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OPEN LARGEST 01
GREATEST RECLAMATION PRO-
JECT IN WORLD SUCCESSFUL.
LY COMPLETED.
COLONEL IS HONORED GUEST
Cheering Crowds Congratulate Former
President to Whom U Due Honor
of 8tartlng Project Roosevelt
Makes Principal 8peech.
Roosevelt, Ariz,. Amid the cheers
of thousands assembled to wit
ness the formal opening of tho
largest dam In the world, tho Roose
velt structure acrosB tho canyon
of the Salt river, MIes Ethel Roose
velt, under tho direction of her father,
touched the button that sent the Im
prisoned waters of tho Arizona river
rippling through tho vast system of
canals that will transform this sun
baked construction town and 200,000
acres of shifting desert sand into a
veritable Garden of Eden.
The arrival of tho Roosevelt party,
who motored seventy-five miles across
tho desert to attend the ceremonies,
was a signal for wild hilarity among
those assembled to witness the event.
The cheering crowds pressed about
tho little group of prominent state
and government officials to offer
thanks and congratulations to the col
onel, to whom in a great measure they
owed the successful completion of the
project, and he repeatedly removed hU
hat in acknowledgement of their cor
dial welcome.
These ceremonies mark tho success
ful termination of one of Uio greatest
reclamation projects the world has
over Keen They mean the reclama
tion of miles of burning desert, tho
termination of years of toil under thu
blazing Arizona sun, and tho addition
to Arizona's farming lands of a terri
tory whoso productive wealth will
equal that of the most favored farm
ing districts o the world.
For countless ages tho principal
stream of Arizona, tho Salt river, swol
len to torrential proportions in tho
spring by tho melting snows 'of the
distant mountains and diminishing to
a tiny creek undor the blazing sun of
summer, has wound its tortuous
courso through hundreds of miles of
sun-seared desert land that needed but
tho application of water to blossom
into luxuriant vegetable life. The
waste of this rich territory was called
to the attention of Colonel Roosevelt
when ho occupied" the presidential
choir, and he, in turn, ordered the gov
ernment's reclamation department to
Investigate.
Engineers were sent to explore the
alley of the Salt river. Maps were
made of its winding courso and sam
ples of its soil were forwarded to
Washington, with lengthy reports.
Here tho reports were passed upon "by
tho reclamation department, the soil
was analyzed and the matter referred
to tho president, whoso warm interest
had given the scheme life.
All of this is produced without di
rect cost to the people of the United
States. The government builds the
great dam and canal system. It does
not call upon the taxpayers, but util
izes for this purpose a fund derived
from the disposal of public land This
fund is not given away. It is invested
in these works, and then the people
who are benefited must pay back the
coat of the investment at so much per
acre In ten annual installments. The
money coming back is used over again,
evory dollar being reinvested in addi
tional works as fast as payments are
made forthoso completed.
This in brief, Is tho story of tho
great Arizona, reclamation project, as
outlined by the many speakors who
followed Colonel Roosevelt at tho dedi
cation exercises, each of whom paid
enthusiastic tribute to the prosecu
tion of the project by the engineers
in charge and the support and interest
of Colonel Roosovelt thnt mado the
scheme practicable.
WOLGAST WINS M NINTH
Retains Title of Lightweight Cham-
plc by Beating Georgo
Memslc.
Los Angeles, Cal. By out-flghting
Georgo Memslc, the Pacific coast
pugilist, In eight out of nlno rounds of
their scheduled 20-round battle, Ad
Wolgast Friday again clinched, the
title of lightweight champion of the
world.
Doxing before a crowd of 8,000 peo
ple In tho Vernon arena of the Pacific
Athletic club Friday, Wolgast whipped
the Bohemian into such nn abject
state of helplessness that Referee
Charles F. Eyton stopped tho unequal
contest early In tho ninth round and
awarded the decision to the cham
pion. After tho light Promoter Thomas J
McCarey, Wolgast, Memslc and Ref
eree Eyton were nrroBted charged
with violating the state law against
prize fighting.
New Poet Office Opened.
Cleveland, O. The dedication of
Cleveland's new $4,000,000 post office
took place Monday with many men
present prominent In public life.
Among others were Attorney General
Wlckorsham of Washington.
