THE STAYTON MAIL, STAYTON OREGON M l PCUnSYUMÙtëÛf Wi: . a Population of Only 1,500 It Has City Ownership. flnefors. Hext in fine come the fore­ men o f construction ganga, the clerks employed at headquarters and dually 1 the cantonniers, or patrolmen.each hav­ ing from four to ■«•veil kilometers of THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OUR ROADS COMPARED Lesson VIII.— First Quarter, For Reasons Why France Has Best Feb. 20, 1910. Highways In Europe. EVERY CITIZEN A BOOSTER. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. HER METHOD IS SUPERIOR. All Assisted In Aiding Pond Croak, Okla., to Publicly Conduct Watar and Lighting Plants, Making It tha Boat Kept Town In tha State. T*xt of tho Lscson, Matt, vii, 1-12. Msmory Verieo, 7, 8— Golden Text, Matt, vii, 1C—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Stearns. > I•.t»•«»!» years ago tint Aral street II r I i I h <>f I’outl ('reek. nut) in Una south- ««■r.t ..f Kanaaa c ity , in « r a n t county. Oktn.. warn tho campfires o f the set- SWiicftter Irticfer •I' to . say* the Kansas City Ktnr. That ßftidjtc Sum m er foot’# gefteeftr, win ihu nliiht o f tli« o | h ' ii I iii ;, wlimi imfj bit* S&lrtt but uim ergrf); id) îoecfj tlioii oiik I n of home seekers rushed mvu net nirij on roeflem '¿cifl, aturr madly netow I hi* Iirnlrlo. The 4.000 or id) beni c» mar im Juni. 2 c fl ftät moro persons, moatly men, who Mop­ |d)im aft Ijappnc feile, i$ cnocr nie net ped on the town alie o f Pond Creek fumine, un jo bab id) fcU öefdjtoäfc were uot disponed to give the atreet flnr net in ?ld)t germinine. 3d) ftab lighting tjueittlon even na much na a jiifdd (ìefal)t: ¡L'cft fe grfte, roemn SU* thought. They were Interealed In find­ leb flrfjt, bann get) id) noe pi) m it! ing homes, cMtahllnhlug 11 hualuena und '.'lioer ciel Ücit fjen bran glaljbt un supplying the liiitiiedlato nsceaaltlaa o f fen arg angemgr. ïtfie bann bie 3^** llf. herbei mar, alme baft ebbe# gebdppcnt Sixteen yeiira after the opening n hot. bo ben fe imenb angelofjt, a3 vlalior stopped In Pond Creek several mann r# ilme arg leeb mär. îlincr fe day*. Ilia ilrut night there was u rev* fen fen biffel bcjjcr gemorre, n# mie elation. Here was u town o f 1,300 In­ fe Dorbnn mare. — î a f t bie SBelt mol ha hltauta enjoying everything that ho en Gnb neninit. bei glûtjbc fdjier alle enjoyed In the city. There was an Seit, befof)«, bie Schrift fegt fo; amer electric light at every corner, nnd on mann e i gefd)of)iit, fed meeft 9?ic* hla way downtown he passed com­ manb. ffn SProfeffer fiot botnol# Diel fortable hoiiies, surrounded by groves Reit brrmit Derfmmmelt fo r muSjii- o f trees and largo lawns, kept green madie, uf melier W eg at bie Grb un* by the city water. On reaching Main nergef)t, nn er fegt, baft fell uf finf S l ic e ! the \ Isltor noticed several berfd)iebene ?irte gefchflie faint, Gut- groups o f men talking lu front o f tho metier#, fegt rr, fliegt m ol en ftomebt postofltce and the tw o drug stores. mebber nn# tin Dermnblt 9lflc# ¿u They w e r e ijulet enough. No hands S dim ifbim m d. aber bie Grb fliegt in Were inarching down the street, but bie © u nit nei un Dcrbrrmit ci# maun why was the street so brilliantly light­ fe jirfdd en Olitmmiball mär — un ed t nffobr# m ir all hermit. Gn brifter "Is then* anything going oil hero to­ W m mrdit fei. baft bie ©tiempaaier il tr* i hero would be a wild west allow lu anSgebt un bie Grb fid) net mcl) urn* tow u tomorrow, the 1'ond Croeker told brebt: bann bate bie fPlenfdie uf b'r eene S e it gebrote merre un uf b’r b "Hut you don't put up lights like annere Derfriere. Vierten? médit e5 those for a show?” fo fumme. baft r# fee Siege met) gebt; "Not unless the show conies to stay, bann bät be# W aller all ufbrocfne un and then mayhe It might claim them.” m ir erne eb. GnMich, mrent er, bät 'I he city man had just one more ques­ (in Diele ^ h r f lilfobrS f bie Sunn tion cuiSbrrnne; bann