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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
BEAUTY IN FRONT YARDS.
How to Plant Shrubbery For an Orna
mental Effect.

If YOU wish TO help in making your
home town attractive, improve the
front ward with some shrubs.
For small front yard where it is
impracticable TO plant trees there is
nothing better for ornamental effect
than Il few well placed shrubs. Once
planted and established in the soil
they require little attention except in
spring. when they should be pruned
back so as 10 keep them symnetriraI.
In planting shrubs much will de-
pend upon the layout of the lot
and its topography. 1t is easier to
spoil an effect than it is to obtain II
good one. 1t is Il good plan To get
the advice of competent landscape
gardener If you can't. study your
yard aud its possibilities thoroughly
before You set out shrub. y plain
grepnsward is far more desirable from
an artistic standpoint than lot lit
tered with q miscellaneous collection
of shrubs placed without regard to
harmony in the general scheme.
For a small yard among the best
shrubs. aside from the roses. are the
hydrangeas. Of which there are several
varieties. some dwarf the honey
sucklps. Japanese SNOWFALL, barberry.
rose acacia. Irish yew. Catalpa bungii,
Magnolia consricua. Magnolia soulan-
gana. japanese cypress and the many
varieties of .ergrcenS. The ever
greens. however. appear to better ad-
vantage in roomy yards.
Then there are the white and purple
lilacS. Japanese ounce Syrin|a grandi-
fora. althca Jeanne d Arc. pure white:
Dcutzia cracllis and the aZaleas. These
shrubs are hardy, rapid growing. at
tain large size and bear beautiful flow
ers The azaleas should he given a
northern exposure and be well pro-
tected in winter.
Many of these shrubs will be found
growing in the park strawberries. and
those who have friends among the park
gardeners can obtain valuable advice
from them about the planting and care
of shrubs
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26

its idols, human or equine. Wootton
was apprcnticed to his father for four
years, the indenture having nearly an
other twelve months to run.
During that period his parent does
not intend to allow him to accept any
positive retaincrs. for. naturally, at
his weight Il boy never lacks for Il
mount as Il free lance. He. in fact. is
practically the pick of all the light
weights riding. for when any stable
has what is imagined to be Il reason
ably good thing" even when horses
are carrying Il poundage that is not
necessarily near the minimum, little
WoUtton's services are sought for SO
as to clinch the certainty of success.
Next year. however. it is his fathers
intention To permit him to accept en-
gagemcnts from certain leading owners.
Frank Wootton is unqueStionably Il
fine Jockey. He gets away. IS Il fair
judge of pace and grasps the situation
in running instantly. while he is Il
masterpiece over Il long course"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
GAS TANKS AND TOWN BEAUTY
Louis Heaton Pink's Views on Their
Proper Location.

The Consolidated Gas comnany of
New York Il few years ago erected a
large gas tank along Riverside drive.
shad0Wing Graut'S tomb. There was
opposition from The press. but nothing
was done. The FhlluSh Gas company.
Il subsidiary of the Brouklyn Union.
recently completed Il tank lJl feet in
diameter and 231 feet high in Flat.
bush. in the borough of Brouklyn. This
is the highest structure in HE borough
1t stands in a region of homes aud i'm
mediately adjacent to the Kings Coun.
" hospital and other public buildings.
1t has taken away from many the
equity in their homes and is IA blot
upon the landscape for miles around
The public service commission was
first appealed to by the property own
erS and civic associations of Flatbush.
but it decided that it had no jurisdic-
ton. Two suits for an injunction were
brought. one by the property owners
and one by the city Of New York. The
city was defeated at special term, and
recently the appellate division dis
missed its appeal with scant courtesy
on the ground that an otfense to the
sight cannot be a nuisance. This is
not good logic and should not be good
law. If such a structure unrcasonably
destroys the comfortable enjoyment Of
property 1t comes within the definition
of nuisance. No one of the senses
should be Disseminated against. 1t is
to be hoped that the court of appeals
will have opportunity to pass upon
this question.
American cities were formerly CON
cerned only with growth Now they
are placing their energies in develop
ment. Eyesorcs such as this. destruc-
tive of property and the beauty of Il
city or town. should not be tolerated
Gas tanks and all their kith and kin
economical, but where they will do
the least harm. When erected in Il
city or town they should be built of
moderate height. The "skyscraper"
tanks are unnecessarily harmful If
the courts will not protect municipai-
'iNo "Sui'"t 'u' u III 'Hi'iI ADEQUATE
laws should be ut once enacted. In
England tanks may not be erected
within 300 yards of residence with
out the consent of the owner and oc-
cupants. In no continental city can
tanks be placed without regard for
public welfare. The location Of gas
works and tanks should be subject to
the approval of the public service com
mission. and the consent Of owners of
houses used exclusively for residential
purposes within Il prescribed distance
should be required. We guard resi-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
MINORS PAY UMPIRES WELL.
Arbtrators Prefer Lower League Be-
cause of Better Salaries.

