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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
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MAKE IT PROFESSIONAL WORK
Society Formed Composed Of Men
Who VIII Give All Their Time
to the Planning Of cities.

Circulars distributed by the National
Conference of City Planning mark an
interesting step in the growth of an
Idea that is comparatively new in
this country. City planning has form
ed the topic for many recent discus
sions, especially in connection with
such proposals as those that endeavor
to look ahead of the growth Of a COM
munity and so direct the course and
style of building that the completed
work will be more modern, more beau
tiful and more sanitary than might
otherwise have been the case. Several
cities have been acknowledged as the
most beautiful in the United States,
and in this number indianapolis has
generally been included. Others are
Detroit, Los Angeles and Washington
But, with the exception Of the nation
al capital these cities owe little Of the
attractiveness they may possess to-
day to the foresight and sagacity Of
the founders. Detroit and Los Ange-
les, partly developed into municipali-
ties of charming individuality. Indi-
apolis, while bereft of either lake or
mountain setting, was fortunate in its
earlier days to possess the idea that
has since been developed in the Monu-
ment as the fixed center of the plat.
In all the discussions of city plan
ming examples taken have generally
been abstract; few opportunities we're
offered for direct experiment, The
National Conference on City Planning,
with Offices in Boston, has attracted
to it's rolls a great number of archi-
tects, engineers and landscape work
ers, all of whom are interested in the
demonstration of city planning as a
feasible practice, and not merely
theory. The circulars issued are for
a proposed study in city planning. In
the beginning it is assumed that a GER
tain tract of land is to be handled
All the conditions are assumed to be
known, even to the installation OF
| public service facilities. This has
| been done in order that the competl
tors may all work from the same
basis. Given the example, and an idea
as to how the city in which the sup
posed tract lies will grow, the archi
| tect may go ahead with his planning
The idea of the conference, which
will exhibit the plans submitted, is to
develop the idea of city planning and
to make it as widespread over the
United States as possible. Cities, like
habits, are too often allowed just to
grow" and once grown they are diff
hcult to change-Indianap News
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
CARE OF DUCKS IN WINTER
Any Kind of Green Stuff That Hap
pens to Be Handy Makes Excel
lent Feed for Fowls.

During winter feed my ducks any
green stuff that I happen to have
handy. Turnip. parsnip and carrot
tops, cabbage leaves, beet leaves, on
onion tops, purslane, pigweed, tender
crab grass, lettuce, radish, mustard,
cut fine, all make good bulky feed
These are dried in the shade during
the summer and stored like hay
When want to feed them a quantity
is boiled for twelve hours and mixed
with finely cut roots, such as potato,
turnip, parsnip, carrot, onion and
beet. Apples are also used, says a
writer in the Orange Judd Farmer.
These are all cooked
Not much of one kind of plant is
given at time. Four measures of
any one with four of corn chop to
each Of wheat bran, red wheat shorts
and boiled fresh meat are fed as a
mash-all the ducks will eat 1t up
clean in few minutes. If any Of the
mash is left. it is at once removed to
avoid its getting sour. This feed is
given twice daily during the winter
and three times in spring. 1t has al
ways proved satisfactory.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
TEsT-DON'T GUESS.
National Crop Improvement servloe.1

National Crop Improvement servicel
We are informed that the seed corn
is extremely poor this season.
Every grain which fails to grow
cuts your crop down at least rs per
cent. in each hill
Every grain dealer, banker and bus
mess man should get busy and use
every means possible to induce the
farmers to test every ear of their
seed corn.
There are many good commercial
seed testers and the method of test
ing seed at home is very simple.
II you do not know how to do 1t,
ask your state experiment station to
send you bulletin, but do It now.
Call up your newspapers and ask
them to give this matter immediate
attention.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
1|I'::I| {: :: -
Exterior of Hen House.

want the open front style as we want
ed it tight for fumigating and also to
keep out beating storms. The upper
sash are lowered most Of the time.
and during cold weather we have a
muslin curtain to lower over the open
ing. Roosts are hinged to the north
side and may be raised and fastened
to the ceiling where they are out of
the way for cleaning, etc. A good
dropping board below keeps the floor
in good condition. Nests are placed
along the east and west sides. This
house has a good cement floor which
keeps out rats.
This house admits plenty Of sun
light and we have not had frozen
comb or sick chicken all winter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
Had Forgotten About Excuse.

