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Q:-What done with the thousands of Germans taken
prisoners by the U. S. and allied armies?-S d.
A:-They confined in various prison camps.
O-Is their nation'or class of people that have "a
hour SYSTEM that s that reckon their days o'clock
"a o'clock?-L E. D.
A:-Yes 24hour system is used Italy, France some
other countries, for operation of railroads only.
Q:-Where did the negro orignate2-R. B.C,
A:-Orginal home of the negro is believed to have been
all of Africa south of the Sahara India of
plains, Malaysia and greater part of Australia
Q-What the of light given off by planess
A:-Planets all dark bodies and light evolved in
of them it is in the light reflected
sunlight
Q:-Did Theodore Roosevelt buy the Panama canal for
$780, 600 and then sell it the U S. for $12O OOO-M
Ain official capacity president of u S. he negotiated
for rights and for digging of canal French holdings
purchased by u S. in 1908 for $4OO OOO Republic
Panama paid $4,000 900 for Canal Zone rights u S.
dug canal total construction having approximately
S375O00 900.
o-Please mention the best known nicknames or by
names of American cities.-E R.
A:-Albany, Capital City; Atlanta, Gate City of the
South; Baltimore, Monumental City; Birmingham Brmng
ham the Beaufu Boston, The Hub, Bean Town. Athens
America; Brooklyn, City of Churches; Buffalo, Queen City
the Lske Charleston, Palmetto Ciy Chicago, Windy City
and Garden City; Cincinnati Queen City and Porkopols
Cleveland Forest City; Dallas City of the Hour; Dayton
oeh
Certaine Detroit City of the Straits; Duluth City
of the Unaed Seas; Galveston, Oreander City Hannibal
(Mo Bluff City; Hartford Insurance City and Charter Oak
City indianapolis. Railroad City; Jacksonville, Gateway
City; Kansas City, Heart of Amerca Keokuk, Gate City
Little Rock, City of Spaces; Los Angels Metropolitan of the
West and City of the Angels; Louisville, Falls City LOWELL
City of Spnde Lynn, City of Shoes Madison Lake City
Memphis, Bluff City Milwaukee, Milwaukee the Bright;
Minneapolis, Flour City; Nashville, City of Rocks Newark
Knows How; New Bedford, Whaling City; New Haven City
OF Elms New Orleans, Crescent City New York, Empire
City, Gotham. Metropolis; Omaha Gate City the Wes
Paterson, Silk City and Lyons America; Philadelphia, City
of Brohey Love and Quaker Cy Pittsburgh Iron City and
Smoky City; Portland (Me) Forest City; Portland (Oe)
Rose City; ST. Joseph, City Worth Whie ST. Louis, Mound
City ST. Paul. SANITY City and Gem City; Sault Lake City,
City of the Saints; San Golden Gate City; Savan
nah Forest City of the South Scranton Electric Cy Seattle
Queen City; Springfield Ql Flower City; Springfield (Mas)
City of Homes; Springfield (O Flower City; Syracuse, Salt
City and Central City of the Empire Sta Toledo, Corn Cy
Troy, Collar City; Washington, City of Magnificent Dis
tances; Worcester, Heart of the Commonwealth.
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SCaVengerS

In Calcutta, India, the only Scavengers the city
employs is innumerAble hocks of buzzards called
Adjutants." They taller and larger than the
ostrich. They keep the city clean of garbage after
their own way of doing it. They are looked upon
as good angels of mercy; you must speak pleasantly
to them and never hurt them if you should kill one
of them you will be arrested Immediately and tried
for serious offence AS the Kaiser is now out of
job they better send him there to take charge of
these scavengers. He no doubt would enjoy the
position.
The mirror., 1919-04-10
A Northland Mystery

