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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

bond issue. paying on the bonds in in
stallments. This is vastly better and
cheaper than to build short stretches
by an annual tax levy. or course in
terest will have to be paid upon the
bonds. but on the other hand the peo-
pie will have good roads TO use. and
II the use of the roads is not worth
more than the interest on the bonds
required to build them. then road
building is not worth while. The
worlds experience is that good roads
are always worth several times what
they cost To any community.
There are many advantages to this
plan. BY building many miles at once
II Is practical TO have good engineer
Ing supervision and proper specifica.
lions. and the result will be a well
drained. a better and a more durable
road and one that will not cost nearly
as much to maintain as one poorly
constructed. Again. on so large a job
contractors will figure lower than up.
on a small Job and the best machinery
and methods can be employed to ad-
vantage. so II is fair to say that TWEEN
~ miles OF road built under a single
contract will cost from Is &c 20 per
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

With stout heart and high purpose
and with a clear head. and all will
come ost right.
In good roads campaign one OF
the most important things Is 10 un'
learn some things that are not so, TO
get a view of the proposition from
the right angle. and not TO work along
impractical lines The good roads
fever usually breaks out In some com
munity with hurrah. TO build mile
OF two OF hard roads. and there Ia
squabbIe 10 determine which particu-
lar road shall have the Improvement.
Selnshness crops out and must be
reckoued with. when the particular
road has been determined upon, then
comes the question of raising funds
Those who are disappointed will give
nothing: others will contribute va
rious amounts: the banker. merchant
and grain dealer are called upon and
subscribe different sums: others will
contribute labor; an entertainment
will be held In the town hall. the pro
ceeds TO be devoted to the building OF
the road. The local paper will be
filled with letters. interviews and edi-
torials; everybody is patting himself
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06
Uses Of Paper Metal.

Al the great coronation pageant,
which will be next June, when George
Is crowned King George Nv. OF Eng
land. there Is TO be something entire
ly different from anything that has
ever happened before.
Instead Of real armor the armor
that Is to be worn will be made OF
paper metal" There will be exact
copies OF all the old sets OF armor used
and tho paper metal will be so fixed
that the armor made from II will
give the appearance OF the original.
And II is said that in the future the
metal" will be used for almost ali
outdoor decorations. because II Is
much cheaper than plaster paris and
also Is waterproof.
Il can be made 10 represent all the
different metals and is SO strong that
one can jump on 1t without making
any Impression on II.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06
| Home Town |
Helps So
CIVIC PROGRESS IS NATIONAL
And as the Movement Broadens In
Its Scope u will Surely Be-
come Competitive.

Civic improvement is becoming ma
tional In It's scope and as time passes
II will become competitive. The cities
that pay the greatest attention to II
will hold out the best inducements TO
prospective residents and follow the
surest method Of increasing their
population. The Improvement OF
streets are important features of the
promotion Of civic beauty. Washing
ton is the best laid out city In Amer
lea and will in time become ono OF the
most beautiful cities In the world. be-
cause its streets are made upon a
plan, mapped out by Pierre L'Enfant,
during the lifetime OF George Wash
ington. The scheme OF streets, parks
and boulevards then provided for was
considered so much out OF proportion
to the probable growth Of Washing
ton that It was regarded by many
persons the work of an Impractical
dreamer. Without Il Washington
might now be too much handicapped
by the irregularity of its streets to
admit OF its becoming a city OF dignity
and beauty suitable to It's Importance
as the capital of the United States.
Cleveland. as Mr.. Murphy said In
his address, laid out Euclid avenue
all the way to Buffalo" In other
words Euclid avenue will follow its
present direction and maintain Its
present width. no matter how far the
city limits OF Cleveland may be ex-
tended. Not long ago an engineer from
New York was summoned to Manila
to lay out a city OF radiating boule-
wards and straight streets extending
for enough into the jungle to accom-
modate the growth Of the capital Of
the Philippines for a century. The
object in view is to correct as far as
possible the mistakes that were made
prior to the American occupation,
and TO make Manila the best-laid-out
city In the entire Orient.
Throughout the United States and
In our most distant provinces" road
building in the country and street
surveying and paving in the cities Is
receiving greater recognition as be-
ing OF fundamental Importance. The
states that build the best roads, and
the cities that boast the best streets
and the best highways from their
centers to their suburbs and the coun-
try beyond the suburbs. will be
marked progressive" upon the map
OF the United States that Is in the
mind Of every homeseeker and every
canitalist i ,Duisyille COurier-JOur-
nal.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06
The Unit Of Social Life.

