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The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-26
Chile to Try Diplomat.

Santiago Chile.-Herr Beckett,
the former Chancellor of the German
Legation here. charged with having
killed an employe of the Legation and
set fire to the Legation offices, is to
be tried under the laws of Chile.
Germany has refused to interfere in
his behalf.
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Post-Prandial,

Lucullus was participating in the
wit at one of his famous dinners.
"Tll make you a paradox" he said.
"Hear-hear!" they cried. "Lu-
cullus makes us a paradox"
The host quieted them with a lifted
hand, and said:
when | was a poor liver l had
a good liver; but nov that 1 am a
good liver, / have a poor liver"
They all thought it over in silence
for a moment, and then fell to beat
ing one another on the back in the
Roman fashion.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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EARTHQUAKE KILLED 5000.
Shock in Persia Felt Throughout the
World.

Teheran, Persia. - News was re-
ceived here by courier that the vic
lent earthquake recorded on January
% at almost every scientific observa-
tory in the world where seismographs
are installed had its location in the
Province of Luristan, in Western Per-
STA.
Sixty villages were wholly or par
TALLY destroyed, and the resultant
loss of life is placed between 5000
and 5000 persons.
The p%easantry lost practically all
their herds, and it is estimated that
from 10000 to $4,000 head of cattle
perished.
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KILLS GIRL IN TAxIcAB.
Young Telephone Inspector Ends
Night Ride With Double Crime.

Reading, Pa. While speeding
along in a taxicab here, Stella Rock
tashel, eighteen years old, was shot
and killed, and her companion.
George E. Kraut, twenty years old.
after directing the chauffeur to hurry
to a hospital, turned the revolver
that killed the girl upon himself and
sent a bullet into his heart, dying
instantly.
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The derailing of the locomotive
and n car of the 6.38 train from
Mount Holly to Medford, at Medford
Junction, caused the injury of three
passengers and the wreck of the loco
motive. The injured are: Mrs. Sam
uel Clevenger, of Rutland avenue, in
jury to back; Mrs. T. H. Brannin, of
Brainard street, lacerated face and
hand, and Joshua M. Reeve, sprained
ankle, all of Mount Holly. The ac-
cident was caused by an open switch
at the point where the Medford track
and a siding connect.
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Witbtbsl vnnqI slt6W


I try to keep ~contented.
But Pm discouraged, some.
I'll stand around and argue
Till I'm nearly deaf and dumb,
And when a question is settled
And things are running right,
Somebody always m along
And starts another fight.
The nations have a battle,
And when they get it DOM,
They rest a little while and then
They have another one.
Of peace they sing the praises
And yet when peace arrives,
They're simply taking breath before
They seek each others lives.
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Spiritually Prepared.

A Highland minister who was
rather a pompous gentleman, came
to a shepherds house to baptize a
child.
Are you prepared?n he asked the
fond parent.
sou ay, munnister; 1 have got a
grand ham for tea"
Il mean spiritually prepared"
Numbered the cleric.
"Af coorse I am; oh, yes. 1 got
twa bottles O. first-class whisky from
the inn," replied the imperturbable
Celt.-Tit-Bits.
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Wife Slayer Electrocuted.

After he had repeated the Lords
Prayer on his walk from the cell to
the electric chair, Adolphus Walker.
aged forty years, a negro, of Cam
den, was electrocuted at the State
Prison, in Trenton. Ordinarily it re-
quires two contacts to kill, but in
Walkers case three shocks were
given. He was pronounced dead in
eight minutes from the time he sat
in the chair. Walker shot his wife
last fall after a quarrel, following her
arrival home late at night, and then
he attempted suicide. Among the
witnesses were: DR.. E. r. Kirby and
Robert Rule, of Philadelphia; John
Baker, president of the Camden Ex-
else Board; Robert Turner, Edward
Hillman, Harry Prettyman and Sam
uel R. Parkinson, all of Camden. DIR.
E. S. Spitzka, of Jefferson College,
Philadelphia, was the physician in
charge.
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To Wed Chinese Physician.

