The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-02


doubtedly profitable II the investor
can hold on to the property long
enough. Ever since the war OF 1912
the city has invested part OF Its funds
IN odd plots OF real estate in different
localities, with view OF utilizing
them In tho future for school and 9TH
Or public purposes. Quite recently
Alderman Campbell. chairman OF the
committee on parks. Fairgrounds and
achools. made an investigation relat-
ing to the value Of the city's real es-
tate holdings. He found that among
the plots bought by the city for public
use since the war of 1912. one has In
creased In value nearly $500 per cent
IN the last sixty years. There are
several cases where the increases In
sevcnty-nve years have been from
1000 to 5000 per cent, ninety-hve
cascs where the Increase has been
more than 500 per cent, and nearly
500 instances where the increase has
been moro than 100 per cent.
New York needs more parks. II
f.. generally accepted that there
other boroughs are not so hampered
every $50 persons. In Manhattan
this would of course, be impossible.
But Brooklyn and Richmond and the
other boroughs are not IA hampered
BY lack Of space. Yet they are deplor-
ably deficient In park space. Brooklyn
only has about onc-seventh of the
park acreage II should have and 1t
also lacks sixty-five acres OF play.
grounds for the children enrolled in
the public schools In Richmond the
situation 10 equally bad and in the
Bronx but slightly better.
There 10 girl In East New York
who 10 evidently unable to make up
her mind ~ to whether she wishes to
i've or not. Because she had been
scolded by her father for staying out
with . young man until nearly mid.
night. the girl decided to end her life.
She took . dose OF carbolic acid. too
much diluted to do any harm. After.
she had taken the acid the girl sent
for the doctor who had no dinhculty
10 save her life. The same day In
the Afternoon. the girl again decided
%. die and drank q bottle full of rheu.
matism medicine which had been pre-
acribed for her mother and which
contained laudanum and aconite. The
oirl did not like the taste Of the medi.
cine and promptly telephoned st.
Mary's hospital for doctor. Then
the doctor came and he was received
by the Girl who cody informed him
che had taken poison. At the request
Of the doctor the maiden Of the
changeable mind brought warm water
and other things and In . few mo-
meats the doctor declared her out of
danger. Having been assuerd that
she would not die the girl again
changed her mind and requested the
doctor to give her some powerful poi.
con because slfs wished to end her
life. He aid not comply with her re-
quest. but suggested to the parents
TO use . vigorous external treatment
should the Girl make another attempt
to poison herself.
An automobilist played . mean
trick upon two boys the other day for
whichs he deserves = sound thrashing
from the hands Of the respective
fathers Of the boys. The little fellows
one eight. the other ten years old.
stopped at q big touring car stand
In ono OF the streets Of Jamaica and
greatly admired the big machine. The
asked them whether they would like
TO take . little ride with him and. OF
course he did not have to repeat the
Invitation. The man. entered the ma.
chine and kept II going at full speed
until he reached Central Park, l.. l.,
Afty miles from Jamaica. Then he
stopped and ordered the boys out
telling them they were only short
distance from home. II took the boys
nearly two days to walk home and
when they arrived there they were
nearly starved and exhausted.
The lumber trust has staunch
friend In the Rev. John Wesley Hill
who breaches at the Metropolitan
Temple In this city. Like many Other
pastors no seems TO have penchant
for talking about subjects Of which
he knows very little or nothing. The
other day he saw At to entertain his
ooasrsgation with his unique ideas or
the subject OF conserving the natural
resources OF the nation. "Talk about
conservation Of natural resources.
he sAid among other bright things
provides politicians and parties with
platforms and theme for speeches to
sAther votes. but natural resources
cannot BE- exhausted. Let No cut down
our forests. We can grow them Al
fast - they are needed" Rev. Hill
hears the honorary title Of Doctor,
but Il 10 safe TO say IL was not bestow
q upon him in recognition of his "a
perior knowledge OF the timber situa
tion In the United States.
Two small boys carrying a big and
apparently heavy suit case. were mr.
rested hero the other day and brough,
before the children's court The boy,
had tramped all tho way from Penn
0ylvania, after they had run away
nom homo 70 embark upon a huntins
expedition. They had no funds, bu
their suit case was flled with rusty
revolver. knives. sawed on air guns
and other "weapons." which they ex
peeted 70 use hunting bears In tn,
Wild and woody west. The boys In
formed the judge that they intended
TO 90 west and hunt big and it'll,
game and that bears were their spe