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The Washington times., 1928-04-11

Aside from the increased value
Of property along the Improvement,
widened streets have accomplished
other noteworthy things, the sur
yey shows. Business and residen-
tial growth has been stimulated on
subdivided properties: low class resi-
Dental property has been changed
into high class business property
and ordinary business frontage has
been transformed into highly de-
aairable property.
Property Increases Seen
Property values in progressive
rites OF course grow greater with
passing years, yet the survey indi.
scates that widened streets have APP
spreciated q great deal more rapidly
than those unimproved. Property
on Summers Street, Charleston,
w. Va, Widened TO rs feet, was
valued for tax purposes at 1926 a
front foot in 1919. After the widen
ing the eVaIuatiOn rose to 81 900 .
front foot, an increase of about
207 per cent. Property along a
comparable street in the same city,
and which has not been improved.
rose q Gcant third in value.
A similar case is that in Balti.
more. Property on Hillen Road,
Widened from SO feet to 40 feet
The Washington times., 1928-04-11

1t will be possible sponsors be-
Iieve to shape standards by which
the eyes Of Americas more than
5000 900 drivers can be tested with
uniformity and fairness.
To what exent poor sight Is con.
sistent with safe driving is a ques.
ton yet unanswered, the announce.
ment declared, though It is an Inn
portant factor In the traffic pro.
blem. Regulations, 1t was found,
vary widely throughout the country.
In some States visual tests are re-
quired by law; in others they are
not. Harmony Of practice il lacking.
Test Required.
Experience, however" the an
nouncement continued" has con-
WINGED traffic directors that a Wis.
ual test should be required of every
applicant for a drivers license.
The Washington times., 1928-04-11
HEADS UNIVERSITY

CLEVELAND. April DIR. J.
o. Engleman. Of Ohio State Uni
versity, has been elected president
OF Kent State Normal College, to
succeed DIR. David Al. Anderson, re-
signed, Il was learned here today.
The Washington times., 1928-04-11
Dark VIEW CITlzENSl

The Park View Citizens AEsOclas
ton win meet In the Park View
School tonight at 8 o'clock. Official
war pictures released BY the War
Department win be shown
The Washington times., 1928-04-11
Street Improvement
Pay OlUn Cost
Rv il. Il. DUFFY

When city wdens it speculation in any
sense of the word Street widening most instances has
increased the value of abung property to point exceeding
the of the project according survey conducted
by the magazine Roads and Streets.
The Washington times., 1928-04-11
Safety Motor Vision
Subject of Tests

To ascertain what safety motor vision really is the
Sight Conservation Council Of America has begun nation
wide study The council the by General Dl
rector Guy Henry said aims to assemble complete data
to procedure and practice.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
HOW YOUNG ARE you?

MOUTH is not a time of life
= it is a state of mind. 1t is not
a matter of ripe cheeks, red lips
and supple knees; it is temper
of the will, quality of the mag
ination, vigor of the emotions
it is a freshness of the deep
springs of life.
Youth means a tenperamental
predominance of courage over tim
idity, of the appetite of adven-
ture over love of ease. This often
exists in a man of fifty more
than boy of twenty. Nobody
grows old by merely living num-
Der of years; people grow old by
deherting their ideals. Years
wrinkle the skin, but to give up
enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear
and despair-these are the long,
years that bow the head and turn
the growing spirit back to dust.
Whether seventy or sixteen,
there is in every beings heart the
love of wonder, the sweet amaze
ment at the stars and the unfail-
ing childlike appetite for what
next, and the joy in the game OF
life. You are as young as your
faith, as old as your doubt, as
young as your hope, as old as
your despair.
In the central place of your
heart there is wireless station
SO long as it receives messages
of beauty, hope, cheer, grandeur,
courage and power from the earth,
from men and from the infinite,
so long are you young.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
THINK OF A MOUNTAIN.

