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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
WATER HURTS ROADS
Cold Weather Does Not Cause Injury,
No Matter Whether Road Is
Earth, Gravel Of Macadam.

Water, not cold, is the cause Of the
deterioration of roads in winter. Cold
weather does not in itself injure roads
no matter whether they are earth,
gravel or macadam. In fact an earth
road will stand more traffic when it is
sOlidly frozen than at any other time.
Excess water, however, is always de-
trimental to a highway. When cold
weather turns this water into ice, the
damage that it does is greatly in
creased. Ice occupies considerably
more space than the water from which
it is formed, and every person who
has lived in a cold climate is familiar
with the powerful bursting effect Of
water when left to freeze in a o n
fined vessel. The same action takes
place when a wet road freezes to any
considerable depth. 1t simply bursts
or, as we generally term it in road
parlance, the road heaves. Later, when
the frost leaves, the road is disinter-
grated and ruts badly. If this process
is repeated a number Of times during
the winter, q gravel or macadam road
may be practically destroyed while an
earth road may become entirely i'm
passable.
A dry road will not heave. Rock,
gravel, sand and even clay when per-
fectly dry contract slightly on freez-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
4 thrilling mystery story about a
man who lost his courage and the
girl who helpedhim to 6ndH again

She was sorry the next moment. But
her words seemed, surprisingly enough,
TO steady him. For the first time, he
sat down.
Then, as far as / am concerned,
it's all over, is it?"
"Yes, Joe. l told you that long
ago"
lie seemed hardly to be listening.
His thoughts had ranged far ahead.
Suddenly
You think Christine has her hands
full with Palmer, don't you? Well, if
you take Max Wilson, you're going to
have more trouble than Christine ever
dreamed Of. l can tell you some things
about him now that will make you
think twice"
But Sidney had reached her limit.
She went owe and flung open the
door.
Every word that you say shows me
how right l am in not marrying you,
joe" she said. "Real men do not
say those things about each other I'M
der any circumstances. You're be-
having like a bad boy. l don't want
you to come back until you have
grown up"
lie was very white, but he picked
up his hat and vent to the door.
81 guess | am crazy" he said. i've
beer wanting to go away, but mother
raises such a fuss-IIl not annoy you
any more"
He left her standing there and ran
down the stairs and out into the
street. At the foot of the steps he
almost collided with Doctor Ed.
Back TO see Sidney" said Doctor
Ed genially. That's fine, Joe. I'm
glad you've made it up"
The boy went blindly down the
street.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

The next instant the door had closed
behind her, and X. was left alone to
such Indebtedness and bliss as the
evening brought him.
Joe Drummond came to see Sidney
the next day. She would have avoid
ed him if she could, but Mimi had
ushcred him up to the sewing-room
bnudOir before she had time to eS-
cape. She had not seen the hey for
two months, and the change in him
startled her. He was thinner, rather
hectic, scrupulously well dressed.
"Why, joe" she said, and then !:
"Won't You sit DOWN."
He was still rather theatrical. He
dramalizcd himself, as he had that
night the June before when he had
asked Sidney to marry him. He stood
just inside the doorway. He offered
no conventional greeting whatever;
but, after surveying her briefly, her
black gown, the lines around her eyes:
you're not going back to that place,
Of courseT"
IL haven't decided"
He stared mt her incrcdulouSly.
you don't mean that you are going
to stand for this sort of thing? Every
time some fool makes Il mistake, are
they going to blame it on you?"
please don't be theatrical. Come
in and sit down. ! can't talk to YOU if
you explode like a rocket all the
time"
Her mattcr-Of-fact one had its eff
feet. He advanced into the room, but
he still Scorncd Il chair.
II guess you've been wondering why
you haven't heard from me-" he said.
i've seen you more than you've seen
me-"
Sidney looked uneasy. The idea of
espionage is always rcpugnant, and to
have Il rejected lover always in the
ofling, as it were, was diScOncerting.
Il wish you would be just Il little
sensible, Joe. It's so silly Of you.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
By MARY
ROBERTS
RINEHART