Coal Mines Kill 1,125 Men,
Hnrrlshurg, Pa. It cost tho lives ol
1,125 raeu to mine 23,699,070 tons of
coal In Pennsylvania last year, ac
cording to the annual roport of the
chief of the atato department of mines
issuod Monday
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Bases From Here.
NOTED NEGRO HURT
B. T. WASHINGTON ATTACKED BY
MAN WHO DECLARES EDUCA
TOR SPOKE TO WIFE.
SAYS HE WAS "PEEPING"
Tuskegee Head Insists He Only
8ought Home of Auditor of Insti
tute Is Given Severe Beating Un
able' to Appear In Court.
New York. Because of injuries he
received lato Sunday night when he
was attacked, by. a white man, Booker
T. Washington, president of Tuskegee
Institute, was unable to attend couri
Monday, according to his attoney, and
the hearing of Albert Ulrich, a carpen
ter, who was charged with making a
felonious assault upon Washington,
was postponed. Ulrich was roleased
on $1,500 bail.
Ulrfch, a white man, maintained that
he was acting within his rights when
he pursued the negro educator for sev
eral blocks beforo a policeman ap
peared. Ignorant of the negro's Iden
tity, ho declared that his wife had
complained to him of a negro she had
met in the hallway of their flat house
in West Sixty-third street.
Dr. Washington, who was sent to
Flower hospital, where 16 stitches
wore taken in his scalp, asserted that
his mission to that neighborhood was
perfectly legitimate and that he had
been made the Innocent victim of a
most atrocious assault.
Washington, who wont to his apart
ments at the Hotel Manhattan after
having his wounds dressed, told the
police that he had received a letter
from his secretary saying that D. C.
Smith, the auditor of Tuskegee Insti
tute, of which he is the head, was in
New York city, and desired to see
him.
"This letter said Mr. Smith was stop
ping with a cousin, giving the name
and address," said Mr. Washington.
"On Sunday I attended church serv
ices twico, and, after speaking at a
church in the evening, I recallod the
letter concerning Smith and decided
to look him up. I discovered that I
Jiad left the letter In other clothes at
the hotel, but I thought I could recall
the name as something like Moore,
and tho address as being West Sixty
third street. I went there and com
menced to look at the name plates on
the letter boxes In the halls of the
different houses, seeking the name of
Mr. Smith's cousin. It was while thus
engaged that I was attacked."
Ulrich, hi an Interview wllh IiIh
lawyers and others In court, said:
"About nlno o'clock ray wife took one
of our dogs out Into the street. We
llvo on the ground floor of tho house.
When she returned she said thrft she
had Been a negro In the hall and that
ho spoke to her. 1 went out "and saw
a man In the hall. The man went out
of the vestibule doors ahead of me
when I came out."
Ulrich said ho saw the negro re
enter the hallway and later saw him
"bending down at my door peering
through the keyhole." Ulrich said
that the negro swung a blow at his
Jaw when he asked him what he want
ed, Twenty Rescued In Y. M. C. A. Fire.
Springfield, Mo. Twenty men
asleep In tho Young Men's Chrlstlnn
asroclatlon building here Monday wore
noarly suffocated before being rescued
by firemen when flames destroyed the
structure.
Painters Strike for More Wages.
Pittsburg, Pa. Ono thousand paint
ers and decorators struck here Mon
day demanding an advance In wages
of onn dollar for eight hours' work
over tho scale of $3.40, which expired
March 1. '
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POST BANKS A SUCCESS
DKPOSIT8 IN 48 OFFICES IN TWO
MONTHS $133,869.
Restriction on Saving Over $100
Thirty Days Found to Work
Hardship.
In
Washington. "The postal savings
bank system has been more success
ful than reasonably could have been
expected."
This was the comment made Sun
day by Postmaster General Hitchcock
on the analysis of the returns from
the 48 postal savings banks which
have been in operation since January
3r The reports from the -18 second-
class post offices where use postal
banks are located cover the period
from the establishment of the banks
to February 28, 1911. In that time
3,923 accounts were opened and 6,861
separate deposits were made, the av
erage amount of each deposit being
$21.60.
In tho same period only 259 ac
counts were closed by the drawing out
of be deposits, the total numbor cf
open accounts on Febraury 28 being
3,664. The net amount on deposit at
the 48 banks after two months of op
eration was $133,869.
