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J A Clever
I Friend
By ALVAH JORDAN GARTH
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(Coprrigtat, 191*. br W«t«ra Nawtpsper Unloa.)
He was not her lover —she wished
he was—only so far a pleasant, friend
ly acquaintance. If he cherished the
past as did Nellie Aicott, then Ransom
Drury thought of her very often. She
was expecting to see him again that
day, and Nellie flushed consciously as
she comprehended that she had taken
unusual pains to look her best She
expected him any time after 10 o'clock,
and surely before noon, for It was vital
that he should appear between those
hours.
Nellie was In charge of the office
of John Drake, who conducted a real
estate, loan and insurance office. In
addition to this he did some private
banking, and had just put in a safety
deposit vault. Mr. Drake was absent
for the day, and Nellie was alone In
the office.
Ransom Drury had left Hopedale
two months previous to settle up a
claim in the far West. Mr. Drake had
received a letter from him the day
previous, stating that he was en route
for home and would reach there the
morning of the seventh. It was now
the seventh, and it was now eleven
o'clock, and Nellie began to worry—
with a good reason!
And this was the reason; The uncle
of Ransom had died and had left him
what estate he possessed. It included
bonds, mortgages and some scattered
claims. There was no cash, and to
defray the expenses current with his
death and cover the necessary western
Journey, Ransom had borrowed one
thousand dollars from a grasping
money loaner named Jasper Thrall.
The loan was for sixty days, due by
noon on the seventh. High interest
rates had been charged and the col
lateral security had been placed In
trust with Mr. Drake. Nellie was
well aware of the fact that Jasper
Thrall was just the man to take snap
judgment on the loan, were opportun
ity offered, which meant that he would
be able to fasten his mercenary
clutches upon sftcurities worth ten
times the amount of the loan. Sud
denly the telephone rang. Nellie near
ly dropped the receiver and her heart
began to beat tumultously.
"This Mr. Drake's office?" came the
challenge from the other end of the
line. "Yes? All right—this is Ran
som Drury. Say, train stalled at Bor
den, I've got to take the trolley. It
won't bring me to Hopedale before
half past twelve. I have the money
to meet the Thrall note. At all haz
ards, protect It."
Protect It! How willingly would
"Nellie have discounted her salary for
the rest of her life to do that! She
paled at her helplessness. Twenty-five
minutes of twelve! Oh! if Jasper
Thrall should come to demand his
pound of flesh! Alas! Nellie turned
pale and shuddered. A glance into the
hall outside showed the money shark
approaching.
Nellie thought hard. Had the thoy
sand dollars been in the money drawer
she would have unhesitatingly employ
ed it to defeat this bird of evil omen.
Forty minutes required by Drury to
reach Hopedale, and within twenty
Thrall would make his demand! An
Inspiration came to Nellie.
"Have you seen the new safety de
posit compartment, Mr. Thrall?" she
asked with elusive sweetness.
'•Why, no," came the reply, with
another glance at the dock.
"Let me show it to you," and Nellie
led her prospective victim through a
little passageway and stood aside as
she reached a door made of iron bars.
"Well! well! this Is quite an Im
provement."
"Oh. dear!" cried Nellie, as the door
clanged shut, locking Itself. "The key!
Mr. Drake has one."
"I say, let me out!" ordered Thrall.
"I must serve this legal notice."
But Nellie fled. She closed the cor
ridor door, she sank into a chair well
night to the point of collapse.
"Oh. what a dreadful thing have I
done!" she gasped. Then she counted
the minutes. There came to her
shrinking hearing the dull echoes of
shouts and the shaking of the metal
barrier. The town bell boomed out
twelve hoarse strokes. Five, ten, fif
teen, twenty minutes after twelve! A
step she recognized, and, brisk, smil
ing. tanned with travel, but bright
eyed as ever, Ransom Drury crossed
the threshold.
He shook hands with Nellie with a
more than brotherly ardor. He was
all business. Then! "Am i In time?'
At his first question Nellie, excited,
trembling, told him of the situation.
"Leave the money," she fluttered.
"Oh, you jewel!" exulted Ransom,
and his eyes snapped with apprecia
tive admiration, and as he departed
Nellie went to the vault compartment
and unlocked Its door.
"Fine work, this!" growled the old
money grabber. "Long time In finding
the key, It appeafs to me. Here, accept
this paper and hand me the Drury eol
lateral," but Nellie, instead, tendered
a package of bank bills.
