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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

ton of farm products secured, and, as
consequence speculation in staple
products will be reduced.
Increase i'm Value of Lands
1t is a matter of common observa
ton that, when any community has
passed from a condition dominated by
bad roads to a condition which is
characterized by good roads, land val
ues in that community advance. 1t
| is plain that no system of good roads
can directly improve the soil fertility
or the quality of farms. 1t is equally
true that good roads can and do di-
rectly improve the site value, or the
value which accrues to a farm by vir-
| tue Of it's situation with respect to
markets, schools and towns. In deal
| ing with this matter of increased farm
| values from a strictly economic stand
point, it has been previously pointed
| out, and it is worth remembering, that
where farms have advanced in value
the advance is due essentially to de-
creased hauling costs. The advance in
| farm values, in other words, measures
partly the increased value of the farm
as plant for the business of farming.
That increment of value which is due
to those things that are described as
social advantages or improved social
conditions has no numerical measure.
When his road is improved the land
owner appreciates the improvement
and frequently sets an increased value
upon his land.
1t is difficult, however, to analyze
the entire increment of value which
follows good roads. There is no doubt
that the cost of good roads is met by
some form of taxation, which, in many
instances, causes the land owners to
add to the selling price of their land
that amount which they estimate the
good road has cost them in taxes. This
process is more distinctly observed in
city property transfers, where direct
assessments for sewers sidewalks and
pavement are invariably added to the
original cost of the property. The i'm
portant point that is becoming more
and more understood by land owners
is that good roads require a consider
able investment of capital. and fur
thermore that such an investment Is a
paying one. Here are few instances
of actual conditions which have been
observed in various parts of the coun-
try.
In Lee County, Virginia, a farmer
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Rx Dennis II. stovalI

y7nr7 HEN we first bought motor
WW car we made the same mistake
uu of many farmers and ranchers
who come into possession of an auto
mobile-we attempted to house 1t IN
the same manner we had cared Tor
the buggy, the hack and other rigs 1t
did not take a great while to learn
that a gasoline buggy and a horse
buggy were two different kinds of
wheeled vehicles. They couldn't get
along together under the same root'
In the first place, we came square
against the proposition of fire risk and
insurance. Now, an automobile, ordl-
narily, is clean enough to keep in the
parlor. But if you kept it there regu-
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The Farmer and His Garage
How Home for the Car May Be Built at the Cost of $500

