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Making Shady Roads for ture Generations. If young lovers of the futui not take to the air for their sur joy rides, they will find ideal c< lions for romanee by driving ? the highways of Minnesota. I smooth stretches of road, shady ] and stately trees-all will be tl Minnesota is building a 7,000 state trunk highway system, ar lining the roads with trees. "A state of tree-lined highway such is the goal of W. T. Cox, s forester, who has set out.to pre Minnesota for this rather plea distinction. During the past year, the co-operation of the State H way Department and interested izens, he has planted 30,000 t along the highways of Minnesota, that's only a start. As quickly as sible, he is to plant trees along the 7,000 miles of the state ti highway system. It will take s years to finish the job, and req many thousands of trees. After .he hopes to extend the work to the local and connecting roads. E\ highway in Minnesota lined \ trees-that is the ultimate go?l. Consider the prospect, a paved gravel road through a continu lane of trees. Sounds inviting, doe it? So it did last spring when Cox launched his campaign. C and commercial organizations "w quick to join in the movement, ?were the municipalities. The 1 Scouts arid the American Legion thusiastically took up tree plan ti All Mr. Cox and his assistants 1 to do was to furnish the trees, found everybody ready to put th out. In fact, he couldn't begin to s ply the demand. Because of this co-op?ration ? partly because of a fortunate p chase, planting one of those trees the side of a Minnesota road c the state just a little more than t cents. For $678, it planted trees alo more than 100 miles of highways, a retained a generous number for : placement next year, t Now, there's a valuable lesson that, not only for Minnesota, but i other states. It suggests a most eff< tive way of making our highways i tractive, almost without cost, and the same time it constitutes a sple did illustration of reforestation, n< so much needed in this country. Suppose we look into the future bit and see what we may expect frc $678. In the highway planting in Mi nesota this year, black walnut w used. Later, other varieties of tre are to be planted, depending upi conditions in the localities where t planting is done. But the first yeai work was confined to black wain trees, which were set out in Sout ern Minnesota. In 20 or 30 years, these highwa; will be lined with fine, big trees. Fi that $678, the state will have mo: than 100 miles of roads borden with attractive trees. Nor will the in provement be of passing raoraen The walnut trees will live from 15 to 200 years, according to Mr. Co: The ether varieties selected for higl way planting likewise are long livei Thus, one of these two-cent trees wi go on shedding its benefits upon sui ceeding generations. Indeed, linin .highways with trees makes a ver impressive monument for the futun P. O. Anderson, silvicu?turist o the Minnesota Forest Service, put th case this way: . , . "Trees along the roadside protec the traveler from the direct glare o the sun and the hot, dry winds o summer. A journey through a regioi barren of tree growth will soon con vince anyone that roadside plantinj is almost as necessary as road im provement. It increases the value o: the state as soon as such a planting ii started, and it continues to <increas< it yearly as the trees grow. The peo pie are beginning ito appreciate this I have known road commissioner! even to leave individual trees in tht center of the road,* and no interfer ence with traffic has resulted." But beautification of the roads, de desirable as that may be, is not the only idea back of the movement. Pro viding for the comfort of the future traveler is something. Raising wal nuts for him may be of some mo ment. But there is something else back oil the program. "We want to make the roads at tractive" Mr. Cox said. "But in ad dition to that, we want to encourage people generally to plant .trees. Ev ery man who plants a tree becomes a friend of f orestry in other lines, and right now we cannot have too many people interested in planting trees. We must plant more trees. We should have more trees on the farms, and there are vast areas of cut-over timber lands that need to be re forested. "Twenty years ago, Minnesota was at the top of the timber-producing ?tates. Now, it is sending out of the state $30,000,000 a year for timber products. . We are hauling timber 1,000 to 2,000 miles from the west coast or the South. Take Iowa, for example. Iowa pays -$18 freight, a thousand feet, or something like that, to get its lumber from the coast, whereas, it might get it from Minne sota at $4 if we had it. "Now, we can just as well raise all our own timber, and have some for J export. If. we stop the fires, adopt conserving methods of logging, and (reforest, we can supply Iowa, Illinois and the Dakotas with great quanti ties of timber. For every $12 spent now in the planting of an acre of for est, there will be a saving in imports of approximately $1,200 for Minne sota in 40 years. "Timber is being cut over and de stroyed in Minnesota at the rate of 200,000 acres a year, while only 100, 000 acres are being deared. The ori ginal stands of old timber in the state are few and far between. At the present rate, it will be practical ly all cut over in 15 years or so. Un less more planting is done and