The Indian Journal from Eufaula, Oklahoma • Page 8

c. TRUE-HEARTED GIRL By MILDRED CAROLINE RIDGE. artful mini!" "Yes, it's simply disgraceful!" Thus Miss Blanche RunBom, thus in Indignant echo Miss Eunice Bradner. They were seated on the veranda of the Bummer hotel at Silver Lake and their mutual interest was centered on a couple passing down the beach, smiling; attractive and man and a girl, the latter Lois Tyrell, school mistress, the gentleman Vane Walton, grandson and heir of John I Walton, the city millionaire, i He had Joined the gay aristocratic (group at the hotel two weekB previously. Mr.

Paul Durand, fop and trall- ler of the fashionable set, had cultivated hi ni and incidentally made him rhis occasional banker. Between Miss Hansom and Miss Bradner there bad a positive race for the attention of the promising young man. Quite accidentally one afternoon lite on of yon. We're actually drlvlni you away from town at the beat time of the year. It's a shame!" "Never sbe said softly.

need a change, anyway. I am going to open up my-country place, and have real country looked at me appealingly. "How would you like to run down there for the hoi I days?" Her words went through me like an electric shock. So I was the chos en one! I had suspected it for some time. "Do you really mean it?" I asked.

I could see even then the magnificent stretches of country surrounding her beautiful estate, and the stately mansion in the center. Everything was there that the mind or heart could wish, and I was to be lord of it all. Not that I cared for the felt that she knew that. "Certainly I mean it. You enn run down the day before and stay over for a few, days.

My aunt will chaperon us. Now, you must go, as I have some business to attend to." It seemed too good to be true. Pot the next week I went about as one in a dream. Luck was with me, even to the elements, for the day before Christmas dawned unclouded, and gave me the opportunity to run my Vote for Davis for County NOW IT'S ROADS OF CEMENT had rescued Lois Tyrell from he a l. trana car'down.

(toMlB "instead of taking the train, which I detest on robbing her as she was gathering flowers in the wood. The rare beauty and modesty of the girl had held Vane spellbound ever since. For the first time in his flife he knew what real love was. In a week he had confessed the fact to object of his adoration, at the end of two they were engaged. "After his money, of course!" remarked Miss Ransom sourly.

"Oh, everybody knows that!" chimed in Miss Bradner with like acrimony. Meantime the happy loverB continued their stroll. It led to the humble little schoolhouse where Lois presided. Then, Vane came back to the hotel. It was to face a vast surprise.

A letter awaited him and by its superscription he recognized the handwriting of his grandfather. He had written his eccentric relative frankly informing him that he had met his heart's choice. With some anxiety he had awaited the reply. Here it was. Saw the Letter on the Bureau Vane's Room.

In The missive was a brief one. "The limber investment has gone beyond my control," it ran. "You had better think of something besides getting married. I am going away to And out If anything can be saved from the wreck. In the meantime you had bettor try and start in earning a living." The timber involved the entire fortune of Vane's grandfather.

To say that Vane was not seriously impressed and disappointed would be to stray from the tacts. It was a positive blow, a rude rhock. Paul Durand, always meanly poking Into the business of others, saw the letter on the bureau in Vane's room later. The news soon spread. Before nightfall the fashionable coterie nt the hotel knew of the failure of the old millionaire.

Before nightfall Vane had set the stamp of truth upon the rumor by retiring to the cheap little hotel in the village. "What a narrow escape!" shuddered Miss Ransom, recalling her efforts to capture the young man. "There will probably be a change in the sentiments of that scheming school mistress now!" sneered Miss Bradner. There was certainly a change In the shallow natures of the tuft hunters who had praised and petted and- sponged upon the generous young Walton. Cold shoulders were turned to him, distant glances and supercilious nods awarded him.

Mr. Paul Durand made a point to evade his former friend, and forgetting to repay his borrowings. There came one bright spot In Vane's experience. The young clergyman who had charge of the struggling church on "The Flats," where a poor working community predominated, came to Vane In his new quarters. "I hear you have met with some distress in your expectations, Mr.

Walton," he remarked. "I fear it" Is true, replied Vane gravely. "I wtsh to offer my personal It was only a seventy-mile run. I arrived at six o'clock. As I stepped into the hall, I noticed an unusual commotion.

