Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 2, 1912, Page 4

e A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A AN A OO PROPOIHAL G @ © CALENDAR OF SPORTS FOR ¢ & THE WEEK © POORRRRRPROROOOG® Tuesday. International amateur speed roller troit. Annual United North and South amatenr golf championship tourna- |CAR congratulate himself and feel sat ment ar Pinehurst, S. C. Opening of annual bench show of | t Tennessee Kennel club at Jack- Tenn, ening of first annual bench show stcrn Dog club, at Boston, Mass. Young Togo vs. Johnny Coulon, fifteen rounds, at Fort Smith, Ark. Pacific Coast Baseball league op- eason, with Oakland at San Francisco, Vernon at Sacramento and Portland at Los Angeles. 'u":‘lLLS SCOUTING HARD. TASK Picking Up Good Basehall Playess in Bush Leagues Is Largely Luck, Says Arthur Irwin, “Digging in the minors and little ferkwater towns for future diamond stars isn’t what it is cracked up to be,” sald Arthur Irwin, the New York Yankees’ veteran scout, who is soon to start on another scouting tour. Ac- cording to the man whom the Yankees ting championships begin in De- |depend upou for thelr star players, real good baseball players are at a premium these days. “Scouting,” continued Arthur, “isn’t like it used to be. There was a time !when a man could go through the bushes and pick up all kinds of men; but times have changed since then. | | The scout who is lucky to pick up one | really good ball player in a season Istied that he has earned his salary.” Scout Irwin declares there never | was such a slim market for ball play- | |ers as at the present time. “Big | |league clubs,” said Irwin, “are not in | the market to sell star players, nat- | jurally, and that's why it is so hard for any one club to gather a galaxy of |stars. Every club owner wants to | | hold on to his best men, for they are | the ones who bring success to his | {club. Money cannot buy them. The | club owner must rely on the scout, for he is the one man behind the gun, so to speak. He 1s the man who un- earths the stars. “I remember the days when money | could buy big men; but now clubs must develop them. Few of the lead- Ing batters today were purchased for large amounts, but of course there are exceptions. Take Detroit's case with Ty Cobb, for instance. The Tigers got him from a small bush league, but they had to develop him first before he was anything. Most every head- liner on the diamond today, after be- | Ing brought to the majors, had to be | sent back to the minors for season- ! ng.” Homie Course In Road Making Final Article.—Road Main- tenance and Repair. By LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director Cffice of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture. Copyright by American Press Asso- of raad improvement so impor it and which is <o often nes leeted as that of waintenunce, siviicted inoa most e oand out- of (he best 1hle. bt unless they are properiy ntained they wiil soon- er ur later go tv pieces. On the other hand, roads may be ne with systematic repa . but mainte- and nance they may he rendered passible at all st of the yi 3 traffic. No road has ever been so weil coustructed that it did uot need to be Even the tremendousiy maintained. assive roads of the Romans have most disappeared, largely for Ia maintenance, maintenance and repar The terms ry frequently used as synony is a wide distinction hetween these two operations. To mai road means to keep it alwa, condition, while to repair it means to make it go 1 only occasionally. in OARETAKER MAINTAINING A STATE HIGH- 'WAY IN CONNECTICUT. other words, repair sets in after main- tenance fails to keep the road in proper condition. No state or community has ever built or kept in repair a system-of first class improved roads under the personal service or labor tax system. this system is not applicable to any class of road construction or mainte- oance, not even to earth roads. Its principles are unsound, its operations unjust, practice wasteful, and the results obtained under it are unsatis- factory in every particular. Undoubtedly the best system of main- tenance is that which provides for the permanent employment of skilled Ila- borers or caretakers® who may bave charge of particilar sections of road or who may be assigned to any part of the county swhere the work is most needed. Men employed in this way be- come experts in their particular line of work, and if they make mistakes