DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
1BESHEBEIE1S1
ALLIE8 PLAN TO CONTROL THE
DEMOBILIZATION OF THE
HUN ARMY.
PROGRESS MADE ON PEACE
Dozens of Commissions Are at Work
on Preliminary Drafts Society of
Nations Issues aro of Chief Im
portance Just Now.
Paris. Tho supreme war council Is
reported to havo reachod a doclslon
that it was nocessary to Impose more
sevcro conditions upon Germany for
tho renewal of tho armistlco because
of Germany's attitude toward tho ful
fillment of hor obligations, Decisions
are also said to havo been roachod
for tho control of German demobiliza
tion and of the production of plants
formerly engaged In producing war
material.
Progress on Peace.
Paris. Tho work boglns with the
business of tho peace conference well
advanced. Dozons of commissions
ro at work with nn onergy nover seen
In former International conferences.
First In Interest of Importance, bo
causo of tho fundamental nature of Its
task, tho commission on tho socloty
of nations Is now awaiting what Is
termed "clarification" of two sections
of tho great project which appears to
have boon adopted without a really
clear nnd unanimous understanding of
their scopo. While this statement Is
rogardod in somo quarters as a rather
peculiar confession on tho part of
trained diplomats, It wns citod as Justi
fication for tho docllnatlon by tho com
mission to mako public tho text of
any of tho nrtlclos It has npprovod
until all tho work la completed and
boyond necessity of revision.
In tho light of subsequent action on
othor soctlons a subcomlmttoo is un
raveling tho tangled skoln of diplo
matic verbiage and, It In hopod, will
cloar It up by tho substitution of
phrnscologly that will enable tho com
mission to rosumo its work vory soon.
Plan Nearly Rendyj
In vlow of froquont official assur
ances that tho work was bolng dono
with cnmplcto unanimity, no doubt can
bo ontortalncd that tho plan will bo
ready for action by a plenary meotlng
of ITfo conforonco beroro tho end of
tho wook. Nearly all the nnllnnn nr
now being represented on tho special
commission framing it and from this
It in nssurnd that they havo .already
practically committod tholr govern
montfl to Rupport of tho measure whon
It comes up for final approval by the
conforoncc.
As tho Amorlcan delegates havo ac
knowledged, the fato of tho rnoasuro
does not dopond upon a majority vote,
Tho powors nccopting tho plan, what
over may bo tholr number, will go'
nhortd with tho organization of the
society. If thoju'hould bo dissenters
thoy will bo loft out until thoy find It
oxpodlont to ooma in.
Tho novly croatod "aupromo ocon
omlc council" has takon rank noxt in
importance to tho socloty of nations
commission. Its momborship will bo
announced very soon, nhd it will got
to work immediately thorcaftor. It
will havo chargo of food supply, ship
ping, blockade nnd possibly flnancinl
questions. it has beon suggested
that this council may bocomo per
manent and assume" an ImmenBo au
thority, though it probably would bo
necessary for tho congross of tho
United Statoa to sanation such func
tion if continued aftor tho signing of
ft doflnlto poaco treaty.
Even If limited In oxlstonco to tho
transitory porlod between war and
lenc, tho Amorlcan dologatos expect
that tho council will bo a groat aid
during the armistlco period In tho so
lution of economic probloms for which
tho military mon who hnvo boon In
control tiro unfitted by training and
tradition and with which thoy are un
ublo to copo.
Tho Amorlcan dologatos will oxor
else a wholoaomo restraining influence
ovor those making oxcosbIvo domnndi
and will facilitate an agreement upon
tho terms for nn oxtonslon of the
armistlco, which expires soon.
UKRAINIANS WILLING.
Decide to Accent Peaoo Invitation of
Allied Nations.
Paris. The Ukrainian soviet govorn
rnent has announced that it Is wlllltit
to uccept tho Invitation of tho nlllos
to the proposed Marmora conforonep
of Russian factions, according to 'tho
Tomps. but It considers tho dato fixed
February 1C, too near at hand. Tho
goyommont also expresses a prefer
once for holding tho conference at
Paris Instead of on the Prlncui lilands.