IO WCu OIIIIcSe SICIdI.
Walla Walla, Wash.-Bessie Lin
der is to be married to Frank Lee, a
Chinese doctor who practices in the
local Oriental quarter. The girl is
only sixteen years old, and her moth
er. Mrs. Sarah Lamb, has given her
approval to the marriage.
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Counting

Caller ION clutches and with a
bandage over one eye)-"I have
come, sir, to make application for the
amount due or my accident insurance
policy. fell down a long flight of
stairs the other evening and sus-
tanned damages that will disable me
for a month to come"
Manager of Company-"Young
man, / have taken the trouble to in
vestigate your case, and l find you
= not entitled to anything. It could
not be called an accident. You cer-
tafnly knew the young lady's father
was at home STRAY Stories.
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Extra CONGRESS Session Marcb 1x

The extra session of Congress will
be convened on March IS. President
elect Taft authorized the announce
ment. Discussion as to the time for
calling the extra session was had be-
tween Mr.. Taft, Senators Hale and
Knox and Speaker Cannon.
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Peroxide wig Her Disguise.

Stella Hopkins, 1.-THE Lady OF the
Peroxide Blond Wig" was SEM TO
the p~enitentiary for three years by
Judge Wright, of Baltimore, Nd, Tor
larceny. She was indignant when ar
rested because a blonde had com
mitted the robbery, while ANYBODY
could see she was a brunette.
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Thief Finds Secret Bank.

Mrs. Joel Ridgway, of Barnegat,
who had a distrust of banks, kept
her savings, amounting to about
$500, in a tin can in her cellar.
Someone who must have known
where she hid her money broke in
the house and emptied the can.
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BY CABLE.
Floor Collapses; Five Killed.

Valencia, Spain. Five persons
were killed and seventy-eight injured,
twenty-eight seriously, by the col
lapse of a floor in a hall where lots
were being drawn for CONSUMPTION.
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Parting of the Ways.

The country parson was condoling
with the bereft widow.
"Alas!" he continued earnestly, 81
cannot tell you how panied l was to
learn that your husband had gone to
heaven. We were bosom friends, but
we shall meet again. "-Lippin-
colts.
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Kills Dog at Hen-slaughter.

Newkirk Vanmeter, of Elmer,
heard a racket in his hen house and
found a hound dog killing his breed
ing fowls. Altogether twenty hens
were mangled. Procuring his gun,
Vanmeter killed the dog, which was
too intent on the job to run away. !:
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Local Option in Arizona.

Phoenix, Ariz.-The Pace bill, pro-
yiding that counties may vote local
option by an even majority instead
of two-thirds, passed the House, 13
to II.
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Pretty Slow Game.

Howell-"How did you enjoy the
football gamer"
Powell-"No, it wasn't much of a
game; I killed mor people while
going to it in my automobile than
were killed on the field. New York
Press.
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Confidence in New Vizier.

Constantinople.-The new Grand
Vizier, Hilmi Pasha, made his first
appearance in the Chamber of Dep
uties, and outlined the Ministerial
program as a continuance of the TX
listing foreign policy and the internal
reforms at present under way. The
Chamber voted confidence in the new
Grand Vizier by reclamation.
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SUICIDE AFTER SHOOTING BOYS.
Old Man Who Was Tormented Fires
Three Times at Them.

Lancaster, Pa.-John Prange, sew
e~nty-seven years old, committed sui
eide here under sensational circum-
stances. He objected to children
roller skating on his cement sidewalk,
and as a result has been having trou-
Die with the boys of thu neighbour
hood. The old man got into an al
tercation with boys, who ran into the
street, and Prange shot at them three
times with a revolver.
One bullet went through the trou-
sers leg of a boy and another lad was
burned about the face by the powder.
Prange returned to the house, and
upon reaching the vestibule placed
the revolver against his breast and
sent a bullet through his heart.
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Like Cigarettes.

SIS there any redeeming feature
about these tube gowns?"
"Well," replied the trolley mag
nate addressed, "they pack well in a
car."-Washington Herald.
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And Long I~ntermissions.

shakespeare amt so bad" de-
clared the bibulous citizen.
you like his plays, do your"
eyes; lots of acts to go out be-
tween."-Louisvil1e Courier-Journal.
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Ten-MiIe Walk For Patriarchs.

Jonathan B. Davenport, of North
Caldwell, who celebrated his seventy
eighth birthday at his home, with
John B. Baldwin, s~eventy-eight years
old, and j. Augustus Bogart, who
celebrated his eightieth birthday re-
Gently, took a ten-mile walk, over
Ing the distance in two hours and a
half, on heavy roads. On their re-
turn to the Davenport home the three
men We'd in dancing jigs, to the mer-
riment of the guests. Each man
danced three minutes at a time, and
kept this up for an hour.
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School Children Buried.

Washington, d. CA rug said to
be worth $4,000 was presented at
the White House as a gift to the Ma
ton, and was accepted by President
Roosevelt. The donor was HaH.
Topakyan, a rich Armenian of New
York City.
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Helm in Carving.

