Corvallis gazette., March 10, 1908, Image 4

TREHCH ROAD SYSTEM
Administration and Construction
of World's Best Highways.
RECORD OF ALL WORK KEPT
building of Roads Supervised by the
Government as Carefully as a Rail
road Constructs Tracks Marked. At
tention Paid to Drainage.
Good roads are among the best assets
of any community, and tl American
State whiclv. first secures them in a
systematic way will derive benefits
Which it will never fully appreciate.
The Los Angeles highway commis
sion recently: addressed inquiries to
American Consul Skinner at Marseilles,
asking him about the laws and en
gineering methods in France. Consul
Skinner investigated and has published
a most interesting explanation of the
subject, from which the following ex
tracts were made:
Frauce has the finest roads in the
world, both in physical form and rela
tion to the national geography. The
French nation has spent more than
$400,000,000 on them to more than
$200,000,000 spent by the local depart
ments. Down at the bottom of the French
road system is the humble cautouniere,
or road foreman, who has charge of
one to three miles of road. He Is to
the roads what the section boss Is to a
railroad's organization. Up at the top
is the School of Roads and Bridges, a
great technical college in which engi
neering, construction and every detail
Of road building is taught. Between
these two extremes the government
controls, manages, regulates every
thing. A record is kept of every bit
of road in the country, what it cost.
Who built It and how, the expenses for
maintenance and rebuilding every
thing in its history Is carefully record
ed. France's highway system is card
Indexed like the list of patrons of a
mall order house,
France does not have the best roads
because It has special skill In making
them. An English engineer designed
the scheme. No more so because it
has especially large or unusually ex
cellent supplies of materials. The same
materials can be found all over the
United States. French roads are per
fect because the road laws are . near
perfection, because the road business
Is a profession and not a job and be
cause the men who make themselves
proficient are certain of special recog
nition. But about the physical construction
of a French road. To v begin with,
French experience proves that deep,
Bolid foundations and fine surfaces are
not so important as something else
commonly overlooked drainage. It Is
a primary and ironclad principle of
French roadmaking that the roadway
' must receive no more than its own
natural lnfall. Everything else must
give way to this.
A standard French national road is
forty-six feet wide. In the middle Is
the road proper, twenty feet wide.
Outside this, thirteen feet wide on
either side, are driftways, sloping away
from the surfaced road slightly. These
are used as footpaths and must be
hard and heavy enough to hold in place
the surfacing material ofthe road
proper. Finally outside nil this must
be a ditch on each side if the conforma
tion of the ground makes this neces
Bary for drainage.
They begin by digging out a "box"
In the earth the width of the roadway
proper, twenty feet. This is carefully
convexed at the bottom, so that the
hard surfacing materials shall be of
the same thickness throughout anil
give a surface of exactly the right
curvature. This curvature is from one
fiftieth to one-fortieth of the width.
Wneu the "box" has been carefully
prepared the bottom and sides are vig
orously tamped" to assure that they
will be hard enough to hold the solid
materials firmly. Then it Is ready for
the crushed stone, etc., to be put in.
Every bit of crushed stone must pass
through a two and one-third inch
screen. Eight inches of this crushed
material is deposited in the box, and
then it Is rolled with a six ton roller.
While the rolling is going on large
amounts of water are constantly sprin
kled on the surface. At the same time
a mixture of sandy and argillaceous
materials equal in volume to 10 per
cent of the amount of crushed stone
used is sprinkled slowly on the surface
along with the water and very evenly,
and the whole is rolled down until the
tire of a loaded wagon will make no
track. Then the road is finished save
for the requirement that it must sea-
son for fifteen days before being open
ed to trallic. This is a description of
a crushed stone surface. Where other
materials must be used they are pro
vided for in the French scheme burn
ed clay, gravel, etc. There Is a plan
for every material and every region.
RYELAND SHEEP- ,
Modem Promise of Very Hardy, Lit
tle Known Breed.