"What's this!" fairly yelled ThralL
"Oh, Mr. Drury has paid In the note
money," said Nellie, without a quiver
or further explanation, and the dis
comfited Thrall went his way, never
suspecting the trick that had been
played upon him.
M I need Just such a clever little busi
ness woman to guard and bless my
life!" Ransom Drury declared, when
he saw Nellie home that same after
noon, and, she was glad and proud be
cause he said It
GREAT EVENT FOR MOSLEMS
Qala Day When the "Procession of the
Holy Carpet" Leaves Cairo for
City of Mecca.
Always picturesque, Cairo Is never
more fascinating than during the "Pro
cession of the Holy Carpet." In the
bazaars we watch the barefooted
workmen embroidering, holding the
cloth in their toes, which appear to
be prehensile, or watch them go to
the nearest mosque to bathe five times
a day. As many times a day also
from the minarets of mosques the
ir.uezzins are reminding the natives of
the approaching festival, and that "God
Is great, there is no God but God, and
Mohammed Is his prophet. Come to
Prayer."
Howling dervishes are dancing in
the mosque near the Square of Sutten
Hasan, while devout Moslems are en
gaged In eventide prayer on their
housetops. Water carriers are on the
way to the yellow Nile for water, or
are bearing wine in their goatskins the
same as in Biblical times, while aged
men in the mosques are appareled ex
actly as in Abraham's day.
The streets are filled with soldiers,
while thousands of civilians attend the
ceremonial held in the sncred prophet
ic inclosure in the great square near
the citadel. The enclosure is a pyra
midal wooden struoture covered with
embroidered stuffs emblazoned with
gold embroidery and quotations from
the Koran. Here the people receive the
blessings of the prophet, together with
Ipecial dispensations and sacred talis
mans.
The khedlve and his dignitaries ar«
all present to formally start the cara
van and Its military escort toward
Mecca, In far-off Arabia. The people
press forward to touch the sacred In
closure, kissing it with fervor. Wom
en let down their shawls and face veils
from the windows, as the procession
at last starts. Following it are the
pilgrims who will accompany the car
pet to the sanctuary In the mosque at
Mecca, and who will return later with
the same caravan to Cairo, bearing the
carpet of the previous year.
Marriage in Bulgaria.
Since Bulgaria's unconditional sur
render to the allies the men of her
armies have been straggling homeward
and many weddings are being cele
brated in consequence.
Bulgarian methods of entertaining
before the wedding do not differ ma
terially from those of other nations
except that the bride instead of hav
ing her trousseau carefully put away
in the "hope chest," from which she
only takes it for the privileged few,
hangs it up on cords which are stretch
ed across the main room of the
house. Here it is viewed on the
Friday before the wedding by all
the matrons of the town, while the
bride and the maidens dance before
the door and remain there until the
matrons have given their full criticism
of each garment, and If they disap
prove of them the girls must help
the bride make them over until "suit
able."
Instead of rice, corn as an emblem
of plenty, is showered over the bride
and grooin, who are escorted to their
home with many ceremonies and they
are virtually imprisoned within its
doors.
New Uses of Raw Products.
The Weltmarket directs attention to
new uses of some raw products. In
Holland a useful gum or paste is being
made from garlic. The bulbs are
pressed and the juice or fluid matter
so obtained is thickened by inspissa
tion. A good substitute for cork Is ob
tained from certain fungi, which are
dried and ground, mixed with cement
Und consolidated by pressure. lii Nor
way a process has been patented to
tnable carbide to be used for driving
motors. In Denmark a company has
t>een floated to make briquettes from
Heather. These have a higher heat
ralue than peat. Experiments are be
ing made to use chalk marl, especially
that which comes from the Limburg
mines, as a manure.
Typhoon Hurt Coconut Trees.
The Christmas typhoon which swept
aver the southern Philippine islands
Sid considerable damage to the coco
lut plantations. Trees, especially those
Hong the seashore and places most
Dpen to the wind, were either blown
down or weakened to such a degree
that unless the affected groves are
cleaned up and taken care of, the trees
Kill standing are doomed, but for an
other reason, says the bureau of agri-«
culture. The fallen trunks will be
come breeding places of all manner of
beetles, borers and other coconut de
stroying pests and diseases. The
weakened trees, unable to fight tlrese
odds, will sooner or later succumb and
thus the farmers will suffer more
losses.
