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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-25

Manchuria is making new paint
out of the bean oil that is produced
there in tremendous quantities. The
paint is said TO be waterproof and fire
proof as we'll as cheap and durable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-25

REX E. LTPPITT.
Plaintiff.
GEORGE N. LYON,
Attorney.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
PLAN TO BEAuTIFY
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.
Streets and Parks to Be lmproved-The
Women Lend q Hand.

At a cost not to exceed $4,000 In
three years a landscape designer and
city beautiful expert is to be employed
by the Birmingham city commission:
This movement is the outgrowth Of
a city beautiful campaign recently
launched by Commissioner Ward, when
active work looking toward the clean
ing and identifying Of the city was
begun. City parks will be made over.
systematized and a permanent COM
mission will be appointed to aid the
new designer in his work.
Birmingham women have taken up
the "city beautiful" work initiated by
the municipality. Through their efforts
cooperation of the railroads is sought.
A letter sent to officials of the lines
reads:
"All through the north and the east
the great corporations, such the Penn
sylvania and New York Central sys-
tens, and many others for years have
proceeded with the planting of ivy.
clinging vines. ETC., around their shops.
roundhouses and other property, as
we'll as with the making of grass plots
wherever practicable. They have found
that it pays.
I'VE sincerely hope that your COM
pany will back up the movement and
that it will only be a short time before
all unsightly rights Of way. smoky
roundhouses, etc., will present a very
artistic and attractive appearance"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
BOYS IN BOARD OF TRADE.

Winston-saIem IN. CO. Experiment
Brings Youth Into Civic Work.
Training boys for the responsibilities
of citizenship has been undertaken in
Winston-Salem. N. c., along broad
lines. The characteristics of the plan
are cooperation between the public
schools and the local board Of trade.
establishment of a department Of gov
eminent in the high school and forma-
ton of Il boys department or a ju-
venile club, as it is called, of the board
of trade.
At the beginning Of the last school
year School Superintendent r. H. La
than began a course in government
and economics, open to the senior stu
dents, and put the new department un-
der the direction of the secretary Of
the board of trade. The students learn
ed the elements of government, special
attention being given to analysis Of
the city. county, state and federal gov
ernments. During the first term mock
elections were held and the class was
successfully organized as a city coun-
ell, a general assembly and the con-
gress of the United States.
AS a result Of this work the boys
developed an active interest in public
affairs. To hold this interest 1t was
suggested that there be organized a
juvenile club Of the board Of trade.
Membership in the club is not limited
to high school boys, for it was thought
best to open to all interested boys of
the city a way to become identified
with constructive civic work.
The boys have the privilege Of at
tending regular meetings of the board
Of trade, with the right to take part
In debates, but without voting power.
Committee work is assigned them, and
special meetings are held for them
twice a month or more frequently II
the work demands.
The first employment of members of
the juvenile club was in the recent
industrial survey Of Winston-Salem
conducted by the board Of trade. In
this work the boys visited local manu-
featuring establishments and filled out
a detailed. schedule in the same man
ner as do special agents Of the statis-
tical bureaus of the federal govern
ment. They were held responsible for
the accuracy Of their reports. and sta
tistical tables of much local value were
compiled directly from their reports.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
sIREs AND SONS.

Sir Edward Carson. agitator Of u
ster, is q London lawyer.
Edward Jlowd has completed forty
years Of service as a policeman in st.
Louis.
Representative Carter Glass Of Vlr-
ginia. who framed the administration
currency bill, always wears old fash
1oncd round cuffs with large, old time
buttons.
Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe. one of the
greatest living authorities on the sci
ence Of chemistry. has entered on his
cighty.second year and is still hale and
hearty. He is a native OF Lancashire.
Agamemnon Schliemann, the newly
appointed Greek minister to this
try, although a Greek subject, is a o
of the world famous German archae-
ologist aud traveller. Heinrich Schlie-
mann. He is thirty-three years old.
]. w. Cook has just paid in London
$4,000. Il sun covering debts from
which he was freed in the bankruptcy
court nineteen years ago.. The pay
ment was not the result Of a windfalI.
but represented many years. savings.
Robert Ludwig Mond. who boldly
takes the stand that tuberculosis is not
conveyed by milk from cattle to hu-
man beings. is the founder of the In
fants' hospital, London. and has q
large experimental farm. where he has
carried out scientific investigations
along this line for years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
THE SCHOOL YARD
and 0uTBU|LD|NCS
Their Care Reflects Conditions
IN Town or City.
OF PUBLIC PRIDE.
The Average Concern as to Private
Property Finds Itself Repeated In
the School Grounds Of a Community.
How They Can Be 5eautified.

