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The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
WORKING ON DIXIE HIGHWAY
In Illinois improvement VIII Extend
Over Distance Of 54.5 Miles
Costing $s04,7o0.

One Of the features Of the years
work will be the improvement Of the
Dixie highway, which will be done
BY the states acting In cooperation
with the government. Thus In ILL.
nois the highway will be improved
from the county line north through
win, Kankakee and Iroquois coun.
ties to the vermIllon county line
running south. This work will ex-
tend over distance of 54.5 miles ut
a cost Of $904,700 and the construc.
tIon will be Of concrete and bitumi.
nous macadam.
At the same time Georgia will be
working on the road from Atlanta
through to Macon. through Clayton,
Henry Spaulding, Pike and Monroe
counties, a distance of seventy-two
miles and continuation of the Dixie
line In that state. In Tennessee and
Kentucky projects will be under way
which will further serve to improve
this famous old highway which cuts
through the central section Of the
country from north to south.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
7HiRTY-E|CHT MILES
new ROAD GRANTED

Gradually We will get our roads
in better shape. The County Com
missioners have just granted petit
tions for total OF 3S miles Of new
road In this school district. while a
petition earlier in the season con-
tanned grant Of another lot of road
that must bring the total OF new
roads granted up to over SO miles
for this season.
In many instances these roads
were being used as roads. but had
not been granted. With the roads
Just allowed, there are but few
places left to be opened up for good
many years.
Some may say that 1t does not
amount to aything to have the roads
laid out il we cannot get them work
ed; but We will have them worked
In time.
II all OF our tax money is spent
elsewhere, that does not mean that
we have got to put up without any
Improvement, for we can do a little
each year ourselves.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
ITEMS FROM KAL0US

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Palmer have
come back to our neighborhood from
Cheyenne with Ford and will put
in a butcher shop in Raymer. He
went to Denver last week after his
fixtures.
A dance was held at the home of
Cyrus Roby and Mr.. Reeses also last
Saturday evening.
surprise was given Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Nelson Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nelson came also
from Sterling. A very good time
was enjoyed by all. A sumptuous
luncheon Of sandwiches, pickles,
doughnuts, peaches, grapes and cof-
fee, was served at midnight. Music,
cards and party games made the
evening fly. Near morning everone
left wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson a
pleasant journey to sunny Califor-
mia this winter.
DR.. and Mrs. Jacobson of Ames,
Iowa, visited her brother, Tom Mel
son and wife last week
Mrs. Elsie Briggs OF Briggsdale
was kalous visitor a few days last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs II. s. Stollar went
to Galeton after load OF potatoes
Friday,
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
SCHOOL NOTES

oo"c Vciy 6OOu programs nave
been given by the different rooms af
general assembly which occurs on
each Friday morning at nine O'Clock
Miss Hammond was the first to en-
tertain. then Miss Allen with the
assistance OF Misses Hurst and Peifer
gave the second program, and last
Friday morning Mrs. Hewitt and her
pupils gave the program. Mrs.
Brown viii have charge this week
The school will give a Hallowe EN-
program and pie social October 81, at
eight o'clock. An admission fee OF
rs cents will be charged. Pies will
be sold at Auction. Proceeds will
go toward buying a phonograph. We
hope all the ladies bring pies and
all the boys and men come prepared
to buy a pie.
Our new chairs have arrived, and
we are certainly pleased with them.
The floor can be cleared on short
notice and leave the room in order
The girls and boys have started
to practice Basket Ball. We think
we will have two good teams this
year. The boys will play Pine Bluffs
Saturday afternoon on their court.
Several parents viii receive notice
regarding physical examinations
which were given recently. Many
children are retarded in school be-
cause Of some defect, as sight or
hearing. Please see that they have
fair chance by giving them pro-
per medical attention or have glass
es fitted where 1t happens to be poor
vision.
The teachers Of Buckingham viii
meet with the Raymer teachers Fri
day evening. A program is arrang-
ed consisting of short talks on school
matters, musical numbers, etc. The
Raymer teachers met with the Buck
ingham teachers at Buckingham four
weeks ago. We expect to meet each
month alternately II the weather
does not get too severe.
Time changes Sunday, October 26.
Set your clock back one hour. The
school trucks will go just one hour
later than usual Monday or by old
time. No one should miss the truck
now since you have longer in the
morning to get ready.
Pupils Of the Domestic Science de-
partment have been serving soup to
those who care for something warm
at the noon hour.
The Manual Training boys made
new screens for the windows OF the
auditorium. They are making a
chest for their athletic supplies.
The seventh and eighth grade
boys started Manual Training last
week. This class would have been
In operation sooner IL there had been
more tools.
The new walks in front and rear
of building are appreciated by all
and especially by our janitor.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
THE PACKERS AND
REFRIGERATOR CARS

