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0 o o o o o o e 0 O o o o o o o l o 0 o o o o Semi-Weekly BandonRecorder, January 9) 1914 8 A NEW TYPE OF COUNTRY HOUSE Needs of the Times Stated by Dean of Illinois University. OUTLINES IMPROVEMENTS, Sanitation and Labor Saving Machin ery Ornamental' Planting Has Much to D With Making Rural Life More Attractive and the Plainest Home an Ideal Gardon Spot. Eugene Davenport, (lean of the col lege of nKrieulture. University of Illi nois In the St Louis Globe-Democrat Rives Home very Interesting views on tho question of Improving the coun try home. He says. In Roneral we nwl a new type of home architecture, better adapted to country conditions than are the types that hurt: been universally employed and that have come with more or less modlllcatlon from the towns. Tho country house should be relatively low nnd large and arranged with referenco to conducting the Inlwr of the home with the least possible outlay of ener gy bqth In travel and In heavy work. All labor matters should he considered nt this time by every one who contem plates building on the fnrm. and some of the newer designs that niny now be had should be carefully, studied by prospective builders before deciding on the Anal plans. nowevcr. relatively few houses nro erected In any one generation, and the principal Improvements that can now be made In country living will be In dependent of absolutely new const'ruc tlon.AIorcover. w.e want to attack first tliose which can be accomplished with' the least outlay of funds nnd sug gest'llnes of Improvoment Lines of Improvement. In general those lines may be rough ly sketched under three principal head ings sanitation. liilMir saving ma chinery and ornulncntal planting. Wherever pcoplo establish a perma nent residence there all questions of cleanliness' and health arc 'double both In dlfllculty nnd Importance. Th,e .disposal of the waste of tho home In such a way ns shall not en dnnger the health Is an almost Impos sible problem In the city. In the country It Is easily managed so easily that In the past it has been Ignored to a degree that him left typhoid and many other Infectious -diseases more ! prevalent In tho country than In the city; The time has come when some thing must be douu on this point, and proper sanitary sewage dlsposnt on tho farm Is one of the tlrsj questions that must be considered In improving tho conditions of country life Fortnnntely tho problem Is easily and cheaply solved.' Tho cost of a top bug gy Is In genurul sulllclent to supply tho country home with sanitary sew ago disposal equal to thnt of the best city residences. IJy labor saving machinery Is meant the outlining of the homo for doing tho,hcavy labor, especially of cleanlug with machinery that is competent to do the work and that compares some what favorably with that which is used on tho farm outside. This ma chinery is not simply labor saving; It Is necessary to tho conduct of tho business. Originally the reaper was Intended as a labor saving machine, but' It has become a necessity, for without It the harvesting of the Amer ican wheat crop would bo Impossible that Is to say. It would be Impossible, to securo the labor necessary to har vest tho American wheat crop by tho oldtlme methods, and wheat produc tion on the present scale Is possible only with modern harvesting ma chinery. Home Machinery. So It Is with the labor of the farm home. We have reached the time when this labor has become excessive,, and the Installation of proper machinery for doing the heaviest portions Is not simply a favor to the women of tho household; It has become an economic and social necessity in order that tho American farm women can dlschargu In safety to their health and in comfort to their everyday life tho obligations that are now resting upon them. Without a doubt the proper dlstrlbu? tlon of ornamental planting would do more to beautify country life than would any other means at our disposal. certainly with anything like a similar outlay of money. It Is the most dim- cult of all the "Improvements to ef fect, largely because wo are without proper Ideals of procedure and are ob sessed with the conviction that any' thing to be beautiful must be bought of an agent and grown In a nursery some distance away. When. It Is possible for country peo' pie to acquire really practical methods ofuslng native material, that which Is certainly iimdy. In moderate amounts. but In sulllclent quantities really to produce an effect, we can revolutionize the atmosphere of country homes, even the plainest of them. What Is needed ia not here and there n solitary treo or a bush fighting for life among the grass nnd. weeds, but masses TTf planting which make n background and a set ting for the house. In which case, majj tho house be ever so plain, the picture os n whole will give the feeling of homo. The problem