OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JAN 22 1914 OREGON EQUITY, NEWS &J EQUITY STATE MEETING Large Attendance and Much Interest- ing and Important Work Thcre was a large and cnthusias- tic attendance at the State Equity meeting held at the Commercial cli?buie Br'tain nas asKea co-operation noiOno Snini-rinr loot a ,A 4-uioian nations against naval construe- work and resolutions clearly show the farmers are fully alive to conditions they are facing i Following are the outline minutes: ' Meetinir ca ed to order bv Pres.,""" "l iooumuui mC Grisenthwaite. Appointment of Com imttees: Committee on Credentials J. A. Randolph, Julius Paulsen, and J. M. Stretcher. Committee on Resolutions P. W. Meredith, R. S. Coe and Thos. Withy combe. Report of the meeting of the com mittee of the Equity, Farmers' Un ion and the Grange, by H. F. Cutting. " Report of the Stockholders Meet ing on Jan. 14th by John M. Tees. Moved and supported that Mr. U'Ren and Mr. Barzee be allowed fif teen minutes each immediately af ter the noon rece-s? in which to ad dress the convention. Carried. Reading of the resolutions by P. W. Meredith. Minutes of last meeting read and improved of. " ' Report of committee on creden tials. Moved and supported that certain other delegates present not supplied with credentials be seated. Carried. Address by W. S. U'Ren on the subject of State Markets. Address by Mr. Barzee of Portland on the subject of Proportional Rep resentation. Motion made and supported that the convention go on record as favor ing Proportional Representation. Carried. : Moved and supported that the next ' state convention be held in the City of Portland. Carried. Moved and supported that the next ptate convention be held on the third Saturday of April in accordance with the State By-Laws. Carried. Moved and supported that it is the sense of the meeting that we stand by the National Organization. Carried. Moved and supported that it be left to State Board to reimburse the members of the different committees appointed by the State Union. Car ried. - Moved and suppored that an invi tation be extended through the State Secretary for the Locals of the Clark Co. Union to come into the Oregon State Union on terms which shall be agreed upon by the Stiite Board and representatives of the .Clark Co. Un ion. Carried. Report of Committee on Resolut ions: Resolved: That we invite the Grange, the So ciety of Equity and Federation of Labor or either of them to unite with us to form an association to be known as the Farmers and Laborers Initiative and Referendum Associ ation to. be organized upon by-laws similar to the following: This Association shall be compos ed of the following members y the State President of the Farmers' Un ion, the Master of the State" Grange, the President of the Federation of Labor and the State President of the Society of Equity and the two mem bers of the , Legislative Committee from each organization. This Association shall be in ses sion during the entire session of the Legislature arid whenever called to gether by the President of two of these organizations Article I ' It shall be the uty of this assoc iation to watch all proposed legis lation, whether by initiative or leg islature and to make reports to the Executive Board of the same. Article II Whenever a measure passes the legislature that is considered detri mental to the State, this Association shall bring it before their executive session, and if two-thirds of the members of three of the organiza tions decide that it shall be referred to the people, the chairman of the Association shall immediately place it before their several executive boards; if acted upon favorably by three of these boards, it shall be re ferred to the people. However, the action of two or more of the execu tive boards shall have no power to bind the others to assist. Method of Referring Article III When referring a measure every the different organizations shall be notified and taxed for $5 for the purpose of securing petitions and a copy of the Referendum petition shall be sent to the different locals If any local desires to secure names on the petition instead of re mitting the $5, it can do so and 5 cents shall be