She checked herself abruptly and
sat down. After a moment: HAS 1t
ever occurred to you how terribly
mixed up things are? Take this
Street, for instance. Can you think OF
anybody on it that-that things bave
gone entirely right with?"
ITS a little world of its own, of
course" said K, land it has plenty
of contact points with life. But wher-
ever one finds people, many or few.
n finds all the elements. that make
up life-joy and sorrow, birth and
death, and ever tragedy. That's rath-
er trite, isn't it,"
Christine was still pursuing her
thoughts.
"Men are different" she said. ITO
a certain extent they make their own
fates. But when you think of the
women on the Street-Harriet KeJ-
nedy, Sidney Page, myself, even Mrs.
ltosenfeld back in the alley-some-
body else mOlds things for us, and all
we can do Is to sit back and suffer.
| am beginning to think the world is
a terrible place, X. Why do people
so often marry the wrong peoplai Why
ant Il man care for one om and
only one all his life? Why-why is it
all so complicated"
There are men who care for only
one woman all their lives"
You're that sort, aren't yOuF"
Il don't want to put myself on any
pinnacle. If l cared enough for q wOm-
an to marry her, I'd hope to But
we are being very tragic, Christine"
81 feel tragic. There's going to be
another mistake, X, unless you stop
it,"
He tried to leaven the conversation
with Il little fun.
IF you're going to ask me to inter-
fere between Mrs. Mckee and the
deaf-and-dumb book and insurance
agent, | Shall do nothing of the sort.
She can both speak and hear enough
for both of them"
II mean Sidney and Max Wilson.
He's mad about her, X; and, because
she's the sort she Is, he'll probably be
mad about her all his life, even if he
marries her. But he'll not be true to
her; | know the type now"
X. leaned back with u flicker of
pain in his eyes.
"What can ! do about it?"
Astute as he was, he did not suspect
that Christine was using this method
to fathom his feeling for Sidney. Per.
haps she hardly knew it herself.
you might marry her yourself, X"
But he had himself in hand by this
time, and she learned nothing from eli.
ther his voice or his eyes.
"On twenty dollars II week? And
without so much as asking her con.
sent?" He dropped his light tone. "Tm
in n position to marry anybody.
Even if Sidney cared for me. which
she doesn't, of course"
'Then you don't intend to interferei
You're going to let the Street see an.
failurc?"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
GOOD
LOAD ON GOOD ROAD
Farmers Haul Two Wagons Hitehed
Together to End Of Improved High
way-SinaIe on Poor Road.

(From the United States Department of
Agriculturel)
To see what really happens at the
end Of the good road, a public road
specialist Of the department recently
had observations made in different Sec
lions of the country. The observers
noted many country-bound transfers
who drove two loaded wagons, hitched
one behind the other, to the end of
the good road, and then found it nee
essary to leave one wagon by the road
side to be returned for later, while all
the power of their teams was devoted
to hauling a single wagon over the I'M
improved road.
Farmers bound for the market fire.
quently were seer to haul wood and
similar products to the beginning of
the good road, there dumping them,
and returning for a second load. When
this arrived, the two loads were con-
solidated and easily hauled by a single
team the remaining distance to market
over the improved highway.
In one section Of the country where
oxen are still used teamsters were OBJ
served to bring their loads over the
dirt roads with two or three Jokes of
oxen. When the beginning of the good
roads was reached, the transfers
would unhitch the extra animals and
finish their journey with a single yoke.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

really. It's not because you care for
me-; it's really because you care for
Yourself"
You can't look at me and say that,
Sid"
He ran his finger around his collar
an old gesture; but the collar was very
loose. He was thin his neck showed
it.
"Tm just eating my heart out for
you, and that's the truth. And it isn't
only that. Everywhere l go, people
say, There's the fellow Sidney Page
turned down when she went into the
hospital I've got so l keep off the
Street as much as / can"
Sidney was half alarmed, half irri-
tated. This wild, excited boy was not
the doggedly faithful youth she had
always known. 1t seemed to her that
underneath his quiet ANN and care
fully-repressed voice there lurked
something irrational, something she
could not cope with. She looked I'D at
him helplessly.
"But what do you want me to do?
You-you almost brighten me-"
you're going back?"
Absolutely"
Because you love the hospital. or
because you love somebody connected
with the hospital?"
Sidney was thoroughly angry by this
time, angry and reckless. She had
come through so much that every
nerve was crying in passionate pro-
test.
"If 1t will make you understand
things any better" she cried, II am
going back for both reasorsI"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
SIDNEY IS WARNED ABOUT DR.. MAX WILSON AND *"
RECEIVES AN APPEAL TO HELP HER

