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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSARY
WeII-Graded and Drained Earth Road,
When Dragged Regularly, Is
Quite Satisfactory.

Two very striking facts present
themselves 20 those who have noticed
our country roads this season. The
first fact is that proper drainage is
vitality necessary in order to have =
permanently good road. The second
fact is that a well-graded and drained
earth road, when dragged regularly,
viii give US a DassabIe and fairly good
road even under abnormal weather
conditions. Some of the best roads we
have passed over this season have
been simply dirt roads receiving log
drag treatment. Some of thewOrst roads
we have gone over this season have
been extensively made graveled roads
which have been bad simply because
of lack of drainage. The fundamental
principle of road building, after all Is
said and done. is to so grade our roads
and provide drainage that the water
can get away.
Sentiment in the middle West
seems to be gradually settling down to
the opinion that good roads are a ne
ceSSity and not 4 luxury. Building
roads for automobile owners now
means building roads for farmers and
not for city people alone. The farm
tractor and the farm truck of the fu-
ture will further emphasize the i'm
pOrtance of good country roads. The
only thing that must be insisted on IS
that roads must be made of the best
materials at hand, and the work must
be done under the supervision Of those
who understand road-making. This
supervision naturally adds TO the cost
Another thing that must be understood
is that maintenance of the road year
after year, prompt attention being paid
TO repairs. is just as necessary as the
first construction.
We predict that good-road building
will continue to be one of the most
popular subjects for discussion for the
next few years. The proposed federal
aid for road building, providing S75,-
100000 to be spent during the next
five years when a similar sum is raised
by the local community, means that
national system OF roads is to become
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
NEW USES FOR MOTOR CARS
Made to Solve Many of His
Transportation Problems.

Because Of various attachments now
on the market the farmers automo-
bile can not only be used as a solution
of some Of the rural transportation
problems, but also as a useful and
convenient power plant, points out
F. A. Writ, instructor in farm me-
chanics in the Kansas State Agricul-
turaI College.
THE purchase of a trailer makes
possible the transporting OF milk,
cream, garden truck, and even chick
ems to market" says Mr.. Writ 1.-THE
trailers, which are of various designs,
are manufactured by more than a
dozen companies. The engine of the
average automobile-is seldom worked
to capacity and consequently there is
of the light trailer"
Attachments are now being manu-
featured, at low price, which will
transform several of the more popu-
lar makes of cars into power plants.
A series of gears and shafting has
been devised which operates a pulley
on the front of the car, and makes it
possible to turn farm machinery.
One Of the smaller cars most popu-
lar on the market will develop about
12-horse power on the brake, and is
consequently more than strong enough
for the average work required of a
farm engine. Most farmers use a
gas engine Of five or six-horse power
It is not economical to use a IL
horse power engine for furnishing
power to a washing machine or a
pump. 1t is best to have a system Of
skating which can be arranged to
drive several pieces of machinery
simultaneously. Corn shelters, feed
grinders, tanning mills, and other
small pieces of farm machinery can
be connected with the system Of shaft
ing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
HAD GRAND DAYS SHOOTING
Amateur Sportsman Thoroughly En-
ioyed Himself Until Unfortunately
His Supplies Gave Out

lawfully sorry, old chap" said the
host, greeting his guest, who had ar
rived for a weekend with the guns.
''but I shan't be able to come out to
dayi However, a sportsman like you'll
be able to get on by yourself 'Ere's
a gun, and 'ere's a bag o ferrets- Keep
well in the wood. and you ought to
ave plenty OF sport"
So away went the cockney sports
man, gloriously arrayed in glaring leg
gings, deer-StaIker and Norfolk jacket.
At about umpty-um p. N. the mighty
hunter returned.
well, ovid you get on, ole chap?"
asked his host.
"Oh, grand! Capital sport! Got
any mOre?'
''Any more what?"
''Why, any more of those squirrel
things you gave me in that bag. I've
shot that lot r'-London Tit-Bits.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Farm Lands lnerease IN Value.

The value OF farm lands Of the Unit
ed States is estimated at $3.50 per
acre, as compared with S4O-S5 n year
ago. S40.31 two years ago. $3.50 three
years ago and S3623 four years ago
The census reported the value OF
farm lands in 1910 as S2.4O, and in
1900 as S15.57 per acre.
In recent years the value OF farm
lands has been increasing at the rate
OF about > per cent a year. or approx
mately 50 per acre per year. The ex-
ceptiOnal increase Of the past year
may be explained partly by the reac-
ton in the southern cotton states fol-
lowing n temporary depression last
year. and partly by the stimulus given
by the war to prices, particularly OF
grain
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Field for Him

'You don't get much expression into
your portraits
'Then you think I can't make a liv-
ing at artT'
81 don't say that. You'd be just the
man to design kings. queens and
knaves for playing cards. Louisville
Courier-JOurnal.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Just Once.