THINK of a mountain in Ameri-
= ca. Pixies Peak" is the answer
ninety-nine times out of humid
red.
Why? Because Pixies peak is
the highest mountain in America (?
No. There are twenty-six noun
tain peaks in America as high or
higher than Pixies Peak.
Because it is covered with snow
the year around? No.. In the sum-
ner months you can gather rocks
off its dome for souvenirs.
I'll tell you why Pixies Peak is
Americas mountain. Pixies Peak
is in the front window of the
Rockies where the passing
public san see it, gather round it.
study it, climb it, experience its
cog railroad, motor up its pre-
cipitous drive, view the sunrise
from its steep brow, and go 'bacl
home" to tell the neighbors Of its
majestic grandeur.
Because the position and op-
pprtunitE of Pikkss Peak have
been constantly and effectively
exploited since the days of Buff
falo Bill or whoever it was thai
started the travel propaganda
pixies Peak or bust"
Merchants of Kennewick, the
display windows of your store is
the Pixies Peak of your business
Are you exploiting its position
and sales possibilities as effectiv-
ely and probably as the railroad
and the other tourist teasers have
exploited the Pixies Peak of Mani.
tou, Colorado?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
MUssoLINI AND CASTOR OIL

YOU may or may not approve
= of Mussolini as a dictator. In
any event, he would not fit into
the scheme of things in the Unit
ed States; and while we feel sure
he is skating on extremely thin
ice, we also feel quite sure that
he has Strengthened out some of
the kinks in Italy as no other man
could have done.
1t is said that when he grabbed
the reins and commenced to do the
driving, his aides frequently came
to him with all sorts of complaints
about this, that, and the other
thing being wrong; and as he
questioned them, he found that the
fault was largely in themselves,
or as<we would term it in this
country, they had "Spring fever
or "Torpit livers."
Being dictator, he could COM
mand, and so in every instance he
ordered the every-thing-wrong
man to partake freely of castor
oil and repeat the dose until his
vision cleared SO that he could
use his head instead of having his
judgments sidetracked by dis
ordered liver.
The report is that his remedy
worked wonderes with his lieu
tenants, and it might work equally
we'll with the constitutionally
everything-is-wrong people in this
country.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
FIND A NEW ONE

A MERICA was founded on the
: principle that everyone should
have perfect religious freedom. It
now looks as tho a religious issue
was being injected into the present
presidential campaign. This is
wrong and contrary to American
ideals.
The Courier-Reporter is of re-
publican political faith and always
has been. We believe that Smith
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
frankly as the man does to .

frankly as the man does to q
woman now"
Miss Dix is little more con-
fident about this than most peo-
pie, but her view is sound and the
logic of it cannot be denied. When
girl starts out to marry a man
these days her ingenuity is taxed
to the limit; it is usually the
clever vampire and not the worthy
woman who is successful in land
ing her man. We agree with Miss
Dix that a little more frankness
on the feminine side would help
out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
MERCHANT came in to p

A MERCHANT came in to pay
- his advertising bill this week
and said: s'That display ad of mine
brought results, alright; let it run
until / tell you to take it out"
Many non-advertisers would find
the same thing to be true. If the
people don't know where you are
or what you have to sell they
can't buy from you. The best way
to tell them is thru a display ad.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12

A woman who has just celebrat-
ed her golden wedding anniversary
saws that kiss a day will keep
the divorce away. But who would
be satisfied with only one kiss a
day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
POPPIN' THE QUESTION
.OROTHY DIX whose articls

OSOIhI Ola, WHoSe drtIcteS
- are syndicated in a large num-
her of daily newspapers, speaking
of the absurd custom of match
making prevalent in the United
States and of the dreary state of
many worthy old maids who have
lost their backward, prospective
husbands to dashing, impudent
flappers. says: "Of course in
another generation the woman
who wants to marry man will
pop the question to him just as
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12

names cause much confusion; they
also give strangers very unfav-
orable impression of the town.
1t wouldn't take much work to
remove the old names. 1t should
be done. There is no time like
the present to do this.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12
MORE WORK

every street in Ken
newick is marked with two
names. The old name, in most
cases, is indented in the sidewalk
at all the intersections, and the
new one is on post. These two
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12

cannot win the coming election,
but we also believe that his relig-
ion, be it Catholic or Hindu, should
not be held against him. There
are plenty of other issues that
can be found; or if there aren't
our politicians can surely invent
a few.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12

