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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28

ner as public thoroughfaros. which
carry much greater traffic. in general
would be a useless waste Of money.
The first consideration is the loca-
ton OF the roads and paths about the
farm. The roads and paths are a
part of the permanent farm plant.
Consequently they should be so 10.
Gated as TO best serve the purpose for
which they are intended, should tit in
with the general scheme of the farm.
and at the same time should avoid as
u as possible places which would
require difficult and expensive con.
.struction or maintenance. The main
consideration, however, must be to
secure the highest degree of efficiency
from the farm plant as a whole.
The earth road Is the most common
type OF farm road and will probably so
remain. When properly crowned,
drained and maintained with the split
log drag or other similar device, the
earth road, on all but a few excep.
tlonal soils or in a few places imne.
'""I'iy "iouiu lht ldIll iOts anu Duliu-
ings, can be made to answer the re-
agreements fairly well. A little grad.
ing will in general give the earth road
q crown slOping from the center to.
ward the side bitches at a rate of
about ono inch to the foot, and side
OF sufficient size to carry away
storm water can usually be con-
without difficulty. If the
ground is springy the side bitches may
male deeper, or the ground water
may bo carried away by tile Grains.
The fundamental requirement of an
'arth read is always good drainage.
This Involves, first. the removal Of the
water which reaches the surface of
hc road from precipitation or ether
and second, IL certain places the
.crova! Of any ground water which
the road from underground
'eepace, Surface drainage is accom-
by securing a reasonably firm
roWnra roadway and providing
iJrh's Of sufficient size and with am
j" grade and frequent outlets. Sub
.rainage to reTov the water from
.oE'ath the road surface or to pre- {
IT'S PASSAGE into the roadbed is
ally accomplished most effectively ]
Y SO. al'od blind drains or by means
T properly located tic drains. I
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
TB[gC
ROADS
CANADA TO MARDl GRaS CITY
Ribbon OF Concrete, Rock and Gravel
Unroll'ng Between Winnipeg
and New Orleans.

iBy FREDERICK J WRIGHT. prcsl-
dent OF jefferson Highway Association)
In New Orleans on November Is and
1t OF last fall, after six months of sys-
tematlc agitation, more thaa 400 good
roads enthusiasts from eleven states
west OF the Mississippi river met and
organized the Jefferson Highway asso-
citation. Now a ribbon of concrete and
rock and gravel is rapidly unrolling be-
tween Winnipeg, Canada, and New Or.
leans, La, which latter city aspires to
be known as the winter capital OF
America.
In less tina six months of its official
existence, the Jefferson highway has
become second in importance among
Americas great new national high
ways. The Lincoln highway is natural.
ly and rightfully given first place, con.
Meeting as it does New York and San
Francisco, and spanning the entire CON
tlnent from last to west. The Jeffer-
son highway, ON the other hand, ira
verses the great agricultural center
and connects the Dominion of Canada
at Winnipeg with the Gulf OF Mexico
at New Orleans. 1t crosses the rich
agricultural states of Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
and Louisiana, with a possible branch
through the Ozark mountains in Arkan-
sas.
Thomas Jefferson is justly entitled
to the honor which the jefferson high
way is expected to confer upon his
name, The great north and south
highway traverses the Louisiana pur-
chase territory with the exception of
short dip into Texas, made to provide
a level route around the mountains Of
Arkansas. This diversion makes the
Jefferson highway a farm land, level
country route from beginning to end.
The actual work of crawling, rock.
ng, matchmaking or ~surfacing with
is now being arranged for
With surprising energy. Single coun-
les in Texas and Louisiana have
'oted 100000 and $780, 600 bond is
iues. Counties and road districts in {
which 1t would not have been supposed
hat ten per ent of the voters would s
of bond issues for building t
Dads have won their bond issues cas-
|y because Of enthusiasm for the JEFF
erson highway. 7
highways must be built on the q
round as well as on paper before they !
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
Sir Roger Easements Appeal Denied.