Are the minor leagues more gener-
GUS than their big brothers. the Ma
tional and American leagues? Umpire
Owens jumped his contract with Har-
ry Pullam. it is said. to accept job
at more pay than Pulliam offered him.
But Owens Is not the only umpire
who prefers to work in small pond.
Bill Carpenter, former National league
umpire, gave an offer from Judge
Kavanaugh. president Of the Southern
league, the preference over one from
the National league. Down south Car
penter, who winters in Cincinnati. Is
the big fish He gets Juicy salary.
appoints his own staff Of umprcs and
schedules them. In fact. Carpenter is
the whole cheese in the Southern
league, where both fans and players
think him the best ever.
Besides his salary from the Southern
league. Carpenter gets neat sum for
umpirinG exhibition games in New Or
leans after the regular season.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
Profitable Shade Trees.

A stranger visiting Tallahassee. Fla.
is surprised at the great number of
pecan trees found in the yards. gar
dens and on the streets. They are
everywhere. and thousands upon thou
sands spring up every season where
the nuts are washed by the rains or
dropped by the birds. which feast upon
them. If these trees had been budded
with mcrchantable varieties when
young they would now be producing
thousands of bushels of the finest nuts
annually. but of even these inferior
varieties Tallahassee sells hundreds of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
BASEBALL POINTERS

As a fielding first baseman Claude
RosSman of the Detroit Americans is
not wonder. but he is mighty
handy man with the bludgeon.
Egan is the nearest approach to Nc
Phee the Cincinnatis have had. He
gets over ground easily and gets in
front of the bali without much effort
Catcher Schlci of New York is not
as aggressive as Roger Bresnahan be
hind the bat. but he is steady and does
good work with all kinds of pitching
His throwing is also fine.
Two of tho youths purchased by the
Chicago club last fall certainly are
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26

When eggs are only required to he
preserved for two or three months
they keep very well packed in dry salt
or bran. The meat of the egg may
shrink and rattle within the shell
when shaken, but its edibility is not
impaired. Coating the egg with vase
line or butter will also keep it for a
short time. or any application which
effectively seals the pores of the shell
and excludes air will prolong the
freshness of eggs. If the egg is even
momentarily submerged III boiling
water the albumen thereby becomes
sufficiently coagulated to prevent the
entrance of air. In some of the rural
districts in England and Scotland eggs
for home consumption are smutted
over with mixture Of sulphur and
lampblack. a cheap and effective pre-
sentative. But the limewater mix
ture is best for general purposes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
ENGLAND'S LEADING JOCKEY.
Fifteen y=ar-o old Frank Wootton, the
Sensation of Turf Abroad.

Jockey Frank Wootton is the riding
sensation of the English turf this sea-
son. He is ut present the most popu-
lar IMAM" among followers of racing
throughout Great Britain and the re
cipient Of an emoument which is pro
verbally better than that of prime
minister Wootton is leading all the
pigSkin artists in winning mounts.
His present actual riding weight
(Which embraces the boots brcccheS
and colors lie wears and the saddle
with its trappings that he rides upon
is ninety pounds.
Little Wootton began his career of
jOckcyship in South Africa. his one
hobby as child being riding. which
he could do practically as soon rs he
could walk. The boys first mount
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26

To clean light wool skirt take one
one pint of gasoline and one-quarter
bar Of naphtha soap (dissolvcU. Put
the skirt to be washed into this and
wash carefully. Rinse in water the
same temperature as water used in
washing the skirt. This is an excel
lent method and never fails to make
the skirt look like new.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
How to Destroy Potato Runs,

Place boards here and there among
the potato vines and on them lay slices
of raw potatoes. The bugs will go
for them aud can be destroyed. In
weeks time, after 4 daily slaughter
no bugs VIII he in s'~At. l. might be
well to use paris 2rprn on the potato
slices. tins saving the work Of living
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26
dollars worth each year.
Value Of Advertisinq q.

