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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14
Upton COUNTY HAS SUPPLY
OF GOOD ROAD MATERIAL

Mr.. George A. Sanford, secretary of
the Jeff Davis Highway association,
sent few days ago to the state high
way engineer samples of gravel from
this county to see if it would do for
road purposes.
There is a vein Of this gravel run
ming clear through the center of the
county from north to south, cropping
out at various places of easy access,
and at no place over three miles from
the highway.
We should get busy and do some
crawling.
Below is the answer from the state
highway engineer:
Nashville, Tenn, June 7.
Mr.. George A. Sanford,
Sec. Business Mems Club,
Covington, Tenn.
Dear Sir.-Yours of June 5th re-
ceived; also sample of road material,
which appears to be of very good
quality of flint gravel and sand with
enough clay to make good bond. 1t
is my opinion that if this material
is put upon the road surface in suffi-
Gent quantity, say six or eight inches,
and well rolled, with light crown, it
viii make an excellent wearing sur
face. If the crown is too steep, it is
very likely to erode and side washes
form on the side of the road. / be-
lieve this will be an excellent material
if properly handled.
Yours very truly,
A. M. NELSON,
State Highway Enrinaar.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14
OUR ACUTE LABOR SHORTAGE

: War brings home to the farmer the
fact long winked at-that we have a
labor shortage that grows more acute
year by year.
The speeding up of factory work
and government orders of all kinds
will take many men, Enlistments will
cut deep into the usual floating labor
supply.
The men required to work our
farms to their full capacity and en-
able Tennessee to do her "bit" in
meeting the food situation, will not
appear out of the air. Some provi-
sion must be made by the farmers to
secure help from unusual sources, to
use machinery more, and to make
available labor more effective.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14

An electric motor to operate the
brake on an automobile, controlled by
a lever on the steering post, has been
invented that can be attached to any
car.
A British aviator has invented BIZ
plane with wings that fold so that it
takes up less room on the deck Of a
ship or in hangar.
To enable his aeroplane to alight
by clutching cable a Frenchman has
built a spring fork that projects from
the top Of the machine:
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14

Misses Jessie Buford, Pauline
Smith, Esther Holderman, Emma
Pickens, Dollie Crenshaw, Ruth Nc
Cullough, Grace Lowenhaupt and Pat
tie Ralph were among the teachers
ghe left here Monday to attend the
Vest Tennessee Normal in Memphis.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14
State Hiehwav Engineer.

A paste made of kerosene and wood
ashes will hurry slow fire with little
danger to it's user.
Soft iron castings and forgings can
be changed into hard steel by new
electrical process.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14

Esq. Z. A. Standridge, Mr.. J. E.
Forbess, Mr.. and Mrs. G. /. Davidson,
Mrs. Bessie Lennon, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Z. Davidson, Messrs. j. G. Turnage
and Leslie Starnes were visitors here
from the Randolph and Munford
neighhorhoods Saturday.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-06-14

The Chinese have cared for their
fish resources for centuries, but the
United States leads in scientific fish
propagation.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
Want Ads
FOR SALE-One 1920 H. p. Heider

'OR SALE-One 1920 II. p. Heider
Tractor, complete with Rock Island,
three bottom "A incl plow, with auto
matte lift. All in first class working
order, good as new. Purchased new
from factory July l, 1916. Cut 100
acres of grain and plowed eighty
acres. New sugar factory at Bayard
gives me two large'a beet acreage to
make tractor use advisable. Above
outfit cost me $l22S.68 last July.
Will sell for 81 10000 cash and load
it on car at Bayard for purchaser.
This is bargain price in view of
recent advance in factory price.
Everybody kno Us of the great success
Of IIeider Traction Drive. This is
one-man outfit. Any boy can operate
it. Turns over twelve acres per day.
The gearing, including that of drive
wheels, are FULLY incased and run in
oil. The undersigned is an experi-
enccd operator and will, if desired,
spend one day training purchaser at
any point, not more than 100 miles
distant from Bayard.-Frcd D. Belt.
ner. Bayard. Ncbr m29-a5x
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

