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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
GARDEN CITY Of GERMANY
Description Of HeIIerau, the Idsal
Town Recently Built on the Out
skirts Of Dresden.

Just on the outskirts Of Dresden
there has sprung into existence dur.
ing the last two years a garden city,
the first of its kind in Germany. Der.
lin has made attempts In this direo.
ton, but they were more az form
of land speculation. u
Hellerau is in a healthy location,
two miles distant and about 800 feet
higher than Dresden. The wooden
parts are preserved as much as pos.
sible. The 315 acres are divided into
one section for cottages, the other
for villas. The streets are already
laid out and all are to be provided
with gas and water connections and
with drains. Arrangements will also
be made for supply of electricity.
The cottage ection is built by the
Hellerau Building society and the
houses are rented to members only.
Membership Is secured by taking q
share equal to $4760 and the liability
of the members ends there. Interest
up to per cent is paid on these
shares and any further profits are di.
vided among the community. Tenure
Is hxed and the tenant may leave at q
years notice.
Cottages are built to rent at $62 to-
$3.50 annually. Each cottage has q
garden, large cellar. separate soul.
lery with built-in boiler, pantry, we
ter closet on the ground floor, easily
accessible attic, gas for cooking, cleo.
trio light and bells, water connection,
and II needed accommodation for do.
mestio animals. The smallest cottage
consists Of four rooms. kitchen and
living room on the ground floor and
two bedrooms on the upper floor,
large enough for family with two
or three children. During last year
$50 Of these cottages were built and
are now occupied. For 1911 an ad.
dit1onal $50 are already planned.
In the villa quarter residences are
to be had at rent of 5000 to $500
and over, with steam heat, warm wa.
ter to the bedrooms and other con-
veniences. Construction is under
taken by the Garden City company
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tending tenant. The house and
grounds are then let. at rent proper.
donate to the cost of building and the
value Of the land (5k per cent of the
former and 6 per cent of the latter),
The land is valued at 1872 cents Der
square foot Tin the cottage quarter
at 9.S cents per square FOOT. The
tenant must provide four-tenths Of tho
cost Of building and 4 per cent inter
est is paid on this sum.
An artistic uniformity of building
is guaranteed by a building commits
sion, the sanction of which is re-
quired for all plans. Electric light IL
supplied from the power station Of
the German Institute of Technical
Arts at cost of 9.6 cents per kilo-
watt hour; gas costs 45.4 cents Der
1000 and water 80.8 cents per 1000
cubic feet.
Preparatory schools are provided
for the younger children; there is an
Institute OF Technical Arts, and a
small nursery which undertakes work
in the gardens Of new houses and q
small school Of gardening could cas-
lily be attached to this. There is an
electric car service from the oity out
70 Hellerau, the run taking about 90
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
At Work on MezorioaI FIaures.

Louis st. Gaudens, brother of the
famous sculptor and an artist Of rare
promise himself, is now working on
figures for the new union station In
Washington, ID. O. There are to be
six allegorical figures, for which Pres
ldent Eliot Of Cambridge has writ
ten the inscriptions. st. Gaudens lives
In q remedeled Shaker meeting house
at Cornish, N. H., built In 1913.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22

start her fire with Brown told her
the price was a dollar. Cant you let
me have it a little cheaper3" said the
lady. No. said Brown, but seeing
you're not very strong, III fill the bel
lows with wind for VOC"
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
LIGHT AND WATER RATES.

