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p ~ Notice For Publication. U. S. Land Office at Duluth, Minn May 15, 1912. Notice is hereby given that Karl W. | Heyman, of Warba, Minnesota, who, on | Nov. 9, 1909, made Homestead Applica- tion, Serial No. 07661, for Lotg/p-3-6-7-8, Section 21, Township 54 North,’ Range 23 ‘West, Fourth Principal Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Commutation Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the Register & Receiver, at Duluth, Minn., on the 28th day of June, 1912. Claimant names as witnesses: | Fred Martin, E. W. Ingersoll, Melvin | Rosholt, Charles Lindgren, all of Warba, Minn. | CHARLES F, HARTMAN, Register. | H. L. SHEPHERD, Attorney, Duluth, Minnesota. May 22-June 19 Notice For Publication. Department of the Interio U. S. Land Office at Duluth, Minne- sota, April 18, 1912. Notice is hereby given that John | Hayes, of Warba, Minn., who, on | March 14th, 1906, made Homestead entry No. 21990, Serial No. 05503, for , Lot 1, Section 4, Township 53N, Range 23 W, 4th Principal Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final Five year Proof, to establish claim to the land apove described, be fore I. D. Rassmussen, Clerk of Dis- trict Court at his Office, at Grand Rapids, Minnesota, on the 29th day of May, 1912. Claimant names as witnesses: Mike Butts, Karl Heyman, Her- man Schutt and Claude Barnes, all of Warba, Minnesota. CHARLES F, HARTMAN, Register. April 24-May 22 Summons. STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Itasca, ss. In District Court, Fifteenth Judicial Dis- trict. J. G. Peterson, Plaintiff, vs. Joshua S. Wilson, and also all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest | in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants. The State Of Minnesota To the Above | Named Defendants: Department of the Interior, | ' ments of the location in question. that the pipe will not be injured by the | You, and each of you, are hereby | summoned and required to answer the | complaint of the plaintiff herein, which | complaint has been filed in the office | of the Clerk of the District Court, in the said County of Itasca, state of Min- | nesota, ard to serve a copy of your | answer to said complaint upon the | subscribers at their office in the vil- | lage of Grand Rapids, County of Itasc State of Minnesota, within twenty da after the service cf this summons up- | on you, exclusive of the day of such | service; and if you fail to answer said | complaint within the time aforesaid, the | plaintiffs in this action will apply to | for the relief demanded in | aint, together with the costs ements of this action. i 18, 1912. AT RSON, Attorneys for the Plaintiff, | timbers, and these are called abut- Grsnd Rapids, Minn. | ments, The width of the opening SS which they cross is termed the span. State f Minncsota, County of Itas- The timbers themselves are called ca, 66. stringers, and the planks are usually | District Court, Fifteenth Judicial Dis- | referred to as the flooring.’ | trict. | ‘Phe size of the stringers required in- | eo Ge Ear eeon Blaintitt, | creases with the span and the distance Joshua S. Wi Aes aise el: cote apart, center to center, that they are persons or parties unknown claiming | /aid. For example, a 2 inch by 6 inch any right, title, estate, lien or inter- | Stringer will do for a two foot span, est in the real estate described in the complaint herein, Defendants. Lis Pendens. \ Notice Is Hereby Given, that an action has been commenced in this court by the above named plaintiff, against the above named defendants, the object of | which is to obtain a judgment that said plaintiff is the owner of the following | described real property, in fee, and that | the defendants, and each of them, have | no estate or interest therein, or lien | thereon. f The premises described in the com- | plaint and involved in said action are situated in the County of Itasca, and | State of Minnesota, and are described as follows, ‘to-wit: The Southeast quarter of the Sout east quarter (SE% SEY) of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Fifty-four (54), Range Twenty-four (24), west of the Fourth Principal Meridian. Notice is further given that no per- , sonal claim is made against said defen- dants, br either of them, in said action Dated May 18th, 1912. McOUAT & PETERSON, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Grand Rapids, Minn. | H-R May 22-July 3 MANY ARE STILL IN PERIL: \ Hundreds Evicted bk Flood Not, Reached by Rescu rs. Vicksburg, Miss., May 8.—Fifteen thousand persons, driven from their | homes by the rapidly spreading water coming through the crevasse at Tor- tas, La., already have been rescued and several thousand others are in peril, according to reports made to! Major Normoyle, in charge of the gov- ernment relief headquarters here. Three hundred refugees, found on | the levee near Laclede, are reported | in a serious condition as the result of exposure and hunger. TWENTY, PASSENGERS HURT | Southern Railway Train Derailed Near Columbia, S. C. i Columbia, S. C., May 8.