that they are 'crooked, etc, etc" +"
The board of county commits
sioners is composed of Edva,d
Fischer, John G. Mowbray and
Frank Nagel. One would go a
long ways before they would find
a more honest trio than these
three gentlemen, and it takes
more than a stick or SO Of type,
printed on a Washington hand
press, promulgated by a deucediy
prejudiced editor, to convince the
good and fair minded people of
Sedgwick county, that they are
otherwise.
We want to take issue with our
esteemed contemporary when he
insinuates that the present board
of county commissioners are not
using honest methods in the
performance of their duties in
looking after the affairs Of the
county. We believe Bro. Fry,
that you are putting your hands
in the fire in making accusations
of this nature. When the county
needs an investigator, perhaps
you will be called upon, but we
want to assure you that Sedgwick
county has a mighty fine set of
county officials. We suggest that
you put down your hammer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
ways will be a big advertisement
for Julesburg.

"War is Hell," SO spoke Sher-
man in the Civil war times.
Such it may be and We have no
doubt of it. But dishonor and
the destruction of American lives
and property without warming
by Germany could rightfully be
quoted likewise. There is a limit
to all things and we believe it to
be this nations duty to take up
arms against Germany, if that
nation insists on her ruthless war
fare. President Wilson has called
for volunteers for the United
States Navy and army, and is
preparing for hostilities which
are soon to come unless Germany
changes her policy of naval war
fare.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

VIM. Stafford of Big Springs
this week purchased a residence
lot in the the northeast part of
Julesblrg from Jacob Frickel.
The lot is one of the choice resi-
dence lots in our city, being
located between o. S. Corpc and
Frickel residence. We are in
formed that Mr.. Stafford will
build a handsome new residence
on the lot this summer and make
Julesburg his home.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
jUltSBURG GR|T-AOvOCATE
Eatsred At the PostoAice at JuIesburG. Colorado.
as second-class mail matter.
p. r. MCDOWELL
OWNER AND PUBLISHER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Q.sC per year, in Advance. 75c six month
With the oDeninp of snring II

With the opening of spring it
behooves the citizens of Jules
burg to commence the cleanup
and palnt-up operations. Let's
make our town as attractive as
possible. In great many cases
a little paint here and there will
do wonders in adding to the ap.
pearance to the business building
or the residence property. There
will be many visitors to Jules
burg during the coming summer
and an attractive appearance OF
our city will leave a good impres.
sion with them. and in many
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

County Commissioner Frank
NagIc underwent an operation for
appendicitis at Appleton, Wis.
last week and reports came here
that he is getting along nicely,
which will be good news to his
many friends here. He has been
visiting with relatives at that place
the past two weeks.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
Coneregatioaal Church

Mr.. Long spends next Sunday
m Denver, having an engage
ment to preack. at nearby
church.
Rev. FL Estabrook will preach
for us both morning and eve
ming. He will remain with us
until the convention, holding
educational and evangelistic SER
vices. All are welcome.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

Miss Ruth Layton, of Denver,
arrived in Julesburg last Saturday
and Monday assumed the duties
as teacher af English in the Scdg.
wick County high school, having
taken the place made vacant by
the resignation of Miss Margaret
ROWAN.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

A camera man was here the first
of the week taking pictures here
and there of citizens of Julesbrrg.
These were shown upon the screen
at the Hipp theatre Tuesday night
and created considerable interest.
which was evidenced by a packed
house at that popular place of
amusement.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

The Ladies Aid of the Ovid
Methodist church will give an
Easter supper at Ovid, Oh Fri
day night, April 6. The supper
will be served cafeteria style.
All are cordially invited to at
tend.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
Seed Oats and Horses

FOR SALE-A limited amount of seed
oats, Swedish select 81 90 per bushel
while they last. ] paid s.. 20 per bu
for these tw" years ago Also two
heavy teams of mares and other
horses of different kind Perhaps
some of these are what you want. =
Geo. Z. McCnne. Phone ] 79Fl2 molx
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
Subscribe for the Grit-Advocate.

