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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Bv EpwARp B. CLARK.

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CPRING brings our bird friends
back from the South. Mot all OF
- them. however, deserted us when
the winds began to blow cold and
the clouds to shake out their first bur-
den of snow. A few of our feathered
friends stay in the North country the
whole winter through. They are the
harder ones of their tribe. Stay-at-
home and traveller alike are becoming
more and more beloved G. our people
as time goes on.
There are certain ones among our
feathered neighbors which, because of
the sweetness of their song, the beauty
Of their plumage, or the friendliness
of their natures, appeal to us more
than their brethren. OF some of these
better known and betterloved birds it
is the purpose to write.
The Swallow.
st. Thomas Aquinas said: Where
the birds are. there are the angels"
st. Thomas, it is true, said it in Latin,
and the rendering given is bit free,
but it expresses what the good man
meant. The saint is credited with be-
ing a home lover, and there isn't much
doubt that he had the swallows in
mind when he spoke of birds and an
gels in the same breath.
Most of us who have reached middle
life lived boyhood's days in the coun-
try. A surplus of sentiment isn't nee
essary to make one connect angels
with the old home where the trees
were, the river ran and the swallows
nestled. The country-bred boy knows
the swallows better than he knows
other birds. Since barns were built
the swallows have colonized them and
have given something of cheer and
companionship to every hour Of the
farmers day.
The sight of a forked-tail swallow
hawking" as Bradford Torrey puts it,
through the city streets in spring
makes the city man homesick as does
the sight o. no othe~ bird. The swal-
low is a countryman. No student of
sociology will ever be called upon to
suggest means to turn back city
ward fight of the swallow. 1t might
not be G. waste of energy, however, to
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Making Friends With a Titmouse.

devise a method to turn a few Of the
swallows to tie city, for a glimpse OF
two of them, with the engenderel
yearning for the old home and things
bucolic, might solve the deserted farm
problem. M ie .sIefI
The swallow found its way into the
hearts and the homes of the people as
long ago as Aristotle's time. This
much we know, for the philosopher
speaks of it, and there is no reason to
doubt that the swallow held his place
In mans affection during the years OF
the life of some philosopher who was
as much earlier than Aristotle as Arts
totle is earlier than the philosopher OF
today, if there be any philosopher OF
today who may be mentioned properly
in the same sentenceawith Alexander's
tutor. - eA- ~. --.v, y s-ey>T're,. q q,
Shakespeare intimates in line or
two that the swallow fears the cold. 1t
is easy enough to forgive the master,
however, for casting a suspicion on
the swallows courage because OF the
beauty of the way in which he does
It:
That come before the swallow dares and
take
The winds of March with beauty.
The Hermit Thrush.
It is possible that an adequate trfb-
,lte to the song of the hermit thrush
is beyond the range of human poetic
endeayor. The poets have not dared.
The song is hymnlike and it has GER
tain purity and sanctity of tone that
mark the singer ) the mt sololst OF
the temple in the wilderness.
II is the wild places far removed
from man and his works that the bird
loves. He seeks no audience for his
sinking. We must go to the northern
woods and there wait until the shad-
ows lengthen and the hush of the eve
ming has come down to hear the her
mit thrush break the silence with his
yesper hymn.
The voice is pure music. No other
bird singer in America and probably
no bird singer in the world can ap-
nroach the hermit thrush in the melo-
iious quality of its notes. The song
would be declared sad we're it not 80
uplifting. 1t is a prayer and song in
,one and it seems to hallow the wilder
ness.
The hermit thrush loves equally the
LIVING woods and the forested
mountain tops. 1t chooses one or the
other for its summer home. The coun-
try folk of the North who have heard
the song at dusk coming from where
the woods meet the marsh call the
bird the "swamp angel" The country
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ecstatic, merry, sparkling and bub-
| bling. 1t is all of these and some
thing more. 1t is the very abandon Of
music. The bobolink while singing
seems to be in a perfect frenzy. He
| is tipsy with glee; he actually stag
gers in his flight; for he cannot rise
above the meadow on a summer morn
ing without attempting to beat time
with his wings to his own music, and
the wings cannot keep the pace.
1t was bacchanalian element in the
singing of the bobolink which ap-
pealed more than anything else to one
of the humber poets, Christopher p.
Cranch. Mr.. Cranch has made the
most of that which struck him as the
dominant tone in the reveler's music.
Their tribe, still drunk with air and light
And perfume of the meadow
Go Keeling up and down the sky
In sunshine and In shadow.
The Kentucky Cardinal.
Until writer who loved the cardi-
nal gave it the name Of his state those
who knew the bird were content to
call it by its scientific name, the cardi-
nal grosbeak. Science and poetry are
far apart. James Lane Allen did not
claim proprietary rights in this bird Of
glowing plumage, and his book mod
estly enough was called not "The" but
"a Kentucky Cardinal"
p The cardinal has small place in
poetry. James Lane Allen has given
it an enduring place in prose. OF the
cardinals habits Of standing stanchly
by the home fields when the snow flies
and the other songsters desert, the
Kentucky writer has this to say:
'Lo! some morning the leaves are
on the ground, and the birds have van
ished. The species that remain or
that come to us then, wear the hues
of the season and melt into the tone OF
natures background-blues, grays,
browns, with touches of white on tail
and breast and wing for coming flecks
of snow.
Save only him--proud solitary stran-
ger in our unfriendly land-the fiery
grosbeak. Nature in Kentucky has no
winter harmonies for him. He could
find these only among the tufts of the
October sumach, or in the gum tree
when it stands pillar of red twilight
fire in the dark November woods, or
in the far depths of the crimson sun
set skies and he is left alone
ON the edge Of that northern world
which he has dared invade and inhab-
II. It is then, amid black clouds and
drifting SHOWS. that the gorgeous car
dinal stands forth In the IDEAL picture
Of his destiny" ,ss 4,s
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fnts FFr
Country at Last Is Entirely Free
of Foot-and-Mouth Dis
5ssJk ease.
WATCHFULNESS NOT ABATED
State and Federal Governments
Brought to Better Understanding
Which Will Insure Efficient
Cooperation in Future.