"Why is this carpenters wise
clamped to the dining room tablet"
That's for holding the turkey"
answered the head of the house with
a grim frown. = Louisville Courier
Journal.
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His Regular Line,

The palmist had been arrested for
%swindling his patrons.
Great Scott" he exclaimed, i'm
patiently, what did they expect when
they came to me?'"-Philadelphia
Ledger.
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WIDOWS PENSIONS QUICKLY SECURED.

John Wainwright & Co., Wilmington. Del.
Expert Pension Attorneys of 20 years prac-
tice will send valuable information and
blanks to widows on application, by mail
Write to us with stamp for reply. Widows
OF soldiers and officers who served ninety
days in the Civil War are entitled to from $a
to $50 q month. Soldiers to $l2 when 81; s1
when 10; $40 a month when rs years old.
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Abruzzi Visits London.

has again been spending several days
in London, for the purpose of COM
plotting his outfit for his trip into the
Himalaya Mountains.
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Iirht Win shina

If You are willing to choose the
darkness of faith instead OF the IL
Illumination of reason. wonderful.
light viii break put upon you FROM
the Werd Of Goa-A j. GoEden,
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Orders have been given for the es-
Enlistment at Annoy, China, QL q
branch Of the American Marine HOS
pitai. Surgeon A. D. Foster WIZ 20
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MiIwaukee's Mayor to Engage
in Prohibition Debate,

Chicago.-The challenge recently
made by Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee,
to meet any accredited champion Of
prohibition, has been accepted by
Samuel Dickie, president of Albion
College, Michigan, and a former
chairman of the Prohibition National
Committee. The debate will be held
N Milwaukee on Friday evening.
March 26. The subject Is: Re
solved, That prohibition as applied
10 the manufacture and sale of intox-
icating beverages is right"
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LATEST NEWS.
BY WIRE.
Would Wed ~stepmother.

Would Wed Stepmother.
Washington, D. C.-After Paul
Goldsboro had taken out a license
here to wed Mrs. Nellie A. G~oldsboro
1t transpired that Nellie was step
mother of Paul, being the second wife
of Paul's father, who died recently.
They cannot marry in the District Of
Columbia.
Bride Taker Convicted.
San Francisco.-In the lass of for
mer Supervisor M. w. Coffey, ac-
cused of accepting a bride of $4,000
to vote for a trolley franchise for
the United Railways, he was declared
guilty.
New Boston District Attorney.
Boston.-Arthur D. Hill, of this
city, was appointed District Attorney
of Suffolk County, to fill the unex-
pired term of John B. Moran, de.
ceased.
Local Option in Arizona.
Phoenix, Ariz.-The Pace bill, pro-
yiding that counties may vote local
option by an even majority instead
of t%wo-thirds, passed the House, 13
to IL.
For Newfoundland Treaty.
Washington, D. C.-The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations au-
thorized a favorable report ON the
Newfoundland fisheries treaty.
Killed by Bulldog.
Sergent, Ky.-Harrison Banks, Jr.,
entered the house of his brother,
Elijah Banks, at Montgomery Creek,
to find the brother beating his (Eli-
jah's) wife with the butt of a re-
yolver. He disarmed his brother,
who thereupon set upon him a bull
dog, which tore and lacerated him so
badly that he died within a few
hours. Mrs. Banks will die from the
Injuries inflicted by her husband.
School Children Buried.
Sanford, Me. = One hundred
school children were buried in a
snowslide in the grounds of the Lin
coin School at Springvale, and fifty
or them were injured as a result.
The children, in line, were marching
into the school building when a ton
or more of now and ice fell from
the roof of the building, three stories
above, and crashed down on them.
Cigarettes Barred by Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio.-The House Com.
mittee On Temperance unanimously
decided to report for passage the
Ditmars Anti Cigarette bill, forbid
ding the manufacture or sale of cigar.
cites within the State.
Gives Rug Worth 5000
Washington, d. CA rug said to
be worth $4,000 was presented at
the White House as a gift to the Ma
tion, and was accepted by President
Roosevelt. The donor was H. II.
Topakyan, a rich Armenian of New
York City.
To Wed Chinese Physician.
Walla Walla, Wash.-Bessie Lin
der is to be married to Frank Lee, a
Chinese doctor who practices in the
local Oriental quarter. The girl is
only sixteen years old, and her moth
er. Mrs Sarah lamb has piven hor
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Slang Translated.