A mysterious stranger, X. LpMoync, takes a room at the Page
home, presided oer by Sidney, her mother, Anna, and her aunt, Iar-
rht. n fashionable drtssmakcr. Through the influence of DR.. Max
becomes Il hospital nurse. X. loves her from Il distance; s. does
prratc Joe lrurauond, IN Old Schooinatc. AT the hospital Sidney
makes the acquaintance of CarlOttI Harrison, who has been overin-
innate with Ir. Wilson and who is jealous of the innocent newcomer.
SidncyS cnm. Christine lorcnZ, marTieS Palmer Howe, II society rake,
and they take rooms with the Pages. Howe turns traitor to his
bride. His arm is broken in IL joy-riding accident and Johnny toscn-
field. his chauffeur, is MORALLY injured. Doctor Wilson discovers that
IeNoyuc is Il famous Doctor ElWardeS, living incognto, and keeps
the secret. Curlotta Harrison poiSJnS Johnny Itosenfeld, II patient at
HE hospital, and puts the blame on Sidney who is suspended. When
His inStnlInent begins, she Is at home discussing with X. the advis-
ability of giving up hospital training.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Too Hiuh for Advancement.

A schoolgirl in Columbus was lis
tening to a discussion in the family
circle. Members of the family re-
marked about the wonderful advance
ment made in Indiana in the last 100
years.
But there will not be that much
advancement made during the next
one hundred years." the child de-
clared.
"Why nOt?" she was asked.
WELL" she replied, Everything has
got to be so high that people can't
afford to make much advancement any
more."-Indianapolis News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
KEEPING UP DIRT HIGHWAYS
Farmaoe Can Have Good Roads by
Grading to Drain of Rainfall and
Keep Surface Smooth.

We all want good roads and when
we find out what is the really perma-
len highway we will want that also
in line with the modern idea of build
ing for keeps.
In the meantime farmers can have
good dirt roads by grading to drain
off the rainfall, and by dragging to
keep the surface smooth and hard.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Takes Place of Toothbrush.

A novel patent granted recently was
for a substitute for the tooth brush.
The device consists of a little water
proof cap fitting over the end of a
finger. Attached to 1t is a brushlike
surface of fabric, specially designed
for cleaning the teeth. A flexible band
attached to the cap encircles the hand
and supports the cleaner when in op-
Grafton. 1t is claimed that this
cleaner, being more flexible than the
stiff-backed brush, can clean the teeth
o thoroughly since it can be fitted
into each small angle of teeth and
gums.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Unreasonable Request.

"AnOther scheme for ~ameliorating
prison life has gone to smash"
GLOW sO?"
"a humane person suggested that ev-
cry inmate of a certain prison be al
lowed to keep n pet in his CELL"
"Well?"
"A burglar named Micky Flynn
wanted a goat"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Limited EoIIoWinu.

'What do you think of Scribson's
literary style?"
HE uses too many long words"
but that impresses a certain class
of readers"
swell, it may impress a few school
teachers, but they never have any
money to buy books"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Does Very Well,

$50 you are going out West for the
first timer"
Eyes. All the knowledge l have Of
that part of the country was acquired
at moving picture shows"
"Then you have a pleasant surprise
in store. The West is not inhabited
chiefly by impossible cowboys, spec
tacular sheriffs and beauteous maidens
who w get a minutes rest from the
unwelcome attentions Of halfbreed
desperadoes."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

a
AN APT PUPIL.