You have the rich dark brown fur set
that the stylish lady door wears and you know
that the fur is marten, captured by hardy mack
lnaw-c clad trapper far in the north country But did
you know that connected with the marten is one of
the unexplained mysteries of nature?
Could sit in our trapper friends cabin of an
evening after he has returned from WALKING
many miles over his trap lines through the snow
bound pine forests, and listen to him talk as he
rests before the cracking fire. he would tell us how
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tnre that must result from the present war. In Sy-
ria hardly less than in the interior of China, there
has always been intense persistence of ancient
manners and customs and religious traditions and
proclivlties.
The average peasant families in Palestine dwell.
ing in the inferior today, present the types of
face and form and costume. of dwelling and of do
mstic and rural life, their ancestry in the same
communities extending back Ole, two three or even
four thousand years.
The figure of an old rustic with staff in hand
and pack on his shoulder as sketched in the fore
ground roadway of picture Of Gideon or Gbea-
the city of Saul and Jonathan-may be seen today
and Identical figures might have been seen by Jo-
seph and Mary as they on their way to Jerusa-
lem from Nazareth, and by David when iourneyinp
from his fathers house in Bethlehem to find his
brethren in the army and TO play upon his harp be-
fore Saul that happily his music might drive away the
evil spirit that troubled the King
Ihe lsraelites a simple pastoral people
with almost as little knowledge of the industrial
they had in the fine arts, and until the coming
of David to throne supported by large portion of
the tribes there was but little or no progress and
during his reign and after there was little change in
the national life, in the customs and manners of
the people.
Except the people in the very few large cities
and the numerous prestly orders, the masses
throughout Palestine poor and costumes and
implements for all purposes were like their homes
very primitive and rude.
The very few could afford and could 90 and OBJ
tain bits of armour and better weapons or jewelry
from Damascus or far away Babylon and from Tyre
on the west finer clothes of Tyran dyes could be
tanned the elaborate products of Egypt far
SOUTH and of India far away to the southeast.
The priests, like priests universally always
sought continue the status quo that found them in
authority.
The repressng and depressing rule Of the Turk
in Palestine that has passed with the coming of the
English army under General Allenby, will probably
never return just government will probably
bring modern appliances to all the life of the
try from the cities TO the most interior communities,
and the picturesqueness of the Holy Land that has
existed undisturbed by progress for thousands of
years will probably soon be entirely of the past
Railways and improved roads will develop the
country; dirty old Jerusalem will be cleaned up as
sanitary measure and the niqutous pous graft of its
humbug holy places will in time shrvel and die out
when honest atmosphere is allowed to blow
through its musty precincts.
Much of the good and also of the evil of the
western world, will probably soon bring a great
change upon the face of Palestine. Sci.
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o u e r. IES
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NOTICE TO INMATES

For the benefit inmates who appreciate
pounity that their hours give towards of
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kind of Miss Miriam Carey Supervisor
Will gladly endeavor supply the
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to all queries submitted for publication Inmates names
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being used (Ed.)
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Notice to Inmates

WAR SAVING or THRIFT STAMPS can
be purchased each month by all who
so desire. You must notify your officer
not later than the goth of the month
if you wish to purchase stamps during
that month.
c. S. REED,
Warden.
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Notice Contributions submitted to the Mirror
for publication must be absolutely orisnal if not
original PROPER credit must be given. if known if
writer name is not known. it should be SO speci-
fed by said contributor Should contributor fail
to comply with this request he will henceforth be
dropped from the Mirror contributing staff.
Signed by Editor.
Approved by Warden
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Palestine

In an article Palestine which is designed
TO show us how little we know that is definite about
ancient times easily directs thoughts to the tre-
mendous changes in the Holy Lands immediate flu.
The mirror., 1919-04-10
Much Honey Goes to Waste

Whole shiploads of honey have been sent to
Europe, and more is wanted. Few people realize
that $500 900 pounds of honey produced in
the United States alone each year. Yet the depart
Inent of agriculture says that the output ought to be
much greater and that millions of dollars worth of
sweets annually going to waste in the fields for
lack of bees to gather the nectar When the
sumner pays twice much for comb of honey he
did few years ago, he feels disposed buy stand
of bees himself.-Sel.
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hoTIcE-A inmates the Column desiring
tailed information their invited splendid
books library had request The International
Text especially complete in their information technical
subjects Consult the Reference Useful Arts Literature Chemistry
Biography and Science divisions library diversified
subjects
The mirror., 1919-04-10

Don't you think pilot gunboats when they go
to in fog ought to take signal guns?"
Il should think they could thread their way
better with needle guns."-Sel.
The mirror., 1919-04-10

The first great battle of the world was fought
nearly four thousand years ago, in 1913 B. c., be-
tween Abram and the kings of Canaan. 1t was
battle. like the great battle of today, democracy
against autocracy. Abram won.'
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UNANSWERED QUERIES

