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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
PARK BUILDING.
A.w e.. :. Enh.ne. L.nd.e.s.

How Best to Enhance Landscape
0eauty and Improve Parkways.
Unless q park area is to be added to
II is always best to outline 1t with
some tree growth. especially II 1t be
large and Of varied topography. There
are many reasons for this boundary
planting. and one or more will at once
appeal to all who give the subject II
moments thought.
After a park II outlined the hills
should be planted to tall trees to make
the natural elevations appear still
greater. For the same reason the can
yons should be planted to shrubs and
a strip of irregular but sufficient width
be left in the Of each canyon I'M
planted. Protection from fires should
be one of the FIRST considerations In
any large park tract, and fire lines
should be cleared up on all ridges of
good width, but these should follow the
eccentricities of the ridges and not run
in straight lines. Where trees of any
size occur In these precautionary trails
they should always he left. the trail
made wider at such points and care be
observed that none of the lower
branches OF trees hang within several
feet of the ground.
Aside from the planting of tall trees
on the peaks and ridges and low
shrubbery In the depths. light. feath-
cry foliage of light shades should be
used In the lightest. sunniest spots Ito
heighten the effects of light and SUM-
shine, and heavy leafed. dark coiored
trees should be used In dark or shady
places. BY this method of planting
all natural effects of height and depth.
light and shadow will be intensified
and exaggerated. After these funda-
mental steps have been taken. all look
ing TO the improvement of landscape
views. the uses of the park must be
consideration all the people, all the
time. and the greatest possible enjoy
ment of the entire area. This will
bring us to the problem Of availability.
and In all large areas landscape en-
gincer should be procured to survey
the roads. but he should be held In
check by some nature lover. for some
engineers and surveyors have visited
ruthless destruction on some beautiful
landscapes to the point where they
were not only dismissed without pay.
but were actually sued for damages.
The intelligent choice of varieties Of
trees for the roadside and parkwnys Is
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

The Farmers Union Stores system
declared dividend Of ten per cent
on the first of the year. Pretty good,
considering the expense connected
with starting most of the stores, and
changing from the credit to the cash
system.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

Some people won't be satisfied un
til the corporations have a death rat'
OF one hundred per cent.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

The ultimate consumer doesn't eX-
actly appreciate that joke about the
fall in the cost of living.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

The House passed Tafts reciproci-
ty agreement with Canada Monday.
Nearly all Of the Democrats voted
for the measure and u majority of
the Republicans against it.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

A spell of winterish weather set in
Thursday night, when the mercury
dropped to near the zero point. 1t was
about the same last night also.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
Dressmaking

You can find Mrs. Hockett, dress
maker, at her own residence, West
Meeker, two blocks west of the Johu-
son home. j25-H
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

Advices from Denver indicate that
the Uintah railroad will soon be en-
tended to the Rangely oil fields.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

Those of our readers in search OF
household goods and farm necessities
will find an announcement of sale
on the second page which will inter-
est them.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

Henry Genier and Frank Lakamp
were among the Buford people In
town during the week.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

An Ohio woman recently applied
for divorce because, she said, her
husband inhaled his soup.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
Send THE HERALD east.

See THE HERALD for your society
engraving. The best this side Of Chi
cago.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

The Union Trading company's
store IL now beautifully illuminated
with tungsten lights.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

muyc plDpp Is kept on file ut THE DAKE
lnlN III LII ADVERTISING AGENCY,
INC, ~ South Main ST.. Los Angeles, and T7s
Market St, San Francisco. where contracts for
advertising can bc made for II.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

A Nashville paper says that the
man who bets on horse races should
be punished. He generally is, il he
keeps it up long enough.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

Claude Wilson and Tom Cassidy
and their families are still enjoying
the sights in Denver.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
We are now prepared to turn ou

We are now prepared to turn out
the finest kind of engraved or en-
bossed work, at prices even more
reasonable than those obtaining in
Denver. Tho styles Of engraving are
the latest and most up-to-date, and
the workmanship excels that Of the
large city shop. Come in and let us
show you our samples.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
One.Sided Foods.