the forests protected from fire, 20 years will see Minnesota practically elimi nated as a lumber-producing state. The timber we havi? now is inade quate to stand the constant drain of eastern and middle-western con sumption. ' "So, you may see why we are so anxious to encourage the planting of trees in every way we can. Of course, we have grea'; areas of young timber coming up, but many thou sands of acres are barren because of improper logging or subsequent fires. Much of this cut-over land is unsuit able for farming ard should be re forested. "We have wasted areas of timber. This is true not only of Minnesota, but of nearly all states which once had great forests. We have allowed the forests to be logged clean, instead of preserving the young timber, and fires h?ve destroyed big areas. "It's time we did something definite to reforest these lands. We need to realize in this country that timber is a valuable crop. Eur, orean countries have reforested lands that for cen turies were regarded ?is untillable and only waste. There ar>? forests in Eu rope that have been furnishing tim ber for hundreds of years, and they have just as many trees as in the be ginning.* "Plant trees, plant trees-that's what we need to do ! We want to get people in the habit. Every, farm should have a woodlot. And then, there is the shelter belt. "More and more, farmers are real izing the value of placing a shelter belt of dense and low-branched trees along the side of the fields. It increas es the yield by reducing evaporation, beautifies the farm, aids in weed control, and provides a nesting place for birds that eat insects. This may affect the crop over a whole field of 40 acres. The crop is noticeable bet ter in the lee of the growth. Evapora tion increases with the square of the velocity of the wind." The trees are set about 50 feet apart, being "staggered," or alter nated. This gives opportunity for cir culation of air, and the shade will not be dense enough to interfere with drying of the road.-'Dearborn Inde pendent. Salvation Army Will Provide Big Dinner for One Thousand. Preparations are being made by the Salvation Army for its 17th an nual Christmas dinner. Adj. J. V. Breazeale of the Salvation. Army is expecting to provide for about 1,000 people this Christmas. This number is larger than the usual number pro vided for at Christmas time. Adjutant Breazeale said that prac tically all of the homes in the city had Christmas boxes for the Salvation Army this year and that there were also boxes for collection in the lead ing stores, cafes, and other public places. The kettles will start boiling Satur day. These familiar looking Salva tion Army kettles will be located on all of the principal street corners to recive money from the passersby in order that those less fortunate than they may have at least a comfortable Christmas day . As Christmas com?s on Monday this year, the baskets will be deliver ed Saturday from the S?lvation Army headquarters on Lady street. Monday night there will be the annual Salva tion Army Christmas tree celebration with a real, live Santa Claus for about 200 of Columbia's kiddies who will perhaps, not find quite as many of Santa's gifts in their stockings on Christmas morning as other Columbia children.-The State. Turn under the cotton stalks and starve the wee vils. The Point of I View By JUSTIN WENTWOOD .^ (?, 1022, Western Newspaper Union.) *T do wish you wouldn't keep Inter-, rupting me', Palsy," said the popular author. "Here I've got 'to complete this story by twelve o'clock and I can't think of a tiling to write About" "Oh, well, you needn't be so snap py," answered the popular author's pretty young wife. "I'm suire I don't want to trespass upon your valuable time." She went out and slammed the door. Fired with desperation, the popular author leaped at his typewriter, and began : "It was all over. Their six months of married life had shown each con clusively that they were mismated. Eric had done everything In his pow ed to conciliate the beautiful creature to whom he had devoted his life, but all was in vain. "Sometimes, Indeed, he wondered t| she could possibly be the woman he had loved \ so blindly, so devotedly, with such consuming passion-" * * * * * * - . j "Was it really consuming passion?" the popular author demanded of his machine. "Was it not just infatuar rion?" gjg And what was going to happen next? He must bring in a third man some how. But who? How? Where? The popular author's fingers fell from the keys. The plot refused to come. He looked up angrily as the door opened. *.**..*. 'Tm sure I don't wish to be a nuisance to you, Eric," said Daisy, "but, unless you're prepared to go without meat for supper somebody's got to go to the butcher's. I can't, unless you want the pie to be scorched." "D-n the butcher!" said Eric viciously. "Well, that's the limit," answered Daisy. "That's the first time you've sworn at me, you monster." "I didn't swear at you, I swore at the butcher." "Oh, yes, you may have some par ticle of decent feeling left in you, but it Isn't enough for me. I'm going home to mother, and you can let your old p-pie b-burn," sobbed Daisy, giv ing the door one of those peculiar slams that impart the greatest amount of sound and vibration and the mini mum of damage. The popular author gritted his teeth and leaped at his typewriter again. ******* "With such consuming passion. She had warned into a fiend, a