Suddenly, from behind a pillar, a form sprang forth. It was that of Fenson. "Hello, bid man! All the boys are here!" "The boys!" I exclaimed. "What the deuce do you mean?" At that instant I gazed around me. The hall was piled with merchandise, like a warehouse.

Boxes of candy of every conceivable shape mounted tc the celling like a pyramid. A mass of the latest holiday books towered aloft on the other sjde, and in the cenFer were flowers, ranged In geometrical masses. Her Christmas gifts. "Good heavens!" I cried again, as, from all the four corners of the establishment there issued, one by one the twenty-two -members of my club. "Can It be?" They sorrowfully grouped, themselves about me, and Fenson, burying his head on my shoulder, almost wept as he replied: "Yes, old fellow, it -is too true.

She has invited every man Jack down here to spend Christinas with her, and an hour ago she skipped back to town all by herself!" There was a Bojemn pause. The painful, but we felt that we must meet it like men. "Boys," I whispered, "we could follow her back; but, inasmuch as we are all in the same boat, I move that we Btay here for the holiday and have a ripping old time, and that the secretary be immediately empowered to telephone her agent that we will take another three years' lease." "Second the motion," said Fenson. And it was carried unanimously. (Copyright, Frank A.

Murisey Co.) LOOKED THE PART. Modern Country Thoroughfares Constructed of Concrete Require Very Little Repairing. Tn a way, it is fortunate that United States has been rather slow, ID the matter of road-making. The roadj can now be built of lasting materials such as will, withstand the wear ol motor traffic, which is fast ruining Europe's century-old roadways. Last! ing road materials are everywhere present in the form of sand and gravel from pits and stream beds andxruBhed rock from stone quarries.

Combined with Portland cement into concrete; they form an inexpensive and road surface successfully resists the usually destructive action of automobiles. The first consideration In the build Ing of concrete roads is a careful study of local deposits of sand, grave) and as the "aggregate' see whether they concrete. Sand must be clean and hard and must grade uniformly in size -of grain from one-fourth Inch down The same applies to gravel and crushed rock, except that the largest particles commonly allowable are one and one-fourth inches in diameter. local materials are usable, a consider able saving will be effected, as Only cement will need be freighted. It is much faster and cheaper to mlJ the concrete with a machine than hand.

Depending on the grading ol the concrete is usuallj proportioned one bag of Portland ce ment to two cubic feet of sand and four cubic feet of screened gravnl oi crushed rock, or one of cement to twe of sand and three of gravel or rock During the grading and draining ol the road, the "aggregate" is hauled and piled at convenient points. concrete is mixed mushy wet, is de posited to the thickness of six inches upon the firm old road-bed, and is brought to grade and shape by means of a templet. In order to shed thi water to. the the surface of the concrete is given a rise oi crown in the center of one one-hun dredth to one seventy-fifth the width of the roadway. The surface is fin Ished with a wooden float and wire broom, by which means there is af forded perfect footing for horses'.

'''At Intervals of 25 feet the road is divided The campaign is nearly over some whorrTI have not had the opportunity to see and lay my ilairn before. 1 think they are entitled to know why I want their support for (Jounty i Since moving from to Mcfnfosh County, seven or eight agOj I have been connected the schools the county almost continuously. Most of my time has spent in the country schools, but I have taught, in all grades from the lowest to the believe that I can be of rnoro service to the rural schools of this coiuity than a man who has never taught in them a day; I was connected with the Eufaula City Schools last year and I shall be connected with them next year. I will let tny work thero speak for itself. If elected I vviH work as conscientiously and faithfully: as I have always "worked.

I refer yon to any community in Mcintosh county where. I have ever taught and I will stand by whatever the good cHizens of that community have to say about me. Finally, let me say that I have made a hard, clean campaign and have indulged in no mud sl nging whatever. If yon believe in this kind of a think I am competent I will appreciate your "support. Let me urge you to investigate my merits before casting your, ballot, August 4th.

1 Advertisement. Rayburn S. Davis When his love was spurned Jack Lancaster, of. Brant, attempted to shoot himself through the forehead at 1 lonely spot along a country road. He is now at death 'B door.

