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WHY OUR ROADS ARE BAD.
Causes of Slow Development of the
American Highway.
While the people of the American
states have furnished examples of al
most phenomenal enterprise and achieve
ment in other directions, the construc
tion and management of their pnblic
highways have been singularly loose,
Unsystematic and improvident. Except
In some of the New England states and
some in New York and northern New
Jersey adjacent to the city of New York,
there can scarcely be said to be anything
like a system of public highways con
structed with reference to permanence,
durability and affording the best service
to the community at all seasons. There
are, of course, local exceptions where
by individual or associated enterprise,
aided by special conditions as to surface
and natural character or the soil or
proximity to roadbuilding material, good
roads have been constructed, but they
are few in number and limited in extent.
The commissioner of agriculture, in
his report for the year 1&88, comment
ing upon the importance of the common
roads as the feeders to the railroads of
the country, made use of the following
suggestive statements:
"While our railway system has be
come the most perfect in the world, the
common roads of the United States have
been neglected and are inferior to those
of any other civilized country in the
world. They are deficient in every nec
essary qualification that ia an attribute
to a good road in direction, in slope, in
shape and service, and, most of all, in re
pair. These deficiencies have resulted
not only from an ignorance of the true
principles of roadmaking, but also from
the varied systems of roadbnilding in
force in the several states of the Union,
due to defective legislation. The princi
ples upon which the several states have
based much of their road legislation is
known as the road tax system of personal
service and commutation, which is un
sound as a principle, unjust in its opera
tions, wasteful in its practice and unsat
isfactory in its results. it ia a relic of
feudalism, borrowed f rooiyw stalata la
bor of England, and its evil results are
today apparent in the neglected and ill
conditioned common roads of the coun
try." And as the benefits to be secured by
a change in these conditions, the commis
sioner forcibly adds: "By the improve
ment of these common roads every
branch of our agricultural, commercial
and manufacturing industries would
be materially benefited. Every article
brought to market would be diminished
in price; the number of horses necessary
as a motive power would be reduced,
and by these and other retrenchments
millions of dollars would be annually
saved to the pnblic. The expense of re
pairing roads and the wear and tear of
vehicles and horses would be essentially
diminished, and thousands of acres of
land, the products of which are now
wasted in feeding unnecessary animals
in order to carry on this character of
transportation, would be devoted to tbe
production of food for the inhabitants of
the country. In fact, the public and
private advantages which would result
from effecting this great object in the
Improvement of our highways are incal
culable, not only to the agricultural com
munity as a class, but to the whole popu
lation as a nation."
Undoubtedly one of the chief reasons
for the tardiness in the development of
a complete system of country roads in
the United States is to be found in the
unexampled rapidity of growth and im
mense extent of our railroad Bystem.
and the facilities it has afforded for in
tercommunication over vast areas and
between widely separated portions of the
country. By furnishing the means for
regular and speedy communication over
long distances, the necessity for other
and more primitive methods has been
rendered less urgent and imperative. In
some portions of the country especially
in the west the railroad has even pre
ceded the common roads; and yet the
importance of the latter as feeders to
the former in agricultural or commer
cial sections is so apparent that no intel
ligent railroad man can fail to recognize
it or refuse to encourage the develop
ment of tbe common roads without dis
regarding his own interest. In this way
the railroads, when in the hands of in
telligent and enterprising managers, can
be counted on as the inodt efficient aids
in securing permanent and well con
structed public roads.
Another cause of Blow development has
been the lack of uniformity in the road
laws of different states, and the conse
quent incongruity in systems of con
struction and maintenance, not only in
different states, but in different sections
of the same state. With our vast area
and sparse population in some sections
this would be impossible. The road laws
of France, which are pointed to as models
of practical efficiency, have been made
for a people who have constituted an or
ganized nation for centuries and form
compact communities occupying an area
bat little greater than the New England
states, New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio, and considerably less than the
whole of Texas, while the United States
exceeds the whole of Europe in extent.
It ia apparent that the laws of the for
mer could be made applicable to the lat
ter only to a limited extent and in the
older and more compactly settled states.
By "permanent road" is meant a road
regularly surveyed and artificially con
structed of prepared material in accord
ance with some established syBtem, with
a view to durability and regular main
tenance. Of such roads,, as already
Latest U. S. Gov't Report
hinted, there are few in this country.
