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Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-10-02

There is no phase Of the road
problem more important than that of
maintenance. The general impress
sion that there ARE certain types Of
roads that are permanent il srrone-
Gus. No permanent road has ever
been constructed, or ever will be, ac-
cording TO the road specialists Of the
department Of agriculture. The only
things about road that may be- con-
sidered permanent are the grading,
cnlverts, and bridges. Roads con-
strncted by the most skiIlful high
way engineers will soon be destroyed
by the traffic. rain. frost. and wind,
unless they are properly maintained.
But the life of these roads may be
prolonged by systematic mainte-
nance. A poor road will not only be
improved by proper maintenance, but
may become better in time than
good rond without il.
The first ard last commandment
IN earth rad maintenance il TO keep
The surface well drained. To insure
good drainage the bitches should be
kept open, all distractions removed.
and II smooth crown maintained. Ex-
cept for very stony soil the road ma
chine or scrapcr may be used very
effectively for this work. The ma
chine should be used once or twice |
a year. and the work should be done
when the soil is damp, so that II 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 repaired with road
machine.
All vegetable matter. such as sods
and weeds, should be kept out Of the
road. as they make a spongy surface,
which retains moisture. Clods are
also objectionable, for they soon turn
to dust or mud. and for that reason
roads should never be worked when
dry or hard. Bowlders or loose
stones are equally objectionable il
y smooth surface Is to be secured.
A split-log drug or some similar
device is very useful in maintaining
the surface after suitable bitches and
cross section have once been secured.
This drug also can be used to advan-
tage on a gravel road as well as on
nm earth road. The principle involy-
ed in dragging is that clnys and most
heavy soils will puddle when wet and
set very hard when dry. The little
attention that the earth road needs
must be given promptly and at the
proper time il the best resuls are to
be obtained. ,
IN dragging roads only u small
amount Of earth is moved. Just
enough to all the ruts and depres-
,ions with thin layer of plastic clay
Dr earth which packs very hard so :
that the next rain instead Of finding
ruts. depressions, and clods in which
10 collect runs of, leaving the sur
face but little affected. I
The drag should be light and |
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-10-02

All interested in voice culture, tele-
phone Mr.. v. 8. Hills residence, or
call and see Miss Powers at 623
Spruce street.-adv. II.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-10-02

Thomas G.. Barto and wife of Sc
attic, WASH, are in the city and will
make their home here this winter.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23
Beyond the Law.

One of the officials of our embassy at London tells of an incident that O. cured in train proceeding through the north of Scotland There was another passenger in the compartment at the time the American entered, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 At the next station three Scots came in. They were all big burly men and completely filled the com partment where the first mentioned passenger was seated. At the next station the carriage door opened to admit a tall, cadaverous individual, whose girth was about that of a lamp post.
 He tried to wedge himself in be- tween two of the passengers already there, and said to one of them:
 Here you must move up a bit. Each seat is intended to accommodate five persons, and according to act of Parliament you are entitled only 10. eighteen inches of space"
 Aye, aye, my friend" replied one of the Scots, that's a very guid for you that's been built that way; but ye canna blame me if l ha na' been con struckit according to act of Parlia- ment."
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23

house at Tampico. It is the purpose of the administration to keep order in Vera Cruz and await the full effect on Huerta of the first American act of reprisal. There is every reason to believe that the railroad running in land from Vera Cruz f6r 20 miles, to- gether with valuable trestle, will be- .policed by American marines and blue jackets. This section of the railroad is of supreme importance should flu ture developments require a movement lon Mexico City.
 Beyond the holding of Vera Cruz and this railroad, the Washington gov |ernment does not want to act at pres ent, but persons in the confidence of the administration admit that action by Huerta or Carranza at any time may alter plans.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23
PERSONNEL OF MEN WHO GAVE
 FIRST BLOOD TO MEXICANS