If the same ratio of deposits and
withdrawals is maintained for a year,
the amount on deposit at the end of
the year would be $803,214.
The aggregate population of all the
48 cities in which postal savings banks
thus far have been established Is ap
proximately 370,000.
Postmaster General Hitchcock Is en
gaged in preparing for tho establish
ment of j 250 additional postal savings
banks, an appropriation of $500,000
having been made by the recent con
gress for the extension of tho system.
The list of cities in which tho banks
are to be located probably will bo an
nounced in the near future.
LINCOLN RELIC IS BURNED
Private Car Which Carried Martyred
President From Washington to
Springfield Is Destroyed.
Minneapolis, Minn. The historic
Lincoln car, tho privato traveling
carriage of Abraham Ltncoln and
tho car that carried his body from
Washington to Springfield, 111., for
burial in 1865, was destroyed by a
prairie tiro that swept Columbia
Hoights, burning every bit of dry
drass In the northeast part of the
city and setting Are to the crate in
which tho car had been boxed.
Scores of women and children
turned out to -fight tho fire with buck
eta of water and brooms. Fragments
of ruins of tho historic car will be
saved as mementoes by Edmund U.
Walton, manager of Columbia Helmut"
Land company, Its owners.
Jury Foreman Threatened.
Danville, 111. Isaac Woodyard,
former foreman of tho Jury Inves
tigating vote selling and bribery here,
has rocelvod an anonymous let
tor threatening him with personal vlo
lenco for his activity. Woodyard de
clared he would glvo $600 to know
who wrote the letter, but did not re
veal its exact contents.
Tons of Broom Corn Burned.
Charleston, 111. TIiIb place narrow
ly escaped destruction by Are Satur
day when seven buildings and twelve
hundred tons of broom corn were to
tally destroyed with an estimated loss
of $200,000, covered by Insurance of
two-tbirdB of the loea.
Police Protect Harem 8klrt.
Rio de Janeiro. The police are pro
tecting womon wearing tho Jupe cu
lotte, or harem skirt. Special guards
have been established in the principal
thoroughfares for that purpose
Is. I Kin All
ST0LYPIN QUITS POST
RESENTS COUNCIL'S ACTION IN
REJECTION OF BILL,
Minister of Finance Kokovsoff Is
Iscted by Emperor to Succeed to
Premiership.
St. Petersburg. Emperor Nicholas
promptly accepted tho resignation of
P. A. Stolypln, premier and mlnlstor
of Interior, and has named V. N. Ko
kovsoff, minister of finance, to suc
ceed him.
Premier Stolypln preseuteo. his res
ignation personally to the emperor.
His Action was duo to tho rejection by
the council of the omptro of the
Zematvo bill for self-government in
the nine western provinces. The se
lection of M. Kokovsoff was made by
tho emperor on M. Stolypln'a recom
mendation after his majesty had ex
hausted all means to persuade the
latter to retain his post. Tho reac
tionary groups, which plotted Stoly
pin's fall, thus get small satisfaction.
The present crisis, llko that in 1909,
when tho question of tho reorganiza
tion of tho Russian admiralty came
oear disrupting the cabinot, soeras to
Indicate that the reactionaries lack a
statesman of tho proper callbor to
command his majosty's confidence.
Tho resignation of tho premier came
as a total surprlso to the emperor, who
wus greatly disturbed for a time.
UMANTOUR IN MEXICO CITY
WanU All to Rally to General Dlai
and Avoid International Com
plications. Moxlco City. With a warning to all
Mexlcons that with every day tho re
bellion continues the danger of inter
national complications Increases, a
plea to them to rally to the support of
General Diaz, and a declaration that
the government never can enter Into
peace negotiations with Individuals In
arms, Finnnce Minister Jose Yves LI
mantour Mondny entered upon the
tnk of pacification, which tho world,
at least, has set for him, and upon
tho outcome of which tho world Is In
terested. The special car In which he traveled
from New York reached the National
station here Monday.
Hundreds of persons, among whom
wore many officials and a sprinkling of
women, were on hand to greet the
travelers.
President Diaz's Erecting was con-
veyeu uituuku uuu ui um uuiuai "" i
ily, the meeting between Uio two I
moBt talked of men In the" republic 1
having been deferred until later.