MIRROR will publish solutions following
queries due time meantime
string to contribute solutions are invited to doso.
Q-Are there any Indians among the American forces
which have he ped defeat the Germans?-R. D.
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CHURCH NOTICE,

CHURCH NOTICE.
Services in the Prison Chapel nine clock every Sun
morning. Protestant and Catholic every alternate
Sunday Rev. C. E. Benson and Rev. Fr Corcoran, Chap
lains.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
ROACH BUYS THE PAsTIME

A deal was concluded this week
whereby VIM. C. Roach takes over the
Pastime Pool room which has been
conducted by F. H. Hutchings for the
past four years. Mr.. Roach who is
an ex-Great Northern engineer and
one of the pioneers of Leavenworth
has been taking life easy the past
few years, but as he says it came to
a point where taking it easy was hard
work and having had some experience
in the pool and tobacco line finally eff
fected a deal with Mr.. Hutchings. The
Pastime has enjoyed good trade and
thru Mr.. Roach's wide acquaintance
the business is sure to grow and ex-
pand. Mr.. Hutchings who has made
Leavenworth his home for the past ten
wears says he has no immediate plans
for the future but expects to move to
the Coast later on in the summer.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
GOVERNMENT NOW PAYS MEN
FIVE CENTS MILE

Recruiting Officer George /. Bow
ling, at Wenatchee, is in receipt of a
circular letter from the war depart
ment advising him that the depart
ment is now paying men who are be-
ing discharged cents for every mile
from the place of discharge to his ac-
tual bona fide home or residence, or
original place of muster into the SER
vice, at his option. Therefore, ac-
cording to Bowling, soldiers, sailors OF
marines who were only paid three and
a half cents mile have one and halt
cents a mile still due them, which
they can collect by writing Zone Fl
nance Officer, Lemon building, Wash
ington, D. c., Travel Allowance. More
information on this subject may be
secured at the recruiting office in the
Plough building.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
RED MOUNTAIN MINING CAMP
WILL BE Scene OF ACTIVITY
Much Development Work Planned
Road Improvement First on
Program

Mr.. Jas Naughten's return from
Butte, Mont, last Friday revives in
terest in the Red Mountain Mining
venture. Mr.. Naughen spent the past
two summers here and was here two
weeks in April last. Active resump-
ton of work on the Royal Develop
ment Co.'S. property will be resumed as
early as possible. Before, e,however,
this can be done considerable work on
the road between Rock creek and the
camp will have to be done. Mr..
Naughten is an experienced, practical
mining man and spent much of his
time in that Mecca of mining camps,
Butte, Montana. The Red Mountain
property has been thoroly exported
and explored and tested for mineral
content by Mr.. Naughten and other
well known mining men, and pro-
nounced a workable, low grade copper
proposition, with practically mex
haustible body of ore. Considerable
work has been done on the property
in the past two years. One tunnel has
been driven into the mountain 1000
feet, and another some 300 feet. Last
summer a water power plant was in
stalled of sufficient capacity to de-
velop what power is needed for light
ing and power for tunnel development.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
RATE INCREASE NECESSARY

Washington, May 22-In a state
ment issued by Director of Railways
Hines it is shown that the total deficit
to the government for 1919 in the
management of the roads will amount
to $768, 100000 and implies that in or
der to make up part of it it will be
necessary to further increase freight
and passenger rates.
In view of the fact that Director
General McAdoo raised the passenger
rates in many cases fifty per cent and
freight rates horizontally twenty-five
per cent, any further increase in rates
is likely to raise as great a storm
as would the recommended policy of
absorbing the deficit by taxation. In
explaining the deficit Mr.. Hines ad-
mits that there is tremendous falling
off in business and that therefore eX-
penses could not be correspondingly
readjusted. Industrial enterprises,
he says, "have generally suffered en-
barrassment on account of the fact
that business has been curtailed." It
is likely that when congress meets it
will probe the causes of the deficit to
determine whether it has in any way
been due to the mismanagement and
extravaganza which have been
charged on all sides since the taking
over of the roads by the government
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
ANOTHER MERCANTILE CHANGE
SAMPSON GROCERY co. QUITS
Stock and location Will Be Taken Over
By the Rutherford Grocery
Company