one year they are pretty apt to correct them the next; but, under the labor tax system, these mistakes are repeated from time to time. If one man is em- ployed to look after a particular stretch of road or to do a particular class of work he will soon learn to take pride and interest in his work. While it would be manifestly impos- | sible to adopt this system throughout the entive country on account of limit- ed resources and sparse population, still it is believed that there are many places where it might be used with &reat success, It would be difficuit to In fact, | | find a county which is so poor thar i | could not afford te employ continmor | eight or ten iaborers and three or fo | teams to mzintain and repair its ronds | There are many counties. however. ‘ which conld we!l afford to employ ten | times such force. That such a plan | would be more effective than the labor tax_system would appear to be self evident, | probably the most neglected. Expel " ence has shown that by proper m: tenance earth roads may be transferm .ed into something better than elongat- | ed mudholes. The first and last com- | mandwent in the maintenance of enrth roads is to keep the sur e well drain | ed. Water is the great enemy {o our clay or soil roads and must be removed | tmmediately or much mud and vers pad roads are the result. To insure good drainage the ditches must be attended to and obstructions removed and smooth, raised crown of the road main- tained. For this purpose the split log drag or some similar device is very 1 Of all our roads the earth roads are | useful and at the same time ines- pensive. The drag can be used on sand-clay or zvavel road just as effec- tively as on The follow! in mind in d sand-clay rond: nearth road. 1 points should be borne an earth, gravel or The drag should be | light and <hould he hauled over the road at an angle of about forty-five de- grees in such n way that only a small amount of earth ix pushed to the cen- ter of the The driver should ride on the dra d never drive faster than | a walk. The dragaing should begin on the side of the road. or wheel track. | returning on the opposite slde. Unless | the road is already in gooed condition It | should be dragged after every heavy rain, when the mud is in such condi- tion as to puddle well and still not ad- here too much to the drag. A few trips over the roud will give the operator a clew as to the best time to drag. Drag at all seasons of the year, but do not road. If a road is dragged before a cold spell the road will freeze smooth. Always drag a little toward the cen ter with the aim of keeping the slope | of the crown about an inch to the foot. Il the drag cuts too much shorten the hitch or chauge your position on the {@rag. The best results from dragging | are obtained only by repeated applica- | tions. A good em of dragging is that which is practiced in Kansas and { lowa, where road authorities are au- | thorized to let contracts to farmers for | dragging the roads abutting on their | lands. in the maintenance of hard roads, such as gravel and macadam, different methods must be pursued. The causes of wear on hard roads are the weather, Ithe wheels of vehicles and horses’ {shoes. The weather acts to some ex- | tent directly on the materials, but to & "much greater degree indirectly. Frost 18 one of the most active of the destrue- tive agencies. The expansion and con- traction caused by frost sometimes lead to a general disintegration of the surface. This is especially true where | clay is used as a binder and where the road surface is porous or the drainage {poor. When such a road thaws out | after a hard frost the macadam will | practically be a layer of loose stones, | into which the trafiic will cut, forming ruts. Frost has but little if any effect ou a dry, well kept road. Look after the drainage very careful- Iy in the fall and be sure that the sur- face is as nearly waterproof as pos- | sible, so that the road will go into, the | winter dry and not full of water. Vio- lent rains often wash out the binder and sometimes the smaller stones as well, leaving the surface both rough and porous. The amount of material lost from the road by this means is often larger than the toll exacted by traffic, The following hints may be found useful in the maintenance and repair of gravel and macadam roads: . Never allow a rut or hole to remaln jon the rond, but ll it at once with hips from the stone