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The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
GOOD HIGHWAYS
ASSIST FARMER
Vast Road-BuiIding Program Now
Under Way Throughout
Whole United States.
POOR ROADS ADD BIG TOLL
Projects Have Been Approved Calling
for Federal Aid to Amount OF
$11o,84o, o,773-lmportant Factor
in Buying and Selling.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The highway is coming into its own
In America.
Neglected. abused, undervalued, sub
jected to cheap remedies for decades,
at last the country road is being ac-
corded the treatment it deserves. At
cost of hundreds of millions, the
United States is rapidly overcoming
the economic handicap which highway
neglect has so long entailed.
This stupendous movement, the scope
of which the public even now does
not fully comprehend, is founded on
sound business considerations. Good
roads pay. If they did not, the nation
would not now be constructing and
planning them on an unprecedented
scale. They pay by promoting the So
cial life of the people, by helping re-
lieve the congestion that is making
maelstroms of municipalities. But,
more important still, they pay in dol
lars and cents, for poor roads add a
heavy toll to the buying and selling Of
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
AnaIxzinu Waste Food.

America leads all other nations in
analyzing the value of the foods we
eat and the best way to make them
nourish us. Scientists have found that
we often get little of the real value
of our foods so that a great deal goes
to waste 1t is exactly as if we took
just one squeeze out of a juicy orange
and then threw it away. The new sci
ence has been developed largely since
the outbreak of the war. Many inter-
esting experiments have been carried
on in Teachers college in New York
which are being watched by scientists
all over the world. Some tests are
made with white rats, Others with hu-
man beings. The war department
has utilized this information in fix
ing the rations for our soldiers. In Il
few years people will look back upon
our wasteful, unscientific habits Of to-
day with amazement.-Boys Life.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
RURAL HAULING PROFITABLE
Many Farmers, Whose Trucks Are Not
Filled to Capacity, Help Out
Their Neighbors.

Many of the motortrucks on farms
adjacent to large cities are not loaded
to full capacity on their trips to the
city. Few farmers have their busi-
ness so arranged as TO permit the use
of the truck to its maximum capacity
regularly. Many such farmers, accord
ing to the United States department
of agriculture, have gradually begun
to haul a part or all of their neigh
bors' products to market, and in some
cases this practice has led to the es-
tablishment of regular route. Some
farmers have been enabled to purchase
trucks, because their own business,
coupled with that of their neighbors',
has been sufficient to warrant such an
investment.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
History Of Petroleum Industry.

The story of the petroleum industry
in the United States dates back TO
1859, when, on August IS, oil was
struck in the Drake well, near Titus
vile, in northwestern Pennsylvania.
When the pumping began the oil
flowed in a tiny stream of 40, and later
only Is, barrels a day; 100000 bar
rels were produced in 1870. 26,000,000
in 1880, 100000 in 1890, $4,000, 600
in 1900, 200, 100000 in 1910 and 1885,
100000 barrels in 1918. The output
last year is perhaps 100000 barrels
in excess of the 1918 record.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
z16JisMERAL
5EARM15N0TBS
Sweet clover is winning on merit.

Sweet clover is winning on merit.
Head lettuce does best in cool. moist
weather.
Humus makes the soil more mellow
and granular.
The shining hoe is the best badge of
the good gardener.
Plant plenty of celery and late cab
bage for all seasons use.
Trees grow; they grow in height, In
volume, in value, and in quality.
Cultivation of soy beans as a factor
in solving the stock food problem is
urged.
The easiest, cheapest and most sat
isfactory way to prevent soil drifting
is TO sow a field every year to tame
grass.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

ed with nervous prostration. Mrs. ].
CHRIsTMAN, 1913 Oak Street, Bingham
ton, New York.
The success of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from nervous prostration,
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, Irregularities, periodic pains, back
ache, bearing-down feeling, fatulency,
indigestion and dizziness. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
standard remedy for female ills.
If there are any complications about
which you need advice write in con-
fdence to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Accurate Computation.

