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Putnam patriot., 1909-05-14
X PETITION
~ fst ! i'sf Bs [. 4. IT,, of stiioois STREET.

Bs ts 4, IT,, 8f Nbe1is Sfhhff. Oh, noble City Fathers,
 To my complaint give ear, Why cant we have some shade trees
 To replace those once so deaf? The gas has killed our naples,
 Yet quiet there they stand, Mute witnesses so dreary
 To the ruthless hand of man. Why must We see them stand there
 When so silently they plead2 Why can't we have selne shade trees
 Oh tell me, ye who fead2 Just listen to their pleading,
 See iheir arms so stiil and stark. Why mol fix up our highways
 As well as GarRill Park Oh, noble minded citizens,
 My prayer will you not heed And let us have the shade trees
 Which our city so much needs2 Putnam, May Il.
 The poetieal plaint of c. A H., ,aght to move the hearts of our City Fathers and citizens Ia some effort to 'afe for our shade trees. IL tx better lo io something to ornament and beauti. ' our public streets on such an occa ion as Arhor Day, al least, than seem Q hc indifferent to the outward appear nee of their city whether it be shab- y of insitingly attractive.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

-.ot,,as oopId be driven at high speed was
first publcly broached at dinner given Tor NopeiO
Lee Morrill, Of the Automobile Club or America "'
November 8, 1906. Mr.. Morrill, was chairman o
oo,,,isson for the second race for the NdhaeIpilC
C,1n Windsor T. White, head Of the firm or Iiie
White steam car. was then president oL 'S "a
tioDal Association Of Automobile Manufactures
and was one Of the speakers at the dinner IN 'i0
.o,,r.a oF his address he suggested such road as
the parI,way for automobile racing, and tod OF 'e
difficulties and dangers In holding such coh'eS.S
over nublic roads He also told of the troupies ms
concern had IN trying out its racing cars entered
Gov tba+ race His remarks were enthusiastically
reoeiye6 Among those present were winthrop -
Scarrett a former president or the AuloHloo''e
Club Of America; 8 T Davis. jr' ana A. L. Iiei.
asIanar or the IocomobiIe racing car; Robert
Graves entrant of the Mercedes; George NJ. Mac
william entrant of the Darraca that won the
Vanderbilt Cup that year; f. Rand Hollander' VICE
nresideut Of the Fiat company; Andrew MasSeil-
mat entrant of the Panhard, Peter Fogafty an"
AIRES Reeves E e Schwarzkopf was toastmaS-
ter Of the dinner
The vanderbilt Cup race in the following veal
z,t ,,ob IN make the idea OF such a parkway
esrtv II was estiamted that from two hundred
thousand TO five hundred thousand persons iiiie,
the course over which 1t was held on Long ISIdhu
Several times during the race the various drivers
b., IN slow down to avoid running into spectators
- insisted on crossing the course. One or these
baedIess spectators was killed at krug corner
After the race Mr.. Vanderbilt declared la' i'e
Mould never again consent to allow q race loi thS
crn unless the contest was held on a private ROAD
or over circuit guarded by troops
The first meeting Of those who were 10 oecome
s,rectors Of the Long Island Motor Parkway was
hs,d at tbe Lawyers Club in this city on octoDei
y 1sos Those who were at that meeting ana at
tiers held soon after included William h- van
-. - nave Bennen Morris W. @. McAdoo'
Colgate Hoyt l. c. Weir Commodore Freleii'N
- po,Ir,e n K. Burris Harry Payne Whitney
C1erence H Mackay Anthony G. Hodenpyl, halph
peters John Farson Jefferson De Mont IhonP-
som Colonel John Jacob AstoT' Dean Al'oiu' D
timer I. Schff and A. X. Pardingtch
Tbev decided to Organize Long Island MotoF
parlxwsv incorporated, and they became members
~ ,ba hoard Of directors with the following addi-
tional members: b. F. Yoakum, h X Hollls, d
Ado,nb MolIenhauer, f. Rand Hollander ana Au-
INST Heckscher all of this city S. T. Davis Jr,'
of Tartdeeport: Henry Ford, of Detroit. and Ed
- Eoss THOMAS of Buffalo. John Farson ara
r,a,,a Hepnen Morris have since resigned owing 10
-,ress of other business Roy A Rainey was eject
cd 10 succeed Mr.. Farson.
CAPITAL OF COMPANY 15"eOOo
william K Vanderbilt, tr was elected Presioent'
Harry PAYNE whitney hrst vice e-president, A. II
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
LEASE PEPERIDGE HALL.
Plan To Be Used Chiefly in Cater
ing to AutOmObiISts.

