Show bird sanctuary gives town distinctive touch tn in a charming little american to town with W ith wide green lawns beautiful shrubbery a profusion of flowers and fine old elm and maple trees arching many of c f the streets the citizens us have set aside a certain wooded aren area as a bird sanctuary in that region birds are safe from human molestation although the grounds of tho the sanctuary cover a limited areas its influence Indu enca appears to have spread through tho whole W bole town in many yards there are ing stations trees along tile the main streets have little feeding platforms nailed to them gird bird baths tire are almost alost m ost na as common as hitching posts used to bf be the visitor there sees a regular parade 0 of lovely bir birds ds some rare some common all a little less shy ally than usual natives speak familiarly mili arly of warblers warb lers and of varieties dl difficult to identify except for the tha true bird b rd lover wild ducks seitu on a pond not a stones throw from the highway and take afternoon siestas under tile the shrubbery of private homes and even in inthe the school yard if the author of main street lias has never visited such a town lie fie has bus missed something really fine in american life there are more such friendly and beautiful comma communities gitles in this country cout itly than the average person realizes evansville courier highway beauty matter of highest importance the highways in many parts of gull bu rope carry their appeal to the traveler not simply ns as public improvements of arca greak utilitarian value but ns as works of 0 art if such nn an expression amny be applied to a public thoroughfare thorough rare through a beautiful lane of trees between tween hedges or attractive fences of stone or other material the run and lure the traveler on it isan Is an idea Js as being caught urt up in america and turned to valuable account c 0 un 1 it la Is now being appl ledi leil if on n limited settle scale at first in missouri the trees shrubs and hedges now now being planted along alert tile principal ronas roads under dir birti direction ti of the state highway commission Is tin an bs to give missouri a return fil hitherto ther denied on its heavy investment in these improvements the selfish effort to capitalize on that investment lias iwed ad at many points alth ugliness dg linets it Is a procedure the public should resent and tho the best way to do it li is for or the communities throughout t the state to ald aid tia highway in what it la 19 now undertaking kansas inn as city star plan wisely defore before start building a house douse without blue prints and specifications Is the easiest way to waste money properly drawn blue prints NOW ath accurate accurti te apeci fica alons lire are simply a n detailed plan for the spending ot your money it means that you have hae things planned out in advance of building and that all ex fiercer fierier have av been anticipated you know what you are going to get from the he beginning banning to the end accurately prepared blue prints and specifications are worth many times more than they actually cost tot toi without them time ta Is lost ast in trying to study out how the dlf different frent parts so ga tv toi gether and there are endless for or tile the ank ing of changes ond substitutions with an accompanying greater expense and probably cheapening ot of tho the quality of 0 materials why sacrifice to speed over in hlll valley alley Is a t beautiful tall redwood tree that wo arles those who drive automobiles too fast unless unis people who love permanent beauty more than fleeting thrills object forcibly that tree Is almost certain to come down and why should that tree or any other tree in a residence district anywhere be cut clown 1 speed in a home neighborhood Is never neer essential but beauty Is warnings can be posted at corners accidents can be prevented in that hat way but nothing can be rione done to restore the magnificent bounty that pies by the ax the redwood league might sn an a word in this case as it says many for the sake of our mountain tres trees ann francisco jall jail and rost post title to countryside Country tide the prize winner in the notional national w wayside aside beauty slogan contest this Is your your country beautify it ought to help hell in clearing up a good deal of misunderstanding heretofore the highway traveler tra eler asu usually ally has been made to feel that the country belonged to the billboard hot dog stand and other interests which were out to td make the wayside ns as ugly as humanly possible sible if tile the ownership of tile the country along tile the highways can le be definitely established and a reasonable pride n it can he built up there will be pos poa in the promotion of tit attractiveness trac ti veness kansas city times have future in in sight good architecture has a debalto sules sales value and the prospective builder of a home can be assured that lf if ills his house Is well designed it will have a hetter better resale value tolue ann a iles les attractive net sibo 1 |