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The Parker post., 1915-04-24
COUNTY TO ESTABLISH
92D BRANCH LIBRARY

LOS ANGELES, April 20.-Los An
geles county's ninety-second branch
library will be established this week
at San Marino. It is expected that
before the close of the present fiscal
year the county library will have 100
branches.
A request recently was received by
Miss Celia Gleason, county librarian,
from residents of Palmdale, to open
a branch library there. The request
was received by Miss Gleason on
Tuesday, and Thursday morning the
Palmdale branch library was opened
A concern has just finished taking
motion pictures of several Of the
branch libraries in Los Angeles coun-
ty to be shown at the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
CALIFORNIA WHEAT, RYE
CROPS BEST IN TEN YEARS

LOS ANGELES, April 20.-The 1915
wheat and rye crop in California will
be the best in ten years, according to
the government bureau of crop re-
ports.
1t is, estimated by the bureau
that the wheat crop in this state will
reach 95 per cent of the amount pos
sible to realize from the seed planted.
The estimate for the rye crop is SO
per cent.
California leads all other states in
the production of these two grains,
according to the figures shown in the
reports. The wheat condition April 1
in the country was 1873 per cent and
the ten-year average S7.6 per cent.
The same figures for rye are S9.5 and
90.1.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
LIBERTY BELL EXHIBIT
SOUGHT BY SAN DIEGO

SAN DIEGO, April 20.-Through
the council the San Diego exposition
has asked the mayor and select and
common councils of Philadelphia that
this city be included in the itinerary
of the Liberty bell, which is to be sent
to the San Francisco exposition for
exhibition purposes.
A telegram embodying the request
of the council, which was framed in
the form of resolution, has been sent
to the presidents of Philadelphia
councils.
Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg of that
city already has replied, pledging his
aid in an effort to have the bell
brought to San Diego after it has been
exhibited at San Francisco.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
INTERN? NOT NE, SAYS
CAPTAIN OF WILHELM

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, April 90
The German auxiliary cruiser Kron-
prinz Wilhelm occupies the same
berth at the Newport News shipyards
in which the Prinz Eitel Friedrich was
moored during her thirty days stay.
She will be dry-docked, when exam
ination of her hull below the water
line will be made by the same naval
board which surveyed the Eitel.
Commander Thierfelder insists that
he will not intern, but will go to sea
again as soon as his vessel is ready.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
INTER- SUPPLY IN
u. S. is NEAR END

SAN FRANCISCO, April 2O.-With
the worlds supply of inter being
made bone of contention between
the belligerent powers, local agents
Of the Hercules and Dupont Powder
companies are taking precautions to
see that their own supply is not cut
off. The powder concerns in the
United States are obliged to deal with
this syndicate for the inter, and if
the republic of Chile desired to shut
off the supply altogether it could
easily do so. This would probably
result in quick end of the European
war.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
GREAT AERIAL CONTEST.TO
BE Held AT SAN ZD|ECO
NINE FOREMOST AVIATORS WILL
JOIN NATIONAL COMPETITION
Twenty-Five to Thirty Aeroplanes Ex
pected to Fly Daily Between Los
Angeles and San Diego Dur
inq Holiday Contest

