and smeared by the round
side of the log smoothly over the road.
The smearing of the earth by the drag
is called pudding, and it tends to make
the surface smooth and hard and turns
Off the water, especially after the sun
comes out and dries 1t thoroughly The
road Is always dragged after 1t has
rained and not when 1t Is dry. With
q good strong pair of horses and well
built drag one man can drag about
three or four miles of road a day.
This is the best possible way to main
tain good earth roads. In every coun-
ty some farmer along each four miles
Of road should own a drag and drag
the road when 1t rains, and he would
find the road in good condition when
he goes to market.
The necessity for dragging the road
comes about from the fact that water
stays on the road surface because 1t
cannot drain away into the side
bitches. If the road has been properly
dragged the water will run Off the sur
face. Then If the bitches are properly
taken care Of the water will drain
away and leave the roadway in splen-
did condition. The crown Of the road
should be at least ten inches higher
than the outside. Rain on properly
crowned road will run quickly to the
sides and not soak into the surface.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
LAWS OF THE MIND.

am firmly convinced that all
tho phenomena of the child
world, those which delight US as
well as those that grieve as,
depend upon fixed laws, as def
mite as those of the cosmos, the
planetary system and the opera
lions Of nature, and 1t Is there
fore possible to discover them
and examine them. When once
we know and have assimilated
these laws we shall be able pow
erfully to counterfeit any retro
grade and faulty tendencies in
the children, and to encourage at
the same time all that Is good
and virtuous. Friedrich Froebel.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
HOW TO USE THE
SPLIT LOG DRAG
Best Results Obtained Just
After a Rain.
FOUR MILES A DAYS WORK.

Ordinary Road Drag Is Made With
Two Halves of a Log-This Process
Forces Water to Drain OFF at Either
Side, Leaving Bed In Condition.
The best results from road drag
ging come when the roads are dragged
directly after a rain. The surface of
the road is leveled, the holes and ruts
are filed up. and the earth is puddled
A crust forms when the top dries out,
making the road much more lasting
than it would be If dragged at any
other time.
To keep a road smooth and crowned
the best method is to drag with an or
binary wood road drag, made easily
with two halves of log which has
been split. This log should be about
six or eight inches In thickness and
six to eight feet long. The halves are
set three feet apart with the smooth
surfaces forward and upright. They
are fastened together with braces set
in holes bored through the log.
If they are not heavy enough
board can be placed on top, and the
driver stands upon it. This will weight
1t down sufficiently. In some cases it
has been found desirable to attach a
piece of metal along the lower edge
of the forward piece Of the drag. This
cuts the surface Of the ground better
and insures also more efficient work.
The road drag should move forward
30 that 1t slants across the road in
such way that a small amount Of
earth will slide past the smooth face
of the log toward the middle of the
road, thus forming the crown. In this
way the edge of the drag smooths out
the ruts and fills up the holes.
The best way to drag is to begin at
the side ditch and go up ono side Of
the road and then down on the other.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
MISDlRECTED.

Too many persons who see the
sign up. O." in the heavens think
II means Preach Christ" when
1t means "Plow Corn" Out of
the superior educational advan-
tages of today one unhappy cor
ollary has developed A vast
army OF persons whose labors
would make for the Industrial
advancement of the nation have
conceived themselves fitted for
fancied nobler pursuits and thus
the progress they would have
made in the work they are fitted
for is lost.-vice President Mar
shall.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
THE LON ESoM

The desert waste is not the lone
lest place,
Nor the midocean, nor the
mountains crest.
oh. these be lonesome spots for
men to face.
But not the loneliest!
One feels alone amid the bus
Ting crowd
OF strangers In strange cities,
too, but not
So much alone. though Silence
shrieks aloud,
AS In one lonely spot
l know of. TITS the place you've
visited
Once with loved one-some-
time, anywhere
And visit once again, when
years are fled
And that One is not there!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
THE CORN SONG.

THE CORN SONG.
Heap high the farmers wintry
hoard.
Heap high the golden corn.
No richer gift has autumn
poured
From out her lavish horn.
Let other lands. exulting. CLEAN
The apple from the pine.
The orange from its glossy green,
The cluster from the vine.
We better love the hardy gift,
Our rugged wales bestow,
To cheer us when the storm shall
drift
Our harvest fields with snow.
Through wales Of grass and
meads Of flowers
Our plows their burrows made,
While on the hills the sun and
showers
OF changefuI April played
We dropped the seed Ger hill ana
plain
Beneath the sun of May
And frightened from our sprout-
ing grain
The robbers crows away.
All through the long. bright days
Of June
Its leaves grew green and fair
And waved in hot midsummer's
noon
Its soft and yellow hair.
And now with autumn's moon
lit ewes.
Its harvest time has come.
We pluck away the frosted
leaves
And bear the treasurer home.
John Greeneaf Whittier
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
SAID OF WOMAN.