allowed for each sig nature. Article IV If the Initiative and Referendum Association desires to initiate a measure it shall proceed the same as in referring a measure. Legislative Committee A. R. Shumway, Milton, Ore; J. A. Smith, Blalock, Ore. Resolutions adopted: Be it resolved, that the State, Sen ate of the State of Oregon be abolish ed. . Whereas in this .year 191 the State of Oregon and subdivision chose merl who are to administer the affairs of state, it behooves us as a part of the organized body of farm ers to have some plan by which we may have our organized power do " us some good in obtaining officers from our own class who will repre sent us in all branches. Resolve that 'oar Federation call a conference -and in some way give us a plan to co operate on candidates for U. S. Sen ator, Representative and other, offic crs. Be it resolved that this convention go -on record as favoring the pay ment of a reasonable sum to the Pub licity Editor of the Equity news for his services. Resolved that the Equity Ware house Equity Co. be recommende dto the State Boaid to-be commissioned house Equity Co. be recommended to as an organizer to have the privilege of organizing in any county of the State of Orfegon and to receive the same compensation as any other or gonizcr, both for organizing now lo cals and for receiving additional members into locals al.eady organ ized. Resolved that members of all committees performing any duty by direction of the State Convention of the .Farmers' Society of Equity be reimbursed for all reasonable expens es incurred. Whereas an effort is being made to extend credits to farmers be it re solved that we petition congress to furnish loans to farmers on first mortgages sacurities at interest rates as cheap as heretofore given to nat- ion!i; DanKS- , "Klef. l",e Aamiraiiy 01 n ior the period of one year, be it roslved that we petition congress to 60 co-operate and to use the money thu.sAav.ed uPon our Public highways, sent to Senator Chamberlain and to Representative Hawley. LT TO THE FARMER The Equity is established along the right lines and sooner or later it (or a similar organization) will succeed. Its principles are correct and it seems that only the indifference and inertia of the farmer in the way of a power ful co-operative organization that will improve the conditions under which farm products are marketed. The marketing of his products is the farmer's big problem, yet the farmer soems to wait for some one not a farmer to solve the problem. Just so long as he waits for this outside so lution, just so long as he fails to qualify himself for its solution by himself, just that long present con ditions will prevail in marketing. To improve matters, the farmer must study his own problems and organize for his own benefit and protection. Aurora Observer. LOGAN Pomona Grange has come and gone and the members of Harding Grange are relieved of the respons ibility of entertainment for another term. There , was a good attendance, but not to the old-time mark. The reports from the granges of the county were generally encouraging. This seemed to be an off meeting for resolutions, as those that were intro duced were tabled. A permanent com mittee of five was authorized, of which the Master and secretary are members. This committee is for the year and all resolutions are to be sent to them for publication before each meeting. A committee of three wa3 also ap pointed on confederation of farmers' organizations for business purposes. S. L. Casto, H. W. Hagemann and M. V. Thomas were the committee on resolutions. There was a- good short program in the evening. The young people gave a play: "Blumen- stein s Bargain Day, lull of humor ous characters and situations'. Mr. Still gave two humorous songs; Lil ian Anderson, Logan's impersonator, was up to her usual high standard, and Catherine Hagemann gave a rec itation. Mr. Henry Balsmeier s accordeon music was much appreciated by the audience, and later by the dancers. He has had much experience as a musician in San Francisco. The July meeting will be held with Molalla No. 310, but the April meeting has not yet been arranged for. " We hear that is. A. .Benson nas bought 100 acres of the