A coast defense gun, which
covered the entire length of a
flat car, passed through Jules.
burg last Sunday.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

Editor Fry takes his spite out
OH the board of county commits
sloners in his last issue OF the
Sun. He says in as many words
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

Jesse G. McNish of Omaha,
vice-president of the first National
Bank of Julesburg was in this city
the first of the week. He accom-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

FOR SALE-In Clarken's second addi-
tion, lots rs 6 in block Sc. for Sl25. 90
each. Also in the U. P. Second aldi-
ton, lots o-Gin block a.. for SlOO. co
each. In the city OF Julesbnrg.-R.
X. Goltry. m2gx
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

The interior G the W. NJ.
Labaree store building has been
treated to a coat OF fresh paint
this week, which adds materially
to the appearance Of this pro.
gressive establishment. VIM.
krutz did the work.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
Advertised List

Bailey. Frank; Quinn. Mrs. Dotsie :;
Hernandez, Sr. Juan; Kuedler, Mrs.
Claude; McHargne, X. NJ; Pedraza, j,
Sr. Luis (3) Smidt, w. B.
March %. 1917.
FINLEY DYE, Postmaster.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
SPECIAL SATURDAY
MARCH 81

Elbow Maearoni. per ID. II l-2c
We Will give Special Prize
tiekets On Special Prize Day
BRUCE CAMPBELL, Exclusive
Grocer.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

Don't forget the musical given
under the auspices of the jules
burg WOmans Club at the Meth
Odist church tomorrow (Friday)
night ut eight O'Clock.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

Harris 4 Son shipped a car
load Of cattle to the Omaha mar
ket Oh last Saturday.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

FOR SA1.E-Seyen room house, wired,
and has city water in the house, has
some bearing fruit trees. strawberry
beds coal and chicken house, Sl45O co.
For further particulars ask at the
Grit Advocate office, m29x
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

FOR SALE-Two teams of work horses
and one team OF mules, all good stuff.
Iiarr's q Son. m29- as
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

lDsT-On court house yard an Elcin
watch, with drivers license and
fob. Finder please return to the
t-Advocate office.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

panied his wife to Omaha Tues
day. Mrs. McNish having visited
here several days with her sister,
Mrs. John Mellen and family,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29
LOCAL NEWS OF
INTEREST TO ALL

rubscribe for the Gri.-Advocate.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

FOR SALE Thoroughbred Rose Comb
Rhode Island Red eggs for Matching
$500 per hundred, ranch stock,
Phone iulesbnrg 79Fi-Mrs. !. $.
Calien. ml-o9y
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

WE INVITE 1ot' to come in and in.
spect our line of fancy box station
cry. Grit Advocate.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

THOROUGHBRED Rose Comb Rhode
Island Red dark strain eggs. 100
per setting of IL eggs or 81. so per
hundred. Address John NJ. Avery
Julosburg, or phone Julesburs is.
mS.o9X
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

FOR SALE-Early Triumph Seed rota-
toes. S2.25 per bushcl. W. H. Alex.
ander, phone Juleshurg S2lJ2. ml5-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-03-29

FOX SALE Lease or to have broke
out, the following: SCI 222-l3--li and
the net l0.l2,l4. in Deue! county.
Nebr: Address Z. A. Stonccypher'
Marsh!ieId, Oregon. MIX,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
Cat Skins in Demand

According to the statement of a trade pa
per, New York fur dealers are advertising
for cat skins. There are persons in every
neighborhood who will pray that the fur
dealers secure goodly supply; in fact, they
will aid and assist the dealers in securing the
skins of a few cats in the vicinity, if advised
how to proceed. But that has nothing to
do with the matter in this instance, for this
is business proposition and is not influence
ed by the prejudice against cats.
Cat skins have not been very highly valu-
ed in the past, although their fur is good
and can be worked up into merchandisable
commodities very readily. The skunk skin
-snd the skunk is related to the cat-brings
good price, but the common house cat
has not been in demand for its fur until this
time. Now, however, the New York mer-
chants will pay fifty cents for the skin OF
any old kind of cat, and dollar for the
skin of Maltese-and twice as much for
the skin of perfectly black cats.
The fact that the merchant reports that
he has already secured fifteen thousand cat
skins shows there is supply to be had. He
says, however, that there are about fifteen
million Cat skins in this country, now worn
by the cats. but which ought to be taken
off and sold.-Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
Blasting With Lime

