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Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-08-05
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Mt. View Lodge, No. 179, l o. o. r..
held splenlid meeting on July 3lst,
1915. J. M. Quarles, N. G., presiding,
with some 21 brothers present. Quite
q lot of routine business was disposed
of. Bro. J. H. York was reported to
be getting along very Satisfactorily
now. No word from Bro. Norman
Massa during the week, the presllmp-
tion is he is getting along tolerably.
Since our last meeting our Bro. J. b.
Payne's wife has died. A committee
on resolutions on the deaths of Bro.
Dank Garrison and Bro. Payne's wife
was appointed to report at our next
meeting. The usual order and as
sessment was made.
The first degree was conferred upon
one. The second degree will be con-
ferred at our next meeting, at which
time there should be full attend
ance, whether there has been modera-
tion of temperature or not. The. ON
GERS attend and carry on the work,
and very little complaint about the
hot weather is heard. II they stand
it you can too, therefore come and
manifest an interest in the lodge.
At regular meeting of Mount View
Lodge, No. 179, on July 81, 1915, the
Undersigned committee was appointed
to draft resolutions on the death Of
it's member and our brother, Dank
Garrison; also on the wife Of brother
John Payne.
Whereas, 1t has pleased the Su-
preme Architect Of the universe to, re-
move from our midst our late broth
er, Dank Garrison; and
Whereas, the intimate relations lonS
held by our deceased brother with the
members of this lodge render 1t prop
er that we should place on record our
appreciation of his services as an Odd
Fellow, and his merits as man;
therefore, be it
Resolved, by Mt. View Lodge No.
179, that while we bow with humble
submission to the will of the Most
High, we do not the less mourn for
our brother, who has been called from
his labor to rest.
Resolved, that in the death OF Dank
Garrison, this lodge loses q brother
who was always active and jealous
in his work as an Odd Fellow, ever
ready to succor the needy and dis
tressed of the fraternity; prompt to
advance the interest Of the order; de-
voted to its welfare and prosperity;
one who was wise in counsel and fear
less in action; an honest and upright
man, whose virtues endeared him not
only to his brethren of the order, but
to all his fellow-citizens.
Resolved, that this lodge tender it's
heartfelt sympathy to the family and
relatives of our deceased brother In
this, their sad affliction.
Resolved, that these resolutions be
entered upon the minutes 0f the
lodge and that a copy be sent to the
family of our deceased brother.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1915-08-05
cookEvILLE, RouTETwo

cookEvILLE, ROUTE TWO
Health isn't very good at this writ
ing.
Crops are needing rain very bad.
The protracted meeting closed at
Cane Greek last Sunday with several
conversions.
The school at Pleasant Valley is pro.
crossing very nicely under the manage,
of H. d. McCulley.
-Efie Chafin says she likes all kinds
|of vegetables but likes beans best.
Isaac Hicks of jackson County was
the guest of Clay Hicks Friday nd Sat
urday.
Ernest Richardson and Wade Sher-
rell were seen going towards Cane
Creek with smiles on their faces.
Write again. Two Lonesome House
keepers, think know you.
Lima Rector likes all colors, but
Brown best,of all.
Miss Gertie Stewart spent few
days with vina Terry last week.
Ridley Bean says he likes to go to
school at all places, but Pleasant Val
ley best Of all.
Arthur Holman was seen going il
the direction of Calfkiller Saturday
morning. Wonder who he was going
to see? F. M. o. guess.
Florence Lewis and Ila Hicks seem
to be enjoying life just fine.
Come on, all you Soldier Boys with
the news. Two Wild Roses.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-05
Birds Destroy Certain Insects
= ard Weed Seeds And Are
Useful to the Farmer.
U. S. Dept. Agriculture.

