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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
lens enough without that Of the reck-

lens enough without that Of the reck-
less driver.
"While there is no doubt that teach
ing Of safety in the schools throughout
the country, safety posters and the eff
fectiye work of the schoolboy patrols
sters, the problem will still remain as
challenge to the Nation.
Every motorist should feel obligated
to have part In this great humans
tartan work, and should realize the
enormous difference care and consid-
Grafton would mean in keeping these
children safe from physical harm, as
well as from fear that may mar the
rest of their lives. Such spirit on
the part Of the car owners will do more
than anything else to make for safety"
The A. A. A. declared that while
safety Is now part of the curriculum
In many States, and children who have
had one or several years in school have
been taught the rudiments Of safety,
they cannot always be expected to exer-
else the utmost care. After spending
the vacation period in safe Fairgrounds
there is always tendency toward a
let-down in their safety sense when
they first return to the streets.
UNLESS the drivers of all motor We
hicles are on their guard at all times,
ILLS lcI-uOWu WILL lCoulI All iudiiy AuIdi-
ties and injuries" says the statement.
It continues:
1.-THE reduction of accidents that are
traceable to the establishment Of school,
boy patrols in hundreds of schools
throughout the country is evidence that
the courteous helpfulness of motor car
drivers has been extended to these
youngsters, whose white belts and arm
bands identify them as safety crusaders.
There is every reason to believe that
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rural mail routes are now in excess of
1,270,000, while five families are served
per mile with an average of $3.50 pieces
OF mail handled per mile"
The A. A. A. said that modern high
ways have already made available to
the rural resident school facilities equal
TO those found in cities through con-
solldation OF the once famous one-room
schools; contributed to the prosperity
OF the farmer by enabling him to de-
liver his products at nearby markets or
sell them at his door, and lowered the
cost OF transporting cash commodities -
The statement continues: cat the
close OF 1928 there were 24,493, 124 motor
vehicles registered In the United States.
and 5,426,90 of these were on farms.
Texas led the list with 1862, 500 farm
owned motor vehicles, while Ohio, Illi-
nois, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
New York, Minnesota and Missouri
trailed in the order named. It Is also
significant that the larger proportion
OF these cars are used for work in con-
nection with the farm.
1.-THE need for improved roads to
serve the farmer is seen by the fact that
at the outset of 1928 there were 43.1
per cent of the farms located on unim-
proved dirt roads and 313 per cent on
improved dirt roads. Only small per-
centage were on gravel or surfaced
highways.
With such situation prevailing,
Congress can hardly afford to longer
ignore the need for an intensive effort
to increase the progress of road build
ing throughout the United States"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
BERKSHIRE HILLS
LURE THE TOURIST
Late Summer Ideal Time for
Motoring Through West
ern Massachusetts.

