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Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27
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PLAN TO MAKE A ROAD DRAG
illustration Shows an ImnI.r.
Which Is Simple and inexpensive
Tough Wood Best.

prepared by the United States Dens-.
ment Of Agriculture0
Ihe accompanying illustration sboy
a typical design for road drag, which
Is very simple and inexpensive. t..
design contemplates the use of an ordi-
nary log Of timber, such as may W
readily obtained in almost every local
ity. The log should be about Z or q
inches in diameter and from to Zee,
long, and should preferably be of hard
tough wood which will not decay yery
rapidly when exposed to the weather
White oak, burr oak, chestnut, cedar
hickory, walnut, or any similar woo,
may be satisfactorily used, provided
that it is well seasoned before the
drag is put into use. Railroad ties
have been frequently used for his
purpose and possess the advantage
that they are already cut to about the
right length. In selecting the tie.
however, care should be exercised 10
see that it is of sound wood and OF
the proper size.
The drag is made by splitting or
cylinders, which are then framed TO-
gether in the manner shown in the
illustration. The better of the two
pieces should form the front runner
Of the drag, because it is the one sub
jected to the greater wear. Moreover.
while the front runner should always
be placed with the face forward, it Is
claimed by many that better results
may be obtained by having the round
part of the back runner go forward in
order to increase the smearing action
Of the drag. The two runners are
usually spaced from about 80 inches
to 36 iaches apart, and are connected
in ladder fashion by means of cross
stakes or rungs.
The ends of the rungs are ordinarily
dtted into pinch auger holes, bored in
the runners, and are securely held in
place by means of end wedges. The
auger holes are so arranged that the
runners, when framed together, will
be displaced in longitudinal direc-
ton with respect to each other. The
object of this displacement, or offset
as it is usually termed, is to make the
ends of the trout and back runners
follow appr Oximately the same line Oh
the road while the drag is in oper-
alton. The amount of displacement
therefore, should depend on the amount
Of skew necessary to make the drag
empty itself. But since this skew va
ries with the condition Of the road
surface, the proper offset to be given
to runners cannot be definitely fixed.
Under ordinary conditions an offset
of from about IL inches to about 16
inches with prove satisfactory.
In order to make it easy for a man
to stand upon the drag and to shift his
weight properly when dragging over
hard surface. the drag should be
provided with two 1-inch boards paral-
lei to the runners and nailed down to
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27

Typical Design of spIit-Log Drag.
the rungs. These boards should be
about inches wide and their length
should be slightly less than that Of
the runners of the drag.
The chain by means of which the
drag is drawn should be about feet
long and its links should be made
of three-eighths-inch steel. On light
drags two trace chains may be used
for this purpose.
Many road drags constructed as
above described, without metal-cutting
edges or other notifications, have been
very satisfactorily used where the con-
ditions were favorable. 1t is evident,
however, that such drags are effective
only on comparatively soft road sur
faces, and to diminish this limitation
and also to increase the life Of the
drag it is very desirable to provide
a metal-cutting edge for the front run
ner. An excellent edge of this kind
may be made from a strip of iron or
steel about one-fourth inch thick and
about four inches wide, and even old
wagon tires or wornout grader blades
nave been very satisfactory.
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27
CHAPTER XxIII-Continued.

Mrs. Romilly finished her wholesale
order and wheezed out like grand
old automobile of an early model
When they were alone the partners
sazed at Daphne's list and then at
each other.
"What on earth made you take ft?"
Mrs. Chivvis exclaimed. "You know
We can't fill it."
"We're going to fill it."
"But how?"
"Darned If know, but Well, We'll
have to get lot of sewing-women in
and sit up nights"
"But the material. We can't buy
those things on credit"
"Then I'll borrow cash and pay for
It."
Borrow where? You said you
wouldn't trouble your brother"
"Pm not responsible for what I have
said or may say. Besides, don't mind
going to Bayard, now that I can go
with success. I'll call on him in q
business way and offer him interest
and all that. I guess Mrs. Romilly's
name Is good enough collateral"
All unconscious of Daphne's affairs,
Bayard was approaching his office
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27
Mrs. Romilly Finished Her Wholesale
Order and Came Wheeling Out Like
a Grand Old Automobile of an Early
Model

