It was not necessary to put the steam shovel to work in Iaurel
hurst. Men could have done the grading Just as well. But they
could not have done it as quickly, and this is why it is there. Every
improvement for all of Laurelh urst Is going to be finished as rapidly
as meu, material, and modern labor-saving devices can be secured.
The shovel is now engaged in the work of grading the southwest
quarter of Laurelhurst. The no rthwest quarter is practically finish
Hoi Mi Famous Prison.
Dublin, July LI. KUmainham gaol,
a historic prison which in Its time hud
been the home of many of the most
famous Irish political agitators, was
formally put out of commission to
day and will likely never be re-opened.
For some time the structure has
been practically tenuntless, owing to
the decrease In crime and criminals.
During the troubled days of 18S0
Kilmainham received hosts of "sus
pects," arrested under the coercion
act, of which Gladstone was the au
thor. Parnell himself and I number
of his lieutenants were among the
"rlsoners at the tine, It was from
mm that the famous defiant
i, . in the tenant farmers of lre-
erpreted by the Unionist pay
"no-reni manifesto", was is-
ts while Parntll and Ills col
leagues were in Kilmainham tlial the
negotiations with the government
took place, which are siiid to have w
sulted in what was railed the "Kll
nialiilum treaty."
Mr. Parnell was in Kilmainham
from October 13, IW1, to May J. 1882,
On the day of his release Mr. Foster
resigned the chief secretaryship, He
would not, it wss said, "give up coer
cion.? Karl Cowper at the same time
relinquished the office of viceroy, The
new viceroy, Karl Spmieor, entered
Dublin on the 6th. With him was th
new chief Secretary, LOrd Frederick
Cavendish,
nmii.i.vs o MARCH.
la rue Delegation
Trip to Snake
on Their tniino
ithcr Country.
Annual journeys taken by memhel
oi i ue i iiuiiiiiii niiini o! Indians, are
again in vogue, tm a large band of
red men and their wive are In l.a
firande today resting for another la)
of their journey to Snake river wh re
they annually no to buy horses ttt
pcrfenVfl Colic, Cholera ami I i.-tr-
icmedv Is today the Ut known med
., ue i. f tii relief and cure ot bowel
i; '..int.. It cure griping, diarrhoea,
nfef . c v slmultl bjj ' lib u nt liiu Crst
unnn'critl Lmwiwss of the boel. It is
equally valuable for children and adults. ( It
always cures.
The Addition with Character
TtKMS
.lust imagine it. Sightly residence lots, within the mile and one
half circle, every modern Improvement, rare natural advantages ami
excellent car service at original prices and on such terms. Every
OFFICERS AND DIRECTOkS
Chas. K. Henry, president Chas. K. Henry Co., Portland; owner Henry Bldt.
Frank F. Mead, president Seaboa V Sec. Co.. Seattle.
Paul C. Murphy, director Bankers Trust Co., Tacoma; V. P. Laurelhu-st
Co., Seattle.
it. B. Llnthicum, secretary Williams, Vood & Llnthicum, Portland.
James B. Meikle, former ae.retary Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
F4w. Cooklngham, vice-president and manager Ladd & Tllton Bank.
L. A. Lewie, manager Allen k Lewis, wholesale grocers, Portland.
II. R. Burke, of the Royal Insurance Co.
Chas. K. Williams, manager Morris Bros., bonds.
Henry Fries, of Wakefield. Fries ft Co., real estate. 2 . .
Robert H. Strong, manager of Corbett Estate.
George J. Dekum, of Chas. K. Henry Co., real estate.
GARDENS AND
NATURE STUDY.
Value
ot School Courses
These Subjects.
In
A CHICAGO FORESTER'S PLEA.
The Instruction In Plant Life Would
Go Far In Supplementing Other
Work Idea Fast Becoming Popular
In America Cleveland Method an
Instructive One.
The school garden is fast oncoming
popular in communities throughout (he
country A plea for Its development
as a permanent pan ot the curriculum
of schools and educational Institutions
for the reason that the study would
produce a beneficial effect iion the
pupils In their other work was made
recent) 1 .v I fl Frwt In an address
before the member ni iiie Kiln Flags
Young dub lu ciiuac" In the course
of his ple;t Mr I rt said:
'Environment t ioteot fntii
the development of good I'lttxetin
PUlMbHWO'iKLNO IN SCHOOL OAHUKN.
flueuclng the character, habits and ed
ucatlon of the child, and by provid
Ing trees, shrubs and Mowers for rlic
embelllnhnwnt of the school the most
important educational agency the
child is supplied with new and gPOW
Ing Interests which will help to broad
en Its Ideas of life and make It richer
in Happiness.
