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V i , V iiOW TO GET GOOD ROADS. NOVEL MOTOR SLED. I Vehicle to Be Used by Captain Scott . n Hia South Pel Trip. The practical m.wss achieved with : tna gaaoliiie profiled motor sleighs ou the Blnu-kleton and Charcot Ur 1 expedition baa prompted Captalu I Scott 10 Include a vehicle of this type i for his forthcoming dash to the south pole. This vehicle Is. however, die- : tlnctly dilTerviil from the motor sleighs j hitherto used, hi the two previous ; case the front of the car was mount- , ed on matters or skates, a chain and j sprocket with spuds which grtpied the snow and k- being fitted at the posl- , tion occupied by the heels In the or dinary motorcar. In the new sleigh, however, what may be termed an adaptation of Ihe pedrall or caterpillar system has been resorted to. which 1 Imparts a greater degree of efficiency ; May 3 Built In Systems Miiss at a Time. PCBL1C SHOULD BE TAXED. Kt.f'i A'Vt vW. r'-V , jrvjl' Ilk-it 'i tm, t;i?V J I Would Rml Heavy Burden on Farm Property 1,000,000 Miln f Hifihways Out of 2,300,000 Ara Uxd Far Rural Fraa Dalivary and Ara Thua Post Read. It would uvi deal of time, trouble ml exjvuse If one aiale or comuuinltj Would prolit by the jrlence of oth ers In the matter of n-' building rath er than persist In gxiliiK forward by fits and starts and p'norully making moss of It before learning what to do and bow to do It. It would shorten the process, and the same end would be Hie sooner reached. New York be- pan with an appropriation of foO.000, but In five years voted a bond issue of 50.ooo,000 and la eixudlii $3,000,000 a year. Maryland Is expending one third as much. Pennsylvania is put ting millions every year luto good per manent roads. Illinois, Iowa. Missouri and other valley states should sit up and tnke notice. The split log drag or Its equivalent Is a very valuable road tool Its se should be encouraged. We should not, however, deceive ourselves t bat the road drag Is a solution of the good roads problem. Not hing short of a bard wearing surface upon the main roods will meet the need of the age. The money required to build good, permanent roads throughout the coun try would reach enormous figures, and If it were au item of expense that must be paid now one might well regard the task as hopeless. However, the situa tion when understood is not at ail dis couraging from a financial viewpoint The only drawback is the reluctance of the public to study the question closely. If the following points are kept In mind it will aid to a clearer conception of the facts involved In the good roads question: First Every good road built Is an asset It adds to the property value of the country more than Its cost It OETTISO THS BOAD IS CONDITIO!. From Good Roads Magazine, New fork. increases the value of all forms of property, but farm property most of all. This receives the largest and most direct benefit from good roads. 80 good roads are an investment as sure ly as building barns, drainage or any other Improvement that adds value. Second. The roads onght to be built In systems, many miles at a time. In this way better work can be secured and the cost per mile will be much less. If twenty to thirty miles are built at a time competition will be sharp. Contractors will plan to use the latest and most approved methods, and the result will be a better job at 10 to 25 per cent less money. There Is apt to be better inspection and con struction, consequently less cost to maintain, than if built in short strips. Third. The payment of the original cost of building the roads ought to be extended over twenty or thirty years. There is no valid reason why those now carrying the burden of taxation should bear the whole load. A stone, brick or even a good gravel road if well built will serve for a generation with a moderate up keep expense. Vliy should not those who come after us and enjoy the benefit help pay the bill? This makes the -payment com paratively easy. Fourth. The rends belong to the public. Their condition affects the pub lic welfare. They are used to carry the food supply of the world's market and to return a large part of the fac tory output to the farm, It is equita ble Unit at least one-half the expense of building and caring for good roads should be chargeable to the public as n whole and the other one-half paid by l!io locality receiving the immediate and most direct benefit. This takes a heavy burden otT farm proerly. Fifth. Out of Approximately 2.IJ0O, 000 miles of highways In the United States about 1 ,000,000 are used for rural delivery aud are thus post roads. It Is estimated that four-fifths of all the tralllc the country over passes over one-fuurth of the road mileage. It is these ronds with the heavy traffic Willi h should receive the first atten tion. If 400.000 miles of good stone or gravel roads were added to those already built It would give a complete network of good roads from ocean to ocean ami from the lakes to the gulf nnJ would serve from 73 to SO per rent of all the traveling uion Ihe pub lic highways. Just Received. Just received, screen doors, panel doors, Rash doors, front doors, win dows, tents, camp stoves, stools, ifiblLv, cots, hammocks, paints, etc. etc, A. H. Llppiuan & Co. 6-2Stf Horses for Sale. On the old C. Sam Smith ranch, near Prineviile. 