Bobbie and little Willie had been
given orders by mother not to go
swimming alone. Once in a while,
however, they INDUCED in their secret
pleasure without telling their fond
mother.
One day they were returning from a
swim and both had entirely forgot
ten about the necessary excuse. Lit
tie Willie bravely entered the house,
but Bobbie prudently turned the cor
ner and waited outside on the cellar
door.
The first question mother nut tn
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
POULTRY HOUSE ABOUT RIGHT
Building Described and illustrated
That Is Well Arranged 70 Admit
Plenty Sunlight.

have a poultry house 1 think is
about right. It ia Ii by 10 feet, and
will house rs birds with ease, writes
Mrs. r. B. Hammsrli in the Farmers
Mail and Breeze. 1t is four feet high
on the north and six feet on the south.
The roof has a nine-foot slope on the
north and a fve-foot slope on the
south. studding we're set every two
feet and drop siding was used to board
up the walls. The roof is shingled.
There are four windows on the south
each with a double sash 20 by 2S
inches in size and arranged so the top
ones may be lowered. We did not
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04

nTOWNYT15'
30 HELPS.
ADoRN THE COUNTRY HOME
Writer Makes Some Suggestions
Which Would Seem to Be Worth
Consideration.

Too many farmers would rather
have their path from the kitchen or
front door of the house and the barn
between two rows Of corn than to SEQ
a nice bluegrass lawn, nice shaded
trees, shrubs, roses and other beauti-
full flowers, nicely arranged about the
house They think it is for the good
Of the families that they utilize every
foot Of ground possible for the produc-
ton Of corn and other grain, but sure
ly they are therein mistaken. 1t In
no wonder that the young folks on
such farms get tired of the rural mo-
notony and are off to the city. The
ornamentation Of country homes 10
nearly If not quite as important as the
production of the best fruits and vege-
tables.
What is there that could be moro
fascinating to children than an album
dance Of good fruit and beautiful flow
ers? II teaches them to observe ma
ture. and when they once learn to I'M
derstand more about the beautiful
work Of nture they cannot be driven
from their beautiful home in the
country. Never mind about the loca-
ton. for it matters not where you live
or what may be the lay of your
grounds, you can make 1t beautiful
and interesting by planting the right
kinds of fruits, vegetables and flowers
in the right way and attending to them
properly. Now, don't say or think
that 1t is too much work, for without
missing the time you can make Won
derful improvement if you only set
your head to it.
One well-known writer has the fol-
lowing to say on this subject: 1T Ia
really a pity to see how the young
men are swarming to the cities for
employment when they could do so
much better by staying on the farm,
If they only knew it. When l say that
the average farm bog leaves home be-
cause 1t is too monUtonous l think 1
can prove the correctness thereof with
the statement that there Is not one
! young man leaves a fruit farm with
! beautiful surroundings to where there
are ten leave the average grain farm
where fruits and ornamentation are
! overlooked That persistent struggle
/ for the almighty dollar is supposed
/ to be for the good of your family, but
l am sure you will succeed much bet
ter in the contentment and health Of
your family by changing your plans in
the manner indicated above."-Los An
geles Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
GUARDING THE CITY'S HEALTH
BY Copying Nature in This Regard
Vital Progress TO the End
Is Assured.

A winding stream, whose waters
pass over the weed growths of the
currents bed, and through the reeds
and rushes which line the banks is
all the time performing work of puri-
fication of water. The impurities are
being removed and healthy balance
of sweet properties and proportions
restored to the liquid. This purifica-
ton is aided by myriads of living
germs which exist amid the growths
of water vegetation. The moral of all
this is that II we would have condi-
lions favorable to human life and
healthy development, we must keep
the balances Of nature truly adjusted.
We must restore to our towns and
cities greenery and flowers, clean rum
ming water streams, and open spaces
In which the air can acquire move
ment over garden beds and through
the purifying filters of tree leaves. We
must speed the movement for reserv-
ing parks and public grounds, COM
mons and old village greens, squares
and crescents, gardens, frontages, and
tree-planted streets and sidewalks. We
must resist all attempts to build over
spaces legally entitled to be kept
open. 1t is almost as important to
us as it would be to resist attempts
to brick up our windows and doors.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
COUNTY ROAD UNITS.

