ROCK ROADS-ROCK VALUES.
Kansas City Biriker Points Out Money
Value of Good Roads.
Kansns uud Missouri aru very active
in building good highways rock
roads." as they ure culled in tlmt coun
try, where limestone Is the handiest inn
tcrial. One of the good roads boosters
is V. S. Webb, u Kansas City banker,
and he puts year round highways In
terms of bauUlng.
"We bankers will lend SHI to t-'t nn
acre more on a fnrni situated on a rock
rood." lie Buys. "Hankers in this nelgli'
uorliood uro keen Judges of farm vul
ties. Most of thein buvc farms as
places for rest and play. Few baukei-s
are good farmers when it comes to
making actual profits on cros. but
their farming pays uiindsuuiuly In
health and In understanding of the
problems confronting faruics, with
whom wo do much of our business.
"The first thing the banker does when
you approach bltn for a Joan on farm
property is to determine the selling
value of the farm. He will lend you
naif the selling vulue, and ho arrives
mt the selling value by ascertaining
three things:
"First. The soli. Its character, con
dition and producing capacity, for a
fertile farm In good tilth will grow
crops, no mutter where located or what
the n 11 1 lire of lis Improvements.
"Socond. Its locution, which menus
wuvenlence to markets, schools, stores
and other factors that Increase vulue.
Here Is where the kind of roud running
past the farm plays a big purt.
"Third. Bulldlngsnnd Improvements
"These are all estimated In -actual
money. The money estimates arc add
ed. The total represents the selling
value of the farm, and the banker will
lend half of that
"Suppose the luud Is set down as
worth $-10 an aero. If it Is locate l on
a rock road over which the owner cun
haul crops any month hi the year the
banker will add ?10 an ncre for that
Item. I'rolmlily the buildings will not
come to more than 910 nn acre, ho the
nurd road Is worth as much ns the
buildings in uctiuil money. The total
selling value of that fiirni Is Si Hi uu
acre, and (lie hanker will lend ip.'to. On
laud worth fHIU an acre n hard mail
adds S'Jfi." Country Cciitlcmun.
$250,000,000 FOR HIGHWAYS.
This Hugo Sum Waa Spent In 1914 For
Rods In United Statos.
Very nearly a (uhrter of a billion
dollai'H were npen( UY highway con
struction ami maintenance in the V.nih
al btules during the year HM-1. mm
hIiuwii by HintlsticH ismied by the olllce
of tnil)!! roadi! and rural cnincerlm;.
One-llflu of the work was done under
Hie Htato aid nystomt the varlotw state
highway departments paying $2-1.22(1.
-000 mid the counties and townships
$20,220,000. State aid laws are In ef
fect In forty-fuiir males, New JerNey
Jwvliitf Instituted the system In IH!H
and TcnneMHco and (juoruhi helng
among the Inst to adopt It.
Thirteen Mitten spent $2r.li0.VMM
during the year In the construction
wild iiuilutcnftnco of state roads solely
at their own expense, making a total
of almost $o0.000.000 paid directly out
uf state funds. One-third as much
$12.5KMKH)i whs spent for repairs and
maintenance iia wan spent for new
caimtructlon ($;ir.rK)0.000,: This shows
the enormous less resulting from the
building of types of roads whose sur
tnrvn are not durable under present
traffic conditions. Six eastern states
jJiild two-thirds ns much out of the (
tnte t tens n ".v fnr maintenance us for
uew coiistiuctloii.
Maintaining Concrcto Roads.
The methods of maintaining (he con
crete roads of Wayne county. Mich.,
aru set forth In detail lit (he ninth nn
n mil report or the county road com
missioners, which hint recently I icon
published. For (his work the author
tiles use u crew of seven men. provld'
4X) with a team, tar kettle, several
wire bristle blooms, wheelbarrow, ta1'
bucket and sprinkling cans. The op
crtlllug cost of this outllt Is as fol
lows: Foreman. $a per day; team uud
driver, per day; tar man, $3 per
two luliorera at $2.50 per tiny
each oiid. tuct lii-irtMt it cuu-.
