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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1908)
SB wgf e v 'gsSit -wiyFy ii'K.ffyggw'ff gyr" 'i H".PT8f,'.tt Eiiej'a.ma.w Lafrjifr ! r7 THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1908. TOTS PRAY FOR GARDEN, LAWN AND LAMMCAJPE tt-4-tt-tt- ------ ------- ------- -tt-4-H--tt-4-tt--tt--8-4- I I il. i H t :: T u t tt t DEAD S In Two Thousand Birds Killed Chicago Receive Burial Rites. CHICAGO, Aug. 29. "Wc arc rery sorry, O God, that all the poor birds had to die, for wo would llko to have them stay around in the trees; but we needed rain, and wo cucss you know what Is best, and wo hope that you will take them all to leaven." Two thousand birds were killed by tho 'recent terrific storms In the gro Tes near West Sixtieth and Ada stroets, and all tho children in the neighborhood paid their last re epects, including tho foregoing pray er, to their little friends that would Blng no more. With childish rites And genuine solemnity the little leathery bodies were laid at rest. About tho wide grave tho children stood with bowed heads, sobbing as they strewed flowers. Hospitals For Trees. "The trees of Paris will delight you,' said the traveled man who was seeing off his friend. "Every boulevard anri venue has Its two lines of trees. Shel tered from the hot sun. you walk under them In a cool green dust.' Thnt hot and dusty city doesn't easily keep its trees vigorous and froeh. It must have tree hospitals great nurseries where, svlth all sorts of liquid parasite killers and all sorts of stimulating fertilisers, the "run down urban trees are built u; again. Continually in Paris you see faded trees being taken up and fresh trees being put down and fresh and faded trees alike in those ambulances which we call transplanters drive coi tlnually up and down tho sunny streets." Tho Fight For Niagara Falls. The American Civic association is 'Still fighting for the preservation of Niagara falls and the natural sur roundings, for the abolition of the giant billboards that desecrate the land immediately contiguous and o prevent signs being painted upon or fastened to rocks, trees, etc.. on every hand. Ii this noble woik they should hnve tho moral and financial support of everj person who believes In the presefa tlon of natural beauty. A Business Builder. Advertising Is today the mightiest factor In the business world. It is an evolution of modern industrial compe tition. It is a business builder, with a potency that goes beyond human de sire. It is something more than a "drummer" knocking at tho door of tho consumer something more than mere salesmanship on paper. It Is a positive, creativo force in business. It booms the town. It builds factories, skyscrapers and railroads. It makes two blades of grass grow in tho busi ness world where only ono grew be fore. It multiplies human wants and Intensifies human desires. It furnishes excuse to timorous and hesitating ones for possessing the things which under former conditions they could easily get along without. The human mind is so constructed that It Is appreciably af fected by repetition, and, after all, ad vertlslng is only repetition. New Way to Get Rid of Dandelions. The unique spectacle of a battle be tween a hobo and the dandelion was recently presented In Iown Falls, la., as a result of Mayor Bryson's crusade against the weed pest. In hope of rid ding the parks and streets of the dan dollons, he decreed thnt till bums 01 hoboes who were under fine should work out thoso fines under pollco guard by digging dandelion roots. As a re suit there hns been n splendid harves' of tho weeds. The Sand Garden. tA plea for playgrounds for children. "Wo snt on alley doorstops In summer's dreadful heat We had no place at all to play but In thv dirty street. The sun upon tho stones was hot; oui little feet wcro bare. We had no shady garden spot nor am pure sweot air. Cut now wo'ro very happy and play In piles of sand And run about and laugh and shout and swing to beat tho band. W play at Jaclcy Horner and can sven climb a tree ; Since- the city imada a corner of the pub tic garden free. So we plead with every city In all this great big land To tako s. Utile pity and a little pile of and And make a shady corner free In public gardens gay, "Where little children, such as ive, ean have a itaco to n,lay Jlclolse Souls In SprfnsfltiiJ Repub lican. THE HUMBLE POTATO. Tho potato Is not a beautiful plant, fcut, like many small newspapers, It fills a long felt wat and has como to stay. It is 'not recommended in land scape gardening, but to a hungry man is more enchanting than lilies and roses. Like the hen, tho potato Is bumble and lowly, but It Is nevcrtho toss a friend of man. Italso 'potatoes even if you have to hide them behind tho barn. Roasted, boiled, mashed or fried they appeal alike to millionaire ami pauper. The Irishman showed that ho know a good thliig whon bt Lad the potato named for bim. ALASKAN DISH Moose Nose a Fine Nutri tious Dish For Hunters. .SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 27. The nose of a big Alaska bull moose weighs eight pounds, and when boil ed twenty-four hours Into gelatine makes tho choicest and most nutri tious artlele of diet to be had in all