NEWS OP COUNTY TOWNS.
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AIRLIE.
AIRI IF.
j C. Nendel was doing business in
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palius i""
wi.n iwiseball boys are beginning to
..mi up fr P' aclIse-
Several farmers began plowing the
first of the week.
Quito a number from hero nti
attended
.....a.,in at Lewtsviiie iusi inn
rsd ay.
j jr. Slants ia iu Kings Valley put,
ting up another telephone line.
Ilg up aii"""
ThflSebrlDR boys are cleaning up
their hopyanl, and will soon have
wl.lv for the plow.
Charley Ncndel Is out of hay an
linrley Nendel is out of hay and "eorge McCoirnm is up from yttn
b0en hauling some In from differ- C0lver, Wash., visiting his daughter.
Prank Laws Hnil fniviil.. ...ill .
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Several of the youug people from
here attended a dance at Pee.lee, Sat
urday evening.
E E. Staata toolf a four-horse load
of provisions to the logging camp be
yond Peedee last Sunday.
Roy Chapman came near severing
1,1a great toe with an axe one day last
Dig gicno J
Wpek. He uow confl"e,l to the
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house.
iMi.ri-. and Henry Tarter are
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tlr.cwood, ami Frunk Lmdeman is
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working at Simpson's logging camp
ill who are interested In the educa
tion of their children should attend
tion ui -
the patrons' and teachers' meeting to
beheld at Lewisville, Saturday, Feb-
ruary ic
Clyde McKlnney
came out from
Portland recently and ia now running
nnAnf tho saws at the axe-handle fac-
tnitf His father, who owns one of
the best teams In this vicinity, has
been hauling material from the mill
to tho station all winter.
Mr. Plunkett was In from Kings
Valley, Sunday, and took out tho
material for a phone line that will
extend from Logan's to Wren Station.
It will accommodate 18 families and
thus give Alrlie free connection with
alilg scope of country.
Percy Hudley and wife, C. E. Staats
and wife, George Conn and wife, and
E.E. Hiltibrand and wife met at the
home or Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Simpson
lust Friday evening, ami had a very
pleasant time in social games, music
etc. A nice lunch was served. The
week before they met at the homes of
Mr. and Mrs. Oeorgo Conn and Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Staats.
BALLSTON.
Much wood Is being cut on the AVill
Keyt place, preparatory to clearing
' the land for hops.
Frank Gould's graphophone keeps
up a perpetual grind; you can hear
anything from concert hall ballads to
one of Gladstone's speeches or Roose
veltian thunders.
Several thousand cords of oak wood
will be hauled on the right-of-way
here this summer. Locations for piles
handiest to the switch have been
already preempted. Goorge Clark
has thousands over in Yamhill county
todoliver here If the bridge is put in
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condition
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Fvl filildlo, ot Dallas, a
Tuesday. Come again
H. L. Tilton, of Eugene, was a Tues
day caller.
Black Hock is undoubtedly the best
little lumbering town on the coast.
C. A. Kurre, of Independence, called
on Black Rock friends Tuesday.
Mrs. A. Graham is visiting In Falls
City.
Mr. Emmett.
Folia Pitv's
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prosperous contractors, made a busi
ness trip to this burg this week.
G. W. Cone went to Dallas, Tuesday,
to attend to business matters. Mi.
wne is one of our hustling mill-men
Miss Maude Fercuson. our obliging
notei waitress, went to Falls City and
Dallas. Tuesdnv.
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Al Lavton return.! Wednesday
from a week's vacation. Mr. Layton
has been 111 for a few days but is now
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thinly improved.
Thft tlPW olnntrtii lisvlit nlnnf tvwvintlv
Installed at the Cone mill is nearly
completed and will be in operation the
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ki puri oi una week.
'ilding is being pnshe.l ahead vigor-
j uuiuung wm ue a
aw wnen completed.
You may talk alwut your Angoline,
r taiK about your Valentine,
B'it I say come to Black Rock,
Beneath the shadow of the pine.