Peperjdge Hall at Oakdale adjoining the Great
South Bay has been leased for a term of years
tn q H Foster chiefly for the use OF automohiltsts
The house is in the centre of park OF two nun
dred acres and is built entirely Of brick and stone
in the Elizabethan style, and forms a quadrangle
or court 145 feet square, with a large fountain IN
the centre It contains seventy rooms. nearly ALL
including the halls wainscoted. The principal bed
rooms are approached from the halls by double
doors and intervening dress closets, msurlng per-
feet ouet and privacy. The bathrooms also are
1,,o{nscoted and are of unusual dimensions with
large windows; they furnished with solid Eng
Iisb norcelain tubs and nickel plated exposed
nIunbinC of the latest improved patents
The ground floor apartments are paneled IN
rich oak carvings from chateau in France I'M
norted at great expense and forming collection OF
artistic and antique merit not equaed In this coun-
trv and scarcely in any other. The furniture Is
strictly in accord with its surroundings and Win
the epochs which the different rooms represent
Oakdale is regarded one of the most picturesque
residential districts in the south shore region
Lake Ronkonkoma, the eastern terminal or the
Long Island Motor Parkway. is within few min
utes run OF Peperidge Hall.
The extensive game preserves OF the soutn sioe
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

ETC. in connection with events similar 10 the race
for the William X Vanderbilt, jr.. Cup
"C-Testing Of cars by manufacturers
"D-Match races, economy tests. non-stoppeo
runs. twenty -four-nour contests. etc
"The Long Island Motor Parkway, Incorporated
Will afford manufacturers agents and others the
opportunity they so greatly need for trying out
their product under road conditions, where
there exists no speed regulation. Buyers or cars
at the present find it difficult TO test cars, so
as to know IL the requirements have been conlpied
with This particular feature so appeals to en-
gineers and designers Of racing and touring cars
as to call forth unanimous expressions of approval
and support"
'AlI railroads and highways will be crossed above
or below grade. These highways crossing the Isl
and from the north to the south Will. in time un-
doubtedly he improved and act as valuable feeders
to the parkway, making it convenient to those VINO
desire to ride daily to and from New York Coin
cident with the completion Of the greensboro
Bridge the city is planning vast improvements to
the Boulevard system in Queens. Liberal speed
ordinances are contemplated which will make hlsh
speed between Manhattan and points along the
motor parkway permissible"
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

The Long Island Motor Parkway. which promises
10 be the automobists paradise. is expected 10 he
completed this fall. For this great driveway for
motor cars sc00CN IN bonds subscribed for It's
construction and work on It begun on May II
last
The winter months failed to stop active work be
ing done the parkway. The right OF way IN a
large part has been cleared of excess trees ana
brush Now the plan of grading. bridge building,
fencing and road making east from Bethpage TO
Lake Ronkonkoma, and west from Meadow Brook
Lodge to the Queens Nassau line. is being perfect
ed and within short time gangs of laborers. con-
crete mixers and steel workers Will mingle with
the surveyors and engineers. The work. when COM
pleted, will offer concrete stretch OF fifty miles
TO the motorists.
When the fourth Vanderbilt Cup race was held
on Long Island In October last the machines in
the contest raced eleven miles OF the parkway
which was completed at that time. The road sur
face of the parkway is of granite concrete Before
LAYING the concrete small stones are put down ana
covered with steel wires. and over the wire mesh
larger stones placed. Highway and railroad
crossings on the course are above or below grade.
Tho idea OF = special road OF highway where
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
To Complete Auf0 Course This Year
Work Being Through the Long Island Motor
Parkway. Which Will Cost So. 100000.