Strawbridge land that joins his place. Let the good work go on so that the land will come into use. F. J. Moser has bought twelve and three-fourths acres from J. Zurbu chen, which joins, his place on the north. Gill Bros, are sawing considerable lumber now. We can almost hear cais running over that new road and we hope the wind will soon get in the right di rection so that we can hear them and a franchise will be forthcoming from the Logan council. E. M. Gerber and Harry Babler have formed a transportation line be tween Oregon City and Portland and we hear that they are running auto trucks. Members of Logan Equity Local got a car load of feed, flour, etc, from Portland and saved a nice sum tjicreby. REDLAND School District No. 75 had a reg ular old-time meeting. It seems that the old board refused to re-employ th'eir teacher at the close of three months, but the natrons said that they wanted him. Mr. Kirchem and J. T. Fullam resigned, so they had to wait 10 days for a special election, when they elected Mr. Moor ana Mr. Koch, and now the wheels of educa tion are going merrily around with Mr. Welch firmly installed. Elmer Powers, while coming home last flight, was thrown from his horse and was unconscious for a while. Better ride the pony too. Mr. Moore has sold another car of potatoes to Kane & Jaggar, $100 per cwt. Mrs. Murdock of Yamhill is visit ing friends here. Gottlieb Schneider is sick in pen with rheumatism. W. H. Bonney has been rebuilding the C. C. M. Tel. Co. lines until he has them in pretty good shape. Our central, while out riding, fell from her horse, and was bruised con siderably. Ride the pony, Ethel. Mrs. Ewalt was a visitor at Mrs. Hughes' Sunday, admiring the Gurn seys. Mr. Andrews, who has parted com pany with the Northwest Associa tion has moved onto the Chase place. J. Schwartz had the misfortune to Drean nis leg ai xne aniue last work, but I am told he is eettine along nicely. It was only a few years ago that Mr. Schwartz broke the same leg. ,, ... - :. v.inA a, y ... ...c x.u... ... ,,u. u. nave Pure Dlooa Wlln lau"y gestion, lazy liver and sluggish bow- els. Burdock Blood Bitters is recom- mended for strengthening stomach, hnwpls anH liver, and nurifvinc the ..1 Fancy Potatoes Highest Market Price paid at all thnes.-Write or Phone W. H. LUCKE SSbyoS Will be at Hodge's Livery Barn EQUITY STATE OFFICERS Pres. Wm. Grisenthwaite, Oregon City, R. 3. Vice-President, J. Schmitke, Banks, R. 3. Sec. Treas. F. G. Buchanan, Oregon City. Directors: A. R. Lyman, Gresham; S. M. Hall, Clatskanie; E. L. Hellyer, Beaverton, R. 2; P. H. HcMahon, New berg, R. 2; J. W. Smith, Aurora, R. 1. Officers of Clackamag Co. Union Pres. S. L. Casto, Oregon City, R. 3. Vice-President, J. H. Bowarman, Clackamas, R. 1. ' Sec. Treas. F. G. Buchanan, Oregon City. Directors: W. J. Bowerman, Clacka mas, R. 1; J. C. Royer, Clackamas R. 1; Wm. Grisenthwaite, Oregon City, R. 3. Sec. of Washington Co. Union, T. J. Elford, Hillsboro R. 3. Sec. Yamhill Co. Union, H. E. Crow ell, Dundee. Sec. Columbia Co. Union, Henry Kratse, Clatskanie. Sec. Multnomah Co. Union, A. R. Lymap, Gresham. Officers of Clackamas Co. Locals Damascus: Pres. J. C. Royer; Sec. II. T. Burr, Clackamas. Clackamas, Pres. J. N. Sieben; Sec. W. S. Daywalt, Clackamas. Eagle Creek: Pres. J. T. Rowcliff; Sec. C. C. Longwell, Barton. Beaver Creek: Pres. Fred Kamruth; Sec. W. W. Harris, Oregon City, R. 3. Maple Lane: Pres H. M. Robbins; Sec. G. F. Mighells, Oregon City R. 3. -New Era: Pres. Aug. Staeheley; Sec. G. F. Knowles, Oregon City, R. 1. Logan: Pres. W. E. Cremer; Sec. P. M. Kirchem, Oregon City, R. 2. Canbyr Pres. Geo. Koehler; Sec. R. C. Brodie, Canby, R. 2, Macksburg: Pres. C. D. Koesling; Sec. J. W. Smith, Aurora, R. 1. v Sunnyside, J. M. Besseler; Sec. E. E. Oeschlaeger, Clackamas, R. 1. Alberta: Pres. Jesse Mayfield; Sec. Ferris Mayfield, Springwater, R. 1. Stone: Pres. T. E. Brown; Sec. M. J. Byers, Clackamas, R. 1. Clarkes: Pres, Albert Gasser; Sec. John L. Gard, Oregon City, R. 4. Shubel: Pres. Chas. A. Menke; Sec. Elmer Swope, Oregon City. R. 4. Mt. Pleasant: Pres. P. W. Meredith; Sec. F. G. Buchanan, Oregon City. Carus: Pres. A. J. Kelnhofer, Ore gon City, R. 3; Sec. S. L. Casto, Ore gon