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Frontiers-New and Old.

1t was forty years ago today at noon
that the bugles of cavalrymen, stationed
along the border. of vast, unoccupied
stretch Of land in the middle of what
then was Indian Territory and which
now comprises part of the young
State Of Oklahoma, sounded signal
that sent thousands of frontiefsmen
dashing across the fiat country in a
mad scramble to get some of the two
million acres of virgin land given by
the Government as prizes in free-for-
all race A few hours later Americas
last Western frontier had been passed.
A new State was being settled. The city
of Guthrie had changed overnight from
a water tank on the side of railroad
TO teeming town of fifteen thousand
inhabitants, sleeping under the stars,
tents or in the covered wagons that had
brought them there. The opening of
the Cherokee Strip remains in memory
today as one of the colorful and fan
tastic pictures that illustrated the birth
Of nation.
Only forty years ago! The cattle
barons, surreptitiously renting Indian
lands at nominal prices on which to
Craze their countless herds Of cattle,
had succeeded in preventing congress
s,onal action which would open Okla
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
A Merited Promotion.

None Of President Hoover's admins
trative appointments thus far outstrips
in obvious merit his promotion Of DR..
Julius Klein to the Assistant Secretary
ship of the Department of Commerce.
In a certain sense 1t is a personal
appointment. For eight years DIR. Klein
was the right hand Of Mr.. Hoover at
the Department of Commerce. AS chief
Of the departments Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce, DR.. Klein was
at the head of its most important divi-
sion. In manner Of speaking, the
bureau was the general stan from which
radiated all the departments multifari-
GUS activities. These activities were
destined. within relatively brief span,
to convert branch ofthe Government,
established as an independent executive
department. only sixteen ago, into what
is today in some respects the foremost
Of Federal administrative arms. !.
That tremendous hole In the ground,
In downtown Washington, out Of which
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homa for settlement. United States
Cavalry spent good part OF Its time
driving out the Oklahoma boomers
who stole over the line and tried to
move into the open spaces. Then some-
body slipped rider on an appropriation
bill, opening two million acres for set
Element, stalking or northumberland
sixty-acre farms and providing that the
first to reach them after the signal
sounded starting the race at noon on
April %, 1885, would own them to have
and to hold. The race was an epic. A
writer describes 1t as the last challenge
Of the horizon to people 1t had been
Turing onward from frontier to FROM
tier since 1907.
Only forty years ago! But how many
new frontiersmen have crossed since
thenl Not on the backs of skinny mules
or under the Tapping canvas Of covered
wagons, but in the laboratories, the OBJ
servatcries, the machine shops And for
every new frontier crossed another one
is found lying far beyond any horizon
that beckoned the Oklahoma boomers
of forty years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
John ]. Chickering's
Qualities Are Praised
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
More than 40 years ago It was nv
privilege to sit at the feet of John J.
Chickering. who died at Pinehurst last
Sunday.
Along about 1886 Jack" Chicken
ing was teaching the eighth grade of
grammar school, in the Wallach
Building, at Eighth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast. Among my
fellow pupils there were Mai Edwin B.
Hesse, our honored former Superintend-
ent OF police, and. If my memory is not
at fault, Gen. Anton Stephan, COM
manding the National Guard of the
District
Mr.. Chickering made a deep and
lasting impression upon me. At the
period of his service as teacher in
our public schools he was in the full
vigor OF early manhood. and of his
physical perfection I still retain a
graphic mental picture. The strongest
impression of him, however, is as a
teacher. He was painstaking and thor
ough and had the happy faculty of in
shilling keen interest in his pupils. He
did not confine himself to the ordinary
curriculum. and I am sure his other
former pupils share with me the men,
ory OF the pleasure and inspiration i'm
parted by his weekly talks" on popular
science subjects. Who of us does not
remember his lecture on the nebular
hypothesis?
His interest in athletics was also stim-
ulating. 1t made an appeal to the boys
which In many instances resulted in
their physical betterment.
The passing of Jack" Chickering will
be noted with deep regret by many
Washingtonians who. like myself, had
the privilege of coming under his in
nuence-an influence that was all for
the good. VIM S. TORBERT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
Marion Talley Lauded
For Decision to Retire
From the Charlotte News.