friegte m ir fee Sicht "H o w do you do It with only 1,B00 un fee W ärm meb un lerrig mär’# population to pay the bill?” he asked. mit tin i. thkt# bann m it b’r Grb gc* ".Municipal ownership." Tho city man M>*»d lu tho middle o f Idicbt. meri; er ab net, un mann m ir tho street. In front o f him were si* tob feti, batteri feil unS ab net. G# great electric arches, reaching from i« amer bodi gut. baft tnir'8 nau one sidewalk to the other. Kadi arch mille, hilft m ir net for emige 3ctte bo* contnlued twenty live high power In­ bfeime fenne. — candescent llghtx, while from tho T ’r febm ir o fe lfe r bot redlich bi#* storo windows otliors lighted the side­ ToDert. baft le am 12. ïïîoDrmber tifem walks. Merchants down tho street fPlcir# ber rrfdite Sdmceftorm g ’ babt wore washing oil the cement walks ben in bere Siefen. S ’r IDÎarS i8 en with hose sprays. Tho next tiny a business man ex­ Stern, idi tn’ rft n.TU net cm«meitbig plained bow Pond Crock could afford mie Diele ‘Viillione W eile mrit roeg these things electric lights and wa­ Dun ut*#. G# foli rth tP’ etrfche bori terworks that much older nnd larger arnie, ma# grab fo fdimart fen, mie places feared to dream of, much less m ir S e hen Slieniftbiff, fWiegd* enjoy. roege, Sirftfcftiff, ''lutom obil#, £cle- About six years ago the question of grnf. "Telefon un ftonogräf#. grab Ore protection and water supply was mie m ir, un mann fe be# W oi eri eft- agitated by a few o f the progressive business men. Tho town council calied Stiftern nodi en bieffl eniprubfe, ober n special election, and the people au­ m ir be? tinier, bann fenne m ir mit thorized a bond Issue for $23,000. A ibne fchmiifee. 'Tierleidit i# e8 in cn pumping stutloti was built, wells were bar 3obr meglidi. baft mer m it erne sunk, mains laid, ami a steel pressure QViflnbn Dun beebe S eite balbmeg? lunk was placed In n corner o f tho fum m e fam i, bann fenne m ir lo en public park on Main street. Three îirofcffer mit ibne au#taufcfie. W ann years ago a second Imtul Issue o f $15,* feiler bann fo nodi ome 3 o h r mieber (AH) was voted, but only $.'1,000 o f It iiiricffnm m t. bann finne m ir b’r was used, to extend the water mains. 9îrfdit au#. Guibau allrm ril mille The entire water system 1« controlled by n committee appointed by the coun­ mir. bnft e? bort ab fditm biditig ge* cil, nnd the service Is both adequate fdmoet bot un bie îftim r un W ä b ben ihr Tidnm ipcr# im iPobfdilittc rau?* and excellent. A promoter obtained n franchise for aebrodit mi on freblidie Reit gebot. nu electric light plant. He planted a T ie Olrofte fen Pier- un fetb#lpännig few poles nnd strung wires on them, S dilittr geinbre ober ben bie ftett um but the old gasoline Inmps on Main bie flutom obilräbcr gelegt un en street continued to Imitate electric arc iHeit gemmime llffo b r? bot be# lights. The promoter had failed, and S u n göo lf ab Sdjneeballe gefeftmiffe, the city was forced to assume the control o f Its second public utility. grab mie bri n#. un lifent Tviuim Ijen With the remainder o f the $13,000 je benSdinee mit emiPefc meggcmadit, bond Issue the council purchased the baft fe ben fenne S dilittidm b labfe. promoter'« poles and with them Ills lln be# ?lHe# bot feiler {frofeifer franchise, that still had some twenty gefebne. W ie er’# gefebne bot, meef? years to run. An electric light plant idi net, atw r idi benf. er bot en bor­ wus built. It has been In operation botti ftarfe îfrin gebat. Ober bot er for several months, und the entire am Gnb bie gange S to rie jufdit ge* town Is lighted. Now the business braftm t? S e ll fennt ab fei. G# tTfbt men nnd tho council are discussing n plan to unite the water nnd electric 5?eit, bene fummo mumterbare S adie light plnnts Hint both may be operated Dor im T ra b m aber bei W iftebf. T o bob id) m ol gelefe Dumo î'rofcfTer, from one power unit. "W h o Is responsible for the munic­ ma# gem cent bot. ?r bat en ncier .fîo* ipal