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DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
How the Pines are Planted

The pines which are planted here are
not treated as roughly a, are those on
Our own sand barrens OF the South
There is none of the rough cutting and
deep boxing which SO quickly destroys
the trees down there Instead, when
the forest has attained a considerable
growth, so that a ma iorty of the trees
are from three to six inche, in diane ter
those which are to DC bed for turpen-
tine are selected. those which are
straight and promise good timber left to
grow in full vigor Most of the turpen.
tine, therefore, comes from the crooked.
Or stuntcd trees which would not other.
wise be very profitable In them the
bark is cleared away on the side on
which il is thicteSt, in a cutting per-
haps ! inches vide, and at the start a
foot high This does not enter the
wood more than a third OF an inch,
as only the surface carries the sap. a
zinc gutter is driven lightly into the
bottom Of the cut, and an earthcn pot
set to catch the drainage Thereafter
every five or six days the attendant
comes and chips a new piece at the top
of the cutting The cutting thus ex-
tends gradually up the tree until, some
times, ten or twelve feet from the ground
More commonly it does not go above
eight feet Then, third of the way
around the tree another cutting is be-
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
BY JOHN l.. MATHEWS.)

One by one the traditions Of boyhood
vanish into the thin air When | was
small and credulous read many stories
and what was more effective saw
many pictures-of the peasants of the
Landes, curious creatures mounted upon
stills eight feet high, balancing them
selves with long poles while they watch
ed their sheep. The Youth, Compan-
ion, or St. Methodist am not sure which
it was had a picture which long re-
manned in memory, of an ancient crone
on the summit of her stills, knitting a
stocking; and always wondered wheth-
er the stocking was to be long enough
for the silt, Orwell just or. There
were famous stories of silt races to be
read then, and one could see in the
illustrations these peasants of the Landes
galloping about like excited race
horses, taking turn now and then
with the pole to keep from falling The
villain always stuck his stills deep in
the mire and came cropper, and the
hero always succeeded in leaping sue
cessfully eighteen feet from the top of
the last dry knoll
And here | am on the edge of the
Landes, just returned from journey
through them. and not silt did see,
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17

the march of the devastating sand
Experiments with forcStlng on the
sand soon developed the knowledge that
the maritime pine would flourish on
thcs" dunes and by the middle of the
last centucv Government, commune,
and, most ot ALL private land holders
were busy planting the trees Asa result
there are in the district nearly : 500 900
acres Of pine forest, all of it growing fast
AL of it working prohtably. And in adj
dition the land which remains unforcst-
ed has become useful and fertile, and
gardens and vineyards are found all
through the district
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
More Sidewalks to be Built

Notice was given Of intention t IN
troducc 1t the next meeting ordinances
as follows
An ordinance to repeal Ordinln p"
Nos. 40 20 24S, inclusive, and to pro-
vide rules and regulations governing the
use and operation of the FIRE depart.
mcnt.
IN ordinance requiring the laying of
cement sidewalks ON the north and south
sides OF East Michigan avenue, from
the Boulevard to Amelia avenue.
An ordinance requiring the laying OF
cement sidewalks on north and south
sides Of lowry avenue, from the Boule.
ward to Aabama avenue.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17

WHEREAS the Citv of DeLard now
has = ,,onuIation of over three Thousand
inhabitants in summer ard over five
thousand IN ~. ,yjn4rr r,nths) j. ,
yrow;ro .;tv ,,d !, tho Inst five. years
la, mare .,,r i ,a',,,d il, h,,inc.. in.
forest, ard ho,c, the fr,iont and ,,,,s.r.
Yer business, II the \ t.. [. Railway
must necessarily have. more than dor.
hlod likewise, and
WHEREAS, the ,eoo), Of Del,nd and
'"r"pNAding communities are greatly
Nr'n'ene'c'h Hy the t1tt That there
are ~ night trains connecting the city
Of oel.ahd WITH The Hight trans IN the
y. :. = Railway, AMI
Wutpg,, IN. D.Lond Ru,;,c.s
Mems League nav. rel,,.,t..d tn. \ &
I, R,ir,y,v Cou,narv n n,,t NJ, , r;,b.
,ch.,iuIe of train, and n, said \ & /.
Railway Conranv has r,f,sed ro,.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
Must Have Night Trains

