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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Home T0un.
RUIN WILL BENEFIT TOWNS
Destruction by Armies viii Make
Necessary the Construction Of
Whole Communities Anew.

Every town of importance in East
Prussia that has suffered at the de-
vastating hand Of the Russians has
decided to incorporate a municipal
garden section in its plans for rebuild
Ing.
Many OF the destroyed towns are so
completely ruined that it is going to
be necessary to raze what little is left
and construct the whole community
anew. This makes 1t eminently feast
BILE to apportion of a section that can
be devoted to the desirable city gar
den feature.
Many OF the communities also are
planning for a series Of municipality
constructed and owned houses for
workmen, single home structures with
two, three and four rooms, which ulti-
mately can be purchased by their oc-
cupants on the familiar e~asy-payment
plan.
Plans Of this character are already
well advanced In Gerdauen, Tapiau,
O%rtelsburg, Lyck and other communi-
ties, and additional municipalities are
preparing to follow suit.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Cut the Weeds and Grass.

Whether you are a renter or an
owner, you should not permit grass
and weeds to take" the sidewalk.
Flies and mosquitoes bred in the tan
gled grass of a home owner are just
as annoying and poisonous as those
that are brought to life on the rented
premises. And the blow to civic beau
ty is as severe in the one instance as
In the other. Don't be q drawback
to comfort, health and civic beauty,
which is to say, don't weed and grass
cucumber the sidewalk Of the place
that you call home.-Corsican (Tex.)
Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

Hight ~ cocWo
the acquaintanceshp OF the fish. Once firmly established in their good
graces, Troy took steps to solve a problem which had perplexed him for years
and which is the cause of disappointment for the average unsuccessful angler.
He wanted to know the most expeditions way to bait a hook with a minnow
IN order to catch bass. With this idea in mind he dropped several club
minnows in the tank.
In a moment they had disappeared. Several more were dropped. ana
Troy "a surprised a moment later to see one Of the number, minus its tail
and badly cut, belly up toward the surface. A second later it disappeared in
the a of one of the bass.
Observations werec continued. and Troy eventually learned that the bass
would never take the minnow tail first. So o. his next excursion, instead
Of thrustng his barb through the head Dr. nose OF the minnow, he caught
1t about the middle and just under the back fin, thus giving a bass a chance
at the head. The difference in hooking soon showed results, and when
Troy finished the trip he had succeeded in catching more and better bsy
than he had on any other trip of his career.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Beautjfylnu the Streets.

Palms lining the downtown side
walks comprise a unique feature Of
city Identification in Los Angeles, Cal.
The work Of installing has just been
completed, says the National Real Es-
tate Journal.
Along so blocks of the heart Of the
city have been placed LOO splendid
specimens Of the Chamerops Excel
sas palms. The work was done by the
county at an expense of some $780,
900, as part Of a general beautifica.
ton scheme for California expositfons
this year. The improvement Is de-
signed to be permanent.
Delicate trailing vines and nastur-
tiums have been planted about the
roots Of the trees and give a green
and flower effect against the brown
trunks.
The palms are set in wooden tubs,
which in turn are placed in cement
boxes. The lowest branches are about
eight feet above the sidewalk. The
watering is done at night by the city
street sprinkling department.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

one side was a cliff a mile high, on the other a bottomless cave. The G. O. P
trademark came steaming up to Reed. He felt its hot breath as its prehen
sWe proboscis probed his person. The elephant stepped in to deliver the
coupdegrace. Raising its trunk until it touched Reeds hands it forced down
his guard and, leaning over
Bit him on the left shoulder! J
In fighful agony Reed woke, threw on his clothes and charged out on.
to Main street. There was a policeman, SO he felt sure of protection.
Where's the nearest hospial?" begged Reed. I've just been bitten
on the shoulder by an elephant" F.- a aGs
At the receiving hospital DR.. Louis M. Kane heard Reeds story in all its
awing details. On Reeds left shoulder was a red spot the size of a itney
bus fare.
Are you a stranger here" asked the surgeon.
"Yessir," moaned Reed.
THAT explains it" concluded the doctor. You were bitten not by an
elephant, but
by a ferocous flea"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

pany has designed an inexpensive out
door housing for it's meters. This con-
sists of a wooden box divided into two
parts, the upper Of which incloses the
switchboard and fuses, and the lower,
the meter. A door gives immediate
access to the switches and fuses, while
a v plate securely screwed in place
over the second compartment protects
the meter, which, however, is visible
for reading. The box is supported on
a substantial framework several feet
from the ground.-Popular Mechanics
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

