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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1906)
Goct) ( CLUB. I 'Inn r n HeK lilmr'ni'iil In Krrf a llltll 4 I Jl'UII. 'I'Iik cITnili t'f K. in" n H ! mayor fur ii i lf. in i lly nsv l.i !i" ri' I'lifurriMl I'jr h( li'ifl oiii' I m'iI ni i; ml, iluii, Hnyn the Kiiiiimm 'ti.v h'l-r. A :'ii'l order )! . iii r mlii1;.- In Hi ' li!'ii l( on 1'heir.V i.l"i"'l, lnliill 'I li! 1,-rlilli liliil Fourteenth. Onir f-' i 1 1 -, lieaipl IH T llgl'lll llll'l ll'ltlMlll ll 1'T I I I'll' I ill I., h the IIIIMIli.iT Mr. Knh li'i'i Ionic Im imi lull fi 'li'i In 111'' rl"'in illy ii i l. II ' li.n I : : 1 1 il rll' kept 111' p'r.nl in i-!i. Hi nf !' tinper. liiul Ii k.-.i iu i." i i lil.jii ii In tin iii'lL'tilmrl I l' I ' i liiiiu; i In onh-r. lli' I----!. 1 1 ii.'iii'' i' l !lii Ifl tor to every linn ..'inl'li'i' In Hif block: Ii.r I'i Ni"! nii'l . I l.i.-.' iiur n'W limviT. Mi I , ii. ; I. , . .mi I Hi" i :iv nlIl- In In til,. ' r i : i. I ' .. n r .. ii i 1 1 v n elf mi i lt, n IM l.i wl.i. Ii li llv rli.i) In. ii I'll- ii 'ii iiri'l tin. in-, i lll. i Willi h;i,.i I lil i lh-v ill u .1 mi' unlng illi.n i- 11. ! .I. .r f II v lit Ik hi I. ,i I Ml.lt I 1 1 $M (Mir I'!'" I. nil 'i' Hi 1 tri lil Ii iiml I n il i i I 'i .liar t lo ii -. .iiii'tl Ii i I N- - ll.lllll l , , I'l l.l"' ii. v. in Irli'n.i n, in I, I" iwi i ii TMr- ' : 1 i r'.-i. i lil ilil H'lT li.iini I pur ii lil ii ll i'i nil UN 1 fr' ft. nil 1' i'i l.' nli'l nil nl'ii-r lriit.t lli il liri rlnfui Inn In-i ll ni i. I y tliniun on lli" Htnrl (it- nwi'l I.) Hi.- wlii'l In out Mm U, 11 n .l' k 1 1 n i l v pit !'' nf i.ii. r lli:il wa mil y II' 'I Irniii i.f 'Mir tin ii ii m iiml lull lilir illllilri'li t il'i ll'i. r nil.- and lint III lliriiw iiiulhini: nil lilt' filili whIUh Iiiii) tri-i't, hut l-nrti It ii' '.r k- ii nn hk'i llf or In Km imi'i' inn tintil II inn In. ir.tH-ilv rMniiVfl I s v- mii ti in. .ii.' i will ft. -I riut filler (I'lli.w i-ll Ixi-iih ik imhI iK.iiiijilii iiml rmnnriiK" miiiuki t to lo'tt" In tin urn! Wnko Kui.au.i I'lly it ununi aiid ll nmdrl illy. I'. H -Mnillv Iniii'l Di'h I. II. i' l nil Inn until In ymir lnuim Mr. Hiii-Iih Mil iiii Is nllKe.l 1 tln let tor, Willi tlii nf three iif Ii i h neigh bors, Id whom In iIIhi Iuxi'iI IiIm .I;iii. 'J'Iii' other signatures arc those of Mil toll A. Wciig'-rt. I'hmlcs Jlishop ii ml Henry Ilru''i:goiiinn. "I have great li fur my vlraii up club,'" H!i Id Mr. Sin-lit. "I have for ninny yem-i Ih-cii ntti-iitlvc In a small way to tlio wink nf U - 1 1 if my o.vn jcr'Miii 1 nrt nf Ivium.n I'lly rli'iill. Sow tlii'ii' U mi iiil'liliuiiiil Iik'i-iiMvi'. Tiflny I kI'iik'i-iI i1umi tin' ii Hoy luick of my linns... It w im i li'.'tii ninl mnri' orild ly iIimii ll Iiml Im i ii f ir ji-iiri. It WHH rli'.'iiicil I iy tin' cllv swi'pt liy the jHillcy nf the new m.ivnr. 'lie' hIkIi! CllclilirilKeil die. I ttillik H l V liellililHH llll'l I kImiIiM lli.iKe M Kiec!.i I'lfiil't to nMst t!ie cily inliiiliiNtr:iiliiii In thin ml in tr:i t'l- Murk nf milking il cleiin ti n." SUDUrUJAN BCTTERMtNT. I nilr t ii l I ii v i 1'itr nil I m in ittii I M.rlrl) li ( n I r m iln t. I.mi;l lil-tut y N In I"' recnril-il liy n 1 1 IV. II l.l'l d Client Knclel J, ll'itllljle t-llei lire to lie ll.. like I iiml ililf'c'-ti:iu 11H well II I luMtlt Ifill :irli;teett!l'.".l li'Rtl' del frui.l Ilii- ;ix li'VM'Hi'il. Tilt' m Ii imI iiml !! htirrmu. limits lire to he lien ut llli'.l. ninl tin' chnrclie-i, im semi Jilllilli' Htnn I ili ei. slmillil eei!iilfy clvle vlrluo In the oil it rt I n-iect of their .iitiei'ly. 