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Garner Lectures.

Prof. Richard L. Garner, who has spent
twenty years of his life studying the
monkey language-and considers them
we'll spent-will open a series of lectures
at the Belasco next Sunday evening with
Studies of the Great Apes at Home
The following Tuesday afternoon. Janu-
airy 10 he VIII address himself more par
ticularly to young people in a talk on
Child Life of the Jungle Folk" and
Sunday evening, January II. he will
spc ak on THE Empire of Darkness
These lectures will be illustrated with
original stereOpticon views, and Prof.
Garner will be ably assisted by Susie
the remarkable young chimpanzee.
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Casino Sunday Concert.

Tie usual popular Sunday concert will
he given at the Casino Theater today.
Several of the entertainers have been
held over from last weeks most popular
acts. and will include Leslie Thurston,
Nylophone soloist; Killyon and Moore. the
singing comedians: Madge Anderson.
singing coincidence: Nelson Waring. in
monOlOgue; Josephine Carmen. operate
soprano: Mary Ward. violnist. and an
extra quantity and quality of motion pic
ture plays.
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Philharmonic Orchestra.

y week from tomorrow morning the
So ason sale of seats for the course of
three concerts to be given at the New
National Theater by the New York Phil
harmonic Orchestra will be opened in
the office of II. Arthur Smith. The con-
certs are scheduled for Tuesday after
moons. January ~. February % and
March -. the soloist for the first concert
Ioin-- Mime Johanna Gadski. who will be
head IN special all Wagnerian pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Wednesday evening. when she sang the
Waltz Song" from Romeo and Juliet
most effectively, assisted by Mrs Cecil
Mckee Bacon at the piano. Others con
trlbuting musical numbers to the enter
tainment were Mrs Dorothy Wagner Mel
son and Charles Tittman, the latter sing
ing Noel" by Adams.
The preliminary program at the Church
or the Covenant this evening will be
given by Mrs. Roma DevOnne Hampstead.
contralto. and Messrs. Rakeman, Green
and Loreleberg, who will give several
numbers for strings with organ accom-
panment.
The Cavalry Baptist Church quartet.
under the direction of Arthur Mayo, will
sing this morning the anthems, 'In the
Beginning Was the Word" by LANSING,
and 'Immanuel's Land" by Ballard. and
| the offertory number will be the tenor
| solo. Comfort Ye." from THE Messiah"
In the evening it will render the two an
thems. Bright Show the Lamps" by
Barnby and Geibel's Star of the Orient. !"
| The quartet is composed Of Mrs. Ethel
Hoitzclaw Gawler. soprano; Mrs. William
T. Reed, cOntraltO; William T. Backing.
tenor. and Theodore T. Apple, basso.
Mr.. w. T. Glover. director of music in
Dumbarton Avenue Methodist EPISCOPAL
Church. has arranged a splendid produc
ton OF E. L. AshfOrd's Christmas can
tata, Promise and Fulillment' To he
given this evening at 8 o'clock The solo
Mrs. ]. A. Houghton, contralto; Mrs. w
| Adrian, tenor, and Mr.. John Waters
basso. Mr.. Robert Stearns violinist. will
assist.
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Getting a Polish"

May Irwin will appear at the Belasco
Theater for an engagement of one week,
BEGINNING Monday, January .. i'm Get
ting Polish the new farce comedy In
which she has been successfully appear
ing at Wallack's Theater, New York.
Miss Irwin's character is Mrs Jim
! Griggs." who starts out by keeping a
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boarding house in Yellow Dog. Mont. and
ends in the very center of things in Paris.
Miss Irwin Is starring under the man
agement OF Liebler & Co, and comes
with production complete in every par
ticular. Capable support is promised.
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Academy Concert.

The following program will be presented
at the Sunday night concert at the Acad-
envy: Clark Brothers, whistlers and imi-
tators; Harry Lea. comic songs and paro-
dies; George Hammond mOnolOgue.
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0ld-Time Stage Driver Dead.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, December 81
George L. Hufford, native of Frederick.
Nd. and one Of the oldest residents of
Altoona. is dead, aged eighty-nine years.
He was q former stage driver between
Philadelphia and Pittsburg. After leav-
ing the stage he followed farming until
he went to Altoona, about thirty years
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actors i'm the cast. Theodore Kremer, the
author, will stage the play.