National Crop Improvement serviceI
The only way to build good roads
is to have the people in each locality
look after their own roads No ma
ton wide highway will ever accom-
plish the purpose, unless 1t is made up
of units, county by county. The strip
of road between the barn and the rail.
road station is the most expensive
transportation the farmer has to en-
dure, and yet there is hardly a farmer
but who thinks that he could go to the
legislature and run the railroads.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
No Time for TrifIes.

"Have you ever stopped to consider
the fact that if you had $1,0O0,O0O, the
interest on 1t at the safe rate of four
per cent. would amount to $4,000 a
year."
mo, I've been kept so durn busy
earning my three dollars day that
haven't had time to pause and consid-
er fool things like that"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
BUYING GRAIN ON MERITS

national crop improvement service
The Tri-State Grain Dealers at Lii
ma, Ohio, are leading the movement
to pay for grain according to its quail
ity. At their recent convention they
passed this resolution:
Whereas, Grain is sold upon its grade
merits, and it is unfair to make high grade
carry low grade. discriminating buy
ing places a premium upon inferiority and
a discount upon superiority. The farmers
notice the public market quotations on
standard grades and judge your prices by
the prices on those standard grades, and
not on the grades which are actually han
died, and
Whereas, High grade grain cannot be
bought on margins sufficient to cover the
discount on low grade grain, and
Whereas, The contingencies involved in
the handling of low grade grain in the
way of shrinkage, deterioration, etc, are
abnormal, be 1t
Resolved, That we, the members of the
Tri-State Grain Producers and Dealers
association, in convention assembled this
twenty-eighth day of February, agree
that, effective from April l, 1918, we pur-
sue the practice OF buying grain upon its
grade merits
A like campaign is being waged by
the crop improvement committee of
the Council of Grain Exchanges in all
the states.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
SPRING FLOWING WITH TRACTOR.
BY RAYMOND oLNEY,
PowerFarming Expert, M. RumIey Co.,
La Porte, Ind.
[National Crop Improvement serviee.l

National Crop Improvement Service
Spring blowing comes at a season
when an extra effort must be put
forth to take advantage of best soil
and weather conditions. The work
must be rushed, which calls for extra
horses. Flowing is the heaviest kind
Of farm work, and more power is re-
Quired than for any other farm opera
ton. In spring horses are soft and
this laborious work Is very hard on
them. Shallow blowing consumes 60
per cent. of the power required for
raising the wheat crop. Deep plow
ing then would require even more
power How are we going to furnish
this excess power necessary? The
gas tractor answers this question.
When the soil is in the proper condi-
ton, the tractor can be pushed to the
limit. If 1t wasn't for stopping to sup
ply it with fuel and lubricating oil, or
for minor repairs, it might be worked
"a hours per day. By providing two
shifts to work day and night, 10
horse power tractor will accomplish
double the amount of work of fifteen
good horses. 1t never becomes tired
out and will come out of work as
fresh, so to speak, as 1t went in. Then
again, it costs nothing to maintain a
tractor, when 1t Is doing nothing. But
horses must be fed and cared for the
year round.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
The Eoiiv OF Women.

Women are the slaves Of fashion,"
he grumbled
Eyes. dear" his wife replied, 81
know. We are an awfully silly lot
BY the way, found your last sum-
mer's straw hat yesterday, and it's
just as good and as clean as new.
Shall get 1t for your"
What! Do you want me to make
myself ridiculous by wearing that
thing? 1t isn't the right shape for
this season"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
Wearing Apparel.

They sat by the soulful sea. Some
waves danced the turkey trot and
other waves murmured. But they were
thinking only of each other.
May kiss your scarf?" ventured
he.
NO." said she.
Perhaps the hem of your jacket7"
Speaking of wearing apparel, why
not kiss my coat of tan?" she sug-
gested.
Then he got wise.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
Has His In Bunches.

II don't believe my husband has a
single fault" she said.
81 congratulate you," her friend
replied. HE is the only perfect man
/ have ever heard Of"
HE isn't perfect. said didn't
believe he had a single fault. The
word single means only one, doesn't
it2"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
A LONG Jump.