The Ryeland breed of sheep got Its
name from a district in southern Here- j
fordshire, where rye was grown qnite
extensively. Last summer while in our .
office Professor Robert Wallace, tne
world's greatest authority on the live
stock of Great Britain, called our at-1
tention to the Kyeland sheep, a mod
ern type of which has been greatly im
proved during the past few years, ine
good qualities of this comparatively
little known breed will appeal to sheep
breeders all over the country. Professor
Wallace Is of the opinion that tnis
hardy breed will do well over a large
area of this country. While the Dreea
does best on typical sheep land, it
thrives on tracts of cold, damp soil.
Woman'sWorld
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and on ' each a.-caslon the ceremony t "W"
was performed by his brother, an even months.
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MRS. ' COBDEN-SANDERSON.
The Noted English Suffragist Who
Has Recently Been In America.
The- recent Visit in this country of
Mrs. Cobden-Sanderson of England has
revived anew the subject of woman
suffrage, a subject never exhausted in
the press and the school debating so
ciety. The late disturbance in the
British parliament when the women
suffragist delegates were unjustly
dealt with brought about a great deal
of. discussion and incidentally many
facts pointing to the farreachiug ef
fects of the movement
As far as the American woman and
suffrage are concerned, there is nobody
in this day and hour who will stop to
question and argue about her right of
suffrage, for the real question is about
how long will it be before she gets it.
About Mrs. Cobden-Sanderson a
writAr In a recent number of the
Reader comments as follows:
'"The visit to this country of Mrs.
Cobden-Sanderson, the woman's suf-
more renowned bishop. When the first
marriage took piace. the bishop had to
refuse a tempting invitation from an
old friend because so the letter ran
"I am going up to Williamsburg" on
that date to marry my brother George.
The same friend happened to be on
the train with him years afterward
when he was traveling to the second
ceremony. "1 am going to marry my
brother George," the bishop explained
benignly after the business of greet
ings was over. Again many years
passed, and the same journey was
taken once more for the same pur
pose.' By a strange coincidence the
identical friend ran into the bishop as
they hurried through the depot to their
respective trains. "Where going, bish-J
op?" the former sang out as they
grasped hands and dashed by each
other. " '
"I am going where I am always
going," the auswer came back ponder
ously, "to marry my brother George!"
Harper's Weekly.
MODERN BTEIiAND BAM. .
where other breeds would find diffi
culty to pick a living. It would seem
that this breed could be used to good
advantage in this country. Being im
nressed with the good qualities pos
sessed by the Ryelands, we reproduce
herewith a picture of a modern type of
ram of this breed.
As a sire the Ryeland ram is most
Impressive and in high favor for pro
ducing fat lambs by ewes of his own
or other breeds. The lambs are gen
erally born fat, and they retain their
condition when well managed In virtue
of their natural hardiness of constitu
tion. , Ryeland sheep were supplanted in
Great Britain to a large extent some
years ago during the rage of Shrop
shire and other improved Downs. The
tendency of recent times, says Profess
or Wallace, has been to breed them up
again. It was estimated in 1903 that
there were only about thirty flocks of
Ryeland sheep in existence. In 1907
the number of flocks was" placed at 200.
American Agriculturist.
Dirt In the Separator.
Sometimes dirt is allowed to accu
mulate in ths skim milk tubes or In
the cream outlet of the separator. Any
accumulations of this kind will change
the percentage of butter fat in the
cream and the proportion of skim milfe
to cream exactly as if there had been a
change made in the position of the
cream or skim milk screws.
Soiled Udders.
In the production of milk for direct
consumption it is imperative that the
udders be clean before milking, as it is
from soiled udders that milk as or
dinarily produced gets the greatest
amcmnt of contamination.
BEEF FEEDER..
Sugar beet culture means more cat
tle and larger crops generally rather
than less, provided always that the
Duln from the beets is properly util
ized. In practice fifty to seventy-five
pounds of pulp per day are fed to cat
tle. This, however, is said to aepenu
on the cattle, and more may be given,
up to 100 pounds, if they will eat it
E. W. Allen.
The Famous Scotch Beef.
Scotch beef is not produced in any
locality or confined to any one class
of farmers, but is produced on practi
cally all farms, large and small, with
iu the boundaries of Scotland. The
number of cattle fed by an individual
is not usually so large as in Anieric:;
and depends upon the amount of rough-
ace and roots available.