Hazel Dorm, who has been an important
member of George Edwardes' London
companies for several seasons. arrived in
New York last Friday on the steamer
Cedric. to begin rehearsals in Gay Clau-
dine" the new musical play by c. NJ. S.
Mcclellan and Ivan Caryll. The first per-
Torrance of the piece will take place
early in February.
Arrangements were completed last
Wednesday by cable between David Be
lasco and Sir Charles Wyndham whereby
the English actor-manager will make a
London production Of Avery HopwoOd' s
play, "Nobody's Widow" now being pre-
scented by Blanche Bates in New York.
Mary Moore will be seen in the title
role. while Mr.. Wyndham VII appear
as the Duke of Moreland.
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1t matters little what 1t is that Won
want-whether q situation or a servant
"A want ad In The Star will reach thu
person who will fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

son. Rene. is with a business college
in Portland. Ore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Gertrude Quinlin will be in Lew Fields
company appearing in Hen Pecks."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Billie Burke recently appeared in New
York in her latest play, Suzanne"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Bickel and Watson, comedians with the
"Follies,' will be starred next season
by Ziegfeld.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Stair and Havlin are to revive East
Lynne" with Estelle Allen in the fearful
role
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Nat c. Goodwin Is going into vaude-
Vile early this year. He will play Mr..
Goiightly in Lend Me Five ShillingS."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Mrs. Elizabeth Smith-Maxwell sang
the closing solo, II Know That Ny Re-
deemer Liveth.'' on the program of the
concert Of selections from the oratorO
of the Messiah. given at the Ingram Me-
mortal Church Wednesday night, and was
compelled to bow her thanks number
of times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Cohan & Harris will have three houses
New York this year.
Viola Allen Is to appear in a new play
oy Israel Zangwill.
Thomas a. Wise is to create the title
role of The Old New Yorker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Clara Lipman may go into vaudeville
with sketch in which she ha5 the role
of singing and dancing Coincidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

Miss Mabel Roberts and Miss Hilda
Koehler were the soloists at musical
Christmas evening. their numbers includ-
ing might of Nights" by Van de Water,
rendered by Miss Roberts: 20 Rest in
the Lord" from Elijah sung by. Miss
Koehler, and the duet. II Waited for the
Lord" from Memberships Hymn of
Praise"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01

One of the features of the benefit to be
rendered Marcus Mayer. in New York, is
the revival of A. HI. Woods old success,
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl" or
at least one act of 1t, with Ethel Barry
more in the title role. Tyrone Power and
John Drew will be among the notable
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Streets as Necessary as Arteries.

As the arteries are TO the human
system. so are the streets to the phys
ical well being of city, says A. L.
Erwin in the American City. A well
planned city il q highly developed or
ganism with one member or district
devoted to places of living. another
to manufacturing. another to mercan
tile pursuits. etc. A ready means OF
communication between these various
members IL u fundamental requisite.
The street provides the means of cir
culation. and any factor which checks
or impedes Its flow Is serious menace
to the public good.
There are many who think that the
mapping out OF streets is about all
there IL to city planning and that the
laying Of Il sidewalk and paving repre-
sents the sum total Of street p. ob
lem. That these are fundamental no
one will deny. but there are other i'm
portant considerations which should
enter In which affect both convenience
and beauty.
he CITY coLnes luto I'oHHcHeioh W hS
streets In one of three ways through
public usage during stated period
adverse possession,. by condemnation
and by dedica ton. Probably ~ per
cent of our streets In the middle west
have becor'e public property through
the last method. A street so dedicat-
ed involves two interests. the one
being public. the other proprietary.
In too many additions" the later has
been the active party. and plans are
shaped too largely from the personal
and pecuniary point OF view. 1t be-
comes the duty of the city officials.
acting as the trustees Of the people. to
guide and mold these plans in the In.
terest Of the public.
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ToMBs OF SAND.
Cape cod's Trsaohsrous Shoals and the
Prsy They Grip.

Cape Code Trsaohsrous Shoals and the
Prsy They Grip.
Secrets Of the sands OF Cape Cod are
constantly being disclosed by the sea.
In the many storm tides that food the
desOlate beaches the hulks of stanch
ships lost along the coast on the half
hundred miles Of beaches between Mo-
nomoy al Chatham and Wood END at
Provincetown are frequently exhumed
from tombs Of sand.
Sometimes u wreck appears that has
been buried q century or more. AZ In
the case few years ago Of the bones
of the British frigate Somerset. whose
timbers OF oak were disclosed to view
back of l'rovincetown. near the life
saving station In Dead Mems Hollow.
bars Nov. 2 or 3. l778
Once a vessel Is gripped by the sands
the process Of entombing her goes on
with great rapidity. the craft appear-
ing to sink steadily In the yielding
beach All around the doomed vessel
the sand piles up In great drifts. IKE
snow. Every crevice Of the hull II
quickly filled The sand rises In solid
barrier outside 1t and flows about Il
as the tides flood the shelving beaches.
Finally II sweeps over the wreck. aud
the process Of entombing goes on until
the entombed craft Is covered many
feet deep. Boston Globe.
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Trjckjnu the Bobby.