Washington, April 22-A corrected list of the Americans killed and wounded in the first fighting at Vera Cruz yesterday was cabled today by Admiral Fletcher. The list differs in important respects from the first press reports. It follows:
 The dead are:
 PRIVATE DANIEL OLOYSIUS HAGGERTY. Eighth company, sec ond advance base regiment United States Marines, re-enlisted at Boston,
 PRIVATE SAMUEL MARTIN. Six teenth company, second advance base regiment, enlisted at Philadelphia
 GEORGE POINSETTE, seaman U. S. Florida, enlisted at Philadelphia.
 JOHN F. SCHUMACHER coxswain U. s. s. Florida, enlisted at New York.
 Seriously wounded marines.
 Private George Draine, Seventeenth company. Second Regiment, enlisted at Chicago.
 Private Edward P. Patterson, Six teenth company, Second Regiment, en- listed at Cleveland, o.
 Seriously wounded blueiackets
 Clarence Rex Harshbadger, seaman U. S. s. Utah, enlisted at Waverly. N. Y.
 Joseph Louis kwahich, seaman U. IS. s. Utah, enlisted at Rochester, NY.
 Henry N. Nickerson, boatswain's mate U. S. S. Utah, home Wheeling w. Va.
 Edward Gisbourne, electrician, third class, U. s s. Florida, home Quincy, Mass.
 Wounded Marines.
 Private George Maurice Davidson, Sixteenth company, second Regiment, home Oskaloosa, Ia.
 Private Richard Shaker, Seven teenth company, Second Regiment, home Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
 Private Harry J. Reed, Sixteenth company, Second Regiment, Chicago.
 Wounded bluejackets:
 William II. Mangeis, seaman U. s. S. Utah, enlisted from New York.
 Frederick Nanz, ordinary seaman, U. s. s. Utah. home Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Nathan Schwartz, ordinary shea man U. s. s. Florida, home New York.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23
BORDERS IS CALM

Calexico, Cal, April 22.-With a troop of American cavalry near the barracks of the Huerta garrison of 500 men, residents along the interna- tonal border today were calmer.
 Elsewhere in Imperial Valley ranch CTS whose interests depend on the safety of the irrigation intakes on the Mexican side of the line, remained apprehensive.
 Thirty-nine men met today to or ganze a volunteer force to act with the United States troops in case of emergency, but county and military officials disapproved and it was dropp- cd
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23
Rebel Gen. Asks
 U. s. to Suspend
 Hostile Operations

Washington, April 23-General Carranza's note to President Wilson, declaring the seizure of Vera Cruz by American forces a violation of the na- tional sovereignty of Mexico, inviting the United States to suspend hostile operations and withdraw its forces and suggesting that the Constitution alist government should receive de- mands for reparation of offenses com mitted by Huerta, stirred the Mexi- can situation to new and acute cri- sis tonight.
 President Wilson Awakened
 President Wilson was awakened about 80 o'clock and talked over the telephone with Secretary Humility who was at the secretary of wars of flee.
 Opposition to the American govern ment's action coming from an unex- pected quarter after the Washington administration had hoped for an atti- tude of neutrality from the Constitu- tionalists brought the government face to face with possible hostility from the great body of Mexican forces lying in proximity to the southern border of the United States.
 Secretary Bryan read the Carranza note at his home just before midnight. He did not comment on it.
 Secretary Garrison and Assistant Secretary Breckinridge, who were waiting at the War Department, were given copies of the message. Secre- tary Humility, who had been asleep, hurried to the War Department, and Major General Wotherspoon, chief of staff of the army, was summoned to join the conference.
 A few minutes later Secretary Gar rison and Secretary Tumulty left the conference, entered waiting automo- bic and drove away. As General Wotherspoon and MT. Breckinridge left, the general stopped in the tele graph room.
 General Wotherspoon positively de- clined to discuss the subject of the embargo on arms. He said no orders for the movement of troops had been issued yet, but that the border forces might be strengthened at certain points, particularly along the Imperial valley.
 In this valley is located great gov ernment irrigation project.
 At 2:10 a. m. Secretary Bryan had been awakened and was discussing the situation over the telephone with the president.
 May Resume Embargo
 It was reported about the State,
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23
BRING DEAD TO T.. s.

