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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
Suburban Roads.

Under construction of suburban roads.
100000 is allowed, a reduction of sos 925.
divided as follows:
Northwest. Fuller street. 10Th to 18th
street, grade and improve, $500
Northwest. Colorado avenue, from 18th
to 10th street grade and improve, s., 400
Northwest, Girard street. 18th to 10th
street. pave (thirty feet. $1,000
Northwest. Euclid street, 18th to 18th
street. pave Uhirty feet. $500.
Northeast. street. Lincoln road to
North Capitol street, pave (thrty feeD.
$4,000
Northeast, Rhode Island avenue. Lin
coin road to North Capitol street, pave
forty feet, $1,000.
Northeast. Rhode Island avenue LIN
coin road to 4th street improve s11 900
Northwest. Connecticut avenue, Newark
to Tilden street, grade and improve.
$500.
Northwest. 1lth street, Clifton street to
Columbia road, improve. $l1.O0J.
Northwest, Adams street, North Capitol
street to LIST street, improve $500.
Northwest, Randolph place, LIST to I'd
street pave (thirty feeD. 81, 800.
Northwest, 3rd street. Florida avenue tn
T street, pave (forty feeD. $1,000
Northwest. 18th street, Euclid street to
Columbia road. grade and improve,
s., 200.
Northwest. Ontario road. Columbia
road to 200 feet south of Euclid street,
grade and improve, $500.
Northeast, 10th street, Gales place to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
New Fabrics for
Mems Shirts to Order.

designs selected from the foremost manu-
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upon quality material i'll made
The embraces
Scotland England Austria and France silks OF Japan and Ame
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good make selection i'll anticipation OF future
requirements And advantages early choosing
are appreciated by ultra particular
Perfect and satisfaction guaranteed.
Moderation i'm price prevails:
Plain Negge Shirts. ....... .$lZ.OU
Stiff or Plated=Bosom Shirts. $4,000
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
Acquisition of Land.

The land proposed to be acquired for
this work is forty-two acres. and the cost.
including the expenses of the condemna-
ton proceeding. is estimated at sa5a.,pp.
II is proposed that not less than one
third of this amount shall be assessed "a
benefits. The acquisition of the land is in
line with the recommendations OF the
Senate park commission for a connecting
park highway. Ii includes the valley Of
Piney branch, between 18th street and
Georgia avenue, which is Well adapted for
wooded slopes along Piney branch At
some future day the park should be con
tinued from Georgia avenue TO the Sol
diers' Home i'm order to connect Rock
Creek Park with the Soldiers Home. The
acquisition of the land proposed at pres
ent is necessary to protect the bridge
across Piney branch at 18th street and
to preserve the valley. The true value Of
the land. based on the assessed value
which is two-thirds of the true valIe. is
$4,000.
Section of the amendment to the hig.l-
way act approved June ~. ls9s. provides
that no street under the highway plan
shall be extended through subdivisions
recorded prior to the passage Of that act.
and the proviso inserted in the abov.-
territory included i'm the Piney Branch
Valley highway is inserted t.
enable the Commissioners to extend three
streets through subdivisions on record.
The item of S15.Go for small parks pro-
vides for the acquisition of small parcels
of land at the intersection of streets out
side the original city limits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29

Rosedale street and Rosedale street 18th
to 18th street grade and improve, S6.2Oo.
Northwest. Macomb street. Connecticut
avenue to Ross place, grade and improve.
~ OnA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
New Highway Plan.

The appropriation for the Pinev
Branch Valley Park is divided between
$4,000 for grading road along Piney
branch from Rock Creek Park To 10th
street. and $4,000 for grading a road
from point near the bridge over
finey branch TO 18th street Under the
same section the Commissioners OF the
District of Columbia are authorized to
prepare a new highway plan for tina {
portion of the District of Columbia ly-
Ing west OF 18th street, south OF Tay-
Tor street. east of Rock Greek Park and
north of Newton street northwest.
Under this authority Mount Pleasant
street may be extended with a mini
mum width OF forty-ive feet; Perry
place may be extended with a minimum
width OF fifty feet. and 18th street road
may be established with a minimum
width of fifty feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
Railways to Maintain Lights.