Evan Skim is an awful tightwad 1
don't suppose he has ever been known
to give a cent to charity
"Oh, yes, he has. He gave a
plugged nickel TO a blind man once, but
only after he had made perfectly sure
that he couldn't pass it on anyone
else"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Versatile.

A lady stopping at a hotel on the
Pacific coast rang the bell the first
morning of her arrival and was very
much surprised when a japanese boy
opened the door and came in.
81 pushed the button three times for
a maid" she said sternly, as she dive
under the bed covers.
Yes" the little fellow replied.
she"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Lose Money on HeoardersD

Some farmers would be better or If
they sold their COWS and bought milk
and butter. Yet they don't realize
that they are losing real money on
every "boarder" In their herds. Test
each COW.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
King Georges Collection.

King George of England is making a
collection which may some day prove
very valuable. 1t is a complete set of
the trench periodicals that are being
issued for private circulation by the
men at the various fronts. Many of
them are extremely curious
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Promoters of Vigilance.

Aren't you afraid your course viii
make you some enemieST'
'sI'n have to take a chance" replied
Senator Sorghum Sometimes it's bet
ter to have a few enemies so as to keep
you from getting too good-natured and
careless"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Ammonia Fumes KIN Five

Newark, n. J., Sept. 15.-Five men,
including Samuel Botkin, president Of
the Interstate Milk and Cream Com
pany, were killed in an explosion OF
an ammonia tank to day at the COM
pany's plant which was to open soon.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
USING skv as shed

The extravagant farmer who uses
blue sky to shed his machinery is in
the market for brickbats to scour his
ploWs and for numerous repairs to
supply the places Of those that have
rusted out.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

ITO hold cts place in the sun, " the avowed purpose
L of great nations conflict. To hold sits place In
the sum- the object of every business In the great
fight for industrial and commercial supremacy.
To be able to hold s place in the sum- is the supreme
test of asphalt roof 1t is the sun, rain snow
that plays havoc with roof IL resist the drying
out process of the sun beating down upon It, day after
day. the rain will affect it except wash
it clean and keep it sanitary.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Voted for a Dead Man.

Chicago, Sept. 15.-Fifteen thou
sand Democrats voted for a dead man
in yesterdays primary. The votes
were for Leopold Packer, who was
buried several days ago. His name
was on the ballot when he died and
it was too late for election commits
sioners to make any change.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
THE BLUETBAT's TRUE.

Red Cross Ball Blue gives to clothes
q clear. dazzling white, whittier than
snow, not a greenish yellow tinge Ike
cheap bottle blue. Buy Red Cross Ball
Blue for next washday. You viii be
happily surprised. Large package az
your grocers, 5 cents.-Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Prnvide erit. sheLL- aone-

Feed grit to aid digestion, by grind
ing the food; shell and bone to sup
ply lime for bone development; char
coal to keep digestion In order.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Death From Coin in Windpipe

: Dallas, Tex, Sept. 15.-As a result
Of swallowing a nickel several days
ago John Irvine Wilson, s months
old, died today. Although the coin,
which lodged in the child's windpipe,
was removed, complications resulted.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Natural Surmise

Dear me- What is that awful
eOise? Is it a new freak auto horn?"
mo, I think it is Charlse Cashley's
new snort skirt
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
September Fl, 1915.

Russian Wilma army success
fully escaped.
Germans repuIsed near Wilma
and Smorgon.
French made gains in Cham
payne and Lorraine.
Russians sank German sub
marine in Black sea.
General mobilization ordered
in Bulgaria.
British Chancellor McKenna
announced new taxation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

poor Mr.. Grimes next door is Il
I'D with rheumatism.
THAT so? I thought it was funny
hadn't heard that darRed old blayeI
piano of his for the last three q foul
days"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Vermin Dislike oil.

Keep gunny sacks saturated with
crude oil where hogs can RIB against
them Raise more hogs and fewer Lee
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Kills wife and Self Over Hoo.

Grand Prairie, Tex. Sept 15-Hen-
" Wright, farmer, killed his wife
and himself following a quarrel over
the proceeds from the sale Of hnz
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
September 20, 1915.

september 20, IyIo-
Hindenbure's forces reached
NiIeika.
German artillery sheIIed Ser
bian positions on south bank CT
Danube near Semendria.
Artillery dueLs. along the west
front
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

a reality. The states, likewise, are be-
coming more liberal in spending money
for highways. From an agricultural
viewpoint, the most desirable help to
the goOd-road propaganda just now
must come from the individual farmer
when he realizes that good roads are
a necessity in the proper development
of the Countrywide Farmer.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
September IL. 1915.