"Our public school principals are
puttlug forth persistent efforts to rlev
orate the scboo. bustling wttu Bowet
boxes aud th H l s rounds wliti
trees, shrubs an I Eh - l am agree
ed. We promised this northwest quarter completely improved by
August I, and It will be completed by that date. All grading is finish
ed and water and sewer mains in. Laying sidewalks is progressing
rapidly and the huge asphalt plant will be In operation, laying the
asphalt street sin a few days. ;
8ee Laurelhurst for yourself. See it and walk over the property.
If you could only realize what this beautiful tract will be when com
W Per Cent down-2 Per cent a
ably surprised to mm UUu mis desire ,
to have plant decorations about the
school is strongly in evidence every
where throughout the city. In some
cases where the ground has been avail
able the children have carried on gar
dening work under the direction and
encouragement of then teachers.
Cleveland (0.) School as an Example.
"But, although they are willing. I am
sure we are asking too much of our
grade teachers when we allow them to
devote extra time to the promotion of
this work. 1 hope, however, that the
time will come when our school board
will appreciate the necessity and edu
cational possibilities of this work and
follow the example set by the public
school board of Cleveland. O.. which
employs a number of teachers who
have had practical as well as technical
training In gardening.
"Their duty Is to give advice aud
practical instruction to the teachers
ami childreu of the various schools
and make draw lugs for the ornamenta
tion of the grounds and plan the ar
rangements for children's gardens.
Why cannot we have such teachers
here?
"The school garden furnishes many
un interesting concrete subject lor
written composition, mathematics)
compulation, business exercise, lessons
iu physical geography or exercise of
free hand sketching or mechanical
drawing. If brought into proper rein
tiou with the other subjects in the
school curriculum It becomes an aid in
teaching these subjects. By concen
trating the attention of the pupils It
lessens the time necessary for acquir
ing knowledge of them aud thus re
sults In no further crowding of the
courses of study.
"Experience has showu that devot
ing four or five hours a week or even
two hours a day to the study of man
ual training or domestic art enables
the pupils to accomplish more in the
remaining time tbau they formerly
accomplished hi the whole time spent
lu school. The same ts most certainly
true of nature study and gardening
properly conducted "
Planning Town and City.
When anything is said or written of
"the city beautiful" or a city "group
plan" the comment of the average per
sou Is; "Delightfully, ideal: A tine
thiug for big cities like .New York.
Chicago and Ronton It rcallv ought to
I be done some time. But the cost Is
terrtnc! The idea that should b
kepi in miud is thai any kind of city
Improvement is a'.solutely practical
and prr.flt.ihlo: that It Is not only for
big cities, but lot Hie smallest town or
village: thai it Is needed by every
careful investor should see this
'here. There will never again
suburban real estate development; also
that It Is not costly. It need not mean
a huge debt. Moreover, city improve
ment in any form Is easily Inaugural
ed. I A few citizens of any community
who have the right standards of life
can start on Its way a movement tor
city betterment that wltl eventually
bring numberless advantages to all the
citizens.
Make No XQQQ.
Merchant. It you would take In VVV
And XXX. oh. be YYY!
Right now your golden chances CCC
And widely advert III.
For If you don't you'll and your DAAA.
A silent business soon DKTCK.
-Bostov TranscMpt
RID THE TOWN OF BILLBOARDS
Obnoxious Poster Should Be Elimi
nated From Rural Communities.
Did you ever go into a town or city
and see every dwifl wall or varan!
space taken up witu signboard plus
lereil with colored obnoxious posters
advertising the aies u( mail ordei
houses': I'hui's I lie night (bat UsuaB)
coutrouts the v.sitoi io the average
city or town throughout the Colled
States
Now, tbr billboard bublt is one that
should be fwagbl several) by all towns
Wblcb looU forward to becoming great
eommuuities. Just so long as a town
allows these obnoxious posters to de
face Its streets, Just so long that town
is going to remain unprogresslve.
The war on billboards lu the past
few years has become nation wide.
Cincinnati. St Louis and Kansas City
are among the cttites that are waging
a strong fight to ellmluate this means
of defacement. In St. Louis' 50 per
cent of the space occupied by offen
sive and unsightly billboards will be
cleared by the building commissioner
as a result of a derision recently band
ed down by the supreme court, which
upholds the validity or the billboard
ordinance of St. Louis.
One supreme court Judge stated that
St. Louis has a right to regulate and
control billboards and kindred methods
of advertising, but that that may le
' controlled by legislative enactment.
The Judge also said that the average
billboard is a constant menace to pub
lic safety, health and morals by Its
pictures and constitutes n hiding place
and retreat for criminals
F0R TOWN BEAUTY.