Pardington second vice-president and general man
ager and Jefferson De Mont Thompson treasurer
The capital was fixed at S2,500oo0, made up OF
S5O0G0O in twenty-iveyear gold bonds. of $500 each
bearing interest at per cent and secured oy d
mortgage; $l000,O0O In preferred stock In 500
shares, bearing interest per cent, non-cumula-
tive, and $4,000 IN common stock prospectus
was issued. which read. in part, as follows;
The Long Island Motor Parkway IS TO be IN
corporated for the purpose Of acquiring on Long
Island a right OF way approximately one hundred
feet wide and fifty miles long. beginning near a
point Of the city line Of greater New York. The
parkway will have its eastern terminus near the
shore Of Peconic Bay, Suffolk County. on this
right Of way there viii be constructed an automo-
bile parkway, properly fenced TO protect users II
IS proposed to charge for the OF this road and
establish reasonable regulations as TO its use,
The revenue from this ana other sources are
conservativey estimated to he able TO pay all
charges for maintaining it. These sources Of rev
enue VIII be as follows
.A-Charges on annual. semi-annual. quarterly,
monthly, daily and hourly basis"
''B-Admlssions. sale Of seats, parking spaces
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

HAS go MILES OF 6HOfth1 ftNONA-
This tunnel and electric system will permanently
unite to Manhattan Island island with about
zo miles OF salt shore front. about 800 beng
On the Sound and the several bays. and lVo on the
ocean. It will also unite to Manhattan Island an
island having over 1.0o0 miles of nacadam high
ways and considerably over 1OO0 miles OF well kept
Earth roads and il VIII link to the Manhattan
Shores 4 BODY Of land where the pleasures and
comforts Of shore and country life can be enjoyed
within easy daily trips Of the city
The shape Of Long Island is somewhat Ike that
OF whale and owing that fact the fishermen who
years aso made Sag Harbor busy village named
The eastern projections Of the island the North and
South Flukes There is high range Of hills in this
of the island height Of the land be
Ing about 300 feet the centre Of the island, near
The Suffolk and Nassau County lines, the hills reach
their greatest height. the highest point Of land
there being High FIin with altitude Of 42o feet
sboye sea level. For q considerable distance west
the land is rolling and here and there occasionally
reaches height of over 800 feet The highlands
exen5 along the northerly districts Of the island
from Sag Harbor 10 the Narrows at Brooklyn.
South CT these hin ranges the land is comparatively
ieve. and either slopes gently TO the or forms
more or :ess elevated tablelands. The northerly
shore IS very rugged ane precipitious in places. It
mas many long. narrow bays. The characteristics
ot the southerly shores gently sloping pialns'
terminating in lowands. inclosing broad. shallow
bays and beyond ths bays most of the prin~
cipal beaches
The island is noted for fits many streams ami
snAu fresh water lakes Because of these inland
bodies Of water and It's great frontages the
ocean and the Sound, all kinds CT water sports are
feature OF life the island in the summer
months Along the northerly and southerly shore
olstricts and in several central regions the
country homes OF many well known persons. These
country tracts are called the great estates of the
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

at what cost such impro'
the book-and profit by
Visitors to Arverne
corner Remington Avenu
biased opinions on the b
your selection is made
You must act imm e
offer. Come down to-da
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

william K Vanderbilt. tr.. was elected president
Harry Payne Whitney first vice-president, ~ ~
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
At GARDEN CITY ESTATES
Many Recent Buyers There Dire Al
ready Improving Their Plots.

Recent transactions at Garden City Estates as
reported by their office, indicate that the
demand for well located property Long Island.
with high class improvements, is steadily increas-
ing, the sa s at that place last week having been
the largest in any week since the property
offered TO the public. large number of attractive
houses has been built since last fall and many
other houses are in course of construction.
Many persons who purchased a year or more ago
have made arrangements build during this
spring The improvement on Stewart avenue in
the last few months is especially significant. The
street has been macadamlzed and number of fine
homes. including those Of Timothy L. Woodruff
George ". Fairchild and Olin D. Gray are nearly
ready for occupancy. Work is to be begun within
= few weeks the foundation of tbe house for
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

Harry j. Luce. be of Harvard brick. and for
Gage E Tarbell, the president of the company
which will BE of concrete construction and FIRE
proof.
This street with its double row Of trees on either
side its building line of one hundred feet and its
homes occupying a full block front already pre-
sents beautiful appearance and is destined to
become one of the handsomest suburban streets in
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

this country. Much development work is also
going on at Garden City Estates, as the company
has decided TO open up all OF IT'S holdings east of
its present improved property. This new section
borders the Salisbury golf links. and practically
encircles the campus Of st. PauTs School The
company is also erecting large dreproof garage
and stable for the accommodation Of the residents
OF the property.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25

Sportsmen's Club and the Westbrook golf links are
near the Oakdae station
Great River. which forms part of the southern
boundary of the Peperdge Hall estate. affords good
anchorage and shelter for power The facili-
ties for shooting. boating and fishing cannot be
excelled.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
SHORTER BEACH ROUTE
MAIN LINES JOINED.
Tu7nd Plans also Include Three
Big Terminals.

