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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
COAST SINKING INTO THE SEA.

There is always something to
| worry about. First it was Halley's
| comet. Next it was seventeen-year
locusts. Then it was caterpillars.
and now we are told that the East
ern end of this country is slowly
but surely sinking beneath the bill
Lowry waves of the Atlantic Ocean.
Think of it! In a million years
or so there may not even be frog
rest on the other side of the Della
ware River. and here the most of us
are without a pair of hip-boots to
our blessed name!
/ An eminent Professor Somebody
claims to have made this startling
discovery about fifty years ago. AS
matter of fact, he discoursed on it
so earnestly and so eoqulently that
| there was some measure of alarm at
| the time. and quite a number of the
| Jersey natives began to back up to-
ward the higher ground of Penn
/ sylvania.
Now. then, along comes another
eminent Professor Somebody who
] positively declares that the original
| sage, oracle or forecaster. which
| ever you wish. was no piker, no
prophet of the goosebone breed, ana
that the coast is actually sinking
| going down. ker-plunk-at the rate
of two feet in hundred years.
Isn't that enough to make you
| sigh some? Isn't there enough in
| the doleful declaration to make you
wish that you had lived in the happy
long ago, when things didn't happen
with such nerve-racking rapidity?
Well, rather, particularly when you
take your head in both hands and
give the matter a large lump of
serious thought.
With the Jersey coast sinking
along with the rest at the rate OF
two feet in a hundred years, one
can readily see that, in a very short
time, somewhere about a hundred
thousand annums, perhaps. we will
have to spend our week-ends botan-
| izing in Fairmopt Park or fishing
lup in front of the House of Correc-
ton instead of going to Atlantic
| City. By that time, unless some in
ventive genius develops a patent
coast-sink arrester, Atlantic City
will be way out beyond the fish
ponds, and lovely mermaids will be
using the roofs of the big hotels for
aquatic couches.
Then there is Anglesea, Now you
have beat it ninety miles across New
Jersey to haul out the mackerel and
bass. Eventually, perhaps in 2917,
you may be able to make a pretty
fair catch at Pitman or Westmont.
Then again you may be able to do a
little grabbing in Newton Creek, or
take an automobile ride over to the
Cape May lighthouse, at Broadway
and Federal streets. in Camden.
The direful declaration of the emil
nent Professors Somebody naturally
causes great concern. And yet, CLINT
ing through the dark outlook, there
is one little ray of light. At the
present time it costs 81 to go to At
lantic City. As the coast sinks, the
distance will decrease, and 1t may
not be more than a million years
before one can make the trip for a
nickel=Philadelph Telegraph.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
Snowstorms in Great Britain.

Strange to say. while the British
Rainfall Organization, with. its great
corps of observers, for years maintains
ed very thorough observations of pre-
cipitation, no systematic attempts
have been made by this service to
measure snowfall as such: hence it is
impossible to furnish comprehensive
and authoritative figures regarding
the great snowstorms which occurred
in England. Wales and Southern Scot
land last February and March, cul-
mlnating in a destructive blizzard on
March Is. From the information
available, however, 1t is evident that
these storms were quite exceptional:
especially in view of their occurrence
SO late in the season. The storm of
the 18th demoralized railway traffic on
most of the main lines. In the hill
districts of the Peak, the CotteswoIds
ana Exmoor many villages were
snoWbound. while sheep were buried
beneath gigantic drifts, estimated in
some cases as forty feet deep.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
new YORK AVENUE
is real ESTATE MART
Thoroughfare Changes from Resi-
dence to Business Place in
Seven Years.

Seven years ago New York avenue.
was practically a residential street.
Today there are thirteen real estate
firms on that avenue, with new ar
rivals constantly coming.
Less than seven years ago, DR..
King occupied the northwest corner
or Ninth street and New York avenue.
as his dental offices, which corner
was lately purchased by p. H. Rus
sell and remodeled into apartments
and offices. the Percy H. Russell Co..
and o. B. Zantzinger occupying the
first and second floors as their real
estate offices.
The following firms have since To-
Gated in the block: B. F. Saul, o. B.
Zantzinger. Mandler & Co.. A. s. Cay
wood, Percy H. Russell Co., J. Leo
Kolb, Winfield Preston, Slye and
Watson, A. K. Moses Co., Heine
Bros. Marshall Business Brokers
and Chas. King, jr.
Values have advanced 80 percent in
the past seven years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
REGISTER ALIEN ENEMIES.