September 1s, 1915.
AUstrians withdrawing in sec
tor of the VoIhynian triangle of
fortresses northeast OF Lem
berg.
Russians began evacuation of
wilma.
German attacks on Dvinsk re-
neWed.
French artillery severed great
bridge across the Meuse at St
MihieI.
September 1e, 1915.
Germans entered Wilma.
British squadron sheIIed Ger
man coast defenses in Belgium.
One German submarine sank
another Ey mistake.
Italian dirigibIes bombarded
AisoVizza.
Bulgaria announced an armed
neutrality.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

cherishing a Sentiment.
do you ever bet on horse racer"
mo. I'm fond Of horses and / DONE
like the i'll feeling that betting on
them is sure to create"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Quite often profits from fhs best
cows In the herd 90 to make ID Losses
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
September p, 1915.

september 2. 1915.
Italians dislodged Austrians
from the DoIomite valley.
French aViators raided SUIT
CART, bombarding palace of king
of Wuerttemberg.
Russian armies assumed the
offensive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
September %, 1915.

September %, 1915.
Russians reoccupied Lutsk in
VoIhynia, capturing 5000 men.
Russians won battle at ViIei-
ka.
Germans driven back near
Pins!< behind Okinski canal.
Austrian garrison evacuate
Monte coston.
Germany in note to United
States promised to observe
visit and search law.
French aeroplanes attacked
German positions in Lorraine
and the Argonne.
September %, 1915.
Germans made furious as
sauIt on Dvinsk.
French made gains at several
points.
German submarines sank five
British steamers.
Greece ordered mobilization of
army and navy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Brakeman's Legs Cut off-Lloyd
Sehnert, a Santa Fe brakeman. fell in
front OF a car at Severy and both his
legs were cut off. He was taken to
the hospital at Chanute. His home
Is at Moline.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Million for His Oil Leases.-War-
rem c. Brown. an Augusta banker, has
sold for million dollars the oil leases
of three 80-acre tracts of land west
OF Augusta The Monarch Oil Com
pany Of Pennsylvania bought the
leases. This is their first purchase
In the Butler County field
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Annie L. Diggs Dead.-Mrs. Annie
L. Diggs, formerly of Kansas" died
recently in Detroit at the home of her
son, Fred L. Diggs. She was about
20 years old. Mrs. Diggs was one
of the most prominent early suffrage
leaders in Kansas and was a power
in state politics in the days of the
Populists. She was state librarian
from 1898 to 1902 and noted lecturer
for suffrage.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Killed by Lightning-Roy Davis,
~ years old. was killed at his farm
near White City the other morning
when lightning struck barn in which
he had taken shelter.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Students Pay More for Board. -
The price of student board at the
University of Kansas was hiked to
$3.50 at recent meeting of several
boarding house Keepers. The price
last year was 81. The reason is given
as the high cost of foodstuffs
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Suffocated Under Auto.-E T.
Nagle of Kansas City, a coffee can
Vasser, was killed ten miles south of
Clay Center when a motor car in
which he was riding, skidded and
overturned in a ditch. Two compan-
ions with him were but slightly in
jured. Nagle was pinned under the
car when it overturned and was killed
by fumes from the motor.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Assistant Police Chief Dead
Benjamin Hanes, assistant police
chief of Wichita, is dead, after short
Illness. He had been a policeman
twenty years. A brother, Silas Hanes,
lives in Kansas City.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Naismith Back to K. U.-Dr. James
Naismith, professor of physical edu
cation at the University of Kansas
has been released from his duties a.
chaplain of the First Kansas Infantry
at Eagle Pass, and will return t
Lawrence in time to resume his K. U
work for the coming year.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Fell 1900 Feet.-Capt. Ralph Nc
Mullen, an aviator, was killed at st
Francis when his Curtiss biplane was
caught in an air pocket and fell nearly
1900 feet, crushing him beneath. I
was the second time in a week thai
AcMi1len had fallen
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-04
REP, BR|TTEN
SCORES SEC. Of
NAVY DANIELS
Politics Mix in Naval Board Hear
ing; Officials Have Lively
Tilt.
PLANS OF WAR
LOST LAST YEAR
Naval Committee Brought Hear
ings to a Close; Build 6
Capital Ships.