A political orator, evidently better
acquainted with western geography
than with the language of the Greeks,
recently exclaimed with fervor that
his principles should prevail from
Alpha to omaha."-Christian Regis
ter.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
Tho Last Resort.

'What do you thinkP Miss Oldglrl
says she is thinking of going on the
stage"
HIM! 1t must be the stage of ut
ter hopelesness, then"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04

9crss WINE took the ntrIe one I'M
aware. Where have you been, VIII
Lief" asked mother sternly. Willie
hesitated, looked at the door longing
ly and finally replied, wait till 60
and ask Bob."--National Monthly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04

Grudge-Do you think mud baths
are beneficialP
Smudge-Certainly. Whenever In
surance and political grafters begin
singing mud at each other, the truth
very quickly comes out.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
HandIeappIna a Winner.

You say you object to your wife's
interest in suffrage for financial rea-
sons?"
yes" replied Mr.. Flimgilt. 1t In
erferes with her bridge playing"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
The wretehi

Young Lady-Guard, will have
time to say good,by to my friendsH
Guard--Afraid not. miss. This train
leaves in two hours and a half.-Sao-
red Heart Review.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
Easy Judamsnts.

Solomon was a wise man."
'Oh, he had it easy. There were no
technicalities in his day, nor did he
have to decide cases with the alienists
evenly divided"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
An Exclusive Dame.

LUCILLE" said the naughty lady.
Eyes, madam" said the maid.
Look out OF the window and see II
any other lady is using the ocean. II
not, may take a bawth."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-09-04
The Summer WIdowsr.

He eyes the sink. forsaken gink;
He thinks ofswife and wishes
That she was here to wash and wipe
Those 1000 dishes.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-12-12

then too late for thcm to be sure of
saving MIR. Walkers life MS the poison
he took almost invariably Kills unless
treatment is administered within Il
very short time
They decided. however, to do what
they could. and Il corps OF nurses were
summoned Mr Walker, although IN
formed that he must die. kept up an
outward appearance of chccriulncSs IN
order that his wife and their little sou
might not be overcome by the blow
For six days the fight lasted, Mr.
Walker straGily growing weaker
Scores of citizens of Macon called at
his home. for he kept "onrn house" In
order to hid Them NIL fnlcWrll He also
made his win and wound mp all his
business affairs before the poison had
him fully In its power.
Mr. Walker sank into n gradual de-
cline ANA passed away peAcenbly sew
eral hours after becoming unconscious
All Macon went into mourning on
learning of his death. While the fight
lasted prayers for his recovery were
offered up in all the churches OF Ma
cen,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-12-12

THE AsToK HOUSE AND c. A. KAUFMAN.
FOR FOItfY-FOuH YEARS HEAD WAITER.
denly, another guest was occupying
these rooms. why then the other guest
had to get out.
Henry Clay was n frequent guest at
the Astor, one of the occasions OF his
visits was when in 1914 he stood be-
side Theodore l'relinghuyscn OF New
Jersey and the two We're formally mott
fed OF their election AS the Wing CAM
ddates for president and vice presi-
dent respectively \ great reception
was held there for him by the Wings
in 1913.
Hawthorne, Charles Dickens and
Washington Irving met there II year
after the opening OF the hotel and CON
graduated each other on "Twice Told
Tales" "Skctches by Boz and THE
Adventures of Captain Bonneville"
which had just been written. Edgar
Allan Poe, then editing Graham's Mag
nzinc. went there frequently for re-
freshmen and news.
A year after the place was opened
Black Hawk, the Indian warrior. stood
on the steps looking wonderingly at
the sights on the street Sam llo,ls-
ton stood on the same steps II year aft
er the battle of San Jacinto King
Edward, then Prince Of Wales. bowed
there to Americans.
Edwin Forrest. the actor, was Il
guest Of the Astor House. On one
occasion he walked up and down the
corridors rehearsng a Fourth of July
Grafton he WAS to deliver Mt the Broud-
way Tabernacle,
Walt Whitman loved to bask ON the
steps for hours Thackeray enjoyed
looking at the pictures on Rarnums
museum from the hotel entrance.
The most brilliant assemblies and
public dinners of the time were all
held at the Astor House. Among the
latter was one given by the aldermen
to the Russian fleet mt which the no.
teFs liquors won an international rep
utation.
G. A. Kaufman has been for the
past forty-four years head waiter at
the Aston hotel Since its closing he
has been forced to seek other employ
ment on account Of unfortunate finan-
rial Investments. Other employees.
however. who have been working at
this hotel for years have accumulated
considerable property and retired.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-12-12