Persons most familiar with the
problem of the treatment of alien
enemies in belligerent countries, and
who have had the advantage of Euro
pean experience and observation. feel
that we are making a mistake in not
taking an exact registration of the
Germans in the United States. The
officers OF the government charged
with the general supervision of the
alien enemies now at large, and who
would be responsible for taking them
up in the event that interment was
UP in the event that internment was
work vastly simplified il they could
know definitely and precisely who are
the Germans in this country. where
they live, their occupations. their age
and the number of their dependents.
Edward G. Lowry in the Saturday
Evening Post
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
Washington Real Estate Shows Continued Activity

of construction on many OF then
being started late this summer.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
summer months are usually the dull
time of the year as regards new
building operations, activities in this
city are marked.
In addition to the construction of
apartment houses and residences.
work of construction on several big
office buildings is being rushed, as
office space in the city is at a prem
ium now, with vastly increased de-
mands for such space a prospect In
the immediate future.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
Breuinger Completes
Fine New Subdivision

L. E. Breuinger & Sons have about
completed their new subdivision which
will comprise fifty individual ideal
homes Of the Breuinger type ana
standard of perfection.
This new and desirable subdivision
is situated between Georgia avenue
and Soldiers Home, one-half block
from Park View School.
These homes are constructed of first
class materials, artistic in design,
built of Hutex brick laid UP in cut
motar; concrete porches with artistic
stone rail and baIusters, all combining
to bring about an air of distinction
and individuality.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
few VACANT HOUSES
FOUND in CAPITAL
Influx Of People to City Takes Up
Unoccupied Homes.

As result of the large Influx Of
prominent men from all sections Of
the country into Washington to be-
came connectedw with the various phases
of war activity. desirable residences
are much in demand,
Previous TO the declaration of war
all real estate Offices posted long lists
OF for rent of apartments and
houses, while at present there are very
few really desirable residences on the
list
Within the past three months more
than 800 properties have been leased
TO prominent men who will, in all
likelihood, remain here until the war
is over.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
LEASE HOMES TO NEWCOMERS

A number of fine furnished houses
have recently been leased through the
office of ]. V. N. and T. B. Huyck,
to prominent persons who have lately
come to Washington. Among these
are:
200 r street northwest, to Capt.
H. B. Clark. of New York.
300 Newark street. Cleveland Park,
to C. D. Kerr. of New Jersey.
1742 S street northwest, to Jay W.
Abbott, of New York.
go A street southeast. to Mrs. B.
E. Butler, of Virginia.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
AVALANCHE WARNINGS.

In the Cascade Range and the
Rocky Mountains of the northwest
ern United States, more or less de-
struction of life and property is
occasioned every winter by ava
Ianches. During the winter of 1909
10, the deaths from this cause
amounted to more than a hundred,
and several hundred thousand dol
lars worth of property was de-
stroyed. During the past winter
the district forecaster of the Wealth
er Bureau at Portland, Oregon, Mr..
E. A. Beals, inaugurated the prac-
tice of issuing special warnings
whenever the approach of warm
and windy weather. with rain,
favors the occurrence of these dis
asters. The warnings thus far is
sued have been fully verified.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09
APARTMENT HOUSES
Being CONSTRUCTED
Character of Buildings to Live in
Changing in Capital.

Realizing that for the next three
years at least, Washington probably
will enjoy its greatest prosperity. real
estate operators and contractors have
been rushing the construction or
APARTMENT houses and desirable resi-
depcez practically all over town.
Washington is fast becoming an
apartment house" city. New York
was probably the first city in the
country to start apartment house
building on a large scale. due to the
enormous population, and was fol-
lowed by Chicago. Other cities
throughout the country then fell In
10 line, and now the Capital is rapidly
forging TO the front in constructing
high class apartment houses, work
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09

