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The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26
Romecron and Cran.

The "hOmecroft" idea. referred to by
George II. Maxwell in his address be-
fore the Biennial Convention of the
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
is closely allied to the "home arts and
crafts" propaganda, in which so many,
in and out Of the federation, are inter
ested. The homecrofter, owning his
home and little patch of ground-an
acre or two, more or less-is of all
persons the one most likely to be inter
ested in home crafts-little lines of
which, added to the pro-
duce Of his ground, may afford a sun
port to his family, either constantly or
as a substitute for wage-earning en-
ployment when some great shop or
factory may be suspended. Aided,
perhaps, by little gas engine or cleo
trio motor, he may have choice of an
infinite variety of crafts, in which he
and his family may protitably engage.
Here Is combination which seems to
offer relief from the demoralizing and
devitalizing conditions of our present
factory system; also a mode of multi
plying the number of those citizens,
Independent Of both landlord and EN-
ployer, who are the backbone of
American democracy. Give us the
homecrofter and the craftsman in one!
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26
Keep Politics Out.

Every public-minded citizen should
make it known that he is absolutely
opposed to partisan, political control
in the management of public parks,
roadside improvement, Fairgrounds
and like town betterments. Nothing
can be more detrimental to such de-
velopment than the interference of
politics. Party responsibility, as n
remedy for municipal mismanagement,
has been proved a "delusion and a
snare" Such methods have raised to
important places bigotel. incompetent
and sometimes dishonest men, VINO, by
reason of their weaknesses or mis-
management, have disgraced what
should be honorable and respected
positions. Our citizens should insist
that no political consider
ations be allowed to interfer with
park affairs, and should visit with
marked censure and disapproval all
city officials who prostitute their trusts
for mere political gain.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26
THE INDEPENDENT TOWN.
Make each Rural Center Dependent
Upon Itself and Its Own Resources.

Make Zach kural SenteF DSPSHoS"s
Upon Itself and Its Own Resources.
There has lately developed strong
sentiment looking to the improvement
of the home town-lnakihS eaeh
community, as much as possiole,
dependent upon itseit ana lts own
resources and those of its sur
rounding country, and independ-
ent of the great centres Which are
constantly striving to secure portion
of the local wealth. This local self
sufficiency may be fostered by an in
diyidual and cooperative determi-
nation to bring the town up to its
highest possible plane Of comfort, gem
eral usefulness and beauty to Its resi-
dents, This may be described as a
movement for civic Improvement.
The accumulation of considerable
wealth in many American villages anu
towns, during the last ten or twenty
Years, the development of popular
education and the increase OF leisure
has given an opportunity for the per-
formance Of public duties, such as
lad not seemed to exist to the young
man or woman of the former gener-
alton, who, in the effort to secure
livelihood and establish home mad
given little thought to the duties OF
citizenship and social responsibilities.
1t is only within comparatively
few wears that, mature study mas
entered into any of the public-school
work. or even manual training, While
there are many who yet think that
such institutions as @ymnaSlunS.
baths, Fairgrounds, and even vacation
schools and free lectures are unneces-
sary time-consumers for the young.
Nevertheless the general movement
for a better education along rural lines
and for backyard and street improve
mcnt, and the general betterment of
the village and town is Rapidly in
crcasing.
AS an instance of this, even in such
q large city as st. Louis, girls and
boys are given practical instruction in
gardening, through the Junior School
of Horticulture of the Missouri
Botanical Gardens. The children are
permitted to sell their own products
a decided stimulus to their e-crts
and in this way many of them earn
nsiderable pocket money for vacation
tine. This school has been in oper-
Gtion for number of years and is Of
treat value to the citizens as well as
to the children Of the city, the latter
Of whom would otherwise know practi-
oally nothing Of nature as country
children know 1t.
Even in Texas the school garden
and town improvement idea has made
hcadway, although there has been
greater difficulty in obtaining popular
approval and support, possibly, than in
any other section of the country, owing
to the fact, perhaps, that the Lone
Star State has vast areas Of unoc-
crpied land, and to the fact that the
influential majority has been but a
short time removed from the cattle
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26