ownership idea? Surely Route citi­ mebt crfuntie. Gr bot mette in’# 5Vtt zen took tho lend in ndvocatlng these un mie er fcftirn be# Cidit auSgemadit things.” g’bot bot, gurft er nodi emol ju m The business men who were asked ÎÇonfter nan#. T o frtmt er on better this question didn't know that any j Stern m it eine lange biinrieScbman^. one man in l ’ond Creek could be given 3n feiner grafte ftra ib bot er grob credit without detracting from the credit tliut others should receive. Hr- 1 mieber bie £»ofo angejage, bot en cry nun was n booster, they explain- îtrcunb berbeigcijolt un ibut beSTing od, and. while the mayors and council- giipiefe. S e hen fdfim berotbe, ma# ■non renlly did the work, tho people je bem noie .R'omet for en 9t«m c geme encouraged them, with the result that motte, bo hot fid) b’r Scbmattg bemegt, Poml Creek became the best lighted erfdit redit#, banni linf#. 3 o r en W eil town In northern Oklahoma. Munic­ i# feil ibne fnnberbar Dorfunrme, ipal ownership was the agency and bann amer ben fe mtftgefwine, baft ni united energy tho cause. Attractiveness of Kansas City. Kansas City. Mo., hns set nn cxnm- le which every American city may mnlate—nn example o f what can be one after a city becomes great nnd n Illustration o f whnt should lie done nrl.v In the history o f n city that xpci is to become great. A t a cost o f tony millions o f dollars she lias es- Jldlsliod an elaborate system o f parka nd parked boulevard* which constI- nto perhaps the most attractive uiu- lclpnl Improvement In tho United tntes, and na a consequence Knnsns llty Is the most desirable place o f eaideoca lu this respect upon the coo- laent 5 “* Movement to Improve Rural Ertu- probably the moxt »«portant nuit in cational Institutions Spreading. this great nriny o f workers is the can- tonuier, or patrolman, who has charge of a single section o f the road. He keeps the ditches open, carefully fills holes nnd ruts with broken stone, re more dust and deposit* o f saud and earth after heavy ruins, trlma the trees and bushes, and when ordinary work Is impossible he breaks stone and irans|Hjrts it to points where It Is likely n> be needed. He brings all matters requiring attention to the no- tlce o f hls chief. • • • e e e e Tlirre nre at the present time 149,- 739 miles o f road in England, { which the annuiti ex pandi tu re for t year US*' to 1900 amounted to $78, 039.000. it is therefore evident that the annual expenditure per mile o f rood h mounts to about #320. I d view o f tli - fact that most of the principal road': o f England have already been constructed. this large annual expctidl- fure would appear to be devoted in a large measure to maintenance. !> would seem that a system which re- quires nr. annual outlay o f #320 per mile for the entire mileage muat be !• effective and costly. The explanation or tills* is found perhaps in the fac\ that in England the maintenance oi the public highways devolves entirely on local authorities, these numbering about 1.900. As to skilled supcrvislou it may tie said that no qualifications are required by law to lie jiossessed by the men in charge o f road building and mainte- nance, but it Is the general practice In tile- Important districts to appoint ex- perienced highway engineers for this work. Road Lawc In Unitsd State* Until Re­ cently Were the Same as England’s of the Colonial Daye— Germany's Unique System. I SHOULD BE MADE INVITING. : I Have Rooms Well Ventilated, Lighted and Heated So That the Health and Mental Energy of the School Children Shall Not Be Impaired. When any truth la brought bump to Tbc present road situation In the The past twenty years linvo wituess- u* by the Spirit huw prone w* are to United States may lie briefly summed »d a marked advance In school archi­ axk: laxs» uny one do It? What about up as follows: tecture In many towns In the rural Mich a one who makes a great pro­ In mileage we bare the most tremen­ sections o f the country. More atten- fession or I um lug no noxious car«? !