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folds Promise for Future
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN
I 4 KM I STICK DAY, iy*J4 ? six years
I l\ iifu'r f blessed night when the
I I m doughboys in the trenches on the
B? 77*% tiring line built fires in the open
I rj?% and slept under the stars, undis
airbed by the whine of shell or
airplane's drone. And now for tne
first time In all those six years
a promise of order from out the
chaos following the greatest war
of all history !
Also 1924 brings to its close
a stupendous decade. Ten years
the German empire towered a new colossus
?f :ae world. Now the imperial German empire
a lie 'lust. Her mighty army is gone. Her
n is in Sea pa Flow. Her kaiser Is a
h;e I'iiizen, hiding in exile. Her money is
s? paj?er. France, with Alsace and Lorraine
' n ji;'a:n, keeps the watch on the Rhine,
we was a government of the mailed fist and
is now a socialistic republic, striving
preserve its nationality, with a mortgaged fu
? -n>! an American holding its purse strings!
isstMlunuary, dismembered, is now nonde
pftry states, bankrupt and struggling for
Ktt.v. the has'irhty Hapsburgs ? where? Rus
J auriifMl c. lies in an unhonored grave.
Irw nupire. fallen to pieces. Is a coramunls
J?il (.n earth and a menace to all civilization,
ft in th*? srrip of a dictator, Is emerging from
aumsiic chaog. France, the military power
e has made new alliance^ and Is reluc
1 ",Mn her clutch. England, proud "Mis
:!l?' Seas." mother of mighty dominions,
" sat s?-cur?? nn her island throne, experiments
a >'^!alistic government, her mighty empire
J*rati?.n of commonwealths that may break
c. time. The Ralkans are in the throes of
,aati""s. Strns,'^ling for the breath of life. And
; P*"1 < lasses ha e been wiped out, wealth
; harriers thrown down and new ones
fc. problems arise as old ones are
a"'!!"' 'n p,'niI>arlson with ail this, is a heaven
ami. Hich, powerful and secure, we are
'H of ?ii mankind. None gainsays our
"nr fav?r is eagerly sought. To aid is
I sI""Isll?ilIty. To aid without foreign en^-"
>"nt ??ur problem. We have no urge for
j?!' n" for domination. Our wish Is
*'M,'?-n<!?-noe and *>eace.
? j'('. in tii,. six years, has gradually come to
^ <in< aiopt our attitude as sincere and
'' Iias ceased to fear us as an ag
^ '?'?"ii. j( has come to learn that we will
,'i,N ^"y (lnd that we look for payment
! ,k ? ! i: st it appears to have made up Its
' "i' ^t work "out Its own salvation.
' " v 'oMtnany, the festering sore of all
to be cleansed by the application
h' 'ds, with legitimate American
'air way to be outlawed and arbi
place by the nations. There Is
further lindtatlon of armaments.
" have turned from madness to
?""I France have set an example
.. , r 'l agreement. Science hastens
?Wij .. ng all mankind that another
??an not merely the extinction of
n ' ? ; it-H.
?< to be sure, in China and the
Morocco and In Arabia, but there
.. 4> ?v?*rld danger in any of it. And
/ :'-v w?r spirit by Japan, angered
"r nationals from America and
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ARMISTICE DAY, 1924
Two minutes' silence ? while we share
The silence of the men who gave
Their lives and all that makes life fair:
Thfe age-long silence of the grave.
Face to the East! And murmur a prayer
For the lads who forever have gone "Over There.
' ?
If ye break faith with us who die.
We shall not sleep, though popples grow
In Flanders' fields.
"Let's go!' the eager Yankee cried.
And did he? Ask the Hun.
Our answer Is that Nation's Shrine ?
His tomb In Arlltigton ?
The Great Unknown, picked In the dark
From out an untagged grave.
Unnamed, unsung, without a mark
Of the glory of the brave.