couldn't keep from spilling a little oil
now and then, and the car dripped
more or less of it from bearings and
it's oil pan. To remedy the situation
we built a separate house for the car,
located safe distance from the barn
and sheds, but more convenient to the
house.
This farm garage, built as neat as
any structure on the place, cost COM
pIete less than 500. 1t is not only
big enough for the car, but allows
ample room for a work bench, tool
box, oil barrel and equipment kit. The
ground size of the building is 12x1S
feet. The floor is of two-inch surfaced
planks set on 2xS stills, and founda-
ton of cement blocks. The floor is
provided with drain holes to take off
the water when the car is washed.
The walls are 10 feet from floor to
plates, with long -eaved rafters and
gable ends to give a bungalow" ef-
feet. Brackets at the end also help
in this respect, and the covering is
of novelty rustic, which has the APP
pearance of weather boarding. Three
big windows on each side admit an
abundance of light, which is a con-
venience when making repairs in the
country where electric lights cannot be
had. They also give plenty of air on
warm days; another good thing as we
have learned that a motor car needs
light ana air about as much as hui
man being.
Much Use to Come
The main entrance is by double
doors, hung with rollers and track.
and each five feet wide, thus giving an
admittance of 10 feet for the car,
which is plenty wide enough even
when coming in ION the run" There
is another smaller paneled door at the
rear, which is used when any of US
desire to go in or out of the garage
without the car, thereby saving the
trouble of opening the main doors.
The frame of this little building is
of 2x4, and the rafters of the same
material. Ceiling lumber was used
for the gable ends, and for the doors,
and the entire material for the build
ing was first class grade. A second
grade material would have cost less,
but we believed that nothing was too
good" for our motor car, and so bought
the best. 1t was given a double coat
of paint, the body being warm gray,
and the trimming a pure white, this
particular scheme being used to match
our residence.
After three years use the garage
has more than paid for itself in con-
venience and safety. 1t has been the
home of two successive cars, and will
probable house a half dozen more be-
fore it begins to show any signs OF
age.
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owned 100 acres between Ben Hur and
Jonesville, which he offered to sell for
$500. In 1908 this road was i'm
proved, and although the farmer
fought the improvement, he has since
refused $4,000 for his farm. Along
this same road a tract of 1873 acres
was supposed to have been sold for
$4,000. The purchaser refused the
contract, however, and the owner
threatened to sue him. After the road
improvement, and without any i'm
provements upon the land, the same
farm was sold to the original pur-
chaser for $4,000.
In Jackson County, Alabama, the
people voted a bond issue of $3.50, 900
for road Improvement and improved
"a per cent of the roads. The census
of 1900 gives the value of all farm
lands in Jackson County as $490 per
acre. The selling value at that time
was from Sc to SIS per acre. The
census of 1910 places the value of all
farm lands in Jackson County at 1919
per acre, and the selling price is now
from SIS to $25 per acre.
The price of farm land, like that of
any other commodity. is ruled by the
relation between supply and demand
When the price of farm lands advances
it measures a reimbursement between
the supply and the demand. This re-
adjustment, as has been seen, is sharp
and immediate in many cases One
distinct item of increased values is be-
coming more and more evident from
year to year, that is, immigration into
the rural districts where road condi-
tons are favorable In this respect
the presence of good roads has its
greatest influence upon the owners of
automobiles. There are repeated in
stances of this kind in New England
and those states which have been ac-
tive in improving their roads by state
aid.
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Mr.. Stovall is a practical farmer
who has found the automoplie q
unusual use on his farm. IN this
and succeeding articles ne VIII Will s one
farmer to another. In this NUMBER
he discusses the rebuilt car.
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BY Paul ID. Sargent

BY Paul ID. Sargent
Ex-Director United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture; Office OF
Public Roads; State Highway COM
missioner for Maine.
Chapter 5
TT is we'll established fact that
II market prices for even staple
e crops vary considerably through
out the year. Where bad roads pre-
vail, farmers are forced to move their
crops, not when the market price is
favorable, but when the roads are ia
vorable. 1t is common for the farmer
to find that he can not haul his prod
uce to market when prices are high
est, because the roads are impossible.
When the roads are passable, the
time for market has largely passed
and produce is compelled to move in
masses which frequently glut the mar
ket and break the prices. Excessive
fluctuations in market prices are sell
dom due to overproduction. They
frequently take place in regions where
the local production does not equal
the annual consumption.
There are counties rich in agricul-
tural possibilities, burdened with bad
roads, where the annual incoming
shipments of foodstuffs exceed the
outgoing shipments in the ratio of
four to one. Many such counties with
improved roads could not only be-
come self supporting, but could ship
products to other markets. A farmer
in Sullivan County, Tennessee, a few
miles from Bristol, had 100 bushels of
Irish potatoes which he intended to
market during the Winter of 1907-8.
Owing to bad roads he was unable to
haul the potatoes at all, and they rot
ted in the cellar. Nevertheless, the
price of potatoes at Bristol went as
high as $1.40 per bushel in the mean
time. A Bristol merchant stated that
during the winter as many as 10 car
loads of farm produce, including
wheat, potatoes and other supplies,
were daily shipped in to feed not only
Bristol, but the adjacent territory.
Congestion to Disappear
The question of opportunity in mar
keting is worthy of consideration. For
the sake of example, let it be sup
posed that two farmers living in sepa-
rate counties, but at equal distances
from the cotton market learn by tele-
phone that cotton has advanced in
price 81 per bale. The farmer living
on a bad road can Immediately haul
one bale of cotton, while the other
farmer can haul four bales because he
lives on a good road. The rise in
price means a profit of 81 to the one
man and only 81 to his neighbor.
When the roads of this country or
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

(This paper will publish each week
chapters of an important bulletin, en-,
titled, Benefits of Improved ROADS,
written for the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, By Paul d: Sar-
gent. formerly director of the office OF
public roads, and now highway COM
missioner of the State of Maine.)
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THE FARMERS MOTOR.