Remission of Taxes la Urged Park
ways Are Baautifiera.
Prises In return for suggestions for
Civic beauty that ia the Idea that is
heins carried on in various towns in
pletely improved, you would th on realize its inevitable future, Noth
ing can hold laurelhurst back. Its great natural advantages, its high
grade improvements, its accessibility by four carllnes, and its close
proximity to town, and the low prices at which the most choice real
dence lots are being sold, make it the most ideal investment in Port
land today.
month
property and secure some holding
be such an opportunity.
LAURELHURST CO., 522 Corbett Bidg
Portland, Oregon.
Kindh- send me by return mail the above
described literature on Laurelhurst.
Name
Address
Town
the Doited States. The most uuique
prize so far beard of is one that will
be offered by the city of Washington
as a result of a real live suggestion
made by an officer of the Municipal
Art Society of New York.
Following is part of the official's
suggestion which touches on the possi
bilities of beautifying Washington's
streets: "No one can see the magnifi
cent street (referring to Pennsylvania
avennei without being impressed by
its architectural possibilities aud sim
ilarly disappointed with the architec
tural hodgepodge with which the beau
tif ul street is .lined.
"I would therefore suggest that If It
is possible the best results might be
obtained by the pnssage of au act
which, while making uo compulsory
regulations for the coustructlou ot
A WBLL ARRANOED rAUKWAV
buildings ou this street, would offer
prizes to be given by the municipality
for buildings which conformed to cer
tain standards, those standards to deal
not ouly with the character of the de
sign aud possibly with the material
with which the facade of the building
is constructed, but also with the two
main heights that is. the main cor
nice height and a subsidiary eornke
. height over the tit si story or base-
nient; finally that these prizes be given
in a remission of taxes on a sliding
scale, according to the nearness with
, which the buildings conform to the
. standard set up by the act"
Another method of town beautifying
that is worthy of a prize is by build
ing a parkway In the middle of the
principal streets. It is ornamental
and serves to conceal trolley tracks
and wires. The trees in the parkway
should be high enough to hide the trol
ley poles and cars and to furnish shade
to the business section.
The Rural Town Tonic.
He who has never called a country
town his home has missed much, says
the Denver Republican. He who had
his 6rst look upon the world from
some Utile village which at the dawn
of cons! -ions:, ess s eiled all the world
to him and held in its bounds all the
people will always lack something in
his sense of his proper adjustment to
creation. It is lu them that the truest
friendships are formed, the closest
studies of human nature provided, the
most lasting hold given on the eternal
truths. Only as a little child can the
kingdom be entered, and that is as true
of the kingdom of earth as of that ons
of which it was first said. Go closer
Into the records of these boys off the
farms and you will rind that it was
from the country towns rather than
the farms they came: that it was
some country village that inspired the
dreams, tired the hopes and prepared
for that flight to broader fields. And
they go bat.K laden with gifts, not to
the farms, but to the country towns to
which they feel they owe so much.
A tourist passing through an Eng
lish village churchyard was much as-
t tonished to see graven on a tombstonel
u list of feminine names as follows:
Mary l Elizabeth. Mary II.. Aune,j
Katharine 1.. Katharine II.
"Goodness gracious!" exclaimed he;
to un old sexton who was digging 8;
grave uot far off. "l wasn't aware
there were any queens buried in this
part of the country, least of all In such
an outlying place as this."
"No more there ain't as I knows on."
replied the old fellow, scarcely look
ing up from his work.
"Well. then, in that case." queried
the still surprised tourist, "how comes
It that the names of several well
known British queens are to be read
on that stone yonder?"
"Ah. I see now:" quoth the old grave-
digger as he raised himself up and
glauced for a moment In the direction
referred to. "Lots of your sort niaksi
that mistake; but. bless your soul.
they hain't no queens of England!
They be only the names of old BUI
Green's six wives, and that wor just a
hobby o' his'n a-wrltin' on 'em out Hk
that."
Trnsre oieve giumnitg.
Steve was very badly in love and
had sat un till the wee sina' hours
VAl. O 1 f . LI. J
composing the following lines:
Beautiful one, with eyes so blue.
Oh. how my fond heart sighs for you!
Sweet spirit, listen to me now.
Ilur ....... J . ,
-" w..v naiu ill jr MI UB1 1 V ,w"-
He turned our ahnnt three vards of
this soul inspiriug verse and scut 1
to the object of his admiration withi
a request that she wonld express a
opinion on its merits. This is what b
received-
Dear Steve-I do not like to hurt yoorj
, feellne. but If you will read the n,ta
letters of your first four llnea downwarfj
I may say that they express ray sen