Whether refrigerator cars should be
owned BY the railroads or by the pack.
ers-a point to be determined by leg.
islation now pending In Washington
may seem to be question rather re-
mote from the interests Of the average
person. But, inasmuch as these "ice
boxes on wheels" as one of the pack.
ers terms them. are the conveyances
which bring our beefsteak to town, we
may assume that we have a certain
concern about them. II they have any.
thing to do with the price of the beef.
steak our concern Is a deep one.
It is maintained by some that these
cars give the packers who now own
them an unfair advantage over com.
petitors. This is stoutly denied by the
packers. who offer as proof the fact
that they pay the same freight rates
as any shipper; and they assert that
the only advantage they enjoy is in
being able to get enough cars for their
needs by furnishing them themselves
Instead Of depending upon the rail.
roads to do so. In this they are backed
up BY report Of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission. made after an In
vestigation Of all privately owned
cars. to the effect that there were no
Unfair practices and that a radical
change would adversely affect both
shippers and the public.
While not opposing. in principle,
railroad ownership Of refrigerator
cars. the packers maintain that there
are not enough Of these cars to 70
around and that the legislation in
question makes no provision for insur-
Ing that the railroads shall furnish
them In sufficient number. On the
other hand, to pool their cars and take
chances Of getting what happened to-
be available, would seriously handi.
cap the distribution of their perishable
meat products. The stream of ship
ments from the packing plants would
be blocked, which In turn would block
the buying Of live stock, and the In
dustry, which is founded on a basis Of
rapid distribution, would be badly
muddled.
In these contentious pro and con,
there are three parties whose interests
are at stake-the packers, their COM
Osutors and the public. Only one of
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
DICKENS TWO LOVE AFFAIRS
siooraphers Generally Have Over.
looked Interesting Passages Ia the
Life OF the Great Novelist.

The many biographers, of Charles
Dickens have made little mention Of
his love affairs, though It is certain
that the great novelist had loved pas.
sionately In his time, says q writer In
London Ideas. It Is only In out-of-the-
way little books that one comes across
such revelations as this:
when only a boy Of 1--WE years
Charles Dickens had little playmate
named Lucy, a beautiful fairhalred
child, whom he loved to distraction.
1T was his first love, and only a
baby affection at that, but the novelist
never forgot 1t. It Is fact that she Is
the heroine Of at least one Dickens
novel,"
The original Of Dora Spenlow In
David Copperfield" was a later love
Of Dickens. and one which was un.
happy for him. The lady, early In the
acquaintance, encouraged his affec-
tions. but her parents objected on the
score Of the position he then held in
life, and she inclined to their view.
She went away to Paris to study art,
and completely forgot the unhappy
lover. Later, when Dickens had at.
talned fame as novelist. she wrote to
him, and after time there was
meeting.
But the lady whom the novelist had
known and loved had changed.
Charles Dickens, at all times senti-
mentalist, was prepared to find her
grown old with him, but he did not
anticipate the change In her character.
And thus the attempt at reconciliation
failed of Its purpose.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
GOOD
ROADS
DRAINAGE IS BIG ESSENTIAL
Side pitches Should Be Amply Large
to Garry on Water a. Rapidly
AZ Il Enters.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The only reason for crowning q
road surface is to enable It to shed
water. and unless effective means are
provided for disposing Of the water
after 1t Is drained Oh the surface
crownlng will be Of very little, II any.
advantage. The side bitches should
be amply large and should have suf-
ficient fall to carry the water away
as rapidly as It enters them, and
they should have outlets at all con-
venient points. Cross drains or cul-
verts should be constructed wherever
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
PATCHING IN RIGHT MANNER
Work Done Properly While Road 10
Wet and FOLLOWED BY Drag 10
Superior Plan.