Iu former years many of the north
of Scotland cattle feeders in fattening
three-year-old and four-year-old cattle
fed nothing but straw and swedes.
This method of feeding does not now
prevail to the same extent, as the tend
ency on every hand is to market ani
mals at an earlier age, and grain and
cake have been added to the rations.
Feed Value of Soft Corn..
A maioritv of our farmers have to
face the problem of how to most prof-
itably dispose of a crop of soft corn.
If it is very soft, the ears will freeze
up hard during the winter and next
spring will either be-rotten or soured,
in either case not very valuable for
feeding purposes.
Several years ago we had a little ex
perience along this line. We fed the
entire field to cattle in the form of
shock corn. Before the hard freezes
Madras Curtains.
It will not be long before lace cur
tains will be only something to recall
as a past- fancy in household decora-,
tions, just as we remember the golc.
vases, enlarged pictures and picture
throws. The lace curtains which will
remain, if they do at all, will be fine,
expensive and genuine luxuries. The
reason for this is because madras and
other materials. of like kind are fast
taking the place of the fragile, lacy
drapery; not wholly for window pur
poses, but portieres and the like are
they used. Silks are used for the win
dows and some of the finest meshed
nets and many exquisite striped mate
rials which are like 6heer dress fab
rics. The tapestry effects in madras
are beautiful and suit well the rich
house furnishings. Some of the pat
ents are as rich in appearance as any
of the oriental fabrics of rare mate
rials and great value and not very ex
pensive only in the finer grade of
madras fabrics. Madras is or differ
ent grades, colors and widths, with
prices ranged accordingly.
UBS. COBDEN-8 ANDERSON.
frage agitator of England, has brought
to the realization of some American
women as nothing else could do the
vitality and determination of the move
ment in England, 'some,' because it is
to be doubted if Mrs. Cobden-Sander
son succeeded in reducing many In her
American audiences to earnestness. It
is not her desire to address suffrage
societies or to talk to those already con
verted. She wishes to make converts,
and as she is likely to become .the
fashion her talks were given chiefly at
the fashionable literary clubs, where
all she said was greeted with amused
appreciation and a light Ironical tol
erance. The prof ound-' sincerity of her
ideas did not deeply move her accom
plished audiences, who indeed discuss
ed the charm of her accent, the quaint
beauty of her face, the unusual grace
of her personality, but who said little
or nothing about her message. Sane
was pronounced charming, but she
was not regarded as the daughter of
the great commoner making a further
plea for the rights and duties of com
monalty."
The Use of Cologne.
The most inveterate hater of per
fumes could not overlook the real use
fulness of cologne or some good toilet
water. The beauties of ancient times
who reveled in aromatic baths knew
better than many moderns the refresh
ment to tired nerves to be found in
this practice. If you have not yet been
educated quite up to the standard of
an entire aromatic bath, the next time
you come in tired from a day's shop
ping try spraying yourself with co
logne after a hot bath. You will be ab
solutely astonished to find how com
pletely your fatigue has flown.
Weeklies within one year
The mails are not forbidden to
subscribers who are in arreais
longer than the time provided in
the new ruling, but these subscri
bers are placed in a separate class
ification, requiring a higher rate
of postage , the rate being so high
that publishers could not afford
to send papers at the price of sub
scription.
The reason given by the gov
eminent for making this order is
that second class mail' matter is
being carried through the mails
at a rate of postage thereon
which is less than the cost of car
riage.
The Gazette has heretofore
been liberal in giving to its sub
scribers time to pay for their sub
Ascriptions, by paying $200 per
year for tbose past due and $ 1.50
per annum when the same was
paid ra advance. Having made
the difference in the past-due and
advance rate has resulted in giv
dng the Gazette a larger portion
of paid up subscribers. This rule
must now be changed according
to Uncle Sam's order, as the
newspaper has no voice in the
matter. The Gazette invites its
patrons to settle their dnes soon.
GASOLINE ENGINE
IRRIGATION, , SPRAYING AND
PUMPING MACHINERY
Fairbanks-Morse Gaeohne Engines for
pumping, spraying, sawing, grinding
Outfits complete.