~ lSelui W the FARMER,
U. S. Dept. Agriculture.
How birds which destroy harm
full insects and weed seeds may
be useful to the farmer is de-
scribed in a new Farmers Bull
letin (No. 500 of the depart
ment entitled, Some Common
Bird Useful to the Farmer"
The new publication has 81 pages
and % Illustrations mot color
ed Of the birds described. It con-
tains much of the information
included in one of the depart
mems supply Of this latter
pamphlet has been exhausted
and IL can now only be obtained
from the Superintendent of Doc
uments, Washington, D. c.,
where it is sold at Is cents a
copy. 1t contains numerous col
ored Illustrations of the birds
mentioned. The new bulletin,
Some Common Birds Useful to
the Farmer" will be furnished
free to all applicants by the de-
partment.
Whether a bird is beneficial or
Injurious depends almost entire
ly on what it eats, says the in
PRODUCTION of the new bulletin.
In the case of species which are
very abundant, or which feed to
some extent on the crops of the
farmer, the question of their
average diet becomes one of SUI
preme Importance, and only by
stomach examination can it be
satisfactorily solved. Field OBJ
servations are at best but frag-
mentary and inconclusive and
lead to no final results. Birds
are often accused of eating this
or that product of cultivation,
when an examination of the
stomach shows the accusation to
be unfounded. According, the
Biological Survey has conducted
for some years past a systematic
investigation of the food of those
species which are most common
about the farm and garden.
Within certain limits birds eat
the kind of food that is most ac-
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-05

cessible, especially when their
natural food is scarce or want
ing. Thus they sometimes in
jure the crops of the farmer who
has Internationally destroyed
their natural food in his improve
ment of swamp or pasture. Most
of the damage done by birds and
complained of by farmers and
fruit growers arises from this
very cause. The berry-bearing
shrubs and seed-bearing weeds
have been cleared away, and the
birds have no recourse but to at
tack the cultivated grain or fruit
which have replaced their nat
ural food supply. The great ma
lOrity of land birds subsist upon
insects during the period of nest
ing and moulting, and also feed
their young upon them during
the first few weeks. Many spec
les live almost entirely upon in
Sects, taking vegetable food only
when other subsistence fails. 1t
is thus evident that in the course
of a year birds destroy an meal
.culable number of insects, and it
is difficult to overestimate the
value of their services in re-
straining the great tide of insect
life.
In winter, in the northern part
.of the country, insects become
scarce or entirely disappear.
Many species of birds, however,
remain during the cold season
and are able to maintain life by
eating vegetable food, as the
seeds of weeds. Here again is
another useful function of birds
in destroying these weed seeds
and thereby lessening the
growth Of the next year,
The new publication discusses
the food habits of more than so
birds belonging to IL families.
Many are eastern forms which
are represented in the West by
slightly different species or sub
species, but unless the food hab-
its differ they are not separately
described. Among the popular
birds included are the robin,
blue-bird, wren, brown thrasher,
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-05
PERSONALS

Mrs. L. H. billiard and son,
William, went to Kansas City
Monday morning for a few days
visit.
Mrs. Frank Harrison went to
Kansas City Sunday morning,
where she will join her husband,
who has located there.
Serat Wiley spent Sunday in
Kansas City.
Lee Rice of Kansas City spent
Sunday here with relatives.
Miss Rena Hale returned Sun
day evening from a visit in Kan
sas Cit.
]. G.. Worthington went to
Kansas City Monday for a
few days on business.
George Cohrs of Kansas City
spent Sunday here with home
folks.
R. F. Norman of Kansas City
spent Sunday here with rela-
tives.
William Tut went to Higgins
vile Monday on business.
He was accompanied by his wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. 2. A. Wright
spent Sunday in Wellington.
Mrs. w. H. Sexton went to
Kansas City Sunday morning
for a few days visit.
Rev. Carl Burkhardt went to
City Monday morning to
spend the day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-05
A Corset for Every Figure.

You can get a Spirella Corset
by telephoning 1853. This gar
ment makes beautiful lines and
beautiful figure. Every lady
should wear a Spirella because of
the hygenic and sanitary quail
ties of the stay.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-05

catbird, bobolink, oriole, crow,
cuckoo, and the American spar
row.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-03-05
For Sale.