At present the most interesting top
ic ,, the city is the light and water
question now being fought out in the
council. 1t is question in which we
are all interested We all need light
and water, we all want to see light
and water furnished at reasonable
rates and we all have to pay for light
and water. To state the proposition
fairly we believe that the majority of
the people of the city want to see JUS
tice done to them as we'll as to the
lighting company.
They will be found to have as little
to say in favor of sandbagging the I'm
provement company as they have to
FAY for paying e1orbitant rates. They
have no time for some of the petty DO
hticians who have been putting up
Devils Lake as the price of sugar.
They want justice done, no more no
less.
The action of the council in rushing
into the fight, brandishing a club at
the Improvement company has not
strengthened the belief of the people
of the city in the sincerity aid Justice
OF the mayors faction. AS long ago
as last winter open threats were made
that the McClory administration would
put the knife into Kerlin and there is
~,
of the city at present but what the
present fight has been brought to a
focus entirely for the purpose of show
ing the power of the local gang and
teaching some people lesson
Be that as it may, the thing which
concerns us is the justice of the fight,
not the animus, behind the fighters.
To get down to the nubbins of the af-
fair the recent action of the mayor
and council resolved itself into game
- OF fourfiush when it came down to ac-
tually doing business. At the
meeting of the council last month
when the matter was brought up the
mayor and his followers were woeful.
ly lame on statistics applicable to the
local situation and the evident inabil-
ity of all concerned to arrive at an
e.. equitable rate from the figures pro-
% duced by the Investigating commit.
tee was too strong to allow any ac-
zion to be taken. At the recent meet.
Z Ing the citizens present listened to
the remarks Of one Sykes who was
brought here to give expert advice in
the matter
z>5< It didn't take any high order of in.
telligence to see that Mr.. Sykes is OK.
4 actly what he was called in the meet.
ing. "a hot-air" artist. OF all the weak
kneed, penyante experts North Dako-
ia has ever seen, Mr. Sykes, holds the
T. palm. His evident purpose is coming
B here to be the mouth-piece of the may
or and his consuming willingness to
make any statement which would as
sist In putting the improvement COM
pany In a bad light were too notice
able not to make Devils Lake look up
on Mr.. Sykes statements with dis
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22

George Elliott in the famous novel
~Romola" in speaking Of the character
Tito, says in effect that one lie is not
SO bad in itself if that is The end o.
it. But one is in danger of so adjust
ing his whole conduct to sustain that
lie that the whole character is warped.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
He DIdn'a Count,

She-You say you want to marry
me? He-I certainly do. 'rWelI, have
you spoken to papa7" ''Why, no. II.
takes only two to- make bargain
Il know; but papa and are the two
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
Down and OUT.

II shall not permit you" ho de-
csared, TO tramDle on my leve With
impunity." Il shall not do H." she
saucily replied, for she had Just been
Invited to go to dinner with the SON Of
o Pittsburg millionaire. when : I
tIample on your love shall do 1t with
my feet" -. IT. i r
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-09-22
Care Of Tree Wound

mr., y! rec Wound.
whenever large limb is snwed
from the tree the wound should 80 a
'5ozass covered with wax OF thiok pasiaA
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07
MODERN AGRICULTURAL|sTS
TO MANAGE PLANTATIONS

New Orleans, La, April Z. The
great plantation estates Of Louisiana
are rapidly passing from the old own
ers into the hands of modern agri-
culturists Hardly week now goes
by but that some such transaction is
ANNOUNCED This week the Somerset
Plantation, in Tensas Parish, which is
one of the finest estates in the south
was purchased by William Stiles and
his associates Of Lafayette, Ind, the
consideration announced being $780,
600. The property comprises 10000
acres of rich alluvial land, 500 Of which
is cleared and highly improved.
Somerset plantation belonged to the
Perkins family. whose hospitality knew
no bounds in the old days of Louisiana
plantation life Many changes came.
Finally there were but two heirs re-
manning, the Misses Perkins. One
married Lord Richey of England, and
both moved TO Europe.
According to Mr. Stiles, the new
owners will engage in stock raising on
a large scale. the open climate supply
J ing grazing all. the year round. Much
attention win be given hog raising, the
increasing corn production in Louisi-
ana having made hog raising very
profitable industry in this state.
Ultimately large portion of the
Somerset estate will be cut up into
small farms and sold to thrifty farm
ers of the north.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07
T|LDEN COULDN'T
FIND COMMITTEE
After Learning Of Adjournment Until
Next Thursday, He Returns
Quietly to Chicago.