What do they mean, pa, when
they say that somebody has your
goat?"
THAT somebody has taken your
butter, I guess. New York Press.
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Sentenced For Twelve Years.

SeHIeHCeu TOT Twelve 1OafS'
Indicted for killing Peter Keder, a
miner, at Franklin Furnace, on De-
cember 26, Andrew Cosack made a
plea of nolle contendre and was sem
fenced to twelve years in prison.
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Alfonso in Role of Arbitrator.

Madrid Spain.-King Alfonso has
accepted the role of arbitrator in the
dispute between Germany and Eng
land regarding the boundaries of
Walfsh Bay, on the southwest coast
of Africa.
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Queen to Build a Town.

Rome, .Italy.-Queen Helena has
decided to undertake with her own
private funds the reconstruction OF a
town or the outskirts of Messina. The
name of the town is to be Regina
Elena.
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For Newfoundland Treaty.

Washington, D. C.-The Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations au-
thorized a favorable report ON the
Newfoundland fisheries treaty.
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The Kind of Talk.

"There is some talk to the effect
that the duke will marry in this coun-
try"
Whose money seems to be talking
the loudest Herald.
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The One Horsepowcr Kind

walk more" said the physician.
"But," he protested, AZ already
have au automobile"
"Get another" was the stern
dictum.-New York Press.
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Tang Shao vi in Paris.

London.-Tang Shao VI, the spe-
cial commissioner of the Chinese Gov
eminent, who is touring the world,
has left for Paris, where he will
spend a fortnight.
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More Going Than Coming.

Washington, D. C.-The total num-
Der of immigrants arriving during the
twelve months ending last November
was 573,581, while the departures
were ,644,452.
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Land Bill in the Duma.

passed its first reading in the Duua,
The scope OF the bill has been ex-
tended to facilitate the transfer OF
property to individual oYpsyahiu-
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Earthquakes Alarm islanders.

San Juan, Porto Rico.-Heavy
earthquakes were felt throughout the
Island of Porto Rico. The Inhabitants
were awakened by the oscillations
and their alarm was great. No dam
age, however, was done.
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Mr.. Dodge-"Say, I paid that bill
once!"
Mr.. Caldwell, then you ought
not to be afraid to pay it again!"-
New York Telegram.
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Washington, D. CATER Paul
Goldsboro had taken out a license
here to wed Mrs. Nellie A. Goldsboro
1t TRANSFERRED that Nellie was step
mother of Paul, being the second wife
of Paul's father, who died recently.
They cannot marry in the District Of
Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
WlLL PLANT EUCALYPTUS
Railroad Company to Start Forest
Near Palm Beach.
These Trees Grow Rapidly and Do
Well at Various Points
tn Florida

West Palm Beach. Fla. July i0-The
few eucalyptus trees that have been
planted at different times in Florida have
shown such adaptabuity 70 this soil thar
as an experiment the Florida East Coast
Railway Company has had over 1905
OF these trees propagsted by William
Fremd. the head gardener OF the Royal
Poinclana grounds. and OF Mr.. FlagIer' 5
winter home. Whitehall. and these trees
win be established on land somewhere in
Palm Beach County as an experimental
forest
A number OF these trees are growing
IN Palm Beach. and there is a fine speci-
men at the head OF the city park IN Wes7
Palm Beach. Some Of the largest speci-
mems in the State are situated on the
premises OF the KOreshan community al
Estero. Fla. These trees are fifteen
years old from the seed and have had
no care or attention since they were first
set out. The largest tree now measures
S5 inches in diameter. and Is about 50
feet high.
Two other trees are 8 and IS inches in
diameter. respectively. and about So feet
high. The eucalyptus is not only a rapid
grower. but produces q fine grained wood
that IS used for a great many purposes.
The trees 10 be grown by the Florida
East Coast Railway. should they prove
q success. viii be used for railroad ties.
The foliage Of this tree has a very pleas
ant odor, and the oil extracted therefrom
Is used in many medicinal preparations.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
DAIRY FARM or 1900 ACRES
Ideal Cattle Barn Has Sides of Can
vas Cloth.
1t Is Like Pavilion and Has 2IO
Stalls for NiIk-givIng
Cows.