heap. When the 1 road is built the contractor should be: required to place at least 100 tons of surface material and screenings at a || convenient place for each mile of road summer months Never put fresh stone on the road jf by cross pieking and raking the sur- face can be kept in the proper condi- tlon and cross sectlon. The rake Is the most useful tool used ‘in road maintenance. Large patches of stone should not be spread over the whole width of the road at one time. The bulk: of all repairs should be made be- fore Christmas, so that the road will go through the winter In good condl- tlon. : In moderately dry weather always pick up the old surface into ridges six Inches apart and rfemove all large and projecting stones before applying new material. - Never apply stones more than one stone deep, but add a second | layer when the first is worn in if one layer is not sufficient. Nezer crack stones on the road, for if you do a smooth surfice will be out of the ques- tlon. Never leave the stones in ridges. All large stones, blocks of wood and other obstructions used for diverting! traffic should be remowed at nightfall, or the consequences may be serious. Never put a stone on the road for re- pairing purposes that will not pass freely in every direction through a twa inch ring. Smaller stones should be used for patching. Macadam’s advice was that o stone should be placed in a macadam rond which the workman could not get in his mouth. Traprock, granite and other hard stone should be broken finer for repair work than the limestones and other softer rocks. Use screenings if possible for binding together newly laid material. Road sweepings, borse droppings, sods and other rubbish when used for this pur- pose will ruin the best road ever con- structed. Water worn or rounded stones | THERE ARE NINETY-FIVE IN THE COUNTY. should not be used for repairs. as they will .not bind. Never allow dust or mud to lie on the surface of a ma adam or gravel road, for cither of thes will increase (he cost of maintenance, The middle of the road should -al- ‘ways be maintained a little higher than the sides so that the ralns may run into the side gutters at once. - Water tables, culverts. gutters and ditches should never be allowed to clog up. The caretaker or patrolman should al- ways be on his road. particularly in wet weather, and shouid fill up at once with fine stone or screenings any holes or ruts where the water may lie. CANNOT PASS A SPEED ORDINANCE (Continued from mrst page). . 8. J. G. Williams, labor..... 7.10 William Begsley, shoe 3.07 L. P. Eckstrum, repairs. .. 6.45 Fails and Cameron, wood. . 5.25 Charjes Nangle, mdse. .... 26.79 | J. P. Lahr, four mattresses 35.00 Total $2,436.16 Giving Man Credit. “I don't believe any man is really good,” she said. “When you find one who doesn’t go wrong it is because he is afraid.” . “Oh, it isn’t always because they sre afraid,” replied her friend, who was married. “Very often it is be- cause they haven't the price.” SOLDERING OUTFIT IS HANDY Probably No Investment Farmer Can Make That WIll Pay as Big a Percentage of Profit. (By . B. TUTTLE.) There 18 probably no investment the farmer can make that will pay the percentage of profit that a sol- dering-kit will. Reduced to its low- est terms a coffer can be bought for .26 cents, acid 5 cents and solder wire 10 cents. It will be better, however, to buy two coffers, 1% or 1% pounds each, which should not cost more than 75 | cents” per pair. Using two, one can | be heating while the other is in use. The acld is murlatic, in which dis- s0lve a little zinc. For the beginner G Necessary on Farm. probably it will be found handier to , | use the solder in the form of a wire, though later a bar will be found to be convenient. i Having secured the outfit the first thing is to “tin” the point. To do this, file the beveled surface down | bright, and heat in the stove (gas, gasoline, wood or coal) until hot enough to melt the solder. Then with a small, flat stick smear the surfaces with the acid and rub the end of the solder over thent (Fig. 1). | 1t it does not melt freely get the coffer hotter. After tinning the point try not to get it so hot it will burn pft; in case you do, however, retin by the same process. If the tinning is not on, the coffer will not pick up solder nor melt it ‘freely. For a starter let us try a leaky pan. Bandpaper or scrape clean around the | bole and smear with acid. Take the coffer