Springfield, H., April T. = Edward
Tilden, president of the National Pack
ing company of Chicago, who was
Wednesday named by Clarence S.
Funk, general manager of the Inter-
national Harvester company, as the re-
ceiver of an alleged 100000 Lorimer
slush fund, for more than an hour
Wednesday walked about the capitol
building here trying to deliver himself
to the Helm bribery committee under
a subpoena served upon him Wednes-
day in Chicago.
The subpoena directed him to ap-
pear before the Helm commission yes
terday. 1t was made out by the COM
mittee prior to the taking of Clarence
S. Funk's testimony. Through some
oversight the committees process SER
yer failed to notify Mr.. Tilden of the
committee adjournment until next
Thursday and that in consequence his
presense would not be necessary until
that time. AS soon as Mr.. Tilden
learned of this he returned to Chicago.
Lack of acquaintance in legislative
circles enabled Mr.. Tilden to roam
through the state house without his
presence being discovered by the re-
porters who were upon his trail. Per-
sons to whom Tilden applied for in
formation did not know him and he
did not make his identity known.
Unable to find Chairman Helm, Mr.
Tilden sought Senator Logan Hay, an
other member of the senate bribery
committee To Senator Hay he ex.
planned that the subpoena directed his
presence before the committee this
afternoon. Senator Hay explained The
error which had been made in not
notifying Tilden of the adjournment
and released him until next Thursday
Senator Hay informed no one of the
matter and Mr.. Tilden returned tc
chicago on train this afternoon With
out being interviewed.
Despite the fact that the inquisitors
are keeping their plans of procedure
secret, many house members gained
the impression that the committee has
prepared to summon them.
Subpoenaing house members un
doubtedly will result in a clash be
tween the two bodies, the outcome o.
which cannot be foreseen.
Two process servers who are nov
engaged in summoning witnesses I.
appear before the committee mex
Thursday are expected TO be kept bus,
serving subpoenas throughout th'
state until next week.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07
v|N|TA BUILDING
SPIRIT REVIVED
Commercial Club Holds Interesting
Meetine-committee to lnvesti-
gate Lot Proposition.

Last nights meeting of the Com
mercial Club was one of the most in
teresting held b ythat organization in
many months. While there was moth
ing of a definite nature accomplished
at this meeting the spirit of the meet
ing was what made it interesting. The
attendance was larger than for sew
eral months and among those present
there seemed a determination to make
the club more important factor in
the building Of better Vinita The
organization of the retail mems asso-
citation prevented the club from meet
ing as early as had been expected.
However, the club finally got to busi-
ness and took up for discussion sever
al projects pending before the club.
The proposition of w. B. Depue to
transfer ten acres in South Park ad-
dition to the club, to be subdivided and
sold by the club, was discussed at
length It was decided to appoint a
committee to investigate this PROPOSE
tion, with power to act.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07

mess and professional men to work
out practical program for water,
sewer, transportation, parks and boule-
yard system and municipal art in Spo-
kane for the next fifty years. Experts
declare this is one of the most inn
portant and farseeing pieces of husi-
ness wisdom yet advanced by any
American city.
George Wharton James, one of tle
foremost municipal art critics in
America, said after examining the
Spokane PLAN
81 look upon Spokane as one of the
most--if not the most-enlightened
and hopeful of the younger cities in
regard to general civic art improve
ments that the United States has to-
day, and heartily commend its spirit
to those who are seeking the way to
educate and arouse public sentiment
in their own cities as to what should
and can be DONE"
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07
TWO SUSPECTS IN
CUSTODY AT TULSA
Posses Are Still Pursuing Two other
Members Of Band And Bandits
Are Reported Surrounded.