Alaska. At least this is what Web ster Brown of this city, who has hunted and surveyed all over Alaska, says, and he ought to know. "Alaska moose," said Brown, "is the best game food to be had in Alaska, and those who subsist for a large part of the time on the gamo of the country are careful when they kill a big moose or any other kind of big game to have the means at hand to tako care of tho carcass and save it. "I remember not many months ago in tho White river country, when our food ran short and we killed a big bull moose and made away in the next few days with the most of his good points. We were traveling over a rolling, partly open country In the direction of the Tanana valley, and every particle of fresh meat counted. When tho carcass was all butchered up and packed away, I boiled tho big, gristly, fat nose of the moose about twenty-four hours, after spending five hours scratching tho hair off the hide and picking it out 'by the roots. "Well, sir, I boiled that moose's noso until it made the finest sort of gelatine you ever saw, and absolutely clear and of a delicious sweet and nutty flavor. It made a meal for the whole outfit for every day for three days, and in my judgment the dish contained more lasting and nourish ing qualities than anything that we had." BYJA. C0LDJPB1NC GEKTOK CNTittttUMCN Wr f ( Sfar solfc llUD. A li CORB&SPOtfDENCC i . SOLICITED X yill .produce nothing of icllme is tho hst remedv. V. f ( Ii is qtrjte as important to preserve liquid maiiura as solid, since both nre needed for a complete fertilizer. ' The best lawn grass is a mixture. Kentucky blue grass is a pleasant ro mance, but in the world of fact Is found-defective at many points. A man who can make a good garden can dpvnlmost anything xlso well. A man who will not make garden may be good for other things, but there is something lacking la his soul. FRAME YOUR LAWN LIKE A PIC TURE. The National Council of Horticulture Is doing great work when it is not pat ronizing amateurs. Tho very way in which it prints thnt dread word "ama teur" Is enough to mnke the average would be gardener shrivel up to tho size of one of tho seeds ho is planting. There is nothing like assuming a su perior attitude, especially when one has a national something or other be hind him. For one thing tho National Council of Horticulture ndvlses that shrubs bo used to frame the lawn, Just as a border Is placed on a rug or a frame on a picture. This sounds a little bit mechanical, but can be handled in a manner thnt does not make it appear so. Tho Idea Is to avoid any stiff or straight line effects, and If this is dono a "frame" of shrubs may be made most effective. One thing advocated by the National Council may be even more unreserved ly supported. That is to match shrubs both for foliage and flowers in such a way that a patchy effect is avoided. Colors should not be placed together that clash. Sizo should also be con sidered in making tho most effective grouping. Individual taste should be used in these matters. No general rule can bo laid down. Tho same sort of taste is required here as in the choosing of wall papers, rugs, colors for tho house and a thousand and ono thiugs in life. The things to nvoid are inharmonies, artificialities, geometrical figures, ob trusive regularity and stiff and un natural effects. Do not be too rigid and exact even in tho matter of a "frame" for tho lawn. Do not spray while trees and shrubs are in bloom. To do so not only inter feres with the bees, but also prevents the full fertilization of the blossoms. Give the bees a chance, and they will help themselves and tho trees at the same time. A Chinese gardener near Fresno claims to have produced an odorless onion. Ills statement is borne out by many of his white neighbors who claim to have inspected the new mar vel. The odorless onion should become quite n social lion. Despite all the stories of fabulous fortunes made at gaidening. a great many people do get a comfortable liv ing, while others extract enjoyment and save money by raising their own vegetables. The sudden riches fake la written about all callings. ' Grapes do well on high, stony laud A south slope is tit Untitle The hole.? In which the vines are set out shou'il be wide and deep enough to give the roots fiee spate. The vine should be well cultivated anil wh.n tit suf.i clent age should be uef;i!!. prune I. the pruning being attended to In the fall. The vn:t t tie of ma.'.UI'iil I hilut".--Laziness peltnits the 1.imi to low . ragged, the farm to grow up to lirier.t and iiudt'rhruhh'auil the girtlen' to lie' come u meeting pi. ue for all weeds The only three essentials to success in caring for garden, lawn or hind scape nte good taste, common sense and hard work. By planting vines and, shrubs about tho walls of the vegetable garden It can be made a thing of beauty. Avoid hard, straight lines. The giaceful curves of nature are Infinitely more charming than the precise, mechanical, severe regularity affected by most am ateurs as well as by many profession als True gardening canuut be made mechanical any more than true poetry or true music. tt t XX I XX I a t ? a t XX tt t XX t XX f XX T ! tx t tt T XX T tt t tt I T :: r :: -::--tt--a---tt--n--a-o------tt--tt--tt-i-n--tt--tt---K-----tt--K-4-tt- LOST! A' chance