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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
Plans Provide for a Civic
Centre, with Main High
ways to St. George
. IS Miles Long.

So much is being done Tor Staten Island
I'M The way Of adding to its physical as
sets and laying the foundation work Tor
the creation of one of the grandest home
land trading boroughs a. this country that
4 no one thing seems TO be more importan,
THAN another.
|. The making of the borough into d resi-
ldeDtial and business territory. with be-
hitting civic centre has had the careful
reconsideration OF the Staten Island Cham
her Of Commerce and other civic bodies
and the borough officials empowAed 10
J attend 10 such important matters. In the
ionices of the consulting engineer and the
Acting Commissioner of Public Works OF
1.-THE borough are long shelves laden WIN
almost innumerable tentative plans lor
This feature of borough development.
The general scheme IF the civic centre
with its lesser or bigger tributaries. has
virtually been adopted. and follows the
preliminary plans prepared by Consulting
Engineer Tribus.
This civic centre project provides Tor
she creation of the centre at 81 Hcoise'
with the present borough nall which was
erected not many years ago and ihe pup
lie library as the two FIRST structures Ih
the plan
The courthouse. for which designs arc
being considered. will stand ON q nearby
site. and the proposed new home for the
museum OF arts and sciences viii also
adorn a plot in the same section II ls
lor.d that the museum proposition VIII
take definite form AT an carly date ana
that the ground Tor tho courthouse VIII
b, broken I'm the autumn. The design Oh
those four structures will harmonic ana
thus the beginning OF the creation OF the
heart of the civic centre will be wen
tanadc. ..... MAN and
,tb.r p.rsong who are directly idcntined
with the civic matters of the borough are
agreed that ST. George is destined 10
remain permanently the principal centre
of the island. as well as ono of the most
progressive residential and manuiactur-
Iug districts.
owing To tho general belief that -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
A SUPERB HOME SECTION
Advantages To Be Found in
Livingston Heights District.

one OF the best and most rapid gro~ths
OF real estate on the north shore OF Staten
Island is that known as tho Livingston
Heights section. which is bounded by
Bard. Forest Bement and Henderson
avenues. being within i've to eight MIL
utes' walk OF the West New Brighton
railroad station. and having trolley
line on Castlcton avenue. which 30 the
next few months will bc double-irackeJ
and with fine churches and schools III
close proximity values are bound 20 m
crease rapidly.
one of the most attractive streets ''
this section is Oakland avenue, with ITS
broad sidewalks and beautiful macadam
roadbeds: the houses in this street are
all modern. and have cost from So" 20
$500. ana tho remaining lots are he'o
at the price of SEQ each.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

Shore trolley, Richmond trolley and Zap
id Transit Railroad. Many of the homes
command a fine view Of the Bay of New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
DonoUGn flAlL 81. 0EONeE-

The needs OF Staten Island as regards
parks for the next one hundred years
have already been studied. and n has
been decided that the best time 10 buy
those park sites is now, and the most
opportune period 20 lay out those pro-
posed park lands 50 that they Will eventd-
ally form an harmonious factor Of The
civic centre project is in the near future
Land on Staten Island is cheap, as
compared with real estate in other parts
OF the city. And this low price and tine
rural charms of Staten Island make b
possible TO transform more easily the Bor-
ough OF Richmond into a great civic cen
ire than probably any other territory Of
similar size in this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

an yemelv attractive Of the
Staten ST. George by the South
i rn-trolou chnOnd troDeu and Ran
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

and Richmond avenue. Inc
principal industries of Port
Richmond are the Staten
Island Shipbuilding Com
pany, National White Lead
Company, American Lin
seed Oil Company, besides
numerous other industries.
The section is a very attrac-
tive one, and churches of
every denomination are to
be found in Port Richmond
and the social life is a very
pleasant one. Port Rich
mond is reached from St.
George by the Elizabethport
trolley, Staten Island Rapid
Transit Railway, and the
Silver Lake, Concord and
Port Richmond trolley.
Within a very short time
there will be a municipal
ferry direct from Port Rich
mond to New York, and
there is at present ferry
connecting Port Richmond
and Bergen Point. 1t has
stores of all descriptions,
savings bank, etc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

Borough National Banks Also the Staten
Island Savings Bank, with deposits Of
s4,25O,OOO. 1t has very line stores and
excellent public schools, Carnegie Lii
brarv. churches Of all denominations and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

Ferry does direct to Stapleton from New
York Two theatres and a public park
are located in the centre of the town.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30
PORT RICHMOND

the oil
O
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
THE VETERINARIANS.