IN. Mary y. PdekfOrd's tansn.
that she will not Be sI ! "a, sAs y
s any more : Inasmuch ! n n. d
between 40 and 50. this 4 saly 1
Tying news. s'' . glss
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12

Sao-Ke AlfredISez, Chinese am
bassador at Washington, mikes
his figures somewhat when he
says the outlook of his country
is dark because so famshed. What
he probably means is that his
countrymen are so hungry they
can't see.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12

The startling word comes from
Iowa that church members of the
Isaac Walton league are attempt
ing to develop fish that will not
bite on Sunday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-07-12

Commander Richard Byrd has
a device he is going to take with
him to the South Pole for con-
densing the moisture in his breath
so as to never be without water.
This device, applied at home,
would put many bootlegger out
of business.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25
SLEEPY EYE YOUTH MAY
RECEIVE HERO'S MEDAL

Friends of Howard Kuske of Sleepy
Eye are at work to obtain hero's
medal for the youth for his heroic
work in saving Clement Bruess from
drowning in the Cottonwood river
there several weeks ago. When
Kuske, who has had boy scout train
ing, found that Bruess had not come
from the water, he went out and
found the body lying at the bottom of
the river in ten feet of water. He
succeeded in getting him to shore and
them with assistance, restored him
to consciousness. The Bruess lad Is
none the worse for his experience at
this time, but would certainly have
drowned had not Kuske been watch
ing for him and discovered his alb
sence and then swan out to find him.
New Ulm Review.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25
w. II. F. Vohs, Pioneer
Settler Dies At Morgan
900 VETERINARIANS TO
MEET IN MINNEAPOLIS

Members of the staff of the veter-
mary division at University Farm, ST.
Paul, are collecting material and
making other preparations for the
clinical demonstrations which will be
given at the farm Friday, August
10, as feature of the 65th annual
convention of the American Veterin-
airy Medical association which will
be held in the Nicollet Hotel, Mime
apolis, August Z, 8, 9 and 10. 1t is
recalled that the association met in
Minneapolis in 1902 and that since
that time the membership, which in
cludes leading veterinarians of the
United States and Canada, has in
creased to $500.
DR.. w. L. Boyd, member of the
university's veterinary staff and
chairman of the associations SUBJ
committee on clinics, will be in charge
of the demonstrations at University
Farm. The clinic will be divided in
to sections. While the equine is be-
ing relieved of ailments, the bovine
ovlne, pOrcine, canine, and feline
species will simultaneously be cared
for in various rooms of the veterin-
airy building.
The association meetings in Min
neapolis will be held in sections. All
phases of animal diseases and of
health control will be presented in
papers and discussed by outstanding
scientists of the veterinary profess
sion. An attendance of 1000 is fore
cast
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25
UNIFORMITY AIM OF
NATIONAL PLANT BOARD

The National Plant Board, compos-
ed of eight entomologists, two each
from regional groups organized for
the far western states, the gulf
states, the middle and north Atlantic
coast states, and the central states,
has on hand a project for establish
ing uniform rules and regulations for
the interstate movement of nursery
stock. Since conditions in the differ
ent states composing a regional group
are similar, there is prospect that
uniformity may be obtained in each
area, thus reducing 48 combinations
of requirements now existing to four,
one for each of the areas.
A. G. Ruggles, the Minnesota state
entomologist and facultyman of the
University of Minnesota, returned re-
Gently from Washington where as
representative of the plant board of
the central states he attended meet
ing of the National Board. Several
sessions were held and further pro-
gress made, he says, in the effort to
substitute uniform quarantine and in
spection regulations for the many
types now in vogue. The board CO.
operates in an advisory capacity with
the Federal Horticultural Board.
The Central Plant Board takes in
Is states-Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Ne
braska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota, and Wisconsin. George A.
Dean of the Kansas Agricultural Col
lege is the second member of the Ma
tional Board from the central states.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25
ERADIcATING JOHNSON GRASS.

