f i "m 1
i (i. .w.u' .
'" lS.it.lV:-r." j A Department r.rvo(ctJ to v mage
p to .' H'MitTov r.'i'n
... . . . . .at.-u. jk L..n la lnurk avllai 1 l.a Ar4ta)
IlrMI4itltil"l''t"u""a4,"'''u"J"' '
"'"wW U fclnT dflM In Vnr Iowa mcnr .n.1l In.lu.trlra and
Are lour lorel fcbsnU rll"ll the euKrt if In total trail T
h. JjMor ll lIU a rlm"ul a4 e ar ! place to Ibeee
tut a mm.
Hi local Uaadlaop.
Tim rrophct I without honor tn id
own country. Ho ibe vllhigt and mll
town are without coundeuce ttt their
own reaounv. We fc'i-t fuiuiliiir
with lliliitf" nlwut u Hint we re
a at to miilcrralo their value. It ta
f it a ntHinrjr fors ttl hi ranger to
mm iki ul hnw u the iel;vlotl
opportunities that have Imk u under our
no tinman for ycnr.
Tli writer while pursuing wtni In-
dltatrllll IUVl'tlftlill llll'l KTHllll t
ilt thrifty 1 1 1 1 It -lty In t "iitti
vnt. It l n cM town tlmt tin llt-r-iilly
Ihi-u f.iroI to tin front Uy tl'
rt'wiiir of (li'v.niiiifiit mid iiorlliiTn
fiH-nry. Hit t'l" tn five rnilroiitlrt,
1 Miiiliitlin of :n,i)0 ami a nuinlxT of
uiuUt-ru buliaiiit. Mill the uutlres
HOUSE AND BARN FOIt
WatrrtowD,
tAf rpr fullv rcnIl7.Hl tho
a 1 1. or iii ill are rtonlilful iiml
WHdiili loun. Ahmit four yenr ano. h-
fore tho title of liiimltfratlon ana t npi
l Ill tllU'fl
(l I "
atrniiBiT from tho North tliifttnl Into
thin imrt ciilar city, no wn ju-i
t-ln.blmr arollMil with DO HIM-Clal lllir
pone In view. A rurhmoiie r-'iil oniute
lirokor had on his tlt a tract of bottom
land, tlmlMMvd, but worthltnn on ac-
I ftlKMlA. TlllH III ml
, lm.l hawkfd aUiut tho stroot for
75c pir acre, but found no takorn
anions the homo dtHMilHtSrn. Tho
tract was "no jrood." It wan offcrtnl
to thin atronifcr for $1.00 per aero.
M-.,t.t ha i.mir nt it? Yon. lie looked
It over, examined every acre of It
camo hnck to town nna uanueu "
$10,000 for the worthless tract. Orent
wad the Joy of the natives who were
lined up at the various bars, to drink
to the health of the "Rucker." But
the wicker returned In about a month
with another capitnllxt from the North
and sold thin worthier tract for $:),
000. But thli wnn not all. Wltmn
ninety dnvn the second auckrr broiiKht
a third and Wld him tho tlmhe? aloi.o
for $r.0,O()0. And then tlie local
bankers and conservative capItnllHi
kicked themselves for not thinking of
It.
For years people have been leaving
Arkansas and Missouri Koinn west
looking for opiortunltlos. To-tlay
stranRers are taklm? their places and
Undlng money on every bush. The
new-comers are simply developing the
resources which the natives failed to
recognize.
This prlncltrfe holds true of a m
Jorltv of Indlvldutils in every com
munity. We ore too near to see tho
opportunities nt our feet. We pass
them over and leave them for some
one to pick up.
The twentieth century for the United
States nt least will ho a time of con
centration rather than expansion. A
ctntury of rural development anil
liome-huildlng. Aa has been indicated
the people must ret buck to fie 1 1'"1.
end Industrial Institutions to reach
tl Ir best development must give the
worker a chance for o home.
Tha Value of a Good Garden.
Many people fall to realize the
great value of a thrifty, well-kept
garden. Even an Inferior one Is much
better than none. Vegetables are In
dispensable to a family, so far as
health Is concerned, to sny nothing of
the money saved by not having to buy
so much flour and so ninny groceries.