'I'd" (Uliires nf tlir hlrecls llielr li'HIU' nlj;IIM. cnl(eKihtH, the lltfM liiu' iti..iinililM, the trolley jiule, Hie town Imllcini Inmr.l nil thesis inny Ml II I'llllsl the .sm'letj'H I III llllslllslll, for there lire nrristie il." -Iirns t lie seeurtnl. I'l'lze cull! jn-1 il i Hi I'li.v In1 l:i.mi;iiriiti'il to nroiiie tl'i' ilmiiKiiit liilerest ninl ltlr the civic njilllt nf llinve who Iiiivd; thi iililllty to ileil'ii iir'tlstlenlly. ninl ' t ley ninl lltflit pole n iIokIitii hrm uow Inipplly l.eeii nlremly iiiiule. nml there 1h tiei'il niily lh:il Ihe proper nppiirntus ln Heciireil. I'liinlly tliciv lire tho prl vh to lioiiHi-H w ll ! their K;irileiiH, thoie C ! v 1 1 1 n to the toivn their most jvorHlHt (llt VlilirileterlMtle. Tho Noclety till SI DO rlk'l't lo In I rmli' upon tint homo, but many home will lie rntiiprlsoi within tho direct liitliieiiet' of Its ineiiiliorshlp, ninl It may yet more liroinlly exorclNe omo por-iiinlvi'iio.-iH. '1'hln h a lontf list of iintlertakliigs which It woulil ho entirely ileslrnlile for tint linprovomont Hoeloty to foiitetn pinto. It comprlKoM the uinlertnkln that nro lont worth while, ami, offor In fC Keopo for every r.inrolvnlilo inter on t lit tho inemlierHlilp, It oiiKlit to lonv no onorjry for n inNdlrorteil zonl Im clennltiK Hlri'etfi, InvilliiK NkyNcrnpcr, mowing the lovoly jrrowlli on rural roailMoN, iiiiiKiilfylni; tho rallronirs civic prominence, tearing tip good board walks, cutting down trees on the "IhihIiichh" hireets mid dolny various other uuwl.so thlnirs through loyalty to a city Instead of to a town Ideal. American Homes and tjanlon. rrunri'im Mnilo In l.ou Im llle. The efforts of the I'oinniercial club and of tho local iiiouiljor of tho Aiuer icuu C'lvlo iissoclation to urnuso lutcr i'Ht In a in or. s licuutlfiil and plcluietiiiue LouUvlllo nro incetliiK with puccohs. Tho clul iirraiwd n berlon of lectures, accompanied )y rtori'iiptlcou views on tho work that lias been done in other clllctj, which aru bclii kIvcii la tho Malo 1 1 ljili school luilMUis'. Thouo views weio tnkon nioslly In Dayton. O., and tho vant luiprovement In th ppenranco of tho town in ehown by Iho "beforo nd nfter" method. One plcturo BhowH n desolafo j urd of trod den ground atid tho next a beautiful flower eurden which has pjirung Into llfo Uirough tho agency of a Utllo plow ing and bowIhk connected with tho ever ready help of nature. School bulldlURM Willi beautiful vines and plants wero Khowu, and tho object was to nrotiHo a filronff doslro in Louisville to have as muuy and us pretty flowers nnd shrubbery us any city in tho coun try. Few attended theso lectures and saw tho Hceuery of Dayton without a feeling of Jen lotiNy. Fmrr of K&auiple. Clean tip the street lu front of your residence or place of business and your nolghbor will do likewise, says th Memphis News Scimitar. There ts nothing moro truo thun tho old adage, "One ImproYemeut begets another." ?'