Ii all women's faces were cast
In the same mold that mold
would be the grave Of love-
Marie Francois Xavier Bichat.
What color would it not have
given my thoughts, and what
thrice washed wilderness to my
words. had | been fed on wom-
ems praises Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
One may see the heart Of wom-
en- through the rents which one
may make In their self love-
Anonymous.
Men never are consoled for
their first love, nor women for
their last Jacques Weiss.
If the whole world were put
into one scale and my mother
into the other the world would
kick the beam Lord Landomes.
1t Is often woman who in
spires us with the great things
that she will prevent us from
accomplishing Alexander Du-
mas.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-12-11
A DEED AND A WORD.

A little stream had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern.
A passing stranger scooped
well
Where weary men might turn.
He walled 1t In and hung with
care
A ladle at the brink
He thought not of the deed he
did.
But judged that all might
drink.
He passed again, and. 10. the
well.
By summer never dried.
Had cooled ten thousand parch-
ing tongues
And saved a life beside.
A nameless man. amid crowd
That thronged the daily mart.
Let fall word of hope and love,
Unstudied. from the heart.
A whisper on the tumult
thrown.
A transitory breath
II raised brother from the dust,
Ii saved soul from death.
q germ. o fount. y word Of
love
o thought at random cast.
Ye were hut little at the FIRST,
But mighty AT the last.
Charles Mackay.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-06
CASS, ANSWERING
CONTEST, CLAIMS
AN RRECULAR|1Y
Contends That One Who
Voted for Martin Nelson
Was Disqualified.
SAYS HE ONLY
MADE AFFIDAVIT
George Hetherington, CHALLENGED at
Polls, was Arrested in Casting Raj.
lot by Proceedings Necessary Under
Such Conditions-Case up in June.

NJ. Gass of Larimroe, whose right
TO hold the office of mayor of that city
mas been contested by Martin Nelson.
today filed his answer. denying the
several points raised in the contest
relative to the eligibility of the vari-
Gus voters attacked by Mr.. Nelson.
Not only does he contend that the
nine voters attacked by Mr.. Nelson
are legal voters, but he also makes
the point that Frank F,reeland, whom
ne says cast a. vote for Nelson, is not
d legal voter. alleging that he has no.
reSlded IN the precinct where he voted
Tor ninety days previous to the cleo
ton.
Made Hetherington's Affidayit,
IT was charged against Mr.. Gass
that he had disqualified himself from
becoming mayor of I4arimore through
having influenced George Hethering-
ton to vote.
In answer to this point Mr.. Gass
merely states that when Mr.. Hether-
lngton was in the polls to vote, hi.
vote was challenged. and he made an
athdavlt for him. as is provided in
such eases, MIR. Gass being qualified
TO give such affidavit through being
resident freeholder in the precinct,
Case Up in June.
1T is not expected that the trial NJ
the tn cas-, case will take place before early
IN June. AT Larimore the action has
created a great deal of interest.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-06
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that the city health officer shall prop
erly instruct the physicians within his
jurisdiction in the proper methods to
employ in reporting contagious dis
eases, and shall furnish said physician
with the necessary blanks for the pur-
pose, such blanks to he of the form
prescribed by the state board of
health. He shall keep a record of all
dangerous, contagious and infectious
diseases occurring within his jurisdic-
ton, which record shall show the
fiicted, the name of the disease, by
whom reported and such other statis-
teal data as may be required by the
state board of health. etc. The dis
eases that shall be regarded as infac-
tious shall be those so designated in
the rules and regulations of the state
board of health.
Matter For State Board.
There is no question in my mind
but that should the state board of
health designate such venereal dis
eases as infectious or contagious that
under the provisions of such statute
physicians would he compelled to re-
port them in the same manner as 9TH
er contagious and infectious diseases
are reported to the city board OF
health; and in case of their failure so
to do, they would be guilty of a mis-
demeanor as provided by said act.
This provision of law comes under
the head of the police power of the
state, and as the police power is in
herent in the state. it's exercise is jus
titled by the necessity of the occasion.
Its foundation is the right and duty of
the government to provide for the
common welfare of the people
"A physician in making such re-
ports performs a public duty and it
does not in any manner conflict with
the provisions of the statute providing
that physician or surgeon cannot,
without the consent of his patient. be
examined as TO any information ac-
quired in attending the patient, Tor
the reason that he is not examined as
a witness but simply performs duty
required by law.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-06
ARE.
sent TO ISLAND
Portuguese Government Dis
patches Uprisers-Rela-
tives Fear the Outcome

