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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
ROADS WILL Be one THEME
Highway Improvement to Be En-
phasized at Commercial Congress
Subject VIII he Presented I'm Able
Address illustrated with
Pictures and Maps.

One Of the subjects to be treated ex-
haustively at the coming meeting Of the
Southern Commercial Congress in this
city will be good roads. Improved high
ways viii be the subject of an address by
J. 2. Pennypacker, OF West Virginia.
chief OF the Office Of good roads In that
state. Besides this address, the Depart
nlent OF Agriculture viii lend its aid in
the exhibition of a volume OF material
upon the subject, and from beginning TO
end Of the congress the value OF public
road Improvement will be emphasized.
with reference to the general subject
the committee Of arrangements makes
the following statement:
The llvest OF all questions affecting
the prosperity of the South at the pres
ent moment Is the question Of roads. for
upon roads depend the prosperity Of
farming, the increased demand for land
the opportunity TO secure education, the
bringing OF town and country into sym
pathetic touch with each other.
"The vast amount Of attention given to
the question OF roads, both for and
against in the past two years has
prompted US 70 select road-building as
one OF the special features or the second
Southern Commercial Congress. Deem
Der and 7. The whole subject viii be
picturesqucly treated: Enlarged photo
graphs OF bad roads and good, moving
pictures OF road gangs at work, pictures
showing the before and after OF sons
reads that have been improved.
Models of the different types OF road
construction VIII be brought out in oon'
gress week for the inspiration Of every
man in the South interested in roads"
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wonderful achievements seem easily
possible. and no effort, no reasonable ex-
penditure. IS too great to harness avail
able school forces so as TO develop highly
FOR their lfe's work those who are 70
manage our farms and our farm homes"
The bulletin IS Illustrated by pictures
and maps adding greatly 10 its practical
value. Every citizen should read Il and
forthwith join I'm a crusade 10 install the
system throughout the country. The
States are already doing something, but
the task is beyond their available means.
The Federal government should aid
strongly. but the Davis bill. designed 70
aid the States, he's been before Congress
for two years and could not secure a
committee report. EDWARD DANIELS
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TOWN ONLY Two YEARS OLD
San Benito, Tex, Comes Into Being
Through Irrigating Canal.
IriShman shot "A buck on lis Main
street In the FAN OF
1907.

San Benito. Tex, thinks that Altavista.
Va. has nothing on II. except that the
Virginia town lacks one year OF pro-
gressive history.
Last Sunday in this section appeared a
brief story OF the founding Of Altavista,
about one year aso, by q railroad con
tractor on a site he thought ought 10 be
occupied by a town.
San Benito. Tex, came into being two
years ago, and its growth from a wilder
ness Of cacti, mesquite, and ehapparal 20
a town OF !. 200 population is quite as re-
narkable as the rise OF Altavista- This
is the way a Texas scribe tells II:
Two years ago an Irish foreman AZ
work with his gang near the present site
OF San BenitO remarked one evening aft
e- supper:
Wei. I think I'll take me gun and go
down on Eft avenoo" and kill me a
buck
"And near what is now the residence
center OF town ne killed fine buck deer,
san Benito now is a growing little
town OF 1000 people with two hotels. q
bank. general stores, the largest and
finest brick station on the St Louis
Brownsville and Mexico Railway. erected
dL q Gust VI Alcrcyp, lNO CALul tAtsf n GU
ton gin, a drug store. hardware store,
several groceries. butcher shops, and
I bakeries.
1.-The same FIT avenOO' where two
years ago an Irishman killed his buck IS
to-day lined with coy. prosperous-lool-
ing bungalows. surrounded by bright
well-kept lawns. San Benito has a water
system, cement sidewalks are being laid
on several Of its streets, and recently us
| citizens voted $4,000 bond issue for the
( purpose OF building and equipping one Of
the most complete school buildings in the
i Lower Rio Grande valley. The new
school building will be ready for occu-
( pancy before January /. 1910.
Tho towns remarkable growth Is due
/ 10 the rapid development OF the farminl
/ country watered by the San Benito grav-
/ ity canal or the original San BenitC
/ tract containing 10000 acres. the frs
/ land was cleared in January, 1905 To
, day there are over 1000 acres Of this tract
/ in cultivation, in sugar cane. alfalfa, cot
! ton. corn. forage crops. truck. citrus
I fruits, grapes, and other crops, and hun.
dreds OF Mexican labOrers arr at worl
/ clearing away the brush for further de-
/ velopment'
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COAST Line is DOING WELL
Earnings of Railroad Make Very
Favorable Impression.
Company Intends to Issue Refund
ing and Debenture Mortgages
and Increase stock,

