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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-16
Bv Roland Cotterill
Secretary Seattle Park Board

Secretary Seattle Park Board
The idea of a municipal golf
course as a part of the public rec
reation system of the city of Sc
attic, originated with Edward c..
Cheasty, a member of the Seattle
Park Commission, from 1907 to
1910, and now deceased.
Mr.. Cheasty was man of trav-
els and though not a golfer him
self, his observation of the game
in other cities both in this coun-
try and in Europe convinced him
that golf could be made game
for the masses, If part of the
public recreation system.
He first preached the idea to
his colleagues in 1907, but failed
to secure the support of the other
park commissioners. He was
persistent in the matter, however,
and in August, 1909, secured the
passage of resolution commit
ting the commission to the estab-
lishment of a public golf course
in one of the parks of the city.
The engineer of the department
was directed to make a study as
to available sites and reported
that practically all of the large
parks of Seattle were natural
wooded parks and not adapted
for use as golf links, unless trees
and native growth were destroyed.
He suggested, however, as an
admirable site, tract of logged
off land, 235 acres in area, owned
by the city and located about two
miles from the business district,
on Beacon Hill, slightly ridge
overlooking the harbcr.
Citizen Takes a Hand !.
This tract of land had been ac-
quired by the city in the early
days at nominal price, for flu
ture use as city cemetery. About
one-half of the land had been
used as location for two large
reservoirs of the city water de-
partment and for a stockade and
farm where the short term city
prisoners were quartered.
The next step was to secure the
transfer of the remainder of this
tract to the park board, but as
this required legislative action by
the city council and as this body
was not warm on the subject OF
municipal golf, the matter drag
ged along for over two years.
During this time, Sherwood Gill
lespy, a prominent local citizen
and golf enthusiast, came to the
assistance of the park board by
circulating and presenting to the
city council a petition signed by
several thousand business and
professional men, urging that the
Beacon Hill tract be turned over
to the park board for use as mu-
nicipal golf course.
As a result of this pressure, the
city council in November, 1911
passed the ordinance placing 101
acres of the tract under the juris-
diction of the park board, in con,
sideration of which $4,000 OF
park extension funds was turned
over to the general fund of the
city with which to buy another
cemetery site. which has since
been acquired.
| Work City Prisoners
The next step was the matter
of Improvement of the tract,
which was a serious problem in
that the land was typical logged
off land, covered with logs,
Istumps and second growth, and
no appropriation was available
for the work. This problem was
solved by the use of the city
prisoners. for clearing and grub
bling. and by 1918, the entire tract
had been thoroughly cleared.
Funds for grading, seeding.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-16
ITALY TO SEND 10000

PARIS. Oct. 16.--That Italy
will send 10000 men into the
Balkans Is the information re-
ceived here by the Excelsior. The
italian government is maintaining
strict secrecy as to where it win
land the troops.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-16
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ISSUE
BONDS
BRYAN'S VIEW OF II

p WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct.
> 16.-"The president may he
I. mistaken regarding what the
I. people wish, William ].
I. BRYAN declared today whom
= asked for a statement re-
!: garding the administration g
. preparedness program.
!. II do not care to discuss
> the presidents position. how.
. ever, until he himself an
y nounees it. /"
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-16
What's Doing


Today
Last day of Vashon-Mausy
Island fair.
Holy Rosary Fair and Bazaar.
Tahoma Athletic club VS.. II. of
Washington freshmen; football;
Athletic park; 2:30 p. m.
Stadium and Lincoln Park high
school first and second teams,
football: Stadium; 1880 p. m.
Reception to foreign mission
sry party; First Baptist church,
S p. m.
Pacific Northwest Alumni asso-
citation; banquet; University club;
evening.
Tomorrow
Rt. Rev. N. p. Gravengaard,
president Of national Danish Lu-
theran church organization;
speaks at Danish Lutheran
church, 18th and NJ; II a. m. and
Is D. m.
Mems meeting Y. NJ. G. A.,
3:15 p, m. Robert A. Elwood,
pastor Boardwalk Presbyterian
church. Atlantic City. ". j.. to
speak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-16
RusfANIA NEUTRAL

BUCHAREST, Oct. i6.Th9
Rumanian cabinet has made
pronouncement in favor OF main
tanning neutrality. Military prs
cautions have been taken on the
frontiers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-10-16