The skillful feeder of farm animals
has learned that it Is necessary to feed
foods that will give different elements in
the right proportion to the animals, If
the best results are to be obtained. Men
that have never looked into the matter
of composition of feeds often feed one
sided foods without knowing 1t. One
such food that Is fed extensively in
some parts of the country is corn,
whether green or dry, or In the form of
snsilage. This is especially true during
the dry period in the summer when a
piece of corn has been planted to help
carry the live stock over that period.
The corn plant and the grain of corn
both contain too much starch In one
form or another to make them anything
but one.sided food. II green corn is
fed during the period spoken of some
thing else must be given to balance the
too great proportion of starchy matter.
Clover and alfalfa are among the
plants that are good to act as bal
ancer; bran is one of the best In the way
of commercial feeds to make up for
what the corn plant does not possess.
A plant that may be used to do this Is
blue grass, but blue grass does not con.
tain tho large proportion Of protein that
Is to be found in alfalfa; in fact, alfalfa
is the ideal plant to be fed with corn.
Alfalfa Ii . one-sided feed In the other
direction from that Of corn. It cannot
| be balanced by feeding bran, but can be
balanced by feeding corn Or corn meal
| In roughage, timothy hay Is balancel
to 90 along with the alfalfa. One-sided
foods are good II they are properly COM
bined. The great number Of these
foods makes Il imperatively necessary
that the feeder educate himself on the
constituents of tho different kinds o.
plants and grains that are used in feed
ipg.-A. o. Choate In Country Gentle
man.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
Al a Guide.

Have you noticed how the names ave
disappeared in the past two years from
the rural mail boxesp You have prob
ably travelled In a new or unbroken com.
munity. Did you eagerly watch each
mail box as you passed to see who lives
there?
When the routes were established new
boxes were bought, and 1t was custom.
ary to stencil the name on the box
free of charge, then they served as a
guide post to the stranger or traveller.
Time has worn the names off and now
Won look and no name there. When you
see q box neatly lettered with the name
of the farm or the owner you can guess
lust then-he 10 as up-to-date as his
neighbors. What do you think when
you see nice board up In q conspicuous
place with the name of the farm aud
owner neatly painted?
You will often see attached, or q
separate board, the farm bulletin board
bearing the words: Wanted and For
Sale. Neatly written under this with
chalk is what is wanted and what IL for
sale.
Everyone should have enough pride
to letter his name on his mail boz, on q
board, or up on the barn, or the name
of the farm. II you cannot do this,
have 1t done. 1t will not only add to
the attractiveness of the place, but will
be a source Of Information to the public.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
South Paris Maine
The Dry and the Wet.

(Gardlner heporter'Journai')
Under local option every community
can deal with the liquor problem as 1t
sees flt. Communities that are "dry"
or at least are assumed to be "dry"
under prohibition can be "dry" un'
der local option. Under local option
and license no license could be issued
in any town opposed to licensing. And
in enforcing its will every community
would have the support OF Its public
sentiment. Every town would deal with
the liquor question in its own way.
That is self-government, government by
the people, which is the fundamental
democratic and American principle.
The cry of 'sno license" is raised to con-
fuse the issue of constitutional pro-
hibition.
The foregoing argument from the
Portland Argus appears to be good
one, but the trouble is that with local
option prohibition, while one place may
want prohibition the neighboring town
may not, and the prohibition one will
have to suffer on account OF its neigh.
bors. All places have their share OF
drunkards, or rather those who are on
the way to be drunkards and think they
must get drunk once week or SO, and
they will 20 to the license town and get
drunk, make nuisances Of themselves on
the way home In the cars or however
they travel, and raise disturbances
when they do arrive home, 80 that the
prohibition town will have the drunks
even if it doesn't have the bar rooms.
The liquor business is nuisance any
way, and it isn't so nice when 1t Is IL
censed as the advocates claim 1t is.
There will be liquor drunk under what
ever law we have, but 1t isn't reasonable
to suppose there will be any less when
1t is sold openly than when it isn't.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
The Leaks on the Maine Farms.

