GOOD ROADS. H. H. Gross, Special Agent of Govern ment, Tells State Aid Plan. Fifteen years ago New Jersey awak ened to the fact that the highways are public property and the state owes a duty to them. After a bitter con test, in which the farmers who were to be the greatest beneficiaries, almost to a man opposed the plan, they began to build roads by state aid. When they had had the experience of build ing roads, using them and paying for them, and found how state aid had relieved their burden, more roads were demanded. State after state lias fallen into line to improve the high ways by contributions from the state "ITS \ \ '' ir ■*. \ wt *#/ r 1 _/ v_ Completed Surface of an Improved Country Road. treasury. New York and Pennsyl vania, and ail the slates east, are now building upon that plan, and they are doing more under it» in a year than they ever did in ten years thereto fore. In February, 190S, Virginia joined the ranks of state aid states, and so the good work goes on. There is a double advantage in building under this plan; the first -is a larger property list to assess for the purpose; the second, the roads must be built under a capable engineer, which insures proper construction. Those in position to know generally agree that the money spent by the local road officials is often one-half to three-fourths wasted. If they do the right thing, they are apt to do it at the wrong time. State aid solves this problem. This new plan of road building does not take away from the locality it 3 control of the highways; the people of the township decide for themselves whether they will or will not make im provements under the state aid law. If they decide in favor of the im provement the state must pay its pro portion. if they decide not to build, well and good. Or, if they prefer to levy a local tax and spend it in the wrong way, they are at liberty to do so; the attitude of the state being that it stands ready to assist in permanent ly improving the highways, but the work done must be under the super vision of the state engineer. This plan has worked and is work ing successfully in 14 states, and is spreading like wild fire. Of all parts of the union, no section is so lacking In good roads, or so abundantly able to build them, as the Mississippi val ley, especially the corn belt. State aid will make it practicable to build roads in this section with very little, If any, increase of taxation over the amount already being paid. NOTES. Patience and energy well applied will do wonders. An indiscriminate mixing of breeds will produce scrubs. The muddy yard is worse for sheep than for any other stock. The ewe that receives good care shows it in her produce. Scrubs among sheep are just as bad as scrubs among hogs and cattle. The earlier the fat sheep are put upon the market the better the prices. Every farm home should have lots of sunshine. -It's free and mighty healthful. Sunshine is as valuable in the barn as in the henhouse. There is usually less of it, though. A lot of valuable work can be done right now if there is a comfortable workshop on the farm. The man who tries to get the best he can from his farm seldom has difficulty selling his products. This is a good time to put the fan ning mill to work. It's the best way to improve the small grain seed. The selling side of farming is an important tiling. Do not hold the stuff too long and do not be in too much ol a burry. Removing Ax Handle. The handle rrtay be easiiy removed from the ax by placing the blade on tbti top of a heated stove and leaving it there till the iron around what is known as the "eye" becomes quite hot. Heat expands the iron, making it an easy matter to drive the handle from the blade. Serves Him Right. The farmer who thinks more of his own welfare than he does of that o: his live stock is often disappointed oi ) market day. ALFALFA CULTURE. Some Facts Regarding It as Feed for Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Alfalfa Is not. intended In'the main as a pasture crop; that is to say, cat tle, sheep and ruminants —animals that chow the cud—will almost invar iably hioat and probably die, if they do not