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4C F there is any field of public. spirited activity in the United States which stands out con spicuous above all others be cause of recent progress it is that which concerns itself with the betterment of our public highways. If anybody had pre dicted a few years back that the beginning of the second decade of the twentieth century would see so marked and widespread an improvement of the public roads of the United States he would probably have been laughed at by all save those few enthusiasts who were looked upon until a short time ago as "cranks." This is not saying, mind you, that there is not much yet to be done to bring the highway sys tem of this great land to the point where it ought to be and to maintain it there. We are still a very long way behind most of the countries of the old world-notably our sister republic of France-in the condition of our roads. But that is perfectly natural, not because the foreigners are any better road builders than we are, but Simply because their highways have been in the making for Many centuries, whereas we have mighty few turnpikes that are more than one hundred or at most two hundred years old. And furthermore on to) of the youth of our country in road building there is the circumstance of the tremendous size of Uncln Sam's domain. No Wonder the luropeans have been able to have good roads when half or two-thirds as many peo plo as ,wo have in this whole vast country have been contributing their work and their taxes lo keep up the roads in a territory no larger than one of our mdium size states. But for all the leal' given by time and the ad vantage of dense population it looks as though we wvould overtake our cousins overseas in the matter of the possession of good roads. Indeed, oven now in some states, suchu as sections of Massachusetts, there are roads an fine as any thing of similar character on the other side0 of the big pond(. The secret of this boom in road building in America lies in organization as wvell as agital ion and the country is likely to see new fruits from both during the middle wveek of Sep tembher when a "Good Roads Week" will be held throughout the United States. This week of "missionary wvork" is expected to stir up a good ly share of our people On tihe question of good roads and it is hoped that some of the new con Verts aund the old will that wveek practice what they preach to the extent of lending a handl to the building here and there of stretches of "muodei roadi" that will serve ase convincing object lessons. "Good Roads Week" is going to be held in con nection with the first annual convention of the Americanu Association for Highway Improvement which will be held at Richmond, Va., and wvill be addressed by many of the most pirominent men in the country. This national organization will, of course, be much in the public eye in this con nection, but it is only one of scores of associa tions great and small that have been helping in this cause. There are state organizations and county organizations and even township organi zaitions all over- the country that have been suip porting our national, state and municipal govern ments in what they have been doing for better reads, and the results attained prove what can be accomplishued when a large number of people who are very much in earnest set out to all "pull to gether" toward a dlesired goal. A good many people who have not looked very deeply into the subject have gained the idea that the motorists are more largely responsible than any other class of people for this dawning era of good roads. Now, it would not be right to dis parage what the automobilists have done, which has been considerable in one way or another, but in the interest of the truth it must be pointed out that the one factor supreme in influence for better roads has been the wide-awake farmer. To be sure it is a fact, and a 'mighty significant one, that the largest and most powerful corporations in the country--business interests such as our biggest railroads and the steel trust and the Standard Oil corporation-are working energetic ally with the new American Association for High. way Improvement becauae they realize that any. thing that will help the condition of the country at large will help their business. At the same time it is the farmer class that are supplying the backbone of this movement just as they are of every ether big movement affecting rural condi tions and have been from time out of mind. It is just as well to admit right here, too, that the average farmer who is going in hard for the cause of better roads is not devoting his time and his labor to the prof'ect on any fanciful sentiment al basis. Of course, it contributes to his pride to flee his farm bounded or bisected by a splendid road and he is gratified that the good folk who go past his door pleasure riding sh-ould have an easy pathway, but the great underlying impetus is found in the need of good roads to enable the farmer to market his -produce conveniently and economilcally. kUs~ 1 HuGE1 j4~ * *) 4 upo 4ba rod sancsar vl N el in sese ha a etrmet tey er tohi terets, ut e pu upwiththesitutio bec heddno e aywy u f h ilma lestno wthu mrewok hn e oud f to gve.Thenalog cme te UitedStaes ernmnt, hen uralfre delverycommnce be itrodced anddecaredthatthee rual carriers could~~- not bepae4ndsrcsw the oadswer notin fir ondiion.Thi much t awake th amr otestain every rural hom prze th on fadal th e areae 01(tifma farmer requirre te 1 get)0a1lbad oprodusacesaryevil. bad rai ios to seim whast as etriest thugh t his] ho (accepnt se very owa outc f the dilemdmof lars. 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Those in charge of digging the state drainage od ditches complain that they cannot keel) men be red cause the farmers grab the laborer-s to work in the Leir harvest fields, says the St. Paul Dispatch. A Min neapolis man with an automobile tells how he was ont shanghaied by those tvho wantedl a machine in on- wvhichio ride to and from their work as burglars out It would seem as though no one is .safo in these be usy harevne times. BAIT IS A HUMBUC Queer Freaks In Lures Thai Tempt Finny Tribe. Piscatorial Brood Eagerly Jump foi Hobgoblin Monstrositlea 'that Would be Food only f or Billy Goats. St. Paul, Minn.