In q recent bulletin prepared by the
extension department Of the Ohio State
university Professor a. Il. Graham
points out that it is not uncommon to
find in the dwelling house and the
grounds surrounding it n manifestation
Of pride in private property. The house
and barn, Outbuildings and fences
show an appreciation Of the beautiful.
From year to year more good taste is
displayed in a greater number of orna-
mental paintings and III the keeping
of the lawn. The pines and spruces,
which in an earlier day We're set so
thickly that they practically hid the
residence, have been cut from directly
In front Of the house so as to make it a
central point Of observation. Local
pride also manifests itself in clean
fence rows, graveled driveways and
moved roadsides.
What might be considered an aver
age pride as to the private property
finds itself reflected in the school
grounds of that community. The pride
Of the community as a whole is very
often far below that shown in its best
private properties. The school grounds
are but mirrors in which the communf-
ties can see their own pride reflected.
An ash pile that has accumulated for
years shows the greatest degree Of In
difference on the part Of both teachers
and patrons, for its removal from the
front door is an improvement that may
be easily made.
Perhaps the most demoralizing agen-
cy on rural school property is the i'm
properly cared for outbuilding. Ex-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR
OPEN LOTS.
BY Carol Aronovici.

49, - FL an.na.H er
Nrst.-Loye your neighbours lot
as you do your own, but he sure
to love your own.
Second. = Don't plant tomato
cans and rubbish on unused land.
Their fruits are withered civic
pride.
Third.-Don't allow yourself or
your city to create dumps for
waste. 1t can be made to pay
for its own destruction at a
profit.
F~ourth.-Don't allow tumbled
down buildings to stand on valu-
able land. They are financially
wasteful. They create filth, in
/. vite vice and are a menace to
life.
Fifth.-A fence that has ceased
to be a fence and has become an
offense should be repaired or de-
stroyed.
StXth.-Unregulated advertising
on unused land pays for the
maintenance Of a public nui-
sance.
Seventh. = Two gardens may
grow where one dump has bloom
ed before.
Eighth. = School gardens are
valuable adjuncts to education
and recreation. They can be
cultivated on an open lot.
Ninth.-Let the children play
on the unused land so that they
may become strong and~keep out
Of the hands of the law.
Tenth.-Let not an inch of land
be kept in idleness. 1t has a
divine right to bear fruits and
flowers and ever serve the high
est interest of man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
stra;ahtsn Athletic Records.

80 4.0GG0tHuS0U VSvS03uO CVSVV0Ve ID
The documents necessary to obtain
credit for two worlds records made
last year by California athletes wer
mailed from San Francisco by the rec
ords committee of the Pacific Athletic
association to the similar committee Of
the Amateur Athletic union. The rea-
son the two athletes have been SO long
in getting Official credit for their
achievements is that the original am.
davits were lost and new n e had to
be drawn.
Fred Kelly Of the University Of
Southern California ran the 100 yard
hurdles in fifteen seconds fat at the
Pacific conference meet at Berkeley.
May 10. 1913. setting a new American
record and tying the worlds record
made by Forrest Smithson Of Portland.
Ore, at the olympic gamessin London
in 1908. This was one Of the misplace
ed records.
THE other was the indoor record for
throwing the 1afty-six pound weight for
height, made by Pat Donovan Of the
San Francisco Pastime Athletic club
last year. His distance was 16 feet
11A inches.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
Aerial Flights.

