THE STATE REVIEW. 



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next year: Bark River, Ford River, Wells, Escan- 

 aba. Mrampton and Maple Ridge. The issue of the 

 bond is to be in addition to the regular tax levy 

 of $2 to $1,000 valuation in Delta county. All the 

 road work to be undertaken next year will be in 

 accordance with the plans approved by the state 



the $5 denomination for an illustration; one tha 

 has been somewhat worn is better than a new 

 note from the treasury. In the center is thf 

 well known vignette of the head of an Indiai 

 chief in dress regalia of feathers and trappings 

 presenting a full face view. We now take this 



highway commission and will allow the county to | pi" and make two punctures right through thi 



bill and directly through the pupils of the eyes- 



receive the state bounty of $1.000 for each mile 

 of road constructed during the season. 



Making of Good Roads. 



Good roads cannot be had unless good drainage 

 is provided. Bear this in mind alwa 



so, 1 hand you the bill, and even though you saw 

 me make the punctures they are not visible at .. 

 casual and even critical glance. 



"1 now raise it to the light and you can set. 

 the two tiny holes made by the pin point as 

 distinctly as windows 



K.-ads and road making a-e received much con- = * W !" OWS n buil 

 sideratiou in the past few years, and much discus- 1 ?^? of the hZ if'fi * 

 BO, will, after a while, bring about good results. , "SfJSS ^1 * J 



builin * . 



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Muddy roads are more often caused by the lack 

 .of proper drainage of the roadbed than anything 

 cKe. A certain amount of water is necessary to 

 keep the surface packed well, but when there is a 

 surplus the opposite effect is produced. 



Every road, no matter of what material it is 

 composed, should be so constructed as to give it 

 proper drainage. 



1 he usual and most common method is to have 

 side ditches along the road and have the roadbed 

 slope gently each way, having the highest point in 

 the .-enter. 



An eminent road authority of Illinois says he 

 thinks every country road should have its drain- 

 assisted by tile laid in the ditches to a depth 



at a 



extreme ends of the note. You will observe tha 

 these diminutive twists do not appear in the 

 necks of the two figures of 5 which are in both 

 ends at the bottom ot the note. 1 then pierce 

 the note at the extreme end of the scrolls on 

 either side of the word "five" which may be seci 

 in the direct center of the note at its lower 

 edge. 



"The marking 01 the rote is now complete 

 It is exhibited to one or two persons in the secret 

 for the purpose of preliminary examination am 

 identification, and then placed in the inoncj 

 drawer, perhaps with several others of the same 

 denomination, all exactly marked alike with the 

 greatest care. The thief may be on the lookout 

 for marked bills, usually ink marks, but he is a 



lall of about one inch in fifty feet. 



It i- often found advantageous to put drain tile 

 in the center of the road several feet under the 

 surface, this helping to carry off the water when 

 the sub-oil is of an impervious nature. 



For most roads the side ditches will be found 



surely present p.'n pricks. You see, this class ot 

 thieving does not admit of a critical examina- 

 tion of the money before taking it; it is usually 

 done very quickly before the thief has a chance 

 to exchange or to spend them. 



And the pin pricks remain.' 1 Indeed, they do 

 adequate. I hey should not be made narrow and I The money is afterward carefully placed hi en- 

 deep, but broad, and be a continuation of the slope ; velopes and is not promiscuously "handled When 

 from the center of the roadbed. By making out- they are exhibited in court and their prelimin- 

 lets in .111 these side ditches at frequent intervals ary preparation explained under oath convict 'on 

 i that the water will not have to travel long dis- 

 tances in them good drainage will be had. 



I lie kind of soil determines to a great extent the 

 ease with which good roads are maintained, but 

 with the split-log drag, in use now in many sec- 

 tions, the work can be done with anv soil. Bv its 



is practically certain." 



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frequent use the crown of the road is kept in an n , red these snlal , 



impervious condition and the side ditches are kept int; , nds for a ,, t ; t 



open. as they gradually till up from the sides of with its mvn machinerv 



MANUFACTURE OWN PENNIES. 



Uncle Sam will mike his own pennies in future. 

 The treasury has taken over the business from 

 concerns, which fc 



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mantlfac : 

 * vernment - and 



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the road working down into them. 



The free/ing and thawing of winter always 

 make bad roads if they are not cared for before 

 this season sets in. This is a good time to look 

 after these things. 



Commission Abolished. 



Following a long controversy between the Me- 

 nominee supervisors and the board of road com- 

 missioners over the alleged unbnsin=ss-like meth- 

 od-, of the latter, the county board, after a hot 

 fight, decided to abolish the commission. 



HOW MONEY IS MARKED. 



"How is money marked?" repeated a head- 

 quarters detective. "Well, it is not marked in the 

 manner that the general public thinks it is,' says 

 the Washington Star. 