-Why does a fisll bite? Of course there is the angler's dexterity, adroitness, luck, experience, personal magnetism and all that, and everyone can tell why a fish doesn't bite; there are as many jinx as there are fishermen. But why does a fish bite? What is the psychology of bait1 Doubtless angling originally con sisted in offering something to tempt the appetite of the piscatorial brood. But that idea seems almost to have dropped out of the world-old business of fishing. For of all the hundreds of lures used by casters for fish few would satisfy hunger. If the game sought were billy goats or ostriches, the combinations of rubber, tin, glass, paint and feathers might be tempting. But why any sane fish will jump for: a red and green hobgoblin that resem bles nothing it ever has seen' before, is a mystery to fishermen. And why It will grab it today and pass it by with cold disdain tomorrow is as doep a mystery. They're inconsistent, too, and you've got to give theni something new all the time. Now, the ibis fly is the bob ble skirt of angling. Last year it was the bucktail, and the year before something else. You've got to keep up on the fashions in flies if you want to catch fish. The ibis fly resembles nothing that the fish feed on. A vermillion feather hides a hook that may or may not have attached a "tab" of salt pork Yet the fishermen who have caught the big bass this year say there is nothing so good as the ibis fly. The fish take it and the angler has no re gret in being a nature faker. Th'ere is a story of the buck tail's origin that, being a fish story, cannot be questioned as to its authenticity - - 0 --.o 0 0 Some Freak Artificial Baits. A hunter in the north, stalking deer saw a herd in a lake and while get ting range saw a large fish jump ro peatedly at the tail of a buck. Aftem bringing down the deer he fixed thE tail on a hook; it proved the best bail he ever had used. The buck tail fly a brown and white tuft of hair, is s good bait, though there is no inseci listed that it could have been copied from. But the buck tail and ibis fly are attractive morsels to human eyes, compared with the monstrosities thai the fish have been invited to bite at in seasons past. Any self-respecting fish getting in early from a little craw dad supper of the night before might not be blamed for mistaking an ibis or a buck tail for something he had seen in pairs, or fours, at somne other time. But the fish that strikes at a "coaxer,"~ or a "yellow kid," twe freak baits, probably has had domes tic troubles. The Paris of fish bait fashions is in the east, and it is a notable fact that none of the frivolous things have come from prohibition t.orritory. The inventor of fish lures has a tempera ment that is not fostered in dry coun tries. Take the "coaxer," It re ser~ibles a miniature rooster In pro file; a hunk of white wood is set off by a port tail of red feathers and two cute little suggestions of wings of red felt. Natural histories show no freaks that could have been the in spiration for this. And the coaxer is some persuader, anglers will tell you. From the impressionistic school conmes the "roamer;" the motif of this is purely allegorical. In your worst nightmares you may have seen the roamer family in various colors, The roamer also is cigar-shaped; it has a round head with protruding eyes and a fan tall that is a beauty. Six wrig gly red legs-guaranteed to wriggle add to the grotesqueness and hide the hooks, The prevailing color is a mot tied green with white underneath, Somehow the roamer makes a strong appeal to the fish. And in all this catering to the whims of the haunters of deep pools, the designers have not forgotten the tender phase that has a part in the fish's existence--the season of senti ment. For this there is the moonlight minnows-they even gave it a poetic name. For night fishing this bait has succeeded, and typifies earthly love. Ungainly and of a dead white in the day time, it glows into a grace ful shape as it is dIrawn along the surface of the water at night, Several hooks are hidden in its nebuious5ness, but the fish donn't krnow it THREE hours after the first dose. That's all the time it takes for Oxidine to "get busy" with a tor pid liver, sluggish bow. ela and kidneys and a weak stomach. Tones and strength. ens vital organs. Try just one bottleof OXIDINE -a bottle proves. The Specific for Malaria, Chills and Fever and a reliable remedy for all diseases due to disorders of liver, stomach, bowels and kidneys. 50c. At Your Druggate VMS MIN UURI1 IDUVO 0, WaCo, Texas, I Cure Dropsy of Any Kind Curable Address DR. JOHN T. PATTERSON Dropsy Specialist 18 Waddell Street, Atlanta, Ga. KODAKS Fmergtab "=r cial Attention. Allor rkind en P= Skpplies. Send for Catalogue. GLENN PHOTO STOCK CO.. 117 Peachtree. Atlanta, Ua The Bridegroom's Portion. Miss Elsie Gentsch, who teaches Sunday school, had been reading to her class from the gospel of Matthew,, and was examining a promising boy, a newcomer, about the subject matter. "There were ten virgins," said the young man, "five wise ones and five foolish ones, and the five wise ones filled their lamps and the five foolish ones wasn't in no hurry. And at midnight came the bridegroom. So the five foolish ones went across the street to buy oil and got locked out." "Very good," said the teacher. "And what did the bridegroom do?" "Why," said the good little student, "he married the five wise ones." Cleveland Leader. HIS COLOR CHAR Evelyn-But when it comes to love. making H-arold is rather green, isn't he? Myrtle-Not now. Evelyn-Indeed I Myrtle-No, he's blue; I rejected him last evening. GET POWER. The Supply Comes From Food, If we get power from food why not strive to get all the power we can. That is only possible by use of skil fully selected food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. Poor fuel makes a poor fire and a poor fire is not a good steam producer. "From not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, I suf fered grievously for a long time from stomach troubles," writes a lady from a little town in Missouri. "It seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Evory attempt gave me heartburn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became a living skeleton, and in time was compelled to keep to my bed. A few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning that I have kept up its use ever since. I was surprised at the ease with which 1 digested it. It proved to be just what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the heartburn, the inflated feeling which gave me so much pain disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 98 to 116 pounds, my figure rounded. out, my strength came back, and I aim now able to do my housework and en joy it. Grape-Nuts food did it." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. A ten (lays' trial will show anyone some facts about food. TIeadl the little book, "The Road to W ellvilie," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Ever rend the above letter? A new OnE Appena from time to time. They n e nuine, 'tue, an full oft hUSUa