The farmer who wants to eradicate
johnson grass from his field will find
that he has no easy task. The weed
spreads both by seeds and by vigor-
Gus root-stocks, and once establish
ed, persists stubbornly in cultivated
fields. The difficulty in graduating
johnson grass is in removing all of
its underground stems OR rootstocks,
small fragments of which may take
root and grow into new plants. No
one method of graduating this weed
can be said to be equally effective
and practical under different farming
conditions, but general principles of
control are given in Farmers Bulle-
tin 1877, just published by the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture.
One way to control the grass is to
cut it for hay before poisoning each
time new growth occurs. Another
way is first to pasture it closely for
two seasons, and then to pillow shall
low. Extra care should be used in
preparing the ground for the next
crop and in it's cultivation. Where
conditions warrant the cost, especial
ly in arid regions, Johnson grass can
be killed by bare farrow; that is, by
cultivation so persistent and thorough
that green growth above ground is
prevented. Careless tillage usually
stimulates the grass. Where condi-
tions are favorable for its growth,
alfalfa is helpful as a smother crop.
In waste places, such as fence rows,
railroad rights of way, and ditch
banks, the ripening of seed should be
prevented by any means practicable.
In attempting to eradicate Johnson
grass by any method, three aims
should be kept in mind: % To ex-
haust existing rootstocks and to pre-
vent the growth of new ones; (2) to
kill new seedlings; and 81 to pre-
vent the ripening and scattering of
seed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25
Early Day Settler Died at Home
of Son at Morgan Monday.
Ill Only a Few Days.

Wilhelm H. F. Vohs, who settled
in Sherman township, five and half
miles north of Morgan, forty-seven
years ago, passed away at the home
of his son, Herman, Monday after
noon at 1920. He was past 80 years
of age. The funeral was held We'd
nesday. Short services were held at
the house, from whence the process
sion went to Newton cemetery where
interment took place. Rev. T. c..
Voges, pastor of Zion Lutheran church
in Morgan, where Mr.. Vohs worship
ed, conducted the last rites.
Like other settlers who came to
this neighborhood about fifty years
ago Mr.. Vohs saw a marvellous
change take place. At the time he
first located in Sherman in 1881 the
district was sparcely settled. Nor
gan at that time consisted of but
few shacks and there were few crude
business places to supply the wants
of the needy settlers. The prairie was
just being broken up. However the
soil was fertile and this region was
destined to become prosperous farm
ing district. Mr.. Vohs had made no
mistake in acquiring land in this
community. With hard work and
thrift it soon began to pay dividends
and in only a few years he was able
to acquire more land and expand his
farming operations to include the
present Herman Vohs place.
When he was "a years old the
hrnl ont
he answered the call of his country
for soldiers. He served as private
in the infantry. During one of the
fierce engagements he was wounded
and was cited for bravery. This war
was in 1901.
After the war he again returned
to his peace time occupation and in
1873 was united in marriage with
Miss Wilhelmina Bye. Their we'd
lock was blessed with ten children,
six of whom are living.
With children coming into the home
Mr. Vohs felt the urge of acquiring
land and charging his income, and
having heard stories of great oppor-
tunity for the poor man in the Unit
ed States, he also ventured forth with
his family and came to America in
1880.
He settled in Manistee, Michigan,
but the very next year came on to
Minnesota and bought plot of forty
acres in Sherman township. This
forty was the cornerstone of his land
ownership.
His wife preceded him in death
on November 2, 1914. Since then he
has made his home with his children,
mostly with his son Herman, on the
old homestead.
The surviving children are Herman
Vohs of Sherman, Mrs. John Won
Ruben, Claremont, Mimi; Mrs. Lou
Fleischer, North Redwood; Mrs. +.
w. Penning, and Mrs. Louis Penning,
Eden land Oscar Vohs, Sherman
Morgan Messenger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25
MINNESOTA JUNIORS
SCORE AT WASHINGTON

