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The Washington times., 1919-08-09

KimbalI after camp was made. Be-
tween North Platte and Big Springs,
the convoy was fortunate in running
away from several heavy electrical
storms Accompanied by cloudbursts.
A Frontier Welcome.
Something new in the way OF well
come was given the train at Cheyenne
in the form of a revival OF the Chey-
enne frontier days celebration.
The train was met upon arrival by
Gov. Robert D. Carey and staff, Brig.
Gen. o'Neil and stan, Mayor e. w.
Stone and other city officials, repre-
sentatives of various civic organiza-
tons, $50 COW punchers, Fred stone
and his moving picture company, in
GLIDING Viola Dana, riding in old
stage coaches, troop Of U. s. cav
airy from Fort Russell and hundreds
Of citizens in automobiles. The cara
van paraded through the city to the
State capitol, where Governor Carey
delivered an official greeting to Wy
oming, to which 1t. Col Mcclure re-
sponded. Following the welcome. the
frontier days celebration was given
with all the accomplishments Of COW
roping, holding up Of Old stage coach
and fancy shooting. In the evening
there was a concert by the 18th Cav
airy and a big dance.
In spite of the lack Of population
through this country, the train has
been greeted everywhere with en-
thusiasm and entertained Hospitality.
At Gothenburg, where q night stop
was made because OF inability to
reach North Platte, the objective Of
that night, on account OF the impass-
able condition of the road, the Com
munity Club served refreshments to
the enlisted men and the officers were
dined at the Houston Hotel. A band
concert and q dance were given in
the evening by the Community Club.
Four recruits were secured there. At
North Platte, the Knights of Column
bus served refreshments. Five re-
cruits were obtained. At Sidney, q
noon day stop, the entire personnel
were entertained at luncheon at two
hotels, and at Kimball the men and
offic ers were entertained at dinner
and q dance.
The sentiment for good roads Is
strong also in spite Of the lack Of
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personnel to keep agoin" through
mud or auicksand, in which the trucks
often buried hub deep. Roads that are
considered good in dry weather be-
came, after a soaking rain, almost i'm
passable even to this expedition with
all its special equipment Of powerful
miIitor and tractor and everything
needed in the line of cables and chains,
To say nothing Of the personnel OF over
200 men.
No ordinary truck train, or no pas
senger car, could have hoped even to
get started through the several bad
places that have taxed the resources of
the expedition during the past several
days. At one bad spot seven hours
were required for the passage OF the
train 200 feet. Every heavy truck
had to be hauled through by militor
or tractor and hand power. A one
and three-fourths inch towing rope
and a three-fourths inch strand steel
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inhabitants. At Dix, the stop on the
road to Kimball. the train was
greeted with a banner. bearing the
caption I'VE are for the Townsend
Bill"
Road Reports for Week.
The road reports during the past
week have been as follows:
From Lexington to Gothenburg:
during the tirst hour, light rain and
gumbo and sandy roads; ten miles
from Lexington ran into heavy rain
lasting two hours, which made sur
face slippery as ice. later becoming
very sticky. Mud chains and utmost
care were employed, for twenty-five
trucks skidded into the bitches and
had to be rescued. The steep road
crown in places made IL necessary to
angle trucks across the road in order
to go forward and remain on road.
Moved only twenty-five miles in over
nine hours. All motorcycles except
two made unserviceable by mud clog
ging.
From Gothenburg to North Platte
the route was over sandy roads, 10
miles of which were almost impass-
able, sand having no stability and
trucks sinking to the hubs in place.
In other places the road consisted of
two wheel paths, about a foot wide,
through high prairie grass. Practi-
cally every truck except the light de-
liveries had to be pushed and pulled
by motor and man power over sand
holes and short, steep grades. In
many instances IL was necessary for
the tractor and milltor to pull indi-
vidual truck through to arm bottom.
Prairie grass, weeds and lumber were
used to facilitate traction Of rear
wheels,
Sand and steep Grades.
From North Platte to Ogallala, sand
and sandy gumbo roads. with many
short, steep grades. quicksand and.
ruts. which made the roads almost
impossible to heavy traffic. Four
teen miles west Of North Platte a
200-foot stretch of surface crusted.
water-soaked. auckland was encoun-
tered, which detected even the weight
of one man. The real condition was
not obvious through visual inspection,
and the first heavy truck that was
sent through sunk up to the wheel
tops, bearing and Transmission hous-
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ing. All the material q 'ailable, In.
GLIDING timber and vegetation, were
used to stabilize the roadbed, but
with little success. Each heavy truck
had to be hauled Though. which held
UP the progress % the train from 8
in the morning. until 500 p. m.
The militor hauled sixteen trucks
and the tractor ten, while in eight
instances the combined efforts of botn
militor and tractor were required.
The 1& Inch diameter tow rope Was
broken four times, and the q Inch
strand steel cable was broken once.
Practically the entire personnel was
engaged in the work OF pushing and
pulling the trucks through and re-
making the road.
Seven miles east Of ogallala four
heavy trucks had to be towed through
q steep. sandy summit, and the othOrs
were pushed through by the person
mel. In some instances 1t was neces-
sary to detour to fields.
From ogallaIa to Big Springs. Poor
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Heavy rain and Nebraska dirt roads
forced the FIRST break in the cross
continent journey OF the motor trans
pert corps truck train. Instead Of
winding up the week at Rawlins,
Wye, according to the itinerary. the
train reached Laramie yesterday, just
two days behind schedule. Two single
days runs Of twenty-five miles in nine
hours. and tWenty-one miles in six
hours tell the story Of the loss OF
these two days.
The delay has been due entirely to
road conditions, the vehicles them
EelVes standing up wonderfully well
under the racking work. No stronger
commentary upon the necessity Of
rood roads and the lack OF them can
Be made than is given in the story Of
the Herculean struggles of the train
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to fair sandy roads with sharp grades
winding through sand dunes caused
considerable delay. 1t was necessary
to use the tractor and millitor to haul
practically every heavy truck over
one or more OF these grades. The ex-
periences Of previous days enabled
more expeditions handling Of this
work.
Firm Big Springs to KimbalL Ex-
cept for a few stretches Of sand, the
roads were well shaped and compact
Of sand and gravel which afforded sx-
cellent traction for all vehicles.
Next weeks run will take the train
to Evanston, the last stop In
Wyoming.
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CLAIM GOOD ROADS MAKE
FOR DECREASE IN CRIME