—A score or | more persons were hurt when a pas- | senger train on the Southern raflway, ‘Washington to Jacksonville, was de- ‘railed three miles north of Columbia. | Two sleeping cars turned over. : Breaking of the axle of one of the, @riving wheels on the engine caused the wreck. | passed over and covered with planks | be built to support each end of the ‘animals, wagons or motor vehicles or | inches wide would require stringers to | support it about every thirteen inches | would be used. If such timbers as Home Course Road Making VIL—Highway Cuiverts and Bridges. | | By LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director Office of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture Copyright by American Press Asso- ciation, 1912. ULVERTS and bridges are con- structed for a twofold purpose. In the first place, they are re- quired to provide the necessary drainage for the road and, in the sec- ond place, to furnish a suitable cross- ing for traffic over waterways. A large percentage of the highway culverts and bridges in this country were built of wood in the first instance, and in later years many of the smaller cul- verts have been rebuilt with some kind ef pipe, either of terra cotta, cast iron or more recently of corrugated metal. It is impracticable in a short paper to discuss the various forms of pipe cul- verts. They are purchased in the open market, and the road official uses his judgment about the size of pipe that should be laid to serve the require- | The following principles should, how- | ever, be borne in mind: All pipe cul- verts should be laid deep enough so FIG. .—CONCRETE CULVERT STEEL I BEAMS INCASED IN CONCRETE. traffic passing over it, and head walls should in all cases be built at each end of the culverts to prevent them from being. washed out. The maxi- mum fill to be allowed over a clay pipe culvert should be at least three feet. The objection to pipe culverts is that they become easily clogged and are thus made useless. Clay pipe cul- verts are easily broken unless they are | well laid and well protected. . The most simple and natural form of bridge consists of timbers laid across the stream or opening which is to be to form the roadway. Walls should while a 6 inch by 10 inch or 6 inch by 12 inch stringer is required for a twen- ty foot span. The distance apart that the stringers are required to be laid varies with the thickness of the plank flooring and the amount of traffic. The weight of the materials in the bridge is commonly referred to as the dead load. The additional load which the bridge is designed to carry is known as the live load and consists of pedestrians. A crowd of people stand- ing close together on a bridge is usual- ly estimated at about 100 pounds per square foot of floor space. The strength of the bridge depends upon the kind of timber used, the di- mensions of the timber, the amount used and its location, and also very largely upon the span of the bridge. For example, assuming a loaded wagon carrying 500 pounds per wheel, a yel- low pine board one inch thick and eight apart to carry the load safely, while a plank of the same width and two inches thick would require stringers three feet apart, and a three inch plank would require stringers about every four feet apart. These figures are based upon the assumption that yellow pine, Douglas fir or a good quality of oak white pine, hemlock or spruce are used, then stringers would be required about every eight inches for a one inch board, every two and one-half feet for a two inch plank and every three feet for a three inch plank. The following table gives the approx- imate sizes of stringers required for the different spans: yellow pine stringers in inches. in inches. 2x6 8 2x6 10 2x6 10 Bx6 10 Bx6 R 8x6 R 8x6 12 In the above table round timbers or logs may be substituted for the strin- gers, in which case the diameter of the log should be about one and one-eighth times the largest dimension of the stringer as given. Fig. 2 illustrates two methods by , Which the simple beam or stringer may pee | ments. | shown in Fig. 1. floor is designed to carry the load, safely. That is, the simple beam 12 inches by 12 inches square and 24 feet between points of support will carry safely a concentrated. load of one and one-half tons at its center, while if the same beam be made into a King post | beam by passing underneath the beam one inch steel rod, which is made fast at either end of the beam, and in- serting a single post under the load at the center of the beam, then such a beam will carry about two and three- quarter times as much, or a load of three and three-quarter tons, safely, while if the same beam be built into ‘qa King truss beam the load concen- trated at the center may then be in- creased to nine tons. The best culverts and smaller bridges are built of re-enforced concrete, The cost is greater than for wooden or pipe constructions in the first instance, but if well built there should be no fur- ther cost for repairs. cost is the last cost, while durability and safety are secured from the out- set. Good materials, consisting of crush- ed stone or gravel, sand and portland cement and water, are required for con- crete. Deformed steel rods imbedded ‘in the concrete