There is no sustained social life un.
less enough people live in continuous
close touch, and the village is the
unit which Is multiplied 10 form
cities. Cities are. socially, collections
OF villages. and the larger the city
the more plainly Is this fact made
apparent. II is certain that there
must be a definite number OF people
closely and constantly associated 10
form a village. and It is certain that
when the number becomes too large
to permit of intimate and constant
association there is another village
formed, within or alongside the orig.
inal village. The question OF the def.
milton OF the word village must rest
upon this fact. Whoever is able to
determine what number OF people can
remain In social association can do.
fine the bounds OF the village.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06
Landscape Gardening at School.

When the question OF organizing an
improvement society is preached many
have been heard to exclaim: Il don't
see that much good could be done In
our community" Well. every com.
munity" has at least one schoolhouse
and the writer has yet TO see one
whose grounds are 30 neat and gen.
orally ornate that they could not
easily be improved. Any live club
may find plenty OF work to give vent
10 pent-up enthusiasm In Just one OF,
binary school yard. that Is. II they do
q real, good lob.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06


This is the era of the inexpensive
house. From present indications
more houses Of this character will be
built during the coming season than
during any similar period for many
years. This fact goes to prove that
the homecoming instinct will survive
any condition of higher prices for
building materials.
It is natural to live in ones own
home. 1t Is unnatural to 1.-Two In .
rented house or apartment. The fam
lily that lives in its own house, no mat
ter how humble 1t may be, feels q
sense of independence that does not
come to the family In a rented house.
The renter feels, II he does not say 1t.
after paying his rent: well, have
a place and a roof for my family for
thirty days more. I must leave after
that II l do not pay. And even during
these thirty days, we only have the
use OF the house. 1t is not ours. but
must be turned over TO the owner
when we are through with It."
but tne Hiun UT WOmdu WuO uhs u
little house built from careful saving
has none Of these feelings. There Is
sense Of security. of ownership, Of
permanence that all make life happier
for them
The security of the race lies in the
home instinct. and 1t is backward
step every time 1t is stultif1ed. Your
children have a right to a home Of
their own. You hear often people say,
1T costs more to own a home than
II does to pay rent" This is not
true, but even II It were true the ar
gument still would be on the side OF
owning your home for your children's
sake.
The expense of keeping a house in
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

on the back and talking OF the won
derfui progress that is being made
This IL all very well so far as Il
goes. and perhaps the moral effect is
sood-it stirs up the community. but
IL does not do very much In the way
Of road building. Usually half mile
or so is the limit and may reach from
the town to the cemetery. Well. that
does some good, and will give a de-
parting citizen a smoother road In
Death than he had In life.
The means employed In such a cam
naign are wholly inadequate TO the
end sought. Il reminds one Of the
old woman who proposed TO keep the
tsde back with her broom.
There are also other unsatisfactory
expensive and wrong ways 10 take up
this question The most commoa one
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

cent. less than " built a mile or so at
a time. Again. the roads are all new
at the same time and will be far more
satisfactory to the people, and the
benefits will be simultaneous TO the
whole community.
Suppose the state in which a given
township is situated aids In building
permanent roads. under the plan that
IL followed In more than one-balf the
states. This will make the roads built
a much lighter burden.
Let w see how the matter OF taxa
ton will AFFECT the owner OF a typical
farm by the two plans OF road build.
ing. that Is. little each year by an
annual tax levy. and the other By a
bond issue. supplemented bv state aid
or In other words. by comparing the
old way with the new. In order 70
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06
Planning the House.

