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The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
THE VACANT LOT
sV Or. FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, 1915. by Frank Crane)

There are vacant lots in every city.
Some are covered with rubbish, some
grow full OF weeds, all are unsightly,
desolate. Somebody is presumably hold
ing them for n rise in values, and there
by furnishing arguments for single
takers. Or they may be tied up by htiga-
ton, a portion Of the Smith estate that
cannot be sold until the heirs are 81. or
the property of bank which finds more
profit in keeping them idle than in build
ing on them.
That is exhibit one Exhibit two Is q
lot of children in the same cities. They
are full of energy, anxious for something
to do, engaged mostly in mischief simply
because their activities are undirected.
Problem: to get vacant lots and idle
children together.
Many attempts have been made to
solve this problem. Women's organiza-
tions, public school teachers. and in some
cases the city officials themselves have
undertaken the utilization Of vacant
spaces.
What has been thus done sporadicaIly
ought to be done Systematically and
thoroughly. The effect would be whole
some upon all the factors concerned:
upon the land. the city, and the children.
Land is the cleanest producer Of
wealth IL comes nearest giving as
something for nothing. Just a little
care and labor and ii comes back to us
with hands full of reward.
If the people Of this country, using
only their idle time, would intelligently
cultivate their back yards and vacant
lots. they could feed almost the entire
population.
A general campaign In any town, to
take care of these bits of vagrant land,
would transform il into city beautiful.
a city of gardens. And the reflex action
OF neat and charming surroundings upon
the people is more immense than We
realize Little boys who tend gardens
are different from little boys who play
in lots Strewn with tin cans and full of
iimson and rag weed There Is a direct
connection between gardens and self-re-
Ispect.
We need no new legislation. We need
no philanthropist's gift of money. All
we need is brains and proper sentiment.
For with these we shall get due organi-
cation.
Who will organize the vacation life Of
the boys and girls? What Napoleon OF
childhood will bring the city children to
the city vacant land?
He will be a marked public benefactor.
For the garbage strewn area is not only
an eyesore, but il is breeder Of disease
and silent corrupter Of public morals.
Let us create public opinion that
shall make it as disgrac ,ful to have
filthy and tousled back yard as II Is to
have an unswept house-floor. Let US
have a civic pride that shall tolerate no
offensive dumps and no bare and baked
city lots that might be full of bloom and
ordered growth.
II the few have pride that leads
them TO put on pretty clothes and deck
themselves with fine feathers, why can
not the many have pride that induces
them to adorn their city with the ap-
pearance of thrift and loveliness7
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The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
Cause and Effect.

Miss Dawker." said Professor
Jobllng. with a hesitant manner. "a
Psychic impulse prompts me 10 ask
you II you will be my wife"
Something OF the same sort
struck Mr.. Bilkins last night. pro-
fessor. and the recoil prompted me
10 say 'Yes'"---Baltimore Sun.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
1he Faith Of Americans Who
Sailed, the Faith that Is Lost

The faith Of the American people in
nmany has been touching.
Whaa warnings were printed that the
\ mn1tania would be sunk, they were re
EG1sd b Americans as part of hoax.
j was : fair part Of the war scheme
6w TIE Germans to attempt in this man
MG - prevent the sailing of the ship.
1hnt Germany would sink vessel
nt 49, known to carry hundreds of
1tz1ls - passengers was unthinkable.
NOT A SINGLE PASSENGER took
4 o warning seriously; not a single
nos va made in the sailing list.
N - woud have been too horrible, too
Gexous crime against the law of
~ nswspapers gave the warning the
yh1lelty It day. the Lusitania put to
o md ~ promptly forgotten as a
\ 1pg n The war news.
IL came the unbelievable--stin part
L. ~ hoax.
IT, couAhmation.
y - promised, therefore it was ac-
llshed. say the German sympa-
Es
f~ Germany Is teaching America to put
1IA + her promises; but what faith
Hon - give to German ethics?
- roll Of German sympathizers in
$oe1ea II called today would show a
glkdng falling of from yesterday.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

tlOU anu IN Sc
lecting a place
for a su m N 9 r
home or a brief
vac lion II IS
well 10 observe a
few basic precau-
tt ons an q = o
a void incurring
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
Conscience Easy.

