The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1911 Page: 8 of 10
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Sliced
Dried Beef
„ Old Hickory Smoked
^ Highest Quality *
Finest Flavor
|V In leal ad gliu Jul at your srocen
Ask for Libby'a
Tho Summer Toast.
In nil her business life the bit of
ftork she Is now completing has been
roost pleasant, says tho free lanoe
stenographer.
"1 have been typewriting toasts on
p p«r nakllns," she said. "A society
of club women who have planned to
do a lot of outdoor entertaining this
Hummer expect to use thousands of
paper napkins, and I have had the
job of typewriting a toast on each
napkin. It is a pretty Idea, and I tried
to meet the charming sentiment of
tlio ladles halfway by using a good
non-copying Ink, but in spite of that
precaution I am afraid that many a
guest will leave the lunch table with
a purple smudge on her face."
A good word is an easy obligation;
but not to speak It requires only our
Nilence, which costs us nothing.—Cur-
tis Yorlte.
Thero are some things that even
tho most absent-minded of us can't
forget.
F R E E
A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will bo sent free to anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, 53d &
Jefferson Bts., Philadelphia, Pa. If you are
in necil of medical advice, do not fail to
■srrite Professor Munyon. Your communi-
cation will be treated in strict confidence,
and your case will lie diagnosed as care-
fully as though you had a personal inter*
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unliko
all other laxatives or cathartics. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour, they do
not grlpo, they do not woaken, but they
do start all tho secretions of the liver
and stomach in i way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy oondition and
corrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most ail-
ments. Thero are 20 feet of human
bowels, which is really a sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes clogged the
whole system becomes poisoned, caus-
ing biliousness, indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman who
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can expect to have a clear
oomploxion or enjoy good health. If
I had my way I would prohibit the sale
of nine-tenths of the cathartics that are
now licing sold for the reason that they
soon destroy tho liniug of the stomach,
setting up serious forms of indigestion,
and so paralyze the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgatives.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are a tonif
to the stomach, liver and ajrves. They
invigorate instead of weaken; they en
rich (lie blood Instead of Impoverish
it; they enablo tho stomach to get til
tho nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
to act without physio.
Regular sire bottle, containing 4fl pills,
2B cents. Mnnyon's Laboratory, S3d A
Jefferson Bts.. Philadelphia.
UNITED STATES AWAY BEHIND
REST OF THE WORLD IN
THIS WORK.
EVOLUTION OF THE HIGHWAY
Awakening of the People to Necessity
for Road Improvement Slow Pro-
cess—State Governments at Last
Aroused—Vote Money for Work.
By HOWARD H. GROSS.
Is It not strange that in this coun-
try, where we have the largest aggre-
gate of wealth that the world has
ever known and where we have
achieved tho greatest success In hu-
man history aloug certain lines of en-
deavor, that wo have failed to keep
pace with the march of progress, and
that we are a century behind the rest
of the world in the matter of handling
public roads?
The conditions of the highways In
American are a great surprise to the
foreign traveler, who has been used
to smooth, hard roads throughout his
land. Upon Bis arrival In New York
he Is overwhelmed by the Immensity
of the buildings and the gigantic scale
upon which everything Is done. A day
or two In the metropolis prepares him
to believe that Americans can do
anything and accomplish anything.
The resources of the country seem to
be boundless. In this frame of mind
ho starts his Journey westward, and
home rule was everywhere dominant. \
The roads were regarded purely as of j
local concern. They were just such j
roads as (he people cared to build,
and whether good or bad It was no
one's business but tbelr own.
Thus the ooncept that the highways
were purely a local matter and did
not concern any one outside of the
Immediate vicinity became firmly es-
tablished and held undisputed sway
until about 20 years ago, when a New
Jersey man made a discovery that
was far more Important than finding
the north pole, and that was that the
roads were public property—they be-
longed to all the people and as such
It was tho state's duty to take up the
question of highway Improvement and
not leave the whole burden upon the
township whore the amount of taxable
property was limited. It was shown
that the world's food supply had to
pass over these roads and that bad
roads Increased tho cost of delivery—
made the food supply Intermlttant In-
stead of constant, and that bad roads
produced a-heavy burden to evory one
and was a serious economic error. A
movement was started for Btate aid
In road building. It met great oppo-
sition, and principally from those who
would most greatly benefit from It—
the farmers. They feared It wns a
scheme to take the roads out of their
hands, and no telling where they
would land or what taxation would be
put upon them, but the movement
grew because tt was right. In two or
three years after the people had had
the experience of building roads un-
der the plan, bad used and paid for
them—they found It was a splendid In-
vestment and that Instead of adding
to their burdens the good roads took
many burden* off. The plan became
so popular opposition died out and
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Splendid Trap Road Near LaGrand, Ore.