have prompt attention, when grazed on rank alfalfa. Horses, hogs and animals that do not chew the cud can graze tin it with impunity. Furth er, it is almost too valuable for pas ture; that is, it can be utilized to greater profit in other ways. One of these ways is to cut it up and feed it uncured. If so used, slightly wilted, nothing bloats from eating it. Cured as hay, it does not cause the animal to bloat. A piece of land in alfalfa can be cut from one side to the other and have it fresh all the time; when you get through from one side of the field the other side is ready to be cut again. Aside from its value as a forage crop it has almost equal value as a renova tor, renewer and fertilizer of the soil. Properly, a man should have part of his farm in alfalfa while he is raising other crops on the remainder, and after a field has been in alfalfa for four or five years he should plow it up and plant other crops and sow the rest of the land in alfalfa, and keep up that sort of a rotation. One of the most wonderful things about this plant is its root system. No other we have begins to equal or oven approach it. Its roots go down, no body knows how far. You know what a short distance roots of other crops go. They get perhaps the plant food elements out of the first foot or two feet -possibly a little more of the soil from the surface, downward. Alfalfa roots go down where no other plants' roots go, and reaching the mineral elements of the lower subsoils, bring them to the surface and convert them into merchantable commodities. As a fertilizer, they certainly work a most wonderfud transformation in the soil. They push down and down in every direction honeycombing the earth, as it were, by their growth, and if you plow up an alfalfa field you find the subsoil filled with their decay ing matter, making humus, if you please, far below where any other roots have put it, depositing it there for future use and benefit, and through their innumerable perforations the rains of heaven filter carrying down with them other fertilization from the surface, working a most wonderful en richment, such as nothing else in the world does or can do. —F. D. Coburn. TREATING FOR SMUT. Apparatus Easily Made Which Make# Task Simple One. For the benefit of those who have seed grain to treat for smut I will give my method of treating with formalde hyde, writes a correspondent of The Farmer. I use. two kerosene barrels with the heads removed. First I bore a large hole close to the bottom of the barrels and then take an empty tin can with on£ end removed. Pierce the sides and end fvill of holes with a nail. Now nail the can over the bolo Outfit for Treating Smut. on the inside of the barrel. Fix the other barrel in the same way. Place the barrels on a bench or box 18 inches or two feet high. Mix the for maldehyde according to directions and putin barrel. Now pour the grain in and stir around three of four times. The smut and oats will rise to the top. Take this off with a sieve or screen wire. As soon as skimmed place tho tub beneath the barrel and pull out the cork. Bail from the tub into the other barrel, and by the time tho second barrel is full and skimmed the first barrel is ready to dump in wagon box whicn ohould be standing near. This is a much quicker and more thorough method than the sack process, which is a washy, wet job, and the smut and oats cannot be fkimmed off as in a barrel. One can dip enough in a short while to do a day's seeding. From my experience I would advise all farmers to dip their grain every year. Clean Dairying. The housewife who washes the milk cans and pails in the same dish water in which she has already washed the breakfast dishes, and then wipes tljem out with a greasy cloth may have her peculiar ideas about cleanliness in handling dairy prod ucts, but they don't coincide with ours, no, not for a minute. Be Truly Wise. Many a man is penny wise and pound foolish when it comes to pur chasing a milch cow. It doesn't pay to buy a cow just because she is cheap and imagine you've got a bar gain The loss you'll find in tho milk pail. A Withholding That Is Wasteful. The most expensive