Got Him at Last
He was a large, dapple-gray, sensi
ble-looking horse. It was his task to
pull a baker's wagon from house to
house In a district on the North aide,
as the driver dodged In and out of the
houses with his basket of bread and
cakes.
"Fritx," called out the driver aa he
ran down the porch steps. Intending
that as a notice to his faithful friend
to move on down the street The
horse did not move.
"Charlie," spoke up the driver
again, and the old dapple-gray stepped
off promptly.—lndianapolis News.
Uncle Eben.
"Owln' to de way smarter men dan I
Is has got mixed up !n arguments/
said Uncle Eben. "whenever anybody
'■plains de league o' nations tu me. I
Jes' says 'yessir' an' goes on "bout my
business."
I A Wild I
Adventure
By WALTER JOSEPH DELANEY
i
(Oopyrlfbt. 1819. t>r W*«t*r» Nawtpaper Cmlon.j
About once a year Nancy, wife of
Aleck Forbes, had "a tantrum."
Looking back over a full decade,
Aleck could recall many of these fit
ful spells. For a day or two Nancy
was unmanageable, complaining, nag
ging. Suddenly the spell would dis
appear and Nancy would be "good as
pie!" She never expressed penitence,
and the renewed sun of her graclous
nesc made Aleck forget to allude to
he? spasm of 111 nature.
"I don't dare to face her!" he
grcaned. "She's due for her regular
ou'hreak. If not. what I have done
will hasten it. Oh. dear! The loss
of the two hundred dollars worries
me but when I think of what Nancy
wili say about it I'm scared!"
This had happened: Aleck had col
leered two hundred dollars. Nancy
knew all about the transaction and
was to have half of the sum to buy a
nev/ set of furniture. About four
o'clock Aleck had come home, found
her absent and had loitered about
towi.
Returning, he had made an appall
ing discovery. He had lost the money!
Hastily he retraced his way but
found no trace of the missing roll of
baik notes. His heart sank to his
boots. He dared not face Nancy. A
new suggestion came to him. He
would take the first train for Adrian,
where lived a brother who might loan
him two hundred dollars, but the last
lOCHI for the day was gone when he
reached the railroad station.
As he passed the village garage he
recognized a farmer just ready to start
out The man could take him as far
as the cross roads, four miles from
Adrian. The automobile was an open
roadster, the evening was chilly and
Aleck had felt his chronic hoarseness
coming on by the time he reached the
cross roads. He was stiff and shiv
ering as he started on his long walk.
Thic side of Adrian, about two miles,
Aleck made out the lights of the little
town of Leesville. He started a short
cut In the dark, got mired in a
swampy stretch, fell over a great log
and lay Insensible for nearly half an
hour.
When Aleck regained consciousness
he could not find his hat, he limped
from a sprained ankle, he could feel a
great abrasion on one side of his face
and, a thoroughly wretched and nerve
racked being, he reached the road to
be nearly run down by an automobile
containing some wild spirits bound in
the opposite direction. He had not
proceeded half a mile when he came
across a hat, evidently blown off the
head of one of the hilarious crowd.
It was a soldier's hat, with the regu
lation band about it. Aleck was glad
to put it on. Then he made for the
gleaming village lights. With chat
tering teeth and shaking limbs he
made for a brightly lighted room at
the rear of what seemed to be the
town billiard parlor. Half a dozen
young fellows stared at him as he
bolted In upon them, craving warmth
and well nigh exhausted.
Aleck must have fainted away-, for
when he again opened his eyes some
one was pouring a powerful stimulant
down his throat. A sen.se of rare
relief and comfort came over his be
fogged consciousness.
"He's a soldier," spoke an unsteady
voice, "you can see that by his hat.
Say, fellows, our expected chum from
the front hasn't shown up. We'll
show the honors of war to this hero,
eh? Here, old fellow, we're going to
banquet you. See? Up to the groan
ing table with the victim," and Aleck
was carried to a chair before a bewil
dering supper layout. He tried to
speak. He could not. Only a hoarse
monotone responded to the effort. His
old ailment was upon him, he had tem
porarily lost his voice.
"Hey! give me a text for a speech."
nudged the lively young fellow be
side him, amid the jangling of glasses.
"Voice gone, my, friends, evidently
from exposure in the trenches. Here,
write something," and given pencil
and paper, Aleck wrote:
"Treated rough."
"An! my friends." cried the orator
grandiloquently, •'they treated him
rough over there!"
"Lost In a swamp, crippled!"