A deal was closed this week under
which the Rutherford Grocery Co.
will take over the stock of the Samp-
son Grocery Co., and the building.
The company will move to the new
location June 1st and Mr.. Rutherford
says he is making his plans to have
the best equipped and stocked grocery
store between Seattle and Spokane.
The new room is of ample dimensions
and will lend itself to almost any ar
rangement that may be decided on.
Mr.. Rutherford has given proof of
ability as a grocery man and will
doubtless make good his assertion.
Mr.. Sampson is the oldest merchant
in Leavenworth, having gone into bus
mess here in 1904, and has ever since
been a loyal booster for everything
that made for a better and larger
town. He has always been behind
every movement with his counsel and
a generous contributor to every move
ment that had for its object the up
building and development of the up
per Wenatchee valley. What his
plans are for the future have not
been given out. But his large inter-
ests in and around Leavenworth will
take up much of his time until he de-
cides on his future activity.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
ABOUT BRISKEY JUDGMENT

In complying with the request that
the following be printed in the Echo
and the authors name withheld it is
also here stated that to anyone inter-
ested in the matter we will furnish
the name of the author:
Will the Echokindly publish the fol-
lowing: "Once last fall the Echo pub
lished an item about Geo. Briskey tap
ping a "gold mine." Again in the
Echo of May 2, 1919 you say Mr..
Briskey again taps this gold mine, in
a lawsuit which forced this old man
into court for damages done to his
lands and crops.
1t is an absolute fact that the Great
Northern Lumber Co., have never
paid one cent to Geo. Briskey for the
damage done to his land yet.
They claim to be an entire new
company here since 1917. Neither
has any former company paid Mr..
Briskey $4,000 as you state or $780,
900 as was also stated in a Wenatchee
paper. If you are anxious to know
about this ask Mr.. Briskey and he
will tell the truth.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
SOUTHERN STATES BLOCKED
THE CHILD LABOR MOVEMENT
IF Law Subjecting Child Labor Pro-
ducts to Special Tax is Upheld 1t
Means Death of State Rights

Congress recently passed an act
subjecting goods manufactured by
child labor to a special ten per cent
tax when entered into interstate COM
merce. This is the law which has been
attacked by southern cotton manufac-
turers, and which a southern judge
has now held unconstitutional.
The question will now go the su-
preme court for final settlement. This
will be a decisive battle in the long
war against child labor in the United
States.
Laws regulating labor have been
considered prerogative of the states.
To end child labor has been matter
of winning the states one by one. The
states have been won one by one-till
we got to tn Southern cotton manu-
featuring states. On that rock the
movement broke.
1t is difficult for other states to
maintain laws protecting children
from exploitation in factories so long
as competing states engage in such
exploitation. The adult labor of New
England cotton mills must now COM
pete with the child labor of southern
cotton mills. Desire for their child
ren's welfare has not sufficed to cause
southern states to yield this advant-
age. Federal action has accordingly
been resorted to in the hope of max
ing child labor regulations national
Congress has passed one law in
tended to prohibit child labor. The
supreme court last year held this
law unconstitutional. 1t violated the
rights of states, said the court. Con-
gress then took another tack. 1t
passed the law subjecting to a special
tax child labor products entering into
interstate commerce. The cotton mill
men have won the first round in their
fight against this act.
The case is of more Importance than
even its bearing on this single highly
important subject would indicate. Ap-
proval of the act by the supreme court
will furnish the much needed protec-
ton for the children. But at the same
time it will establish a precedent preg-
nant of momentous and perhaps not
very happy consequences. If congress
can regulate child labor by the device
of tax on its products entering into
interstate commerce, it can take over
many other powers hetherto reserved
to states. 1t could regulate hours of
labor in mines and mills. 1t could
regulate the variety if wheat which
which farmers grow for sale abroad.
Congress has already found indirect
ways to control our local roads,
schools and militia. Are the states
to be wiped out entirely by such de-
vices? We are between Scylla and
Charybdis here Nebraska State
Journal.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
FORESTER FLoRY PROMOTED