Minnesota All club juniors have
scored again. In the semi-finals of
the spirited competition between
members of delegations from 40
states for the high privilege of ad-
dressing the great club audience of
the United States on radio night in
the National Club Camp at Washing
ton, Minnesota had two of the re-
naming eight deemed to be worthy
of final selection. The two were Mil
dred Bennett of Steele county and
Frederick WEIGH of Carlton county.
Miss Bennett won first place in the
finals for about 80 girls in the camp,
and gave a four-minute talk for
them to the 100000 boys and girls
who are enrolled in club work in the
United States. Experiences in Club
work" was the general subject of all
statements entered in the contest.
Other members of Minnesota's quar-
tet at Washington were George Rose
of Winona county and William Kehr
of Grant county.
The Minnesota delegation, in charge
of the state leader and an assistant,
motored to and from the capital and
spent day in Canada and day at
Niagara Falls, besides visiting Chi
cago, Detroit, the agricultural college
stations of Wisconsin and Ohio, the
Gettysburg battlefield, Pennsylvania
wonderful capitol at Harrisburg,
Notre Dame at South Bend, Indiana,
and many other points of interest.
Training conferences for leaders and
for the boys and girls were held ev-
cry forenoon in the camp. Extension
chiefs, heads of departments, dis
tinguished scientist, and a cabinet
member gave addresses from day to
dav
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25

When you buy your fruits or veg
etables by the hamper or basket, are
you sure that it contains full meas
ure? Two baskets of apples may be
the same height and appear to the
casual glance to be of the same cap
acity, but one may contain IA quarts
of apples and the other 16 quarts.
By reducing the diameter of the bot
tom of standard size basket " inch
and making no change in the height,
the capacity is reduced by 2 quarts.
The average weight of a properly fill
ed 7-8 bushel hamper of beans is 81
pounds; if the hamper is a little
short, or if there is "slack fill" of
beans, it may mean shortage of 8
or pounds of beans.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25

What is considered heavy infec-
ton of bovine tuberculosis now exists
in only 3.5 per cent of the total area
of the United States, according to the
fourth biennial survey of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. This
figure indicates a great reduction
since the last survey was made. The
salvage now paid is larger than FORM
erly. During the ten months ending
in April the average state indemnity
was $29.83; the average Federal in
demnity, 1855; and the average sal
wage, $500.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25

Splendid results in controlling the
chicken mite and fowl tick have been
secured through the application of
some of the heavy coal-tar distillates,
such as anthracene oil, together with
the construction of simple demount-
able roosts and nests. The fowl tick
not only continues to be menace to
poultry raising in the south, but it
is constantly invading new territory.
Although this pest is particularly
well adapted to conditions in the arid
and semiarid southwest, it seems able
to adapt itself to the more humid
sections of the country.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25

Ice cream manufacturers are ex-
perimenting in the use of honey for
sweetening their product, and some
are using it regularly, especially for
sherberts. When cane sugar is used
in sherberts it precipitates rather
quickly, so the product must be used
promptly. Honey is an invert sugar
and does not crystalize when mixed
in sherbert.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-07-25

FOR SALE. Yellow second sheets
ut rs cents per package at the Ga
.xetfe- 51-tf
Putnam patriot., 1928-11-01

Smln sain home You'll have landing the best laugh life When Smn Laugh in ladies girl hits with other WOW"
Putnam patriot., 1928-11-01
Woodstock Valley

Mir and Mrs. H. F.. Wyman and son Edgar spent the weekend si Camp Edward Allen,
 Ferdinand Kenyon and family have moved into Mir. Troops house on the corner at Kenyonville.
 Mrs. Eva Hammond attended the state convention in Hartford on Fri day, and spent the weekend in WILL mantle.
 MT. and Mrs. William Whiting and daughter of Mentelair, N. J., were guests of Mir. and Mrs. A. N. Ham mond the first of the week.
 The funeral of Miss Maria Hiseox was held at the home on Sunday af- ternoon. Rev. Henry Baker and Rev. II. M. Lawson 0fficiated. Burial was m the family lot in the Barlow cemetery Miss Hiscox had spent the most of her life in the old home, and was highly es- teemed by all who knew her. She will be greatly missed, but by none as by the sister left in the home, Mrs. Sarah Davis. who has the sympathy of all in her bereavement.