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It Is only comparatively recently In
America that we nave discovered
shrubbery and how to use It Not
many year* ago people/used to deal
In Individual shrubs. One shrub on
each side of the gate was thought
plenty. Occasionally a little clomp
teas set ont in the middle of the lawn.
But when home makers, began to ex
jperlment with masses of shrubs, when
they began to frame their houses in
forsythla and wigelia and spires and
rambler roses and honeysuckle, they
found they had made a transformation.
The whole appearance of the place
was changed. A bouse that otherwise
might be commonplace, In a proper set
ting of foliage and blossoms 'proved
wholly charming and lovely.
Necessarily with the shrubbery came
[trees, both in the parking outside and
within tbe yard. Trees for a ".back-
ground, for protection from the aun
In summer, and for the delicate tracery
of branches In winter, for the wonder
ful play of lights and shadowstrees
there must be.
Most cities have plenty of object
lessons in the effect of massed shrub
bery and trees. It would pay any per
son Interested in the appearance of
his home to wander tomorrow through
the residence districts where shrub
bery and trees are growing in profu
sion. Just to contrast them with dis
tricts where foliage has been* neg
lected.
It is wonderful how defects in archi
tecture can be made to disappear by
tbe proper handling of the masses of
green nature has put at man's dis
posal.
GET THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT
Excellent Results Follow the Getting
Together of Organisations for
Civic BattarmcnV
Other towns were
ment Easton's leadership.f
Tw M
SEwt.Attend tie manor mUac or. y 1| *J "Z*?Z
"j^SJ^SteA federated farm-1 vay~"pns.e ^fj* the most eft*
srKSSgssssSiKS
tL
We now see it at work in the summer
meetings of the farmers and their
various organisations.
It IS Indisputable. It brings our peo
ple Into better acquaintance it exalts
the state spirit it makes for happi
ness and good fellowship. And in the
end It leads to better methods and
better results on the farms and In
the orchards, all of which is retlected
in more prosperity In the towns.Bal
timore American.
It Worked.
The principal of a public school in
Fhttbush, N. J., appealed to the boys
to preserve the lawns. Instead of the
usual threat the following sign has
seen placed
intaallowed.'
"Ball playing
sneuer wmi ww- i --i^.--
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I the evidence the trip affords to ^j^
'conspicuous place:
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YOU SOM PIONEER
Practlcaljy every one. even In the
thinly settled districts, la familiar
wjth the boy scont movement. Your
son probably knows scouts as the fel
lows who wear a fcnappy uniform, go
on camping trips and have all sorts' of
hikes, songs and Jolly games together.
On your part, you may recall how
they helped handle the traffic conges
tion at the last county fair or how
they assisted lighting that disas
trous forest fire.
That boy of yours! He is one
of|
the most valuable assets you possess,,
SSh*S thingof the advautskes that boys in
lwmnkmMtm
spr.ritural Maryland caught It dur- i $& p^w^to tJe fullest
fng ^he war, and it did great good. St ttS^ite to the national
After the armistice there was a lull. JgJ*Jj2 o7 be Boy Scouts of
but last year tbe fanners and the J^^^ Kfth^^ avenue. New York
city men got together In meeting ^^f i "e glad to send you
held in Baltimore- and the mutual f^^aUon sboJt pioneer acout-
feellng was revived and set In motlop. ^.ISHb^^
jwir boy.
The value of
Kansas City an Object Lesson.
St. Louis does not give the external
appearance of a packing center, for its
residence district is ncommonly hand- bave been several medals, the bestow*
some, and It possesses an exceptional I
art museum, writes Nina Wilcox Put
nam In the Saturday Evening Post.
Kansas City is an object lesson In
home building, and the average east
erner will be astounded at the uni
form beauty of its- residence develop
ments and the Interesting manner in
which areas are restricted to a given
type of architecture.
The plan upon which Its boulevards1
are laid out also Is unique and the
planting of the parkways that border
them will bring joy to the garden
lover and the tree worshiper.
a
Young men
with civic pride and community spirit
will heed this warning.'" It had Its
effect
Would Make It Thorough.
Reading in the Transcript that a
Danish explorer of the Amazon has
discovered "a tree that shoots seeds
at jou," a waggish correspondent sug
gests that the matter be taken up at
the disarmament conference.Boston
Transcript
Perishable Evidence.
