Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1913 — Page 4

s’ n. _ 6 “™ ro» am™ two of The Semi-Weekly Republican, IS cents. Additional apace pro rataFOB SALE. FOR SALE— Am moving out of city, and have a few odds and ends, such as lawn mower, 7 fence-posts, 2 window sash, new 3-hole gasoline stove and oven, gasoline can, garden tools, etc., which must be sold in 10 days.—Thad EL Stephens. W. ■ FOB SALE—Two fresh cows.—Geo. W. Reed, Phone 334-D. FOR SALE— I have a large supply of cherries for immediate or future delivery. Those wishing any should place their orders as early ■» possible.—C. H. Mills, Phone 100. FOB SALE—MiIk, 6% cents per quart; delivered to any part of city. Mrs. J. E. McClanahan, Phone 293. FOB SALE— I have to retire from the bee business, and in order to do so quickly will dispose of my bees at $5 per colony, which includes a patent hive (no super). This is a rare chance to get started in the bee business tor a small amount These are all good Italian stock and a colony purchased now should pay for itself yet this year from the honey they will produce.— Leslie Clark. FOB SALE—A few nice porch baskets filled with ferns and vines; cheap if taken at once.—King Floral Co. FOB SALE—My roan driving mare; lady broke and a good driver. —Mrs. George Reed, Phone 334-D. FOR SALE OR TRADE—2OO mated Corneaux pigeons, brown and splashers; 50 and 75 cents a pair.—C. W> Rhoades, Phone 148. FOR SALE—Cherries on tree or picked.—Mrs. George Reed, Phone 834-D. FOR SALE—FuII blood Jersey milch cow, fresh, giving four to five gallons.—H. L Wortley, Phone Mt Ayr, 20J. FOR SALE— Four choice building lota, all near the court house but in different locations; all choice building lots on stone streets. Leslie Clark, at The Republican office. r-" 1 - —— FARM LOANS. FARM LOANS—I make farm loans at lowest rates of interest. See me about ten year loan without commission. John A. Dunlap.

WANTED. WANTED—A horse suitable for light work for its keeping.—C. M. Blue. WANTED—Agents, either sex, to distribute free pkgs. Perfumed Laundry Starch. Good pay. All or spare time No money needed.—266 Blunter Bldg. Lincoln & Roscoe, Chicago, 111. WANTED—PIain sewing, house dresses, shirt waists, muslin work, etc. Rooms at Miss Monaghan’s. —Miss Leatherman, Phone 469. LOST. LOST—A small celluloid fan. Thursday evening. Return to Republican office.—Margorie Vanatta. LOST—A man’s gray coat, probably near the Lawler ranch, north of Fair Oaks. Reward if brought ta The Republican office MISCELLANEOUS. REPAIR SHOP—Motorcycles, new and second-hand bicycles for sale In Jack Warner building, south of Rensselaer garage James C. Clark.

REUPHOLSTERING and furniture repairing. Satisfaction guaranteed. J. P. Green, Phone 477. PIANO TUNING —See Otto Braun, who will guarantee satlsfac tlon in all of his work. W. H. DEXTER? W. H. Dexter will pay 28 cents for butterfat this week. Plenty of old newspapers now on hand at The Republican office.

Agency For Roofs Bee Hives and Supplies GOODS SOLD AT CATALOGUE PRICES Saving Ton the Freight LIMITED SUPPLY CARRIED nr stock Ask tor Free Catalogue LesliTciark Rep Office.

Mrs. Elias Koons went to Logansport today to visit relatives. Clean, pure buckwheat seed for sale at Hamilton & Kellner's. Telephone 6 for step ladders or straight ladders.—J. O. Gwin & Co. Mrs. C. George returned this morning from a visit of two Weeks in Chicago. James Bavor, of near Logansport, came today to visit his grandson, Lon Kiser. Miss Nellie Thies went to Wheatfield today for a visit over Sunday with /relatives. Mrs. Richard Caldwell, of north of town, went to Parr this morning to remain over Sunday. - Misses May Kinney and Edna Yockey left for their homes today after a visit here with Miss Mildred Harris. 3 Mrs. W. R. Nowels went to Gary yesterday and Mr. Nowels joined her there today, for a brief visit with relatives. Miss Capitola Bowen, of Elkhart, returned to her home today after a visit of two weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Kenton Blankenship.