A new provision of law following the
appropriating of $391.OOO for lighting
streets and the purchase of lamp posts
etc. will require that Hereafter all rail-
roads using engines propelled by. steam
shall pay to the District of Columbia for
the lighting, under the direction and con-
troll of the Commissioners of the District
of Columbia. of the public roads. streets.
avenues and alleys, for their full width,
through which their tracks may be laid.
for the length of the street occupied by
the said tracks. whether the said tracks
be laid above below or at grade; as well
as for the lighting of the subways and
bridges over Or under which the ira cks
of said railroads pass; and in default OF
payment of such bills, actions at law may
be maintained by the District of Column
bia against said railroads"
The bill provides $500 for the cree
ton of storehouse on the old Baltimore
and Ohio right Of way i'm square S57.
For Public Schools.
The number of teachers appropriated
for is 75l, an increase of one. Fourteen
high school teachers in place of seven. at
1880. group 3. class q. are provided: 27S
teachers. group A, class 6, at a minimum
salary of $1,000 each. a net decrease of
six teachers. is authorized: twenty-six
school librarians at various salaries from
5000 to $500 are authorized. an increase Of
three: eight librarians in place of five, at
SEQ are authorized.
For longevity pay. S375.UO. an increase
of $5J,6'1. is authorized: $4,000 in place
of S:::;,OtW is allowed to principals Of
grade school buildings. in addition to
their grade salaries. Janitors and la
borers for school buildings have been
provided for exactly as estimated. ex-
cept that the engineer instructor for the
colored manual training school is in
creased from $1,000 to $1,000
\ chief medical inspector in the pub
lie schools. at $1.sOO. is authorized.
An increase of $1,000 is allowed for
repairs to school buildings. the total
being 100000; an increase from s23, 800 to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29

Abrogates Old Lease
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-29
Appropriation for Parks.

The, total appropriation for parks is
ST.. 600 which is a big increase over the
So, 800 last year, but which is $4,000 less
than the Commissioners wanted This
money will be used on I\lingle Valley
Park, $1,000: Piney Branch Valley high
way, $4,000. and various small parks.
SIS. eco
The Commissioners explained as to the
Klingle Valley Park that "the amount of
land proposed to be taken by this con-
demnation is 80 acres. at an estimated
cost of $4,000 but it is provided that
one-third of this cost shall be assessed
against the property benefited. The i'm
movement of the roadway contemplates
the construction of a twenty-four-foot
macadam roadway with three-foot gut
ters. The land proposed to he condemn
ed lies on both sides of Connecticut ave-
nue. along klingle road, from Woodley
road to Rock Creek Park. and consists of
some Of the most desirable land in the
District of Columbia available for park
nurposes 1t is covered with magnif-
icent growth of trees of great age. and
will make a most picturesque and beauti-
full addition to the park system. In
less the land Is acquired at an early date
improvements which are rapidly being
made in this vicinity will require that it
be graded for building purposes. and then
this beautiful park area will become a
dump until it Is filled sufficiently to make
it available for sale as bidding lots.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08
0anila is
: New City :

make, sewing machines, scales.
clothes, farming implements, more
and more of Philippine sugar, con-
struction supplies, machinery for
public works, factories, etc. To the
south five days away lies the Fed
Grated Malay states. At her back
is India with 300,0O0,0O0 restless in
habitants.
A bay thirty miles wide will cradle
Americas immense oriental mercan-
tile marine some day. Where ten
German, British Japanese and other
foreign ships enter her gates now
hundred will pass Corregidor in the
future Manila has the only harbor
of the name in the far east. Only
Yokohama offers dock space and that
is limited to the French mail line
and a handful of other ships. At
every other port, even mighty Hong
kong, passengers and freight are
transported ashore in launches and
lighters
A purely Philippine trade OF i'm
mense volume is already beginning
to pour through Manila, without the
least retarding the growth of Cebu,
Iloilo, Albay and Zamboanga. Tropl-
cal products equal in volume to the
total population of the Hawaiian Is
lands, Cuba and Porto Rico will in
the readers lifetime be shipped out
of Manila to the United States and
other countries. Last year the Uni
ted States took tropical products
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08
FINEST OF ALL WILD BULLS
Gaur, Native of lndo-China, Acknowk
edged Chief of His Kind for
Many Reasons.