George B. Weston. chief OF the rural
police OF Richland county, s. c.. u au-
thority for the statement that there e
. direct Relationship between crime
and roads In rural distriets Mr.. Yves
ton says that without roads II IL prac-
tically impossible to police outlying
districts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-16
GEORGE Ill MEAIl@N

Liberty Savings Bank & Trust Company.
American Savings Ban G. Trust Company.
Union Savings Bank & Trust Company.
State Savings Bank.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-16

Yellow tinged, 500 to $50 points lower;
blue stained, 500 to $50 points lower;
yellow stained, 700 to $50 pounds lower.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-16

National City Bank.
North Memphis Savings Bank.
Guaranty Bank & Trust Company.
Commercial Trust & Savings Bank.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-16
MEMPHIS COTTON.

Memphis cotton closed steady at am
advance of rs points Middling, 26 75c,
Sales $500 bales, including 1900 pre-
yious evening,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-04-16

ID. nc uIoppSu TO
came steady and Il
The weekly veal z,
and failed TO attr
of it's bullish featur
thereon lasted only z
which buying incr6
went to the highest
sion, July touched
23.93c, but selling in.
vance, some Of 1t Gre
against the actual
There was no par
ture in the finishe,
but fairly good dema
belt was looked at "
who were bulllsh,
disappointing, but Il
demand for the actl
are holding are yer.
seem obsessed with
the coming of peace
lated demand for ri
start for the new Q.
that bears could v
strength in both stot
kets Is not hurting
cotton.
New contracts clos
8 up; old II points
steady.
New Orleans new
points up; old 2 poll
tone firm. Spots "
middling to 27,lSc, a
bales.
Liverpool Is due t.
to 4 points up,
Inquiry in the loca
good and there Is q
large as offerings FRI
low, For today sale
and quotations were
ding to 26.75c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-03
QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS.