Washington, April 22.-The Navy department is arranging to bring to the United States the bodies of sailors or marines killed at Vera Cruz and either forward them to relatives or make hnal interment in a national cemetery as the families desire. All expenses of transportation will be O0fne by the United States.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23


 --~-o-~-~~~o~o~~~~------~ War and Navy building that word had come of several large shipments of arms nearing the border for the Con- stitutionalists and that the army off cers desired the embargo restored be- fore morning.
 Rumors of a possible restoration of the embargo on arms, current during the day, were revived tonight and it was believed this was the subject of the War Department conference.
 Precautions against uprisings on the border as possible result of Car ranza's opposition to the American governments course also are believed to be under consideration. The joint Army and Navy Board which met ear ly in the days it is reported, recom- mended the restoration of the embar- go.
 While Mexican Constitutionalists representatives here professed to see tone of friendliness in Carranza note, it's blunt request for the with drawal of the American forces from Vera Cruz and its virtual demand for recognition of the rebels as represent ing the constitutionalist government of Mexico, injected phases which made administration officials manifestly un- easy
 Plans thus far made by the Army and Navy board to obtain reprisals move along the American border. Should hostility develop among the Constitutionalists, plans of the army will be changed immediately.
 The knowledge that Carranza, while refusing to make common cause with Huerta, might be disposed of his own initiative to resent the acts of the American government, made the prob lem admittedly more grave than it ever has been.
 None of the officials who participat- ed in the conference would talk and it soon became apparent that no an- nouncement would be made tonight.
 At 2:45 the lights were extinguish- ed in the White House offices, which had been alive with officials and clerks for hours.
 Praise for Admiral Fletcher
 Action by Congress approving the presidents course in using the army and navy in view of the situation he had presented in his message and the receipt of details of the fighting at Vera Cruz were chief developments of the day Officials expressed them selves as greatly pleased with the promptness of Rear Admiral Fletcher forces in taking possession of Vera Cruz and restoring order there. Awaits Effect on Huerta [ Future steps are uncertain. The president has determined that his course shall be gradual. No order: have been issud to seize the custom:
The Prescott daily news., 1914-04-23

General Barnett is the recently ap pointed commander of marines and to his men may fall the duty of seizine the customs houses at Tampico anC Vera Cruz.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
ESTATE OF ROBERT THOMPSON

STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF ESSEX. SIS.
THE HONORABLE PROBATE. COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT AFORESAID:
To all persons interested in the estate of Rob-
bert Thompson late of Brighton in said District,
deceased, GREETING:
WHEREAS, application hath been made to
this court in writing, by Administrator Of the
estate Of the said-said deceased praying for Ii
cence and authority to sell all Of real estate of
said deceased, for the payment of debts and
charges of administration, setting forth therin
the amount of debts due from said deceased, the
charges Of administration, and the amount of
personal estate and the situation of the real es-
tate.
WHEREUPON, the said Court appointed and
assigned the Is day of June 1914, at the Probate
Office in Canaan in said district, to hear and
decide upon said application and ordered pub
lie notice thereof to be given to all persons in
terested therein, by publishing said order, to-
gether with the time and place of hearing, three
weeks successfully in the Essex County Her
aid, newspaper which Circulates in the vcin-
ity Of those persons interested in said estate all
OF which publications shall be previous TO
the day assigned for hearing.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby cited to ap-
pear before said Court, at the time aud place
signed then aud there in said Court to make
your objections to the granting of such license
if you cause.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND at Canaan in said
District, this 10Th day of May A. D 1914,
Edwin o. CARL, Judge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
LIKE "ANGEL AT THE GATE"
sWinburne In Gorgeous Array, APP
peared to Simple Villagers az
Flaming Apparition.

An amusing story of Swinburne is
told by Edmund Gosse. At the age Of
twenty-three Swinburne was sent to
study history under Bishop Stubs,
who was then In charge of a country
parish in Essex. He arrived there on
a Saturday and was excused attend
ance at Sunday morning church on the
ground that he must be tired with his
journey.
He had breakfast in bed, but finding
It glorious morning he arrayed him
self in scarlet slippers and light
crimson dressing gown, sauntered into
the garden and leaned pensively over
the gate, with his red hair flaming bril-
hantly In the sunlight.
The church bells were ringing and
the parishioners had all to pass the
parsonage gate to get to church. But
none of them dared to pass the fam
ing apparition, and all came to halt.
The church bells stopped, but at the
instance of the vicar, who could not
believe that all the parishioners had
deserted him, were rung again.
At last the boldest man in the vii.
lage bolted past the gate and the rest
stampeded after him, Swinburne gaz-
ing at them in quiet wonder at their
strange method of going to church,
Pail Mall Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
WHERE SEDAN CHAIR IS USED
The 2century-old Vehicle 10 Still Seen
on May Day In knutsford,
England.

