&£i?U£LSCAN NEWS ITEM-..
CHARLES L WiNG, Mirsr.
PabtUtul sj irai'y TiiuiM iir .i.t'tara » •'
By The Sullivan Publishing Co
At the County Hoat of Sullivan County.
LAPOHTE, PA.
W <>;. MANON, I'lvsiden.
Till)*. J. INTill AM, Hi cy A. Trans.
Britsred »t (hi Popt l iffii e ,;t La port#, ns
second-class mail matter.
There liar- been n rapid advance in
the use of industrial alcohol the year
past. Many grange halls ftro nnn
lighted with It.
EXPERIMENTAL ROAD.
Details of One That Has Given the
Best of Satisfaction.
Samuel S. Jones of Clinton, Wis.,
furnished the following details of con
traction of an experimental road built
for educational purposes under the di
rection of the office of public roads,
with George L. Cooley in charge:
"This road was constructed in the
town of Clinton, lioclc county, Wis.,
one mile east of the village of Clinton,
in the construction of this road all
the machinery was furnished by the
government at 110 expense to the town.
The town, on its part, furnished all the
labor and material.
"This road commenced at the top of
a i lay hill and extended down the
side to and across a black muck
slouch. Thus we had the advantage
< 1' observing the construction of and
finishing under the different soil con
ditions. The road was first graded to
a width of thirty-six feet from gutter
to gutter. The trench for receiving
the crushed rock of which the road
was constructed was twelve feet wide.
This trench was shouldered evenly at
the edges. The bed of the trench or
roadbed was brought to a perfect
grade, having a crown of three-fourths
inch to the foot flrom the center of
crown to the side shoulders.
"When the roadbed was in proper
shape for the superstructure cross
drains were putin at intervals of 100
feet. These drains, which were from
oiglit to ten inches deep and one foot
wide, were filled with coarse crushed
stone and extended to the outside glit
ter, thereby insuring perfect drainage
for the road when finished.
"The superstructure was built of
limestone, the first layer being crush
ed to a size which would pass through
n three inch ring. This layer was then
rolled thoroughly and covered with a
liner grade oi' stone and again rolled,
This method of placing on layers and
rolling was continued until fourteen
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LAYING TOP OODItSK.
inches of the loose material had been
rolled to a solid bed eight inches ihick.
During the rolling process water was
sprinkled or. the different layers of
stone to lici,) cement the stone togeth
er and thereby make a perfect surface
for traffic. When the road was com
pleted as far as the coarser stone and
rolling were concerned a layer of sitt
ings from the crusher was spread
evenly over the surface of the road
and alternately rolled and sprinkled
until no more could be worked into the
roadbed either by sprinkling or rolling.
The surface of the road reached that
point of perfection in building where
neither siftings nor water could be
forced into it. The finishing of flip
earth shoulders, which are six feet
wide on each side of the stom drive
way. with just enough slant to carry
off all surface water and leave a good
earth road on either side made the
road complete and gives us a twenty
four foot road of earth and stone.
"It was built under very expensive
conditions, our shortest haul for stone
being four miles. Eabor cost from So
to Si per day, team and man from $3
to S7 per day, and even at these prices
we could procure but half enough
teams to keep the machinery running,
thereby increasing greatly the ex
pense. This road is giving the best of
satisfaction and is fast gaining
friends."
PRIZES FOR GOOD ROADS.
Fond Established by Spokane Magnate
to Encourage Farmers.
Pitilding of good roads by the farm
ers in Spokane and Whitman counties.
Via h., and Latah county, Ida., Is be
ing materially boosted by Jay P.
Craves,'president of the Spokane and
inland Empire Electric railway sys
tem, who announces ho will give prizes
amounting to $3,000 in three yearly
installments for the best mile of con
structed highway In 1000, 1010 and
1011.
The offer Is made by Mr. Graves as
a private citizen, fhe primary purftotie
being to encourage the ranchers in the
I' ;louse wheat district, south of Spo-
I ne. In the building of permanent
i ids with such materials as are at
li nd, though the use of concrete, mac
auain, oil or other substance will not
disqualify competitors. j
Tiia'E CHANGE
j Conducted by
J. W. DARROW, Chatham. N. Y.,
Press Cur respondent New York State
Grange
THE GRANGE LEADERS
Farmers of the Country Must
Come to the Front.