are used for strength- ening the cover spans. The mixing of these materials into concrete and plac- ing it in the forms are extremely sim- ple matters after they are once well understood, but nevertheless should not be undertaken by one who is unfamil- iar with the use of concrete. There are three general kinds of con- crete culverts, which are known as the | concrete. box type. They are built for) the smaller sizes up to such as have an opening about four feet by six feet wide. For sizes above that the floor is usually left out where it is not needed to protect the foundation, or paving may be substituted for it. The floor and side walls are constructed of con- crete with or without metal re-enforce- ment, usually without such re-enforce- The proportions of concrete used for the floor and: side walls are usually, 1, 3, 6—that is, one part by measure of portland cement, three parts by measure of sand and six parts | by measure of crushed stone or gravel. For spans above ten or twelve feet the cover needs to be strengthened with concrete beams. This. type is known as the concrete T beam from its resem- blance to the capita! letter. They are placed adjacent to each other, the dis- tance from center to center depending upon the load which the bridge is ex: | pected to carry. The best type of concrete culverts for spans from ten feet up to thirty feet is the steel I beam incased in concrete, as Here the concrete across the span from one I beam to an- other, while the steel I beams carry the load from one abutment to the oth- er. It often happens that the culverts are built on yielding foundations and that the abutments sometimes settle, causing cracks that would be danger- ous in some types of culverts, but it is That is, the first | ERNOR ISSUES THE CALL Extra. Session of Minnesota Legisla- ture June 4.. Refusing suggestions of a compromise that would head off an extra’ session Governor Eberhart issued a proclama- tion calling the Thirty-seventh legis- lature in extraordinary session June 4. The proclamation, which is brief, confines the purpose of the session to the enactment of a statewide direct primary law applicable to all state of- ficers, with an effective corrupt prac- tice act and a reapportionment law. Prior to making the call for an extra session Governor Eberhart issued a statement in part as follows “I shall call the legislature to meet in extra session on June 4 next. This will give the legislature ample time to pass a primary law before the date fxed for the state convention. If nec essary the state central committee can meet and rescind the call for the convention so as to leave the legis- lature unembarrassed. “So far as my candidacy for gov- ernor is concerned I will be glad to submit it to the direct action of the People.” | WASHOUT CAUSE OF WRECK Crack Train on the Milwaukee Road Goes Into Ditch. The first section of train No. 1 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, known as the Pioneer lim- ited, was wrecked near Homer, eight Miles east of Winona. Two sleepers, a baggage and buffet car went into the ditch and were par- tially submerged in the Mississippi river. The track runs parallel to the river at this point. The wreck was caused by heavy rains which washed out the roadbed , and let the train slide from the track. The second section of the train came | around the wreck on the double track and took the passengers and what remained on the track of the first sec- tion to Winona. That there was no loss of life is due to the fact that the train had had warnings to watch for washouts and was running slowly at the time of the accident. OF STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE Elwell Road Law Upheld by State Su- preme Court. Holding that the Elwell road law, enacted by the last legislature, is valid and constitutional, the state su- preme court decided for the defendants in the case brought by Fred H. Mur- ray of White Bear lake against Walter H. Smith, state treasurer, and others, to prevent the construction of the pro- posed state highway at White Bear lake. lnder the provisions of the Elwel! | law half the cost of a road shall be | borne by the state, one-fourth by the Ape district and one-fourth by the county in which the road lies. The court’s ruling on the Murray the ability of the steel I beam type to, case is of statewide importance, as withstand such conditions as these just the construction of many other high- mentioned that makes it the best type | ways is awaiting the decision with re- to build. The I beams ‘are incased in | gard to that proposed for White Bear concrete to protect them from rusting. | lake. Sometimes they are simply painted or | more often not painted at all, and what | CALL MAY BE RESCINDED would be a permanent bridge is al-; lowed to rust out for lack of proper | care. For details in regard to the methods | of designing and building concrete bridges attention is called to bulletin | No, 39, “Highway Bridges and Cul- verts,” issued by the office of public roads, United States department of agriculture. No road can be called a good road that is dotted wjth broken, wornout and unsafe wooden culverts and bridges, such as are encountered on 24-0" Simpie Beam Safe Load at Center /& Tons 24-0" King Post Beam Safe Load at Center 3% Tens King Truss Beam Safe Load at Center 9 Tons. FIG. Il.