Mrs. Robert Johnson and son returned to Lafayette today after a visit here with her mother, Mrs. E. L. Clark, and other relatives. Mrs. J. E. Gilmore, of Fair Oaks, and daughter, Mrs. George Maxwell, of Cedar Rapids, lowa, who is visiting her, were Rensselaer visitors today. I "■■ ■ . Roberts still has a nice clean line of buggies and carriages and has a new stock coming. Call and see him on Front street, just 'across the street from King’s blacksmith shop. Bert Wickham, of Oklahoma City, who has been visiting J. P. Simonds in Rensselaer, went to Monticello to visit other relatives today. Still at the old stand selling buggies and carriages, mowers, binders, spreaders and repairs for all goods represented. C. A, ROBERTS. Chas. F. Sewell, the chiropodist, has returned to Rensselaer, and will remain until Monday. See him at the Rensselaer House if in need of his services.

Boys, the 4th of July will be here some of these days. Better come and select one of Roberts’ buggies for you and your girl C. A. ROBERTS. Miss Elizabeth DeFrees, of Indianapolis, after a visit of iseveral days with Mrs. Ora T. Ross and family, left this morning for Berkeley Spring®, W. Va. C. D. Shook was down from Keener township yesterday and reports that he has just completed a trade of a farm he had near Elkhart tor the Ross farm of 200 acres, north of

Mrs. B. M. Clark, mother of Malcolm Clark, came from Wheatfield today and Miss Jeanette Abbott came from Goshen, to remain, until after the SpitlerUlark wedding next Wednesday.

We were agaifi out of Aristos for a short time last week, but we are now unloading our Bth car for 1913. The high quality of “Aristos,” the perfect flour, is what sells it JOHN EGER Miss Gladys Jackson, who has been staying with her aunt, Mrs. C. O. Swift, at Evanston, 111., since the death of her mother, Mrs. Joe Jackson, came this morning and will spend the summer with her aunt, Mrs. Milt Roth.

With lemons so unusually high, we suggest a trial of our high-grade bottled soft drinks. A large bottle of root-beer, sarsaparilla, birch-beer, ginger-ale, strawberry soda, or lemon soda for 15c; 2 bottles for 25c. JOHN EGER. J. J. Miles, for the Sternberg ship yards, went to Star City today to spend Sunday with his family. He reports that the delay of material lias caused a postponement of. the launching period for the big dredge and that it will not be set afloat before week after next.

Mr. Farmer, when you need repairs for McCormick mowers or binders call on C. A. Roberts. He has a good stock on hand and can furnish any repairs on short notice. Rensselaer, Ind.

"'Mrs. Louie Becher joined the M. E church and was baptised last Sunday, June 15th, by Rev. Harper, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Fred Stockflick, in Rensselaer. The same day Frederick Thomas, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Becher, was baptised by Rev. Harper.

P. W. Horton Piano Tuning ftfeNMEIAiK tfAftKETS. Corn—s2c. Oats—34c. Chickens-13c. Eggs—l6c. -■ , - Old Boosters—sc.

Born, thia Saturday morning, June 21st, to "Mr. and Mrs. Irving Lewis, of Barkley township, a son and their second child. Charles R. McFarland, court reporter, came down from Chicago this morning tor a short visit with friends. He expects to remain in the city until about the first of September. His health is considerably improved. For a new McCormick mower or binder see C. A. Roberts, agent. They’re the world’s best

Frank Hoover received quite severe injuries to his left foot a day or two ago When one wheel of a wagon loaded with corn passed over it. He will be unable to wear a shoe for several days, although he is up and about.

Mrs. Will P. Knox returned to Chicago this morning after a visit of two weeks with Thos. A Knox and daughters, Mrs. Frank Hoover and Mrs. C. A. Huntington. Miss Lucille Knox returned home with her for a visit of two weeks.

About thirty young people who were being entertained at the home of Miss Helen Murray Friday evening, adjourned to the anpory for dancing and had a very pleasant evening. Miss Murray’s house party friends are proving extremely popular with ail who have met them.

Williams Theatre was dark last evening and is likely to be until a new manager is found. The vaudeville toam that was to have played there has been in town two days, but money enough could not be raised to pay pressing claims and the house did not open.—Monticello Journal.

Joe Stewart,..was in town today and reports that they had a nice shower at McOoysburg Thursday evening. John Summers also reports a splendid shower south of Rensselaer. It is raining a little here today and has somewhat the appearance of terminating in a good rain, which is beginning to be needed.

Hon. E. B. Sellers came home last night from his fishing trip in Wisconsin. He comes home in much better condition than he has been for some time. The pleasures of the jaunt were somewhat marred by the drowning <rt two young men near their cottage the first evening he, Mr. Kurrie and Mr. Simms were there.—Monticello Journal.