Order and Came Wheeling Out Like
Grand Old Automobile of an Early
Model.
with the brisk manner of a triumphant
capitalist. But that was bluff for out
ward effect. He was actually dizzy
with loss of bearings and control.
Bayard had carried heavier burdens
than Clay, and under the sting of
Leila's whip had taken greater risks
for higher prizes. The crash in the
street had found him so extended that
he could not recover without addition
al help. That very morning one of
his brokers had called on him for a re-
newal of margins. He had to have
five thousand dollars or he would lose
fifty.
Rebuffed from every door, Bayard
had gone to Wetherells office-a mys-
terious sort of place surrounded by
guards and secret service men to
ward off the menace of spies, real and
imaginary.
Bayard had unusual difficulty in
passing the lines. The reason he soon
heard. new man was in charge in
WetherelPs place, a retired British Of
fcer whose natural and affected gruff-
ness was aggravated by the unpleas-
ant nature of his tasks. He had only
one eye.
He made Bayard describe who and
what he was and what he wanted
Only Bayard's desperation gave him
strength to ask this old Cyclops for
an advance on new contracts.
Bayard went away in a stupor. He
had intelligence enough to feel that he
could less safely attack Wetherel
now than before. He would seem tC
be implicated in the fellows malfeas
ance. He would only advertise to his
creditors that his vaunted contracts
were worthless. Business men will en-
dure much to escape such publication
of their wrongs.
Bayard kept his head high till ht
reached his own office. Then he fel
into his chair and propped his elbow:
on his desk and gripped his hot brow,
= A'AS hohuo dS IL lie were holding his
Skull together. 1t is the business man..
attitude of prayer.
1t was thus that Daphne found hin
when she opened the door narrowl,
and closed it behind her as SOFTLY a,
La Tosca. She was beaming with af
fection and Importance, and when a
her mischievous "Ahem!" Bayart
looked up she was so pretty that h,
forgot himself long enough to smil
and rush forward to embrace her.
She was wondering how to state he
errand when the telephone rang. 1
startled Bayard strangely. He caugh
IL TO his lips as topper lifts a glass
he pressed the receiver to his ear an,
evidently recognized the voice tha
snid Hello" from somewhere.
lie answered in monosyllables O
the least Importance, hut Daphn
heard gloom in them.
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27
CHAPTER XIV.

Underneath the machine Law the
relics of Wetherell, who would suffer
no more here. Close by was Daphne
Kip, whom a brief unconsciousness
gave a short furlough from torture.
She was not alive enough to be afraid
OF the long, lean flames about the
gasoline tank, though they kept
springing at her like wolfhounds held
in a weakening leash. They had not
yet quite reached her, but they missed
her less and less.
A small distance off, Leila Law still
In almost her first ungraceim atutus-
oblvious for a few moments of the
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27

Wetherell felt that she had turned
against him and he reached for the
last of the wine to fling it down his
throat. Leila grimly took it from his
fingers and emptied it in the ice
bucket.
"Chauffeurs and champagne are a
bad combination" she laughed, but
there was a sneer on her lips.
"Oh, very well!" Wetherell sneered
in turn. He paid for the dinner and
tipped the waiter with the lavishness
of bankrupt. He tipped lavishly the
man wha guarded his car, and swung
out int@ the road with an instant
speed tAat would have been prettier
If ther~ had been less danger.
Daphne and Leila were good sports,
but they were not merry. Wetherell
furnished all the merriment, and his
wa. from wine and despair. It was
thu wine that brought out the truth.
Ee had to tell Daphne what he had
+3ld Leila, of his misfortune with his
lally old government.
He asked Daphne to explain to Bay
ard how sorry he was that he was in
volved in the crash.
"Your broth Bayard's aw'ay nice
fep, Miss Skip. He's got incest n'r
wife in worl'. Perf'ly good liz girl.
Straight as string-straight as they
make 'em. No nonsense about li'r
Leil'. I just love her-perf'ly hon
or'ble love. I'd do anything in worl'
for Leil'-or i'r Miss Daffy-or OF
broth Bay'd. Tell him at, will you,
like a goo HP girl? Tell Bay at,
will-ll?"
| Daphne grew furious. She felt now
that she had justified her presence
here. She held Leila fast in her en-
brace and commanded Wetherell.
''Slow down at once! Do you hear?
Slow down this carp
| Wetherell laughed: "Bless li'P heart.
I'm goin' take you home. You're quite
shafe with me-quite. Man that's
born to be hanged never drown or get
automokilled-that's good word-au-
tomokilled-eh, what?"
They whipped round a somber tut in
the road, and his searchlight painted
instantly in white outlines against the
black world a wagonload of sleepy
children returning from some village
church affair. They were singing,
drowsily, "Merrilee we ro-la-long-ro-la-
long"
Daphne and-Leila seemed to die at
once.
Wetherell groaned, "Oh, my God,
the li'p chil'ren"
There was nothing for Wetherell to
do but what he did. He spun his wheel
and drove his thunderbolt into an
open concrete culvert. There was a
furious racket. The car turned a
somersault and crumpled in a shud-
dering mass.
Wetherell, pinioned under the wheel,
was knocked this way and that and
his beautiful head cracked on the con-
crete like a china dolls.
Leila was snatched from the car as
If invisible hands had caught her ex-
quisite body for a lash to fog a tele-
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27