Not Only the
"on need at this and all times
liiRly low compared with othor
course, suporb.
DOVVELL &
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Are You Tied to Home Washing?
I.KT I'S I'ltHU: TO Vtir TliAT VK CAS lilVK YOU
Al.l. OK TIIK AI1VAVI i.l!S OK IIOMK WASHING
WITH XONK OK It's I1SA11 A XT AtiKS.
We Wash Each Bundle Separately
AXO KXKItClSK 'I UK. SIMK St Itl'I'l I.OI S t'AltK AS
W'Ol l.ll VOl'K OWX I..U NIUiKSS, OU YOl ltSKI.K.
IN AIMIITIOX 'Kl;lK Mil' TIIK I'.KXKKIT OK Ol'lt
I:TKNS1VK KOI II'MK.N 1' AM) MI'ltO Kl MKTIIOHS.
WE SOLICIT
KOSEBURK STEAH T AUNDRY
day each. All cracks or spa lied Joints
arc cleaned with wire brooms and then
tilled with tnr heated to about 225 de
grees I This Is allowed to stand for
a few minutes to prevent bubbling and
Is then covered with clcau. course, di-y
sand, spread with a shovel, an excess
of tnr and sand being used and the
truffle allowed to smooth It out I'lt
holes are treated In a similar manner
The materlul used Is a special mixture
of turvla. which has u melting point
of about 8Ti degrees F. A hole or
crack that does not extend through the
roud. but Is over an Inch In depth, to
cleaued and dried out. painted with
hot lur mid filled with stone of a suit
able size, graded us neurly as possible
io 1)11 the voids. This Ia tamped or
rolled in place, after which it Is cov
ered with hot tnr. enough being used
to that most of It will be taken up by
the remaining voids. Coarse dry sand
'.s then shoveled over the surface.
Indorie County Road System,
The State Highway OlHcluls Asso
ciation of New Mexico has indorsed the
state highway commission and the
county road board system. It was rec
ommended that where necessary for
the sake of harmony a member of the
hoard of county commissioners be nh
pointed on the road board. The United
States department of agriculture wus
requested to make provisions for an
iidvnnce of $2,000,000 annually for
building rouds In the national forests
nf New Mexico, Congress also was
irged to puss a joint memorial grant
ing 2,(J00.O00 acres of public lands In
New Mexico for highway purposes.
Thi Word "Gent."
At one time the word "gent" wus a
reputable term for general use. A re
spectuble writer In tu(H tells of "a sup
per to divers gentlemen of the Cray's
In no fur the great amltle between them
and (he Middle Temple gums." The
d lur I tit Evelyn Hpeuks. of the "noise
uud tumult occasioned by three or fniir
vvlld gents In drink." Soon after Queeii
Victoria's uccesslou "gents" became
vulgar. Thackeray speaks or it In
18-12 us uu "uU'cctlooutc diminutive
much In use uuioug commercial per
sons." s
A Schoolboy's 'Story of Jonah.
A school board boy., competing for
one of the Peck prizes, evolved fins
eonruslon of widely different events
He hud to write u short biography or
.Jonah, and he produced i tie following:
"lie wus (he hither of Lot uud had
two wives, tine was railed tshmate
uud the oilier Uagher. He kept one
at home and turned the other into the
dessert, when she became u pillow of
salt in Hie daytime uud u pillow of tire
at night." From Wheatley's "Literary
Blunders.''
, i Three Men.
When II. II, lingers wus lu the
prime of his power, suys u New York
writer, ho formed a "friendship part
nership" with Mark Twain uud Thom
as Uruckett Hoed und took personal
charge, of their uft'alrs, looking ut'ter
them as he would a couple of children.
It wus great fun for all three, und
especially Ilogers. Neither Clemens
nor Heed had any seuse for business.
