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Gy The Sullivan Publishing Co
At tho County Boat ot Ballivan County.
LAPOKTE, ?A.
VV c. MASON, I'resideti.
THUS. J. INGHAM, Hec'y & Trn:
I itered at the Pout Office at Laporte, as
second-claes wail mailer.
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Method of Construction Valuable
For Dirt and Macadam.
PRACTICALLY SELF HEALING.
Oiled Highways Are Not Only Dustless,
Mudless and Noiseless, but They Im
piove With Use—Oil Makes Roads
Firm, but Not Hard.
In the opiuiou of 11. T. Swell, who
IMS niutle a study of city ami country
roads in twenty states In the lust y.ear,
more good loads will bo built in Kan
sas during tlie next twelve mouths
than in any other stale In Union.
Mr. ttnell investigated road eondithitis
l'i tin' Stuudurd Oil company. The
i trust is seeking a market for its
>.,ir| us of oil left after the more val
uable products have been taken from
ir, The surplus oil is now sold chiefly
lor fuel.
•■'l'he company expects to build a
mill 'if good road,near the State Agri
cultural college at Manhattan, Kan.,"
Mr Snell said. "AVc expect to show
b> i:.e experiment that an oiled road,
whether built with earth or crushed
n> 'k. is not only the most durable, but
in the end is the most economical.
"In even state there is annually
s; lit mill: .lis of dollars in building
i:e\\ roads. In feu < i,.>es is any tron
alile sunn spent <>n the roads t-;
preserve them. Oiled roads are not
«.uly dusth >. mudless and noiseless,
but they are practically 'self healing'
that is, they improve with use The
dirt and oil roads give horses good
footing, while the tires of the vehicles
'iron cut' t lie h<lof marks."
i rhnems made on Kansas City
bofllev aril and mi roads in Jackson
i i-unty. which wore coated with oil.
have been watched b,. men and or
mii lons interested in guofl roads.
1 hi' i, e 6f oil on boulevards and roads
lii J.;, i st..:: ci :ui' »• v. auit ujo the ear
e \perl melds in its use. Adopted
for ii: • to prevent dust, ir was found
thai oil also is a preservative. In hI.S
report to the boa id of park eommis
sinners on the use of oils tin Kansas
City 1 ailcvrrils. \V. H. Dunn, superin
tendent of parks, said the results were
"I" .11 :t rl.able."
The city paid an average, of 77 1
rents a barrel of forty-two gallons for
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MUT IlOAT) AITEIS ONE OIL TBI \ ! MKNT ANIJ
MKTIIC: OF APl'Ll'lNU itUE on.,
the oil At, urea equal to l,olC,.'i(io
siiui!ie yards was oiled. The coat of
oiiiii. pet square yard was slightly
more than 1 rent, representing the oil,
label and • up].iies. The oil subdued
dust Had t'.i same area been sprln
kleo with watei to prevent tlust tlie
eosi would have been 2.4 cents per
s 'piui'e jard. .Mr. Ininii estimated
that the cost ot sprinkling the area
last cuiumei would have beeu
. lti.'Jii7.«i_ 'l'ue expense of oiling
this area v $10.(171.14. The direct
-.:v; :in tv !t"_, oil was gu,53S.. c M, or 31
' r < i'iit The indirect be.-.efit follow
ed hi a ii a l-.cd saving in the cost of
ii ii.taiiiinu the boulevards and the
uiiifi.rui e.v >llence of their condition.
Hood roads naturally are a rural
problem. In the cities no progress can
i " made mil" s the thoroughfares used
for husinc: - nud pleasure are paved
and maintained in good condition.
Country towns are concerned as tmieli
with good i ads as are the farmers
who use them. In country towns busi
ness practically Is at a standstill in
'. my seasons. Had roads keep the
farmers at home If the farmer had a
til thoroughfare to the village he could
do his trading on days when ho could
do no tasks in the fields, it Is far
more tlesir. hie that the farmer should
vl: it his nearest tow n in the rainy
season than at any other time, as the
eommoditii ; lie has to sell command
tin liighcM prices when rain keeps him
at home.
The regents of the Kansas State Ag
ii ulturai coiloge were among the first
of the governors of agricultural col
leges In the United States to realize
t 1 •' concern which good roadsnre
!• farmers Not only was there the
feature of poor roads following rain,
mii there was the every on.v feature
of ruts, pools and poor roadbed gen
erally.
The college board of regents named
Albert t)lekens to take charge of ex
perimental road work In Kansas. Mr.