City, R. 3. Colton: Pres. E. F. Sandall; Sec. C. A. Branland, Colton. Wilsonville: Pres. M. C. Young; Sec. R. B. Seely, Sherwood, R. 6. West Butteville: Pres. James Par rett; Sec. J. R. Woolworth, Newberg, R. 2. Needy: Pres. J. D. Rider; Sec. E. Werner, Aurora, R. 2. Highland, Pres. M. E. Kandle; Sec: N. E. Linn, Estacada, R. 1. Viola: Pres. J. A RaDdolph; Sec. F. E. Cockerline, Springwater, R. 1. Molalla: Pres. J. W. Thomas; Sec. I. M. Tolliver, Molalla. Springwater: Pres. J. M. Moger; Sec. C. F. Aue, Springwater. Crescent: Pres. F. A. Jones; Sec. N. J. W. Eichner, Oregon City, R. 2. TWILIGHT Mrs. E. E. Reed has returned home after an extended visit with her people in Spokane. W. A. Doodc spent last week in Portland at the . town home of his son Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Lazolle were Portland visitors Thursday. Tha comparison of the average boy or girl's lung power in the pres ence of an audiencewith that exhib ited on the playground, is simply marvelous. H. E. Henois, representing the Erie railroad, with headquarters in Seattle, passed a couple of days last week at Totem Pole ranch. An 8 year old was recently heard to say to a companion that he would soon have a sister-in-law, and a pre cious lass confided in a friend "tht the way he squeezed her sis ter was a fright." We are thus lead i to infer that a wedding is in pros pect for the near future, in our usu ally quiet community. Mrs. Blackaby, of Oak Grove, is again with her daughr, Mrs. L. E. Bentley. A ladv of the neighborhood re cently entertained the minister, and during his presence of an hour re mained in a standing position, after wards explaining her action as in line with her husband's advice, that when entertaining men unaccompani ed, that she might be ready to run on the least provocation. 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Bring Samples'' EQUITY WAREHOUSE MARKET Buying and Selling Prices Quoted From Warehouse Coi We submit selling prices on the following articles, according to pres ent market: Potatoes, Early Rose, (Fancy) $1.25; White Rose, Fancy, $1.25; Am erican Wonder, Fancy, $1.00; Bur bank, .75 to $1.50. Onions, fancy, $2.50 to $3.00; choice, $2.00 to $2.50; small $1.50. Parsnips, $1.00 to $1.25. Beets, $1.00 to $1.25. Turnips (White Egg) $1.00. Cabbage, $1.50 to $2.00. Squash, lc to llAc. Beans, small white, 6c to 6c. Beans, large, $4.90 per cwt. Apples 50c to $1.50; 4dry, 6c to 7c; white evaporated ring, 10c. Prunes, oc case. Veal, choice, 14c to 14c; fancy, 15 to 15c. Hogs, fancy block, 11c; heavy, 9c to 10 c. ' Calf hides, lac; cow hides, 12c. Pelts, 12c. Hens, 15c to 17c. Springs, 15c to 17c. Geese, 14c. Ducks, Indian Runner, 12 to 14c; Pekin, 14 to 16c. Turkeys, alive, zi to 3bc; dressed, 25 to 30c. Eggs 38c to 40. . Pop corn, 4 to 4V&C. We also submit the buying prices of goods now under contract, which we can furnish you on short notice: Shorts, $22.50; bran, $20.50; flour, $4.20. Pearl oil, iron bbls, 10c; pearl oil, wood bbls, 14c; case, 17-Msc; Gaso line, tank, 16c; casa, 23c; Head Light Oil, tank, 11c; bbls, 15c; case, ltj-Vsc. Quote you: Red clover seed, lb Vic, guaranteed purity test 99 per cent; germination test 95 per cent and over. Alsyke seed, 81.UU; guaranteed purity test 99 per cent; germination test 95 per cent and over. Timothy seed $5.50; 9a per cent and 99 per cent pure, germination test 92 per cent and over. Seed prices fluctuate daily and are subject to change without notice. Alfalfa hay, $13.25. Ground screenings, $20.00 ton; whole corn, $35.00 ton; cracked corn, $36.00 ton. Alfalfa and molasses, $23.5.0 ton. Steam rolled barley, $27.00 ton. Feed wheat, country run, $29.00 a ton. Bran and short,' mill run, $21.50 a ton. Middlings, $30.00 ton. Ooats, $27.00 ton; whole, $28.00 ton; rolled, $29.00 ton. Oil Meal, $34 00 ton. Whole barley $26.00 ton. Equity Warehouse Co. 206 Stark St. Portland, Oregon. A Hypocrite. Teacher (after explaining the charac ter of the I'hnriseei-And now what do we menu hv a "h.v rite?" Pupil Please, miss, u mini wot says be Is wot he Isn't, hul he ain't.-Umdon Punch. More Important. "1 feel 11s If I were going to nave appendicitis." 'Well, I need 11 new gown, so you II Just have to walt."