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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
ROAD DRAINAGE.

HE first and prime essential of any
] good road is drainage-surface, sub
surface and side drainage. When
finished, the road must shed water. To
do this the road must be crowned from
! to I of an inch to the foot, depend
ing on the wearing surface, and must
have an impervious or waterproof GOV.
ering. There must be an unimpeded
slope from the crown to the gutter or
to the side ditch. The cutters or side
bitches have at least 4-1O Of foot fall
per 100 feet, and, if they are earthen
bitches, they should have ! foot per
100 feet, and free drainage at frequent
intervals into natural creeks, channels,
or, in the case of a city with a sewerage
system, into the sewers
In order to drain away the sub sur
face water and prevent it from soften
ing the foundations, it is we'll to lay
two lines of tiles.
The second essential, which is an
essential Of any structure, is a good
foundation, and this is especially re-
luired for roads where the loads are
ON such small areas.
Because macadam roads are more ex.
'ensive than gravel roads in first cost,
hey should be built very carefully. The
materials in the order Of their excel. |
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

usual tone. As soon as. the automobile
stops the alarm is set automatically.
and if anybody jumps into the machine
and tries to steal it the horn will set
up fearful noise the moment the
wheels begin to turn, and will not stop
until the car comes to standstill.
No thief would be daring enough to
jump into a car that would make itself
so conspicuous.
The new invention is proof against
earelessness on the part of the chauf
feur, because the moment he gets out
of the. ear or stops it the alarm gets
into position and will give forth its
noisy blast unless the combination is
readjusted.
This device will be boon to owners
OF cars whose chauffeurs are in the
h,bit of going out Joy riding. A chauf-
fcur on joy ride is liable to crink too
much and become very careless, but
with the horn alarm on his machine
there can be no chance for thief to
slip away with it.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
.HEhE is no phase of the road
. problem moro important than that

problem more important than tha
of maintenance. The genoral IN,
preston that there are certain TYNE,
OF roads that are permanent is errone
GUS. No permanent road has ever been
constructed or ever will be. accord
ing to the road specialists of the U. s
Department of Agriculture. The only
tmngs about road that may be con.
sdercd permanent are the grading. eul.
verts and bridges. Roads constructed
by the most skillful highway engineers
viii soon be destroyed by the traffic,
frost, rain and wind, unless thew are
properly maintained But the life of
these roads may be prolonged by sys
'ematlc maintenance. A poor road will
not only be improved by proper main
tenance but may become better in time
than a good road without it.
The first and last commandment in
earth road maintenance is to keen the
surface well drained. To insure pood
drainage the bitches should be kent
open, all obstructions removed and a
smooth crown maintained. Except for
very stony soil the road machine or
scraper may be used very effectively
Tor this work. The machine should
% used once or twice year and the
work should be done when the soil ia
damp so that it will pack and bake
into hard crust. Wide and shallow
side bitches should be maintained with
sufficient fall and capacity to dispose
OF surface water. These bitches can
in most places be constructed and re.
paired with road machine.
All vegetable matter such as sods
md weeds should be kept out of the
road as they make spongy surface /,
Which retains moisture. Clods are also
objectionable for they soon turn to
lust or mud and for that reason roads
'hould never be worked when drv or
lard. Boulders or loose stones are
qually Objectionable if a smooth sur.
ace is to be secured. P
A split-log drag or some similar do q
ice Is very useful in maintaining the h,
nrface after suitable bitches and cross !,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
GOOD ROADS YEAR BOOK.
UNDS available in all of the states
for the Improvement of roods H..