Washington, D. C.-The long fight
against the foot-and-mouth disease is
over. The secretary of agriculture
has issued an order removing all foot
and-mouth guarantees and restric-
lions against the shipment and move
ment of live stock. The order speci-
fically removes the quarantine from a
small territory in Christian county,
ILL.,, the last area which was under
suspicion. Along with the removal of
this local quarantine, the various fed
eral orders restricting shipment OF cat
tie are rescinded, so that dealers can
now ship their cattle as before the first
quarantine was imposed. IA
Upon notification that the United
States is free from the disease, all
foreign governments which have
placed embargoes on American cattle
are expected to remove these en-
bargoes, so that cattle raisers will then
be able to resume shipments to these
foreign countries.
The magnitude of the work of eradi-
cation and control carried on by farm
ers. shippers, and the state and federal
governments is shown by the fact that
before being controlled, the disease had
gained a temporary footing in % states
and the District of Columbia. The
disease appeared and was controlled
in 269 different counties.
The importance to the stock-raising
industry of eradicating foct-and-mouth
disease may be judged from the re-
suits of this plague in Denmark, where
the disease appeared at about the
same time that it broke out in the
United States. The area OF Denmark
is approximately equal to that OF the
three England states-Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Rhode Island. 1t is,
however, a great dairying country,
and it has been estimated that the
losses in milk in one year caused by
the foot-and-mouth disease nave
amounted to approximately one-thlrd
of the total cost of eradicating the
pestilence in % states of this country.
The Danish authorities were unable to
carry out their former policy OF slaugh-
ter. and were compelled to resort to
such measures of control as Could be
established by guarantees and other
restrictions.
AS a result of better understanding
between the state and national govern
ments, representatives of the depart
ment believe that many OF the Cd
stacles which confronted the autnogi-
ties in the past outbreak, would not
be encountered in dealing with any
future occurrence of the disease. The
veterinarians, however, will not abate
their watchfulness for some time. Elk
animation of animals and animal pred-
ucts offered for import Will continue
to be unusually strict. The depart
ment, moreover, particularly urges all
farmers and cattle handlers to notify
their state veterinarians and the de-
partment of any suspicious cases Oh
sore mouth combined with lameness
in their animals. Those in charge OF
the eradication work are confident that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