Now that the New York court OF
appeals has decided that aviation Is
hazardous no one need go up in a dy-
ing machine in ignorance OF the risk
he is taking.-Philadelphia Ledger.
1t is quite easy to imagine that in
the next twelve months some discov-
cry or invention may be made that
will make a flight overseas and around
the world quite possible.-Memphis
Commercial Appeal.
The fact that a French engineer has
descended COO feet from an aeroplane
by means Of a parachute will probably
suggest that the parachute become the
lifeboat of the aeroplane. Goodness
knows something Of the kind is need
ed.--PhiladeIphia Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
Train and Track.

In all the world there are less than
three times as many miles of railroad
as there are in the United States alone.
A new type Of electric street car has
each wheel mounted independently to
prevent the loss of power due to wheels
carried on the ends of ordinary axles
grinding on the rails at curves.
According to figures gathered by the
Electric Railway Journal, London has
1913 miles Of rapid transit routes in op-
Grafton and nearly four miles under
construction, while New York has 1903
miles in operation and 211 under way
or approved. Berlin has forty-One
miles Of elevated and subway service,
with thirteen miles under way.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24

BEAUTIFUL
BUILDING MODEL TOWN
FOR sAWMILL WORKERS,
lumber Company Erecting an Up to
Date Settlement For Employees.

All the cOnveniences of up to date
city apartments except a-janitor. with
the additional benefits Of living in de-
tached houses, will be enjoyed by
workmen employed by the Red River
Lumber company. which is building 4
model town at Westwood, I.assen coun-
ty, Cal, in the heart Of the company's
timber lands. Household 'drudgery will
be banished by modern appliances in
stalled in the homes Of all the employ
ees, and every house will be as SAM
ttary, comfortable and convenient in
arrangements as the architects can
make them.
The company designs to reforest the
timber tract as the lumber is cut, and
also to make Westwood q permanent
town.
T. B. Walker, a big lumberman and
practitioner Of conservation, who Is
treasurer Of the company, is in per-
sonal charge of the work. Despite the
fact that 1t has been only six or eight
months since the town vas laid out, it
already has a population of 1900, and
it is estimated that next summer, when
the work in the mill and woods starts.
there will be fully 5000 persons living
there.
The railroad was completed to the
new town on Jan. /, but previously the
parts for the first mill and many of
the other buildings hauled over
the mountains for sixty miles. A Sec
ond mill is now being built.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
State Lines.

West Virginia's mines employ 9O,OOO
men.
Kansas in thirty-tive years has dou-
bled its crop production. The average
annual crop return Is now $218,970,353.
In 1913 the metal mine output Of Ida
no was SO much increased that the to-
tai value exceeded that of the record
year, 1906, according to estimates Of q.
N. Gerry of the United States geol0g-
zeal survey.
Magnesite, n mineral which is over
52 per cent carbon dioxide, the gas
which is used for charging soda wa
ter, ginger ale and similar beverages.
is found in greater quantities in Call
fornia than IN any other section of the
country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
CIVIC PRIDE IN SCHOOLS.
How Cincinnati; Worked to Make II.
Youngsters Become Boosters.

How Cincinnati Worked to Make It0
Youngsters Become Boosters.
The Cincinnati chamber Of commerce
recently conducted a contest in the
public and parochial schools for the
best essay on "What l Can and Will
Do to Make Cincinnati a Bigger and
Better City,"
AS helps to the youngsters in shap-
ing their essays this advice was given:
When you buy candy insist that 1t be
candy made In Cincinnati.
Urge your parents to make their pur-
chases in Cincinnati stores and insist
on having goods made in Cincinnati.
BY keeping in mind that every dollar
expended. for a Cincinnati made article
helps to Increase our factories that
give employment to thousands Of peo-
pie and make possible the building Of
more homes. more churches. more
schools. more store and Office buildings
and more money in taxation for parks
and Fairgrounds and other improve
ments.
You can help make Cincinnati better
and more beautiful by not throwing
litter In the streets and asking your
COMPANIONS to be more careful in these
things wherever possible.
= By always saying a good word for
Cincinnati especially to strangers.
learn az much us you can about
your home city. so that you can talk
intelligently about It.
Mention the good points Of the city
when you write to out Of town friends
or relatives or when they come to see
yon.
By forming clubs Of other students
to visit manufacturing industries and
other places OF interest about the city.
By always being a booster.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24