Seuor Llmantour asserted that the
statement that ho was tho bearer of
conditions for the establishment of
peace, placed In his hands by the Ma
deroe In Now York, was an absurdity.
Of thn inHurrnctlon Itself Senor LI-
fraantour had nothing to add, ho said,
to what he had proviously said, that it
constitutes treason.
KAiSERIN'S HEALTH IS BAD
Empress Is Suffering From Attack of
Influenza Cancels Visit to Fran
cis Joseph.
Berlin. Disquieting reports are cur
rent regarding EmprosB Augusta Vic
toria's Impaired state of health.
After she had been kept In her
room nearly two weokB by an at
tack of Influenza she disregarded hor
physician's advice and went to the
lost court ball. SInco then she has
sufforod greatly from tho after effects
of the Influenza.
Sho will not accompany Emperor
William on his visit to Francis Jo
seph In Vienna, but will go dlroct
from Berlin to tho Island of Corfu,
whore the emperor will pass his "va
cation." GIVES STRANGER HIS BLOOD
Detroit Motorman Permits Two Quarts
to Be Drawn From Artery to Save
A Hospital Patient.
Detroit, Mich. John Wysner, a
motorman, allowod two quarts of
his blood to bo pumped Into the
veins of W. L. Fnnson, Abernathy,
Saskatchewan, Canada, who waa suf
fering from anemia, and had tried in
vain every other known remedy,
Transfusion of bloa was necessary
to save Fanson's life. Wysner, who
Is 30 years old, and weighs 230 poundM,
consented to glvo tho blood without a
thought of compensation. Ho had
never seen Fnnson before ho went to
Harper hospital, where for nearly
two hours rod drops pulsated from the
healthy man to tho weak oue.
Crowd Sees Lion Bite Woman.
Fargo, N. D. With nn audience
of 1,000 looking on, Oom Paul, a
trick lion, bit off tho Index fln
gor of Sellna, a trainer, in a local thea
ter hero when tho woman Mut her
hand In his mouth. Sollna screamed
and the Hon struck at her, tearing
and slitting her other hand to the
bone. The audlcnco was in an uproar
till the woman wns rescued from the
cage and tho curtain rung down.
Appointed to Panama Bench.
Washington. President Taft ap
pointed W. W. Warwick of Cincin
nati Judge of the supreme court of the
Panama canal zono. Mr. Warwick
servod for several years as chlof law
clerk In tho offlco of tho comptroller
of tho trnaaury.
O'Kclly 8alls for Ireland.
Syracuse, N. Y. Con O'Kelly,
Tommy Ryan's "whlto man's hope,"
started for Now York Monday to sail
for his home in Ireland for a threo
months' visit, O'KolJy Is In poor health.
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INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
IS FINALLY ENACTED.
JQNFERENGE REPORT ADOPTED
'ote In Senate Is Unanimous, but In
tho House There Were Seventeen
Opposing Votes.
St. Patrick's xdny was celebrated by
tho lcglslnturo In passing tho Initia
tive und referendum amendment to
tho constitution. Tho report of tho
conference commtttco on tho Sidles'
bill was unanimously udopted by tho
senate, tho vote bolng 26 to 0, whilo
tho houso accopted it by a vote of 71
to 17.
With tho exception of Representa
tive Hatileld, whoso name was at
tached to tho house bill, tho niy votes
wero all enst by republicans. -
Thoso who wont on llunl rccdrd as
opposing the lnltlatlvo and referen
dum were: Anness, Basactt, Dort,
Evans, Fllloy, Gait, Gustnfson, Hat
ileld, John, Johnson, Must, Minor,
Mockett, Mooro, McClollan, Nordgren
and H. G. Taylor.
Sovoral of tho members who voted
for tho bill said they ' would havo
liked tho bill framed differently In
some particulars, but thnt they be
lieved tho bill on tho whole u good
measure nnd wished to be on record
as favoring the lnltlatlvo and referen
dum principle.
Tho amendments require n 15 per
cent petition on constitutional ques
tions, a majority amounting to at
least 35 per cont of tho' total vote
cast to carry an Inltlntlvo question,
and a 10 per cont referendum.