The DeLand Business League
through President Could and Secretary
Lands, presented the following rcsolu.
tionS. which We're discussed, and then
adopted unanimously Mr.. Lands and
Mr. Could each made interesting talks
advocating the passage Of the resolu-
ton, which follows
WHEREAS, the A & L. Railway is the
only railroad running into DeIand, and,
WHEREAS, said railroad furnishes no
passenger trains to make connection
from DeI.and with the night trains on
the main line of the A G. L. Ry. Co.,
and
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17

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resin ayrn ,yhnr ,r,,f.. srr,,l .,I tlri-
tw; sted trunk, SHOW, odd ,,,rs and n.o,
hl,zes Attached ~ each +, fine aarth,n
NOT ami those .,,y O,.r.. ali ,v.ll filed
Farther blc,, ! mile from the sea ON.
cros.., , ,r..,t fr..,in, = h.,ad Inns.
..r;, of .,rd ,;,,;,, , hrrir.d zoe. ~,
,,o-a nf ,rntaot,o, =, IN. ,,r,.r forrest. .
!, five roar Tines. ,r, avrIoi,.j for
th.;r t;rh.r y,,,s - ,ca', -, for dunn.
nrotoct;o, ard thnir ra.ir. aud IN.
,,,;rd t,a,,n hrol.., IN. ,-o.s ,-o ~
graatsr .;ye As one ,d,,r,.. inland i
and ,y,,,,.d ter ,,,;,e. ,r :, hoc,; f,,,,
the sea through this torest-thc spec
tacic VI I'c'''o''''"' ''U'.c'' Gus ~
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DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17

nor 4 racing peasant nor a bog hole tnt'
one could haze tu"lb''i IN if he had
been a villain One more tradition
gor, one more soirc. OF gJpi stories
for boys blocked up.
In this case the whole ttu't lies wien
the maritime pine, the common snort
leaf yellow pine Of Our southern Atlantic
forests. Planted over thr yt,t ",,tp
Of the Landes it has turned the region
into perfect paradise, changed the
climate, dried the SwamDs, Wotercd the
deserts and deprived the Lanics peas
ants of the reason for thei' merry
skitting about on posts.
How the Swamps and Stills Came to Be.
In the old days the Gasconne Coast ~
ing to the southwest Of Bordeaux
part of Roman Aquitania vas a vast
swamp, bordered on the seaside by sand
dunes, drained by sluggish rivers UNI
derlaid by peculiar formation OF fer
rusnous clay and vegetable mold
which ce,lented and became inpervious
to water. There were several millions OF
acres in the region thus undertake. and
it was notorious in all France as region
of malaria and other disease In sum-
iner the hot sun burned It up in the wet
season it ovcrtowed with the rainfall
which could not soak in and would not
run off The drifting sands blocke all
the drainage channels, and there was
no.hing which could be carried on
proftably except the pasturing of sheep
on the better parts of the land To
meet the exigencies OF the occasion, to
be able to move about through the
morasses and to follow the sheep and
watch them, the peasants adopted the
stills as a part of their apparel, and be-
came famous in Europe FOR the adept
ness they developed, Stills six to
eight feet long were by no means un-
common, and. being made so that the
upper part strapped to the calf of the leg
they were used with a facility which
would amaze an American boy. A long
pole for balancing the walker and for
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
SEPTEMBER MEETING
OF CITY COUNCIL

The regular monthly meeting of the
City Council was held Monday
night, September IL, at : 80 O'Clock
Present, President Davis, COuncilmen
Bishop, Dreka, Fountain Hon and
Woodall
Bills were audited and warrants
drawn in payment { same as follows
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
HOW SCIENCE HAS UPSET A
TRADITION

A Vast Region in Southwestern France
Turned from Swamp to Rich Fields -
This Accomplished Through Rsfores-
tration, the Maritime Pine Being the
Tree Used-A veritable Agricultural
Miracle Wrought-And the Healthful-
ness of the District Has Been Immense.
ly Improved
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
More Lights.