Lancaster had known the young woman for less than a month. Jewel Rammage, a small boy, of Cimmaron county, was bitten by a rattlesnake while on his way to school. Medical aid'could not be secured immediately and when the doctor arrived the child was In a serious condition; but may recover, The traveling libraries sent the extension division of the University of Oklahoma are greatly in demand by the people of the state. Dr. Muskogee Gas Electric Co.

are the idea has been put into operation, reports that there are now twenty- three collections of books in circulation. Stranger (in the wild acted as Santa Claus In your camp last Christmas? 1 Alkali Charley. We tarred and feathered him fer hoss stealln'. grow Christmas Proverbs. Santa Claus makeB the heart fonder.

A fair exchange is no Chrlstmaa gift. The kissed girl doesn't dread the mistletoe. One-half the world doesn't know how the other half spends Christmas. A pretty girl needB no mistletoe. A Christmas present In the stocking is worth two in the store Woman's Home Companion.

Modem Type of Concrete Culvert Re Inforced to Bear the Heaviest Loads. Into sections by narrow contraction joints extending crosswise the road and entirely through the concrete These joints are formed by means ol a thin metal or wooden cross-form oi divider to which 1 tied a single oi double thickness of tar paper with th paper face against the last laid sectiot of roadwayr" After the surface of thh section is finished, and while the cou crete for the adjoining section is be ing placed, the cord holding the papei to the cross-form is cut and the cross form Is removed. The tar paper ad the and Btay in the joint, which Is reduced to the thick ness of the paper by forcing against it the freshly" placed concrete of the see tlon under construction. MEND MARKET ROADS FIRST Qreat Mystery Solved. "Papa, what does Santa Claus between Chrlstmases "Hides from his creditors." do Country Produce Must Have Easier Way to Town, Says President Waters of Kansas College.

Improve ihe roads first by which farmers must market their produce, then look to the betterment of the crosB -country roads. That la the advice of Dr. J. Waters, president of the Kansas Agricultural coUege. Ten per cent of the KansaB public highways carry 76 per cent of the total traffic, the president said.

Figures In the office of the state highway engineer show that it costs $11,000,000 every year to get the surplus products from the Kansas farm to the railway station, if this ten per cent of road were improved, a saving of $3,000,000 a year to Kansas farmers easily would be A giant human skeleton was unearthed at Luther, Oklahoma county, by grave diggers. The skeleton was found about three feet under ground and beneath a solid layer of rock. The skull, which is well preserved, was found to be twice the size of an ordinary man's head and other bones Indicated that the giant human being must have been over eight feet tall. The find was repotted to the state geologist at Norman. Northwestern Oklahoma has the largest wheat acreage and finest prospects for a bumper crop in the history of the country.

Farmers assert that if the wheat receives a few showers during May the yield will be 30 to 40 per acre. Grading for the new interurban riectrlc railway to run from Lawton to Fort Sill is practically completed. The power plant has been finished and two car 'loads of steel rails the road has arrived. Actual laying af steel Is expected to begin within a 'ew days. EXPENSE OF ROAD BUILDING Interesting Comparison Compiled by' Department of Agriculture Showing Money Spent.

BIG HORSE SHOW FOR- THE STATE FAIR FAMOUS COLISEUM WILL BE THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN THIS YEAR. With a perfected hor.se show circuit in the. Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition horse show thl9'. year is literally placed In the Madison Square Garden class. The new circuit makes It possible for own ers to compete for rich prizes at half of the biggest western fairs including the Oklahoma "State Fair and Exposition.

Oklahoma City, Sopt to 3. The Oklahoma Horse Show be held the second week of the State Fair atifj 'Exposition in the immense Coliseum which is 170x270 feet in dimensiens, with an arena 80x200 'feet' The seating capacity" Is 3,600. opera chairs being provided and everything dene for the comfort of visitors. Prise: pfforlngsvare announced in a nifty little booklet just issued and also printed in the annual premium list, which i3 now ready. total amount of' money has been increased from $2,245 i.o $2,500 and distributed to the best possible Provision luis been made for every class found in the best horse shows of'the country and'there will be numerous other features of world- fame, including Thu- viu's Band and concert singers, the Wirth family of equestrians and Powers' trained elephants.

