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Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-09-04
HawIey for Senate.

On the democratic ticket James II.
Hawley shows SIT to 545 for John F..
Nugent for United States senator. For
Moses Alexander shows $40
to 100 for B. w. Clark. Democratic
congressman Dunning and Forney are
in the lead with Miller, the third man
in the race, considerably behind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

same time II is an idea of peace, and so
the heavy protecting walls may 10
some extent. at least, be lightened
Here the point is accounted for. in the
lower stages Of the design, by pillared
porticos which bring something like
elegance into the design without lessen
ing the essential austerity which be-
longs TO the latter, taken as whole.
Above. the necessity of abundant light
has forced the architects back upon
certain mOdernity which deprives the
upper stories OF the pure quanty
achieved below. Yet they have recK-
oned with their compromising eXpedi-
ent so tactfully that we hardly notice
the loss they suffer. 1t is hidden TO
tell the truth, behind the dignity OF
their proportions and the refinement OF
their detail. Carried TO sufhcient
height to permit the establishment OF
really charming balance. the building
is nevertheless kept far below the sky
scraper standard. II is, indeed
building. O worA OF art, not prepos-
ferrous steel cage. And in this organic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

where an historic style Is used in a
personal and judicious way. That is
the way Of the most cheering quantity
OF houses in the show, of houses and
various other small buildings. The
special exhibit formed to illustrate the
possibilities of little American town
is especially rich In these wholesome
merits OF good proportion, simple wall
surfaces and pure, graceful line. In
snort, the bulk of our domestic archi-
lecture at the league announces in I'M
mistakable terms that while the pre-
vaiing style is in no wise original 1t is
at all events sound and agreeable.
Decidedly II 1t is not, as we say. par
ticularly original. neither is 1t medi-
OGRE, colorless. These urbane Renais-
sance facades bring into the streets the
freshness of beauty. Architects do not
need strongly developed idiosyncracies
so long as they can make their designs
so polished, 80 suavely interesting.
One member OF the craft brings into
the exhibition the creative note which
is so rare and so beguiling. This is Mr.
John Russell Pope. the designer OF the
house which we have already char
acterized as the best in the show. 1t
is the house for Mrs. Hit. built. hap
PLY, in Washington, where there Is
plenty OF room and an architect can
see his problem in some sort OF per-
spective. Italian in its fundamental
lines. it is a house which might have
been designed by some eighteenth CEN
fury Frenchman. doing his work with
memories Of the classic South. but tenn
pering il with the discreet, decorative
elegance OF his own land and period.
Everything about this building Is beau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

that we are looking not at bit OF
pedantry on paper. but at a unit OF
living architecture. These buildings
and others in the show contribute
heavily toward the justification of the
surmise. Ventured at the outset, that
American architecture is no longer
feeling its way, but is asserting itself
with a fine authority. Turn TO Mr..
Burners Civic Centre" for Denver
and To his plan, worked out in collab-
Grafton with Mr.. Olmsted. the land
scape architect, for the extension of
Riverside Drive Turn TO McKim, Mead
d Whites simple Colonial scheme for
the Burke Relief Foundation at White
Plains. Turn TO the Springfield mu-
nicipal buildings, with their audacious
campanile. designed by Messrs. Pell &
Corbett. There may be matters of de-
tail which, here and there. in the mass
of such work shown at the league IN
Vite discriminating reflection Mr..
Hornbostel, for example, might have
given a little more distinction to his
plans for the Margaret Morrison Car
negie School at Pittsburgh, and there
are several other plans for work on a
large scale which waken In us the
same dubiety. But 1t hardly matters,
in the presence Of the broad virtues Of
cur monumental architecture. Those
are virtues so strong and so clearly
suggestive of an authentic energy that
our mood of optimism remains I'M
tOuChed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

