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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
ROAD BUILDING Is BOOMING
States in All Sections Are Filing
Their Projects and Receiving
Proper AIlotments.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Since early in 1919 there has been
a steady increase each month in the
federal-aid business in the bureau Of
public roads Of the United States de-
partment of agriculture. States in all
sections of the country are filing their
projects and receiving allotments. The
bodybuilding era is in full swing, and
1t would seem that the end is not yet.
All indications point to greater rec
ords in the months Immediately to
come.
Based on complete reports from A
of the states cash expenditures on the
rural roads and bridges of the United
States for the calendar year 1918
amounted to $2S6,098,193. To this
should be added the value of statute
and convict labor, which cannot be
fixed with any great degree Of &C.
curacy but probably amounted to not
less than $14000000, thus making the
grand total expenditures for the year
$300,000,000. This total Is made up Of
the actual expenditures for such items
as labor, materials, supervision and
administration directly connected
with the construction, Improvement,
and upkeep of public roads and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Proposed Law Provides
for S., 900, 900 for Care
of Drug Habit Patients

Measures to combat the increasing
number of drug addicts following up
national prohibition have been intro.
duced in the senate by Senator France
of Maryland, chairman Of the senate
committee on public health, at the re-
quest of the federal public health
service. He says the United States
leads in per capita use Of opium. The
bill would provide $5,00O,000 for the
care of the drug-habit patients.
Senator France declared there are
about 100000 drug addicts in the
United States, $4,000 of them in New
York, and about $4,000 in Chicago.
The drug habit is more prevalent
where prohibition has been in effect
longest, Kansas holding the record for
the largest number of addicts accord.
ing to population, Senator France de-
clared.
"The Harrison act never has been
rigidly enforced because that would
have created desperate situation In
the absence of adequate hospital facili.
ties for the treatment Of those addict.
ed to habit-forming drugs, particular.
ly opium, heroin and cocaine" said
Senator France.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
BROUGHT JOY TO ART LOVERS
Masterpiece of Painting, Recently
Found in Spain, Has Stirred Critics
and Connoisseurs.

A discovery that has given critics
and connoisseurs of art in Spain a fine
topic of conversation was made the
other day when somebody found in an
old barn at EXtremadura an ancient
painting of great merit, but with moth
ing about it that has yet indicated the
name of the painter, the Christian
Science Monitor states.
Manuel Cossio, an expert, declares it
a work of "transcendent Importance
for the history Of Spanish art" a pre-
cursor of the figures by Ell Greco and
Zurbaran-but offers no opinion as to
the identity of the artist. Mr.. EXhev-
arrieta, millionaire of Bilboa, comes
forward with the large sum of money
needed to persuade the possessor not
to offer the picture for foreign pur-
chase, and so it remains temporarily
in the Prado museum while the gov
eminent decides whether or not to ac-
quire it permanently. The critics seem
in agreement that the unknown paint
er painted it in the first half of the
sixteenth century. Otherwise the world
has found a new art mystery; and ap-
parently, too, the man who owned the
barn is as much surprised as anybody
else.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
TRUCKS AND COUNTRY ROADS
Noticeable That Highways Have Been
Improved Along All Motor
Vehicle Routes.

In and around all communities on
motor truck routes it is noticeable that
all roads have been improved to en-
able motor trucks to maintain consist
ent speed as well as to decrease depre-
citation. Thus the motor truck not
only makes communities Independent
of any one particular line Of trans
portation, but serves the interests Of
that community efficiently and econom-
ically. These improved roads increase
realty values along the routes, Gre
ating a higher standard of public i'm.
provement and tanning into life a COM
munity pride that is reflected in the
prosperity of that community.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13