It would seem that every man
ehould manage to obtnin a piece of
ground and see that it becomes well
fertilized and enriched nnd then put
nntler a thorough state of cultivation
before trvlng to plant the seeds. It
only costs a little to buy enough seeds
for quite a good-Hi.ed garden.,
THE HOMECROFT
From St. Pant Prtnl.
By way of affording a practical ob
ject lesson in the "Homecroft" idea,
George H. Maxwell haa acquired fifty
acres of ground at Watertown, Mass.
v, n t-Viirttr minutes bv rail-
.caa v-- -
road or forty-five minutes by trolley
from the center oi xtoaiou
will be broken up Into small "cref ts"
for city workers. There, it is to be
presumed, will be illustrated, by de
.11 tit a iUffsrant nil uses of bet-
1 LtJ - 1
. to a -n t Tu-hlch character .ze tne
homecroft as compared with the
tenement-house Idea, in tts applica-i.-
Ufa nf ttiA n-varsire Ameri-
V1UU -J W ' , , ' , ,
can wage-earner; especially he whose
weekly stipend comes from worn in
eity shop or store or factory. Among
I "
ti'V Y
.....
THE HOMECROFTERS' GILD.
To Eonbls iVopj to Lire la ThuJr
Owa Uuiuo and oa m 1'lcce of
Tiwir Own load.
CaiXCS FOR FACTORY WORKERS
"fvery Child In Garden end Every
Mother In llomccroft" l the
Motto of the Organlxatlon-A Hun
dred Children at Wark In the Unt
School Garden t Watcrtown, Mast.
KIJWAUD T. HAItTMAN
At WatiTtowu, iluuhUHtnt, thi-re
In Im'Iii put umh r way wtmt mvm to
ho uuu uf tUu uioHt auuv an J iriulliul
IIOMECUOFT VILLAGER
Aiass.
solutions of many of the problems of
modern city life ever attempted In this
country. It Is In line with the best
enterprise for solving the questions of
housing, sanitation, ihiiichuou mm
morals. As such It should command
the attention and co-operation of all
constructive hocIuI workers.
The ITomeorofters Gild offers garden
work nnd crnnsmansnip
tut for the street corner, the cheap
vli iw u ml the saloon. And It offers In
..i. in i.... I,..,. tiii I'fintniii incut and
niilmtantlal Increase In Income to the
workers. Tho Increase takes a practi
cal form In the shnpo of health from
work In tho air, from fresh vegetables
and fruits, from a clean environment
and from absence of bad habits; from
money saved from useless pastimes;
from absence of doctors' bills and from
a direct return In the way of com
modities for use In the home or for
sale.
Tho founder and main supporter of
the movement Is Mr. George II. Max
well, editor of Maxwell's Talisman apd
......I.,- nt ti.o 'nt Winn I Irrigation
llfllllltll . ' '
Movement. As a student of social con
ditions, Mr. Maxwell has conciuuoa
..n...m iii.ttli'monts nnd similar
11111b VI.H p,VJ
movements merely scratch the upper
surface or the promem aim nil uueny
to get under It nnd crowd It out with
a better condition. iiis creeu in,
"Every child In a garden, every motner
i.. a iwiiui.mvift nmi individual. In
dustrial Independence for every worker
In a home of his own on uie inna.
MEANING OP IIOMECUOFT.
rv, ntniv! "TTompcroft" Tibs been
coined bv Mr. Maxwell to fit the thing
he has in mind. The Scotch word
"croft" means a very small piece or
Inrwt fnrmod ItltotlHlvplV bv Its OCCU-
pant but not large enough to yield him
iu.iwr ami nnntitltiitn him a farmer.
The Homecrofter, therefore, under the
'ondltlons being developed, is a taijor-
i.,.. n..in .i, .ri.' aklllcil xrtisan or what
not, who supplements his regular In
come by, and spends his spare time In,
work on the land. His children may
likewise be employed out of school
hours nnd at other times when they
would otherwise be on the street or
forced into some one of the street
trades to help malutuln the home. For
the children the advantages nre ob
vious. Healthy exercise in the open
air for a purpose, fresh vegetables and
other products, and occupation, are
substituted for spasmodic exercise
under bud conditions, stale vegetables
or none ai un, nuu uie gnus-
It can be demonstrated that the
ordinary factory worker op from one
half acre to an acre of laud can earn
actually more In the odd time given
to his garden than he does from his
regular work, taking It hour for hour.
The other advantages are evident.
THE GII.niIAI.Ii AND SHOPS.