London.-The appeal of Sir Roger
Easement against his sentence OF e.
ccution for high treason for his ac-
]tifitiCs in the Dublin revolt was dis.
missed by the Court OF Criminal Ap-
peal. Without hearing the attorneys
fer the crown, the court dismissed
the appeal from the verdict OF the
lower court which found him guilty
and for which Niscount Reading. the
lord chief justice. sentenced him TO
Powerful Influences are work
ing for a reprieve
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28

The Republican Central Committee
will meet in the city of Santa Fe.
in the Supreme Court Chamber on
the morning of August 23rd, at ten
o'clock for the purpose of preparing
the temporary roll of the convention
and passing on contests, if any may
exist.
Done at Santa Fe, July LIST, 1916.
Ralph c. Ely.
Chairman.
Attest
Jose D. Sena, Secy.
~ The State Corporation Com.
m'sion announces an open passenger
rate on all railroads of one fare and
a third for the round trip from all
points in New Mexico to and from
Santa Fe for dates covering this Con-
vention.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL PASSED.
BY CONGRESS.
Colorado viii Get $1,3O2 900 in Fiy,
Years for Highway Improvements
# State Spends Like
Amount.

Washington = President Wilson
signed the good roads bill recently
passed by Congress. authorizing III,
expenditure Of $|s5,ooo,oo0 in five
years by the federal government on
conditions that states eXppnd amounts
similar 10 those apportioncd by the
hill
Officials of the American Automo.
bic Association and the Association
Of state Highway Officials also were
present In addition TO the money
10 be spent in cooperation with the
states. $l,000,00o is provided for roads
in federal forest reserves.
Colorado's proportion of the appro-
priation will amount to 1,302.O 600. to
be divided over five Years as follows;
1910, $St, 500; 1871, $4,000: 1918,
1919, $3i7. 200: 1920. $4,000.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28

RV order OF the ReDubIiran State
Centred Cor-a+oo
number Of delegates allotted to each
county will be placed upon the tenn
porary roll Of any convention and
the county convention will avoid
trouble by not selecting double
delegations
The FOLLOWING resolution woo ,,,.
animonsrv 2don+cd Inv tIe State CON-
trail Committee viz.
"Re il Resolved That i i tbe
sense Of this committee tho. %. 81,
Republican Corvcrtiors 70 ho houo
after held in the State Of Nov, Nov
leo. tn, mi, rric h, ,,o4 roooon;u.4
or enforced whom ,do,.od :, oa,
county convention M ,roc;ro. oo,o..
Of fine state &C - ,n,. it,.
ing the liberty If action 81 .aHu:duo,
DELEGATES 70 s,cb State corro,+;on.
and
up, :. t...
c.. r, no q"
coroo-.o
az. -
:, ,ho call .f
H. o.... =,
tho State co,.a.. 49,,
of oor+os. .u
the cecro.o-u oe / p..,,.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
Carranza Troopers Defeat Bandits.

Chihuahua City, McX.-Two Villa
bands attacked Carranza garrisons at
Rosario and Parral, but in both cases
were beaten off with losses, according
to official reports to Gen. Jacinto Ire.
Vino. In the clash at Rosario. Jose
Contrcras. a brother of Calexito Con
%treras, Villas chief lieutenant, and his
two sons We're killed. From Rosario
the bandits were driven south toward
the Durango line ny government
under Generals Gacito and
Hernandez.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
MATERIALS FOR FARM ROADS
should Be Located With Reference to
Efficiency Of Farm Plant
Good Drainage Needed.

The private roads on the farm differ
IN general from the public roads only
IN the amount and kind of traffic which
they carry. The fundamental princi-
pies involved in their construction and
maintenance are the same. But, as
the farm read is called on to bear far
less traffic, the ordinary methods OF
construction and maintenance are so
modified and the use of materials SO
adapted as to meet the special re-
qoirements and reduce the cost To
build the farm roads in the same man
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
Social Advancement,

Good roads always contribute 10 the
social advancement of the community.
Town and city folks are greatly bcne-
fitted, but farmers are real benefciaries
on account of the saving in time and
labor in marketing farm products.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28

We're our highways bOrdered with
trees, we should find such feathered
visitors as our biuebirds, robins,
t%hrushes, catbirds, song spar-ows,
bluejays and orioles living within our
view.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28