>o dous *>;. stem * prone to see everybody but Jesus liberal estimate o f our nnnual expendi­ Ive « b o o l directors not doing every* Hence the admonition of our lesson. ture on these roads, both in money nnd hi their power to relegate the "Judge not that ye !«• not judged." or. Dtlxir, was a frnctlou over $79.000,000 old* obsolete and frequently lnannl- as It Is elsewhere. "Isft us not there­ In Hail, or about #1.03 per capita. At tary buildings to oblivion, replaeins fore Judge one another any more" the same rate this would be an ex­ th* m w,th modern, up to date, sanitary (Horn. xlv. till. Iteenuse, ns In Hie eon- penditure o f nliout $90,000,000 a year ! nl‘d sightly scboolbouses. text. nil believers shall stand before nt the present time. l cannot urge too strongly the need the Judgment seat o f Christ and every According to our road census, we of nn enlightened and liberal policy In one o f us sit ill give account o f him­ linve less than 4f the empire. The imperial gov- to live that the world may know nnd road laws as prevailed In England eminent exercises very little control ren. banilike structure is lieing slip­ believe that Jesus lives. when America was a colony. This over the highways and does not lu any planted by neat, eommodlons and corn- In our Inst year's studies in the Acts system of road administration provides way contribute to the expense o f their fortably equipped buildings. Many o f o f the Apostles some o f us were much for the payment of road taxes partly ronstruction and maintenance. j them are making rapid stride--. Impressed by the words "Jesus shewed In labor and localizes the work to an A striking feature o f the Saxon road T be problem of supplanting the old Himself alive" in connection with extreme degree by placing in authority system is the practice o f planting fruit aehoolhouse with a new structure car- those other resurrection words. “ Jesus the district or township road over- treos along the roads. ries with it the discussion o f several showed H im s e lf (Acta I, 3; John xxl. Each canton has at the head o f Its important topics, chief among them 1. 14». HI* own testimony was that road system an engineer with capable being the school site, the school buiid- lb* came not to condemn, but to save. assixtaats. The engineers and their | lag and the ventilation o f the building, To one sinner He said. "N either do 1 assistants must have nn academic edu- " * e can do no better In this connection condemn thee; go and sin no more." cation and jKissess a diploma from the than to quote from Professor W. 11. To another. "T h y sins are forgiven" Polytechnic Institute, while the road i Gemmill, superintendent o f sr bools In (John III. 17: vlll. 11; Luke vll. 4Si. He masters are required to have a good Dallas county. Ia.. who gives practl- did cordeiiin the self righteous, fault teclinieal education.—L. W . Page in ca* advice on ail these subjects, as fol- finding, hypocritical Pharisees, but He lows: Good Ronds Magazine. never had even a seemingly harsh "In selecting a site the area o f the word for the peuitent sinners or for lot. the elevation, the character o f the HIGHWAYS IN THE WEST. soil, the drainage, the direction o f the any truly desirous lo be Ills disciples. Such love as Ills Is benvenly; all else slope und the central loentiou should Ure of the Automobile by Farmers be considered. Is from the pit. In u s,It is elthor No school "cfTnutirT Aiding the Improvement Movement. Christ or self. should ever contain less than one acre, Road Improvements in the west, al­ with a frontage o f ISO feet and a The Spirit through Peter speaks o f ready noticeable to a slight degree, are depth o f 240 feet. In the larger oon- those who knew the way o f righteous­ ness. but dlil not walk therein, though sure to follow when the farmers o f solidated district it shouM contain not that section awake to the realisation less than two and may very properly professing to do so. na dogs and swine o f their condition as compared with contain three acres. I f possible it (II Pet. III. 21. 