-Ufe. Flat Rnfusal. Jnck-So Kitty gave you a flat re fusal? Cholly-Yes, she said she wouldn't live In nuejr with one. Bos ton Transcrlpt- He who knows most grieves most for wasted tltne.-Dante. A Difference in Working Hours A man's woikiner dav is 8 hours. His body organs must work perfect ly 24 hours to keep him fit for 8 hours work. Weak, sore, inactive kid neys can not do it. They must be sound and healthily active all the time. Folev Kidnev Pills will make them so. You cannot take them into your system without good results fol lowing. Huntley Bros. Co. Get vour letterheads and envelopes printed with the name of your farm on them. The Courier will make them cheap for ou. WOMAN REFUSES OPERATION Tells How She Was Saved by Taking Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound. Logansport, Ind. "My baby was over a year old and I bloated till I was . .i....,.!.,.,..uv -'M- '' 1 a DUtden to mysell. I suffered from fe male ' trouble so I IXK 1 could not stand on my ieet snu 1 ieu like millions of needles were prick ing me all over. At last my doctor told me that all that would save me was an operation, but this I refused. I told my husband to get me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-, pound and I would try it before I would submit to any operation. He did so and I improved right along. I am now doing all my work and feeling fine. "I hope other suffering women will try your Compound. I will recommend it to all I know." Mrs. Daniel D. B. Davis.110 Franklin St, Logansport, Ind. Since we guarantee that all testimo nials which we publish are genuine, is it not fair to suppose that if Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has the virtue to help these women it will help any other woman who is suffering in a like manner? If you are ill do not drag along until an operation is necessary, but at once take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Write to Lydia E. Pinkham M ed icine CoM (confidential) Lyn n, Mass. Your letter wil be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. Vs" Jjt" m SOCIALISTS' By C. W. That the organized socialist party has political claims on the farmer is evidenced by the following para graphs taken from their 1912 plat form: No. 1 The collective ownership and democratic management of rail roads, wire cr.d wireless telegraphs and telephone, express services, steamboat lines and all other social means of transportation and com munication and of all large-scale in dustries. 2. The immediate acquirement by the municipalities, the states or the federal government of all grain elevators, stock yards, storage ware houses, and other distributing agen cies in order to reduce the present ex tortionate cost of living. . 3. The extension of the public domain to include mines, quarries, oil wells, forests and water power. 4. The further conservation and development of natural resources for the use and benefit of all the people (a) By scientific forestation and timber protection. (b) By the reclamation of ar (d) By the stopage of the (c) By the storage of flood waters and the utilization of water power. (d) By the stoppoge of the present extravagant waste of the soil and of the products of mines and oil, wells. ' (e) By the development of highway and waterway systems. It is plainly seen by the foregoing that the farmers are considered to be an integral part of the working class to which the socialist , party make their appeal for class solidarity and possession of the legislative powers of government. The following, also taken from the same platform, defines more def initely the working class referred to. The working class, which includes all those who are forced to work for a living, whether by hand or brain, in shop, mine or on the soil, vastly outnumbers the capitalist class. Lacking effective organization and class solidarity, this class is unable to enforce its will. Given such class solidarity and effective organization, the workers will have the power to make all laws and control all indus try in their own interest. The foregoing section is interpret ted to mean all who do useful labor. The exploiting capitalist may labor in a way that fully occupies his men tal and physical