Services In Paris.
Paris. President Wilson and Socre
tary of Stato Lansing attended h mo
morlal sorvlco In honor of Theodore
Roosevelt at tho American church In
tho Ru do Derrl. Tho memorial serv
ico was preached by Itor. Chauncej
W. Goodrich.
London. The railway strike was
settled after a long conference. At
tho board of trado It was officially an
nounced that tho tube nnd district
8er4y!8 would bo resumed as soon as
possible'
ALLIES AGREE
ASJKUIS
Aspirations of the Five Great
Powers Are Now Defi
nitely Known.
CLASHES OVER MANY POINTS
Will Undoubtedly Be Conflicts Before
Matters Are Amicably Adjusted
Desires of the Several Coun
tries Briefly Told.
Tho delegates of tho Qvo great pow
tra may now be fluid to bo In u posi
tion to compare clonrly their own
aspirations and those of all their allied
friends nnd to see the differences that
must bo reconciled.
Tho maximum of hopes, often over
lapping, has beon told freely, and It re
mains for tho peace conference to ad
Just thorn Into u co-ordlnuted whole.
The desires of the sovorul countries
as presented may be briefly stated
thus:
FRENCH CLAIM8.
France wants, first of nil, Alsace-Lorraine
unconditionally, and tho right to
discuss und ultluiutelr to fix the French
frontiers in their relation to the Hlilne,
which may require tho creation of buf
fer Htntes. One of these would be the
Palatlnato und unother Rhenish Prus
sia. France desires also to annex the
busln of the Surro river, which might
be culled n rcunncxutlon.
France will Insist that so far as the
left bunk of the Rhine farther to the
north Is concerned, the conference
should forbid military works of uny
kind barracks, bridgeheads, forts and
fortresses In that zone. Tho feeling
Ih that tho people Inhabiting that zone
should be free to decide for them
selves whether they wish to Join
France, form nn Independent state, or
return to Germany.
The French bill for reparation Is not
complete, but it lias been announced In
the chamber of deputies that It will
be tibout 00,000,000,000 francs ($13,
200,000,000). Tho French government does not
ask for a protectorate In Syria In tho
ordinary sense because it considers
that tho population there Is too ad
vanced to mako n protectorate neces
sary, but France, on account of her
trudltlonnl Interests In that country,
feels that she should bo called upon to'
excrclso some sort of gunrdlnnshlp or
guidance until Syria should be fully
able to govorn herself.
BRITISH CLAIMS.
Great Ilrltuln's delegation believes
that a Boclety of nations Is deslrublo
and nttnlmtblo nnd that It must bo
established by the present penco con
ference. Sho advocates no continental
purposes other than those of u per
manent and Just peace under tho prin
clplo of self-determination and that
theru shall be International freedom of
transit by railroads and watorways,
which is Great Britain's general defi
nition of freedom of commerce In
times of pence. ,
Greut Britain will tnko mandatory
power over the German Islands south
of tho equator for Australia and over
German Southwest Africa for tho
Union of South Africa. Sho will also
havo the inundate ovor German East
Africa nnd some parts of Arabia, and
sho has particular claims In this re
spect over Mesopotamia.
Great Urltnln will enter a pool with
tho other allies In tho matter of In
demnities, especially reparation for nlr
raid damages and shipping losses.
ITALY'S CLAIMS.
Italy asks for the Trentluo us far
as tho Brenner pass, Including the
whole of the southern Tyrol; Trieste,
Istrla, Flume, Znra, Sobenlco. tho
larger part of the Dalmatian Islands,
Avlona and Its hinterland, a protecto
rate over Albania, possession of the
Islands In tho Agouti which were
taken from Turkey during tho Tripoli
tan war, and tho province of Adalln If
Frnnce nnd England should take terri
tory In Asia Minor.
Tho Italian contention Is that the
Dalmatian Islands nnd such parts of
tho Dalmatian coast as are not as
signed to Italy shall bo neutralized.
