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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
POOR ADVERTISEMENT.

Our town offers especially strong
inducements to men with growing fam
lilies who want to raise their children
in the atm sphere of the saloon; no
town offers | otter opportunities for ed
ucating the youth in the habit of drink
ing; we boast of ten saloons, one on
almost every corner"
mo one ever saw an advertisement
like that and never WILL" says the
Kansas City Star. There is not a town
in the world that bases its prosperity
or the number of it's rum shops. Vii
lagos, towns and cities advertise their
good points, not their bad points.
They have this and that opportunity
for employment. The climate is more
or less wonderful. The transportation
facilities are told of. Good neighbors
are a valuable asset. The town has so
many churches and so many schools,
If it is without saloons, that good point
is made much of as an appeal to men
and women with families to come
there. But if it has saloons there is
never a word about it, That is hidden,
covered up"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
SAVING NEW YORK'S TREES
Planting Association Of The Great
Metropolis Finds Itself Facing
a Hard Problem.

Manhattan presents a hard problem
for those who want to beautify the
metropolis with shade trees. 1t
seems that certain streets r not al
together hopeless, according to the re-
port of the Tree Planting association
of New York, just out.
Such are Seventh avenue and Len
OK from One Hundred and Tenth
street up; Broadway north from Eff
ty-ninth street, also West End aven-
ue, West One Hundred and Thirty
eighth, West Seventy-ninth street,
etc.
On all of these there are planta-
tions at present. In spite of the fact
that some people have the idea that
New York has few shade trees there
are dozens of varieties of all shades
and styles and patterns, from aristo-
cratic shade trees to scraggy slum
dwarfs.
Tree doctors and surgeons are very
necessary, and tree surgery has be-
come quite a definite science. Many
a fine old tree is saved by "flling its
TOOTH" as it were-that is, filling its
hollow cavity with cement to prevent
further decay
The committee of the association
has divided up New York into dis
tricts for special examination, and the
report on the different geographical
locations is exhaustive.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27

gCCAACh o.
The thickness of walls of all brick build
ings hereafter erected, altered or constructed
shall be as follows Foundations for build
ings shall be not less than eight inches wider
than the thickness of walls built Immediately
upon the same; all brick buildings of less
than three stories in height and not over
twenty-five feet in front or breadth shall
have walls not less than nine inches in
thickness; If over twenty-five feet in front
or breadth and less than three stories in
height the walls that support joists, beams or
Orders not to be less than thirteen inches in
thickness provided that in all cases the
thickness of all walls shall be determined by
the Building Inspector, and in accordance
with the character of the building and its
intended uses. All eight-ineh foundation
walls shall be constructed of hard brick.
All brick ~footings may be stepped up to
main wall four inches less than preceding
course, except where f~ootings are stepped on
one side only the same shall be determined
by Inspector.
The following table shall govern the thick
ness of all brick walls except as set forth
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
Paint Your Residence.

If your residence needs painting or
repairing now is the time to have the
work done. In the first place you
will get the labor much cheaper and
in the next place you will aid those
who need work. If it is true that we
are bordering on prosperous times it
will not be many months until labor
will cost much more than now so
there is a double saving-the house
will be saved injury and the owner
dollars. 1t will pay you to look into
this matter.-Abilene, (Tex.) Report
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
SERVED A DOUBLE PURPOSE
Scheme of New York Man Improved
Appearance of Garden and Pro-
tected Birds.

fcult problem to devise means to pre-
vent neighborhood cats from brighten
ing away their feathered pets and
robbing the nests of their young. A
New York man who makes his gar
den an aviary, and who at the same
time is not a hater of cats, planted
climbing rose vines about the base
of the poles supporting his bird hous-
es. While these added greatly to the
appearance of the garden, they also
served very efficiently in keeping cats
from crawling up the posts. The
birds, understanding their security,
were no longer frightened from their
nests.-Popular Mechanics.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
WE CAN AND WE WILL.