/. We may talk of the conyen- !
!. fence and pleasure of owning an i
!. automobile-and they are impor i
i. tant-but its greatest service to T
/. the farmer has been in destroy i
Il ing his isolation, says the Ma 7
!. tional Stockman and Farmer. i
1. The farmer is no longer limited i
!. to one market in the purchase OF i
I. supplies. Every city or town In i
!. side a 5O-mile radius is within i
+ easy reach.
i. Formerly his only associates !
1. were the neighbors of two or y
I. three miles in each direction. y
4 Now 1t us just as easy to spend =
!. Sunday with "neighbor" in the !
y next county.
"a. No longer is his observation !
II limited to one community. III y
!. has been widened to a hundred 7
!. communities in dozen coun- !
!. ties. No one can fail to be i'm =
/. pressed by the tremendous infiu- =
/. ence of this wider vision upon the 7
i farm family-upon their happi- =
!. ness, their work and their am y
!. billions.
!. 1. i. + r. + !. + Il Il !. = i \ \ + i
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Financing road construction by bono
issues has become general throughout
the United States. Road bond issues
for 1913 were nearly $70,OO0,ooo, or
twice as much as in any previous
year. and indications are that a new
mark will be set In 1914.
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larly you'd soon get the carpet badly
splattered with oil and grease; more
over, you would find it necessary to
have a lot of oil cans, waste, tools and
other things.round that would muss
up the best ROOM" just as it muses.
up and puts out of order the vehicle
shed. Also the oil-soaked floor brings
about a condition that must cause
trouble with the insurance man, and
lead him to insert one of those whip
cracker clauses in the policy.
No matter how careful we were, we
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

Tests of a new road surfacing ma
teriai which have been made recently
indicate that the surfacing VIII De
especially valuable for highways usea
by automobiles. 1t consists OF mix
ture of what is called iron straw,
which consists of fine filaments Oh
iron in a wiry fibrous mass mixed
with cement and sand. 1t is stated
that the iron is not waste produc',
but is mad, by machines designed ior
the purpose.
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Here of bad ON
Washington every
On times amount
haul we d
to
roads
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

BY Paul ID. Sargent
Ex- Director United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture; Office o
Public Roads; State Highway Com
missioner for Maine.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-02-13

ton of farm products secured, and, as
a consequence, speculation in staple
products will be reduced.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
a. ball Team !.
Coming Fast s;

Manager George u. Needham Of
the local baseball team Of the Pa:
w. Va. league is fast rounding into
shape first class baseball aggrega-
tion to represent this city in the
league. !.
He has at the present time some
10 youngsters lined up and ready to
report here for a try out the latter
part Of this month and will 5have u
number more before the season
opens. 4+s =
Two husky players, were lined up
today and will report here for try
outs April 30. These players Were
recommended to the local manager
by Bob Marley, outfielder in the
Washington Americans, who is .asper-
sonal friend Of Needham's. si, If
They are Norman Wright, pitcher,
wlro had try out with Hugh Duffy
of the Portland team OF the New
England league last summer, but on
account of sore arm could not play
at that time.
The other is Paul hamburg an out
fielder. said to have good speed.
Both hail from Boston.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
Children Pay
One Cent Fare
lBYg Assoc1ArEp Pnrss.l

