VAQK 10.
FEN YEARS QF
R0ADPROGRESS
How Sauk County Farmers Got
Out o! the Mud
STICK-TOENESS DID IT,
Afttr Generations of Climbing Through
Swamps and RuU on Market Daya
Southern Wisconsin Cltlttna Dandtd
ToflatKir and Worked Hard.
For two Reiterations tbo formers trav
eled had roods In Sunk county, oue of
the proptswlve agricultural counties ot
southern Wisconsin. Tho second jreu
(ration and their hoiis hare rebelled
and arc now conquering tbo steep,
muddy bills and totitf. audy atrctcnes,
aajra a writer In the Country Gentle
wan. Hroai n county with perhaps tbo
poorest roud In the state to a cuuuty
with an unexcelled system of county
highways Is the proud achievement ot
less thau ten -years.
A definite system or county highways
bas been established and plans made
fur their permanent Improvement, Klvo
complete road Improvement outtlts con
sisting of rock crushers and gasoline
road rollers ure owned and operated by
the county under the direction of the
county highway engineer. Wheeled
Kracrs. road graders and travel wag
ons arc purchased by tbe county and
furnished to tbe Individual towns for I r " of, American hlcbwnya can be
. ,-, .,, j clned.a vlmproved. Tbo main object
cse on large Job. 'l. 1k O.--.. ....... i. i .
A single example of Vvbat U being
done by this county may serve to spur
other counties and communltJos on in
an endeavor to emulate or even surpass
tbe thrifty farmers of Sank.
Tbe fertile valley or tbo noney creek
and Its tributaries Ilea In the ioutbcrn
part of tbts county. Grandfather, father
nnd son llrlng lu this valley have been
compelled each market day to face tbe
problem of lad road. Uad mads bare
meant to them, as tbey have meant to
thousands of other farmers, an Inevit
able big bill. In tbe early sixties and
ceventl. vrhu grandfather raised
txcnon or tbk boid ox "bio uill,"
BACK COOTT, VIS,
wheat, neighbor helped neighbor to
''double op" tbe big hill. A grade In
many place of nearly one to six. or
fifteen In a hundred feet, and a sticky,
miry red clay bave brought many a
faithful farm born to bis knees and
bare sorely tried tbe patience of the
driver.
A narrow road, bemmed In on earb
aide by orerhanglng trees ou the north
aide of tbe btll when winter's snow I
lingered long Into tbe spring tbe state
of the big bill was tbe factor decldlu;
for or against tbe projected trip to tbe I
market town. Condition! slowly cbang- j
ed. Tbe road grader came, and with I
(lower furnished by horses or in some j
cases by a traction engine the hill road
was soon wideued. Better drainage
was provided. Trees were cut nway.
giving the fun and wind an opportu-1
ulty to dry ont tbe ever present rand. I
The rise of tbe dairy Industry, tbef
weekly marketing of hogs, tbe coming i
of rural free delivery and tbe purcbilse'V
of automobiles bare all been factors j
contributing to a demand for still great-1
er Improvement Even though a bill '
23 feet high with a 15 per tent grade
lu many places Interposed itself be
tweeu the Troy and Honey creek farm
ers and their market, tbe stage was at
last reached where they could no long
er nfford to hesitate Under the splen
did leadership of a county highway en
gineer and th the advice and assist
ante of the state highway commis
sioner they resolved to conquer this
ancient foe.
A survey showed that much of tbe
grade could be reduced to eight feet or
lews In a hundred. The roadlx-d was
carefully prepared for tbo laying of n
limestone mncadam nine feet wide nnd
I from twelve to fifteen Inches deep
t Fmr thoiunnd three hundred nnd thlr-
'tytwo dollars bus been expended In
Cfiixblng limestone rock, hauling tbe
fKravel nnd In tbe laying el tbe mac-
'n'dani limestone on one and a quarter
inllea of road. Of this sum tbe town
Lias furnished $1,700, tbe connty a elm-
vllar sum and tbe state $800. The con-
f&fciff of the big hill. Including jiod-
li7,V74fWseaamixlri bia'cost 'about1
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HOAD MAXIMS,
Monty spent for th conttruo
tlon of permanent roads it an In
Ve'ttmeht and not a tax.
Malnttnanea It mora Important
than construction jutt now.
Every township should own a
road rolltr.
A ehtap road la tht most ex
panilva road.
Thtra It no Improvtmtnt to
ntctiiary to th prosperity ol tht
nation at tht bttttrmtnt ot our
publio roads.
Quick communication and
cheaptr transportation over all
wagon roads art damandtd by
tvtrybody.
Tht most vital question now la
how to get better roads.
No internal improvement (a to
essential aa public roada.
Tht road la the connecting link
ol clvilliation.
The basis ol all transportation
Is the wagon road.
Maintenance mutt not be over
2 looked. Belter Roada. $
GOOD ROADS WOULD SAVE
$250,000,000 FOR FARMERS
That Much Wasted In Crop Haulage
In Record Year.