So this shall be by all men read ?
While grass shall grow and waters run
And sire shall hand the Flag to son ?
"IN HONOR OF OUR UNKNOWN DEAD!"
Hoh.jthe Hengllsh an' the Hirlsh an* the 'owlln'
Scottles too,
The Canucks an' Haustrilee-uns an* the 'airy
French poilu ?
The honly thing that bothered hus hln hall hour
staggerin' ranks
Was wot in 'ell would 'appen when the 'Uns they
v 'it the Yanks;
The honly thing that bothered hus them bad days
hln July
Was 'ow In 'ell the llne'd 'old, hlf they should run
awy.
My word! hit 'appened sudden! 'E 'it 'em ard, the
'Un;
An' we seen the Yanks a-runnln' ? Gaw Bllmy, 'ow
they run!
But the honly thing that bothered hus that seen
the Yanks begin
Was 'ow in 'ell to stop them 'fore they got hinto
Berlin!
Hats oft!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky;
Hats off!
The Flag Is passing by.
Blue and white and crimson It shines
Over the steel-tipped, ordered llpes.
Hats off!
The Colors before us fly;
But more than the Flag Is passing by.
Sea-flghts and land-flght#, grim and great.
Fought to make and to save the State;
Weary marches and sinking ships;
Cheers of victory on dying lips;
Dfeys of plenty and years of peace;
March of a strong land's swift increase;
Equal justice, right and law;
Stately honor and reverent awe;
Sign of a nation, great and strong.
To ward her people from foreign wrong;
Pride and glory and honor ? all
Live in the Colors to stand or fall.
other countries. But all the world has known of
Jape's attitude toward the white races. Her
formal declaration does no harm, since It will be
many a year before she can get herself ready to
fight. But unless England stands by her domin
ions and commonwealths against Japan, she may
lose them. And there may be a new "Monroe
Doctrine of the Pacific."
Armistice day ? how shall It be celebrated here
In America? It Is too soon to say, for it Is a na
tional holiday in the making and the history that
shall give its final form Is still In the making.
Armistice day can come to its own in America
only after the World war's aftermath shall have
established its true significance to America. Even
the Inst few months have
mode history here at home
that may have Its bearing
on the Armistice day of the
future.
Tlie American world fly
ers have completed their
momentous Journey. Does
their exploit mean that our
physieul isolation is a de
lusion? Does it mean that
the day of the dreadnaughl
is over? The Navy depart
ment has begun a compre
hensive study of the relative
values of vessel and subma
rine aircraft.
Our first "Defense Test
Day" under the new nation
al defense act lias come and
goue. It was a success, in
the view of the War depart
ment. Exercises were held
in more than 6,534 cities
and towns and more than
10,792,781 citizens took
part. The day marked the
retirement from active serv
ice of Gen. John J. Pershing,
and the culmination of a
specific task in national de
fense preparation to which
he . has devoted himself
largely since the close of
the World war. - Probably
not less than twenty mil
lion people listened in when
General Pershing's thanks
for the loyal co-operation of
his fellow citizens was
broadcast to the people.
Forty thousand members
of the American Legion
met in their sixth conven
tion, staged an impressive
parade, and declared for a
program of stalwart Ameri
canism. When will the Le
gion enter politics? And
what will be the result?
Tramp, tramp, tramp!
The streets of the national
capital resound to the rhyth
mic trend of marching
troops. Massed battle Flags
flash in the sunshine
Massed bands blare out the
old familiar marching airs
that belong with Old Glory.
Poom. boom, boom ! crash
the guns in the national salute. Lines of the peo
ple along the curbs, the great steps of the State,
War and Navy building packed solid; crowds about
a tall and slender granite shaft.
It was the First division, A. E. F., unveiling a
memorial in honor of Its 5.586 World war dead.
This First division ? six years after and In peace
times ? was a composite regiment of infantry gath
ered from the regulur army posts for t^e occasion.