A Dublin eccentric u short time ago
entered II purveyor's shop and bought n
ham. Having paid for his purchase.
he requested that II should be hung
outside the shop door. saying that he
would call back for II. The customer
then paced up and down outside the
shop till a policeman came In sight.
and Just AZ the man In blue caught
his eye he grabbed the ham and bolt
ed. The constable. however. soon col.
Jared the thief. as he thought. and
hauled him back to the shop. Having
explained the nature Of the alleged
crime to the shop assistant. he asked
the latter to charge the offender.
But" said the assistant as he real.
ized the joke. Its his own ham. He
was quite at liberty to take II In any
circumstances he chose" ."-London An
swers.
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Odd Word Surxivaja,

Far away back In the days when the
English language was In Its infancy
there were poets who wrote Of the
blossoms on the trees In the spring.
They didn't write "biOssOm." however.
but used the word blow" and made
II rhyme with snow and dow When
they wished to sing OF the beautiful
mass Of apple or hawthorn flowers
they called II the "bIowth This
word II found In the dictiona ries.
which assert thnt II is Obsolete. nut Il
is very much alive In RmkinVham IN
county. y H. and York county. Me.
The orchardist thrrrA bout speaks of a
full blowth" or Eight blowth' on his
trees In May and predicts n good or
poor ''set" Of the fruit III consequence.
''Orts" are supposed to De refuse Of
some kind but IN the valley where the
Piscataqua river mingies with the sea
"orts' Is the name for 'swill. "-Ex.
change.
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ducers. In fact. there Is no child's
nature to which 1t does not In some
way make powerful appeal.
Here. II ever. children are on an
equality. For once the weakling or
the lame child does not cover before
the street bully. His garden may bs
better and even envied by the bully.
School gardens. therefore. are not
only good to educate the children, but
they also benefit the town. The chill
dren in this town have as much need
of school garden education as the rest
of young America. And why can't
we give II to them? Our facilities are
as good as any other town In this
country. Our schools can be utilized
In this healthful education nv well az
the vacant grounds with which al
most every residence is provided.
Summer time IL near. during which
time our schools close leaving some
Of the pupils with nothing to do but
to loaf around and idle away their
time. Why couldn't we begin right
now to interest the children with this
school garden plan. 80 that by the
time the schools close the plan will
have become interesting enough to
keep them busy during the coming
summer.
All that is needed is the cooperation
Of the community.
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TEN IL Planned for the few who go to
college instead of the many who go to
work
In some towns school gardens have
sprung up in +, SponSt 10 the demand
that education must III the masses for
life as we'll ns the minority for col.
lcpe. Geography hist ry and Hrith
metic have III consequence itrn ~ un
ed back severely and the educa ;ionai
sap Is seeking m Quiet III II " d,rrc
tiOns.
The school garden is a great rducn
tional force which must be reckoneu
with in the near future. Why: Re.
cause II is II rare comhinnIinn of eS.
sentiul educational qualities. II l. 4
happy mingling OF play and work. va.
cation and school. athletics and man
ual training. pleasure and business.
beauty and utility. head and hand.
freedom and responsibility, of correc-
tive and preventive. CONT urtive and
creative Influences. and all In the
great school OF out of doors. II Is the
corrective of the evils of the schO !
room II IL the preventive OF the per
lis OF misspent leisure. Ii Is con
structive OF character building. 1t Is
creative of industrious. honest pro.
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the WORK OF THE PEOPLE.
York, Neb. Has Park Which Was
Bought by Inhabitants.