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The Parker post., 1915-01-23
POPE FIRST IN As YEARS
TO LEAVE VATICAN

ROME, Jan. 18.-The pope, accom-
panied by the papal secretary, Car
dinal Gaspari, CARDINAL Merry Del Val
and other Vatican dignitaries, visited
the hospital of Santa Marta to see the
injured survivors of the earthquake,
according to a special edition of the
Concordia. This authority states his
holiness went by an interior passage
from the Vatican to Santa Marta,
across the Basilica of st. Peters, the
doors of which were carefully closed.
Pope Benedict conversed with the
injured and gave them his blessing.
Inquiries at the Vatican today re-
suited in a denial that the pope had
crossed Italian territory to visit Santa
Marta The fact that he made the
journey, however, is regarded as most
important, as this is the first time a
pontiff has left the Vatican since 1870.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
OLD VETERANS WANT
CONVEYANCE TO CEMETERY

SAWTELLE, Jan. ia committee
composed of the subcommittee of
the eleven patriotic orders of the Sol
diers' Home, unanimously elected in
regular meetings, has petitioned the
board of managers of the National Sol
diers' Home to furnish some kind of
transportation between the home and
the cemetery.
The cemetery is located about one
mile from the morgue chapel, and the
petition states eve are too old and in
firm to walk to our cemetery, where
lie nearly 1000 of our comrades who
have passed away" and 1--WE, who love
each other, desire to pay them that
honor and respect which is their due.
But we cannot do so, because we can
not walk to the cemetery. Hence,
they are taken away from the chapel
with no mourners or escOre except
those who are obliged to co.
The petition urgently requests that
some kind of transportation at rea-
sonable price be furnished, and states
that trolley line would be on pay
ing basis as soon as completed.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-The dawn
of exposition year in California hnds
Los Angeles county ready. Fragrant
with a billion blossoms and prepared
to entertain the great throngs who will
be guests during 1915, the Southland
never was more alluring.
Three score municipalities in the
county, nearly 100 civic organizations
and probably 100000 school children
have aided the 1915 general commit
tee in the big work undertaken months
ago, and which will continue through
out the year.
The general committee is composed
of ITS leading citizens of Los Angeles
city and county. When preliminary
plans were discussed early last spring
for identifying and entertaining in
1915, it was found that the sum needed
was too great to be raised by popular
subscription. 1t was believed that the
benefit that the community will de-
rive from properly caring for it's Wis
itors will be shared by all, and that
the money needed should come from
direct taxation.
How Money Was Raised
Under the levy fixed by the county,
the owner OF property valued at $3,OOO
to $500 will pay about 81 in taxes,
payable in four installments covering
period of two years.
Every purchase or contract of the
general committee must be made
through the county purchasing agent,
with the approval of the board of SUI
pervisors.
The first work undertaken was by
the subcommittee named to beautify
the city and county. Perhaps the
largest work done is by it's smallest
residents the school children.
Through the agricultural depart
ment of the schools the beautifying
Los Angeles committee was enabled
to extend it's work into thousands of
homes, in addition to the planting Of
flowers, trees and shrubs about school
building properties. There are sixty
one teachers and four directing experts
in charge of the scnool chilGren's
work. Enough flower and vegetable
seeds have been distributed to the
children to plant 100000 square feet,
or, assuming the population of the city
to be 100000, something more than
five square feet to every man, woman
and child in Los Angeles.
tt is estimated that large part of
these seeds were planted in ground
that heretofore had not been utilized.
And as a result of the children's
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
BRITAIN HASTENS
SEARCH OF SHIPS