The matter Of installing electric
lights On West Noorhis avenue, East
Howry avenue, and West Rich avenue,
from Clara to Delaware avcnuc, was in.
formally discussed The Electric
Light Company offered To install
sufficient number to thoroughly light
these streets for 500 % per year t. be
added to and become a part Of the press
ent contract The offer was accepted
and the light, ordered installed under
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
Answers to Correspondents.

Who is a Democrat A Democrat IS
one who votes in Democratic primary.
Who is Republican,; \ Republican,
Is a postmaster.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
THE LANDES
WITHOUT Stills

steadying him when he stood still COM
pleted the outfit and common sight in
the Landes decade ago, even, was a
shepherdess on stills. steadying herself
with her pole and knitting placidly SIX
feet in air. while she watched her sheep
An American humorist even presented
in yarn in a popular magazine a
picture of boy from this region abroad
with some fellows on a ship. and COM
PEELED to sleep on deck on his back with
his legs and stills pointed skyward and
braced against mast.
An Improvement That Began A Cen
fury Ago
It's all gone now About century
ago. in the first decade of the last hun
dred years, some of the land owners in
cooperation with the Government be-
gan the experiment of planting forests to
hold the dunes which threaten to over
whelm even the barrens The dunes of
the coast here are formed of the clean
est and purest sand it is possible to
imag ne-standing in immense ridges
along the seashore sometimes three
hundred feet high One stands at the
edge OF the sea and look, up and to the
right and left and there is nothing else
in sight for miles but this endless stretch
of white sand ridge Back of the first
even ridge it lies in uneven hillocks,
dunes and valleys. where it has been tos
sed by the wind There does not APP
pear to be in it any element which will
support plant life And as it lies eX
posed the Winds pick it up and dri We
it where they will Thus the moving
dunes, ike that which threatened Sau-
gatuck. Michigan, and like those on the
Carolina coast, move steadily inward
The old Roman capital of the region
was long ago overwhelmed and many
other villages have disappeared under
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
Reports OF Officers.

The marshal reported the collection
of S3s.4s in fines during August.
The city engineer reported; Water
pumped, a,7aolas gallons, daily aver
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
Sanitary Inspection

Chairman Fountain of the Sanitary
Committee reported that he had EN-.
ploycd {. NJ Broltaw to make house
to-house Inspection of the city, which
had not yet been completed
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17

Money will build mansion, bat
it takes love to make it a home.
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17

gun, and followed up the same way,
while the first heals So the work goes
on until on many trees there are six or
eight cuts, with strips of bark between
and with the older cuts entirely healed
The pots of turpentine are e,nptied
several times in season When the
tree has been bled to the limit of profit
it is feled, the small stuff is carefully cut
and piled for firewood, and the trunk Is
cut into sections for mine props, in
which Bordeaux consequently enjoys an
enormous traffic with England The
ground is worked over carefully in this
way, the income in resin is very great
and the trees which remain standing
keep the whole reforested and we'll
.Nnt sad
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
How the Government Protects Its
Forests

Of the forests which stand now upon
the waste lands southwest of Bor-
deauX, about r2s, 900 acres belong to
the French Government, a small amount
to the communcs and more than J 900,
900 acres to individuals The Govern
ment forests are mostly along the edge
of the sea, and at the time of writing
this | have lust returned from an exam
nation of them and Of the method by
which they are conducted The whole
sea side Of the dunes is thinly covered
now with a peculiar coarse grass. grow
ing in tufts or punches, planted reg
ularly in rows, tufts and rows each about
4 foot apart As far as the eye can see
these rows extend, with perfect prccis-
ion along the steep faces of the dune
where they are exposed to the hard sea
winds At the top of the seward ridge
a low waffle fence gives stability to the
sands, and bacl, of this begins the plan
tatiOn Nearest the sea there are very
few trees, some furze bushes, some small
plants of various sorts The pines are
blown down by the wind beaten and
gnarlcd. The practice now is to cut
them off about five feet from the ground
and thus force their growth into low
branches, so that each covers as much
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
Scientific Forestry Ind eed

As for the private forests which lie
back of the Government protection, they
might well be the pine woods about
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17

Continued on page two,
DeLand news. [volume] (DeLand, Volusia County, Fla.) 190?-1921, 1909-09-17
Water Works Matters

the supervision of the Street e,
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15

