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The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21


all are fine shaped trees and do well here.
The tulip tree or tulip poplar of the southern
states is of the finest of ornamental lawn trees
and a similar tree which is seldom seen is the
sweet gum tree which has beautiful shiny foliage
not unlike maple
Magnoas have received little attention here vet
they are some of our finest ornamental trees most
of them with fine large foliage and snowy white
or pink flowers.
The maiden hair tree is fine tree of Chinese
origin and the Japan varnsh tree also of oriental
origin is a very pretty small sized tree.
Among the willows and popars are a number of
useful and ornamental varieties but they must be
located in the right environment they not at
all ornamental
The mountain ash is snowy tree when in
fruit The American species is better than the Euro
pean variety which is generally planted.
The tamarack or larch though confer. is de-
cidaous and is very fine lawn tree. although
the best varieties the European and the Ian.
anese, both good and entirely distinct
We are living in an evergreen country and con.
sequently all varieties of coniferous evergreen
trees do well here and when properly placed are
very ornamental.
Among the evergreen trees of the spruce
and fir trees are most ornamental These, il pos
sible, should be planted in groups Those of the
darkest foliage in the background and lighter
foffaged like the Colorado Blue or Engelmans in
the foreground. A mistake made generally in
planting blue spruce is placing them singiy in d
lawn where they have no setting. Give them some
darker colored objects for a background and they
VIII show to much better advantage Besides those
two spruces already mentioned other good vari.
cites are the white, the black and Alcocks spruce
Among the frs the concolor fir stands at the
head, in fact, think this is the finest of all or
namental evergreen trees for lawn planting.
Nordman's fir is a good variety and so is the
balsam fir and another delightful species is the
subalpine fir which is pleasing to everyone who
has visited the top of Mount Spokane
Among the pine trees the white pine is the most
snowy; in fact, this is considered the most orna-
mental of ali evergreen trees by many people
The hemlock makes beautiful lawn tree There
are several species which equally good. The
eastern variety is mostly used, although the Caro-
lima variety is more like native western species
and which is hardly known for ornamental plant
ing.
The jumpers comprise a large number of kinds
The best are the Eastern the Rocky Mountain the
Irish and the Chinese.
The Arbor Vitae family is comprised of many
hundreds of species and garden varieties and their
habits of growth and colorings of foliage are so
varied that 1t would be too exhaustive subject
to enter into here, for have the globe formed
the golden, the Chinese, the Japanese and so
many fine kinds that selection must be left en-
tirely to those who intend to plant
Among the oldest of evergreen trees-and we
seldom see them here-are the Yews. They are
of a fine deep green color and are much used for
ornamental puruoses
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21
Romans Realty Extension Board Sponsors Cheney
H. When Asks All Club Luncheon at Monroe Hall

cares of city life. An enthusiastic golfer she does
not Ike to miss single opportunity to indulge in
this game.
Home for the Grinnells is made attractive by the
presence of two charming Robert Jr. and FL
tfnge the latter named for Mrs Grinnelis father
Charles S. Eltinge who was killed in the yelling
ton slide in 1910, He brought his family here from
Butte where he had been interested in the w. A.
Clark bank thirty years ago, and widely known
as banker and fnancier at the time of his pas
sing. Mrs. Eltinge, Mrs. Grnnells mother has be-
come a world traveller and when not on the con-
tinent divides her time between her two daughters
Mrs. Grinnell and Mrs. l.. d. Davis the wife of Ma
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21
Page Seven

jor Davis now stationed at Fort Smelling Mimi
Robert Jr. is in high school and Eltnge a pupil
az the Jefferson school Everything that boys like
is featured at the Grinnell homes both in the city
and at Hayden.
The Women's Realty Board will close its actiyi-
ties for the season following the luncheon at Che
ney, May 18th. The last meeting will feature the
election of officers for next year. the bylaws pro
vidng that no president may succeed herself All
Of the members of the board ready at any time
to do any service for Spokane either i'm public or
private way. as making Better Homes is althe-
ton
The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-04-21
THE MAGIC OF BEAUTIFUL TREES
Park Superintendent Says NOO The Time Plant An Varieties
CONTINUED from Page 81