UNDS available in all of the states
for the improvement of roads dur.
ing the year 1914 are shown in the
o1tlcial Good Roads Year Book issued
oy the American Highway Association
winch IS ready for distribution. This
Is one OF the new features of the book
winch will make it invaluable to eyerv
state, county and municipal highway
official.
The year book discloses for the first
time that appropriations by the state
legislatures for road improvement in
the various states are available to the
sum OF $62,2o1, ,016. The year book lists
all Of the patents relative to roads
and bridges, all road expenditures in
recent years, all associations work for
road Improvement, describes all the diff
ferent methods of road construction
and different road materials, giving
q directory of all road bulletins. cir.
eulars, and documents of interest to
persons working for better highways
and for all officials engaged in super.
vising work on roads, Sections of the
year book are devoted to work in
different states and the progress of
road improvement One of the interest
ing features, for instance, is the de.
scription Of dust preventives, while
one chapter is devoted to convict labor
and another to the financial phase of
road improvement A summary of the
road laws in the various states is of
particular interest to motorists. while
descriptions of specifications for high
ways in the various states will be of
interest to engineers There also is a
chapter devoted to important events
In the road movement in 1918, and
another section devoted to road sys.
tens in foreign countries. The year
book is issued annually by the Ameri-
can Highway Association as part of |
its campaign to give the United States
An adequate system Of improved high
ways. Price, 81, postpaid.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
Importance of Road Maintenance

sections have one been secured Tb;
drag can also be used to advantag,
on gravel road as well as on Al
earth road. The principle involved il
dragging is that clays and most heav,
soils will puddle when wet and SCI
very hard when dry. The little atten
tion that the earth road needs must
be given promptly and at the proper
time if the best results are to be OBJ.
tained.
In dragging roads only small
amount of earth is moved, just enough
to fill the ruts and depressions with
thin layer of plastic clay or earth
which packs very hard so that the
next rain, instead of finding ruts, de-
pressior5 and clods in which to col
lect, runs off, leaving the rurface but
little affected.
The drag should be light and should
be drawn over the road at an angle
OF about As degrees. The driver should
ride on the drag and should not drive
faster than walk. One round trip,
each trip straddling a wheel track.
is usually sufficient to fill the ruts
and smooth the surface If necessary
the road should be dragged after every
bad spell of weather, when the soil
is in proper condition to puddle well
and still not adhere to the drag. I'll
the road is very bad it may be dragged
when very wet and again when it be-
gins to dry out. A few trips over the
road will give the operator an idea
IS to the best time to draw. Drag at |
Ill seasons, but do not drag a div
.oad.
The slope or crown of an earth road
hould be about one inch to the foot.
I the crown becomes too high it may
70 reduced by dragging toward the
Itch instead of from it. If the drag
uts too much, shorten the hitch and
hange your position on the drag. If it
necessary to protect the face of the
rag with a strip of iron, it should be
laced flush with the edge of the drag
nd not projecting. A cutting edge
lould be avoided, as the main object
dragging is to smear the damp soil
ito position.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
A NOVEL HORN.

NEW device for protecting auto.
~ mobiles against robbers has been
invented, and it promises to put
. stop to the activities of the thieves
who have been stealing so many cars.
Tho new contrivance has a powerful
horn attachment with weird and un.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13
BE HARNESSES HIS AUTO.

FRANK TREES, a farmer of
rs Breckenridge, Pa, makes a good
use of his highpower automo-
bile, when he is not out joy riding. He
uses 1t to put hay into his NOW.
Formerly the hay was raised by means
OF block and tackle and horsepower,
but it was hard work and the horses
naa to DO rested often. Now he fastens
the touring car to the block and tackle
oy means of "harnessn he has de.
vised, and can stow the hay away
twice as fast as formerly.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-08-13

lenee-trap rock, tough granite, ebert,
tough limestone, ordinary lime, tough
sandstone.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19

Advertising pays. Try it,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Oratorical Contest at
Cleveland.

On Friday night of this week,
February 20, the annual oratori-
cal contest held by the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution
will be held at Cleveland. Only
students of the senior class IN
high schools are eligible to COM
pete, and much interest is cen
tered around this event. This
occasion has in the past indicat-
ed that oratory is not a neglect
ed art but is boldly priced as a
preparation for leadership in
social and political circles. The
winner in this contest present
ed a handsome gold medal.
Prof. j. L. Brewer has been
invited to act as judge for this
contest and will be in Cleveland
Friday evening to serve IN that
capacity.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
FOR SALE

36 acre Farm. II miles south
of Etowah at Reliance. side Of
track on the L. & N. railroad;
close to school, church and lodge
hall, mill and railroad station.
6 acres in cultivation, remainder
in timber 4 acres easily irri-
gated. 10000 gallon reservoir
ready for use. Young orchard
of asserteE varieties ss ats5s
aSnes, grapes and berries.
2. room dwelling house with run
ming water in house. Barn and
other out buildings.
Chesley PressWood
Reliance, Ienn'
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Inter-CIasS Games.