Lisbon, Portugal, May e.-The
Fortusuese government dispatched all
political prisoners arrested for com
Rlicity in the last attempt to over
throw the present republic on Sunday,
April ~ to Azores for trial and pun
ishment. About 200 prisoners march
ed Yesterday ON board the steamer
Caboverda, which was chartered by
the government and which sailed i'm
mediately for Terceira island, where
the accused will be court martialed in
the fortress of Angra, the capital Of
the island. The families of the accus-
ed are terrified by the step taken by
the government and express fear. Of
what may happen to their relatives,
when they arrive on the remote island
and are placed in the secluded strong
hold.
The riots. in which the prisoners
are implicated. were started by the
ultra republicans. who gathered before
the barracks of Lisbon, fired revolvers,
exploded small bombs and cheered for
the radical republic"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-06
No New Developments in the
Japanese Situation Are
Expected Until Then.
Jap EMBASSY TO
PRESENT PROTEST
Only Object Is to Acquaint People
With Contention and Influence Fed.
eral AuthOrities-State Department.
Has Nothing to Guide 1t in Action.

Washington. D. c.. May $50 far
as the California-Japanese situation
Is concerned everything here is in
spirit of waiting. No steps are to
be taken either by President Wilson
or Ambassador Chinda until Secre-
tary Bryan arrives in Washington and
gives an account Of his conferences
bassy Is busy preparing the official
protest of his country, while President
Wilson is taking no action whatever,
preferring to wait the report of his
secretary Of state.
The object of the Japanese protest
will be to acQuaint the American peo-
pie with the japanese contention. and.
If possible, to influence the executive
branch Of the government to endeav-
or to nullify the action of the Cali
fornia legislature.
Make Known Grounds to Bryan.
The embassy will make known the
ground of its protest in a diplomatic
note to Secretary Bryan. 1t is we'll
understood that to settle the question,
no matter what may be the point Of
objection, will require the action of
the United States courts and much
consideration must be given to the
procedure to be followed in arrang-
ing for a judicial test Of the Califor-
AAd law. II Will De TOT secretary bry.
an to determine whether the United
States government itself shall become
a party to a suit of this character, in
the capacity of an interviewer. Inter-
national lawyers hint that the admin
istration is in an exceedingly delicate
position for the reason that, while ap-
parently champion of the japanese
cause, through the secretary of state
before the California legislature. prob
ably from this point on it must defend
the California law against Japan in
the diplomatic struggle about to be-
gin.
Nothing to Guide State Department.
II the department should adopt the
California contention that the land law
does not violate the existing treaty
with Japan, then it might feel bound
to refuse to submit the issue to ar
bttration by The Hague tribunal. Fur
thermore. it Is contended that the Uni
ted States government probably would
be unable to enforce the decree of the
tribunal in case It should be adverse
to California If the American courts
found that the state acted within its
rights in enacting the law. No case
has yet been found where the supreme
court has passed upon the relative
force OF treaty which invades the re-
served constitutional powers Of a SOW
ereign state and of conflicting law of
such state. So the state department
has nothing to guide it in that direc-
tton and probably mustt establish a
precedent in disposing of this issue.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-06
jack MULRANEY MUST GO
TO DEATH IN THE CHAIR
His Application for New Trial is De-
nied-MOther Perjured Self to
Save "Her Boy"

New York. May Sit is all over
with Happy Jack" Mulraney. He
must die for the murder Of Paddy
the Priest" His application for a new
trial was denied today by Judge Ro-
salsky, who has been taking testimony
to determine whether Mulraney could
make good his claim that he was the
victim Of the underworld's code which
bans ''squealing" on a pal.
Happy Jack" who was granted
sixty-day reprieve by Governor Sui
zer, changed his story time after
time. and finally said he had been
lying and he was ready to take his
medicine" He relied largely on hls.
aged mother to establish an alibi. She
swore he was at home in bed, .help-
lessly drunk on the night Of the mur.
der.
Today the feeble woman broke
down and admitted to the district at
torney that this story was untrue. she
pertured herself. she said. to saye hsr
boy s.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-06
ANOTHER DRASTIC BILL.

Sacramento. Cal. May 6.-Fear that
the bill by Senator Rush. requiring
Japanese fishermen to pay 800 for
an annual license when other aliens
are taxed but $40. and natives only
$3.50. is in violation of the existing
treaty between Japan and the United
States. caused the senate to refuse ac-
tion on the measure today, pending
a decision by the committee on fed
eral relations.
Senator Kehee raised the question
as to the possible violation of point
Ing to section in the treaty which
guarantees to japanese subjects equal
taxation with American citizens.
The section reads as follows:
'They (Japanese) shall not be COM
PEELED. under any pretext whatever,
to pay any charges or taxes other or
higher than those that are or may be
paid by native citizens or subjects"
A similar bill, by Assemblyman
Johnston, already has passed the as
sembly. Senate leaders are uncertain
what action to take.