Keep to the crown Of the road. II
everybody does that. and kenps just
out of the rut, there cannot be any
ruts. Let the water have a cnance 10
run off. 1t cannot if you rut the sides.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
Look for Bad Spcts,

If you must haul over ten miles of
road, you must load for the bad.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
Reasonable Proposition,

A good road between every farm
and market is a reasonable and worth
while proposition.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-28
CALL
For Republican
State Convention

BY ORDER OF the Republican Stat,
Central Committee a delegate con.
ventIon of the Republican Party oil
the State of New Mexico, is here.
by called to meet in the city of Santa
Fe, on the 23rd day of August, A.. D..
]Sl6 at two o'clock in the afternoon
OF said day, for the purpose of placing
in nomination the following Congress
%sional, Judicial and State officers, to-
wit.
3 Candidates for Presidential Electors
| Candidate for United States Sena-
tor Tor a term of six years.
! Candidate for Representative in the
65th Congress of the United States.
! Candidate for Justice of tire Supreme
Court for the term of eight years.
! Candidate for Governor.
! Candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
Candidate for Secretary Of State.
| Candidate for State Auditor.
Candidate for State Treasurer.
Candidate for Attorney General.
Candidate for Superintendent of
Instruction.
Candidate for Commits sioner of Pub
ic Lands.
Zach for a term Of two years.
Candidate for Cooperation Commits
Toner for the term of six years.
nd for the transaction OF such other
%usiness as may come before the said
invention.
The several Counties of the state
Ill be entitled to representation, in
lid convention as follows: .
ounty Delegates. \
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
THE. INNER WARNING

Conscience Is not always easy OF
definition. 1t is something wlthin
That warns us to do the right thing.
To resist temptation to do wrong. II
teaches our Judgment to discern right
from wrong. Sometimes we make
nany specious excuses, bring up an
array of reasonings to confute Goa
science and enable us to feel at ease
ia something which we really know
as the bottom is wrong but to which
Inclination leads us. One may resist
ehe warnings Of conscience time after
time till it becomes as if dead. Yet,
when once awakened to this wrong
course, what misery our self-reproach
causes in our souls. Conscience I'M
needed is disarmed and weakened.
Our judgment becomes warped and
we cease to discern right from wrong
it may come TO where we say a man
is constituencies. Sometimes, when
reaping the harvest of his Ill deeds,
it is brought home to him how much
wiser it would have been to heed the
still, small voice" that had spoken
to him in time to save him from much
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
WHEN IT'S GOOD TO LIVE

A day with blue sky, a warm sun,
a crisp wind and with the birds sing
ing in every tree, is when it is good
to live. When the trees are growing
more green, when the alfalfa grows
taller, when the first flowers send
forth their bloom, is the time when
spring casts aside the coat of winter
and comes forth into a glorious world.
Spring is a prophesy-a prophesy of
awakening life. With the streams
filled with laughing waters, with the
once brown bluffs again covered with
verdure, and with each day presenting
new aspect, there is lot to be
thankful for. AS spring merges into
summer, what a splendid thing is life
beneath Wisconsin skies.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
EARLY MORNING FATIGUE

When you awake in the morning feel
ing tired out, feeling worse in fact than
when you wentto bed, you are confront
4 ed with one of the characteristic symp.
toms of neurasthenia. 1t is due to the
rundown condition of the nerves that
rest does not bring removed strength
and sleep refresh the tired brain. Over
work and worry are the most frequent
causes of this condition. Neurasthenia
is the name given to this common form
of nervous debility in which the power
to recuperate is gone.
The blood can be built up so that it
will increase the supply of needed ele-
ments to the wasted nerves and this is
the only way that the nerves can be-
reached. DR.. Williams Pink Pills are
tonic that especially builds up the
nerves because they supply to the blood
the elements that the nerves need.
Many nervous disorders, sometimes
chronic ones, have yielded TO this tonic
treatment with DR.. Williams Pink Pills
when other methods failed to give re-
lief. They are certainly worth q trial.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
druggists everywhere or will be sent by
mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, so
cents per box, six boxes $3.50 by the
DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schenec~
tady, N. Y. Write today for free book
on the nerves.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
TROUBLE MAKERS

