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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

EV7Ew YORK. December 2e.-(spe- N ! icial)--One cannot know New
 York and it's people in a day
 and one must know 1t, in a way.
 before any feeling of kindly regard can awaken in the breast of him who is not a native of the island or one of it's bordering boroughs. It required more than six months of metropolitan misery for me to reach even an attitude of tolerance toward what I believed to be cold, callous and unfeeling municip- ality of n1illions-but heres the point:
 Those who can lay just claim to in timacy here, unsweryiDgly insist that there is as much feeling, as much hu- man kindness. as much humanlty-as much sentiment in New York city as the breast of either son or daughter or inc south's e'er dared to harbor. Ors of the fairest daughters of the Old Do minion, who has spent more than nalI q decade here. assured me or tnls ohiS recently-and I am come to believe II.
 Charles Lamb when aiming With a friend one day, indicated a man at n table near them, and announced that ne hated the fellow.
 "TIate him?' querled the friend In aston shment why. I thought you didn't even know him" ,. .ou'te right-I don't replied Lamb. T cannot hate fel ow l know.
 And that is how It is with Father Knickerbocker. The old gentleman im- rresses nearly all strangers mp easantiy' b,t once let them come to know n.ils ma these first impressions fade away, to be succeeded by far more pleasant ones. and the next stage is known as "Newyorkitis' a disease which is pa-n- full only to those who are unable to get within reach of Broadway. =.
 It Is the same in the case o1 vw,ftuaiiy w each v1rf&pr to the island. Let lhm re
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

Waggin that peese and tranquility will be our porsion forever moor, and then sum. They bring forward an immense array of figgers to proove theere assurtasions that we air rappidly drinking ourselves into a drlnkered' grave. According to statis
 ticks each and evvery persun in the United States consooms 19 gallons sevven pints and quartur of rum per annm, and theere air sixty-seven millyuns of dollars invested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

in the manufacture of cork screws alone. Far be it frum us to dispute theese fig gurs; in fact we air persunnelly acquainted with few sinseer consoomurs who air doubtless a few laps ahed on theere assign ment, and who, no doubt, without the slit est compunction air annually hogglng sum one else's share thus deprivving sum wurthy citizen of his rites. Menny of our feeding inneebriates under this system is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

getting moor than is cumming to thim, and sumthing ought to be dun about it. Special privvileeges to nun is our mottow.
 On the uther hand, thoose who air op posed to Nasional prohibision and air not in favur of monkeying with the Consttu- sion, tell us that ''prohibson IS one of the niftiest little thurst organizurs at large. y They insist that gentulman $ desire for Book Beer cannot be removed by leggis-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
PoliticSin America as ViewedFrom London

lasion; the gratur the difficulties to be ov- vercum between an ambisous and hy- strung, nervus gentulman and gin-rickey, they point out, the moor deturmlned IS sed hy-strung nervus gentulman to climb on the outside of sed gin-rickey, evven If he becums an outlaw and IS compelled to lick the standing army in doing so.
 So far as we air consumed we air lnno- sent by -standurs. We have trends on both sides. We have livved in communities wheere a total strangur was compelled to ask the polseman wheere he could locate sum low-brow who was dishing out sum- thing maid frum ground hoss feed and prussick Assid under the non-de-ploom of '.Old Green Valley,' and we have livved in uther phases wheere similar brands of de- furred deeth was issued under the sanct- sion and approval of the Board of Aldur- men, and we have obsurved that the dis posision to becum stewed unhapplly pos sessed by sum folks seems to have the ways and meens, or at leest gets it, under enny and all circumstances.
 All we want to point out Is, that if we air reilly to have Nasonal prohibision while they air at it they ought to devise sum way of making it so it will wurk. The samples we have had in sum of the states do not 
 surver who is anxious to avoid rum Take Maine for instints. If man is reely anx- ious to drink himself into hurried drunk cred grave he could save a grate deel of time by going to Maine Those desiring the most prompt and vigorous style of jm-jam at cut rates ought to look ovver the samples furnished by prohibision Maine before purchasing elsewhere.
 Whethur we have prohibision or not, we should try to live so that we can look a bot tie of intemperense in the fase without shedding teers of joy. What the United States has got to do is to edducate the pee pul that rum is a bad egg if ovver- indulged in. We ought to gradually impress upon the peepul that it is not good idea to try to win popular approval by buying evvery fat-hed that happens along drink. We should warn posterrity not to try to sub- sst solely on free whisky and popular ap- proval-neether sets well on an empty stummack Of corse Nasional prohibision may help to do all this and bring about such results If so, it will be good thing, but we ought not to get exsited about 1t, and expect too much to begin with.
 In the meen time Congress is to adjourn, we understand, the 4th of next March, and we air to have one long summer for a breethng spell That $ good If in the in- turin sum of our honnest to goodness in- vestgaturs and reformers now working overtime in Washington would get rite down next to the peepul and indulge in the blessing passtime of aggitating the land skape and teesing it to produce sumthina to lower the cost of livving and cut out 'sburning issues' for a while, prosperity mite show it's timmid fase above the we'll known horrizun and beem uppon us all Prosperity is not likely to pay us visslt } so long as we keep up polytical ruff , house-take it frum mee.
 Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