Earnings and possibilities OF the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad are being
studied with more than ordinary interest
in view OF the plan Of the company TO
issue a refunding mortgage for 500 900 600.
a debenture mortgage for $25,O00.0n0. and
an increase IN the amount OF common
stock. so far as earnings are concerned,
stock and bond honders OF the company
have every reason 10 feel encouraged.
In the first three months OF this rail-
road year tho Atlantic Coast Line has
had the largest net earnings Of recent
years. The total for July. August. and
September was Sl,322, l56. an increase OF
$4,000. or % per cent, compared with
the corresponding period last year. and
Of $4,000 over the first quarter OF 1907.
II this rate OF improvement IS kept I'd
in the remaining nine months. the At
mntlc Coast Line will have a balance OF
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should be devoted to securing a practical
and highly efficient plan that perma-
nent organization may be finally effected.
THE times demand enlargement and
unifcatlcn In country life educational
agencies for many reasons. Highly or
ganized effort In the nonagricultural pUr-
suits has swept past us with ever In
creasing speed We need 20 take stock
Of our educational facilities for that most
important part Of our population which
produces. besides the food and clothing
for us all boys and girls for the farm.
and vitalizlng surplus Of people for our
cities. We need especially 10 take an IN
voice OF new educational Inventions which
may be useful IN bringing up our educa-
ton FOR country life 10 high standards
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
TELEPHONE RATE WAR ON.
San Antonio Merchants Threaten 20
PatrOniEe Rival Company.

San Antonio. Tex. Nov. 6.--Charging
that the Southwestern Telephone and
Telegraph Company has been demanding
an eNorbitant price for its service, the
Retail Merchants Association OF this city
is making a spirited fight for the reduc-
ton Of the rate nov in force They argue
ttdt if the san Antonio Telephone Com
pany. a rival OF the company named, can
give it's service for s. a month there is
no reason why a higher rate should be
imposed. The rate OF the Southwestern
las been s. a month for practically the
same serYise.
Investigations made by the Retail Mer-
chants Association have shown that the
Southwestern charges nowhere more than
81, and they now want 10 know the reason
why the charge in San Antonio should be
81 more.
In case the company does not make tho
reduction wanted, il is the intention OF
tina association 20 take the matter into
tho court and the legislature So far the
Southwester has made no statement.
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TOWN HAS NO JAIL.
PaIaciOs Invest It's Money in school
Houses Instead.

Palacios is the euphOnious name OF q
small town in Texas, in the southwestern
part Of Matagorda County. II is six
years old and claims 1900 inhabitants
The town gets its Spanish name from the
Tres Palacios Bay. on which It is locat-
ed Palacios is perhaps the only town OF
its size in North America which does not
maintain a lookup or some similar insti-
tuition 70 restrain disorderly citizens. But
there IS reason, which one Of its resi-
dents in writing to The Washington Her
aid gives as follows:
We have q population OF over 1000,
and in the past eighteen months not a
man has been arrested here for disorder
~ conduct We have nc saloons. no
dives. hence have no jail or calaboose,
and instead OF building lockups 70 put
our children IN. We are building school
houses and are arranging now TO build a
$4,000 college. Palacios stands without q
rival on the Gulf coast"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
Ruhber on the Plantations.

II the demand for rubber increases at
the present rate, the world ought to be
consuming in 1914 about 10000 tons. What
the total world production will be at
that time IS, OF course, problematical,
but Il looks as though plantations would
be producing more than enough 10 supply
the world market. Such supply win be
reasonably regular, VIII be based upon a
known cost price. and it is quite evident
that there will be no occasion for the
immense variations in price which have
characterized the rubber market for the
past two years in a way not only 10
carry many losses to manufacturers. but
also to embarrass them in manufacturing
for a market even near az hand.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07

schools. each with large farm, ample
buildings. a score OF more OF teachers,
and suitable equipment for teaching ag-
riculture and home economics.
A we'll organized state agricultural
college with graduate courses.
"A comprehensive experiment station
organizatio with branch stations and
room on consolidated rural school farms
for demonstrations.
Adaptation of Old Ideas.
Little has been introduced into this
scheme Of study which is either new In
plan or untried or concerning the success
OF which there is any serious question.
In most cases the whole plan cannot be
at cnce installed, but the best thought
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
R- q o. wen Summarized.