KIDNEYS-A
PURIFIES BLOOD

You can't expect weak kidneys to
filter the acids and poisons out of your
system unless they are given little help
Don't allow. them to become diseased
when little attention now will pre-
vent it. Don't try to cheat nature.
AS soon as you commence to have
backaches, feel nervous and tired. GET
BUSY. These are usually warnings
that your kidneys are not working
properly.
Do not delay a minute. Go after the
cause Of your ailments or you may find
yourself in the grip of an incurable dis
case. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil cap
sules will give almost Immediate relief
from kidney troubles. GOLD MED
AL HARLEM Oil Capsules will do
the work. They are the pure original
HARLEM Oil Capsules imported direct
from the laboratories in HARLEM, Hol-
land. Ask your druggist for GOLD
MEDAL and accept no substitutes.
Look for the name GOLD MEDAL on
every box. Three sizes, sealed packages.
Money refunded if they do not quickly
help you.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
BIG PROBLEM IN ROAD WORK
Not to Show Need of Improved High.
ways or to Raise Money, but to
Spend Funds Properly.

The value of roads to a rural district
is becoming more and more apparent.
The modern problem in road work is
not to show the need of good roads or
to raise money. The greater problem
before the whole country is to organ
ize so the funds in sight can be prop
erly spent No longer will the rural
highways be allowed to remain neg
lected. But it must be remembered
that with over 100000 miles of roads
in the United States that it is not
problem to be solved in month or a
year or in several years.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
THE LIBRARY

Give me the room whose every nook
Is dedicated to a book;
Two windows will suffice for air.
And grant the light admission there
One looking to the south, and one
To speed the red, departing sun.
The eastern wall from frieze to plinth
Shall be the poets labyrinth,
Where one may find the lords of rhyme
From Homer down to Dobson's time;
And on the northern side a space
Shall show an open chimney-place;
Set round with the ancient tiles that tell
Some legend old, and weave a spell
About the firedog guarded seat,
Where, musing one may taste the heat;
Above, the mantel should not lack
For curios and bric-a-brac-
Not much, but just enough to light
The room up when the fire is bright
The volumes on this wall shall be
All prose and all philosophy,
From Plato down to those who are
The dim reflections of that star;
And these tones all shall serve to show
How much we write-how little know;
For since the problem first was set
No one has ever solved it yet.
Upon the shelves along the west
The scientific books shall rest;
Beside them history; above
Religion-hope, faith and love;
Lastly, the southern wall should hold
The story-teller, new and old;
Haroun al Raschd, who was truth
And happiness to all my youth,
Shall have the honored place of all
That dwell upon the sunny wall;
And with him there shall stand throns
OF those who help mankind along
More by their fascinating lies
Than all the learning of the wise.
Such be the library; and take
This motto of Latin make
To grace the door through which I pass:
Hic habitat Felicitas!
Frank Dempster Sherman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
The Beetles STAYED.

Recently a carload of beetle-infested
potatoes arrived in Los Angeles. The
startling thing about this was that the
car came from Idaho, where the potato
beetle is extinct.
An investigation was made by Fred.
erick Maskew, state quarantine officer
of California, and it was found that
the same car had been used little
earlier to carry load of potatoes out
Of Colorado, where the beetle flour
ishes. Obviously, after these potatoes
were removed, the beetles lurked in
out-of-the-way corners, waiting for a
fresh load. The department of agricul-
ture is taking steps to have freight
cars cleaned at the point of unloading
in the future.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
u. S. People Own
6,78o.550 Cars
Census Shows One Motor Vehicle
to Every IS Persons

