The Conroe Courier. (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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WIDE TIRES A HELP
‘'WMlNSt BENE'' ~ IN KEEPING
HIGHWAYS iN GOOD
CONDITION.
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CONCERTED . ACTION NEEDED
T^o-Ton Load on Wagon With 1%
Inch Tiraa Will Do Mon Damage
«n Cutting Up Road Than Twice
tha Load on Thra* Inch Tlra.
By HOWARD H. GR038.
Thn Question of good roads through-
out the country Is of trenieudous lan
oortance, and tho people am every*
jvliero clamoring for them The greut
majority seem to be wandering
around' In a maze of uncertainty as
'jo what to do.
1 he solution Involves many factors.
l/Oeal conditions are subject to a wld*
variation both as to soil, road mate-
riai. amount of traffic., etc., hence no
rule can be laid d«wn thut will apply
In all cases. The subject must-he
given Intelligent treatment by a cap-
able engineer, familiar with the sur
roundings.
There Is however one thing that
can be done that will be of immense
benefit to the roads of all times
whether earth. Btone or gravel, and
that Is wider tires upon the wagons.
Unfold millions of dollars of damage
co highways is dorvf every year by
heavy loads upon Mrrow tire farm
wagons. Thesetpre often from one and
* half inches to one and three quarters
wide, seldom more than two and a
piarter. A two-ton load on a wagon
with one.and three-quarters Inch tires
will do more damage in cutting dp a
road than twice the load upon a three
inch tire Jf we could have uniform,
concerted action In any community,
whereby three to three and a half
Inch tires would be put upon every
farm wagon. It would mean much bet-
ter hlghways-than we now have. The
narrow tires mean deep ruts, and If
Ui« rule fs a narrow tire upon wag-
ons. the mao who goes out. upon these
fair authorities discovered that If the
exhibits were hauled la and out on
theee roads it would destroy them,
because of the narrow Urea that pre-
vailed upon the wagons of the truck
and express companies. The authori-
ties established a rule that no narrow
tire wagons could come on the
grounds. There was a great bowl by
the transportation companies, but tbs
lair authorities stood firm, and the
teaming companies met the conditions
by aubstHntlng a wide for a narrow
tire ui>on the same wheel. They elm
ply took off eay a two and a half inch
tire and put on one three and a half
Inches or four -Inches upon the same
wheel and the same felloe. This serv-
ed the purpose.
About three years ago the city of
Chicago passed an ordinance provid-
ing for wide tires upon vehicles using
the streets for traffic. A tremendous
howl was made all teaming Inter-
ests and they brought In the wagon
makers to state that the changing of
these wheels meant an expenditure of
millions ppon millions of dollars, and
it would take several years in order to
have the* change made. Large manu-
facturers of wagons said the wagon
stock was gotten out for the narrow
tire wagons, and it would take at
least two years befor any general
change could be made At that time
the W’rlter took a hand In the campaign
with others, and published In the Chi-
cago papers illustrations of how this
change could be made (see cut here-
with) The city council stood Arm,
the ordinance was passed and the
users of narrow tires were arrested
aud fined, in a very short time wide
tires began to appear upon the streets,
and now the use is general and the
solution has been mainly as Indicated,
namely, substituting wld* tires for
narrow ones upon the same wheels.
Any local blacksmith or wagon maker
can make the charge Indicated Rtid
(he expense ought to range between
$8.00 and $ 12.00 for a wagon. The 11
lustration Is so simple that anyone
can follow It.
The question is. how shall this be
brought about? The writer would
suggest, a slate law licensing all the
^vehicles, the same as the automobile
|s now licensed, and let it apply upon
everything that goes upon the road,
graduating it with a view of making
Show/ng S‘/z 77re on ZVz Wheel .
Sc news Spaced 4".
3ol~ts p?ay be omitted a/vo Screws
SuasjtruTEO ip desired or J rows
OF WIRE MAILS* SPACE D Z3 INCHES WIL L.
Serve every Purpose
qut rod to more a given load, over va-
rious surfaces with tire* of different
widths. Many persona will be »ur-
prlaed to know In the large majority
of eases ar load can be moved with
lees power with veh Mes having wide
tires, rather than narrow ones.
There may be another and easier
way to accomplish the end desired
than the imposing of a license tax
upon vehicle* tnat would be- to
credit UlP owner a certain amount
each year on hie annual road tax bill,
upon furnishing proof that all his ve-
hicles used upon the highways con-
formed to the wide tire requirements.