operation Ine Ilntform OF the Tails.
man. The following is taken there.
from:
EDUCATION. EMPLOYMENT AND
HOMES ON THE LAND.
That children shall be taught
gardening and homecraft in the public
schools, and that Homecraft and
Garden Training Schools shall be
established by county, municipal
state, and national governments.
Where every boy and every man ont
OF work who wants employment where
he can gain that knowledge, can learn
how to make home and till the soil
and get his living straight from the
ground, and where every boy would
be taught that his first aim In life
should be to get a home Of his own
on the land.
BUILD HOMECROFTS AS NATION.
AL SAFEGUARDS.
That the New Zealand system OF
Land Taxation and Land Purchase
and Subdivision, and Advances to Set.
tiers Act, shall be adopted in this
country, to the end that land shau,ht
subdivided into small holdings In Il
hands Of those who will till it 4 n
livelihood, and labor find occun Ia
In the creation Of homecrofts, lid
Will be perpetual safeguards q ailS
the political evils and social disd tea,
resulting from the oyergrowf ot'
cities and the sufrerings Of uIitfn.
ployed wage-earners.
PROTECTION FOR THE AMER
ICAN HOAIECROFT.
That Rural Settlement shall be
encouraged and the principle of Pro.
lection for the American Wageworker
and his Home applied directly to tie
Home by the Exemption from Taxa
tion of all improvements upon. and
also of all personal property, not ex.
ceeding $500 In value, used on and
IN connection with, every uomecroft
or Rural Homestead of not more than
ten acres In extent, which the owner
occupies as permanent home and
cultivates with his own labor md 50
provides therefrom all or part of the
support for family.
ENLARGEMENT OF AREA AVAIL.
ABLE FOR NOMINATING.
That the National Government
as part of comprehensive nation
al policy of Internal Improvements
for river control and regulation,
and for the enlargement to the
utmost possible extent of tile
area Of the country available for agrl.
culture and Homes on the Land. AID
for the protection of those Homes from
either flood or drouth, shall build not
only levees and revetments where
needed, and drainage works for the
reclamation of swamp and overnowed
lands, but shall also preserve existing
forests, reforest denuded areas, plant
new forests, and build the great reser.
voirs and other engineering WORKS
necessary to safeguard against over
dow and save for beneficial use tie
Hood waters that now run to waste,
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26
FORD SCHOOL CLASS JUDGING A HAafB1EroN1AN MA

salaries and only 1910 for other ex-
penses, has faculty made up of nu-
merous specialists and an equipment
in illustrative material such as few
technical high schools could afford.
And the pupils are being trained In
the elements OF failure and success"
not only on "all the farms of the
neighborhood." but in the village
shops and markets. This is training
FOR efficiency. 1t is training for cul-
ture, for breadth of view, and for
sympathy with all that goes to make
up the life of the community,
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26

ment exercises took occasion to refer
TO the philosophy of Ingalls, famous
poem. 1T is false and misleading"
said Mr.. James. ut is not a single op-
portunity which comes to a man; 1t is
a train. 1t is never-ending process
sion, some small, some large, growing
perhaps more small and more insigniti-
cant as the years flow on, but ever
and always opportunities too numer-
Gus. too great, and too large for us to
utilize fully"
This is good, healthful optimism.
There never was time when opportu-
mites of all shapes, sizes and colors
bobbed up on every corner as they do
to-day And they are not confined to
any particular country or locality.
They are waiting everywhere. Under
the rapidly changing Industrial and
economical conditions they are spring
ing up In odd and out-of-the-way-
places. Old settlements-old villages,
moss-grown and for years silent as
the cemetery that clings to their
skirts. are finding new youth in the
revival Of occupations and simple in.
dustries which twenty years ago were
deemed impossible. The abandoned
farms Of New England-The farms
that were left tenantless because It
was thought that the only emporium
tiles for success were to be found in
the West-are receiving new leases of
life.
PENDULUM IS SWINGING BACK
For full half century the American
people have been money-mad. Every.
thing has been sacrificed to the one
idea of accumulation. The dollar sign
became the sole badge of honor, and n
mans success was measured not by
what he made of himself, not by what
he accomplished for his fellows or the
world at large, but by the size Of his
pile.
This standard of success has warp.
ed the imagination Of the whole peO-
pie. The merchant and professional
man bend every energy to the pil.
ing up Of gold bricks. And the farmer.
not to be outdone, lies awake nights
thinking how he may get more land.
ae mas now more than he can till.
but the land lust has seized him and
home comforts and quiet life are sold
III the market in order that the line.
fence may be removed
This has been the condition for
AA'"is SVoiS, aLl IL requires CQflfnI
observation to detect any change. But
reaction has set in. The pendulum is
swinging back. A growing sentiment
In favor Of moderate success, q Quiet
life and home surroundings Is appnr-
ent. With this comes a desire to get
back to original principles; to abandon
the cities and seek the 'healthful life
Of the farm and the village.
The growth Of our cities has been
abnormal-the direct result Of alb
normal transportation conditions. "To
him TINT hath shall be riven. and to
him that hath not even that which he
hath shall be taken away" has been
the working policy Of modern com.
merclal transportation companies.
The small town has been sacrificed to
the city. This was the natural result
Of competition. In centers where
railroads meet. low rates
nre given to both the in-going and out
voing freight but where there Ia but
one road. the traffic Is taxed all that It
will bear. This condition has had d
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The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26
Fresh Air Pyaygrou1ds.