Everyday brings more people to
"lack Rock. There are now no less
ttan eight dwellings being erected. If
yu want a nice summer home, come
10 Black Rock to live.
Arthur Moore, a member of the
Independenee dramatic club, paid us
Pleasant visit, Tuesday. Mr. Moore
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his trnnno .trill t,loo nt Wnff
enlng. v
Elaek Rock la the proper place for
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the laborer,
The different concerns
pulled to hrln .
are now compelled to bring
from the einninvmf
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in
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.50toi4perday. Bpatitf
you can.
BRIDGEPORT.
Rome nm talking of Hhpai.ing thft,r
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"' hop yards.
Miss Bertha Foster viuit,i i
ents here last week.
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George McColMm is un from v.
-.m t K'i,W9.ftnt,fa'i'y will remain
j-i. l. uui tue coming year.
Jack Bennett, of Lane county, Is
v siting hts brother and sister at this
place.
With a prospect for good roads, our
mail carrier wears a broad smile these
days.
Old Mr. Bressler is seriously ill at
- "cnuuaiy ni at
hia homo in Cooper Hollow. He is
about 80 years of atro.
Some farmers have pruned their
fpllftl'.lct hut 41 U . ...
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orchards, but there h
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as been little
spraying dono on
account of bad
weather.
The Doernbenkpr mill i.i.,
uiiib oci
"P in the hills near the Bogynska
Place, and will soon be ready for op-
eration.
Stock of all kinds has gone through
the winter with but little loss, and
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have not heard much complaint of
BUENA VISTA.
T. D. MeCla'tn is In Albany on busi
ness. Claud South recently returned from
Albany.
George Ground is visiting friends
in Buena Vista.
William Bevens wa3 in Monmouth
Saturday and Sunday.
Ralph Hall is re-setting his hop
yard with trellis poles.
Spring farming and gardening are
beginning in this vicinity.
The clay barge will be loaded and
ready for transportation today.
J. M. Prather sold three 3-ycnr-o!d
colts to I. W. Dickinson, the livery
man of Independence,
W. R. Hall has returned from
King's Valley, where he canvassed
for fruit trees and the Lewis gate.
Chester McClain. a foreman of the
Crown Pulp Company, of Oregon City,
is eetting out boom sticks ; they are
being cut on W. J. Steele's place.
Clark Groves came nearly having a
serious accident while driving north
of Buena Vista, Sunday. One horse
kicked over the tonerue and broke it,
but Mr. Groves managed to stop the
team before any great damage was
done. The tonguo was repaired so as
to enable him to reach town.
The river is now down to the normal
stage. It was the largest flood
1 t. Jnmna
in
several years, and the damage was
considerable. Several head of stock
were drowned, fences were carried
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trellis Doles, the replacing of which
will cause considerable expense to me
hop growers.
BUTLER.
Mrs. P. C. Lady is sick with lagrippe.
John Lady is quite sick with the
grip.
Chris Ilussey came up from Sheri
dan. Monday.
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J. C. Cockerham was a ouenuau
isitor last week.
Lee Howell attended Masonic lodge
in Sheridan, Saturday evening. !
r i? mu nf T?nnr f!amr. came
out for a load of provisions, Monday.
t.i eiiotionl visited her
sister,' Mrs. Chester Ellis, in Sheridan
last week.
jrr3. Sam Pettyjohn and son, Louis,
went to Sheridan, Monday, for a few
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days visit.
I f Ta
Hartman left Monday for a weeks
vajt a Portland.
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George and Harry Elgin came out
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n timnpr r iiiiiin tn
Camp, Monday, and went to their
home in oaieiu
f. .,,. Mrs navis. Ol x.aLv.u
Oregon, left for their home last week,
after a several weeks' visit with Mrs.
Davis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hall.
EOLA.
Preaching" Sunday evening at 7:30,
by Rev. Mason, of Salem.
H.B.BroPhy is shearing his goats.
He has about CO young kids.
The farmers around here have
started their plows.
B. I. Ferguson is spraying his orch-
Mi33 Ktta Shuett is dressmaking
in
Salem.
ChanihoHntn J r ' .
eaeh r, "1 . .uu 1IB- Bnett
ucw incuoator.
Hon. I. T. ph, .
L.rt . -'""oiouuaQa A. SH. (ill-
SlfPvestockCo.
were visitors in Eola, Monday.
Earl Brunk Dasmxi tv.nt.,k.u ,
AVQ,, t, oigiiLu Kiaae
' ""gil OL'UOOl.