The gaur is often wrongly termed
bison" The name is not correct; the
bison is the hos bonassus of Lithuania
and the Caucasus. The gaur, found in
Indo-China, is certainly the finest of all
the wild bulls; he overawes all oppon-
ents by his courage, audacity and great
strength.
He is a huge beast, and sometimes
measures six feet to the root of the
tail. He is distinguished from all 9TH
er wild cattle by the prominent hump
between the two horns. The latter are
massive, fat at the base, and ringed,
and they describe a very wide curve
from the root upward.
The coat is of an olive brown tint,
shading in black, with very short, fine
hair.
The gaur is found both in the for
est and on the mountains, for, in spite
of his great size, he is extremely ag.
lie, so that he can run up the noun
tain slopes and climb the rocks with
ease.
Like the elephant, he feeds on grass
and plants, and when he cannot get
these he falls back on bamboo shoots
and the buds and branches of trees.
The gaurs feed until about nine
clock in the morning; then they
return to the bamboo forests and clear
ings to sleep. Later in the afternoon
they come out to Craze and drink.
They are not timid, and several shots
can be fired among herd before they
become alarmed.-Duke of Montpelier,
in Wide Weird Magazine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08


in 1898. A city beautiful is steadily
being shaped by the American eXiles
IN that far away land with the same
fervOr that animates the civic worker
at home. They take no thought Of
the fact that what they are doing
today will not even benefit their chill
dren when they have finished their
tropical task and returned to live
again among their own kind. Today
Manila is the most modern city in
the far east. A generation hence it
will be one of the most beautiful in
the world, writes Frederic J. Haskin
in the Chicago Daily News.
When the Americans first went to
Manila there were few evidences of
that delightful Latin culture of which
the story books delight to pirate. Thou
sands washed their clothes in. the
streams and otherwise defled the
sources Of public drinking water.
Swamps dotted the city. Stink holes
and cesspools in the densely populated
districts Of Tondo and San Nicholas
offended the noses of the very angels
on high. A vile moat. a turgil, putre-
flying mass of slime from five to TWEEN
ty feet deep and from twenty TO one
hundred yards wide, surrounded old
Intramuros (walled city, and enjoyed
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08

the doubtful honor of causing far
more than its share of the thousands
of deaths annually from plague,
cholera, malaria and dysentery. Horse
cars ambled YEARLY up and down the
poor, old Escolta, the towns one
main street A telephone service at
tributed by legend to the great Don
the days alleged work. An electric
light system, which Thomas A. Edison
would have sued for libel had he
known the half of it's shortcomings
and outgoings, was permitted to fioun-
der through nightly attempt to keep
the citizens from total darkness,
There were no docks, no sewers, no
sanitation, no pretty homes. The
spirit of "manana" had the town
drugged and the only active force was
death dealing disease.
Now All Is Changed.
Now all is changed. Five steel
docks offer ample berth 20 the biggest
steamships that ply the Pacific or
traverse the Suez canal. A re-en-
forced steel and concrete million dol
lar hotel, five stories high, modern in
every respect from the garage depot
to the roof garden, takes care of the
fastidious tourists who once stunned
the place. The new Luneta lies along
side the famous old Luenta on the
filled-in land which has replaced the
70 CHI
1t and the Malecon drive. On this
same filled-in land, one mile long
and one-half a mile wide, massive con-
crete warehouses, garages, the afore-
mentioned new Manila hotel, the Elks
club and the Army and Navy club
tanical gardens and other beauty
spots feature broad, winding drives.
Modern telephones, electric light
and street cars serve the city. The
old moat is a grass grown play
ground. A new water and sewer sys-
TEN capable of supplying city twice
it size serves the citizens Plate
glass windows in most of the shops
make the old store fronts blush Mod
ern office buildings here and there
are elbowing the moldy old Span
ish buildings off the business streets.
More than a thousand automobiles,
motor trucks and motorcycles keep
the people on the jump by day and a
score of moving picture shows en-
terrain them by night. Substantial
bungalows and up-to-date churches
testify to the presence of home low
ing Americans. A death rate lower
than many American cities tells the
story of health's successful fight. A
thriving trade, growing annually by
leaps and bounds, huns where
manana once sat and nodded.
City Has Population of 100000
Manila is now a city of 100000 Peo-
ple which handled an export and i'm
port trade OF over 500, GOA, 900 last
year. It's geographical location, backed
ND by the new dock and warehouse
area. will make it the commercial
distributing point of the United States
In the far east, just as it is now
our political base II that rart of the
world. Fifty hours across The China
sea to the north is China and er
400 100000 Of people. who soon are
going 10 demand shoes Of modern
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08
Mountains Death Toll.