When water is added to calcium oxide,
or quicklime, the lime expands slowly with
almost irresistible force. This property of
quicklime was utilized recently to break up
piers twelve feet wide, twenty feet long and
twelve feet high. The piers stood between
similar piers that supported engines in con-
slant operation and therefore had to be re-
moved without injury to the machinery. 1t
was impossible to blast the piers, and hand
cutting was too slow and expensive. The
work was accomplished by drilling three
inch vertical holes, three feet deep and three
feet apart in both directions, over the entire
area of the piers and filling them within six
inches of the top with fresh slaked lime in
pieces one-half inch to one and one half
inches wide. As soon as the lime was thor
oughly wet the tops of the holes were filled
with brick dust, which was well tamped.
In about ten minutes cracks started in every
direction and the entire top of the founda-
ton was broken into three-foot cubes
Selected.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
What's the Use

Stories are nothing but clusters of words;
Reading is nothing but looking at print;
Money is nothing-folks throw it at birds;
Pictures are nothing but colors apd tint;
Dinners are nothing but something TO eat;
Walking is nothing but moving your feet
What's the user
Dancing is nothing but prancing in tune;
Riding is nothing but moving along;
Sleeping is nothing but waking too soon;
Singing is nothing but talking tune;
Playing is nothing but fooling around;
Boxing is nothing but learning to pound
What's the user
Working is nothing but earning your pay;
Loafing is nothing-and harder to do:
Silence is nothing with nothing to say;
Dressing is nothing but garment and shoe;
Smiling is nothing but twisting your face;
Moving is nothing but changing your base
What's the user
Smoking is pumping stuff into your lungs
Having your way is to kick ike the duce
Fame is a ladder with grease on the rung;
What is the sense of it all, anyway
What is the-Why is the-Hang it ALI say,
What's the user
Chicago Post.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
M ! R R 0 R E 7 7 ES
By Uncle John

Mass was held in the auditorium last
Sunday morning, Father Barry officiating.
Shop NJ is now busy painting hay
rakes for next summer.
Several new men have been added to
the Band during the week.
Who says that Saltwater is no goodi
We had fine baseball game last Saturday
afternoon, and we won too. The weather
was just fine and we enjoyed the half holi-
day to our hearts content.
We have never seen the boys in the
night school so anxious for work as this
fall. They all seem anxious to learn; the
more work they get the more they want
and that's the only way to learn.
The gardeners were busy for several
days planting bulbs in the flower beds of
the park. They must expect to make the
park look more beautiful next spring, or
they would not start so early.
"A large oil tank was placed under the
track between the warehouse and Irvine
plant and all the oil will be drawn into the
basement under the Irvine shop making it
handler and less wasteful.
Several teams were busy during the
week bringing in white sand for the whit
er. The sand will be stored under the
foundry where it will keep dry and clean.
1t will mostly be used in the dining hall
and cell houses.
Lucinda was testing the devotion of
Erastus. ''S'pos it is night and we are in a
deep, black woods! There comes bo-er
constructor a-wriggling through the grass;
an a wildcat a-bouncin' through the trees;
and lion roarin' and making for us mile
a minute! Ugh! What are we Como dor"
Erastus: amt gonna be no we."
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
Most Powerful Searchlight

| 1t is ten feet high, it's mirror has dame
ter of FIVE feet, and weighs three tons. Its
beam is as brilliant as the sun at eight
O'Clock in the morning or four in the after
noon, New York latitude, and you can read
q newspaper by its light 80 miles away.
The heat of its focused beam is SO intense
that it will set paper afre at distance of
$50 feet. 1t has a candlepower of more
than one and quarter billion.
These are few astonishing facts about
the Sperry searchlight, the invention of
Elmer A. Sperry of Brooklyn N. Y, who
is already known as the inventor of the air
plane stabilizer and ship gyroscope bearing
his name and the first electric arc light
When the last big air raid over London was
made by Zeppelins, the Sperry searchlights
bathed the big dirigibles in beams of light
they could not escape. According to some
London accounts the Sperry searchlight is
the Zeppelin's Nemesis.
One of the most powerful beacons along
the coast is the Sandy Hook lighthouse.
But the Sperry searchlight is D times more
brilliant than that light Were the Sperry
lamp substituted for the lighthouse beacon,
ship passing out to sea could be bathed in
the light until it disappeared below the hori-
zon. By swinging the light back and forth
across the sky it has been made visible $50
miles away. For navy use the Sperry lamp
illuminates target ten times more brilliant
ly than any other protector devised.
Equipped with carriage that permits
the lamp to be turned in a circle and in any
direction up to 80 degrees. the giant search
light is of the greatest value in detecting
aircrafts. The operator cannot control It
near at hand; the great heat prevents that.
He must stand so feet away. At that dis
lance he is able to focus it accurately upon
any moving object. Because the rays pro-
jected by the lamp are nearly parallel, there
is no diffusion of light over a wide area.
The beam is concentrated.
When the searchlight is being operated,
the temperature of the arc is 5000 degrees
Fahrenheit-7,0 600 degrees higher than the
melting point of the metal holders of the
carbons. Consequently, in order to prevent
these parts from melting, current of air is
forced, by means of a motor driven blower
through the carbon supports and discharged
through the heat-radiating disks that sur
round the holders. In the Beck lamp the
holders are sprayed with alcohol to prevent
them from melting.
The several factors which combine to
make the Sperry lamp SO powerful are the
small electrodes, the special carbons used,
the manner in which they burn and the para
bolic mirror. Popular Science Monthly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
Worry Impairs Mental Power