Suppose the ojguer has a road tax
of. say $18.00, and he has two wagons
U^ed upor the highways. Credit him
$4.00 per year upon each wagon for
four years. In this way the tax abat-
ed will more than pay the cost of
changing the wagon. Thus, hla In-
terest would be sufficient to Induce
the owner to make the change.* !
Public sentiment would also change
rapidly in support of the wide tire
movement, and in a year or two a
man would be ashamed to be seen on
the street with one of theee road de-
stroying wagons.
The plan suggested Is feasible,
practical and has worked satisfac-
torily where It has been tried. There
Is no reason why action should not be
taken along the lines Indicated.
Referring to the Illustration above.
A wide tire can be placed upon an old
wheel without any filling piece as
shown in the illustration. JuBt let
the fire project a half Inch on each
side of the felloe. This will greatly
simplify the changing from the nar
row to the wide tire, and for many lo-
calities will serve the purpose Just
as well.
Wide tires make roads, narrow tires
destroy them There should be a
thorough co-operation between all of
the residents of the several townships
Tor better roads. Nothing can be done
so quickly and so cheaply that will
be productive of such good results as
to discard narrow tires and substitute
wide ones In their place.
MAGNIFICENT NEW-BRID6E OVER THE
>wz
ftotiruzout HH DfilOGE
of the great new llohenzoltern bridge across tho Rhine occurred
/■COLOGNE, Germany.—The formal dedlcatlo
according to the program on May 5. Eiriperor William himself preAld.ul at the ceremony, which was a bl
military and civic display. The design of the massive towers and approaches of the bridge has received the gw-
eral praise of artists and architects. An equestrian statue of Emperor William in armor graces one end of the
structure. %
BIRDS IN A BIG CITY
highways wt*fc a wide tire Is badly
handicapped Hence, If any good is
v*o come from the wide tire movement,
ft should be generally adhered to. It
fs a truthful statement that wide
tlree make roads and narrow tires de
stroy them
An equitable basis would be to II
^ense all vehicles doing business tip*
>n the public highway*, grading the
license fee aecordlng to the width of
the tine, and letting the amount of
money paid in be need to maintain
the roads Thl* is Just and no one.
who te willing to tote fair Can object
to ft- 1b grading the license fee It
should be In such a manner tba^ It
will be to the Interest of he owner
to substitute a wide tire for his nar
row one
When this Is suggested ft will b*
at once said that it is Impractical.
•ad that It cannot be done It la sur
arising how many objection* can be
found against the doing of anything
that a person does not want te do
the writer has witnessed two cam-
paigns where the qeegtlort of narrow
wad wide tires has been thrashed out
end every objection mod# and an
e wared
The *M derlac the World •
r*lr la Ubhspo >* ‘b- ground* were
IMP per err rued* designed «e last
e#i» dertag (be fair meirn These
*»«* made uf §rn»»l #r *ru#*4 stoea
***** lihg* pf leer »heha* 4*** Tbs
the vehicles lhat do the moil damage
pay the largest tax
Without giving an entire schedule
the following will Illustrate what the
writer ha* In mind
That after a given (late no vehicle
shall be uaed upon the highway* nn
less it carries * license
On a two horse farm wagon with a
tire ot- Inches or less the Annual
license fee to be $7.60 a year
Over 1*4 inches and under 2'4
’nches $4 50 a year
Over 2'i Inches and under .4 Inches
$3 00 per year
Three Inches or over, $1.00 per year
The money collected to be credited
to the road district and be used for
road repair work
There is another advantage to he
gained by thl* method over and above
the preservation of the hlghwav*.
that la. t v same »a*,un is more use
ful on the farm or on the fields fo<
doing ordinary farm work Tho haul
ing over hay flelda and grain fields
with narrow tired wagons doe* eon
aider able damage Hauling out ma
«t % and tg g variety of farm work
wide tire wagon* are advisable Many
I farmers keep wea ns with arid4 tires
for this specific purpose Why got
have all v shit las tarry a wide sea
tibia Ur# Iff*' will improva aesdtuon*
rglhei that make the* worse'
bfusaeab* tegta have to*" «#4*
shewiag <ba smeoai «# pe»*' rg
250,000 PUDDINGS FURNISHED
London Manufacturer. Made That
idany to Meet tpe Demands of the
Christmas Spirit.