—COMPARATIVE TYPES AND LOADS FOR WOODEN BEAMS. many of our highways at the present time. Such bridges are a menace to our traveling public and are expensive to maintain. The price of timber is advancing, and the increasing traffic demands safer bridges and culverts. Re-enforced concrete for this class of work appears to form the best solu- tion of this problem. Bridge construc- tion is eminently the work for the en- gineer, and his services should in al cases be secured. The Road Contract System. There are three systems of road .|maintenance in use in this country— viz, the contract system, the labor tax, or personal service system, and the system which provides men perma- nently employed to look after particu- lar sections of road. The contract sys- tem has been used to some extent in various states, but it has never been found entirely satisfactory. As a gen- eral rule, the amount paid for this work is small, and such poor service is rendered that in many cases the roads have become worse rather than DEFECTIVE PAGE Move on Foot to Postpone Minnesota Convention. The call for a convention to nomi- nate candidates for state offices July 2 will probably be rescinded by the Re- | publican state central committee, | pending action by the legislature | when it meets in special session June i 4 to consider the enactment of a pri- | mary law? E. E. Smith, chairman of | the committee, said he will call a \ meeting as soon as he can get in | touch with a few more members. | | ! | “I do not know what action the | State central committee will take,” | said Mr. Smith, “but I see only one | way out of it and that is to rescind | the call and wait and see what action | the legislature takes on the primary | question.” COMMISSION PLAN IS LEGAL Declared Valid by Supreme Court of Minnesota. | Commission plan of government for | ¢ities, as it has been applied in Man- kato and as it will be effective in St. Paul, is declared valid and constitu- tional in a decision handed down by the state supreme court. |. The opinion is sweeping in its en- dorsement of the commission form of governr ter of the city of SAYS JNFESSED | Woman to Have As- ser Motive. Tony arian in jail | at Little “der of Mrs. F. J. Pa te sheriff, it is allege met the wo- |man in ter and cut her thre the alleged confessic ter money which h ‘ied. Drow Upsets. | Harolé ven-year-old son of T ition agent at Way: vunty, was | drowned on, twelve years 0) dive Oscar Martinso narrowly escaped the upset- ting of ¢ sast shore of Wayz netonka, Cho teak. Ole N. ar of the town of il county, choked Piece of || beefsteak | ene wedged in his thi STONE POKES FUN AT RIVALS Missouri Senator Discusses Taft-Roosevelt Fight. WORLD LOOKS ON AGHAST Declares Language Used by Former Cronies Resembles the Vernacular of a Fish Market—Quotes Some of | the “Polite” Exchanges. Washington, May 22.—Senator W. J. Stone of Missouri carried out his pur- pose of addressing the senate on “The Modern Damon and Pythias and Cor- related Subjects Pertaining to Cur- rent Politics.” “Mr. president,” he said, “any man having even meager knowledge of an- cient lore will recall the story of Da- mon and Pythias and the story of David and Jonathan. “A few years ago the American peo- ple and the civilized world were given to understand that here in our own dear country we had a reproduction of these glorious traditions of the far distant past. “We were led to believe that the combined sand consolidated spirits of Damon and Jonathan had come out of their haven of rest and taken refuge in the corpus of Theodore Roosevelt and that the combined spirits of David and Pythias had in like manner come te rest on the ample bosom of Will- iam Howard Taft. “Thus in happy conjunction, both of these old stories of ancient lore and love were reproduced here in this new world of ours for the edification and uplifting of the human race.” Enter the Serpent of Ambition. Senator Stone, amid laughter, said it had been a case of “two souls with but a single thought; two heart that beat as one,” until “the slimy and poi- sonous serpent of ambition crawled across the path they were walking and divided them. Both had tasted the bittersweet of power and liked it cvermuch. Both were tempted and both fell.” “So instead of peace we hate had war,” the senator continued; “war with knives and knives to the hilt. As a consequence of this ferocious con- test the country and the world have | bepn treated to a series of spectacular vaudeville stunts in politics without a parallel in the history of our country and which I devoutly hope will not be repeated.” “These world famed Republican leaders have been for months circling the country abusing each other like pickpockets in language akin to the vernacular of a fish market, or even something worse. The world outside looks on aghast and the press and the reading public of Europe and of all enlightened nations everywhere car- toon and laugh at them.” To the amusement of the senate, Senator Stone read at some length samples “of the polite exchanges of compliments” among the three Repub- lean candidates. He said ke must grant that President Taft, “innately a gentleman,” evidently was reluctant to enter upon “this ruffian fight.” He | asserted, however, that the last word in “this black chapter of American hMstory” would be written at Chicago. CUBAN NEGROES IN REVOLT Uprising Declared to Be Becoming Serious. Havana, May 22.