Tulsa, Okla, April Two men, al
legged to have been implicated in the
robbery of the First State bank at
Broken Arrow, near here, early Thurs
day, have been arrested. A man Civ
ing the name of Fred Walker was cap
tured after running fight with Grant
Pilkington, policeman, and Jack
Lane, q cowboy, in deep ravine, near
Turkey mountain, late Thursday. He
is said to have confessed.
The other man now being held is
John Bowman, who was under bond
on charge Of robbing a store at Skia-
took, Okla, year ago. He denies he
had anything to do with the robbing.
OF the bank.
When arrested, Walker was found
to have burglar tools and pair OF
reyolvers. His captors tied his hands
together with barbed wire fence and
forced him to walk to Tulsa.
Posses still are pursuing the other
supposed members of the quartet and
1t is reported that the bandits are sur
rounded near Turkey mountain. The
robbers got $4OO but overlooked $1,000
in the vault.
Posses followed and exchanged
shots with the desperadoes near Orcutt
Lake, Immediately after the robbery.
The bandits were armed with rifles
and the officers carried only revolvers.
Sheriff Mccullough sent number
of his posse here at noon for firearms
the remainder attempting to hold the
robbers at bay until reinforcements
could arrive.
Before the men entered the bank
they overpowered James Wilson, engi-
neer at the Broken Arrow lighting
plant. The bandits cut all the wires
running from the plant and threw the
city into complete darkness. Then
they blew the safe, robbed the bank
and escaped on d hand car.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07

San Antonio, Tex, April THE de-
termination of President Taft TO send
the Ninth United States cavalry, made
up of negro soldiers away from San
Antonio because of the disturbances
they have made in the city of San An
tonic has caused wide comment here.
All the street cars in San Antonio are
on the "Jim Crow type, and the col
ored soldiers have several times torn
down the signs in the cars designating
seats for white and colored passen-
gers. When demonstrated with in two
instances they have set upon conduc-
tors and beaten them severely. The
disturbances became so aggravated
that the mayor of San Antonio went to
Major Macomb, who commands the
regiment, laid the facts before him
and demanded that the colored troop
ers be required to obey the laws so
long as they remained in the city.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07
People of all Northwest
Watching "Spotless Town

Mrs. F. F. Emery, assisted the school
girls with the planting of shrubs and
Towering vines and seeding plots Of
ground. Ten thousand packets OF
flower seeds were used When Spo-
kane awakened the next morning the
city presented the appearance of
new pin.
Identification and artistic improve
ments were noticeable in all parts of
the city and it was generally conceded
that the first cleaning day campaign
was one Of the most successful semi
civic movements carried to success
full conclusion in Spokane and the
northwest. Then and there it was de-
cided to devote one day each year to
this work. Afterward the campaign
was extended to cover six days, clos
ing with an Arbor day celebration the
last afternoon of the week.
Another movement in connection
with the cleaning day plan was the
organization of the Spokane Tree
Planting association with 10000 ac-
tive members among the children
above the third grade in the public
schools. Pupils promising to plant
one or more trees or shrubs a year
are eligible to free membership. The
certificates presented to the children
contain full instructions in taking up
and transplanting trees and shrubs,
also hints on caring for the plants. To
defray the expense of the organization
special membership cards were sold
to adults at 81 each.
The city beautiful committee is de-
clared to be one of the best organized
bodies in America. In addition to the
chairman and permanent secretary,
there is a vice chairman in each ward
a captain in each precinct and lieu
tenant in every block within the in
| corporated city limits. There also is
a joint committee or twenty business
men, making up the subcommittee on
cleaning day, public buildings, parks
driveways and alleys, streets, bridges
and tree planting. The joint commit
tee meets twice a week, when plans
are submitted for discussion, and upor
adoption the work is carried oui
] through the captains in the various
wards.
The older boys in colleges and higf
schools are organized to assist the
officers of the association in reporting
districts or lots that require atten
tion. The captains and lieutenants o.
the companies of boys make tours 81
every block in their neighborhood. t
oversee the work. They are supplied
with blanks to make reports on the
location of ash-piles, refuse Uttered al
leys, neglected lawns and trees ant
broken fences and sidewalks, and a:
soon as these are checked the work O.
lbetterment begins.
| The success of the several campaigns
resulted in the formation OF civig
plan commission, consisting of fift,
liberal and esthetically educated bus
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07
Announced Determination of President Causes
Much Comment at San Antonio Jim Crow"
Signs in Street Cars Caused Riots---In
Some Instances Negro Soldiers At
tackled Conductors.