SAN DIEGO, April 2O.-Nine of
Americas foremost aviatOrS and aero
plane manufacturers already have Of
ficially signified their intention OF
competing in the national aeroplane
competitions beginning July 4, under
the auspices of the Aero Club of Amer
ica, according to word received in
aeronautical circles here.
These entries include: Glenn L.
Martin of Los Angeles, who will enter
a Martin tractor and Martin tractor
hydro-aeroplane equipped with Cur
tiss motor of 80 horsepower and a
Hall-Scott motor of $50 horsepower
respectively.
Anthony and Rodger Cannus of San
Diego and Baltimore, who will enter
with both land aeroplanes and flying
boats equipped with Maximotors OF
120 and $50 horsepower. They also
expect to have an aero yacht equipped
with the new 140 horsepower Sturte-
want motor.
to participate with land aeroplane
and a flying boat, both to be of the
Curtiss type with Curtiss 80 horse
power motors. Each machine will be
equipped with a Sperry gyroscopic sta
biIizer, which won the $4,000 prize in
the French competition for safety de-
vices last year.
G. H. Macy, who will enter the Macy
electric automatic stabilizer, which
during the last month has been test
ed so successfully at the military aero
drome at North Island.
John D. Cooper expects to enter a
racing machine especially built for
long distance flying, fitted with a $50
now under construction at the plant of
the Cooper Air Craft company,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Harold Kanter, chief pilot of the
Huntington Air Craft company, New
York, will fly Huntington military
tractor equipped with 11O horsepower
gyromotor.
Albert S. Heinrich of the Heinrich
Aeroplane company, New York, will
fly a three-passenger military type
Heinrich tractor biplane with a 110
horsepower gyromotor.
The Gallaudet company, Norwich,
Conn, will enter either one or both of
the Gallaudett military type and long
distance Gallaudett tractor biplanes,
equipped with gyromotors of 80 and
10 horsepower, respectively.
1t has been decided by the contest
committee of the Aero club to extend
the time of the contest until Columbus
day, October 12. Thrs will give it 1O1
days for the competitions, instead of
ninety days as first intended
Aviators here predict that there will
be from twenty-five to thirty aero
planes daily flying between Griffith
park, San Diego, and the military aero
drome at San Diego, during the compe-
tition. Over $4,000 will be given as
cash prizes to the competing birdmen.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Military Rule for Hawaii

HONOLULU, April 19.-Represen-
tative J. Kalanianao1e, in an address
before the senate in committee of the
whole declared that the passage Of
the compulsory military training bill
pending in the legislature would result
soon in placing the government of Ha-
waii under military commission.
He said such a movement was
probable eventually, as Washington
was unable to face calmly the pros
pect of Japanese residents voting in
the majority.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
ALASKA HAS MILDEST
WINTER IN 35 YEARS

SEWARD, Alaska, April 19.-West,
ern and Southwestern Alaska have
experienced the mildest winter re-
corded in 35 years. The snow fall
has been about half the usual amount
and the temperature from to 10
degrees above average.
Officers of the mail steamer run
ming from here to Unalaska, the
most westerly white settlement, re-
port no snow west of Cooks inlet.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Strawberry Short Weiuht

SANTA ANA, April 20.-War on
short weight strawberry boxes was
declared by George McPhee, county
sealer of weights and measures, when
he swore to four complaints against
l. J. Owens of the firm of Stone &,
Owens of San Pedro.
McPhee charges that Owens sold
berries to four Santa Ana merchants
that weighed from an ounce to an
ounce and half short per box. I'm
der the law a box of strawberries
should weigh twelve ounces net.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Roosevelt Dam Filled

GLOBE, Ariz., April 20.-In celebra-
tion of the first filling of the Roose-
welt dam, forty miles from here, 1000
people held a barbecue within sight
of the spillways, divers leaped from
forty-foot' towers into the clear lake,
and addresses were made by Senator
Ashurst, Congressman Hayden and
others. Motor boats darting about
attracted much attention. A bottle of
the first water to pour over the spill
ways was obtained for use in chris
tening the new battleship Arizona.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Arny Officer Maps Passes

REDLANDS, April 2O.-Col. Eban
Swift, U. S. A, is in Redlands, inves-
tigating Southern California mountain
passes to make a survey and report to
the war department concerning their
availability for fortifcation in case
they we're desired at some later date
He was taken to Cajon pass by Pres
ident J. H. Fisher of the chamber OF
commerce, accompanied by Capt. G. F
Palfrey, retired, of Redlands. They
were taken to San Gorgiono pass by
G.. f. Smith and P. w. Moore.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Gardena Strawberry Day

GARDENA, April 20. - Elaborate
plans are being made by the people
of the Gardena valley, including Mo-
meta and Bridgedale, for the second
annual celebration of Strawberry day,
to be held in this city on April "a.
Strawberries in unlimited quantities
will be distributed to the visitors dur
ing the day, and it is expected that
the event will surpass in elaboration
of detail the celebration which called
the attention of Los Angeles county
to the greatest industry of this Sec
tion of the country last year.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Losing Money on Canal

PANAMA, April 19.-Since the
opening of the Panama Canal the ex-
penditures have been in excess of the
revenues approximately 10 per cent,
due to the cost of maintenance and
operation of the waterway. In the Pc
riod from July to March 1, the canal
authorities have spent $2,595,000 and
the canal has earned 1884 900.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
HIGHWAY COMMIS ISSION
WILL COMPLETE ROAD