Managers Love, Prince and
Witt met 10 the study hall of the
Polk County high School last
week and arranged schedule for
a series of inter-class games for
the championship Of the school
in basket ball. In order to
more evenly match the teams
il was voted to unite the second
and third year students for this
series. 1t would be hard as
things stand at present to pre-.
dict who the winners will be.
The second years have Love,
Moore, Chas. Witt, Nuchols,
Howord, Firestone and several
others who are not bad, but the
first years with Shamblin, Prince
Geo. Lillard, Ratcliff, Russell,
etc., maintain that they are go"
ing to mop up with them. Cap
tain Bryan Witt, however, has
his team down 10 hard practice
and he says that when the whis-
tie blows he will uncork some
BASKET ball ginger that has not.
been equaled this season. Men
who are trying out on this team
are: Gilliland, Floyd Lillard,
Pack, Edwards, Higdon and
Fetzer.
Six games will be played, and
Thursday afternoon will witness
the opener.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Some Bargains.

I do not sell everything at
wholesale prices, but any time
that you may be "around here"
YOU will find a few articles sell
ing at wholesale. The follow
ing will go at wholesale because
they do not belong to my line
but belong to he Drug line:
Foley's Honey and Tar, 25c
size, 2oc-Swamp Root, 81 size
for 75c; SOC size for 40c-Vick's
Cough and Pneumonia Cure 2oc
Tbacher's Liver and Blood Syr-
up, 81 size, 75c-Lax Fos, Doc
size, 40c-Stella Vitae, 81 size
75c-Kalo Dyspepsia Cure, 81
size, 75c-Ramon's Pills, 25c
size, zoe - Thacher's Cholera
mixture, 25c size, 20c-Ramon's
Santonine Worm Syrup 2Oc-
Diamond Dyes at half price
Black Draught, 25c' size, 20c-
Thacher's Liver medicine 20c :
Nosena for caCarrh, 25c size 2Oc
-Alkalithia for rheumatism Soc
-Godfrey's Cordial 8c-Bate-
man Drops &c.
Stock up on these staple med
icines and save yourself some
money. w. +. RUSSELL.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
East Tennessee
Teachers Association

The East Tennessee Teachers
Association which meets this
wear at Chattanooga will hold it's
annual session April 9 to H..
This is one OF the most useful
and live organizations of the
State and covers in it's sectional
meetings all phases of school
work from the elementary to the
collegiate. At this time all the
schools of East Tennessee will
adjourn that their teachers may
have the benefit of these meet
ings.
On these occasions education
of eminence are I'd from
away to she IS of the
state in n OF prob
lens vital : edacation OF
this section. Recently such
men have been heard as Supt.
Green wood of the Kansas City
schools, President Sherman OF
Cornell University, aud II 3 last
wear was heard the President OF
Talporico University and Mr.
Wing, the noted agricultural
speaker.
DR.. G. Fl. GorCon who is 10
charge of the Department OF
Higher Education, for this year,
/ is affecting his program and has
already announced the following
Professor 2. Baber Of Chicago
will present the Photographic
Sciences and Prof. Henderson
OF the State University will dis
cuss the relation of Biological
subjects to the daily program
Prof. J. L Brewer of the Polk
County High School will handle
the question, Teaching the PLY
sical Sciences 10 the Higt
School,
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Reliance.

There will be an entertainment
at Bethel school house Friday
night. The young folks have
HeAseEesAin n assS-And dia-
logues prepared.
Some sickness in our part
mostly grip and pneumonia.
Truit Fraze has a brand new
girl at his house.
Our school is doing reasonably
we'll 1t will close the last Of
this month.
W. A. Vaughn is planning TO
manufacture his own drain tile.
RELIABLE.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
0COee Baptist Church.