Plant trees at the best time to do so. just before
the buds are ready to start into growth.
In planting be sure to make the soil firm around
the roots. Do not be afraid to thoroughly lamp
Do not neglect the tree after it has been planted
but give it frequent cultivation and copous water.
ings
These simple rules if adhered to will insure sue
cess The list of varieties is too great to mention
more than few here but some pertinent remarks
viii, am sure, be helpful at this time.
Among the deciduous trees that stand out prom
nently are the oaks of which there are thirty or
more species common in this country II is said
they are slow growing trees but such is not the
case. They will grow quickly as any hard
wooded tree Just as soon as they have good root
hold.
Perhaps the best for this location are the red
the scarlet, the pin the chestnut and the white
oak All of these species are large growing trees
and should be given plenty of room for develop
ment.
The naples are some of our most useful shade
trees the best varieties are the Norway the sugar
the sycamore. and Weir's cutleaf
Elms do not do well in our dry climate the best
species for here are the European and the cork
bark.
Lndens are some of most beautiful and
shapely trees. The European in its several vari-
cites, is the best, although the American or bass
wood is also good tree.
The plane trees sycamores are large and
shapey trees but apparently are not so good a tree
for our climate as had at first seemed.
The brches do well here and no more beautiful
tree be found than the penduloes or weeping
white birch.
The horse chestnuts are large and shapey trees
and do well here. The best varieties the Euro
pean and it's red flowered variety.
Catalpas are snowy trees especially when in
bloom with their large pancles of white flowers.
Among the smaller ornamental trees are the
many species of Towering cherries, the double
flowered white bird cherry is of the best, while
the Japanese and Chinese have long list of vari-
cites that are very SNOWY.
The Hawthorne and native thorns are very or.
namental small trees. Pauls double scarlet is one
of the best and most snowy of lawn trees. The
Cockspur thorn. the Washington thorn and the
scarlet haw thorn apple are also very shapely
ornamental trees and are especially snowy when
in fruit.
The Towering dogwood is a very ornamental
small tree which is seldom SEEN as are the flower
ing apples or crabs BechteIs is the most common.
though floribunda, Parkmans, and Schiedeckers va
rieties are much more snowy.
The golden chain laburnum is a good tree
for variety account of its beautiful racemes of
yellow flowers.
Beech trees slow growing and hard to get
started, but the purple eaved or blood red ieaved
varieties very fine trees when once estab-
lished.
The best variety of the ash is the American
white ash
The Washington times., 1927-07-15

that the clan had honored for a
thousand years.
Alexander, grandson Of the Mac
Gregor, took the name of Magru-
ther, the nearest approach to Mac
Gregor possible without a galloWs
ending. Fighting for bonnie Prince
Charlie, Alexander was captured at
Worcester by Cromwell's forces in
1850. and sent as a prisoner to the
plantations in Maryland, arriving in
Calvert county in 1852 From him
all the American Magruders trace
their origin, c. G. Magruder being
sixth in line of descent from Alex
ander.
A Difficult Task
The construction of the Defense
Highway was not assured by the
easy process of writing the COVER
nor's name on slip Of paper. The
route lay through miles of tangled
woodland, nowise different from the
forest that the first settlers en-
countered. Great stretches of
swamp lands added their quotas of
difficulty to the construction of a
hard-surfaced road.
Many miles of highway still lay
unharvested on the surveyors blue
prints when the last dollar OF the
appropriation trickled sluggishly
from the Treasures office.
Then James B. Walton, of
Annapolis, organized the lending
power of Anne Arundel and Prince
Georges County citizens, and be-
fore the last batch of concrete had
set, turned 100000 over to the
Maryland State Roads Commission
for the completion OF the project.
Last Nav the workmen gathered
their tools and departed. leaving
Washington and Annapolis con.
nected with hard. smooth road
way IS feet wide.
Two days before his death,
Judge Magruder, In conversation
with M. w. Meade Holiday. then
editor Of the Annapolis, Capital
reviewed his work on the project,
and outlined his matured plans for
its final accomplishment.
He pictured the highway as a
great boulevard so feet wide,
enclosed by gigantic iron fences.
His plan included the purchase, of
adjoining propecty for the develop
ment of home sites and towns along
the route.
Motor transportation at that time
was grudgingly admitted to he a
possibility. The judge expressed his
belief that before many years motor
vehicles would be running at the
rate of 100 miles an hour and up.
That was why the fences and the
wide roadway would be needed. he
said.
When Mr.. Holiday questioned the
possibility of such speed. MY Lord,
man. the judge commented, look
how fast the world Is going round"
The Washington times., 1927-07-15
Long Struggle Built
Defense Highway
By DONALD McDoUGAL

