BUILDING
HIGHWAYS ON PACIFIC COAST
Interesting Figures Secured by Cali
fornia Experts on Pull Required
to Move Wagon.
An energetic and influential organ
ization on the Pacific coast, the Cali
fornia State Automobile association,
has carried on some investigations af
fording definite figures of the value of
good roads. It secured the help of Prof.
J. B. Davidson of the University of
California and Austin B. Fletcher,
state highway engineer, in carrying on
a large number of tests of the pull re
quired to move a standard farm wagon
.loaded to make the gross weight 6.000
pounds. This wagon was hauled in
some cases by a two-ton truck and in
other cases by a team of good draft
horses, weighing about 1,600 pounds
each.
' Tests have shown that a pull of 27
to 30 pounds per ton of gross load was
needed to haul the wagon on unsur
faced concrete roads. When the con
crete was surfaced with oil and screen
ings the pull was increased to about 50
pounds. About 65 pounds were needed
for hauling on water-bound macadam
and on bituminous concrete laid on top
of cement concrete. On good gravel
roads a pull of 65 to S2 pounds was
needed, while on loose gravel the pull
was 263 pounds, the highest record in
any of the tests. About SO pounds
were required for hauling on bitumin
ous macadam. On earth roads 92
pounds were required for hauling over
n good surface covered with 1% inches
of loose dust. 99 pounds over an ordi
j Road Through California Forest.
.nary dirt road with dust 3 inches deep
iin places, and 218 pounds over a
iniuddy earth road.
' The significance of these figures lies
jin the fact that on a good earth road
?it ls necessary to exert three times
?the pull that is required on a con
Icrete road, and nearly twice the pull
(required on a mncadarn road. Fur
thermore, when the earth road be
jcomes muddv, a condition which does
inot affect traffic on good pavements,
?the pull is more than doubled.
?ROADS INDEX OF CHARACTER
'Determine Importance of Country,
Limiting or Aiding Its Advance
-Should Be Built.
The roads are an index of the char
acter of any country, determining its
?importance and limiting or aiding its
(advance. A country that isn't worth a
igood road isn't worth what its land
?sells for and soon won't be worth liv
ing in. Xo community that has ever
(Improved its roads, has ever regretted
lit, for road Improvement is a good In
vestment for any community. Since
the roads are for all the people, they
should be built by all the people-with
state and federal aid.
?M0T0R TRAFFIC IS GREATER
I
?Significant Feature of Road Develop
ment ls Construction of Bet
ter Surfaces.
A most significant feature of road
(development is the construction of bet
jter surfaces as a result of automobile
traffic, for it is estimated that there
lore approximately 2,500,000 autos In
?use on the roads of the country, or one
icar for every mile of road. The mo
tor traffic is greater than traffic of all
?kinds 12 years ago.
Urges Permanent Roads.
That road-building along permanent
lines should be prosecuted as a part
.of our national war program was
the determination of the chamber of
commerce of the United States, at its
imeeting held at Atlantic City, N J.
Roads Expand in Winter.
Concrete roads expand most in win
ster and contract most in summer, ac
Icording to the United States bureau
j o? st:iK?tsirds, bccnu.se of increases or
I decreases in the moisture the>- c?n
Buds and Flowers in Cooking.
The French Canadians are said to
use the acid flowers of the redbud, or
Judas tree, in salads, while the buds
and tender pods are packed in vine
gar. Honey locust pods, often locally
called "honey-shucks," contuin a sweet
ish, thick, cheeselike pulp, which is
often eaten. Those of the mesquite
furnish the Mexicans and Indians
with a nutritious food. The Creoles
of Louisiana, famous for their cook
ery, are reported to use the young
buds of the sassafras as a substitute
for okra In thickening soups.
Nova Scotia's Fish Army.
Nova Scotia is literally "the land of
fish"-cod, herring, mackerel and the
giant albacore or tuna. Nova Scotia
is so much a land of fish, says a writer,
that lt produces over one-fourth the
value of the entire Canadian catch, or
S9,1G6,S51 worth. Every tiny haven
around the extensive Bluenose Land
const harbors fishing smacks galore,
while Lunenburg, Canso, Liverpool
and Chester are home ports for hun
dreds of fleet-winged deep-sea banking
schooners.
