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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27

Tropics has travele d far.
1t is the first place that the
visitor from the North
wants to see on arrival. He
either stays here to m axe his
h m { or goes away an
investor.
Here is a great city-region of
ten thousand acres richly en-
dowed by nature and climate.
Stately amid the graceful Car
ibbean pine, the coconut palm,
the royal poinciana and the bou-
gainvi1lea and hibiscus, rise more
than a thousand distinctive homes
built by people of discrimination
and culture. Beauty is para
mount everywhere. In the tint
ed tiles of the housetops, and
the imposing stairway
of the luxurious m a m =
Bi1tmore Country Club.
In the miles of waterways
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Frequent Trips by Rail, Water and Automobile
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Announced

Miami and Coral Gables free of all transportation
cost - call at our local office clip the coupon
below.
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Completed

Completed
Bank OF Coral Gables
Coral Gables Postoffice
Telephone Exchange
Congregational Church
Five modern fireproof hotels
Venetian Casino and Pool
Administration Building
Coral Gables Country Club
Two fine golf courses
Nearly 1000 private homes
Coral Gables Military Academy
40 miles paved streets
Under Construction
Miami -Biltmore Hotel, $50 rooms
iami-Biltmore Country Club
College for Young Women
Coral Gables High School
Ten miles of Waterway
Two new golf courses
Coral Gables Theater
Announced
The University Of Miami
Sanitarium and HeAlthatorium
Mahi Shrine Temple
Miami Biltmore Casino
1000 Riviera homes
Lido Seville hotel
AnastaEa Hotel
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winding down to Biscayne Bay and in the
wealth of tropical foliage a droop on their
banks.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Suburbs Grotu Rapidly

Thousands of people continue to
move into the cities each year from
the farms, and thousands, after resid-
ing in the city for few years, come
to the conclusion that life there isn't
worth living and move out to the sub
urbs. Thus the cities continue to grow /;
but the suburbs are growing faster in
proportion. Now that people are dis
covering that cities are not particular
ly good places in which to live, in
dustry seems to be discovering that
cities may not always be particularly
good places in which to establish In
dustrial projects.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
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Zor1i1g Idea Spreads
in American Cities

Zoning has been adopted by $40 cit
les in the United States, separating
their territory into areas, for exclusive
use as business, residence, industrial
and unrestricted zones, the United
States Department of Commerce re-
ports.
In 1924 the most marked progress
was made by the zoning idea, 81 muni-
cipalities adopting the system.
I'm adopting ZOning ordinances" the
departments statement says, "these
cltles towns and villages have sought
to protect home owners and other land
owners in the reasonable use of their
property. Zoning seeks so to regulate
the use to which buildings may be
put the area of the lot which they
may cover, and their height in differ
ent sections of the city that the land
in each district may be used for the
purpose to which it is best suited"
New Jersey still leads in the number
Of zoned municipalities, having 72,
New York has 56, California 38, Hi
nOis 36, Massachusetts "A, Ohio q,
Wisconsin II, Michigan 9, Indiana 5,
Kansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island and Virginia, each; Florida,
Minnesota, Oklahoma and Washington,
2 each, and Alabama Arkansas, Colo
RADIO, Connecticut, Delaware, District
of Columbia, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland,
Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina,
Tessessee and Utah, l each.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Clean Community Pays
Dividends to Citizens

City c9eaning is given the aspect of
a national enterprise by the civic de-
velOpment department of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States.
which reports that 1925 will see new
records established in this field of civic
activity. Chambers of commerce all
over the country as taking the iniatiye
in community hOusecleaning.
For their guidance and the guidance
Of cities embarking upon anti-litter
campaigns the department has issued,
in response to many requests for sug-
gestions, resume of the methods sue
cessfully followed in many Of the larg-
er cities where annual cleaning has be-
come an established community prac-
tice.
Millions are being expended annually
for the identification of American
cities, it says in foreword, and then,
with careless and thoughtless abandon,
people scatter litter where they will
and streets and parks bear mute testi-
mony to their negligence.
Cleaning up a city and keeping it
clean, the department holds, is not
merely an esthetic undertaking, but
sound business. Ample dividends are
paid in the form of stable property
values improved health conditions and
decreased fire losses.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Zoning Legislation