properly heated and set the point on the hole, applying the solder gs shown in Fig. 2. Watch and see It Tun freely (you can teli-at once it It fuses properly), and remove the coffer. If the coffer gets cold, take the i other .one which should also be in the i fire. The work may be done equally | well inside the pan. | If the hole is too large, cut a small | plece of tin’and put over the hole, baving first used the acid on both patch and pan. Put the coffer on top of the patch, and when sufficiently hot run the end of the solder wire around the patch. It should melt readily. Hold down with the coffer or stick until the solder runs. This, briefly is the problem of sol- dering. Other applications will be readily solved once one is familiar with ‘the tools, Most metals can be soldered; not, however, cast iron or aluminum. In the case of galvanized iron or zinc, use muriatic acid straight.. As more gkill is acquired, you will be able to pick up solder en the point of the coffer, when you can buy solder by the bar. LADDER ATTACHED TO DOOR —_— Device WIII S8ave Farmer More Steps ‘Than Anything Else, Especlally During Haying Time. —_— ..The following dev{!pg 18 contributed | spitting and foul breath. by a writer in the Homestead |ng saved him more steps at haying time then anything else on his farm. The accompanying fllustration shows ladder nalled on the inside of the bay barn door, This {s made of two Px4’s the full length of the door up and “|down and one by six fencing 18 used A Barn Door Ladder. for crosspleces. In the first place it s convenient to get the sparrows’ nests out of the carrier and when the door Is let down one can easily get into the barn to level the hay without getting down on the ground. Success With Dairying. The reason why so many dairymen are not making a profit is because they take so lttle time to give thought to the pamphlets and papers that are sent broadcast all over the country, portraying in such excellent way the need of better cows, better methods and better feeds. NOSE STOPPED UP . WITH CATARRH A Common Sense Treatment for Ca- tarrh and Asthma Gives In- stant Relief. No matter how miserable you are with catarrh or a cold in the head, nuse stopped up, throat sore, eyes rurning, dull pain in the head, dry ccugh. {ever, breath foul, Ely’s Cream Balm will give you instant relief. It gets right at the root of the trouble, cleanses, heals and strength- ens the raw, sore membranes, stops the nasty discharge so that you are not constantly blowing the nose and spitting. In a few minutes after ap- plied you can just feel it doing its Department The Pioneer Want Ads , CASH WITH 00PY | 1/5 oent per word per Issue 15 cents. 80 your want ad gets to them all. CLASSIFIED CHICKEN AND EGG " DEPARTMENT. FOR SALE—Rhode Island Reds. First prize winners at county fair. Mated with stock from first prize stock at three large poultry ex- hibits. ‘I can spare a few more settings. Will book others ahead. $1 for 13 eggs; $6. per hundred. Geo. T. Baker, 907 Minnesota Ave. work of clearing the head, the pain and soreness are r¢lieved, the breath- ing becomes naturad and the stuffed up feeling is gone. This cleansing, ! healing, antiseptic Balm contains no mercury, cocaine, or other harmful drugs. It is easy to apply, pleasant to use, and never fails to give relief, even in the worst cases. Never neglect a cold, and don’t suf. fer the miseries of catarrh nor dis- gust your friends with your hawking, Get a 50 cent bottle of Ely’s Cream Balm from your druggist, and start the treat- ment at once. You will find that it will be the best investment you ever made. | INSURANCE; Huffman Harris & Reynolds Bemld)l, Minn. Phone 144 ‘want ad. constructed. Always use chips for patching and for all repairs during the || EVERYBODY READS The Bemidji Daily Pioneer ' “Ads” Want “Ads’ These little fellows are constant workers. Buyers and sellers are constantly watching these columns. 