N RBOR day mas now become as
~ ISOLATED all over the United
4 - States with patriotic and es
thetic as well as economic
ideas. 1t is at once d means of doing
practical good to the community and
an incentive to civic betterment. The
planting Of trees by school children IL
accompanied In every case by cere
monies intended both to impress upon
those present the beauty of trees and
their effect in improving the appear
kiice of school grounds, streets. parks
end homes. u
| AS patriotic festival 1t partakes Of
the nature of Fourth of July celebra
lions or the observance Of Washing
tons birthday, and in the South, where
the season is propitious. it is in some
states observed on February %.
The originator of Arbor day certain
ly had all these aspects of the day in
mind. But it was chiefly as means
Of Inducing the people to cooperate
In an attempt to supply the state OF
Nebraska with the trees necessary for
shade, farm protection, and fuel and
timber for neighborhood use that the
plan of setting aside a certain day OF
the year for tree planting was adopted.
Arbor day has been celebrated in
Nebraska with enthusiasm from it's
very beginning in January, 1872, to the
present day. Tree planting was no
Jew thing there when the Arbor day
plan was originated by Mr.. Morton, for
the first settlers in that territory soon
found that the lack of trees was a
serious drawback to farmers and they
had already made some attempt to sup
ply the deficiency.
! Every farmer needs wood and fence
posts, neither of which he can afford
TO import from distance. Just as
imperative is the need Of protection
for orchards, field crops, and build
ings from the winds that sweep I'M
hindered over that fiat country.
Before 1872, however, planting had
been haphazard; and only those farm
efs who were willing to take good
deal of trouble to find out ways and
means of improving their farms by
windbreaks and groves did any plant
ing. The adoption of the Arbor day
plan meant the organization of the
work in the state. AS result near
~ billion trees have been planted in
the state since the plan was first adopt
ed. 1t is estimated that more than
100000 acres have been planted in
trees in Nebraska.
! Nebraska Needed Trees.
Kansas and Tennessee followed the
lead of Nebraska in 1875, and the next
year Minnesota fell into line. In Kan
sas the same conditions as in Nebraska
made the plan of immediate economic
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
ety D0bterveArbor,Gay
There's avorySoodrea9on WHY
we s6ouhmake friends witht6e trees
(BY THE UNITED STATES FORESTRY BUREAuD J

and do better. A sloYenly town is apt
to mean slovenlys Inhabitants. The
celebration of Arbor day may very
well be the turning point in the atti-
tude of a community toward it's civic
duties and by consequences toward It's
social life and its manner of conduct
| ing business. Nothing so helps to
beautify a city or town as trees, and
nothing SO educates the people in pub
lie spirit and foresight as the care of
trees. . r.T@ ~ OK 0f1 !
The celebration of Arbor day by the
planting OF trees Is the assumption OF
an all-the-year-round responsibility.
The planting and care Of trees will
ineulcate in school children patience
and foresight and will impress upon
them the desirability of making the
best use of the resources of nature
both economically and esthetically.
In the past the planting of trees on
Arbor day has usually been in school
grounds or parks. Recently 1t has be-
gun to. be used as q means of stirring
up interest in roadside planting, first
in cities and then in rural communi-
ties The city of Newark, N. j., is do
ing model work in this line. There is
special shade tree commission, which
issues map of the city on which are
shown the streets that are in their
care and the variety Of trees planted
on each, leaflet giving directions for
the planting and care of trees along
the streets and general Arbor day
pamphlet. In one year nearly BLY,
trees were planted on 46 streets. Many
other cities are now organizing the
work of tree planting on the streets.
and in every case Arbor day is used
as a means of arousing public inter-
est.
In 1913 the United States bureau of
education issued bulletin entitled
Good Roads Arbor Day." in which
were set forth the advantages of plant
ing trees along the highways. Not
only should we build good roads, we
should also make them attractive ard
comfortable to travel over. In many
European countries this is done by
planting the roadside. with rows of
trees. This tree planting by the road
side has not yet become common in
this country, as it should.
Observing 'Arbors Day? = '9,'.A
Some objection has, been made to
trees along the roadside on the ground
that they hinder drying out after wet
weather. This holds goodgif the. road
is poorly built: but trees are actually
an aid in keeping well-built road dry
if they are not planted too close. The
roots by constantly taking in water
assist in drainage, and the tops by
breaking the force of driving rains
prevent washes in the roadway. The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