feed upon the farm is that which you keep away from the cows. Give them liberal rations. That which they got. above what, is necessary for maintenance what determines the uroflL CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1908. SIS AH ACRE REALIZED ON CROP lil WESTERN CANADA. ANOTHER FARMER REALIZES $22.50 PER ACRE FROM HIS WHEAT CROP LAST YEAR. Charles McCormick of Kenville, Manitoba, writes: "During tho season of 1007, T had 100 acres in crop on the S. W. quarter of section 18, township 35, range 27 west of the Principal Meridian, Wes tern Canada, yielded as follows: "80 acres at 22 bushels per acre, which I sold for 90 cents per bushel; and 20 acres oats yielding 60 bushels per acre I sold for 35 cents per bushel so that my total crop realized $2,004.- 00. From this 1 deducted for expenses of threshing, hired help, etc., $400.00, leaving me a net profit on this year's crop ot over $1,000." Thomas Sawatzlcy of Herbert, Sas katchewan, says: "The value of my crop per acre of wheat is $22.50. I threshed 1,750 bushels of wheat from 70 acres, arid was offered 90 cents a bushel for it. Oats, 15 acres, 500 bushels; and barley, 5 acres. 80 bushels. I do not know if I have been doing the best in this district, but I know If all the farmers were doing as well, Western Canada would have no kick coming as far as grain growing is concerned; and I further say that if you want to put this in one of your ad vertisements, this is true and 1 can put my name to it." CLASSIFIED. Printer—Where shall t put the an nouncement of Alderman Dodger's re tirement? Editor Under "Public Improve ments." PRESCRIBED CUTICURA After Other Treatment Failed—Raw Eczema on Qaby's Face Had Lasted Three Months—At Last Doctor Fcund Cure. "Our baby boy broke out with ec zema on his face when one month old. One place on the side of his face the size of a nickel was raw like beefsteak for three months, and he would cry out when I bathed the parts that were sore and broken out. I gave him three months' treatment from a good doctor, but at the end of that time the child was no better. Then my doctor recommended Cuticura. After using a cake of Cuticura Soap, a third of a box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was well and his face was as smooth as any baby's. He is now two years and a half old and no eczema has reappeared. Mrs. M. L. Harris, Alton, Kan., May 14 and June 12, 1907." A Mind Reader. Pat had got hurt—not much more than a scratch, it is true, but his em ployer had visions of being compelled to keep him for life, and had adopted the wise course of sending him at once to the hospital. After the house sur geon had examined him carefully, he said to the nurse: "As subcutaneous abrasion is not ob servable, I do not think there is any reason to apprehend tegumental cica trization of the wound." Then, turning to the patient, he asked, quizzically: "What do you think, Pat?" "Sure, sir," said Pat, "you're a won derful thought-reader, doctor. You took the very words out of my mouth. That's just what I was going to say!" How Her Life Was Saved When Bit ten By a Large Snake. How few people there aro who are not afraid of snakes. Not long ago a harmless little garter snake fell on the wheel of an automobile which was being driven by a woman. The woman promptly fainted and the car, left to Its own resources, ran into a stone wall and caused a serious accident. The bite of a poisonous snake needs attention. Mrs. K. M. Fishel, Route No. 1, Box 40, Dillsburg, Pa., tells how she Saved her life when bit ten by a large snake. "On August 29, 1906, I was bitten on the hand twice by a large copper head snake. Being a distance from any medical aid, as a last resort I used Sloan's Liniment, and to my as tonishment found it killed all pain and was the means of saving my life. I am tho mother of four children and am never without your Liniment." Mother's Modest Demands. Lawyers will take almost any case, and Chicago lawyers, it seems, will take anything. A Chicago woman put her son in a children's home there, and is now bringing suit because they cut off the boy's curls. "Every curl was worth SI,OOO to me," she