Mockott stnrtcd tho opposition with
a motion not to concur In the commit
tee's report and that n now confer
ence committee should be unpointed
which ho named, lfo withdrew his
list later, however, nnd submitted to
put tho naming of tho now commltteo
up to the speaker. His motion was
lost, however, by n voto of 51 to 38.
Tho action thus takon disposes of tho
lnltlatlvo and referendum bo far as
the legislature Is concerned. Inasmuch
as a three-fifths voto 1b nccosaary to
carry a proposed constitutional amend
ment the governor's veto Is nor opera
tive so thnt thlB measure Is now up td
the people for their approval or re
jection It will be. RliifiiiUtert jt Abo
general election In 1912.' (
Guaranty Lawyers Paid.
The genernl claims bill was ordered
engrossed for third reading In the
houso as it had been amended. The
claims cut out Included tho claim for
$1,000 by tho Platte Shirt company.
I. L. Albert and C. 0.Whqdon were
given tholr fees as tho attorneys who
defended Uio bank guittauly law In
tho supronio court, Albert received
$2,500, having nlre'ady been allowed
$600 and Whedon received $3,100.
The Stock Yards Blll.v
Tho Ollls stock yarda bill passed
tho senate and was delivered to tho
house without any ennctlng clause.
This fact was discovered when tho
bill wan taken up as a special order
by tho houso 'commltteo of the whole.
The senate voted to recall the bill for
correction, and the measure will ho
dealt with by the house later.
Would Move All Medical Schools.
The unlvorslty removal commltteo
reported to tho houso that It was In
favor of moving tho wholo medlclil de
partment of the UntfDralty of N6bras
kn to Omaha If thu legislature would
appropriate the $20,000 for maintcn
ance and thn $100,000 for now build
ings which are now up for considera
tion. Tho roport waa adopted.
s Legislative Notes.
Sifting oommllU'e U bolh teimlo
nnd houso aro now at work In tho
porting prnoPRR
Tho senoto passed tho bill to pro
hibit tho giving of prlzca or artlcloH
of vnluo in return Tor tho purchase
of nny nrtlclo or thing.
Representative John II. Grossmann
hns rncolved a letter from the Central
Labor union of Lincoln, commending
him for hia fight In behalf of lubor.
Tho houso gavo two days to consi
deration of tho general maintenance
bill.
Majority nnd minority reports wero
received ou alleged voting frauds In
Omaha.
The Commission Bill. ,
The house committee on cities nnd
towns decided to recommend tho com
mission form of government bill for
genornl lllo after Injecting an amend
ment exompting tho Omaha Water
board from its provisions and making
a number of changes suggested by
City Attornoy IMuu of Omaha.
Manuel Discusses Report,
When shown the roport of tho sen
ate committee on public lands and
buildings, nnd their, arraignment of
thu management of thu industrial
school In Kearney, Superintendent
Manuel wns neither shocked mnvaur
prised Ho read It carefully ami thon
declared omphatlcnlly that tho report
is a political play pure ami simple "It
Is tho work of tho wets, I'lacok, Volp,
nnd Vurnor, although tho lnttur wish
es to havo his naiiio withdrawn, claim
ing that thu language Is too strong,"
uuld Mr. Manuel.
I nous
SOME FAULTS FOUND.
Committee on Lands and Buildings
Report.
Criticism of tho atato architect,
George A. Bcrllnghoff, Is contained In
thn roport of tho scnato commltteo
on public lands and buildings, and It
is definitely stated thnt an Investiga
tion of his work will follow Borllng
hoff's control over tho construction of
tho Norfolk asylum was liberally crit
icised by tho houso commltteo on
asylums when tho members visited
there, but thu blame was not so defi
nitely plncod as it Is by tho senate
committee.
Tho senators do not blame Bcrllng
hoff In their report, but coucluded
with thla statement:
"In view of tho conditions as tho
committee found them at tho differ
ent stnto Institutions visited, wo havo
no criticism to offer In connection
wth tho (management of any of theso
institutions except tho Boys' Indus
trial echool at Kearney, but wo can
not llnd words strong enough to ex
press our Indignation In connection
with tho architectural construction
nnd business management In tho con
struction of tho now buildings which
woro visited, and It Ib tho unanimous
opinion of tho commltteo that thoro
1b something radically wrong nnd
somo steps should bo tnlson at once
to placo the blame where It proporly
bolopgB, as thoro has boon a waste
of public money, nnd thla legislature
will not bo doing Us duty to tho peo
plo of tho state if somo Investigation
Is not commenced nt once to find out
who Ib responsible for the conditions
thnt'oxlst In connection with tho now
buildings as found by tho commltteo."