Aswe pass through the country and
observe the conditions and appearances
we are led to form opinions of the sys-
TENS practised.
When we see the cattle rowing over
the moving fields we say there is leak
in the fence somewhere.
When we see a lot of boys and young
men out In field playing ball on Sun
day, shows several leaks, lack OF proper
culture and self respect. Where there
are smooth, walled in fields, the build
ings need shingling, fixing up generally,
and in the yard is bowed, white-haired
old man carrying feed pail and several
young men and women sitting on the
piazza just having good time, shows
lack of respect for the aged, which is
too common. The dooryard is full OF
farm implements with the appearance
of never being housed. This Is one OF
the worst of leaks, not knowing how to
use and care for the tools, implements
used. There is one leak that ought to
be more noticed, it is to buy feed to give
to the animals in the barn, and never
clean or brush them down, the filth on
them should be put on the manure heap.
The lack of scare" at the barn Is very
expensive.
To the young person who doesn't take
an interest to learn how to do various
kinds of work, desire to spend their
time at sports, will find some day that
they are empty of what they ought to
know. One thing most missed as we &c
from place to place is the lack of sheer
on our hillsides and in the orchards tc
fertilize the land and destroy the wormJ
fruit, while We wear clothes called all
wool, which is one-hslf shoddy and soor
wears out. The shoddy causes the leak
in demand for wool.
There are many leaks or losses bJ
carelessness, ofttimes when repairing
Many take off boards having old nails II
them and throw them where they may
be stepped on to cause lameness, one o.
the worst of wounds.
The most common and little though
of is "lost time" 1t has been said b!
wise men, "that time Is an inheritance
that once squandered can never be re
deemed" How necessary that we i'm
prove we'll the golden moments as the!
pass, by being in time.-"An Old Fogy'
in Turf, Farm and Home.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
Certain to Have Trouble.

Among several things that have oc-
Cured recently to rebuke intolerance in
matters of race and religion, one OF the
most striking Is the reprimand OF an
army officer by the secretary of war
under direction of President Taft. Col.
Joseph Garrard, commanding the cavalry
post at Fort Myer, Va, had reported ad-
versely on the application OF a soldier
for the right to take examinations TOR
promotion to commissioned grade, be-
cause the applicant was OF Jewish
parentage. The president condemns the
race prejudice exhibited, and says 1t is
difficult to read the endorsement OF Col.
Garrard on the application with pa
thence and without condemnatory words
that had better not be written"
Naturally and properly the presidents
attitude as opposed to race prejudice is
generally commended. 1t Is what might
be expected of a man Of the presidents
fair and judicial temperament. But that
does not destroy the truth OF anything
Col. Garrard said, whatever his attitude
may have been. Here Is part OF what he
said:
&c. The presence of the applicants
family at military post would be suDverslve OF
discipline and their probable treatment source 81
of modification to them and frequent cause OF
trouble to commanding officers"
And there is no gainsaying 1t. The
young man may be a worthy individual
and an excellent officer. But when he
and his family get into that hotbed OF
social distinctions and intrigue, not to
mention snobbery, an army post, they
will find that the lot of Jews there Is not
happy one.
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deuce do you suppose that means,
Jackw
"Tm not supposing," replied How
land indiferently. "We've had enough
of this pretty face. Gregson. I'm going
to bed. What time do we start in the
morning?"
"As soon as we've had breakfast, II
you're anxious"
II am. Good night"
Rowland went to his room, but 1t
was not to sleep. he was satisfied
that q mysterious peril Of some kind
awaited him at the camp on the We
kusko, but he gave up trying to faith.
ON the reason for this peril, accepting
in his businesslike way the fact that 1t
did exist and that in short time 1t
would probably explain itself. The
one puzzling factor which he could
not drive out Of his thoughts was the
girl. Her sweet face haunted him.
BE went to bed, but 1t was a long
time before he fell asleep. 1t seemed
to him that he had scarcely closed his
eyes when a pounding on the door
aroused him. and he awoke to find the
early light of dawn creeping through
the narrow window Of his room. A
few minutes later he Joined Gregson.
who was ready for breakfast.
1.-The sledge and dogs are waiting"
he greeted AS they seated themselves
at the table he added: 1--WE changed
my mind since last night. Rowland.
I'm not going back with you. It's abb
solutely unnecessary, for Thorne can
put you on to everything at the camp.
and I'd rather lose six months salary
than take that sledge ride again. You
won't mind. will you"
"To be honest, Gregson. I don't be-
lieve you'd be particularly cheerful
company. What sort Of fellow Is the
driverT
1--WE call him Jackpine, a Cree In
dian, and he's the one faithful slave
of Thorne and myself at Wekusko.
Hunts for us. cooks for us and watch
es after things generally. You'll like
him all right"
fro BE coNTrNuEn.1
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27