The big ex-speaker came to New York
a poor man. Five years later he died
suddenly, and his estate assayed over
jr-tKUioi). Ho probably had no Idea
what he was worth at any stage. Rog
ers made us much or more money for
Clemens.
Beginning of the Gorm Theory.
. Agostluo Hassi, a country din-tor in
the north of Italy, early In the lust
century was the starter of the germ
theory of disease. At that time a pe
culiar disease wus killing the silk
worms, bringing ruin to the whole silk
country of Italy. Hassi. by the micro
scope, discovered the germ which W
the cause of the disease. The germ
later was named Itotrltis bussiaua.
Hassi believed and stated (hat human
diseases were also caused by genus.
Itassl't, work wus sneered at and pooh
ponhed by his fellow men and physl
ilans, ami he failed to make u lasting
Miprcsslon. thereby losing great glory
for Italia.
Very Groceries
but nt prices which uro Burprls-
stores, and the quality Ib, of
BENEDICK
ltnti'lnira
YOUR PATRONAGE
THE LAND'S FIRST NEED.
.
Fertility la the llrst word in
fnrmliiK. It In tin- UiNt consul-
erntloii In pluHiin a value on
new hinds. It Is llrst mentioned
when old furms lire sold.' It is
the llrst problem Hint confront
the beginner us well us the ex-
pert who takes up the culUra-
Hon of new crops on new (lelds.
It Is llrst lu a lit of iiii'stioun
nsked liy tlio.se st-ckiuK help in
forming. The solution of ilie fer-
tlllty problem inuUes ninny other
problem compimitlvely eusy to
solve.
The quick uud easy way to get
fertility Is to buy It. It can be
had In bags In the form of com-
nicrclnl fertilizers or by the cur-
load In the form of animal
muu ure.
lut this method of fertilization
requires cash capital and does 4
4 not fulfill all ihe needs of the 4
4 land. Since we have learned 4
4 that n fertile soil Is a mixture 4
4 of mineral and veaetnble sub- 4
4 stance. tecmliiK with germ life. 4
4 formontliiR with Innumerable 4
4 minute plants nnd chemical 4
4 changes, we have learned that a 4
4 soil needs more than mere mln- 4
4 oral plant foods to enable It to 4
4 (trow the maximum crops. 4
4 It has Ions been knpwn that 4
4 legume and green manures are 4
4 beneficial to soils, but only, re- 4
4 ceutl.V have me learned to use 4
4 these green manures to build a 4
4 soil up permanently nnd to keep 4
4 It up nt the lowest cost. 4
4
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SAVE FERTILIZER ELEMENTS.
Ingredients Existing In the Soil
Should Be Utilized and Developed.
In the uuusunl conditions existing In
the fertilizer trade, says a statement
Just Issued by the secretary of agricul
ture. It Is Important that all fertilizing
materials on the farm, especially those
containing potash, should be conserv
ed. The fertilizer Ingredients already
exlstlhg in the soil should be utilized
and developed to . the fullest extent.
A great deul can be accomplished lu
this direction byi-rivup plowing, coil
stunt cultivation and thorough tillage
There should be u proper system of
rotation. Especially where one crop
has been grown for several years a
different one should bo planted this
year. (ireeu manures and cover crops
should be used as much as possible lu
their proper rotatiou.
Of the organic substances manure,
botli solid uud liquid, is the most lm
purtant nnd shuuld bo utilized when
ever possible. All material of an or
gaulc nature, such as leaves and bed
ding of various sorts, should be com
posted and the compost applied to tile
soil. Special attention should be given
also to the conservation of woo.l
ashes. Depending ou the character of
the wood, they contain potash lu ipiau
titles varyihg ordinarily from 3 to 10
per cent. All tree trimmings, brush
cuttings, etc.. should be burned and
the ashes derived therefrom utilized
The application of lime to ffiani
soils Is of undoubted beuellt. Though
the availability of the fertilizing ele
ments In the sidl may not be greatly
Increased by its use, the resulting 1m
provement In physical and bacterial
conditions may increase considerably
the productiveness of the soil.