Louise for city or country the next sig
slider is going on. II Is at this point
that we come back to the matter OF
taste. A mans home is usually built
to suit his predictions. and In the
country especially we note how often
these run TO the half -timbered English
mode, to the sedately picturesque cot
tage and TO the Tudor mansion with its
mullioned windows. There are so
houses large and small, and all well
done, that we can hardly attempt TO
describe them. We may simply cite
the charming scheme for a house at
Morristown shown by Mr.. c. /. Berg
I'm a model, the stately house In stone
at Glen Cove by Trowbridge & Acker-
man, and the various modestly inter-
esting affairs by Bates & Howe, Her
ring & Fitch, Alfred Hopkins. Davis,
McGrath & Kiessling. Armstrong e De
Gelleke and James l.. Burley. But,
driven as we are TO this bald enurnera-
ton, we would still lay stress upon the
fact that these firms are so many ar
tistic entities, doing their work in indi-
vidual fashion, and doing it, above all,
in good taste. The impression left by
the new American country house is
that OF a type faithful to no particular
style. but, by the same token. kept
simple and refined. given an intimate
friendly quality. no matter what the
style. II is in the city house that we
seem 10 have decided upon a more or
less organized body Of ideas.
The city house derives almost in
variably from the italian Renaissance.
Other periods have their influence.
The Colonial style is emuated, for its
own sake or is merged into the Italian.
The best house in the exhibition re-
veals the pressure of French ideas.
But on the whole it is plain that in our
eclectic way we have little by little got
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
ALE TESTING BREEcHEs.

The antiquary waved his arm proudly
toward a miserable pair OF old leather
breaches.
Look at the seat" he said. They're
ale testers breeches-genuine sixteenth
century ale testers breeches. The seat
proves it,"
Then the antiquary went on to explain:
ITO insure the wholesomeness OF ale
r.at precautions were taken In the
.hteenth century; hence the ale tester.
hose duty it was to sample and report.
HIS post. though no sinecure, required
little intelligence. but leather breaches
we're indispensable.
He would enter an inn unexpectedly
draw a glass OF ale. pour II on wooden
bench and sit down In the little puddle
he had made. Here he would sit for thirty
minutes by the clock He would converse.
he would smoke and he would drink with
all who asked him TO. but he would be
very careful not to change his position.
At the end of the half hour he would
make as if to RISE and this was the test
OF the ale, for II the ale was impure. *
the ale had sugar in IL, the tester .
breeches would stick TO the bench
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

Building. and that the place of honor
in the great north gallery has been as
signed 10 Messrs. Tracy IL Swart-
wouts Missouri State Capitol, There
are other similarly big schemes which,
with the same good Judgment, are thus
brought into the foreground. What
they all illustrate as a controlling fac
tor at the present stage of our archi-
tcctural evolution is not only learned
but a vitalized handling of classical
motives The York & Sawyer design is
a positively ideal example Of what d
bank building should be. The idea to
be expressed is akin TO that which is
embodied in a fortress; the building
must be strong and simple. At the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
The Pre- ai.ing Currents m American Archi
tecture-C assical Public Buildings, Gothic
Churches, and Renaissance Houses
at the League Exhioiion-An
Fra O. Good Taste
by ROYAL CORTI>>OZ.

thought. of style. which go with this
general development
There is. to begin with. the question
of the monumental building. This is,
of course, an altogether exceptional
problem. Somewhere in the United
States il is always getting itself erected,
yet, as is obvious. we put up a thou
sand private dwellings for one city hall
or public library. Hence. our most
characteristic work is naturally to be
sought for among designs projected on
o. small scale. Inevitably. however the
school will always meet its first test in
the field of large public schemes The
architects themselves feel this. 1t is
significant that the gold medal has
gone this year to Messrs. York &
Sawyer for their Guaranty Trust
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