There is one motor vehicle for every
Is persons in the United States. This
calculation is based on the latest au-
thentic automobile and truck regis
tration figures compiled. The total
number of passenger cars and trucks
listed is 6.786,550. This represents a
13 per cent gain over the 6,O23,605 reg
istry of January 1, 1919.
A neck and neck race is being
waged between New York and Ohio
for leadership in state registration of
motor vehicles, New York leading with
502,7 and Ohio with 100000 cars and.
trucks. Next in the "blg six" group
are Pennsylvania, Illinois, California
and Iowa.
Since the first of the year Is states
have made percentages Of increase
greater than the national increase of
10 per cent. Those states are: Ohio,
California, Georgia, Virginia, Tennes-
see, North Carolina, Kentucky, South
Carolina, Alabama, West Virginia
Louisiana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming and
Delaware.
Tennessee, West Virginia and Ken
lucky lead the South as well as the
entire nation, and in the order named
Unprecedented cotton and tobacco
prosperity has placed this section well
to the fore. Since 1917 the census of
automobiles in the Southern states has
increased better than 100 per cent
Iowa is still the leading state in per
capita ownership with a car for every
sos persons. Nebraska Is runner
up" with one car for 7.01 persons. Wis
consin has one car for every 11.36 per-
sons. The tail-end position goes to
Mississippi with one car to 47.S9 per-
sons.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
BIFF!
Stop jolting Liver and Bowels
with violent drugs, but
take "Cascarets."
.s"s"s"s"s"s"s"s"s" s"s"s"s"s.s"s"s-s.s

"Dynamiting" bile out of your sys-
TEN with calomel and other sickening
purgatives is all wrong. Salts, Oil, and
Cathartic Waters act by flooding the
bowels with the digestive juices which
are vital to the stomach. Cascarets
are different. They act ag a tonic to
the bowel muscles, which is the only
sensible way to relieve a bilious at
tack, a sour, acid stomach, or consti-
pated bowels There is no gripping or
inconvenience. You naturally return
to regularity and cheerfulness. Cas-.
carets cost very little and they work
while you sleep.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
me1Sion this paper.-Adv.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13


well and feel fine in the morning and
able to do my work. l gladly recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong. - Mrs. ALBERT Suite, COB
Clmstead St., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women, 81 am so nervous, can
not sleep" or cit seems as though I
should fly" Such women should profit
by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give
this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, trial.
For forty years it has been overcom-
ing such serious conditions as displace-
ments, inflammation, liberation, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, diz-
ziness, and nervous prostration of
women, and is now considered the STAN
dard remedy for such ailments.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Better Roads Mean More Rapid and
Economical transportation of Farm
Produce.

bridges outside the limits of incor-
porated towns and cities, and does not
include any item for sinking fund
payments or redemption and interest
on road and bridge bonds.
The year 1918 offered an unprece-
dented condition in practically all
lines of highway work. There was
not only a tremendous increase and
expansion in the amount of heavy
truck traffic on public roads and an
unprecedented shortage in regard to
road materials, labor and ready funds,
but also a decided increase in main
tenance work, which was, however,
partially offset by decrease in the
amount Of new construction.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Sandwiches Made of
NaSturtiumS and Mint

In some regions Of Europe it is the
custom to mix violets, roses and lines
with sweetmeats in order to impart a
floral tincture to the taste of the fruit.
In Turkey sweets are made of carna-
tons, lilies and lavender. Floral sand
wlches are made in Greece and Turkey
with nasturtiums, which grow in pro-
fusion in warm and temperate eli
mates. Sandwiches are also made Of
peppermint finely ground and spread
yer thinly sliced and buttered bread.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Ratifying a Peace Treaty.

According to the Constitution, the
president has power, by and with the
advice and consent of the senate, to
make treaties, provided two-thirds Of
the senator's present concur" Since
a proposed treaty Is not treaty until
ratified, the president actually goes
through the formality Of ratification,
but only after the provisions of the
Constitution have been complied with.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
kiI!inp Them Off,

He was an influential business man
TO whom my husband was eager to
sell. I had known him only about
two weeks, but he liked to tease me-
and l longed to retaliate. One eve
ming he told me that he was living
with his third wife, two others having
died, and l said (shades of Solomon) {:
"My, but you are lady killer, aren't
youY'-Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Retrousse.

He-Good-day. Where are you
going?
She-Though it's no business of
yours am following my nose!
He-Oh, see! You are going up in
the lift?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13

SO DaQ l. cOulQ not
r e s t at mig h t.
would lie awake and
get 80 nervous I
would have to get
up and walk around
and in the morning
would be all tired
out. / read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound and thought
/ would try it. My
nervousness soon
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Most Distant Cepheids.

