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The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-17
P. 0. DEPARTMENT
AND GOOD ROADS.
II Directs Co. operation With Author.
ties For Improvement

Good roads movements throughout
the country are to have substantial
support from the postofIice department
First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper has notified officially postmas-
tiers Of all classes that lit is the desire
of the department that they cooperate
with state and county authorities In the
endeavor TO improve the condition OF
the public roads
The departments attention" con
tinues Mr.. Roper. has been attracted
to proclamations issued from time to
time by the governors of states desig-
mating certain days az good roads
days, and postmasters, as representa-
tives in their communities of the ma
tional government are expected TO
manifest as active an interest i'm this
movement as is consistent with the
proper performance of their official du-
ties"
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-17

years. Only once during this period
has this road been worked with any
thing but the drag. Two years ago the
side bitches were cleaned with the
common road grader.
A careful record OF the time taken to
keep this road dragged has been kept
and for the first five years IL nuns as
follows:
Two trips for one man and one
team requiring one hours time for one
dragging is the basis taken The first
year we dragged it fifteen times. the
second thirteen, the third seventeen.
the fourth twelve and the fifth four
teen times, or seventy-One draggings OF
one hours time during Eve years.
This at 80 cents an hour for man and
team is $4.26 year for the half mile.
For a mile II would he $3.50 annual
cost OF maintenance. Another road ia
the immediate vicinity cost less than
$40 per mile annually. The soil is not
quite as heavy as Red river soil. hut
the rainfall is a little more than thirty
Inches. A case Is noted in Public
Roads Bulletin ~. United States de.
partment Of agriculture. where the
cost of similar maintenance of roads
in Arkansas was Si1 per mile. State
Engineer Gerhart of Kansas puts the
range Of cost for dragging al from 81
oS1O
The cost for North Dakota should
not be over so per mile while In most
cases II would be much less. the cost
depending upon the character of the
soil. the rainfall. traffic and grade As
an Average for all dirt roads / would
place the annual cost of maintenance
ar S7.6O per mile or Std0.TiO 10 drag In
a satisfactory manner the roads ia
North Dakota one wear
The total expenditure on public
roads of lorth Dakota outside of
towns in 1911 was SG9l540 II prop
erly organized and If the people were
educated We could properly maintain
our earth road with present road fund
aud have $230.SO0 left for bridges. new
construction. etc
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-17
A Texas Wonder

The Texas Wonder cures Kidney
and blad Ter troubles, dissolveS grav-
81, cures diabetes, weak aud lame
backs, rheumatism aud all lrregu
larIties at bladder troubles, renlpv-
ing gravel, the kidneys aud bladder
in both men aud women Regulates
bladder troubles ln children. If MOI
sold BY your druggists will be sent
by mail on receipt OF Sl.OO. One
small bottle Is two months treat
ment and seldom fails 90 perfect 4
cure. Send for testimonials from
Kentucky aud other States. Dr. Il
w. Hall. 1925 olive ST.. ~ Louis,
NO. S7h ~ 9ru9g'sfs.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-17
q. ,lors 8. ls Co

- -ief e '' ~ ~
A wealthy gcH man. VII. IS .
country scat, on sne occasi., early
lost his mother-lh-iaW, who fell mo a
river which flows through his ertate
he announced the narrow escape 70
ais friends, expecting their congratu'
htions one OF them-an old bachelor
wrote as follows 81 always tod
you that liver was too snailow"
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-17
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PORK BARREL" ROAD BUILD
ING.

PORK BARREL" ROAD BUILD
ING.
When enthusiastic advocates
Of good roauS tren, all parts of
the country meet in coi rntion
il is inevitable that number Of
III considered plans should be-
proposed. plans that would do
Tar more harm than good 10 the
cause
one of these j. the proposition
that the federal government
should vote an indefinite number
OF millions for the work and
place the money IN the hands OF
the local authorities. That sim.
p'S means dividing II among the
constituencies that have return
cyl congressman with pull u
is the old rivers and harbors
plan. which has wasted more
millions OF public money than
would suffice 10 build a road
from Detroit to New Orleans
and keep II in repair for twenty
years, not TO speak OF laying
out a grassy boulevard strip and
footwalk on either side OF il.
This money has been deliberate
ly shovelcd into little harbors
that were never heard Of before
and that which never sheltered
anything bigger than a tug or
fishing boat.--Better Roads.
The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1914-03-17
COST OF DRAGGING ROADS.
c. r. Chase Of North Dakota Asrieul.
turai College Gives Estimates.