125 head of mares and geldings, lurjre enough for work . horses, will be sold In any number at reasonable prices. For further Information address G, 11. Uiishkix, i'riuevllle, Oregon, 6-lll-t! S'it. if ?C n-J (11 rKDUIt, MOTOR BLED. to the vehicle and enable It to sur mount obstacles and to travel over rough k-e and snow with ease. la view of the conditions prevailing and the work It Is Intended to fulfill lu the south polar regions, the engine Is of a special type. It comprise four verti cal cylinders, cast In pairs and devel oping twelve brake horsepower. The sleigh la fitted with a runner, upon which bear the rollers of the chain. The hitter, passing between this runner and the ground, supports the whole vehicle and propels It as the wheels revolve. There are no brakes provided, as the big reduction ratio of the worm renders It completely Irre versible, so that brakes are not neces sary. Similarly steering gear is dis pensed with, as such Is not requisite, tor Id any open area, such as an tee field, steering is not demanded. When It la required to deviate to the right or left ropes attached to the front of the frame can perform this function. Turning sharp corners under these cir cumstances Is admittedly exceedingly difficult but when working In Its do signed sphere this drawback will not be serious, as sharp turning can be generally avoided. The sleigh has a substantial wooden frame, and underneath is fitted a large nndershleld, extending from end to end so as to present a perfectly smooth sur face to the snow. When the sleigh Is under way a curious fact Is observable. The cbaiu where it touches the ground appears to aland still while the sleigh slides over It. This Is the motion that actually takes place, for the top of the chain travels forward at twice the speed of the sleigh. It will thus be seen that lu reality the lower part of the chain In contact with the ground institutes a surface over which the vehicle Itself can move. ' The driver has bis position on a box behind the engine, which seat forms a receptacle for tools, spare parts and other accessories. That the vehicle has great climbing power has been con clusively proved, for It will ascend steep banks of earth and ride over seri ous obstacles easily and without any appreciable diminution In speed. Although this sleigh can carry a party and full equipment. Its actual function Is to act as a tractor for the haulage of ordinary sledges, the trail ing vehicles carrying the loads. THE AGE OF HONESTY. Man's Criminality Lessena With the Advance of Years. Dr. Bertillon opposes the dictum that the opening of schools means the clos ing of prisons. He Is readier to be lieve that the contrary is true. Ha gives statistics showing that married men are steadier than others, especial ly when they have families, owing to tbelr desire to be honored by their children. As showing the valne of woman's control Dr. Bertillon proves that widowers' criminality equals that of bachelors even when they have children, while the criminality of child less widowers la the highest of any class. He give women generally a good character. He says they are Incom parably less often criminal than men, and when they are criminals man is usually at the bottom of the trouble. Man's criminality Is only considerable lo the age of forty and decreases there after. Old ruffians are very rare. Pressure In the Ocean. Water Is but slightly compressible fortunately, else substances falling Into the sea would never reach the bottom. It can be shown that If water were as compressible as atmospheric air Iron would float at a few hundred feet below the surface of the sea. Still, In the deeper parts of the ocean the pressure amounts to four or Ave tons to the square Inch, and at a depth of five miles, where the action f gravity suddenly ceases, the waters of the ocean would rise 600 feet above their present level from expansion, showing that water Is compressible to a considerable degree under enormous pressure. Primer of Explosives. The geological survey has Issued a primer for the use of those who have to do with explosives, telling in on technical language how and of what explosives are made, pointing out the dangers and showing bow these may be reduced to a minimum. Pay Up. All persons knowing themselves indebt ed to the firm of Livdy-Jordad-I.aiiius Company will please call on Harry I,anius aud settle. M-tf J. O. O. F. IODOR meets every Haltir (lay night KtmnKcrs welcome. W. Frank I'etett, N. (J ; K. V. Countable, V. G.; If. h. Holjba, See tt-i Jersey Cows for Sale. For further information, address H. E. EiPkooT, Prineviile, Ore. 7-28U CULVER The Junction City of the Deschutes The Railroad Town of Central Oregon ' Has a Remarkable History-A Great Future PLACED upon lite market but one month ago, yet the interest shown ly the general public, the sale of lots and