Should Franco and England extend
their colonlnl possessions In Africa,
Italy desires to enlarge her posses
ions In Eritrea and Tripoli She also
wants Djibouti, French Somullland
mid Hrltlsh Somullland, on the ltcd
ion.
ROUMANIA.
Roumanlu' wants that portion of
Russian Bessarabia given her by tho
central powers undor tho canceled
treaty of Bucharest; southern Do
brudjii as ceded to hor by Bulgaria
nfter the second war, thus command
ing the Danube; tho Hnpsburg prov
inces of Bukowinn and Trnnsylvi.nln
nnd part of Unnnt. which Serbia
claims.
Both Roumanlu nnd Serbia have
moved troops Into Banat and French
troops havo established a neutral
rono to prevent hostilities.
SERBIA
Serbia's claims to tnko from the
Dapsburg monarchy the provinces of
Bosnia and Hertogovlna are opposed
by no one in tho entente group.
The plans for tho Incorporation Into
Jugo-Sluviu of tho Hnpsburg province
of Croatia, except as to the coastal
region of Flume, ore nlso considered
us subject to the Internal decision of
the southern Slnvs.
Jugo-Slav and Italian nlms arc In
sharp conflict In the settlement of tho
Adriatic problem, Involving Flume,
the Croatian seaboard, Dalmntla and
Albania,
The union of Montenegro nnd Ser
bln In a greater .Tugo-SInv state has
been voted by the Montenegrin Par
liament. King Nicholas and his ad
herents protest against a union which
shall not leave Montenegro self-government.
There is also a conflict between
tho Jugo-Slnv statesmen nnd those of
Czechc-Slovnkln, who desire 'a wldo
corridor from Bohemia to tho Adriatic.
GREECE
Greece wishes northern Eplrus nnd
Thrace with Constantinople, the Bos
porus nnd Dardanelles under Inter
national control. Greece asks for the
vllnyet of Smyrnu in Asia Minor nnd
the former Turkish lslnnds In the
eastern Mediterranean, Including tho
Dodecanesus, clnlmcd by Italy.
BULGARIA
Although Bulgnria capltulutcd with
out conditions, her government hopes
to receive extensions of the Bulga
rian frontiers in southern Macedonia
along tho Aegenn coast and In Thrace.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
The new stnte of Czecho-Slovaklu
Is carving out Its territories almost
entirely at the expense of the old
Austrln-IIungury. Bohemia, Moravia
and the Slovak regions of northern
Hungary hnvo been incorporated Into
tho proposed state, but there are con
flicts with the Poles, Ituthcninns,
Roumanians, Germans, Austrluns and
Mngynrs, because tho Czechs claim
partH of Saxony and German Silesia
belong ethnogruphlcully to the new
state.
Tho Czecho-Slovaks and Poles clash
In claims In Silesia nnd Gallcln. The
new state desires expansion south
ward on the Danube nnd to tho Adri
atic. POLAND.
The Poles nre endeavoring to seize
disputed regions on threo sides of
Russian Poland and Gallcln, including
Lemberg, which Is h the Ukraine;
Cholm, In Little Russia, und Vllnu.
Both tho Lithuanians and bolshevik!
claim Vllna.
The Poles are contending ngalnst
the Germans not only for German Si
lesia nnd Posen nnd West Prussia, but
also for tho port of Danzig.
Should tho Poles hnvo Danzig, East
Prussia would be cut off from, tho rest
of Germany.
BELGIUM.
Belgium wants her reparation claim
to be the first lien upon German as
sets to the extent or nt least $3,000,
000,000 nnd hnvo Germany return her
stolen machinery and materials.
Belgium, having reasserted her In
dependence ns against neutrality, de
sires from Holland tho left bank of
tho Scheldt nnd Maastricht peninsula,
nnd a plebiscite In Luxemburg to dc
cldo whether that country wishes to
Join Belgium or Frnnce.