Patching done In the proper manner
when the road is wet, followed by
road drag, will maintain an old gravel
road surface as good as new until 1t Is
30 badly worn that an entire new sur
face is required. The gravel should
never be poorer than that fopming the
surface layer Of the old road, and es-
pecially should not contain an excess
Of clay.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
FIRE DESTROYS
ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT

Raymer received her reminder of
dangers from fire early Wednesday
morning when the electric light
plant went up in smoke.
The fire caught in the engine room
but no one knows just how, and the
narrow. escape Of the occupants from
cremation makes other things seem
OF small consequence.
The building was one story af-
fair with the engine and dynamo in
one part and the family occupying
the balance Of the building.
It was about 200 o'clock In the
morning that the parrot kept by
Mrs. McQuown aroused the family
by her cries and she took in the sit
uation and aroused Mr.. McQuown
the children and Mr.. and Mrs Gra-
ham guests who had arrived the
evening before from Chicago. At
that time the engine room was
seething furnace, beyond hope of
saving. When Mr.. McQown started
go into the engine room he was met
by sheet Of fame that drove him
back and the family fastened to
make their escape from the doomed
building. the structure falling In be-
fore they could return for clothing.
Even the faithful parrot that had
given the warning could not be
found and she perished in the flames.
A dog kept in the engine room was
also helpless victim
The loss is difficult to estimate IN
III 1t is known what can be made out
OF the machinery IN the confiagra-
tion. Mr. McQuown is hopeful that
the engine and dynamo can both be
repaired.
II the machinery should be beyond
repair. the loss would run close to
$4,000 to $4,000. There was no In
surance.
We do not know just what will
be done for the future, but we can
say that some provision will be made
speedily to provide the town with
light. In fact Mac" was on the
JOB last evening with an improvised
plan for some sort Of lights A gem
orator that he had used as a motor
for pumping the railroad well was
hitched up to the larger engine at
the school house and furnished some
light. However Raymer must have
further light" and will have 1t soon
1t is probable that new power
house will be built at the railroad
well Just as soon as a suitable lease
can be arranged for the we'll. The
machinery for the plant should be on
the ground as soon as the house can
be constructed. The situation in the
interval will tax "Macs" ingenuity
some to provide lights, but we'll risk
that we have something.
The family were not allowed time
to pick up their clothes before they
were driven out, but they have been
provided for and Mrs. McQuown says
that Mac" says he don't know how
or what to say.
Don't need to say a thing, just
pass 1t on when the time comes that
some one else needs it. The fact is
there are no very rich pepole here-a-
bouts, and they are so busy that they
do sometimes forget calls and the
like, but when misfortune overtakes
you they are Johnny on the spot"
with the kind OF sympathy that talks
and II 1t don't reach the heart II will
help an empty stomach and a naked
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

bles. He wore suit of clothes, less Of
a fit than convulsion, and then you
wonderer why he didn't like the farm.
There Is still feeling that those re-
naming small town communities are
"ihe leavings." To prove this. broth
er- from what city do you register
when away from home?
Rundown farms mean rundown
morals Country slums). because the
country church will die and the coun-
try school will fail in its mission.
mo, ] won't join the Commercial
club with you. boys. haven't the
time" tHe means It costs money!
lam back of it, all right" Yes, with
n knifel
Oh. yes. we want big preachers, pub
lic-splrlted; men with smiling voices,
but upon $l-Sl per day.
Why should the soapmaker. who
helps keep our bodies cleanly, draw
twice the salary Of the pastor who
keeps our souls pure?
Every time you build two-story
building. pressed-brick front. my farm
values increase.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

these parties could gain q possible ad-
vantage II the packers, cars were
taken away from them, viz, the pack
ers' competitors. The cars are now
admittedly handled on an economic
and efficient basis, and no change Is
justified unless unfairness Is definitely
and absolutely proved-which would
be In absolute contradiction to the re-
port that the Interstate Commerce
Commission has already rendered on
the subject. The public would pay the
bill for inefiiciency in the packing In
dustry, and it has no desire to pay this
bill In order to help few Of the pack.
ers' competitors.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
cIvIIixe and Educate.