.i. TIio Iflnil You liiivn Alwityn Ilotiuhl, nml mIiMi han hrrnn In imo ftif ovi-r JJO y'rs, Iiixm 1irni ll. trim t n ro of ry - "'"l Imi Im'cii iimilc iiiiib-r liln p:r- f y MHiiii kiiht Isloii kIiici. Hh iiilaucy. "SvY. -cUcyuA. .Allow no nut) toilci clvo j ou In tlilH. All Coiinterri ltM, Imitation ntnl "fJtiHt-.'i-iotul" arr; lint l'xpcrliiii iilH tliut trillo Willi ami liiMlaiii-r tint licallh of Inlanti mid C'hlMrt-n Kxperknco nalnt lxporiiiH'iiU What is CASTORIA CiiMloriu Ih ii lmrtnlcHH HiiliMtlttito for Castor Oil, I'aro gorir, Dropi ami Hoolhln NyrnpH. It Im Pleasant. It ronluliiH neltln r Ojiluni, Jlorplilno nor oilier Narcotic MiliHtancc. 114 ajrt. Ih I tH giiuninU'e. It (lentrojH Wormw ninl allay I'cvcrKliiM'SH. It ruri-H Dlarrlni'ii ami AVInil Colic. It rclit'Vt'H Tt'ctliliip; Troubles, enn h Constipation mid I'lat iilciK'.v. It auMlinllatcH tli Food, rcgaL-itCH tbo Htoniacli ami Itowcls, nlvlntf licaltliy ami natural Klcep. Tli Cblldrcn'rt IauacctiTlio JMutlivr'it Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears tho The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. Tm( e.NT.wa eeMv. M-l .in i y VWH IWIHW, W(W((.t ...o.o.o.ooo..c xh-- -- p-HXXpo IJIilir, itlUTTON. PORK, SAUSA(H:, I: I C . '-1 ALWAYS ON HAVM AT TMK '..Lakeview Meat Market.. JOHN WI'.NDKI.I,, I'roprii'ti.i . l AT PlfliStNT I5UILDINQ NORTH OP 5UU Nature's "A'onilr.-i. Iliudiwork Throngli Utah and Colorado Cimtlo (iali', t'unoii ul tho (iraml, lllm k ('nun, M.rHlmll and Trillin vo I'SHH'-., ami i he WorM-Kxiou SSKoy a (lorge For l--riiiivi! ami llliilrli-d Taiujib Ida, write ti) V. C. AUIirlde, (Jen. Agt. l.'l TlilM Sir. it l'OKTI.ANP, OR. OASTOniA. Br th lhe Kind You ll.ivs Alwnvs Bot THE LAKE COUNTY EXAMINER LATEST LAND AND TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. USTABLISMEU IN Signature of wmi aTMiiT. hiw vomi cm. IIIII " II (I Hl.lll LOCATtU HOTEL LKJ'V.tW Tl Mr I A KM KTlTl I MV ."M ' 9:15 A. M. I.v. 11:.V A M. I.v, 1 ;I2 I'. M . I v. 2:lf H. M. Ar. HlMV. M. I.v. it. im I'lnniHH mi'rti'i' A in i'i I i'l' A r. :SS I. M I.v. I.v 7:15 H M. 1:11 P.M. Lv 12.01 P M. Ar. 11:15 A. M. 3:M I'. M. I.v. o Hut t.i: I.v. 11:00 A. M 7:MI. M. Ar. il Maiti-lln.' I.v 7:15 A. M J:20P. M. I.v. J:00 P, M. Lv. e l:'iP. M.Ar. t I'lumaa Hit k with Mohawk Ar. 12-45 P M. Lv. 11:05 A. I Lv. 8M5 A. XI a Connt'Ctloni maite with Kat ami Went bouml tralm nf S. H. Co. b Plaifoi to and from Milfnrd, Jancivillo, Hiintlngvlllo. 0 tages to and from Siamliali and Susau Villi) il FtaK,- to and from Englivi lo, Ci-itrvlllt. Fun liidwrcll, Attln. Altura-i evit-w, and uluer points In OroKon. e Stagi'i to and triiin Crm-xt'i', Tiiylnrsvllle and liroenvUlo. 1 Statics to and from Joliusvlllc, rrombi-r F KINTIXG IS AN ART IN I which The Examiner cx i cells. We have all the late '-qpj-' styles in type and keep in stock a large assortment of high grade stationery so that there is no delay in executing a large order.' Ourpriccs will be found to compare favorably with other prices. STOCK NEWS niQHT PAQES LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS 1880. lj ifcii rieuiro and or.rr.noio fniim'-v-i. ilr.W'i f "i t..' I.. f..r m itwii' I. ll If r"rt l.-i a'mm. ..,w Ul oh'ntn n.l.