The proposition to bring veterinar-
fans under a general practice law,
making them responsible to the state
and requiring them to procure license
and certificate to practice is one Of the
useful bills before the legislature. Per-
baps there is less reason why veter-
marian should give evidence of fitness
to practice his profession than a
physician, but there is reason enough.
There is no more excuse for permitting
unqualified persons to practice veter-
mary medicine than for permitting any
one who chooses to take up the prac-
tice Of law.
1t is good public polity to protect the
qualified practitioner against quackery.
It is in protection of those who do
qualify themselves and in the case of
the veterinarians in protection of valu-
able property. Moreover the occasion
for the partially qualified vet Is gone
past. We have a sufficient number of
graduates Of veterinary colleges to do
most of the practice of the state and
protection will increase their number.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25

saving all around. in Jurors and In OBJ
tanning services, for the state to pay
the expenses Of Judges when their SER
vices are required outside Of their own
city"
Something should be done. The sug-
gestion Of an expense account for the
judges seems to At on the salary; which
is not large income for a good lawyer,
tho good lawyers incline to lay down
more profitable practice for the honor
Of the woolsack. Perhaps we need
more judges, perhaps superior court
would relieve the congestion which is
the basis of complaint. At any rate
this legislature should give this matter
the consideration 1t deserves. II the
courts are to be condemned for delay
they should be deprived of any good
excuse for dilatory docket.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
IDEAS IN COST OF LIVING.

ISt. LOUIS OeiIOSA
The oklahoma boy OF 13 who
raised 102 bushels of corn on one
acre at a cost of $14.5O, including 50
for rent, sold his crop for s3Os II
is in demand for seed at speclai
price, and 1t is to be remarked that
he paid "a q bushel for the seed ne
,,sed himself. Another Oklahoma
bow. aged Is, raised 5000 pounds OF
cotton on two acres, and sold it FOR
$3.50. The seed brought 5000 more
making $3.50 as the cash return from
the two acres. 1t Is no surprise 20
hear that 1000 boys and girls IN OKLA
hona have entered the corn and cot
TON contest begun few years ago IN
the enterprising and vigorous youns
state. whose productions have already
mt Il among the foremost. A spe-
cial effort is needed to give Intensive
forming a start. An acre set apart
fo- q, ambitious and earnest youth
nav seem a side issue. but its demon
stration of possibilities is OF grea'
value.
MANY a farmer plods along with
much land but poor cultivation on me-
hands Few have realized now much
even one acre slShihes.
suburbs OF Paris there are single acres
that rent for $1,000 a year. the SOL
is utilized all the time ana every
SQUARE foot kept under the highes,
pos.i,ole culture. Otherwise it coulc
not be a profitable way to employ
trA and 50 much capital. On the
hasis Of the Oklahoma boys expert
ment the corn crop OF this country
could be increased from three billion
| bushels TO fifteen billions. The cot.
ton test implies a like chance In tha'
crop. It is said with truth that NOR.
workers are needed on the farms.
higher ratio OF yield there Is als'
something to be diligently, connaent.
~. worked for. The cost OF iiViht
can certainly be Influenced IN this way
| and TO the advantage OF both consum
ers and producers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
Mr.. HAzEN'S BILL.