Late Summer, running into Fall, is
an ideal time to make the trip into the
Berkshire Hills, that charming section
of Western Massachusetts,. Then the
gardens are ablaze and the sunlight
pours into the valleys, receding at night
like the waters of a golden flood. The
charm of the Berkshires Is hard to
analyze; it is there. every one admits,
but just what it is no one can say.
Certain physical characteristics of the
country, of course, are obvious factors.
The Berkshire Hills are comparatively
low; if one excerpts Mount Everett at the
south and Greylock at the north, they
will not average over 1000 feet. They
are nearly all timbered to the SUBMITS
with second growth, and undulating
rather than abrupt in character. More
over, as they rise from valleys thou
sand feet above sea level they tell at
less than their real height. The valleys
from which they swell are richly carpet
ed carefully cultivated, traversed with
fine white roads and ribboned with
winding, willow-hung streams. Fine
houses rise from the trees, white spire
marks a village clustered beneath guard
ian elms. Both hills and valleys, then,
at least in the more travelled regions OF
the country, are gentle, green and pas
toral, yet the hills are always high
enough, the valleys deep enough, to
Danish any suggestion of tameness.
Favorite Route for Tourist.
One of the favorite routes from New
York City into the Berkshire Hills lies
out along Riverside Drive, and Broadway
up into Yonkers, then along route 9. the
Albany Post Road, through Dobbs Ferry
Tarrytown, OSsining, Croton, Peekskill
Fishkill and Wappingers Falls to Pough-
keepSie. Here it turns inland and runs
over route 81 through Pleasant Valley
Millbrook. to Armenia. From here two
routes into Great Darlington are avail
through Millerton and Boston Corners
to Hillsdale, then on % through South
Egremont to Great harrington. The
second way is to bear off to the righ
from Armenia and run via Sharon
Lakeville, and Salisbury to Canaan, anc
thence into Great Darlington.
The distance from Great Darlington
to williamstown over the direct route
il AZ miles and in this short distance
are located the main centers Of thu
Berkshires region-Great harrington
Stockbridge, Lenox, Pittsfleld and Will
Jamestown. In Stockbridge every veal
during the first two weeks in Septem
Der is held an exhibition of painting
and sculpture by Berkshire artists, anC
in Lenox in this same month is hell
O flower show.
At the present time because of con
etruction work in the vicinity OF New
Ashford on the road between Pittsfielt
and Williamstown, the Massachusetts
State highway department advises tn.
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motorists to run via Coltsville, Adams
and North Adams.
The one regrettable feature about a
trip to the Berkshire region this Sum-
mer is the fact that the far-famed Mo.
hawk Trail is closed for road repairs.
Through traffic is directed over the
Berkshire Trail which runs between
Pittsfield and Northampton. This route
is in good condition throughout and is
an exceedingly scenic drive.
Naugatuck Valley Area Popular.
The route up the Naugatuck Valley
florists, and this road may easily be
reached from either Bridgeport or New
Haven. From the first named town
continue along the Boston Post Road to
Stratford and there turn left; from New
Haven run through Derby and AnSonia
to Seymour. From here the route runs
via Naugatuck, Waterbury. Thomas
ton, Torrington. Winsted. Norfolk, to
Canaan. then over the Massachusetts,
line to Ashley Falls, Sheffield and Great
Darlington.
route to the Berkshire Hills is up
through Colchester, Marlboro, Glas-
tonbury, East Hartford, across the Con-
necticut River to Hartford, and then
through Avon. Canton, Winstead and
Norfolk to Canaan.
From here there are three available
routes into the Berkshires. The most
northern one runs out for the city via
Cambridge, Lexington, Concord and
follows route No. 2, which is known as
the Mohawk Trail fer its entire length
although the trail proper is only be-
tween Greenfield and Williamstown. The
route runs through Littleton Common
Aver, Fitchburg, Templeton, Athol
Orange, Erving and Millers Falls to
Greenfield. The trail may be followed
as far as Shelburne Falls, where it will
be necessary to drop down to the Berk-
shire Trail in order to reach either
PittSfield or WilliamStoWn.
Another Route Described.
The second route out of Boston is
over route No. 20 and runs via Weston
South Sudbury, Marlboro. Northboro
Worcester and Leicester to Brookfleld
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
BETTER ROADS URGED
TO AID u. S. FARMERS
A. A. A. Advocates Increasing Fed
eral Appropriation to $685.
100000 Yearly.

With % per cent Of the Nations
motor vehicles owned on farms, Con-
gress can render no greater aid to the
farmer than by speeding up road build
ing to enable the agricultural interests
to market their products and further
eliminate the isolation of rural life, the
American Automobile Association de-
clared recently.
The national motoring body declared
that an increase in the annual Federal
aid appropriation from the present
amount of $75,00O,00O to SIPS ,000, 900
will enable the States more quickly to
complete their primary highway sys-
TENS and aid in the building of second
airy or rural roads.
The A. A. A. pointed out that the
progress already made in constructing
roads has done much to improve the
standards of farm life and allow the
farmer to overcome the isolation which
once surrounded his home.
'At the same time" says the state
ment, the farmer has been brought in
closer touch with public affairs and is
taking a more active interest in demand
ing his rights as a citizen. An indica-
ton of this Is seen in the fact that
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'CH|[DREN'S SAFETY
DRIVE IS LAUNCHED
A. A. A. Appeals to Drivers
to Be Careful, as School
Season NearS.