SANTA ANA, April 20.-The re-
pairing of the county paved roads is
to be handled by the county highway
commission. While there is such g
body and when it goes out of exist
ence, as it will when it has finished
building the roads with $1,270,000
bond issue, the repair work will be
taken charge of by the board of SUI
pervisors.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Oranges Sent From RedIands

REDLANDS, April 20.-Redlands
orange shipments the last week to-
tailed 213 cars, bringing the total for
the season to the 5000 car mark. This
is $40 cars ahead of the shipments last
season to the same date. Prices are
yet ranging too low.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
BRITAIN AGREES TO PAY
FOR WILHELMINA CARGO

LONDON, April 19.-The British
government has agreed to purchase
the cargo of the American steamer
Wilhelmina, and to compensate the
owners for loss.
The Wilhelmina sailed from New
York for Hamburg Jan. % with a
general cargo of food products. She
was taken into custody by the Brit
ish marine authorities.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Anti-Typhusi Vaccine Discovered

NEW YORK, April 2O.-The man
of the hour in New York medical
circles is DR.. Harry Plotz, the young
bacteriologist of Mount Sinai hos
pital, who announced at meeting
of the New York Pathological Society
that he had discovered an anti-typhus
vaccine.
DR.. Plotz is rs years old.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Less Beet Suqar in 1914

WASHINGTON, April 2O-The de-
partment of agriculture announced
that beet sugar production for 1914
in the United States amounted to-
722,054 short tons, or about II, 900 less
than in 1913. The area harvested was
480,800 acres, and the acre yield,
eleven tons, was the largest since
1906.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
WEEKS NEWS FROM
NE|GHBOR|NC CITIES
BRIEF OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Condensed Resume of the Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places Allow Rapid Scanning
Editors to See Fair

SAN DIEGO, April 2O.-Exposition
officials have received notice from
Friend W. Richardson, state treas
urer, that the California Press asso-
citation will arrive May 16 and will re-
main four days.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Protest Rate Change

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Repre-
sentatives of Pacific coast cities, and
cities some distance back in the in
terror, protested before the interstate
commerce commission against the pro-
posal of Eastern railroads to reduce
the rate-making basis from Eastern
points to points in coast and inter-
mountain states.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Carranza Buys Arms

NEW ORLEANS, April 2O.-Car-
ranza agents have placed orders for
37,0OO,O0O of small arms ammunition
here, according to persons in close
touch with constitutionalist officials
here. 1t was said the contracts call
for 27,000,00O rifle cartridges and 1O,-
100000 rounds for machine guns, de-
livery to begin June Is.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Trout Season Fixed

SACRAMENTO, April 20! - The
open season for Golden trout is fixed
for Aug. to Oct. 1 in bill by Sen
ator Flint, signed by the governor.
Under the act the daily limit is twenty
trout and the minimum size that may
be taken is five inches.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
CONDENSATION OF
CURRENT EVENTS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HENISPHERES
Dispatches PGturing Developments From the Out
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented in Brief
Total British Losses to Date

LONDON, April 19.-The total of
British casualties in the war from the
beginning of hostilities up to April
II is 139,347 men, according to an
announcement made in the house of
commons by Harold J. Tenant, un-
dersecretary of war.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
Reform for ConVicts

SALEM, Ore, April 20.-The state
board of control has adopted Warden
Minto's recommendation that convicts
acting as TRUSTEES shall be allowed a
deduction of their sentences, and
those who earn money for the state
shall be credited with 25 cents a day.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
PineappIe Crop Good

HAVANA, Cuba, April 19.-The sea-
sons pineapple crop is reported in ex-
cellent condition. Shipments will be-
Gin in May, and almost the entire out
put will 90 to the United States.
The Parker post., 1915-04-24
JitneY Paper Next

SANTA MONICA, April 2O.-A jit-
ney newspaper is to be started by the
jitney buss drivers of Southern Cali
fornia, according to an officer of the
Bay City Buss Drivers association.
1t will be published in Los Angeles and
champion the interests of auto buss
traffic
The Parker post., 1915-04-24

Gen. Sir Henry Macleod Rundle,
who is in command of Great Britain's
Fifth army corps, was born in 1865,
and in his 80 years of military service
has distinguished himself in many
campaigns. After his name he may
write K. c. B., G. c. V. c., K. c. M. G,
G. M. G., and D. S. o.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
Shooting Civilians.