Q. What is Indian Nv. A. s.
:. a. After the first cold spells of autumn
there Is often a Period OF mild, haxy
mer. 1t has no regular place on the cal
endar and may appear any time during De-
tober or November, or may not appear
Q. How did appropriations for agricul-
ture twenty years ago compare with those
A. The growth Of the Importance of
the department of agriculture may be
judged by the trowth of its appropriations
snf follows s svf ysaS Bs!igs 1856 'hsE
900: 1900. $3,726.0OO; 1905. $59ea. 900; 1910,
SIS. o0o.o 100000; 1915, s2o,ooo,OOo; 1919, $751;
Q. Do Indians wear beards7-T. H.
A. Indians have naturally very sparse
boards. These they usually pluck out.
hair by hair An occasional Indian with
a beard may be seen among the Mexlcans
in the southwest. The beard is always
q. Does an American lose bis citizen.
ship II he accepts a foreign title I'D. X.
a There Is no provision against a
PoTsrnment efficiSi Is Sorsidsen e by Sui law
tuition which states: No title Of nobility
no person holding any office of profit
or trust under them shall. without the con-
sent Of congress, accept any present, emol-
ument office or title. of any kind what
soevers from any king. prince or foreign
al pronouns referring to royalty are still
capitalized; as We capitalize those referring
A. This is true. The Belgian embassy
would begin the pronoun him with n
capital letter.
Q. What are the measurements Of the
Venus de Milo TT. II.
A. They are as follows: height. sixty
breadth Of shoulders. sixteen inches !:
breadth Of waist. nine and a half inches I;
breadth Of hips thirteen inches.
stored Up NJ
A. A good treatment for leather furni-
ture is TO wash 1t with sponge and warm
cloth wrung out of hot milk: then varnish
it with the white Of an egg
9. What party is in power in Australia :
A. The Labor party is at present In
power W. N Hughes is the prime min
Q. What were the terms of the treaty
concluding the Boer war ?--F. G..
A. The Beers In the field agreed to lay
down their arms and acknowledge allrg
lance TO Great Britain. on condition that
no one be deprived Of liberty or property
or ne subjected to civil or criminal pro
Dutch language could be taught in the
public schools; the military administra-
tfon was to be superseded by civil rule to
be followed by Representative govern .
ment: no special tax was 10 he imposed
on landed property TO defray the expenses
Of the war.
Any reader can get the answer to nnv
question by writing The Topeka State
Journal Information Bureau. Frederic j.
Haskin. Director. Washington. u. c. This
offer applies strictly to Information. The
bureau cannot give ADVICE ON legal. medi-
cal and financial matters II does not at
tempt to settle domestic troubles. nor to
undertake exhaustive research on any sub
lect Write your question plainly and
briefly. Give full name and address and
enclose a two-rent stamp for return post
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-03
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Losing Love-.