Animal pAwnshOp. Recently a mar did
this, getting $40 on a dog that was
easily WORTH $50, the pawnbroker said.
But he was a trick dog which had been
taught to open doors. So in due time
he opened a door and let himself out
while letting the pawnbroker in. D.
Potter, who is the trainer for the New
York Hippodrome, own the shop. He
takes camels. lions, elephants, any ami
mails. There are no charges for in
terest on the loan, the only charge
being for the keep Of the animals.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Value of Street Trees.

New York would be a far different
city," says the Evening Mail, IF a mill
lion trees were growing along its $500
miles of streets and roads. Manhat.
tan highways also would afford room
for 200, 900 trees, which would greatly
improve property values and the pub
lie health"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

cessfuL William. though just a plain scrub goat, Is Of stock design, and it
was flu for him to drag the lawn mower along, and a large area of their five
acre tract that is in grass ceased to be a Z cause of dread.
The garden cutivator?
Why not?
Here again William doomed more important a s n investment. A hand
cultlVator is hard or a person to push, but for the goat 1t vas easy to pull.
and M and onefouth acres of garden are kept in splendid shape. through
the efforts Of Mr.. Hops and the goat after business hours.
1t is fun for Oliver to drive the goat, but Mr.. Hops ca manage him
alone II Oliver is not available, and the goat walks along about al fast as is
essential to careful cultivation, and he never baks nor stalls unless a solid
obstruction is encountered by the cutvator.
William is becoming too fat; he does not have enough to do" observed
Mr.. Hops, letting his eye rove owe the little farm. Next year l will have
to plan a little more garden for his benefit"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Mineral Waters.

According to the annual statement
on the production Of mineral waters
in 1914, now available for distribution
by the geological survey. 5k,S5S,466 gal.
Ions of mineral water werA sold during
the year. This qSontitN came from
500 commercial springs and had Q
value of S4,S92,32S.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

among which at almost any time re dogs, monkeys, bears goats cate coor,
foxes parrots cararies. At one time he had 40 trick donkevs in nawn Tho
pronts arising frm the charges for feed and car are enough IN r,oke a.
msttutlon pay once he had a lion in pawn which broke his chair in tha
stable and went roaring around trying to get out. The mu,ovee were
nearly scaeed to death, and it was only after heroic efforts tbt ,hou 49,
courage tic capture him. As a matter of fact, the animal was a de-.
crepn beast that had served his time in side shows and vas anyion.t IN 10.
away from them, The proprietor trains animals of all tinds Nd 49,
them, % his lne of pawnshop for them is a part Of his otber bnsiness an
he la thus cons to have the only pawnshop of the kind In the vorS
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

quency with which he returned from
angling excursions without results.
conceived an idea which has since
made him quite famous.
In the parlor of his residence he
installed a glass tank 2 by 2 by 5 feet.
The installation was made in the fall
of the year. In the tank he placed
several large and small mouth bass of
medium size and members of other
fish families common in the north
temperate zone. All winter long dur
inc tho dow ond Of Dj0h& ho cultivated
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

Hops, who had just mOtOred home to
the summer place of the Hops family,
at Seventy-fifth street and Santa Fe
avenue, looked askance at his sons
bargain.
But a trade is a trade, and there
was the goat, and a nice new tan
harness. Also there was the lawn
mower and a good start OF xrass wait.
ing his immediate attention. Ee de-
clared now that it was an inspiration
which prompted him to put them to-
Cnther Tho trial woo moro tbon c,,o-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08