Well" said Clifford Bennington
cheerfully. i've got the plans for my
new house ON the lake shore all fin
ished."
"Finlshed to suit you?"
"N.no. But the architect is satisfied
and that's the best can expect"
"Ha. ha How about Mrs. Berring
tom"
"I''s all right with her. too. In fact
she got that fixed before We started
You see. she laid out the cupboards
and wardrobes. and all the architect
had To do was to build house around
them Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

repair is not great provided 1t is not
allowed to run down. The greatest
danger comes from neglecting the mat
ter of painting. Most people regard
the paint matter purely on the grounds
Of appearance. So long as the house
looks" fairly well no thought is Civ
On to paint. But did you ever think
that the appearance part Of the paint
problem is the least important? It
is the preservauve quality of the paint
that is most vital. and the appearance
Is a secondary consideration. OF
course 1t is desirable to have the
house look fine. but this is incidental.
not the main Office of paint.
But this Is neither here nor there.
n you are a working man and want
to build a home here Is the design
that may appeal to you and your wife.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

found advantageous II you should ever
care to sell The kitchen. ten feet
three inches by ten feet six inches,
is Of good size and is provided with
a case for the setting away of tin
ware. and a sink. On the opposite
side Of the kitchen can be placed q
cupboard with doors provided with
locks so that the cake baked for Sun
day can be safe against the inroads
of the children.
The second floor is reached from q
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06
PORCH
i6iOrXSi6'
Flrst Floor Plan.

Perhaps we should have mentioned
her FIRST. for you viii build the house
she wants. and what your tastes are
In the matter makes little difference.
with all due respect to you. The wom-
en- folks always decide on the house
plan. and perhaps this is all right. for
they are always at home except on
Ladies' Aid Society and Sewing Cir
clio days. and the man Is only home
when he can 80 nowhere else.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

II may be. though. that the attra0
tive porch and the living room OF this
house may make him stay home. The
porch is eighteen feet long and eight
feet six inches wide. large enough
to accommodate quite a company OF
neighbors summer evenings. provided
there is no quarrel on. The house Ia
twenty-four feet wide and twenty-four
feet long The living room Ia fourteen
feet long and IL feet 8 inches wide
The dining room back Is twelve fees
long and eleven feet wide. In
both of these rooms beam ceilings
can be provided II you care to 60 ia
that expense. This feature will be
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06
Sprlna Fever.

Doctor--My dear lady. you arc in
perfect health. l can't ind q thing
the matter with you
PATIENT wish you'd try again. doc
tor. do so want 70 90 away 70 ~.
cuperate.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1911-04-06

Mr. william A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building for the readers Of
this paper. On account OF his wide expo
Renee rs Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer. he Is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries TO William A. Radford. No.
i94 Fifth Ave. Chicago. Ill. and onty en-
close two-cent stamp for reply,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
MRS. TAFT I'LL IN new YORK
Seizea With Another Nervous At
tack---Condtion Not
Alarming.

New York.-The sudden illness OF
Mrs. Taft brought President Taft
back to New York from Harrisburg,
Pa, where he had gone to deliver an
address on his way to Washington.
Mrs. Taft was taken i'll here Sat
urday night, during banquet which
she attended with the President. Her
illness was described as nervous at
tack, similar to that which she had
two years ago.
Her daughter, Miss Helen Taft,
was called from. Bryn Mawr to be
with her mother. The two Taft
boys, Charles, who is at Watertown,
Conn, and Robert, who is at Har-
ward, were notified of their mother S
illness, but were not asked to come
to New York, it being stated at the
home of Henry Taft, where the Presi-
dents wife lay i'll, that the attack
was not at all alarming.
Following the Presidents arrival
here Sunday night he was driven di-
rectly to his brothers home. Soon
thereafter it was announced that Mrs
Taft was much improved and that the
President would return to Washing
ton. The statement made follows:
Mrs Taft is much improved af-
ter steady improvement all day DR..
Evans says that she will be able to
return to Washington within a few
DAYS"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
GOMpERS FREED OF CONTEMPT
Mitchell and Morrison Also Have
Jail Sentences Set Aside
Case Dismissed.