The manufacture of plum pudding
In England 1* mainly confined to Lon
don and is carried on by all the prin
cipal bakeries, delicatessen and other
establishments. The Industry wav
greatly boomed by the Boer war
In the opening days of thar strug
gle tjie Yulettde season Increased the
natural solicitude for the fathers and
sons and husbands In far away Africa,
and tlie plum pudding was requlsi
tinned in large quantities to express
the feeling at home and carry at least
a spark of Christmas cheer to enliven
the soldiers' camp.
Thousands of pounds of plum pud-
ding were aent out, hut the demand
was far in excess of the supply, a
fact which gave greater urgency to
the demand and by concent rating
geueral intrest in the pudding added
Immensely to It* popularity, and es
pecially as the soldier called loudly
for more. The result Is that today
the bulk of plum pudding consumed
In the United Kingdom I* supplied by
public purveybrs and hundreds of
thousand* of pounds are shipped
abroad. Manufacturers begin active
operation* as soon a* the new crops
of raisin*, currant* and other required
fruit* appear In Hejitember All the
constituents of plum pudding, which
do not Include plums, are prepared
and manipulated by elaborate and ex
pensive machinery. Currant* are
washed and stems removed, raisin*
uro stoned, nut* are shelled and
ground, orange* and lemons nre
p.eeled. the peel candled and cut Up,
eggs are beaten and all other Ingredl
enta prepared by machinery
Exclusive of milk and rum the In
gredlenta u*ed by a single mnnufae
turer in supplying plum pudding to
meet the demands of the Christmas
reason of 1010 aggregated f»20,14C
potatds, tin* number of pudding* fur
nlshcd aggregating 260,000. There ar<
three or four London manufacturers
says Daily Consular and Trade Re
ports, each of whosgoutput perhnpt
equaled that described, and there nr»
quite a large number of smaller e*
tahlishments in which plum pudding
was supplied for home and forelgr
consumption
The pudding Is put up in package!
weighing one to five pound* each ant
securely packed to Insure preaervatlor
and safe transportation. Properly pre
pared and packed the plum puddln*
of England, with ordinary care on th«
part of the housewife,. will retain lit
virtues for a year or mors
American Aviating Girl.
The aviating girl is quite an eatsb
llshed feature of American life 8he
ha* superseded the old-faabionsd mat-
inee girl but 1* very much mors Im
passioned Her. one dream Is that she
may. at some time or another, be
da*lied to death with her begoggled
idol If you wum to find her when
next you attend an aviation meeting
in America, do not look for her on
the lawn or In the grand stand. You
will not even find her In the club-
house Cross over to the hangar*
that la the place for the aviating girl
Beautifully dressed, she will sit for
hour after hour on an old bos, or a
log of wood or an upturned bucks*,
lust nser the dnorwgy of *he hangar
You t»<*> stare gt her photograph tor,
do what ysu will -eto will got mgr*
The spirit of martyrdom Is gs ptrgog
witblg tor Is I# th* Indian fakir, Hr
igd by Inter In Ito day I'd* faintly
troeeibU HMM 'to' may Ini tor rr«pp
■vs to ito **g#t»4ga and §>> for b nda
Tha' la »to la •el'itg wei'Dg
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Chicago Is Refular Migrating
Point for Feathered Tribe.
Henry Oldys, Assistant Biologist of
United States Biological Survey,
Delivers Lecture Before
Audubon Society.
Chicago—Birds flock to Chicago the
same as £hicagoans flock to Europe.
This city is regular migrating point
for the feathered creature*, and for
a number of reasons, pre-eminent
among them ltfMhe fact that the Mis-
sissippi valley 1* the regular route of
migration of ail birds coming from the
south to tlie colder clime* of the north-
land. Flying far above Chicago during
the night, the vast glare of thousands
of electric lights attract* them. They
alight In WaHhtngton park. Lincoln
park or some other alluring apot, and
at once begin their semi annual work
of homebuilding
Henry Oldy*. assistant biologist of
the United State* biological survey,
delivered a lecture on bird* and bird
music before the members of the 1111-
nois Audubon society at the Academy
of Science* In Lincoln park. In the
course of bis dissertation upon the
subject be made remark* of which the
foregoing paragraph is only 11 brief
eu mmary.