"lawyerBut couldn't yon let
have-some of ate love letters?
Breach-of-Protnlse Client There:
weren't anywe had houfe wireless
sets.OplaiSft.
Un't he? He looks at you with the Baird are Arline
dear eyes of youth but he will soou
'Richard
have developed into sturdy manhood.
His hungry young mind reaches oat
greedily for food. Is it being fed on
cheap sensationalism or on glorious
Ideals? Your boy can feel himself one
with the pioneer heroes of his coun
try's history with Kit Carson biasing
a trail through the forest, with Daniel
Boone trapping foxes in the wilder
ness, with Abraham Lincoln, splitting
rails. Your boy can become a pioneer
scout.
A pioneer scout wears the uniform
of the Boy Scouts of America. He
studies^all the fascinating details of
scoutcraft as described in the Boy
Scouts' Handbook. He learns the
scout salute, the scodt sign, the scout
oath. He- acquire* the necessary
knowledge, takes the various tests,
and wins the- promotions, awards and
merit badges. H6w these things ap
peal to a boy's romantic heartyou can
appreciate only by looking hack Into
your own childhood. Think how you
would have enjoyed being a scout!
Scouting la onepf the greatest
moral and educational forces operat
ing for boys today. In addition to the
scout oath*. simple promise such as
your boy.gives his mother, that he will
do his best to do his duty to God and
his country, and to obey the scout law,
t help, other people at all times, to
SS'w^a^otSZ. tt. Flir- for rWK.liTU* MOI ron* |Hemng and Both King. .11 artiste
[of the first magnitude complete the
tftke
MINE RESCUE FOR SCOUTS
To be prepared to render aflTte
iuine accident emergencies, scouts uf
Butte, ^Iont, have recently followed
course.oinstructio given by mem
lets of, fhe crew etTntne rescue car
No. 9 on iour of instruction through
the mining district of that state.
CHICAGO TROOP HONORED
A record Uf ts wtaAera of Troup
SG8. Boy Scents of America, connected
with the Baena Memorial Presbyterian
church, Chicago, was.placed In the
corner stone ot the. church's new
building on June 18 with records of
the other cginntatloos connected with
the church. At the corner stone fay
in* the scouts had eharge of the flag
ceremony, havingfirstted*the coogre.
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nejftor tte ecqtsfa
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'WHEN THE DEVIL DRIVES"
AT ELKO THEATER TONIGHT
"When the Devil Drives'" the Ashim
sociated Exhibitors five reel drama
showing flast Jtime"'" tjonight at (the
Elko Theater is from an original
i^dry by teah Baird, wna is also its
itai III Show* convincingly the truth
:bff^r'contenti6n that all women
ire' ^fistersunder the skin."' There
is gitod and bad in all of us it takes
the stress Of a crucial moment in our
livesa moment at which the devil
drivesto force the same reactions
from good and bad alike.
To prove this, Miss Baird's story
relates the experience of a good girl
and a girl with a past. Kipling has
the same idea in his poem of the
Colonel's Lady and Judy O'Gray.
The principal role, that of the
bad girl is portrayed by Miss Baird.
It calls for spirited emotional acting
for fine dramatic ^restraint and for
delicate handling of a part which
would lose sympathy in the hands
Of a less capable artiste. In support
Pretty,
Tueker, Vernon Steel and
Katherine LeWis. Paul Scardon di
rected it
capable'
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"FIFTY CANDLES" AT THE
ELJCO THEATER THURSDAY
In adapting "Fifty Candles," the
Saturday Evening Post story, to
the screen, Irvin V. Wttlat has re
tained all "of #e mystery, the in
teresting characterization and the
puzzling suspense which were in
corporated in -'the original, and in
order to clothe-the picture with the
proper atmosphere' he And his com
pany spent several weeks in Hono
lulu and San Francisco "shooting"
the locations described in the story.
Fifty Candles" r.\Hodkinson re
lease showing at the Elko theater
Thursday and Friday is a mystery
story that keeps the audience in a
state of expectancy from start to
finish/ It has thrills galore and
enough sensational developments to
give the most hardened movie fan
th" thrill of his life.
The leading role is enacted by
Miss Marjorie Daw,*a favorite with
picture patrorisj'fer many seasons.