In the ranks was many a veteran. And with the
veterans marched men no longer In the army,
whose proudest boast Is that they served "with
the old First In France." But the massed battle
Flags, under escort of honor, were the same old
Flags that were first unfurled "Over There." The
guns that gave the national salute were the guns
of Battery C, Sixth artillery, that fired the first
American shots. At the head of the First divi
sion were MaJ. Gen. Charles P. Summersal and
Brig. Gen. Frank Parker, old-time commanders.
On the official stand were members of the cab
inet, high otflcers of the army, navy and marine
corps and President Coolidge.
And what of the spirit of the day? There is no
hint of sorrow In the fashioning of a soldier trib
ute to fallen comrades. It is raised in calm ac
ceptance of that code which bids free Americans
hold their lives not too great prl^e to pay that
their countrymen down the years may live always
as free and liberty-loving sons of the Flag. There
a graphic portrayal of that code In the pose of
the winged figure of victory that tops that slender
granite shaft of the memorial. It stands with the
bronze wrought folds of the Flag for which these
gallant dead fell, swept aloft In the lifted right
hand. It is poised as though to step forward
again in a moment, forward toward the great
vision of high destiny that shines before the lift
ed, exalted gaze. And as It pauses, here above
the fallen, the left hand Is spread downward In
proud benediction as though the winged figure
would say to those whose names are scrolled be
low: "Well done, thou good and faithful servant,"
And President Coolidge, commander In chief of
all "Fighting Yanks," turned his face to the monu
ment and said :
"This monument commemorates no man who
won anything by the war. It ministers to no
aspiration for place or. power. But it challenges
attention to the cost, suffering and sacrifice that
may be demanded of any generation, so long as
nations permit a resort to war to settle their dis
putes. It Is a symbol of .wful tragedy, of unend
ing sorrow, and of stern warning. Relieved of all
attendant considerations, the final lesson which
it imparts is the blessing of peace, the supreme
blessing of peace with honor{"
Armistice day of 1924 will be observed from
coast to coast much as It was a year ago. Citi
zens will stop for two minutes of ^llence, face
East and renew their vows of loyalty. An epitome
of the nation's observance will be the services In
Arlington at the tomb of the "Unknown Dead."
Largely in spirit Armistice day will be a glori
fication of the "Fighting Yank." In this there Is
nothing to offend the intelligent lover of peace.
In this there Is everything to commend Itself
to the good American. For the true significance
of the nation's shrine in Arlington Is that It Is
the outward and visible sign of the Inward and
spiritual grace that makes the patriot the founda
tion and the salvation of the nation.
So here's to the "Fighting Yank !" For "Fight
ing Yanks" are all good Americans who give their
best when their country calls ? whether to food
conservation, Red Cross work, training camp, avi
ation field and convoy duty, or to the great ad
venture of the firing line where death and glory
vie. Here's to them all !
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|^er blaster of the Vituperative Art
' V<t . v,"u??Tatlve language Is
'n itself. Many of the
S,-.; ns excelled In biting
opponent or an op
K9rJ u's- 1{,,t today poll
'"'vs :'f'iisive, generally pre
1? lj( '""'mt to adjectives.
*' in., t hut one runs
<,,!1lM'r editorial which
^irM, . ? " '"lrn up the language.
1 of the London Dally
Ma!l, however, D. B. Wyndham Lewis,
who Is given thfe title of humorist by
some literary critics, let himself go.
He was writing about what he
found good to read when It rains In
the country, but his description of
what he does not read, seems to con
stitute the strongest array of adjec
tives and real vituperation noticed for
some time. Here Is the paragraph:
"As lor pulsing, sickly, neurotic,
Freudlun, namby-pamby. Introspec
tive, dirty, sniveling, compiex-ridden.
wiredrawn, decomposing, O-how-dar
Ing, pasty, thin-blooded, cleverlsh,
peevish, mingle-mangle stuff they
print nowadays, I would not throw it
at a Higher ThoughtlstJ let alone
give it to a Christian." ?