American cities arc far behind
European cities in making provision
for public parks, especially in pro-
viding for the instruction and amuse-
ment of children in them. In modern
municipal equipment in Europe. much
provision is made for the instruction
and amusement Of children, and In
most modernized European cities large
sums OF money have been expended m
procuring open spaces for them In dlsl
tricts Of congested population.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26

range business. However, the more
centralized portion of society has taken
the matter up, and it is stated that
the most publc-spirited citizens of
the towns and cities, together with the
progressive teachers have made school
gardens and rural education success
during the past two seasons and have
aroused such enthusiasm among the
pupils, that wherever it has been tried,
the school garden has become a fixture.
Let your child plant his own gar.
den, gather his own harvest of fruit
and flowers, learn through his own
small experience something of the
influence of the sun, dew and rain.
and gain thereby remote PRESENT.
ment OF the reciprocal energies of
nature and reverent feeling for the
divine life and law expressed in
nature. The child is plant, vege.
table, and must live out of doors, or
nearly so, as conditions will permit"
Troebel realized that health was the
basis and test of all our energies. and
that this was one Of the morning
stars of the new hygiene.
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26
EDUCATION
0O-OpE RATION
0pPORT RTUu1TY
H00EOR OFFS

We believe that the Patriotic Slogan
of the Whole People of this Nation
should be "Every Child in a Garden
Every Mother in Homecroft-and In
dividual Industrial Independence for
Every Worker in a Home of his Own
on the Land" and that until he owns
such Home, the concentrated purpose
and chief inspiration to labor In the life
Of every wage worker should be his
determination to Get an Acre AMI
Live on it."
We believe that the Slums and
Tenements and Congested Centers Of
population In the Cities are savagely
deteriorating social, moral and polit-
movement should be organized, and
the whole power of the nation and
the states eXerted for the betterment
of all the conditions Of Rural Life, and
to create and upbuild Centers of So
cial and Civic Life In Country and
Suburban Towns and Villages, where
Trade and Industry can be SO firmly
anchored that they cannot be drawn
Into the Commercial Nlaelstrom that
is now steadily sucking Industry and
Humanity into the Vortex Of the
Great Cities.
We believe that every Citizen in
this Country has an inherent and
Fundamental Right to an Education
which will train him to Earn a LIy-
Ing, and, II need be, to get his living
straight from Mother EARTH and that
he has the same right to the Opportun-
ity to have the Work to Do which will
afford him that living, and to earn not
only C cor Portable livelihood, but
enough more to enable him to be q
Homecrofter and to have a Home of
his Own, with ground around 1t
sufficient to yield him and his family
a Living from the Land as the reward
for his own labor.
We believe that the Public Domo,n
Is the most precious heritage Of tbe
people, and the surest safeguard the
nation has against Social Unrest his.
turpance or upheaval, and that the
cause Of Humanity and the Preservn-
non OF Social Stability and of our Free
institutions demand that the absorp-
tion or the public lands Into speculn-
i've private ownership, without settle
ment' be forthwith stopped: and thot
.he nation should create opportunities
., LOT Homecrofters by building Irriga-
,lon ana drainage works to reclaim
Mnu as Iast as 1t Is needed to give
gsery man VINO wants Il Home on the
Land a chance to get 1t.
We believe TINT. ns n Nation ,,,,
should be less absorbed with Mn,,ing
Money, and should pay more heed TO
raising up and training Men who viii
be Lnw-Abiding Citizens; that the wei.
rare OF our Workers Is of more CON.
sequence than the mere accumulation
or Wealth; and that Stability OF Nm.
tionnl Character and of Socinl md
Business Conditions is Of greater i'm.
portance to the people OF this country
ns whole than any ether one oues-
tion that is now before them; and we
believe thnt the only way to Preserve
such Stability. and to Permanently
Maintain our National Prosperity, ia
to carry Into Immediate effect and
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26