Sandersville. Ca. July 10.-Sandersvilie,
which is the county seat OF Washington
County. is $50 miles west Of Savannah
and s. miles south Of Augusta. It is on
the main line OF the Georgia Southern
Railroad and is one Of the terminals Of
the Sandersville and Te1nille Railroad.
At the present time Sandersville is en-
joying a period Of activity. especially in
a building way. Numerous handsome
residences are being erected
Sandersivlle offers an excellent opening
for manufacturing plants. particularly
cotton mills. situated as it is in one of
the best cOttOn-producing sections OF the
South 1t has four strong banks, a new
electric light and power plant. and near
by one of the largest and best equipped
dairy forms in the South.
The dairy farm contains 800 acres.
The immense pavnion-shaped barn con-
tains 21O milk stalls. 1t is lighted by cleo
tricity and thoroughly ventilated The
outer wall is heaviest canvas cloth,
which in hot weather is raised to the
roof and lowered during cold weather.
The barn floor is cement and is shaped
with inclines and falls, so a glass of
water emptied on any part OF II will i'm
mediately find its way into the sewer
traps under the floor and finally into a
cement vat in the center Of the fertilizer
house, 800 feet away
Through this system all the liuuid Is
carried constantly and quickly away.
JOHN A. CROWLEY.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

American countries and the necessity OF
locating close 20 the raw material, where
labor is cheap.
Average Temperature Low.
Most Northern people believe that our
climate Is oppressively warm IN summer.
and also imagine that white persons can
not labO~. or az least doubt that people
who reside in this latitude have but little
energy or industry and that the Northern
immigrant would soon lose his former
ambition and activity Nothing could be
more erroneous about this section Of the
Southwest. Our average maximum TEN
peratUre IS IS and the average minimum
temperature Is - degrees.
Epidemics are practically unknown and
Sleepless nights on account OF the heat
are never experienced. and the winters
are mild and inviEorlring. The clear.
crisp air puts the eloS OF health upon
every cheek, and the citizens are a hap
py. prosperous. and energetic people.
Our electric street car system places
The home OF the working man IN quick
communication with his work and the
open territory IS made accessible for
cheap and comfortable homes
We want population from every State
iu the Union and from every country in
Europe. We want the thrifty and indus
urioUs 10 join US in building Up this IA
vored region. where great opportunities
exist
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11

OF every city in the West and South
whose climate. Ike that OF St. Louis.
permits the enjoyment OF the open-air
features Of the home as part OF home life.
Home Park idea simple.
The idea Of the home park Is simply
that Of drawing as fully as possible upon
the vast reserve powers Of nature. which
can work only in the open air. into the
service Of the American city home-not
the ''palatiaI' home only. but the city
cottage-untit the open-air city ,Of the
future viii have hundreds OF these private
home parks, with tasteful private homes
surrounding central areas Of trees. shrubs.
and flowers. with statues and fountains
also for those who can afford them
With or without these more costly fea-
lures ar who can afford 10 build twen-
tieth century homes cannot AFFORD TO ig-
more the great opportunity OF building
around the central home park" private
in the sense that II is the absolute prop
erty OF those who own the homes around
r. and hold Il IN common, but public in
the sense that when all these private
home parks become features OF city life
they VIII make the city OF the future
beautiful and enjoyable beyond the i'm
agination OF the past
AS this idea has developed already.
probably there are fifty or more OF these
typical home parks completed or pro-
5ected in the city and its suburbs. They
belong 20 St Louis now only as they
belong also 10 the future life Of all the
Southern and Western States whose eli
mate. with two-thirds OF the year fitted
for Open-air enjoyment. makes them typl-
cal features OF city development.
The idea out OF which they are develop
ing is perhaps the greatest single evolu-
tionary idea IN the history OF American
city life. Il has in II the compelling
strength Of fitness IN the pursuit Of great
er happiness. with all the forces or
beauty in nature IN reach 10 insure its
relaxation. The rule for making them
systematic IS short. Make them NJ for
their purpose and they viii be systemati-
cally harmonious. Make them beautiful
and they Will be ~.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-11
WIN RnIId Railroad

Paducah. Ky. July 10.-Articles OF in
corporation we're filed at Metropolis. IL.
twelve miles below Paducah, yesterday, by
the Herrin Southern Railroad which IS
capitalized al 100000 The incOrpOratOrs
are: Dan Willard, Chicago, vice president
OF the Burlington; F. z. Ward, Evanston,
Ill, general manager Of the Burlington, /,
]. NJ Deering. Ed A Howard and L, B.
Larson, all OF Chicago. the latter being
engineer of the Burlington The road viii
he an extension Of the Burlington from
Herrinsville to the Ohio River at Metrop-
oils. a distance Of hfty-seven miles. Il
VIII cross there by bridge and come to
Paducah. going south. 1t is said work
VIII begin al once.