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Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-24

ShGCLO LAAO WCChs
 Gearlessplanters with peanut attachment, and Lone Jack cuitivators at Forbes Bros.
 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hunsaker were in Little Rock last Thurs day.
 Womens cleaning and pressing a speciality at Gibson's Tailor Shop.
 Ora Waller was transacting business in Duvalls Bluff last Thursday
 MT. and Mrs. T. H. Beals, Vic tor Beals and Miss Leslie Wel- ton were in Searcy Tuesday af- ternoon.
 Make your suit look like new by having it cleaned and pressed by Gibson the Tailor.
 Mir. and Mrs. J. M. Brown of Southwest City, Mo-, spent a part of last week at the home of R. L. Goad.
 Big shipment of tennis shoes will be ln tbis week at the Fair Store.
 Misses Hazel Little, Lilith Me- Adams, Flossie Perkins, Nellie and Alverda Sterling were at the county seat last week taking the teachers examination.
 Pitcairn Varnishes already .colored ready for use. Anyone ral use this varnish and make .oi.i fnehi :.q loak ike new,
 6loyt F. Cash Hdw. Store
 The tazaar. to have been con- ducted by the Ladies id of the M. E. Church on March 27th, has been postponed until a later date. The time and place will be announced in a later issue.
 Spring Millinery. Cor-ecy spring styles. Hats that are differeli. New shapes, new ideas. Your call will be ap- p,eclated. R. B. Powell.
 MT. Editor::- Will you allow me space in the columns of your paper to say that I am we'll pleased with this country. Peo- pie are all busy planting corn. I have mine all planted. l take this method of writing to my many friends.
 J. w. Rackley,
 Deleon, Texas.
 We have just returned from St. Louis where we bought a very large supply of the new> est and latest spring goods. Leader Store.
 At a meeting of the School Board held lasG Friday night, the following teachers were re- elected for next year:
 J. K. Rawlings, Principal.
 J. M. Middleton. Asst, Prin.
 Miss Maud Dunn, Primary.
 The other rooms have not yet been supplied.
 Work started Monday morn ing at the Bee Rock quarry. The steamboat "Issa Queena" from Memphis went up the river Tuesday morning towing barges loaded with implements and Machinery for the quarry ing and loading of rock.
 Every newcomer starts to build as soon as he lands and finds out how cheap and how good the lumber is at Doniphan. Join the alert ones and get busy with that newhouse. Doniphan Lumber 1 %. Doniphan, Ark.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-24

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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
BUILDING DIRT ROADS.
These Are the Real Highways of Com
merce, Says Governor Major.

These Are the Real Highways of Com
merce, Says Governor Major.
The dirt roads are the real highways
of commerce, says Governor Major Of
Missouri. Without them you would
have little use for macadam roads or
other highways of like character. In
the road fabric we must begin at the
bottom. AS the dirt roads are improv-
ed year by year by process of evolu-
ton, when necessity requires certain
percentage of them will become trunk
lines and be converted into rock,
macadam, concrete or roads Of like
character This will come about when
the betterment of the dirt roads has so
improved agricultural and other COM
munities through which they pass that
the wealth and population and COM
merce justify it,
We cannot make all the roads rock,
maCadam or concrete roads, but we can
make all our bad dirt roads good dirt
roads. We can make the rock maCad-
am or concrete roads in certain sec
lions and communities where country
growth, wealth, population and volume
of heavy traffic demand and justify it.
The amount of money really required
to convert a bad dirt road into good
dirt road by the use Of modern road
equipment is astonishingly small.
Where the roads from the farm to
the railway station are partly bad dirt
roads, partly good dirt roads and part
ly rock, concrete or macadam roads,
the farmer must gauge his load not by
the good dirt road, not by the good
macadam road over which he passes a
part Of the distance, but by the bad
should do is to improve the road, gaug-
ing the load the producer must haul.
If he has to struggle with bad dirt
roads he is the man we wish to serve.
These roads are the arteries of the
commerce Of the soil, and our very
life, credit, prosperity education,
church and future interests depend
upon them.
The closer we place the producer to
the markets the lower will be our cost
of living. The roads which serve the
producers today are the dirt roads,
roads of the people, roads reaching
every community, and fifty years from
now the great majority of the roads
serving the producers will still be dirt
roads. We must deal with things real,
not ideal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Litter Mates.