ST beg your pardon, Mr.. Dubson. :"
said Miss Peacher. s'but what did you
say?"
"Why, Miss Peacher, asked you
to marry me-"
"Oh. 1 didn't hear you. My mind
was miles away"
YES" said Mr.. Dubson, bitterly,
bout $50 miles away, dare say.
That's how far it is to the town where
nay hated rival has gone to accept a
position
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

Where Ton-Mile Costs Are Low.
ries from nothing to a maximum of
800 pounds; on a smooth, dry earth
road, from 1000 to 1000 pounds; on
gravel road in bad condition, from
900 to 1900 pounds; on gravel road
in good condition, about $500 pounds;
on a macadam road. from 2,o00 to 5000
pounds; on a brick road, from 5000 to
5000 pounds.
If the speed of travel is the same
on all of these surfaces, the horse will
haul on a good macadam road from
three to five times as many miles
day as upon moderately muddy earth
road. Assuming that one horse is ca
oahle of a certain fixed amount day,
hen. with given load. kis effective
radius of travel from that point on
macadam road is from tbSee to five
times the radius of travel from that
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
HEALS RUNNING SORES

II feel it my duty to write you a letter
of thanks for your wonderful Petersons 8
Ointment I had a running sore on my
left leg for one year. 1 began to use
Peterson's Ointment three weeks ago and
now 1t is healed."-A. c. Gibrath. 1os
Reed St, Erie, Pa
For years I have been selling through
druggists a large box of PETERSON'S
OINTMENT for IS cents. The healing
power in this ointment is marvellous.
Eczema goes in a few days. Old sores
heal up like magic; piles that other RENE
dies do not seem TO even relieve are
speedily conquered. Pimples and nasty
blackheads disappear in week and the
distress of chafing goes in few minutes.
Mail orders filled. Peterson Ointment Co.,
Inc. Buffalo. N. Z.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
shavlna shortens Lie.

DR.. Arthur Macdonald of Washing
ton, d. c., believes that the habit of
shaving increases neuralgic and other
troubles of the face and tends to less
en- the chances of life. He writes to
the Medical Record (New York; ask
ing other physicians if they share this
belief and If they will supply him with
data from their experience that will
tend to confirm it.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

mind was gloomy,
could see no light on
anything, could not
work and could not
have anyone to see
|me. Doctors s med
|icine did not help me
and Lydia e. Pink
= a M s Vegetable
Compound was re-
commended. l took
i t a n d a m now
W e ii. ] reco M
,o1~I - a. III nms1+
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
True TO Form.

The demobiIized army doctor closed
the bedroom door reverently, and faced
his colleague with sober nod of the
head.
Hes gone," he said. Nothing more
to be done except paint him with en-
balming fluid and mark him heaven" +"
Home Sector.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
cettinn Back At hlubby.

Bacon-When a woman says that
she doesn't care how she looks, it is
tine to send for the doctor.
Mrs. Bacon-But, if the doctor is a
married man, he won't care"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
TroubIes Of the Poor.

1t doesn't matter how rich they get
the poor still have their troubles. A
waitress in a New York restaurant re-
ported TO the police that some thief
had stolen her $3.50 fur coat.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

point on a moderately muddy eartt
road-and earth roads are moderately
muddy many months in the year.
Several years ago information sc
cured by the department Of Agriculture
from $500 correspondents indicated
that the average cost of hauling on an
unimproved country road was 22.7
cents a tton-mile. Today. with price
levels much higher, the cost would be
even greater.
While It is difficult to estimate ac-
curately what the saving would be If
all highways were improved in the dis
tricts represented by these replies, a
specific instance makes the benefit
plain. A farmer In a southern state
had to haul ton Of barbed wire %
miles, over unimproyed roads. He
found that with a two-horse team his
maximum load was 500 pounds, and
that three days were required to make
one round trip. To haul one ton. there
fore, required II days to make one
round trip. Allowing So day for man
and team, the cost was ST. After the
roads in this region were improved, the
same team could draw a ton to the
load and make one round trip in two
days, at a cost of $12. The ton-mile
cost under old conditions was $3.1S.
and this cost was reduced to So cents
by the improved road.
Roads and Wheat Marketing.
Take the saving in the cost of haul
ing wheat as another example. If the
construction of narrow, single-track
roads with improved surface will re-
duce the hauling cost per cent ton
mile, and If the average yield of
wheat in the vicinity of these roads is
80 bushels to the acre, there results,
for an average haul of five miles, an
economic. advantage of 22.5 cents an
acre or $36 quarter section. This is
4 per cent on $780, Calculations of
this sort have shown thousands of COM
munities the wisdom of borrowing mon
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
uncompIimentary.