Representative Hazen, Of Pottawat
TAME, has introduced bill aimed at
pistol toting. The bill requires IL
cense in order to carry concealable
deadly weapon, such license to be
granted by a board constituted Of
chiefs and imposes a penalty as for
felony for violation of the provisions.
The aim and effort is commendable;
but the law against carrying concealed
weapons, now on the statute books
have never been repealed. Neither has
it been enforced. There is no serious
fault to be found with Mr.. Hazen's
bill, it would make a record Of every
deadly weapon sold in the state but it
wouldn't be worth the paper it would
be engrossed on unless 1t We're en-
forced.
Iowa is full Of sheriffs and county
attorneys ard police chiefs to whom
the present law against concealed
weapons is apparently a dead letter. At
any rate Iowa is full of pistol toters, as
everyone knows, and nobody finds any
except extremely scattered cases where
prosecutions have been undertaken.
Occasionally suspected crook is held
under the concealed weapon charge in
order to hold him for other develop
ments. often his rod is confscated,
but that is about as far az it goes.
1t is a question whether the same
sheriffs and county attorneys and po-
lice chiefs will be more active organ
lied as a board than they are under
present laws. The need is less for more
law than for more action under exist
ing law. How would it do to amend
Mr.. Hazens bill by requiring the pistol
toter to get his license in open court
after the fashion of druggists liquor
permit?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25

ease, degeneration. and death is not so
much easily provable as automatic; the
facts are well known to all ethnolo-
sists. all students Of the history OF
such countries as North American and
the Pacific islands. and all sanitarians.
In medicine and biology the theory that
.explaAs the facts is known as the
Yheory Of Evolution Against Disease
Does it seem ESSENTIALLY incon-
gruous to Bostonians that former
student OF a Boston divinity school
should try to call public attention to
the fact that the same mission ships
which are to carry to these Eskimo
religion OF Semitic origin will also car
~ to them diseases with Latin names,
without which 'refnements Of the great
centers Of this civilization he found
them living content and prospecting
only a few years ago? He is not say
ing that mission ships should not be
sent; he is saying that these who SEND
mission ships should realize fully what
they are doing"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25

beautiful swords, and all the social
leaders of the nations, including those
who wear diamonds set in their heels
and teeth, and shawls woven from
pearls All gliding around. Of course.
to stately music played by the London
Symphony orchestra. =.
The setting for this noble affair-in
your ina gination, at least-is worthy OF
the ball a special apartment. decorat'
ed by the masters, a delight to all the
senses.
So much for fancy Now for fact.
The inaugural ball is commercial
enterprise conducted by the business
men of Washington to reimburse them
for their expenditure in buying littie
bunting and putting up some electric
lights to make Pennsylvania avenue look
something like Grand avenue. Kansas
CITY. on the night Of the P. q. r.
parade 1t is held in the pension build
ing. which has the reputation OF being
the biggest and ugliest brick building
in the world. They move the card In
dexes out and let the dancers in
AS there are tens OF thousands OF
out of town visitors for the Inaugural
ton. the committee has no difficulty
In disposing Of all the tickets 1t can
print. There is frightful crush gowns
need to be made Of stout canvass TO
survive the inevitable stepping on
trains, and no old Washingtonian would
think of going unless he had to. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
THE DIGNITY OF 1T.
rS;oux City Tribune.

It is undignified in Senator Kenyon
TO be chasing up to the White House
every day or two to traffic with the
president over Iowa appointments. Inc
senator may be accommodating some
applicants for place. but he is not
maintaining the dignity that the people
OF Iowa wish their senators to nave.
II Is presumed that the congressional
delegation have been taking cognizance
of all the facts and factors In the case
and have made their recommendations
The presidents refusal to SANCTION
those recommendations Is reversal Oh
the practice that has prevailed for many
wears. Leave the responsibility Win
him. If he Will not trust the ouds-
ment OF the congressional delegation
the senators need not trust ms Juos-
ment. The president is acting WITHIN
his legal right in reserving TO hlmsell
the authority to make all appointments
regardless of recommendations Inc
senators are acting within their rights
when they disapprove his Judgment ana
procure the rejection Of the nominees
which they should certainly DO II ne
selects unfit men from their point OF
view,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
WIRE REGULATION AT HAND.
.c,. |,;+,, Toyrap1