BRUSSELS street boys have a new method of
annoying German soldiers. They carry scis-
scrs In their sleeves and when they are close
to German soldier In a crowd, they cut off
as trophy.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
THE; "JITNEY BUS"

Five Cent Motoroar Ride Helps to
80 Solve City Transit Problems.
:J1tney busses are the most recent Of
transit experiments and have excited
much interest In the smaller American
cities recently. "Jitney' is slang, bor-
rowed from the Mexican for five cent
piece, and the only simon pure though
highly vanished jitney bus is the one
that charges five cent fare regardless
or Its size, make, power or the number
OF passengers it may be carrying.
Starting in the cities of southern Cal
1fornia about; the beginning Of the year,
the jitney bus idea has spread quickly
across the continent
=. The jitney bus, of course, is far from
popular with the street railway COM
panies where it has won the approval
Of the public. The first effort to stop
jftneys in the court has been made in
San Diego and has failed. The conten-
tion was raised In the superior court of
that city that jitneys could not be le-
gally operated without franchise. In
denying the petition for an injunction
Judge w. A. Sloan held that in the alb
sence Of any physical appropriation OF
the highway the 1itney is not subject
to the franchise laws. The right of
the Legislature to enact a law giving
municipalities authority to require fran
chises was not questioned, but Judge
Sloan said If the city had a right to
regulate jitneys by ordinance there
was no ground for injunction in the
absence Of such ordinance.
= Among the legal restrictions that may
be applied by city are prescribed
routes of travel, the number Of passen-
gers carried by each vehicle, the dis
tricts ,of travel and the. promotion of
thet highest efficiency and safety in
public transportation. The license pow
er 1saalso capable OF adjustment within
reasonable bounds.
:. Judge Sloan held that there was an
absence Of authority In law to indicate
that the use of public highway in
the business aOf a common carrier OF
either freight or passengers by stage
Or omnibus lines had ever been treat
ed as an: unusual or unauthorized use
requiring franchise grant
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10

BY HAL SHERIDAN. "
They're off. The 1915 baseball
season was opened today by the Fed:
eral league, getting the jump on o.
B. by four days. -, ~
At: Brooklyn, Baltimore, Chicago
and Kansas City today, the fans
gathered to usher in King Baseball
for his 1915 reign with the jumps cry
of "Play Ball." -.
The Feds debut today will be fol-
lowed on April IA by the opening of
the National and American league
seasons. The baseball war is still on,
but many wise ones declare that this
will be the last year of the war.
The Feds went ahead today, how
ever, with all appearances of an in
definite stay in the baseball world.
Their team rosters presented many
new faces as result of winter raids
on the ranks of the foe. All of the
teams have been strengthened during
ChO 10y -OA
At Baltimore today, where the In
ternational team was driven to Rich
mond by Fed competition, the Newark
team, transferred from Indianapolis.
made it's bow Cy Falkenberk, the
Human Darning Needle" is slated
for the mound honors for Newark
whose team comprises most of the
1914 Fed pennant winners. The
new grounds of the Newark club at
Harrison, N. j., will probably be
christened April 16 by the Baltimore
team.
The umpires' staff of the Feds this
year consists of Chief William Bren-
nan; James Johnstone, of Newark;
Fred Westervelt, of Richmond; Will
liam Finneran, of Erie; Harry How
ell, of Brooklyn; Louis Fyfe, of Chi
cago; Barry Mccormick, of Chicago,
and Spike Shannon, of Minneapolis.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
WATERING CITY TREES.

Practicable Method Described by In.
vestioator Who Has Studied Subject.
I'm recent issue of the Scientih,
American" says correspondent o1
that paper, appeared a description OF
novel contrivance which Is being
used In Strassburg. Germany, for ap
plying water, to city trees in dry sea
sons. The method therein described
Of bending a perforated iron pipe
around the tree to be: watered and
then attempting to saturate the hard
ground sufficiently for the needs Of a
large tree by means Of pouring water
into q funnel and thence into the bent
and buried pipe, pierced with small
hOles-appears to be most 1mpracti'
cal and expensive method.
your correspondent has often had
occasion to apply water to planted
trees n AN arid climate, and he has
been. uniformly successful with the
simple expedient Of boring one or more
holes with a post auger, avoiding all
large roots, at a suitable distance from
the tree say eighteen inches, more Or
less,s according to Its age-and TO. q
depth Of two to three feet. st=s4 { Is 8. 3,
These holes, II more than one Is
deemed necessary, should encircie the
tree eQuidistantly and be tamped full OF
horse manure mixed with light stable
litter, which will be found to take up
water by the bucketful as fast as it
can be poured thereon, fertilizing and
softening the ground all around the
roots and retaining the moisture for a
long time. il. :.
"A dab Of hay can easily be added
on top of any hole where settling takes
place. BY this means the roots will
also receive an increase Of moisture
during rainy seasons" .,..s-s .s>-s.- - ! !
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
Swedish Lutheran.