The Ladies' Missionary Socie
ty met with Mrs. A. E. Love on
February 4. Rev. Rymer gave
au interesting talk on the 18th
chapter of Matthew, and the
following report was received
from the Treasurer of the work
done by the society the last four
months:
Benevolence $9l 90, State
Missions 1890, Foreign Mis-.
sions Is 80, Home Missions 100,
Ministerial Education 20, Chris
tian Education so, Ministerial
Relief 20, S S. and Colportage
10, Orphanage 400 Ministerial
Conference 10. 10. Total amount
$l35, 40.
The work of the last four
months lacks only about thirty
nine dollars of coming up with
the amount paid for the entire
year Of 1918.
Let us all try harder this year
than ever for new mem mbers and
strive to be more faithful work
nrG
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Benton R. F. D.

Bob Taylor and Bill Foster
went to Chattanooga Saturday.
Frank Wiley visited relatives
at Austral Saturday.
Misses Ina Brock aud Dsbbie
Sue Biggs of Benton High
School visited homefoIks Sat
urdaY.
Winston and Cooper HARRISON
spent the week lend with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j,
B. Brock.
j. B. RYmer returned from
Etowah Saturday.
j. B. Taylor's sawmill, on this
route, is doing thriving busi-
ness at present.
The school at Taylors will
close Friday night. An inter
esting program has been pre-
pared.
Rev Grogan will preach at
Antioch next Saturday and Sun
day morning. Rev. A. M Tom
Iinson will preach there in the
afternoon.
The mumps are raging in this
locality at present.
]. Creed Brock of Prender-
CAST visited homefolks here last
Saturday.
Miss Nettie Christian spent
Saturday afternoon with Miss
Susie Brock.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
ServiIIa.

Cleatus Burchfield has the
mumps.
We Are having some cold
weather here
Marion Smith OF Florida is Wis
iting friends aud relatives here.
Mrs, Dashie Brchrield has been
on the sick list but is better.
We understand some persons
shot 20 or 12 shots at Joe Moe
ully of Towey last week but did
not burt him although some
of the bullets passed thrugh his
clothing.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
County Directory.

Trustee, F. D. Copeland.
Sheriff, Albert Crumley.
Superintendent of schools, W.
B. Rucker.
Register, j. E. Cook.
Circuit court meets the third
Mondays in March, July and
November. Sam G. Brown,
Judge; r. W. Peace, Attorney
General; G. S. Harrison, clerk.
Ducktown Law court meets
fourth Mondays in March, July
and November. W. A. Woody
clerk.
Chancery court meets the 4th
Mondays in April and October.
v. C. Allen, chancellor; A. J.
Williams, clerk and master.
Quarterly court meets hrst
Mondays in January, April July
and October. Quorum court
opens first Monday in each
month. j. H. Williamson, chm.
r. o. Pack, clerk.
Church Directory
Presbyterian - Rev. j. E.
Robinson, pastor, Preaching
second Sunday in each month.
Baptist - Rev W. Fl. Rymer,
pastor, Preaching first aud
third Sundays ia each month.
Methodist-Rcv. A. M. Tom
liuson, pastor. Preaching the
fourth Sunday 10 each month.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Helping Friends.

The following letter was re-
ceived by US this week:
Chattanooga, Tenn, 2.l3. IA
Polk County News-Gazette,
Benton, Tennessee.
Gentlemen
Enclosed find check for $4'oo
as per your bill. Mrs. Hasklns
says it is the best paper in the
world and she is always looking
for it. Yours truly,
B. D. HASKINS.
Mr. Haskins holds a position
as law agent for the N, c. & St.
L. railway. He is well-known
by many of our citizens. We
appreciate his remittance and
also the encouraging words spo-
ken by Mrs. Haskins.
We are due and hereby extend
our thanks to j. l.. Smith of
E,owah for his remittance for
subscription to this paper.
Miss Cyutha Flemming OF
Benton route favored US with
q dollar on her subscription to
the paper this week.
Mrs. Julia Cable of Mascot,
Tenn, favored US this week
with a paid-in advance subscrip'
ton TO The paper.
Andy Campbell of route be-
came a subscriber 10 this paper
last week.
Ernest Fox, manager of the
Tennessee Power Go. comissarl
at Parksville was here a day oi
two this week and while here
maid us a dollar in advance foi
subscription to the paper. He
says he likes TO hear from home
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
WiIIiamson's Diary.
BALL ALLEY AND A BITTER
BITE.