Tr- EaeRaway Beach division Of the Long Island
Railroad extending from Ozone Park through the
Ao,as--- district and over Goose's Greek and the
y2e.r- being 5oned TO the main line Of the rail
-o.l Iv the Glendale spur. The work this ex-
tension VIII join thts division 10 the net
,--k u river tunnels connecting the Long ISL
sd Manhattan and Jersey shores which IS being
huUt t.y thc Pennsylvania and Long Island rail-
-oa1z rrr she of its trains This division of the
-fro4d ~ Brooklyn Hills Joined TO the Long
fsrl Citv terminal by the tracks OF the Nonta1lk
division. The Mou-auk tracks between Long Island
civ and Jamaica are to be used exclusively for
freight service soon after the year That the
-sasoa thaT the proposed extension known as the
C;lsrGslg cat. uniting the Atlantic avenue division
and fe f,oeIaHay Beach line TO the main line track
tetv-.u Jamaica and Long Island City pro-
,ecteG This spur VIII also afford TO the Pennsyl-
,ar.a Railroad the necessary trackage for running
,r~1.-l trains from the Flatbush avenue station.
>s-,oi,-yu by way OF the Woodside route the river
t.ure-s and New York Connecting Railway Bridge
r. points Il New England and west and south OF
Je-eer city
New-York tribune., 1909-04-25
LOANS $500. 600 FOR BUILDING.

ihe Title Guarantee and Trust Company have
.Daned 70 the Greeley Square Realty Company
e'oe"'o en- the property the west side of Broad
way from I'd to 32d street, where ten story de-
k.iasnt store ia to be erected for Gimbel Brothers
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
HOMEMADE POST DRIVER.

Hculty by the use of team. A chain
should be fastened about the stump,
allowing a good length to the chain.
The chain should be stout one, espe-
cially If large posts which are firmly
set are to be taken out. When Stumps
or posts are to be removed, spring is
the best time to do the work, as the
ground is then moist and the post
comes out more easily. Sometimes
when boundaries are to be moved,
fields changed in outline or new fences
erected a great many posts must be
removed in a very short time, and I'M
less some mechanical device were
adopted for fastening the work it
would take quite long time.
OF the many post pullers now in use
perhaps the one here shown is the most
serviceable. 1t should be made Of an
old buggy axle or any other old piece
of iron Of about that size and used as
shown. With this tool one man will
pull more posts in day than with any
other tool the writer ever heard OF,
and two men with two Of the tools can
easily remove the largest telephone or
telegraph poles.
Posts may be driven with speed and
economy on many farms If well sharp
ened and the right method is followed.
A real post driver is one Of the most
easily made things and one Of the most
useful that farmer can get up. Up
rights are bolted across to sled, or
ro,,oI, y11oply c1ad nav hQ made
The standards may be twelve or fif-
teen feet high. To them is bolted
crossbar which supports the hoist for
the weight. For this block Of iron or
lead weighing not less than twenty-five
pounds must be obtained, and 1t must
have q staple or ring in it so it may be
lifted. The post is placed where it is
to be driven and the weight lifted and
allowed to fall on 1t. A little practice
will enable one to drive posts in soil
that seems too hard. The rig Is useful
also in putting down driven wells.
To drive a well an inch and quarter
pipe is preferred. The lengths should
not be over six feet The first pipe to
be driven must have point Of iron on
steel. Any blacksmith who Is an expert
at welding can readily make a point
solid in the end of the pipe and then
bore numerous quarter inch holes in it
for the first eighteen inches Of its
length above the point. Before driving
a coupling must be screwed down tight
and fast on the thread that is to con-
meet it to it's mate, SO the thread may
not be injured; also on top Of this
coupling must always rest a block Of
lead or seasoned hickory to receive and
distribute the conclusion.
The pipe is driven the same as
post, another length being attached as
fast as one is sunk in the ground. One
rule must never be forgotten-each
length of pipe must be threaded so long
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that 1t screws into the coupling and
rests Quits, they call it, on the end of
the pipe beneath it. This prevents split
ting the coupling and leaky joints.
Do not throw away old fenceposts
just because the ends in the ground
have rotted away. You can patch these
out and the posts will last as long as
new ones. Take piece of an ordinary
post two feet long and smooth down
one end with an ak so as to fit on to
the end Of the post, which should like
wise be smoothed down. Now get a
half dozen spikes and nail the piece to
the post. Reverse the post, leaving the
patched end at the top.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
Il arm an0
Garden
MANAGING POSTS.