Kissed 1t in Gratitude.
| leaplng. His very soul bled and he
| dropped to his knees, his arm thrown
across that bundle of wreckage which
mad been his choice among the worlds
beauties.
| He was soon dragged from his com.
munion with his Once-more uncon-
sclous bride by the young doctor, who
lifted him up with the unpractice6
| diplomacy of interr es and led him
aside, grumbling: "Sely, what you try.
ing to do? Kill her? She's weak anG
her hearts futtering. Cheer her uI
II you can. If you can't, you can't
stay. Better not stay, anyway"
Bayard apologize cravenly ano
promised better be avior, and was
permitted to steal bs OK to Leila. He
took her one undamaged hand; it was
as beautiful as the severed hand of 8
Greek statue, and as marblish white
and cold.
The inferno led him at length out
into the corridor. And now Bayard
remembered that he had also a sister
an only sister, in this same tavern OF
pain. His heart went out to her. He
remembered, too, that they had a ia.
ther and mother to tell or deceive.
| The inferno assured him that
Daphne's injuries were slight. She
looked sad enough when he peered in
at her, though she was far from the
dreary estate of Leila. She was
asleep, but she woke at the sound OF
his step, and, turning her head with
effort, opened her eyes and smiled al
him feebly and whispered his name
and beckoned to him with one weak
finger.
| Daphne's heart ached out to him
she hugged him as hard as her weak
arms would let her. She searched he1
mind for comfort. She could think OF
nothing so comforting just now as a
hearty, reassuring lie. She wfispered: :
Its all my fault, honey. You see,
Mr. Wetherel was taking me out for a
ride. L met Leila. She TOLD me Won
telephoned you weren't coming home
for dinner. She looked so lcnely that
asked her to come along snd chap.
eron us. I'm to blame for it all. Can
you ever forgive me?
He was so grateful, so eager to be
deceived, that he forgot her state and
clenched her hand hard and kissed il
In gratitude for priceless boon. The
nurse, returning, saw the deed and
smiled, not knowing what Joy Bayard
was taking in absolving Lila of sus-
p1cion and loading himself With blame.
At such a time we love 20 bow our
own heads in shame and cast ashes
upon our hair. The taste Of ashes in
the mouth is good at such a time.
Daphne's first visitor after Bayard
was Mrs. Chivvis.
"Oh, my dear!" she murmured. "1
read in the papers about your misfor-
tune. Such a night as I had spent! I
was so afraid for you! And to think
that you were lying here i'm such pain
And might have helped YOU"
Daphne smiled, and they clasped
hands like the two sple' idi1 little bust,
ness women they were,
"Hows the shop?" Daphne asked.
Il haven't been there"
ut isn't open, thenY'
mo, indeed. With you here?"
|
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27
Scale Reveals SrImon,s Are

A single scale from a salmon ve1.
tell Its owners age and whether the
nsh's pickings have been slim or the
opposite. When viewed through a mi
croscope the scale will reveal tiny
nnes, which have developed at the rate
OF 10 a year. Lines crowded close
prove that the salmon has been Evin
nigh. Lines Wild " spread indicat,
scant diet
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27
GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSITY
Add to Joy and Comfort of Country
and City Life-NationaI Prob
lem for Everybody.