from the Charlotte News.
Young Miss Talley has created a
sensation in the musical world by an
nouncing her withdrawal from the list
OF the public singing artists. She is
going back to the simplicities of the
Western farm from which she spectac-
ularly emerged only a little while age
to make the musical experts and critics
OF Broadway straighten up in their
seats under the melodies of her mar
velouS voice.
Miss Talley is only % years old now
and, therefore, at the age when the
average artist would be planning for
further worlds to conquer and greater
fortunes to pluck. But with half a mil
lion earned already. she has turned her
back upon the silvery lines of the future
that open up to her and goes back to
the crudities and monotonies Of farm
life.
We rather glory In her decision, I'M
usual that 1t may be. Often it is the
mark Of superior intellect in one to
know when to quit. however rapidly
one may be ascending the dizzy PIN
nacles of achievement. 1t is better to
step out of the light when the CLEAN
is full-orbed than to daily about and
have to be driven out to obscurity later
because Of the natural warnings Of the
flesh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

It's devoutly to be hoped that a GER
tam member of the Senate, who passes
sleepless nights safeguarding the Union
ana the Constitution from the menace
OF Rome, will not cast his eye over the
current number of an American maya
zine. There, substantiated by undeniably
accurate pictorial evidence, sit the Pres
ldent OF these United States and the
Pope OF Rome, cheek by jowl. The pic
ture happens to be 10 years old. It
shows Herbert Hoover, then chief of
the American Relief Administration in
europe, attending the great children's
Iete arranged In his honor at Warsaw,
Poland. Pope Plus XXI, then Archbishop
Achille Ratti, was at the time nanal
nuncio to Poland. He became Pope three
years later. The State Department con-
tinues to be inundated with requests to
know whether there is any prospect of
diplomatic relations between the United
States and the Vatican State. Secre-
tary Stlmson Is sending out form reply
reading: The question has not arisen"
X X
To notable degree the United States
Senate will be holding forth this week
at the early seat of the Federal Gov
ernment-in Philadelphia During the
thirty-third annual meeting of the
American Academy of Political and
Social Science there several members
Of the Upper House will be in action.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire will
be in the chair when war debts, repara-
lions and liquidation of war controls
most timely topic-is on the program.
Senator Shortridge of California will
be in charge of proceedings when the
Kellogg pact. and means for making
it effective, Is under debate Senators
Jones of Washington and Walsh of
Massachusetts are to discuss our tariff
policy.
Copyright. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

there is about to rise the most capa-
cious Government building ia the Ma
tional Capital. tells its own story. II
Is In very definite degree the story Of
Julius Klein's unremitting work at
Washington since 1921. rs coadjutor-in-
chief Of the man who is now President
Of the United States.
Mr.. Hoover, as is well known, stu
looks upon the Department of Com
merce as his pet. Nothing could be
more natural. The country may be
sure that he feels it in accord with the
eternal fitness of things that julius
Klein, economist extraordinary, should
be given executive rank In the admins
tration in field where the new AS
sistant Secretary Of Commerce has SO
long and so ably demonstrated his spe-
cialized fitness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