Then a bugie call she hears In the flames he disappears
 What is that? The smoke of battle rising
 from the grate? Ay. and now her lover comes Mid the rattle of the drums. Roar of cannon--marching bravely to a
 soldiers fate Lower seem the flames to bend, For the battles at an end;
 There upon the sanguined field, men
 have knclt to pray; Taps re- echoes from the hill, Ger a silent form and still,
 With the flag he loved so well, on his
 breast of gray. Faintly glow the embers now; Snow locks OCT furrowed brow
 Fainter gleam, as silently. with her
 mem ries dear. Underneath the misuetoe. Lady of the Long Ago,
 Softly dreams. at even'tide, of the yes
 teryear.
 There is we'll known subway warn ing In use here to such an extent that. 1t has become ridiculous. As an illustra- tion: A fashionably~ dressed woman was leading very diminutive dog by string, As she reached the street intersection at Fifth avenue and Forty second street. she paused turned solicitousIy to the pup and said softly, Careful. Evangehne- watch your step!''
 DO you know what subway hog isY He is the fellow who waits until the cars are packed and the doors are about to be closed, then places himself rectiy in front of one of them, knowing that the conductor will push him the rest of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

veew of locating heer for 1 am not. I like the peepul, and the King is a mise sort of chap while this feller Kitchens Is sum persun, according to report; he can't hold candul to our own Claud Kitchens of South Gardiner when it cHiHs te bazNlingg out the opposision, but he measures up con siderabull.
 Bizness in Londun is looking up. So is the rest of the populasion. Now and then a small sized riot is creeated by sum Nut slitely in flicker taking a slant at the s., and mistaking a elecktrick-lite bug for Zepperlin When this happens he'll let out yelp to the effect that the "Gurmans air uppon us,'' and the safety furst move ment is organized at onse and the popula- sion takes to the Sellurs and dissappeer as completely as the inhabitants of a Kansas preesinct when one of the Kansas selle- brated brands of ring tailed cyclones bobs up ovver the horrizun. The resent bom- bardmint of the English coast by the Cur man fleet has maid the peepul ovver heer slitely nervus and increased theere anxiety, but aside frum this they air as intint as evver and as deturmined as evver that the Skotch, Irish and Frinch shall lick the Gurmans
 I see frum the papers frum the United States that polyticks is getting hump on again with our peepul and I long to return onse moor to the land of the free and the long-haired and intense Reformur. Judge : ing frum what I reed that well known tar riff issue has been perminintly disposed of for the time being, but in its sted the Re / formurs have issued a new cattilog of the verry laitest and most up-todate issues, al of which air hyly recommended. Promin- int amung them, obsnrve our old frend the prohibision issue. Also the womins. sui frage issue, the Consurvasion issue and the varius and sundry little warty and moth eatin issues that may petur out during the long, hard wintur, or may turn up viggerus | and spry in the spring
 note also that all theese questions must
 be solved before the ''country can safely entur upon its trew mission' Seems like | have herd this befour but we'll let that pass. What gives me pawse is, will the peepul evver get wise to the fact that we have too much polyticks in the United States and we air little shy on tranquility. SUrope now is getting an overdose of war; in the States we have always had an ovver- dose of polyticks, and while the formur is much worse, the lattur is bad enuff. The plain peepul no sooner rise up and get all aggitated ovver sum grate and burning |, questsion which they settle at the ernest re | quest of the cannydates, and with a sy of releef turn back to the simple mattur of erning livving, than they air called upon to solve sum uther verry urgnt and import int mattur As the mattur stands its awful hard to find time enuff to make a crop be-
 tween polytical issues in the United States. The Aunty Saloon Leege tells us that if we
 will only amind the Constitusion giving
 Uncle Sam a promminint sect on the Watur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