Tho telegraph and telephone COM
NAMES should get their houses IN or
dor for accordance of such thorough
Going system Of federal regulation as
IA now applied to the railways. me
MINNESOTA rate case, soon to be decided
nv the United States supreme court
win determine whether intrastate as
,,,.,1 90 Interstate exchanges must come
under federal regulation.
Reimbursement of the status Oh the
wire concerns is to come as result OF
the recent investigation by Attorney
Camera, Wickersham The investiga-
ton was undertaken to ascertain
whether relationships and pract'ces
obtaining between the various teie-
graph and telephone companies war
ranted prosecution under the anu-tIust
law. The attorney general uneartheo
numerous questionable TRANSACTIONS
| but concluded that they did not 1ur-
nish a basis for prosecution under the
Sherman law. Instead 1t was DECIDED
that under the interstate commerce
law 1t IS the duty OF the interstate
commerce commission to assume the
pra ctical supervision OF commun1ca
ton by telegraph and telephone and
remedy such evils as may DC 40"
found to exist therein.
The interstate commerce law az re-
Gently amended declares telegraph
and telephone companies to be com
mon carriers and prescribes that their
rates shall be reasonable and that
there shall be no rebates or dtscrimi-
nations. The law does not. however
require the publication of rates. as IN
the case of the railways. and the In
terstate commerce commission, beins
busy in other directions. has never
undertaken actual dictation Of rates
Now that its attention has been called
to the need for regulation the com
mission il beginning a searching IN
vestigation into all phases OF wire
communication. Once familiar with
the topic. and supplied with additiona
power from congress II additions
power il needed. the commission vii
nroceed to dictate wire rates and prac.
tices as it now dictates rail rates ane
practices. :,
The effect Of federal regulation o. 9.
the means Of wire communication VII
be especially interesting In regard 4
telephone companies. The teiepnon.
business OF the country 70 divide<
lneasay equally between the American
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
Topics of the Times

topics '---- :: Linx1osye!.: pr. =
Well, the European appendix has been
removed from Turkey and certain ad-
hesons broken up.
Chicago is making war on negro
gamblers. Why not put the whole bust
ness down in black and white.
-
Fine. wasn't it, to see millionaire,ss
get married as tho she and her husband
are ordinary human beings? The
Helens are the antidotes for the Anna
Goulds.
How would it do for the legislature to
/ get to work right away. handle the
main questions with dispatch and come
back home along the last of February ?
Leslie NJ. Shaw says he was betrayed
but the general impression remains that
he was only bumped.
DR.. Longshore. of Waterloo, was con-
victed of criminal malpractice. Now the
courts should hurry SO as to send the
man in the case to prison on the same
train with the doctor.
The democrats concluded to keep the
postoffices clean for action after March
4. ITO the victors belong the spoils.'
if they can get them.
She Gin the theater) Docs my
feather spoil your view?'
He (sitting behind her)-"Oh, no,
madams, I've cut it off."-London
Opinion.
A revival was being held at small
colored Baptist church in southern
Georgia At one of the meetings the
evangelist. after an earnest but fruit
less exhortation. requested all of the
congregation who wanted their souls
washed white as snow to stand up. One
old darby remained sitting.
Don yo' want Y soul washed wife
as snow, Brudder Jones?'
Nah soul done been washed wife as
snow, pahson."
What wuz yo' soul washed wife as
snow, Brudder Jones?"
over yander to de Methods chu'ch
acrost de railroad"
"Brudder Jones, yo' soul want
! washed-hit were dry-cleaned. Life
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
DO We NEED MORE JUDGES?