WOVIe SnOW on SUNDAY night. He saw
D jungle film. Giraffes, tigers, lions and
elephants frisked across the screen,
charged, slew and gobbled their prey.
His back hair bristled as he later
pulled the covers up to his nose and
sank back into his pillow.
Horrible dreams outdid the
movies Pickering films. Reed was be-
ing pursued by countless "denizens
of the impenetrable jungle Businesses"
The climax came at last. A huge
African elephant cornered Reed. On
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
HOUSING AN OUTDOOR METER
Unique Device for Use In Districts
Where Electricity ls Used
for Pumping.

For use in the irrigating districts Of
Oregon, where many Of the agricultur-
lists employ electric energy for pump
ing purposes, a light and power CON-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Kansas City Goat Proves to Be Good Farm Hand

KANSAS CITY-The business ability of Oliver Hops was in question.
N Oliver, eight years old, traded his bicycle, which was known to have a
cash value Of $12. for a goat harness and wagon Of unknown worth. Crosby
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Wonder Of Golden West Is Found in Los Angeles

7 Os ANGELES-One wonder of the Golden West va discovered in Los
Il Angeles one morning recently by Arthur j. Reed, a trpper from Denver.
a s he was enjoying his first nights sleep in California. Reed went to .
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Now You Can Pawn Your Pet Animals in New York

NEW YoRK-Among the curious industries or sources of livelihood in
~ New York city is a n animal pawnshop. AS tab a watch tn ON
ordinary pawnshop to raise money o n it, SO you may take a watchdog to the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-10-08
Grand Rapids Man Studies Fishing in ParIOr

GRAND RAPIDs-several years ago, when the outcome of q fishing trip
u to him "a entirely a matter of conjecture, Leo F. Troy, better known
among his piscatoral associates a Hard Luck" Troy, because of the fire.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

effort will be made to bring Oregon
to the forefront. Crowds of Ore
gonians here will help very material
ly, and those who delay their visit
for the two weeks of which October
80 is the center will find much of in
terest extraordinary at the exposi-
tion. October 21 ushers in Horticul-
tural Week, which will be hummer,
and at the same time the fall flower
show will be under way. The stock
show will be in full blast until the
middle of November, and November
2 is San Francisco Day. The latter
is certain to bring crowd of 800, 900
and the greatest day Of special events
and festivity of the fair period. The
weather continues perfect, and those
who know San Francisco best say
that settled" weather may be count
ed on until near December.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11
A TRIUMPH OF SCIENCE.

Very silently, without blare Of
trumpet or previous announcement,
there was conducted a most success
full and marvellous experiment by the
American Telegraph and Telephone
Company. Seated in his office in
New York city, Theodore N. Vail,
president of the American Telegraph
and Telephone Company, talked in a
matter-of and conversational
tone of voice to j. j. McCarty, chief
engineer of the company, who was
stated in his office on the Pacific
coast, by wireless telephone apparat-
us. The conversation showed the pos
sibility and practicability of wireless
telephone conversation across the
continent. In accomplishing this re-
suit, the wireless telephone was called
into play. Mr.. Vail spoke through an
ordinary telephone in his office con-
Meeting with wireless at Arlington
station, then jumped through space
to the Pacific coast, where it was
caught by wireless apparatus connect
ing with Mr.. McCarty, preserving
without loss the distinctness Of the
personal tone of the speaker.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11
NEW YORK GOVERNOR TO SAY
WHEN.

