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flower because it would be very easy
to conjure up a likeness between the
flowers and some of the fancy saucers
of grandma's table.
The general name is mountain laurel.
and it is evidently very closely related
to the American rhododendron, or great
laurel" one of the most characteristic
shrubs of the Allegheny mountains re-
gion. To quote writer on this plant,
Chester Reed:
TT grows in such profusion as TO
form almost impenetrable thichets,
and. being a very hardy shrub and not
injured by transplanting, it is very
often used for decorative effects in
The mountain laurel" which grows
generally in the woods near Washing
ton and so luxuriantlv along North
west branch is the evergreen much
used by fruiterers and other merchants
in edibles as an aid in window dressing.
The leaves are dark glossy green, point
ed at each end and oblong in form. Bot
anists often dwell on the curious con-
struction of the flower and thus de-
scribe it: The corolla is deep saucer
or bowl shaped, with five short. broad
lobes. On the outside and around the
lower edge of the bowl are ten small
humps that inside the corolla form lit
tie pockets to receive the anthers of
the slender white stamens. curving
from the center of the blossom like the
spokes of a wheel
-
The flowers are white. shading into
cream and pink. and the flower
stems are sticky, so that only
winged insects can get the nee
tar secreted at the base of the green
ish pistil Moths and bees are especial
ly fond Of this nectar Great masses
of these flowers bloom along the wood
ed slopes of Rock creek and Broad
branch. Thousands of persons gather
the blossoms because of their spec
tacular effect in masses. but not one
person in thousand will minuteiy
examine one of the small flowers, though
such examination would be interest
ing The botanical name OF the shrup
is kalmia and one of the District
streets leading west from Georgia ave-
nue. close to the District boundary
bears that name.
The laurel has held A high place
with various peoples of the ancient
world 1t was as important in some
WAYS as the olive There were divine
properties in it. Lightning could not
strike it, and it is related that the
Emperor Tiberius used to put on
laurel crown during an electric storm.
1t gave protection in other ways. and
the Greeks used to hang few of the
leaves on the doors of their houses.
and laurel was hung upon the gates
of the Caesars as guard against en-
emies. though it is not RECORDED Una.
the armed sentries were Withdrawn
because the laurel was on post. some
thing of the future could lie read with
the aid OF laurel, for il the leaves
could be heard to crack in the sacred
fame the future was bright. but II
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man well, and his visit to my husband
and me Is remembered in our home as
one of the benedictions of our lives.
Here we yet say, is where he sat, on
this side of the fire, when he took our
children on his knees and told them
stories of his boyhood in Denmark and
legends of it's heroes
''Among others who came to talk to
Us upon the needs of our poor was
Ernest r. Bickneli, who has since been
called TO larger service, and whose
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heart is now bearing the brunt of
world disasters. There was too, Amos
w. Butler father of that remarkable
system of laws for the defective, de-
linquent and dependent to which the
nation points; also DIR. j. n. Hurry, far
famed for his sharp, fearless lance, al
ways on the frontier line of reform
And there was Alexander Johnson. that
walking school of philanthropy, below
ed in many states. who, In one lee
ture took US to the mountain top Of
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Hence Their Popularity.

10, ISHOP LEONARD was once being
I'D interviewed previous to his de-
parture for holiday in Europe
Maybe. bishop" said a facetious re-
porter, you'll bring back a new reli-
gion with you. But be careful IL you
do-you know how hard il is to get
things through the customhouse."
oh" said Bishop Leonard. there
wouldn't he any difficulty about that.
All these various new religions never
nave any duties attached to them"
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es Sligo creek. There is another Burnt
Mills on the road between Washington
and Upper Marlboro. near where a road
branches off from that pike and leads
by way of woodward and Surrattsville
to Piscataway.
Burnt Mills. Montgomery county, is
seated in a deep basin with high hills
all around it. The level of the high
surrounding country is from one hun
dred to one hundred and fifty feet above
the stream. That does not strike one
as an imposing altitude, but. looking
from the hills down into the basin and
the gorge which the stream has torn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-14
HE Saw the State Housing Law of Indiana Through Three
- Legislatures-Has Worked the Housing Problem for
Twenty YeaHer Early Observation-Disclosures Of the Books of
Jacob Ris-Ehots in Evansvie-A NATIONWIDE Work.