How about the sanitary condi.
tons at your hotel? Is everything
healthy" asked Jlmpson.
WAL" said the rural proprietor.
nobody ever ketehed nothln at my
haouse what havn't been brought
hare b. some outsidsr."-Judgs.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
M Matter He Saw the
Desire Of Country's People

y dspsnds on whether you're friend
~ N enemy Of Theodore Roosevelt,
~ conclusion you draw from the evil
Doo thus far presented in the Barnes
kI1 suit.
~ colonel's detractors find evidence
s ~ correspondence that he was even
4 S1bservient to Senator Plat than
III te)rspdttles Of the New York legis-
upo were 70 Barnes.
~ SuiEaw scornfully at the coloners
fDnt0n that he agreed with Boss
a ~ inst % long - he could use him.
IhsV peint out that Roosevelt must
o 3eund Plat useful most Of the time.
! - 49, hy The way in which the easy
o 1lG1a1od appointments
= eAsy 70 find flaws in the career
e. : uan whose public life has been set
- - clearly a. that Of the former
ysfnor and president.
- eaght not to be forgotten, however,
80 + Wa Roosevelt who, looking forth
n ~ White House. saw in the Amer
m 1oople . formless, half-awakened,
lboesd desire for higher ethics in
~ more open, straightforward
eE1ment, smaller regard for the
- e money.
= man Of Roosevelt's temperament,
yiulon W. . call to arms.
y toennoned forth this blind desire,
j. ohaps. marshalled its force and
~ lasslins victory.
1Qol. the people Of the United
- fSlt this awakening of a
Tt Which bids fair to continue
80 fthout etFacement.
~ nsdssvslts great work.
n1or NJ he did II, no matter
~ et have done. this is his
w Npnory Of the people,
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
WIRELESS PHONES FOR TRAINS

For many years. r. n. Mlinef, experimental
engineer OF the Union Pacific railway has been
working on wireless telephone apparatus for
direct communication with moving trains. He
announces through the Scientific American
that his plans have been completed and a sat
isfactory system has been developed whereby
he Is able To talk with n moving train 100 miIss
away from the wireless transmitting station
Wireless stations to be established n
Grand Island and North Platte, Nsb.; Chsyeaa0
and Green Rivsrs Wyo- aa1 og1e1I Utah
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
Pick Place to Spend Your Vacation With
Due Regard for Hedlfh---Some Hints

This IL the time OF year when the
city dweller begins TO plan his vaea-
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

small villages or shore places II the
water supplies are public, diligent
inquiry should be made as "a
whether the source is free from
sewage contamination.
II the disposal OF sewage and gar
hage is careless. flies are certain e
freed. and unless kitchens and din
ing rooms are carefully screened
there il the possibility OF typhoid OF
d:arrheal infection from this source
With young children, particularly
infants. the question OF a clean milk
supply Is one OF vital importance
Fresh milk IS OF little advantage un
less Il be clean milk.
II would be a dreadful calamity "a
continue TO waste and destroy the
resources OF the nation rs until a
few years ago we were wasting and
destroying them, as We stu. in GER
tain respects, continue 10 waste and
destroy them. But II would be an
even worse calamity. because
Irremediable. n we wasted and de
stroyed the manhood and woman
hood OF the nation. And the only
way permanently 10 conserve the
manhood and womanhood ia TO con
Ferve the ood.-Theodore
Roosevelt.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
From, Another
Point of VieU

BY the way, what was the nationality
Of the fellow who drove that firebox
across the Belle Isle bridge?
Mr. Barnes may now take the stand
and claim the $4,000 on the ground that
the Colonel had no right to talk that
way about him after having made him
a good citizen.
So far Woodward cars have been COM
paratively safe for neutrals, but we sup
pose you never can tell.
They suspended Chicago policeman
for ID days for wearing a wrist watch.
We trust this was the limit under the
rules.
VIII somebody please advise for the
benefit Of M. L., at what hour under
Eastern standard time, a man should
leave the office he has told the collector
TO call at 3?
Some Of the original opponents of fast
time seem TO have beaten the clock to
it and turned around.
One Of the most difficult assignments
we ever heard of was received by De-
trot correspondent of a New York news
paper, as follows: Get interviews with
Detroit people on the Lusitania."
Helen Dodge. OF Blnghamton ~ Y. dumb n
years. has learned to speak.-News item
Now watch Helen make up for lost
time"
,,,-., ,.,.1, -. $500 -
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

Helen Dodge. of Blnghamton, ". Y, dumb II
years. has learned to speak-News item.
Now watch Helen make up for lost
time.-
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08

Some of the original opponents of fast
time seem to have beaten the clock to
it and turned around.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-08
BY TOM MAY.