BY ASSOCIATED PREss.l
TOLEDO, Ohio, April 1.-The
franchise committee Of the city
councilsconferring last night with
of the Toledo railway
and light company took no action on
the proposal. of ,president Henry IL.
Doherty of New York to give three
cent fares along trial with the pro-
vision that the fare be increased IL
found Improbable. Tentative agree
ment was reached that children, un.
der S years shall be carried for one
cent and that the city may purchase
the street railways after. one years
notice. There has been no cessation
in the >court battle over the three
cent fare ordinance. The company
is still carrying free passengers
who refuse to pay more than three
cents. 1T is estimated that more
than three-iifths of the car riders
voluntarily pay five cents cash fare
or buy six tickets'Ior a quarter.
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\ Funeral az ! Party 3 4 ].
:Arr,:iiD'es S. TOMORROW 70, Il }, !,

The remains of Mrs. p. ". DeBoIt
whose death occurred Monday night
in Huntington; are expected to ar
rive here tomorrow morning at
1851, The funeral party which will
include Rev. DeBolt, Mrs. Gcorgp
Amos and Luther Amos will leave
Huntington tonight at midnight
coming via Moundsville. The, rcI
mains viii be taken on their arrival
TO the home other sister OH Spring
and Pike Streets. ~, t,H Sa,.
No arrangements have been made
for funeral services and will probably
not ,be made until after che arrival
of the funeral party. Miss Noralt
DeBolt Of sistcrsvifle,. sister Of
Rev. DeBolt, went to Huntington yes
terday and will probably accompany
the party here. Z
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GLADE FORK.
Warrington r. F. D. z.

ut looks as though we were going
TO have some nice weather us the
snow is 'leaying and it is getting
warmer,
MFR. Ed ,Donnahue, one Of the drill.
ers on the, Gillgaul we'll, went home
Saturday last. ~
Mr.. james Price of near Manning
ton moved on our run one day last
week: M
Rev. Richard Moore Is going to
move on our run in the near future.
miss Jessie Straight of Camp Run
was calling on Mrs. r. L.. Starkey
one day last week. y
Mr.. RossrPrice was at Joetown one
day fast week.
Mr.. Osborne Johns was on Huey
Run Sunday last.
Ira, Robinson was at Joetowit one
day last week. n
Mr.. Oscar, Robinson was calling on
R: L. starkey, Sunday last.
Mr.. Clark Duncan YVES seen Oh
our run Sunday last.
Wishing The great paper 81 g; ! ~, f,ss
We remain, :. SHORTY, 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01

N - y - g 80 3 W y 90 r y
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Mason, Jr.,
went TO Pittsburgh this morning for
a brief visit. ftI !.
Mrs. Il. b.. Nixon a we'll known
resident Of Benton!s Ferry is yer,
III from -stroketof paralysis. Mrs
Nixon was stricken while in the
yard of her home several days ag,
and during the absence OF other mem
beers of the family. When found she
had been exposed ito rain for sever.
al hours which has added to the
nervousness OF her condition. y
Mrs. Harry Robinson and Mrs.
Clarence Robinson have been in
Pittsburgh for several days.
Mrs. A. w. Sterling is recovering
from "a severe operation which She
recently underwent at the Mayo
Brothers, Hospital in Rochester,
MINI. She has entered the cons
yalescents home now. Master Albert
Dickerson who accompanied his
mother Mrs. Murray Dickson to Ro-
chester underwent a slight operation
yesterday
Mrs. G. B. Nay is in Pittsburgh
the guest Of her daughter, Mrs..s.
iE. w. Burnside. "a
Miss Beulah Winters, WHO has
fought the Normal school is the
guest of Mrs. O.. b. Maddox enroute
TO her. home In Ripley.
Miss Mary Greer, of Terra Alta,
is the guest of her grand parents.
Mr.. and Mrs j. NJ. Hartley on Quincy
street. rs IA
Mrs. W. j., Wiegal las returned
from Pittsburgh @heresslle' had spent
several weeks.,s
Mrs: Harry Hood. OF. Clarksburg,
spent yesterday in the Scitysthesguese
of her mother, Airs. Ellen Straight. 3
Miss Eliza Hawkins. who has been
very III ut her home IN locust ave-
nue., is recovering. ! So NJ
Mrs. W. r.. Sturm, Sof Warrington,
is in the city having been called here
by the. death of Mrs.'Ps y. DeBolt.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
WANT HATFIELD TO SPEAK.