The best specimens are to be found in
the vicinity of the larger eastern cities,
especially New York. Those in Essex
and Union counties, N. J., about the
city of Elizabeth, Montclair, the Oranges,
etc., and in southwestern Connecticut
have been mentioned with high com
mendation. They are generally con
structed on the telford or macadam
system. The cost of roads of this char
acter in New Jersey is estimated at
ninety cents to a dollar per square yard,
or for a paved roadway sixteen feet wide
$3,000 to $10,000 per mile. Some of thu,
road has been in use fifteen to twenty
years. The cost of maintenance lias
been about $250 per mile per annum.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
INTERNATIONAL HENS.
A Yankee's Clever Scheme for Making
Hennery Tar.
The advantages which people who livf
exactly on the lino between two coun
tries have in escaping tho customs and
other regulations of both countriei
have often been recounted. Prob
ablv the most picturesque and innocent
instance of this kind of evasion comet
from the far western town of Nogales,
which is exactly on the boundary be
tween Mexico and Arizona.
On the United States side of the line
In this town eggs have been rendered
dear by the new tariff upon eggs, inas
much as the hens in that region are
chiefly owned on the Mexican side ol
the line and fed by the peasants ot
cheap Mexican grain.
Recently, according to the Tombstont
(A. T.) Prospector, a Maine Yankee ar
rived in Nogales with an eye to busi
ness. He was convinced that his oppor
tunity lay in the high price of eggs.
Accordingly, he put up a long hen
house exactly across the boundary line
At the American end he provided nests.
and at the other end he regularly fee
his hens with low-priced Mexican grain.
The fowls ate their grain in Mexicc
and then walked across the line intc
the United States to lay their egga
The transaction was perfectly honest,
for of course the proprietor of the hen
nery smurrerlcd neither grain nor eggs
But ho availed hwnselt of the hlgt
prices on one side and low prices on tht
other.
A GUINEA HEN'S PLUCK.
She Went for a lint and Fought to a Fin
ish Without Once Quailing.
A year ago City Sheriff Crofutt, ol
Danbury, Conn., bought what he sup
posed to be a Guinea cock for breeding
purposes. It turned out to be a hen, so he
made a pet of it and turned it in with
his large stock, of llrahmas. A day oi
two ago, says the New York Sun. there
was such a commotion in the chicken
vard that Mr. Crofutt left the dinner
table to investigate the disturbance,
From his back stoop he saw a large rat
fastened to one of his small Brahma
hens. The chicken was fluttering
about, and it seemed to be all up
with it.
From the other end of the yard tht
Guinea hen and a rooster flew at the
rat with such ferocity that it released
its hold on the Brahma and went for
the Guinea hen. Then began a battle
between the little game lien and the
rat. The rat sprang and bit, and the
hen picked and scratched. Over on his
back went the rat with the Guinea pick
ing the fur from its body. Finally the
rat got on its feet and made a dash for
liberty, but the little hen was after it,
and it was forced to turn and fight
again. In a minute there were streaks
of blood on the gray coat, and the rat,
more dead than alive, at last made its
escape in a hole under the coop. It
was a fight, said Sheriff Crofutt, wort.l,
going miles to see.
RAILWAY BIRD'S NEST.
alo Traveling In England Gives
th.
Swallows a Chnnce.
After all that has been said of th
achievements of the British railways in
the matter of speed there is a sense o)
refreshment in this item which London
Engineering quotes from a Londor.
paper:
"Some illustrations of modem rail
way speed cited before the parlia
mcntary committee on the cross-coun
try railway bill merit especial atten
tion, showing what can be accomplished
when a railway company makes an ef
fort. A Iluxton coal merchant sayf
that sometimes the Midlund complin)
manages to convey coul from Buxton
to Chesterfield in eleven to thirty-foui
days, and as the towns are more than
twenty miles apart it will be seen thai
sometimes the coal trains dash alotini
the line at the rate of two miles a day
"Once the witness found a hird'i
nest in a truck which had been thirtj
days on the way, and he reasinablj
believes that the nest was built and tli
eggs luid during the month. Yet tliii
Buxton merchant is not happy and de
ires a chanire."
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Cardinal Gibbons, who will take a
prominent part in the World's Fair open
ing, was born at
Baltimore, M. D.
and is about 59
yean old. At a
very early age be
went to Ireland,
where he received
his early educa
tion. After his re
turn to the United
States he entered
St. Charles oollege,
Howard county,
GROIKALGl&BOMi
Md., from whiob he graduated in 18o8.