of country living Is Its own problem, quite distinct from that of any other form of modern life. It Brest bo Btudled from Its own stand- foist, solved with Its own material, DIFFICULT "NAVAL F&T. Landing Big Field Guns on Shore by the Trolley Route. That the landing of held guns, and munitions of war ou shores which ves sels cannot approach closely is one of tho exciting tasks for the "men on the warships or tho world's great navies Is thrllllugly demonstrated. The maneu ver Is especially necessary In the na vies of the colonial powers, which must be In readiness to land fighting forces on nny of the unapproachable shores of their colonics. British, German and French sailors have long been trained in making such landings, and since the United States has become a colonial power the crews of American battle ships are likely to bo called upon for similar service. The battleship or transport carrying the guns anchors as near the shore as possible, and n cable Is stretched from the vessel's deck to a tripod derrick on shore. A two wheeled trolley funu which are suspended the various parts of'the guns Is drawn along the ntblo by a rope running lo the men on shore. The guns are dismounted, and several trljw me necessary to land all the parts of one gun. The most thrilling part of the work Is carried on by the men who ride on the load to keep It from sway ing or becoming unfastened from the trolley. Popular Mechanics. SECRET OF GOOD BREAD. Flour Should Pe Aged In a Dry, Well Ventilated Place. Here Is a secret that many house wives do not know and even some pro fessional bakers do not understand. Flour should be kept in a dry. well veutilated place. The temperature should be about 70. To make good bread Hour should bo .aged-that Is. It should be kept dry and preferably where the air can reach it. Some persons warm a sack of flour nnTi think that this- will dry and nge It. but such treatment does not reach the middle of the Hour. Experiment show that when Hour Is aged properly there is a slight loss of moisture, but the Hour will absorb more water, in one test n freshly ground sack of (lour after sixty days lost a little over one pound In weight, but It gained so much In nbsorptlon that It made a gain of several pounds in weight of dough over tho original weight Tho gluten, which Is the Ufo of the flour, also becomes more elastic, and the flour grows whiter. There Is no better way 'for the house keeper than to keep n, barrel or saek of flour where, it will be dry and exposed to the air and also (o keep a quantity of flour sifted and ready for use. New York Sun. Trivial Cause of "a'Bloody VVnr." In tho year U154 a Polish nobleman became obnoxious to the laws of his country by reason of his having com mitted a crime. lie 'fled to Sweden, whereupon .lohn Cuslmlr, -king of Po land, wrote to Charles Gustavus, king of, Sweden, demanding fho surrender of tho criminal. The king of Sweden on reading the dispatch noticed thnt his own naino nnd titles were follow ed by two "et ccteras," while tho uomo of the king of Poland was followed by three. The missing "et cetera" so enraged the king of Sweden that he at once declared war against Poland. The war was carried on with great bit terness until 10(10. when a peace was signed at OUvu. near Danzig, A con temporary writer iKocuowskyi poured out his lamentations on the war In these terms: "How dear has this 'et cetera' been to us! With how many lives have these two potentates paid for these missing eight letters! With what streams of blood has the failure of a few drops of Ink been avenged!" Oh, Wait Till He Roturnsl "Why. my dear," exclaimed the good friend on finding Mrs. -Vowed In Hoods of tears, "what Is the matter?" The young wife wiped her eyes nnd tried to compose herself and bo in humanly calm. "Well." she began, with folded hands, "you know John is away for a week." ' "Yes. dear," helped the lady friend. "Well, he writes to me regularly, and In his his last letter he tells mo he gets my photo out and kisses It ev ery day." "Hut that Is nothing for you to cry about!" exclaimed the good friend. "Yes, It is," cried Airs. Nowod, bursting Into tears afresh, "be-because I took my picture out of his ba-bag be before ho started Ju-Just for n jo-Joko and put one of mo-mo-inothcr's In Its' plneo!" Not Guilty. A woman said to her grocer: "I'm going to stop dealing vlth you. You mix bad butter with your good." But the grocer, locking very much hurt, replied: "Oh. madam, how can you misjudge me. so? It's true I sometimes mix a little good butter with my bad to mako it better, hut I'd never dream of mix ing bad butter with jny good to mako It worse!"-Philadelphia Bulletin. Cited HffP Authority. "Now, children, can you name any other creature that belongs to the brute creation?" "I can, teachcr."0 i o "Then name the creature.' "My papa. My mamma says so." Baltimore American. cl HqI Studied. 