BY TOM MAY.
kVAT HATS this that OF hear" said Casey "abC
wv fo,ghts In Dethroit an Michigan"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
u II X y n y Il 4 n y II X X ,
THE MARKETS


The bears are still on top Of the
wheat market, and the price today paid
by the mills is from Is to II cents.
Portland is off several cents today, and
this of course pushed the local figures
down. There is a general depression in
wheat prices in all the big wheat cen
ters of the country. Oats today are
quoted at from 80 to 35 cents. This
price also is rather uncertain. One
warehouse man claimed today to have
refused a Portland price equivalent to
3S cents for sacked oats. Other deal
ers say 80 cents is high price, With
this uncertainty in the market, the
farmer who has grain to sell is up
against an uncertainty on all sides. One
mans opinion is as good as another,
and many commission men are afraid to
buy on falling market.
The egg proposition is also unsettled.
Some are paying 23 cents cash, and
others claim they can buy all they need
for 20 cents cash. Retail prices are
from 25 to 80 centst. To the average
farmer this grading proposition doesn Y
look very good.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
MAY ELEcTRIFY ROAD.

Mr., TIirschberg, who owns and oper-
ates two and half mile of steam rail
road between Independence and Mon
mouth, is seriously contemplating the
electrification cf his line, believing
that besides being enabled to render
more efficient service the more modern
method Of transportation would prove
more economical The present steam
equipment is somewhat dlapidated
from long use, and inasmuch as i'm
prWcment is found to be necessary in
the near future, classification appears
to Mr., Hirscnbcrg to be the thing. The
Oregon Power company, operating in
Dallas, Independence and Monmouth,
would probably supply electrical energy,
it being in position TO furnish Juice for
the purpose at comparatively low
rate.
While no definite plan has been de-
cided upon, the proposed bettermcnt is
now being worked out and will prob.
ably reach elimination within a short
time.-Dallas Observer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

st. Paul Dispatch; If the recon-
mendations Of certain members Of the
commission on industrial relations are
acted upon by congress the next ques.
tion TO be faced will be--how can John
d. Rockefeller make livingl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

ails your feet
or what under
the sun you've
tried without
getting relief.
just use "TIZ."
"TIZ" draws
out all the poi
sonous eXuda-
tions which puff
up the feet
"TIz" is mag
ical; "TIZ" is
grand; "TIz"
will cure your
foot troubles 80
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
cH1RoPRAoT1o- -sPINoLoGIsT

DIR. o. L. SCOTT-Graduat of Chiro-
praetic g Fountain Head, Davenport,
Iowa. If you have tried everything
and have got no relief, try Chiroprac-
tic spinal adjustments and get well.
Office 406-7-S U. ,. National Bank
Building. Phone Main 81 Residence
Main S28-R.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
Retail Price
PORTLAND MARKET

Portland, Ore, Aug 3d. Wheat;
Club, s3c.
Bmestem, SIC.
Oats: No. / white feed, $2i.
Feed. $23.
Hogs: Best live, 1926 to
Butter: City creamery, zoe.
Eggs; Selected local ex., 25c.
Hens, 14c.
Broilcrs. lG@l7e.
Geese, s@9c.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

UNION ABSTRACT co. - Abstracts
that protect Our books posted up to
date each morning. Call Main l249
and messenger will call for your
abstract. j. G. Siegmund, president;
Max Gehlhar, secretary, 245 State
street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
MAGNETIC MASSEUER AND SCIEN
TIFIO MANIPULATOR

tT YOU WANT YOUR HEALTH
BACK-Go to DR.. Hagel. He can
get circulation when all others fail.
He treats for all bodily ills, aches or
pains. Come and see me if you are
oiling. Treatment, $l.00. Bush &
Breyman Bldg.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
DRY oLEANTNG-pREss1NG

CLOTHES CLEANERS-Pressers, re-
pairers and dyers One trial will con
vince you that our work and charges
are right. Cleaning parlor open to s
p. M. Goods called for and delivered
free. Phone 72S. Apparel Service
Co., 1873 S. High street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
cHIRoPRACToR

DIR. MAY, experienced and
successful Chiropractor, for acute and
chronic disorders. Has practiced six
years in Oregon. rree consultation.
Hours, 8 to 12, to 6. 305.6,7 Hub
bard Bldg. Lady attendant. Phone
office 572; residence 982R.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

you'll never limp or draw up your face
in pain. Your shoes won't seem tight
and your feet will never, never hurt or
get sore, swollen or tired.
Get 25 cent box at any drug or
department store, and get relief
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
AUCTIONEER