When General washington select.
ed the present site for the National
Capital, the need for a direct route
between Annapolis and the Federal
City became apparent. Surveyors
were at work on the project be.
fore the year 1900, but the existence
of the Old Stage Road between
the two cities blunted efforts to
proceed with the actual construc-
ton. Time and money were fritz
tered away patching up the ram.
bling. roundabout, Doggy old trail,
instead Of building a new one.
This old road was part of the
Colonial postal route leading from
Boston through New York. Philadel-
phia, Baltimore, Annapolis, George
town. Belle Haven (now Alex
andrta and Fredericksburg to VIII
lamsburg, the one-time Capital of
Virginia.
In 1889 the Elk Ridge Railroad
was opened, connecting Annapolis
with the Baltimore and Ohio at
Savage Station, thus offering flor
those days. a very rapid and eff
Client means OF communication be-
tween Annapolis and the nations
Capital. Thus the advocates of
highway between the two cities
received another setback.
! War Oyertaxes Road
( During the Civil War, the facil.
aties of both the old stage road
and the steam line were over-taxed,
and the idea Of great, broad
nlghway was revived by Judge
Daniel r. Magruder, chief justice
Pf the seventh circuit, Court of
Appeals.
The project met with the same
The Washington times., 1927-07-15

Ilethargy and I'VE can get-alonR-
somehow attitude that smothered
the previous attempts, but Judge
Magruder kept the idea going to
the day of his death, when the
project was continued by his
kinsman. C. @. Magruder, clerk of
the Court of Appeals.
Young Magruder worked on the
plan for years. and at last won
over State Senator Frank M. Duval,
who introduced and secured the
passage of a bin that authorized
construction OF the Defense High.
way, thus putting the Magruder
idea into effect.
On signing the bill Governor Har-
rington remarked to Magruder:
This achievement is the result of
your untirinR efforts through many
years. in testimony whereof, I pre-
sent you with the pen that signed
the bill.''
This pen is now in possession OF
c. c. Magruder, son of the man
whose work was so highly appre-
ciated by the governor. The De-
Tense Highway runs through Mr..
Magruder's estate near Buena Vista
and in the old house. a few hum
uEeu ydruS 1Tom the yaru, the pen
is kept, along with many other in
teresting Inementos of the family.
Fought for Highway
Through more than a quarter of
century of opposition, or worse
still, lethargy and indifference, the
two Magruders fought for the high
way, and the success of their
struggle will be celebrated with the
dedication ceremonies at Priests
Bridge July Is.
The tenacity of purpose that has
The Washington times., 1927-07-15
8 YEARS GAINED
ON HIGHWAY

James A. Walton. president OF
the Annapolis Banking and Trust
Company. brought about the com.
pletion of the last few miles Of the
Defense Highway, which otherwise
would have remained unfinished
until 1891.
The road was constructed under
provisions of the Federal aid sys.
tenn, the general Government
matching the State appropriation
dollar for dollar.
The Maryland State Road Com.
mission had at it's disposal 500, 900
annually for the construction OF
this important road. or enough to
finish between three and four miles
of road each year.
In the fall of 1925 the commission
had spent every dollar that had &C.
cumulated up to that time and the
road was still far from completion.
Mr.. Walton, realizing what a
great impetus would be given to
the development of Annapolis and
adjacent regions by the highway,
opposed the five years. delay.
He called upon nearly 100 promi-
nent citizens of Anne Arundel and
Prince Georges counties and raised
500, 900 in pledges.
The security he offered was the
probability that the State legisla.
ture at the next session would APP
propriate enough money to cover
the pledges.
This the legislature failed to do.
and Mr.. Walton was confronted
with another difficulty.
Turning salesman again. he per-
suaded a bank to discount the
pledges. The road was finished.
The Contractors urera rnid nnd :
The Washington times., 1927-07-15
ENcLAND'S NEW SIGNS

A series of new road signs have
been erected in England by the
British Automobile Association
which instruct drivers overtaking a
red light to keep to the right OF it
and meeting a white light to keep
to the left. They claim that the
new safety posts and lights will do
away with the necessity Of carrying
powerful headlights. The posts,
constructed of sheet metal, are fit
ted with reflectors capable of CATCH
ing the beams of medium.powered
headlights at a distance of 200
yards, The posts are marked on
the ''red" side with black and white
horizontal stripes, which give in
fog or half light an equivalent of
red light warning.
The Washington times., 1927-07-15
DRAGON CAR TO GET CURE