WE CAN AND WE WILL.
"A few years 6 l was up in the
interior of China" says Bishop Samuel
P. Spreng Of the Evangelical church.
1T was about three years after they
had determined to do away with the
opium traffic. The opium traffic is as
great a curse, or was as great a curse
in China, as the liquor traffic has ever
been here, and the government de-
termined to put that traffic away with
in ten years. That was in 1906. Three
years later in the interior cities you
could not find an opium den except
hidden away in the back alleys, in the
little places, just where they have to
look for the blind tigers and places Of
years are up that traffic will be blotted
out among those four hundred millions
of people, and they did that, they UNI
dertook that, in spite of the fact, OF in
view of the fact, that nearly 33 per
cent of their came from the
opium traffic. They let the revenue go
and looked for other sources of rev.
enue hat are honorable and honest
and clean, to carry on their govern
ment and let the opium traffic go. And
l say If the most conservative, the
bulkiest, the biggest people on the face
of the earth can put away the opium
traffic inside of ten years, we Ameri-
cans ought to be ashamed of ourselves
If we cannot put down the liquor traf-
fc. And we are going to do it, we
are able to do it, we are not going to
say that we cannot if W. will. We
can and we will, God helping u.s."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
BETTER USE FOR LIQUOR MONEY

THE liquor bill would pay for 50,-
000,0 900 bales of cotton at ten cents a
roundabout equivalent to four years
production for the entire South" as
serted Senator Morris Sheppard in a
speech delivered at Little Rock, Ark.
1T would pay for $4,000, 900 tons of
cotton seed at $40. 1t would pay for
all the corn the entire nation raises in
two years, at the rate of a dollar a
bushel. 1t would pay for all the cattle
and hogs Arkansas can raise in two
decades"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27

ton Of heating apparatus and nues) showing
that all lines of abutting streets and alleys
and building lines have been given.
Section 80.
1t shall be the duty of the Building Inspec-
tor To enforce all the provisions of this ordi-
nance, and every part of the same, and to
prosecute in the name of PleasantviIle City.
any person or persons violating any Of the
provisions, or any part thereof, and when I'm
the judgment of the Building Inspector any
wall. chimney, fue, stack, Fireplace. support
or any building or structure is In a danger
GUS condition, from any cause whatever, he
shall have the authority to order Its entire
removal, securing or repairs, upon three days
notice in writing, given to the owner. agent
or person in charge, either In person or writ
ing, sent to their post Office address the
Building Inspector is empowered to remove.
repair or secure such buildings or struc-
lures, or any part of same. and the cost
thereof shall be collected by law. He shall
have free access, in his official capacity, at
any reasonable hour, to any house or build
ing.
Section 3s.
Be it further ordained, that any person or
this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof,
be subject to a fine not exceeding two hun
bred dollars (S200.00) or Imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discre-
cial officer trying the offense, for each and
every offense.
Section "a.
And be it further ordained, that any ordi-
nances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed
and that this ordinance shall take effect
Immediately.
Passed at a regular meeting of the Common
Council of the City of Pleasantville, held
this 18th day of February, nineteen hundred
and fifteen.
ARCHIE Il
President of Common Council.
Attest
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS. City Clerk.
Approved this 18th day of February, A.. D..
1915.
CHARLES j. ADAMS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
Good Judgment Needed.

Good judgment-not ? matter o.
opinion, but a matter of principle,
training and experiences necessary
to the selection of a proper location
for a civic center in order to avoid
the criticism and condemnation of fu-
ture generations to which we lay our
selves open if we do not exercise
proper Judgment at the crucial mo-
ment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
WHAT NC RECEIVES.

| Let the man who tolls with his
bands remember this: That in all the
Industries of the United States out
side the liquor traffic labor receives
IA or cent of the capital invested;
lille in the brewery industry labor
lceives only 20.2 per cent of the in
ksted capital.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27

The Workingmen's Building and
Loan Association will open it's fifth
series of stock on Monday, March 3.
The series is open to public subserip-
ton; shares so cents per month each;
no entrance fee. Subscriptions are
now being received by the secretary,
Doughty C. Turner, and the treasurer.
d. S. LeCompte. at the Pleassnt~'e
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
The Power of Advertising.

