Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-08-11
MODEL TOWN MAKING
RICH WISCONSIN ZIMMERMAN SETS
PACE FOR CLEANLINESS.

FNNSE FON SGCtNiNlliNGOO
Fine Garden PInn Proposed For Me-
nom"nte. Wis.-Lundscnpc Architect
TO Lay II out, aud Popular Vote
VIII Bind People to II.
Mcnomonic, numbering town of
northern Wisconsin, just emerging
from its lumhcrjack days. is to be
made the model town of America
through the muniticcnce of its wealth
lest citizen. State Senator James ii.
Stout, millionaire lumbernan whose
citizenship. says the Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Menomonie, though having popula-
tion of only about 5000, is known
throughout the United States to have
the finest system of public schools in
America. But this title is to be sup
planted by one of greater worth
Menomonies development into mod
Cl town is to bc through the agency Of
its own votes, supplemented by Scna-
tor Stout's wealth. Warren III. Man
nlug. noted Boston landscape archi-
tect, has been engaged by Senator
Stout to lay out scheme on which Me
nomonic may be perfected. Senator
Stout IS to take all the preliminary
steps, and the votes of the citizens will
bind the residents to build their houses
according to the common plan, devised
so that the business district will blend
harmoniOuSly into the residence pOr-
tionS of the city, and the front yards
of the residences will be so decorated
with flower beds and other adornments
that Menomonic will be one great gar
den. with the houses SO hidden by
vines and CrcCpcrS as to remind one of
an ancient English estate.
The plans are not complete, but the
town council and business mems and
citizens associations have pledged aC-
quicSccncc in the scheme
Mcnomonic iirSt won renOwn through
its wonderful system of public schools,
all given to the town, with the cXCcp-
tion of the district schools, by Senator
Stout The Stout School of Physical
Culture, the Stout Manual Training
school, the Stout gymnasium and the
Stout Natatorium are some of the
school and public buildings provided
by this millionaire lumberman. Now,
rs M"nomoni"'S SawduSt piles are be
ing carried away, their place Is to be
filled by town modelled on the latest
artistic device. OF all the Stout insti-
&, to-;
Is the most elaborate and that in which
Stout takes the most pride. 1t has
achieved such fame that teachers Of
manual training from all over the coun-
try com" in drOvcS to be allowed to
learn the Stout methods.
Senator Stout says that Mcnomone
was the town whose lumber industry
made his fortune, and 1t is only fair to
the town to return to 1t some of the ad-
vantagcs thus CLEANED. Mr.. Stout was
the pioneer In introducing manual
training into the public schools of the
state, Before Milwaukee had such n
department that of Menomonie was
famous.
The Stout institutions are part Of the
public school system and are headed
by the best educators in the state. For
Instance. l.. ID. Harvey, former state
superintendent of public instruction,
upon completing his term was Mt once
engaged as city superintendent in Me
nOmOnic Mt Il larger salary than that
paid In the state office. He refused an
offer to take charge Of the public
schools of Cleveland to remain at Me
nomonic Other instructors are of the
same high grade and draw better sal
aries than can be secured elsewhere
Senator Stout believes as we'll in mu-
nicipal Improvements, and one Of his
activities has been the building of
model roads around Menomonie. He
secured a governmental crew to show
the farmers Of his county how to build
roads and then kept up the agitation
until once rutted country highways be-
came as boulcvands to the ordinary
roads In older parts of the state
This agitation Of his for clean and
modern cities has taken root In the
state, and this last spring has been
marked by wave of agitation In n
dozen cities of the state At Delavan
the work done was chiefly on the part
of school children 10 show farmers the
need of having better roads. Even in
Milwaukee the idea has taken root, and
10000 school children have banded to-
Gether to keep the back yards free of
small articles offensive to the eye.
In Sheboygan the school children
formed a Green Button brigade, and
on one day in the early spring the city
was literally swept clean. The children
began work, each In his own back yard,
and when they had finished with the
yards thousands Of broomS were WELD
I'd in the streets to gather the dirt into
piles, where the wagons loaned by the
rty carried the dirt away
Wausau also furnished teams and
1ty laborers free to aid the school chill
drpn in the work of cleaning up.
Flowers Near the Kitchen Door.
hOuSckeeper who spends much
time in the kitchen has a stand erected
in the yard against the fence and one
in front Of the kitchen door, says the
HOuSekeeI-er. The two shelves, placed
one above the other, are filled with
boxes and flower pots. In which are
growing that never firing bloomer, the