Elijah Grantham, of Greencastle, who is past 80 years of age and in excellent physical condition for a man of his advanced years, was in Rensselaer a short time this morning on his way to Roselawn, near which town he has 840 acres of land, tenanted by Charles David, Ed Hursha and John Sally. Mr. Grantham has owned the land for a great many years.

Miss Elizabeth Spaulding, manager for the Western Union, has received a stork card from Greencastle, announcing the birth on June 12th to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Confer, of a son, which has been named Carl Vineent Confer, Jr. The mother was formerly Miss Louise Keifer and will be remembered as a school teacher who resigned in the fall of 1911 to become Mr. Confer’s wife.

Mrs. D. M. Yeoman and daughter, Lois, left this morning for their home at Tab, Warren county, after a visit of a week with her parents, Mt. and Mrs. Lucius Strong. Dal and James Yeoman have been in the lumber business at Ambia and Tab for a number of years and both lived at Ambia. Last year, Dal and family moved to Tab, which is a new and busy little town on the C., I. & S. railroad.

One of the biggest real estate deals that has taken place in Benton county for some time was made this week when the eighty-acre farm of Rosa Catherine Mewder in Union township was sold to Dr. Henry W. Wood, of Sheldon, 111., for $15,800. At this price the same commanded $187.50 per acre. This is certainly a good price and speaks very favorably for Benton county sodl.—Fowler Republican-Leader.

Quite a number - of resignations in the teaching force of the schools are reported. Cupid is responsible in some cases, while in others the reasons are not assigned. Miss Perkins resigned to become her father’s assistant in the county clerk’s office. Miss Cora Dexter is to be married, Miss Edith Adams plans to spend part of the winter in the south with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Adams, who will go there for part of the winter months. Miss Bessie Wiley, who was very popular both as a teacher and outside the school room, has tendered her resignation but assigned no reason. There are a large number of applications for the superintendency coming in.

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Home Course In Road Making

X. —The Macadam Road.

By LOGAN WALLER PAGE,

Director Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture. Copyright by American Press Association, 1912.

WHEN it is considered that & rise of one foot in a bundled increases by about twenty pounds the amount of force required to baul a load of one ton the question of grades is one not to be overlooked in road building. The character of the soil and natural drainage conditions have much to do with the cost of maintenance. Therefore too much consideration cannot be given to location. The main points to be dealt with are <l> directness, (21 grade, (3) natural drainage and (4)character of the soil. i The foundation to be built for any road should depend largely upon local conditions. Some soils of a gravelly nature make the best foundations and will be sufficient without treatment other than grading upon which to construct a macadam road. Soils that are of a clayey nature or that contain pockets of quicksand, unstable earth or organic matter are treacherous and require special treat-

THE MODERN MACADAM ROAD.

ment In such cases the unstable material should be removed and replaced with gravel or sand, and wherever practicable the earth subgrade should be thoroughly rolled, preferably with a steam roller, and made to conform In crown or camber to the surface of the finished road. Sandy subgrades may be improved by the use of a thin layer of clay or soil.

t There are two forms of drainage essential In road building, (1) surface drainage and (2) subdrainage. There are three essential points to be considered In connection with surface drainage. (1) The surface of the road should be of su<*h a shape that water will quickly drain from it to the side ditches; (2) the side ditches should be I adequate In size to carry, without overflow, the maximum rainfall, and they should be of such depth and grade that water will travel easily to low points on the road, and (3) from the low points there should be suitable outlets to convey the water to the natural drainage of the country. | Water should never be permitted to remain under a macadam road; consequently subdrainage must be resorted to at times. Water softens the foundation, allows the broken stone to [be forced Into it by the traffic, and in freezing It expands and dislodges the broken stone, destroying the bond. There are several ways of removing the subsurface water, (1) by raising the subgrade; (2) by side drains conslstlng of narrow trenches filled with broken stone, with a pipe five or six Inches In diameter near the bottom. A drain of this type should have frequent side outlets. On hillsides a pipe or culvert is carried under the road at sraitable points. Another type of subdrain that is much used in Massachusetts is the "V” drain. It consists In shaping the subdrain In the form of a “V,” the angle being at the center of the road. This is filled with coarse stone up to the foundation grade and has frequent side outlets. This type is rather expensive and very frequently can be dispensed with by raising the subgrade with suitable sand, gravel or clay. Another type of drain practical for side hill locations Is a subside drain, located on the upper side of the road to intercept and provide an outlet for surface and ground water before It reaches the road proper. Great care should be used in properly {grading a road. The practice in America is generally to place the maximum grade at 5 per cent for important roads, as a horse can trot without dlfliculty up such a grade, and another important consideration in connection with grades is that a macadam surface .can only be maintained at great cost on steep grades. I In fixing tin* grades the engineer should so adjust the cuts and fl lln as to hnake the least fwssible waste of matenyl, and In this he must not overlook the fact that some materials shrink to a great extent when taken from the cuts and placed In the fills. This varies with toe material, but averaggs