0 LouiseDoes o.vour husband 'treat you with a studied Indifference? .Tulhp No; his unconcern Is quite natural. Judge. 0 o Deferred duties, as a general row, wp neglected duties, mum tests lEMlWi LAW Miss Elsio Co Wolfe First to Fight Statute In the Courts. "VIOLATES COHSTITOTION." Graduated Scale Discriminates In Fa vor of the Very Wealthy, 8ays Dec laration Attorney Genoral Called Upon to Answer Allegations and Es tablish Precedent. Charges that the Income tax section of tho new tariff law constitutes class legislation and is unconstitutional have been made In a test suit filed In Chi cago against the Continental and Com mercial Tinst'und Savings .bank on be half of Miss IClsie De Wolfe of New tYork. The United Slates government prob ably will be asked to aid In defense of the bill, nccordlng to Levy Mayer, counsel for the bank, who said he would seek a conference with Attor ney General Mcfteynolds to discuss carrying the action to tho United States supremo court for n ruling. The declaration Hied for Miss De Wolfe alleges that tho tnx vlolatea tl.e llfth amendment to the constitu tion." in that It deprives her of proper ty without due process of law, and the fourteenth amendment In denying her equal protection under the Tmw. - Calls Graduated Scnlo Unjust The graduated scale of taxation, tho declaration alleges, discriminates un justly against persons of Incomes un der .SIOO.OOO n year, "usually gained from Industrial and artistic pursuits," in favor of those with Incomes moro than $100,000 a year. Miss I)e Wolfe retired Troiu the stage in 1005 and is at present in Paris. The suit was brought to compel tho bank to pay the interest on thirty bonds of a power company, which the bill stated the bank had declined to pay unless Miss De Wolfe Hied a cer tificate of ownership ns provided by tho Income tnx law. Damages of $1,000 nro asked In each of five counts. The plaintiff alleges that tho Income tax Is not uniform and that the law is therefore unconstitutional first be cause it is imposed on only 423,000 inn population of about 00,000,000, nnd tho persons who would pay tho tax have not consented to Its Imposition. - - The plaintiff points out thnt she, be ing an unmavtled woman, was subject not only to n tax of 1 per cent on her whole income In excess of f3.0O0, but was subject to an' additional tnx of 1 pet cent "on that portion exceeding $20,- 000 and less than $."0,000, nn oddltlonal 1 per cent between $50,000 nnd $75,000 and nn additional 1 per cent between $75,000 nnd $100,000. "Ftlcheet Pay Lower Rate." "On the other hand." the declaration sets forth, "If all persons whose In comes exceed $100,000 a year were taxed In the same proportion ns the plaintiff those with Incomes of $250, 000 would bo subject not to the oddl tlonal penalty of 5 per cent which this statuto Imposes, but 10 per cent; those with Incomes of $500,000 n year would be subject not to n penalty of 0 per cent but 20 per cent; those with In comes of $1,000,000 would be subject not to tho penalty of 7 per cent but 40 per cent and those with Incomes of $2,500,000 and over, instead of being subject to the penalty of 7 per cent which the statute Imposes, would be compelled to pay 100 per cent that Is, tho entire excess of their incomes over $2,500,000-lnto the public treasury." Incomes ranging from $3,000 to $100, 000 a year were mainly the fruits of laborious Industry, the declaration wid en!, and usually tho entire Incomes were expended by those who earned theiu in supporting their families, while in comes exceeding $100,000 were enjoyed mainly by persons of enormous fortune who collected them without pecuniary risk, serious responsibility or fruitful lubor. CARNEGIE "POOR," IS REPORT. Plan to Save $25,000,000 Abandoned to Have Own Way Mbout Bequests. Andrew Carnegie lias given nway all his fortune with the exception of $15, 000,000, according to n Wall street correspondent for a Boston news bu reau. Tho story Is that Mr. Carnegie had planned to save $25,000,000. but found that as some of the trustees of his various funds differed with him on some of his Ideas he wns forcedto take $10,000,000 from his prlvato for tune In order to huve his own way about certain bequests. The remaining $15,000,000 fortune is declared to exist lu tho form of bonds of the United States Steel corporation. "Of course," says the news bureau story, "he has provided handsomely for Mrs. Cnruegle and Miss Carnegie, but lie has glyeu away nearly all those millions upon ifllllions of United States steel corporation bonds!" 