says, "and they gave him a bath, too, against my wishes. He is a delicate child and bathing makes him sick. I haven't given him a bath since a year •ogo Christmas." She will ask $15,000 because of the curls and bath. Wayside Chat. "Ever thrown out of a saloon?' idly inquired Tired Tifiin. "Yep," answered Weary Wigs. "I've been thrown out ot 'moßt everything 'ceptin' work." AN INTERESTING CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT Any Child Can Do It—The Result Is Almost Like Magic—Useful, Too. Anything In the nature of a chem ical experiment is always interesting and usually educative. Here is a sim ple experiment which any child cau perform and which is instructive in a very practical way: Get a bit of White Lead about the size of a pea, a piece of charcoal, a common candle in a candlestick, and a blow-pipe. Scoop out a little hollow in the charcoal to hold the White Lead, then light the candle, take the charcoal and lead in one hand and the blow-pipe in the other, with the large end of the blow pipe between the lips; blow the flame of the candle steadily against the bit of White Lead on the charcoal and if the White Lead is pure it will pres ently resolve itself into little shining globules of metallic lead, under the intense heat of the blow-pipe, leaving no residue. If, however, the White Lead is adul terated in the slightest degree, it will not. wholly change into lead. So, it will be seen, that this experiment is not only an entertaining chemical demonstration, but also of practical use in the home. White Lead is the most important ingredient of paint. It should be bought pure and unadul terated and mixed with pure linseed oil. That in the best paint. The above easy experiment enables any one to know whether the paint i 3 tho kind which will wear or not. The National Lead Company guar antee that white lead taken from a package bearing their "Dutch Boy Painter" trade-mark will prove abso lutely pure under the blow-pipe test; acd to encourage people to make tho test and prove the purity of paint be fore using it, they will send free a blow-pipe and a valuable booklet on paint to anyone writing them asking for Test Equipment. Address Na tional Lead Company, Woodbridge Building, New York City. Too Risky. "Where is old Postmaster Daniel?" asked the drummer. "Resigned last week," drawled the loafer in the Beacon Ridge post office. "What caused the old man to re sign?" "Why, he read in the paper that the Florida people were shipping live alli gators through the mail. Said he could stand queen bees, but when it came to live alligators he drew the line, because he had never learned to be a circus trainer, be gosh." A Popular Game. "Where hav yez been this evenin'?" asked O'Riley of O'Toole. "Sure, I hav been playing 'Bridget whist,'" said O'Toole. "Bridget whist? an' how do yez play thot?" "I sit in the kitchen wld Bridget, an' ato pie an' cake an' chicken, an' whin Bridget hears the missus comin' ahe says 'whist.'" Deafness Cannot Be Cured t>7 local applications, as thev cannot reach the dl» caned portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure duafneßH, un<l that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the mucous llulng of the Eustachian Tube. When thlfl tube Is Inflamed you have a rumblluK sound or Im perfect hearlnpr. and when It Is entirely closed, Deaf ness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi tion, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothlag but an Inflamed condition of the ITIUCOUB surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Bold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Doing True Work. It is not by regretting what Is ir reparable that true work is to be done, but by making the best of what we are. It is not by complaining that we have not the right tools, but by using well the tools we have.—Ruskin. