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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13

wants to go far out into deep water
hunting for choice bits to eat he finds
his stills most convenient.
1t was away back in 1853 that Dam
pier saw some of these birds in the
Cape Verde Islands and was so i'm
pressed with their splendid beauty
and their many eccentricities that he
at once wrote many pages OF descrip-
ton for his English friends. The birds
had not been hunted then so per-
sistently and were more easy of ap-
proach, so that he had an opportunity
to study them at close range.
They build their nests in shallow
ponds where there is much mud. This
they scrape together, making little
hillocks, like small islands, appearing
out Of the water o. foot and a half
from the bottom. They make the
foundations OF these hillocks broad,
bringing them up tapering to the top.
where they leave small opening or
hollow pit to lay their eggs in. And
when they lay their eggs to hatch
them they stand all the while. not on
the hillock. but close to II with their
feet on the ground and in the water,
resting their bodies on the hillock and
covering the hollow nest upon II with
their plumage. For their legs are very
long and building thus. as they do, up
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to take its trail must be one possess
ing intimate patience and n willingness
to risk both life and limb to reach
his goal.
a few years ago a very great bird
lover succeeded in getting very close
to colony of Florida fiamingos in
the middle OF a swamp. He had a
queer basketlike contrivance made and
covered II with palmetto leaves.
While the old birds were off feeding
he caused this device to be placed
close to the breeding grounds and
crawled into It, In this way he sue
ceeded In obtaining much valuable in
formation concerning the birds.
He observed that when they came
flying home they came with a great
rushing OF wings and that the hun
dreds OF them hurting along through
the air was the most marvellous
spectacle that could nS imagined. One
very interesting feature observed was
that each female bird went straight
to her nest and settled down to cover
ing her eggs without the slightest
confusion. The males ambled about as
though trying to show OF their lovely
plumage, for the hamingo Is as vain
as a peocock Of his scarlet jacket.
Then each went to his own little home
and standing gravely on one foot be-
side his mate seemed to be discussing
the weather with her.
When one OF these great birds took
nap he curled up his long neck Ike
q string with double knot tied In II
and laid II back between his shoulders.
The fiamingo's happy hunting
ground used to be throughout Florida.
and many lovely members of its fam
lily could be met with in the other hot
countries. Very few OF them are left
now. however, anywhere in this coun-
try, ana many bird lovers predict that
in a few years more they will have
been killed OF until they will be OK
tinct
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on the ground, they could neither draw
their legs conveniently into their nest
nor sit down upon them otherwise
than by resting their whole bodies
there. to the point of prejudice to
their eggs or to their young were IL
not for this admirable contrivance.
They never lay more than two eggs
and never fewer The young cannot
fly until they are almost full grown,
but run most rapidly.
The famingo frequents salt marshes
and when these become dry will go
long distances TO f1nd others. On the
wing they are positively startling and
look far more like great flaming sky
rockets hurting along through space
than they do like birds. They ny with
astonishing swiftness, and with their
long necks and long legs stretched out
in a perfectly straight line they look
simply huge.
The young stay with their parents
many months and are almost full
grown before they put on the splendor
OF the plumage that has well been
called the fatal mark Of beauty" For
so persistently has this gloriously
beautiful bird been hunted that its
feathers might adorn women's hats
that In many localities 1t has become
extinct and the naturalist who wants
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13
CUTTING DOWN OUR woHDEEFuL OAKS u the SOUTHLAND.

farm or nearby town. OF the total
production about 100000 cords, OF
10 per cent. of the total. wefe con-
stunned on farms. This is an average
Of about lis cords a farm. These esti-
mates are based upon county estimates
made by county crop reporters Of the
Bureau Of Crop Estimates.
"On the basis OF estimates made for
1918 the farm fuel wood crop Is one Of
the important crops Of the farm, mas
much as only Ave crops exceeded II in
value in 1918. namely. corn. wheat.
oats, hay and cotton" In New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13