Don't forget that every bit of ad-
vertiSing you do does more than adj
vertiSc the actual goods mentioned.
1t acts as a general advertisement Of
the store and possesses n cumulative
effect that cannot be calculated by
immediate results.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26

was at Johannesburg. South Africa,
upon Il horse NAMED Buster when he
was two months short of ten years of
age. Three weeks subsequently he
gained his first success i'll Il pony race
which are always mixed with CO.
lonial race prOgramS-upon an ami
NAL named Kcmpsey. Since coming
to England his progress has been as
continuous as it has been mcteOric,
which is characteristic of the turf with
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26

seeing the country. Outfeldcr Ward
Miller went from Chicago to pittsburg
and then on to Cincinnati and More
was first Il Cub. then a Cardinal and
now Il Dove.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-08-26

, dental sections against saloons by
! such a law. Who would not prefer Il
saloon as neighbor TO Il huge gas
tank?-Louis Heaton Pink i'll Survey.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26
"DEARu COMMON FLOWER.

The fields CLEAN and simmer like
the golden pavement Of the New Jeru-
salem with the sheen Of the yellow
dande1ions. Down at the Country Club
the wide and level stretches of the golf
links lie fields of the cloth Of gold. In
every meadow where the grass has not
grown high enough to hide their heads
fhesdandelions spread their blankets of
beauty. If a. stranger to the plant were
ITO come suddenly owe a hill to see
beneath him a wide meadow spread
with the marvel Of the dandelion his
delight and admiration would know no
bounds. For the dandelion is beautiful,
beautiful with the beauty Of spring
and with color caught from the sun
tthat promises warmth and summer.
1t Is easy to understand how a. woman,
q stranger in q new land, might long
for a sight OF the dandeions in the
spring.
No dou4t Solomon's collection OF
wives shone like a flower garden and
combined all graces and virtues, but
ne had too many of them. The beauty
of the dandelion pals because delight
Sul as 1t IL to see, trouble and toll and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26

worry belong with it. It Is too many. 1t
is an overdose Of beauty. 1t gets in the
way. 1t is good only for greens n to
look at. But 1t sure is pretty, pretty as
an intrusive and impudent little school
girl with a lisp on her tongue and the
sunshine in her hair.
Dear common flower, that grows be-
side the way,
bringing the dusty road with harm
less gold,
First pledge of blithesome May,
Which children pluck, and full of
pride uphold,
High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed
that they
An Eldorado in the grass have found,
Which not the rich earth's ample
round
May match in wealth-thou art more
dear to me
Than all the prouder summer blooms
may be.
Gold such as thine ne'er drew the
Spanish prov
Thru the primeval hush of Indian
seas,
Nor wrinkled the lean brow
OF age, to rob the lovers heart of
ease:
'Tis the springs largess, which she
scatters now
To rich and poor alike with lavish
hand,
Tho most hearts never understand
To take it at Gods value, but pass by
The offered wealth with unrewarded
eye"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26
TIMEs-REpUBL1CAN MARsHA11rowN, IOWA MAY 20, 1909