The most distant cepheids now
known are nearly 10000 light years
from the sun-almost as far away as
the nearest of the glObuar clusters
(about $1,000 light years..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Road Building Rocks.

In building roads the rocks selected
should possess three qualities: Hard
ness to resist wear; toughness to resist
fracture; and binding power to ce-
ment rock fragments.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
American Ships Gain.

American tonnage on the seas has
been increased $50 per cent by the war,
while Britain's tonnage decreased ID
per cent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Agreed.

eve want more honest men in poll
tics" exclaimed the reformer. That's
right" agreed the practical politician.
"Fhe more honest men we have in poll
tics the less politics will cost"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Too Much Enthusiasm.

Wifey-Henry, do you think me an
angel?
Hubby-Why, certainly, my dear;
I'm very enthusiastic. 1 think all
women are angels!
"You needn't be so enthusiastic as all
that"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
Feline EeIicitations.

Edith: "Jack told me l was so inter.
esting and beautiful" Marie: "And
yet you will trust yourself for life
with man who begins deceiving you
even during his courtship."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
WISE AND OTHERWISE

Borrowed money never looks
big until you have to pay it back.
Any rich man can tell you
that if he did everything with
his money that other people
think he ought to do he'd soon
have to go back to work for a
living.
No body appreciates success
like the man who has encoun-
tered failure.
It's hard to convince a hay
fever victim that this is a good
world.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13

Say, what a world we could have, If
everybody would stop hunting for the
bad in folks and try to find the good.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
The Neglected R4asseser

and what comes of it. Faulty complexion,
fiat or sunken cheeks, excess fat around neck
or chin, breathing through mouth in sleep,
can be cured, vastly improving facial APP
pearance and health. Concerns everybody.
for their free booklet. A revelation that
will surprise you. Costs nothing-has more
than money value. See Job 5:27.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13
WOMAN'S NERVES
:. ! MADE STRONG
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Winona, MINI. -"I suffered for more
than year from nervousness, and was
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13

Good Roads viii Be Better.
Good roads will be better when they
no longer cross railroad tracks al
grade.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-11-13

Dresses for the house. dresses for TIE streets dresses for all
county,
much Interested needIeor When held
the agriculture
the attendance above the In May
6 this made July 1856 made
Of So Escondido making
then the made the
usually given discussing
materials patterns which worked The cutting
remodng
on exhibit after dressmalng surprising
Evening star., 1919-08-28
DR.. LOWENSTEIN PLEASED
WITH PALESTINE OUTLOOK
Head of Hebrew Orphan Asylum
Confident Zionist Policy Will
Prove Blessing to People.

DR.. Solomon Lowenstein, head Of the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum, who has re-
Gently returned from Palestine. brings
back with him a firm conviction that
the Zionist plans for Palestine will
prove a great blessing to the land
and it's inhabitants, the Zionist Or
garization of America announces to-
day. DR.. Lowenstein, who is a soci-
ologist, was a major in the Red Cross
unit to Palestine. headed by DR.. John
Finley. He travelled extensively
through Palestine, saw the condition
of the land and of the people.
Palestine offers no temptation for
exploiting foreign capitalists eager
to wrest fortunes from undeveloped
countries" DIR. Lowenstein says.
THE country today is vastly under
populated. A territory capable, at a
conservative estimate. of sustaining q
population of at least three million
people. 1t has today total popula-
ton Of less than three-quarters OF a
million. No other people but the Jews
will undertake it's development.
am confident the Jewish masses will
gladly and self-sacrificingly tax them
selves for the consummation of the
age-long Jewish ideal and that money
will be found for the gradual acquisi-
tion of land"
Evening star., 1919-08-28
Chances For Navy Yard Jobs.