7HE prophet who cried out the
wees Of the poor until the
% world actually listened TO the
* tale o. How the Other Half
Lives" and laid down his life in the
Battle with the Stun found his most
earnest and most ardent disciple in a
-, a-.i.. -, - Ne ,ft+or
Fsio"s Bacon, ana she counts the
-rieIdship o.: Jacob Rus as one Of her
mos, valued treaSs-.x 81 yneuory
IL was the feaoihs OF 'he poohs Oh
New York's famous social reformer, the
friend NJ prestder,s and Of kings as
VII as oi inc poor anu Vi muse "hose
hearts were moved By the woes Of the
moor. that led Mrs Bacon to take Nm
- - -, a.f, rt,.,.
'"e y" u 1h' SUM i-'''4e
BY Little she was drawn into the work,
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for her beloved state was accomplished
she would return to her home and with
domestic duties, the dearest to her OF
any, and her share in civic organiza-
tlons which she had inspired and 9TH
ers not OF her founding. she would
spend her days she best loved, In
being the heart and center of a de-
voted household.
But. as a friend prophesied- Mrs.
Bacon could not rest there. and when.
later, some one asked her what her
future held. the answer was Housing
reform. housing till | die, or until !
see every state with laws good for
the poor as those OF our own state
So il comes that this apostle Of right
living is no longer of a state, but of a
nation. and her twenty years of study
and practical work in the interest or
housing reform are bestowed as her
gift OF free service for the benefit of
the less fortunate of her fellow crea-
lures.
When Mrs. Bacon came TO Washing
ton the other month at the request of
its sanitary housing commission, to
speak before a gathering Of men and
women interested in the cause. she
granted an Interview to representa- :
tive of this paper and told something
Of her work.
The one motive in all my work has
the poor" said she. II was one of a
small family of children. full of poetry
and the love of beauty, whose tastes in
those directions were fostered and en-
couraged by good parents. Although
our home was a city parsonage, our
mother took US often and for long pc
RODS to the country that we might
grow strong and healthy in body and
mind through contact with the bene-
its and the beauties of nature. When
! had TO return to the city to take up
my permanent abode. the ugliness OF
the slums oppressed me. and ] could
not keep from my minds eye the sight
Of the poor little Rray-faced children
who had never seen the beauty of the
grass nor of the flowers
Since girlhood. therefore, and fol-
lowing my early marriage. I have been
studying the slums and have since then
systematically worked for the amelio-
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But all this time the thought of the
houses of the poor. whose conditions l
was learning more and more thorough
ly as went in and out among them,
was hurting me. Instead of looking
for the poetry first in the magazines
and papers | hunted up the articles on
sanitation. house flies, etc, and even
read bits of local politics. In fact, l
not only learned who was secretary of
our board of health, but became ac-
quainted with him through his lively
interest in our sanitation committee.
Il learned also how many souls may
be choked by adenoids. and how many
a spiritual downfall may result from
fallen arches and other injuries to the
feet. 7 remember that one girl serious
~ told me that her baby sister who
died had been bewitched. And she was
that smart. she could eat sauerkraut
and drink beer, and she was cutting
eight teeth at once" she added.
ut was at this time that the books
of Jacob Riis fell into my hands. His
Battle with the Stun was not for New
York alone. but for the whole country.
and ! then decided to devote all my
available time and strength to work
to which he was then giving his life.
and for which he has since laid II
down. l came later to know this great
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QUIET STRETCH OF THE CREEK.