A southern SOW had eight pigs and
could nourish only seven of them at
time. Rather than let the odd pig
starve it was given to little girl, who
raised it by hand. She joined the
Decatur County Pig club as ham and
bacon member and kept close record
of the feed given and weights of her
pig, which was not pure bred.
When the pig was ten months old it
was killed az 'ording to the instructions
sent her. II weighed 225 pounds net
when dressed rs meat and yielded also
a fifty pound can of lard. The pig
cost less than five bushels of corn to
produce. as it was raised on kitchen
waste in addition to the corn.
The other seven pigs raised by the
mother and left to rustic with her were
killed at the same time and averaged
only eighty-seven pounds net when
dressed as meat.
This instance shows how literally the
pig will repay proper care and feed
by gaining rapidly in weight.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
DRAGGING THE ROADS.
A Certain Amount of Highway Work
Should Be Done by Every Farmer.

A Certain Amount of Highway Work
Should Be Done by Every Farmer.
The working out Of the road tax is a
thing of the past in most states. 1t be-
came joke, writes w. ]. Harsha in
the Country Gentleman. Men appeared
with all sorts of implements and did
every sort of work except good work.
1t is no more. Still, as a matter of
public policy and private profit, a GER
tain amount Of road building should be
undertaken by every farmer. We have
found, in our county, that If the farm
ers jump In for a few days work at the
opportune moment they save taxes and
repairs.
OF course we use the split log drag.
This is simple, efficient and cheap. We
take care to make the drag so light
that one man can lift it, yet heavy
enough to do the business.
Dry cedar logs are best for the pur-
pose, though other woods-elm, wal
nut, box elder or soft maple-are rec
commended. Oak, hickory and ash are
too heavy. We take logs from seven to
ten feet long and from eight to ten
inches in diameter at the butt end.
White spruce does very well if cedars
are scarce. Red spruce is too heavy.
Dry aspens are too light.
We split the logs as near the center
as possible. We use the heavier slab
in front and shoe it with a strip of
iron along the lower face We run the
drag at an angle of about forty-five de.
grees.
We aim to drag the main portions of
our roads soon after each heavy rain.
With us this comes during our busy
season. since our heaviest rains occur
in haying and harvest time.
But we try to jump to the work, since
neglect will make double work later on.
We have our sluggards, but public SEN
timent is so strong that the majority of
our farmers come to time.
A hundred days work, distributed
through the year, will keep a road in
better shape than a hundred days of
continuous labor.
When the soil is moist and not too
sticky the drag does its best work.
Plowed wet, the soil of a road will
pack just as the soil of field will. If,
however the roadway is full of ruts
and holes it is often best to run the
drag when the soil is slushy, taking
risk Of baked and uneven stretches.
During our January thaw we some
times drag over our roads. The subse-
Iuent freezing gives them a compare
lively smooth surface.
"A farmer is correctly judged by his
fences is an old saying. The new
public spirit demands an addition to
this: a farmer is quite as accurately
judged by the roads in front of and
within his bordering fences.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Rural Delivery by Auto.

Postmaster General BurleSon has an
nounced that rural mail service by
automobiles will begin on a large scale
in many parts of the United States on
Aug, ." Orders already signed pro
vide for 1O5 machines carrying mail,
which will cover more than $500 miles
of rural post roads daily, except Sun
day.
A statement issued by the postoffice
department says:
"The auto routes thus far authorized
by the postmaster general are appor-
toned as follows Oklahoma, A; Geor-
gia, 2S California, 10; Texas, 8; Flori-
da, 3; Pennsylvania, 2; Louisiana, 1.
"The number Of families to be served
by each of the above routes varies
from a minimum of Is to a maximum
Of 40, The average throughout the
service, 1t is expected, will be about
300"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15