Organization Necessary For Their Ma
; tarial Welfare They Must Take
Their Rightful Places In the Govern
ment.
[From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal.]
The grange today is the most power
ful organization-in the country. Its
influence extends into every section,
and as a factor in the education of the
masses it has never had an equal. In
this respect it stands by the side of the
public school, only with a broader out
look and wider sweep of horizon. Its
membership includes (lie best blood
| among the farming classes, and this
has a more significant meaning when
we consider that the rural telephone,
trolley ear and free postal delivery
have practically wiped out the distinc
tion between country and city life. It
means that today the average farmer
is fully fhe peer in intelligence and
scope of capacity of the business or
professional man. It means that he is
a man of education and general cul
ture as well as a tiller of the soil. It
| means in fact that he is a man in all
j that name implies and therefore fully
| capable of being a leader among men.
I This great change has all been
| brought about during I lie past few
j years. A generation ago and only the
! weakest mentality in the farmer's fam
; ily was selected to follow in the foot
i steps of the father. The brighter boys
. were allowed togo into other sections
I of the country, there to carve out (heir
! fortune as opportunity might offer,
j The weakling remained at home and
succeeded in the ownership of the old
farm.
| All this is now changed. The agri
' cultural college with its experiment
| station has raised farming to the dig
idty of a profession. To now succeed
; as a tiller of the soil Hie man must not
I only be well educated, but he must
j also have fine executive capacity. In-
I tensive farming is the order of the
' day. No laggard lias any place on the
I modern farm, and slowly but surely all
j such are being eliminated from the
| business.
In this great transformation of the
agricultural industry the grange has
borne a prominent part. Its leaders
have been the men of most pronounced
influence in their respective "communi
ties and contributed their full share in
me uplifting of society, i ney havo
been the men of keen intelligence, high
morals and most excellent judgment.
Such men are always natural leaders,
and on all mora! .questions their influ
ence has been undisputed.
On the other hand, it is equally un
disputed that in all matters pertaining
to governmental, state or municipal
leadership their influence lias been
practically nothing. They have stood I
back and allowed fhe village and city'
lawyers to take control of their affairs
and make all the laws. Organized
through the grange for action on mora' ,
questions. they have remained unor
ganized in nil that pertains to their !
material welfare. This is the one weak !
spot in the grange today, and it is
here that the order needs the greatest'
strengthening. There is no good rea
son why tin? farmer should be com- j
pel led to pay the merchant and the
professional man whatever price they
choose to place upon their goods and
their services, while he Is compelled to
take whatever they may choose to give j
for the products of his farm. There is
no equity In such a system, but for |
this condition no one is more to blame
than the farmer himself.
PARCELS POST NEEDED.
New York's State Master Says This Is
the Most Important Question.
[Special Correspondence.]
If there is one question more im
portant than another in national legis
lation to the people of the United
States and that the grange should
strive for it is the enactment of a par-
I eels post system for the whole coun-
I try. I know of no other matter that
| would be of so much' benefit to the
j people and I firmly believe would be
! of great profit to the jiostal depart
| ment.
i There seems to be a sentiment
| among country merchants that It
| would be a detriment to their busl
| ness. This I do not believe would
j prove true, for with a reasonable par
! eels post rate and the fact that mcr
j chandise could be soid at a lower price
! people living In the country should be
! disposed to purchase of local mer
chants instead of sending long dis
| tances for their goods. A wholesale
j merchant told me not long ago that if
there was a parcels post system, doing
away with the exorbitant express
'• charges, he could sell his goods at from
10 1o 15 per cent less than present
! prices. F. N. GODFREY.
I Of.'den grange. Monroe county, N. Y.,
, held an open meeting April 13 to dis
cuss the advisability of undertaking
io teach agriculture in the high school,
j In addition to a large attendance of
! Patrons, the board of education and
i faculty and older pupils were present. ;
Western Massachusetts granges held
' a rally at Springfield April 7 which
was attended by 600 Patrons.
Shorttalks-on "1
Advertisi'h 3 * !
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; People generally read advertisements more than they did a fewjyears ago.
j The reason is to be found in the advertisements themselves.