lures of the several states for ratff-
cation an amendment to the national
constitution which shall enable women
to vote"
After having absorbed all that was
good in u naval and military sys-
TENS and taken it home to improve
upon, it may be suspected that Japan
has secretly had a few students Of
graft among our politicians and city
governments. At any rate the supre-
macy of the American CRATER is in
danger.
1t never rains but it pours. June
wedding presents and graduating
presents collide to make mangled
wrecks of bank accounts.
II. H. Rogers will be pointed out as
a mountain peak of success only by
foolish fathers to sons who should be
taught better. The fact is that Rogers
was an abject failure and left little
behind except his money and a place
for a better man to live better in.
y X
Iowa is not to have free lumber if
Senator Dolliver can prevent it. The
senator is convinced that Iowa doesn't
know what she needs.
Things move fast in this day and
age. Does anyone recall a gentleman
by the name of Hamid and another
named Castro?
An arrangement has been made at
London whereby the bankers of the
I%slington cattle market, for a premium
of n shilling per head of cattle, paid
by the vendors, have agreed to give an
indemnity under which compensation
will be paid to the meat traders if the
cattle prove to be diseased.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26

The following letter from a woman
reader SENS to be worthy of a place in
the editorial column. Here it is:
Editor of the News: 1t is becoming
more and more ommon to hear the
charge made against the American wo-
mar that she has lost or crushed out
the God-given desire to become a wife
and mother.
Various reasons are assigned for
this, but I have seen no mention of
what I believe to be the principal
cause. / believe it is because our ma
ton has refused to protect the home
that the American woman refuses to
become a wife n mother. She has
Wept, prayed and petioned u national
and state governments to throw around
the homes of the country some protec-
ton from the greatest curse his world
has ever known; but instead of grant
ing her request, this land OF the free
and home of the brave has gone into
partnership with the home destroyer;
SO the only reply weeping. petitioning
womanhood received is: Go, make
homes; be patient; Deal children and
each year We will lay only about 1o0,-
900 of them in drunkard's graves"
Besides the toll of death the mother
knows that other hundreds of thous-
ands of our children will be brought
by drink to ~almshouses, county jails,
penitentiaries and a%sylusns.
1t is not that a woman loves a poo
die dog more than a baby that she
chooses the dog.
Does not society itself place the
higher value on the dog? If the wo
man pays her dog tax and puts a col
lar on the dog, the law protects her
pet from theft and slaughter; but tell
me, if you can, how does the state
protect her boy?
At best the state jails the boy and
breaks his mothers heart when he falls
into temptation and yields.
How cam the mother protect her boy
when society places the stamp of Its
approval upon drink and drinking
places?
Don't you know that when a woman
brings a child into the world she gam
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26
Topics of the Times

Washington city counts 5000 more
women than men in its population.
Some plan to reduce the surplus should
be suggested.
His mother called him Theodore. the
boys call him Teddy, Gumbo calls him
Bwano Tumb. but he gets there just
the same
Field Marshall Roberts bitterly de-
the British army as a sham"
He ought to see the American senate.
The Illinois situation suggests that
a reasonable way to elect United
States senators is to let the voters do
it on election day.
Instead of attempting to telegraph
Mars, why doesn't some one jump into
a Wright airship, ayiate over some
morning and see about 1t? Nothing
beats a personal call.
When the Wright brothers call on
President Taft they should give hin a
little hint of how to take a flyer into
the tariff and bring down a few sched-
ules with him.
I'VE are Of the candid opinion" SAYS
the Usage News, speaking of Senator
Delivers speech in which he referred
to Cummins as a "faker." chat Dolli-
Yer is heartily ashamed of that out
break. The News may be right. There
is IN evidence that he has been
sorry at least.
II wonder if there isn't some way
we can get u ~assemblyman to advo-
cate good roads?" GIVE him an auto
Brooklyn Life.
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
believes an income tax would MOI
make this a nation Of liars. The FIT
is right in its conclusion. So long az
most Incomes remain as they are there
will never be a majority of tax per.
%jurers. The fellow with the cheap home
doesn't lie now. The liars are al
among the wealthier. And if a mort.
gage or two will induce lying it i!
pretty certain hat their owner lied II
accumulate them, will lie to get more
and will keep on lying as long as ther
is a dollar in perjury. To argue agains
taxation because some fellow will lii
to conceal property Is about as clos,
to the sermon on the mount as Vol
taire is to Revelation.
The Humboldt Independent remind
the Sioux City Journal and the T.-R
that Iowa's chance for a presidential
nominee is too small for either to "ge
chesty' yer Well, we've got 'em hi,
enough haven't we? And despite tn
enyious independence of the Independ
ent there's going to be a call for tn
big ones pretty soon.
The Central Labor Council of Lo
Angeles, Cal, on April 2, adopted
set of resolutions strongly endorsin
woman suffrage, and recommending a
members to sign the woman suffrag
petition to congress-. On April 8, tn
District Council of Carpenters o
Philadelphia took similar actor
pledging ito assist the Pennsyivani
Woman Suffrage Association in secur
ing signatures to the national petitio
to congress to submit to the, iegisla
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26