Washington, D. C.-Holding that
the imposition of Jail sentences on
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison, president, vice
president and secretary, respectively,
of the American Federation of La
Dor, was unwarranted by the nature
of the contempt, and that the Dis
trict Supreme Court should have i'm
posed only a fine, the Supreme Court
of the United States freed the labor
leaders and directed that the cases
against them he dismissed
The decision was that the case was
one purely of civil contempt and only
punishable by fines, and that since
it was established that the Bucks
Stove and Range Company had
patched up it's differences with the
American Federation of Labor, the
case should be dismissed outright.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
MILES OF FORESTS ABLAzE
Two Have Died in the Flaming
Aneghanies--Loss VIII
Be Large.

Cumberland.-Cum is en-
shrouded in smoke from forest fires
which extend at intervals through the
mountains west and south of here a
distance of at least 200 miles. Along
the line Of the Western Maryland and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroads in
the Alleghenies vast acreages are in
flames
Near Moore, Tucker county, w.
Va, 95 miles southwest of Cumber-
land, John Werner, farmer, dropped
dead while fighting the fire which
was burning over his land. This is
the second known fatality. On Fri
day Mifflin c. Gregory, aged 20 years,
was burned to death near Buckhan-
non, w. Va During the excitement
of fighting the fire Gregory was lost
sight of and later his charred body
was found.
Belington. w Va, has been sur
rounded by fire for the last As hours
and thousands of acres have been
burned over, taking fencing, small
buildings and valuable timber Hun
dreds of men are fighting the fires.
State Forest Warden ]. A. Vigues-
ney. is on the ground directing the
work about Belington. There has
been a stiff breeze and the whole
Laurel Hill Mountain. between Bel
lington and Elkins, has been burned
over. There has been no rain for
several weeks and the unusually dry
condition makes the progress of the
fire rapid.
Work on the large band saw mill
operated in Belington was suspended
and the so employees were taken to
the mountains TO assist in making
rings and back firing. Practically
all work is suspended and all able
bodied men are fighting fire.
The forest fire situation at Iona
coming is serious Orchard tracts
recently purchased by Duncan R.
Sloan. Fred R. Sloan, Dr. H. NJ.
Hodgson, Dr. George D. Campbell
and Others are within the danger
zone. Fences have been burned and
several hundred fruit trees Just
planted have been destroyed
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
SEES PEACE IN SIGHT
Diaz Ready TO Concede Neary All
Insureent Demands.

Mexico City.-Falling just little
short of. definite statement that
the terms proposed by the revolution
lists had been acceded to, high gov
eminent officer Monday expressed the
opinion that peace was more nearly
assured than at any time since the
instruction began.
Negotiations were proceeding, he
said, on an entirely new basis. A
proposal, transmitted from the rebel
leaders through Judge Carbajal, was
gone over by the president and the
ministers today. A coulter proposi-
ton was submitted last night. On
the nature of the reply, awaited to-
night, appeared to depend the sue
cess of the new peace campaign.
No hint of the contents of the
counter proposition could be obtain
ed from the ministers Publicity,
they alleged, had much to do with
the failure of the previous negotia-
lions. The delicate nature of the
subjects under consideration, it was
said, required that every effort be
made to avoid misconstruction of
the concessions either side was pre-
vailed on to make.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19