Good roads will add to the joy ana
comfort of country life and city he
They are a public necessity. The prom
lem is township problem, a count!
problem, state problem, natlonai
problem for men and women of all busi-
ness and Industrial life. 1t deserve
united cooperation.
Jackson County journal., 1919-06-27

phone pole with, then threw her into
ditch. Daphne was flung and bat
tered and thrust under the car when
it turned ever. And then the gasoline
spilled from the shattered tank and
caught fire.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08

heavy wire Walls to be IL inches thick, floor
inches thick. To have cement posts five feet apart
to carry plank roof, same to be provided with COW
cred man-hole for entry of fire hose
Man-hole to be in North East corner
All materials and workmanship to be of standard
grade and reservoir to be reasonably water-tght
throughout.
CLYDE H. STEWART
Chairman
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08
BIDS FOR WATER RESERVOIR

In pursuance of resolution adopted by the
City Council Of the City of Zion at its regular
meeting on January II, 1919, the Committee
on Fire & Water announces that it is open for
the receipt Of competitive bids on the installation
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08

ZION LIVERY will de-
liver an extra large load of
manure to those who will
buy while the ground is froz-
en-, for the same old price,
$3.50.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08
CALEND OAR
SHOWING DATES OF FUTURE CONCERTS
AND RECITALS

SHOWING DATES OF FUTURE CONCERTS
AND RECITALS
Thursday night, February 20, Choral Concert
Thursday night, March 81, Band Concert
These will be held at Shiloh Tabernacle,
and the public is always invited. Admission
free.
Recitals of the Department of Music,
Zion Educational Institutions
Thursday, February 81.
Thursday, March co.
These recitals are held from 3 80 D. M until
800 p. M, embracing up to and including the
Third Grade; and at AS p. m. for all pupils
from the Fourth Grade upward.
These pupils recitals are held in the Chapel
of the College Building. The attendance at
each recital in the past has been good, and the
public is cordially invited to attend each Of the
above. Admission free.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08

Of a concrete reservoir for the storage of water
for fire protection in the downtown district
SPECIFICATIONS
Reservoir to be placed in South East corner of
enclosed space South of Administration Building.
To have an approximate capacity of thousand
one hundred fifty (1,15O) barrels
Dimensions to be 20x20x12 feet deep.
Walls and floor to be of concrete REINFORCED with
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08
SPECIAL NOTICE

All those desiring the same lAts they
had last year for Gardening purposes must
same on or before March |. 1919. We
will not hold lots for Gardening purposes
after that date. Pasture and hay lots will
not be rented before May lst unless the
usual rental is paid for gardening, as we
wish our people to cultivate every avail
able lot this year.
Note: All amounts under IS 90 must be
paid in cash at the signing of contract.
All amounts over $500 must he paid as
follows: $500 Cash and balance on or
before July lst
Zion Realty Department
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-02-08

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-18
WILL TRY TO ENFORCE
LABOR BOARD AWARD
Sec. Daniels Says That Every Power of
the Department Will Be Exerted
Against the Bethlehem
Steel Company.

Washington, D. c., Jan. ls,-Every
power Of the navy department will be
used to force the acceptance by COM
panies, with which il has contracts, Of
awards made by the war labor board,
Secretary Daniels said to-day, after a
conference with Joint Chairman Taft Of
the board, on the situation growing out
of the Bethlehem Steel company's refus-
al to put into operation one of these
awards
Mr. Daniels said he was taking up at
once the question OF how the department
should proceed. II appeared, he said,
that the Bethlehem company had agreed
some months ago to permit collective
bargaining and the establishment of shop
committees among its employees, but as
soon as the armistice was signed, "the
company lost interest"
No hint was given as TO what form
the navy departments action might take,
but Mr.. Daniels pointed out that every
contract let by the navy included a can
collation. clause. The war department
has more and larger contracts with the
Bethlehem company than the navy
Joint Chairman Taft announced later
that the war labor board would defer for
10 days its decision on the complaint of
Bethlehem Steel company employees that
the company had not lived up to the
terms of the awards.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-18
u. S. REGULARS
RETURNED HOME
Steamship President Grant and Battle
ship South Dakota Brought Troops
from Europe To-day.