This splendid road ts near La Grande, Oregon. It Is built of Trap Rock and has
proven of Incsttinablo benefit to a fine stretch of country. Nine such roads ara to be
built. Photo supplied by tho United 8ta(es Ofllce of l'ubllc Hoadm.
from the railway window he can see
roads that are practically bottomless
and teams struggling through the
mire that is nearly knee deep. He Is
perfectly amazed that such conditions
should obtain. He cannot understand
why it should be so in a country that
has such marvelous resources. The
fact Is that America is tho only coun-
try In the world that is rich enough to
stand the drain, handicap and the
losses that bad roads impose.
Again, may wo ask, why is It that
in this land, where so many great
successes have been acored in so
many fields that we have utterly
failed In dealing with the highways?
In tho writer's opinion the reason will
be found In certain fundamental mis-
conceptions. They date back to co-
lonial flues. In tho early days the
people settled along tho water courses,
in the valleys. Farming wan done In
a primitive way. It was the day of
the homespun. The hand loom and
spinning wheel were found every-
where. The people lived very simply;
what they wore, they made; what
they ate, they raised. The community
was self-centered and had very little
to do with the settlement over the
hills In the next valley. The spirit of
Division Extraordinary,
At the Zoological park tt became
necessary to cut down a largo tree. A
log about twenty feet long was one of
the results. Dr. Hornaday, tho direc-
tor. gave orders to one of the work-
men, a stalwart Irishman, to split the
log. with a small charge of dynamite,
Into two halves and scoop out each
half for a trough to be used In feeding
some of the animals. Later In the day
the son of Erin appeared at the direc-
tor's office, much excited, and stam-
mered: "Th" dynamite has blowed thot
log Into t'reo halves."
Utilization of Waste.
A distinguished chemist once ob-
served that "My lady writes tender
sentiments to her lord with Ink made
from an old copper coffee pot on paper
mado from old collars." Tho utiliza-
tion of waste products, which Is add-
ing so enormously to the wealth of
the world, furnishes many such fan-
tastic adaptations.
"Give me," Dr. Long sold, "the sew-
age of New York, and I will return
you yearly the superior milk of 100,000
cows." The waste Boapsuds from
inent authorizing the Issue of $50,000,
000 of bonds for state aid In road
building. Thus the wave of progress
goes on with Increasing momentum,
and it will eventually Bweep the whole
country.
When one looks back over the cam-
paign for good roads in any community
he finds that when the subject was
first brought up scores of good peo
pie became frightened at the ex-
pense, and they were loud In denuncia
tion of the proposal, Baying and be
lievlng, that It meant the confiscation
of their property. That they nevei
could stand the tax and that good
roads spelled ruin. In every case, how
ever, where tho plan was proceeded
with by state aid. the people were sur
prised that they had the roads and
that they did not feel the tax,
that, In fact, more and more roads
were demanded, up to the lawful limit.
ThUB It has 6ver been, and probably
will be, for years to come.
Good roads mean more social life,
more pleasure, less drudgery. They
mean better schools, a more enlight
ened and Intelligent citizenship, thej
mean progress and civilization.
GRADES AND GOOD ROADS
Highways Traveled by Heavily Loaded
Vehicles 8hould Be Kept Down
to Three Per Cent.
A one per cent, grade on a road
means a rise of one foot for each
hundred feet of distance traveled up
the hill. A ten per cent, grade means
ten feet rise In each hundred feet bo
traveled. A one per cent, grade, then,
means that In traveling up hill ons
mile an ascent Is made of 62.8 feet,
while a ten per cent grade means a
rise In altitude of 528 feet In a mile.
Accurate tests have shown that a
horse which can pull 1,000 pounds on
a level road can pull only 810 pound*
on a rise of one foot In fifty, and on a
rise of one foot in ten he can pull
only 250 pounds. These facts show
that the greatest load than can be
hauled over a road Is tho load which
can be taken up the steepest hill on
that road, or through the deepest
mud hole. It Is therefore advised
that all highways trrveled by heavily
loaded vehicles should be kept within
a three or four per cent, grade II
practicable. To do this may requlr«
a change of location to got around
hills, always keeping In mind that ths
lower the grade the larger the load
may be hauled and the cost, of haulage
kept at the lowest point.
those who at first were strongly
against the plan were soon among its
foremost advocates.