HOWHIQ luteTTuptcu uliu onoapAy'
"iid you ever see either Of them
before. Gregson"
"Nover until today. But there's hope,
old man. Surely we can find some one
in the place who knows them. Would
not It be jolly good fun II Jack How
land, ESQ.,. who has never been In
terested in theaters and girls. should
come up into these God forsaken re-
gions and develop case OF love at
first sight? If I had only seen her
sooner
"shut up! growled Rowland. Lets
go in to supper"
Good. And I move that we tnves-
tigate these people while we are smok'
ing our after supper cigars. 1t will
pass our time away at least"
"Your taste is good, Gregson." said
Rowland. recovering his good humor
as they seated themselves at one OF the
rough board tables In the dining room,
Inwardly he was convinced 1t would
be best to keep to himself the incidents
Of the past two days and nights. ut
was q beautiful face"
"And the eyes" added Gregson, his
own cleaning with enthusiasm. "She
looked at me squarely this afternoon
when she and that dark fellow passed
and swear they're the most beautiful
eyes I ever saw. And her hair
"Do you think that she knew your
asked Rowland quietly.
Gregson hunched his shoulders.
How the deuce could she know
mew
Then why did she look at you so
'squarelyY Trying to flirt do you sup
pose"
Surprise shot into Gregson's face.
"By thunder, no, she wasn't flirting!'
be exclaimed. "I'd stake my life on
that. A man never got clearer. more
sinless look than she gave me, end
yet Why, deuce take 1t. she stared
at me! I didn't see her again after
that, but the dark fellow was in here
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
N.ntueket,s WindmilIs.

There isn't stream or u brook III
the island Of Nantucket, of the New
England coast, but there are plenty OF
windmills, which pump water to tanks
and thus supply community needs
also Nantucket possesses what Is be-
ueved to be the oldest windmill fol
grinding corn in actual operation IN
America. Nathan Wilbur, Nantucket
sailor, who had seen the busy wind
mills Of Holland as he sailed abroad
built 1t out Of timbers Of wrecked ship:
in 1746. There has never been day
In all the 165 years since that time
when the mill has not been busy
There Is always wind to turn Its out
stretched wings.-New York World.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
Maine.

An proudly stand her pine trees,
With branches waving high;
Her rivers wind, and bend, and sing,
Beneath sunny sky.
Fair are her hills and valleys;
Her sons are strong and free,
In hamlet, and In city,
From upland to the sea.
Proclaim It from the hill tops,
And tell It far and wide,
The truth above all others
That gives rs honest pride:
First In our nation'S Spageant
The state Of Maine appears
Uplifting prohibition
For more than fifty years.
Nov shall her brave sons falter,
Her standard bearers fail;
Nor heed the danger signal -
Until the curse prevail?
They look from other nations.
From may distant shore;
They listen till our answer
Shall speed the waters Ger.
Should Maine forsake her honored place
And the saloon hold sway,
Its blight would touch full many home
And steal the bloom away;
Far, all among the pine trees
Methiuks the winds would sigh;
And dirge.like every river
Would echo Its reply.
Should Maine forsake her honored place
The hills would humbled be;
From farthest northern forest
To the city by the sea,
A shadow far. from east to west
Ger town and city spread;
And many hearts her fate bewail,
As those who mourn their dead.
outh Paris Maine.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
rh. Eirst Eranoh Newsnaper.