Fairbanks Scales, for weighing.
Fairbanks-Morse Dynamos and Motors
for power and light.
Fairbanks-Morse Windmills and Tow
ers.
Fairbanks. Morse Grinders, Feed Chop
nars. Well PomDS.
All first oualitv goods at lowest prices.
Always ia stock. Liberal terms. Prompt
eply to inquiries and quick shipments.
Write for catalogue ana prices.
J. R. SMITH & CO., Agents
Corvallis, Oregon.
In the Chcnit Court of the SHte t Orama ft
Benton County.
Delilm Read, Plaintiff.
Hannah Fowlini. Poll Mitchell. ..
Lucrctia Hallock drcsased. SaraH. Srh nJl
Slrahan, Fayne Lewis, heirs-et laar r 8 Stmhatv
deceased. and Henry Lewis and "AU 'whom is
may concern," JJefendnntx,
n toe matter of the application of TViit. Be
to ranrter the title to the follow. JJhJ?
nal DLCrf Heman 8. HaMock, and I wtmL Hat
leek. hi. wife it beinr Claim N.
.... ......tv.c n.i mn. Kenton rraMr. fr..
gon, described as follows, towit : Ber. at the
corner of said section 4. and runntnc- th. north S
minutes cast 45 chain. thenrA o- -.:
50 links, thence south 44 chains and AO links.
, w ace and ?4 minutes west s chain
and 67 links, thence sonih ?fl chains and S links,
thence east 60 chains and 88 lirk and thence nortt
25 chains to the piace of hecinnh-c in the district
-"it.- ro saie si orefon CTtv, Oveeon.
and contaimne S20 acres and -1on of sr sere
To Hannah Bowlsnd. rollv Mitchell. Psr
H. Mrah an Claude Strshan. Fsvne I ewis. Fcnrjr
Lew-is. ,nd -AU whom it mav concern," IVfeiuUiitev
TAKE NCTICI
That on the 4th davof .Isrrsrr. sn errhea.
flop ws f Vd h-r the ssii pelils Peed In lh
Circuit Court of the State of Oreron for Ttenton
county. Oregon, fcr initial recistretion of the title
to the land shove descrihed.
Now, unless vcu pr-rs ri or he'e-re the ?isfc
day of FchTusry A . P. 1C0R. end shew earee vhr
such anpliestion should not he prantrd. the ssrea
will he tsken as confessed snd s decree will he en
tered according to the reaver of the enolieetlon scnY
end comr'sint vnu will be forever haired from
disputing:' the sap.
Pated st Corvallis, Orepon, this Bth ilsy of Jan
nsry. 1908.
rs"I.l T. T. YTNCFNT.
- Cleric Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
Benton County.
Care of the Hair.
There Is many a woman who almost
entirely owes her claim to good looks
to her hair, for if in good coadltion
and well dressed, which means not
only fashionably and carefully, but
becomingly. It develops the good points
of the features and the charm of ex
pression.. So much depends on the line
of union between the face and the
hair. To some women It is all impor
tant to have a point descending on the
center of the forehead and soft curls
failing to the temples, points which
the fashionable coiffures of today fa
vor. It Is well to remember that, while
the most important, the hairs that bor
der the face and neck are the most
delicate. In these days of friction and
massage, when the face is being thus
attended to, the hair is often suffering.
It is Injured by frizzing it with the
comb Jo increase its apparent bulk and
How to Sit Gracefully.
When sitting be sure that your hips
are never brought farther forward than
your shoulders. The proper way Is to
get your hips as far back as possible
In the chair and firmly settled there.
Then you can Imagine the upper part
of your body a stem swaying as it will.
You can bend forward " or sideways,
but you will never want to bend back,
and even if you grow to be stout you
will still look well when sitting, and
If you want to lean back In a steamer
chair you may even be graceful.
Fairbanks, Morse & Co.
Portland. Oregon.
Farmers.
NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION.
I
HFPAJPTMENT OF THR INTFFIOTt.
Land Office at Rosehnnr. 0 . Ts. . lflfla.