and, with an ear of the type desired in
mind or in hand, the lot should be ex
amined and all undesirable ears elimi-
mated The seed thus selected should
be transferred to a box or barrel and
covered with wire gauZe to permit
thorough ventilation and yet keep out
rats and mice Store the barrel or box
in some dry place until the seed is
wanted for planting.
Selections should be made from
stalks of fairly good size and of me-
dunn height, which have good root and
leaf development The ears should be
held at uniform height of three to four
feet from the ground and should be at
tached to the stalks by strong shankS
of moderate length. When the land is
Of such fertility as to yield twenty to
forty bushels of shelled corn to the
acre selection should be made from
stalks bearing two good sized ears to
the stalk taking both ears for seed
purposes if they are of proper size and
shape OF all the characters to be con
sidered in making selection that Of
proificacy in shelled corn to the stalk
is of the greatest Importance and
should be given greatest weight
In the final selection the ears to Sc
lect are those that have from six
teen to twenty or more grain rows;
that have a fairly high percentage of
grain to the ear; that are of uniform
size, shape and color. In order to yield
a high percentage of grain to cob the
ears should be cylindrical in shape and
the cobs should be covered deeply and
compactIy with kernels. To secure this
setting the kernels should be of deep
wedge shape and should be arranged
in parallel rows in full length of the
ears, with as small space as possible
between the grain rows.
The vitality of all seed thus selected
should be determined by termination
tests before the corn is shelled. Ears
that show less than 90 per cent germi-
nation should he discarded. Kernels Of
low termination, when used for plant
ing, result in a poor stand and often
cause small yields.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Convicts Cuttinu Weeds,

The elimination of weeds along the
public highways is part of the work
of the road improvement, according to
Superintendent Jones Of the Wayne
county department of highways, In
diana, and accordingly he has set them
to cutting weeds all over the county.
Prisoners from the county Jail are
used in this work as they have been
during the spring in road repair work.
The county now has an automobile
truck, used for the transportation of
prisoners to various parts Of the county.
The experiment of working prisoners
on the roads was undertaken with
some misgivings by citizens, but now,
according to county officers, the only
objection comes from the prisoners
themselves, who prefer In most cases
to be permitted to spend their time In
idleness at the jail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
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PROGRESS OF GOOD ROADS.

New Jersey first provided state
aid for public highways twenty
four years ago. Her action was
initiated by Massachusetts, and
Connecticut, and the policy Of
state aid toward good roads was
firmly established. Since then
$2OO,OOO,OOO has been expended
from state treasures in aid of
improved highways and about
$1,000 miles of surfaced roads
constructed under state supervi-
sion. The statistically minded
may be interested to know that
this is equivalent to an annual
expenditure of more than $780,
900, with an annual construc-
ton of 1922 miles. By far the
most active period Of state aided
road construction, however, has
been that since 1905. The last
two years have actually been re-
sponsible for the building of H.
600 out of the total Of $1,000
miles. With 10000 square miles
Of territory less than the single
state of Texas, France lacks but
5000 mics of having as extern
sive national highway system
as the United States has, count
ing the state roads as national.
To get rid of graft and politics
in both state and local boards
and to establish energetic and
competent engineering supervi-
sion are the steps still to be TAX
en- In many states before the So
cial and economic arguments in
favor of better highways will
prevail.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Farm and
Garden
SELECTING SEED CORN.
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Those of Medium Length and Size
Prcferao Die to Large Ones.
The icorg. place to select seed corn
i; in the field, at or Just DefOre gather
ing time, says the Country Gentleman.
Select from strong. healthy stalks that
Lave the most shelled corn to the stalk,
a. such seed will tend TO produce an
Increased yield in the next years crop.
Any method of seed selection that does
not take the plant as a whole into CON
sidertaion will not lead to the best re-
suits, for the stalk and leaves, which
are the factory of the plant, determine
to a considerable extent the size and
quality of the ears.
1t has been observed that generally
the best yielding varieties are those
that produce more than one ear to the
stalk. Ears Of medium length and size
are preferable to long and large ones,
because the latter were generally pro-
duced either on stalks that bore only
one ear or on stalks that grew on some
fertile spot in the field Such seed
does not tend to produce the greatest
yields when planted. Seed from corn
grown on average land will do better
planted on land of medium fertility
than seed from the corn grown on rich
land.
In making selections III the field
three or four times as much corn
should be gathered as is desired for
seed purposes the following year, SO
that further and more careful selection
can be made after the ears have been
taken into the barn. In the final selec
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
LOCAL ROAD IMPROVEMENT.