Every community has its disturbeTs,
it's sQueezers, its blackmailers and its
gossips and there are quite a few
who grow impatient because the good
Lord allows them to live, says an ex-
change, Once there was a philoao-
pher who declared that the trouble
with some communities was not the
death rate, but that the death rate
wasn't large enough, meaning by that
that Kind Fate should remove the
trOuble-makers and the obstacles to
a healthful progress. There are so
many of us who are patient We
wouldn't say a thing to save our lives
that would SAVIOR Of gloating over an.
other mans misfortune All the same,
there are, and have been, some men
ON earth whose very presence wax an
insult to the Greater who put them
here.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
THE. THINGS THAT HINDER

One young mans advancement has
been cut down Is per cent by bad
temper, a surly, disagreeable DISPOSE
ton; another's by carelessness in
dress, an unkempt or slovenly appear
ance; and another's by sharp
tongue or an unkind habit of criti-
cizing. says the Madison Democrat.
Disagreaable. hurful and foolish
habits, formed perhaps, unconscious
ly, often become great barriers which
keep us from otherwise we1l-earned
success.
1t would pay young men and women
who are eager to succeed frequently
to make inventories of their success
~
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
VISITING AROUND

How many of life's little tragedies
we see in the exchanges. One came
drifting in from beautiful Kansas
country town today, says William
Allen White. It was an innocent look
ing item. 1t merely announced:
MRS. John Carton-the name is
changed-left today to visit her eldest
son, after which she will go to Chi
cago to spend a short time with her
youngest son, Henry, and from there
she will go to Peoria, ILL.,, to visit dur
ing several months with her daughter,
Mrs. shiras."
So she is visiting around. She has
borne and reared family-a fine fam
lily of boys and girls. Forty years
ago her husband was one Of the big
men in Kansas. She was a helpmeet
and a comrade. The children were
their tenderest care; in the children
were all their high hopes. One by
one they paired off, left the home, eS-
tablished their own homes-married
well; are rearing their own fine fam
lilies. The love tie for the parents
who watched and loved these fine
strong young people grew weaker; it
is the way of nature. Three years
ago the husband died-gathered to his
fathers, ripened grain after a beau
tiful, useful, vigorous life.
And now the mother 10 visiting
around. She who once was in the
midst Of things; who left her mark
on the state, who is a woman Of
rare intellectual qualities-is Grand.
ma Carton, and is visiting around.
Some time we shall order life on
this planet so that the mother in
her sixties and seventies, with hes
ripened experience, with her deep
wisdom and rare knowledge of life
will have her place in the world--a
place Of usefulness and honor. She
will not be just visiting around. She
will still lend a hand. She will die
in whatever harness it gives her Joy
to press against. But as the worlC
is made now, rare indeed is the ell
derby woman who is not just visiting
around.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
A NEW WORD

Looking through the papers today
we came across a new word, says an
exchange, 1t was the word jitneur-
one who drives q jitney. It looks rea-
sonable. The word jitney seems to
be of Chinese extraction. The uer
probably is as nearly French as any
other ending, and a cross of French
and Chinese. philology is at least
worth trying. Perhaps it viii live
Anyway. it will be used more in the
police court news than any othez
place, SO it may be well to try it,
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
THE FAILURES OF LIFE

The federal trade commission re-
ports that there are 100000 incorpor-
ated concerns in this country, of
which full 100000 have no net in
come Possibly in some cases profits
may be concealed in the form of sal
aries paid the owners. But as a
whole this great number of non-diyi-
dend paying companies must repre-
sent a tremendous harvest of disap-
pointed hopes, says the GAINESVILLE Ca
zette.
1t would be an interesting though
melancholy thing to look through the
records of corporate ventures that go
wrong. Many millions are sunk an
nually on concerns that never get a
foothold, patented articles that never
sell, factories that never manufac.
ture, stores that never pay a living.
All these losses are a heavy tax.
Yet the American people might be
no better Off were they less venture
some. The forming of every new
business means that the more estab.
lished concerns see the need Of look
ing alive and keeping up to the times.
The concern that fails has helped
maintain healthful competition, and
thus often renders real public serv-
leo.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
RUNNING AS A FREE MAN