"Think of his sufferings In behalf
of his beloved country! He's getting
another chill. Prime him up with an
other dose!"
Now Aleck could never remember
now he got back home, but, carrying
the banquet bouquet, he entered the
bouse the next morning. Nancy st«red
at him, astonished.
"Flowers for you," croaked Aleck.
"'You've been drinking!" said Nancy
seriously.
"They poured It down me. I wasn't
responsible. I lost that $2OO "
"Well, I found it in the kitchen.
Fve taken my sffare, yours Is In the
clock. Now give an account of your
self."
sobered Aleck. It delighted him
to hear the merry laughter of Nancy
as he detailed his adventures.
"So you were afraid of me!" she said.
"Well, after this, when I feel a spell
coming on, Til go and stay with my
Bister till It's over. You poor man I
To fall In with that bibulous crowd
of reckless roisterers. You must sign
a pledge as an evidence of good faith,
and next time you feel afraid of me
eome and tell me your ridiculous
itory over again, and its very fun
oinass will make me good natured!"
THAT ROCKING-CHAIR SHRINE
Place Where Mother Sat Is Forever
Sacred in the Memories of Her
Children.
By the window in the sitting room
stood the old chair. It was "moth
er's chair" —otherwise it would have
been just a chair. With mother In It,
however, It became a shrine to which
flocked her devoted little worshipers.
In the rocker, as we sat on moth
er's knee or at her side —for the chair
was generously made —the bumped
head and the bruised heart were
! healed, says a writer in the People's
Home Journal. Frightened, we found
there a safe retreat, a refuge from ev
ery harm. At night the bedtime story
was told to the rhythm of its soothing
swing. Joys, sorrows, all were brought
to its encircling arms. Mother's chatr,
rocking, rocking, rocking by the win
dow.
The old chair, we think, had a hand
in the making of character. Maybe
It was more effective in this service
than we realize. Seated in It, we
watched the needle In quick, nimble
fingers, glinting in and out among the
frayed edges tirelessly; we heard our
childish perplexities explained over
and over again, with no hint of vex
ation ; we sang the songs which taught
us some of the beauty of life; we lis
tened to stories of bravery and truth.
Industry, patience, beauty, courage,
honesty—they can be traced back
through a golden pathway straight to
mother's chair.
The old chair has seen valiant serv
ice. Old-fashioned, scarred and worn,
It still stood in the familiar place by
! the window. Why is it not refinished
I —the scars smoothed out, the worn
' places covered? What! Cover the
marks which little hands have made,
the worn spot where mother's tired
head rested, the scars made by tiny,
restless feet? Such a question came
from one who did not understand. To
him the old chair was mere wood and
paint —Just a piece of furniture, not
a shrine.
We do not say it aloud —our great
est longings are not spoken —but some
times when life gets tangled we find
oureelves going again to the old chair
! to have the knots untied. When grief
i comes we sob it out there. When joy
j comes we run to tell It there. When
we fall, when we win, our thoughts
take us to the old chair. And at night
the little lisping prayers come beg
ging to be said, and we send them,
along with our grown-up petitions,
up to heaven by way of that sacred
shrine.
Simple Resistance Unlta.
To a British firm goes the credit
for Introducing a very simple type of
resistance unit which possesses nu
merous and important advantages.
The wire or strip member Is supported
| on a single rod passing through the
center section of each leg of the zig
zagged wire or strip. Among the spe
cial advantages claimed are: Very
large radiating surface for a given ca
pacity; small weight for a given ca
pacity ; absolute freedom for expan
sion; owing to the large surface and
small bulk of metal they cool very
quickly; they are absolutely unaffect
ed by vibration or jolts; units can be
run red-hot without danger of sagging;
repairs can be effected on separate
units; tapping can be taken off any
where along the center clamp; the
number of units being small compared
with a grid resistance of equal capae-
Ity, there are not many joints to cause
trouble. —Scientific American.
Congress Shoes Come Back.
There has been a very decided reviv
al of the old "congress gaiter," with
its elastic insert at the sides, which
were very generally worn more than a
quarter of a century ago. The explan
ation rests in the fact that American
shoes are now being extensively worn
by the natives of Japan. The more
rapid adoption of the western styles of
lace and button shoes is made difficult
by the native custom that requires that
shoes be removed before a person en
ters a home or inn. In some cases it
Is even required that the shoes he re
moved or at least covered with cloth
protectors before entering shops, thea
ters and similar public buildings. This
custom has led to the quite general
adoption of the old-fashioned hut con
venient "congress" boot by those who
wear occidental footwear during busi
ness hours.