Omaha Election Frauds.
In tho eonato majority nnd minor
ity reports on election frnuda In Oma
ha wero illod. Senators Albert, Tib
bets nnd Leo, tho three democrats on
tho committee, have signed the ma
jority report. Sonotors Honglnnd and
Kemp, republicans, nmko tho minor
ity statement. Tho majority roport
is similar to thnt of tho houso com
mittee In that It llnds thnt somo of
tho .charges inndo hj Governor Aid
rich nro noBustnlned by proof, yet
declaring "conditions wero dtsclosod
well calculated to nrouso grnvo ap
prohonBlonB as to tho purity of tho
ballot In largo cltloB," Comploto re
vision of tho election laws la recom
mended, Houso Sifting Committee.
Tho apcakcr announced the com
mittee as followB by congressional
districts:
Flrstr-Gordea and Potts.
""Second Liver nnd. McAFdlor -
Third Rguli ami Lawrence.
Fourth Eggonborgor and Murphy
Fifth W. 7,. Taylor and Sink.
Sixth FricH and Ilnlloy.
Tho republicans aro two wotB, Eag
er of LancnBtor and Huller or Wash
ington, nnd ono dry, Baker or York.
Thla sifting ronunlttoo will take
ehargo of tho gonornl Mo In a fow
days and will proceed to sift out tho
bills thnt seem most worthy nnd bring
them up for consideration.
Indian Report Received.
The house subcommittee appointed
to Invostlgato conditions among the
Indiana on tho Winnebago reservation
In regard to land titles that havo been
tnngled by Illegal marrlssc relation
hns submitted n report against tho
bill. Tho suggested law would clour
tho titles of tho Indians to tholr lnnda
and tho Indlnns could soil thoir hold
lugs alid would speedily become pau
perized. While thoy nro'oompolled to
hold them they are kopt from poverty.
Two fnctions wero found among the
red men for nnd against tho bill. ,
Hits Trading Stamps.
"Gift enterprises," as described in
house roll No. 107, aro to bo tabooed,
the senate Indicating its desire to
put tho ban on trading stumps nnd
other premium schemes by placing
tho bill on gcnorul file
Gandy's Bill Considered,
Oandy's bill regulating thn jirno
tlco or medlclno In tho state was
recomnionded for passage by tho
)iouao committee. Tho meuBiiro pro
vides that "any person of good moral
character ovor 21 years of ago having
comploted'a two yoara courso of study
In regularly Incorporated and recog
nized school of suggestive thorupout
Ics, chlropraltc, mental or magnotlc
houllng or who has been engaged In
said pwptlrn for n period of two yearn
shall bo compotent to rocelvo certifi
cates from tho stale board of thoso
scloncos, samo to bo appointed by tho
governor from tho rnnks of practi
tioners of said kinds of healing."
Maintenance Appropriation.
The houso spent much tlino In con
sideration of tho genernl malntenanco
appropriation "bill In commltteo or
the wholo. Several amendments by
tho flunnco, ways nnd meniiB commlt
teo of tho house wero nccoptod, somo
calling for raises of tho sums first
approximated to tho departments,
whllo soveral others called for reduc
tions. The Conference Committee
Tho conference commltteo on the
Initiative nnd referendum bill held Its
first meeting and spout most pf tho
tlino discussing a parliamentary
point Tho 15 per cont petition to
initiate constitutional nmeiidmunta
has boon practically agreod upon and
tho 10. per cent roforondum petition
probably will ho. Tho discussion cen
tered principally about tho proposi
tion to ralso tho required voto to 3.5
per cont for statutory onuctmenWand
I 40 per cunt for constitutions! amend-.
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OMETOWN
HELPS
GROWING TREES IN BELGIUM
There They Ars Used to Redeem
Waste Places and Make Thsm
Beautiful.
While trees everywhere are sweH
down to be turned Into r newspa
pers, Belgium busies itself with plant
injr. Its townships have institute
trM -festivals and I hay Just corn
from one of them In the black coun
try around Mons.