Gerald-The drink went to my
head.
Perhaps 1t likes unfre-
quented places.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

81 tell you, young Smith is a com
ing man"
''Yes, notice he is going some"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

torpid liver prevents proper food as
similation. Tone up your liver with Wright's
Indian Vegetable Pills. They act gently
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
ASPIRIN
Name 'eBayer" on Genuine

"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" is genu.
Inc Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years. Accept only an unbroken
''Bayer package" which contains proper
directions to relieve Headache, Tooth
ache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism.
Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of IL
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer packages" Aspirin
is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon
oaeeticacidester Of Salicylicacid.-Adv.
Touch-and-go visitors may be the
sort who never want to find out wheth-
er you are wearied of them or not.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
farm products-a toll far in excess of
the expense of adequate improvement.
Unprecedented Road Program.

farm products-a toll far In excess of
the expense of adequate Improvement
Unprecedented Road Program.
This is a lesson cities as well as
rural districts are learning. In the bu-
reau of public roads, United States de-
partment of agriculture, which admin
listers the federal aid road act, Is CEN
tered supervision of all highway con-
struction which federal funds help car
ry on. At the close of last year, prof.
ect statements had been approved call
ing for federal aid to the amount of
S110,84O, ,773--a sum which indicates
how fully the nation is convinced that
better roads mean better business. The
total federal funds available to aid
the states in their road-building pro-
grams up to July 1, 1920, will be $780,
750,00O-and this total is exceeded by
the combined expenditures of state,
county, and municipalities.
Better Roads, Better Business.
The business considerations back of
these vast investments are not far to
seek. Better roads mean cheaper and
quicker hauling. 1t has been estimat-
ed, for example, that on level, muddy
earth road the amount which one horse
can draw in an ordinary wagon va
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
NERVOUS
PROSTRATION
Mrs. J. Christman Proved
That Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a
Remedy for this Trouble.

Binghamton, N. Y.-'T was in very
nervous condition for over a year, my
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
Sad Experience.

do you believe in love at first
sight?" swell, there isn't much sec
9nd sight about 1t, is therew
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17
FPFCKLE
Now Is the Time TO Get Rid Of
The llnlu Cr.nAn

There's no longer the slightest need Of
feeling ashaned OF your freckles. Othine
double Strengths guaranteed to remove
these hornely spots.
simply get an ounce OF Othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply
little of it night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear. while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed TO com
plstely clear the skin ana gain beautiful
clear complexion
Be sure 10 ask for the double strength
Othine, as this is sold under guarantee OF
Money back Il Il faiis 10 remove rreckles.
a Concrete Illustration.
Talking of sentiment, what has
Mabel on hand just now?" Il think it
is a diamond engagement ring"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-17

W. N. U, NEW YORK. NO. 2s--1s2o
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
Paper Out of Bamboo

1t seems likely that the graceful,
feathery bamboo will be passed into
the service of printing. w. Raitr.
cellulose expert to the government Of
India, is at present in England in
connection with the development OF
the pulp resources of India and TO
obtain a pulping plant for the For
est Research institute in India.
The plant is needed for further ey-
detrimental work in investigating new
sources of papermaking material.
Mr.. Raitt during the last five
years has explored the whole of the
coastal belt of Burma, and considers
there is sufficient bamboo, with the
savannah grasses of Assam, to pro-
duce 100000 tons of dry pulp n
year. Bamboo, being a grass, its pulp
has many features in common with
esparto, and it can be used for all
grades of paper.
The total cost of production would
not exceed one-half of that now being
experienced with wood pulp. The In
dian government has granted conces-
slons to pioneer companies on ex-
tremely favorable terms, and Mr.
Raitt feels that no permanent set
Element Of the papermakers' oft-re-
curing difficulties of supplies can be
found except in the waste growths
of tropical and sub-tropical forests.
christian Science Monitor.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
% u D =