Later he studied theology in St. Mary's
Seminary, Baltimore, and in 18(11 was
ordained a priest. Bis Zeal and untir
ing labor in the ministry, rather than
any marked intellectual qualities, caused
his rapid promotiou in tbe Catbolie
ohurch. He Bnooeeded Arohbishop Bay-
ley bs Arohbishop of Baltimore in 1877.
A CIUIKI, HOAX.
It Was Played Cpou ibe Loral Army
of
Political Plaee-Huntera.
From the OrogonUu.
For about fifteen minutes yestsrday
afternoon there was a wild clashing of
joy and woe in the office of tbe Holtou
house, chief rendezvous of Oregon's
oandidates for federal office. Not since
the momorable day of J, L. Cowan's
return from Washington did excitement
within the hostelry wax so biub or wane
so abruptly.
It was shortly after 2 o'clock when I he
bubbnb began. An ounsually large eon
grexation of the job-like seekers o." the
rjleveland favor were present, for the
morning's Oregoninns had conveyed
tidings from the vicinity of-the White
House that appealed to their interest.
There was the iutimution, wired on tbe
strength of a bint dropped by an Oreson
Jsmocrat, that Jim Lotan's official de-
aapilution might with confidence be
looked for at any moment, and there
was the no lees significant remarks
dropped by Colonel Bob Miller nnent bis
n disappointment and its possible
effects upon the democratic organization
in this state. Ihese subjects were
palatuble food for discussion, and di
oussed they were in hashed whispers by
place-hnnteis holding down chairs and
oy pluoe-bunters holding up the m i
uogany bar counter. A group of the
former had just about agreed that
Colonel Miller should be called home,
when a startled exclamation from Land
lord Kocbe attrnoted their attention.
As one ttauelixed, the bouifuoe stood
behind his registry desk, bis protruding
'yes riveted upon a slip of yellow paper
ield aloft In hiB right hand,
"What ia it, Mike what's the matter?"
diouted a muu who is after a job in
Alaska, as be disentangled himself from
i oouple of chairs and auxiously hurried
'o the desk.
"Read read thai!" was all the land
lord could gasp.
Hastily tearing the paper from the
lerveless fingers and ai hastily scanned
t, the aspirant to a soft snap in the
laud of midnight sun tottered and
would have fallen but for the timely
upport of the rapidly-swelling crowd,
liead it nlomi!" someone suggested,
md by heroic effort the possessor of tLe
paper pulled himself together, and wilb
laltermg though distinct, voioe rend as
ollows:
Washington, D. C., April 26 M. D.
Roche, Uolton House, Portland, Or.:
Bob Miller appointed collector of ons
tume nnd Henry Blackman appraiser.
John.
'Twbs then pandemonium broke loose.
The paper was seized and pinned to the
desk where all could see it, and in two
minutes it was the cynosure of 50 pairs of
nyes from which it seemed to have tem
porarily driven the expression of yearn
ing expectancy that is so fashionable in
democratic circles this spring. As tbe
initial shock of surprise began to give
way to a feeling of gluduess or disgust,
as the esse might be, the air heosme
laden with interrogations addressed to
everybody and nobody in particular, and
the one most unmeronslv exploded was:
'Who is 'JohnT "
Mr. Ruohe professed inability to
inswer it with any degree of oettitinty.
He knew several Johns at Washington,
D. O, and he was at a loss to know
which one of them hud wired to him
that astounding intelligence. If the
telegram bad not been marked "charges
paid," he wonld have been inclined to
xuspect John It. Markley of seuding it,
hut as it was so marked he must really
deoline to euspent anybody.
Meantime the .news Hew abroad and
the orowd in the hotel office became a
orush. Nobody seemed to qnes'ion tbe
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; Ko Alum.
Used in Millious c Homes 40 Years tlie Standard.
authority of the tidings or the genuine
ness ot the dispatoh until a candidate
for appraiser discovered that it was writ
ten upon a forwarding blank instead of
the receiving ditto usually employed.
This discovery established a donbt that
bushed the din, and the throng awaited
in painful suspense the return from tbe
telegraph office ot a committee sent to
enquire whether the dispatoh had been
reoeived there. When the committee
arrived and declared that it bad not,
the stillness that accompanied the dis
persion of the patriots was broken only
by tbe grating of . C. Russell's teeth
and the audibly expressed hope ot Jeff
Myers that "John" may be seeking
omoe some day.