Expressions of regret that the United
States Is put in an unneighborly atti-
tude toward Canada mark most of the
American newspaper comment on a re-
cent Supreme Court decision under
which naturalized Canadians are to be
barred from committing across the Dor
der to work.
Native Canadians complying with
the formalities." the Cleveland News eX-
plains, can still earn wages such as are
obtainable in the United States while
enjoying Canadian advantages, such as
lower living costs. Citizens of the
United States preferring to live on the
Canadian side of the line, though work.
ing on this side, will presumably re-
main free to do so. whether they are
wage earners or business men. 1t is to
be hoped that the ruling, definitely re-
pudiating the old Jay treaty that gave
citizens of both countries the right to
pass and repaSs' over the boundary
will not be Objectionable to Canada, OF
prompt retaliation Of any kind. Coast
Guard Shootings and sinkings have
strained the neighborly relationship
enough, with the provocations all COM
ing from our side. And our immigra-
ton procedure seems likely to be suffi-
GENTLY complicated by resort to the
national origins basis"
1.-THE spirit In which the immigration
Bureau proposes to utilize this decision
and the new deportation law, which
becomes effective on July l." in the
opinion of the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, 'is entirely out of harmony
with the attitude of comfy and consid-
Grafton which ought to prevail in the
handling of this subject. An
ungracious determination to make the
most, from the bureaucratic point OF
view, of the uncomfortable situation
created by the decision will be con-
demned by the American people anxious
for maximum Of comfy and the mini
mum of red tape In their relations with
their neighborS o,ti-e north"
X y X X
eff we feel a real need of restricting
the influx of workers from the Domin-
ion, 1t might be better" says the Kala-
mazoo Gazette, ito face the thing
squSrely and adopt the quota principle
with respect to all countries of North
and South America. Such a course may
not be at all advisable, but it probably
would be less Objectionable than the
attempt to prescribe formal distinc-
ton between native-born and natural
lied citizens of Canada
The Bellingham Herald suggests that
mo doubt agitation will be launched to
persuade Congress to tighten the re-
strictions which the court says obtain
under the present law" That paper re-
marks as to the situation that thou
sands Of Canadians living in cities i'm
mediately north of the boundary have
been employed In American automobile
factories and other manufacturing es-
Establishments on the American side OF
the line. Consequently many natural
lied Canadians by the courts decision
today find themselves with job but
with no way to get to 1t"
Canadians, and especially natural
lied Canadians" IN the judgment Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
Washington Loses q Friend.

Accustomed as Washington Is to the
coming and going of Array officers, as
signed here for temporary duty in con-
nection with the municipal government
or the ONCE Of Public Buildings and
Public Parks. it is with a peculiar and
real regret that the community hears
of the transfer to the General STAFF
School, at Fort Leavenworth, Of Mai.
Carey H. Brown, who has been on duty
here since 1925 as Col. Grants chief
assistant.
Few officers assigned here in any
capacity have taken. more intelligent
and whole-souled interest in their work
than Maj. Brown In his task of assisting
in the formulation of those great plans
for washington and its surrounding
territory that now are In the making.
He accepted his position as an oppor-
tunity and made the best Of 1t. His in
tercourse with the civilian groups in
teresting themselves In the development
OF the Capital and his frequent confer
ences with the civic organizations of
washington have been marked by a
spirit Of broad and sympathetic under
standing, not only of his own, but of
their side Of the picture.
Maj. Brown will leave Washington
with the good wishes of scores Of friends
who came to know him in the course of
his work, and with the hope that an
other stage of his Army career will
bring him back, again to take an active
part in making the American Capital
the city that 1t should be.
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Bailey's Quick Ascent
And Descent Recalled

From the Springfield, Ohio, Daily News.
A better brain than Joseph w. Bailey
possessed was not seen in the American
Congress in his generation. Bailey
came to Congress in 1891, only % years
old. In his fourth term, yet only In
his middle thirtieS, he was chosen as
his party leader in the House. Only
the sheerest ability could have won
such advance at such an age.
Ten years brilliant service in the
House and Texas promoted Bailey tc
the Senate. There were giants in those
days. Aldrich, by enormous personal
ability, was master of Senate majority,
which included men of such power as
Allison, Dolliver, Foraker, Hoar and
Plat. Bailey was from the first a
master mind on the other SIDE In a
trice he made himself the central figure
in the Senate, one speaker to whom
everybody was glad to listen. Politically,
the world was his. Ten years pass, and
he writes his resignation, drops hui
news of his death just now came the
country has forgotten that he still lived.
Only older people and the more care
full followers of public events will re-
member that tragedy. Bailey had a
head of gold, but his feet were clay.
He had tastes and habits not compatible
with his dreams and with his place as a
servant of the public. He was a fol-
lower Of horse racing, the sport of
financial kings, and he was not a
financial king. He loved the costly life
and was not skillful in counting costs
There came the discoveries of corporate
meddling with Government which made
the first decade of the century an EZRA
of exposure" Bailey, doubtless because
of his need of money to carry on the
costly life he loved, was found ensnared
in the system. The statesman had gone
up like a rocket: now he came down
like stone. He had lost the confidence
of the constituents who had trusted
him and was never able. to regain it.
Bailey's career was one of the major
human tragedies Of his tirne In one
of its most brilliant human jewels
nature planted flaw which ultimately
destroyed value.
49,. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
Unneighborly Attitude Seen in
Ban on Naturalized Canadians