HOVEL DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS EVERYTHING NEW AND LATE IN PYROTECHNICS AT STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION 1 The eighth annual Oklahoma State Fair and City, Sept. 22 to Oct. 3, will be- literally in a blaze of glory each night when all that Is new and late in pyrotechnics will be presented. Each and every evening the big night show in front of the immense grandstand will close with a display of fireworks never before excelled in this section of the country. Contracts have just been made for this tremendously expensive night at- An interesting comparison between the expenditure on public roads in the United States in 1904 and In 1912 has just been compiled by the tidpart- ment of agriculture throjugh Its office of public roads, showing the tremen- (traction and the detailed program has dous growth that has taken pjacejn not yet been worked out.

Assurance for betterHniguwaya -by the State Fair manage- within the last eight years- jment. the display will In 1'9'04 the total expenditures on all be built on a colossal scale there public roads in the United States was will be scores of novelties. $79,771,617. but in 1912 the expenditures for this purpose amounted to The expenditure per mile of public roads In the United States for 1904 was but the expenditures per mile for the year. 1912 had doubled, amounting to $71.65.

The expenditure per inhabitant in 1904 was $1.05, but in 1912 It amounted ta $1.78. The greatest progress in rond building has been made in the states which contribute from the state treasuries toward the'eonstruction of state- aid or trunk-line roads. In 1901 there were 13 states thaij contributed out of the general fund $2,607,000, but In 1912 there were 35 states which contributed $43,757,438. The states having the largest expenditures for state-aid and trunk-line roads in 1912 were as follows: New York, OOeV Pennsylvania, Mary- lanO, $3,370,000: Connecticut, 000 Music for the big concerts in con- ncc.ticn' with the fireworks will be provided by Thaviu's great Russion 'rxnd and there will be any-number of circus acts each evening. Unohg the big acts might be men- ioncd -May.

Wirth, the Australian msrvel-and her entire family of and Power's New York idpparirome A Music Lover. "That prima donna must love music thoroughly." "Oh, I don't know," replied the manager. "She doesn't seem to get a bit of pleasure out of hear Ing anybody else sing well." CONSTRUCTION OF ROAD DRAG When Principles Are Thoroughly Understood and Intelligently Applied Work Is Simple. (Prepared by the United States Dep 'art- ma 'nt of Agriculture.) brags are often constructed of planks instead of logs. The plank be strengthened along the middle by a 2x6-inch strip.

A triangular strip may bo used under the lower edge of the blade to give It the proper cutting slope. The successful operation of the drag Involves two principles, which when thoroughly understood and Intelligently applied make road working with this implement vei'y simple. The first concerns the length and position of the hitch, while the with the position of the driver on the drag. For ordinary purposes the snatch link or clevis should fastened' far enough toward the blade end of the ohain to force the unloaded drag to follow the team at an angle of 45 degrees. This will cause the earth to move along the face of the drag smoothly and will give, comparatively light draft to the team, provided the driver rides in the line of draft.

If small weeds are to be cut or a furrow of earth Is to be moved, the doubletree should be attached rather close to the ditch end of the drag. The drag will now move nearly ditch end foremost, and the driver should stand with one foot on the extreme forward end of the front slab. This will swing the drag back to the proper angle and will cause the blade to plow. This hitch requires slow and careful driving in order to prevent the Both Questions Important. Th subject of good roads is one that will aot down, but the question of keeplag good roads is quite as Important Ballard wauls his lYiemls to stay with him.

Ho is a 'winner, tor Tax Assessor. adv His Specialty. "Did you hear about Muggins taking up settlement work?" "Yes; he usually works his creditors for 50 cents on the Topics. Common Ground, It makes mighty little difference, says the Boston Transcript, what alti tude records aviators break, they're all planted at a uniform level. The Plank Drag.

drag from tipping If the blade should plow too deeply, the driver should shift his weight toward the back Blab. If straw and weeds clog the blade, they can usually be if the driver shifts bis weight to a point as far as possible from the ditch or blade end. Usually two horses are enough to pull a drag over an ordinary earth road. When four horses are used they should be hitched to the drag by means of a four-horse evener. The team should be driven with one horse on either side of the right-hand wheel track or rut the full length of the portion tc ha dragged, and the return mado over the other half ot the roadway.

The object of this treatment la to move earth toward the center of the roadway and.to^raise it gradually above the surrounding level. While this Is being accomplished all mud- ruts will be filled, into traffic will pack the fresh earth;.