Now mat the mountain climbing
season is approaching, a German pa
per announces the death list of 1912,
when 80 persons lost their lives in
Central Europe. The total in the last
IL years was LII. OF the 95 fatali-
ties. Sc were in Germany. &c around
Vienna, 90 IN Tyrol and only four in
Switzerland and France. Three OF
the latter were in one party that per
ished on Mt. Blanc. Most of the ac-
cidents were due TO gross inexper1-
ence and poor equipment of German
amateurs who economical on guides.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08

The ostrich dance is the name OF
the latest society wriggle. Prob
ably so called because it makes the
dancers feel like hiding their faces
Baltimore Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08

The man who buys pig in q poke
at least gets sop7e sort Of pig; where
as the speculafor often gets nothing.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08
Swat the fv.


Overlooking chickens is harmful.
Any disk tool is great pulverizer.
Steer clear of dry, COWS and indif.
ferent producers
Good, pure food gives eggs all the
flavor they ought TO have.
Dust the hens and little chicks fire.
quently and save a great loss.
If the chicken flock is not culled
every year it will deteriorate rap
idly.
Don't let your supply of insect pow
der run short Use it regularly and
literally.
Teach the colts to walk we'll and
you will lay the foundation for all the
faster gaits.
If cows are pastured there should
be shade trees for them during the
hot weather
Ducklings are better off for not hav-
| ing water to swim in until they get
their feathers.
The exercise of good judgment is
| most necessary in handling the dairy
herd profitably.
Early morning is the best time to
have good luck" in churning, if the
weather is hot
In it's last analysis, silage is moth
ing but canned corn fodder, and is the
very best of feed.
If the little colts are slow to shed
their coats, feed little oil meal or
use the horse clippers.
Allow chickens of all sizes a good
dust bath. They enjoy it, from the
smallest to the largest.
AS soon as the early chicks reach
weight of pound and half, get the
broilers started for market.
1t is we'll to plant peas where the
garden is a little moist A spell OF
dfy weather tests them severely.
Regular, careful quiet milking will
permanently improve an animal as
milk producer and will increase her
| flow.
A good poultryman is industrious,
not easily discouraged, filed with
pluck and grit, and full of ambi-
ton.
Instead of rushing things on churn-
ing day, take it steady and give
the cream a chance to chug as it re-
wolves.
Soft-shelled eggs are often caused
by fowls being confined, becoming
overfat, and from lack of mineral
matter.
1t is safe to say that once a calf
gets the scours, no matter from what
cause. it will never do as we'll as it
should.
Beware of the agent who sells a
preparation which, he claims, will pre-
vent milk from souring when used to
rinse cans.
1t is a fine thing for a girl on the
farm to know how to milk a COW
these days when men folks are busy
and work presses.
AS soon as the coCkerels reach the
growing stage they should be put in a
separate run and fed all they will
eagerly eat up clean.
/ If the COWS are carefully fed and
are bred right, it is not uncommon to
make a net profit of $50 per COW per
year above cost of feed.
Land plaster and acid phosphate are
| excellent abSorbents TO use IN the gut
| tiers and their use increases the value
of the manure to a large extent.
Mutton can be raised cheaper than
any other meat. because the wool can
be made to almost if not altogether,
pay the expense of its production.
The dirt and hair should be re-
moved from the horse collar pads each
night. This will help cure sore.
swollen shoulders on your work ami
mails.
The successful farmer has two
things to keep in mind-the amount
and the quantity of his products. that
they may realize him the most cash
| in market.
If any cows that are large mixers
! are about to calve keep them in from
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08

Even IL cOu think you hgge reason
to complain. make allowances.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-08-08

NEW city is being built on
the shores of Manila bay,
where Admiral Dewey's guns
shattered centuries of calm
on that memorable Nav dav
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-20
Goy.-EIectW a|ShandChair-
man Elliott in Conference.
Would Have B. & NJ. Entirely
Separated from New Haven.
MIR. Elliott Apparently Desiring to
Do The Square Thing by All.