Legislation to control the use, height
and area of buildings in various dis
tricts in their communities, and in con-
sequence zoning laws, have been en-
acted or are being considered by near
ly every state in the Union.
The legislatures of "a states meet
during 1925. In most of them zoning
legislation is receiving more than pass
ing attention due to the widespread in
terest in the subject shown by the pub
lie at large.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01

Of woodland in four tracts, established
in 1914. The maintenance cost of the
forest has been $4,405 and the returns
from lumber and fuel wood sold has
been $3,518; it will show a net annual
profit Plymouth appropriated $4,000
last year, bought $50 acres and planted
$4,000 young trees
Thus AZ towns now have their town
forests There are 1O5 others with
committees appointed, and a large per
cent Of these towns will take favorable
action this year. 1t might fairly be
said that the town forest idea has been
sold to Massachusetts and eventually
it's boundaries will have it's town forest.
1t is possible for about 800 of the 355
cities and towns in Massachusetts to
have forests, and with each of these
planting a few thousand trees annually
the result will be far-reaching.
The creation of a town forest from
the legal standpoint Is simply a matter
of routine. There are few states
that have specific laws pertaining to
town forests, and these outline the
method to be followed. Where no such
laws have been enacted the general
laws applying to municipalities will
probably be found adequate to enable
the city or town to acquire a forest.
The states that have special legislation
regarding municipal forests are Massa-
chusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, and Vermont.
There are thousands of towns in
which many acres of land are lying
idle, producing little or nothing for the
owners and only a few cents per acre
in taxes. In its present condition it is
more of a liability to the town than an
asset. The average owner of such land
either cannot afford to reforest it OR
is unwilling to put his money into such
q longtime investment. But the town,
the crop to mature. By putting this
land to work now the town will even
tually reap a handsome profit.
The booklet points out that the
town forest stands at the threshold Of
the American home. 1t is the property
of the people, maintained for the peo-
pie and operated for their common
benefit 1t is theirs, within their
reach, to use, to enjoy and vs protect.
1t pays its own way, yielding reg
ularly maturing crop of timber ON
which, for local consumption, no rail-
road collects the freight. 1t stands as
constant lesson in forest protection
and respect for common rights, which
may be neither wasted nor abused.
Without conflict, healthful recreation
and pleasure may here go hand in
hand with common dollar profit. It is
vital aid in the education of school
boys and girls. 1t naturally becomes
a sanctuary for the birds and wild life.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01

setts Forestry association. 1t is for
free distribution for the good Of the
cause.
The "Town Forest booklet carries
foreword by Charles Lathrop Pack,
president and founder of the Ameri-
can Tree association, who gave i'm
petus to the movement by presenting
thousand-acre demonstration forest
to the New York College of Forestry
at Syracuse university. His associa-
ton, incidentally, is unique in that
there are no dues, and the only way
to become a member is to plant a
tree and register it. And anyone who
asks may have "tree planting instruc-
tiOnS" and a tree day program" free.
"Our idea," says Mr.. Pack, "is to
get the stranger to trees interested
In one tree. With the individual sold
on one tree, we then introduce him to
the large phases of the subject. The
Town Forest is one of these phases.
In hundreds of European towns the
citizens receive q little check every
year instead of tax bill because of
town forests Rather an engaging
idea, / think, in these days of income
tax returns and the high cost of liv-
ing"
Mr.. Reynolds sets forth in one chap
ter that in 1913 law was enacted in
Massachusetts providing that cities
and towns might set aside lands for
the express purpose of growing tim
ber. That law authorizes municipali-
ties to purchase lands or to accept
gifts or bequests for this purpose. A
town may incur debt within the legal
limit, and any town can establish a
forest by a two-thirds vote Of any reg
ular town meeting, or city by SIM
liar vote Of it's council. When a for
est is established by such official ac-
ton the state, through its conservation
commission, will give trees to the town
to reforest the land.
The Massachusetts Forestry associ-
alton started a campaign of education
to persuade the cities and towns to
acquire forests under the act. In the
last three years, since the association
has offered to plant free Of charge
5000 forest trees for any city or town
which will establish a forest of one
hundred or more acres, the idea is
gradually being accepted.
January l, 1925, AZ towns had set
aside land for town forests or voted
to do so when the committee could OBJ
tain the land. In the aggregate over
$25, 600 has been appropriated by these
towns, $500 acres have been included
in town forests, and nearly half mil
lion trees have been planted The as
sociatiOn has planted $4,000 trees
(about 60 acres) for II Of these towns
that have qualified with 100 or more
acres.
OF the town forests already created
more than one-fourth have been OBJ
tanned through gifts Of land or Of
money from citizens interested in for
eStry and in the future of their town.
The city of Fitchburg has 100 acres
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Architects Archieuen,enfs