Electrification of steam railroads in
the United States last year brought
the total of such equipment up to
about 900 miles.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-09

all modern improvements. including
large porches. The location Is
admirable, being in WASHINGTON
Heights. and convenient 70 both car
lines.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
Essearr~.eAHe~-se~H,~~sssjsssss 5 POULTRY POINTERS$ E~9r-..--.9c~ss-- s'1N-ss-'safSt1

The practice of poultry feeding, while governed largely by circum- stances, should as far as possible be confined to the regular routine.
 A hen eats approximately three to four ounces a day, or about six pounds month. The amount fed each day varies with the appetite of the bird.
 The success of egg production de- bends largely upon the activity of the bird. The reason the Leghorns excel in egg production is largely because they keep themselves in good physical condition. They exercise.
 It has been found that a few thor ough applications of crude petroleum to the interior of poultry houses Will destroy completely the common red mite infesting chickens.
 The hen that is first off the roost In the morning, keeps busy during the day and is the last to go to roost at night is the profitable hen.
 It will pay the poultry keeper to nail up cracks in the back, sides and root of his henhouse.
 Some birds have the disposition to take exercise, others have to be forced. This is especially true of the heavier breeds.
 OverfeediHg causes inactivity, which will be manifested by no holes being dug in the straw.
 The skill of the poultry feeder is tested by the manner in which he con- pels the hens to exercise.
 Egg production is quite largely de- pendent upon keeping the birds in con- dition
 It is not the large turkeys that are so desirable, but the medium-size ones that are pretty and smooth.
 There is no danger of overlooking, providing the birds are compelled to take sufficient exercise.
 The hen that is inactive and shows long toenails is seldom good pro ducer.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10

as rose garden Is soon dissipated for the young woman who finds that her husband is not wayy-haired hero. but only a matter-of-fact plumber or busi- ness man. as the case may be.
 Thus, somewhere along in the honey moon the poor young thing begins to fear she is neglected the first time friend husband takes his newspaper and cigar and forgets to blow her a kiss for a whole hour at q stretch. Aft CT a while there are fearful reproaches just at the moment he is at the most absorbing part of the batting averages, whereupon he wrathfully seizes his hat and goes out to seek q sociable barten- der whe will defend the Ty Cobb side of a debate all night. if need be. Be fore very long the bride is weeping her tragical tale into the ear of some sym pathetic friend while the bridegroom is afraid to go home because he is in fee simple possession of what is some times fippantly referred to as a bun. /" Then it's her for the divorce court and alimGny.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
 Beauty or Brains

A photographer in New York won prize of $500 for the photograph Of beautiful girl. Many artists have raved over the classic beauty of this girls features, but the young lady her. self has no illusions as to the power of mere beauty Something besides prettiness is necessary to achieve suc- cess" she said recently. If l had my choice between being the prettiest girl in America and the most talented girl, I should unhesitatingly choose the lat- ter"
 Yes, of course she is pretty-but she's an awful flat !" remarked an hon. est college boy of certain young lady who felt that good looks excused her from any attempt at intelligent con- versation.
 Portraits of women who, as history tells us, have ruled the world by their charm, and swayed the destinies of empires, reveal the fact that they have rarely been beautiful in the accepted sense of that term. Cleopatra, Mary of Scotland, as well as plenty of more modern charmers, have not been women whose chief appeal was to the eye. They have influenced their times through the keenness of their minds, their personal magnetism, and their power of being agreeable.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
Vast Resources of Siberia
 Are UnriValed in Old World

Siberia is destined one day to become the richest country in the world, for it has a natural wealth so diversified, and as yet almost untouched, that it has no rival in the old world. How vast this wealth is is described by A. Hammer in La Nature.
 Before the war Siberia was produc- ing from 100000 to 100000 tons of flour a year. As grazing country it has no limits and it exports large quantities of leather, tallow and but ter. It's forests are almost inexhauS- tible and it supplies fuArs to all the world.
 Its mineral wealth can only he guessed at, for the greater part of the country has never been prospected. But there are several enormous de- pesits of oil, that of Konznetz embrac- ing about 30,0e0 square miles and esti- mated to contain 920.000000 tons of oil; that of Irkutsk, estimated to con tain 250.000000 tons, and those of the Ienisseisk and Siemipalatinsk. Some of these have as yet scarcely been touched.
 The Kouznetz basin possesses also great deposits of iron ope, estimated to contain 16.500.000 tons. Iron occurs in large quantities in many other re gions.
 Other metals that promise wealth to their exploiters are copper (5,600 tons of which were mined in 1913), gold lead, zinc, manganese, wolfram. tin, antimony, cinnabar, mercury, sulphur, saltpeter, graphite. naphtha, quartz, sulphide and sulphate of soda. white clay and common salt.
 Its rivers are as full of fish as those of British Columbia. Much flax, cot ton and many cereals are grown and can be grown to virtually limitless extent.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
Things That Are New