According to the laws Of war, any
civilian who Is found with arms in his
possession is liable to be shot without
mercy. Although this seems a very
severe rule. it Is absolutely necessary
for the safeguarding Of the whole
civilian population.
The rules Of war say that no men
will be recognized as combatants I'M
less they wear a distinguishing badge,
which can be easily recognized. If It
were not for this any number Of men
could at any time band themselves
together and say they were belliger-
ents. If this were allowed therefore
invading troops would safeguard them
selves against surprises by killing ev-
cry man In villages through which
they marched.
This particular rule Is 30 stringent
that even a noncombatant who took
up arms to defend his wife against
some drunken soldier would be liable
to be shot-.London Opinion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
Only Changed One Shoe.

While an East side matron was bus
fly preparing to go to the theater the
other afternoon, a gossipy neighb6r
came to the front door. The woman
stopped in the middle of the process
of putting on her best shoes and
talked to the neighbor for some time.
When the neighbor left she looked at
the clock and saw she would have to
hurry. So she hastily finished dress
ing and made a dash for the car.
She noticed a young man watched
her all the way downtown. She
searched her coat thoroughly for Q
stray travelling. but found none.
After attending the theater she
boarded a car and still noticed that
she attracted attention. She followed
one girls eye and saw that it centered
on the bottom Of her dress. Looking
to discover the cause she found that
in her haste she had only changed one
Of her shoes and on her left she wore
a patent kid shoe, while on the other
there was gunmetal calf shoel-In-
diarapolis News
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
"Reminiscences of q Star.

My first experience with profession
ais was at the Empire theater. The
dressing rooms there were all on the
right side OF the stage, with the ex-
ception of one In remote corner.
which was given me. | had been told
that In regular company the actors
were notified at the half hour, the
quarter hour and the overture; but, as
1t happened, there was no overture on
that occasion. | didn't want TO go on
without being called and seem TO be
an amateur, and they forgot all about
me until / was missing from the scene,
and / was sent for In what might be
mildly termed hurry. 1t was very
hot afternoon In May, and l was sit.
ting "made up with my hat on and
negligee instead OF dress. Distract.
eddy throwing on a skirt and selling a
feather boa and jacket l dashed for
the stage and entered through the
lake, much 70 the amusement OF the
audience and the CONSERVATION Of the
manager, who told me what he thought
Of me, and 1 was Ill for week with
modification and decided to abandon
forever q profession fraught with such
perils.-Margaret Anglin in American
Magazine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
EFFECTIVE WAY TO TEACH
Indirect Method and Concrete Example
Alike Praised by Writer In
Magazine.

The indirect method and the con-
crete example are the most effective
ways to teach, according to a writer in
Leslie's. The girls canning clubs, or
ganized throughout the South by the
general education board, cooperating
with the federal department of agri-
culture, have not only taught thou
sands of girls how to can scientifically,
but have indirectly opened the eyes of
as many mothers to the possibilities of
home system and home development,
and have exerted strong and helpful
social influences on hundreds of farm
ing communities. The method has been
ming club one-tenth of an acre, and
to teach her how to select the seed,
to plant, cultivate and perfect the
growth Of the tomato plant When the
tomatoes are ripe, the girls meet first
at one home, then at another, to can
the product. Everything is done in
the most up-to-date style, and the girls
are taught the necessity of scrupulous
cleanliness and sterilization. Canning
club day becomes an occasion of social
importance in which all of the family
are included, SO that indirectly the
clubs have helped to awaken a COM
munity social spirit. There has been
financial profit, as we'll as practical in
struction and social pleasure. The
average profit made by girls reporting
In ~ states was S21 oS Tn the four
years the canning clubs have been in
operation the number of girls has in
creased from 325 to 10000, and the ap-
preparation Of the general education
board has advanced from $4,000 to
$4,000. The board has spent no money
anywhere that has secured better or
more far-reaching results.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
Wood Alcohol Dangerous.