22». See also Prov. some o f those o f the east. Nothing should be an elevated piece < f ground, sxvl. 11, 12. If fine cannot speak even will arouse the farmers to this so a small knoll or a gentle sflope, and the to many among the redeemed o f the nmeh as the use o f the automobile, and drainage should be away from tbe deep things o f God (see 1 Cor. III. 1, 2; it w ill be the more general use o f the yard and house. The soft should he Hell. v. 12. Kb. how much less should we think o f talking spiritual thlugs to car by the farm er that will result in light, dry and porous. A sandy or THE TYPICAL HO AD OP OCH ItCRAL DIS­ better roads. natural people to whom they are only gravelly subsoil affords the best drain­ TRICTS. foolishness. Such are spoken o f finally [F rom Good Roads Magazine, N ew Y ork.] In sections where farmers are using age. while an eastern or a southern as being "w ithout." having no right to cars to any extent road Improvements slope secures rapid eva;iorarion. Un­ the tree o f life (Itev. xxll, 14. 13). but aeers or road supervisors, no require­ are already noticed, but there Is still der no circumstances should the stra­ If those who are "In Christ" would ment being made to insure skill or room for more, und more there will be tum be clay Impermeable to ground walk honestly toward them that are knowledge o f road building on the part in the near future. Motoring is most water. It Is desirable that the school- without, without Christ and without of these petty officials. W ith few ex- enjoyed on good smooth roads. Farm house should lie located near the geo­ O ik I (1 Tbeas. Iv. 12; Eph. II. 12). who ceptions no system o f accounting is in ers owning curs realize this as well as graphical center o f the district, ar.d can tell how many who ore now "w ith ­ force, so that ail intelligent idc« may any, and not only are they bestirring the board should select the site with out” might become "w ith in ” by Hls ho obtaiued ns to the disposition o f the themselves toward appropriations for this is mind, bat the site should be road tax, and no definite lines o f au- | grace. good highways, but are iu many eases high and dry and the brightest r.::d thorlty nre established such as would This life which will commend Christ furnishing the labor necessary for road most beautiful spot near the center. Under no conditions should pleasant to others can only be by the Spirit o f guarantee the wise and equitable con­ betterments. God. by a wisdom which Is not o f this duct o f the work. In some farm ing sections o f the west and wholesome surroundings be sacri­ A number o f states have adopted In world, but In verse 11, along with automobile owners can lie picked out ficed i f a better and more suitable sito I-tike si, 13. we learn that God Is more principle or practice, or both, tbe sys­ by a glance at the roadway in their ! secured some little distance willing to give us Hls Spirit, the full­ tem o f centralizing under u state high­ immediate neighborhood. Near their «w a y. The additional distance in trav- ness o f His Spirit, than parents are to way department the conduct o f all or houses rough, uneven surfaces have eHnS will be labor well spent if there- give good things to their children. In part o f the road work o f the state, been smoothed off and soft, slippery ^7 til® pup.I - are placed in more beau- Jas. I. 3. 