-rlM. tnwln nrfilllll, Wi '. IN ALL COUNTRIES. Itfhtfl tlirr't Vlth V tl,ltgtt-n tnvr time, mtli-y tin t -'fir 111 f atrnt. Pllinl si-d Infrlniimrrt P(lc!ic Exclvilrt). V. rll. ' r .-.nn iin at C13 Klrtrt Btrt, n-B tr.l!.1 lutM Ptnt Ofol. WI4HIN IJTOH, O. C. Keep Posted la On Matters That Interest You Your local paper to a necessity to you, financially and socially. But a NEWSPAPER OF GEN- i ERAL CIPvCULATION, contain-1 ing the latest nows of the world, is equally necessary to you. The "up to date man" will provide! him.sclf with theso two essential features of progress. In THE TWICE - A - WEEK SPOKESMAN - REVIEW, Spo kane, Wash., will be found th ery latest news of the world, iti matter including information on politics, commeree, agriculture, mining, literature, as well as the local happenings in the states of ; Montana, Oregon, Idaho, wash lngton and the province of British Columbia. In addition, its col. uinns for women, its popular science articles, its short and con tinued stories, its "Answers to : Correspondents" and "Puzzle Problems" combine to form a ; heme newspaper that at $1.00 per year can nowhere be excelled. ITS AUVERTICINO TALCE. I'Tlupi yon hava aom.thlnv to !! a frm, a 1'im, farm marhlnrr. Ton may wl-h to buy anmethlnv. Tha ba poll, I. way to eommunlcata with p.opla who wish to tiuy or ..II in by tnrlln a .mall ad-rll-mat In Tho 8pokimao-Rl.w. r ink. Ih. TWICE-A-WEKK. If you lih to r.ach ba.tn.aa mn ana nm.n, um th. DAILT or IUNDAT HKUKIiSM AN-iiEVIEW. TUB TWICE-A-WBKK RATES ARB - - - - ..vm. ll Kord. to a Una. TUB DAILT AVD SUNDAY HATI FOB ! CONUECLTIVB INSERTIONS. i 18WordsHv 24 Words ; Si:'.": 1 tlmaa . 4 la It. 4a oa THE EUSDAT A.LOK8 Ten c-nt. pr Una aaeh Insartloa. Cant Is word, to a Una. ADDRESS THE BrOKKSMAN-REVDEW, BpokaM, Waaau 1 Writ your adv. plainly. nclo.ln In .lamp, or money order for maay wt ln..rti.n d'Klred. and alata wh.thar m 'n .dv Itu.rt.d la Daily, '-ifar mm T.-lc.-a-Wnm. r;.vi:ursi3ii Kite t) Pa;ific Coast Notify yinir frii-mls in the t thut rediK-eil ruutil-t rip fxeurriiuii rates 'will uJ into effitt June 1. 1900. iiml ticketH will be on mile daily un til September 1.1. l.IX). Final return limit Oclolier 31, 11MK5 Kutesfroiu principal Eastern pointi. are as follows: From Ulilciiiro $7.1 oo " Council EluffH, St. Joseph, nv en worth and Kansas fit v.. .$o (Ml ' Sioux City "....t!2 (Mi " Denver. Colorado Spring. I'ue bio and triniatl $.10.oi! " St. LouiH ii!MMi " New DrieaiiM 011 (H) " Houston fiio.oo For further information call upon or write nearest Agent or 1). S. TaKart, Iteno, Nev. 2 mo 1). F. & l' A. l'ost it Kliitf have the best urade o( liquors ntnl cinnrs to Ik found lu Oregon. tf i SUBMAHi:E KtEFS. I U Tbr Ar MicNirii 11 n Anrai I0imlnir. Trior to Ilii- i.ii.. -ntli i t-ntuiy !. ci tation. PiCrit ll lli" l.l:;l !J. I. tiiliiiil ll.it of I'l- Iii-'i j ii lot wli) cliiiiiicil in kiio.v nil tin; r.-kn i:i tint LiJiilMir. "An' tlifiv'H wiiii of ilii'n!" K il l 111 HI ll" Kl I II' k. Uti ii!itro;i'-liiiiu' l.m'l o.i lliiovv Inw fur Ii r Ii-;iill;i nil l.i Ih from tho iUlilhoUHo . si .;:it. 'i i i.i iiiiln lion ' t-l!4 Mm. Two pniir.s on l.nul lu in;; ;iki'ii for tin; l..i of l!i ti ini.ie, liil'.' j I rum tin-no iiolnls n-fii csi-nl lux tli otliiT two Hl'ii-H of tin? triaiiKli;, lire ilniwn until t!n-y I ; 1 1 ; r,ci i. 'J'l,,it iipct of tlif tri.uit;!" will l)u tin; oint wlmns tin; kIimitvit is. 