ously picturesque note In that brilliant
achievement. Handicapped by prac-
tically impossible site, these architects
unQuestionably did the best they could
and in the many charming parts Of
which the work is made up they eX-
hibit a very romantic. very winning
touch Perhaps it was hardly their
fault that the parts aforesaid do not
precisely cohere and that the atmos-
phere of the sketch book subtly hovers
about the edifce. But to take ST.
Thomas's as evidence of the incon-
gruity Of Gothic at this time is gravely
To risk making too much of theory.
Neither this church nor Mr.. Grams
scheme for the Cathedral of st. John
the Divine may conclusively demon
strate the appositeness Of the Gothic
ideal, but on the other hand, If in this
exhibition we were to study only the
new Chapel Of the Intercession, we
would feel all our old prejudices van
ishing into thin air.
Mr.. Goodhue, of Cram, Goodhue &
Ferguson, has made in this church a
thing so beautiful that even the most
hidebound partisan Of the Renaissance
would have TO pay it tribute. Here is
the Gothic idiom spoken by an artist
for whom il has become something like
his mother tongue, and whose touch is
therefore so personal and so forceful
as 10 make us forget the precedent and
think only of the thing before us. The
building has a long, slender plan, with
a tower so placed as completely TO fix
the right balance, and thereby avoid
the threat of too narrow an effect in
the nave. We reflect again or the i'm
portant architectural principle of see
ing a building as a whole, making it an
organic fabric. Mr.. Goodhue has done
this, and, having perfectly settled the
question of mass in his problem, he has
gone on 10 lavish upon his detail
really imaginative treatment Of Gothic
ideas. From his beautifully designed
entrance, where sculpture is consum-
mately we'll adjusted to structural sur
faces, to the high altar, which is superb
in its noble simplicity, he has shown a
positively fervid warmth, yet adheres
10 the purest standard of architectural
discretion. Once more we are an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

swered, as we were answered when
Messrs. Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson ex-
hibited, a year ago, their exquisite
church for Pittsburgh. What is the
theorist to say when he comes upon
Gothic that is good and beautiful?
These artists have certainly gone far
TO prove that whether the style be-
longs 10 us or not II can, in the right
mastery hands, be made productive Of
results so fine as TO silence criticism
and leave theory almost, IL not quite,
hopelessly marooned. Theory may,
however. lift its head as the whole
Gothic contribution to this exhibition Is
surveyed. The persuasiveness OF that
contribution is only fitful Not yet
does the inspiration Of the Middle Ages
burn here with a strong, steady flame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
The Wide Dominance of the
Renaissance.

What, then. is the architectural Ian
guage which, in the light Of this eXhibi E
ton. seems TO approximate most closely
to our traits as people, TO our famil-
lar needs and habits? The classic
style. with a strong infusion OF ancient
Roman ideas. is pretty clearly the style
which we use with the more instructive
authority-and with the more content
ment-in our public buildings. In our
church architecture there are visible no
tendencies OF weight sufficient TO ar
rest the growth of that ambiguous hy-
pothesis at which we have Just glanced.
The skyscraper remains what il has ala
ways been. an exasperating hybrid, out
Of which, by a lucky chance. we now
and then manage TO rescue some ele-
ments OF simplicity. In the private
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

The huge central motive, the great
porch with its six pillars and its richly
sculptured pediment, and the vast dome
above, could not but recall centuries of
academic practice, and the long colum
mar wings are exactly what we would
essaTily expect, as a matter of course,
is the skill with which these features
are brought together and. with the at
ties in the further plane. are made call
of a piece Unmistakably this is a
design that has been profoundly
studied, a work Of scholarship; but the
important point TO note is that Messrs.
Tracy & Swartwout have escaped that
hard. muscle-bound effect which so
often descends like a blight upon just
the sort of design that they have put
forth. Their building has that air of
being spontaneously right which causes
us 10 find severe monumental scheme
not only impressive but merely delight
full. We pass to a third composition in
a kindred vein Mr.. w. w. Bosworth's
immense Institute of Technology, for
Boston, and we receive a kindred inn
preston. In this case the plan is
lower and deeper, and the sky line has,
properly more restrained accent in
the flat dome at the centre. But this
design, too, with it's outspread wings
embracing. all told, perhaps a dozen
courts, suggests. as does the Missouri
Capitol, sense of aerial line, of great
mass saved from inertness and in
vested with a vivid. gracious quality.
Here, again, we feel that the problem
has been worked out from the inside.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