Reports Of increasing activity IN all
lines OF industry and a consequent In
crease in the consumption and demand
Tor coal created a more active demand
for the so-called soft coalers" Balti.
more and Ohio has been bought in large
blocks recently in Wall street. and It's
price advanced sharply on the belief that
this issue stiH is cheap for per cent
dividend basis stock.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07

Il doubt II Washington real estate
men generally have ever had a better
year than the present one" said Charles
F. Wauraa, secretary and treasurer OF
Moore & Hill. incorporated. in speaking
OF the real estate situation yesterday.
More governmental employees are buy
ing homes in the Capital City than ever
before. Transfers OF many rows OF
houses IN ell sections OF the city, prac-
tically before these houses are finished
| testiies TO The magnitude OF this &C
quirement Of homes by departmental PEG
pie and other residents OF Washington.
Local builders have had one Of the
! busiest seasons in their recollection. Not
a few OF them are complaining OF the
shortage OF labor and their inability 20
secure building supplies rapidly enough,
and IN sufficient quantity, 70 complete
| their operations within the time planned.
Never have carpenters. bricklayers,
and other artisans employed in the build-
/ ing trades been busier than at the pres
ent time.
Apartments I'm the Lend.
Among the building operations. apart
! meut houses have absorbed no small part
Of the attention and efforts Of the build
/ ers. and these residence structures have
/ been filed by tenants as rapidly as COM
pleted The sales Of apartment houses
I have been very encouraging. q large
/ amount OF outside capital being invested
| In these properties IN Washington, the
( transfers being numerous and the prices
I uniformly good. The number OF new
/ business structures and older ones be
/ ing reconstructed IT. 1902 sets q high
water mark in this lire.
The taking BY the government for SIS
/ uses Of the several squares south OF
/ Pennsylvania avenue. between -Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, cannot but
have its effect on values and In the ex-
tension of the business area north Of
! Pennsylvania avenue, Fourteenth street
q street Thirteenth street. II street. and
New York avenue. are sure 20 De es
peciaIly affected by these extensions.
The long session OF Congress, in that Il
kept a large number OF people in The
city, was helpful 20 realty conditions
this year.
COnErcsHmcn Buy Homes.
Among our sales this year have beer
a number OF houses 10 members Of bOtl
branches Of Congress. to members OF TIT
diplomatic corps. and to several promi
| nent officers in the departments.
AS for our own business. the Moor,
and Hill Company has never seen a bet
ter year. We have found more interes
taken In local realty by WcsLinEtonian
, and the outside public than ever before
We have found an increasing demand
for investments OF every character, not
small proportion being from points dis
tant from Washington. We are looking
for an even better year in 1910. Thu
beauties Of the Capital are coming 10 b
more and more appreciated, and IN,
value of realty. where the government
I'm a way, stands as a guarantee Of IL
stability, is more and moro recognize,
throughout the country"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
Sale OF Northenst Residence.

wllige. Gibbs & Daniel have sold for Chris
Cox Dawson the twostory Brick dwelling az
ss4 Fourteenth street northeast The house has
colonial front with Flemish bond brick and massive
porch. Il stands on terrace and occupies lot
twenty feet front BIZ 4 depth Of ninety feet TO
rear alley It has six large rooms and tiled bath
and IS heated by furnace. II Is understood that
$3.50 was paid for The property, which will be 90
cupied as residence b. Lille A. Mifleton. the
purchaser.
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SCHOOLS In COUNTRY
Would Follow Plan Deyel-
Oped at Minneapolis.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES BULLETIN
Prof. WlIlet VI. Hays Edits Depart
ment Publication Under Title of
Education for Country Life"
Makes Strong Plea for Betterment
of Rural Instruction.