BY simple operation on the head, re-
moving pressure on the brain, caused BY
an injury, DR.. Herbert L. Northrop of
Philadelphia has changed a man from a
drunkard and a thief to an honest. indus
trious man, respected by his employers.
The patient declares that his desire for
drink and theft has entirely disappeared
and during twenty-five months he has
lived an upright life and been twice pro-
NOTED by his employers. He was a man
OF good habits when at the age of 4S
timber struck him on the head, causing
confusion of the scalp and a hematoma
in the upper frontal region close to the
middle line on the right side. He was
unconscious for sixty seconds. During
the twelve years following he developed
drinking and stealing habits, neglected his
family and was finally discharged from a
good position for drunkenness and for
msusiug the company's funds. The op-
GRAFTON was then performed, and after
twenty-five months of we'll doing with no
relapses. DIR. Northrop announces 4 com.
plete cure.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15

22-Marriags Of Prince August W.T.
liam Of Germany and Princess Alexandra
Victoria of Schleswig- Holstefn.
o6-Canadian elections carried BY Sir
Wilfrid Laurier and Liberal party,
NOVEMBER.
death of Mrs. Julia A. Carney,
poetess, at Galesburg, Ill.
3-National election. w. n. Taft and
James s. Sherman, Republicans, chosen
President and Vice President.
death of Tomas Estrada Palma,
first president of Cuba Libre. .Chas. w.
Eliot resigns as head of Harvard uniyer-
sity.
S-Death of Victorien Sardou, French
playwright.
9-Trial of Ray Lamphere begins in La
Porte, Ind. >. Former U. s. Senator Ed
ward w. Carmack shot dead in Nashville.
(Tenn.) street. ". Postmaster Edward.
M. Morgan of New York shot in street.
10-Warship North Dakota launched at
Quincy, Mass.
12-Explosion and fire in mine In West.
phalia, Germany, kills $3.50 men.
13-Death of Emperor of China. 90.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf resigns.
1fDeath of Dowager Empress Of
China. :. Gen. Jose Miguel Gomez chosen.
president at Cuban elections
15-South Bend Und.) postofice rob-
berry.
24EGov. A. B. Cummins chosen U. s..
Senator from Iowa ... Lieut.. Gov. Garst
becomes Governor of Iowa.
26-Ray Lamphere convicted Of arson
at La Porte. Ind.
27-Treaty between United States and
Japan ID announced.
29-13S miners killed by explosion in
Mariana. Pa.
29-Flood at Guthrie, Okla.
DECEMBER.
2-President Nord Alexis Of Hayti de-
posed. .Pu vi ascends throne of China
Hole blown in levee, saving town Of
Pine Bluff, Ark.
8EFatal battles between religious ia
natcs and police in streets of Kansas
City.
10-Abraham Ruef, San Francisco po-
litcal boss. convicted of bribery.
12-Dutch cruiser Gelderland captures
Venezuelan guardship Alix.
15-Death Of Donald G. Mitchell.
Unconstitutional government inau-
gurated in Constantinople.
2O-Gen. Antoine Simon sworn in az
president of Hayti
21-Graft arrests cause sensation in
Pittsburg.
22-Burning of Herald Square theater
in New York.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15
A Wonderful Fossil Fed,

An expedition directed by Prof. II. =.
Osborn Of the American Museum Of Nat
ural History has recently returned from
the Fayoum desert in Egypt laden with
new skeletons of prehistoric animals. The
Fayoum district is the bed Of an ancient
river, and in the sands are found the
bones Of all kinds of animals mixed in
Discriminatory. They ars ~ soft that
they can be removed only by pouring
shellac over them. One Of the most i'm
portant finds Is the skull Of the giant
arsnoitherium. The dominating feature
is a long pair Of disappointed horns
protruding upward and outward from the
snout for nearly two feet. This animal
WAS the brute king Of its time. The
body combined the shape Of the elephant
and the rhinoceros. The monster was
named after the Egyptian queen Arsinos.
famed for her beauty. The animal stood
six feet high and nearly ten feet long.
The feet were adapted to walking on
sandy or sinking ground.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15