As a foundation for the Gild the
Wilson estate at 143 Main St. Water-
VS. THE TENEMENT.
such betterments, either already
demonstrated or anticipated, are
tnese:
1. Healthier home surroundings,
air, sunlight, trees, fl vers; room
fnr- rrillHrpn tft errn-m Tin without COT1-
tnet urttli tlia rrmt.iimina.tjne' in
fluences of crowded city streets and
tenements.
2. Diversity in employment and
'haaltrlfnl TBprPBtlnn for th WSffS-
earner himself, nd wholesome op
portunity for his w.ile and e dren
to contribute to the family in
nma in tn fmltt-tr-ntinn of an acre.
more or less, of ground. This would
enable him, especiauy, to Keep ms
girls at noma, instead ox cuuiu5
i
town, but bet-n p u riband and coo
tftfrt.il linn a (iililliall ami li.H' I"'
handirritft brk. Tim Innd srotiod Hit
tiouite tint prai-t k ail all l u appro
1 r I it t lo the UM uf Knrdtfl) at iimil
and laid out la children gaolftia.
T.c c:rrctor cf its ssricna ss iiv t
J.llfcalH-lh H. Hill of ttrutou. who
)er conducted lht Uliuul gurdfUi lu
ItrtKikliiiD and Urotou. Over a huu
dri'd children nr already at work and
iimiiv iiiori. aluiiMt two huinlrixl la all.
have applied for hphiv. It la au Inter
fttlrig nlKlit, and a Mur cmmiieiitiiry
mi hup mil. lie aihiMil atnti'iii. to at-
th wlntful lsk of Hi rhlldrnu "not
lu II' aa they watch the fori una l ou
Bn,l iiiniiir of th hiMtructora an to
linw linn? ilii-p will hav to wait
tiiy children not conntH-ted with th
atlitMtl waicn th workers and play ou
lb grounils, ao ttutt It Im btcoiua a
chllUn u'a ct-tiier for th town.
The opening or th garden school ha
aroused un Intereitt Biiuuiit other prl
vat organization In the itflghlMirhtiot
and the Women' t'luh of Watcrtown
tins pHtiibllHhcd another garden achotd,
also under Mis Hill' aniMTVlaltm,
I mill another oiienetl by the Women
Hoclnl Hclenc Club of Newton, win we
garden I ou Jackaou Itoad near Non
a :i ui in.
On th outer Ismndrj of the town,
th old Kiiierson Mute ha been pure-hinted
and set aside a a garden
school for lioya and even men who de
aire to do practical work. Th plot In
thl garth-u re large enough to iernilt
uf practical experiment and to even
supply quite a quantity of vegetable,
which each gardener Is allowed to ap
propriate to hi own use. The only
requirement 1 that each gnrdeuer pro
vide hi own tool and seed sud pay
Htilllclent attention to the Instruction
and tti his work to keep hi plot In fair
condition aud In harmony with the
garden a whole. There 1 in this
garden plenty of space not taken and
It olTers a unique nnd valuable oppor
tunity for auy on desiring auch work.
Tin garden la supervised by a young
man with practical exitcrlence lu
market gardening.
WEAVE UEAT'TTFTL THINGS.
The weaving department, the only
handicraft department as yet de
veloped In th (Slid. I supervised by
Alls J. A. Turner, formerly with the
experiment station for the blind In
Cambridge. Mis Turner, assisted by
her sister, bus several loom l'idv
In working ord.-r und Instruction has
been taken up. The aim of the work
In weaving, a It will be In other home
craft work. 1 not to have a weav
ing establishment for the production of
eoods. hut to conduct a school In
weaving and design where women In
the commuulty may learn to do work
which ninv le carried on in their
homes. This, as in the case of the
rfift vnrli. will onntile them to OCCUDV
spare time, which would be otherwise
wasted or Improperly spent, m con
I. Wnlthv and remunerative em
ployment. It Is hojied and believed
that such work will enable many
women who have to supplement their
Income to do It in their Homes ana noi
be forced Into fuctories and other un
satisfactory conditions. A system will
be developed whereby looms will be
supplied by and the product sold
through the Gild. By this method ex
penses will be kept at a minimuna and
the highest profit accrue to the
workers.
HOME LANDS IN SMALL
PARCELS.