World*? Oldest Umbrella
The oldest umbrella In the world
anlil in the same condition as when it
was bought, including the cover, le In
the possession of a resident of Hobart
In Tasmania. Tne umbrella wps
bought in 1770 by a man named Wil
liam Clevett in the county of Dorset,
England, who emigrated to Tasmania.
It has been handed down from genera
tion to generation and still belongs to
a descendant of the first owner.
Destiny Called
Herder and Schiller both In their
youth Intended to study as surgeons;
but Destiny said, "No, there are deep
er wounds than those of the body
heal the deeper!" And they wrote.?
PEACH NEEDS MOST
PRUNING ATTENTION
Of al! the free fruits the peach re
quires most attention in pruning. At
best. It is a short-lived tree, and if
allowed to spend all of its powers of
growth each year, it soon exhaust?
itself and .flies of old age. Moreover,
Its habits of bearing are such ? the
fruit buds being borne on the current
year's wood? that unpruned trees soon
become unmanageable.
Pruning the peach resolves itself
into two distinct problems: First, to
increase the vigor of the tree; and,
second, to train the tree to a form
that will make orchard operations
easy and give a maximum amount of
fruit-bearing wood. It is presumed
that a peach grower wants a "merry
life and a short one" for his trees,
and In order to secure this on sandy
soils, he must head back. The hardy
sorts, nearly all of which are weak in
growth, must be pruned much more
severely than the stronger growing
kinds, which, as a rule, do not bear
nearly so many fruit buds.
The peach does not bear transplant
ing as well as most fruits. It is neces
sary, then, in order to prevent exces
sive evaporation from the top as the
plants start, to cut away part of the
branches ? best done by cutting back
all branches to stubs several inches in
lengtli or by cutting to a whip. The
second^ year the top must be formed.
Two forms of top are open to
choice ? the vase form or open-cen
tered tree, and the globe-centered
tree. In the first the framework of
I he tree consists of a short trunk, sur
mounted by four or live main branches
ascending obliquely. In the second
the trunk Is continued above the
tree, and, later, by being headed in, a
globe-like head Is formed. The
Beginning with the second year, 11
heading back seems necessary, the
main branches should be shortened
from one-third to one-half their
growth, cutting to upper and Inner
buds so that the oblique ascending
vase form Is maintained. The prun
ing of the third season Is much the
same, except that some of the Interior
branches should be removed to open
up the heads to air and sunshine. The
third season's pruning may be repeat
ed from year to year, bearing In mind
that the slow-growing, hardy, produc
tive sorts can be pruned much more
severely than the free-growing, tender
kinds. Open forks should be enre
fully avoided, thus greatly lessening
the danger of splitting when branches
are heavily laden.
Apricot Trees Usually
Don't Need Pollination
So far as Is now known, apricot
trees are generally self-fruitful ; that
Is, they do not require pollination
from some other variety In order to
set fruit, as in the case of the sweet
cherry. Consequently, failure to bear'
on the part of the apricot Is probably
due to something else than pollination.
At the same time, in seasons of wet,
cool conditions at blossoming, pollen
often fails to germlDate or to grow
sufficiently rapidly to fertilize the
ovary, and so result In normal fertili
zation and fruit setting. The result Is
that fruit apparently sets, but drops
prematurely. If the dropped fruits are
j cut open they will often be found to
contain shrunken or abortive seeds,
showing Incomplete fertilization. Ob
viously nothing can be done to coun
teract the effect of the season un
sulted to fruit setting.
Again, brown rot Is sometimes re
sponsible for a wholesale loss of fruit,
or curcullo may be so bad as to cause
the loss of practically an entire crop.