'Mien tin; iliHtiuico from IiIh point to tlm IhikI can l; i-asily fillclllllli'il. Tin; iij.uitiLii- iv.irs tinili-r Niipolfori Jif'l'il tin; (Irni'Toiin li'iioniin.'e of I'l-'-n' li iiinritiiri ndoiit tlii-ir own Hi-ii-fo:i-t. I'ri'tuli vi-h. ls wore iiniibli; to lin- ik or rim tln-lr I'licnilfV Uofcadiv Afi'-r pi'in'; win -.-talilinli(!'l P.fnu-ti'inpM-Iti'ii ufire iippoiuti'd n tlio ort'iinizt-r hii'I 'h:'f of t-orpx of fiicl-ni'i-ni to chart tin wliolo -o.'i.st of riiiiico. HIm work wiifi so wc-Il ilone tli.it tho other ii.tviil powers lia.itetif!'l lo chart thi-ir own coasts aironilntf to hi inciho'lt. 'Ilii: h"ii'l of ii ro !i may easily escape ordinary houihIIiih, or lie fK-twecn Koiuiiliiiii. When covcreil hy ten or more feet of water, and unmarked hy ripple or hreakers. It Is hard to find. Even "when known it Is hard to get noiiinllp.j-'s. The lead may jj'lde over It. ho that even In well surveyed waters some unlucky nhip out of hundreds pinwlng there may "find the rock with its keel." (roups of buoys with grappling Irons are lashed together lit Ion;; sweeping lines and sunk tiehlnd the nrnall Bound ing boai until they touch bottom, and are then towed until they strike a rock. In calm weather rocks and reefs may le seen at (,'reat depths from great heights in balloons. Even after a rock has bevti discovered. Its depth and po sition must be precisely ascertained. Fishermen, too, help make known these, uncharted rocks, rewards being offered for all new ones discovered. Kiit'land. the United States, Spato, I'uly and other maritime uations havo ndopteii French methods. Japan for yuars has devoted to the subject It usual minute, trustworthy and master ful study, but has imitated the EuslisJi crowded and complicated charts rather than the artistic, execution ef the French. New York Tribune. Tolli-I Toylet. In tin.' "New W uvM of Yorll3., 1720, 'toilet' is d.'tined us "a kind of Tabl clot'i or e:irr"t made of line Linnen, Satin. Velvet or Tissue, spread upon a TaMc In a F.ed Cbaniljor where I'er soiim of Quality dress thom?elves; a DresHins-c-loth." A i-iuiilar deflnltion Is piven In Railey's dictionary. The orlpiu of the word Is curious, for Cot rrave hns: "See Toilette.' 'A toylet, t!ie Muff which drapery lay about their clolhs; alo n li.i to put n'.chtgowns in." In the "Kape of the Lock." 1, l'l. "toilet" seems used for tho tabl and its contents: And now. unveil' il. the toikt stands dl p'.a.v'd. Each silver vase In mystic order laid. Notes and Queries. Giant Tomato Plant. The largest tomato plants In the world are found in California. One grower has three plants which have reached a leiifrth of thirty feet In three months from the time the seeds were planted the vines had climbed to the top of a twenty foot trellis. The trunks of these plants, says What to Eat. nre one and a half inches In di ameter and the foliage Is thick and luxuriant. Enormous quantifies of to matoes have been picked from them nnd the fruit Is of unusual size, pos sessing an extraordinary fine flavor. Lavn. Lava may be blown Into opaque bot tles of gossamer lightness, and the harder sort makes a beautiful green glass of half the weight and double the strength of ordinary glass. But It ia not always the same. Every