The influence of advertising is clear
ly visible in the homes and habits of
the farmers, and the advertising col
umns of the press are making their
imprint upon the lives of our people.
The farmer possesses the things that
are best advertised.
The farmer is entitled to all the
advantages and deserves all the lux
uries of life. We need more art, sci.
ence and useful facilities on the
farms, and many homes and farms
are we'll balanced in this respect, but
the advertiser can render a service
by teaching the advantages of modern
equipment throughout the columns OF
the rural press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
community

In too many instances the country
papers mimic the city press by CIV
ing prominence to scandals, accidents
aud political agitation. The new
rural civilization has placed upon the
rural press renewed responsibilities,
and enlarged possibilities for useful
ness. 1t cannot perform it's mission
to agriculture by recording the frail-
ties, the mishaps and inordinate I'M
billions of humanity, or by filling it's
columns with the echoes of the strug-
giles of busy streets, or by enchanting
stories of city life which lure Jul
children from the farm.
1t has a higher and nobler task.
Too often the pages of the city dailies
bristle with the struggle of ambitious
men in their wild lust for power, and
many times the flames of personal
conflict a the tender buds of new
civilization and illuminate the path
way to destruction. The rural press
is the governing power of public senti-
ment and must hold steadfast to
principle and keep the ship of state
in the roadstead of progress. The
rural press can best serve the inter
ests of the farmers by applying it's
energies to the solution of problems
affecting the local community. 1t
must stem the mighty life current
that is moving from the farm to the
cities, sweeping before it a thousand
boys and girls per day. 1t has to deal
with the fundamental problems of
civilization at their fountain head. It's
mission is to direct growth, teach eff
fciency and mold the intellectual life
of the country, placing before the pub.
lie the daily problems of the farmers
and giving first attention to the leg
islative, cooperative, educational and
social needs of the agricultural classes
within its respective community.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
COMPARISON.

The Titanic carried down 1903 peo-
pie. The drink traffic carries to death
1903 men and women every eight days
in the year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27

The farmers are in need of personal
leadership. They have political lead
ers. but they need local industrial
community and educational leaders.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27
LEGAL NOTICES
NJ. 164.

AN ORDINANCE relating to the election,
qualification and term of office OF the
building inspector and to regulate and con-
troll The manner Of building dwelling hous-
IS and other buildings in Pleasantville, N.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27

~ - anu u.s. NhfA - - 49,
10000 #. and less than IL. 900 it,, $500.
1900 it. and less than $4,000 it,, $1,000.
$500 added for every additional 1000 feet
or fraction thereof.
Area is obtained by measuring each floor
at outside walls, thus arriving at the square
or surface dimensions-the floor measure
ments added together form the total. Porch
es and rear additions will be included.
Tents used as dwellings to be classed with
buildings.
Permits granting repairs, alterations or
additions shall be as follows:
From $1,000 and below $4,000, Soc.
From $1,000 0 and below $250.00, $1.00.
From $250.00 and below $4,000, $500.
From $4,000 to $4,000, $500.
From $4,000 and below 81. 900. 90, $500.
From 81 100000 and below 81. 10000, $500.
From 81, 10000 and below 50. 100000, $500.
From $4,000. 90 and below SO, 600. 90, $3.50.
From 100000 and below 100000,
$1,000.
$500 added for every $1.0oo.oo in value
or fraction thereof.
For the inspection of heating apparatus
and fues in any building in which same has
not been previously introduced. $1.o0; pro-
vided, that no permit shall be issued by the
Building Inspector until ne shall have re-
ceived the certificate of * City Surveyor
or other competent (eye
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-27

be framed, and all joists supporting parti'
lions, and all headers and trimmers shall b,
doubled. All ioists shall be set at a no
greater distance apart than sixteen inche.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
Belgian Socialists GiUe
Aid TO NeedV C0uatTymeR