faculty but such la bor performs no useful service to society. Such labor will be discontiif-ued-when the useful practical labor ers (workers) displace his occupation by changing or revolutionizing the system that permits such exploita tion. The following section, also taken from the platform, defines the class sought to be displaced and deposed by the useful workers from further retarding civilization by their power exalted power in control of govern ment. The capital class though few in numbers, absolutely controls the gov ernmentlegislative, executive and judicial. This class owns the machin ery of gathering and disseminating news through its organized press. It subsidizes seats of learning the col leges and schools and even religi ous and moral agencies. It has also the added prestige which established customs give to any order of sooci ety, right or wrong. Bible Quotations Found in the Anal ysis of the Socialist Platform Gen. 1:20 Subdue the earth. Gen. 3:19 In the sweat of thy TO In order to save your DISCOUNT Electric bills must be paid before the . J 0th of the month at our office. 617 Main St. Oregon City, Ore. We have numerous electrical de vices on display in our show room that you will be interested in know ing about. Pot tland Railway, Light & Powe Company MAIN OFFICE SEVENTH!, ALDER PORTLAND - , Phones Main GC88 and A. 0131" C. D. LATOUKETTE, President THE FiRST NATIONAL BANK of OREGON CITY, OREGON (Successor Commercial Bank Transact, a General Banking Bualnesa Open from 0 a, m. to 3 DEPARTMENT BARZEE face thou eat. Ex. 20:9 Thou shalt labor and do all thy work. Deut 24:14 Thou shalt not op press an hired servant, i Lev. 19:13 The wages of him that is hired shall not remain over night. Eccl. 3:13 Every man should en joy the good of ALL his labor. It is the gift of God. The Fearless Preacher The world has just been- celebra ting the anniversary of the birth of the Carpenter of Nazareth. When he was abouty thirty years of age, af ter having served as a laborer in Nazareth for a long time, he was one day invited- to speak in the church which he had been used to attending. He began by reading from Isaiah: The spirit of the Lord God is up on me, Because he hath set me apart to preach the good tidings of the meek. To bind up the broken hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives,. And the opening of the prison doors to them that are bound. Then he began to explain what it meant, and the "good people" of the day were so incensed at the idea of emptying the prisons and preaching deliverance to the workers, that they rushed upon him in a mob and wJuld have thrown him down a precipice back of the town except for the fact that he eluded them, after, perhaps, exercising his good right arm with skill and power. That was a man whose force is ad mitted by all to this day. Yet he had no home, and testified that he was without honor in his own country, while the rulers of the people he had come to liberate, -professing religion and pretending that the most relig ious man the world has known was a blasphemer and determined to de stroy religion, hounded him to death, Evolution and Revolution ' Evolution means "to come out of, to unroll, to unfold. It is a synonym for developement and growth. All things grow, therefore, all things are examples of evolution. Social evolu tion means the development of soci ety along orderly lines. Socialists trace this development in the past and argue that it must continue to develop or "come out of ltselr until the fruit appears. The fruitage of So ciety will be Socialism, and it will be so radically different from what it is now that it will constitute a revo lution. Revolution means a turning over. It is a synonym in its original meaning of reform, a forming anew, though the latter word has been cheapened until it has come to mean almost anything or nothing. Revolu tion is a synonym of conversion, or turning aroud. bocial evolution, as spoken by Socialists, means the turn ing over of conditions, so that indus try will be managed for and by the workers instead of for and by work ers of the workers. There is an ex. ample of social revolution in the de velopment of machinery. Without a war, and so imperceptbily