Milwaukee Journal, "can hardly be ex-
pected to appreciate the courts inter-
probation of our immigration reStric-
tions. They may be expected to feel
that the American attitude is an attack
on the potency of the Canadian nat
uralization laws. They may be expected
to resent this attitude. just as we would
resent it If Canada should declare that
naturalized Americans could not work
freely in Canada. In view of this, 1t Is
a question if our immigration laws
should not be changed to permit COM
muting over our border to all Canadian
citizens, regardless of their birthplaces."
X \ X
eff we apply it to Canadians, other
countries may apply the point to us,
with future embarraSsments," advises
the st. Louis Globe Democrat. with the
comment ON the Jay treaty: THE
record of inconsistencies under the
treaty is becoming an elongated one.
Once British statesmen insisted the
treaty was rendered invalid by the War
of 1912 and we vigorously protested.
Now in a judicial determination we
acquiesce in the view. If there is one
tradition we have Steadfastly main
tanned. it is the one of incorporating
antagonism to the principle Of indis-
soluble allegiance One of the causes
of opposition to the Jay pact was its
silence on this point, and we went to
war over it in 1872"
THAT the decision is of advantage to
American labor there can be no doubt"
states the Providence Journal, adding:
by tending to reduce unemployment
in this country it is likewise inescapa-
bic that it is of at least temporary
benefit to the American people gener-
ally. But what of the future, say half
century hence?" queries the Journal.
I'VE NAV well ask ourselves now
whether the time may not arrive during
the present century when American
workmen will be more anxious to cross
the border daily to work In Canada
than Dominion residents are to reverse
the process at the present time"
1T Is extremely unfortunate" con-
cludes the Columbus Evening Dispatch,
that the opposite opinion has been
allowed to prevail for more than a CEN
tury The practical result of the deci-
sion Under present circumstances may
be quite different from what has been
expected by those who have striven to
break up the crossing Of the border by
Canadian day laborers. An i'll feeling
may be engendered which will curtail
the Canadian consumption of Ameri-
can-made goods to such an extent as to
iniure American labor far more than
1t has ever suffered from competition by
Canadian laborers."
Nevertheless, the Manchester Union
believes that the decision will simplify
the problem Of the immigration authori-
ties in their effort to check the Illicit
flow OF aliens across the Northern Dor
der" and that 1T Is distinct gain
that at last an authoritative ruling has
been made upon this question" while
the Williamsport Sun contends that
the decision fully supports the posi-
ton taken by immigration authorities
and viii meet with general APPROVAL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 3. TRAcEWELL.
SHAH It be trees or fIowerls2