Easy Methods of Putting Them In or
Taking Them Out of the Ground.
One Of the farmers problems is how
to look after the many posts which he
has need of in keeping up fences, etc.
While experiences differ, 1t is safe to
say that white cedar poles last longer
than any other kind. White oak posts
are also good. 1t is said that posts put
into the ground tops downward will
outlast those that are set tops upward.
This is due, so it is surmised, to the
fact that they absorb water from the
earth when they are set in the natural
position, but do not absorb it when
they are reversed.
If the end Of a post is allowed to
soak in liquid tar or is treated with
creosote, it will last much longer than
it would ordinarily. When it is neces-
sary to draw a post out Of the ground,
it may be accomplished with little diff
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08

WANTED-By Chicago whole
sale and mail order house, assistant
manager oman or woman) for this
county and adjoining territory.
Salary 500 and expenses paid week
ly; expense money advanced. Work
pleasant, position permanent. No
investment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. Address GEN
ERAL MANAGER, 1874 f. Lake
St., Chicago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
Duncan
Guide.
BY SIDNEY HEDGES COLE.
Copyrighted, 1905, by Associated
Literary Press

When Duncan accepted Mrs. Har-
vey's invitation to join her house party
IN the mountains that worthy lady
was overjoyed.
Here, indeed, was the very man she
had been seeking-a man whose name
was on everybody's lips, a veritable
hon, who would make her the envy OF
all her set.
He was the man who had spent
month in Lassa and who had talked
with the grand lama himself, draw
hg card Of the highest magnitude.
Mrs. Harvey spent good half day IN
congratulating herself and wondering
just how she had been able to, manage
1t.
She pictured him as she had last
seen him, happy, exuberant, boyish
young man who would entertain her
other guests by the hour with most alb
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08
Japanese Calendar.

Reference is frequently made to the
floral calendar Of Japan. What this
calendar is is explained in the House
keeper. The Japanese are extremely
fond of all flowers, and they have
therefore made calendar from them,
giving to each month a favo1ite bios
som or leaf.
Thus the pine, the emblem Of lasting
prosperity and life, belongs to January,
and it's branches are used to decorate
all houses on New Years day.
To February belong the blossoms OF
the plum tree, which stand for purity,
and the beautiful blossoms Of the peach
tree, to which young girls are COM
pared, are associated with the month
of March.
Next the cherry blossom, the most
beloved Of all flowers. is held to be-
long to April, and to May are assigned
the gorgeous clusters Of the wistaria
vine.
The iris~fower, to which are compared
the strength and beauty Of young boys.
belongs to June, and July has the glory
and perfume of the water lily. The
towering hibiscus tree attaches its
beauty to the month Of August, while
September lays claim to the exquisite
charm Of the aZalea.
The royal flower Of Japan, the chrys-
anthemum, which forms part Of the
crest Of the imperial family, belongs
to the month of October, while to No
vember is given the maple leaf, adj
mired for it's decorative quality.
Finally, with December is associated
the beautiful camellia, which blooms
In the gardens even in the midst of
snow
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ingly around. The members all re-
NAMED silent Then Bartholomaeus
Szemere arose. He began, Worthy
gentlemen, what the orator said is
from beginning to end incorrect" And
then he began to show. in an able
speech, the mistakes the baron had
made. Don't you believe him, gen
tlemenv' the baron cried angrily, in
terrupting him suddenly. ut was he
himself who wrote the speech for me"
Every one Of the fifty-two members
rolled in his seat nearly convuksed
with laughter, and then and there the
baron made VOW never again to
speak in public.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08

Wanted: by Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant
manager imam or woman) for this
county d adjoining territory.
Salary 800 and expenses paid week
fy; expense money advanced, Work
pleasant; position permanent. Ne
Investment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. SUPERIN-
TENDENT, 1872 Lake ST. Chicago.
Ill.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-04-08

People past middle life usually
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ening the kidneys SO they will strain
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