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Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
IMPROVE THE
VILLAGE STORE
Commercial Architecture Is as
Bad as Il Ever Was.
USE TOO MUCH FIAERy.
Merchants Alone Spoil Appearance Of
Community by Trying to Make
Their Places Of Business Look More
PretentiOus Than They Really Are.

Nobody can live in suburb. nobody
can rusticate in resort" nobody can
run into the country for week end II
of sensitive turn Of mind. without
finding cause to bewail the exceeding
badness of the commercial architecture
Of his place Of residence. sOjourn or
visitation. says NJ. Schuyler in Art
and Progress. The domestic architec-
ture Of suburb resort or country village
Is improving year by year. Village
improvement societies in villages even
far from the madding crowd i'm.
port notions Of establishment. Stately
villas are coming to occupy the pic
turesque coigns of vantage and pretty
cottages to line the village streets.
The local tradeSman alone does not
seem to be affected by the aesthetic
uplift Curiously. in his private capac-
ity as householder and citizen he may
build and inhabit as pretty and modest
a house as any of his neighborS. But
the uglinesS. Appropriateness and
vulgarity Of his place of business are
as staring and unconformable as ever.
In 80 much that when your suburban
friend takes you home with him for
overnight or over Sunday the dismal
ness of the business quarter through
which he drives you from the station
is apt to extend its blight over the res
idential part so that you cannot enjoy
even that as you might If to get to and
from it you did not have to traverse
the main street.
The dwellings are improving by gen
erations. by decades. The store is as
bad as everyone Is tempted to say
worse. There are New England vii
lagos which retain stores as well as
churches and houses built by the vii
lage carpenter at the beginning and
down to the twentieS and thirties of
the nineteenth century. when the
colonial tradition had not yet died out.
and the carpenter possessed and ap-
piled in his work the manuals which
had come down to him from the colo
nial time and was fain. when his
client would let him. to signaliZe the
village store with n correctly drawn
and carefully executed order of which
the detail was as good as that OF the
neighboring houses. which is to say
very good indeed But to him have
succeeded carpenters Of less training
and discretion. who have abandoned
themselves to the excesses of the wild
est iigsawyery.
Ponder that and you will under
stand why village commercial archi-
lecture is so bad. Every builder aims
to be conspicuous by being seen above
his neighbOrs. Here Is a vulgar mo-
tive to begin with. His place of busi-
ness is bound to be pretentious. while
his place OF abode is becoming less
pretentious. Come and look at me"
his store stridently demands. by his
architecture If he owns it. by its glar-
ing signs If he only rents 1t.
Finally he desires that his building
shall look more costly than It Is. This
is an obviously vulgar motive. and
the device which Is most commonly
employed to put 1t in practice. the
sheet metal cornice. Is perhaps the
vulgarest architectural expedient ever
resorted to by man.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
Oil Concrete Road.

The first stretch of oil concrete high
way to te laid In Pennsylvania has just
recently been completed on the Harris
burg -Linglestown road. Ii is about
quarter of mile in length aud Is be
tween Progress and Paxtonia. The oil
concrete road Is an experiment on the
part of the state highway department.
which in 1907 rebuilt the highway from
the eastern terminus Of the city to
PaXtOnia.
The section just laid replaces quar-
ter of a mile of road constructed OF
concrete. The new section of road is
made Of concrete into which are mixed
asphaltic oils. The top surface Is not
arched so much as the rest Of the road.
the crown being constructed on u basis
Of three-eighths of an inch to a foot
The crown Is the same as that used 10
laying a brick pavement
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way TO FOOL THE
Fly BY NIGHTS"
Beat Fake Merchants by Pat
ronizing HON, Stores.
OTHERS HARM COMMUNITY.
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow. They
Generally Defraud tho PubIie-Not
T.. Entitled to Recognition by People or
Newspapers