example. Paint branch, Rock creek.
Piney branch. Mil creek. Rock run.
Cabin branch. Wildcat creek, Ten Mile
creek, Broad branch. Horsepen branch.
Muddy branch, Indian creek, Beaver
dam branch and Oxon run-the gentle
man who christened one of the wonder
fully scenic and romantic creeks
Northwest branch might have made
better job of it. He might have
called il Laurel Thicket run. Boulder
creek, Gorge run. Chasm creek, Swim
ming Hole branch or Roaring brook.
At Great Falls is a tract of land grant
ed by the state of Maryland in 1907 to
Alexander Adams and William Lodge
which then bore the significant name of
Hard to Come At and since 1888 has
borne the name of 'ResurNey of Hard
to Come At" 1t is curious and unu-
sual name for a tract of land. but those
who named il We're acquainted with the
property. If they had been called upon
to pick a name for Northwest branch
they would proba bly, have called it
Hard to Get Along creek The peo-
ule who gave that beautiful Virginia
creek near Great Falls the name OF
Difficult run would proba bly, have
named Northwest branch w orse IMAM
Difficult run.
Northwest branch rises in that civil
subdivision of Montgomery county call
ed Olney, or election district No 8 one
head of the branch rises about mile
south of Sandy Spring. one rises west
of the road from Ednor to Ashton, ana
two or three rise in rough triangu
lar Bit of country formed by the road
from Norbeck to Norwood Norwood to
Olney and Olney by way of Oakdale to
Norbeck That high country, only ten
miles north of the northern point OF the
District is the watershed which turns
some streams toward the Potomac and
the Eastern branch and others toward
the PatuXent
The region of the origin of the branch
is described by biologists as derived
from light granitoid rocks often with
mica in parallel folio" and the Mary
land geological survey Classics the
soils as loan, slightly sandy; good
farm lands. wheat, hay, corn and oats
Close to where the stream crosses from
Montgomery county into Prince
Georges ii runs into the Patuxent for
nation of the Potomac group of the
mesozoic and tertiary, where interbed-
ded sands and clays extend to depth
land geological survey says: 'clays
and sandy clays; rather poor soil for
general crops soil is as soil does"
and much of the soil in that part of
Prince Georges has By skillful Til
lage been brought to a high degree Of
fertility Through much of this coun-
try. especially III the Montgomery
county section, Northwest branch has
secured down through soil Of the
weathered rocks deep into the basic
rock. or the light granitoid rocks
often with mica in parallel folia." 1t
is because of this deep cutting that
Northwest branch presents such allure
ments for a hard walk
The Rambler did not follow the
branch from its mouth to its source.
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n q ORTHWEST BRANCH bears q
N\II name which may describe the
H Nj direction from which il flows but
q gives no hint of the features
which render it remarkable in the eyes
Of men who have explored it. Even its
name is vague. because while it may be
northwest from one point of view it Is
northeast, southwest or southeast
from other points of view Its geogra phi
cal designate does not mean much So
FAR as the Rambler knows. there is no
northeast branch, and if its name is in
Tended to show its relation to the Eastern
branch. into which it flows, it might with
a nearer approach TO accuracy be called
Western branch OF course it does not
flow north west. but flows south and A lit
tie east of south. IL the direction of its
flow was meant to be described by a
name it should have been called South
branch
To the west Of Northwest branch is a
branch which flows very nearly due south
and its name is North branch. But that
branch has nothing to do with Northwest
branch. because il flows into Rock creek.
paralleling that creek for about seven
miles and joining il near the hamlet Of
Avery. two and a half miles north
branch is one called Long branch
which is really a short branch, being
not more than three miles long. while
the branch into which il empties Sligo.
Is something over eight miles long. be-
ginning the south slope of the high
land around Wheaton and uniting with
Northwest branch about two miles west
NJ HyattsvIile. In relation 10 its neigh
Dor streams Northwest branch might
properly have been called Big branch.
but the idea seems not TO have occurred
to those early settlers in that part of
convention decreed should be Mont
gomery county.
However, one should not quarrel
about names any more than about
tastes. and IL the name of a branch
a half column of criticism of the
branch. Northwest branch had moth
ing to do with the selection OF its
name. and so far as history records,
the Rambler is the first person to
make any objection 10 it. Northwest
branch may be northwest of Bladens-
burg and Hyattsville, but it is north
east OF Washington. II is west OF
Riggs mill. Aveney. White OAK, Coles
willie and Norwood and il is east of
Oakdale. Norbeck. Layhil1e. Gienmont.
Wheaton and Takoma. so what's the
use of making any protest. Northwest
branch is too busy to listen to pro-
tests and flows on as though perfectly
content with it's name.
But IL does seem to the Rambler
that as many of the Montgomery and
Prince Georges county branches have
reasonably descriptive names-as, for
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ration of their conditions. l began as
one of the Friendly Visitors of or
ganiZation of social workers. These
visits showed the misery, dirt and i'm
morality which prevailed among the
jewellers of the slums.
TO my work as IL Friendly Visitor
added the taking of flowers into
those dark, gloomy places of abode.
founding flower mission to forward
this endeavor. | then helped to start
q working girls association. whose OBJ
ject was to ameliorate the conditions
surrounding the factory workers daily
life. and also TO provide a place of
edifcation and amusement for their
evenings. We eventually extended our
efforts to establishing a summer camp
for working women who could get
away from the city's heat and turmoil
for the evening and night of quiet and
country sweetness after the day of
toll.
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ORTHWEST BRANCH bears a
name which may describe the
direction from which it flows but
gives no hint of the features
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-12-02
ORDINANCE.

AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING
THE CREATION AND ESTAB-
LISHIENT or CURB AND GUT
TER DISTRICT NUMBER TWO
IN THE CITY OF LOGAN, PRO
VIDING FOR THE PAYMENT BY
INSTALLNIENT AND COSTS AND
EXPENSES OF IMPROVEMENTS
MADE IN SAID DISTRICT; AS
SESSING THE COST OF SAID
IMPROVEMENT AGAINST THE
REAL ESTATE ESPECIALLY
BENEFITED BY SAID IMPROVE
MENT LYING AND BEING WITH
IN SAID DISTRICT AND FOR
THE BENEFIT OF WHICH SAID
TAXES ARE TO BE EXPENDED.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-12-02

WHEREAS, the City Commission
ers of Logan City, Cache County
State of Utah, has heretofore pur-
suant to the requisite preliminary
proceedings, by resolutions duly ad-
opted and notice of intention duly
given and published establishing and
creating Curb and Gutter District
Number Two for the construction of
Curbs, cutters parking ETC., therein;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission
ers of said City pursuant to
said notice of intention con-
sidered and heard written OBJ
jections to said Improvement.
but such objections to such i'm
provements signed by the owners of
two-thirds of the front footage abut-
ting upon the streets and parts
thereof upon which said curbs, gut
tiers, parking ETC., are to be laid,
were not filed with the City Recorder
of said City, at the time and in the
manner required by law. and the City
Commissioners having acquired jur-
isdiction to construct and cause to
be constructed said eurbs, cutters,
parking. etc, and to levy and assess
a special tax assessment against the
property especially benefited by
such construction and Improvement;
and the cost of such improvement
having been ascertained by contract
duly let to the lowest bidder after
due publication of notice calling
for bids for the construction of such
curbs, cutters, parking, etc, and
WHEREAS. said Improvement has
been constructed and completed STRIFE
tly in accordance with the terms of
said contract, in front of and along
the property hereinafter described
and the value of the work, labor
and material furnished having been
duly certified by the Engineer to be,
ana it is hereby found and deter
mined that the cost of such improve
ment so constructed and completed
is $l7.9S3.04. and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission
ers of said City, desire to issue cou-
pom warrants in payment of the cost
and expense of said local improve
ment, such warrants to be issued
and drawn against the fund created
by the payment of the special tax
levy and assessment hereby levied,
made and assessed.
NOW THEREFORE,. BE 1T OR
DAMNED BY THE BOARD OF CITY
CoMMlSSlONEkS Of LOEAN CITY
Ar.
SEC. That the said imnrove-
ment consisting of curbs gutters
parking. etc. completed in front of
and along the propertv hereinafter
described shall he and il Is hereby
accented by the CITY of Logan. and
that the cost thereof he and Ia here
by founu and determined to no
SI7 0S9 "A
SEC. II. That the cost and ex-
pense of said Improvement. consist-
ing of curbs. cutters. marking etc