1W g uhe Di08 weather LeKoy
whem 1,1 T waiK'ng to Salem.
ScZ Coding the High
E1 Mitty was our accommodating
"mil carrier one day during the high
water. He brought Eola's mail from
Nalem and distributed it.
T- W. !rnk recently sold two Pol
and China brood sows at $80 apiece-
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Washington.
FALLS CITY.
Our new Bank is flourishing.
William Harmon is on the sick list
Zimri Hinshaw and family are sick
wuu lagrippe.
Charles Moyer is on the streets again
Hiier several days of sickness.
Joseph Floria is lmnrovlntT his lnta
oy setting out fruit trees.
Mrs. John Hughes is alowlv recov
ering from typhoid fever.
W. D. Bancroft is doing carpenter
work tor E. Jacobson at Black Rock
J. H. Flower and Frank Butler
have Installed a phone in their office
Ole Aurland has been confined to
the house several days with lagrippe
Wesley Achlson, of Dallas, was a
falls (Jity visitor, Tuesday.
City Marshal Chamberlain is kept
busy these days shoveling the mud off
me crosswalks.
B. F. Beezley and party left Falls
City, Monday, on a railroad survey
west or Falls City.
William Chaddock has sold his In
terest in tho hotel and will go to Mich
igan on a visit.
Voget & Co.'s donkey engine has
arrived, and will be ready to draw
timber to their mill south of Falls City
this week.
Mr. McMann, of Cadillac, Michigan
accompanied by W. V. Fuller and
Frank Hubbard, left for the mount
alns Saturday morning to cruise tim
ber.
LEWISVILLE.
B. F. Smith is on the sick list.
The family of W. W. Smith are
suffering with lagrippe.
Rev. Reagan is carrying on a week
of prayer at the church. All are In
vited.
Emmett Staats bought a fine Berk
shire boar of E. E. Hewitt, of Mon
mouth.
Will Bronson is moving into the
Evangelical parsonage. He islooking
for a good farm.
Miss Minnie Lewis has gone back
to Corvallis to resume her duties In
the Hotel Corvallls.
Our teacher, Miss Lucy Freeman Is
attending the teachers examination
at Dallas this week.
H. S. Smith took his spraying ap
paratus to Ames Atwater's, Tuesday,
and sprayed the orchard.
Dorsa Turner has purchased a fine
rooster of Bonnie Smith. He
reports this breed fine layers.
Mrs. Flora Lewis is Improving from
her heart trouble, under the treatment
of Dr. Crowley, of Monmouth.
Mrs. Baldwin and son, Ira, have
(rniie to St. Johns to live. There is
prospect of a store being opened in the
house vacated by them.
A horse buyer passed through here
recently with a view to purchasing,
hut our men know a good thing when
they see it and would set no price on
property.
A teachers' and patrons' meeting
will be held in the church next Satur
day at 10 o'clock. Come and bring
your dinners. Superintendent Starr
is to be with us.
A delightful social gathering was
held at the home of John White last
Tuesday evening. A delicious luncn
was served, and the wee, sraan uoms
found them on their way home,
wo rn delishted to hear of the
progress of the automatic telephone
Portland to Corvallis. The
workmen are now between Salem and
n,i Albany, and are completing uie
line at the rate of one mile a day.
t w T. Arnold sold his remain
ing property at public sale last Thurs
day and started for Ohio on Tuesday,
where the family will live with Mrs.
Arnold's father aud take care of him
We reeret to part with
on
them, as they were a nice family.
Jess
her
Orrie Arnold will Oil me puii-u
once a month.
MONMOUTH.
Moscow.
Miss ku"j
Idaho, is visiting at the home of her
uncle, Mr. Mcueyno.ua.
Mr and Mrs. B. Olson returned from
Newport, Friday. His health Is much
improved.
m.karta una a visitor at
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the home of her parents during the
commencement exercises.
Frank Grounds and family have
been visiting relatives on the Luckia
mute. Miss May Goode went to Salem.
Tuesday, to take the state teacher's ex
amination. A large number or our citizens went
to Salem, Tuesday, to attend the Legis
lature. Rev. J. A. Good, pastor of the Evan
gelical church, will Legia a pro
tracted meeting Sunday night. Ev
erybody invited.