0. we learn that this wisdom thereby w u rin g uniformity in meth­ roadways resurfaced. Each farmer 1 ant* Inspiring scenes, ods, e< aomy in administration nnd Is to be bad for the asking, but It must seems to take interest in the roads near li0" se should be placed in skill in uporvision. In some o f the be an asking In faith and. according his own home. When more fanners ( ro11^ tin* center, with the play- state highway departments the work , to Jas. Iv, 3. with nothing o f self seek­ have cars, and tlicv are bnylng them * rountl 1° rear. Where the houac is educational and Investigative, with ing. but w hilly for the glory o f God. rapidly, there will be more short ia h“ tf^ b- v a furn«ce the fuel supply a view to ultimately giving these de­ that tlu* life o f Jesus may be made stretches o f perfect roads, and nt some i should be stored in the liaseuient. I f partments administrative powers. manifest. The asking, seeking, knock­ 'ier? i:* ba" e.n,e!,t :l SQia11 It la not possible in a short article to future time, not far distant, the stretch i ! for fuel should lie erected at the rear ing, with that end In view will surely eider into a discussion o f the various ‘ ^ unbroken. I o f the school ho use. find nil abundant response. W e must “ The foundation walls o f the school- remember that asking so ns to receive systems o f state aid In effect in this country. Suffice it to say that the ; FERRO CEMENT ROADS. house should lie brick or stone and ex- means that we are abiding, keeping ----------- tend a little bald# frost line. The Hls commandments nnd doing the principle of state aid and supervision Trying Experiments With walls should be at least one foot i.i things that ere pleasing In Ills sight constitutes the germ o f the only road | France Highways Maac of This Material. thickness and extend about three feet (John xv, 7: I John III. 22). The seek­ administration which lias proved sue- : Ferro cement roads are being experl- above the surface. It is usually well ing that finds is explained In Jer. xxlx. ecssful in other countries. This movement is gaining liendway meuted with In France. The substauce to have a vertical air chamber, and if 13. “ Ye shall seek Me and find Me at a very rapid raté, and when wo con­ Is made o f cement mixed with straw, there is no basement suitable ventiia- when ye search for Me with all your heart.” As tn knocking, consider Rev. sider that it has been little more thnn T o make a slab or block o f ferro ce- tors should be provided on each o f the ill, 20. nnd Luke xll, 3(1. and tremble at a decade and a half since Its incep­ raent a mass o f iron straw is placed In four sides, so as to permit o f thor- Hie possibility o f our keeping Him tion the fact that half o f the states the mold, and there Is poured over it ougli ventilation o f the space betweeu knocking at our door when He so longs have adopted It in principle and have cement sufficiently fluid to penetrate the surface and the floor during th? to take full possession o f us nnd lavish actually expended from state treas­ Into all the Interstices o f the Iron and summer months. Oood shutters should upon us the wealth o f Ills love. Too uries considerably over $30.000,000 we completely cover If. When llie whole ho provided for these openings in or- many nre like the elder brother, un­ may well fool encouraged for the fu ­ has set, tlie core o f iron thus intimately ‘lcr that the winter's cold may not af- lncorporated gives to the block a great feet the air within tho room near to happy nnd blaming the father for It. ture o f road building lu this country. The striking feature o f the French resistance fo breakage nnd to traction, floor. when all the time the father Is saying. would also be a stop i:i the right “ All that I h ive Is th'ne;" "A ll things road system is the skilled supervision at the same time furnishing elasticity provided in every grade o f road work to compression which enables it to direction if there were n basement uu- :re yours." In referen .» to the last verse (12u and In every unit o f the administrative star.d superficial shocks. A brick o f eok the t'«wn fo r the deslr<*d effilent :■ • tin ;e has noire a realization bf the fact that more practical studies must lie taught in more sanitary a ad more sightly buildings.”