Spraying with self-boiled lime-sulphur
when the blossoms show pink, when
the shucks are falling, and again two
or three weeks later, will control
brown rot, while the addition of ar
senate of lead, 3 pounds to 100 gal
lons of spray solution, to the applica
tion of self-boiled lime-sulphur, made
when the shucks are falling, will help
to control curcullo.
Pollination of Cherries
Quite Fully Explained
Most any variety of sweet cherry
will provide proper fertilization for
another variety, and yet there are ex
ceptions. Napoleon, Bing and Lam
bert are all self-sterile and Inter-*ster
lle. Consequently the one should
never be used to afTord pollen for the
others. Downer will not set fruit 6n
Windsor. Coe. Governor Wood, Black
Tartarian and Windsor have usually
tflven good sets of fruit when used as
polllnlzers. There are many cases of
Inter-sterllity that are still unknown
to Jhe world, so that It Is Impossible
to prophecy In all cases. Neverthe
less It will be a good gamble to try
any one of the varieties mentioned.
Cut Out Diseased Plants
As soon as the fruiting season Is
past, remove and destroy the fruiting
canes in the raspberry patch. The
plants need these canes no longer, and
they may harbor disease and Insect
pests which are likely to Infest new
growth. Keep a sharp lookout for
plants affected with yellow or mosaic.
Remove and destroy affected plants,
root, suckers and all. Use the bonfire.
That Is the only way to stamp oat this
disease. Use every precaution In set
ting a new patch.
Storage for Soft Corn
The best form of storage for soft
corn or corn which has not properly
matured Is In a silo. Silage can be
cut at almost any stnge in the devel
opment of the corn crop, and should
the corn be as soft as It promises to
be, the crop can be utilized to best
advantage by putting it *uay In a silo.
It IS a fortunate farmer who has plenty
if silo a pa$?e this year. He can get
the full vtiua if the com that Im Is
tble to trow.
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God's Plus
Ultra
By REV. J. R. SCHAFFER
Superintendent of Men. Muoujr Bible
' Institute, Chicago.
TEXT ? Being: Justified freely by His
grace through the redemption that la
In Christ Jesus. ? Horn. 3:24.
A great king wrote a song that has
lived for 3..r>00 years." It Is a song of
Joy. He had
e v e r y t h I ng his
heart could wish
? wealth, author
ity. fame, Influ
ence, but his
song-burst came
not from these
circumstances or
possessions. He
had i been a great
sinner. His hands
were dyed crim
son with murder.
Rev. J. R. Schaf- The picture gal
fc- lery of his soul
was hung with vile scenes and experi
ences. He wrote his Miserere in the
51st Psalm. When his transgression
had been forgiven, his iniquity par
doned, his sin covered, he breaks forth
into a Jubilate, (Psalm 32), "Blessed Is
the man whose transgression Is for
given" ? multiplied peace and Joy de
mands an expression of superabundant
ecstasy. How scarce Is such an ex
perience today. Seldom Is a spontane
ous outburst of song heard. Our fa
thers and mothers had hymn experi
ences in their hearts, and committed
to memory the words that most fitting
ly gave theb expression. Father sang
In the shop and office. Mother washed
dishes and swept the house to music.
Oft the family gathered about the
Word of God and sang from hearts
aglow with the divine afflatus upon
them. It would almost seem that such
days are gone forever. In the rush
and worry of life today the lips are si
lent, the song has been crowded out of
the heart, or experience has not gone
deep enough to smite Its flute for an
outgushlng. David had a fountain of
Joy that broke forth like singing wa
ters.