A. L. Chute killed 12 head of hogs,
Monday, receiving 8i cents a pound
for them. Surely, there is money in
raising hog3.
D. F. Wilcox, of Gaston, was in
town Sunday. He says hundreds of
bushels of potatoes were frozen In
that vicinity during the cold snap.
Rev. Mowre, of Portland, delivered
the graduating sermon, Sunday, to a
well-filled house. He is a good
speaker, aud held the audience spell
bound for 30 minutes.
Joseph Radek has bought the small
house next to Cornwall's shop and
moved it to his bakery, where it will
be fitted up for an ice cream and con
fectionery parlor.
The Normal commencement exer
cises were of a high order of excel
lence and the attendance was large.
The chapel was filled to its utmost,
showing that the people are interested
in the Normal here.
PERRYDALE.
Miss Elsie Keyt is ill with lagrippe.
Grandma Bell la visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Jolly.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Keyt were
Dallas visitors, Tuesday.
Henry Jones is having his
treated by Dr. Gillis in Salem.
The infant daughter of Mr.
eyes
and
Mrs. Henry McKee is seriously 111.
Miss Mattle Koser, of Rickreall, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. nenry McKee.
A literary society wa3 organized
last week to meet every Thursday
night in the school house.
Rice Cook has gone to Portland,
where he expects to secure employ
ment from the street car company.
POLK.
Farmers are busy.
More sickness in the neighborhood.
Some of the wild brush is putting
out leaves.
M. McNulty iscultlvating his straw
berry patch.
Pruning and spraying fruit trees is
the order of the day.
II. G. Robbins. is getting out oak
posts and preparing to build a wire
fence around his place.
The wild geese are doing a good
deal of damage in the wheat fields by
tearing the grain up by the roots.
Frank Johnson, wife and brother
have sold out and gone to Odessa,
Wash., where his wife's folks reside.
H.J. Rose and family, from Oak
hurst farm, east of Derry, have been
greeting friends and acquaintances
in this vicinity.
RICKREALL.
Farmers are all busy with their
work.
Mark Burch has been to the metrop
olis. Miss Alice Burch spent Sunday In
Ballston.
John Vaughn and family were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Kirk
land at Independence, Sunday.
Mrs. W. O. Morrow Is visiting rel
atives at Tacoma.
Miss Edna Holmes, of Dallas, was
the guest of Mira Lucas last week.
Mrs. Southwiek, of Salem, was here
the first of the week, looking after
business interests.
Mr. and Mrs. Middleton have both
been Quite sick. ,
There will be preaching here Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Fred Crowley, of Falls City, was
greeting friends here Sunday.
Frank Gibson is in Salum, attend
ing the legislature.
ZENA AND SPRING VALLEY:
Miss Peebles spent Sunday with her
parents In Salem.
Worth Henry has returned to Salem
and is working in The Spa.
Mrs. Coyle expects to go to Newberg
i soon as the boats begin running.
The cold weather has been very hard
i vounff lambs. Several farmers
have lost a good many.
Mrs. W. H. Darby has been visiting
parents, Mr. and Mrs. w. u.
Duncan for several days.
Mis Alice Shepard and brother,
Robert, came out to their bonne for an
over-Sunday Tisit this week.
The Telephone Company rxtponel
its annual meeting UDtil aiamn , on
account of the stormy weather.
It is noticeable that the hop yards
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are nearly an cieanea up. j.uo uuV
men are getting reaay ioruieirinuK
plowing.
Messrs. Lawrence Marsh and Zac
Barker came out from Salera and
attended the basket social, Friday
evening.
Mrs. J. L. Purvine has been in
Salem for a week, taking care of her
daughter-in-law, Mr3. Frank Piirvine,
who ia quite sick.
Miss Inez Bollier has been visiting
her parents for a few days before be
ginning work in her new position as
stenographer for A. O. 'Condit, of
Salem.
A large crowd attended the basket
social at the home of Mrs. C. C.
Walker, last Friday evening. Social
conversation and games were indulged
In until the hour of ten. when the
baskets were put up at auction, Mr.