"The great trouble with you" said
Mrs. Jaggsby to her husband, the
morning after the night before, us
your inability to say No! Learn to
say it at the proper time and you will
have fewer headaches"
81 can see where you have the right
brand of dope, my DEAR" replied he of
the t%hrobbing temples.
"By the way" continued Mrs. ].
II want TO do Il little shopping today.
Can you let me have $10?"
"NO," answered the willy Jaggsby,
without q moments hesitation.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Naturally Grave.

81 have here said the party with
the unbarbered hair who had elected
his person into the editorial sanctum
when the office boy wasn't looking, "a
little poem entitled "A Pauper's
Grave"
"Huh!" growled the editor. "Noth-
ing remarkable about that. Who has
a better right to be grave than a pau
per? You certainly wouldn't expect
his mirth to slop over, would you?"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Something Wrong.

There was a steep embankment on
my right and a high wall on my left"
explained the bandaged mOtOrist.
"Around a curve swept a big touring
car full of intoxicated joy riders. l
IA between Scylla and Charybdis."
"Hold on" interrupted the interest
ed listener. "You told me just now
you were on the road between Perkins
vile and Jackson's Gap when this &C.
cident happened"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
What Worried Him.

"Papa, dear" said the anxious
daughter, "you must not worry be-
cause Harold is going to marry me and
take me far away from you and
mamma"
"Oh, a little thing like that isn't
going to worry me-" replied the fond
parent, "but If he ever does anything
that will cause you to come back to
us again, I'll certainly do him bodily
injury"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
That Euu

"You see" said Columbus, 81 have
round"
But 1t works both ways" replied
the king, doubtfully. "A boiled egg
shows that the world is round. But If
it were made into an omelet it would
demonstrate with no less clearness
that the world is at."-WashingtOn
Evening Post.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Save LIQUID Manure.

Remember that liquid manure con-
tains 60 per cent of the plant food
value of manure and that the only
effective way of saving this is by
having concrete flooring in the dairy
barn.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Too Personal.

Little Cecil-Mamma, tell me a
story about fairies and witches and
imps.
Mother-Very we'll. Once upon a
time there was a little imp named Ce-
ell, and
Little Cecil-Mamma, perhaps you
had better cut out the imps and stick
to witches and fairies.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
An Insinuation,

"When I began business for myself"
said the pOmpous man, 81 had nothing.
Now | am worth a million"
yes" rejOined the party addressed,
"and those who did business with you
when you began once had the mil
lion"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Nothing to Work On.

"The idea of Cholly Dobson going to
see a brain specialist"
"Well, why notT
"Oh, for the same reason that it's q
waste of time for a man with two cork
legs to consult a chiropodist." .
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Then She ReIented.

"Henry, can you look me in the eye
and tell me a f~alsehOOd?"
In afraid l can, dear"
ooh, you brute"
"Could | ever have persuaded a
woman like you to marry me If l
hadn't exaggerated my good quail
ties?"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Had a Bum Dinner.

Mrs. Wise-We were at the Browns
to dinner last week-now, If we don't
make a dinner call they won't ask us
again.
Mr.. Wise-Good. Then we won't
make the call.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Tales of Birds.

The hairy woodpecker, says Ameri-
can Forestry of Washington, d. C.,
likes fat pork, while a tree sparrow
just dotes on dog biscuit. Bread and
milk are the tavorite dish of the nock.
ing bird
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
And No Wonder.

$50 the Jibways separately"
Last week"
"What was the troubleT"
"Mr. always first wife wrote him
long birthday letter every year, and
| think it finally got on the second Mrs.
always nerves."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Cause of the Delav.

II hope" said the pastor, solemnly,
said the sick man, 81 won't be ready
until moo tomorrow. Then I'll have
the deed to my lot in the cemetery"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Motorists Resentment,

Have you studied economy. in the
homer" YES" replied Mr.. Chuggins.
Tn tired of paying out all this money
to keep up a cooking range, instead of
spending 1t for gasoline"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Learned Better.

did your husband use to write you
poetry before you were marriedT"
mo; but he used to write me what
W. both thought va poetry."-Hous-
ton Post.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Who knoWs2

"DO you suppose the time will ever
come when they will be through dig
ging up the streets of New York;"
Cant say. Some people believe in
the millennium, and some don't"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
The Road Scraper,

Where is your road scraper? Have
1t ready to use on the roads after
every rain. Persuade your neighbor
to do the same.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Coino The Limit.

