dep Ss nin Courier. ATION PUBLISHING co.. Proprietors. ! E WiLL Gaeexe, Editor. ; rb Ne £5 1853. - - ¢ i EAN ts SRS ne. Al ANF 4 SA Si A perio 1 The value of wide tires in compact ing and improving dirt roads is beyond | question, nnder nearly ail conditions, | and their usefulness in preserving the | surface: and character of well-con- } structed highways is equally marke, | There is | says the L. A. W. Bulletin, perhaps no easier and quicker method of promoting road improvement in| most ssotions of the country than by securirig the general adoption of wide | tires. Watery, of the Missouri Agricaiturl | The tests of wide tires made by Prof. | i on A Pe : —— Of the Cambria County storm Stayed As- sociation a! Johnstown. The third annual banquet of the Cambria county Storm Stayed associa- ton was held at the Capitol hotel, Johns- town, Satorday evening, February 26th, Twenty-one were seated at the generous ‘spread prepared by Landiord Carpen- ter which was very much eéujoyed by all, after which toasts were made by all present. At the business meeting it was decided to hold the Fourth an. nnel bangnet in the city of Johnstown the last Saturday in February, 1869 | Quite a namber of new members were admitted to the association. The following officers for the ensuing | year were elected: RF. Creswell, Faq. of Johnstown, president; W. 8 Kregar, of Pittsburg, secretary; E J. Mower, of Cherrytree treasurer; R. E. Creswell, ‘8. R. Kellerman, E. Will Greene, E H. ‘ Bailey, W. 1. Stineman, F. L Van- Dusen and W. 8 Kregar were ap nted as a committee on arrange- Experiment Station, at Columbia, Mo., | 11s for the next banquet. show that wagon tires six inches wide are from 50 to 100 per cent. better for all farm and draft purposes than the ‘narrow tires in ordinary nse. Hehad noticed that water, at first following only wagon tracks, often wore great ditches and rendered fields useless, and that cruntry roads were affected in the same way. A series of experiments was thereupon made on macadmn, gravel and dirt roads, meadows and | pastures, stubble lands and plougived | i lands, wet and dry. | On macadam roads it was found that 2,482 pounds were hauled with broad | tires with the same draft as 2.000 poundis with narrow tires. About the, same advantage was found on gravel roads, except when wet and sloppy on top. On good dirt roads 2,530 pounds on wide tires gave the same draft as 2,000 pounds with narrow ones. On ; muddy clay roads, drying on top, or’ dry on top and spongy underneath, 3,200 pounds on wide tires were equal to 2,000 pounds on narrow ones. As this sort of road improves, the diffor- ence hetween the tires diminishes, bat remains about 25 per cent. in favor of the wide ones when the road is bard and good. If, however, the mud becomes soft and very deep, the advantages of the wide tire decrease until the mud sd- heres to both sets of wheels ard, finally, the narrow tires pull the lighter. The other conditions in which : narrow tires were found to pull easier than wide ones were on such clay roads as had a firm bottom, but were muddy and sticky on the surface, or when the road was covered with two, or mare, inches of very dry loose dust. On n muddy clay road, having rote eight inches deep, a load on narrow tires did not materially deepen Lhe ruta, and the draft was 330 pouncia - When the wide tire load was pulled through the same track, the draft was greatir--352 pounds; bat, the ruts: were partially filled by the wide tires on eah trial, and the draft of the broad tires rapidly decreased, until, after six trials, there was a surface smooth enough for cycling. On dry clay roads, having deep ruts cut by narrow tires, the first run of the | wide tires showed a greater draft than ‘that made by narrow tires in their own | ruts; the second trial showed a lows draft than that of the narrow tires, if the ruts were not very deep, and even when they measured eight inches in| depth three trinls of the wide tires so improved the roads as to entirely elim- inate all disadvantages and to greatly reduce the draft for all classes of vehicles. It vas found that narrow tires cut ruta Nola varying from five to fourteen inches deep on different sorts of on. paved roads, while under the mune conditions the ruts made by the wide tires ‘were but from two to five inches, On meadows, pastures, stubble lund, | corn ground and ploughed ground tests ‘were made when the surface was dry, hard, firm, wet and soft, and the difference in draft in favor of wide tires varied from 17 to 120 per cent In soft timothy sod the narrow fires ' cut fourteen inches deep, and the wide tires but four inches. In blue grass sod the narrow ruts were nine inches, and the wide but three. In stabble land the draft of the narrow tires was 758 pounds, and the broad tires | but hiss. The only conditions in which wide tires are not a distinct advantage are somewhat unusual and of compara- tively short daration. PEOPLE WHO HAVE lived through one war are not anxious to