days OF Tweed and his gang, it was
customary for many merchants to pay
to the agents Of Tammany large and
small amounts, which made them I'm
mune from police interference.
But dishonest practices, both public
and private, have in this country dur
Ing the past few years beer checked
and nearly done away with entirely.
Tainted money was a protest against
custom. Graft in any form today is
hardly respectable. 1t is still customary
for the corporation to do unlawful
Things. but the individual now shrinks
from the publicity possible from wrong
doing. Our so called yellow journals
have accomplished much good along
this line, which can be admitted with
out 1nquiring into motives. When we
md the big corporations publishing
newspaper and magazine articles, as
now Is common with the Standard Oil
people. the packing house interests, and
even the coal barons explaining to the
public thru the medium of the daily
papers, why they pursue their Gust
omary methods of business, one can
assume, that somehow they now real
lie the pubic no longer proposes to
submit to business customs that il
legally make multi m%illionaires.
1t has been said custom is higher
than law. Probably a true saying, and
also as true that customs are harder
to change than laws. But just the
same, custom has to give way before
public opinion-once aroused. Maybe
that Roosevelt appeared on the pub
lie stage just when conditions We're
right and ripe for reform. Maybe he
was only taking advantage of such
conditions to bring about the reforms
tor Which he can be credited. Leave
him out of the argument the fact re-
mains there has been a great awaken
ing of the public conscience. Graft is
no longer respectable in the private
individual or the public official. Gus
toms ave changed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26

being impoverished. All of these woes
MIR. Boies connected with protection.
1t was at that time the fashion to
denounce protection as the ource Of
all evils.
The statement made famous by the
then governor was based upon the
computations of one. j. r. Sovereign
a semi-socialistic agitator who at
one time had more or less vogue in
Iowa. He was exalted to the office of
commissioner of labor and spent his
time in proving that all Iowa was ON
he road to the poor house.
But recently Mr.. Boies has sold his
own Iowa farms at S120 an acre, at
ter having enjoyed a substantial III
come from them during many years.
If Iowa corn had been grown at a
loss of 67 cents an acre it is not like
ly that the lands of the ex-governor
would have enhanced in value as
they did enhance. Lands tina grow
crops at a loss are not valuable and
no observing man is going to pay $3.50
an acre for them. The sale that Mr..
Boies has made has completed the
REPUTATION of his New York speech.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-26
Outside Point of View

During the controversy between the
governor of Iowa and a member of
the pharmacy commission, a peculiar
editorial appeared in a leading Iowa
daily. The public will remember that
the point involved was the right Of
the member of the pharmacy commits
sion to charge to the state of Iowa
per diem and travelling expenses when
engaged in other work and the editor
ial in question made light Of the
claimed ~offense, because in the past
other public officials have done such
things. Only a short time ago when
such officials had annual passes on
all railroads. yet they charged the
state the full railroad fare coming and
going on all business trips. Boiled
down, the editorial point was there was
nothing very serious in such dealing
with the state of Iowa, because 1t was
customary.
Not to touch upon the ethics Of the
referred to case, nor to discuss the
lameness of the newspaper argument,
this thing stands out, custom is a tre-
mendous factor in wrong doing, as
we'll as in other things. It was custom
that Roosevelt bumped up against. We
are told that in China it is customary
for all dealers to lie In the TRANSACT
ton Of their business. In Turkey a
common custom has been to steal from
the public funds and no particular dis
credit attaches itself in that country
to the bribe giver or bride taker. Not
so long ago was it customary fol
members, some members of the I'm
tied States senate, to work for and
vote for certain pieces Of legislation
that put into law, put dollars in the
ipockets of the senators. During the