‘'Chicago 1* an Idea! place for birds,”
Mr Oldys declared, 'for it Is directly
i») the path of their flight north and
smith. The Mississippi valley is
known as the 'bird route.' you know.
The fact that Chicago Is Chicago, that
It Is a city stretching miles one way
and miles In other ways and that ft
has thousand* and thousand* of *T o
trie lights glaring at night, make It
one of the largest towns, speaking in
terms of bird habitation, in the coun-
try.
"And If It were not for the fact that
there is so much smoke hanging over
Chicago.” Mr Oldys declared, In com-
menting upon bis talk delivered botoro
th*' society, “there would bo many
more birds here. Of course, the 111
tie creature* will shun smoke, a* n
human lining will Can you blame
them? '
"Bird* are ultra ■•fed to a city In a
strange manner,” M.\ Oldys went on.
At night they nre drawn by the glare
of the lights, as I have explained, and
in the daytime they are lured by tall
spires Lighthouse* are especially at-
tractive to them and many of the lit-
tle nnlmal* meet their death each
year by showing too much curiosity
and flying against the framework or
pane* of the lamps
“Of my own knowledge!! can speak
of one bright morning where the stiff
ened bodies of 150 birds were picked
up from the base of the Washington
monument In Washington On an av-
erage of seven hundred s month die
by flying against the statute of Lib
ertr in New York harbor '
Another interesting observation
made by Mr Oldys was the effect of
weather upon bird* H«- de<lated that
a bright day and Iota of sunshine sent
the little warbler* high to the t o pm OS I
branch of the tallest »r*c* In the
neighborhood. while on a day rainy
and cloudy the songsters stayed in
the lowest Hinb* or often ran about
oti the ground
“l»u* a bit dhoti *« in four backyard ’’
urged the speaker "If you do you'll
have mum wrens or some swallows
living In It within s day or two, and
III warrant ttot you will bs repaid
for tbs trouble you look by tto plesa
qrr you'll decD* Horn wgfrklkg »to
little > »r* nr»*
< <«u log upon >to *«rfcea of ito
«»<l#q* birds, Mr OtdM into* tto 4m
Uisttoo 'tot l« ioe»*o«(U tto
tub * wf tbg fcgo.ag aogfcrtgg Md *to
voice of the feathered singer showed
a remarkable similarity.
“Especially is this true In the case
uf the thrush,” he declared. ”1 huve
beard them combine notes into com-
plete melodic phrase*, as beautiful and
as perfect tuCany phrase ever uttered
by the highest paid opera slnget^,''
HOBBLE SKIRT ON A LADDER
Garment Proves It* Worth to Woman
Who I* Inadvertently Locked in
Department Store.
, Buffalo, N. Y — The spectacle of a
woman descending a ladder from an
vupper story of a big department store
provided entertainment for several hun-
dred people.
When the excitement, was over a
policeman remarked:
“The nobble skirt 1* vindicated. It's
a great thing for a woman on a lad-
der.”
Patrolman Pike saw the woman at
an upper window of (he store, late In
the evening. Mho was crying hy*terl-
eally and trying to attract tlie atten-
tion of person* In the street
A long ladder was secured near by
The officer started to go up, but tho
woman waved him back.
“I’ll come down alone," she snbl, and
she did, the crowd cheering as she gin
gerly picked her way down the 56-foot
ladder. Hhe proved to be an employe
who had been Inadvertently locked in
by the watchman
MAN SHOULD EAT FOOD RAW
—
Only Animal on-Face of Earth Thai
Destroy* Value by Cooklng~-»Rgvw
Peas Are Dsllelous.
London—"Man Is the only anlmft
on the face of tho earth who eooks
his food and therefore destroys Its
value,” l)r. Robert Bell 11M In a lec-
ture on "Man's Natural Diet,” deliv-
ered at the Paxton hall In connection
with ihe Simple Ufe exhibition.
lesson
“If only we would take a
from wild animals by adopting tha . ™
diet which nature haa provided for ua
we should have a better, healthier and
longer life."
But Doctor Bell does not advocats
that mere man should imitate tha
tiger In the manner of hi* meals. "All
flesh diet should be banned," be
"ami our food should consist entirely
of vegetables, fruits. oereaM and these
cooked as little an possible."
Doctor Bell would have children
brought up In this way. He bg|:
lhat children would bs 'satisfied
wholesome raw vegetable#
fruit for ihelr^^ner and never ert
for any other food If they warn
formed that It is good for their hea
imtl conducive to a green o!d age.