Generally Dsfraud the PubIic-Not
4. Entitled to Recognition by People or
Nswspapsrs.
Every community suffers two or
three times year from fake business
concerns that locate there temporarily
and offer tremendous bargains to the
people. says the advertising expert OF
the New York Mail.
They generally rent store-and
there IL always II store vacant In every
city on its best thOrOughfare-they
buy advertising In the newspapers II
they can secure 1t aud sell to the pe0-
ple merchandise for $40 that costs
them about 81.
After they have got all they can
out of the community they go some
where else and commence all over
again.
Many of these concerns, because OF
the prominence Of New York In the
commercial world. announce them
selves as direct from some big concern
IN New York city. locating temporarily
in the community. to give the people
the great advantage that will accrue
TO them IL they buy their merchandise.
They are fly by night business
houses that should not be patronized
by the people. and their advertising
should not be printed by any newspa'
Ter.
Newspapers that do print the adver-
Using on the ground that they are
common carriers and have right to
print anything offered to them that
seems respectable not only are unfair
to reputable merchants. but absolute
~ forget their moral responsibility to
their readers.
Does 1t ever occur to these newspa-
pers that their readers are really bum
koed by these concerns-that they
don't secure merchandise Of real value
and that by the time they realize they
have been fooled the fake concern has
moved away and they have no oppor-
tunlty to recover damages for the de-
ception practiced upon them!
Ninety per cent Of the merchants
engaged In business try to the best OF
their ability to do business on the lev
el. but they suffer. rs do the people,
from the small percentage Of untrust-
worthy concerns that do not care a
ran whether they cheat the people or
the newspapers.
These "6y by night" schemers should
no, be permitted to rent stores IN COM
munities In the FIRST place the land
lord should be held responsible for
leasing to an unreliable house -and
newspapers should not print their ad-
vertising announcements.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
Let Your Goods Be Seen.

In trimming your windows try. II
possible. to have the articles you have
on display no higher than the level of
the eye The upper part of the win
iuw. Of course, requires decoration to
add completeness Of detail. but you
will get better results If the goods you
have OH sale are so placed as to COM
maud the attention without effort OF
all who glance into the Window
Trade.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
COOPERATION IS
NEEDED BY TOWN
Growth Depends Entirely on the
Spirit Of Its Citizens.
PRIDE HELPS COMMUNITY.

improvements Cannot Be Accomplish.
ed Unless Accompanied by Public
Baekins-Pstty Jsaieusies Must 30
Eliminated.
The phenomenal grew of many
cities and towns. ESPECIAL! IN the
south and west. has caused some per
SONS to wonder why their town has
not also shown a large percentage VI
growth In the past decade and why
some other town possessing no great
er natural advantages should have In.
creased its population by such won
derful numbers. says II. NJ. Weir In
the American City.
The normal growth Of an American
city in ten years Is about ~ per cent.
When q city shows u percentage OF
growth greater than this II Is evident
thar some other force than nature IL at
work to bring about such result.
What. therefore. is that force that can
make a city show such remarkable
gain as 10. 80. 90 and even 100 per
population? Undoubtedly many per-
SONS will answer. Factories. railroads
and Immigration" This IL true. but be-
hind all Of these factors, 80 essential In
town development. lies the reason. 1T
Is the spirit Of Its citizens"
Every citizen. whether he admits II
or not. has n certain amount Of inner
ent pride In the development Of the
community In which he dwells. In
the progressive successful community,
the town that Is forging ahead Of Its
rivals. this pride of each individual has
been united In one concerted effort for
the cause of the community at large.
Without public effort II IL Impossible
to launch and consummate any note
worthy achievement. Cooperation Is
essential In town development
1t IL an undisputpd truism that fac
tories build cities and that population
creates land values. 1t IN therefore
necessary to secure factories II the
town is to be progressive. And. ns ev,
cry resident Of 4 community IL bene-
UItO ny I'm kToWtH. u IL thefti"t tHe
plain duty of every citizen I" assist Oh
all occasions by giving his time. en-
ergy and money to the development OF
his community. And he should feel
h0nOred that he has the opportunity to
hand TO insterity a city progressive
and successful in whose building he
was II factor.
In such cities as Detroit. DALLAS.
Houston. Atlanta and all those west.
ern cities whose growth has been so
phenomenal II has been proved that
cO-operation and organization were re-.
sponsibie for the wonderful increases.
II in any city the citizens would
eliminate petty jenlouSies and all
strive to work together in harmony for
the cause of the common good. always
bearing in mind that publicity. to
getllpr with those two potent factors
the sarredness Of true citizenship and
the Irresistible power OF unity are es
sentiai TO Its welfare. that city would
soon he classpd M one ot those truly
progressive communities that Is best
expressed as typically Americun.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
PRESERVING OLD TREES.