Bert Grassby as Hung Chin-chung
gives one of the best Chinese char
acterizations seen, in recent pictures.
George Webb as the-satanic shin's
surgeon and Eddie Burns as the
hero are both familiar to screen au
diences. Milton Ross, Gordon Mullen
cast.
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"TROUBLE" AT THE REX
LAST SHOWING TONIGHT
Those who have seen Jackie Coo
gan in "Trouble," his newest First
National attraction at the Rex thea
ter, probably never will forget the
court room scene in which the little
fellow does\ a tremendous piece of
actingand those-who do not see
.|ti,An tht- has acttneana loose-- wi.u uu
moved to supply S^lc^^we^ it will have something to regret as
TTo^TlT^lm^iuin^ lon a pictures are shown and dts-
,cussed.?s
a mat
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COURT OF HONOR RECORD
The record of the^boy scouts lia life
saving is au Impressive tribute to the
native heroism of the boy and to the
trainlag which enables him to make
this spirit count Up to 1922 only 12
gold medals, 129 silver and 400 bronxe
have been awarded to scouts by their
national court of honor. A new medal
nas been designed and henceforth will
be the only medal swarded by the
Scout organizaUop. Hitherto there
of which Involved difficulties of
grading which weiefeund toe intricate.
A new form of application for a life
savlng award has also been adopted.
The application blanks place responsi
bility for the gathering of data upon
the, local court of honor and require
What the service rendered "be not only
courageous and efficient but shall in
volve actual risk to the rescuer."
When a rescue has been accomplished
without risk letters of commendation
will be awarded. During the last year
the old system of graded awards was
in effect Under this system only three
sold medals were bestowed.
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Dear Folks:
COMING
A
TH*. BEMIPJI DAILY PIONEER
GRAND THBjATER TONIGHT
A story straight from the heart of
eternal motherhood is "The Grim.
Comedian," Goldwyn's production of
Rita Weiman's first screen story,
which comes to the Grand theater
PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA
Native Tribes Acknowledged to Be of
Ancient LineagePossibly of
Semitic Descent.
Yorubas are a series of negro tribes
living in the Lagos district of the
western province of southern Nigeria.
They are. an Interesting people of very
ancient lineage, but little heard of
since slavery'''was...abolished. Their
part of Africa was long called the
TODAY \**^p
IN
We all have our Uttk
teoohlea, hot maybe you
caa forgot IB of yours
when you go and ae* my
TROUBLE" at Am
Theatre Tue*d*y and
WeaiioBuay.
Your* fer fun,
JACKIE COOGAN
Educational Comedy"APRIL FOOL99
Big AU-Star Cast
Rex Orchestra
M*tine 2:30Evninf 7:10-9:00
THURSDAIRON
DUSTIN FARNUM inH
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houses
The dwelling of a will
sometimes have.50 rooms, well built
and adorned with carving represent*
lng fabulous animals and scenes of war
and hunting.
Yoruba men have developed admln-
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Jackie, who plays the part of an
orphan adopted into the home of a
plumber, is called un/m by the judge
to testify against his foster father
on trial for wife beating and for an
atttempt to kEf a policeman. The
little fellow, who had brought the
battling brute to earth by hitting
in the head with a flower pot
makes ani excellent witness.
His example of screen acting
stamps Jackie as truly a great artist.
"Trouble" will be at the Rex last
Jjm^night. ^J,,"tattoo
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GRIM COMEDIAN" AT
se
iS^alRtTshTUftr.
slave coast, and the Yorubas were the over all else, of the Unlted'States mall
It runs A close second, and trains car
rying the precious goods are run on
passenger schedule by the,railroads. So
relates James K.
Steele,'--{'-^:r
most valuable slaves brought to the
South In early'days. They are of
true Ethiopian stock, but among them
are found many with lighter Skins and
Caucasian features, denoting a strain.
of Hamitlc or Semitic descent.
They have only primitive folklore'
tradition,, but tbe lighter skin la an
old heritage, and was commented up
on 'among the southern slaves by early.
colonial writers, before there was any
admixture of white blood among Auier
lean negroes. The whole Yoruba pop-! service which is extended to few ar-
ulatlon Is divided betweensfarming and ticles of merchandise.
city life, one "of their cities having
sometimes a population of 40,000.