LONDON, Jan. 18.-There is every
indication that the British foreign Of
flee and the admiralty are inaugural
ing vigorous policy for the immedi-
ate search and release of foreign ships
suspected of carrying contraband. In
many cases the customs officials have
been instructed to work overtime in
getting the contraband unloaded, so
the detained vessel may proceed.
While the Washington note of pro-
test against the detention of American
vessels doubtless had some effect, the
betterment in the situation probably
is due in large measure to perfection
in the contraband department of the
foreign Office and to an improvement
in the machinery for handling the car
goes in question.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
FLOWERS LINE HIGHWAYS
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
IDENTIFICATION WORK IN "lAND OF A BILLION BLOSSOMS
ADDS GORGEOUS COLOR TO PICTURESQUE SCENERY
Cash Prizes Offered to School Districts Throughout Los Angeles County fol
Best Floral Eecs-Mony Raised by Taxation Every Town
in County Joins Movement Rose Bushes Planted Ninety to Mile

work the parents have been enlisted.
A general planting day was observed,
when tens of thousands Of little folk
passed the day in garden work.
Cash prizes aggregating SIT 200 are
offered to the schools, districts and in
dividuals obtaining the best effects in
floral decorations with the material at
hand.
The committee has placed palms
along the principal city streets, which
will be a permanent feature.
In the county, $18,250 is offered in
cash prizes for schools, municipalities,
railroad companies and districts.
Nearly every town has under way a
identifying movement of it's own I'M
der the direction of civic organiza-
tions. Along 200 miles of the princi-
pal boulevards, iron trellises five feet
high and twenty feet long have been
erected. There are $500 of these, over
which the harder varieties of climb
ing roses are growing. There are nine
ty rose bushes to the mile. In the
sandy sections palms have been plant
ed, and along other roadsides eucalyp-
tus trees form a border. Poppies, pc
tunias and geraniums add gorgeous
color to the pretty scene that will
greet the auto tourist.
Identification Is Permanent
Much of the Identification work is
of permanent character Exposition
park has undergone a transformation
Native California flora is displayed
probably more attractively than in
any one part of the state.
Plans are prepared for street deco
rations during the parades incidental
to entertaining some thirty national
and international conventions. There
will be a revival on a large scale of
the electrical pageanS that attracted
wide attention to the Southland in
past years.
Los Angeles city and county have
donned best bib and tucker. The 1915
general committee has labored hard to
make ready for the year SO filled with
promise, and it has been a labor of
love.
The work of preparation has gone on
quietly but effectively. Every patri-
otto resident has joined heartily in
the Identification scheme 1t is esti-
mated that for every dollar. the county
has spent in improvement there have
been several expended by individuals,
all eager to do their share in making
Los Angeles county deserve the new
est title bestowed-"The Land of a
Billion Blossoms"
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
BEEF TRUST ABSOLVED
BY MELBOURNE JURIST

CHICAGO, Jan. 19-The Daily News
publishes an article by correspondent
at Melbourne, Australia, who says "the
American beef trust" is absolved, at
least temporarily, of any efforts at
monopoly or restraint of trade in it's
transactions in the Australian COM
monwealth by report on the subject
by the royal commissioner, Justice
Street.
Justice Street was appointed by the
then Liberal government some six or
seven months ago to inquire fully into
the presence and doings of Swift &
Co. of Chicago in Queensland. He
heard many witnesses in July, August
and September.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
SUPERVISORS REVISE
FLOOD CONTROL BILL

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-The board
of supervisors completed it's revision
of the rough draft of the proposed
flood control bill, and Assistant Coun-
ty Counsel Haas will leave for Sacra-
mento tonight to place it in the hands
of Senators Benedict and Carr for
presentation to the legislature. Undor
this act, jurisdiction over all flood con-
troll work will be conferred in the board
of supervisors, who will act through
an engineer to be known as the flood
control commissioner. Each county in
the state may organize flood control
district that shall be coterminus with
it's own boundaries.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
TEST APPLICANTS
FOR FEDERAL JOBS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-Examina
tions for nine government positions
will be held in Los Angeles at an
early date, according to the announce
ment of the United States civil ser
vice commission. Tests will be held
for copyist ordnance craftsman, copy
list electrical craftsman, male milk
specialist, civil engineer student, title
attorney, dairy bacteriologist, cheese
maker, male junior topographer and
male temporary topographic aid. APP
plication blanks and information can
be secured from Edward lyman, local
secretary, 619 Federal building, Los
Angeles.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
italian CABINET VOTES
$250,OOO FOR QUAKE VICTIMS
DESTRUCTION is FULLY AS GREAT
AS WAS FIRST REPORTED
Complete Reports Show That Casual
ties Will Reach Over 10000,
With at Least $4,000 In
iured in Disaster