The protective instinct is present in the
human mind and when properly directed is
great source of prosperity both to the in
dividual and the nation. In order for man
to store up and lay by, to gain advancement
either in honor or material things, it is nee
essary that he take some forethought of the
morrow, but just so soon as he carries this
beyond the normal point the mental process
becomes an exaggerated and abnormal one.
The normal protective instinct is stimulat-
ed by normal fear of those events which
are reasonably sure to happen in the future
unless very urgent means are adopted against
| them.
The moment that this fear becomes alb
normal or exaggerated it over-stimulates this
protective instinct, and to no good purpose,
because it results in worry. This worry
continues long after the necessity for the
normal stimulus of fear has passed, with
| the result that there is an impairment in
mental power and of dissipation of the nerv-
| Gus forces.
In fact, worry is an abnormal state.
Not all worry is preventable, but for the
most part it can be avoided. Most of our
fears are never realized, and, as a rule, if we
meet our troubles day by day as they come
without worrying about them before they
arrive or fretting over them after they have
passed we will find that we have the strength
health to certain extent. and every victim
of the worry habit owes it to himself to crush
it out of his life.-The Umpire.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
The Debutante

On tiptoe at the threshold l,
Arrived at last by childhood's ways
Before the door fain would pass
The entrance to life devious maze.
The happy sunshine guides the path
On which turn my back today;
The tell me that the clouds hang low,
Too often, Ger this waiting way.
Ny feet are shod by loving care
To tread the fints l may not miss.
My robe is made with faith and prayer
To bear the thorn's too poignant kiss
The tender hands that mine have claspec
Must loose their hold: stand alone.
The golden councils freely given
No more may guide; am my own.
Equipped, impatient, courage high,
Assured Of happy destiny,
| make my courtesy to life,
And beg her ope the door to me!
Jane Thayer, in The Argosy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08

Rallies trolley traction has proved a
success in Bradford, England, and has been
operated at profit by the municipality.
The low capital expenditure (one-tenth that
required for the ordinary tramway system)
has enabled many rural and suburban COM
munities to obtain a passenger service at
moderate cost.
"A check for 500, Ill, I'LL, the largest
ever recorded in the New York Clearing
House, drawn by ]. P. Morgan Co., for
the credit of the Minister of Finance and
Receiver General of Canada in settlement
of the $100, GOO, 900 loan recently Aoated fol-
the Dominion by syndicate headed by the
Morgan house. was paid in New York by
the Liberty National Bank.-Er.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1917-11-08
The Wells

All! rare and beautiful has been the day;
So clear the air it seemed that there was
none,
Range after range of mountains, one by one,
Lifted above the horizon, till they lay
A mass of regal blue. Across the bay
Behind the farthest line, there cam in view
Two giant peaks, distant, of fainter hue,
That o er the plains of Mexico held sway.
And in the West, islands unseen before
Now broke the level line of sky and sea,
While to the North: mountains and curving
shore
Claimed from the ocean space for many a
mile.
And thus the misty air had hid from me
New beauties that the prospect held in store.
If air conceaIs SO much, may it not be
Our minds hide beauties that we seek long
while?-Selected.