posed outbuildings a be screened
with a few paintings that in a short
time will hide them. 1t will pay any
community to direct it's attention to
the cleaning up and placing in proper
condition of all Of these buildings so
that those from self respecting families
may not have their sense of common
decency and propriety offended. The
coal house OF wood house. which fur
nishes a place for the bill poster to
practice his art, should he SO far back
from the road that he cannot reach it
without making IN extra effort. Bill
posting Of every kind on school prop
erty ought to be prohibited. This build
ing Is driven to only q few times q
year by those who haul fuel, and the
so called convenience that comes from
its being near the road Is more than
offset by it's detraction from the gen.
eral appearance Of the front Of the
house and yard. In this day the main
paths from the road to the front en-
trance, to the we'll 'urb and perhaps
the ou%tbuilding shor | be made of such
material that they will always he in
proper condition to he used as walks.
In most places where trees have been
planted the entire front Of the house is
hidden. If the planting were we'll to
the left and right Of the building. max
ing the house the central point. with
a grass plot in front, the picture pre-
scented to the passerby would be much
more pleasing. Low paintings, such as
lilacs, s%nowballs. hardy hydrangeas,
Towering ounce and syringas should
be planted in masses around the Dor
ders and In the corners Of the school
lot. The lawnmower should he used
upon the front Of the school yard. Too
often the yards are allowed to grow
up to tall weeds which r cut down
only a week or two before school be-
gins.
The school yard may he planted in
such a way that there WILL be beautiful
pieces Of shrubbery In bloom before
the school closes, bright colored foliage
for the full and for winter arched and
groined, palaces formed by the snow
laden branches Of the tree0 and bushes.
Such school properties as command the
admiration and respect Of the OCCASION
nj visitor Of the school az well ms the
patrons. children md teachers make.
better citizens. happier children and
more hopeful teachers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24

Is Jack johnson about to lose his
crown as the heavyweight champion
pugilist of the world? Sporting men
who have closely watched the fighting
game say that he is and that the man
who will turn the trick is Frank Mo-
ran. Moran is agreed to be the most
promising Of the " increasing crop
Of white hopes." He is confident that
he can take the measure Of the big
black. The men are to meet in Paris
on the night Of June q, which is the
eve Of the running Of the Grand Prix
de Paris, the richest turf event In the
world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
Baseball Talk.

Baseball IL beginning arrogantly to
elbow its way to the center 81 the
stage.-ChicagO News.
The Federals have been making moth
ing but home runs In the winter cir
cuit.-BaltiMOre American.
1t may have been noticed that the
baseball "slaves" receive mighty good
pay while in slayery.-Rochester Her
aid.
II, as President Ebbets Of the Dodg-
ers asserts. organized baseball has
made Brooklyn what 1t is in sports, It
looks as II that city would be justified
In bringing suit for damages.-lndian-
apOlis News. .es.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
Current Comment.

This age is learning to do with less
from the spineiess cactus Of Burbank
10 the wireless electric light Of Mar
coni.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Evidently there r going to be no
golden opportunities for graft with
Colonel Cocktails as the ruler Of the
panal zone.-Baldmore American.
Probably the movement to change
the name Of the war department to the
army department originated with the
navy. which itself expects to be the
war department in all future unpleas-
antnesses.-New York World.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
Wireless Whispers.

II wireless operators get SIS the
month. why shouldn't they be glad to-
lie at their posts3-PbiladeIphia Led
ger.
Marconi can now light a lamp wire
Iessly at a distance of six miles, this
being what might be termed another
spark Of genius.-Detroit Free Press.
With the advent Of the portable wire
less apparatus n man will have no
chance to forget to mail the ~lettersfhat
bis wife handed him in the morning
Chicago News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
Harvard Baseball.