Holland resists any Infringement
of the frontiers, but nppenrs willing
to revlso tho Scheldt navigation treaty
so Belgium should enjoy equal lights.
JAPAN.
Jnpun offers to return Tslng-Tau to
China, retaining certnln former Ger
man concessions on tho Shantung
penlnsuln.
Sho desires to retain Germnny's Pa
cific Islands north of tho equator.
CHINA.
China wants a guuranteo against
foreign InipcrlnllHui or aggression,
abolition of "consular rights" and for
the return of Kluu-Chnu.
SWITZERLAND.
Switzerland desires nn outlet to tho
sea by making the Rhine a neutral
st i earn. This Is In accord with French
desires.
SCANDINAVIA. (
Denmark wishes to annex that part
of northern Schleswlg Inhabited pre
dominantly by Dnnes,
Norway has certain aspirations to
Spltzbergcn or n part of It, but Is not
pressing these claims.
Sweden wants the union with Swe
den of the Aland Islands held by Fin
land since the fall of tho Russian Im
perial government.
FEAR FOR TURKISH NATION
Ottomans See End of the Country if
Constantinople Is Taken Forcibly
From the Empire.
Ofllclnl Turkey lino Just let out n
noise like the day before Thnnksglv
lug. It shrieks that to put Constan
tinople under an International regime
not only would slice the white meat of
Turkey's breast, but carvo out her
heart. It would not leavo even enough
for a dish of glblet stow theday after.
On tho heels of President Wilson's
triumph In swinging the allies to a
government of tho German colonies by
a mandatory system under tho league
of nations, liberal Turks now have put
In a plea to save Constantinople for
Uio Ottoman empire under tho doc
trlno of self determination of peoples.
The Ottoman liberal party, which
has remained pro-ally nnd anti-German
throughout the war, has sent u
memorial to President Wilson nsklng
thnt Constantinople bo given a referendum.
FROM ALL SECTIONSOF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines for Quick
Perusal.
The two big political parties nre
making jiluns to win Nebrnska women
since the pnrtlnl suffrage blllhns been
sustained Wy tho court In Lincoln.
They will lay energetic nnd systcm
ntlc siege for the woman vote, with
organizations throughout the entire
Mate. If the women of Nebraska take
advantage of their new inivllege, It
will Increase the iiormni vote of this
stnte from 2."0,no) to 000,000.
Carl L. Modeslll, head of the Potash
Refinery company ut Iloftland, has
mnde the prediction that evcr. p-itnsh
plant in this state, with 2,000 em
ployes nnd representing Investments
of $10,000,000, will be closed within
thirty days. "The truth of the sit
uation is," he Is quoted as saying,
"tho bottom has dropped out of the
potash market."
It has been decided by the stnnd
ing committee of the Episcopal dlo
eese of Nebraska that It will wait
until the regular meeting of the dio
cesan council In May for election of
a successor to the late Bishop Wil
liam5", who died recently nt Omaha.
H. V. Clnrk, Superintendent of the
Stnfo Industrial School for Boys at
Kearney, has reported to the State
Board of Control that the 09 cattle In
the dairy herd of the school have
been examined und found to be en
tirely freo from tuberculosis.
Lower prices for food to the con
sumer, lower wages for the laborer,
and lower prices for the farmer's
grain was predicted by Governor Mc
Kclvle In an address before members
of the Nebraska Retail Hardware
association ut Omaha.
Judge Troup In district court nt
Omaha, granted a temporary restrain
ing order, enjoining the Nebraska Tel
ephone company from continuing In
force a new schedule of toll rates,
known ns "government rates for tele
phone toll service."
The making of brick and tile from
pure western Nebraska sand, using
largo quantities of electrical energy
developed by Nebraska streams, may
be a reality In the near future, ac
cording to a number of Bassett busi
ness men.
According to State Prohibition
Agent Gus Ilyers, an unnamed Ne
braska school district employed two
sleuths to trail bootleggers and lines
secured through the campaign In six
months totaled $10,000.