Q.-How much has the cost of
living actually risen?
A.-The National Industrial con-
ference board states that there has
been an increase of ninety-four and
eight-tenths per cent since July,
per cent of this increase has come
in the last year, twelve and six
tenths per cent of it within the last
five months.
Q.-About what wages are paid
in the harvest fields?
5 At has been announced from
Kansas City that harvesting has be-
gun in Oklahoma and that harvest
hands will be paid from IS to 81
6 Q.EHow did the name doughboy
come to be applied to American sol.
dicrs?
6 A.-There have been many con-
flicting stories concerning this
term. One that seems plausible Is
that this was the name of small
was applied to a button of similar
shape worn by infantrymen, and
finally to the soldiers themselves.
7 Q.m7How can tell how much a
Z A.-Measure the diameter and
ply the diameter by itself and the
product by the height; take one-third
of one per cent of the total and this
answer will be the number of gall
Ions, correct to one-fifieth. For ex-
act result, two per cent Of totol may
be added.
8 Q.-How many Shriners are
there in the United States?
8 A.-The latest official record
gives 200,500 as the number of MEM
bers, of the Ancient Arabic Order of
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
9 Q.-Who built the first modern
automobile in the United States?
8 A.-Elwood Haines, built the
first automobile which usedA gasoline
for fuel, I'M 1898, in Kokomo, Ind.
The original car is in the Smithson-
ian institution in Washington, D. c..
10 Q.--Why are the Dead Sea and
the Red Sea so called?
10 A.-The Dead sea is so called
because no living thing can exist in
1t, on account of the extreme salinity
of it's waters. The Red sea was
originally named the Sea of "Edon,"
Eden meaning red" OR muddy"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
Thousands Cured By
Drinking Mineral Water
The Famous Perlax Mineral
Springs at Excelsior Springs,
Mo-, Makes Generous
Offer to Sufferers

Every year as many as 250,0O0 people
visit Excelsior Springs, No., to drink the
wonderful waters found there. Invalids
from all over the country, given up by their
home doctors, find health and vigor in the
mineral and curative agents compounded far
underground by Nature.
Probably the most famous waters are
those found in the Perlax Mineral Spring,
and many thousands who have suffered
from Govt, Rheuma tism, Constipation, Liver
and Kidney troubles and similar ailments
have been permanently relieved by drinking
it.
So confident are the owners of the spring
that this water will benefit you that they
offer to send a 81 carton Of Perlax Mineral
Salts to anyone who will write for it, When
dissolved in water this is equal to ten gal
Ions of PerIax Mineral water. Their offer
is that it is to be paid for only If it ben
efts. The person taking 1t is to be. the
sole judge. and report results within thirty
days time.
If you suffer from any of the above dis
eases write for carton today. Send no
mOney-just your name and address to Per-
lax Mineral Springs, AL Perlax bldg, Ex-
celsior Springs, Mo.-(Advt)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
Mrs. Dozier, of Portsmouth,
Declares She Had Suf-
fered From Indigestion
Almost a Lifetime.

81 am just so happy over what
Tanlac has done for me I want to
talk about it all the time, was the
enthusiastic statement made a few
days ago by Mrs. c. e. Dozierx of
14j3 Prentis avenue, Portsmouth, Va.
al suffered from Indigestion ever
since I was a child" she continued,
land have taken medicine nearly all
my life, but was gradually growing
worse every year until 1 began tax,
dyspeptic and hardly a day passed
that 1 was free from suffering. Ev-
erything 1 ate seemed to lay, heavy
on my stomach and I would bloat up
with gas something awful. I had the
worst sort of pains around my heart
and in my left side and at times L
didn't think II could hold out under
the strain. Even soup caused me to
suffer and often I became so nauseat-
ed I could not retain thing I had
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
CAMPBELL NEWS
WILL SUPPORT 4
SENATOR SMITH