New York. Jan. ls.-The American
steamship President Grant and the bat
tleship South Dakota arrived to-day
from Brest with troops. The liners pas
sengers were largely from the field artil-
lery and comprised more than 4,600 men.
On the warship were l6 officers and ,3T2
men, representing the entire seth coast
artillery except battery F, and 30 officers,
and the 474th aero squadron, seven Off
GERS and l45 men.
The coast artillerymen, recruited in
the vicinity of Danbury, Conn, were well
coined by a large delegation of officials
and citizens from Fairfield county, who
went down the bay on police and private
boats. With the aviation outfit, they
went to Camp Mills.
Troops aboard the President Grant in
cluded the headquarters company Of the
Sth field artillery brigade, two officers
and Al men, and the following field ar
tillery regiments; I'd, 32 officers, l,434
men; 9lst field artillery complete; SD,
% officers, 1871 men. Company Fl, 347th
infantry four officers and 207 men, also
was aboard. All those troops are regu-
lars. The artillerymen went to Camp
Mills and the infantry to Camp Merritt.
Aboard the President Grant was also
the ll3th trench mortar battery, consist
ing of nine officers and l2l men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-18
Their Cry of Famine Is Not
Exaggerated, Marshal
Foch Thinks
THEY MUST FULFILL
ARMISTICE TERMS
Marshal Foch Does Not Fear
Bolshevik Invasion
of France

Paris, Jan is tHavas) Marshal Foch,
according to the Matin, win Immediately
break off the armistice with Germany II
the conditions of the armistice are not
fulfilled The allied commander in chief
the paper adds, does not believe that the
Germans exaggerate when they cry fam
inc" The situation Of the populations of
Austria and Prussia, the marshal is quot
ed as saying, is near the starvation point.
Germany still possesses an army, the
marshal declared, but the allies hold the
Rhine, which constitutes formidable
strategical barrier, Marshal Foch is said
to have declared he did not believe that
a bolsheyik invasion through Germany to
France was possible.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-18
ONE OPEN SESSION
AND FIVE SECRET
That Is the Proposal Understood to Be
Pending Before the Supreme
War Council.

Paris, Friday, Jan. lit is under
stood that when the supreme war coun-
Gil adjourned to-day there was pending a
plan for one open and five secret sessions
a week. American press representatives
decided at a meeting this evening to con-
tinue their efforts TO have the publicity
feature of the peace congress absolutely
unrestricted Another call was issued
for q meeting tomorrow for all press
representatives.
It now seems that the concessions
made by the supreme council to-day con
stitute what might be called half a
Loaf 1t is understood that these CON
cessions were made after vigorous dis
cussion led by President Wilson, who
was supported by British delegates. Mr..
Wilson has received many cabIegams
from the United States, almost all Of
which have urged him to contend for the
fullest publicity consistent with the sue
cess of the congress.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-01-18
AMERICA LEADING
IN SHIP BUILDING
During the Last Quarter Of 1917 There
Were o97 Ships Under Construc-
tion, Against 424 in
Great Britain.

London, Friday, Jan. II British wire
less seryice) During the last quarter
of 1918 there were begun in Great Brit
ain 424 ships, having tonnage of l,929,-
052, compared with 395 ships, with a
tonnage Of l.866,59l, during the same
quarter in 1917, according to authorita-
tive figures.
Ships now actually under construction
in the united Kingdom have a total tom
mage Of about 2330O0 greater than dur
ing the quarter ending in September, and
about 10000 greater than one year ago.
The large majority Of these vessels are
between 5000 and 5000 capacity. Ships
constructed for other than mercantile
purposes, as well az ferro-concrete ves-
sells and those of less than 100 tons, are
not counted in the totals.
In allied and neutral countries there
were when last available figures were
compiled, 2,ls9 merchant vessels having
a gross tonnage of 6,s2l $50 OF these
l,722 were building in countries other
than Great Britain.
The United States led, with 997 ships,
with tonnage of 3,647 ,9l9 The figures
for other countries are: Canada, 1876
ships, 27s,7ll tons; Japan, ll6 ships,
27s,l40 tons; Holland, ll3 ships, 2l2,-
5l2 tons; Italy, Sc ships, l33OlO tons;
Sweden, IS ships, 09,639 tons; Spain,
IS ships, 1887 tons; Denmark, 81 ships,
72,l43 tons; Norway, II ships, G7,73s
tons, and France, l2 ships, 1880 tons.
The grand total includes fourteen
ferro-concrete ships having a tonnage of
26,370