Bought by Inhabitants.
York. Neb.. Is a little city about 100
miles due west from Lincoln and in
the rolling lands to the south Of the
river Platte 1t has and has always
had much Of green fields around IL.
Some dozen years ago 1t bOasted. in
shamefaced way. Of an area Of nearly
thirteen acres. says E. T. Hartman In
American City.
Presently civic streak was struck
In the body polite Of York. and leaders
spranK up to say that something should
be done and that the old pasture Of
fered good opportunity. A mass
meeting was called and the idea was
laid before the people The ogre cost"
thrust his head among them In the
shape Of IL hrsute head Of patriarchal
cut and cr0aked aS usual, But where
IL the money to come FROM" He was
told that the leaders had secured an
option at fair price. that there would
be no touching of the community purse
and that the money would come from
the people. dollar from each citizen
making all possible. The ogre retired,
and the people went to work.
The land was bought and land
scape architect employed to develop It.
And the people learned to use what
they had provided. Tramping. pie
nicking and even camping became the
vogue. for any reasonable use Is al.
lowed so long as the people scatter no
rubbish.
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SURE TO BE MISSED.
A Famous Cooks Lament on the Death
Of His Royal Master.

A Famous Cooks Lament on the Death
Of His Royal Master.
The most successful book that was
published by william Harrison Aims
worth during his first year OF busi.
ness. says Mr. s. NJ Ellis In his biog-
raphy Of the English author and pub
Usher. was cookbook. 1t was The
French Cook" by Louis Eustache Ude,
"the GIL Bias Of the kitchen"
This unique study Of the culinary
art brought In a handsome sum to the
astute young publisher who had pur
chased the copyright. and the bN'k
was In the hands Of every gourmet In
London
tide hnd been .hef Of Louis XVI. Of
Mime I.-tizH Ronnparte and then Of
the Earl OF Srfton. at a SALARY OF 300
guinpas II wear Al another time he
presided over the culinary department
of the Crmkfnrds. but his fnvOrite
master was t'rtx1rrick. duke OF York.
When the royal gurmand dRd his
bereaved chef iathetirally calculated:
"Ah. mon pauvre due how m,irh
you will miss me. wherever you are
gone tor
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Farmer IS WORST
BAD ROAD VICTIM
Could Easily Save S3O0,0OO,-
900 Each Year.
GOOD ROADS ARE THE KEY.

His L md Would Increase In Value and
tho Hauling Of His Produce to Mar.
ket Would Be Easier and Quicker It
tho Roads Were In Better Condition.
Schools Also Would Improve.
The profit that good roads would
nay the farmers Of the country would
amount to the enormous total OF
$3OO. 100000 a year. according to +. w.
James. United States highway fngi-
neer. The history Of nati"ns. Mr.
james says. proves that good roads
are Indispensable features Of public
economy.
"1he cost OF transportation TO the
farmer is important" says Mr.. James.
ut IL estimated that the cost to the
farmers of the United States OF mar
keting farm products is about $780,
OOO,OOO annually. This charge Is
dead load carried by the farmer. 1t is
not like fertilizer hill II you spend
$1,000 a year on guano or r0ttonseed
meal fertilizers yOu mny expect to get
II bnck In Increased rrons.
1.-THE farmer who hauls bis produce
ten miles to market gets no more for
II than the man who hanlS five miles.
There Is little tracpahle connection
bet wppn the cost to the farmer OF mar
ketinr his crop and what he gets for
It. The only way to make money on
your Transformation Is by cutting down
your transportation charges. To haul
more ch-aplv you must make your
hauling easier. be able to haul heavier
loads. he THE to haul more rapidly.
1.-THE only way to reach these trans
portation expenses and reduce them Is
through thr medium OF improved
roads. You can't feed your stock less:
you can't drive your animals faster:
you can't load your wagons heavier
on your present poor roads. The only
thing that remains Is TO improve the
rondS
"A farmer of Claud. Elmore county.
Ala. kent record Of his hauling
to onnd from his market town. Wetump-
ka. for one year. He made l2O trips
and rated them at 50 per trip figuring
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on the market price for labor ana
therefore save Sl2n II year. II Is seen
at once. assuming the correctness Of
the figures. hat il We can cut trans
portatiOn charges In half for the farm
er $3OONN.uO0 annually will be re-
served to the farmer.
"Now. the qu,r!ti,n that AZ once
arises In the mind of r"rrN one i>.
Where Is tins $:.OaNnhm gong to
show: Wha, part do | get: you say
"rhere IL II way in which the farm
er's savn" In transportation charges
shows in the value II his farm. Here
IL farmer who holds title to liD
acres of land ~ $40: value Sl.WW The
farm is bvp miles from town. On bad
roads. Let the county put that FIVE
miles Of road IN first class condition
What IL the result! Some one comes
along and offers that farmer Sl.:aW for
his place.
"That farm IL essentially the same.
A crop OF. say. beans may have i'm
proved SOne IGtFl oI " l!llle. nuI tnc
soil II practically the same. 1t IL the
same farm. But the value Of the farm
IL So an acre more. and the wealth OF
the owEe: has increased $500 In one
year. That Is his share OF the saving
due to that rond improvemei
Farmers are everywhere awake to
the b0nefis OF hno privileges for
their children. and they should see the
connection between good roads and
good schools. They certainly do not
see the connection now In some Sec
tiOns. for II is no: uncommon to learn
that though the farmer would vote
bonds for 81 hooI purposes you could
not induce them to vote bonds for
rOadS
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While striving for the almost
unattainable do not deprecinte
that which you have already at
tained.
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Weather,xise Birds and Fish.