In letter to Senator Hoke Smith,
given out by his headquarters with
the consent of the writer, Editor M.
D. Collins, of the Campbell News. an
nounces that his paper will vigorous
ly support the senator for re-eIec-
ton.
This is no time to try out the un-
tried or to try those who have been
tried and found wanting" says Edi-
tor Collins in announcing his inten-
ton to support Senator Smith. His
letter to the senator follows:
FAIRBURN, Ca, Aug. 9, 1920.
Hon. Hoke Smith,
Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Mr.. Smith:
Realizing that this is time
when we need real constructive
statesmen in the United States
senate, and you have proven to
be just that kind of a senator, we
are more than anxious to see
you returned to the senate and
1 want to assure you that, as
editor of the Campbell News, I
am ready to do or say anything
that I can to further your inter
ests.
You have introduced and help
ed to pass some of the most con-
structive and far-reaching legis-
lation that is upon our statute
books. Your position on the
League of Nations is the
thoughtful American position.
This is no time to try out the
untried or to try those who have
been tried and found wanting.
Your speech here at Fairburn
the other day was received re-
sponsively by the large crowd
which heard you.
Your reelection is inevitable,
but keep telling the boys the
same good doctrine.
Yours very truly,
NJ. D. COLLINS, Editor.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12

only DONG MY DUTY
WHEN PRA|S|NC TANLAC

eaten. I had spells of dizziness ana
felt like I was going to faint and !
would have to lie down and often sit
down until I could recover. MY
nerves were badly unstrung and at
night 1 was in such misery I could
hardly get any sleep at all. My
homework became burdensone and
I got so weak and worn out I felt
like I was ready to give up just any
time.
about tire weeks ago I began
taking Tanlac and it hardly seems
possible that 1t could make such a
change in me IN so short a time. l
am feeling better than 1 have in
many years and now for the first
time since was a child 1 can eat
whatever l please and as much as l
please without suffering any bad eff
fects The indigestion has LETT me
altogether and / am no longer trou-
bled with gas, bloating or pains. My
nerves yare steady and I haven't had
an attack of dizziness since taking
Tanlac. L enjoy perfect rest every
night and when I get up In the morn
ing 1 am feeling so fine I can do my
house work without firing one bit.
I am always praising Tanlac to
everybody, and every time I do l
feel that I am only doing my duty"
Tanlac is sold by all leading drug
gists.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
Groggy Worms Prove
Liquor Is IntoxiCant

Fishing worms in a pool in the
backyard of the soft drink establish
ment Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Rein,
1901 Fehr avenue, Louisville, woke
up with bad headaches and dark
brown tastes yesterday morning, ac-
cording to prohibition officers.
The officers said that when they
discovered several gallons Of white
and red liquor in an upstairs room
Of the establishment Thursday night
they poured the contests Of the jugs
into the pool where fishing worms
were kept.
Some of the worms, they declared,
showed symptoms of JOY by crawling
out on the bank, where they perform
ed acrobatic stunts and serpentine
dances. Others confined their efforts
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
Tobacco at AbbeyiIle
Impresses Editor

ABBEVILLE, Ga, Aug. LID. F.
published in New York City, was in
Abbeville Monday. Mr.. Morris has
covered all of south Georgia, and
says that the best tobacco he has
seen was in Abbeyille. He said it
had a bright look and a better body
than any he has seen on his trip. He
also said that the buyers were pay
ing more for it than at any other
place he had visited.
{4e was much impressed with the
soil in Georgia, and thinks that in a
few years south Georgia will be the
leading tobacco growing section of
the country. Mr.. Morris is an ex-
pert when it comes to growing and
grading tobacco. This section will
get write-up in his magazine. And
he will mention Abbeville especially
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-08-12
State Corn Crop Short
Three Million Bushels

Far short Of the average production" is
the most important statement in the month
ly report Of the Georgia Crop Reporting
Service Georgia Department Of Agriculture,
j. j. Brown, commissioner, and United
States Bureau of Crop Estimates, L. NJ.
Estabrook chief.
On the other hand the sweet potato and
tobacco crops promise a much heavier yield
with great total. We should make at
least thirteen million bushels of sweet po-
tatoes and something over twenty millions
pounds of tobacco. !
The peach crop did not bear out the
carly promise, but still produced very
respectable number OF cars of commercial
peaches and large agricultural crop.
Peanuts are in a first-class condition and
promise good yield Sugar cane is about
as usual, with some complaint of disease.
Other field crops are not coming up to
the average.
Following are condition and figures on
a. I'll