A report of the Olympian games
stated that one of the contestants In
hurling the discus had thrown a hy
perbole. It was another way of stat
ing that he had thrown jfar beyond any
other. Hyperbole Is the anglicized
form of two Greek words huper and
balleln, to throw beyond. Justification
is God's hyperbole. Man forgives, God
Justifies. A pardoned criminal took up
hte residence In a strange city under
a new name. He found employment
as a street car conductor. One day a
detective boarded the car and tapped
him on the shoulder. He called him
by his old name. His ashen pallor es
tablished his Identity without further
admission. He was arrested and tj^aln
committed for living under an assumed
name. So men treat one another. God
never. He pardons, He blots out the
record, cleanses away the stain, yes,
He Justifies, which means He declares
righteous. He looks upon the sinner
as though he had never sinned. Won
derful redemption, complete and per
feet I This measures to us the incal
culable value God places upon Calvary.
The perfect obedience of His dear Son
culminating In the death on the cross
is so precious to Him that He will
count as righteous all who believe on
Christ. We may never be able to for
get the dark past; Its shame and sor
row may haunt us like ghostly shad
ows. But . He has declared us right
eous, and to accept this proclamation
of Heaven's King Is ,to flood the soul
with an ecstasy, which, compared with
David's Joy, is like the torrent of
Niagara beside a mountain stream.
No other philosophy of salvation can
account for the thrilling triumphs of
the early church. No other truth could
have wrought such a tremendous up
heaval In religious thought and experi
ence. Back of the appreciation of this
truth lies an attitude of mind and
jeart that Is lacking today.
I. An Attitude Toward Sin.
Sin has tost Its horror. Its heinous
character. We are so accustomed to
It that apologies have taken the place
of denunciations, tolerance the place
of tears. This attitude found Its cli
max In the atrocious crime of two rich
young men of Chicago, who throughout
weeks of Investigation and trial, never
confessed a pang of conscience nor
gave a sign of remorse. The whole
trend of modern thought and life Is
obtuse to sin. Does the experience of
conversion today lack the old-fashioned
conviction of sin? When Edwards
preached his great sermon, "Sinners In
the Hands of an Angry God," his hear
, ers held to the backs of the pews for
fear of slipping Into hell. Would that
euch a conviction of sin might be ex
perienced again !
II. An Attitude Toward 8elf.
There Is a revulsion today against
the old-fashioned doctrine of total de
pravity. The natural man does not
relish such a humiliating admission.
The proud human heart wants to do
something to be saved. Nothing Is
more difficult than to do nothing, but
only an attitude of helplessness can
appreciate God's Justifying grace
III. An Attitude Toward Christ.
Christ must be more than teacher,
helper, friend to the sinner; He must ?
be the only Savior. He enters into no
partnership In salvation. He has paid
It all, "all to Him we owe." Nothing
is left for the sinner to do, only be
lieve. Take what G<^1 freely gives. No
trace of sin left. Pardoned, justified,
God offers more than man ever con-'
celved. He can eternally change the
leopard's spots. "Therefore being Jus
tified by faith, we have peace with
God through our Lord Jesus Christ,"
A Hot Run, All Right
Dippy Dan? I say, Rags, what
makes the dew on the earth?
Bags Roland (annihilating a rpd-hot)
?Well, yo know dls ole earth runs
around de sun onst every day, an' It's
such fast goin' that It makes 'em
sweat, ya see.
Making Sure
"Did you see many beautiful land
scapes on your holidays?"
"I can't tell until I have developed
my Dhotorrnnhs!"
SOTER HIGHWAYS TO
MEET TRAFFIC NEEDS
A super highway plan for Detroit,
to provide for transportation in the
suburban area as the city expands, is
proposed by the Detroit Itapid Transit
commission. The commission would
have the city buy rights of way, be
fore values rise, for a series of streets
wide enough to carry four rapid transit
lines, two roadways for fast moving
automobiles and two roadways for
slow moving vehicles, such as trucks.
Of chief interest to motorists is the
proposal that the two motor speed
ways in each street be so built as not
to be subject to interruption by cross
traffic. According to the Engineering
News-Record, separation of through
from cross traffic would be accom
plished by elevating the two motor
speedways as well as the four rapid
transit tracks above the cross streets
at half-mile intervals. Crosstown traf
fic would pass under the motor and
rapid transit lines through archways
which would provide for access to the
rapid transit stations. Thus foot pas
sengers would not have to cross the
motor speedway.