To begin with. one Of the most prom
inent Of the better reasons for the dis
satisfaction against courts is the gener-
al delay in the administration Of the
business for which courts are organized
and established.
District judges are paid fat salary
Of $4,000 annually No provision is
made for any specified number of days
of court. 1t is pointed out by q prom
1nent attorney that a judge Simply
hold their regular terms outside his
own county and stays at hcme the bal
ance Of the time" The reason they do
this is because expenses away from
home run from So a day up and the
salary Of $500 year will not stand
the strain. The suggestion is that the
Judge should receive his expenses when
away from home. 1t is argued that the
Judge can thus afford to spend a
greater number of days away from his
home and that the congestion OF the
courts would be thus relieved. The
suggestion seems to be not only wise
from the standpoint OF the court docket
but in the interests Of economy.
Marshall county may be quoted as
the horrible example The court dock
etS are very much behind. She has no
resident judge, yet Marshall does half
a more than half the court business
az the district. The lawyer referred to
while acknowledging the courtesy Of
\ the two Judges Of the district toward
court, insists that:
What is really needed in Marshall
county is for Judge to sit from Janu-
ary until July, and from August until
: the next January, until the docket is
caught up. Indeed it would be advis-
able to have both judges here holding
court at the same time as there is
moro business in Marshall county than
all the rest of the district. If we had
two judges working it would not be
+ necessary to have any more jurors. and
the county would save large expense
z IN the way of justice, and accomplish
q much more work. The whole PROPOSE
tion SINNERS itself down to this: The
afate can obtain the services of judge
which ought to be worth s25 day, al
m expense Of from 81 to IS per day
Whsch looks to me like good economy
~ foel that our Judges are not adequate
ny eumpensated il they do their worf
14ast< / do not blame them for no
4 svaating to pay out any more for ex,
x Seisses than they are absolutely re-
& ataifed 70 do. I believe 1t would be q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
For Sunday Reading
dill So YRS of Opini,s,
lyman Abhott's Ide. Of En-. an

Lyman Abhott's Idea Of the Church.,
Inc extreme views for and against
the church all so too far, thinks one
man who stands within the circle and
hnos it as an institution human as
well as divine. Dr. Lyman Abbott has
been fifty years a minister. and for the
last twelve Of them has had a parish
nearly as wide as this land. He gave
up the pulpit in Plymouth church in
1898. hut tells US in The Ladies Home
Journal january that he has since
preached almost eyety Sunday during
eight months Of the year in various
churches and college chapels In differ
ent parts Of the United States. II have
found church members TO be men and
women much like myself" he says in
general analysis. land I Joined them
because I wanted their help and be-
cause l thought could render some
help to them in a common effort to
make life worth living He does not
hesitate to say thta his fifty years have
confirmed neither the extravagant de-
1nsrds which are sometimes made for
the church, nor the no less extrava-
CANT criticisms which are sometimes
made upon it," He writes further:
w J1ol ISIHcIupcI Iudt nave ASS
in the church a Pecksnih: but I have
found some unconscious hypocrites
who put their religion on with their
Sunday clothes, and who never learned
that religion had any direct connection
with daily life. have not found the
church a company OF saints waiting for
their ascension robes: but neither have
l found them a company Of SNUG.
self satisfied individuals who came to
service en- Sunday to thank God that
they were not as other men are. I
have been more apt to find them too
self-accusing and too discouraged and
disheartened. have found them like
other men and women: vain, proud.
selfish, egotistical. ambitious. covetous,
quick tempered. but with this import
ant difference-they were not satisfied
| to remain so, and had leagued them
selves together to help each other to
be better men and women. and to help
| the world to become better world
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-01-25
WANT GOOD ROADS.
THumbodlt Republican,

Iowa has never known so much sentl-
ment in favor Of good roads. Ever!
paper in the state is teening with II.
Every citizen talks it. 1t is wave OF
good roads enthusiasm that Will 90
world of good Iowa needs better roads
The roads are the poorest things abou'
Iowa They must be made better 10
keep pace with Iowa and 1owans. AND
if any scoundrel attempts to pervert
the good roads movement for a person :
al gain, kick him out The Iowa good
roads move must be for the betterment
of Iowa The roads should be kept al
ways on the up grade. And when they
are started they should be kept always
on the up grade. Constant advance
ment should be the idea. With TINS
end in view, no matter where the start
Iowa will have good roads.