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ARBORICULTURE. 



plant we have made no effort toward imposing 

 architecture, but have made free use of vines, 

 flowers, green lawns and trees to obtain beauty. 

 These things are not very expensive, but every 

 man, either consciously or unconsciously, is a 

 lover of flowers and foliage, and we find that 

 our employes delight in the plants and the 

 bloom. 



"Has it paid? We think it has over and 

 over again. It is one of the things that make 

 men like to work at the Atlas, one of the things 

 that help us to obtain and hold men of the 

 highest grade of mechanical ability. Men are 

 influenced by their environment. If the envi- 

 ronment is slovenly and disagreeable, it is not 

 surprising if the man who must work for years 

 under such conditions becomes slovenly and 

 careless in his work. On the other hand, we 

 believe that if he finds everything about him 

 neat, clean and trim, simple and beautiful, he 

 is quite apt to carry that clean spirit into his 

 work and into his own home." 



We commend the Atlas people for 

 their advanced ideas upon this subject, 

 and for carrying out civic improvement 

 upon so large a scale. 



At Connersville, Ind., a large manu- 

 factory, the Wheel Works, owns a full 

 block of land besides that which the 

 buildings occupy. The company have 

 this spring planted some three hundred 

 fine forest trees, covering this block, 

 which are now making a handsome ap- 

 pearance, and will soon afiford shade as 

 well as ornament to the grounds. 



These efforts upon the part of factory 

 managers will always pay by the in- 

 fluence it will have upon their employes 

 and the public as well. 



SELLS LAST WALNUT TREE. 



NOTICE. 



The Indiana State Fair will be held at 

 Indianapolis, Ind., September 9, 10, 11, 

 12, and 13, 1907. 



Sid Conger, President. 

 Charles Downing, Secretary. 

 Room 14, State House, Indianapolis, Ind. 



MAN SAYS TEN YEARS WILL SEE END O? 

 WABASH LUMBER INDUSTRY. 



Wabash, Ind., June 10. — ^The last of 

 Wabash County' s giant walnut trees 

 came with the selling of thirty trees 

 from the George and Elmer -Bowman 

 farm, south of this city, to E. L. Auker- 

 man. There is not a walnut tree in M'a.- 

 bash County now that is over twelve 

 inches in diameter. From several trees 

 six logs were sawed twelve feet in 

 length. 



The trees were all seventy-five years 

 or more old. The price paid for the wal- 

 nut trees is kept a secret. Mr. Auker- 

 man sa3^s that within five years sawmills 

 will have passed from Wabash County, 

 and within ten vears from Indiana. 



BAITING 



OF RAILROADS OPPOSEn BY PHILADELPHIA BOARD 

 OF TRADE. 



(Associated Press Dispatch.) 

 Philadelphia, April 16.— The Board of 

 Trade of Philadelphia has placed itself on rec- 

 ord as opposed to legislation inimical to rail- 

 roads. The Board unanimously adopted a re- 

 port which reads : "While the questionable 

 financial methods of some railroad managers 

 have invoked merited criticism, yet there is no 

 justification for a continuing policy prompting 

 antagonism merely for retaliation, either by the 

 Government or the people. It must be remem- 

 bered that without corporations and kindred 

 combinations of capital it is impossible to con- 

 duct the business of the country." 



Small Farm for Sale. — Thirty-five 

 acres good land, three miles from In- 

 dianapolis ; small house, well, good fences. 

 Address John P. Brown, Connersville, 

 Indiana. 