Dickens selected one-fourth of a mile
„112 road west of the reformatory nt
ilutehlnsori to use In the tirst experi
ment. He reported upon the test us
follows:
T!ie soil was a fair sample ot the eandj
louin of the Arkansas valley. At the datf
of Its Fell' lion no rain had fallen for toll
■lays. The sand was several Inches defji
Loads consisting of fifty bushels of gfr'jf
ma;le an exceedingly heavy load for a
utronß draft team. A carriage team
required much urging to pull the carrl«|f«
raster than a walk.
After the grading was completed ant
the roadbed was well formed where flllt
were required the entire road, ono-fdtirth
tnilo In length and thirty feet wide, was
plowed to a depth of about four and one
half Inches and thoroughly pulverlaed
with a harrow and disk. A dink, set
straight, was run before the oil sprin
kling tank to open small furrow*, and a
harrow followed the oil sprinkling tank to
thoroughly mix the soil and oil.
Tho oiling was done the flrst days of
October. The oil was not heated. The
tank of GOO gallons would cover about
8,800 square yards once. The harrow fol
lowed each application. Whan one gallon
to each square yard had beeu applied
the soil seemed nearly saturated to the
depth of the plowing, four and one-half
Inches. After harrowing the last tlin® a
heavy flout was used to smooth the sur
face. In a week the load was sufficiently
firm to allow rolling. A twelve ton roller
was used, going over the ruad several
times until it seemed to be thoroughly
firm. After a week the road was used by
all kinds of traffic. It was firm, but not
hard. A sharp shod horse left the calk
marks plainly outlined, but did not tear
up the soil even when driven at a quick
tiot.
One reason for building the road In tha
fall was to note the effect of freezing
weather. The road wsh not seriously af
feried. 11 seemed that tho coating of
oil .! soil kei»t the underlying soil suffi
ciently dry to prevent serious heaving by
frost.
Mr. Dickens ended the report by
saying that the road is in good condi
tion Uuder his direction loads ulso
were built near the Agricultural col
lege in black loam; at Maple Hill, in
the Mill creek valley, in soil known as
"gumbo;" at Garden City, in "us bad
a stretch of road as can be found uuy
whore," being of sand, which absorbed
the oil in places to a depth of sixteen
Inches, and the race track at Man
hattan, which was said to have been
Improved so much that a widely
known trainer of horses, C. B. Mi
chael, terms it a "first class training
track."
The cost of the roads varied from
?520 to $1,:;00 a mile, Mr. Dickens re
ported. The average cost of a road
eighteen feet wide, three miles from
the railroad delivering the oil, is
placed by Mr. Dickens at SOOO.
The oil used for rondrauking pur
poses embodies a quantity of asphalt.
The Californfa oil Is best for the pur
pose. Texas oil ranks next, with Kan
sas third. The eastern oils have a
base largely paratliu. They must be
treated and asphalt added to make
lliein useful In roadmnklug.
With proper construction and the
use of oil as a binder for dirt and mac
adam roads Hie farmers virtually may
have asphalt roads past their homes,
declare advocates of this method of
road construction.— Kansas City Star.
COOD ROADS IN SWEDEN.
Every Landowner Must Keep His See
tion of Highways Improved.
G 7.ergkirst of Climax Springs, Mo.
who Is especially interested in thf
Kansas City Star's fight for good
roads, says: "Perhaps it would be of
Interest to know how the ronds In
Sweden are maintained. There at>
three classes of roads there-hlgliways,
village roads and private roads. The
highways run between county seats,
ami the grades are limited to 2 l i per
cent. The village roads cannot be in
excess of a 4 per cent grade. The cost
of building is divided among the land
owners according to acreage, whether
it is government land or Is owned by
private citizens, except where one own
er has nti extremely costly road to
build along his land, in that case he
gets due allowance in distance for the
cost of construction. No village road
can be opened until It Is built to the
proper grade.
"As to maintenance, every landown
er must keep Ills section of the road
properly Improved. If ho does not n
government Inspector orders the im
provement at public expense, and if
the landowner falls io pay the cost the
government takes a sufficient amount
of his personal property and sells It to
satisfy the judgment.
"Kvcry man must maintain his own
roads In that, country under govern
ment supervision. One provision of the
government law In Sweden also is that
the driver is not allowed to ride up the
hills on a loaded wagon if it is neces
sary to use a whip on his horse." ■
Road Improvement In Cuba.