Examinations will be held by the
civil service commission for positions
in the Washington navy yard, the
commission has announced. Exam
nations for the following places will
be held: Boilermaker's helpers. ar
mature winders, boilermakers and
electrical machinists. No applicant
will be eligible for appointment who
fails to attain a rating Of at least
tion subjects except persons honor
ably discharged from the service, who
must attain a rating Of at least 65
per cent. Applications must be filed
with the labor board, navy yard, by
October 1.
Evening star., 1919-08-28
BAND CONCERT.

At Montrose Park (GeorGetown)
Tomorrow, at 1880 pm. by the
Marine Band. Walter +. Smith.
second leader.
PROGRAM:
March, "Over the Top. Crosby
Overture, "Consecration of
the Temple. ........ Keller Bella
Fantasia, "The Girl Behind
the Gun" .Caryu
Duet, "a Night in Venice"
Lucantont
Musicians Clark and Miller.
(a) "Over Here" (by re-
QueSO Wilson
(b) Intermezzo Spring
time" .Drumm
"Danse Espagnola" 80. .Iacome
Fantasia, Russo. .Tobani
Grand march. THE Rat
charmer" .Nessler
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1919-08-28
STALE EGGS ARE MADE
BASIS OF PROSECUTION

Alleged discovery of twenty dozen
stale eggs out of $50 dozen delivered
to a District government institution
caused the health department yesterday
to take steps to prosecute a local food
concern. The eggs were declared to
have been "superlatively superan-
nuated." The concern filling the order
ogered to make the loss good, but the
health department decided the case
warranted prosecution.
Evening star., 1919-08-28
army WILL OFFER 5000
Jobs TO INJURED YANKS
Quartermaster. Department Will
Have Places for Men Discharged
From Hospitals.

Five thousand crippled Yanks about
to be discharged from Army hospitals
and training schools throughout the
country will be offered jobs as civil
ians in the quartermaster department
of the Army.
Three hundred of these opportuni-
ties are in Washington. and include
the following lines of work: Messen-
ger, stenographer. typist. clerk, multi
graph and mimeograph operators,
blueprint foreman, photostat devel-
oper, electrician, washer and dryer,
trimmer, sign painter, cabinet maker.
watchman and comptometer operator.
Col Chambers of the quartermaster
department explained that the an
nouncement does not mean that there
are at this moment 5000 vacancies in
the civilian force of the department.
He said the department made a sur
vey of it's civilian staff and found that
there are 5000 positions which partly
disabled soldiers could FILL They Will
be appointed, he said, as rapidly as
present able-bodied workers resign or
give up temporary appointments
Special Examination Planned,
officers of the quartermaster depart
ment expressed the belief yesterday
that if every government department
would conduct a similar survey they
would find that they have hundreds OF
positions which crippled heroes of the
late war could fill.
Arrangements are being made by the
quartermaster department to have
the Civil Service Commission conduct
special examinations. in the Army
hospitals. if necessary, for the conva-
lescent soldiers who desire to take ad-
vantage of the quartermaster's offer.
Secretary of War Baker has given
his Endorsement to the Quartermaster
Corps campaign to employ wounded
men, which was started by Q. M.
Gen. II. L. Rogers. The latest
report of the surgeon general showed
that there were 49,79S disabled SOL
diers in hospitals and vocational
schools in June.
Evening star., 1919-08-28
Editorial

AolIO1l ld1
"Our cat always lands on
his feet. He is a very agile
fellow" is sirnile that has
been many times applied to
any particularly fortunate
individual.
But this is not true. The
cat lands on its feet be-
cause Mother Nature look
ed ahead and provided it
wit h abdominal muscles
that enable it to twist itself
right side UP when falling
even a very short distance.
The man who succeeds
in any profession or busi-
ness must spend years of
preparation and study so>
that he can apply the prin-
ciples that will bring about
a desired end.
Things do not JUST
HAPPEN in this world.
Sometimes only a few days
or hours are necessary to
accomplish something, but
more often years or a life
time or a century are re-
quired.