INFANT' DONA fclLAUA.
Itepre seats Mpala at The World's Fair -
Eilu-
cated by an American Woman
It will he of interest to Americans to
know that the Infante Kulalia who ie to
represent Spain at
thu World's Fair,
was educated by
an American wo
mnn. She is the
youngest sister of
the late King Don
Alfonso Xlf., and
consequently aunt
ot tbe present King
Cvs1'! in'" k,in 1D "JH Royi
NrWAtUtWIvV', pBllCP of Qiiente
at Madrid, iu 1864, and in 1HHG wtis mar
ried to her first eousiu, the Infaute Don
Antonio. She is very liiindsome sod
highly cultivated. She oan speak Eng
lish, Freunh, Germun, Portuguese and
Italian as fluently ar- her own Isuiiusge.
A great part of her immense income is
devoted to oharitable institutions, as well
as to the protection of arls und develop
ment of industries iu her country.
SOMK EAHLETS.
From our Long Creek Paper.
Tom Hiutou took bis departure early
this week for Heppner after freight.
Parties from various sections who
mourn tbe departure of Commissioner
Gofl', were in Long Creek Saturday,
where they met plenty ot company.
Henry Blackwell returned from Port
land last week where he has been to
look after contracting cattle for the
coming season. At the present time
there is no demand for beet cattle, al
though the outlook is for fair prices
during tbe coming season.
Eil. 0. Allen, aooompaiued by 0. W,
Punish, ot Canyon City, took" his de
parture for Pendleton Wednesday where
Mr. Parr.sh goes to loos after the
interest of Browu & Alien iu the Black
Butte mine case, wlnoli comes up before
the supreme court at Pendleton during
tne May term.
M. C. Leslie, of Monument, onmc np
to Lone Creek Wednesday on business.
To sn Kngle reporter he stated that C.
F, Guff, who made himself conspiouons
by bis sbsence on April 6th, left him
over JJilOO out of pocket. Mr. Leslie
hud lelt notes with Mr. Guff for col
lection and the above named amount or
more was collected of which no account
whs made.
MeBsrp. Gruth & Thompson are down
from tbeir warm spring rauch, and had
a wonderful tidu to relate, savs the
News. Tbe warm spring has turned
ooiu ana nossen over, ruin ocottrecl m
April, iiflet it had run hot water all
inter. 1 he phenomenon is accounted
for upon the theory that a cold spring
near the hot one broke into the latter
way down below the siirfaoo and changed
its temperature.
Iu the libel suit brought ngnitiKt an
Astoria newspaper Judire MoBndo
charged the , jury that "whenever a
newspaper fiuds a ease of Hngrnnt
wroug doing or evil, it is its duly us
well tis its privileue, to expose it, snd
give that expose the widest circulation."
This is a duty every honest newspaper
owes the public. It is right that the
public prints Bhonld apprise their rend
ers of fraud and malicious sche,: erg.
Monuments.
A large assortment of marble was re
ceived by Niles & Vinson this week.
They now have iu stock over one hun
dred nnd fifty finished moiinmentu, heud
stones Bnd tablets at Ibeir new shop neur
ihe Union Pacific depot. Wiilla Wella
Journal. 22-3
FA It, 11 Kits, TAkKNOTICK.
I will pay you '25 ots. per hundred for
all heavy castings, sucb as old machinery
etc, to be delivered to me at the
Farmer's Home hotel or Vinson's feed
ysrd. Will remain two weeks only
22 3 G Oobeli.
Made Himself nt Home.
Among the visitors at the white Iiouh
lately were nn old fanner and his twt
daughters from the west. They wen
hown through tho private, parlors bj
one of tho ushers, unit then went inti
the cool and pleasant east room. Sooi
after tho chief doorkeeper had occa
ion to go into thu ciiht room and hi
was greatly surprised to seo the ole
farmer stretched out at full lengtl
on one of the largo sofas, while hii
daughters sat near by anil fanned him to
keep the flies away. The old man wai
dozing. When told he must not maki
a bedroom of the cast room he got uj
rather dazed, and remarked that thi
aofas looked so good he thought thu;
were to rest upon.
akini
er.