Danger in Imported Earth.
For a long time a great many ships
coming from Europe into the port of
New York have been dumping earth
ballast along the shores of East river,
Hudson river, and elsewhere around
the bay. This Is a source of risk of
the entry of undesirable plants and
plant pests, In the opinion of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
and an inquiry has been started to de
termine the extent of this risk and to
provide safeguards against it. There
is q. possibility of the introduction of
soll-lnfectlng diseases, injurious nema
todes, and hibernating Insects, any of
which, unless preventive measures
were taken, might spread over the
country or considerable parts of it.
National Forest Area Reduced.
The president on February 25, 1919,
signed a proclamation eliminating 31,-
779 acres from the Helena national for
est, Montana. The lands affected are
situated along the exterior boundaries
of the forest and a large portion of the
lands excluded are already in private
ownership.
This action is based on the recom
mendation made by the secretary of
agriculture as a result of the land clas
sification done by the forest eervlce.
It was found that the lands had prac
tically no t»Um for national forest
' purposes.
I The
I Helpers
By T. B. ALDKRSON
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(Copyright, lilt, fcy >t«»p«9«r Uataa.)
The young man at the drug store
window stood gazing reflectively out
upon the rain-swept street. It was a
wretched locality and those hurrying
by were manifestly of the poorer class.
He was Adrian Howard, a lawyer of
five years standing, and he had wan
dered casually to the neighborhood be
cause he had been named as a candi
date for the judgeship on a new reform
ticket
A survey of the field had convinced
Adrian Howard that the opposition
controlled a large majority in the dis
trict For all that he had become in
terested in viewing the conditions
about him. Idleness and crime went
hand in hand and poverty and hunger
haunted the great rows of cheap fire
trap tenements. A little girl, ragged
and unkempt and dripping with rain,
her broken shoes soaked, hugging close
a tattered shawl and chilled and shiv
ering, attracted his attention by her
forlorn appearance. She handed a slip
of paper to the druggist and sat down
wearily upon a stool to await the prep
aration of a prescription she had
brought. When the clerk appeared
from behind the case with a bottle,
she voiced weakly:
"Please, sir, it's for Mr. Gray, who
is very sick, and Miss Arline says she'll
pay you next week."
The druggist drew back the extend
ed bottle. "You'll have to find the cash
for this prescription," he said crossly.
"Yes, sir, please, sir, but Mr. GraV 1
is very sick, and Miss Arline will sure
ly pay you."
"Well, let some of his friends pro
vide the money. He's done enough for
them when he was well."
The little child began to cry, bound
by strands of loyalty and love to the
sick man. Adrian stepped forward,
asked the charge, paid it, and the little
one directed at him a grateful glance,
seized his hand in an impetuous way
and kissed it. The druggist looked
half-shamed and said apologetically:
"Don't think me hard-hearted, but If
you should see my books you would
understand that I am well near to
bankruptcy from trusting these unfor
tunate people about here. The Grays
deserve a heap, but I have done my
limit In helping them out. Old William
Gray has been a kind of world father
to the poor and distressed, but I fancy
he and his daughter have fallen on
hard lines.
"Walt," spoke Adrian, as the child
gathered the rag of a shawl over her
shivering shoulders, "maybe I am go
ing your way and you can share my
umbrella."
It was thus that Adrian Howard
came to know the Grays, father and
daughter. It was thus that for the
first time in his life he got down to the
core of the problems of the poor and
unfortunate. The little girl had led
him to a tenement in the poorest part
of the district, and in two clean but
poorly furnished rooms he found an
aged man, feeble, fevered and wasted
away, and his daughter, a girl of
about twenty, hovering over him like
some ministering angel.
The scenes Adrian had passed
througfh in reaching the place had
placed heart sympathy and an open
purse at any call that might arise, but
he dared not even suggest charity to
the dignified old man or his daughter,
in those faces he traced the evidence
of undoubted gentility. Adrian awk
wardly told of a passing Interest In
the rain-beaten child, asked if he
could be of any assistance, and de
parted reluctantly, the sweet, patient
face of Arline Gray indelibly im
pressed upon his memory.
He found an excuse for gazing upon
It again, and In cementing a closer ac
quaintance with Mr. Gray. The latter
was the idol of the more sedate class
of workers In the district His skill
as a fair artist had decreased as he
grew older, but he received occasional
orders, and until he fell ill he had
managed to earn a living, his daughter
co-operating with some pastel work for
the big city stores.