The super-highway district would
be divided into areas three miles
square, or of about nine square miles,
bounded on all four sides by super
highways. The super-highway system
would not Include the thoroughfares
through the subdivisions of those areas
surrounded by the super-highways
themselves, but the plan considers It
desirable that the intermediate section
line roads located on the mile divisions
be made 120 feet wide and the half
mile streets be 8G feet wide. If the
mile streets were given a width of
120 feet, then It would be practicable,
If traffic conditions warrant, to con
vert them info express motor traffic
streets by elevating the express lanes
over the half-mile cross streets, as
would be done in the case of the su
per-highway.
The advantage of tills plan, It Is ex
plained, lies in the fact that besides
providing a right of way for wide
streets It also provides space for rapid
transit lines In the; center of these
new highways, which can be built at
grade when they are required, thus
avoiding the necessity of building
either subways or elevated railways.
The cost of such rapid transit lines at
grade Is estimated at $1,100,000 a mile,
as against $5,500,000 for similar four
track subways. So five miles of sur
face rapid transit could be built for the
same money that would be required for
one mile of subway if the new streets
did not provide this space for rapid
tqpnsit lines.
Of course, within the c!ty proper,
rapid transit lines would have to be
built as subways. The plan recog
nizes this fact and provides for the
transition from 120-foot streets with
four-track subways to a 204-foot super
highway near the outskirts of the pres
ent city.
Automobile Highway to
Peak of Rocky Mountains
Mount} Cheyenne, the easternmost
peak of the Rocky mountains, Is to be
conquered with an automobile high
way. The mountain commands a won
derful view of the plains to the east,
north and south. Its altitude Is 8,150
feet.
To the west Pike's peak rises 14,109
feet. The auto highway up Pike's
peak, which Is 18 miles long, cost $500,
000. The six and a third miles of
highway to the summit of Mount Chey
enne will cost an equal sum. It la
characterized by. C. H. Bryson, an en
gineer, as the most difficult piece of
highway work ever attempted.
Mount Cheyenne is one of the most
conspicuous of all the Colorado moun
tains and Is famous in paintings and
poetry. Helen Hunt Jackson, the poet,
was burled here for a time. She rest
ed on its northern slope near the
Seven Falls, at 7,000 feet altitude.
: Improves Road Building
Since an Instrument known as the
vlalog has been In use by the engineers
of the highway department of New
York state there has been reported
considerable Improvement in the con
struction work- by contractors. This
device, which measures accurately the
surface irregularities of the Empire
state's highways, Is viewed J>y the de
partment as one of its best Inspectors.
Ontario Highway Plans
The province of Ontario will spend
$28,000,000 within the next five year*
for the Improvement and extension of
provincial highways, according to an
announcement made by Premier G.
Howard Ferguson in Toronto. There
are already more than 1,000 miles of
Improved highway In the province
and this is to be improved and added
to substantially.
Best Results in Liming
Best results In llmln? are secured
when the material can be thoroughly
mixed with the soil by disking. Ap
plications of lime are often made oil
stubble or sod land during the fail, or
on wheat or rye in the winter. Fall
?plowed land may be limed during the
winter and the material disked In. In
rase a crop that particularly needs
lime, such as alfalfa, is sown before
the soli is discovered to be add, a
surface application of limestone will
give satisfactory results.
Autoists Pay Road Bills
Illinois has 1,023,762 motor vehicles,
divided as follows: Passenger cars,
892,158; trucks, 127,301 ; dealers, 4,303.
Ff-om this registration the automobile
department has collected $10,887,000
and turned It Into the state treasury.
Under the state law, the entire sum
derived from automobile registration,
must be used for the construction of
roads.
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