sidewalk, nor south on the east side walk Confetti, horns, bells, beles and booze will be the features.
 Mary Garden is here begging money for the support of a wounded soldiers home which is called "Mary's Garden" Her hair is about four shades darker than it was upon her last appearance in New York and the startling statement Is mado that this is due to the effect of the war upon her. However, she'll get the money It seems a bt odd to one accustomed to cities of the 100000 class, to see build ing after building being constructed here. 12. 15 and more stories in height, yet find no mention of them in the local papers. But such Is Manhattan-and the Bronx. When I told resident of the Bronx that a Bronx cocktail is just as popu- lar in the far south as 1t Is in his own borough. 1t pleased him so that he was willing to order. Moral: You don't have to bull a New Yorker-just boost his town and he'll buy just as quickly.
 LADY OF THE LONG AGO. Underneath the mistletoe. Lady of the long ago
 Sweetly dreams, at even'tide, of the
 days that were;
 Locks of jet now snowy white Cleaning in the fire light Memories of yesterdays hover over her. From the flames and glowing heat, Leaps her lover to her feet
 Once again tis Yuletide in the happy
 Long Ago
 Clasps her to his heart. and then Vows the old vows OCT again.
 Thrilling her with kisses. underneath
 the mistletos.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

He has so many daily visitors that he cannot take time to show them all his better side, and among these visitors are so many who would take advantage of him If he did. that he finds its necessary to cover natural cordiality with the crust of coolness Be not dsmaycd thereby, and remember it is as true of him as of any other-you can't hate a fellow whom you really know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin Johnson

way in regardless of the discomfort Ia the rest of the passengers It saves him personal effort
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-27

LOndun. 0ISTUR EDDITUR: am still in Lon Nl dun. Don't get the impression that g I am looking the town ovver with a vaew of locatinp heer for 1 am
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10
SCOTLAND FOR GOOD ROADS.
Projected Construction Of Experiment
tai Road Sections In Scotland.

Projected Construction Of Experiment
tai Road Sections In Scotland.
In December, 1912, according to an
article In recent issue of the Journal
of the Institution of Municipal and
County Engineers Great Britain). the
Scottish District of the Institution of
Municipal and County Engineers ap-
pointed committee to collect and
tabulate data as to improved methods
of road construction and particularly
information as to the effect of climatic
conditions taken In conjunction with
traffic upon experimental road lengths
to be laid down In districts in Scotland
which have distinctive climatic condi-
tiOns"
After having the matter under ad-
visement the committee decided to put
down experimental road lengths In a
number of districts In Scotland. Ar
rangements have been made for the
location of these sections In parts of
that country where the climatic condi-
tions are suitable for the experiments
and where the local surveyors will CO.
operate with the committee. Provi-
sional arrangements with county sur
veyors have been made
1t Is stated that the road board is CO.
operating with the institution In this
work and that 1t is expected that the
experiments will be Of exceptional in
terest on account of the close consider
alton 1t is proposed to give to the ef-
feet of climate. 1t Is also expected
that the great variations in climatic
conditions In Scotland will facilitate
the isolation of the factor Of weather
effect In the destruction of road sur
faces.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10
THE INFLUENCE OF
GOOD ROADS ON HEALTH.
A Point In Their Favor That Has Not
Received Much Attention.

The influence of good roads on pub
lie health is point In their favor that
has not received much attention. The
Kansas state board of health puts the
feature In the foreground and wants
modern improved roads in that state
because they prevent disease.
They do this because they afford
drainage. A good road can never re-
main a good road unless it is well
drained The roadbed must not have
any standing water either on its sur
face or below the surface. 1t must
have drainage. and the cutters beside
the roads must have slope and be kept
free from obstruction so that all sur
plus water can escape quickly and
easily.
An old fashioned, Ill drained road.
with Its frequent pools of standing
water on the road or by the roadside.
with its bitches filled with weeds.
brush and all sorts of trash, is breed
ing place of insect life. Mosquitoes.
flies and other insects, such as chinch
bugs and grasshoppers. multiply there
In profusion 1t is these insects which
either carry disease or are of the kind
which destroy the farmers crops. For
these reasons well built, well drained
highways are double benefit since
they give the farmer the inestimable
advantage of easy communication with
his market at all times Of the year and
by improving the drainage check the
breeding of harmful insects.
Good roads mean, therefore. not
only great saving of time and labor
for the farmer, but the improvement
In the hygienc conditions of the farm
ing community. He Is brought nearer
to his market, the hauling capacity Of
his teams is greatly Increased. and he
is no longer marooned on his farm for
many weeks each year owing to the
impossible conditions Of the roads.
That health is promoted as well as
comfort and wealth by good roads
should give the argument for their
construction irresistible force so that
their building shall not cease until the
whole country is lined with them.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10