Washington, April 3-The house
naval committee brought to an end to-
day it's prolonged hearing on the 1917
naval appropriations bill. Secretary
Daniels closed a three days statement
before the committee with a final ap-
peal in support Of the administra-
tion's five year program. A sub-com-
mittee will begin framing the bill. 1T
became known tonight that deter
mined effort would be made to pro-
vide for six capital ships, two dread
naughts and four battle cruisers, as L
compromise between the recOmmen-
datiOns OF the secretary and OF the
naval general board.
Parried All Queries.
Mr.. Daniels bafiled all efforts today
to get from him a statement as to
what relative place among naval pow
ers the United States should occupy.
Charges Loss. of secrets.
Rep. Butler of Pennsylvania, repub-
lican, assailed the secretary's recon-
mendatiOn for a government prOjec.
tile factory He asserted that the spe-
cificatiOn for navy armOr piercing
shells were so high that they could
not be met by manufacturers and he
also declared he had reason to believe
the specifications for navy l4-inch
guns and other material had been re.
vealed during Mr.. Daniels admins.
tration to the Russian and German
governments. He suggested that Rear
Admiral Strauss, ,clnef Of ordnance,
be asked to produce letter to the
Krupp company of Germany.
Admiral Strauss was summoned lat.
er and read the letter in question.
The Letter.
"These are not the specifications Of
our l4-inch guns" Admiral Strauss
said "They are for much superior
gun"
Both the secretary and the admiral
said they had no knowledge of any
plans or other information having
been impaired to the Russian govern
ment.
Rep. Britten, directed attention to
Admiral Fiske's statement that he
had resigned because he had differed
1I,OnIlDIIon an Ynpo fNW0l
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-04
BONDING DEPT,
IS HELD Up BY
FEDERAL COURT
Supreme Tribunal Suspends OPP.
Grafton of the Law, Tenn
porarily.
MUST AWAIT DECISION
ON DISPUTED POINT

Aubrey Lawrence, representing the
Dakota Trust company, secured from
the United States supreme court a
temporary order restraining lnsur-
ance Commissioner Taylor from or
ganizing the state bonding depart
ment, pending the appeal from the
state supreme court which upheld the
bonding bill.
The bill was attacked on the
grounds Of 1lnc0nsttutiOnalty. 1t
was urged that the bill caused an i'm
proper diversion of public funds and
a number of other constitutional ques-
tons were raised.
After the supreme court sustained
the law, the attorneys for the trust
company served notice Of appeal and
asked Attorney Linde to agree to a
stipulation OF facts and a suspension
federal court decided the issue. Mr..
Linle stated that he would not do so
unless Insurance Commissioner Tay-
lOr consented. The latter refused to
do so and then the supreme court was
appealed to. Chief Justice Fisk re.
fused to issue an order suspending
the operation of the act until adjndie
Gated in the federal court. ~. X - '
Mr.. Lawrence then went to Wash
ngton an9 secured from Justice Van
Devanter the necessary order. 1t Is
likely that the case will be advanced
on the calendar and the point settled
before many months.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-04
L|NDE WINS OUT
IN THE LARD CASE,
BURKE SUSTAINED
United States Supreme Court
Sustains Ladd Label
Law.
BIG VICTORY FOR
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
LEGAL DEPARTMENT

Attorney General Linde won his ap-
peal Yesterday in the lard case and
Justice Burke's decision upholding
the law is confirmed This is the
last chapter in a legal battle that
commenced in 1911. The case was be-
gun under Attorney General Miller
and his administration fought the
case to the supreme court where upon
a close decision, the law was upheld.
Justice Burke wrote a strong deci-
sion upholding the power Of the state
to regulate such matters. His decl-
sion went to the vital issue; the pow
er of the state to protect its people
against fraud in the sale of food prod
ucts. Victory for the defendant in
this case might have been an open
ing wedge to undermine other feat
ures of the pure food laws Of the
state.
The case is entitled the State
against Armour & Co., and the issue
turns on the provision of the law COM
pelling manufacturers to state on
their lard containers the true name,
SIuut Vi lHt pi out't, 'ilN ~ u' nv
weight with the true name of the pro-
ducer or The jobbcr.
The law also provides that lard sold
in pals must be put up in containers
holding one, three and five pounds
net weight or some whole multiple
of these numbers.
Armour & Co. held that the law
was unreasonable because the display
of the net weight was sufficient to
protect the consumer.
The supreme court holds that 1t is
within the police power of the state
TO require manufacturers to put prod
ucts up in even weights just as it was
TO compel them to show net weights
under the old law.
Armour &c Co., appealed to the Unit
ed States supreme court from this de-
cision and Attorney General Linde,
assisted by Francis J. Murphy and
Mr.. Miller prepared the briefs which
yesterday won for the state this i'm
portaEt decision.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-04-04
No Mail to
BeSeiized on
High Seas
British and French Deliver Joint
Note to American Represent.
ative.

Paris, April 3.-The French and
British government throughout the di-
plomatic representatives today hand
ed their joint memorandum to the
American and other neutral govern
ments, explaining their policy with
regard to the examination of mails in
response to requests that such ex-
PLANTATION be made to neutral powers.
To Refrain from Seizure.
The note declares that the govern
ment will, for the present, continue
to abstain from seizing and confiscat-
ing on the sea genuine mail matter,
but points out the volatility of mails
stipulated by the Hague convention
of 1907 in no way affects the Allies
right to examine and, if there be oc-
cason, to stop and seize merchandise
disguised as mail matter in sacks.