On the eve of the reopening of public,
private and parochial schools through
out the country the American Automo-
bile Association today broadcast a
warning to motorists that the return OF
millions of children to the schoolroom
will create new traffic hazards. and
urged careful driving on the part OF
every car owner.
The national motoring body pointed
out that the prevention Of accidents in
volving school children is largely within
the province of the motoriSt, and the
exercise of caution will go far in reduc-
ing the number of deaths and injuries.
"School days are just ahead" says
the statement, land millions Of children
will be upon the streets and highways.
In this vast army will be little ones of
4, and years of age who for the
first time are leaving the protection and
safety of their homes to enter an en-
tirely new world. There will be prob
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and West Brookfeld. A short distance
beyond the latter town, bear of to the
right and follow route No. 100 through
Ware, Enfield. BelchertoWn, to Am
herst, and then through Hadley and
across the Connecticut River to North
Trail via Leeds, Lithia, Cummington,
Windsor and Dalton to PittSfield.
The third route lies over Jacobs Lad
der, which may be reached by follow
ing the route described above out Of
Boston as far as West Brookfield, and
from there continuing on route No. 20
through Warren and Palmer to SPRING
field and across the Connecticut to West
Springfield, and through Westfield, Rus
sell, Huntington and Chester to West
Beckett, East Lee and Lenox or Stock
bridge.
The most interesting connection to
the Berkshires will be found through
| Troy over the Taconic Trail to Will
| Jamestown. This route was opened only
last season and 1t Is an especially
scenic ride.
Ferry Service Available.
The ferry between Bayville and Rye
or Bayville and Greenwich may be used
| to reach the Boston Post Road and
Bridgeport for the run up the Nauga-
tuck Valley. Ferry connection may also
be had from the extreme eastern end Of
the island over to New London from
either Sag Harbor, Greenport, Orient
| Point or Montauk.
Ferry service across the Hudson may
be had between the following points:
Alpine to Yonkers, Piermont to Irving
ton and Nyack to Tarrytown. Connec-
ton may be made from the New York
side then to the Saw Mill River road
which runs up through Briarcliff into
the Harlem Valley road, route No. %,
passing through Pawling, Dover Plains
to Armenia The Bear Mountain Bridge
is also an excellent connection across
the river. A short run through Maho-
pac, Carmel and Patterson will take the
motorist into the Harlem Valley and
thence northward into the Berkshires.
A $4,000 car was among the exhibits
at the London show last week,
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still greater cooperation will be given
during this school year.
THE motor car operators have
learned that when the boy patrolman
holds up his hand or sets the stop sign
against him it Is not an order but
a plea for assistance. Who could resist
such a plea when behind it is the calm,
confident trust of a child?"
Many more schools will ave patrols
this year, the A. A. A. leaGers declare.
There is no question that they will
result in the saving of many lives, be-
cause the patrolman is respected, not
only by the motorist but by the children
he is trying to aid.
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MARYLAND Will Use
Boy Scouts to Take
Census of Traffic
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, August ga novel
means Of utilizing the versatility of
Boy Scouts has been discovered by
the State Roads Commission.
To the good deeds which they are
called upon to perform may be added
that OF taking the traffic census once
month for the roads body, accord
ing to Harry B. Williar, chief engi-
neer.
Heretofore an estimate of the num-
Der of automobiles which pass
monthly over State roads has been
obtained, Mr.. Williar said, by sta
tioning laborers at approximately 100
designated points in the system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25

Motor trucks pay in special taxes
twice as much per vehicle as private
automobiles.
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A $4,000 car was among the exhibits
ct the London show last week,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18

Washington.-The final disposition
of the U. S. S. Olympia, flagship OF
Admiral George Dewey at the battle
Of Manila bay, Is likely to be consid-
cred at the next regular session Of con-
gress, as a strong sentiment has de.
veloped among veterans and patriotic
organizations for preservation Of the
vessel as historic relic.
The vessel, having outllved its use
: fitness as a fighting craft, might in
the ordinary course of events be slated
for scrapping, but the tradition of its
prowess as a fighting machine. gained
at Manila, still fingers in the public
consciousness.
Needing kilograms from all chapters
of the Veterans of the Spanish War.
the Navy department has officially an.
nounced that the disposal of the
Olympia has not yet been decided upon,
and that its preservation will be fully
considered before disposal is approved.
After service as the flagship of Rear
Admiral F. V. McNair from 1895 to
1898, cruising in waters of Japan,
China, and the Sandwich (now1 Ia.
waiian) islands, the Olympia, became
the flagship Of Admiral George Dewey
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18