Architects in the last five years have
made two definite achievements. First,
they have made home more livable
and homes that run themselves almost
automatically. Second, they have
brought homes down to. a cost that
meets the pocketbook Of the average
middle-class family. People are de-
manding better homes in these days
because they understand the effect OF
better homes On their happiness.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
NEEDED A BETTER EXCUSE

A jury was being qualified. A sales
man from PUNK Center spoke up
your honor, l don't think I'm fitten
fer to be juryman."
"Why not2'
81 amt read all the laws Of this
kentry."
Neither have l." said the Judge
''You'n do."-Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01

Ond-grOWth or third growth forest,
much of it of poor quality and some
of 1t of no present. t.merchantable value,
and 81,00O000 acres of burned and
logged-over lands, idle, unproductive,
and for the most part unfit for farm
ing. OF the original forest there is
left in area one-siXth and in bulk of
timber less than One-third
The northeastern states cut 30 per
cent Of the nations output in 1850; in
1920 they cut 6 per cent. Fi1e per
cent was the output of the Pacluc and
Rocky mountain states in $780, in 1920
it was 35 per cent and increasing
The regional shortage has marched
across the continent. Today rs per
cent of the virgin growth and so per
cent Of all the usable wood are con-
centrated on one-fourth of the acre
age of timberproducing land-in the
states of the Rocky mountains and Pa
cific coast states
The states from Wisconsin and Illi-
nois east to the Atlantic seab0ard con-
sumo so per cent of the national cut
South and Far West. The railroad
haul from the South is about 1900
miles, and from the Far West about
2,750 miles. The railroads carry an
nually in excess of 100000 carloads
Of timber and wood products. The
freight bill is between $25O,0OO,00O and
$300000,000.
In the national forests in 1928 forest
fires covered 373, PA acres; the timber
and property loss is set at $494, 1865, ,000
with intangible losses incalculable
Insect pests cause an annual loss in
excess of 500, 100000. The forest serv-
ice expends more than 100000 a
year for fire protection and protec-
tiOn against insects and tree diseases" :"
| Lumber prices have increased all out
| Of proportion to point where they OBJ
viously bear no relation to the cost Of
! production and distribution. Per
capita consumption has decreased in
| consequence, but this is offset by in
crease in population. Moreover there
is still a housing shortage, and 1925
is apt to set a new building record
The papermakers have their own sep
arate and distinct problem, which they
regard as even more serious. They
have been using spruce, fir, hemlock
and aspen and hope to be able to use
birch, beech, maple and other woods.
All Of which makes interesting the
"Town Forest movement which Is get
ting under way in the East, and espe-
cially in Massachusetts. For there is
no possible doubt that town with a
successful forest of its own is in luck
and from many points of view. Any
one interested should send to the
American Tree association, 1914 Six
teenth street, N W., Washington D. c.,
for booklet just off the press, "Town
Forests Their Recreational and Eco
nomic Value and How to Establish
and Maintain Them" by Harris A
J Reynolds, secretary Of the Massachu-
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Had Enough of Those