A radical change in the proposed
new constitution of New York state
is the executive budget. The new
constitution provides a new innova-
tion along this line. The require
ments both of the constitution Of the
United States and of every state con-
stitution that appropriations must
originate in the legislative body,
though the executive may vote there
for, is reversed. If New York adopts
her new constitution, the appropria-
tions will be initiated by the govern
or. The Legislature may vote the
governors request, but the legisla'
ture will have no power to load the
budget. II the expense of state gov
ernment is excessive it will be the
fault of the governor. He is to be
the real chief executive and upon his
shoulders rests the responsibility
saying how much money is to be
raised for the administration of the
executive departments. The legisla-
ture may strike out or rescind items
of the budget, but it may not insert
new items, and it can not increase the
amount of money the governor re-
quests for any department. The pos
sibility of this form of the budget
arrangement is that it takes the first
work of the legislature. Until the
legislature has passed the budget pro-
viding for the appropriations for the
ensuing term it can not take up any
other legislative work. There can be
no log rolling in he matter of financ-
ing the state.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11
Prizes Many at
Portland Show

Portland, October 11.-She second
annual Manufacturers and Land
Products Show at Portland this year
will receive exhibits of goods from
any jobber, manufacturer or retailer,
without reference to where manufac-
tured. This throws the exposition
open to Oregon manufacturers and
those in the northwest and the Pa
cific coast in general, or the world at
large.
This year a grand prize will be
given by the manufacturers' exhibit
committee OF 500 for the best ex-
hibit made by an Oregon manufacture
er. Working exhibits are to be a
feature and the one believed best by
the judges will receive SIS. There
will be second and third prizes OF
$50 and $50. The best exhibit occu-
pying more than three booths will
receive $50. The second and third
prizes in this class are $40 and $40.
Three prizes of $50, $40 and SIS go
to the three best exhibits occupying
less than three booths.
A cash prize of 800 goes to the
most harmonious section of booths
The second prize calls for $75. The
most attractively decorated conces-
sion booth receives $25 and the booth
displaying the best "Made-in-O Oregon
slogan receives $40. The girl voted
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11
JOHN BULLS BRUTAL INHUMAN.
ITY.

Count Won Revenlow, the noted
German military writer whose re-
marks in the Berlin newspapers from
time to time add to the entertain
ment of the world, and even to the
moon and stars on occasions, now
calls attention to another example
of the brutal, not to say beastly, in
humanity of the British. He points
out the utter disregard of the princi-
pies of humanity and civilization
shown by the English government in
deporting the 100000 civilian men,
women and babies of London from
their homes so that they shall not be
blown to hash by the destroying Ger
man Zeppelins.
Let's hope for the best, count. If
John Bull won't be, civilized, let's
force kultur into his blamed old
hide, count
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11
Ashland, Ore, Monday, Oct. II, 1915
.THE MAIL MUST GO THROUGH"

Some people have an idea that the
frontier days are over. It's true that
the wild west" is ceasing to be wild,
and is now mostly contained in the
travelling aggregations of cowboys and
Indians who entertain our eastern
towns with a more or less accurate
picture of the frontier as it was.
The attack on the stage coach, the
pony express" that carried the
mails, the nearness of death, and the
performance of stirring duty are
mostly memories now, so far as our
west is concerned.
But we have new frontier. We
have only pushed back the frontier
to the Pacific ocean, and now it re-
appears in our northern territory of
Alaska. Here's a real story of how
the mails are carried and what some
times faces the man who carries
them. 1t comes from the postoffice
department and 1t really happened.
Once a month the mail steamer
leaves from Seward and goes out the
Aleutian Island chain as far as I'm
alaska, making stops along the way
to deliver the mail One of these is
at Cold Bay, opposite Kodiak Island.
After about the first of November
from the Aleutian chain and in Ber-
ing Sea northward the ice packs
form and navigation ceases. So the
mail must go overland from the
southern coast OF Alaska into the in
terror. One of these mail routes
starts from the steamer landing at
Cold Bay, goes across the Alaska
peninsula to lgagik, and around the
head of Bristol Bay to Nushagak
For years the man who carried the
mail over this route was c. l.. Bow
dry. Between November 1 to April
30 the contract calls for four trips
over this 350-mile trail by dog sled.
Bowdry was a "musher." a musher
is man who can stand the rigors of
the winter climate, can wade in froz-
en- water, run mail on his back II
necessary, sleep in bag on the snow,
knows how to drive dog team and
keep the dogs in good condition, and
is prepared to meet all the emergen-
cies of a snow trail trip of this char
acter.
In the winter of 1912 Bowdry left
the steamship Dora with his pack of
mail to hit the trail for Nushagak.
He never arrived. A searching party
found his murdered body and the
looted mail sacks. A wandering band
of hostile Eskimos had encountered
him. He had with him valuable
clothes and firearms. They belonged
TO the patrons of Uncle Sam and he
was responsible. He defended the
mail sacks and was murdered while
doing his duty.
But the Dora still takes the mail
to Cold Bay and another "musher"
takes II overland $50 miles to Nusha-
gak four times during the winter sea-
son, because the mining camps along
the trail depend on Uncle Sam for
their communication with the outside
world during the long Alaska winter
night. The mail pack may contain
sorely needed medicines, or impor-
tant letters from the folks at home.
And the mail must go through!
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