The news that there is a woman still
living who rode in Sedan chair Ia q
reminder of the fact that there u one
town In England where a Sedan chair
Is still used. It is at Knutsford, In
Cheshire-the CRAWFORD. Of Mrs.
Gaskell. Every May day Knutsford
arrays itself in gala attire. Sports are
held on the village green, the May
queen Is elected and crowned, and
in order that no aspect of antiquity
should be missing-ths Sedan chair II
produced.
Whatever may have been absolutely
the latest date at which Sedan chair
was used, the chair, at any rate, had
longer life than most forms of public
conveyance. For 1t appeared in Eng
land as early as 1881, and in London
fifty years later, when Sir Francis Dun
comb obtained the sole privilege Of
letting and hiring them. Thus the
Sedan chair was in use for roughly
three centuFies, and how many hand
SONS are likely to be carrying passen-
gers In 2133, which will be the tsrcen-
tenary Of their Introduction ?-London
Chronicle.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
WASTING TIME OVER DETAILS
Writer Points Out Mistake Made by
Many Men Who Occupy Executive
Positions.

Many a man in a high executive po-
sition impairs his efficiency by trying
to do work that low priced subordi-
nate could accomplish Just as well.
Some managers are proud of calling
themselves masters of details when
really the details have nearly mas
tered them" says writer in System.
Il remember the treasurer of a bank
note company. who was forever un.
dertaking to show his clerks how much
better he could do their work than
they could. One day the president of
the concern took him by the shoulders,
backed him into his private Office,
rolled an armchair to the window, and
said solemnly: Your business here in
office hours is to sit In that chair and
think. That is what you are paid for
so do it'll
HE had the right experience Of de.
tail, but instead of using it to propel
his train of thought he kept 1t running
back and forth over its own little, lin.
tied track, and his activity didn't get
him anywhere"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
Prehistoric Dinosaurs Found.

What is believed to be an important
find Of hitherto undiscovered species
and genera Of prehistoric land reptiles
has just been made. Twelve fossils
or skeletons Of dinosaurs, among them
two complete brontossurs-the largest
animals that have ever livsd-wers
unearthed from the side Of cliff nine
miles north Of Jansen, Utah. in what
was, In distant ages. . river; a. the
cobbles, mussel shells, and sand en-.
vironing the bones showed. Besides
these specimens Of the extinct bronto.
saurus fossil, remains Of several stego-
saurus specimens were also brought
to light. These. Mr.. Hartley u. Phelps
tells US, are very rare. The stsgosau-
rus was the most grotssQqus animal
that ever existed. The brontosaurus
often attained q length c. 80 feet, but
1t had a small head. Its neck and tail
were short Like the stsgosaurus. it
lived by eating succulsnt herbs. 1t
had powerful legs, 10 feet or 30 In
length. The diplodocus measured 70
feet long, had an immense body, pow
erful legs, and an enormously long tail
and long neck, but . small head. 1t
lived in swamps and ate waterweeds.
Its remains have only been found on
the slopes of the Rocky mountains.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
SLAVERY OF COLONIAL DAYS
/ Wers Held In Bondage During
That Period.