3. I Pennyhaker. Jr.. executive arc
rctary of tbe American road congress,
make the assertion that JSK10.000.000
wtiuld U saved In the cot of hmillnc
thU year's record breaking crop If 'MT"3
per cent of our public hlghwny were
Improved, thus reducing the cost of
hone haulage and permitting an exten
sive use of motor trucks.
At the prcKcnt tttno only alont 8
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Influence puLllc'bplnlon that tho num-i
oeroi iBiies or iniproTeu uiguwnjn -thl
be rapidly Increased In the next few
years, interesting figures and stntls-l
tlcn havo lcen complied to proved tbe-,
economic advantage of Improved blgb-i
ways.
The government'a predlrtlon tbat
tbe crop now telng narrcsted will ex
ceed any prrvlons year's yield," said
Mr. Pennybaker. "should serve to call
attention to the great losses that are
being sustained by farmers and con
sumers In the hauling of crops. It Is
estimated tbat tbe Improvement of tbe
main roads of this country, approxi
mately SO per cent, would result In an
annual saving of at least fr.O.000,000
i la the cost of hauling alone, which
" wonld be sufficient to Improve 50,000
mile of road at a further cost of J.V
000 per mile. In five years this would
Improve 150.000 miles, wblcb would
be sufficient to bring tbe total mileage
of Improved road op to CO per cent-
2 THE OLD NATIONAL ROAD. ?
4.
nintil like a blinking- comrt
From the heart or a nation's do- .
main.
Pi-reins' the uncut forrtts
Wllh a eklllful. steady aim. "'
leaping etreams of a Ursdilock's
PAf,
nitting plaint with quiet peace.
Tlpplmc mountains with UiunUIng
trM
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j. Through wIMa of a buffalo trace.
fy A rlrer of human prorrees
v ProWns the myriad mills.
Awaktnlnic the silent weet
In Its course o'er rifled hills.
nrMslns; the !- of commerca,
Wtdillns the billowing rtan,
FelHm the hurdled thicket
With a mlslity utint eats.
i
Iljrlnu the snrll of ststehood.
Whers mUrrsat hesrts have sousht
Homes, which this moneter builder
In Ita maaic away bas wrought.
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USE TAXES FOR ROADS.
Wicomico County, Md 8tsrts lm
' provemtnt Campaign.
According to a law recently passod
hy tbeOIarylaPd. legislature, the offlco
of roads engineer bas been Created in
Wicomico county, and a tax for road
and bridge expenditures has been fixed
at a minimum of 20 cents on the 1100
ot Assessable property.
'The term bf.olDce of tbe roads en
gineer Is four ears and the salary
I1.80U., with pn allowance of S300 for
traveling atdyOtefiexpendltures. Un
der tie tfjimyof,h1 present arrnnge
utent tbe'roudlevy'or 1012 will amount
jtojSfrtjQO., -
.Stfc. "" Ppr Parmaneney.
Land and proterty. said a speaker at
a good roads convention, were valuable
In proportion to their accessibility to
market or pleasure, and whatever add
to tbe accessibility enhances values.
Tbe history of the country, be stated,
bore witness to the most uncles and
wasteful extravagance In tbe use of
money and lalor on It highways, nnd
the lesson to he learned was to build,
as did the ancients, for permanency
and with the utmost care uud thought
for the future.
The Dad Roads Tax.
If thoe, who complain ut votlnlKnd,
to build good roads would think they
would tlud that tbe tax on xor roads
that they bare Ix-eii paylug Is sntUclent
to build considerable highways Poor
roads mean poor farming and poor
former, nud unfortunate are those
wbo live near such highways. Farm
nud Itancb.
Mora Real Work Netded.
A good roads convention la always
a helpful Institution, but there are a
Teat many people who would do well
to'spend.inofevtlibr; lumakiogroAtts
Instead blattsntotr convention. ""
T1IK IlKXn M'M.KTIN, 11KNI),
;the great cost of
ROAD MAINTENANCE.
Macadam Must Dt Constantly Watch
ed-Orlck Wears Wall.
At tho recent rond congress H, IVrey
Hooker, who 1ms hud long experience
us Mii)erlutciHleut of highway In New
York and New Hampshire, declared
that the cot of Maintaining nil vurle
ties of Improved romls Is about tho
Hiiiue If tbe Interest ou tbo Investment
Is counted. He think that tbo greater
cott of building n lirlek rtxul makes an
lutctvst vhurco equivalent to tint cost
ot maintaining a tuuendam road.
All this mny Iw true, but one fact re
main In favor of tho brick road-It
will be mnlntntncd by not wearing out.
whereas the tnacttdam road Is likely to
wear out by not lclng umlnlnlned A
con! n nt bill for tualuteunnee W harder
to pay, It appears, than n bill for Inter
est on money Invented. If It will bo
maintained them I no objection to any
form of good road, but maintenance
seems to be n doubtful thing, ami the
way to have n good road Ik to get It In
Its most nearly crmaueut form at tbe
start The money spent on many tnae
ndam roads Inn Ihhmi practically thrown
nway for lack of their proper mainte
nance. Tim money spent ou brick roads
In still paying dividend In good serv
ice. And that Is why It Is better to
build brick mads In our present uncer
tain and growing stage of road work.
