House and Garden 
No matter what kind of a structure you contemplate 
building, it will pay you to post yourself on the 
advantages of concrete construction made with 
OVER 
40,000 BARRELS 
DAILY 
CAPACITY 
PORTLANii CEMENT 
CONCRETE RESIDENCE AT ELKINS PARK. PA. 
A concrete building means protection from fire, vermin and decay 
—a building that is cool in summer and warm in winter, requiring 
no paint or repairs, yet permitting of pleasing architectural effects 
and color schemes. In most cases \'ou will find concrete construc¬ 
tion the least expensive in the beginning and in all cases the 
cheapest in the end. The success of concrete construction depends 
largely on the quality of the cement used. 
ATLAS is the highest grade of Portland Cement manufactured. 
This Company makes but one quality—the same for everybody. 
Tell your architect to specify ATLAS. Ask your 
dealer for it. You will know it by the Trade Mark. 
Building BooKs FRE.E, on Request 
As a guide to prospective builders we have 
published the following books which will be sent 
FREE on receipt of postage. I 1 
Concrete rouiifry Residence's. Postage 25 cents. 1 , 
Concrete Coii,striictioii about the Home aiiel on tlie Farm. Post- 
Reinforced Concrete in Factory Constriicti«>n. l*ostage 10 cents. 
THE ATLAS PORTLAND CEMENT COMPANY 
Information Dept., 30 Broad St., New York None JuSt asGoOt 
PIE|PENT ORDERED BY THEU.||PVERNNENTFDRTHE 
MR. C. H. FORBES=LINDSAY 
aecordiiig to the Cleveland Leader, has written in this book, 
“au autlioritative history of the Panama Canal from the first 
shovel of earth that was turned to the jiresent time, told in 
plain, everyday language. It begins with Balboa and reache.s 
to Roosevelt, and betAveeu them all that is valuable and 
authentic is set down.” 
PANAMA 
The Isthmus and the Canal 
Cloth, 368 pp., 16 illustrations, 2 maps from hate.-st surve.vs- 
ONE DOLLAR NET 
At all bookstores. 
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO., Publishers, Philadelphia. 
Pennsylvania has only 250,000 acres, 
while New York holds the banner with 
an area of 325,000 acres. During this 
period the average yield per acre for the 
country has decreased from twenty- 
two bushels to about eighteen bushels. 
Forty years ago Maine grew an average 
of thirty-one bushels. To-day Iowa aver¬ 
ages twelve or thirteen bushels. The aver¬ 
age price on the farm has fallen about ten 
cents a bushel .—‘Journal of Agriculture. 
ITEMS FROM AUTOMOBILE TOPICS 
A story comes from across the water 
to the effect that the mayor of a Spanish 
town resigned his office because some of 
the townspeople threw stones at auto- 
mobilists. Hereabouts municipal offi¬ 
cials do not, as a rule, take motorphobic 
attacks so much to heart. 
The attorney-general of Ohio has 
handed down an opinion that is remark¬ 
able and, if sustained, may lead to a 
number of complications. He holds 
that none of the members or officers of a 
corporation which owns an automobile 
has a right under the law to operate the 
machine without first taking out a 
chauffeur’s license, and if he does so he 
is liable to arrest and punishment. He 
says that because one happens to own 
stock in a corporation he is in no sense 
an owner or part owner of an auto¬ 
mobile that the corporation owns. The 
state laws permit the owner of an auto¬ 
mobile and members of his family to ope¬ 
rate it without the chauffeur’s license. 
The hideous depths of iniquity to 
which the average New York bicycle 
cop, whose special duty it is to apprehend 
alleged speed violators, has sunk, may 
be imagined when it is said that they do 
not even extend courtesies to members of 
their profession. This hard heartedness 
came to light through the arrest the other 
day of the Chief of Police and Chief of 
the Fire Department of a Connecticut 
town just over the New York border. 
These officials crossed into New York 
in the automobile of a mutual friend, and 
they were bowling along Pelham Park¬ 
way, in the Bronx, at what would be con¬ 
sidered in Connecticut as a “reasonable 
and proper speed,” having a clear road 
and their machine under perfect control. 
It was then that the fly cop butted into 
the game and told them they were under 
arrest. After expressing surprise at the 
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