Notice is herehy iriven that Khha 1. WUlsesi. or-
Wonroe. Benton Co. Or.hss filed notice of his inten
tion to rrske final five year proof in support at'
his claim, viz:
Homestead Fntrv Vn. nolo, n'ndc Octoherl.
1001. for the N of i. Sections. Township M
South. Rane-e 6 West W M. snd that said proof
will he made before County Clerk and CterV n(
Ooirote' Court at Corvallis, Oregon, on Friday,
wrsrmi Oi iws.
He names the following witnesses to nrc-e May
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of, the
land, viz:
Walter J. Sisson. welberrv wilison. Albert 0kes
and James Oake. nil of Vocroe, Orec-on.
hknjamiin L. n.uv x , Register. -Re-advertisement.
Tti
The Best Quality of
PIANOS an ORGANS
At the Store of GRAHAM & WELLS'"
Corvallis, Oregon
CUSTOMERS
Are requested to call and see them be
fore purchasing elsewhere.
In tfe Sickroom.
Good cheer is better than medicine.
The jest has an important part to play
as a remedy for irritability.
Don't tell long stories.
Don't Eehash other people's trials.
Don't think up miserable possibili
ties.
Order, observation and obedience are
three cardinal virtues in a nurse.
Add to these tact, the want of which
is the base of nearly every sin a nurse
may commit.
For Wet Rubbers.
Get an empty candy bucket with a
lid. Cut a little off the lid so it will
slip part way into the bucket Bore a
few holes in the lid. You can do this
with a redhot poker. When you take
your rubbers off all full of snow or wa
ter, nut them on the lid of the bucket.
and all the water will run through the
came on the bunch made good gains
TCi,r, i, rn,l ia built the canton- l upon the soft ears as they did upon
niere tramps up and down it and keeps the fully matured ones. But when the
It in repair, fills ruts with broken cold weather came the ears froze up
tone clears the ditches, etc. Above atfd became solid, and the steers ate
the cantonniere is a foreman In charge only the fodder and the husks, leaving
of a larcer section, above him an en- ! the ears, which could not be eaten. Of
gineering superintendent, and so on
up to the inspector general of high
ways and bridges, who is head of the
whole system for the country. Every
man In the list receives specific orders
from his next superior and is ranked
according to his execution of them.
They have no broad tire laws in
France, but that happens because the
people use broad tires by Instinct They
have sense enough to know that good
wide Ores make the roads better In
stead of worse. Nobody else except
the French seems to have learned this.
course the gains did not come. When
the ears thawed out they had no food
value. C. A. Waugh in National Stock
man. Beef Cattle at a Profit.
Good cattle can be fed at a profit and
higher prices can be obtained for cot
tonseed products, corn and hay by
feeding the same to a good type of
beef cattle than by selling In a cash
market, and at the same time the fer
tilizer material may be retained on the
farm to increase the productiveness of
the soil. A. Smith, Mississippi.
For Woman Suffrage.
Collier's Weekly has come out for
woman suffrage in a leading editorial,
and the Woman's Journal declares this
the most notable journalistic recruit
that the cause has gained since the
North American Review took a similar
stand some months ago.
NEW POSTAL LAW.
The United States Postal De-Jia ambidextrous.
by trying to draw the hair forward in noleg tue bucket instead of on the
front by means of a comb after it nas j porch or floor.
been aressea. many nairs come oui
with both these processes. Do not
comb the hair upward before brushing
It; on the contrary, let it assume its
most natural pose before dressing it.
Part the hair down the center before
beginning brushing operations and con
tinue the brushing down from the
root to the points. When the hair is
thick part it in small strands and
brush between. The movement J of
brushing should be a gentle one, not
scouring the scalp, but directed to the
hair. Curling on rollers during the
night is a strain, but it is not so inju
rious as the persistent use of hot irons.
When face washes are used, It Is wise
to introduce a little oil on the edges of
the hair, so that none of the face
creams and tonics find their way on to
It Massage of the scalp and of the
line where hair and face meet does
wonders. The scalp should not be hard
and Immovable on the skull, .but soft
and easily pushed backward and for
ward, and this canbe promoted by
moving it gently with the fingers of
both hands without Interfering with
the hair. This increases the circula
tion of the blood. In time it will bear
fruit by the growth of fresh hairs. The
hair should be well ventilated so that
the air can get to it If the scalp is in
flexible, the vigor of the hair will suf
fer.