One of the beneficial results of the
American occupation of Cuba has been
the establishment of an adequate sys
tem of roads and the beginning of
construction. These roads are built
primarily for the marketing of crops,
but they are used extensively by au
tomobiles as well. They are wade uni
formly thirty-four feet wide, with six
teen feet of macadam in the center.
The surface finishing is placed on a
foundation (if ten Inches of broken
rock, and they have no grades greater
than 0 per cent. Hridges are of steel,
culverts of concrete. Ditches are dug
In the low places, and the roadway is
generally elevated above the level of
the contiguous land. The main road Is
complete from Havana to San Cris
tobal and from Pliiar del Rio to Es
perunzu, besides numerous short
branches.
. Short Talks on A lli
Aclvterti&ift c$
No. Ift.
People generally read advertisements more thaa they did a few years ago.
The reason is to be found In the advertisements themselves.
Advertisers are more careful than they used to he. They make the advertise
ments more readable. Some of them eveu become, in a _
way, a. department of the paper, and people look for them v ——15
every day with as much sest and pleasure as they turn to
»uy other feature.
This is true of many department stores ail over h T^)//
la many cities there is just one man who appre
ciates the value of such interest.
He breaks away from the old set style. Ho tells I
something interesting in his space every 'jMlllsjh
There are lots of interesting things in ■ i
business. Look over the miscellany page of y(W-■
any paper—look at it* local news columns, J
and its telegraph news, for that matter, & I
and you'll see that the majority of the 1 (i
items are more or less closely related to " *0 IPt
some business fact.
Dress these facts up in a becoming «, off hu
garb of words, and they will find readers, t*dutml."
even though they be in a "mere advertisement." Let the merchant come
fdown off his pedestal and talk in his
He needn't be flippant—far from it,
but let him not write as if he were ad
ail
about something at even a greater
The newspaper goes right into its
It is on the table when he eats, and
in his hands while he is smoking after
the meal. It reaches him when he is in
> an approachable condition.
That's the time to tell him about
your business—clearly, plainly, con vino !
tagly—as one man talks to another.
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J. M. WIHTON,
MUNCY VALLEY, PA.
Never Before HaveJJWe Received
50 and 75 so many"praises arid heardpfsQ Vj£]
Boys' Knee manyjflattering remarks|;as'[we
Pants "fsoriJdstyVe ave had this Season. 1
Special. Were you one ol the vast tlire n^sj'ih.il
M ' crowded our store during the past u e< k?
Did youjeet your share of the ni ticks ft;
advertised? If not you should lir
cont her n now f|l|
We are making new friends fast: selling more BKel||P
goods than ever before HK '
But we still want more friends, want to sell our stock taster, ye
we are "spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wonder how 'T -n
we can do it. To this we can answer, that no other store in thi
section;has the wholesale buying facilities enjoyed by this es ta 1
lishment. We can buy lower, we can sell lower. I"-"* -
Sweater Coats specials Men's Corduroy Pants Men's Shirts
From 1.19 to ... ... v 1
Men's or Boys' Sweater Coats ,:»S -U n s ...ic (
Mtna'sweatcr coats .75 CHILDRHNS' SUITS Men's Work Shirts j
Mens sweater coats 125 FfOm 99C tO 3- CO and 50 Men s Hannci >hirts 85c |
tt~- M . % _ itl i r.t\ * J - Klein Manuel cvershirts 1.39 •
Mens sweeter coat* I..HJ \AV\VC tdaiicudc
Menu sweater coats __ 2.00 MEN S iRO'-OtRS
Mens V neclTsweaters 25 and 46c FTOITI OQC tO 4 75* Men's extra heavy cotton
Mens cardijranjaekets 1.—,) a\ /r?n a i i c mixed socks 08c
■ - MEN S OV ERALLS. Men', all wool socks lv<si
UnderWear From 39C to /SC Bovs and (.iirls Stockings O'Jc 1
BTffiTor A „ „ MEN S ODD COATS ; £ \
"ribbed or fleeced 20 and 26c AH Prices All PriCeS
Men's ribbed'underwear Dlich 3lld CordlUOy B C ,C to 2 2=n Also itmibern.en |
nil colors ? >9<' rubbers—Lanibertville ami 1 * Hall j
.Men's fleeced lined underwear Han,i - A l,i g » avin l? l '" r
„ aU^ IOrS _ TJ/\ T> C 2 M-'h C« r * 10c i
Boys Corduroy iv.yiiVv3 &»>••'car* i.. oi
Pants. Also big line of Shoes at sav- '• a,lip, »' KU,{S at t ,reat redaction. '
Boys'corduroy,knee pants, Jl ined prices foi 2.50 l)ftS> IIKI> HLANKKTS I'roin 75c"[up.
throughout, flue ribbed quality Shoe. LadieS 1.6S for 1.09
worth regular 75c Special 39c Men's Working Shoes 1.65 I M NKs all sijscs Iron. 1.50 up. j.