This book is the first Of Series
that will Chronicle the Progress of the
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish to cooperate
with it how they may do SO through
the formation Of local Homecrofters'
Circles, Clubs or Gilds to promote
Town and Village Betterment, stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty to
home institutions, industries and trade,
improve methods and facilities of edu-
cation in tile local public schools, and
create new opportunities "At Home"
that will go far to check the drift Of
trade and population to the cities.
The first Gid of the Homecrofters
has been established at Watertown.
Massachusetts,. The Gildhall, Shops
and Gardens are located at 143 Main
Street, where the Garden School Is
now fully organized and over one
hundred children are at work in the
Gardens. The departments for train
ing In Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed. The Weavers
are already at work at the looms.
It is not designed to build here an
isolated institution. but to make a
model which can be duplicated in any
town or village in the country.
There is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who wants Home
of his own on the Land in the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
HOMECROFTERS' which Is as fol-
lows:
peace has her victories no less re-
nowned than war"
The Greeley tribune., 1906-07-26

oopIes "ThE FIRST BOOK OF tine HoMEcRoFrERs"
by
plainly The Home.
ofter'C OF the Main rtown
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-22
Some Dogs Are Lucky.

A big touring car rolled up TO ths
entrance OF a roadside hotel" over ia
Jersey one day lately with two men
ca the front seat and two women and
beautiful cocker spaniel In the ton
aeau. One OF the men ordered some
drinks for the party, and as they Eat
refreshing themselves. relates the New
York Press. the spaniel made 1t known
that he also was thirsty. HE wants
drink" cooed one OF the women.
We'll. how about IT." remarked the
uan who was driving the machine to
the German waiter. walt a minute"
replied that functiOnary, and he dis.
appeared behind the swinging doors
leading TO the barroom. Presently he
emerged carrying tin drink shaker
El!eG with water. The cocker barked
his appreciation and scrambled up on
the seat nearest TO the point where
the walter was holding the tn vessel.
When the dog had finished drinking
,ne OF the women opened her purse
ind handed the waiter a half dollar.
He made more out OF that order than
ais employer had for the other drinks.
Not 10 bad to be a waiter sometimes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-22
BANK IN RECEIVERS HANDS
Accounts of Institution Said To "a
Badly Muddied.

CIearfeld.-The Farmers State
bank of Clearfeld has been closed
by the state bank examiner. Its
books are in bad shape and the act
usI condition Of the institution will
not he known for some time. There
is no evidence that the funds have
been Incorporated, but large de-
posts and liabilities are not prop
erly accounted for and a receiver
will endeayor TO disentangle the
nixup.
George Green, VINO had been cash
Ter of the institution for the past
ten years, was removed last Decem-
Der on account of troubles the insti'
tuition had encountered. 0. G. Hill
has had charge Of the institution
since that time and it is said that
the discrepancies were discovered
by Dir. Hill.
The capital stock was $4,000 and
deposits amounted to about $4,000,
with about $4,000 bills receivable.
After the change of cashiers the
bank seemed to be all right, until
lately things began to show up that
had not been known. Wiley Mix
claimed $4,000 Of deposit, and the
bank books show 5000.
Lately, some $4,000 liabilities have
turned up, 50 1t is reported, that
were not known to exist.
Notes for large sums are found
that the alleged makers deny they
ever signed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-22
DIRECT VOTE IS DEFEATED
Bill Providing for Popular Election
Of Senators Not Favored by
Representatives.