TtmA ri "Weekly Oreironian" of Port
land and the 'OwvalliB fSazeite" for the
general news of the worm, aiso ior in
formation about how to obtain the best
results in cultivating the soil, stock rais-
uw. iaawi- raisinc etc
You can sectice both of tbeee excellent
rappaw for one year by paying to the
CwvaKis Gazette" the sum of Uo dot
d ftitv tents, in advance. Betrat
the money by postoffiee awder or baa
rWtt amA titoae moat, valuable papers fc
be promptly malted o you. 88n
No Hiding the Fact There.
Church services in this country
are often punctuated by the an
nouncement of coming marriages,
but how would you1 like your en:
gagement to be proclaimed in the
public street for all and sundry to
hear about and comment upon?
Yet that is what happens in Swit
zerland. If you are engaged to be
married, you must not merely , suf
fer it to become known by a notice
pinned up in some obscure regis
trar's office where it is seldom seen,
but von must be prepared to have
it posted in the full blaze of sun
light on the front of the municipal
building, "where the thousands of
people continually passing are able
to see it and stop to read it. Wide
World Magazine. .
A Scientific Joke.
Though the late Lord Kelvin had
his merry moods, he was not very
much of a wit. However, he once
made a ioke that was very charac
teristic in its completeness. While
he was working at his famous deep
sea sounding apparatus a brother
scientist asked him the use of a big
coil of piano wire he was carrying
with him.
"It is for sounding," was the re
ply. "What note T' said the questioner.
"The deep C," came the answer
ts quick as lightning.
An Indignant Denial.
The principal of a school was
talking with a father about his boy.
"By the way, Mr. White, Is have
made a discovery about Jerry. He
THIS OLD RELIABLE HOUSE will
sell their FINE-TONED INSTRU
MENTS FOR REASONABLE PRICES'
instead of charging you extra to make
up for high city rents, railroad fares and'
hotel bills for traveling salesmen.
Music Loving People1
Can purchase these reliable goods in
their home town. If there is smylaharjfe-
you do not understand you will find tbe-
sellers near your home.
Own YourHoma
THE
First
- National - Bank
of Corvallis
f George Kept Him Busy.
.A well known Vi rinia clergyman,
one time president of William and
Mary college, was married three times.
partment has made new regula
tions in regard to carrying second
class mail matter ( such as news
papers, magazines, periodicals,
etc.) the same going into effect
January i, 190, and allowing
publishers to April 1, I95 o
prepare their subscription lists in
accordance with the new order of
things. The effect of the change
practically compels the establish
ment of new relations between
the publisher and subscribers of
county papers.
The department ruling requires
that subscriptions entitled to the
second class postage rate shall
not be delinquent longer than the
following periods of time:
Dailies within three months.'
' Tti-weeklies within six months.
Mr. White, with rising indigna
tion, replied: "I don't Bee how that
can he. He ain't never been ex
posed to it. Besides, he was vacci
nated last year. We bathe him reg
'lar every week, and his mother al
ways makes him wear a little bag
of assanddity tied arouna ms nee.
Some of the other boys tias been
lyin on him."
Profit In Sheep.
As shown by the recorded data for
four vears. the average cost of winter
ing sheep at the Mississippi experiment
jrotinn has been $1.14 Der head. The
estimated profits from a flock of twen-rv-two
sieeD for last year were $42.36,
and none oi the breeding ewes was
nlrl. There Is ready sale for early
lambs at good prices. Sheep could
easily be made one of the most profita
ble lines of live stock farming for the
average farmer in this state.
has some
TO WN LOTS
Near the State Agricultural College
which you can buy on the INSTALL--
MENT PLAN or for cash.
Save Ten op Twenty Dollars
per month and pay the same on a town
lot. Thereafter BUILD YOLK tiVMU
on the lot and continue to make these
small monthly payments on the home-
arid you will scon have it paid for and
have no more rant to pay.
For information address
W.ZH. SA VAC
Corvallis, Or
Bargain Sale
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