A Screen Coop.
Tlilf driiwhm shown the plan of
chicken coop we designed und hnvo
betMi usintf (ho lust ton years. Th?
coops nro made In the winter time
when the men ure not busy with oilier
work. They lire mnde of twelve uud
six Inch soft pine boards. They ure
twenty-three Inches loop, eighteen Inch
es wldi, eighteen Inches h&h lu front
ami n foot hlh tit i he bacU. The roof
extends ovor the side walls about three
Inches on till sides. The Hours are
ulned on. as shown, nnd the coops nro
painted Inside and out. Wire screen Is
put In the ends, as shown, to provide
i vontllatio.i. Tho little stiue door per
mits ohlcks to ctuiie mid ko. The ma
teri.tl lu each coop costs nbotit Jfl. We
use the coops from year to ye:ir. us
they kiv cKmihv; out every f:ill and
put nwny (n a dry Suee during the
winter. I tmve never yet lost a chick
en In these coops, either by drowning.
smothering or through having some
animal pet In Mrs. S. M. Gephurt In
Farmer's Mall ond Breeze.
Value of Cats.
When oats ore no more expensive
than corn; pound for pound, wise pool
tryiueif will feed n fair protoftiou of
th:s tKoeoih tmiltlltii; fuml. t'nts put
pulity Into the museio and nerve tis
sue of horse nnd hen.
Bush Krult In Vvtr.ter.
Otrrnnts and pHweNorrie are some
times broken by the wciu'it of heavy
snow. If the branches ntv drr-vn to
gether and tied with eonrso cord this
danger will to ebvluietl.
OFFICIAL IlKGISTKAKH FOB
DOUUKAM COUXTV, OIUiGO-N'
Precinct Registrar Postofflco
Applegate, J. G. Samler." Yoncalla
Camas Valley, Lane Thornton,
' Camas Valley
Calapoola, Roy Stearns Oakland
Canyonvllle, J. M. Gross, Canyonville
Civil Bend, I. B. Nichols.... Brockway
Coles Valley, H. F. Hebard....Umpqua
Comstock, Roy Griggs Comstock
Cow Creek, J. R. Pickett Azalea
Days Creek, Mrs. Jennie DeWald
Days Creek
Dixpnville, J. F. Bonebrake Dlxonvlllc
Drain and Pass Creek, Lester
L. Wlmberly Drain
Drew, Mrs. Mabel J. Monroe.. ..Drew
East Umpqua, John Alexander, Glide
Elkton, A. R. McDonald Elkton
Ulkhead, W. A. Porter Yoncalla
Gardiner, Ernest Haskell Gardiner
Glendale, W. R. DeLay Glendale
Green, L. R. Mynatt, Roseburg R F D
Guntcr, J. O. Gunter Gunter
Happy Valley, M. L. Moore Roseburg
Kellogg, Geo. F. Miller Kellogg
Looking Glass, S. R. Brlsbln
- Looking Glass
Melrose, Mrs. May Scott Melrose
Millwood, R. R. Clarke Millwood
Mt. Scott, Will J. Thornton"
Dlxonvllle
North Myrtle, Chas. W. Rice
Myrtle Creek
South Myrtle, Kltt Ackert
Myrtle Creek
Nichols and Riddle, Will Q. Brown
Riddle
Oakland, Jas. H. Dearllng, Oakland
Olalla, Henry Croucher Olalla
Pass Creek and Drain, Lester L. .