For the same purposes as an electric medical vibrator one has been invent ed that is connected with washstand Spigot and operated by water power. Of English invention is q trumpet to be attached to telephone receiver so it's sounds can be magnified and heard without holding it to the ear.
 On one side of new electric porch light are grooves into which figures can be slipped to make it serve as a house number either by day or night
 By placing turbine in front of an automobile a French inventor believes he utilizes the air resistance met by the car in running to increase it's power.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
A Little Bit of Everything

One out of four Australians has a substantial bank account.
 Many ost1iches in South Africa are matched in incubators.
 A six-mile bore under James Peak, i'll the Rockies will cut 73 miles off the trarscontinental trip.
 Among the tallest trees in the world is the Australian eucalyptus, which at tains height of nearly 900 feet.
 Ireland has 84,S69 land holders hay ing plats not exceeding an acre, 61, ,730 who hold more than one acre and not more than five acres, 153, ,299 under Ia and 136.05S not exceeding 30.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
LODGE DIRECTORY.

ROWLAND LODGE No. 594 F. & A. M.meets every second and fourth Satur- day evenings at z:5o o'clock. Visiting Masons always welcome.
 T. B. Weaver, W. M. w. P. Reasons, See'y
 HOWARD CHAPTER, No. l22, R. 4. M.-meets every first and third Thurs day evening at Masonic hall. Visiting companions welcome.
 J. M. Gibson, H. P. c. A. Berry, Secy.
 ZEDEKIAH, COUNCIL. U. D.. R. & s. M-Meets every fourth Wednesday night of each month. Visiting compan- ions welcome T. B. WEAVER, T. I. M. R. N. BENSON, Recof der. HUTTIG CHAPTER No. 32o, Order of the Eastern Star, meets every first and third Friday evening at Z:30 o'clock. Visiting brothers and sisters welcome.
 Mrs J. A. Brignae, w. M. MRS. L. G. GIBSON. Sec'y. HUTTIG LODGE No. 348 I. 0. 0. F. meets every first and third Tuesday eve hing. All brethern cordially invited
 H. c. Bedford, N G. Harlan .Sehon, Secy.
 HUTTIG REBEKAH LODGE No. 66, meets every Monday night at z: 50 o'clock Visitors are invited.
 Mrs. Wilke Frost, N. G. Mrs Murray Maroney, Secy. SWEET BAY CAMP No. 41IW.o. meets every first and third Saturday eve- nings. Visitors made welcome.
 Lester Malone, c. C. J. c. Bridges. Clerk.
 Sweet Bay Circle No. l45, ". C.. meets every second and fourth Thursday night at z:3o o'clock. Visitors are cor dially invited
 Mrs. E. s. Etheridge Guardian. Mrs. J. c. Bridges, Clerk.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
MILLION BUSHELS
 OATS LOST IN 1915
Twelve Per Cent of Crop Is Destroyed By Smut-The Best Remedy
 Is Formaiin.