_ . ■ / .. aScffit 15 per cent The careful engineer will set his grade stakes not more than fifty feet apart, and in no case should they be overa hundred, and ' these will serve later for the macadam work, in grading ample material should be left to form the shoulders. Care should be used in properly sloping cuts and fills to avoid as far as possible settlement of material. A slope of not less than one and one-half to one should be used. Care should also be taken to have the gutter grades so fixed that there will be at least a fall of six inches in each hundred feet in order to provide surface drainage. In general, any stone that is to be used in road building should be tested for hardness, toughness, resistance to wear and binding or cementing value. The specific gravity, weight- per cubic foot and water absorbed are also determined. With such data as this in "land and a knowledge of the volume and character of traffic to which the road is subjected the engineer can make an intelligent selection of the best available material. While the diabases, diorites and basalts, alt- commonly known as traproek, in general meet the conditions where macadam roads are necessary, yet it is unwise to select a rock by species alone, as they all vary greatly. There are two distinct types of broken stone road in use today, known as macadam and telford roads. The macadam road of today is so different from the type specified by Macadam that the relation is hardly recognizable. By the best practices used this road consists in a foundation course of two and onehalf inch stone of varying thickness. This foundation should be thoroughly rolled with a steam roller and not more than a thickness of five or six inches rolled at a time. On top of this is placed a three or four inch layer of one and one-half inch Atone, and after thoroughly foiling a layer of rock screenings below three-quarters of an inch in size is spread. This layer of screenings should be sufficient only to fill the surface voids of the wearing course and should not be applied all in one layer. Each application of screenings should be rolled in before the next application is made. After the surface has been thoroughly filled with screenings the road should be well sprinkled with a watering cart and rolled with a steam roller until it is thoroughly bonded. This rolling should continue until the surface ceases to wave in front of the roller. Stone should never be dumped .on the road, and if specially devised spreading wagons are not used the stone should be dumped on boards and spread from them on to the road. The contractor should be required to place about a hundred tons of No. 2 stone and screenings at a convenient place for each mile of road built for the purpose of making future repairs. The telford road of today varies only from the macadam road in that it has a hand paved foundation course, consisting of coarse stone eight or nine Inches in its greatest dimensions. These stones are placed on edge in the subgrade by hand on their broadest bases and at right angles to the line ol the road, and all irregular portions are broken off with hammers. This type of road was first designed by a French engineer named Tresaguet forty years in advance of Telford. The roads built by Telford had flat subgrades, but those constructed by Tresaguet had cambered subgrades, which are supposed to have the effect of a keystone arch, and this is the form in Which they are constructed today. It is rather an interesting fact that in France practically all of the broken stone roads are of the Macadam type, while in England they are largely of the Tresaguet or Telford type. Experience has proved that the only way in which roads can be kept in good condition and at reasonable cost is by continuous' and Intelligent maintenance. It is a mistaken although unfortunately general impression that certain types of road are permanent No permanent road has ever been conjrtructed or ever can be. Gutters, catch basins and culverts ought by all means to be kept clean, tend small gullies in shoulders should be filled before they become too large. The loose stone which nearly always appears on the surface of a macadam road the first spring after it is built should be raked up and stacked for future use. Small holes and incipient

A POORLY CONSTRUCTED MACADAM ROAD.

ruts should be filled as soon as they appear with the same kind and size of stone as that used in the surface course. If small defects are attended to when they first appear it will be unnecessary to resurface the road until it is worn entirely through to the • foundation course. When the surface course is worn out it ought to be spiked up with a steanf roller or scarifier and thia fol lowed by the spreading of a three inch layer of one and one-half inch rock. This is rolled, bonded with screenings and sprinkled in the same manner as the top course was originally constructed, after which the road will bo as rMasnew.