The more far-reaching and substan
tial feature of the movement Is
the acquisition and subdivision or,
land Into small tracts for actual croft
purpose as outlined above. This close
iv n.unmliloH the sell cm ps develoned In
Ultchla, Port Sunlight, Bournville and
Looking Across
Tract, Showing
Growth of Barley
Raised Thla Year.
Irrigation Canal
Furnishing Water
tor Tract.
f V ' 1 '
v I .iA,, j .
SCENES IN OUTSKIRTS OF PHOENIX. ARIZONA. SHOW .NO SITE FOR
FIRST ARIZONA HOMECROFT VILLAGE.
elsewhere In England. It will not be
out of place to outline the Bournville
plan which Is Identical in many re
spects and has been carried out to an
assured success. - This model village
was started in 1879 when Messrs. Cad-
bury Bros, removed their wonts ironi
fhitm tn ftth TunHirw or shot).
3. Reliable occupation arl sup
port for the wage-ear sr himself, in
lease of a temporary loss of his regu-
iim tuijj.v j,M...
intBtiatvelv cultivated and irrigated,
I.. .mnlnvmatit An ACTA OI ETOUllU.
!will support a family.
4. Opportunity to set up, in the
homecroft, little handicrafts for the
products of which there is a constant
demand: such as special lines of
weaving, knitting, rugmaklng, cah
inetmaking, basket weaving, turning
in wood or bone, instrument making,
maniifactnrars of leather, eloves.
etc., etc. The distribution of power
from electric wires, or the use of lit-
tia o-ncnHne engines, in Tillage i oi
homecrofters, may demonstrate that
tit a rnnrantration of thousands of
wnrVar In exeat factories is not,
after all, in a great many lines of In
i
itirt..im't.iiiti tfli fmltit fuur mile frtxu
ill city aud erttl tw?utr-fuur
bun for Ut workmen. Mr. ueorg
fadiitiry, from Mm; observation and
eiprrlruc. concluded tiiitt the only
prai tUal way lu tlve tb problem war
j?, t! f"t"'7 ""rT '" '
land Where b uilubt puru th ua
ttirl and btwhhy re n uliuu of rdcn
lug fay Mr. W. Al.-iuud.-r llnr-
lu M look ou Uournvllle. "It w -INMtsitde
for workliuf men to it health j
and have healthy children, when after
being conlllied all dsy In fitttort.- tbfy
siit their wvenltig In au litstltut,
club room or pulilic Ijuum. If II wr
tirttiuMtry fur their health, a H
doubtedly , Uiat Uey should get
View lo
Orchard,
Bbowlu
Trolley Llo
by Wbleb
Boitoa ui
IlMt'DKd.
la Forty-UTS
Mloutct.
i : . (- ' I 'j, " Vtl '
LANDS AT WATERTOWN. MASS, THAT WILL BB SCBDinDED
FOR HOMECROFT VILLAGE.
fresh air. It was equally to the advant
age of their moral life that they should
be brought Into contact with nature.
There was an advantage, too. in bring
ing the worklncman on to the land,
for Instead of bis losing money In the
"amusements usually sought In the
towns, he saved It In his garden protl
u,,p a great consideration where the
poorer class of workman was con
cerned." And nguln. "The cultivation
of the soli Is certainly the best anti
dote to sedentary occupation of those
working in large towns. A primitive
Instinct is lnduged, the full value of
which (eems hardly yet to have been
realized. Many believe. Indeed, that
with Its encouragement the abuse of
the social club aud the public-house
will be materially lessened, and one of
the greatest social evils of the time
disappear. (The experience of Bourn
ville certainly gives support to this
conclusion, for nearly every house
holder there spends his leisure in gard
ening, and there Is not a single licensed
house In the village.)"
SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR
A HOUSE.
The houses of Bournville were built
with special reference to cheapness,
artistic development, sanitation and
convenience. At a cost of from $700
to $2500 each a much higher grade of
home than the workers had been ac
customed to was provided. Rents
range from 4s. 6d. to I2s. per week,
not including rates; and the death rate
of nineteen per thousand in Birming
ham has been reduced to six and nine-
dustry, a necessity for the -ttainment
of the best results.
5. A growth of cd-operatlon, which
wiii give to tne nomecroit serae
matit all fha nd vantages of the ci J
in at-hnnla. libraries, hospitals, enter
tainment halls, water supply, electric
lights, improved roads, etc.; wnue
the cultivation of each separate acre
or 'croft' will be facilitated by the
co-operative ownership of the numer
ous expensive nieces or iarra ma
chinery now to be found on the best
larere farms, but which could not be
afforded by the individual crofter.