Losing LAVE.
There is nothing that people COM
plain about more bitterly than they
do about losing love.
My husband no longer loves me,
walls the heart-broken wife
My friends no longer love me-
complain the lonely.
NO one loves me. No one wants
me. I am left desolate and forlorn,'
cry the old.
And the loveless invariably attribute
their misfortunes to the sins of 9TH
ers 1t apparently never occurs to
them that the fault is theirs, and that
when those who have once loved us
cease to love US it is because we have
become ENJOYABLE.
1t is the custom to speak of love as
II it were as evanescent and tangible
rs a moon beam. In reality love is
not an illusion that a myterious fate
turns on and off of our lives, as the
stage electrician handles the spotlight
1t is a substantial. work day fact
! guided entirely by the laws of cause
and effect, and we neither have 1t
nor lose it without reason.
The qualities in an individual thai
I inspire affection in our breast never
! lose their power to charm US nor tc
| hold us, and 1t is only when the con-
| jurer gets too Indifferent, or too lazy
| to exercise his or her magic that we
drift away to other spell-binders. In
| deed, We often love people long after
| there is nothing to love in them be
cause in time affection becomes G
| habit that is almost unbreakab1e,
| Those lamentations over lost love
are loudest with the neglected wives
These consider themselves the victim
! of the perfidy and faithlessness o.
man, and this view of the subject i:
generally shared by the whole feni
nine sex.
To the average woman, holding hel
| husbands love, is a matter of pure
luck, or a feat of sleight of hand com
parable only to holding a handful O
! slippery cells. If she does it, she
| blesses her stars for her good fortune
| fingers she does not blame herself, Of
hold her negligence in any way re
sponsible for the accident.
| Such a woman never asks herself
IL she is presenting the same line O
| attractions to her husband that frs
caught his fancy. When she was young
she was pretty, and neat, and attrac
! lively gowned. Perhaps as wife sh'
has grown slouchy and careless of ,hel
appearance, and the picture he takei
| away with him when he goes to worl
| of a morning is of a sloppy woman
in a soiled kiTnono and with cole
cream on her face and her hair il
crimpers.
AS girl she was gay and good hu
mored and companionable. She flat
tered and jollied him, and made hin
feel that he was an oracle who wal
seven feet high and with a chest ex
pansion like Jess Wizards. AS a wifi
she is whiny and complaining. ana
fault finding and nagging, and abou
as pleasant companion as a we
blanket stuck full of nettles.
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THE LONG WAY ARoUND.

The city of New York recently con-
Quoted sales of foodstuffs taken over
from government supplies, for the
purpose of giving relief to consumers
from the prevailing high prices. The
deputy commissioner of markets, Ed
win ]. O'Malley, having this distribu-
ton in hand. gives the following &C
count of some of his troubles:
81 went to the East Twenty-fourth
street pier" he said, 'to see how we
were getting along unloading the
barge. We are paying a big price for
our trucks. and I wanted to be sure
they were being kept busy. When ]
got to the pier found the bargemer
lying on the boxes, their rolled-ur
coats being used as pillows. The
drivers of seven trucks were sitting
half asleep in their machines.
IT asked a man on the barge what
the trouble was. I was told that just
as they were starting to work a dele
gate of their union happened along
and told them they were not permit
ted to load the boxes on trucks. They
could only put them on the pier. II
was the Job of another labor organi-
zation to get the food from the piel
to the trucks.
''As the tailboards of the trucks ex-
tended over the barge. 1 pointed out
| that it was easier to load the boxes or
the truck than to carry them around
the truck and put them on the pier
Finally the men offered a compro.
mise. They would load the boxes or
to the tailpieces of the trucks they
said. but I would have to get mer
| from another union to haul the boxe;
| to the middle of the truck.
| at found the delegate of the proper
union. who got the men who are per
mitted to load the trucks. We pai(
the barge helpers so cents an hour,
believe. The newcomers got a cent ,
box. and each driver and truck cost u
$32 day. After we got things unde
way it didn't take long to have strin,
of trucks running from ths pier to tn
various schools.
But I think I got one of the rea
reasons for the high cost of living
That is the number of men who han
die the various commodities befor
they reach the consumer. Just think
for one truck, driver who can't d.
anything but drive, one man to put
box on the tailboard, and another t
pull that box to the center of tn
truck"
When the whole system of industr
and distribution is laboring under diff
ficulties like this, is it any wonde
that prices are high?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-03
THE STEEL STRIKE.