in front of and along the property
hereinafter described within said
Curb and Cutter District Number
Two, which said property is hereby
found and determined to be especial
ly benefited by said Improvement
to the extent hereinafter set forth.
consIsting of 6ya o,nal instoii,,,or,t,
na,.ohIa - JEN' a.,'i'e ,tS
i,rst INSTRUMENT becoming due the
am davs From, 10 dota a. I'LL, Ds
,ba L., boaa,,,I a,saott,, cl''-I
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-12-02
OSCAR BJORKMAN.


Beginning at a point
on the West side of
Second East street
1893 feet North of
the monument line on
Center street, thence
South 4S.4 feet to the
=. G. of curve
thence along a SO de-
gree and 40 min. cur
We to the right 1898
feet to the p. r.
thence West to the
East bank OF Logan,
and hyde Park Canal,
thence North along
the canal ll44 feet,
thence East to the
point of beginning.
Frontage 207.O feet. 225.6
IL. BULLEN, Jr.
The East 1879 feet of
Lot 6, Block 16.
Frontage 1872 feet. 1917!
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-12
HAWKINS BROS.
HOMES OUR SPECIALLY.


Ready to Move Into in q few days, just be-
ing omDieted. in Alta Vista. f-rcom bun
galOw. glazed porch also additional screened
porch basement with cement floor. registers
in ready for heat. select hardwood floor
tpoliEhed1 mission door. library. kitchen
cabinet. electric fixtures. mahogany finish
bedro ems in white. fenced. walks. south
front $3.50. small cash payment. balance
like rent; this is one Of the famous Hawkins
bungalows built TO suit particular people
Nearing Completicn-6-room bungalow on
Bliss street. on two full lots. paved street.
near Alta Vista school, street car. jitne. gro
cery and drugstore, o large rms and break
fast I'm. basement. heating plant, hardwood
floors. walls IN living and dining room fin
ished in Tiffany oil paint. massive buffet.
large kitchen cabinet, tiled bath. pedestal
lavatCry, linen closet garage. cement run
ways. fenced. electric fixtures. VIII color
90 suit purchaser: 35-f Bliss street. 90 bv
and look at the construction. this is
Hawkins Bungalow. built 10 suit the most
partiC uiar; $500 down s500 yearly.
Hawkins Bros. VIII Build YOU a house either
on your lots or theirs. any part OF city,
loans furnished on easy payments: plans
free and will take in vacant lots as part
payment for construction.
HAWKINS BROS.
Homes Our Specially
and Morgan bldg Phone $500
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-12
sArL A rnnr.ANn nnI1,n.

BY buying this elegant, new home 30 the
most refined district six rooms with built
in buffet, book cases. kitchen cabinet man
tie window seat linen closets and mail
and parcel delivery chutes. Large cement
basement keene cement bath with finest
fixtures, screen kitchen porch and two
- zed sleeping porches. lots 5UxI2e The iu-
terror IS hea Itifui Phone NOW for au APP
continent the time Is limited See IL a-4a
von-1s huy f. Easy terms
!fIB>Cfi-fsOEiNS
4eI First Natl rhon, 80
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-12
For SaIe-ReaI Estate-City Property.

HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
for few days. l04 feet close Ia on South
Fl PlSo ST. VIII sell ala or part
- feet. Mesa avenue, good income
= feet Mesa avenue
5sia feet. Mesa avenue
Is Ieet Kansas.
BE sure 10 call prices are going up on
all these streets
CHARLES W HARLOW with
ANDERSON-FILLER.
1U7 Texas St Phone 1861
SPECIAL HOME BARGAINS
New five room bungalow. splendid loca-
ton. Alta Vista Price $3.50. $3.50 cash.
balance monthly.
New brick cottage. paving paid; rented
$50 monthly price $3.50: $50 cash. balance
only $50 monthly.
FRANK cox.
Phone s4es 10 Capies bldg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-12
NEWMAN INVESTMENT COMPANY
Real Estate. Insurance Hand.
SOME HOLIDAY BAEGATNS

"OHE BAttraANS-
Si4,0Oo-Sf nm MeN- ten. 2 = lots. best rem
taI DIST Rent SzSl. o. per cent On So, 00c
Der 1nnum- Terms.
ss,OOO-5f rms and store. Mex. ten 8 full
lots rental SIS. half cash
Ss,5o0-lo rm- mod home, 1000 blk Non
tana 81. Best buy on this beautiful 81
Lofs alone worth $4,000. $500 cash.
S9.oV0-35 rm- Mex Zen. full lots Rental
500 about = per cent on Investment Third
cash. bal paid out by rent
Sai9o-i r bunG- sls- pch- Cotton Ave. New.
rake auto pt pay
S4OO0-5 rm- buns- gls. pch oak frs.. bsmt
sy1O blk AlamogordO, 5000 cash $40 per mo
SS]Vo-6 ruE Dung-cOtt. full lots bsmt
grge- rest dist $500 cash. $50 per no.
SSiOU-g rm- bung. > full $ IT. lots Grand
Ave $500 cash. bal suit.
SSVoO-i r1n- colt lge- sip. pch. So Ex1O0
$500 cash, bal easy.
$500 . rn- colt pvd- 81. gis. sip pch trade
on larger bung OF $500 cash. sz5 per mo
SZ5j0-s I'm. bung-cott- Laurel St near La
mar sch. $3.50 cash
SsS5O-i nm bung- Montana St $3.50 cash,
bal 80 inc. INT
$3.50 rm- colt. 1 Dix car. 500 cash. bal
SO per mo.
siI5O-i rm. colt. Bisbee st. $50 cash. So
per mo.
sI60O-- rms. sip. pchs. ~ It. front
PiaJras ST. 1900 cash
SEES rm- frame house. . lge pchs. lots
Trade ON Bung- or 1900 cash. bal easy.
$oSO-@ rms lots. pchs. ! blk car. S150
cash SIS per mo
SIsoo-i fine g. Y. lots trade auto stand
ard make
S-;5'i--5 arr'= Moutoya. 90 trade OH bun
galuv. El Peso
Mn Man INfE~TMENT COMPANY.
100 Sfu Autouts -. lh.tf. .5a
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-12-12
For Sale Real Estat.-Citr Property.

N~~~~-~-~-1-~N~~~~-~0-~
II iOJ are Interested in buying two resi-
dence lots on paved street. in restricted dis
trict at bargain. on good terms, phone
1886 after ,. H.
NOTHING DOWN-JUST MOVE IN
This room modern brick on Boulevard:
$3.50 Pay by month.
HAWKINS BROS.
and : Morgan bldg Phone $500
VENDORS LIEN NOTES FOR SALE
$1,000 worth on improved Fl Paso property.
per cent. monthly payments. very liberal
discounts II taken at once.
HAWKINS BROS.
and Morgan bldg Phone os09