A. f. a A. M.-Jennings Lo1se. No.
.. meets second and fourth Fridays
of each month, in Masonic hall on
Main street. Visiting brethren well
come
W. R. ELLIS, W. NJ.
WALTER S. MUIR. Secretary.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10
Rubber Roads,

The proposition to build rubber roads
has been seriously put forward In Lon
don. 1t is said that the vibration In
the streets due to the heavy solid tired
motor trucks and omnibuses has be
come so great as to constitute a serf-
Gus menace to the integrity OF old
buildings. II is, besides. in some por-
lions of the city an intolerable nui-
sance to the Office workers. The case
Of the region about St Paurs cathe-
dral is cited in particular. It will soon
be a question there of reducing vibra-
ton at any cost And although II has
been calculated that rubber road
to compete commercially with wood
blocks or asphalt must have a life Of
ffty years (which Of course 1t would
not have). the big cities may be driven
to such roads In congrsted districts do
spite their high cost
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10
Teachers Meetings.

The teachers twin meetings at Air
lie and Mccoy held Saturday, Feb
ruary 28th were well attended and
good programs were enjoyed.
The Airlie meeting was addressed
by H. C. Ostien of the Normal school
and J. C. Mcintosh of the O. A. c.,
W. A. Barr of the o. A. C. gave a
demonstration of Judging dairy cows
which proved very interesting and
taught those present how to judge for
themselves.
The meeting at Mccoy was address,
ed by 7. II. Gentle, Principle of the
Training Department of the Normal
School, and Miss Grace Davis 3rd
and 4th grade teacher of the Normal
School, these meetings were attend
ed by the following teachers from
Dallas, Pearl Horner, Maude A. Nc
Donnell, H. H. Dunkleberger, Mrs.
Edith Plank, Alice Grant, Mrs. F. H.
Morrison, Cora Rossitter, Mrs. Chloe
Wood and Agnes Clark, besides the
following from other parts of Polk
County-Marie Graves, Barney Han
sen, Mrs. Nellie p. Hensen, Mrs. Eva
Rittner, Alice Miles, Cecil Dodd, R. E.
Silyas, Elizabeth Writ, Phina Ander-
son, W. E. Buell., Crissie Bramberg,
+. Silsby, E. NJ. Haley, Marie Whit
man, Pearl Snedeker, Mary A. Ewing,
w. A. johnson, Phoebe Wyatt, Ava
Shields, Daphne Richards, Louise
Sears, Edna Dammon, Nellie Keyt.
Mary Wyatt, Vera Stannard, Roberta
Ballard, Lilly Hagman F. S. Crow
ley, Ada Farmer, Mrs. E. r. Palmer,
Bessie Lghtfoot, Hilda Knight, Edna
Gray, Edna Sweeney, Delilah Nc
Daniel. Olive Lembke, Ruth Campbell,
Eva Womer, Ezra L. Boyer, Gladys
Turner, E. LOree ODonnell, Daphne
Henderson, Lee Mckee, Marion Bile
ven, Eva Schneider.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10

would be ideal in one locality may moi
serve the purpose elsewhere, and the
money expended may bring scarcely
any result In reducing the cost of haul
fng or making 1t easier for the farmer
to get to the shipping point with his
crops
To aid the farmers who want to
huild their own roads and assist COM
munities that desire to Improve roads
near by, the office Of public roads of
the department of agriculture has en-
ployed experts to test all materials and
study their usefulness on roads SUBJ
Jected to certain traffic conditions. The
office Of public roads Is acting In an ad-
visory capacity to many states and
counties giving practical form OF
national aid
On roads where there is heavy traffic
1t has been found that certain kinds of
materials are better than others and
that while one kind Of binder may not
serve the purpose, another kind pre-
serves the road indefinitely. Millions
Of dollars doubtless have been wasted
because OF the absence of the scientific
knowledge.
There are two ways in which the
engineer may avail himself of the in
formation necessary to a proper selec-
tion of road MATERIAL" says Director
Page. "The only certain one is to
make an actual service test on the
material under observation and under
the same conditions of traffic and eli
mate to which the proposed road will
be subjected. This method is imprac-
tica except in rare instances, due to
the lapse of time before definite re-
suits can be obtained. The second
method is, by means of short time lab
oratory tests. to approximate the de
structive agencies to which the mate
rial will be subjected on the road, sup
plementing this knowledge by study
of the results obtained In practice on
material of a similar nature"
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10
MlREDl
BY GEORGE f. PAUL