"HE old Astor House, which at
the time of its erection in 1892
WAS the largest hotel in Ameri-
ca, will be torn down to make
room for the new subway system Of
New York. This famous old hostelry
closed Its doors on the evening Of May
81 after seventy-eight years. 1t is To-
Gated on the corner of Vesey street and
Broadway. When John Jacob Astor
LIST erected this hotel he was told
by friends that the venture could never
far uptown" Today Vesey street is
considered to he in the downtown ex-
tremty of the city, and practically all
the town is above this corner.
There are probably more history and
more tradition intimately associated
with its gray, weather stained walls
than with any other building in New
York or within the United States with
the exception of Independence and
Funcuil halls.
Originally the site Of the old Aston
House was occupied by the Bulls Head
tavern, and it seems to have been the
first clubhouse on the island. The old
burghers used to gather under the
shade of its back yard trees and smoke
their pipes and discuss the gossip OF
Gotham.
John Jacob AstOr LIST gradually &C.
quired the property on the block where
the old building stands. In 1880 he
engaged Isaiah Rogers, an architect, to
design Il hotel which would he the most
prctentious building of its kind In this
country. The cornerstone was laid in
1882, and the building was finally COM
pleted in 1885. 1t became a most popu-
lar hotel Immediately on being opened.
The Astor House was the rendezvous
OF many famous men in antebellum
days On the registers of this period
appeared the names OF Daniel Web
ster, Franklin Pierce, Martin Van
Buren,, James Buchanan, Abraham
Lincoln. William II. Seward, Rufus
Choate, General Scott, Stephen A.
Douglas, Jefferson Davis and many
others equally notable.
There We're three rooms, the choicest
in the house, always allotted to Web
ster. II. when Webster arrived sud
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-12-12
LOST GREAT FIGHT FOR LIFE

Nation Watched Georgia Bankers
Struggle Against Poison.
The attention of the whole nation
was focused recently on the heroic
fight made by b. Sanders Walker. a
young banker of Macon, Ga. after he
had taken Ivy mistake II deadly mcr-
curial poison.
Mr.. Walker, having Il headache one
night. went to the medicine cabinet in
his home and took what he thought
was an aspirin tablet, About daylight
he began complaining of terrible pains.
and physicians We're called.
They Immediately discerned symp-
toms of mercurial poisoning, but it was
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-12-12

Photo by American Press Associations
NEW TELEPHONE WITH DOUBLE TRANS
hiTIl.E.
the usual one in such IL way as to be
Immediately under the nose when
used.
Two or three forms Of these re-
ceivers we're made 1t was found that
the distinctness of the voice was great
~ enhanced and the general sorority
was also much increased
1t Is thought that the new double
microphone receiver will prove indis-
pensAble in long distance tclephoning.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-12-12
TELEPHONE FOR THE NOSE.
Double Transmtter a Help In Long
Distance TalI<inu.


Distance Talking.
Great things are claimed for new
style of telephone which recently was
put ON cXhiDiion at the Academy of
Sciences i'm Paris The new instru
mcnt Is the invention of Dr. Jules
Glover. II French physician.
While investigating the question why
the sounds of the voice We're impcr-
fcctIy ira nSmltcd, MS Il rule, over long
distance telephone wires nr. Glover
was struck by the fact that vocal
sounds, coming from the lnrynX. ON
arriving mt the palate were split up
into two streams one OF which enlcrg-
ed at the mouth, the other ut the nose
An ideal tlnlsmItter would take up
both streams of sound equally. but 1t
was found that this was by no means
the case with ordinary Instruments.
DIR. Glover therefore devised Il queer
looking receiver with an extra micro
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1913-12-12
!: Old Astor House, Once
, Largest Hotel
; In America, Is Closed

"!1E old Astor House, which at
the time of it's erection in 1892
WAS the largest hotel in Ameri-