The preservation Of old. large
or historic trees IL naturally
quite an important question. and
the widespread interest demon
strates most Enthusiastically the
growing regard for trees in the
public mind. and this ia al II
should be-. or course there In
the other side. as to whether
greater public improvements
should be checked or diverted to
spare even historic trees. when
historic buildings of greater pc
culiar interest have to come
down In the cause Of progress.
Nevertheless II remains true that
no such trees should be de-
stroyed II 1t can possibly be
avoided. and no groups Of trees
should be sacrificed. II change Of
plans not materially affecting
the whole scheme can be made.
We cannot afford to lose one
beautiful tree II 1t can be, avoid
ed. and it IL most gratifying to
realize that the love OF trees
both for their beauty and worth
is now a constantly growing sen.
timent.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06


BOTTOM SCREENED GRAVEL ROAD.
thing which makes II gravel road bet
ter than All earth road Is the pebbles
reuI stones-that II contains.
The most common material sought
after for the binder IN gravel roads Is
clay But. considering all kinds OF
weather. II il probably the poorest ce-
menting material we have II present
much In excess Of 70 per cent Of the
mass II will make mud whenever there
Is IL prolonged wet spell Ideal clay
graveis contain only enough clay to
coat the pebbles. with no free Jumps.
Such gravels are excellent for the FIRST
layer on sandy soils. but sand gravels
are much better for the first layer on
clay and loamy soils
To reduce the amount of spreading
70 the minimum 1t is advisable to place
the gravel on the nine foot rOadbed
by dumping two loads side by side,
stringing them out just far enough to
make the required depth
Usually the gravel should be placed
Oh the road commencing at the end Of
the road nearest the gravel supply 80
that the teams will aid In packing As
soon IN the thirty or forty rods Of
gravel have been spread on the road
It should be narrowed with a spike
tooth harrow. preferably one of the
lever type II but few teams are haul
ing the harrow may be used twice
daily-just before quitting time at
noon and again at night
II q hundred yards or so of gravel
are hauled to the road daily one team
should be working on the harrow all
the time The narrowing should be
done the same for both courses. As
soon as the gravel has been well wet
by rains It should be rolled with the
best roller available.
Gravel roads are popular in Michi-
gan for the following reasons: Because
they are durable and satisfactory: be-
cause they are easily built and easily
repaired. requiring no expensive ma.
chinpry: because the first cost ls low;
because they draw relatively large
state reward. frequently one-third or
more Of their cost: because they are
labor proposition from start to finish
and keep all the money spent In their
construction at home. II you have
gravel. build gravel road.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
Gravel ROADS
NOW POPULAR
Much In Demand In Michigan
Where Many Are Built.
HOW THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED.

Deputy State Highway Commissioner
Givss Many Valuable Points on the
Proper Building Of This Practical
Highway, Saying, "if You Have
Gravel suila . Gravel Road"
A we'll gra ded and well drained earth
road Is necessary for the foundation
Of any kind Of an improved road; there
fore money expended on such work Is
not lost even though 1t be several years
before the road receives hard sur
face says Frank r. Rogers. deputy
state highway commissioner Of Michi.
gan.
The cost of grading depends upon the
kind and amount Of earth that must he
handled and the distance 1t has to be
moved. Where old roads have been
regarded for the purpose OF building
state reward roads in A'ichigan the
cost has usually run fr,sI 500 to- 500
q mile. $500 being fair average. A
few hilly roads have been graded at
cost Of more than $1,000 a mile.
In clay soils trenches should be cut,
making outlets into the side bitches
for water that may collect In the gravel
bed during construction and later be-
fore the surface becomes hard and wa.
terprOof.
Next to proper drainage the most
important thing In building gravel
roads Is to secure good quality OF
gravel The average township COM
missioner and farmers generally have
become 50 lmbued with the idea that
II Ia necessary to use gravel that
will pack quickly that they have al.
most lost sight of the fact that the only
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06