ROME, Jan. 18.-The destruction
caused by the earthquake is fully as
great as has been feared. Complete
reports of the damage done and the
lives snuffed out from all but one or
two small towns show that the casu-
alties will reach over 10000, and that
the number of injured will probably
exceed $4,000.
The inhabitants of Balsorano and
Raccaviva are fleeing in a panic, be-
cause of the increasing crevices split
ting lengthwise the crest of Mount
Pizzodetta, 900 feet high, due to the
earthquake.
Premier Salandra Cancelled trip he
intended to take to Naples, and re-
NAMED in Rome to superintend relief
measures here.
The cabinet has appropriated $780,
900.
The premier made the following Off
cial statement:
1--WE fear this disaster is second only
to that at Messina, in which $1,000
persons persisted. We are hoping that
the restoration of communication will
show the disaster is not as great as at
first feared, but dispatches thus far in
dictate that 10000 is a conservative es-
innate of the dead.
"Our relief efforts already are we'll
under way. 1t is essential that these
be carried out in all haste, as the
weather in some districts is very cold,
which increases the suffering of the
homeless"
The government observatory an,
nounces that since the morning of Jan
uary IS, 1876 shocks have been regis
tered in seismographic Instruments
All of these are what are known as
after-shocks, recurring at intervals
after the main quake, and generally OF
slight force.
The bodies taken from the ruins al
Avezzano have not been buried as yet
because the authorities do not wish to
interrupt the rescue work, which has
become intensified since several lives
were saved The voices of victims
buried alive are still heard.
The military has been ordered tc
shoot the starving and half-wild dogs
which are proving about among the
heaps of bodies. Every ruined village
is now completely surrounded by sen
tries, who will not allow strangers tt
approach.
A royal commissioner has assumed
| charge of the earthquake area and has
ordered the soldiers not to dig into
the ruins unless they hear the means
or cries of victims.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
PROBE OF WHEAT JUMP
is ORDERED BY WILSON

CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-President Will
son, at Washington, took hand in
checking the rising price of wheat and
flour and the threatened boost in the
price of bread.
Attorney General Gregory was di-
rected by the president, to start an in
quiry on a national scale for the pur-
pose of ascertaining whether there has
been any violation of law in connec-
ton with the soaring of prices of
wheat
The investigation is to be made at
the direct request of the president, who
is stirred by the appeals of Mrs. Jul
liam Heath of New York, president of
the Housewives league, and others, in
Guiding the National Association of Re-
tail Grocers, who ask for drastic &C
ton to relieve the poor because of the
high prices of bread.
The Parker post., 1915-01-23
100000 TO BE
COST OF HIGHWAYS

SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 19.-Sur-
veys for the proposed $1,000,000 worth
of road work, for which special cleo
ton will be held, are being rushed in
all parts of the county by Haviland &
Tibbets, who have the, contract for the
preliminary work. County Surveyor
F. F. Flournoy and B. Wurth are at
work on the San Marcos pass.
Mr.. Wurth is the estimating expert
of the company, and will go over every
foot of the road before the report is
turned in. The roads of Carpinteria
have been surveyed and plotted, and
estimates are now being made on the
work to be done there. The Noun
tain drive has also been surveyed.
Engineer G. R. Gay and Lee Sim
monds went to Santa Maria to begin
survey work there, and Engineer Kill
kenny, who is the company's expert
on statistics, is at work in Lompoc
Mr.. Tibbets said:
"The company can put enough men
on the job to complete it at almost
any time the supervisors set"