folk have paid the hermit higher trib-
| ute than any poet. 2,
These words of Walt. Whitman, for
whitman knew and wrote at least once
of the hermit thrush, give sufficient de-
scription of the place the swamp angel
seeks for its evening song:
Forth to hiding, receiving night that talks
not
Down, tor the shores of the water. the
~ path by the swamp in the dimness,
To the solemn shadowy cedars and ghost
ly pines so still. Q
....... The BIuebird.
When the English settlers in Amer
lea saw the loose fiocks of bluebirds
drifting over the March fields, the
spring sunshine making redder the
birds red breasts, they called them
English robins. The red of the breasts
was responsible for the name, the
sight of it being reminder of the
other red-breasted bird in the homo
fields over the sea.
In a few remote places in New Eng
land the bluebird still bears the name
WHICH, lu0 1lA6Illuo 6dNS, puI SNSAy
where else throughout the American
continent 1t is the bluebird and moth
ing else. 1t is one of the few OF the
American feathered species which
manage to keep one name in nearly
every community in which they dwell
The bluebird is bird Of the heart
and of the home. 1t loves the COM
partnership of man and 1t will build
it's nest and dwell through the sum-
mer wherever it is made welcome. The
bluebirdA is sweet creature, for il
there are any vices among its multi
tude of virtues man has yet to turn
them to the light.
Alfred Tennyson did not know the
bluebird, but it would seem that he
must have heard an echo of it's April
note when he wrote:
And in my breast
Spring wakens, too; and my regret
Becomes an April violet,
And buds and blossoms like the rest.
The BoboIlnk.
The bobolink is a summer reveler;
the bee is drunk with bloom, and why
not he, this bacchanalian bobolink?
There Is sort of delirium in the
summertime JOY of this meadow bird.
His song has been called rapturous.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Treasure in Old House.

Lawrenceburg, Ind. = Clifford j..
Wade, building contractor. who re-
Gently bought an old frame house in
George street and began to remodel
it, found a small secret door in the
Dashboard of one OF the rear rooms
on the second floor The door Afforded
ingress to vault IN the wall. In the
vault was an iron box containing
s121.9S in gold, silver and paper dol
lars, halves, quarters. dimes, nickels
and pennies. Most of the money had
been coined in 1860 and 1870.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
OFFICES FOR ALL IN TOWN
Coram, CAL, Has as Many Public
Jobs as It Has Man Resi-
dents.

Coram,' Cal.-Coram, Shasta county
the smallest incorporated city in Cal
ifornia and once a popular mining
camp, with a population Of "a, of whom
nine are men, has eight offices to fill
at the municipal election. One of the
men, c. w. Barker, at present a city
trustee, also is justice of the peace
He will not seek reelection.
Every man in the city will be an of
ticeholder unless some of the womer
can be induced to accept municipal!
honors.
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built While the details Of the con-
struction have not been made public,
it is understood that the new craft
will be equipped with six 12-cylinder
motors of 300 horsepower each, giving
total power to the airship of 1900
horsepower.
This power, it is believed, will be
easily capable of sending the America
through the air at speed of 100 miles
an hour.
In addition to attaining the highest
speed yet reached by any large air
craft, the America will be, enabled by
it's large size to carry without the
slightest trouble crew of six per-
sons, fuel, instruments, provisions and
equipment necessary for the proposed
flight.
In his letter to Mr.. Hawley, Mr..
Wanamaker told of his insistent desire
to cross the Atlantic, in the belief that
1t would be the first step in the evo-
luton of commercial air lines con-
Meeting all the, continents. His letter
in part is. as follows:
Pursuing my purpose to build an
aircraft that will cross the ocean, the
America Transatlantic company was
incorporated, and the company, acting
for me-, has placed an order with the
Curtiss Aeroplane company for new
craft that will have more than ten
times the power of the old one. 1t
will be of special design, entirely diff
ferent from any aircraft heretofore
built, and especially adapted for alight-
ing on and arising from rough seas,
and therefore eminently fitted for the
transatlantic fight. 1t is now under
construction and will be tested at tho
Atlantic coast aeronautical station at
Newport News.
Sees Aerial Liners"
81 still believe that the first crossing
of the ocean will bring quickly in its
train aerial liners, which will regular
ly cross in the air from continent to
continent. The first crossing of the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
LITTLE HINT TO REDHEADS
Those With Titan Locks Have Small
est Chance MatrimonialIy, Says
Eugenic Expert.