The following item was printed in
the daily press last Sunday. Mr.
Flory is well known here, having beer
in charge of the Leavenworth office
up to the time Mr., Sylvester took
charge, and visited here every year
since:
C. H. Flory, who has been assistant
district forester at Portland, Oregon
since 1908, has been advanced to the
superintendency of the Alaskan for
ests and will take up his new duties
July 1. He will succedd W. G. Weigle
who is to be transferred to Seattle
and will be supervisor of the Snoqual-
ME national forest. Flory will be sue
ceeded in the Portland office by A. c
Waha of Washington, D. C. Flory's
headquarters will be at Ketchikan.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

The Fifty annual commencement eX-
ercises of the Leavenworth High
School were held at the Scenic Theater
last Saturday evening, May II. Prof.
E. J. Klemme of the Bellingham state
normal delivered a splendid address
his subject being "The Hope of the
World" Music was furnished by Miss
Elinor Gage one of the graduates who
rendered piano solo, Miss Anne Yen
ney with two vocal selections and Mr..
w. NJ. Pulver on the violin. The
graduates numbered fifteen and inclu-
ded the following: Hazel Peterson,
Alvin Morton, Louise Rumohr, Theo-
dore Kuch, Olive Blankenship, John
Coppock, Iva West, Emil Schneider,
Eleanor Gage, Goethert Schubert,
Florence Pinch, Bruce Smith, Agnes
Davis, Deryl Motteler, Edward Rit-
chic.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
STATE NEWS NOTES

Port Angeles-13,000 acres of land
in the east end of the county are to be
irrigated.
Montesano-Several thousand acres
of land adjoining here have been
leased by the Wylmont Gas & Oil Co.,
of Spokane.
The Western Rubber Co. is to COM
mence the erection of the first $780,
900 unit of the proposed S1,000,000
plant at Tacoma.
The issuance of $5O0,000 road bonds
to finance construction of hard sur
face road road between Yakima and
Grandview has been approved,
Governor Ernest Lister, who was i'll
for several months, was taken to Sc
attic this week for treatment. Ar
rangements have been made at a
hospital whereby special accomo
dations will be given the governor.
Peanuts, 10000 pounds of them,
were unloaded from the Japanese
liner Katori Maru which arrived at
Seattle Saturday from the Orient.
The peanut shipment aboard the Ka-
tori was said to be one of the largest
of its kind ever received here.
From 1918 to 1919 commodity
prices advanced 112, wages 72 and
telephone rates per cent, and the ra-
tio is virtually the same for street
railway, light, power, gas and water
companies. It's now a question of
higher rates, poorer service, less
wages or bankruptcy.
Senator B. C. White of Buffalo, one
of the pioneer wool men of Montana,
says: "The whole tone of the wool
market, both foreign and domestic,
combed from the Commercial Bulletin
of April 27, indicates thaht the mar
ket is strong and advancing, especially
so on fine staple woods.
Chief of Police Joel Warren, of Sc
attic, announced Monday that police
in Seattle would deal harshly with vi
olators of Seattle's traffic ordinances.
The chiefs statement was made fol-
lowing Sundays series of automobile
accidents, in which one boy was
killed and eight people injured.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL FUND
DRIVE WILL BREAK RECORDS

Washington, May 22-"T venture to
make the prediction that the nation
wide drive to be inaugurated next fall
for funds for the erection of a memo
rial to the late Theodore Roosevelt
will go over the top in record break
ing time"
This is a prediction made by Col
John NJ. Cormody of Kansas City.
"In the west" added Col. Cormody
"the name of Theodore Roosevelt
stands for Americanism pure and un-
defiled, and even those who did not
agree in all things with the late
president must admit that he was q
typical American, virile, strong and
intensely patriotic"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-05-23
THE BEAUTIES OF DANDELIoNs

Why the universal aversion to the
dandelion? There is nothing more
esthetically pleasing than the soft
yellow blossoms in a green lawn, or
as we should perhaps say, the delicate
greenness of the infrequent blade of
grass against yellow field of dan
delions. If dandelions could be raised
only at hothouses, and were sold at
fabulous prices, the demand would al
ways be greater than the supply. But
because they are common we call
them a weed and complain that they
are choking our lawns. Intrinsically
the dandelion is one of our most beau
tiful blooms.
By the way, does anyone know how
we can get rid of ours ?-Review.
A ew drops of gasoline in the mid
die of the plant will do the business.