BY GEORGE F. PAUL
The shades of night were falling
fast
passed
A youth. who bore through slush
and slop
) A carpet sweeper and a mop,
Excelsiorl
The shades Of night fell like log.
I They reused the cricket and the
) dog
) He fioundered through the ruts so
deep.
And as he stopped he swore a heap
Excelslorl
He lived but seven miles from
} town.
Just where the Hollow road slopes
down,
Yet when at last he reached the
place
, Long whiskers covered all his face.
Excelsior
No more he ventures in to town
To act the mud bespattered clown.
, He's sitting there; he waits and
waits
TIL mud dries on the pearly gates.
EXCELSIOR
,oooooooooooooooooooooooo,
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10
The best lamp in the

The best lamp in the
world is the Sunshine
Safety lamp that I alb
solutely guarantee to
give satisfaction or mon
ey refunded. 200 candle
power with only IL cts.
cost for 21 hours Of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1914-03-10
REALTY TRANSFERS

Transfers Of real property in Poll
County, corrected weekly by Sibley
& Eakin law and abstract office, Dal
las, Oregon.
For the week ending March 9TH
Vira Robertson and husband to w.
B. Gerth, lot in Kingwood Park, $40
Priscilla R. Craven and husband to
H. Seeley, 30 acres T. 8 S. r. 4 w.,
$14OO.
! Ella S. Crosian ct al to W. IL.
Dancy, lots in McNary.
John w. Harritt to B. w. Har-
ritt, 1928 acres 7. 7-3, $9146.
j. Will Beckley to j. S. Miller and
wife, 28.70 acres, 7. 8-5, $40.
L. 0. Gwin and wife to Emma A..
Moore, lots in Dallas, $40.
Earl V. Barham and wife to A. j..
Barham, one-third int. lot in Dallas,
$40.
Frank HI. Fawk and wife to Jo-
seph Anaitt and wife, land in I. Z
S. r. 5 w., $40.
Mauive Dalton to E. V. Dalton,
lot in Dallas, $40.
Raymond G. Williams to W. N.
Ash and wife, lot in Independence,
$40.
H. G. Strayer and wife to Susie E.
Van Zandt, 500 acres, 81.
H. C. Finch and wife to Mary S.
Purdom, lots in Independence, $40.
Rosa A. Mckinley and husband to
Frank l.. Water, 120 acres, 7. 9-5,
$40.
VIM. T. Gosser and wife to F. w.
Waters, lots in West Salem, $40.
Percy Hubbard TO L. A. Dickinson,
land near Dallas, $40.
Percy w. Hibbard to L. A. Dick
inson, lots in Dallas, $40.
D. w. Sears and wife to P. l..
Hedges, lot in Independence, $40.
Eliza j. Crowley to W. B. Kanne,
lot in Independence, $3.50.
Lennie E. Davis and husband to
Samuel Morrison, % acres, T. 9-4,
800.
Hattie Whitney to Howard f.
lot in Monmouth, $175.
Grace L. Stone and husband to vi
ola Mancle in Monmouth, $40.
Kingwood Park Co. to E. A. Sharp
lot in Kingwood Terrace, $40.
j. w. Jenkins and wife to c. F.
1856 acres, T. 6 S. R. 4 W.,
$40.
A. j. Barham and wife to G. B.
5 acres, rs, $40.
Lila Baker and husband to S. E.
lot in Monmouth, 81.
Josiah d. Walton and wife to
Charles A. Robertson and wife, 34.51
acres, 7-3, 81.
Thomas j. Hayter and wife to
Randall Buell., land in Dallas, 1925.
Felix Comehys to Mary E. Walker,
1851 acres, T. 6-5, $500.
S. C. Spencer and wife to W. D.
Mixter, 1421.1 acres, T. 9-8, 81.
M. M. Davis to w. d. Mixter,
l421.15 acres, T. 9-8, 81.
w. D. Mixter to Ella K. Herald,
701.15 acres, T. 9-8, $4,000.
j. L. Farnham and wife to J. l..
Woodward and wife, 90 acres, T. 81,
t1n