slave-driver. She bad no consideration for his work at all. And now she was going home to lier, mother. ' ? - "He knew that he w:as glad. He had grown tired of her. Her presence drove him mad. He loved her no longer. Was there. another man? He was sure of lt. He knew that she was pulling the wool over his eyes,'but he Is.ughed inwardly. Let her go-let her go forever. She came Into the room. "Have you anything to say to nie, monster, before we part for all time?" she demanded. "Only that 1*11 be glad to see the last of you," he answered. "Don't trouble to come back. I'm sailing for Pari?! tomorrow." "What are you going to do in Paris:?" she queried insolently. "Forget that you ever existed In the smiles of the beauties of the Gay City, ' he replied. "Wretch, that insult constitutes the last word!" she cried, and slammed the tfoor. It was one of those peculiar slams that Impart the greatest amount of sound and vi ,* ' * * ' * * * * The door opened. Daisy came soft ly in and glided up to the popular author's desk. "I've telephoned for the meat from Mrs. Higginson's," she said, "and Tm sorry, . dearest. I know I have been horrid to you, but I get so nerv ous with the housework. Won't you forgive me?" . The popular author turned from his machine. He caught Daisy in his arms and set her down on his.knee. They kissed each other. They were very happy. "I suppose I'll have to go or the pie will burn," said Daisy. "But we mustn't have any more quarrels, must we, darling?" "Never again," answered the popu lar author. "How are you getting on with your story, darling?" ? "Oh, fairly well," the popular au thor answered. "I've just got to change the end a little." When the door had closed softly behind her the popular author leaped like a- demon at the typewriter. *****.** "Forget that you ever existed In the smiles of the beauties of the Gay City," he replied. She sank, half swooning, at his feet. **Oh, I can't bear it," she pleaded. "Forgive me, and I'll never make you angry again. Take me back, or I shall die !" He raised her In his arras .and put her down on his knee. "Darling, I was only speaking in bitterness," he an swered. "There never was anybody but you." Sometimes Gets Reversed. "A telephone girl always reminds me of a pictured saint" "Why?" "Theie's a continual 'hello' around her head." GUINEAS GROWING IN FAVOR Raising of Fowls Becoming More Profitable Because of Garney Flavor-Market in Fall. Guinea fowl are growing In favor as a substitute for game birds, with the result that guinea raising is be coming more profitable. They are raised usually in small flocks on general farms, and need a large range for best results. Domesticated guinea fowls are of three varieties. Pearl, White and Lav Guinea Fowls Gain Favor as Substi tute for Game Birds. ender, of which the Pearl ls by far the most popular. Guinea fowls have a tendency to mate In pairs, but one male may be mated successfully with three or four females. Guinea hens usually begin to lay in April or May, and will lay 20 to 30 eggs before becoming broody. If not allowed to sit they will continue to lay throughout the summer, laying from 40 to 60 or more eggs. Eggs may be removed from the nest when the guinea hen is not sitting, bat two or more eggs should be left in the nest. Ordinary rhens are used commonly to hatch and rear guinea chicks, but guinea hens and turkey bens both may be. employed successfully, *al though they are mor* difficult to manage. .? Guineas are marketed late in the summer, when they weigh from one to one and one-half pounds at about two and one-half months of age, and also throughout the fall, when the demand is for heavier birds. RATS ARE GREAT ANNOYANCE Best Time to Take Precautions Against Rodents ls in Building of Poultry House. Rats are often a source of much annoyance and loss in the poultry yard. Perhaps the best time to take proper precautions is In the building of a new poultry house, through the use of cement and fine mesh wire net ting under the floor and around the bottom of the side walls to make it rat proof. The next best thing is to have the poultry house or houses erected by themselves at a little distance from the other farm buildings, and so con structed as to make it hard for the rats to find lodgment there. In this case the rats will have to travel some little distouce before entering and therefore run more risk of being caught by the family dog or cat. TRAP NEST HAS ADVANTAGES Mighty Useful for Breeder Seeking Higher-Producing Hens-Neces sary for Pedigreeing. Trapnesting is usually not practical on general farms where chickens ar? kept largely for eggs and meat, though If pays well to head the farm floch with cockerels out of high-producing trapnested hens. Trapnesting is tre mendously practical for the construc tive breeder and absolutely necessary for pedigreeing, unless birds are mated in pairs only and each pair separately penned. Pen matings, as compared with pair matings, make it impossible to Identify the eggs laid by individual hens unless trapnests are used. BESS Stale water is not good for any ani mal, much less for a laying hen. * * * Eggs kept in a cool place will retain their fine qualities for stiyeral days. * * * Gather the eggs at ten in the morn ing to prevent tramping through the day, * . . It doesn't pay to let tile chicks get sunhurned. Provide plenty of shade for them. * * * Have a good litter of straw on the floor. Hens wipe their feet if they have a "door-mat" to scratch in. *. * * A pile of fine sand serves as an ex cellent bath which the hens relish these hot summer days. Sand is better than dust. Police Get Frick in Georgia City. W. B. Hughey, clerk in the police department, returned froni' Augsta last night, where he went to get Gebrg? Frick, who is Wanted in Co lumbia on a charge of grand larceny. Frick was lodged in the city jail. Frick was arrested at Augusta Mon day night on complaint of J. E. Med line, a grocer at 500 Green street. The shopkeeper claimed that Frick was a clerk in the store and that $33 was missing from the cash register shortly after Frick left the place Monday afternoon.