0 , Heart Displaced, Writes Backward. Birmingham. England, physicians were puzzled nt the case of abnormali ty on the part of a girl who Insisted upon doing everything backward, writ ing from right to left until 'an X ray examination revealed the fact that her heart is on the right side, and some of her other organs. Including the brain are also displaced. HIGHLY COLORED HILARITY. Queer Kind of Fun That Goes Wh One Hindu Festival. Tho "Holl Festival," as celebrated annually by the uinharnja of Pauala. India, Is described by Charles Ber tram in his volume, "A Magician la Many Lauds." Mr. Bertram writes: "Early in tho morning I went to the club, where I found many of tho guests, who we'ro taking part in tho ceremony for the first time. Wo were provided with a complcto new suit of Hindu garments, and our dressing was superintended by tho mnharaju's servants. We had camels, elephants and victorias provided for us. 1 wns on an elephant in a kind of box, and wo drove in procession to tho palaco of the natlvo city. "We were received with great ac claim by tho natives, nnd I was led to believe that It wan to be decidedly a dignified occasion, but I was woefully mistaken. The fun had not begun. Certain formalities bad to be gone "through before the signal was given. "Wo took our seats In the courtyard of the palace nt n long table that wns loaded with lai-ge gilt dishes filled with dlf.crent colored balls ns large ns or anges and filled with holl powder. At a signal the brother of the maharnja came to the front of tho table nnd sa laamed to the prince, who took one of the balls and threw it gently across the table, striking the officer on the breast, "The ball broke nnd scattered the powder over his costume. Then thoro was a general scramble, nnd In less time than It takes to write hundreds of balls were flying about their many colored contents scattered broadcast on the crowd. Next baskets of loose powder were thrown upon us in hand fills. "It was no use to expostulate: tbe moment you opened your mouth some body tilled It with powder. Tho battlo grew fast and furious, when suddenly an enormous stream of water from n Are engine drenched everybody. The colored powders became wet and. min gling together, dyed us all in brilliant ly variegated hues. "After this sort of thing had gone on for half an hour It ceased by mutual consent and we returned to the pri vate gardens of the malmraja, where we were most unceremoniously pitch ed into n tank of running wnter. I was dyed n deep scarlet all over my body, and It was fully a month before tho color entirely disappeared from my faco nnd hands." Maddening Calmness. ,A New Yorker who had planned a week end trip with his wife fumed and fretted without avail on tho morn ing set for their departure because she made such slow progress In getting ready for the Journey. At last he fairly dragged her from the bouse and Into a waiting tnxlcnb, although she kept protesting that there was no occasion for hurry, as they had plenty of time. Arrived at tho.stution, the couple dash ed for their train and were just in time" to sec it pulling out "There." said' the irate husband, "didn't I tell you- that we'd never catch that train on account of you?" "Yes," said his philosophic spouse calmly, "but wo didn't miss it by much." Now York Tribune. London's Kennel Club. Tho London Kennel club has pedi grees of 500,000 dogs on file. The club wns organized in 1873. At the annual show of tho Kennel club in London about $40,000 is awarded in prizes. A committee of the club meets twice n month, nnd the chairman and mem nori nf the committee sit as judges and Jury in every disputed case passed up to them by tho judges or suowb. Witnesses, nro called in the ordinary wny and sometimes the sentences nrc very severe. Not Infrequently the owners of dogs are prohibited from over taking part in a show afterward. He Unburdens Himself. "Can you bear It If 1 tell you some thing serious?" ventured tho young husband. s "Yes. Don't keep anything from me!" gasped the bride. "Remember, this does not mean that my love Tor you is growing less." "Don't break my heart What Is It?" "Well, my dear. I'm getting tired of angel food every day for dinner. Would It bo too much to nsk you to have liver and onions"" Kansas City Journal. Ocean Derelicts. Abandoned vessels have often float ed for many months waterlogged, but carried far by winds and currents. There wbb the Fnnny B. Wolston, de serted on Oct 15. 1801. which traveled aliout 4,000 miles before she wns last reported In December. 1803. And tho W. L. White was a derelict from 1888, when she wns near New York, till Bho ran ashore on the Hebrides a year later. Forty vessols saw her, but could not sink her. Cruel Hazing. "Ilnve you heard whnt Mabel's fra ternity did to her?" "They have terrible initiations, 1 un derstand." "That's what They ordered her to help her mother with the dishes for a month." Washington Herald. Relatives of Success. Luck and Industry met on the high way of life. "I understand we are re Inted," remnrked Luck. "Yes. Ih n sqrt of n wny," replied Industry. "1 am the, mother of Suc cess, while you nre n dLstant relative." Philadelphia Record. 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