igTltl Bill lb Chicago tn Worthwest, XBtelaaaaolia Cincinnati, and the South, XoalavUle and Frenoh XMk SpciagE BWKSSKXAEB time tswt.w In Effect November 84. is 13. SOUTH BOUND. No. SI —Fast Mall 4:40 a. m No. s—Louisville Mall .... 11:»» No. 37 —Indpls. Ex. 11:32 a. m. No. 33 —Hoosier Limited .. 3:00 p. m. No. 39—Milk Accom. ...... 0:30 p. m. No. 3 —Louisville Ex. .... 11:05 p. tn. NORTH BOUND. No. 4—Louisville Mall ... 4:53 a. m. No. 40 —Milk Accom. 7:33 a. m. No. 33—Fast Mall 10:18 a. m No. 38 —Indpls-Chgo. Ex. .. 8:39 p. m, No. f —Louisville Mall AEx 8:38 p. m. No. 30 —Hoosier Limited .. p. m. Train No. 31 makes connections at Monon for Lafayette, arriving at Lafayette at 8:18 a. m. No. IA, leaving Lafayette kt 4:30, connects with No. 30 at Monon, arriving at Rensselaer at 8:02 p. m. Trains Nos. 30 and 33, the "Hoosiec Limited,” run only between Chicago and Indianapolis, the C. H. A D. Service for Cincinnati having been discontinued. W. H. BEAM. Agent.

PROfESSIONAL CARDS C. E. JOHNSON, M. D. Office in Jessen Building. Office Hours—9 to 11 a. m. 1 to 4 and 7 to 8 p. m. SPECIALTY: SURGERY. Phone 211. Dr. L M. WASHBURN. physician and burgeon. Makes a specialty of diseases of the Eyes. , Over Both Brothers. SCHUYLER 0. IRWIN MW, BEAX ESTATE, INSUBANCE. 5 per cent farm loans. Office In Odd Fellows’ Block. E. P. HONAN ATTOBNEY AT LAW. Law, Loans, Abstracts, Insurance and Real Estate. Will practice In all the courts. All business attended tc, with promptness and dispatch. Rensselaer, Indiana. H. L. BROWN DENTIST. _> Crown and Bridge Work and Teeth Without Plates a Specialty. AU the latest methods in Dentistry. Gas administered for painless extraction. Office over Larsh’s Drug Store. JOHN A. DUNLAP ; LAWYER. (Successor to Frank Foltz.) Practice In all courts. Estates settled. Farm Loans. Collection department. Notary in the office. Rensselaer, Indiana. Dr. E. C. ENGLISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office opposite Trust and Savings Bank. Phones: 177 —3 flags for office; 3 rings * for residence. ZndlßiMk Dr. F. A. TURFLEB OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Rooms 1 and 2, Murray Building, Rensselaer, Indiana. Phones, Office—2 rings on 800, residence—3 rings on 300. Successfully treats both acute and hronlc diseases. Spinal curvatures a specialty. Dr. E. N. LOY Successor to Dr. W. W. Hartsell. HOMEOPATHIST. Office—Frame building on Cullen street,

east of court house, omens phobb as. Residence College Avenue, Phone lIS, Tfctf 11 1 XT*j Xn&UMMk F. 11. HEMPHILL, M. I). FKTBXCZAM AMD SUBGXOM. Special attention to dlMssea of won&ea and low grades of fever. Office In WilUame block. Opposite Court A House. Telephone, office and residence. <4l. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. OXTT OTFXCXBB. Mayor ......G. F. Moyers Marshal W. R. Shesler Clerk Chtuu, Morlan Treasurer .....R. D. Thompson Attorney Moses Leopold Civil Engineer W. F. Osborne Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery Councilmen. st Ward George W. Hopkins 2nd Ward D. BL.Grow Srd Ward Harry Krealer At Large C. J. Dean, A G. Catt JUDXCXAX. Circuit Judge.'.....Charles W. Hanley Rensselaer, Indiana. Prosecuting Attorney... Fred Longwall Brook, Indiana. Terms of Court—Second Monday la February, April, September and Noveml>er. Four week terms. COUMTT OrriClM. Clone /......Judson H. Perkins Sheriff W. L Hoover Auditor J. P. Hammond Treasurer A A Fell Recorder Geo. W. Scott Surveyor .....Devore Teomaa Ccgoner W. J. Wright . Supt. Public Schools... .Ernest Lamsoe County Assessor John Q. Lewis Health Officer BL N. Loy QQUXTT BOABD OF KDUCATXOM. •1 usteoe , Township W Bolgerßarkley entries May Carpenter Ji, W. SelmerGillam George Parker Hanging Grove W. H. Wortley Jordan Tunis Snip Keener John Shlrer..Kankakee H. W. Wood, Jr... Marlon George L. ParkeMilroy a. P. Lane Newton Isaac KightUnion Albert rs Keene.......Wheatfield Fred KerchWalker Emeet Lamoon, Co. Supt....Bcsmseiaer Geo. A Williamsßensselaer James H. Green. Remington Geo. a stembel...Wheatfield tjppnt Officer, C. B. Steward, Bensneleor