Many of the towns are walled and
look rather like pre-Biblical or Old
Testament strongholds. Yorubas, how
ever, are not.warlike. They, will fight
only defensive wars, and all attempts
to get any of them into the late war
met with failure.
Pottery, weaving, tanning, dyeing
and forging are their chief. Industries
In the towns, "and they do "some ex
porting a^h importing. Agriculturally
speaking they are self-supporting, and
their farming Implements, while prim
itive, are adequate The white visitor
Is surprised at their bouses and their
tribal government
Largechief
M^pmM^f^
srnment comprises sf^onnctt df alders
presided over by ^eiei"wl^:ajBlumes
an office to which he is.entitle^ by Tie
redlty. This heredityjies ln.|%:^im-
ies, niift the o#ce paf^es''pp& one
i|o' the other fa|diu^:
rPort
tonight and Thursday, matinee and i different route from thejpresen't canal
evening. It will awaken the answer- as far west as Allansburg, about halt-
ing chord in the heart of every per-[ way across the Niagara peninsula,
son who sees it, man, woman or i and from there proceeds along the
child, Phoebe Hunt and Jack Holt
have the leading rolee. Gloria Hope
and Joseph J. Dowling also have
prominent parts in this wonderful
story by Rita Weiman who is well
known to all readers of the Satur
day Evening Post
alternate Th
''council .gathering is'reminiscent ofad
ministrative gatherings pictured on
the ruins of walls from Knossost. The
elders are recruited froth the different
toruba tribes and can be distinguished
from onei ariather'pjf. the dlfterent felbJIl
marWngs,:tfsuaHycprielUnK
a simple1
Wfterh^ of wo or ^ax$*r$r-
tlcal lliiesf^on flie cheeks.
M:~J i iM.iyH tt!ig S'Ot
Welland hip|Qana|w ^-r
r-The new Welland shi^c^nal.leaves.
Lake Ontario- at' the uaoutli'of Teiw
mile creek, about three miles east of
Dalhousie, follows an entirely
course of the present canal to Port
CJolborne on Lake Erie. The total dis
tance traversed from Lake Ontario to
Lake Erie will be 25 miles. The dif
ference of level between the two lakes,
325&.feetr will be overcome by seven
lift locks, each having a lift of 46%
feet. The locks are to be 800 feet
long and 80 feet wide in the clear, and
will provide^ a depth of 30 feet of was
ter over the mitre sills.
GAVE ^|U RIGHT OF WAY
.Valuable Consignment of Freight Took
Precedence'Over Everything but
r klnited States Malls.
One feature of' the "Romance of
Silk" b?" \tk swift ujipspQrtatlop.
While it does not have
edito of
Japan/,
The bulk of silk coming to this coun
try from the Orient enters the port of
San Francisco. Tbe great value of the
precious fabric, tbefluctuatingmarket
in the East and Its hlgn rajtesv of in
surance make time an essential "fac
tor In Us delivery, and command train
"When the Talyo Maru arrived at San
Francisco, recently it brought thou
sands of bales of Bk,VaPD*xlnjating
300 tons, and valued at about $3,000,-
000. A train of special cars was -wait
ing at the dock and as soon as the
vessel was made fast the unloading be
gan. Within a few hours'the cargo
was speeding to New York on an ex
press train which had the right of way
over ail freight
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HENRY FORD
With its many new refinements
and even more complete equip
ment, at no extra cost to you, the
Ford Sedan is now more than
ever the world's greatest en
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1922
MANKATO COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
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Wd ha* become one of the areate.t school* of bimne in the country.
location is ideal its courses thorough
and practical its teachers men and
women of special training and experi
ence expenses low .and uwasua.1 oppor
tunities -#o* securing posi*'-a
1kions fls^gr*duates.
If interested,
send for our
ff Ejg^^^Hat^^^pss^s^^. (ree catalog.
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There is no'iieed to store your car, if you have a snugly closed
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HEPHERD
Presented With
Novelty
Concert Orchestra
Singers and Entertainers Rendering the
Special Score AH During the Screening.
1_TnC* A
Glass and Daughters in Songs.
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Admission: Mat. 15c & 30cNight 20c & 40c
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Spend the Difference
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