Advertisers are more careful than they used to bs. They make thMtdvertise
| riients mora readable. Some of them even become, in a
! vay, a department of the paper, and people look for them '
| every day with as much zest and pleasure as they turn to /Ty\»
any other feature. I
This is true of many department stores all over '''
In many cities there is just one man who appre- \ P^\j
ciatcs the value of such interest. fl wL./
He breaks away from the old set style. He tells j y&Sa|7 i
something interesting in his space every
There are lots of interesting things in i i
business. Look over the miscellany page of
any paper—look at its local news columns, 1 , ,
and its telegraph news, for that matter, £3 i i
and you'll see that the majority of the *
items are more or less closely related to '0;
some business fact. "■£. y/tty
Dress these facts up in a becoming tht r,„, u,
garb of words, and they will find readers, /oiestat."
even though they be in a "mere advertisement." Let the merchant come
down off his pedestal and talk in his
He needn't be flippant—far from it, i
but let him not write as if he were ad- j
j«on -—r-Z rj |0 dressing somebody afar off, and telling
1 'v* 1 * i~S lljwk The newspaper goes right into its
/M'-v»- | r r j" ijU reader's house—goes in and sits down
nSllSlP'' jlL 11 ' s on the ta hle when he cats, and
in his hands while he is smoking after
the meal. It reaches him when he is in
j . n 1 " That's the time to tell -4»im about
' I'i' your business—clearly, plainly, con vine.
1 i r i r 1 ingly—as one man talks to another.
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tumit «</ Mi UM mitk hmt." Ck~*f Austin Armi'trK
MUNCY PA.
Never Before Received
50 and 75 so many praises and heard&so yli
Boys 1 Knee many flattering remarks"as^iwe
I Pants X^rtedstyiJl ave had this Season.
Snprial Were you one ol the vast lluit M® rl| v- - JiSa
J " crowded our store during the past v etk?
Did youfyet your share of the ai tides ftll«feiV.-jMS
j advertised? It not you should
COAEMER E now fc
We are making new friends fast: selling more
1 But we still want more friends, want to sell our stock faster, ye JR
!we are spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wonder how _„ ——
[v\ e can do it. To ill is we can answer, that no other stor-? in thi
; section has the wholesale buying facilities enjoyed by this es tab •
lishment. We can buy lower, we can sell lower.
Sweater Coats specials Mens corduroy Pants Men's Shirts
Men's or Hoys' .Sweater Coals .38 ° m '* l9 tO 2.«,0 Men's NegligeefShirts 39c |
1 Mens sweater coats .75 CHII.DRKMS' SUITS Men's Work Shirts
• Mans sweater coats 125 From 99C tO }.CO and £.50 MenVs !• lannel Ninrts Sf, c
j STens sweeter coats 1.50 ' Iwchy Hannel overslnrts 1.39
sweater coats ™ 2.0(• ME N.S 1 ROUSERS
j Mens V neck sweaters 2;> and 4Ge FfOm 6QC tO Men's extra heavy cotton
MenFc'ardigatirjackets 1.25 ur . lu . A , , c mixed socks (iSc
MENB OVERALLS. MEIL .„ AL , WOOL .. BOCK , I(|G
Underwear From 39c to Hoyp
Hoyp and <iirle* Stockings 09c
I " MEN 'S OD D COATS l . M f\ "r
hoys Mmts 01 iMuwerH . . Ladies raeinatora 19c
~ril>betl or tteeced 20 ami 26c All I NC6S A!! IHO S
Men's ribbed Dlich aild Corduroy . 2 :, Als " ''»* line men's lumbermen
all colors 39 ( ' rubbers—Limbertville and'"? Ball
Men's fleeced lined underwear A big saving Ibr you
- ... 3! "' CIJC Men's Caps
boys Corduroy vji 1 v /1 wj iwea,,, i 9c
Pants. Also bi.a; line of Shoes at sav- FURS at great reduction.
Hoys' corduroy l.nee pants, illg prices Sl.o£ foi 2. c ,0 DrCSS BKI» HI.AXKETS from T.lcjnp.
throughout, fine ribbed quality Shoe. Ladies' Ibl Shoes fof 1.09
worth regular 75c Special 39c Men S Working Shoes 1.65 TK USKS nil sizes from 1.50 up.
Men's Suits L I Dowlas Shoes at reduced udjes , Sweat ers •
Big Line of Men's and S
9.f,r, iS Children's Overcoats at re- , , r .
Mens Suits 11.75 14.50 HllOpH HfIPPC LaOICS L/OatS
« . 15.50 1t.25 UUICU ( Ladies' Coats from 3.50 to 12.f0
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 sio'oo or over,
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