Good roads not only cheaper
the cost of transporting farm
produce to market, but make the
country a desirable place to live
J in.
We hear much talk about fed
eral aid for good roads, yet If
we wait for this movement to
crystalline into a reality the peo-
pie of the country will be riding
in mud for some time to come.
} The thing to do is to take off
coats and buckle into a plan for
local road improvement. Be a
booster for the grading of roads
and follow up the work with
the King road drag for mainte-
nance.
The principle of all good roads
in all states Is the same-viz,
keeping the water out and off of
!, the roadbeds. Ditch, drain and
} drag the roads. This is the tri-
pod of good road building
Farm Progress.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
ONLY One Drawback.

"a russons dog, sab. Is one thing
shawl O. bein' de best friend he's got"
stated old Brother Hawhee, who was
a great hand to philosophize. in
health he 'joices wild yo', in sickness he
suffers too. When yo's in Jail he's
waitin' right outside de do for yo', and
when dey turns yo' loose he greets yo
wild yell o welcome. He's yo' guide
and companion and friend; but, dad
blame him, yo' KANT borry a dollar
off'm him, no mattah If yo' dess mach
ly got ter have it."-Kansas City Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Best Work Done in Maturity.

The history of human achievement
shows that there have been a few
geniuses who have accomplished their
greatest work at an early age. But
the great work of the world the bulk
of all the great achievements, has
been done by men who developed
slowly through years of observation
and experience, their minds broaden
ing and ripening and growing ever
stronger, and these did their best work
In their rich maturity.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Road ImproNenent In China.


Consul General George r. Anderson,
at Hongkong, China, reports that the
government is continuing its policy Of
widening the old chair and ricksha
roads to accommodate light automo-
bile traffic. American asphalt and
crude oil are being used in the work.
Acquitted.
"Sir" said the young woman, with
what seemed to be Indignation.
The young man looked embarrassed.
eyes, | did kiss you," he admitted,
but was impulsively insane"
"That means that man would be a
lunatic to kiss meI"
"Well, any man of discretion would
be just crazy to kiss you"
This seemed to end the strain, and,
no jury being present to mudde af-
fairs, satisfactory verdict was
reached.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Perfumes In Ancient Days.

Old as the history of the world itself
is that of the queen of flowers. The
ancient Greeks and Romans reveled in
roses. They were used lavishly at their
feasts. In the time of the republic the
people had their cups of Falernian
wine swimming with blooms, and the
Spartan soldiers after the battle Of
Cirrha refused to drink any wine that
was not perfumed with roses, while at
the regatta of Baiae the whole surface
of the Lucrine lake was strewn with
flowers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Bonding Highways.

The voters of Kings county, Cal,
have voted in favor of the project to
issue bonds to the amount of $672, 800
for the construction of 1OS miles of per-
manent highways connecting all cities
and community centers with the coun-
ty seat and joining the HanfordVisa-
liza lateral of the state highway at sew
eral points.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
COMMON BLESSINGS.