Prof. w. D. Scott Of Northwestern uni.
versity. In his new book on the "Psy-
chology Of Advertising" gives the results
of set Of questions sent to 1000 readers
Of the modern daily newspaper. From the
answers sent BY 5000 men he has reached
the conclusion that readers do not care to
have paper serve a. interpreter Of the
news or as advocate of the truth. All
that they want II brief but comprehen-
sivs publication of the news. In his
opinion that editor will be most apprs-
ciated who selects news most wisely and
presents the unvarnished truth in all mat.
tiers In which the constituency are inter-
ested. He adds: "The ideal paper would
have to do only with facts. The news
would have to be we'll written. but the
interest would be mainly in the news
itself and not in the reporters or the pub
fishers views concerning it." The answers
showed that local news leads all other
feat lures in interest. Then came in order
named, political, sporting and financial.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15

"Men's maids. yes" said an employ
ment agent. "Ihere are more Of them
than Of mems men or Wallets. Visit the
fashionable hotels Of California, Flor.
ida, the Riviera. Egypt, and az you
pass open bedroom doors Of a morning
or an afternoon, what do you see.
Maids changing the studs in evening
shirts, pressing trousers with patent
alcohol irons, brushing coats and put.
ting fresh laces in boots. The average
well-tO-do cOuple-the couple that can
afford the best winter and summer re-
sorts-travel with a maid. but not with
a maid and a valet, for, after all. a
valet 10 very expensive, and his duties
occupy only few hours a day. and
maid can get through all of them
just as well as not. So the average
lady's maid Is a mans maid as we'll
maid to the wife, valet to the husband
She likes her latter duties. They are
you see, simple and easy, and they
draw forth the most generous tips."-
New York Press.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15
Russell on the FirinR Line.

In the November Everybodys, Charles
K. Russell, known in two continents a.
one Of the greatest Of muckrakers. and
who has been criticised for not doing
something constructive, comes to the front
with three specific proposals for civic
betterment They are: To establish q
new standard Of public service BY discon-
tinuing the practice Of paying our public.
ofiiciais salaries, to abolish the political
boss By establishing everywhere the sys-
tenn Of direct nominations and ito clear
our minds Of the singular superstition
that 90 long obsessed US concerning the
public utility franchise" BY adoptins n.
simple plan Of the annual lease. III.
belief IL that 1.-THE best wav to .h,I,.h
the muckraker IL to abolish much -
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15

The origin Of the Great Rant. ~ N.-
foundland IL said to hav. been !, ,h.
boulders carried down nv iceber,, TIL.
bank 10 600 miles long ana 1oo h,n.a
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15
Use No Hook.

Use No Hook.
Yon manly breast, o maid, on which you
lean,
Though it may harbor nothing base or
mean,
All, lean upon II lightly, for who known
What frail cigars may nestle there un.
seen.
Puck
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15
Ambiguous.

Ambiguous.
II would like to see more movins
verse from your pen," said the ad.
mirer.
do you mean something pathetic. I"
asked the poet. "or something about
springtime movesr - Kansas CITY
Times.
For It's Very Own.
There's one thing that seems to ne funny.
When the state OF bank becomes runny,
You're supposed to go back
And sit down. It's q fact
They get mad II you ash for your nonsy
-LAppincoet'a
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-01-15

Great hre In Tampa, Fla.
2-Attempted assassination Of Chief Of
Police Geo. NJ. Shippy Of Chicago.
+17S Children lose lives In burning
Of public school In North Collinwood, q
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-01-24
TIE CONCUBINAGE CASE
insufficient Evidence Led to It's Nos
Pros.

There was called for trial Thursday
in the District Court. Judge T. F. Bell,
the case of John Booker white man.
for violating the Hrnsicker
coucubnage law As the evidence WAS
insufficient to convict. the case was mol
pros.
1t may be said that it is almost inl-
possible to convict for this crime. but.
at any rate, the enactment of the law
and the hfforts III its enforcement have
had some effect in its suppression At
least the guilty are more guarded and
cautious III the violation Of the rules Of
decency and self-respect. Concubinage
is one Of the curses Of civilization. Il IS
a blight on society and good morals. It
should be suppressed by public senti
ment which will strengthen the law in
its enforcement