volcano pours out its own special brand of molten mixture, disagreeable to walk on, but sometimes yielding precious products, as pumice stone. Lava, like all tilings, decomposes under the touch of time, as the fertile plaius of Sicily testify. Mnrrlaiir. "What I waut." said the young man, "Is to get married and have a peac ful. quiet hom." "Well," said Farmer Corutossel. "sometimes It works that way. and then again sometimes It's like jolnln' a dehiuin' s.H'iety." Washington Star. Curiosity Arouaed. "I'apa, what makes the cheese smell so?" "The process by which it was cured, I presume." After some momeuts of profound cogitation. "Papa, what would it smell like if it hadn't been cured?" A Chance For Somebody. "Very strange, isu't It. about the story of Adam and Eve?" "How?" "Why, as far as I know, it hasn't been worked up Into a historical novel." Watson's Magazine. Injuries of Life. The Injuries of life if rightly lmpror ed will be to us as the strokes of the statuary on his marble, forming us to a more beautiful shape and making us fitter to adorn tho heavenly temple. Cotton Mather. The wise prove and the foolish con fess by their conduct that a life of etn loyment Is the only life worth lead ing. raley. BRING HOME SEEKERS. Volhln Villi flnlM I p a f nmtnaaltr like (Jnnil llaaila. The cofiimeri lfll bodies, the rflllrondi and the riewapnpers nro bending every loifcilile cfTiiit to secure Immigration. In oilier wonlM. to attract the attention of the solid and HubMantlnl homo seek ing element and bring them here as home makers nnd there 1 no one thing that will Inilui e them to come anj . caue thern to st.-iy more thnn gooil roads, said n speaker nt the Oregon good roii'ls convention. The Wilb'.uiette valley would have had more than double Its present popu lation had more attention been given to this subject. Ileal estate men In all ports of this vali'-y wlil tell jou that In many cases they have located good fanners from the older slates, but on account of bad roads and the utter !m poKslhility to get around, the women folks got homesick and Mur nnd urged their husbands to go buck to tho old home where they could get out occa sionally to s-e their neighbors or to go to church lu comfort. In pcakiiig of good roads I also mean to Include good sidewalks and good streets. In order to secure pros perity and happiness eliher In the city, town or country, we must havo good roads for the p?destrinn, the buggy, the wagon, the bicycle and the automobile. The modern Idea of laying out an ad dition or Improving a given section of any city Is most successful when the streets and sidewalks are built In ad vance, and In making such Improve ments the real estate owner not only gets a profit on the land he has for tale, but he gets a profit upon the Im provements he makes, and he Is en titled to It. The Investor or home seek er who gets Into such an addition or locality shows good sense because be knows he does not have to depend upon his neighbors or the municipal government. HIGHWAY LEAGUES. Bow the Farmers of Illinois Will Improve) the Roads. Steps Lave been taken by the Illinois blghway commission to organize the farmers of the state into leagues for the maintenance and Improvement of the public highways, says the Motor News. Several