"Honk the Cyclops!" is the cure
that motorists at Ortley Beach, N.
j., have adopted to combat the one
eyed car menace on country roads.
Numerous accidents attributed to
the absence of one headlight stirred
one motor club to action, and the
idea promises to sweep the State
against drivers who fail to have
an extra lamp bulb Under the
plan, the driver meeting a car with
only one light sounds two long
blasts on his horn. A "one-eyed"
car passing a line going in the OPP.
posite direction is greeted with a
continuous din.
The Washington times., 1927-07-15

added a new highway to the State
belongs honestly enough to the Ma
gruder family. They are hneal de.
scendants of a highly tenacious, IN
vincibIe stock-Clan Gregor.
For the MacGregor, whom Sir
Walter Scott writes SO fascinatingly
about in Rob Roy" and who was
prescribed by James ], left three
sons, according to the official gene
alogy of the Clan Gregor. These
sons all took different names, as did
all the other clan members, when
the very word MacGregor was abol-
ished by royal edict, and no one was
allowed to call himself by the name
The Washington times., 1927-07-15

deal was arranged with the Roads
Commission whereby odds and ends
of Observation-Disclosures for re-.
pairs. construction of lateral roads,
ETC., were applied to the interest
payments on the banks loan, An.
napolis was put five years ahead
Of the Federal aid schedule.
The Washington times., 1927-07-15

desert carriers by three points
First, it hauls 80 tons to the cameI's
400 pounds; second. It crawls 50
miles day to the camei,s 20; third,
it can skim over the snow on the
Persian frontier, which lays up the
camels six months every year.
The Washington times., 1927-07-15
MOTORS TO GUST CAMELS

Caterpillar motor trucks are to re-
place the picturesque camel and
donkey caravans on the route from
the Caspian Sea to Teheran, the
capital of Persia. The truck is said
to have the advantages over the
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-01
Y The Romance of Flattead Conversion =

vi Christian Brought Band Roung
~ the t Apelo o ~
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-01

st. Ignatius-The Jesuit Fathers have COM
installed a Carter disc, a securing machine
and various other up to dat date improve e
the plant has been increased to a daily out
put of $50 barrels per day, and they are
now turning out a patent flour. me nllI
is now among the first class mills OF the
state as we'll as being one of the Oldest. 1t
having been established soon after the Mis-
sion was founded by the Fathers in 1924;
The first millstones in the mill were quaTrleo
from native rock with tools that had been
fashioned by hand and whip saw mill.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-01

way of assuring obedience to the orders
Of the duly elected officers"
The result Of these conditions might
be predicted. Before the train had been
week on the trail, rebellions would
begin. The emigrant was a free man, if
or see what was over the hill, though it
was his job to ride with the herd or do
hank-guard, that was his business and
he'd be damned if he'd take orders from
anyone. The captain who protested was
likely to be felled with an axle-tree. If
he protested too much, If he insisted on
too scrupulous ritual at a ford or in
the presence of buffalo, he was promptly
depoSed. Disputes turned into quarrelS,
and presently one train Of hundred
wagons became two trains Of fifty wagons
each, with thirty miles between them and
enough spleen left over to make sure
that there would soon be four trains"
There was no one to advise the emil
grants what they should take with them
for the four months at the very least, be-
fore they could reach Oregon. Every man
was a law unto himself in this regard.
He might decide to load up the family
heirlooms in the way Of furniture, later
to be dumped on the prairie, when it be-
came evident the weakened oxen must be
relieved. 1.-THE greatest practicable load
that a hve-yoke team could pull was
about $500 pounds, and Of this about
oSS POo44O9 AOA So~A ESASO1 SA4SeN~ "
food.'',
The first emigrant trains were large,
as has been noted. This because of
hostile Indians. In 1853 our own train
at no time, even after the Skinner and
Osborne outfit joined us on entering
Lander's Cutoff, ever exceeded a dozen
wagons.
AS Mr.. de Voto truly says, "the first
month was the idyllic part OF the jour
ing over the Nebraska plains the waist
high" grass he mentions. Men, horses
and cattle were then in excellent condi-
ton, and there was nothing wrong about
the wagons Not until We reached Ft
Laramie did we need to replace q tire
The drst month Of travel was pro-
longed picnic-with q few exceptions
caused BY cattle stampeding and the
rainy weather in which our journey be-
gan.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-01
The Great medicine Road"