Sunday school at 12. There will
be no other services on account OF
the absence of the pastor. j. H. Ran
dahl, pastor. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
HOW ARE THE sTREETs OF
YOUR TOWN.

The various associations that
have been formed to agitate the
building Of good roads between
large centers and from coast to
coast are accomplishing work
that must benefit every automo-
bile owner and each manufac-
turer. The object Of these asso-
ciati0ns Is worthy one, and
they should be given all the as
sistance possible.
But in thus promoting the
building Of good roads through
rural districts are not many Of
US overlooking the local condi-
lions or, at least, trusting that
these will "take care Of them
selves2" With how many cities
and towns are we familiar in
which the resident, apoloGikng
for the condition Of the naain
streets, will say, But our roads
are fine out In the countryy'
and Will seem to believe that in
thus bringing forth the fact that
the rural highways are in excel
lent condition he is Offering suf-
6cient excuse for the almost i'm
passable condition Of the streets
Of his own town. ...1c -
" -
y. And yet such conditions exist
to q deplorablea extent.-H. W.
slauson in Leslie's.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
Splendid for Rheumatism.

II think Chamberlain's Liniment
is just splendid for rheumatism, -
writes Mrs. Dunburgh, Eldridge, N.
Y. 1T has been used by myself and
other members of my family time and
again during the past six years and
has always given the best of salts
faction" The quick relief from pain
which Chamberlain's ~Liniment af-
fords is alone worth many times the
cost. Obtainable everywhere.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10

Before the present war broke out
the average. German maiden was sent
to school of housekeeping for from
six to twelve months, and strictly pre-
pared in whatever miracles of house
keeping her careful mother had not
previously instructed her.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
Bill For County Welfare Boards.

Largely as a result Of the success Of
the boards Of public welfare in Kansas
City and st Joseph a bill has been
proposed by social workers In Missouri
to create in every county in the state
board of public welfare for the ad-
mintstration Of all county social serv-
ice activities. These boards would re
place what are at present known as
boards Of county visitors, which are
purely advisory. ry.-Survey.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
Christian Science.

Christian Science services held at
residence, $40 Beltrami avenue, Sun
day morning at IL o'clock. Wednes-
day evening meeting at 8 o'clock at
$40 Beltrami avenue. Literature can
be found in the public library.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
First Scandinavian Lutheran.

Services in the morning at 1O:30
and in the evening at O'Clock. Sun
day school at L.. The Ladies' Aid
society will be entertained by Mrs.
Walter Thompson Wednesday after
noon, April IA, in the basement. Of
the church. A cordial invitation is
extended. Osmund Johnson. pastor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10

Pioneer want ads one-half cent
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
BASEBALL SEASON OPEN
OPENING GAMES
BY HAL SHERIDAN.

4 + X X X ~ X \ ~ x
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES
lContlnueu from Page IL

revival services every night during
! the week except Saturday night, and
afternoon meetings at 2:3O. All are
heartily invited to all the services.
| C. Nv. Gilman. pastor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10

A recent patent covers a combina-
ton of pocket knife, comb and cigar
clipper.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
Salvation Army.

Sunday school at 2 o'clock. Public
meeting. at 5 aud O'Clock p. m. Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday meetings
at p. IN. -, x
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
Catholic.

Low mass at a. m. High mass
at 10 a. m. Sunday school and bene-
liction at and 2 p. m. Yespers al
$3.50 p. m. Father J. J. T. Philippe.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-04-10
Should Not Feel Discouraged.