A valuable contribution 20 educational
literature has been made by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture under the title of
Education for Country Life" Il is
edited by Prof. willet NJ. Hays. Assist
ant Secretary, who brings 70 the work
large experience and ability. TO him is
chiefly due the success Of the Agricul-
tural High Schoo, az Minneapolis, with
which he was connected for many years.
The school was mentioned as a model
for the States by Mr.. Roosevelt in his ad-
dress at Lansing College. Michigan.
Prof. Hays has worked out practically
much OF what he describes. He is not q
mere theorist. He states in concise terms
the problem Of education as ii exists in
country districts beyond the reach OF city
schools. With homes far apart. graded
schools and the improved methods they
employ are unknown. The new educa-
ton demanded by new conditions is de-
MED the country youth. This tends 70
send the ambitious youth away from
home and deprive the farm OF its best
brain and Drawn.
Big Problem I'm Education,
Prof Harris, late Commissioner Of Edu-
cation, said: "The problem OF education
is the country school" And no reflect
ing person can doubt Il II he will take
pains to study the conditions IN an aver
age neighbOrhood beyond city influence.
Prof. Hays sets forth in this bulletin a
practical plan to begin tho work Of rural
school improvement The first step Is
consolidation OF the smaller schools into
strong graded schools. with larger build
ings and ample grounds. with an equip
ment and teaching force competent to
give instruction in agriculture as we'll as
ordinary studies. Quoting from the bull
letin. he states:
THE plan contemplates for each State
a system Of weIl-equipped consolidated
rural schools, agriculture I'm village and
city schools for such youth from farm or
town as may there choose, and agricul-
ture IN such Isolated rural schools as It is
not practicable to consolidate.
"A system OF State agricultural high
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81 "a - N.oea.eis -. u

Net----------..--...- - AV-hti3 A-ttoi
II the directors decide % afford hold
ers Of the certificates OF Indebtedness an
opportunity 70 exchange them for COM
mon stock, through the medium OF an
earlier exchange for the new convertible
debentures. 1t Will mean an increase Of
perhaps $22o00.O00 IN the amount or out
standing stock, calling for an increase
in dividend payments Of $4,000 per
annum at the Q PEI. cent rate. The GER
tincates which VIII be retired IN this man
ner receive total interest OF $S62.754. 30
that the new stock would add only $457 900
TO annual disbursements.
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net earnings for charges and dividends OF
s.. 10000. as against $S,Os1. 600 last year and
S5,eS5.O0O in 1907.
Whilo Il Is too early to attempt any
forecast OF results for year OF which
eight months are an unknown quantity,
IL is not without interest 20 discover that
on the present earning basis the Atlantic
Coast Line would have a surplus for divi-
dends OF approximately 100000. In
1850 the surplus was $i.703.eo9. equiva-
lent 20 9l-2 per cent on the entire stock.
This was nearly 5000, 900 more than was
required for dividends. as compared with
a margin or only IN in 1905 and S125.-
$50 in 1877. From the present outlook. this
balance win be again increased this
year
For three months earnings have com
pared with last year:
iae 1908. Inc
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Smithsonian Professor Buys Home.

WiI'gc Gibbs & Daniel have sold for Zepp Bros
lot "a. square S1A. in Petuorth subdivision. i'm
proved b. premises 6l7 Rock Greek Church road.
The house is a new structure q rcl pressed brick.
with porch Of dark-ETeen color ard attractive white
coraices with mansard roof. Il has SIX spacious
rooms with Tied bath and Is heated by hot water.
II IS situated on slight elevation facing south. and
occupies a lot twenty feet front by depth OF ap-
proximateIy eighty feet Il is understood that IN
tho reighborhood Of $3.50 was paid FOR the prop
ertv. which was purchased by Prof Lancaster D.
I,1rii1r Of the Smithsonian Institution who viii
OCCUPY tho premises as his residence.
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4 juice boiled out OF tiny bean by the
Japanese is said to be an excellent sub
stitute for cows milk
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BUSINESS IS ACTIVE
Real Estate Man Says 1909
Is Best Year.
HOMES SELL VERY RAPIDLY

Builders Busy and Often Handi-
capped Because of Delay In Sc
curing MaterinI-SaIes Of Apart
ments TO Outside Capitalists Goes
On-COBgressmen Buy Homes.
The new era., 1909-11-04
BRAVE GIRL.