Morrow acting as auctioneer. Con
siderable merriment was had over the
selling of the baskets, and the neat
sum of $35.75 was realized. At a
reasonable hour, the jolly party dis
persed, declaring the occasion one of
the best socials of the season.
Miss Lina Phillips has returned
home after a three weeks' visit with
friends and relatives iu Salem.
Rev. Knotts filled Rev. W. W. Ed
monson's appointment at Zena, Sun
day.the latter being sick with lagrippe,
W. B. Duncan shipped a number of
dressed veal and hogs to Portland
this week. His goods commanded the
highest market price.
-'. W. J. Crawford aud J. R. Shepard
re cleaning up their orchards, pre
paratory to spraying. Mr. Shepard
has his old orchard entirely grubbed
out, and Mr. Crawford has been
severely pruning his young apple
orchard. .
Last week we were without mail for
four days, the Willamette river being
so high that the carriers could not
cross the bridge. The telephone poles
were down, and at times we were un
able to get Central. Altogether, It
seemed as if Fate was against us and
that we had been removed far back
into the ages.
The school meeting held at Lincoln
last Saturday was a decided succens.
The largest crowd that has yet at
tended one of these annual meetings
was present. In the forenoon, a pro
gram was given by the three schools
in charge Zena, Lincoln and Spring
Valley. It was a very creditable
affair, and spoke well for the respective
teachers. Then came the dinner, to
which everyone did ample justice. In
the afternoon, impromptu speeches
were made by W. J. Crawford, C. L
Hawley, J. Ruble, Professor Roy and
others, in response to a discussion
presented by Superintendent Starr.
The three subjects of discussion, all
of which met with favor, were : The
annual school children's industrial
fair, elementary agriculture in rural
schools, a play-room for pupils of
rural schools in stormy weather.
Professor Condon Dead.
Thomas Condon, t for many years
occupying the Chair of Geology at
the Oregon State University at Eu
gene, passed away Monday morning
in extreme old age, and after very
little suffering. He had been in re
tirement for somo time but until
recently led a very active life, hearing
classes attheUniverslty and lecturing
at Eugene and elsewhere. lie had
collected one of the most valuable
geological museums on the Pacific
Coast and written many books and
pamphlets on his geological dis
coveries. He was for many years a
Congregational minister at The
Dalles. The town of Condon was
named after him, as was the town of
Fossil, where he made one of his
greatest discoveries. He had made
his home for many years with his
daughter, Mrs. R. S. Bean, at Eugene,
Reception to Visitors.
Immediately after the basketball
game, Friday night, a reception was
given by a number of the college girls
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Hall in honor of the Newberg and
Dallas teams. A social hour was
spent in games and amusements,
after which delicious but harmless re
freshments were served.
Those present were : Mr. and Mrs.
E. N. Hall, Misses Edna and Merle
Hall, Lillian McVicker, Winnie and
Amy Kelly, Inez Allen, Edna Hayes,
Vera Cosper, Alta Savage, Veva
Burns, Regina Elsie, Eula Phillips,
Nola Coad and Ella Roy; Messrs. D.
and E. Kenworthy, Wilson, Hammer,
Spaulding, Hoskins, Hayworth and
Hodson, of Newberg ; Messrs. Grannis
and Forbes, 61 Salem ; Messrs. Shaw,
Launer, Craven, Fenton, Savery,
Arnold, Morton and Crilchlow, of
Dallas.
Burglary by explosives Is the name
of a new crime that will be added to
the Oregon criminal code If the bill
Introduced in the senate by President
Haines becomes a law. The penalties
provided for the commission of this
crime are heavy, the smallest punish
ment being twenty years, and the
heaviest forty years in the penitenti
ary. The crime of burglary by explos
ives Is deflnod as the entry of any
building at Dight with intent to com
mit a crime, and tho use of nitro-gly-cerine,
dynamite, gunpowder or any
high explosive.
Printing, the kind that pays, at the
Obsfrveb office.
ROCK KOAI) QUESTION
WHY D. WARD KING FAVORS BUILD
ING MACADAM HIGHWAYS.
Expert Tells How and Where Tber
Are a. Poealblllty Advlcea Any Com
mnnlty to Build Mile or More of
Stone Rood Each Year.'