Hazel-I understand your friend
Grace is an enthusiastic horsewoman.
AimeeIThat's whatl Why, the
other day when she was i'll she actu-
ally sent for a veterinary surgeon.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Lime Aids Cover Crops,

Experts now claim that applications
Of lime are really not beneficial to
apple trees, except indirectly as a help
to the growth Of leguminous cover
crops
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

Tommy-Say, pop, is skin-graftins
different from political grafting7
Papa-No; all grating is a skin
process.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Proud Father.

"He seem proud of his children"
"He is. He doesn't care whose time
he wastes talking about them."-De-
troit Free Press.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
Expenses for 1914.

In 1914 the United States expended
for road work a quarter of a billion
dollars.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
His Answer.

Willie-Say, pop, what's radium7
His Father (absently)-The stuff
they make radiators out of.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

"How many ducks did you shoot,
PATTI"
1.-THE divil a wan! The lake wor full
av thin. But iv'ry time I'd point me
gun at wan, dye moind, another wan
w'd get betwixt me an him an spoil
me ami"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

Increase School Attendance.
Figures show that school attendance
increases Importantly wherever coun-
try roads are improved.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23
A PhiIanthropist.

A certain type of citizen
Deserves the highest praise;
He'll often lend you five" or ten"
And no objections raise.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

The dudes a walking fashion plate.
With but a single charm;
Upon his watch chain it shows up,
Where 1t can do no harm.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

Mr.. Hickson-It's getting very chill
ly. Why don't you put on your coat?
Mrs. IIickson-Thcn zone would see
my new hand-embroidered waist.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-23

Do you believe there is moral
danger for the participants in
the growing intimacy of the
friendship between Christine and
k.2 Would Christine be justi.
fled in the circumstances in
seeking love or its imitation else
where?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-15

s~it q compaay.s sAlss Of bsse m wash
mrton D. c., for tho week ending Saturday.
October u, 1gr7. averaged a. follower Do
F,esffe he~f "a ~ ~e,fs 49, -...s-d --sSvf
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-15
.LAFOLLETTE MAY
APPEAR AT HEARING
HERE TOMORROW

Senator La Fo1Iette's defy to his &C
.cusers was today before the commit
tee investigating whether his st. Paul
speech warrants his expulsion.
I. La Follette's appearance at tomor-
rpws Bearing depends upon the
eoRrmfttee5s reply to his demand for
particulars of the charges against
After this request has been COM
piled WITH" the wSsconEin Senator
wrote Chairman Pomerene, 81 shall
then, and not before, desire to offer
evidence in reply"
La Toilette served notice that he
would draw upon the State Depart
ment's secret records, IL necessary, to
throw I'LL possible light upon the
Lusitania sinking, crucial issue in the
charges against him.
That the committee should ask
Congress. II necessary, for authority
for "a thorouEh-going investigation"
was suggested by La Toilette, 'to
the end that l be held to the strictest
accountability IL guilty OF wrong.
doing. and acQuit me IL not"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-10-15
COLONEL OFFENDS BY
WIRING SAFE ARRIVAL

A court-martial OF Colonel Isabelle.
OF the 1929 United States infantry,
formerly a Connecticut militia regI-
ment, who wired his governor of the
safe arrival of the unit in France
and requested publication of the fact.
is unlikely, 1t was learned at the
War Department today.
A reprimand is a possibility, how
ever. as Isabelle's cablegram was a
direct violation of the demand OF the
War Department that silence con-
corning the arrival OF troops in
France be maintained. and resulted
in publication OF the arrival in vari-
GUS Connecticut newspapers.
Officials OF the department hold
that apparently Colonel Isabelle had
no intention OF breaking the depart
ment's rule, but simply allowed his
Judgment to err in his desire to give
the good news to the folks back
home. The matter, however, is In
the hands of General Bliss, chief or
stan, who will decide just what is to
he done.