We were in the midst of forests most
Of the time on Lander'S Cutoff, and
there was plenty Of grass there and
water. The scenery was magnificent, and
wished. The cattle, to be sure, began to
tire. Their .hoofs, too, were badly worn
from the long Journey but the members
Of our party began to feel the effects Of
the stimulating mountain air, which re-
newed their strength and spirits.
There was an intermediate point, how
ever, when the men especially became
nervous and irritable, Mr.. de Voto states
this was generally the case with the emil
grants. From the beginning it had been
the custom Of our train to rest on Sun
day. At this stage Of our journey it was
noticeable that a Sunday rest meant
Sunday quarrel One, remember, orig
mated from mans claim that his peo-
pie had as good carpets on their floors as
did the other party's family. Anything
served as the preteXt for trouble. Finally
the women annouScS.s t1at the next
Sunday we camped ttsey Tasergs for their
own QuarrelS. Thls shaIred he men,
and peace reigned Ehereafisl.
There were a few iaiass errcrs in the
chapter from which GGc y, =; asccn r :
said, THE Blackfeet had esfsn sSs,si sso.2a' .
by the fur traders" 1t was : fi1e - -
icy of the fur traders t. ff5DS go Black.
feet, but to fleece them. 10 'lSve fought
IAACAA CAOcp1 III Sell -QC4cuJCs lASAtk -
been killing the goose that laid thu goiC.
en- egg. So long as the Indians continued
to bring in the furs, they we're treated
fairly well-much more huInanely than
were the South American Indian rubber
hunters by the British traders, or the
Negro ivory hunters Of Africa by the
Belgians
Again, Mr.. de Voto says: They often
violated the first commandment Of
plainscraft, by trying to travel during a
ratnEtorn, and so covered the backs Of
the work-oxen with lacerations from the
I HARNESS." Capitals mine.)
/ Finally, I DO not think de Voto's ex-
PLANTATION of what led to the Western
exodus is as clear as that advanced by
Paxon, who held that this westward
movement from its inception was caused
by the desire for improved opportunities
mainly to secure land; de Voto seems
to believe it was restlessness akin to what
4 causes the migration OF Jennings.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-07-01

which had been imbedded there for three
years. Bridger took nothing more effec-
tive as an anaesthetic than whiSkey
while under the knife, if his admirers
will admit that he ever drank. We may
Surmise that he had resource to the bot
tie or keg on this occasion, and can ex-
cuse him for doing so, when many years
later men resorted to the same means OF
deadening pain if a tooth was to be
pulled.
Mr.. de voto claims that most Of the
mishaps Of the immigrants who followed
the Oregon Trail were due to their tgnor-
ance, or inability to adjust themselves to
new conditions He says, "a mountain
man lived until colleague or an Indian
murdered him. He did not die Of disease
or exposure, nor did he starve. He had
mastered the intricate craft required for
survival in the wilderness" This the i'm
migrants failed to do. While some Of
them we're frontiersmen, they had never
been far removed from supplies, and did
not know what to do when these were
unavailable. Then, too, their homes were
on the plains or in a forest region. They
knew nothing Of the mountains.
This lack Of knowledge concerning the
country they were to traverse was bad
enough, but they made it worse by in
sisting upon their rights as Americans.
The starting points of the trains mem
toned by de Vote, were Atchison, Council
D4O1S anu OJ. JOSCPus I'LL On bUS NIB
souri,, although the first. place Of depar-
ture was Independence, which our writer
describes as "Deadwood, Dodge City, Abb
lene and Gold Gulch all in one, pitched
an octave higher than these later Sod
ons. Here during March and early
April the emigrants congregated to COM
plete their equipment form themselves
into trains and await the favorable
weather which would open the trail"
It was here their 100 per cent Ameri-
canism asserted itself in organizing the
trains. Continues Mr.. de Voto: Every
train that left the frontier had q duly
elected captain, heutenants, q secretary
q surgeon, commissary officer, q his
torian, dozen other major officers anc
a score OF deputies. Always, too, there
was constitution, code Of regulations
i a code of emergency formulas, q scheme
OF rotating duties and a schedule Of fines
and other penalties. There was no Wa,
lof collecting the fines, however, and TX