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?RULES FOR DRAGGING ROADS ?Dry Highway Should Never Be Workec-Constant Attention Nec essary-Drag Towards Center. '(By E. B. HOUSE, Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins.) j Use a light drag. Haul it over the road at an angle so that a small amount of earth is pushed to the center of the road. Drive the team at a walk.* I Ride on the drag; do not walk. Begin at one side of the road, re turning up the opposite side. Dras the road as soon after c?ery rain as possible, but not when the jnud is in such a condition as to stick to the drag. Do not drag a dry road. 1 Drag whenever possible at all sea ?sons of the year. The width of traveled way to be .maintained by the drag should be from .18 to 20 feet; first drag a little more Road in Rocky Mountains. than the width of a single-wheel track, then gradually increase until desired width is obtained. Always drag a little earth towards the center of the road until it is raised from 10 to 12 indies above the edges of the traveled way. If the drag cuts too much, shorten the hitch. The amount of earth that the drag will carry along eau be very consid erably controlled by the driver, ac cording as he stands near the cutting end or away from it. When the roads are first dragged after a very muddy spell the wagons should drive, if possible, to one side until the roadway has a chance to freeze partially or dry out. The best results from dragging are obtained only by repeated applica tion. Remember that constant attention ls necessary tn maintain nn earth road In Its best condition.-Highway Maga zine. NUMBERS OF COUNTRY ROADS Itowa State Highway Commission Sug gests That City Plan Be Used Capital Central Point. Numbering of country roads and 'residences so that every road and country home may be instantly lo cated, is advocated by the service bul letin of the Iowa state highway com mission, which is just off the press. The system advocated was originally buggested last June. In the system suggested, the section upon which the state capitol is located is considered the central point and all roads are numbered north, east, south and -.'est from this. Using the base map appearing In the bulletin, one can easliy locate the number of his road and house. [ The system Is so arranged that practically every road bears the same 'designation across the state. The i numbering system does not in any j way Interfere with the use of the tnames of organized tourist routes .such as Lincoln highway and others. Federal-Aid Road Act. ' Under the federal-aid road net. with 'in the nest five years $160,000,000 will be spent by federal and state govern ments in Improving rural roads. Cost of Country Roads. I The amount of money spent on' ;country roads in the United States Increased from $28 p?r mlle In 1904 to $109 in 1915. j.';"" Idea of Good Roads. ? Another Idea of good roads Is to have them without ragweed borders. BARGAIN IN MINT By LAWRENCE BRONSON. It was an innocent-looking quan can of malachite green prepared paint. Mrs. Jandivere had bought lt down? town, attracted partly by the show card of glossy squares, ostensibly col ored by the Kub-er-Steer pigments, and partly Dy the fact that the can. which under ordinary circumstances would have cost fifty cents, was marked down for this day only to forty-seven cents. Jandivere smileii when Mrs. Jandivere said, it was a clear saving of three cents and tor an additional two cents she was able to huy quite a nice little paint brush. Really lt was like gettiug a paint brush for nothing. "What an- you going to do with it?" he asked. "There are many things I cnn do with it. 1 thought the woodwork in the spare room would look well in that shade of green." "Well, you'll have to walt awhile, then. Brother Robert will be here on Thursday and we don't want the room smelling of paint. 1 don't believe you'll get a painter at this season at a day's notice. They're all too busy." "Why, I'm going to do it myself," said Mrs. Jandivere. "What did you suppose? That's what this paint is for. It's all ready mixed and a child cun apply lt. It says so In the cir cular. It dries In ten hours, so there won't be any trouble about the smell." "Have it your own way," said Jan divere, resignedly. "Well, how did the painting go?" he inquired when he came home the fol lowing evening. "I needn't ask, though," he added, after a look at her face. "I wish you'd come upstairs and look at lt," said his wife with a sob in her voice. "1 can't make lt out. They must have given me bud paint. It won't color at all." "Won't color?" "Not a particle except now and then, it just sort of smears. And hasn't it a peculiar odor? Does all paint smell like that?" "lt does smell painty," said Jan divere, as he went