London-The organization Of the
Socialist party In Brussels is doing
splendid work in alleviating distress.
according to report from the Ameri-
can Commission for Relief. 1t has
two bakeries. employing 1876 men,
with possible weekly output of 220
tons Of bread. At present they are
baking and distributing about half
that amount. Their bakeries are not
allowed to sell for money, but for
every ounce Of -four they receive from
the commission for relief they turn in
a coupon signed by the head Of Bel
gian family saying he has received the
bread.
"When q man makes application for
help" said the Socialist secretary,
I'VE ascertain his business and II pos
sible how many of his family are de-
pendent on him and how many have
trades of their own. II 1t Is possible
for him to do work that will assist the
commission for relief we lot him pay
for the the coupons by doing that
work.
"For example. II man is a shoe
maker we let him make boots that are
turned in to the commission. This
particular form Of work is. however,
becoming impossible on account of the
failure of the supplies of raw material
Of all kinds. The number of the un-
employed among the many weavers,
bookbinders, miners. etc., in Brussels
and the country at large is increasing
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
DuRiG Cheers Union
of Russian PeODle

Petrograd-The short session of the
Duma opened Thursday in the presence
of the ministers, the members of the
Council of the Empire, the diplomatic
representatives and a throng that filled
the balconies Of the chamber. The
opening was preceded by an impressive
half-hour religious service in the inn
mense foyer Of the Duma chamber, in
which cabinet ministers and the Duma
officials participated. The session
proper opened with the singing by the
entire assemblage of the Russian ma
tional anthem.
President Rodzianko in his formal
opening address made complimentary
reference to the work of the allies in
the war, whereupon the entire body of
members rose and faced the box in
which sat the ambassadors of France,
Great Britain and Japan, and gave
them an ovation, with handclspping
and cheering.
Foreign Minister Sazonoff repeat
edly was interrupted by applause dur
ing his discourse.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
Neutral Enjoys Approve
Uncle Sans Protests

Washington. d. C.-Reading Of the
official texts Of the two notes from the
United States 10 Germany and Great
Britain developed Saturday an intense
interest among officials and diplomats
In tho question Of what would be the
nature Of tho replies from the two
belligerent governmental.
That Great Britain would give as
surances Of no intention 10 sanction
tho general use Of neutral flags by
British merchant ships was the belief
Of many officials. Tho widest sort of
speculation. based on q variety Of con-
eeptions Of GermAny's plans In waging
q submarine war on merchant ships
was heard as 10 tho probable response
OF the Berlin foreign office.
Count Won Bernstorif. the German
ambassador. declined 10 discuss the
note TO Germany. as no had received
no adviccs from Berlin concerning II,
and tho British embassy also was
silent.
What excited most attention In con-
gress and among diplomats. however.
was the serious tono Of the notes. even
though qualified by polite terms Of
diplomatic usage. The determination
of the United States government 10
have the American fag used only by
ships entitled to fly II and tho warning
that Germany would be held 70 n
strict accountability" II American
lives or vessels were lost In the at
tAeks on merchant vessels in the new
sea zones Of war were practically the
sole topic Of discussion In executive
and congressional circles. as well as
among the ambassadors and represent
atives Of belligerent and neutral ma
tions.
While there were no authorized ex-
pressions, II was evident that the ncu-
tral diplomats In general gave both
notes their approval because Of the
IDENTITY Of interests Of their govern
nents and Of the United States In the
,iYctffnRt nncaa
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
Bill to Aid Oregon
Goods Is Approved

State Capitol. Salem - The senate
judiciary committee by unanimous vote
decided to report favorably on bill
by Senator Bingham which, the mem
bers say, will aid the manufacturer
of the state and relieve the unem-
ployed situation TO large extent.
Manufacturers and organized labor
leaders, who appeared before the COM
mittee, were unit in urging adpotion
Of the bill, which provides q differen-
tial of per cent in favor Of Oregon
concerns in the letting of contracts for
public work and the purchase Of ma
terials and supplies for public use.
Senator Bingham explained that
under the bill county courts, boards Of
county commissioners, school boards,
city councils and all other public
boards and commissioners charged
with the letting of contracts for public
work may accept bids Of Oregon con-
Germs which do not exceed by more
than per cent the bids quoted by
of other states.
d. M. Dunno, director of the Manu-
facturers' association, said the passage
of the bill would aid employers by
keeping their plants in operation and
employees by providing them with
work.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
President WILSON Sends
Nene EHuOy to Mexico