6. The fosterine of a sturdy, Inde-
I pendent individualism, to hich
nothiner contributes so mue as tne
ownership of a home and a conscious
npss thnt one can "make a living"
iregardless of any boss.
Concurrently with sucn Betterments
tenttia t-r ttiniiKnnd ill I'.oun.v ill-.
Tl garUiU f.-aturea lu lUiuiutillc are
iJlnlilitil Willi iiimh tr ptoitaitm lit
uioat t ttitet ix-iog tuttd for eoiite In,
Bower, vegetal ilea and fruit.
To rHuui t the 11U rtifter t!l!d.
liut i mm l.lii.. I .,.l in
Mr. Mittiir plan. In that h aitnt
to attach lo each home etto 3.- land to
miike It a feature and iut inertly an
liicldfiit In tin life of tti worker, and
U la added th cruft work for wo
men and for men kit lit winter, lie
already hit under way plan tor au
taperituentul group of four bUe
under on rtMjf, to l planil at the
ceutr of a aquare t a to m-cur the
grealt-t ecuuotujF of space and pluee
K Sonny Slope
Cor Uerrlt
and 'egr
tablr.
the worker in direct contact with his
land. These plan are being prepared
by Mr. Alien W. Jackson, the archi
tect
Rnmotlitno' vctr fiftv acres of land
have already been purchased for subdi
vision nmi Imrirovement. This will be
sold to worklngmen for homes for prac
tically what It cost in large tra.is, pius
the Cot of division ami improvement
A special plan is to sell homes to In
dustrious working men on a long
time, on the monthly Instalment plan,
at a rate which will be no more than Is
11 v mi Id In rpnt. but which will
create a sinking fund that will pay
the purchase price and In the mean
time carry what win amount to an in
surance policy covering the amount of
the purchase price remaining due, so
thnf if tho nnrchnspr should die the
nronertv would tro to his family with
out further payment
FOLLOWS SUCCESSFUL ENGLISH
PLAN. -The
movement Is not Intended to be
an Isolated one as the snops ana
gardens are open to any one w ho will
use them in the right way. Mr. Max-n-pll
fpls thnt Isolation has been the
cause of failure In such attempts and
that the people or tne community must
themselves become a part or sucn a
t- If It Is to succeed. Here
again the scheme resembles that of
Bournville. There, though practically
Ui the houses have been built by the
management only forty-one and two
tenths per cent of the occupants work
in the village. Eighteen and six-tenths
per cent, work In villages within a
mile and forty and two-tenths per cent,
work in Birmingham. Fifty and
seven-tenths per cent, of them are em
ployed at Indoor work In factories,
thirteen and three-tenths per cent, are
clerks and travellers, and thirty-six
per cent, are skilled workers and pro
fessional men. By this arrangement
a normal community life Is main
tained. The Homecroft Gild is being
developed along the same lines.
OVERCOMING PHYSICAL;
DEGENERACY,
m,,-. rn,i to tint mnfclne the mistake
lur ' "
of trying to make farmers pure and
it f,f nltv workers. Such a
hard and fast line between city and
countrv will always lead to failure.
Mr. Maxwell says: "Give the city
-n--iri.-or a linmf ill the suburbs, where
he can have' a garden and a poultry
vard. and where nis ennuren ran uarc
cnnoiiino nmi fresh air without stint,
o rwl in-ill Tnnvp inrcplv done away with
the terrible evils that are cursing the
1.11T111.1 -i v. .
our great cities physical degeneracy
tnWnna tiii fnn2-pste(i Quarters oi
tnk.mn na 1 (171,1 ROC III 1. U1U1HI. HUU
political dangers too numerous to be
enumerated. rienry tv. wuuj de
scribed the antithesis when he said,
i.n.u niti.m otoTiriinir In the doorway
of his home contented on this thres
holdhis family gatnerea bdoui uib
hearthstone while the evening of a
iidv closes in scenes and
sounds that are dearest he shall save
the republic when the arum tap is
futile and the barracks are exhausted.
m.. iTmnnmft fin,! tins other dans
1 11,: lHJini v iu . . .
t i mm od n to contemmauuu. aicoi.