The danger connected with the
handling of wood alcohol and with
working where even small quantities
Of the fumes of this liquid may be in
hailed have been brought out promi-
nently as the result of recent scientific
Investigations, which demonstrated
that quantities of wood alcohol as
small as 2 of 1 per cent in the in
spired air may lead to the absorption
of the product into the body to an in
furious extent. With such quantities
as this the absorption is slow, but
eventually the body becomes sat.
urated" with 1t. The greatest danger
in inhaling the fumes of wood alcohol
Is their effect on the optic nerve, which
often results in total and incurable
blindness.-Popular Mechanics.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
PICKED UP ABOUT
THE COURT HOUSE
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Hazel Morton to Frark Wood pei ll0
acres sec Is, IA Bangor $1,000
Fred L. Heimberger ct al TO John
Peck, ct al pei sec 1, Covert, $1,000.
II. j. Taylor Il W to Edward Geese Ell
al pei sec 33 Covert 81
G. j. Monroe & Sons, Real Estate
Company to David VI. DALEY, pc sec
Covert, $50.
Jesse G. Morrison & W TO James II
Lenox, pei 90 sec Ia, Porter $1,000.
Byron r. Harris & W to Gustav Bes.
sert ct al sec Arlington $500
Lille Nelson to Ralph Hall & W lot
10. IL, blk South Haven, $500
Geo. Worboys to Chas. Henry & "
lot blk Is, South Haven, $500.
Mira S. Hill to j Frank Kelly lot 8
blk Is, South Haven, $3.50.
Mary r. Chappell to Jessie E. Ogles-
by, pei sec II, Geneva, $500.
Vandalia c.. Wheeler ct al to Claude
+. Gish & W lot 6, 7, blk 6, South Haven
sl050.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
Our Speech.

Our very vocabulary Is degraded;
the most far-reaching symbols of our
language come seldom into use, or ap-
pear with diminished meaning. Fol-
low, for instance, the course of the
word Infinite" through the antics Of
contemporary literature. Our phrase
ology has become carnal; our vital
terms are terms of physical life No
where Is the limitation of contem-
porary thought more apparent than
in these instruments of speech. One
must read again Wordsworth, Shell
ley, Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold, Mere
dith, to meet great words now little
employed, words that make you real
lie the utmost reach of life; in so do
ing, one pauses in dismay, realizing
how full contemporary speech is Of
lesser terms, how few employ the
greater words that tell the inner life
Of the soul.-From the Atlantic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
IS GREAT PATRIOTIC POEM
Deborah's Song Of Victory Has Been
Put by Many at the Head OF
the List.

Every element of patriotism is In
Deborah's song Of victory: Praise ye
the Lord for the avenging Of Israeli
the triumphant onset dies down to
beautiful lament for the forsaken high
ways, the ruined villages, the coward
ice Of the past.
Then comes the call to arms, the
awakening-the gathering together OF
the loyal princes and governors, yes,
and of penmen, scorn for the faint
hearted, curses for the treacherous-
Asher Reuben, Meroz
From these the song flames up again
into imaginative splendor, with its
stars and prancings, narrows its view
to the tent of Jael, to the mother Of
Sisera hearkening in vain at her WIN
dow for the sound Of the chariot
wheels and the son that will never re-
turn, and sinks like the peace Of eve
ming to it's close: $50 let all thine enc
mics perish, o Lord; but let them that
love him be as the sun when he goeth
forth in his might" There is no pa
triotic poem to compare with It.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-09-10
New York's Volunteer Firemen.

Before the paid fire department sys-
tenn was installed In New York there
were among the volunteers some OF
the most powerful politicians in the
city. Richard Croker belonged to the
"big SIX" Of which William M. Tweed
was the organizer and foreman. Sue
cess in fire fighting opened upon ca
reer In politics. No body Of men had
more social affairs than the volunteer
firemen. There were parades of fire
companies, chowder parties, picnics,
annual balls, water throwing contests
and at times bitter fights between the
rival organizations. So intense was
the political feeling at times that It
was related that when Chief of Engi-
neers James Gulick was removed from
office for political reasons men who
received the news when they were
fighting fire quit their work and
could only be induced to return when
they were deceived into believing that
the rumor was false.
The legislature passed the law Great
ing the paid fire department on March
80, 1S65.-New York Times.