Reason and Emotion.
What a mysterious conflict that fs
between the reasoning power, which
"keeps pointing out the right road, and
an ill-regulated emotional faculty,
which seeks to draw one along the
wrong road. Indulging the wrong hab
its always makes the upward path so
much steeper and the downward path
so much easier. How fortunate that
man is whose false steps are arrested
by a friendly touch of common sense
disguised in a flash of satire!-Sir
George Reid.
Nature ls Outwitted.
The man who invented the sewing
machine achieved what he was after
when l*e stopped trying to imitate the
human hand. If you go into a factory
you will see machines doing things
which only human skill could do but a
short time ago. but the processes are
quite different from the manual meth
od. The inventors have lisen superior
to the formulae that nature would
seem to have laid down for them.
Natural Gas.
Natural gas is probably formed In
the earth hy a process of natural dis
tillation from the animal and vegetable
remains of past geological epochs, and
is nearly the same product as Is dis
tilled from coal in the retorts of gas
factories, only instead of the heat of
fires the internal heat of the earth,
aided perhaps by chemical decomposi
tion, has caused its formation on a
magnificent scale.
Nature's Error. t
Sufferer writes us that if nature had
known what she was about when she
made man, she would have given him
two noses-one to have a cold in and
.one for general utility. Then you could
get the first one amputated (as in the
case of tonsils or an appendix) and live
comparatively happily ever after. We
will call nature's attention to lt.-Ex
change.
Spartan Feminine Poise.
Our iden of poi<;o crystallized Into
definite form when a perfect 3G, al
most a stranger to us, with whom we
happened to be lunching, inadvertently
dropped a grnpe skin down her decolle
tage and, except for one slight and al
most imperceptible wriggle, gave no
sign of nervous disturbance as long as
we were around.-Ohio State Journal.
Rabbit Hair Supplants Wool.
Rabbit hair ls supplanting wool in
.the felt hat making industry of Aus
tralia, where there are thirty factories
in operation at present making use
of rabbit fur for this purpose. It is
said to be superior to the finest
merino, and millions of rabbit skins
are made use of unuually.
-Time for Strategy.
There is no such thing ns returning
to the duys of one's youtk. If there
were and we were asked if the teacher
licked us, our reply would be "Not ex
actly; we made a strategic retirement
after almost losing the seut of our
trousers."-Houston Post.
Kissing.
An optimist holds this pleasant pros
pect out to engaged; couples: "Unmar
ried couples kiss and forgive. Mar
ried couples kiss and declare a truce
while the heavy artillery Is being mov
ed up."-Kansas City Star.
Word From Br'er Williams.
"Pay as you go" is a mighty good
principle, but de price has got you
goin' so fast you des throw 'tra de
money an' holler : "Keep de change 1" }
-Atlanta Constitution.
Aspen Wood for Matches.
Aspen wood is used almost exclu
sively in making matches In Sweden
ns it is easily cut and porous enough
to be readily Impregnated with sul
phur or panfmn.
Beet and Wheat Food Value.
That there is more food value In
one acre of beets than in four of
wheat is the contention of German ag?
ricultural scientists.
A Question.
Why don't we got dimples instead of
wrinkles ?-Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Just Before the
Russian Revolution
By ALAN HINSDALE
(Copyright. 1917, Weatern Newapaper Union
Before the Russian revolution thei
was no more luxurious dwelling plac
for a sovereign than the Winter Pa
ace at what was then called St. P<
tersburg. What its condition is now
don't know, for I have not seen I
since it ceased to be the czar's res
dence.
Not long before the breaking out c
the world's war, I was a tourist In th
capital of Russia, and had letters t
the American ambassador there and t
prominent Russians. Through the en
bassy I received an invitation to a ba
at this same Winter Palace. I will nc
pause to describe the scene of spier
dor, but will mention one womai
about twenty-five, who was not onl
very beautiful, but bore on her cout
tenance the stamp of a marked spirl
within. "That woman," I said to
friend, "int?r?ts me; I would like t
be presented to her."