ten. waded or dashed through lot
of worthless stuff, it is true, but l got
also well acquainted with Dickens
and Thackeray, and Scott and Cooper,
and Dumas and Hugo. and host Of
other masters Of the art of story tell
ing. AS long as I can read or can be
read to life wilIYnever for me, become.
dull or unintepesting.
Bruce Barton is quoted as saying to
a mother who asked how she could
break her boy of the habit of reading
stories:
~ do not know. It is about as easy
to cure boy Of eating as it is to de-
stroy his love for good stories. The
love of fiction is as old as-older than
recorded history, older even than civ
ilization. 1t cannot be rooted outfits
roots run back too far.
"And why should you want to root
it out? The greatest Teacher that
ever lived spent half His time telling
stories to His disciples. Without a
parable He taught them nothing
These stories have transformed hu.
manity." t..,
And for me they have helped to
make life more than worth while.
&c. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
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Move to Save Deeuey Flagship

Manila bay, the Olympia led the attack
on the ships of the Spanish squadron.
The Olympia has seen service in
many parts of the world since the
time, Of the war with, Spain. It con.
Ltinued for a few, months with the
Asiatic squadron, but went out Of COM
mission on November 8, 1898. After
| recommissioning in January, 1902, 1t
Joined the North Atlantic squadron as
flagship. During the period from 1903
to 1906 It went ON errands of protec-
Ition for American interests and lives
in Panama, Smyrna, and the Domini-
can republic.
When the United States entered the
World war, the Olympia was des-
ignated flagship Of the United States
patrol force. She was employed in pa
troll duty Off the coast Of Nova Scotia
and ocean escort for British merchant
men en- route to and from New York
and the war zone.
In December, 1918. the Olympia be-
came the flagship of the commander
Of United States naval forces in the
eastern Mediterranean, and cruised
the Adriatic and Black seas. After
several important missions of post war
transport and relief in eastern Euro
pean waters, the Olympia returned
May. 1921, to Philadelphia.
In September. 1921, she was as
signed the distinguished duty of bring
ing home for burial in Arlington GEM
etery the Unknown Soldier represent
alive of the heroes of the American
forces of the World war. She left the
Philadelphia navy yard on this mis-
sion October 8, 1921, reaching Ply
mouth, October 16. She arrived at
the Washington navy yard on Novem.
Der 8. 1927, with the Unknown Soldier.
and was met by representatives of the
army and navy and other services.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18

was a very good man; his one bad
habit was his attachment to an odor-
Gus pipe. ! lay it to his credit that
he never advised me not to smoke.
His wisdom in this regard accounts,
/ am quite certain, for the fact that
tobacco has never had any attractions
for me.
So far as I knew, father had never
read a novel in his life, and he was
constant reader. He objected to tic-
ticn as he did to cards and dancing,
and the one dictum recall that he
ever laid down to me was, LAD, don't
read novels; they are not good for
YOU"
+, l had read hundreds of them before
was fifteen-openly, surreptitiously,
out in the yard. lying fiat on the floor
in the front room, after / had gone to
bed at night, up in the barn loft
everywhere In fact where 1t was pos
sible to take book with me.
I've just had q long ride on crowd
ed passenger train without a soul
near me whom I have ever seen be-
fore; but it has been delightful ride
full of thrills and romance and ex-
element, for have had a good story
in my hand which has held attention
and left me oblivious Of everything
else around me. There is nothing like
n good story to cause the cares of life
to vanish.
If am thankful for anything which
characterized my childhood and youth
It Is that very early in life l deyel-
oped the habit of reading and that
became acquainted with some of the
best fiction that has ever been writ
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18

Rock and Bonaventure island off the
Gaspe coast and the islands along the
north shore of the gulf have been the
breeding grounds for countless num-
bers of sea birds, and the protection
their bird inhabitants received be-
cause of the Migratory Birds Conven-
jon act has resulted in greatly in
creasing their numbers.
Each year the sanctuaries are WIS.,
tied by migratory bird officer from
the department Of the interior and
careful note is made of the increase
among the birds.
The fame of the bird sanctuaries Of
the st. Lawrence, which number ID,
has spread and growing throngs of
tourists make the trip by rail or
steamer each year. The Gaspe coast
rookeries were set aside in 1919 and
those along the northern shore of the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18
Birds Flock to Sanctuaries