Major Macomb admitted the serious
ness of the matter and said that it was
his purpose so far as he was able to
compel his men to behave themselves,
When men went into the town on pass
and filled up on liquor and seized on
pretex for trouble, however, he de-
cl9red, it was impossible to prevent
rows such as were complained of by
the city authorities. President Taft
after hearing the complaints sent for
Major General Wood, chief of staff,
and directed that orders be issued to
relieve the Ninth from further service
in the divisional brigade of cavalry at
San Antonio and send the regiment to
duty patroling the Mexican border as
far out in the desert as possible and
necessarily away from cities and
towns where they might have oppor-
tunity to make trouble with the citi-
zens of the country.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07
Birth Rate Makes Good Showing.

Oklahoma City, April 1.-THE num-
Der of births in Oklahoma during the
month of February outnumbered the
deaths almost three to one according
to the report of DIR. j. G. Mahr for Feb.
ruary. The total number of births was
1851 with S75 deaths.
Pneumonia was the most prevalent
during the month. There were
500 cases with 1856 deaths. There were
1862 cases of scarlet fever with 16
deaths and 205 cases Of smallpox with
only one death.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-04-07

Spokane, Wash, April Tone of
the most unique and wholesome spec
tacles ever witnessed on this continent
will be the cleaning and special Arbor
day celebration in Spokane the latter
part of April, when the city commits
sioners will cooperate with the resi-
dents in an effort to make Spokane a
"spotless town." Mayor William ].
Hindley will proclaim public holiday
to start the campaign, after which the
city beautiful committee of the Cham
Der of Commerce and allied organiza-
tions will take charge.
Our arrangements are not yet com
pleted," Mayor Hindley said, but /
believe we can bring out from $4,000
to $4,000 men and women. including
railroad and bank presidents, manu-
facturers, wholesale and retail dealers
and society matrons, on the opening
day to assist in beautifying the resi-
dence districts The city crematory
department will take care of the bust
ness streets and alleys and special de-
taehments of firemen will be on hand
to avert fires. The refuse will be de-
stroyed under their direction"
Aubrey Lee White, president of the
Spokane park commission, is the orig
inator of the municipal cleaning day
plan, first worked out in this city early
in the spring of 1906 through the city
beautiful committee of the 10000
club, now headed by G. Herbert Moore,
formerly mayor of the city. 1t has be-
come an annual institution in Spokane
and has been taken up by other cities
in the United States and the Dominion
of Canada.
Twenty thousand men, women and
school children participated in the first
annual cleaning day, five years ago
The army of volunteer workers, com.
posed of people from all walks of life
was under the direction of City Engi
neer Henry J. Lilienthal, who was mar
shall of the day The men and boys
were armed with shovels, pruning i'm
plements and rakes, while the women
and girls assisted in planting trees
and shrubs and flower seeds. They
worked from early morning until the
sun passed from view behind the west
ern hills and the results were highly
satisfactory.
Five hundred teams were provided
by the 10000 club, mill-owners, bust
ness houses and residents generally
to haul the garbage to the municipa
incinerating plants, and special fire
men were stationed in various parts
of the city and outskirts to supervise
the destruction of refuse by bonfires
Business was suspended during the
hours the people were engaged il
cleaning the city.
/ The 10000 club turned out its en-
tire membership of 5000 N command
of Hon. H. Rice, then secretary Of tht
organization and the Ne-Mow-E-Nak
Ops, the woman's auxiliary. headed b.