especially the railroad develop ment in and lor Culver, has made it imperative that the townsite owners, in order to protect their own interests, must almost immediately advance the price oi lots. We believe that sufficient time has already been allowed those who were anxious to secure lots at first cost, however, these prices will be held open lor a short time longer and il you wish to embrace litis opportunity lo secure choice selection at introductory prices we Urge you to lose no time. What is Doing at Culver? The machinery is on the ground and work begun on the wrll which is lo supply water lor townsite purposes until the development ol the town will warrant the installing ol a gravity system ol waterworks. The new $3,500.00 hotel is Hearing completion and shortly will be ready to olfer the traveling public good, neat, dean service. Practical tests ol available material are being made preliminary to the establishment ol a brick manufacturing plant in Culver. The Poslollice Department has issued orders lor the old Culver postullice lo be moved to the new town on the railroad. As soon as material ran be secured (or the purpose a number ol business buildings are to be erected in Culver lor the housing ol various industrial enter prises. That Culver is the railroad town ol the Deschules Valley is beyond question now. The new railroad plat oi Culver Junction shows lour tracks through the town one main line two long sidings and an industrial track lacing the warehouse site which are laid out by the railroad company and extend from the junction point entirely through the townsite. Besides being the junction oi the Mill and llerriman main lines Culver will will also be the junction oi lite branch road which will be built to Princville at no remote period. l We are not prepared to" stale il this road will lie an electric line built by Princville capital and maintained by the power company, which owns the power site west ol Culver in Crooked river, or il Marriman interests will extend the Deschules road from Culver junction lo Princville, or yet il L W, Hill has design on this splendid route lo Princville. but thai this line will surely be built we are reasonably certain. In the meantime ulver is the distributing point lor Princville and other towns ol less importance and will be the terminus ol the main line ior height and passenger traffic (or several months until the bridge is completed over rooked river. all upon . Young at our ulver ollice, Harmon ook at our Laidlaw office, or Henderson Investment cmpany at Princville, and see the official Oregon Trunk Railroad plat ol ulver. s'n.viij - trackage and warehouse sites. Deschutes Valley Land and Investment Co, 301-2 Buchanan Building, Portland, Oregon Carpets, UNIVERSAL RANGES America' Best Make Millinery Clearance Sale Great reduction on all kinds of Summer Millinery. Large assortment to select from at Mrs. Estes Corner 2d and Main Streets ' PRINEVILLE. OR. Just Received Art Squares A. H. LIPPMAN & "I. the 11 Rugs CO. an! W. HARPER'1 Prince of fine Whiskeys Admittedly the 15EST for generations prist j better now than eVer. Sold by Silvertooth & Browder ' Shaniko, Oregon mm mm t I! mi ma Suits With Character Those " touches of tailoring that give rhnrnctcr to a suit or cont. ui'e what every woman wants. J La Vogue garment exccll in this particular. J Our styles are full of clever Lit of tail oring here and the'e, adding much to the appearance of the suit and giving an individu ality to each style. J Quality is there in every stitch rnd seam and line of the gnrment. 3 They fitjwith a graceful ease that makes you feci comfortable at once. J Come in and try them on. No trouble to us. Buy only if they please you. Clifton & Gornett, PRINEVILLE, ORECON City Meat Market J. W. Horigan, Proprietor Beef, Pork, Mutton, Wholesale and Retail All Kinds of Sausage Nice and Fresh 1- Home Cured Bacon and Lard. Fish and Poultry in Season. 1 . r Butter and Eggs. we will save you money. BrrJEfiErSErHfSSrHriSE 24 - Hour Service PRINEVILLE EXCHANGE The Pioneer T. & T. Co Rural service from 6 a. m. to 9:30 p.m. Calls from 9:30 p. m. to 0:30 a. m. on rural lines 25 cent extra, excepting calls for doctors, which are free to subscribers at all hours. TEhu I if ' Give us a call and , . Shingleu, Mouldings, Windows, Doors, GlasBefl, Etc. Ktc, Etc. SHIPP & PERRY miNEVILLE, OREGON Notice (or Publication. Department oftho Interior, II. 8. I,n il Ollltio at Tho DuIIuh. Ori'ifon. Aiiuunt 1. 11110. Notice U hereby given Unit J ou. ul n Uerunlo, of Prineviile, Oreuim, who, oil AiikusI 2ml, 1IKI5, nmile Homestead, No, 141188, (Serial No. OIIOTH,) for 8141, nnetion 4, township 18 south, rauK III cant, Willamette Merlilliin, liaMlllv.il notice of ijiteiitton to make llmil Hvo-year proof, to ONtuhlivh claim to the land abore described, before Warren lirown, county clerk at hiaollloe, at Prlne. yille, OreKoii, onilie lath day of Hent em ber, 1III0. 1 . Claimant naniea an wltnfNm: Robert I.. MtchliiK, William B. Kitohinit, John I). Agontiiie, Robert U. Smith, nil of Print. Tille, Oregon. C. W. MOO Re, Idolater.