AUCTIONEER-Salem s reliable seller
Farm sales solicited. Terms, l per
cent satisfaction guaranteed or no
pay. Henry M. VOORHEES,, Michigan
avenue, first street east of the state
fair grounds.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

CENTRAL LODGE No. IS, X. of P
Mccormack building. Tuesday even,
ing of each week at 1880. f. F..
Schram, C. c.; w. B. ellison, K. of R.
and S.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

FIVE choice lots in popular residen-
tial district; will sell or trade for
country property. Place has good
house and barn, bearing fruit trees,
large garden spot, cement walks and
other modern Improvements. Near
hign school and car lines. Inquire Of
owner, B. l. Maxweyy, 574 North Fif
teenth street. Septic
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
LODGE DIRECTORY.

A. O. U. W.-Protection Lodge No. 2.
Meets every Monday evening at 8
in the Mccormack hall, corner Court
and Liberty streets. A. E. Aufrance,
NJ. W.; S. A. McFadden, recorder;
A. l.. Brown, h.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
''T|Z" FOR TIRED
SORE, Aching FEET.

All! what relief. No more tired feet;
no more burning feet, swollen, bad smell
ing, sweaty feet. No more pain in corns
callouses or bunions. No matter what
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

SALEM LODGE No. 4, A. F. & A. M
Stated communications first Friday
in eaca month at 1880 p. m. in the
Masonic Temple. j. c. Welch, W. NJ;
s. z. Culver, secretary.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

FOR SALE-Canning peaches, deliver.
ed to any part of town or bring your
boxes and come to the orchard, second
grade peaches sold cheap in the or
chard. The Imlah orchard, 12 mile
north from west end of Salem and
Polk county bridge, on Wallace road.
Phone SPILL Sept. 10
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

PACIFIC LODGE No. so, A. F. & A.
M. Stated communications third Fri
day in each month at 1870 p. m. in
the Masonic Temple. Glenn c. Niles,
w. M; Ernest II. Choate, secretary.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

SALEM FUEL YARDS-The place of
quality. All kinds Of dry wood, four
foot or cut in stove lengths to suit.
Prompt delivery. We handle the best
Goals on the market. Try our King
coal; it is the best. 752 Trade street
Phone Main $50. Mark Siddall, prop
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
FOR RENT.
NICELY furnished housekeeping rooms,
reasonable. S55 North Commercial.

FOR RENT-Fine new residence at
ll65 Hood street, Telephone 81. tt
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
FOR TRADE.

4O.ACRE well.improved farm to trade
for modern house, close in S2'acre
farm for rent. Stock and implements
for sale. Geo. B. Jacobs Co., Bayne
Bldg. BAL State. W
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
Oregon Cedar Camp No. 5246,meets
every Thursday evening at 5 O'Clock
in Mccormack hall corner Court and
Liberty streets Elevator service, w.
W. Hill, V. c E; Rex A. Turner, clerk.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

R. N. of A.-"Oregon Grape Camp"
No, 1860, meets every Thursday even
ing in Mccormack building, Court and
Liberty streets; elevator. Miss Syl-
via Scnaupp, 1871 Market, oracle;
Hazel Price, Imperial Furniture Co.,
recorder. ...
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
WATER COMPANY,
WOOD AND COAL.

tRuB oak, IS; ash, $3.50 per cord.
Ward X. Richardson. Phohe 494.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
CORVALLIS CONNECTIONS.
N0rthhnund.
Southbound.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE.
Oregon City transportation Company
SEVEN

Steamer Pomona and 0regona leave
Salem fJr Portland and way landings,
daily except Sunday, at Q a. m.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
oSTEOPATH

DRS. B. H. WHITE and R, w. WAL
TON-Osteopathic physicians and
nerve specialists. Graduates of Amer
lean School of Osteopathy, Kirksville
Mo. Post graduate and specialized in
nerve diseases at Los Angeles college.
Treat acute and chronic diseases.
Consultation free. Lady attendant.
Office 505-506 U. s. National Bank
Building. Phone $50. Residence 346
North Capitol street. Phone Ago.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30
FOR EXCHANGE
MISCELLANEOUS.

MERCHANTs' POLICE PATROL
Male and female detectives for pri-
vate Investigations. Night watching
and protection furnished at all times
AL. wilkins, manageri w. II. Bohn,
secretary. 3S5 State. Phone 4Ol.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-30

FOR RENT-One large front room,
furnished or unfurnished, 1906 Cen
ter. tt
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-10-22
TO THE LIVING FROM THE DEAD.