Harvard "6a000a1J.
Harvard's baseball prospects for the
approaching season r made bright
by the presence on the squad-which
has been at practice in the Hemenway
gymnasium since the opening OF the
spring term-of many accomplished
veterans and several fine players from
last. years freshman team. OF the
nine which defeated Yale in the 1913
series only three have been lost
through graduation. This, however,
includes the Crimson's main reliance
in the box, Sam FELTON,, the filling Of
whose place seems to confront DR..
Sexton. the coach. with one sraHeprob::
lem. Other stwlrlers who wers-EalIedd
upon by the coach, Rex Hitchcock, es.
pecially. are in %dif1culties with the
college ONCE and may not be counted
upon at present, although success in
the April examinations at Harvard
win permit not only Hitchcock. but II.
]. Coolidge. last years freshman pitch
er; 8. NJ. Richardson and #. B. With
ington to give their services to the
team.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
Copeland coes Abroad.

a=AGrsEH. 0GGWHsF
The ranks Of former famous Ameri-
can athletes now serving az Olympic
trainers. in Europe were augmented
with the sailing Of AlfredSForbes Cope.
land to assume his position AZ head
coach Of the Austrian Olympic team
for the Berlin games Of 1910.
Copeland Is the fourth trainer Of q
brilliant American athletic record to be
signed. to coach foreign track and field
teams for the Olympic games two years
hence. He follows in the footsteps Of
Ernie Hjertberg. sweden's coach; Al.
vim @. Kraenxlein. Germany's coach,
and w. r. Knox. England's head
Thinner.
In addition to these men other IA
NOUS American athletes Of past de-
udes. including James Lightbody and
Joseph Horner. have either signed OF
are considering secondary or speciality
coaching positions abroad.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
TO BEAuTIfY CINCINNATI.
A Planning Commission Has Been Gre
atsd.Lto Improve ths. City.

A Planning Commission Has Been Gre.
stsdxEto Improve. the. City.
A city planning commission and city
department of finance are created I'm
provisions recently adopted by the
charter commission Of Cincinnati. The
aim of the planning commission is to
make Cincinnati 4 "dty beautiful"
The department of finance is placed
under a director appointed by council.
whose duties in general will be similar
to those Of the present city auditor and
treasurer combined. .
The report on the creation of a city
planning commission, which was adopt
ed, provides az follows:
The commission to be Of seven men,
bers, four appointed by the mayor
from the citizenship and three ex OFF,
clio. the mayor. the director OF high
ways and the president of the board Of
commissioners Of parks and recreation.
with power to vote. The term shall be
six years. The body shall draw maps
showing streets, alleys. bridges. ETC..
and also locations proposed by 1t for
any new public building. civic centers,
parks. Fairgrounds. etc. It shall have
power to control and preserve land
marks and plan and design location OF
public buildings, harbors, vladucts, etc.
Council and all boards and commits
sions shall supply It with copies Of
ordinances an to location Of public
buildings, alteration Of streets. boule-
Yards. parks. ETC.. when introduced.
The same shall apply to any ordinance
as to location Of bridge. viaduct, tun-
mel, subway or elevated railway, etc.
1.-THE planning commission does not
approve OF the plans II shall report to
council In writing With Its reasons for
such nonnpprovaI within ten days from
the introduction Of ordinance, and suclI
disapprovai shall act a. veto unless
council or the board or commission.
shall pass the objectionable ordinance
by not less than two-thirds vote ofsen-
tire membership Of council or fouE-
5afths Of the board or commission. 1t
may make recommendations to cor
porations or individuals as to location
ne buildings 5etc.
~ &s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1914-04-24
COURSE FOR sToREKEEPERs.
Kansas College Plans 70 Tsaeh Would
Be proprietors.

Kansas College Plans 70 Teach Would
Do Propristors.
A course In the management Of q
country store Is to be ~inaugurated in
one Of the state educational institu.
lions. probably the Kansas State Agri.
cultural. college at Manhattan, accord.
ing to an announcement from the board
Of administration OF state educational
institutions.
Among the subjects proposed for the
new course are:
Writing advertising for country week
lies.
Decorating store windows.
Attractive interior display Of goods. I
Handling customers
flushing certain lines of goods.
Points on i,,tytng.