upstairs. "Why, you haven't mixed your paint, have you?" he continued ns he looked upon the glistening woodwork. "Mixed it? Why, it's supposed to be already mixed." "Yes, but you have to stir lt you know. The paint settles to the bot tom and leaves just the oil on top. See here." He knelt down-and stirred the mix ture so energetically that he splashed some of lt on his wife's silk waist. She cried out In horror: "I told you you'd get splashed," he said. "Why didn't you put on some thing sensible?" "I did," she said, indignantly. "I wore an old gray short skirt and a dressing jacket I'd put in the rag bag -and never got a drop on them. But look at you! You're kneeling in a lit tle puddle of it yourself. And your nice new suit !" The paint-defiled garments were put off and laid aside to go to the clean er's and the Jnndiveres went down to dinner. There were pens with the lamb chops-the canned article. Jan divere was fond of peas ordinarily, but at the first mouthful he laid down his fork and a spasm of disgust crossed his face. "They taste of paint," he said. "Nonsense! It's your imagination. Well, they do. don't they? Now, what do you suppose?" T know what. It was the can opener. I opened the paint can with that Liid I forgot to speak to her about it. That's just what it is." The next evening Mrs. Jandivere had to report a large blister In the palm of her right hand and that the paint didn't seem to cover the old woodwork, which was cherry, except where it was put on so thick that it ran all over the floor. Jandivere went up to look at it. "That's so," he said. "You'll have to put on two or three coats." "I don't believe I can," said the I lady, tearfully. "And lt doesn't look as smooth end glossy as It did on the card, either." 'Well. I'll get a man to-Hello! You've splashed the wall-paper, I see!" "I couldn't help It," said Mrs. Jan divere. "The brush Just would splat ter. Well, we rather needed a new paper, anyway, didn't we, dear?" Jandivere surveyed the prospect In gloomy silence, with bis bands in his pockets. Then he left the room anJ no further allusion was made to the paint that evening. The next night, however, Jandivere. entered the library before the gas was lighted, sat down In a malachite green wicker choir. Mrs. Jandivere explained that her blister had pained her so much she had done nothing more to the room, but had compromised on dec orating the chair, which she Intended as a surprise. MIt was a surprise," conceded Jan divere, sarcastically. Then he adder) In tones of wrath, "Where Is thai paint?" He ran upstairs to the spare room, three steps at a time, before his wife could answer. He found the paint His foot came Into contact with the can before be was aware of lt and malachite green was added to the col ors In the Daghestan rug. That was the last thing the palm touched, however, until lr got to the ash can in the alley. But Mrs. Jan divere maintains that she would have inadt c success of the decorating ll uer husband uud uoi Lnterierred with ber. f-?F!?fc.mrC& "MPORTERSCrfO.*!^ The LU ZI ANNE Guarantee: If, after using the contents of a can, you are not satisfied in every respect, your grocer will refund your money. ns -or your grocer will make good to you, to the last penny. We knew you expected something unusually good in a coffee when we first had Luzianne in mind. So we made Luzianne so good that it will stand on its own feet, without apologizing, with out acknowledging any rivals. YOU buy a can of Luzianne. If you can't honestly say that Luzianne tastes better and goes farther than any other coffee at the price, then you are entitled to your money back. And your grocer will give it to you upon request. Ask for profit-sharing catalog. .cottee The Reily-T?ylor Company, New Orleans The Thrice-a-Week Edition of the New York World in 1917 Practically a Daily at the Price of a Weekly. No other Newspaper in the world gives so much at so low a price. The value and need of a newspaper in the household was never greater than at the present time. The great war in Europe is now half-way into its third year, and, whether peace be at har.d or yet be far off, it and the events to follow it are sure to be of absorbing interest for many a month to come. These are world-shaking affairs, in which the United States, willing or un willing, is compelled to take a part. No intelligent person can ignore such issues. THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 15G papers. We offer this unequalled newspaper and EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, together for one year for $2.15. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $3.50. Whenever You Need a G?nerai Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. 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