Doctor Bell strongly recomm
raw peas as a delicious and
dish Hut he dons not hellevo tha
nature intends man to eat grass; hi
teeth are not adapted to IL
The lecturer added that every bn*
man being ought to attain an age
at least one hundred and twenty-eight
years “Thai there are so few cgn-
tennrlan* among us." ho said, “can
certainly be attributed to our going Vpjj
against nature's decree;,. *58
RECORD PRICES FOR STAMPS
ig
ft
United States Issues From John R
Stanton Collection Cause Lively
Competition in Gotham.
New York. Several record prices
for start ps were paid at the sab* of
the collection of United States stuirtp*
forming part of the collection of .!<))>«,
It Stanton, a copper-mining expert of
this city. This is expected to he the
most Important stamp salt* of the pres-
ent sinson, the collection being valued
at about $30,000
An tincancsled ffve-cent’ St I^uil*
postmaster provisional issue of 1H46
on grayish paper brought $360 and a
canceled ffve-cent issue of 1X46 on
greenish paper $101. A two-cent blue
Annapolis, with no Irate of cancella
tIon, went for $240, and an unlisted
ffve-cent red Kittening, l’a . letter
sheet for $26.
Of the general Issues s used 16
cent brown and blue Issue of 1867.
with the picture Inverted, brought the
highest, price, $23f>, and It was closely
followed by the two-cent carmine and
black of 1R01. with center Inverted,
which renljeed $200.60. A 24-cent
green and violet issue of 186#, picture
Inverted, used copy, fetched $1X0 A
24-cent lilac, unused, issue of 1X51 56.
sold for $142: a cameled 30-ceut or
ange of the same Issue $105, and an
unused M-omt blue, also of the same
issue, $1X6.
Among the other specimens of the
general issue* were a strip of three
of the ten-eent black of 1647, canceled
In red. $46.60; right diagonal half of
the 12-cent of 1R61-66. used as six cent,
on en’W original envelope, $27; three
cent d of 1M6I, August issue, un-
used. $21; a 24 cent green and violet,
Issue of 1668. pit lure la verted, used
opr $160, 20-rent bias and carmine
f INI* without grill, mint block of
four, $80: s four cent Idee of 1M9S.
error In tto color, unused copy. $3*
six cent brown of lilliL with wglsr
i wsrk, U M I H ."'toed 'opy, $*"
j- Among ito sUMAfw issued for the
use of lbs v*rlows departments e»
WgahJggtow § strip of Avo II"state
brood*1 HM Tto Carrtar #'stops la
eluded a fine copy of tho IbtodMNH
New York. 1X42, on original oover and
canceled In led, “New York, D.ccmbsr
I 24. 2 Cts," showing that it wae used aa
a two-cent stamp. $Xf»; k block of It
three-rent blue, issue of 1842, unused,
$230. and n one-cent black envelop*,
stamp of Philadelphia, 1861, $100.
The saIo will be continued today. I
ts expected that the collection will ro*
ali/e about $30,000, making It the moat
Important so far of tjie present adtofum* •’
CLAIMS KISS IS DETESTABLE >'
—
Dr. John M. Godson in Lecture Dm
Clare* 0*culatory Greeting Csusgg
Spread of Dlasaass.
Chicago.—“Kiss arid make upF Will 1
he it*, longer the favorite method of
reconciliation between *w«
who have had a fulling out If tto 64*
vice of Dr John M Dtxlaog glvaa j
lecture the other night Ip tho
Library is followed
“Kissing.” said Dr Dodson, "I
testable practice and most
From It I bdldve tht esti
spread of dtseaaes In our
schools 1* directly traceable,
ly at tb» beginning of the ys
the natural exuberance of c
leads the children to grout each
in an oscillatory manner and to]
communication of discharge from
and inouih xpreudiug tto Inf*
“I think It la the funcUoB of
to dlacouiags those outbreak# la
very inception Every parent
be his own health officer."
“Ussss to scrub and spoil the
wss another piece o. advice tto
er gave to parents "Yon eaa*t
a child good habits In* o
said *''Bathing la U»« verf
with which to begla. Ilnlto
every day and see that (to
U topi Up Stoa II geu
te egr* for Moetf The
•to iooOi break top ImN
English aid the
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