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'FOUNDATION FOR GOOD ROAD (First Thing Road Builder Should Strive For ls to Have Ground work Good and Solid. <By E. TV. HOUSE. Colorado Agricultural College.) The good roads movement in Colo Tado seems now to have acquired full iswing and the next ten years will see ;most of our important roads surfaced with gravel. It is important that this ?gravel be placed upon a good founda tion or it will be mixed with the clay and lost Some time ago an important road 'was being surfaced and those in charge were plowing up the old road, :which was very hard, the lumps were Ibeing broken as much as possible, ithen the road was given a light roll ing, wet thoroughly and the gravel Ithen spread and rolled. When asked ?why they were putting the gravel on ?the soft mud foundation, the reply Icame. "So that it will knit well with Ithe clay." This is exactly what should j be guarded against as much as possi ble and is the very thing road builders should seek to avoid. I Let us remember that gravel will j knit or mix with the cl ay below in ?spite of all we can do, but the harder 'the clay foundation surface is and the ! firmer it is compacted, tho longer will Ithe gravel stay on top and give a j ' smooth wearing surface and the long er the road will last All authorities are agreed on this i point and the first thing that a road 'builder should strive for is to have his ?earth foundation solid and hard and Ithe drainage so fixed that it will re main so. CONVICTS FOR ROAD LABOR Motorists Interested in Study Now Be ing Conducted by National Prison Labor Committee. Road work for misdemeanant pris oners is the subject of an investiga tion which is being conducted under ?the joint direction of the National I Committee on F:isons and Prison La I bor and the gr. duate highways de ipartment of Columbia university. James Leland Stamford., who is in Icharge of the investigation, has had considerable experience in the road i camps of Georgia, where the majority of male prisoners are worked on the ?roads. The committee will consider in de jtail such matters as the most econom ical size of a road gang, the cost of Convicts at Work on Public Highway. guarding, supervising and mainte-J ! nance and the approximate value of I la day's work. It will also show the ; possibility of increasing efficiency by means of the payment of wages, recre ation after work hours and the short ening of sentence for good conduct. Conditions in the different sections of the country are to be dealt with, espeoially as to the effect of the weather and the cost of stock. In Kalamazoo county, Mich., and other counties where road work has been tried, even under experimental conditions, it has been found eminent ly successful. In fact the knowledge that a jail sentence will mean hard work on the roads has a tendency to decrease the number of commit ments, vagrants keeping away from .counties where they will be subjected to work of this character. Source of Information. Persons interested in the good roads problem, either from the engineering or the legislative standpoint, will find the report of the joint congressional committee on federal aid to good roads a convenient source of infor mation. It not only contains the most extensive data ever published on this subject, but contains a bibliography which gives a list pf books, pamphlets, and speeches on all phases of the good roads problem. The report ls printed as House Document 1510, Sixty-third. Congress, third session He that hath a urade hath an estate, and he that hath a calling hath an of fice of profit and honor.-Benjamin Franklin. SOME SOUPS WITHOUT MEAT. The purpose of a soup at the begin ning of a meal is mainly to prepare the stomach for the heavier foods which will follow by warming it find stimulating the flow o' gastric juices. When soup is riven as a food, taking the place of other dishes, it should be prepared with that end in view. A cream soup ls one of these-a meal with bread and butter. A puree of beans or peas is another satisfying soup. Asparagus Soup.-Take a bundle of asparagus, cut off the heads and put them aside for a more delicate dish or to be used a3 a garnish for the soup. Cover the shoots, after cutting in small pieces, with a quan. of water; boil up and drain off the water, throw ing this away. Cover with boiling salted water and cook until the as paragus is tender. Rub through a col ander, add this to the liquor in which it was cooked and with a pint of milk put on to heat. Cook together two tablespoonfuls of flour and butter, add to the heated soup and cook for five minutes. Serve very hot with crou tons. When you have boiled cabbage for dinner, save the water in which it was cooked for Celery Soup.-Put two tablespoon fuls of butter in s. saucepan, and when bubbling hot add a slice of onion; cook until brown, then add the cab bage water (a pint) and four good sized carrots, put through the meat grinder (fine). Stew gently for an hour in a tightly covered kettle, theu add two ta.blespoonfuls of butter; put the puree through a sieve, reheat, season wich a dash of lemon juice and salt, and serre piping hot. Cream of Celery Soup.-This, per haps is the soup which is the best liked of all the cream soups. Take three bunches cf celery, wash and cut into small pieces and cook slowly for half an hour; press through a col ander, using as much of the celery as can be pushed through. Put this into a double boiler with a quart of milk. Cook together three tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour and add to the puree. Cook Ufctil smooth; add seasoning of salt and dash of paprika. Men who look on nature and their fellow men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the somber colors are reflections from their own Jaundiced eyes and hearts. Oliver Twist. APPETIZING DISHES FOR SUNDAY MEALS. The meals for Sunday are best pre pared largely the day before when possible, so that the day may be a day of rest. If a roast is to be served it may be cooked on Satur day and reheated. The salad may be prepared, all ex cept putting together. A dessert is often better to serve if made the day before, especially gelatin desserts. Veal With Sour Cream.-Take a loin of veal for roasting and lard with strips of fat salt pork, lay some in the pan before putting in the meat. Brown in a hot oven or sear over in a hot pan on toi? of tho stove, dredge with flour and season and baste freely with sour cream the first half hour, then cook slowly. The flour will thicken the gravy suffciently and it may be served either poured around the roast or in a sauceboat. Cherry and Grapefruit Salad.-Cut , the chilled fruit in halves. Take out the pulp with a spoon and dress with French dressing. The juice of the grapefruit may be used in the place of French dressing. Serve on lettuce leaves or return to the skin from which the pulp was removed. Take half a cupful of canned cherries or maraschino cherries and add to the grapefruit. j Grape-Nuts Pudding.-One cupful of grape-nuts, one quart of milk, two eggs beaten until light, half a cupful of sugar and hall! a cupful of raisins. Bake slowly in a moderate oven. Serve with sauce as follows: Two table spoonfuls of flour added to two of bubbling hot butter, add the juice of one lemon and enough water to make a thick sauce, sweeten to taste. This will serve eight guests. Italian Potatoes.-Cut potatoes in cubes and cook in boiling, salted wa ter. Drain and arrange in layers with a rich white sauce and a generous sprinkling of cheese. Bake until the buttered crumbs over the top are brown. tn France farmers are experiment ing with a prolific potato from Uru guay, which perpetuates with roots left in the soil. MANY TROUBLES DUE TO AN INACTIVE LIVEE Many of the troubles of life such as headache, indigestion, constipa tion and lack of energy are due to inactive livers. GRIGSBY'S LIV-VER-LAX is a natural, vegetable remedy that will get the liver right and make these troubles disappear. It has none of the dangers or disagreeable I effects of calomel. Get a 50c or $1 bottle of this splendid remedy from your drug gist today. Every bottle bears the likeness of L. K. Grigsby, who guarantees it through. Land for Sale Life is too short to go on renting land, when you can buy a small farm for almost the rent money. I have land in small lots around Johnston, and near Batesburg, Meeting Street, Celestia, Rocky Creek or Fruit Hill, Ropers and near Edgefield, and lots and stores in the town of Edge field. TERMS EASY Arthur S. 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