"The average person, no doubt, believes that 

 money is marked by private marks placed on the 

 bills with pen and ink ; perhaps some employers 

 thus mark the bills they place in the cash drawer 

 which is being robbed by a dishonest clerk. Of 

 course 'marked money' of this kind is good evi- 

 dence in court on the trial of a man upon which 

 it has been found. But a check mark in ink, 

 unless very expertly put on, might, with the aid 

 of a good lawyer for the accused, be shown to 

 have been perhaps accidental and thus would the 

 oversight, reasonable doubt of the accused's par- 

 ticipation in the robbery be raised. 



"1 here are several different ways of marking 

 money by police experts to the end that they 

 may establish its positive identity of having 

 been in their hands before the thief extracted it. 

 The way I personally employ, and which is per- 

 haps the safest to secure certainty of conviction, 

 is the 'pin prick method.' 



"Let us take the familiar silver certificate of 



1 he treasury has always stamped its own pen- 

 nies with the design of the Indian's head and the 

 wreath on the reverse enclosing the words "One 

 cent"; but the coins lacking only this finishing 

 touch, have been made for many years in Water- 

 bury, Conn., whence they were shipped in the 

 shaoe of "blanks" (otherwise known as "plan- 

 diets") in strong wooden boxes. They used to 

 cost the government, in this form only twenty- 

 four cents a pound, whereas to-day owing to the 

 rise in the. price of copoer, they cannot be manu- 

 factured, even when homemade, for less than 

 twenty-nine cents. A pound of blanks represent 

 146 pennies. 



If a cent a pound be added for the expense of 

 stamping them with dies, it will be obvious that 

 Uncle Sam is able to manufacture 486 pennies 

 for a dollar a very profitable enterprise, inas- 

 much as he disposes of that number for $4.86. 



During the last year the treasury minted 80,- 

 719,163 pennies, of which New York state ab- 

 sorbed about 15,000,000, the demand from Illinois 

 being next in point of size, while Massachusetts 

 was third and Pennsylvania fourth. To make 

 this number of cents required 525,28 pounds of 

 copper, ]6,:>sii pounds of tin and 11,257 pounds 

 of zinc, the two latter metals entering into the 

 composition of these coins to the extent of three 

 per cent, and two. 



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Help Wanted. 



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COLLECTOR Experienced collector, with best 

 of references, wanted at once ; good money for 

 right man. Business Men's Credit Exchange, 

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YOUXG MAX, good habits and scholar, position 

 to keep cost and material in sheet metal works. 

 W. J. Burton Co., 164 Lamed st. west. Detroit. 



Business Opportunities. 



BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Men of business 

 interested in a new field for linking money will 

 find in our proposition whit they arc seeking. 

 We have a new plan in the Mail Order line that 

 will please those seeking a good investment 

 with large profits. A fortune for the right 

 person. The F. H. Alden Co., 16.-* E. Fourth 

 St., Cinc'nnati. O. 



FOR SALE or will exchange for good real es- 

 tate, furniture and undertaking business in good 

 t:nvn in Gratiot cotmtv. doine pood business"; 

 will inventor" .-bout $:i, r .OO. Montney & Jones, 

 49 Hodges BUI-?., Detroit. 



IF YOU WANT a business tint will pav several 

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 'few dollirs recurred. Catalog and mrticuhrs 

 irss. Milburn-Hicks, 708 Pontiac Bldg., Chi- 

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RESIDENT MANAGER wanted in each city or 

 town to ren'-e-'enl large imp"f'ctirer of com- 

 pMe l : ne high-Tade autorvHvles ; must invest 

 snr'll amount of nvinev, wh'ch is amplv secured: 

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Real Estate. 



jENTLEMAN'S country home of near 30 acre:; 

 in Bloomfield hills, on Orchard Lake gravel 

 road, near Pontiac; 10 minutes' walk to electric 

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 season; other buildings; a delightful, restful 

 and retired home to one able to buv such a 

 home. Price $16,000. HOOD, 27 and 28 Cleland 

 bldg.. Detroit. 



The growth of the cement stone industry is 

 nowhere more effectively demonstrated than in 

 Grand Haven, where nearly every house con- 

 structed during the past three or four years has 

 been set upon a cement stone foundation. There 

 ire several plants turning out stone in that city 

 and one or two more around Spring Lake and 

 all of them seem to find a market for their pro- 

 duct. Grand Haven is a fair example of the 

 use of cement or concrete in nearly every form. 



LANDRY'S INVESTMENTS. 

 For sale or exchange Houses, factory sites, 

 farms (any size), vessel properly, vacant lots. 

 mortgaged property to exchange for vacant. 

 Money to loan for construction in anv sum 

 up to $50,000. Tell me your wants can fill 

 them. 40s Buhl block, Detroit. 



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 in Michigan for the State Review. Liberal 

 commission.. State Review, 1406 Majestic 

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