:. But even in such a case as this,
'sm which concerns itself not only
eject but with causes will not in
s"1uy find itself obliged TO trace
"'N elements in the genius Of a
Osek 70 influences get IN motion
= N'ofe he was born. If the prob
mus complicated in the matter
Il Ing II is even more obscure as
s@ 10 architecture. Has our
Il !, found itself az last? And if
:, wat are We 10 ascribe the pro-
e. q This happy event? These
iz-@ intrigue US nightly, as our
- s used TO say, at the exhibit
H. me Architectural League. In
~, -'H'hary survey Of the subject.
80 The Tribune Of February !.
ks,.s was said about the inspiring
Ks,- OF really good designs In the
sse.. ana their excellence was at
| a.. hore especially TO a broad
: D. ni IN taste Another visit
Z. A0S confirms this observation.
"a one' furthermore. TO thinking
'|ticuiar movements OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

..e s.ole,t O.. tne moment IS. Of
,ur,e the Morgan collection, but il is
be hoped that it Will not distract at
.ertion from the exhibition of the
architectural League. To that, on
,bich some further notes are given be
ow. the public owes support as it has
never owed il before The galleries al
he Fine Arts Building have not since
he league first used them been filled
tn so good a collection, SO well dis
aved 4 sale Of some Importance is
heduled for this week. on Thursday
nd Friday evenings there will be put
% al auction % the ballroom Of the
plaza the paintings collected 10y the
ne Clement a. Griscom which are now
~ view al the American Art Galleries.
-hcv include old masters Of the Ital-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

character that it possesses it points to
the principle of growth with which
American architecture at large seems
TO be identifying itself
The Missouri state Capitol enforces
the same lesson in a more grandiose
way. The problem here was in sense
conventional, and it has been solved
with the aid of "a convention, that OF
Rome. We dare say that the archi-
tects despaired of working out their
scheme with any great originality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
work a stamp as wise as It is original.

work a stamp as wise as 1t is original.
Mr.. Pope exhibits some other inter-
esting things, including the design that
he submitted for the Lincoln memorial
and his majestic mausoleum at Wood
lawn for the Leeds family. this
latter a structure Of extraordinary dis
tincton. But it is over the Hit house
that we are inclined to linger, rejoicing
in the serene lovelness, the well pom
dered inventive art, the note of style.
the truly creative qualities, which place
It in a category by itself. 1t is invigo-
rating to take leave of the architecture
in the exhibition with a work like this
fixed in ones mind.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
The Gothic Motive in Our Re
cent Churches.

1t persists in our study of current
church architecture. and this in spite
of certain element in the situation
provocative of doubts Which will not
down. The question asked in these
columns a year ago, apropos Of certain
designs then shown at the league, as to
whether we were to look for a Gothic
revival in this country, would seem to
have been answered in the affirmative
That fact still leaves undisputed, theo-
retically speaking, the principle that
the medieval tradition is III adapted TO
the genius of our time, is inexpensive
Of American life. The theory would
appear to be confirmed too, by the in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

to the point of drawing our inspiration
from fifteenth and sixteenth century
Italy. Occasionally we do so with more
ardor than judgment. Take. for ex-
ample, the city house exhibited by
Messrs. Howells e. Stokes, and note
both the poor proportions OF the FACADE
and the excess of ornament, inside and
out. There is an instance of the
Renaissance misinterpreted. But more
representative is the Blair house, of
McKim, Mead e White. at Chicago,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

tiful, the proportions Of the whole, the
spacing OF the windows, the treatment
of the doorway and of the cornice, the
delicate application Of faultless orna-
ment at only those spots where orna-
ment is legitimate. The entrance is by
itself a little masterpiece. steps, rail-
ing. columns and balcony being adj
justed with consummate art to the
facade. In the mouldings which run
around the second stage Of the design,
in the low relief given TO the window
frames and cornices, in the medallions
and garlands which are the sole
scuptured embellishments used, you
can feel the artist impressing upon his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Es the American Architect
Found Himself?