"The conviction that progress Is pos
sible must first exist before any at
tempt at progress will be made. It cer
tainly Is unfortunate that the mistaken
Idea that macadamized roads are im
possible prevails in so many communi
ties," writes D. Ward King iu the Good
Roads Magazine. "Some folks seem to
have a uotlou that unless the fields are
covered with stone rock la too scarce
for road building. I will be dogmatic
for a moment aud assert, as a general
proposition, that a macadamized pike
Is a possibility wherever laud is worth
$30 per acre and rock can be obtained
within two and a half miles of the pro
posed road not all of the roads, of
course, but the main thoroughfares.
'Termlt me a few moments iu sup
port of my position. While visiting la
Alabama one summer I saw rock roads
building at a cost of $2,200 per mile
where the best land was priced at only
$25 to $30 per acre. Moreover, iu my
opinion, the road they were building
was far heavier aud wider thun the
travel demanded aud therefore much
more expensive than necessary. But
the people there have been educated to
see the advantages of the stone road.
Please do not think I am speaking of a
radically progressive community. The
old darky still doffs bis tattered hat
and Bteps off the sidewalk as you pass.
Chain harness is the rule. The old
style bull tongue plow Is iu the majori
ty, and these fine roads are traveled by
ox teams. Not of the 'new south' am
I speaking, but of the genuine old fash
ioned hospitable 'old south' of the
antebellum days. And now another
statement: Although rock Is superabun
dant thereabout, still the contractor
found It profitable to haul the crushed
rock two and a half miles before mov
ing the crushing machinery. I submit
that these two facts prove that with
rock less than two and a half miles
distant and land at $.'tO per acre mac
adamized roads are a possibility. Aud
It would seem a natural sequeitee that
where land Is more valuable the stone
can be hauled farther.
"And now let us consider an in
stance where a community might have
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OON8TKU0TINO A MACADAM EOAD.
rock roads if they Just thought so. I
have in mind two towns here in Mis
souri, lying about six miles apart.
What Is land worth? Well, laud be
tween these two towns has sold re
cently for $100 per acre. Probably not
an acre can be bought for less than
$50. Therefore the land value is there.
As for rock, If we start from one town
to go to the other we find rock within
100 steps of the highway before we
travel a mile. At two and a half miles
rock Is less than half a mile distant,
at three and a half miles only three
fourths of a mile away, at four and
a quarter miles from town but a quar
ter of a mile to rock, while at five and
a half miles it is only half a mile from
the road to the quarry that is kept
open constantly. Here Is rock, quanti
ties of It. Here Is land worth more,
much more, than $30. Why dou't these
people have a stone roud? Is your an
swer ready? My answer has been giv
en. The answer Is fouud iu the convic
tion of the people that rock roads are
beyond their reach. The people have
been educated to this belief by reading
the walls that arise from our brethren
In the rockless region of our neighbor
lug states. Aud alj that Is needed to
inaugurate an era of stone roud con
struction right here iu Missouri Is the
removal of this mistaken conviction.
"In conclusion, pin my faith In the
future betterment of our highways to
these foundation truths:
"First. Six or seven feet of stone Is
sufficient for the average rural traffic.
"Second. Any community where
rock Is available Is behind the times If
it does not euch year build a tulle or
more of stone road.
"Third. Rock within two and a half
miles Is available where lund Is worth
$20.
"Fourth Where stone roads are ab
solutely out of the question aud where,
If they can be built, they are not yet
an accomplished Improvement, a drug
ged road Is the best substitute.
"I hop to sea the people settle dywu
to steady Improvement a certalu stat
ed amount each year, not necessarily
a great deal, but something. People
get scareA when they begin to figure
on a large number of miles of expen
sive road to be finished In a year or
two. Let promoters be content to make
s beginning and add a little each year."
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Worthy of Kniolatloa.
It Is reported that A. J. Moore of
Johnson Ceck, Niagara county, N. Y.,
has offered to give $100 over and above
his taxes and 10,000 yards of crushed
stone from bis farm toward the build
ing of an improved road from the city
of Lock port to the vicinity of his furm,
about nine miles distant. This Is a
striking example of the appreciation
of the value of a good road from the
farmer's standpoint and Is one that
could be emulated with great profit by
farmers generally throughout the country.
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