The production of stee. is regarded
next to agriculture as the most impor-
tant industry in this country. Hence a
tieup of the steel mills would be little
less disastrous than would be a strike
of all the farmers in the United States
Either class has 1t in it's power to
paralyze all kinds of industry. but the
right to use the power which is thus
accidentally in their hands cannot be
admitted. They have a valid claim to
just treatment, but the determination
does not rest with themselves The
steel men will certainly lose out in any
conflict upon that issue. because the
interests of no single group can ever
whole community. They will always
have the right to resign and go into
other work, as thousands of low-paid
employees have been doing. but the
right to conspire to tie up the busi-
ness of the country is different.
Modern society necessarily is CO.
operative. The population of this
country cannot make a living as a
primitive people, by hunting and fish
ing. They must supply their wants
by means of organized industry. ex-
changing goods and services with one
another. That kind of peaceful. pro-
gressive society is only possible upon
the basis of respect and consideration
for one another's rights. There must
be an honest desire to give and take
on terms that are mutually fair. The
idea that the social groups shall take
advantage of any strategical position
which they may hold. to get the better
of one another is repugnant to the
whole idea of cooperation, and in the
long run no such advantage will be
tolerated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-03

After years of work and a vast ex-
penditure of money the bureau Oval
uation of the interstate commerce
commission has published tentative
valuation figures for four railroads
and a final valuation for one. The
figures are declared, by the railroads,
TO be far below what it would cost to
reproduce the property. The protest
probably refers to the value of the
properties at the time the government
took over their management and not
to their condition now. At the pres
ent rate of deterioration the railroad
valuations soon may overtake the gov
eminent figures
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-03

less labor or greater ease or fuller
power that will bring satisfaction: on
the contrary. it is only peace of soul
and forgiveness of sin that will bring
rest to this weary world. All who seek
need to hear the Baptizer's word,
spoken by the Jordan to the two
Seekers who were his followers: BE
hold, the Lamb of God. that taketh
away the sing of the world Deeper
than all our desires is our need OF a
Savior from sin.
A Leader for Today.
From palace to Bedouin tent the
problem runs. who is the leader for
today, who can deliver the world from
its unrest and its inequities. and bring
us real and abiding peace" Night
and day thousands of earnest men
and women are brooding upon this
question. They are brave enough to
accept any honest answer For the
sake of the truth they would renounce
any ancient belief of allegiance which
is proved to be in error. Nevertheless,
the sincere conclusion of those who
are closest to the red realities of con-
ditions is that there is no other leader
sufficient for our day except the Re
deemer to whom John the Bapus'
| transferred his two young disciples
Jesus is the Man of the Hour, the hope
| of the race
In nobody else is there any promise
of relief AS in Jerusalem on the day
| of the crucifixion, it is either Christ
or the Barabbas of Bolshevism-love
or Indebtedness. life or ruin. The
| other historic teachers of the race
| Buddha, Zoroaster, Confucius, Mo-
manned, are local in both time and
place; they offer no universal leader
Ship. Jesus is today in all lands the
most progressive leader and deliverer
He makes the decadent Korean ma,
| He fires the Chinese hearl
with new and nobler passions He
takes the African savage and makes
of him a man. Out of the Armenian
and Syrian he creates a Christian OF
the type which commands all mems
respect He gives a new CHARACTER
to every disciple.
This is the present-hour message
which should ring from every pulpit
and classroom: Christ is an ADEQUATE
leader and deliverer for our troubled
time. AS men follow him. they lead
the world and save themselves and so.
ciety. Behold the Lamb OF Goo
which taketh away the sin OF th'
| world"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-03

Graves was ringing the bell at IL Grey
terrace. No one was in the room
where he was shown to wait, but hung
against one wall were half a dozen
daintily executed sketches of his old
farm home, clear and true as the
hand of mortal could make.
Hungrily he gazed at them, and
then turned to find the artist at his
side. Without a word he took her in
his arms and kissed her. She made
no effort to release herself.
'Maris, l know you now! My little
girl sweetheart! My sweetheart for
ever. Will Sou come to me when the
apple blossoms are here again?"
And she said she would.
Copyright, 1912 by the Mcclure News
pepper, Syudicate.)