Denver.-H you have red hair
you'd better grab the first mat
rimonial chance which comes your
way, because opportunities to marry
are few and far between for those
with titan locks, declares DR.. Ed
ward T. Lazelle, the eugenic expert.
Red hair is one Of the most pro
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

nounced matrimonial disqual1nca'
lions, Doctor Lazelle said.
Girls with red hair see brown and
black and yellow tressed ones being
married on all sides, while they pine
alone. 1t is the same with redheaded
men. M 4,1l 1-
"Redhaired people are the weak
lings of the race, too, provided they
have the fair skin which generally
goes with red hair
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
WINS BIG FIGHT ON STOCK PLAGUE

the disease is wiped out, but they wish
to use every precaution to detect and
control any sporadic cases that may
develop in remote districts.
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birds BooomeCharm
DLiittlo friends
five treat them kindly they'll sing US sonSs
andeat the bugs that poster So

Birds mans practical friends for they destroy
harmful the and poisonous weeds Let
acknowledge have the school children
observe Bird this connection with their Arbo day
BIRDS ought to under
stand their value and encourage their propagation.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04

Only about one man in each 2OS ex'
ceeds six feet in height.
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been for. some time at work upon q
huge aircraft had been rumored, but
that Mr.. Wanamaker was going to con
tinue his efforts toward crossing OF
the Atlantic was not definitely known
by many persons until the other day
It is stated by local aeronauts that
the designs were prepared by Glenn
H. Curtiss and w. Startling Burgess
and that the very best aeronautic en-
gineers in the country, supported by
unlimited financial aid, have beer
called to their assistance.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-05-04
Sees Aerial Liners"

81 still believe that the first crossing
of the ocean will bring quickly in its
train aerial liners, which will regular
ly cross in the air from continent to
continent. The first crossing of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-10
MAKING THE MOST OF SPACE.

large rug gives a more spacious look
than several small ones. Then choose
a table carefully. Perhaps a rather
long. narrow. low table can be well
it books and magazines can be placed.
with a bowl of flowers and q good
reading lamp. Perhaps a better ar
arrangement will be a console or drop
| leaf table against one of the side
| walls, with a dish of flowers or a
growing plant. a good piece of pot
terry. and perhaps a pair of candle
sticks. Then there can be a little
| stand to hold the lamp, and this stand.
with the aid of several feet of wire at
tached to the lamp, can be moved
about. so that it can be kept in a cor
ner in the daytime. well out of the
way. and moved to a more central
position in the evening.
Sometimes a long divan or couch
can be placed along one wall of the
room to good The long lines
give size to the room, and the couch
at the same time furnishes a seat for
several persons, if necessary. There
should, of course, be several large
hairs, but they should be chosen
without any outspreading features
like arms of rockers or other trouble
some membranes.
Mirrors can be used to give size to
a room. One hung opposite a door or
window increases the apparent size of
a room. ana one nuHS III d udTh CUT
ner reflects the light in a most en-
larging manner. Then, too. a long,
narrow mirror hung over a fireplace,
to reflect the people in the room, pro-
duces a sense of spa%ciousness.
Pictures for the small room must
be chosen with care. Big pictures
must De chosen with unusual care if
they are to be placed in small rooms.
If small pictures are used. only Il few
must be grouped o n each wall. If the
yrra lie arn oCffrp m I n nI 70 n r
bare. a good beginning toward SEEM
ing -Spaciousnes has been achieved.
OF course. a crowding of ornaments
must be avoided in a small room. But
il the walls are right and the few
pieces of furniture are well placed,
such ornaments as make a room more
homelike may be safely used. %
books. in low, even shelves, a few
brasses or pieces of interesting pot
terry. flowers well arranged, a COM
Portable DOT stool. a photograph or
two in frames on a table, can all be
included in the furnishing of the small
living room without danger of over
crowding.