What do you think of a public park,
already a beautiful and refreshing
osm, on the district of terrlls of heaps'
of colliory rubbish and smelters'
scoria, resembling Cannock Chase? A
landscape gardener has turned the
rough Inequalities, similar to the chop
ping waves of the Straits of Dover
Into -hills and dells and charming
"points of view." M. AJphand did no
better In transforming Les Carrierea
d'Amerlque Into the Butte de Chan
mo&t as wo now see It. The air of
tho terrlls thus transformed la now
wholesome, It used to be poisoned
with carbonlo aetd, which' we know
gives health and strength to trees.
They suck what is good air for them,
but deadly air to us from long dis
tances, and orerhead-7n effect noted
by aviators In the great Circuit de
1'EsL
The next generation will- see In the
dales and along the drives, on the
erst-blackened flats Japanose trees' of
the gigantic species planted In Japan1
along tho avenues to the temples.
MatsuB and cedars yet saplings will
brave storms on headlands created on
purpose to be decorated by them.
When ono climbs a sugar-loaf hill one
already sees a vast continuity of
sylvan verdure. Tha trees of- rapid
growth will In time make way for
thoso that come up slowly, such as
the ash, tho oak and the beech. The
lady of tho forest, the elegant birch,
rises In tall boauty. To'interest every
'one In tho work of sylvan transforma
tion plaoes aro marked out for JM
greater and lesser towns, for villages
and town lands, and lists of the trees
they can plant with festal gladness
are sent to them, Bach town, etc.,
has Its day, or Sunday, The burgo
master and Inhabitants come out In
their finest clothos, a band preceding
-thwn wUPlRylng. populRrlcHt-The
church kli'd musical sooloties furnish
slngors, who reserve their vocal ef
fects for the treo-plantlng scone and
the banquet that follows. London
Truth.
SIMPLY MATTER OF BUSINESS
Thrifty Cltlxene of Paris Well Aware
That It Pays to Spend Money ;
In Improving the City. ,-? j
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WhiU tho ridldents of Chicago are
still In doubt as to the practicability
of trying to carry out the plans of the
"Plan of Chicago" the residents of
Paris havo given quite convincing
proof of their confidence that a beau
tiful olty not only pays artistically,
but commercially as well. The
municipality of Paris asked the cltl
seno of Paris to subscribe a loan of
160.000,000 francs (about $47,000,000)
the money to be used in beautifying
the city. The peoplo promptly re-
sponded by oversubscribing the
amount thirty times.
The Illuminating point Is that the
peoplo of Paris have been taxed more
than thef people of any other city fa
the world for civic Improvement,
municipal beautlflcatlon. Perhaps
thoy woro so willing to subscribe for
another loan that would mean addi
tional taxes because they had already
paid out enough to know they would
get It back many times over. Back
of the desire of tho Parisians for a
beautiful city there is a strong artis
tic impulse. But back, of both there
are powerful business considerations
operating to make the people of, the
French city realize the commercial
benefits ot a city beautiful, v
The Home Flrstl
Nations, armies, fleets, industries,
wealth 1 They are all nothing except
ing nH they symbolize homes, build up
homes, protoct homes, make homes
such as all homes should be. Tho na
tion that Ib foundod In Its homes,
clean, free, puro homes, Is founded on
a rock. Tlie storms of battle, the
winds of adversity, may beat on It
Floods may come. But all theso pass
by and loavo tho nation Intact, saro
and stable. Tho nation founded on
any basis other than' homes Ib on the
shifting sands of chance, and must
fall in the first storm that falls on It,
and bo swopt into oblivion and noth
ingness by the first flood that attacks
Its unsafe foundations, and the flood
need not bo a deluge.
Improvement WorJ(.
Soveral educational institutions in
this country now mako compulsory a
study of landscape gardening In their
agricultural course. The University
of Illinois Is entitled to tho credit ot
being tho first ono so to do. Thus Is
provision mado for tho future outdoor
Improvement of tho farm and rural
districts In general. Tho average
farmer, as a rule, cares little about
his homo surroundings and knows
still less about Improving them la a
proper manner. The city and cxwatry
aro 'now to march hand in hand to fcU
ter things, '
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