Men's Suits W.LDou«I, S Shoes at reduced Ladje s > Sweat e, S J
Men's .Suits Q! I In/* aK IWlrvn'o I nrl ladies' Sweaters all colors 99c
Mftti s Suits Line 01 IVien S dliCI Ladles' Waists, blue, black. *J9c
'l™ *,t" Children's Overcoats at re- , , r .
Mens Suits 11.75 14.50 fjllPpH nriPPQ LdUlCo VyUdlo
s ■ 15.50 J625 UUUGU pi IUGD, LadieS Coats from 3.50 to 12.00
So Come to J. M. Wighton's to satisfy your wants. Remember
sale only lasts this month. Railroad fare from Laporte and
Nordmont for purchase of slo'oo or over.
THE FHE
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Tells all the geieral news of the Best dressed and most respected
world, particularly that of our newspaper in Sullivan county.
State, nil the tine and tells it Pre eminently a home newspaper
I impartially. Cones to subscrib- . * The only Republican paper in
j ers every other <ay. It is in fact county and comes from the seal
almost a newspaper, and of justice with new news from
you cannot afford to he without I the county offices, clean news I
it. We offer this unequalfcd from all sections of the county
paper mid the NEWS ITEM atil ' P°'' l ' ca ' news you want to
together one yeir tor read. Thia with Triwseklys at
$1.501 <£ |s|.so
The REPUBLICAN NEWS ITEM
and Tri-Weekly
GAZETTE AND BULLETIN.
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In .-'very city there is one best If you want to keep in touch
paper, and in Williameport with the Republican party
it is the Oizetteand Bulletin. organization and be informed
It is the most important, pro- on all real estate transfers or
giessive and widely circulated legal matters in general that
paper in that city. The first transpires at the county seat
to hold the fort journalistically. you must cecessarily take the
Order of the News Item. N EY«'S ITEM.
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' formity and atrontc shooting qualities. L ire fire and waterproof. (Jet the genulna.
WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. New Haien, Conn.
"The Jewel
Shop."
Where repair work
j receives special attention
! and \ on nie sure to be pleas
.
Wlure you cjn gctjglass
its co r rectlv fitted. that make
voi r eyes sec like young
i eyes.
j Where)on can get high
j grade Watches, Cocks and
jail kinds r>? Jcwe'e.y at the
bargain pries you have long
! 'oeked tor.
LJ.Voorhees,
SONESTOWN.
Administrators' Notice.
Noiiee is hereby given that Letters ol
\•lid i ii i rat ion upon tlie estate of Fran
j .'is \\\ <iftllagher, late ot Laporte Boro.,
Sullivan County, lYnna . deceased. have
' lieen granted to the undersigned. All
j persons indebted 10 said estate are re
j*l nested to make payment, and those
j having claims or demands against the
j same will make them known without de
j lay to
MHS. THERESA C.AI.LAGHEH,
' Laporte. Penna., Adminietratrix.
| .lanuary 4. I 'joy.
QOI'KT PROCLAMATION.
Wherkas, Hon. ( has. K Tkrbt President
Judge. Honorable* Henry Kichlin and K. I(.
Kskinka. Assoc. Judges of|the Courts of Oyer and
Terminer utid Oeneral Jail Delivery, Quarter
Sessions of the l'eaee. Orphan*' Court and Com
mon Picas lor the Count} of .Sullivan, have iiiued
their precept, liearing date the 11 day of Mar.
! it-toy. to me directed, tor holding the severs
courts in the Borough of Laporte. on Monday the
17 day of May ICU9. at 2 o'clock p. m.
There lore,notice is hereby given to the Coroner,
Justices of the Peace and Constables within the
county, that they be then ami there in their prop
| er person at 2 o'clock p. m.of said, day, with tketr
112 rolls, records, inquisitions examinations and
j other rememberanees to those things to which
i their offices appertain to lie done. And to those
j who arc bound by their recognisance to prosecute
against prisoners who are or shall be in the jail of
thesnid county of Sullivan, are hereby notified to
lie then and there to prosecute against them as
I will be just.
JL'HSOS BROWN a heriff.
j sheriff's Office,Laporte Pa.,. 9, Jinl9oß
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