nection with good roads 1t means
that the legislature will not be coin
PEELED to authorize the issuance VI
bonds for the purpose.
Mr. du I'ont. 1t IL stated. will agree
to be reimbursed by having the qiHrr'
ence In taxation between the existing
assessment 0f farm lands and the AZ
spssmeni that the Improvement VIII
create turned over to him He figures
he will he repaid in a few years
Mr. du POnt IL cousin or Uh'ted
States Senator du Pont Of delaware
sud was formerly Republican state
chairman.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06

Iowa. Nebraska. Kansas and other
western states are seriously. afflicted
with peddiprs of drugs. havOring ex-
tracts. etc. Each state has laws I'M
posing license upon travelling venders
but as In each case the annual fte IL
not in excess of 500 the reddler has
a good thing. us II Is II poor salesman
who does not dispose OF from SS.OO
to xl2.WN worth OF goods during the
year. and all IT the goods handled are
OF the kind that give profit Of from
so to 100 per cent.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06

set to the rapid and widespread gang
movement which prevails and which
cannot be met by police methods"
In June. 1910. for the first time since
their establishment under the park de-
partment. the Fairgrounds were made
a separate bureau. At that time there
were twelve play centers In operation.
with eight men and thirteen women
attendants In charge Of the work.
These grounds were 50 crowded that
play centers were opened In fourteen
additional parks and squares In the
city. An extra appropriation enabled
the department to increase the force
Of attendants by sixty or more.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
SHADE TREES BENEFICIAL.

Bring Health and Comfort. Besides
Being independent.
Street trees exercise beneficial ef.
feet upon the health and comfort Of
town. quite independent Of their orna'
mental value.
The constant and considerable evap'
orntion Of moisture from their foliage
during dry. sunny weather has very
decided cooling effect upon the sur.
rounding atmosphere. counteractina
the baneful effects Of reflected heat
from glaring pavements.
This grateful modification Of the at.
mosphere Il quite noticeable on hot
day II one constantly changes from
shaded to unshaded streets and back
again.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
City Cleaned After Women Get Busy.

City Cleaned After Women Get Busy.
The City Beautiful league Of Knox
vile. Tenn.. organized about year
ago. is very active and successful
body. says the American City. Knox.
Vile In a much cleaner and more at
tractive city since the women have
undertaken their work of relief and
improvement. Business men feel that
under this new xeneralship the smoke
nuisance is doomed. The league has
offered prize to the person who Sc
cures the greatest number Of new
members. the purpose being to have
funds. In hand for summer improve
ments.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
I. COLEMAN DU POINT MAKES
100000 GOOD ROAD OFFER
Proposes Highway 1o3 Miles Long and
q Hundred Feet Wide.

T. Coleman du Pont Of Wilmington,
Del. has offered to advance $l.0OO.OOO
to the state Of Delaware for the con-
struction Of a modern highway the en-.
tire length Of the commonwealth. The
distance IL l0S miles.
Mr.. du Pont wants the road to NJ
100 feet in width. but his advisers
have urged him to make the w1oth
either sixty or eighty feet
The matter IL the greatest that has
ever developed In this state In con-
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
FAIRGROUNDS HELP CHILDREN
Take Them Away From Influence Of
Gangs. Supervisor Says.

SAUgs, ouPeTS'soT Soys'
The fact that 100000 New York chill
dren were in attendance during last
June. July. August and September Is
said to be an indication that organiza-
tioA of the Fairgrounds work should
have been done years ago No other
figures for attendance since the open
ing Of the city Fairgrounds in 1903
come anywhere near the number for
last summer
The playground must serve def
uite purpose to justify It's existence to
the taxpayer" said MIR. Bradstreet.
supervisor Uf recreation. Its aim
should be to get the children Off the
streets. to give them wholesome at
mosphere without compusion and to
develop a law abiding spirit as an Of
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
A new JERSEY CITY PUTS
BAN ON BARK EATING.
Newark Is After Horses Which Mis-.
take Trees For Food.