The landlord had at last agreed to
repaper several Of the rooms. what
kind of paper would you like?" he in
Quired; something with large fg-
ures?"
Decidedly not" answered the ten
ant. 'They would be q constant re-
minder of the rent / have to pay"
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Same Old Thing

DoOlittle was unquestionably the
kindest hearted man in town; also
the LATEST
"Dearie," he told his wife, "when I
pass away I shall leave everything to
you
That's what you've been doing ever
since we married." she snapped back.
-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Didn't Urderstand

my electric curling tongs turned out
SO well I think l will buy a washing
machine"
'All right, Maria. But won't 1t give
the kids a shock If you wash 'em with
electricity?
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Cotu Called Zephyr

A farmers best cow was called Zephyr;
She seemed a real amiable hephyr;
Yet when he drew near she would kick
off his ear,
Which made the old farmer much
dephyr.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Too Tough

Wife with sudden inspiration)-
Dear how would you like to have
mother for lunch7
Husband-No, thanks. My digestion
isn't what it used to be.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Des Moines on Top

In 1920, for cities of 100000 or more
population, Des Moines, Iowa, had the
greatest number of people who owned
their homes. Out Of population Of
126, ,468, 51.1 per cent were members
Of families owning their own homes.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
That Was Thot

"John, it is bad form to court a
girl OF park bench. Why don't
you court the young lady in her
homer"
mo chance. There are eight
daughters in her family"
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
AMERICAN AS SPOKE

Britisher-What do Americans mean
by giving a man the air.?
American-Tying car to him, put
ting the skids under him, giving him
the gate. Get it?
Britisher-I hear you, old top. But
please explain your bally explanation.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Those Whiskers

She-Gee, your whiskers scratch
worse than Johns.
He-Yes, that's what Mary told me
last night.-Denver Parrakeet.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Their Er0nnn1Ic AMI
RPrrgati0nal Value
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

HE timber shortage IN the
United States which the
experts have been predict
ing for many years, is no
longer a theory, but a con-
dition. Here's the situa-
ton: The original forest
totaled 822,OOO,OOO acres.
There now remain 138,00O,-
600 acres of virgin forest !;
25O,OO0,O0O acres of Sec
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
Mode-Up Giddy Girlie

] know a giddy grille
Who dresses like a whizz,
And though her minds not oft made up,
The rest cT her sure is.
Arizona state miner., 1925-08-01
PISCATORIAL ARITHMETIC

when the boys got home from their
trip last week 1 suppose they divided
the fish ?'
''They did-and multiplied 'em, too"
, 1925-10-21

After a seven-week religious reviv-
al in Herrin, Illinois, scene of the
tragic battle between miners and the
stike breakers some years ago, it is
claimed that all is now peace and har-
mony. ..I
money has no purchasing power
declares a prominent economist, and
explains his theory thus: "There is
no law compelling the acceptance OF
money in exchange for labor, or COM
modities. The law simply makes it
legal tender in payment of debt. So
its value must be measured by its
debt paying power" The idea is tech
nically correct, of course, but the diff
ference will never be noticed if one
offers the price asked in cash.
An entry in an old circuit riders
book shows that one family paid 1876
pounds of lard while another pur-
chased a hat for the riders wife.
The sod roofs of small houses in
the mountainous sections of Norway
are used as pastures for goats as well
as shelter.
Syndication of much of the general
matter in the Methodist Christian Ad-
vocates of the northern states, the
merger of the two leading Presbyter-
ian weeklies, with the evident finan-
cial distress of many other denomina-
tional organs, has caused an inquiry
in the Southern Methodist conference
which has developed the fact that the
church members neglect to support the
church press. The aggregated mail
ing lists were shown to be about $780,
900.
The first historical mention of a
balloon is a record of an aerostat car
rying several persons that descended
into the city of Lyons during the lat
ter part of the reign of Charlemagne
(742-S14), the flyers being charged
, 1925-10-21