—The Cuban gov- ernment disclaims any further knowl- edge regarding the uprising of the negroes, but the opinion is spreading that conditions are becoming more serious. It is creditably reported that two armed parties are operating in the province of Malansa, which hith- erto has been reported tranquil. A strong band of negroes assaulted the | barracks of the rural guards at Ma- guito, near Guantanamo, but the rural guards were able to offer a success- ful defense, although they lost two killed. Apparently the trouble is con- fined to the provinces of Santa Clara and Oriente. AMATEUR AVIATOR KILLED Minneapolis Man Meets Death Near | Osborn, O. Xenia, O., May 22.—Fred J. South- ard of Minneapolis, an aviator, fell 100 feet at the Wright aviation field pear Osborn and was killed instantly. Southard, who was forty years old, bad just bought the aeroplane from the Wright brothers. He obtained the keys to the hangar, after he had been refused permission to take the aero- plane out without further experience. He fell just six minutes after he had begun the first flight alone. His body was badly crushed. ba BATTLE APPEARS IMMINENT Mexican Federals Nearing the Rebel Position. Rellano, Mex., May 22.—Federal campfires are visible at Asunceia, six miles away, while the main body of the government troops is now at Es- caloa, five miles behind. The rebels retired to Rellano to await the attack of the federals. MANY CHURCHES NEED MINISTERS Two Thousand Presbyterian Pulpits Vacant. ASSEMBLY IS SURPRISED Statement Brings Out Criticism of Policy of Dismissing “Clergymen of Brains and Education” for No Other Reason Than Their Age. Louisville, Ky., May 22.—After the surprising declaration that there are 2,000 churches in the United States “pastorless and shepherdless” had been made in the general assembly of the Northern Presbyterian church resolutions were adopted urging ail Presbyterian commissioners (laymen) to keep in close touch with young men who might be candidates for the min- istry. Rev. Joseph W. Cochrane of Phila- delphia, discussing a minister's living chances, said> “We hear advices that a man to be a minister must starve. I never knew that to be true. I will admit that the salaries are not princely, but it can’t be remedied except by this very as- sembly.” Immediately Rev. Dr. Henry J, Beck- er of Dayton, Ohio, interrupted: “Hundreds of gray haired men of the ministry annually are dismissed or cast aside,” he said. “Men of brains, education and good records are eliminated for no other reason than that they are ‘too old.’” To this Dr. Becker attributed the gradual diminution of successful can- didates for the, ministry. The young men need the advice and counsel of their elders, but now there are too few elders. The assembly proceeded with con- sideration of a report on a new in- termediate catechism and a mass of other technical subjects. WILL NOMINATE ROOSEVELT William A, Prendergast Selected by the Colonel. Washington, May 22.—William A. Prendergast, comptroller of the city of New York, ‘has deen selected by Colonel Rooseyelt to make the speech W. A. PRENDERGAST. | placing hi: in nomination for the presidency before the Chicago conven- tion. This fact was made public here by Lucius N. Littauer, former congress- man, and one of the Roosevelt nation- jal delegates from New York. Mr. Prendergast has been an active fig- | ure in Colonel Roosevelt’s campaign. /COLLAPSE BURIES NEGROES | One Killed and Several Hurt When St. Louis Building Falls. St. Louis,,May 22.—One negro was killed, six others were injured, some of them seriously, when a three-story brick building collapsed. It is report- |ed that another person, a woman, is still in the wreckage, pinned down by a heavy beam. About twenty-five"persons were in the building, which had been con- demned a week ago, when it collapsed. TWO CONGRESSMENGOHIGHER Ransdell and Broussard of Louisiana Elected Senators. Baton Rouge, La. May 22.—Con- gressmen Joseph E. Ransdell and Robert F. Broussard were elected by the Louisiana legislature to the Unit- ed States senate. Mr. Ransdell succeeds Senator Fos- ter, whose term expires in 1913, and Mr. Broussard will succeed Senator Thornton in 1915. Root Temporary Chairman. Chicago, May 22.—Colonel Harry 8. New announced United States Senator Elihu Root as temporary chairman of the Republican national convention. It was rumored after the meeting of the subcommittee on arrangements Saturday that the temporary chair- manship had been offered him. Canadian Novelist Killed, Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 22—Ar thur Stringer, the well known Cana- Gian novelist, was killed and his wife and two-months-old baby injured when an oil stove exploded in their home here. | — SSEEEnOnEE Ene