It is given out that Col. Roosevelt
will not support President Root. No
one who knew the colonel dreamed
that he would. 1t might be given out
with equal authority that he will not
support Weeks, nor Burton, nor Cum-
Minis. And if the convention nomi-
mates Hughes he will decline. and
they will have to support the ccionel.
For the drop from Hughes to two
spot would be an anticlimax, says the
Emporia (Kan.) Gazette.
But if they do nominate a two
spot, in a three-cornered fight on q
strong platform of Americanism Col.
Roosevelt could get more votes than
either of the other two candidates.
At least he would not be the third
man. And the bull moosers are ABOUT
the only boys who are not looking
after the hyphenated votes. they
can write a platform that means
something, and on that platform the
colonel can run as free man.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
OBEY AMERICAN LAWS

Germany is beginning to realize
that the propaganda which has been
in progress In the United States for
some time is not the proper thing
has been violated time and
again by her subjects in this country
some of them being sent home and
others landed in prison. AZ the re
quest Of the Kaiser, Ambassador woe
Bernstorff at Washington has made
the following statement:
"In consequence Of cases which
have occurred of late. the Ger
man ambassador has sent instruc.
tions TO all German consuls i'm
the United States to strongly i'm.
press upon German citizens liv-
ing In their districts that IL is
their duty to scrupulously obey
the laws Of the state in which they
reside"
Germany at last has taken proper
step TO keep down neutrality viola
tions. To obey the law OF the land
and OF international treaties is the
only course to pursue.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
BETTER WATCH OUT

Elihu Root, is declining in strength
as Presidential possibility. In addi-
ton to the reactionary exhibition he
has given as presiding officer at the
New York Constitutional Convention.
his age is beginning to tell against
him The fact that he would be seven
ty-two when he assumed office and
seventy-six before he quit his first
term is regarded by the practical poll
ticians as a serious objection. The
Republican propagandists are now
turning their attention to John w.
Weeks of Massachusetts. The latter
is likely to figure as strong second
choice and heir to the Root follow
ing. The Republican party in the east
is Just as dead sure now as in 1912
that the people want a standpat, re-
dictionary, steam rolled, foot toot con-
vention. But If the Republicans at
tempt to put up that kind of conven-
ton again and adopt that kind Of plat
form and ticket they may not even
get the electoral votes of Utah and
Vermont. The Republican party can
not survive another such jolt as the
people handed it in 1912 1t had better
watch out.-Madison Journal.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25

they did in the IS al the S. i
they practiced the same kind OF fru,
gality and plain living, the cost OF a
home would not be burdensome. While
the wages have gone up considerably
in the last two decades, the wants of
the average person have multiplied
many hundred per cent.
Modern living does cost more-as-
suredly, but it also yields more.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-05-25
THE COST OF LIVING

A lot Of thin spun theories have
been put out about the high cost of
living, but perhaps no economist has
put enough emphasis on the fact that
IL the cost of living is higher now, it
Is to a large extent because the aver
age man is demanding more comforts
and Injuries and these must cost
more, says an exchange. Before the
days Of plumbing and bath rooms, the
workman missed some onerous bills,
but he is not ready to throw the plumb
ing ont of the house,
Oil is cheaper for light than cleo.
tricity, but people pay more for a
modern light because they want the
better service, even at the higher
prices. Workmep by the thousands
have monographs, form of enter
tainment unknown until very few
years ago. Records made by great
singers are bought by millions almost
as freely as coffee or sugar, although
a commodity which could be dispensed
with on a bread and butter scale OF
living.
Even street cars are rather a new
thing, and even the poorest families
spend many dollars every year for
this service, which has become indis.
pensable.
Magazines are purchased now by
many people who ten years ago had
never subscribed for such a publ
cation. The crop of hundreds of new
magazines that has sprung UP indi-
Gates how large is the demand for this
class of reading matter.
Thousands of articles are for sale
in every department store, Of which
a very large percentage are purchased
at some time or other by the average
wage-earning family.
With desires multiplied, there In
seant wonder that the cost of living
has grown. II people lived now as