CHARLESTON, w! Va, April L.
Governor Hatfield has received an
invitation from the Republican Ma
tional Congressional committee and
from the Congressional delegation OF
Maineto speak before the Republican
state convention Of the state Of
Maine, at Augusta, April 9th. He
has not yet announced whether, OF
mot he viii accept the Invitation
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
ais.-l
H0ULT.

Nearly evcrybodythas bad colds.
Golden Houltl has been suffering
with a very bad cold.
Mrs. Alice Wilson is very sick at
this time.
|, Mrs. Earl Holbert, who had been
in the hospital, came home yester-
day. She is recovering rapidly from
an operation. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. B. satteffeidg Ire
turned Saturday from a trip to
Texas and other points west.
Mrs. Rcbecca Robe is at Runners
Ridge attending the funeral of her
granddaughter
Miss Belle; Barnworth. who has
been in Pennsylvania for a year or
more has returned home.
Miss Bertha Higgins Of Morgan
town has been visiting relatives here
returned last night 4ts,5 q Il
Mr.! and Mrs. &. Hoffman and two
children from Kingmoht was visit
Ting Mr.: Scot Hoffman Saturday and
Sunday.
FRITZ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
SOCIETY
Move to- Fairmont.

I Major and Mrs. s. D. Brady who
haveEbeen residing in aIorgantown
moved to the Presbyterian Property
ion Barney street in this city yes.
terday, which they will occupy fol
sine time.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
Wedding Invitations.

Invitations have been issued by MIR,
and Mrs. Ellis Porter Frost, Of Clarks.
burg, to'the marriage and to the we'd
ding reception OF their sister, Miss
Hazel Anne Frost, and Mr.. Jason Ar
ter Fisher, Of Pittsburgh, at S O'Clock
Wednesday evening, April as, In
Christ Episcopal church. A recep.
ton @illsfollow et the Waldo.
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Home for Spring Vacation. I
Miss Jean Richie who attends
Wooster College, in Wooster, Ohio,
is spending the spring vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. M.
lRSitcl!ie. Il
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
THE TOLL BILL
fcoNTfNuED FROM PAGE oNE.l
ION on the measure allethrough the
,nat ed session a,sst. ,ss.s !. as
0lney Supports wilson.

olney Supports Wilson.
An eleventh h'hour sensation was
sprung in the debate today when
Representative Peters, Democrat; of
Massa chusetts; read a letter from
Richard olney. former. Democratic
secretary of tstate, urging all Demo-
Gratis, to support President Wilson in
the controversy. Mr.'0lneyls opinion
that!an exemptionHdid not violate the
HayfPauncefotes treaty Ahad been
used IN !. many Of sthe arguments
against repeal and was referred toby
SPEAKER Clark ealE n g -El.E n
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onsaccountof the death of Mrs. o.
Y. DeBolt, the social to have been
Thursday by the Ladies Aid So.
eiety of the First NJ. E. Church has
been indefinitely postponed
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-01
AUTO-PIANO

n
This wonderful instrument Is con-
|eetcd by experts 70 be one OF the best
Player Pianos In he world. It ~
used on our war vessels and recon-.
|mended by our navy. &c makes ma.i
sicians Of the entire family. and YOU
certainly would enjoy tie sweeti
strains Of music derived from 1T w
have openedione Of these pianos and
placed in our window for5inspectioh'
take peep ut Il. Then step inside
and learn how easily you can own
che. i.
DO TT TODAY U, "a. &. ST E
c. "A. HOUSE ;MUsICsC0.
Jacobs Bldg. Store open evenings
Monroe st. Bell Phone 9S1
|. flsi .-.-s y. ~ = - ~ ssss.if,
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Woman's Club Friday.
The regular meeting of the Wo-
mans club will be held on FFilay
afternoon at . o'clock ut the club
apartments. ~ nSbSA