stuck in the ground as a joke by Judge
w. r. Brown in 1874.
Important! The result of a horse
race is published in England within
two minutes, and throughout the en-
tire world in ten minutes. Betting is
almost equal to drink among Eng
lands curses.
When you ride by airplane from
London to Paris, Great Britain helps
pay your fare, for the Imperial Air,
ways Company is subsidized by the
British government.
Bright's disease was named after
Richard Bright, an English physician
who died in 1858.
In the last two years British COM
mercial airships flew 1,s79,O0O miles
with only two fatal accidents.
Telephones in some sections of
Bulgaria are sealed, and civilians are
not allowed to use them.
"Of all the signs we use in writing
the mt that conforms best to what
it signifies is the interrogation point.
Down below is the round atom. 1t is
the bowl of the world. Up above
rises the augur's wand asking ques-
tions of the unknown."-Fabre.
An orchestra of young men playing
the guitar and mandolin accompanied
by girl singers sitting before them is
a part of nearly every little Jugoslav-
ian village cafe.
Bertrand Russell says the greatest
potential force for world peace is in
ternational finance. Of so, does it not
also become the greatest potential
force for world wary
, 1925-10-21

with being sorcerers and condemned
to death.
American postmasters lad e
Thanking privilege in the early days.
On April %, 1884, a scientist at Ok
ford read a paper describing a certain
province in Nova Scotia where "there
is so great a quantity of Stat peter in
we fields, that We oxen are so salt
that they cannot eat their flesh for
three or four months of the year."
Wireless will soon be used in the
Alps to sumomn rescue parties to the
aid of travellers who become lost in
the rwilds.
If the thirty pieces of silver which
Judas got for betraying Christ had
been placed at 4 per cent interest, as
Stunning their value to be half a dollar
each, the Judas foundation today
would claim a mass Of gold equal to
345 900 globes the size of this earth.
Mrs. Manuel Evans, of Bradfords-
vile, Kentucky, is thought to be the
youngest grandmother in America, be-
ing only 81. She was married at the
age of 10 and her daughter was mar
ried when only IL.
, 1925-10-21
Engineer Is Killed In
Very Unusual Accident

James A. Miller, of Greybull, en-
gineer with the Burlington bridge and
construction crew at Lysite, mel death
In an unusual accident on Monday,
October 18th. As he was crossing the
nearly completed bridge he picked up
rkcrap Of lumber and as he tossed It
way n nail in the stick caught in his
clothing, overwhelming him and caus-
ing him to fall, striking his head in
suh n way as to fracture his skull.
He was taken to the hospital 1t Their
mopolis on the fGst train, but died in
less than m hour after reaching there.
, 1925-10-21
SOMETHING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY

By observing United States weather
reports and operating their furnaces
accordingly, the Field Museum in Chi
cage estimates that it saves $4,000
annually in fuel costs.
The owners of 100000 dogs in Ber-
lin threatened to parade them through
the STREETS of the city as a protest a.
gainst the mayors proposed increase
in the yearly dog tax from $3.50 to
$1,000.
For violating the Kentucky gossip
law, a Covington, Kentucky, editor
was fined SIS. The case had to do
with an account of the action of the
city commissioners in borrowing $780,
600 to pay city expenses and the may
or brought the charge.
President Roosevelt said, "Good
crops are of little value to the farmer
unless they open the door to a good
life on the farm"
In the Aleutian Islands in Alaska
the temperature never falls as low as
zero and tropical heat is experienced
in summer.
A rural boy baby may expect to
live seven years and nine months long
err than his city cousin.
Donald Monro, a British army sur
geon of the eighteenth century, called
to the attention of his men the won
derful hygienic code of Moses.
Five out of every eight applicants
to the British Army recruiting office
in 1924 were rejected on account of
mental or physical defects.
The largest tree in Hutchinson, Kan
sas, grew from a cotton wood zane
, 1925-10-21
1926 License Pitaes
Received at Cheyenne

The 1926 auto license plates have
ben received at Cheyenne and will be
available for distribution December Is
at the office of the secretary of the
state. Persons who. want the same
number next year that they had this
year must file their application with
the secretary of state prior to Deem
Der Is, for after that date all of the
plates will go as the applications come
in regardless of preference.