Washington, d. C.-Duval West,
ex-United States district attorney at
San Antonio. Texas, was selected as
the personal representative Of Presi-
dent Wilson.
Secretary Bryan announced Mr..
Vests selection. The mission 10 sim
liar to that of Paul Fuller, who some
time ago conferred with the various
leaders and returned to this country
with his reports.
Mr.. West carries no written in
structions, but is commissioned to
make general inquiries into the condi-
tions, interview the principal leaders,
including Carranza. Villa and Zapata,
and make clear to them the position Of
the United States government with
respect to the protection of foreigners
and their interests.
The length Of time the Presidents
envoy in Mexico has not been deter
mined, nor has any announcement been
made as to whether he win see Car
ranxa or Villa first. Eventually he
viii go to Mexico City, there to
operate with the Brazilian minister,
who is caring for American interests,
and John Silliman, also acting for this
government.
It is understood that while Mr.. West
will point out the growing necessity
for a permanent settlement of affairs
in Mexico, he does not take any plan
or suggestions from the United States.
He has lived a number of years in
Mexico and is understood to be gen.
orally familiar with the situation In
the southern republic.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
General villa Refuses
10 Accept Peace Appeal

San Antonio. TcE.--Frsneisco villa
declines 10 heed the appeal OF the Mex
lean peace eonfereDes held here SAtur-
day. In q reply fteeiyed by Federico
Gamboa, chairman Of the COMMITTEES
named by the conference 10 transmit
10 the leaders Of the warning Mexican
factions its resolution asking them 10
lay down their arms and proclaim
peace. Villa bitterly ArraIgns the men
who called the conference and rejects
tho plan proposed.
villa signs himself "Chief Of Opera
tiona." His reply was telegraphed
from PenJsmo, Guanhjuato. He says:
"It would be an excellent idea Of
yours II Il would not conceal an insane
ambition and an immoderAte wish to
cause more bloodsbed and make the re-
public poorer.
''In the convention were present the
big landowners, who saw In the poor
people nothing but slaves 10 serve
them. They are the so-cAlled seien-
tiheos. who only employ their science
In exploiting the men and helping the
tyrAnts. There are the clericals. am
bilious and rapaeious. There are the
professional politicians. only preoccu-
pied TO exploit the men under them.
and you yourself. Mr.. GAmboa, have
an advantageous place In that group,
N q conspicuous person who served as
tool for the Huerta administration,
the usurpcr and assassin.
IL do not know why the men who |
have originated this state Of affairs
should find fault with Il. being ~ n 70
that they have He'd 70 strange lAnd
and left here all Of the people, like
myself, who are trying 10 save the
republic with all Of our strength and
blood.
Personally ! have not any ambition
and emphaticAlly declare that | am
ready TO retire from the political
Affairs Of Mexico as soon a. the peace
of the nation 10 established and when
| see that the men who have made her
poor and who lived on the people have
retired"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-02-19
Prison Fund Enhanced.

State Capitol, Salem-An additional
appropriation of $25, 900 for support
of the state penitentiary was voted by
the house and senate ways and means
committee. This action was due to
the representations made to the COM
mittee that the population" of the
institution would be substantially in
creased in the next two years, mas
much as Governor Withycombe does
not propose to practice q policy of
wholesale pardonings.
Moreover, a little extra money will
be needed owing to the desire of the
present governor to place the institu-
tion, as far as possible, on self-sup-
porting basis. The committee again
discussed several plans through which
the prisoners may be employed. A
flax plant and a wagon-making plant
are under consideration. If either one
or both of these plans is adpoted, it is
probable that further appropriations
will be allowed for the penitentiary.