1t was under Riche!ieu that the
first newspaper received sanction and
encouragement. says Thomas e. Wat
son In "The Story of France" lith'
erto the only such thing In France
had been an annual. This once year
being Il somewhat sluggish news ven
der, even for those times, little hand
bills containing news items began to
circulate. A DR.. Renaubet In 1851 OBJ
tanned license from Richellcu to pub
lish a regular weekly newspaper. and
thus was founded the Gazette OF
France. 1t was very modest, con
sisting of four pages, each containing
a single column. Louis NH. was
frequent contributor to this first o!
newspapers and took special pleasure
in the work. The great cardinal also
wrote for 1t. his weakness being It
fondness for literary composition.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27

"a CURIOUS WOUND: d.. HOW DID YOU DO
half of the afternoon, and now that I
come to think Of 1t he did show some
interest In me. Why do you ask?'
"Just curiosity" replied Rowland.
II don't like fiirts."
Neither do l." said Gregson mus.
ingly.
It was not until they were about to
leave the table that Howland's eyes ac-
cidentally fell on Gregson's right hand.
He gave an exclamation OF astonish-
ment when he saw that the little finger
was missing. Cregson jerked the hand
to his side.
"a little accident" he explained.
you'll meet 'em up here, Howland."
Before he could move the young en-
gineer had caught his arm and was
looking closely at the hand.
"a curious wound" he remarked
without looking up. Funny I didn't
notice 1t before. Your finger was cut
Off lengthwise, and here's the scar run
ming halfway to your wrist. How did
you do it?"
He dropped the hand in time to see
a nervous flush in the others face.
"Why-er-fact is, Rowland, 1t was
shot of several months ago-in an ac-
cident. of course" He hurried through
the door.
AS they passed from the dining room
into that part Of the inn which was
half bar and half lounging room. al
ready filled with smoke and dozen
or so picturesque citizens Of LIE Pas.
the rough jowled proprietor of the
plnce motioned to Rowland and held
out letter.
"This came while you was at sup
per, Mr.. Rowland" he explained.
There was no name at the bottom OF
what he read. 1t was not necessary.
for a glance had told him that the
writing was that Of the girl whose face
he had seen again that night:
"Forgive me for what have DONE" the
note ran. believe me now. Your life is
In danger, and you must go back to Eto-
mani tomorrow. II you go to the We
kusko camp you will not live to come
back"
"The devil" he exclaimed.
"What's that?" asked Gregson. edg-
Ing around him curiously.
Rowland crushed the note in his hand
and thrust 1t into one of his pockets.
"a little private affair."" he laughed.
"Come. Gregson, let's see what we can
discover"
In the gloom outside one Of his hands
slipped under his coat and rested on
the butt Of his revolver. Until 10
o'clock they mixed casually among tn
populace of Le Pas. Half hundre'
people had seen Croisset and his beau
tiful companion, but no one knew any
thing about them. They had come that
forenoon on q sledge, had eaten their
dinner and supper at the cabin Of q
Scotch tie cutter and had left on q
sledge.
tShe was the sweetest thing evel
saw" exclaimed the tie cutters wife
rapt1rously. "Only she couldn't Talk
Two o. three times she wrote things
to me on a slip Of paper"
Couldn't talkw repeated Gregson
as the two men walked leisurely back
to the boarding house. What the
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
A Psrsian Cynjoism,

The Persians have a very cynical
proverb on matrimony that runs: "He
that ventureth on matrimony Is Ike
unto one who thrusteth his hand into
sack containing many thousands Of
serpents and only one eel. Yet II the
prophet 90 will 1t he may draw forth
the eel"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
Curious.

A lady one day remarked to Bulwer
Lytton how odd 1t was that a dove
Q.atin, colombe) should have been sent
out to find the old world, and Colum'
bus (Colombe) should have found the
new.
"Yes," agreed the novelist, "but more
curious still Is the fact that one came
from Noah and the other from Genoar
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
An Old Pear Tree.

Probably the oldest pear tree about
Reynolds Bridge, Conn.,, Is owned BY
Ralph G. Warner, . farmer living one
mile east Of the village. The pear scior
was grated into thorn bush more thar
125 years ago by Mr.. Warmers grand
father. The tree has been prolific
yielding up into the hundreds Of busheli
Of luscious fruit. The old tree bears ths
marks Of age and hard winds for cen
tury and quarter.