New Jersey began state aid with an
appropriation of $50,000 per year, this
sum was soon Increased to five times
tho amount. The state aid plan of
road building spread from state to
state, until now fully half of the states
have adopted It, and it has everywhere
proved |M>pular and successful. It Is
the plan that gets the roads and so
distributes the burden that the taxa-
tion Is not appreciably higher than It
was before. State aid would have
been impractical in the early days of
the republic, but now under the coun-
ty- wide plan of distribution of food
products and the factory output and
the enormous amount of city and cor-
imrate property, all of which Is
benefitted by good roads. .The plan re-
moves a heavy burden from the farm-
ers, by requiring all classes of property
to stand Its Just proportion of the cost.
New York presents a striking exam-
ple of the growth of the good roads
sentiment and the possibilities of road
construction. This state began state
aid with a measly appreciation of
$50,000, but In five years by a heavy
majority voted a constitutional amend-
woolen factories which used to pol-
lute hundreds of rivers, is now precip-
itated and the coagulum is pressed
Into bricks and converted into supe-
rior Illuminating gas. These are only
examples of the ingenuity of man.
That tho field Is far from exhausted is
Instanced in the estimate that from
600 to 1,000 tona of fine coal are
thrown away every day In the ashes of
New York. It Is not impossible that
some one will shortly Invent a pro-
cess for reclaiming this wasted ma-
terial.
Teaching School Girls to Swim.
In the apparatus in use In Ger-
many for teaching school girls how to
swim the pupil Is supported In such
a position as to leave the legs and
arms free to perform the motions
of a swimmer. The body Is hung In
a wide belt, suspended from ar. over-
head rail, while the feet are attached
to a pair of ropes running over pul-
leys and adjustable to various re-
quirements.
The pupils thus suspended are then
taught how to perform the movements
of the breast stroke until the action
becomes Inmost Instinctive. There
Is a decided advantage In teaching
these movements In silt a way In-
stead of in the water, for the pupil
Is not-distracted by the fear of n
ducking. It Is not at all easy to learn
the swimming movements even out
of water, hence the advantage of ac-
quiring this knowledge until It be-
comes almost Instinctive before en-
tering the water.—Scientific Amerl<
can.
Basy-Going Individual.
I. R. Sherwood. Democratic con-
gressman from Ohio, tells this story;
A man had for years employed a
bteady German workman. One day
Jake came to him and asked to be ex-
cused from work the next day. "Cer-
tainly, Jake," beamed the employer.
"What are you going to do?" "Vail,"
said Jake slowly, "1 tlnk I must go by
uiein wife's funeral. She dies yester-
day." After the lapse of a few weeks
Jake again approached his boss for a
day off. "All right, Jake, but what
are you going to do this time?"
Discouraging the Obvious.
At the special meeting of the Any
Old Time club the man In the mack
intosh was late.
"You are fined the cigars," they told
him.
"Well," he said, "If you can find any
cigars on me—"
They rose as one man and put
him out.
There are limits.
"Aber," said Jake. "I go to make me,
mlt meln frauleln, a wedding."
What? So Boon? Why, it's only been
three weeks Blnce you burled your
wife." "Ach!" replied Jake. "I don't
hold spite long."
The Pink Marble Personal.
While the Japanese are rapidly at>
Blmllatlng western business notions
they have not yet entirely divested
themselves of Orleitfal extravagance
of expression In their advertisements
espoolally those of a personal nature
as the following, which some time ago
appeared In a Toklo newspaper, will
testify:
"I am a beautiful woman. My abun-
dant. undulating hair envelops me at
a cloud. Supple as a willow Is mj
waist. Soft and brilliant Is my visage
as the satin of flowers. I am endowed
with wealth sufficient to sauntei
through life hand in hand with my be
loved. Were I to meet a gracious lord
kindly, Intelligent, well educated snd
of good taste, I would unite mysell
with him for life, and later share 'fflth
him the pleasure of being laid to rest
eternal In a tomb of pink marble"
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WOMAN
CURED
By Lydia E. Plnkham's
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Ottumwa, Iowa.—"For years I waa
almost a constant sufferer from female
trouble in ft" >«•
dreadful forms:
shooting paiuB all
over my body, sick
headache,
weakness, dizziness
depression, and
everything that was
horrid. I tried man*
doctors in different
parts of the United
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I'inkham's VegeU-
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I feel it my duty to tell you theso
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Wampler, 624 8. llansom Street.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Consider This Advice.
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This famous medicine, made only
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years proved to be the most valuable
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States bear willing testimony to the
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Mrs. Pinklmm, nt Lynn. Mohs.,
Invites all siok women to wrlto
her for advice. Ilcr advice is free,
confidential, and always helpful.
Constipation
Vanishes Forever
Prompt Relief—Permanent Curfl
carter's little
liver pills never
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but gently on
the liver.
Stop after
dinner dis-
tress-cure!
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Allen, E. E. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1911, newspaper, July 20, 1911; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214153/m1/8/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.