precipitate another except as a measure of last resort. Toe ADMINISTRATION lost a great oppertanity when it neglected to at- tach ¢ tin can to Senor de Lome's depsating bull pup. Sh Af Sp Children’ su fall ‘and winter coats at Mirkin & Kusner' 8 a A A One Minute Cough Cure, cures. | That is what it was made for. i i i Rice, Miss Mary The following resolutions were ad- opted by the association on the death of the charter members, Con- iductor J. A. List, late of the Cambria & Clearfield branch of the Pennsyi. vania railroad: Whereas, The Storm. Stayed association has heard with the profoandest regret of the untimely death of one of its esteemed members, the late J. A. List of Altoona: and Whereas, In the remoy al of our { brother we sustain a loss which will be {keenly felt by all and especially | those of our members who enjoyed his | personal acquaintance; and Whereas, It is felt that some testi- { monial to his memory is due and fitting; therefore be it Resolved, That the Storm Stayed as- sociation make a minute of this loss | apon ita records; that this formal ex- ion of our sorrow be unanimously adopted; and that a copy of this reso. Intion be sent to the family of the de ceased, with assurance of our earnest sympathy. All de declaring that they hdd spent one of ‘the most enjoyable even- ings of their lives and that they would not mise being present at the next ‘banquet for a farm. : After years of untold suffering from piles, B. W. Parsell of Knoxville, Pa, was cured by using a single box of De- Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, Skin discase iyuch as eczema, rash, pimples and ob- stinate sores are readily cured by this famous remedy. CC. W. Hodgkins, Patton Pharmacy. List of Unclaimed Latte rs The following letters remain in the | postoffice at Patton for the week end- ing Thursday, March 3, 1898: Miss Maria Anderson, George Bloom, Chas. Deeter 2. Rube Dickson, O. 8 Williams, Fdward Witters, Mra Susan Wilson. Persons calling for the above letters will please say the are advertised. FA Maas. PM ‘THE PATTON COURIER, MARCH 3, 1868. Beaver Dams, Pa, Feb 25, 1808 — In perusing the contents of last week's COURIER, we noticed the item in Beaver Dam’s letter, which refers directly to the Beaver Dam’s and adjoining schools Literary Society. In reply we wish to state through the columns of the CoURrren that a certain teacher, not a= thousand miles from Beaver Dims should pay a little more attention to his own affairs and iabor within the walls of his school room and not spend his time writing letters to the new papers of the surrounding country vilifying his neighbors If the teacher must, in accordance with is nature, quarrel with his neighbors even ap old soores through the columns of the newspapers, we ask him not to ase his fellow teachers a8 a soreen or A breastwotk behind which he may stand and hur] reflections at his neighbors and in general even np old grudges which should according to Divine law have been forgotten year ago, and in our estimation are as bad if not worse | than holding educational gatherings daring Lent. In conclusion we wish to state that if people outside of cur dis 8 tricts wish to direct oar schools, which we think concerns them not, we ask them to at least visit our schools and then make suggestions as they may deem necessary for the “spiritoal wel fare’ of the children of the Dams and Cooper schools, and by so doing they will give theirjown; sone cience the satisfaction that for once | their lives they had spoken ly on fore the people and not, apbraided their neighbors behind their backs or throogh the ocolums of the newspapers. UC We are anxious to do a little good in this world and can think of no pleas. anter or better way to do it than by recommending One Minate cough care as a preventive of pneumonia, consump tion and all other sericons lung troubles that foliow neglected colds. C. W. Hodgkins, Patton Pharmacy. What Dr A. F. Saller Savy. Buffalo, N. Y.-GeENTs: From my srsonal knowledge, gained in obsery. ing the effect of your Shiloh™s Cure in canes of advan consumption, | am prepared to say it is the most remark. able remedy that has ever been brought to my attention. It has certainly saved man 5 from consumption. Sold at Corner Drug Store. Don’t annoy others by your coughing and risk your life by neglecting a cold One Minute cough cure cures coughs, oodda, croup, grippe and all throat and lnng troubles. C. W. Hodgkins, Pat- ton Pharmacy { Toupers Spit tod Senile Your Life way, Aan * Rg SR ue Nl 50 05 ahlord risilY a Le Eg we, tha 08 Ci wonder ®8 Stromg. All druggists, MWe teed Ronkiet and sample free Bieriicg Remwly (no. Chicago or New York MEET A FH rRer The If You Doubt You perhaps have some doubt about we can do for you in our store. certain, maybe, how what You are not we can sell High-Grade Goodsifan~— we name. at the prices The only way to be eEvincd | 18 to come and look at our goods and see what they are. 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