Arline did not resent the offer of
some sickroom delicacies for the inva
lid, and the old artist was prevailed
upon to accept a small loan as against
a sum owing him from a slow client.
Adrian, as Mr. Gray grew stronger,
brought him some paying commis
sions from friends. He learned that
the old man was guide and adviser to
several humble neighborhood clubs
and his word went very far with his
loyal following.
For two weeks Adrian did not see
much of the Grays. He was engrossed
in his campaign among voters In
higher circles. The slum wards his
friends had little hope of, and he him
self was fairly astounded when, the
morning after election, he read hit
name among the successful judicial
candidates.
M And the slum wards did It," an
nounced a friend. "Why, half the dis
trict went for you."
William Gray had done it and Ar
line, and little Maggie Casey, aad her
friends, and theirs. In his quiet force
ful way the old artist had convinced
his following that the upright young
lawyer was a man of and for the
people.
There were better days In store for
the poor and lowly, for Adrian How
ard became their champion, and
brighter days for the old artist, for
Adrian saw to It that he was provided
with a studio, and happier days for
charming, faithful Arline, for -she be
came mUlfees of his home and heart.
ROADS IN NATIONAL FORESTS
New Law Makes Available for Expend
iture $9,000,000 for Roads
and Trails.
(Prepared by the United StatM Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The development of the national for
est road systems is given great impe*
tus by the terms of the post office ap
propriations act which the president
has signed. Besides increasing by
$200,000,000 the total fuud available
under the federal aid road act the
pew law makes available for expendi
ture by the secretary of agriculture
$9,000,000 for roads and trails.
The law also authorizes the secre
tary of war to transfer to the secre
tary of agriculture, material, equip
ment and supplies suitable for high
way improvement and not needed by
the war department. While most of
this will be distributed among the high
way commissions of the states for use
on federal aid road projects, not to
exceed 10 per cent may he reserved by
the secretary of agriculture for use in
1 uilding natural forest roads or other
roads constructed under his direct su
pervision.
The $9,000,000 fund may be used for
maintenance as well as survey and
construction. The new legislation, like
the federal aid road act, authorizes the
building of roads and trails necessary
for the use and development of na
tional forest resources or desirable for
the proper administration, protection,
and Improvement of such forest, or
co-operative local contributions can be
obtained, but in addition it contains a
new feature of much importance.
This new feature permits the seere
of agriculture without the co-operation
of local officials to build and maintain
"any road or trail within a national
forest which he finds necessary for
the proper administration, protection
and improvement of such forest, or
which in his opinion is of national
importance." In the view of forestry
officials this law is the most important
step ever taken for rapid development
of national forest roads system, and
will be of inestimable benefit to the
local public.
"The measure gives us much broader
scope for a fully developed program
than we have had before," says Henry
S. Graves, chief of the forest service,
in commenting on the new law. "Un
[•
Gcod Road in One of Our National
Forests.
oer the federal aid road act we had
for roads within or partly within the
forests, XI ,(MM>,(HH) a year, available un
til expended. Owing to war. which
practically halted the work, we have
an accumulated balance of $2,r»00,000
unexpended and another $1,000,000
which will become available July 1.
"This legislation will not only make
it easier to protect the forests with
out costly expenditures to fight bad
fires in inaccessible localities, but will
also help enormously the many small
communities and scattered settlers In
and near the forests who now suffer
for lack of roads. It will also en
able the construction of important
trunk-line roads crossing the moun
tains, with suitable provision of sub
sidiary roads. One result unquestion
ably will be a marked development of
recreational use of these great national
playgrounds with their wealth of too
little known attractions. Altogether,
the opening up of thf forests to more
complete and varied use by the pub
lic, which Is the fundamental object of
their administration, will be tremen
dously advanced."
Under the law preference is given to
the employment of honorably dis
charged soldiers, sailors and marines
for the required labor.
KEYSTONERS VOTE FOR ROADS
Out ef 504,029 Vote* Recently Cast
384,710 Were In Faver of $90,000,-
000 B»nd Imu*.
Out of 504,029 votes cast In the re
cent Pennsylvania election on the
$50,000,000 bond issue for good roads,
384,780 were In favor of the bond Is
sue. Pennsylvania la over two to one
for proper, permanent highways, aai.
is willing to pay for tkem.