At the home farm In southeastern
Nebraska. writes Professor Chase
there is stretch OF road half mile in
length that we have dragged for seven
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

Chickimun creek. in the Nclchin.s district. Is regarded as stream 0t spicn id possibilities ns gold pro Iucrr. 1t Is d fairly large creek an'I nuws from the hft limit into the lower rearh.c of Crook creek sts name 1T. l nook Indian nomenclature sig ni.cs money. a.o it seems very proba- Lle u,w that it was happy thought that cause the original discoverer tu 80 designate 1t.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

Dawson. Nov. zS.-TwU of the Iars : est legal actions ever begun in the kIOndlke have just been filed here. in voiving property of A total value run ming into naillivns of dollars. In the first suit Oscar Newhonse. "A capital isl broker of New York and LA'nd"i,. sLes the Northern Light. Power ani COal colnpaily. the Yukon TeIephVnc syndicate, the Dawson Water Power company. the Dawson Electric Light ana Power Company. and Joseph
 Hoyle. who is manager of all these e mpanies. He asks for \ referee u D. appointed for all these companies excepting only the ukon Exploration cor.pany, and is furtber asking that ,i.e lease of all the said companies to the Canadian Klondike companly. which Boyle manages. be declared ultra vores and be declnredf void.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

Weekly Nugget, only Soc . month.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23
Special Nugget Service.

NEW YORK. Jan. :I. Joseph Doi- dini. young Italian who has only been in this country three weeks. t"l day shot and probably fatally wound. ej Miss Rosina 3i4ichi. the daughter ot rich importer.
 The shooting took place al il" ,"r- nes .of Fifth avenue and Thirty -f'ultil street during the rush hour in thc af- ttrnoon when hundreds of I'copl" were passing up and down Fifth a>cnme.
 Miss Grachi was walking down tho avenue with woman friend when Dcldini brushed through ihe crowd and accosted her. The young man took the girl by the arm and asked her # she intended to keep her promise and marry him.
 Miss Grachi made some reply. which was not heard by her comapnion and then Doidlni drew revolver from his overcoat pocket and shot her 'hres times.
 The girl fell to lhe sidewalk and before the traffic policeman "n duty in the street could gr, |" Ih'. spot I.oidini turned the weapon "n himself and fired bullet into his breast.
 The women was taken [" her home in a passing automobile and 1t wns scid later that she would probably die. At the hospital where poldini was rushed in an ambulance hc told the| police and attendants that he w;is m cx. x.of1icer of the Italian army. rhatj before the war between his q untry md TripOli he had been engaged toi Miss Grachi. who then lived in Genoa with her aunt. He went [" inc front, as a captain of infantry nnd was se-,' vcrely wounded. When b" waS able, to return to Italy he found that theI woman he was engaged |" had lcftI Genoa and her relatives w"nil not tell him where she was. 1T" knew that hcrl father was in Ameri,a x" he rrsigncd
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23
Special Nugget Service.

Special Nu0oet Service.
 BERLIN. Jan. 33 \ ,lcsln.t,.ic at- ttmpt tn attack nn,i murder tll, ,.r,,w,, prince. Frederick William. w.,s m,n.l.. | Nlay by nlan who the police lm- feve to be mentally unbalanced.
 The crown prince was returning to :he palace after review of the light artillery brigade and had just alight- .A from his automobile when tall military looking iran who was atand- .,,A n the crowd watching his high r-ss return stepped through the po- lice line and drawing Il knife from uch'r lis e.rt nn.de a thrust at the yoaa& princes trtast.
 Fccderlfk William stepped hack ann throw up his arm and so close wns tEe kGne thust that it ru, the gold omt re idt ret cut 1T his military coat.
 As the prince stepped back the wouId-he assassin jumped fer him again and this time. il s.rmr.i that the knife would surely find it's way l." a vital spot. However. tho attendants If the young man and tho police had hy now recovered from tho surprise
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO KILL
 PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM

'f the attack and the man who would rave killed his imperial highness was rr'Ckly disarmed.
 The prince then entered the imi,,c.: and did not appear to be at all dts tnrbesl over the incident.
 The n'tn who the police pls ced un d"r arrest save his name as von Srhrader and proved to be an ex- :or of infantry who ,ed hAer .e r-ntiy i.,'red from active enrvicr .Ie has had a belief that the reason why h. never attained X higher rank than major in the army was because for some reason the ruling family Of Ger. many was against him. It was an haiucination of this kind that caused him to he relieved from duty and placed on tho retired list.
 When examined at the police sta lion Major von Schradcr would say little about his attempt on the life "r the young prince. He did however sa. that his cnmity was entirely "f q personal nature md that he was not connected with any secret or an . society.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

He later stated that the reason for his hatred of the prince was on ac- count nf an affair which took ptac.' while the young man was stnden; a. Bonn university and the major was stationed in the garrison at the same place. The matter concerned the daughter of Major von schrader. who had since committed suicide. It 10 be- lieved that it was this affair which happened several years ago which has been working on the ex-ofncsrs mind until he has become mentally unbal- anced.
 No statement in regard to the att tempt on the prince's life has been made from the imperial palace.
 Relations between the prince and his imperial father are still somewhat strained over the young mans pro- pensity for induiging in the frivolties of life and talking tho much in regard to the things that will happen when he succeeds to the throne.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

Ketchikan. Sov. 2s.-w. T. Lopp. who has had charge of she work oe installing the Indian sehool at Metia- kshtia. and whose duties are to look after the education of Alaska natives. Is seriously contemplating the placing of a herd of reindeer on Annette isl- land. He spent the greater part of iast week in Metlakahtla. inf0rimnS himself as to the situatlona here. L" enable him 10 make intelligent report fni the consideration of the authori- ties at the national capital While trtre Prof. I.opp states that he inves- 'ig.,rd the forage growth on the isl . ld and found. what he calls reindeer moss In sufficient quantity to justify tc introduction of herd to Annette island He states that the island will support a herd of five hundred. which would permit the slaughter of abou, tw" hundred head ach year.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

that svsey family but his own and Ons other at Kodiak report one or more cases. The number of deaths ct Afog- nak totals twenty while moro than ;. hundred have died all told.
 The revenue cutter Manning has not ben reported us arriving at any of the villages. Doctors and supplies are much needed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

The eamsIs are coming! The camel gre coming! The eansls are coming to town! ciess up the house. aathsf up all the kids and zee them at Eagle hall, Saturday night Program start Ia o:30 sharp.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

The board of control of the Juneau .nocratic club met and organized by vic, ting David A. Epsteyn chairman and Allen Shattuck secretary. The board secured Il lease on room of the MaIony building for club head 1uai ters und hns ordered carpets and furniture installed.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23
HE SHOOTS GIRL
 WHO WOULD NOT WE'D

her.
 Yesterday was the first time that when he asked her if she intended tu Lrep her promise to wed him that she i.ld him she was engaged to an Am. criran.
 The ex-oiicer's wound will probably prove fatal.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

Valdez. Nov. 2S.-Deputy Marshal Carl Armstrong has wired Marshal Brenneman that ten more deaths 'oc. cured at -tfognak from measles. and
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

miles vf road bed were completed, aud mile or sv of track laid, a suwnill other improv sments.
 The Alaska Oil & lieiinins Cv.. has plunt at katallA, und kerosene Us we'll ns gasoline. Is being refined.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

;cAe governors office requests in- f1emationl concerning the where ehtuts of James Sconeld. formerly of Jefferson. o. Last sheard of i've or six years ago. when aroud Peavey and Fairbanks. He has also spent some time at Nome. Tanana. and Cir ti~ City. Described ss being six feet. four inches tall. rather slender. smooth face and dark brown hair. Relatives are anxious to hear from htn.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23
ALASKA NOTES

The Juneau land office has received notice of charges from the. commis- sioner of the general land once against the mineral locations of Albert Rich and Orson M. Arnold. for the iiGston and Boston No lode mining claims situated on the water front md adjoining the townsite of Ketchikan.
 The government alleged two causes for cancellations. tho none mineral na . lure of tho land and fraud in making t.i entry.
 The right to possession of the shore line of this property has been q question before the courts for the past two years
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