So many people troubled with In
digestion and constipation have been
benefited by taking Chamberlain's
Tablets that no one should feel dis
couraged who has not given them
q trial. They contain no pepsin or
other digestive ferments but streng-
then the stomach and enable it to
perform its functions naturally. OBJ
tainable everywhere.
Pioneer want ads one-half cent
word cash.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14

ing her. Luckily, they were all
looking the other way at big field
mouse in the distance, who they
were afraid would come nearer and
nibble their roots.
Viola reached up and whispered
in Candy Cherry's ear, Help me to
get off this plant and take me over
to play with you Candy children"
Candy Cherry was more surprised
than ever, but as Viola held out her
hand, he took it, pulled, and with a
slight jerk Viola was free from her
plant. Never giving a backward
look, she ran away with Candy
Cherry and they joined the Candy
children, who were much thrilled at
having such pretty new playfel-
low.
But their JOY did not last long.
After a few moments of play, Viola
felt herself growing strangely weak.
Finally she was SO exhausted she
dropped down on the grass. Viola,
what is the matter?" asked Candy
Cherry, running up. "You are so
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14
A Bold, Brave ViO-
let, Ventu r e s
A w ay From
Ho me w it h
Candy Cherry.

offer them to the Candy children
and so get acquainted. The very
next morning she was able to do
this. The Candies came out again
to pick strawberries, and it was not
long before Candy Cherry, a fat
Candy boy, with bright red cheeks,
said he wanted a drink. Viola, who
was near, instead of hiding behind
her leaves, as she would have done
# she had been like the rest OF the
Violets, actually stood on tiptoe
and waved to him. Come here"
she called, Il have some dewdrops
IL ready for you"
Candy Cherry looked around,
much surprised, but, seeing Viola
holding out the pail Of dewdrops
enticingly, went over and took a
drink. You are very kind" he
said: cant l do something for you
in return?"
Viola looked all around to see that
the other Violets were not observ-
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14

the bundle of food she had brouah,
he pinched himself to make sur.
that it was real, as Of late he had
seen flies only in his dreams.
Mrs. Spinner laid the table and
the three sat down to a feast Will.
they were enjoying it they talked
of things in general, and especial,
of the new tangled notions coneeru.
ing fly killing, sterilizing dog la.
nels, door handles, buttonhooks and
thimbles. At last it was time for
Mrs. Lohglegs to 90 home nd
after embracing Mrs. Spinner shs
took her departure, promising to ~
turn next day to help in the MOVING.
Mrs. Longlegs peered carefully on.
before emerging from the web. She
fancied she heard some busnnf.
There, sure enough, was the house.
maid, hourishing a patent Hy swat.
ter. guaranteed to catch Fifty flies
second, exclaiming impasiendy:
Those flies! This is the second
time to-day l have found one "a
this ROOM"
Mrs. Longlegs waited until t1s
waa a chance to escape. Soon Ill
was quiet; she clambered thrort
the open window, ran quickly down
the vine and reached home just u
Daddy was putting the finishing
touches to the interior decorations
of their new mansion. That same
night, over a dish Of mosquito
wings, they talked Of the famished
Spinner family. 1T Is our duty
said Mrs. Longlegs, ito help our un'
fortunate neighbors, and first thing
tomorrow morning I am going TO
find a cosey corner for them down
here"
Right you are, my dear sad
Daddy, as he dropped on to the new
silken couch spun that very day, nd
now used for the first time.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14
SSS

make you feel better, if anybody
can"
I'll help you,' said Johnny Jaw
Breaker. He and Candy Cherry
made chair with their joined
hands, and in this way carried the
dropping Violet to Candytown,
while the rest of the Candy children
walked alongside, famed her, and
said encouraging things.
Soon they reached Candy Cherrys
house, and his mother came to thl
door. Whats this? she exclaimed.
"A Violet? You ol-ght to be
ashamed, children. Don't you know
you are too active to play with a
delicate Violet? You should never
have taken her from her plant"
But she wanted to come" said
Candy Cherry. Cant you give her
something to make her better,
mother?"
Mrs. Cherry took Viola in her
arms. "lf she were one OF my chill
dren," she said, feeling her pulse,
Il should give her a hot syrup bath,
which is very Strengthening. But l
don't know how it would agree with
Violet
please try it," said Viola faint
ly. Nothing could make me any
worse than l am now, and it might
make me better"
Mrs. Cherry took her at her
word. She gave her a nice, hot
syrup bath, and what do you sup
pose? When Viola came out of it
she was no longer a faded field
Violet, but nice, fresh Candy Vio-
let, as strong and we'll as any of the
Candy Children. The field Violets,
her relatives, have long since faded
or their plants, but Viola is still
alive and enjoying life with her
friends in CaEdytown.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14
Dame Fashion