"Watch your horses. Don't LIT them
lunch on your trees This IN il sam
pie Of the notices Oh series Of blot
ters bearing pertinent Illustrations that
the Newark e.. j., shade tree rummis-
Won has been sending out lately.
The children of the Fairgrounds.
having been informed Of the trouble,
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
FREE ROAD DRAGS.

To encourage road work Roy
Williams, highway engineer OF
Macon county, Mo-. gives a road
drag free to every farmer who
make. application for one. "
tho farmer does not use his
drag IL 10 taken from him and
aiven to some one moro indus
trious. The roads Of the county
have been much improved by
tho arrangement.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
SIMPLE METHOD OF AP
PLYING ROAD OIL.

Colonel W. n. Mekleroy Of An.
niston. Ala. has treated a block
Of road on which his residence
ID situated with road oil. using .
simple and original method
The oil used was road oil con.
tanning so per cent OF asphalt.
he had tho bottom Of . two gal
lon bucket perforated with nails.
With this . man sprinkled the
block in half a day. Tho cost
for material and labor was $3
per lot Of seventy foot frontage.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
Civ. the Home Printer a Chance.


No person or firm that uses the gov
ernment printed envelopes furnished
by the postOftice department has the
right to complain about persons send
ing orders to mail order houses.
What Is fair for one Is fair for all"
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
A Good Move.

The merchants of Manhattan. Kan.
have decided to turn down all fake ad-
vertising schemes and will make oil
their announcements through the 10
cal papers.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
Fair Suoposition.

The Lady-And is your father work
ing. my little manY The Little Man
! s'pose 80. mum. The Judge said ard
labor. London Telegraph.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06

were encouraged to form an organiza.
ton. the members of which We're to
wear badges and he known as the
shade tree commissioners. Both boys
and girls are members. and they ar
range patrol Of the little parks to
warn children against doing damage
and also to see that horses don't mis-
take tree trunks for something good
to eat The mere fact that the park
Is being watched has been sufficient
to stop almost of itself the depreda-
tions which had long been in progress.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06

The mail order system OF
shopping pulls the farmers dol
lars away from the village store.
His wife and daughters are fully
instructed in tho latest fashions.
Display advertisements Of the
most elaborate character reach
the most distant hamlet by rural
delivery. " she has the money
the woman on the farm can buy.
In fact. she 10 tempted to buy
moro than she can afford.
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
RESULTS WITHOUT STONE.
Good Roads Being Built by Using
Draes and Concrete Cuiverts

Good Roads Being Built by Using
Drass and Concrete cuIvsrts.
There isn't u perch Of surface sI"ne
in Scotland county. Mo-. tut It's in'
huhitants do not despair of getting
good roads Not only have the county
commissioners voted for II poll tax of
81 this year. but many farmers have
volunteered to drag the roads.
In the county are .2W miles OF dirt
roads. Concrete cuivprts are reDihc-
Ing the plank bridges which have
been in use since the county first was
organized Big crops have been raised
In the county this year. and many
farmers have paid their poll tax IN
cash rather than work on the roads.
Nearly all Of the money which mas
been received from this source IL he
Ing spent by the county commissioners
In building modern concrete culvrrts.
More than half Of the roads IN the
county lie HAT. The rohds have been
built with good drainage and are IN
condition that is good compared with
what they were before they were grad
ed II has been estimated by mer-
chants of Memphis. the county seat.
that the new effort for good rOnds has
added IS to the value Of every farm
which adjoins the improved roads
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
Tarrino She'll Roads.

An experiment Is being made by
Street Commissioner Crary OF II. Au-
gustine. Fla. with tnr binder on the
shell paving on South ~ George street
The results Of the test proved to be
entirely satisfactory. and 1t may solve
the problem of making the shell pave
ment more lasting al slight expense
Six hundred square yards were treated
at a cost Of Az cents yard The
surface was first scarified und then
graded to q crown While the shell
was In this loose condition gas tar was
applied and the street was then rolled
with the stpnm roller There IL every
indication that the street will now shed
the water better In rains and that the
gas tar will act as binder. prevent
ing the shell from grinding up ana
blowing away
Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-06
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