Before giving the llSt OF Tue
students and patrons OF William
sons subscription schools OF
sixty-seven and eight, we think
best to,explain, or amplify some
of the entries he made, and to
state few main facts of game
fight, a bite and a lawsuit that
grew out of grown men playing
sports intended for the recre-
alton of youth.
In 1859 "Jake Rymer riding
mail Ducktown to Benton The
mail WIS carried horseback via
the Copper road constructed in
1851 The mail route to Duck
town from Benton from its first
establishment until the Ocoee
river road Copper Road) was
made, followed mainly the divide
between the Ocoee and Hiwassee
rivers. From Benton it went
the road up the hill eastward
through the E. H. Stephenson
timber and past where Jackson
Parks now lives-then the VIM.
Haney farmhouse site and on to
the "little mountain" skirting
its north west base to where a
great geologic fault caused all
the strata to the north TO slide
eastward between the John Wjl
Iiams residence and the Kanestei
school house sites (now Oak
iGrove) until this same "little
fountain" (Knox sandstone
ridge) was moved about half d
mile eastward to resume It's
north east course where the A.
]. Williams mill now stands on
Horizons creek. The same gi-
gantic break of the earth's crust
caused the. Lillard Gap to be
formed. and through this mar
row break or fault the waters OF
the Hiwassee no doubt flowed at
least part of the time during
which the Chilhowie range was
slowly being uplifted.
Evidence of the greet flow OF
water through this gap in long
bygone ages can now be seen
around Snaketail Ridge and in
the road cut near Taylors school
house and the new Baptist
church, as we'll as in many other
places. In the rounded rock
detritus and gravel beds of this
pre. historic stream food plain
gold in small quantities has
been "washed" and it is believ'
ed to have been washed through
the Lillard Gap from the Cokei
creek gold lead by the water.
The mail route went up the
mountain side and through the
Lillard Gap, on along the divide
or not far from it, then through
the jenkins Grove gap in the
Unaka chain on the Little Frog
down it's eastern slope and on
into Ducktown. The mail car
rier made the round trip twice
week, giving a day each way
and days wait each ut Bentor
and Ducktown so that patron:
could answer the letters tina
were carried.
After the civil war the mai
for Benton and Ducktown con
tinued to be furnished from
Cleveland on the East Tenn,
Va & Ga. railroad, and at frs
the carrier drove from CLEVELAND
by Benton TO the Halfway Hous'
on Monday, then on to Ducktowl
Tuesday. Thursday he return
ed to the Halfway House, ant
Friday passed through Heuto'
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
PeSonaI and Social.

Prayer meeting at the Pres
bYterian church Wednesday
night.
Sunday school at the Baptist
and Presbyterian churches Sun
day morning.
Rev. A. M. Tomlinson will
fill his regular appointment here
Sunday morning.
Christian Endeavor meets at
the Presbyterian church Sunday
night.
Don't send Jour job printing
olive can do it..
Lon Godfrey has been suffer-
ing from paralysis for few days
but is improving at present.
B. P. Rollins is having new
fence built in front of his resi-
denCe.
l have car load Of -four which
I will offer at attractive prices.
w. F. RUSSELL.
Miss Lizzie McClary of Ocoee
is finishing the term as teacher
of the Oak Grove school, which
was begun by Mrs. Veta Story.
On account of sickness of Rev.
Rymer he was unable TO fill his
regular appointment at the Bap-
tist church last Sunday. Rev.
Hicks supplied. The subject for
Rev. Rymer's discourse the frst
Sunday in March will be ''Sanc-
q M M II 79ST 4 Il IN Z
Glenn Thompson was arrest Z
and placed 10 jail Friday after
noon of last week for public
drunkenness. He was tried
Saturday morning and the fine
and costs amounted to s., 80,
which he paid.