Good roads are civllIzers and edu-
Gators. They are the vanguards Of
other good things. They bring In
creased land values. Above every
thing else, they bring good people.
No community that has improved Its
roads has ever regretted 1t. Road
Improvement is a good investment for
any community.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

1t is desirable to transfer drainage
water across the road, and they should
usually be provided with end or wing
walls for protecting the slopes Of the
embankment. When the material
composing the roadbed Is likely to be
springy, system of longitudinal up-
der-drainage may be found necessary
to secure proper drainage. In con-
structing a road, Of any type what
ever it should be constantly borne
In mind that adequate and continu-
ally effective drainage is absolutely
necessary II the road Is to be main
tanned In good condition.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

The periscope Of submarine. In
order to be OF any oisise. must neees.
sarily project above The surface Of ths
water. else Its combination Of mrtors
could not work to any advantage.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
PUBLIC SALE

The undersigned will sell at Public
Auction on her farm; and 1-2
miles South OF Buckingham:
commencing at 100 o'clock,
p M nn
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
TUESDAY. OCT. %

II Head Of Cattle, Head of
Horses, Farm Machinery and other
things too numerous to mention.
TERMS:-All sums OF $40 and un-
der Cash; over that amount credit
Of 6 months time will be given,
purchasers giving bankable notes
bearing.10 percent interest from date
Of sale. No goods to be removed be-
fore settlement.
MRS. A. N. FOX, OWNER
H. II. N0RTHUP, Auct.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

A vile tongue is twin to an un-
bathe body.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

A knocker is worth $500 In potash
and nitrogen, but the man he should
have been deters us from obtaining the
mineral.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

The tightwad hasn't any use for
Fairgrounds. park bands. He's a
skinfllnt The only thing you'll ever
get out nf guy" Ike that is his ap-
pendix. you'lI have to chloroform
him to get that.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23
next NUMBER
SATURDAY NOV. 8
POWELL
SOME HOME TOWN "JAss."
BY e. J. Powell.

BY e. J. Powell.
A good citizen starts his loyalty
where charity beglns--in his home
town.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

1he TWO iu commandments, Ii
followed could MAKE the "don'ts" un.
necessary,
There are thousands OF American
towns going backwards Watch them.
and you'll find the merchants are to
blame. )nrhalf Of their merchants
ARE too Indnlen' TO dn anything, and
ihe other hull '''Io' everything and
everybody.
,ra ge. 's'"r'~e ~ ~'''' he furm
s. ~ Il, h.ei you paid
..-.l itN.-. s&iA 'lA q sold the
leaving him n'phlmare for his trou-
corn he raised. aud The colt he saved.
The Raymer enterprise., 1919-10-23

Every time you build two-story
building, pressed-brick front. my farm
values increase.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Nautilus Boat Club
Wins Chief HOnOrs
In Aquatic Contests

The Nautilus Boat Club won the
principal honors in the rowing and
canoeing end Of the aquatic celebra-
ton OF the Atlantic Yacht Club. which
began on July and finished yesterday.
The eight-oarcd barge of the organiZa-
ton. under the command of Cox c
w. Ruprecht, had no great difficulty
in defeating both the Varuna Boat
Club and the Brooklyn Rowing Club
for first prize. In the four-oared gig
race the Nautilus oarsmen took both
first and second places.
W. c. Mittnight won the junior
singles. He represented the Brooklyn
Rowing Club. In the padding canoe
race the winner was f. King, Nautilus
Boat Club, who also was the winner of
the tail end singles canoe race. The
paddling tandem race was won by Nc
Bride and Tailor. New York Canoe
Cirb.
The canoe fitting contest went to j.
Godfrey and F. J. Heimer, New York
Canoe Club. The sailing canoe race
was won by T. Smith, New York Canoe
Club, while the sailing canoe race for
Peterboro canoes went to H. Pmm, Of
the same organization.
The summary:
ROWING RACES
E'gh-oarel barge race-Won by Nautilus
Boat Club. second. Naruna Boat club
third. Brooklyn Rowing club.
Four-oared gig race-Won By crew NO.
J. Nautilus Boat club. second. crc~ No.
?, Nautilus Boat club; third. Brooklyn
sinsics-Won by T. V. Mittnight. Brook
lyn Rowing club. second. John keating
Naruna Rowing Club. third +. Galb. Nau-
titus Boat Club.
CANOE RACING
Padding canoes (singlcs) Won by T.
King Nautilus Boat club second. r. llci-
mer. New YORK Canoe club.
Tail-cnd race 1singlcs) Won by u. King.
Nautilus Boat club second. J. Mcbride.
New York Canoe Club.
Padding taudcms-Won by Mcbride and
Tailor. ..ew York CanO" club, second,
fIeimcr and rnnm, New York Canoe Cub.
fitting contest -- Won by Godfrey and
Hclmtr, New York Canoe Club.
Sailing canoe races tcanvaa canocs)-
Won by T. smith, New York Canoe club.
Sailing canoes tPe;Aboro canoes)-No on
by H. Pimm. New York Canoe club.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Yale's Football
Work Under Way;
Sharpe Oh Ground