National Stockman and Farmer.
DtnrriT
HKSTOHATION T) r.NTHY UF
laXDS IN NATIONAL FOUKST.
Notlco Is hereby given that tho lands
described below, embracing COO acres
within tho Ochoco and Deschutes
National Forests, Oregon, will bo sub
ject to settlement nnd entry under
tho provisions of tho homestead laws
of thn United States and tho net of
Juno 11. 100C (34 HtaL, 233), at thn
United Stntca land offlco at Tho Dal.
White River
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L.
WKUMISDAY, JANl'AUY 111), IIMil.
lea, Oregon, on March 4, 11)13, Any
sottlor who was actually nud In good
faith claiming any ot said lands tor
agricultural purposes prior to Janu
ary 1, Id 00, ami baa not nlinmluncd
name, lins n proforoiicd right to mnku
n homontond oulry for tho lamia ac
tually occupied. Halil lands worn
llBtod upon tho application of tho
persona tnuntlouod below, who huvn
n preferonco right aubjoct to tho prltr
right ot any audi sottlor, provided
Hiich sottlor or applicant la qualified
to mnko hnmeatend entry and tho
proferonco right la exorcised prior to
March -I, lit lit, on which dalo thn
lauds will ho aubjoct to soltloinent
and entry by any tuill(led pursuit.
Tho lauds nro aa follows: Tho W'H
of 8i:U, and tho 8WU of NUVi, Heo.
20. T. 17 S., It. 18 K., W. M.. con
talulng 120 acres, application of K.
Warwick llnnlonbrook, Itoberts, Oro
gon; list 0-788. Tho 8WU, Hoc. '.. T
20 8., It. II i:., containing 100 acres,
application ot Kldorndu Vescolus,
BEND
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ninrket prices. PHONE
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Candies, Fruits, Nuts
FRESH POPCORN AND PEANUTS
POST CARDS Ic EACH.
Photographs of Deschutes Valley
Uoyd liulldlngUrccnwood Avenue
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TRY THE NEW
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NOW FOR SALE BY
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B. MISENER
Bend, Oregon.
llond, Urogoii) List 0-800. A Unci
ot 100 acres within Heo, 1, T. 12 8.,
II. 10 K., dcnorlbml by itiutuK and
houmla a follows tlcgliiuliiK t
corner No, 1, n rock niaikod H-l,
whonco llm Forest Horvlco iiiiuiu
intuit, hereinafter described, Iioiiih N,
2!1 dg. W. 8 chaliiH 20 llnkHj oxloiul
tug thonco N. .10 dug. H. 20 chnliiHi
thoiico K. 9 dog. in olinlim: thonco
8. 80 di'g. V. 30 clinlnn; thonco H.
.1.1 dcg. I.. 30 chains) tlienco 8. SR
(leg K. 4 chains to corner No. 1, tho
place of hoglnnlng. Bald Konmt Hor
vlco monument hoar N. 71 dog. .10
mill. H. 20 chains from tho Hntithwcrit
corner of Hoe. 1. T. 12 8., II. 10 H.
Hald tract wna listed upon, tan appli
cation of tirvlu II. HIpouiiiii, Mllehull,
Oregon : i.lst 0-Stl. Tho NICU.
Hee. l. T. 20 8 It. H H., rontulnliiR
1C0 acres, application of (JeorRO W
Iteols, lluiid, Oresuiii Ust 0-R20. Ap
proved, December 10, 1012, 8. V.
I'roudllt, Assistant Cominlsalonor of
tho (lenorat Land Olllco. 4R-4K
. tht - .
Flour
'UtVs .'tph .Wit
SOWU Vm I'IMI.ICA'liON
Doimrtmont of tho Inltirlor, l'. ft
Mini) Olllco l Tho DiilluM, (Jri'Roji.
Decomliur 10th, 1012.
Nollcii la hoiohy given that Nolla
Aiulormm of lloiid, Oregoii, who ou
Jnnnnry fitli, 1000. niiulii dusort land
entry No. 02181, for NUttMHi. '.
21, mid W'sNU'U, noctlou 32. (own
ship 17 south, range IS oast, Wlllnui
otto Morldlan, has llhul uotlco of In
tontlou to nmko llmil proof to estali
Itsh claim to tho lml uliovo doscrlli-
oil, hoforo II. O. ICIIIm. U. H. L'oininla-
slouor, at his olllco at llond, OrcK
oil tho Nth day ot February, 10 13
Tlaliiiant names aa witnesses
Arohlo I 'at tin. Adam KoUiimu,
tiluirloa lloyd, Walter Daniels, all ot
llond, Oregon,
4347 C. W. MOOUH, Kegliler,
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nppllcntlon Portland i'ricca
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