1t is not rare gifts that make men
happy. 1t is the common and SIM
pie and universal gifts; it is health
and the glance Of sunshine in the
morning; it is fresh air; it is the
friend, the lover; it is the kindness
that meets us on the journey. 1t
may be only word, a smile,
look; it is these and not any rarity
Of blessing that are Gods gentle
ar Of making happy.--Morrison.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
Homemade DRAG Good For Roads

This drag is designed for fining and
packing soil for the better preserva-
ton of moisture. 1t is three and one
half feet wide, made of by inch
lumber and put together with four inch
spikes. The handles, which may be
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

In its best estate and in its high
est condition life is a fight, not a
truce; a struggle, not an achieve
ment; a growth, not a pleasure; a
discipline, not a relaxation. The
man who wins its real successes is
not he who has the most perfect
health, but he who bears disease
and misfortune with silent courage
and gains from them a more daring
spirit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-15

taken from a castaway implement, are
two and one-half feet long. The chains
are attached through auger holes. In
making the nOtched cuts to give the
required pitch for the drag boards take
out three inches. The boards are two
and one-half feet long.-Southern Ag-
riculturiSt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26
Tivoh

From Fridays Daily.
Miss Ethel Musser had the misfor-
tune TO step ON naii causing a pain
ful sore on her foot
Miss Minnie Miller visited Mrs. C.
A. Barton Friday.
Mr.. NJ. Y. Hoagland has returned
for his trip to Crisco, Iowa. and Chi
cago and reports a nice time.
Despite the bad roads the Sun
shine club met with the Misses
Schmidt last Saturday and had an
enjoyable time. Miss Elsie Ford is
next hostess.
Mr.. Aaron Jesse was Mankato
caller Wednesday. making the trip in
his automobile.
Miss Francis Hoagland. who has
spent the summer working at Crisco.
Iowa. has returned home.
Mrs. Mary Phalen and mother. Mrs.
John Bucholtz visited few days with
the latter's daughter. Mrs. Lena
Splinter of Northfield Mrs. Phalcn
returned Tuesday.
Owing to the teachers convention.
there was no school Thursday and
Friday. as Miss Detamore attended
the. convention az Mankato. /
Mr.. Olaf Larson arrived Friday and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26

mediately had the attention of his
hearers. and he continued to have IL.
for he talked upon a very interesting
subject, "The difficulties which lie in
the way of being Christian" II was
really talk on general excuse max
ing. The evangelist was very SYM
pathetic with the person who was
honestly being deluded by apparent
difficulties, but he was unsparing in
bis denunciation of the one who was
a professional excuse maker, and es-
pecially did he handle without gloves
the person hiding behind the hypocrite
who he said was after all the biggest
hypocrite of all, simply because he
knows he is not honest i'm his posi-
ton. Six decisions we're made.
Great interest is being centered on
the service of tonight, which no doubt
viii be the greatest musical treat of
the campaign to date. Mr.. E. w. Peck,
state Y. NJ. G.. A. secretary, a great
bass and Professor H. Il. Griebenow,
of Minneapolis, a magnificent tenor,
viii with Smith and Gilmore render a
number of male quartet selections,
among the best will be Blessed is He
That Readeth," by Colburn, one of the
inest sacred quartets ever written.
Professor Griebenow will also sing a
solo. Music lovers cannot AFFORD to
miss this occasion. Peck and Griebe-
now were members of the quartet
which sang at the Y. NJ. c. A. con-
vention here last February to the great
delight of all who heard them.
Evangelist Smiths subject tonight
will be "a Young Man Loved by Christ
But LOST and will be interesting to
young and old.
At the 1890 a. m. service next Sun
day the Hamline university male quar-
let will be present and render num-
her of selections. This will be an
other musical treat to keep in mind
They will sing at this service only.
Mr.. Smith will speak on this occasion
upon who is The Strong MANI" He
will also give a confidential talk to
men at p. m. at the Y. NJ. c. A.
gymnasium.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-11-26

culture, pleasant manners and an able
flnancier. To him and his estimable
wife, five children have been born.
three of whom survive: Louisa AL
bertha, Irving c., and John NJ.
DIR. Lewis visited Mankato few
years ago and was warmly greeted by
many old friends. A few years ago
he presented TO the Y. NJ. c. A. OF
this city a valuable tract Of land in
West Mankato. which is now known
as Lewis Athletic Field.