1-2 cent a word pays a FOR RENT—F4drm, team, tools and SRR Ji For FOR SALE—Pure blood Rhode Island Red and Barred Plymouth Rock «ggs for breeding parposes. Jack Williams, 1015 America Ave. FOR SALE — Thoroughbred Ply- mouth Rock, Rhode Island Red and Buff Leghorn eggs. Telephone 686-2, J. H. French._ FOR SALE—Full blooded Golden Wyandotte eggs for breeding. E. S. Woodward, 507 Irvine Ave. ,FOR SALE—Team of 4-year colts. Earl McMahon, Wilton. old HELP WANTED WANTED—Cook at Lake Shore Ho- tel. FOR SALE ypewriter ribbons for every make of typewriter on the market at 50 cents and 75 cents each. Cents guaranteed. promptly filled. Mail orders given the same careful attention as when you appear in person. Phone 31. The Bemidji Pioneer Office Supply Store. FOR SALE—The Bemidji lead pen- pencil (the best nickle pencil in the world) at Netzer’s, Barker’s, 0. C. Rood’s, McCuaig’s, Omich’s, Roe and Markusen’s and the Pio- neer Office Supply Store at 5 cents each and 50 cents a dozen. FOR SALE—Small fonts of type, several different points and in first class condition. Call or write this office for proofs. Address Be- midji Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. fOR SALE—Rubber stamps. Ploneer will procure any kind of «otice. ia Ave. Enquire of C. W. Vandersluis. FOR SALE—An 18 foot Thunch - with or Inguire 713 Minnesota Ave. FOR SALE—Bemidji residence prop- gasoline E. J. Swedback. FOR SALE—At a bargain, a piano in good condition. Nicollet Hotel. FOR SALE—5 room house in Mill Peark. Inquire of R. Brownlee. FOR RENT—Vacuum cleaner, $1.00 per day. Phone 486. Z FOR RENT FOR RENT—Three front rooms, 1111 Lake Blvd.; house and one acre of land on Irvine Ave. and 14th St. Inquire at 1111 Lake Blvd. Mrs. Jamés Bowe. FOR RENT—My large 12-room house for rent; modern improvements; corner 10th St. and Mississippi. Geo. Knott. seed furnished to responsible par- ty. Telephone 618, call 12; G. G. Buell. RENT—Four unfurnished * rooms, suitable for offices. Call Regular charge rate 1 cent per word per insertion. No ad taken for less than HOW THOSE WANT ADS DO THE BUSINESS The Ploneer goes everywhere so that everyone has a -neighbor who takes it and people who do not take the paper generally read their neighbor's 14 Cent a Word Is All It Costs Every ribbon sold for 75 Phone orders; FCR SALE—House at 916 Minneso- | Terms to suit purchaser. | without engine. | erty for sale or exchange for land. | Phone 31 4th St. J. W. Peck. MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISERS—The great state of . North Dakota offers unlimited op- B portunities for business to classi- fied advertisers. The recognized adyertising medium is the Fargo Daily and Sunday Courier-News, the only seven day paper in the state and the paper which carries | the largest amount of classified | advertising. The Courier-News covers North Dakota like a blank- et; reaching all parts of the state . the day of publication; it is the paper to use in order to get re- | sults; rates one cent per word first insertion, one-half cent per word succeeding insertion; fifty cents - -per line per month. Address the Courier-News, Fargo, N. D.~ 'WANTED—100 merchants in North- ern Minnesota to sell “The Bemid- ji” lead pencil. Will carry name of every merchant in advertising columns of Pioneer in order that all receive advantage of advertis- ing. For wholesale prices write or phone the Bemidji Pioneer Of- fice Supply Co. Phone 31. Be- midji, Minn. WANTED TO TRADE—What have you to trade for new standard pia- no? Call at secona hand store, 0dd Fellows Bldg. . IF YOU WANT a homestead of 160 acres of good prairie land, call on or address O. J. Weekly quick, at v Gully, Minn. » WANTED TO RENT—Launch summer. 2nd price. nee. | BOUGHT AND SOLD—Second hand furniture. 0dd Fellows building, | across from postoffice, phone 129, | FOR CHEAP rates in western Cana- da apply to James Kelly, Canadian i governmenf agent, Wadena, Minn. | WANTED—Subscribers for the La- { dies Home Journal before the price raises, May 1st. Phone 404. | WANTED TO BUY—Cheap second- hand typewriter, Phone 21, | WANTED—Plain sewing, Mrs. J. H. Condon, 518 Fourth St. COLORED POST CARDS FREE, * Not Cheap-Trash, But Ten Beautiful Ones. I want to send to every reader of the Pioneer 10 assorted ,embossed, . colored, Friendship, Floral and Af- 2 fection highest art post cards, as lovely cards as you ever laid eyes up- on, and without any advertisement for State size and power, M. Quad, care of Pio- The | Whatever. I do this to show people the high- < rubber stamp for vou on short |8rade cards I carry at manufacturers® prices. All I ask is that you send me 4 cents in stamps to cover postage, and show them to a few friends. Ad- dress C. T. Johnstone, Pres., Dept. 480, Rochester, New York. R. F. MURPHY FUNERAL DIRECTOR = AND EMBALMER Office 313 B Phors 3 raml Ave. 9-2. William C. Kiein INSURANCE 2 Rentals, Bonds, Real Estate First Mo}(gage Loans on City and Farm = ‘.t~ Property -