The plant disease survey made dur ing the last year and covering more than one-half the counties in the state shows that smut caused the loss of 12 per cent of the oat crop according to the report of J. Lee Hewitt, Plant Pathologist with the University of Ar kansas, who says that there was little disease and loss where the seed had been treated with formalin before planting.
 Ten million bushes of oats were produced in Arkansas in 1916. Twelve per cent of this crop, or 1,200,000 bushels were lost because of smut. The average yield for the state was 27 bushels per acre; consequently, three and one-fourth bushels per acre was the average loss. With oats at 40 cents a bushel, tn average farm price. s1.56 was the average money loss per acre. By treating seed with formalin before planting with a cost of about two cents per acre and the work, this enormous loss to the farm CTS of the state could have been avert ed. Every farmer in Arkansas should see the value of the fomalin treatment and use it before planting the 1917 crop.
 Two Causes of Loose Smut.
 Loose smut may be caused by either of two fungi which are so similar that they may be considered as one in the treatment for smut. The loss from smut is greater than is commonly sup posed for: 1. Smutty stalks are usual ly shorter than healthy ones and not easily observed. 2. The boot some times hides the smutty heads which then appear only as Immature or bar ren plants. 3. Smut ripens several days before. cutting. and may blow away, leaving the smutty stalks naked and not noticeable.
 Smut is a parasite plant that grows inside of and feeds upon the oat plant Smut robs growing oat plants of nour- ishment and weakens them, some times so much that they cannot push their panicles or heads out Of the sheath of the upper leaf
 Threshing Machine Agent of Infection.
 The black masses of smut, seen when the grain is ripening. consist of countless numbers of spores. When the oats germinate and grow the smut spores germinate also, The tiny smut plants penetrate and enter the oat plants, growing ID within. There is nothing to indicate their presence until the heads form. At this time
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
Divorce Seen as Sequel to
 "ChocoIate EcIair Marriage

One of Kansas Gity's divorce proc tors-a woman-has found the true cause of the divorce evil. She is Miss Tiera Farrow, and has had her job for only few weeks, but she undoubt- edly has made a beginning! Perhaps she will find remedy in the same jig time. remarks the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch.
 It is not the corner saloon, the moth- er-in-law or the eternal triangle, says Miss Farrow. Boiled down to it's es- sentials, her theory seems to be that there are too many chocolate eclair marriages between persons of corn beef and cabbage predilections. In other words. the whole trouble is that the sentimental novel ideal of marriage
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10

the oat kernels are filled with the smut. Sometimes only part of the head is affected A part of all of the stalks from each stool may be attack ed The threshing machine is the wholesale agent Of infection as crops practically free from smut may be come infected by spores carried in the machine from an infected neigh boring field.
 To Prevent Smut.
 | Use seed oats free from smut. 2. Disinfect all sacks bins. etc. with formalin. g. Treat seed oats with for malin when there is any doubt of their being free from smut. One pound to forty gallons of water is the same as one ounce to two and one-half gallons Use this strength with the sprinkling method
 Formaiin Treatment of Grain.
 Spread the grain in layer three to four inches thick on clean noor or canvas With a watering pot, sprinkle the grain thoroughly with the mixture of formalin and water. When the grain is pretty wet all over, shovel il back and forth two or three times to get some of the mixture on every grain. Add more of the mixture and shoveY over until the grain is quite wet but not wet enough to pack in the hand. Then shovel into pile and cover with empty sacks. Let stand for six 10 12 hours. Spread out the grain and dry quickly and thoroughly, otherwise the grain may germinate which will fn- jure it. Drying may be hastened by adding air slacked lime. It will take about one gallon of mixture for each bushel of grain. If the grain is sowed before thoroughly dried, allow about one peck to the bushel extra for the swelled condition of the grain Do not use more or less formalin than is rec ommended Do not put treated grain into old, smutty sacks. bins or any place or receptacle not having been treated with formalin.
 A Formalin treatment is for: CD Blunt or stinking smut of wheat. f2) All oak smuts. f3) Kernel smut of sorghum. (D Covered smut of bar ley (5) Shuts Of mil1et.
 B. Hot water treatment is for: (1) Loose smut of wheat CD Head smut of barley
 c. Seed treatment is useless for: CD Corn smut. CD Head hmut of sorghum.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10

Bee keepers should take particular pains to inform. the fruit growers that spraying the fruit trees when they are in full bloom not only poisons many of the bees, but it is not the time 10 get the codling moth. Better still, get in touch with the horticultural in- spectors, and ask them to give the proper information about the best time to spray.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10

Irregularity in care and feeding is felt more by sheep than by any other farm animal. A successful sheep man says that he feeds by the clock"
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
Our Shoes Look Well
and Wear Better

Where else on the earth can you do better than this? A stylish, up-to-date, comfort able, lasting shoe for women or misses, correctly made by the worlds most expert Workmen, at prices which are right.
The Huttig news., 1917-02-10
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

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