that the unthinking even deny it has occurred the tools with which the people work have, because of the development of machinery, passed from their hands into the hands of the few who, be cause of owning the tools, are able to collect a perpetual toll from such as use the tools, the new social revolu tion, already in progress, will trans fer the larger tools from private con trol into the control of the workers once again, and in doing that free them from exploitation. F. J .MEYER, Cashier, PATRONS TO SAVE MILLIONS IN ROAD WASTE Logan W. Pap Makes Tests of Materials. BUILDS MODEL HIGHWAYS. Direotor of Public Roads Gives Advic. to Farmer, and Others Who Wish to Make Transportation of Crop. Easier. Durability of Materials Differs. In uu effort to prevent waste of mil lions of dollars auuuully la the distri bution of funds for construction of public roudu Logau Wuller Page, di rector of the otlice of public roads of the department of agriculture, bus been making sciential' tests to deter mine what materials should be put Into the roads designed to meet differ ent kinds of trallic. It has beeu found that more than $1,000,000 a day Is spent on construction of roads. No estimate is made of the portion of these funds that Is wasted, but it Is believed to mount Into the millions. Efforts are being made to teacb the country that the expenditure of large sums of mouey on certain types of roads may result almost In a total waste. A road built of materials which AN EXAMPLE OV A GOOD I10AU. would be Ideul lu one locality may not serve the purpose elsewhere, uud the money expended may bring scarcely any result In reducing the cost of haul ing or making it easier for the farmer to get to the shipping point with his crops. To nld the farmers who want to build their own roads nnd assist com munities that desire to Improve roads near by, the ollice of public ronds of the department of agriculture has em ployed experts to test all materials and study their usefulness on ronds sub jected to certain traffic conditions. Tha ofllce of public roads Is acting In an ad visory capacity to many states and counties, giving a practical form of national aid. On roads where there Is heavy traffic It has been found that certain kinds of materials are better than others and that while one kind of binder may not serve the purpose, another kind pre serves the road Indefinitely. Millions of dollars doubtless bave been wasted because of the absence of the scientific knowledge. There are two ways In which the engineer may avail himself of the in formation necessary to a proper selec tion of road material," says IJMreetor Pagb. "The only certain one Is to moke an actual service test on the material under observation and under the same conditions of traffic and cli mate to which the proposed road will bo subjected. This method is Imprac tical except in rare Instances, due to the lapse of time before definite re sults can be obtained. The second method Is, by means of short time lab oratory tests, to approximate the de structive agencies to which the mate rial will be subjected on the road, sup plementing this knowledge ty a study of the results obtained In practice on material of h similar nature." oooooooooooooooooooooooooo o o O MIRED1 O MIRED1 BY GEORQH IP. PAUL. The shades of night were falling fast When through a country village paBfled A youth, who bare through slush and slop , A carpet sweeper and a mop. ExcelBlorl The shades of night fell like a log, They roused the cricket and the dog He floundered through the ruts so deep, And as he slopped he swore a heap. Excelulor! He lived but seven miles from town. Just where the Hollow road slopes down. Vet when at last he reached the place Long whiskers covered all his face. Excelulor! No more he ventures In to town To act the mud bespattered clown. He's sitting there; he waits and Do you begin to cough at night just when you hope to sleep? Do you have a tickling throat that keeps yoa awake? Just take Foley'a Honey and Tar Compound. It will check tne cough and stop the tickling sensation at once. Does not upset the stom ach and Is best for children and grown persons. Huntley Bros. Co. 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