Ottawa.-Thousands of sea birds
gannets, elder ducks, puffins, cd
morants, terms. and many others
wheeling and screaming or coveriI
the nesting lodges like banks of sno
is the scene which presents itself
the visitor to the big sanctuaries
the Gulf of st. Lawrence, says Il
Canadian bureau of natural resource
Since the earliest times the BIZ
rocks Of the Magdelen islands, PER-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18

not know .Whetn-
err or not he was
a practical psy-
biologist a n d
alize d, as /
have come long
ago to do, that
precept cou m t S
very little in the
development o t
habits and char
acter, but that
we learn most
largely from ex-
ample. # q t b e r
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18

In command of the Asiatic squadron
on January 8, 1898, Capt. G. w. Grid
ley, q. S. N, commanding. according
to information furnished by the Navy
department. $40 =. n 81
On May 1, 1893, at the battle OF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18
Lights Of New York

I don't know whether this can be
called a complete characterizer in
view. of the large amount of propa-
ganda that there is now for matutinal
exercising, but it certainly fitted the
subject under discussion. What the
author of the statement meant to say
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18
Revision Added to Beauty

OF that mighty poem. Gray's "Ele.
gy Written In a Country Churchyard."
it is known that Gray made many re-
visions and changes in it. The final
form of beauty in which we know
Poe's exquisite ITO Helen" is finer
than his first draft-in which ''the
glory that was Greece and the gran
deur that was Rome" did not ap-
pear.-Boston Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
Sleeping Sickness

Sleeping Sickness
Sleeping sickness is caused
by a tiny animal parasite. the
carrier being the tsetse fly. The
duration of the disease varies
with different victims. some liv-
ing for several years. Irregular
fever. headache, inability to
sleep, and weakness are early
symptoms. followed. by red erup-
tons and enlargement Of glands
all over the body. Then come
sleepiness and commissions.
&c. 1929. western Newspaper Union.l
{
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by
GRANT DIXON

was that the bank president had ac-
jcomplished The success he had made
in life through brute strength and en-
ergy rather than through superior
thinking and unusual mental adroit-
ness. He is the type of executive who
is always driving and pushing, and,
when one stops to consider 1t, great
deal can be accomplished by applica-
ton and brute strength without an
unusual quantity of talent
The Resourceful Dramatist
Louis Weitzenkorn, editor of New
York paper, has written a play which
has been accepted for production. One
of the scenes is at q Long Island house
party, and it shows the weekend
guests who are complaining bitterly,
about the service and the dull time
they are having. The owner is trying
to think of name for this country
place, and he has heard his guests
grabbing. Instantly he has an inspira-
ton, and he calls it BELLYACRES.
It's the Upkeep
am Informed that a banker has
moved into the most expensive apart
ment in the city. 1t Is on Park ave
nue.. and occupies three fioors The
com IS three stories high. Rhe
APARTMENT was an n II =
order. and cost $4UUUOT. The d9
maintaining cooperative apartl snts
Is at least 10 per cent, so the bank
er's rent" on top of the purchase
price. is $4,000 year. And that
doesn't include the interest he might,
be getting from 100000 Investment
t@ by the Bell Syndicate. Iac.l ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18
30 / 2 :; !! IS
Modern Definition

spa, what is a highway?"' asked the
kid. "It's space between billboards,
son." replied his dad.-Cincinnati En-
Quirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18
E)EIILLIPS
j. Milk
of Magnesia
State of Satisfaction

State of Satisfaction
VI always say my wife and ! have
now reached the ideal marriage state"
"What do you mean by the ideal
marriage state'?"
swell. my wife no longer worries
about the shape of my nose. I no
longer worry whether she does or
mott"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-10-18
Human Dynamos

In discussing the head of a big New
York bank, man, who is himself
important in the financial world. crit
icized him as follows:
"He's a. guy who exercises every
morning."