BY JULIA MAHONEY. Aged IL.
There is some one known as Dame
Fashion,
And servants to her are we;
We wear whatever she gives US,
No matter what 1t be.
IL it be hoopskirt or hobble,
II 1t be high waist or low,
Ladies' wear whatever she tells them,
For they're her servants, you know.
IL II be soft shirt and collar,
it be trousers Of white,
Men wear them and wear them and
wear them.
Why? Because Fashion rules them
with all her might.
Now, don't say, I'm not Dame Fash
ions;
What | wear is oldest style"
All, Dame Fashion lived forever;
What you wear was once the latest
style.
SO what's the good Of trying to shun
her!
For, do whatever We may,
Well always Dame Fashions,
And be hers night and day.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14
By LOUISE S. HASBROUCk.

I'm THE fields outside Candy
town there lived a colony of
u Violets. Violets, you know,
are supposed to be shy and modest.
and every one of these Violets was,
with the exception of young one,
called Viola, who lived by herself
on a tiny plant. Her mother and
father had been trampled upon by
a COW, and she had no brothers or
sisters, so she was all alone in the
world except for the large number
OF cousins, aunts and uncles who
formed the rest of the colony.
One day Viola saw a number of
the Candy children going past to
hunt for wild strawberries. They
were having such beautiful time
that Viola envied them. Il do
wish" she said, that I could run
around and play like that"
This remark was overheard by an
elderly Violet cousin on the next
plant. She was getting a little
gray, and her petals were mussy.
What a shocking WISH" she ex-
claimed. Il never heard any Violet
say such a thing before. Violets
should hide themselves under their
leaves. II you played like those vul-
gar Candy children you would get
all sunburnt, and that would be
dreadful" The elderly Violet was
so overcome by this thought, She
had to open the bottle of scent she
always carried with her and take
two sniffs at it,
Viola Violet said nothing more,
but she could not get over her wish
70 be like the Candy children. She
had noticed that when they came
out in the fields they were often
thirsty, so she resolved TO save some
dewdrops which the Dewdrop Man
left at her door every morning in
little pail. She thought she would
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14

strong and rigid, carry the insect from
place to place.
Projecting from each side Of the
head are two short and hairy fp-
pendages, called the labal palps. When
the butterfly visits flowers in search Of
nectar the pollen sticks to these hairy
labial palps and is taken to some
other flower. In this way cross-pol-
lination occurs, resulting in the forma-
tion of seeds, which develop into new
plants, which bear new Aowers-and
so the work Of reproduction continues.
So you see the butterfly really helps
to create the flowers that grow in your
garden.
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14

I'm dark little nook, not very
far from the ground, an honest
- old spider and his wife had
taken up housekeeping. Their fam
lily had grown up and gone away,
hard times had come upon the old
couple, flies were getting scarcer and
scarcer and poor Mrs. Spinner and
her husband were growing thinner
every day. On all sides there were
cries of Swat the fyp The house
maid, the children, even the dog,
were taught to catch flies, and never
a one was left in the house.
I'm sure I don't know what is
to become Of us, sighed Mrs. Spin
ner, as she busted the cobweb one
morning. Life is becoming bur-
den with all this business Of hygiene
and sterilization. Even Buster, the
watch dog, has no peace. He says
his kennel is unbearable; the bones
that he hid under the straw were
raked out, and some awful smelling
stuff that took his breath away was
sprinkled all over the floor. He told
Peter. the dog next door, that he
had a good mind to run away. Now
they are saying that flies breed dis
ease and poison people. Look at
US and our children. who were
brought up on nothing else! A
finer, healthier family than mine was
never known. Flies poisonous, in
deed! What nonsense!" and she
gave her duster an extra flick that
shook old Spinner. who was rolled
up in ball hanging at the end of
long. silken thread, fast asleep.
At that moment there was a gentle
movement Of the web curtains, and
in walked Mrs. Longlegs with a
bundle of flies legs and wings
tucked under her arm. She had
heard of the Spinners' sad plight
and. indeed, she and Daddy, a few
New-York tribune., 1915-11-14
PUZZLE CORNER -

rials concealed In the following story.
While pulling out weeds in the gar
den, met queer old Pop Linden. We
sat in a barrow while he talked sadly,
but In a manner so comicsl | could not
help laughing. 81 had not much. All
II lost now, Erie" repeated the old fel-
low. There remains only the worst
edition Of Scott on my shelves, and Of
that utensil known as a cup I question
whether ] have one. would rather
be hanging hams on hooks IKE you"