-The State.' Buying a Great State. It cost the Republicans State Com mittee of New York $429.271 to de feat Nathan L. Miller in Kis race for re-election as Governor c-f that state. This is the amount expended by the Republican State Committee; but it is claimed that with the amounts spent by local Republican^ organiza tions the total cost of the Miller cam paign to the Republicans of New York was far in excess of $500,000. It is said that for every one thousand plurality for Alfred E. Smith, the Democratic candidate for 'Governor, the Republicans paid about $1,000. Two years ago it cost $579,699 to elect Mr. Miller Governor; this year it cost the Republicans $429,271 to run Mr. Miller for governor without going into office. The men who put up "the dough" for Mr. Miller were men of large wealth and individuals and corpora tions who were investing in an enter prise giving" promise of fat divi dends.-Spartanburg Journal. Too Much Football. "Athletics, and particularly foot ball, is becoming entirely too* impor tant in prseent day college life," Dr. W .M. Riggs, president of Clemson College, declared in an address in Greenville last Saturday. "People think too much of the cali bre of a football team put out by a school and too little of its curriculum or the degree of training it gives young men of the country," said Dr. Riggs, who added that thoughtful educators are beginning to "view with alarm and apprehension the extent to which football has supplanted oth er school features in the mind of the public." Dr. Riggs is entirely right, and it is ?wrorthy of passing notice that The Carolina Citizen in its last issue ex pressed somewhat the same views. Football is not of itself harmful or detrimental to college life. The same may be said of any other sport. But sports can easily be carried to extremes, and there is a widespread belief among the people that this has happened at most colleges during the past few years. It is gratifying to- see that Dr. Riggs and other leading edu cators are beginning to realize the necessity for putting on the brakes. Carolina Citizen. We Can Give Yo on Mill Work an 'Large stock of Rough and I ' Immediate Woodward QUALITY Comer Roberts and Di ARRINGT0N Wholesale Grocei Corn, Oats, Kinds c Gloria Flour and Da Our L( Corner Cumming ai On Georgia August YOUR PATRON^ t/9T See our representativ The Whiskey Traffic Judge Peurifoy, of the circuit Courty has the right view of the whis key, traffic and those who engage in ii. Read the following from the York ville Enquirer: In sentencing a number of negroes and whites yesterday for violation of various phases of the liquor' laws Judge Peurifoy gave them his ideas as to the heinousness of their crimed Among other things he told them that whiskey is the cause of more de gradation, more destitution, more poverty, more crime, more disease, more insanity, more death, than any other one thing which afflicts humani ty. The man who will sell whiskey he said is responsible for all the crimes that arise out of the traffic. The only thing that makes men do this is greed for gain, and the mah who is willing to coin the blood, and tears of women and children into money through the sale of whiskey is lost to every hu man instinct. Further, he went on to say that "the people of this country have determined that this traffic must stop, and I am here to do what I can to help in the carrying out. of their righteous purpose." Judge Peurifoy is fight. Less .ex cuse can be offered for making and selliing whiskey than for almost any other crime against the laws today. Most people are beginning to realize this, and judges who impose heavy sentences upon violators of this law will be warmly supported by the pub lic at large.-Carolina Citizen. GUNS, PISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE, SAFES AND VAULT DOORS HEMSTREET ALEXANDER 617 Broad St. FIRST-CLASS REPAIRING Telephone 679 Augusta, Ga. Six Per Cent Money. Under Bankers Reserve System six per cent loans znay .be secured on city or farm property^ to buy, build, improve, or pay indebtedness. Bank ers Reserve Deposit Company, 1648 California Street, Denver, Colorado. 11-22-8L Trespass Notice. I hereby give notice that all hunt- ' ing, fishing and trespassing in every orm whatsoever is prohibited on my land. This means everybody and the law will be enforced against those iwho fail to heed this notice. Keep off of my premises. A. G. OUZTS. FOR SALE: Barred Rock- chick ens. Apply to Mrs. EMMA MARSH. u Prompt Service d Interior Finish )ressed Lamber on hand for i Delivery. Lumber Co. -SERVICE igas Sta., Augusta, Ga, BROS. & CO. 's and Dealers in Hay and all >f Feeds n Patch Horse Feed caders ad Fenwick Streets R. R, Tracks ;a, Ga. LG? SOL?C?T?D e, C. E. May.