The seaguli makes splendid living
barometer II q cOvey Of seag1ills fly
sea ward early In the morning sai'urs
and fishermen know thnt the day will
bp nne and the wind fair. but II the
birds keep inland. though there he no
haze hanging OH, .h,ward the sea to
denote unpleasant weather. Interested
folk know that .ftIe elements will be
unfavorable nah .wratherwise fish
the dolphin is fir most remnrka h'e.
During a fierce eeypsnr: u storm al sea
the mariner knows tlfai the end Of II
10 near If he can ',spe3a dolphin or Il
number Of that hsh ssporting on the
high sea waves 3.x'
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ottrrv Chsness

". Henri Poincare. the mathemn.i,
clan. told us few years ago th't If
every one VIII" buys Il lottery t.k"t
knew how little chance there was of
any one winnin" II prize th"rc. .cor'd he
no successful lottery. TIL ch"nrp ~
each was :hout ecr?' to the dam" er
Of being killed in n railway accident. 49,
London Truth.
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Faith DESTROYED.

"Iil never believe in phrenOlogy
again"
"WhyY
1--WE had a phrenoiogist In our house
the other night and got him to feel the
cooks head He said her bump OF de
structionl was small."-Chicago Record.
Herald
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e a sy.

"WOmen." remarked the grocer are
not hard to ppns- e
"SoT' intprroyaipd the bachelor
YES" continued the grocer "Aii
you have to do Is to let them have
their own way" Chicago News
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Tho Erna.or Eit,d

"Father. nm not sure whether
shall he II specialist for the ears or tn,
teeth"
"Choose the teeth my boy. Every
one has thir1y-two of them. but only
two ears" London Tit-Rits.
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The Illuminated

NEW AND OLD KIND
'e''eI' van oe OF STREET SIGNS.
seen for quite
distance and are arranged so that they
can be removed without injury to the
standard In case 1t should be desired
to change the name. The lamp Is said
to be so arranged that 1t cannot well
be disturbed by mischief makers. but
can be removed for cleaning or repair
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4 NECESSITY FOR j
OUR CHILDREN
School Gardens to Better Edu.
cate Them.
WOULD GREATLY HELP TOWN.

vaCatIO0 - NoATp aUo ssoa'Vto' ~a'SS's
Work Would Do Much to Keep the
Boys From Wasting Their Tims on
tho Streets.
School gardens have come to stay
that Is. where they are In eXis ence.
They have rooted firmly. spread rapid
ly. developed prodigio,sly and. feed.
Ing on hidden sources of nutrlment In
child nature. will not easily be eradi-
seated. says II. w. Livermore.
One Of the recent educational facts
which are being driven home into the
public consciousness Is that the Chi d
who has to leave $, hool at fourteen
years and 60 to work is not fitted fer
life. His school days have not been
made a sufficiently definite asset to
him. Our grammar schools as run at
present reach their highest efficiency
only when the child continues on
through the high school. In other
words, our present educational sys-
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"Young BiiIins' infatuation for pret-
ty Miss Gladys is merely puppy love-"
~ suppose that accounts for his dog
like DEVOTION Baltimore American.
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Map out a plan Of intelligent
farming and then adhere closely
to that plan year in and year out
} unless your neishbor has what
proves to be a moro successful
) plan. in which case follow his
methods.
ANAh HSZNS HI>Hs.> ~ AMA
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4 St0N WHICH OUR
TOWN COULD INITIATE.
Names Of Dsnvsr's Streets Can Be
SEEN by Day or Night.

The old wooden street signs nailed
to telephone and telegraph poles are
rapidly being discarded for combina-
ton iron poles and signs and for orna-
mental bronze signs in Denver.
Some Of the signs are In the form