to pass up the offering until late,
when a couple Of loads went at $6.3e
for tops. Market little unsettled
with bulk around the $6.15 to $6.25
mark.
Sheep-A fair run of sheep came
in over Sunday with nice lot OF
Washington lambs which brought 81.
A few ewes we're sold at $5 and a
couple of cars of feeder lambs sold
at $6.25.
Outlook good with demand keen.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11
Portland Stock Report, October 4.

With a run of about $50 head OF
cattle, the market opened up with
steady to strong prices, choice steers
going at $6.S5 with 5 cents above
last weeks top, cows going at s.. A
few heifers sold at Sc and calves
brought $3.50.
Hogs-Not many good hogs are on
the market. Buyers seemed inclined
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

by popular ballot the most popular
demonstrator will receive $40. She
will also be crowned Queen of Dem
onstrators" on closing night, Novem
ber 13.
Already requests have been received
for. space from industrial concerns in
several cities of Oregon and Washing
ton.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

"What is this move for a dual pur-
pose cow" asks "Old Subscriber"
It's a cow that will give all the milk
possible and then beef about it.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

When equal rights for women are
established, some mere men can
square old accounts by using a lot of
women for non-support.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

A St. Paul dairyman whose milk
was spreading typhoid was found to
have an infected we'll. Will dairy
men never stop milking the pump?
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

The only interest out of an invest
ment in an automobile is a bad scent.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-10-11

The bloomin' British are putting
the ell in the Dardanelles.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-02
WHEN WE GROW OLD

When we grow old, and when the way
Has wearier grown, maybe.
/ wonder will you look that day
As truthfully 10 met
When we grow old, sweetheart, and
when
Loves tenderest tales are told,
What new ones shall we whisper then
Dear love, when we grow oldl
Now Time is young--how light, how
young,
We scarce can hear bis feet. q.
Save that each football leaves some
song
To make our dreaming sweet.
But Time steals on, sweetheart, and
when
His steps have heavier grown.
] wonder shall we hear Il then,
The music we have known1
Dear heart, when we grow old, woen,
Your hands in mine I'll take,
And all the old, old love has been
Wen tell for new loves sake. -.
What thought each passing year may
bring
A halting speech and slow,
As truly as Of yore, twill ring,
"Dear love, ! love you 20. 3"
Answers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-10-02
SportNeus


ing him in readiness for the big clash;
others contended that it was because
Wood was ailing-that it was because
he never had fully recovered from the
illness that temporarily ended his me-
teoric career after the 1912 world IS
series. Probably Carrigan himself is
the only one who knows. Certainly,
fandom at large doesn't
Granting that Alexander wins the
first game, and thereafter works every
other day, Boston's advantage in the
pitching department still is great. For
it is doubtful whether even Alexander,
as great as he is, can work every other
day and win his game. Not only would
the physical strain be terrific, but the
mental strain would be even greater.
In Leonard, Carrigan has one of the
best, if not the best left-handers in the
game.
The odds are against Grover, and if
he wins out against the Carrigan clan,
even the lustre of the great Rube Wad-
dell will be shared by the Quaker hurl-
or.