NEW HAVEN, July 5.-Yale's foot
ball campaign for 1919 has been set
under way by the arrival of Coach
DR.. Albert Sharpe, and by the start
ing Of light training at Yale Field by
Jim Braden, the veteran halfback.
with couple of substitutes. DR..
Sharpe will not formally sever his
connection with Cornell University
till about August Is, but he has taken
up his Nsid/ce here and wsl be in
constant touch with Yale athletics.
The pew coach has already held a
conference with the permanent coach
ing staff. This will consist of DR..
Billy Bull, DR.. Arthur Brides and Jack
Owsley. Brides and Bull were resident
coaches for several seasons. Bull look
ing after the backfeld work and Brides
of the line. Owsley, who resides in this
city, was head coach of Tom Shevlin's
famous eleven, and is first-class all
round coach.
To this staff will probably be added
George Moseley, who was end rush for
Yale's last intercollegiate eleven, in
1916. The coaches had planned to Sc
cure Jack Gates, the former Annapolis
coach. but he is unable to leave his
New York business.
Herman p. Olcott, the former An
napolis, University of Kansas and
Great Lakes Naval Station athletic di-
rector, will be available for some of
the line coaching this fall. He will
be the permanent Yale director of
freshman and upper class athletics.
Word has been received that Herbert
Kempton, the former Exeter and Yale
freshman quarterback, will return to
college this fall. AS Chester La Roche
the former Yale quarterback, will be
in college again, Kempton may be
transferred to halfback. Both are ex-
tremely valuable players, especially as
field generals.
The Yale squad will report for prac-
tice about September 10.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-06
Rowdy Leader
OF 3O-Footers
In Sound Race
E. p. Alker's Allure Victor
in Schooner Contest; Star
Class the Most Popular

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. July o.
Commodore c. A. Marsland and the
members of the New Rochelle Yacht
Club were we'll repaid to-day. During
the war the organization in the face
of considerable opposition on the part
of some of its members and yachtsmen
in other clubs, insisted upon carrying
out it's full racing programme. True,
the regattas were not very successful.
Such. however, was not the case to-day
when the club held its thirty-fourth
annual regatta and had no less than
forty-eight yachts at the starting line.
II was the largest feet that has raced
so far this season on Long Island
Sound.
When Chairman George p Granbery
established the starting line off the
entrance to Echo Bay, the wind was
light and so fuky that the committee
decided that it would be absurd to at
tempt to start the yachts After wait
ing for a half an hour, the New York
Yacht Club thirty footcrs, the largest
class to fill, were sent away on 10 2
mile contest. 1t was twice around a
IA mile triangle and as the wind came
at the start, the yachts had run,
reach and beat.
AS the afternoon advanced, the
northwest died away and the good, old
southwest airs, that spring up reegu-
larly each afternoon, came lightly
across the Sound 1t completely
changed the race. On the second time
around the triangle the yachts had a
run a heat and reach. At the finish,
Rowdy, the property of c. Belsky, was
the leader, defeating Ogden Reds
Lena by 4 minutes and 2 seconds.
Two Of the Long Island Sound
schooners were sent over shorter
course. The winner was f. P. Alker's
Allure. Sirene won in the Larchmont
Jnterclub class. As usual, the Star
class had the most starters, no less
than thirteen of the popular little tel-
lows coming to the starting line me
Saturn. the property of George W.
Elder. ir., which has been doing most
consistent work this summer, again
was the victor. defeating. Altar, the
property of +. V. Willis, by l minute
and 50 seconds, over a IA mile course
The summary:
NEW YORK YACHT CLUB THIRTY
FOOTERS-sTART. 2;50-cOURsE'
el5h MILES ,,