Tie precise moment at which school
GG comes into its own is practically
1possible 20 register. In painting, for
uz-ple. the task Of the historian
s=Es fairly simple. because it so often
s;itns that the triumph Of given
siool is really the triumph Of a given
sarsr. and 10 is easy enough TO fix his
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

a. Dutch. Flemish and English
EAOOs. and a group of modern pictures
'pnsenling the Barbizon men, For
irE Miss Cassatt. CAIN, Thaulow
Il rany others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22

trinsic quality of certain designs in the
present exhibition. The extraordinary
ability shown by Messrs. Cram, Good
hue & Ferguson in ST. Thomas's
Church cannot blind us TO the factltl-
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-11-16
Notes From the
Commercial Club
aBeIgium Starving.

Belgium has been made to bear
the brunt of the cruel European war.
AS a result the country is in ruins
and millions of her people are with
out shelter, clothing and food for the
winter. Thousands of these innocent
people will perish this winter unless
relief is forthcoming. To cope with
this problem Belgian Relief Fund
Committees are being organized in
try for the purpose of soliciting funds
and supplies for the women, children
and other non-combatants OF this
war-wrecked country. The CONNER
cial Club feels confident that the peo-
pie of Ashland will answer this call
literally and requests those willing
to contribute to either leave supplies
at the club rooms, or phone and dray
will be sent for what you have to
give. The supplies especially needed
at this time are beans, peas, rice,
flour, bacon, dried fruits, etc. Any
thing that you have to give will be
taken charge of by the Commercial
Club and forwarded to headquarters.
If you wish to give money, checks
should be made payable to j. P. Nor
gan & Co. of New York, trustees of
the Belgian Relief Fund. This ma
tion-wide appeal is in no sense po-
litical. The merits of the awful
struggle now in progress are not
brought in question. 1t is an appeal
from one neutral nation, brought,
through no fault of hers, to a state
of immeasurable destitution and
misery, to another neutral nation
that has been practically unharmed
by this world catastrophe, and is
meeting with prompt and generous
response from all parts of our coun-
try. San Francisco alone has raised
100000 at a mass meeting, in addi-
ton to other contributions, of which
she is sending a shipload. The
Commercial Club strongly urges our
people to respond promptly and gen.
erously. .
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-11-16
Medford Cannery
On Paying Basis

The R. D. Hoke cannery, estab-
lished on cooperative plan last
spring, canned 35, 900 cans of Rogue
River Valley fruit and produce in a
short season with a small crop, ac-
cording to reports filed at direct
ors' meeting last night. The cannery
will pay its per cent dividend The
first year the Puyallup cannery-the
model cannery of the west-operated'
the output was dumped into Puget
Sound, says the Medford Sun.
The directors were highly pleased
with the showing and broader plans
will be adopted for next year.
To date the cannery has sold
$3,094.4S worth of the output and
now has about $500 worth of stock
on hand. For produce $764.O7 was
paid, and for labor. $921.26. One
grower, c. S. Eichen, realized
$310.S5 for his tomatoes grown on
| wv anu a II iNllOudl All luc
pears canned have been sold and
there is now a brisk demand for
them, which cannot be supplied ow-
ing to small output. Next year the
output and business will be increased
twelve-fold, according to Manager
Hoke.
The success of the cannery this
year means that in 1915 the acre.
age in tomatoes, beans and logan
berries will be quadrupled. A cam
paign will be launched to impress
upon growers the advantage of plant
ing loganberries for canning, eastern
and middle west dealers being unable
to supply the demand from theil
customers for this fruit, canned oil
fresh.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-11-16
Conway Has Built
Apartment House

F. E. Conway has opened his beau
tiful new apartment house in Marsh
field. It cost complete 100000. 1t
contains twenty-five apartments, all
handsomely furnished. These are all
vacuum cleaned. The apartments
are all steam heated. the heating
plant consisting of big oil burner
and boilers. 1t has big dance hall
for the convenience of those in the
apartments, when they wish to enter
tain, besides a splendid roof gorden.
Rentals range from $25 to $S5 a
month. Nearly the whole building
was occupied long before completion.
Mr.. Conway has certainly boosted
Marshfield. He did a great deal of
improvement work in Ashland, to say
nothing of the additions he made to
number of beautiful dwellings.