Washington, D. C.-The Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey and it's
nineteen subsidiary corporations
were declared Monday by the Su
preme Court of the United States to
be a conspiracy and combination in
restraint of trade. 1t also was held
to be monopolizing interstate COM
merce in violation of the Sherman
Antitrust Law. The dissolution of
the combination was ordered to take
place within six months.
Thus ended the tremendous strug-
gle of years on the part of the gov
eminent to put down by authority of
law a combination which, it claim
ed, was a menace to the industrial
and economic advancement of the en-
tire country.
At the same time the court inter
preted the Sherman Antitrust Law
80 as to limit its application to acts
of undue restraint of trade and
not every" restraint of trade. 1t
was on this point that the only dis
cordant note was heard in the court.
Justice Harlan dissented, claiming
that cases already decided by the
court had determined once for all
that the word undue" or 'unrea-
sonable," or similar words, were not
in the statute. He declared that the
reasoning of the court in arriving at
its finding was in effect legislation
which belonged in every instance to
Congress and not to the courts.
Their Prayers Answered.
Ever since the decree in this case
in the lower court, the United States
Circuit Court for the Eastern district
of Missouri, was announced, hope
has been expressed by the business
world" that the law would be modi-
fed so as not to interfere with what
was designated as honest business.
That section of the opinion calling
for the use of the rule of reason"
in applying the law is regarded in
many quarters as an answer to the
prayers of the business world"
The opinion of the court was an
nounced by Chief Justice White. In
printed form it contained more than
10000 words. For nearly an hour
the Chief Justice discussed the case
from the bench, going over most of
the points in the printed opinion, but
not once referring to it in order to
refresh his memory Before him sat
a distinguished audience of the most
famous men of the country. Sen
ators and representatives left their
respective chambers in the Capitol
to listen to the epoch-making deci-
sion of the court.
Most eager to hear were Attorney
General Wickersham and Frank B.
Kellogg. special counsel for the gov
eminent, who Mad conducted the
great fight against the Standard Oil.
None of the brilliant array of counsel
for the corporations or individual
defendants was present in the court
during the reading Of the opinion.
Monday, as on previous decision days
for months past, rival broker agents,
with messengers in line to the vari-
Gus telephone and telegraph instru-
ments throughout the capitol, were
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
0rOzCo. One of His Own Gener-
ais, Orders His Arrest.
DARES MEN TO SHOOT HIM.
lnsurrecto Leaders Declare Outbreak
the Result of Plot to Break
Up the Revolutionary
Organization.
A Days Events in Mexico.

General Madero, the provi-
sional President, turned what
was evidently intended as coup
of malcontents to disrupt the
insurrecto organization into
triumph for himself.
Fearing that an attempt might
be made on the life of General
Navarro, the Federal comman-
der who surrendered at Juarez,
Madero spirited him away to the
Rio Grande and enabled him to
reach United States territory.
The Mexican capital is virtual
ly in a stage of siege and ma
chine guns have been mounted
to protect the palace.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
Wealth Of Our Farms.

Washington, d. C.-The value of
wealth produced on farms of the
United States was $S,926, 200, 900
during 1910. as estimated by the De-
partment of Agriculture in a state
ment just issued. This is an in
crease of $1O4, 100000 over 1909.
Texas. with her 100000 acres of
cotton, wrested from Illinois during
1910 the honor of being the first
state of the Union in value of princi-
pal farm crops. which aggregated
$364,110,000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
ORDERS STANDARD OIL
COMPANY TO DISS0Lv We
United States Supreme Court Declares 1t Conspiracy in
Restraint of Trade
Is GIVEN SIX MONTHS TO OBEY THE COURTS ORDER.
Decision
Than His Colleagues Who lie
Law to Acts Undue observation-disclosures
Business
Main Features OF Decision.


The
he s a In OF
trade.
corporation
competition" affected
Other corporations whose called
particular
The unanimous the decision,
a limitation
Sherman Antitrust Law.
Cabinet will
ACCESSIBILITY
which expected
nota
May 20.
Facts the Trust.
$1B000,000
Oil Company
all oil
onehalf
Its
all illuminating in
country
the United States.
all
railroads.
has issued $9OOOOOOO
tcalyc d. Rockefeller
for of other corporations which it holds
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
HIS Mir a Blank 40 DAVIS.

Pueblo, Col.-Stepping on train
in Summerville, Mass, March 2 to
make business trip to Boston, AL
bert S. II. Grimshaw. a druggist, sue
cumbed to a strange alteration from
which he did not recover until he ar
rived in Pueblo Sunday. Seeing a
comment on his disappearance in a
medical journal, he at once notified
the police. His story was verified by
the chief of police at Summerville.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-19
Lion Attacks Keeper.

New York.-A young lion lately
added to the performing troupe of a
Coney Island animal show attacked
and seriously injured his trainer,
Victor Reviro. The animal was pre-
vented from clawing the man to bits
only by the prompt measures of the
shows helpers. The beast was being
returned to his cage after the per-
Torrance in the presence of ESQ in
vited guests when he made the at
tack