'in the condition of the wage-earner,
trie eeneral carrvine out of the home
croft idea would relieve the con
gestion of population in cities, and
greatly assist in their development
aloni? those lines which are o much
better than mere bigness. A hun-
jj a ml vr a million neorde
U1CU (1U1A3(...U
living on small tracts of land, wi in
an hour's ride of a city would make
fT mora business for the city, Of
(every desirable kind, than the same
number closely pacsea m ."
The "homecroft" experiment not
A ujt. tnA sfittlement lost-
ZO UO 11111 1 I TL. 1U -
Lred by Mr. Maxwell near Boston.
The idea combines wnn i ,"66 C
a -Kattrmant3 the prOD-
ability of very satisfactory re.urns
to the owners of vacant lands, near
cities, who may be disposed to ex
periment with it
Itioenlx. Arl..ui. a farm of one U
died u 1.. I ity acre h.i ln tun..-.,
into a liometroM iila(;. Ibr httid 1
r-iN-vialiy aiUiiled lo rainiuij
laoie and I Uleler one of t!il beat
water rtghu lu th rctiioa. l ive t.-
Irarla Urn .. m-r--
Tb new govei timetit rtwtvolr
halt Uttfer and dilteu Wells ou the
properly, limine a permanent supply
of water for Irlit;itlloU and therefore
uiif.illiiisj t r.ip.
The iiiiibrtitkltig. whil practlenl
aud roiiatruciir In every eue, me
Iniended rather a model to lio
what ran In dmi In any coinniuiiity
lu tlit country, Japau. with iity
iwteii (ht cent, of her total population
working la part or entirely ou the bind,
ha Ucutue a htnd of garden where
hopele poverty U a 1 1 n -t tinkieu
and when t jlierculiwls I a nei.l..M bit
quantity. America can take car of
It hopt-lctt thouxitnd iu the sain
way, first by putting htie Into them
and then by putting them where they
may attain It, It I to the promoter
of our rreat Industrie that we mini
look for help In great part, but public
sentiment and sympathy will move the
promoter and reach the problem.
The Homecrofter Gild promise a
start which ought lo weld together tie
country and the city into one Inde
structible whole and, supplemented by
proper charity administration and nunc
vugrancy laws, remove entirely the
possibility even of a "submerged
tentu."
Parking for the Tovra,
The town parks, or the town or
village square are the lungs of It
citizens.
If the town Is growing, it Is noae too
noon to start a movement to provide
for the securing of ample town park
ing. The land i increasing; when the
town has doubled and has become a
small city. It will not be so easy to
secure site, readily accessible to the
people, without paying an exorbitant
price. Secure first the land; it is not
Important that a large amount of
money nhould be nt orice expended
uon Its beautitlcation. possibly it
needs but little, since nature may have
made It more beautiful than can man.
It Is not necessary that it should lie
transformed Into carpet beds of
flowers and trimly kept lawns. If it
affords sunlight and a green relic" of
urns and trees for the eye. It becomes
a civillzer and ou equalizer, for the
poor as well as the wealthy, a restinst
place where a man may forget, for
the time, some or His gtruL'Cios aim
his anxieties In a contemplation of
what God has made.
The park should be kept. In fact, as
natural as Is consistent w ith its use a
such. It Is never too early, however,
to secure its site, with a view to the
building up of the community, when
land values will necessarily increase.
Distribution of Immigrants, the
Solution.
If there were only some practicable
way of distributing immigration mora
ami a lltr nmnnc all th DOrtS Of the
country the congestion and segra-
gation phases or this promem wouia ou
nearer solution. It can be accom
plished in but a small degree, since it
will only be done if answering au
economic demand, as In the case of
the Galveston-Bremen service. Wlsa
nr.ii Troll nrtmnized effort to Induce
Immigrants to pass through the large
ports by finding ana insuring uieai
tho interior and by in-
CIU.UJ - -
forming them of opportunities else
where, Will OO mucn to improve iui
dltions. The self-interest of states,
moniT nt xchich maintain immigration
agencies, might also be brought mora
generally into play to attract the In
dustrious and ambitious new comers
to their farms and smaller towna.
Improving School Grounds.
In Rochester; N. Y the school
authorities grade and sod the school
yards, while the shrubbery and othei
planting Is by private effort in con
junction with the school children.
Ample land is furnished for decorative
playground purposes, and most exemp
lary results have been obtained.
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