David A. Best of Omaha, who had
charge of prisoner's savings at the
state penitentiary nt Lincoln, has been
iharged by tho state board of control
with usurping from $250 to $200 of the
convicts' money.
It Is estimated thnt more than 3,000
persons In Douglas county will lose
the light of sutTrage ns a result of the
"full citizenship" requirement passed
nt the Inst session of the legislature. .
Tho State Banking board has mail
ed out a call to the 050 stato banks
in Nebraska, 'nsklng for a report on
the condition of tho banks at tho
close of business January 28.
The Lincoln Woman's club has sent
210 letters to other Nebraska wom
an's organizations, suggesting pro
tests against a threatened restoration
of the narrow hobble skirt.
Nebraska, population considered,
stands first In tho United States In
number of banks, with a total of 1,120.
Nebraska has one bank to Qvcry 1,207
of her population. '
Grain dealers over the state predict
that corn acreage In Nebraska will be
kept low this year because of the gty
eminent guarantee of a whent price.
Tho Richardson county health board
has appointed 105 school directors In
the county to sec- thnt n strict quaran
tine Is maintained In nil flu cases,
Tho annual meeting of the Stato
Florists' society will bo held In Lin
coln during the meeting of Organized
Agriculture, February 23 to 28.
Several Bassett men and the oast
eru capitalists are making plans to
establish the third bank In that city.
Bassett now hns two banks.
The average number of automobile
.license plates mailed out by tho sec
retary of state during January has
beon 4,133 dally.
Louis J. Koepff, for 17 years con
nected with the Butrlee Dally Sun,
has bought tho Plymouth News of M.
M. Fnlk.
The stato supreme court has ruled
that when non-resident aliens aro
legal heirs to Nebraska land, It be
comes tho duty of the county attor
ney of tho county In which the land
is located to start proceedings to for
feit tho land to the state, which must
pay the heirs an amount equal to tho
value of the property.
Freo meniborslilp privileges for a
period of threo months will be extend
ed by the Columbus Y. M. O. A. to all
Platte county boys returning from the
war.
E. A. Holden, who disappeared
from his home in Sterling In October,
UXM. taking $800, was declared legal
ly dead by tho Nebraska supremo
court nnd tho M. W. A. was ordored
to pay his wife, Olive, his life Insur
ance. The WowKnen sought to provo
thnt Holden was seen after ho disap
peared. Mayor Miller of Lincoln proposes
fining auto speeders In proportion to
their speed $1 per mile per hour -nbovo
a specified limit when motor
ist Is hitting off 110 miles an hour by
tho speedometer.
t )... ffnt IfnM.nl nt.t (1-C9 Plinftrt
to congress shows thnt Nebraska's reg
istered men were fourth In point of
perfection ns disclosed by examina
tions under the draft systems. Okla
homa led with 82 per cent, closely
followed by Arkansas, Kansas. Ne
braska, Wyoming, Texas nnd North
Dnl;otaf
Nebraska editors liavo started n
nuuement to tear the veil off tho Rus
sian wolf by calling him an "annrch
1st" Instead of n bolshevik, ns bol
shovlsm nnd anarchism are one nnd
the same. Tho movement Is ex
pected to spread over the entire na
tion. I.ennder Hcrron of St. Paul, this
state, who was recently awarded a
congressional gold medal for bravery
In 18CS, during the Indian uprising,
was one of 1128 men In tho United
States to receive such a distinguished
honor, Mr. Heiron is now 70 years,
old.
Governor AicKelvIe, on his return
funn Wnshlngton, asserted at Lincoln
that he is In favor of a Nebraska state
constabulnry of sixty men, (o patrol
the state against booze , runners and
auto thieves, a substitute for the old
Nebraska nntlonal guard.
It tool; $1,001,710 to run Nebraska
In January, 1019, according to war
rants Issued by State Auditor Marsh.