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smart ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of tho age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Accept no sub stitute. Trial package, FREE. Ad dress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Two Million Dollars Every Day. The exports of manufactures of the United States averaged more than $2,000,000 a day during the entire year, including every day in the cal endar year. Who Likes Lemon Pie? You should try at once "OUR-PIE" Preparation for delicious Lemon pies. A lady says:"l will never again try to make Lemon pie in the old way \vhil<. I can get Preparation." Try it and you will say the same. At grocers, 10 cents. "Put up by D-Zerta Co., Rochester. N.Y." Trollope's Earnings as an Author. As an author Anthony Trollope re ceived $500,000 during nia lifetime. Pettit's Eye Salve First Sold In 1807 10IJ years ago, sales increase yearly, wonder ful remedy; cured millions weak eyee. All druggists or Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y. It Isn't easy to fool the man who i knows himself. Ttssre is Oniy One "BromoQuinitio " DUTCH^ TH&I IS I STANDS FOR \ . ... N RT - . IPAINT QUALITYJ Laxatswe Btromo Q&ssl I F/JSFO THE WCRLO OVER TO CURE A COLD Iff OKIE DAY. IPUREWHILT UhD Always remember the full name. Look OLD^IUTCH lor this aignataro on every box. 250. w.j() PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more pood* brighlor and fatter colon than an? other die. One tOc package colon all libera. The? dye In cold water better than any other dre. Yea oan d?» aeigarraenf without ripping apart. Writ* lor Irto booWet—How la Dye, Bleach and Mix Color*. MOMROE DRUG 00. , Qu/ncy, f'ffrtat* FOUR GIRLS Restored to Health by Lydta E. Pink ham 'b Vegetable Compound. Head What 7A«y Say . Miss Lillian Rosa, 630 East 84th Street, New E. Pinkham'a Vegeta- Compound over tKwSrJS Irregularities, p®. H s * riodic Buffering, and ■nervous headache*, a^tor everything els* had failed to help me, I'll, and 1 feel a duty to iMII IHI I J lot othors know of »•" T at^ar ' ne^ra '®'2 3 ®s ny writes: "Thanks mm Lydia E. Pinkham's ''Mm Vegetable Compound I ffi* Tgsff2yj« a mwell,afterßufTerin(r Vjfti «iT ifnm l 'Jßr * or months from ner- Katharine craioF vous prostration." Mis 3 Marie Stoltz- writes: "Iwaainarun yj' fflj'lownconditionandsuf- B suppression, I'inliham'H Vegetable Compound made mo m WiG; ofVlfN' 1 East St'Kol * III., says: " Ly wL, t 111 ° of backache, side 'Br; I .','.r& ache, and established ' Jr*llHr ,n - v Periods, after the best local doctors had failed to help me." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetablo Compound, mado from roots and herbs, has been tho standard remedy for femalo ills, and has positively cured ' o * ■women who have been trouble . .villi displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion,dizziness,ornervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkliam invites all sick •women to write Iter for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass, SICK HEADACHE A pw»»in k , tf*l PoslUvo,y cnred b * CARTERS thcso Lm, ° p,l,s - J-- They aIBO " lloTe Du [TiTJLP tress from Dyiipepsla, In | |«ga|n digestion and Too Hearty I fp" M? Eating. A perfect rem. Br' 158 II © e(ijr * or nizalness, Nau* E-i PI !a|> v< sea, Drowsiness, Bad Tuste in the Mouth, Coa* e( * Tongue, Pain In th« SSESEESS! ISlde, TORPID LIVES. fhey regulate tho Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE, TTfinrcSel Genuine Must Bear LAHItKo Fac-Simile Signature | Pdf s. MM REFUSE SUBSTITUTES. Die in open Has cleaned ou^t Gpfljp ' clean, never leaves a mark.Packed for use. At Druggists'—lscls. a box. If yours Wasn't it. send us 25c.for one box or 60c.forthree boxes, express prepaid. IT©I?I? Write us for package of "We've lost our Jl FiE/Ey job" Souvenir Post Cards, In five colors. THE RAT BISCUIT COMPANY AO limestone, Mpringfleld, O. Pen IB ifk ANAKE6l3glTMlMt>rt mKI ir™ ifl roller. IS A SIMI'LECURE. On fel W _ II at drugHTlntß or by mall. HfU 0® Sample Fit EE. AddrfM, ■ L a H.U"ANAK ESIS" M Emi Wm W Tribune Bid*.. Haw You. A. N. K.—C (1908 —14) 2224. SHOES AT ALL PRICES. FOR EVERY >gßy ft lM|b,f Q OF THE FAMILY, 8 MEN. BOYS, WOMEN, MIBBES AND CHILDREN. « \ « K9> W. L. Oouglea makaa and eel/a mora *tja « Afev .