Boston, Dec. 19.--Gov.- Elect Walsh
and Howard Elliott, chairman of the
board of directors of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, con-
ferred for several hours today over the
railroad situation. In discussion of the
Boston & Maine, Mr.. Walsh declared
himself in favor of separation of that
road from the New Haven.
The Governor Elect said after the
interview that Chairman Elliott had
agreed to draw up plan Of the pro-
posed adjustments of the New Haven
system regarding trolley. steamship
and other interests. found Mr.. Ell
lott apparently desiring to do the
square thing by all concerned" said
Mr.. Walsh. Naturally he wants to
get the best bargain he can for his
employers but l think that We can
come to some agreement that will pro-
tect fairly the interests of all concern
ed. | want to protect the rights of
the stockholders and the public.
That is my intention to formulate
definite railroad policy and suggest
it to the Legislature in my inaugural"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-20
PROFITS IN PEANUTS.
Once Despised Edible Now important
Source of Income in the South.

Once regarded as a symbol of insight
ficance, the peanut is now earning a re-
spectacle place in the country's COM
merce and agriculture, says the Atlanta
Journal, restating long-established fact
in Virginia's experience. Millions are in
vested in plants for the manufacture of
peanut products, while thousands of
acres in the South are devoted to the
cultivation of this excellent CROP A
texas correspondent of the Manufactur
ers' Record writes that more and more
the Texas farmers are being convinced
of the value of the peanut crop. and are
using it not only to fatten their stock
and enrich their soil. but also as a
source of direct income.
The Texas crop last year brought an
average price of IS cents a bushel and
this year, because of a general shortage
In the country, it will bring much more.
The average yield OF peanuts in Texas
is from 40 to so bushels, and under the
best conditions even rs bushels. Taking
these figures as basis, the Records
correspondent makes an interesting
comparison between the certain profits
of the peanut and the uncertain price OF
cotton.
at takes about 500 pounds of seed cot,
ton," he says, ito make third Of a bale
or, say. 100 pounds of lint. There is
cost of S. for packing alone, and even al
10 cents pound for cotton on the mar
ket, there is but SIS an acre to recour
the farmer for rent OF land. interest on
his investment, cost of seed, and labor
At present prices the peanut crop is
worth s15 to $50 with a modest yield per
acre. Planting and gathering his crop
will cost only a few dollars an acre, In
stead of $40 or more for cotton"
1t is also observed that in dry sea,
son, when cotton cannot be made, pea.
nuts flourish. Practical experience in
this connection has brought conviction to
many farmers, and they now devote
part of their land to peanuts, and fatter
stock instead of relying exclusively on
cotton. The peanut obviously is playing
an important part in crop diversified
ton. 1t is rapidly growing in populari
ty throughout the South.-Richmond
Times Dispatch.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-12-20

I'm 1897 I handed my title to George
(Kid) Lavigne, and left the ring un-
defeated In giving up the title, said
to George:
kid, you have every physical re-
duircment OF a great champion, but
you're a little shy in the head. Fight
carefully
We'll, he was a great fighter, was
Lavigne, and did very well-for a
while. But in the end the lack of gray
matter got him.
Il was the last of the Irish champions
in the lightweight division. Since /
passed, we have had Lavigne, Erne,
Cans. Nelson, Wolgast and Ritebie.
Not an Irishman among EN-.
What do | think of the modern fight
ers? Mcfarland is a great man. In
every move he shows the training of
Harry Gilmore, his old manager. Rit-
chic is a good boy, who shows traces
Of my old pal, Dempsey, In his work.
Dempsey did a lot of his early fighting
en- the Pacific coast, and the best box
ers from that section show flashes of his
famous style. Johnson is wonder, but
I never believed in white men fighting
coonse. Nor did the other two Irish
Jacks, Dempsey and Sullivan. We used
an axe to 'em. But the present cham
pion is a great fighter.
What was your favoTite punch p
Opportunity he answered. "Cause
| dropped 'em with a right or left to
the head or body, just as old boy op-
portunity suggested