The semi-annual apportionment of
$400,123 In stnte school funds distrib
uted to every district in the stnte
helped swell the totnl
Mrs. Eflle Lccso Scott, former well
known Lincoln new.siraper woman, hns
been nppointed by Governor McKelvIc
on n Nebrnska reception committee to
receive Nebraska boys landing In New
York from overseas and to look nfter
their welfare.
The Madison county farm bureau
has decided to continue Its work this
season nnd hns re-employed Noel
Rhodes ns the farm demonstrator. An
effort Is being mnde to hnvo every
farmer In the county join the organ
ization. Buyers from all parts of the coun
try attended the hog sale at the stock
farm of Edward Kern, near Stnnton.
Mr. Kern Is n breeder of Duroc hogs.
In the sale sixty Individuals were of
fered and the sales aggregate $54,525.
Richardson county claims to have
established a record In land deals.
Just the other day n tract of 353
acres five miles south of Humboldt,
sold for $150 an acre, or a total sum
of $52,050.
A very unusual accident occurred
at Lyons when tho 14-year-old son of
Mr und Mrs. Scott Robley felt down u
corn chute where men were loading
shelled corn and was smothered to
death.
A total of 21,480 head of hogs were
brought to the South Omaha market
In Januury in auto trucks, breaking
all monthly receipts In the history of
the yards transported In that manner.
Tho department of Justice at Wash
ington has sent additional federal
sleuths to Nebraska to watch for vio
lations of the Reed amendment in
bringing liquor Jnto dry territory.
The problems of the rural school
will be discussed In detail at the
meeting of the state association of ru
ral -school patrons, February 27, at
University Farm, Lincoln.
Omnha Is making preparations to
entertain members of the Nebraska
Farmers Congress which will hold Its
annual convention there Feb. 17-20.
On nccount of the mild weather
many Nebraska coal dealers retailed
no more conl In January than they
did last August, so they say.
A movement has been inaugurated
nt Tecumseh for some street paving.
The promoters proposo to pave twelve
blocks Mi the city.
Word has Just been received by
Fremont relatives that Roy Snuers
has been awarded tho distinguished
service cross.
Dick Slack, who lived near Pawnee
City, was found dead In his barn, ho
having been kicked to death by a
team of mules.
Another flare-up of tho dreaded In
fluenza appears to have started in
Furnnco county In nnd around Wll-
sonvllle.
If present plans nre carried out
Grand Island will lay something like
five miles of paving the coming sum
mer. Tho Influenza epidemic Is still giv
ing health authorities In Cuming
county a great deal of concern.
Corn prices at tho Union Stock
Yards. South Omaha, dropped from
$2.00 to $1.75 iwr bushel.
Parties at Brock refused $300 per
acre for n half section of land ad
joining the Brock townslte.
Two David City school teachers.
Miss Esther Able, 23, and Herold
Townly, 22, were killed nnd two more
teachers were severely Injured when a
Union Pacific passenger train struck
tho nutomoblle In which they wero
riding nt Schuyler.
Figures given out by General Crow
1 dor at Washington show thnt from
April 1, 1017, up to November 11,
1018, the date of the signing of the
nrmlstlco, Nebraska contributed 53,.
452 of her young men to the cause of
helping win tho world war.
George S. Dick, head of tho Kear
ney state normnl school for tho past
four years, has resigned his position.
During the remainder of the school
term George Martin will act In tho
capacity of president.
Discharged soldiers nnd sailors of
Buffalo county have perfected what Is
believed to be the first organization
of veterans of tho world war. The ob
ject Is to organize all Buffalo county
men who havo seen sprvlco and been
given an honorable discharge, no par
ticular motive prompting tho move
other than n patriotic effort.
mi t m
UNCLE SAM'S MODERN TOWN
Beauty and Convenience Both Kept In
Mind When Yorkshlp Was
Planned and Built
"Perhnps the most remarkable ex
ample of the government's ability ns n
town builder Is Yorkshlp, near Cam
den, N. J., designed to serve employ
ees of the New York Shipbuilding cor
poration," writes Robert H. Moulton
In Populur Mechanics Murine. This
town, where 10,000 of Unclu Sam's
fihlpworkers lived, might ulmost be
said to have been built overnight.