- /Tifew 0 **» mon'a *2.60,98.00 and 98.BOahoo* r,s#>?i4> v - /Jm^N . than any other manufacturer In tha raiE'^iprn#^® B© 05 •for 3d, betiauao they hold \ - Wifmt* mhapo, fit bettor, mrmmr longer. and *QJjPt \ v 112 il®', »i»r are of praetor value than any Other ««> ahoea/htho world to-day. HWB TOjr-, W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Bllt Edge Shoe* Cannot Be Equalled At Any Price _ J* ar «'A I'TKIV. W. L. Dongta. name «nd prloe tl «»mp«dl on bottom. 'TnfcjP Wo ■nb.tiljMMj. Bo'.i by the twit »hoo dealer* everywhere. Shot* maUed from faotoryJo ot th«_woria. _1U»» •rated Catalog tree to auy addrets. W. I" BOB6LAB, Brockton. *•» tnnir/1 A mni\ w i vnn write us for booklet concerns# IkIcIiTZS I H 81 B /l |\| I IRRIGATED LANDS IN THE OREAT TWW ■ll.fcf.lJl V>/i. 1 RjmJ SJ\J FALLS AND JEROME COUNTRY. IDAB*. Altitude only 3700 feet above the sea level. Inexhaustible water supply, taken from the great Snake River, the seventh largest river in America. No alkali, no cyoloa««. 420,(XX) acres of the finest fruit and agricultural land in the West. The man who wants a home where everything grows that makes farming profitable— on easy terms —or the man who wants land for Investment should write us, as we quot« nothing but absolutely reliable information. Address B. A. STROUD 6t COMPANY, Twin Falls. Idaho Typical Farm Scene, Showing Stock Rauina is WESTERN CANADA Bome of the choicest lands for grain growing, stock raising and mixed farming fn the new dis tricts of Saskatchewan and Alberta havi re cently been Opened lor Settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations Entry may now be made by proxy (on certain conditions), by the father, mother, son, daugh ter, brotht r or sister of an intending home steader. Thousands of homesteads of 160 acre* each are thus now easily available in the»« great graln-prowiii(*, stock-raising and miittl farming sections. There you will find healthful climate, good neighbors, churches for family worship, school■ for your children, good laws, splendid crops, and railroads convenient to market. Entry fee In each case is SIO.OO. For pamph let, "Last Ucst West," particulars an to rates, routes, best lime togo and where to locate, apply to H. M. WILLIAMS. Law Building, Toledo. Ohio, Money Making Possibilities For the farmer, truck garderir, •toc&rnan and merchant were nevei better than they are today in th« Dakotas and Montana alony the new line to the Pacific Coast. Mild climate; ample rainfall; pro ductive soil; good crops; convenient markets; cheap fuel. More stores, hotels and other in dustries are needed in the growing' new towns on the new line of the Chicago, Mifaaukss & Si. Paul Railway Trains are now operated on thi* new line to Lombard, Montana— -92 miles east of Butte —with con nections for Moore, Lewiatown and other points in the Judith Basin. Daily service between St. Paul and Minneapolis and Mile* City; daily except Sunday servico beyond. Send for free descriptive books and maps regarding this new coutt try—they will interest you. F. A. MILLER, Ceneral Passenger Agent, Chicago. Absolutely big profits raising poultry by -J/ oar approved practical method. Yon mekc -'■ easily |BO per month, SIOOO per year, from 2-1 Km hens, or 1500 from 12 hons. Nothing to buy —no incubators or expensive appliance*. fcflf Either man or woman can start our plan at k£§ onoe without assistance. HenSets6Daysonly | Not 21 Days, a* usual. With our oo rap let* KS book of inatrnctionH we send all deserip- IB tions, plans, illustrations, etc.,the opinions and endorsements poultry ■■ ports, also a library of valuable AA HE information for all poultry rais- 3| # llll B ers. Our price now Is only T W MONFY RACK " yoa do not find this fIR IYIUmC I DrtvlV offer «nd outfit exactly §8 ss we claim, return it at once al our ex- H pense and got your Dollar back, without M question. The plan is worth a fortune to ■ you. Don't delay. | THE ELWOSEHN CO. JJ 514 O. T. Johnaon Bldg. Loi Ao{i!m, Gd. I B^HA^R^BAUiAW Promotes a luxuriant grow*. Never Palls to Bestore Ghrtn llalr to its Youthful OoUw. Curti^»r*!p^t^«qa^g» n Kk TI™MTO *• Co!»«mi, Patent Attoi* I*ll I 9" PI B X "OX. Washington. D. O. Adricm ■ H I BUBI I W free. Terms low. Highest rtL 7
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