Everybody will be there at Eagle hall Friday night. Giants vs. Fsdsrais.
The Nome daily nugget., 1914-01-23

Katalla, Dec. 5.-The Alaska Paci-
 fic Railway and Termineral Co.,. of ltrtnlla. has been placed in tho hands of n receiver by order of the district court for the Third judicial division. Tho receiver Is Robert D. Wray of krtalIn. The liabilities are said to |" about $300.O00. This railroad com pnnv was organized in 1906 hy Dr. M W. Bruner of Seattle, and num- Ter ni Pennsylvania capitalists for the ruip pose of building railroad from Ma. In Point near Katalla. to the Be- ring river coal fields. About three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

ganized base ball team OF exceeding
skill" said Representative Slayden. After
defeating all local small-boy mines. they
sought the scalp of youthful team
whose conquering bats had laid low all
rivals of their class in a neighboring
town.
Now. the minister. DESTROYS of encour-
aging the youthful champions, donated
SO for their benefit
Boys he said. invest this in bats, or
gloves or whatever you think will most
aid you in winning that game
'on the appointed day. the minister
was surprised to see the team appear with
the same old paraphernalia. Success at
tended their every effort. however. and
they won by handsome margin. After
the game the minister. curious to know
how his ten-dollar donation had been in
vested. called the captain.
I'm delighted at your triumph he
said, but what did you do with the money
] gave You for a new outfitg
Why, sir. you told us TO invest it in
whatever We thought would most aid US
in winning the game" replied the young
leader, so. this morning we gave 1t to
the umpire"
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SIGHTSEEING AT The TEMPLE
OF APOLLO, PONPEI

was in this miX-up will vouch for it
that the gondolier can splash a volume
of water for thirty feet which greatly
resembles tidal wave. The result
was that some score of bluejackets got
ducked. But there was no fight nor
even any hard feeling.
The scenario contemplated the entrance
of the first King of Venice into the
city after a visit to the ruler of Aus
tria- There were some three dozen
gondolas, all gayly decorated and each
manned by eight gondoliers. During
the procession up the grand canal the
nobility ran to their front balconies
and watched with interest the play,
which had the appearance of a great
carnival
At Murano the bluejackets of me-
chanical mind gazed with wonder at
the work of the skillful glassblowers:
Here the finest glassware in the world
is made. The men visited the doge s
palace, crossed the Bridse of Signs and
every man posed for a photograph be-
fore St. Mares Cathedral. the plaza
of which is famous because of the
thousands of doves which live on corn
thrown to them by tourists.
Some few bluejackets stopped at
Milan, the most modern city in Italy.
and thence to Paris via Villefranche.
A hospital apprentice saved the life
of an Italian laborer who was struck
by a. train near Milan. The train stop
ped with a jerk. and the apprentice,
learning of the accident. ran back and
placed a tourniquet on the mans leg
and dressed a scalp wound.
The battleships Connecticut and
Kansas, at Genoa, were anchored to the
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HIGH SEAS BREAKING OVER THE FLORIDA