Starting work early In the summer,
about u thousand houses were ready
for occupancy in October, with nn
other thousund to follow.
"The plnn for Yorkshlp Is perhaps
the most complete town plan ever
mude. Every house is complete; it ,
has hot and cold-water systems, mod
ern plumbing, up-to-date plumbing ttx
tures, gas range, hot-water heater.
Electric light and cellar furnace. The
government had at its service the best
town planners und architects In Amer
ica, und with all the hmte that was
made beauty nnd good taste were not
sacrificed. The houses arc not nil alike
in color, material or style. On the con
trary, throughout each of these spa
clous, slumless tracts Is evidence that
the thing was planned us n whole. The
chief benefit which accrues to the
worker from the building of these
towns is the fact that landlordism is
to bo n thing unknown. The benefits
nre to go unfailingly to the workers.
Rents must bo based on cost and not
on the maximum which the tenants
can be forced to pay. And Inasmuch us
the government has no desire to retain
the ownership now the war is practi
cally ended, a scheme lias been
evolved to sell them, not to individu
als, but to the new communities as n
whole, to be held in trust ns commu
nity property."
MIGHT BE MADE UNIVERSAL
Los Angeles Has' Set Other Places
Good Example in Getting Rid of
Its Unsightly Billboards.
They still do things effectively In the
golden West, where In other duys they
adopted tho custom of shooting first
and talking afterward.
In Los Angeles, where civic pride Is
more operative than linguistic, it was
decreed that billboards were such an
affront to the nrtlstlc sense that they
should be removed from the public
gaze. To decide was to act Men
equipped with Instruments of demoli
tion snllled forth on June 1 and began
a work which since then has resulted
In the removal of 840 garish billboards
nnd hns Immolated them on n high al
tar of outraged taste. The job still is
going on and the hope openly is ex
pressed and nursed that before tho
good work is over "fully six miles of
signs, objected to by the public, will
have been eliminated."
Six miles of signs eliminated; think
of It. Two full leagues of tooth paste,
pink pills, milady's lingerie, chewing
gum, garters, etc., snntched from the
wearied gaze of an nroused people and
Interned, sans appeal, sans hope. What
n place Los Angeles must be 1 Cincin
nati Times-Star.
Open Spaces Important.
Good housing for the small com
munity means much more thnn for the
great city, because It Is possible to
have far better standards. And a
small city lias no excuse even If a
great one pretends to hnve for areas
in which grass cannot grow or gardens
flourish because of smoke nnd gases.
Tho surroundings of houses mny be
made attractive. Shrubs and flowers '
mny take the place of expensive con
struction If good taste is used in their
selection nnd location.
And one of the great features al
most entirely neglected In smaller
plnces Is one of the most lmportnnt
Houses mny be so arranged as to leave
free open spnees for the play of chll-
dren. Many cities, to be sure, havo
parks or a park, but a city Is all too
likely to feel content with Itself If It
has one or two such places beautiful
ly kept nnd well fitted to please the
eye of grown-ups on a sedate Sunday
afternoon wnlk. Far more Important
Is It to have tho houses in every smnll
area of a few blocks so planned as to
leave spaco for games and other pub
lic use.
Rats Cause Heavy Losses.
Losses from rats In cities aro enorm
ous. In 1003 tho biological survey
made a careful study of rat Infesta
tions In two cities, Washington und
Baltimore, with the result that actual
losses of produce and other property
nmountlng annually to $400,000 nnd
$700,000, respectively, were revealed.
These sums are nenrly In ratio to the
populations. Tho Woman's Municipal
league of Boston recently nnnounced
that losses from rats In that city
amounted to $1,350,000 each year.
Losses in Pittsburgh, Pa., have been
estimated at over $1,000,000 a year.
Licorice In New Jersey.
It Is possible thnt licorice, which
now comes from tho Mediterranean,
may nt no distant time he grown Ut
New Jersey.. Experiments are now
under way with the imported plnnts.
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