"I have her acquaintance," he sale
and will introduce you with pleasur(
This he did, but I did not find niue
comfort in the brief chat I had wit:
her. She seemed to have matters o
her mind that prevented her makin
lierself agreeable to an untitled strang
er from America.
There is a story connected with he
that I will narrate. It was told mo b;
i the man who introduced me to hei
Paul Kaluzsky.
Kaluzsky came from the same plac
as she. In their social circle was Ste
pan Serozha, an intimate friend o
Paul, whom Paul described to me a
a splendid fellow, endowed with grea
patriotism. There were two girls be
tween whom he divided his attentions
One was Liza Arkfidevna. a modes
country girl, the other Sonia Mikhail
off, the girl I met at the Winter Pal
are. The latter spent much time ii
the capital and was occasionally seei
at imperial functions.
Paul told me that Stephan favorei
Liza, and that Sonia was trying to wli
him from her. Stephan admitted tba
Sonia was secretly in favor of the rev
olutionists. and was endeavoring to en
list the talented Stephan in the eaus<
of the people. But this was confiden
tlal : Sonia was supposed to be loya
to the government.
Beyond the fact that Sonia wa:
Liza's rival, Liza distrusted her. Shi
warned Stephan not only agains
Sonia's influence, but .against givinf
himself up to association with one 01
the secret circles of revolutionist!
which were to be found all over Rus
sin. Liza begged Stephan to congidei
the horrors of Siberia, und the da?gei
he would run by identifying hlmsell
with any move disloyal to the govern
ment. "Besides." said Liza, "I am tob;
that no one can tell whom to trust
one's most Intimate friend may be hil
betrayer."
One day it was announced thai
Stephan and Liza were betrothed
Sonlu was present ot the betrothal
ceremonies. She seemed not In thc
least to mind having lost Stephan tc
Liza and wished them both great hap
piness. In doing so she kissed Liza,
Paul who wns present told me that
when this salute was given, he judged
from the way Liza received it that she
considered lt a Judas kiss. At any
rate she seemed turned to ice.
About n week ofter this Stephan
disappeared. It was not feared by his
friends that he had been made away
with by the government, for he had
not-so he had assured Liza-commit
ted any disloyal act, having promised
her that he would not do so. Time
passed and nothing was heard of the
missing man. At last It was reported
by one who knew him that he had seen
Stephan in shackles on his way to Si
beria.
About this time Sonia was placed
under arrest by the government, nc
cused of being a member of a revolu
tionary circle. She had strong friends
nt court and It was said that they se
cured her release. At any rate after
being held some time her friends ex
pecting every day that she would be
sent to Siberia she was let out of
prison and restored to favor, it was
not long after this that I saw her at
the Winter Palace. Paul and I were
leaving the palace when she passed
out to enter her auto to be driven
away to her apartments. I went to
Paul's home with him and over a glass
of wine and a cigar he told me the
story. We little thought that we were
so near its climax.
The next day Paul called at my ho
tel and with a look of horror on his
face, told me that when Sonia's chauf
feur opened the door of her limousine
he found her dead with a dagger In
her heart.
I too was appalled but not as much
ns Paul who had known the victim
from childhood.
My first thought was that Liza was
Implicated In the murder. I suggested
it to Paul who frowned lt down ot
once.
I did not receive a solutlou of the
mystery till ofter the deposition of the
czar nod the release of the Siberian
prisoners. Then I heard It from Paul.
Sonia wns a government spy. For
revenge upon Stephan who had turned
from her to Liza, she falsely denoun
ced him as a revolutionist. Her ar
rest was a blind. A circle of revolu
tionists to which she belonged and
whose secrets she was giving the gov
ernment, learning of her treachery ap
pointed one of Its number to dispatch
her.
Stephnn belnp freed Irom Siberia re
joined his betrothed. . ^mmm ^.t
Women !
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Mrs, W. T. Price, of
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couraged...! had about
given up hopes of ever
being well again, when
a friend insisted I
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I began Cardui. In
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I grew stronger right
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I am stouter than I
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appreciate what it
means to be strong and
well. Thousands of wo
men give Cardui the
credit for their good
liealth. It should help
you. Try Cardui. At all
druggists. E-73
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