leagues have already been organized- The Illinois highway commission was created by the last general assembly and has taken up in earnest the work of improving the roads throughout the 6tate. Nearly fo.OOO.OOO Is spent rn nunlly In Illinois in maintaining high ways and bridges. The aim .of the commission is to Improve the roads without adding extra expense to the taxpayers. About r5 per cent of the public high ways In Illinois are earth roads. . A. N. Johnson of Springfield, the engineer of the commission, has given special at tention to this class of roads, and he asserts that they can be greatly Im proved ' by "dragging" at a merely nominal expense to the farmers. When the farmers' leagues are or ganized and the work placed on a sys tematic basis It Is proposed by the commission to have all the farmers In a certain section turn out and drag the roads when they are wet and Ih the proper coudition. Without an organ ization' this cannot be done, as each one now leaves It to another to do, with the result that the roads are not attended to or repaired at the proper time. , The method which has been found to work satisfactorily in Iowa and Mis souri consists In dragging heavy logs along the highways at a slight angle, which throws the soft mud or clay to ward the center of the road. The logs are about nine feet In length, with a flattened surface. Why Roads Should Be Improved. There are many striking examples of the value of good roads. Wherever roads have been permanently improved it is found that there has been a very great Increase lu value of the adjacent property, says the Good Roads Maga eiue. Among examples of this sort Is that of Jackson, Tenn. From figures recently published It Is shown that since HiOU the city has Increased 5,000 In population, The roads were Im proved through issuing bonds to start with, and they have advertised the city so much that families are constantly coming in from adjolnln.3 counties., with the result that land values have Increased lu some cases from 20 to 100 per cent. Property in the city has also greatly Increased lu value. Millions Lout Annually. "I believe the Improvement of the roads of the country Is of more vital Interest and Importance to the farm ers of the republic than perhaps any other that we have heard debated here. All civilized governments build roads. All save our own havo some established system for building and maintaining public highways, under the direction of skilled and competent officials. The secretary of agriculture estimates that the cost, the extra bur dens Imposed upon this country by bad roads, Is not less than $000,000,000 annually. From a Speech Delivered by Congressman Lee of Virginia. Kentucky's Greatest Handicap. J. C. C. Mayo of Kentucky, who has been a thief factor In the development of the eastern counties of his state, and is an extensive owner of valuable coal lands of that region, said recently: "Our greatest handicap Is the wretched condition of our country roads. In wet weather they are al most Impassable,' and the farmers can not get over them In empty wagons. The construction of good roads In th rural districts Is one of the biggest questions of the day, and this country will never experience the fullest pros pertty until the problem Is solved."