Shall 1t be trees or flowers?
FMS Is the problem annually con
fronting q certain number of person.
who move into new homes.
The vogue for trees has at last STRUCK
the builders of houses, with the result
possible.
While this procedure in some in.
stances Is well for the appearance Of {
property as a whole, 1t is rather tough
on the wouid-be gardener.
Trees and flowers do not exactly mix
IN garden sense.
TO hurt the growth Of both flowers anC
grass, or that the great roots of thu
trees subtract so much plant food.
These are real criticisms of trees or
average small home properties, but
after all, they do not constitute tn,
chief demerit Of the leafy monsters.
The main fault to be found witt
trees on small lots Is that they GU
the tract up into too many segments.
A small place, say so, go or rs fee
wide, and ranging from 1875 to $50 fee,
deep Is to be regarded as unit
AS landscape proposition, such {
lot can be viewed at one glance, anc
must be so considered In its planting.
That is why the best practice today
calls for driveway along one side
with the garage often set only 20 fee
or SO behind the house, and at the
side of the lot.
This grouping permits the remainder
of the rear yard to be composed as a
unit, without being cut in two by wide
swath Of concrete driveway, or cut up
by too many trees, each one of which
Is such a distinctive feature that 1t i'm
mediately attracts the eye of the
beholder.
If trees were carefully planted on
lots. several could be got in without
disturbing the sense Of balance, the
"feel" of the house and its closely asso-
ciated ground.
In most of the cases, however, the
tree paintings were hsphazard, either
by Nature herself, who never read a
book on landscaping or by prior genera
tons who paid no attention to such
matters
It will be found that 10 to 20 trees
will be arranged In such fashion that
1t Is difficult to put In the house without
cutting several of them down.
Even with these out, the place Is still
"over-treed," as 1t were. There Is no
rhyme or reason in their placing, and
they usually cut the tract up into indi-
Wdual patches.
OF course, these patches are not
marked of with chalk or fences, but
they seem just as plain to those who
are sensitive to such things. Recently
We saw just such place as we have
attempted to describe. The house, of
Dutch colonial design, was placed on a
50-foot lot, the house taking up some
80 feet and the porch 10 feet or more.
This left just enough room for the
drive to the garage. Evidently the
builders had swallowed the tree propa-
ganda hook, line and sinker, for instead
Of cutting down three at the left and
placing the garage there they had chop
ped down one and put the automobile
house in the center of the yard
This left three or more trees to the
left OF the garage and as many to the
right. The result was that there was
literally no place to plant flowers except
along the borders of the driveway or
except in small beds cluttered through
cut the lawn.
X n \ \
Lest any one suspect that we have
an anti-tree complex, or something, let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

A real phenomenon is Mayor Jimmie
Walker. No other man within memory
has succeeded in being at once politi-
cally leader and socially the life OF
the party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

After a presidential campaign which,
though ending in defeat. resulted in
high personal distinction, AL Smith evil
IDENTIFY saw little lure in the idea Of be-
coming an umpire in the old Tammany
game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

1t is generally conceded that Presi-
dent Hoover has many practical ideas,
and there is growing disposition among
committees to hear from him first and
avoid risk of doing anything that might
seem precipitate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

The Dawes plan Is considered by
some students Of international affairs
as an elaboration of the fashioned
monthly payment" regarded not only
as reliable, but thrifty.
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Anger in Vain Then.

From the Toledo Blade.
Man has his limitations. No matter
how angry he gets, coming out Of an
ONCE building, he can't slam the re-
volving door.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

An ocean-going boat emphasizes q
difference in size by being so much
harder to manage in prohibition storm
than a automatically employed liquor
truck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

Clemenceau is quoted to the effect
that he fears there may be another
war. As a Tiger" looking for trouble,
Clemenceau always runs true to form.
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Mexico Has Snrinfers.

From the Seattle Times.
II more entrants for the second cross
country marathon are needed, Mexico
should be able to furnish few In good
trainins. ..s....
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/. Curbing One Speaker.

From the Altoona Mirror.
A couple of New Jersey legislators
poured pitcher Of ice water over a
colleague when he arose to make a
speech. It has finally happened-a
legislative Joke that wasn't on the tax
f1ayerS.
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Aid Needed by Rebels.

From the Canton Daily News.
Late reports are that Mexican rebels
plan to surrender as soon as they can
md white handkerchief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22
Poetry Offends His Honor.

From the San Antonio Evening News.
That Chicago attorney who presented
his plea in rhyme was almost fined for
contempt Poetry no longer has its day
In court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-22

In craftsmanship many plans" are
revealed which show promise until the
work Of providing complete and reliable
specifications is taken I'D.