to buy at some of the greatest reductions ever of-, fered the people of Coos Bay. If you are one who did not attend the ten-day clean sweep sale this morning between the hours of 8 and 12 o'clock, as some of the nust ridiculous cut slash prices were made. But remember it is ' Not Too Lake to be on hand and get the benefit of the 'many iriore of our money saving specialties. ' . The time is now ripe. Get amongst the wise ones and make your tracks point direct to H. Finell's for this evening's trading. A few of the many specials for tonight: Any straw hat in the house, values to $3.50 60c Ladies', Misses and Children's Shoes 45c per pair A large box of Remnants almost at your own price, and good ones too. Men's dress shirts 4 for $ 1 .00 Men's and Ladies' fine handkerchiefs, also men's hose, all go ing: at 5c As a customer remarked today he had just awakened to the fact that this sale was the place to save money, he must have been satisfied. Hurry! Get in the same class. We don't have to say satisfaction guaranteed as that has always been our motto. Your money back if it ain't right. The sale you can't afford to miss. u MarshHeld Oregon Gordon Saks Co. in Charge tt-a-tt-a-a-tt-tt-tt-a-::-::-K-tt-a-a-tta-tt-:j-K-tt-::-tt-::-tt-tt-tt-tt-tt-tt-tt-tt-K-tt-tt-::-ttrtt-tt-r ;: One of the crimes not yet recognized on the statute books Is that of per mitting the face of nature to become disfigured when a little care and at tention would have made it a "thing of ornament and use. An original wil derness rnny have a certain beauty, but a wilderness that has been allowed to grow up around a human habitation Is an abomination in the sight of the Lord and everybody else. BEAUTIFY THE VILLAGE. Tho American of healthy and whole somo Instincts has grown surfeited with large cities. Ho has corao to seo that the small village has infinite ad vantages as a place of summer resi dence at least over the big town. With nu Ideal village life, such as would bo easy to create, tho Immeasurable supe riority of the llttlo town as a plaee of permanent abodo would bo apparunt Tho greatest need of the, average American vIHro Is a plain, old fash ioned housoclcanlng. It should have its race washed. Tho eyesores, dilapidated outhouses and a thousand and ono nuisances of the sort should be got rid of. The streets should bo kept clean. Orcr and above all thcrp should be mori artistic effects in the way of lawns, parks and shaded streets. With a movement of tills sort well under way the migration of city dwell ers into small village suburbs will not only, be noc'elerated, but there will bo a tendency 'for farmers to group them selves in the snmo'way. In many coun tries tho farms aroso arranged that several housos can bo built in a group. This facilitates social llfo and adds to tho conveniences. Tho perfecting of transportation fa cilities makes tho movement from the cities Intonthe little towns the more certain. All of thU renders still moro Important tho beautifying of the vll-lafie. God created the rivers and the hills, tho grass and the trees, tho fruits and the flowers, but plnced them at the dis posal of man, who must make the most of their varied and infinite possibili ties. Man himself thus becomes a sort of creator. The gardener can make a world of his own, shaping fresh com binations of beauty, bringing out novel qualities In plant, flower and fruit or reshaping them, as in tho case of Lu ther Burbank, into something wholly new. For covering verandas and arbors mnny persons In this country are now raising the Japanese kudzu vine. It is hardy and grows from forty to sixty feet in a slnglo season. The leaf is largo and the flowers pretty. The vino is adapted to the southern states, as in the north it dies down in winter and does not flower so well. The large, flpshy root grows Into most curious shnpos. In addition to being unparal leled for ornament and shade, the kud zu Tine has nu inner bark of tough fiber which is manufactured into fine, strong cloth and n root that yields ex cellent starch. He who creates a beautiful garden, lawn, park or landscape Is a benefac tor to his race. All who behold his work nro gladdened, blessed and made better. Others arc brought to emulate him, and they In turn create things of beauty to gladdeu other people and to create still more emulators. Thus his Influence for good, like the wave on the lake, goes out and out forever. It cannot be measured or limited in either time or plnce. It increases with a geometric ratio. It is impersonal, and the Impersonal benefactor is tho highest. The llfo of nun who creates ft garden gives out a sweet perfume like iui' creation. . . ' t I XX T T XX i T XX t f tt XX XX XX XX XX XX XX ( XX I ? ? tt T XX XX t tt XX tt I tt tt tt tt r tt t ? tt tt ? tt We Have a very Building Material large stock, of on Hand at this than We we are time in fact much more can handle satisfactorily anxious to dispose of it before the rainy season sets in and are there fore prepared to make liberal con- our prices ' ' cessions in We also have some excellent Stove and Furnace wood t r -tt-4-K-4tt'-K---4-K---K-tt-tt-tt-tt-K-tt-tt-X-K-tt-tt-K-tt-K-tt--K--tt-tt-tt--K-tt-- C. A. 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