washington.-Mr. Norris, of Ne
braka, led losing fight Wednesday In
the house on the joint resolution
amending the constitution OF the
United States providing for the cleo
ton and term OF Office Of members OF
congress. The first section Of the res
olution provided for the election OF
senators by the direct vote of the PEG
pie, the second extending the terms OF
representatives to four years Demo
Gratis and Republicans were mixed up
when the vote was taken, the resolu-
ton being defeated by vote Of SO to
Sc, two-thirds not having voted in its
favor.
Washington.-As a result of the
active Intervention of the president
the senate will vote to adopt the lock
type of canal across the isthmus Of
Panama
The last few weeks have seen a radi-
cal change in the sentiment OF the SEN
ate on the canal question. The commit
tee on interoceanie canals split on the
question, the majority, led by Senator
Kittridge, of South Dakota, reporting
strongly for the construction Of a sea
level waterway. The minority, headed
by the chairman of the committee, SEN
ator Willard, OF Nebraska, advocated
the lock type Of canal as had been
recommended vigorously by President
Roosevelt.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-22
KlDNAPER GETS 20 YEARS.
Man Who Stole Little Freddie Muth
Makes Quick Trip to Penitenti-
airy After Pleading Guilty.

PHILADELPHIA Joseph Kean,
the kidnaper of Freddie Muth, was
given a hearing Tuesday and held
without bail to await the action OF
the grand jury, which was immedi.
ately given the case.
The grand jury found true bill
against Kean and he was given an i'm
mediate trial and convicted in less
than an hour. Judge Sulzbureger SEN
fenced the prisoner to 20 years. From
the time of Kean's arrest until he was
on his way to the penitentiary, to be-
gin sentence, less thin "a hours had
elapsed.
When KeaE vas taken before Judge
sulzberger he requested that he be al
lowed to make statement. He said
there we're mitigating circumstances in
connection with the kidnapping, but
the judge told the prisoner he must
either plead guilty or not guilty. Kean
the arrest, and the proprietor of the
eating house who had seen Kean and
the child together. then gave testi-
mony before the Judge. No jury was
chosen. The prisoner was sentenced
Immediately.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-22
FEUp AT BLOOMFIELD.
Prominent Citizens involved in Street
Fight.

PiSDL
gIoomfeId.-With the flight OF ex-
Sheriff Curry from Bloomfield, the
sensational HornGoodson-Curry teud
IL temporarily stopped, but County
Attorney Goodsoa has promised Curry
q United States warrant II he ever
returns TO Bloomfield and the trouble
Is not ended. All parties are armed
and ii has only been by the greatest
effort that shooting has NOT occurred
the past few days.
The quarrel started when Fred
Horn and Curry met near the Wabash
depot, one armed with a revolver
and the ether with shot gun. A
fpriou alteration arose over some
letter Curry LIS alleged TO have written
to Horns wife's sister. Curry denied
the charge OF sending improper
eHstles TO the women and tragedy
was narrowly ayerted.
In the afternoon Horn caused the
arrest Of ex-sheriff Curry on the
charge OF assault Curry asked that
the case be continued until July 2
but this was denied by County Attor-
ney Goodson, who called Curry "ya.-
Ter dog" and other hard names.
After supper Goodson appeared on
the streets armed with large Colts
revolver evidently in search Of Curry.
They met, few words passed and
Curry managed to knock the man
down without giving him a chance 10
fire. Goodson was speedily disarned
and fed, calling for help. Curry's abb
sence has stopped the trouble for the
time being.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-06-22
coAxINc THE AUTOMOBILE
PhiIosophie Farmer Gives His Ideas
About the Inventor OF the
Xaehine,

An automobile stood In front OF Q
gasoline supply station over in Jer.
sey . few days ago and, Of course.
tho usual crowd assembled TO take .
look ut the show. Among the epecta.
tors, says the Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph, was An old farmer. who
walked all around the machine and
interestedly watched every movement
Of the chauffeur.
Az soon as the gasoline was pro-
cured and slowed away the chauffeur
turned the crank to start the spark.
and q moment later the auto was hik-
ing down the pike at pace that
made the country constables sit mp
and take notice. It was then that .
CLEAN Of satisfaction appeared on the
sun-scorched visage Of the ancient
agriculturist
Then auterbiles is great inwen-
lions all right. he remarked to by.
stander, "but Their geezer what got
'em up had ter take tip from u
hayseecers on how ter make ther
blamed things go, 5es ther same"
"Put me WISE" said the party I'D.
dressed. II fail to catch your mean.
Ing"
WAL" rejoined the farmer. with
his smile still beaming. when any OF
US heckers has got an old cow what
gifts got contrary an wont 60 through
. gate or in a barn door, We 1es twists
her tail a couple O. turns. an off she
hustles."