We who were once such men as you
are, brothers.
Have one last word for you ere we
are sped
Upon our journey through the silent
spaces,
The dim and shadowy places of the
dead.
Scarce can the souls of mortal men
discover
Strength to disperse the veil 'twixt
us and you,
Yet we, by this desire that lies with
in us
To speak that word, have rent that
veil in two.
We fought and fighting fell in France
and Flanders;
Giving all we possessed to stem the
flood,
The hellish flood of hell inspired bar
barians
Who sought to win the world
through seas of blood
We penned it in and checked it for a
moment,
Seeing through sweat as we lay
down to die
The first mad surges ebb, but also
hearing
Thunder of greater surges down the
sky.
We know that all we did was very
little
Toward the sure safeguarding of
our race,
And, knowing that, we cry now from
the darkness
This last appeal!-Go you, and take
our place!
The Spectator.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-10-22
THE SOBER SOUTH.

Somebody-we think we know his
name, though it isn't signed-has a
poem in the Columbia Is. c. State,
headed Southern Politics" That
may or may not be very good title,
but it certainly is mighty good
humorous poem. 1t has to do with
the passing of liquor from the South.
There is fascinating owing to the
thing, and there is a touch of fan
tastic rhyme making, not quite so
quaint, perhaps, as Ted Robinson's,
but mighty clever. Get it in this:
"By the still side on the hillside in
Kentucky all is still,
For the only damp refreshment must
be dipped up from the rill.
Nth C'lina's stately ruler gives his
cola glass shove
And discusses local option with the
South C'lina's Gov"
We have been serious about this
matter long time. 1t is timely and
good that we smile little, now that
the victory is won. And there's no
better way of stating serious fact
effectively than to state it humorous
ly. Can you beat this for driving the
point home that the South no longer
drinks?
Lay the jest about the julep in the
camphor balls at last,
For the miracle has happened ano
the olden days are past.
That which makes Milwaukee famous
doesn't foam in Tennessee,
And the lid on old Missouri is as
tight locked as can be;
For the eggnog now is nogless, and
the rye has gone awry,
And the punch bowl holds carnations,
and the South, by Gawd, sir, IS
dry"
Yes, the South is dry-drier than
any other section of the country. 1t
eats the kernel out of a good many
honorable old chestnuts, but they had
served their day and ought to be
dead, anyhow. 1t never was true that
we drank more down here than the
people of other sections drank, but
maybe we talked about it more
Nashville Tennessean
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-10-22
THE BIRTH OF A NATION"
This is One of the Greatest Pictures
of the Age and Will Be at Harris
Theatre at Spartanburg, Oct.
Fl, % and %.

"The Birth of Nation" the great
est spectacle now in its eighth month
at the Liberty theatre, New York, will
play an engagement of three days at
The Harris Theatre, Spartanburg, be-
ginning Thursday night, October 21st,
with matinees Friday and Saturday.
This is the mighty combination of mu-
sic, motion pictures and stage realism
that ID. w. Griffith evolved from
Thomas Dixon's great story of the
Reconstruction, "The Clansman."
This engagement will be the first
for the spectacle in South Carolina
and it will positively not be seer With
in 100 miles of Spartanburg tn sea-
son. Seats are now selling at the box
Office of The Harris Theatre, Spar
tanburg, S. c.
"The Birth of Nation" is an in
spring story of romance, love and
patriotism eliminating in the "times
that tried mems souls, the times of
Civil War and Reconstruction. Sug>
gested by Thomas Dixon's "The Clans
man." it covers far wider scope and
imparts a vastly greater thrill. New
York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco,
Los Angeles crowded for many months
the theatres where it was being
simultaneously played.
For the first time in theatrical his
tory motion spectacle is being pre-
sented as a regular attraction at reg
ular prices in first class playhouses.
The success speaks for itself. This
Griffith drama comes here with q bap-
gage equipment of two 60-foot cars, a
complete staff including mechanical
experts and stage crew, and large
symphonic orchestra regularly carried
on tour-a company of so people alto
gether.
The story embraces beautiful ro>
mances of the Blue and the Gray, Ben
Cameron, the Clansman, and his
Northern sweetheart Elsie, Capt. Phil
Stoneman, U. S. A., and sweet Mar
garet Cameron, the South Carolina
lassie