Saved" cried the beautiful girl in
triumph. Saved" The old gentle
man in the easy chair dropped his pa
per in astonishment.
who is saved, my daughter?" he
interrogated. with alarm.
THE whole city My name shall
go down to posterity as heroine" +"
Still the old gentleman was visibly
perplexed.
But, my dear. haven't heard OF
any great conflagrations or earth
quakes. In what way was the city In
dangerr'
1t was then that the beautiful girl
came over and sat down on the arm Of
his chair.
Listen. father. and you shall hear.
Twenty minutes ago Percival Van
Pickle proposed to me. and vowed If
refused to become his wife he would
jump into the main reservoir and end
1t all. When | thought Of those 20
packs OF Turkish cigarettes Percival
carries In his pockets | knew the wa
ter would be poisoned and the people
doomed. Then IL accepted. Don't
you think I'm brave girl?"
The new era., 1909-11-04
SINGLE CROP
FARMING BAD
BpeciaIization IL Profitable In
Favorable Seasons, But Often
There As Failure.

One-crop farming is in vogue in
many agricultural districts. If manu-
fpcturer employs an operator he fur
hes him with steady employment at
.9k seasons of the year. The profit of
hbor is the manufacturers reward. II
pnly one commercial article is pro-
y 1uced the quantity is increased to
live the operator constant employ
mept.
The farmer is producer of agricul-
tural necessities which enter into
daily consumption and to concentrate
Ill his energies and capital to produce
. single crop leaves him part of the
season without employment. The far
mer is his own employer and does not
have to divide the profits of his prod
ncts, and therefore should arrange his
system of husbandry to insure steady
production of some agricultural output
that enters into daily consumption.
Unquestionably specialization farm
lng is profitable in favorable seasons,
but occasionally there is a partial or
total failure of the crop and the far
mtf wants some reserve product to
tide him over a disastrous season of
special crop exploitation. In some To-
entities the soil is admirably adapted
S 70 potato culture. In another section
70 onions and still another to horticul-
tnre. When any of these lines of hus-
bandry are followed they pay large
profits in favorable seasons. Another
GLASS of farmers are interested in
Of
which are profitable branches of agri-
culture.
.sYhe farmer engaged in specializa-
y b crops finds himself unemployed a
SSst of the year. If his labors are rea-
~ lbly rewarded for time devoted to
raising and marketing crop of wheat,
corn, potatoes or fruit, it should be his
Ambition to add to his agricultural op-
orations the production of other things
that will pay profit the balance of
the year. To obtain the largest possi-
BILE recompense from agriculture the
farmer should arrange for steady en-
1 ployment the year around.
Special crops can be exploited in
cunjunction with live stock husbandry.
e the farmer raises crop of clover it
leaves the soil in elegant condition for
. crop of potatoes, while the clover
will make excellent feed for live stock
A crop of potatoes leaves the ground
In prime condition for wheat seeded
down to clover. Live stock industry
IN conjunction with special crop pro
auction will not only give the farmer
eemunerative employment at all sea
sons, but the rotation of crops and
Feeding live stock will keep up the
fertility of the land.
The new era., 1909-11-04
confesses TRIBE Murder.

Kansas City.-James Mcmahon has
confessed that he murdered his Sis
ters, Miss Rose Mcmahon and Mrs.
Alonzo Van Royen, and the latter's
husband, Alonzo Van Royen, on a
farm near Kansas City, Kan, last
Tuesday. A long-standing family
quarrel caused the tragedy. McMa-
hon killed Van Royen in wood and
later went to the Van Royen home
and shot his sisters. He had been
assisting officers in probing the mys-
terry and Tuesday betrayed himself to
frien'
The new era., 1909-11-04
Government Sanatoria.
come,

The United States government op
crates three tuberculosis sanatoria.
one for soldiers and officers of the
regular army at Fort Bayard. N. M;
one for seamen in the merchant ma
rine, and others employed in coast
service of the government. not in tho
navy, located at Fort Stanton, N. M,
and one for officers and enlisted men
in the navy at Las Animas, Col. The
first hospital is conducted by the de-
partment of war, the second by the
United States public health and ma
rine hospital service and the latter by
the navy department.