Could We draw the curtain which
conceals the life of prehistoric people,
we should see that the servant prob
lem is as old as the human race. In
deed. II it were possible for extremes
to meet, cave-dwellers and denizens Of
twentieth century sky-scrapers would
doubtless converse alphabetically on
this never-ending problem. Its exist
ence is due to the universal desire OF
man to use the strength Of others for
his own profit and pleasure-an un.
changeable trait of human nature.
During the colonial period of our
history, service was performed in the
main by two classes-the negro slave
and the indentured white serxRht,
writes Prof. Marcus W. Jernegan IL
Harper's Magazine. The white serv.
ant, semislave, was more important
in the seventh century than even the
negro slave, in respect to both mum
bers and economic significance. Per
haps the most pressing Of the early
needs of the colonists was for a Ger
tain and adequf tie supply of labor. II
was the white servants who supplied
this demand and made possible a rap
Id economic development, particularly
of the middle and southern colonies
In 1888 there were $4,000 of these
semtslaves in Virginia, composing
about one-sixth OF the population
while nearly two-thirds of the immi
grants to Pennsylvania during the
eighteenth century were white serv
ants Every other colony made great
er or less use of them, and 1t is likely
that more than half million persons
were of this class during the colonia
period.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
Baboon on the Rampage.

A baboon which escaped from a
show at Dudley, Worcester, England
attacked three people in the main
street of the town on a recent night
and In the subsequent chase scaled
walls and reached the roofs of houses
where it had to be shot. The animal
had been conveyed on the day of the
escape from the barracks at Lichfield
the soldiers there parting with their
regimental pet which had travelled
with them from Gibraltar. At the
show it was chained to the wall. but
during the evening wrenched Itself
free. and knocking an attendant down.
rushed into the street. which was filled
with people. A boy was severely bit
ten on the leg, and had to be taken
to the hospital. and woman and q
girl received lesser injuries. The ami
NAL, after being followed by an exeit
ed crowd, reached the roof Of a house
and although 1t eagerly deyoared the
fruit that was thrown. 1t showed fight
when its capture was attempted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
WHAT TO DO WITH THIS BOY
Case Of Juvenile crlminallty in France
That May Well Puzzle the
Social Reformsr.

Here is a little life story that mors
vfvidly Eliminates the task Of the so
cial reformer than any number OF trea-
tises. A couple of nights ago boy of
less than fifteen was discovered along
side the Seine by couple Of police
men. At first he refused to utter
word. but eventually he narrated his
Odyssey. Eighteen months ago, when
he was barely thirteen, he surreptitt
ously left his parents house In Paris,
taking with him sum of 500 francs.
With this money in his possession he
went to Brussels, where he was short
ly after arrested. The police conduct
ed him home, but he escaped again
Taken back a second time, he was ap-
prenticed to a farmer, but promptly de-
parted on fresh adventures. Since then
he has existed by means of begging
and thieving. Two months ago he
stole a couple of bicycles, and, mount
ing one and propelling the other, made
of for Rouen, where he sold one of the
mahchines, riding to Paris on the 9th
er. This he sold in Paris, and lived on
the proceeds for time, until, shelter
less and without resources, he was
found by the police. What can the
sociologist, the penologist, or the phi
lanthropist do with so youthful and
precocious criminal? The problem is
serious one In France, where tuve-
nile crime is alarmingly on the in
crease.-Paris Correspondence London
Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
Eaar of Old Military Service.

A prisoners appeal to the court of
criminal appeal for longer sentence,
although the first on record before
that tribunal, is not altogether unpar-
alleled at the assize, for offenders who
have had the advantage Of inside
knowledge of the working Of the pris-
ons acts have been known to ask the
judge to give them penal servitude in
stead Of short period of hard labor.
They shrink from the more Spartan
diet and severer restrictions that at
tach to the nominally lighter sentence.
A century ago, when capital punish
ment was inflicted for many trivial
crimes, prisoner was sometimes Civ
en- a choice-death or service in the
army or navy. And the services in
those days had such terror for some
criminals that many elected to be
hanged instead Of serving their coun-
try.-London Spectator.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1914-06-05
Women in War.

What splendid courage and un.
tagging zeal in their country's cause
the Boer women showed in the South
African war has never been so fully
realized as it will be now by all who
read the remarkable record just pub
hshed under the title of "Petticoat
Commands" This is practically the
diary done in narrative form of a girl
who, with her widowed mother, out
witted the English officers and men
and helped their countrymen. They
were clever, cultivated and kindly wo-
men, simply aglow with patriotism;
and to read what they did and how
they did it makes one realize afresh
what wonderful creatures women are.
Let scientists say what they will.
women are in no way inferior to men,
and in many ways vastly superior. In
resource certainly, in tact often, In
strength of purpose at least their
equals.