Wlmberly Drain
Perdue, Amos O. Bucker Perdue
Plnkston, Mrs. Cora Vernon, Oakland
Riddle and Nichols, Will Q. Brown ,
- Riddle
Reedsport, jilary Lyons, Reedsport
Scottsburg, Emma Heddon,
v. Scottsburg
East Sutherlln, Mark N. Tisdale
Sutherlin
West Sutherlln, Mark N. Tisdale,
Sutherlln
Soldiers' Home. R. H. Grlnstead
; Roseburg
Tiller, C. DeF. Bartruni Tiller
Wilbur, G. W. Grubbo Wilbur
"West Fork, Mrs. Winnlfred Barry
Dothan
Yoncalla, John J.' lleinzer, Yoncalla
Voters residing in the following
named precincts will register at the
office of the county clerk:
Bonson, Cnro, Deer Creek, Mill,
Edenbower, Hamilton, Hormnnn,
Parrott, Lane, Bellows, Roseburg,
Umpqua, West Roseburg, Wood
ward. 4
Dol Monte goods prove satisfac
tory. They are the cream from the
richest pan of milk, the Associated
Fruit Canners of California's best
brand. A world wide known luxsjry.
You can get them for the price of
staples at the People's Supply Co.
163-tf
DOLLAR DAY
is Every J)&y at
Our Parlors
Every day Winter and Summer
you will receive more value In
High Class Cleaning, Pressing
and Repairing, dollar for dollar,
than you can receive elsewhere.
This Is not an Idle Boast, hun
dreds of satisfied patrons will
cheerfully endorse it. I-ndles
Clothing, Furs, White and Kid
Gloves a Specialty.
IMPKIUAL CI.EANEHS
343 X. Jikkson St. Phone 277
Why nre Sunday dinners usually the .
best?
llei nuse the better the dny the hettei ,
tho meal.
MeatsrirSimteyriniKrs
Our Loni Suit
A Liberal Amount of Suet
with Each
FINE ROAST
That suits every good cook
Among Our Boasts ,
Are Our Sunday Roasts!;
Tltry Should time Your T.ihles. !
THE FXONCftlY MARKET
S ,
Good
"Plantation
Coffee
l-lb.Tin25c- 3-lb.Tin70c
The production of a really gH I 25c coffee, steel 1 cut : and
packed in air-tight tins, is an achievement m coffee
roasting This coffee is backed by the Lang & Co.
name which has always stood for highest jahty and
lowest price. For economy's sake you should try lt-
the nign quality wm ouir"
$25 in Gold
Get a can of "Good Old Plantation"
Coffee try It thn write a letter of
50 worda or leu telling what joa
think of It. Make a ruimh ktch at
the lettering on the label Just to
ihow that you have the can. Man
the letter and aketch to addrcia be-
"For' the beet letter, accompanied
by aketrh, we will give a flret ante
'ii4r0'tne next two beit latteri $.Vf
each; and for the next five $1.00
6UDo not delay enter the conteat
today win a prise.
LANG & CO.
Advertlnlns Dept.,
104 8rodwr BM(., I'ortland, Or.
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When you want the very best
Remember 'Diamond VV"
Canned Fruits & Vegetables
Will satisfy. Our stock of these is very complete. Price,
ana quality satisfy. iMii
THE CASH STORE
WE SAVE YOU MONEY
Fruit Trees, Ornamentals, Berries
and Vines
GUARANTEED TRUE AND CLEAN
A treasonable prices, direct from grower to you
A postal card brings our price list free, do it now
SOUTHERN OREGON NURSERY
Yoncalla, Oregon
j THE TKMITiXG OIKMl
Sanders Disc Plow
Buggies and Spring Wagons
If you are going to buv a buggy or snrintr
iui niuici use ii win yay votl IO uuy now
We have some BARGAINS
J. F. BARKER $ COMPANY
Implements and Vehicles.:
ROSEBURG .-: :.: OREGON
Myers Pumps
rtlJ BBSS
Old
5
BO
Draw the
Label
Write a
Letter m
Win a
l'rize,
135 CASS STIIEET
that conies from our roast
heef, fresh from the oven
will he matched by the tooth
some flavor of the meat
when you taste it. Try a
roast for Sunday dinner.
"Though it will not cost you
any more than you usually
pay, you will find our meat
far finer than any you ever
ate.
CASS STREET MARKET
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Hoosier Drills
Mitchell Wagons ;
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