mole. Their crews spent Jut few
hours in Genoa, for the only boast OF
this city is the cemetery, where the
flower of modern Italian sculpture is
found.
In Marseille and Nice things did not
go quite SO smoothly. When the blue
jackets went ashore they found horde
of INSCRIPTIONS people who. from long
experience, had well laid plans to strip
them of their money. Many of the
men took warning, however, and went
Immediately to Paris. Several of them
journeyed into the very heart OF switzer-
land and spent few days at Berne and
Zurich.
The winter sports found only in the
Alps had not yet started, so these men
were. in a measure. not quite satisfied.
for they did not see this little nation
at its best The bluejackets who visited
Berne said, in telling their companions
Of the trip, that SO grand was the
scenery that they stood at the compart-
ment windows for hours to watch 1t.
Many officers gave up all hopes OF
sightseeing and hurried at once to Vienna,
which. according to globe trotters, is the
lveliest city in the world. The officers
were unanimous in their belief that the
night life of Vienna would make the
night life Of New York blush for shame,
and that the great white way of Vienna
made Broadway look like a darkened
alley.
Two enlisted men, whose parents were
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and foot has been worn away several
inches. All good Roman Catholics kiss
this bronze toe before leaving Rome,
and the Catholic bluejackets. fell in line
to await their turn.
King Emanuel of Italy ordered that
men in the uniform of e United States
should be treated everywhere as guests
of the nation. The museums. lie ruins.
the famous cathedrais and other monu-
ments of national pride and history
were thrown open to them free. This
more on his limited supply of money
than he would have had he been treated
like any other tourist
In the Roman Forum. the ruins of the
Colosseum, where so many Christian
martyrs died at the hands of Emperor
Nero, and In the many royal museums
of Rome fashionably dressed women
and men would approach a party of
bluejackets, shake hands and exclaim:
:: ::
my, but it seems good to see the
boys from homer
So venturesome We're two men from
the Ohio. which with the Vermont was
at Marseille, that while wandering
through the catacombs, five or six
miles from Rome. they became separat-
ed from their guide and We're lost for
six hours. The guide searched for
some time and then sounded the alarm.
which brought a score of monks from
a nearby monastery. They took IN
the search and finally found the men
some half mile from the entrance
An American student-priest in the
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that 1 would arrive there punctually at
3 o'clock that afternoon to deliver an
address.
An hour later, as my car topped a hill,
L saw me charming valley stretched
off to my right. Turning down into 1t
commenced my electioneering work.
Never had l met such genial foil,
Every one seemed ready to listen to me
with a smile as soon as 1 made known
my mission. Charmed with this recen.
ton, l forgot the fiigl of time until I
suddenly found it was after O'Clock
and l was dozen miles from b
when 1 chugged into it 1 found the
remnants of a reception committee await
ing me.
I'm late. boys l said. cheerily. but
I've done a capital days work back in
the country here
Have you been electioneering up that
road you just came down?' inquired the
committee spokesman in sour tones.
YES l replied, and I've got that
section solid Every man of them prom
Used that. at least. he would not vote
against me-
az guess not" rasped the spokesman.
You've been electioneering all day across
the state line over in Vermont"
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guide.
When was it painted?' the blue
jacket inquired.
Why. that was painted only in l44o,
explained the guide.
Gee whiz." yelled the enlisted man,
Did you fellows get that? This fellow
says that picture is modern! And we
think George Washingtons things are
some old".
In travelling between the cities of Italy
the intensive farming methods used were
of amending interest. large per cent
of the enlisted men in the navy have at
one time or another worked on farm
They fully realized the thrift of the
Italian peasant. Every available foot
of ground is farmed and. because OF the
tropical nature Of the climate, there
are countless irrigation plants. one for
each two or three acres. to tide the crops
over the dry season. The water for irri-
cation is obtained from great, deep wells
and is raised into the surface bitches by
a crude gear operated by two men. De-
cember ! the farmers of southern Italy
were planting their ground for the fourth
crop of the season.
A few Of the bluejackets who hailed
from California marveled at the Italian
method of growing grapes. Because of
the wine industry this is one of the
greatest crops of Italy. The vines are
strung on trees and suspended about
seven feet from the ground. The top OF
the trees are cut off every year, with the
result that in the course of few sea-
sons the trees furnish natural arbors and
grow just enough branches to properly
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around for a seat Immediately beside
where she at last anchored herself. and
chung tottering to one OF the overhanging
straps. a couple of lusty youths occupied
comfortable seats.
Leaning over, the judge quietly called
their attention to the old lady's unhappy
situation. An ill-bred sneer such as only
an i'll bred city youth may achieve. was
the only answer.
Judge Lurton's chivafric Indignation
was aroused Reckoning the conductor
he called his attention to the aged woman
swaying unsteadily in the aisle and de-
manded that he compel one Of the youths
to give her his seat.
Cant do it, sir" replied the conduc-
tor. I'D like to. but it's against the law
and If I'd rout out one o these young
brutes he'd sue the company. and the
verdict would be another fellow'd get my
job One of the judges O. the Supreme
Court decided that question, and"
But Judge Lurton had returned to his
afternoon paper. He remembered what
judge it was!