There are so many possible uses for
so-called waste wood or byproducts Of
the lumber industry that it is little
short Of criminal for us to neglect to
put to service many OF these materials
Tie startling feature of the lumber
industry. using the term in its broad
est sense. is the fact that we cut down
and burn up each twelve months
something like $500, 600. 900 cubic feet
Of standing timber--a little more than
we actually convert into lumber and
shingles. II the wood so used We're
only of the inferior sorts then we
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13
The FlamingO, a Queer and Beautiful Bird

T I sounds like a bit from alice in
Wonderland" but it is a fact that
there Is a bird that sits on its
nest standing straight up and eats it's
dinner with the crown of its head
resting upon the ground. This, how
ever, Is not the only popularity of the
fiamingo. This large and strikinEly
beautiful bird seems to have gotten
many parts Of its anatomy as we'll as
many OF its ideas Of life decidedly
mixed, and as a natural result 1t goes
through many of its daily duties right
straight backward. or rather right
straight upside down.
At the first glance a fiamingo's jaws
appear to be badly broken. for nothing
else Of its kind has ever been seen In
the world Of birds or Of animals either.
On the contrary. though. his bill is
in very perfect working order. only
nature has reversed things. for the
lower jaw, or mandible. Is the larger
and securely flxed. while the upper
jaw, or maxllla, Is small and movable.
Both portions OF this big beak are ar
ranged in a series OF thin plates. like
the bills OF all members of the duck
family so that he can easily sift the
nice squirmy things that he likes out
of the soft mud
When the fiamingo dimes he rests
his head In the mud on the bottom OF
o shallow stream. and while he strains
the bugs out Of the water he can Sc
cure both backward and upside down
view of the world about him.
There are few Iovelier birds to be
found than this great fellow with IN
gorgeous suit Of flame. yet SO shy Is
he and in such far away places does
he hide his nest that 1t Is almost i'm
possible 10 get close enough to him to
learn his habits at FIRST hand.
The legs Of the fiamingo are
absurdly long and thin and he looks
very awkward when he is pacing
sedately along on land. but when he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13
An Anglo-Irish Tunnel

from some point on the coast of
Lancashire TO the nearest point in
Antrim or Down on the Irish coast, a
submarine length of twenty-four miles
One Of the great benefits of the tunnel
would be that II would shorten the
transatlantic journey by at least forty
eight hours. 1t would also help the
Irish cattle trade and the shipping Of
perishable goods. especially fish, to
English markets. Estimates of the
cost of the proposed tunnel vary from
s35. 100000 to $50 200, 900.
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might look upon this consumption with
less apprehension. but the truth is our
suburban and rlfrel population burn up
oak. pine and other timber which is in
great demand for structural and
manufacturing purposes
The Department OF Agriculture, In
It's March issue OF the Monthly Crop
Reporter. has this to say regarding
firewood on the farm during 1918:
Approximately 1o2,s0s.OO0 cords OF
firewood were produced on farms OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13

n TOT only is 1t thought that the
N long talked OF tunnel between
England and France will be
constructed at no remote date. but
there Is also talk of tunnel between
England and Ireland. This would re-
store TO a slight extend the geograph-
ieal union that existed between the
two countries in one geological age
thousands and thousands of years age.
Great Britain and Ireland were then
separated only by a great valley.
II is proposed to carry the tunnel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-13

wood every year. Tie authorities
qualify this figure by saying that the
entire amount Is not an absolute loss
because q part OF the slabs and edg-
ings are used for making lath, and
many mills employ their refuse for
fuel in the generation Of needful power.
Even so, this is by no means true
economy, because much of this by
product stuff cohld be turned to far
better account and a very large per-
centage of the sawdust, slabs, odd
pieces, &C.. are set afire where they
are piled just to get rid of them, or
hauled away. Of q cost, to be similarly
disposed of elsewhere.
Many Uses for Byppeducss.
We learn from the experts in
Washington that: 1.-THE relation Of
the tree In the forest to the lumber
derived from II may be expressed in
the statement that an average OF only
500 feet Of lumber 10 used for each
1, 900 feet that stood In the forest"
The United States Senate. during the
sixtieth Congress. had the matter OF
forest conservation before IL and a
document published as a result OF that
inquiry brought out some illuminating.
although disturbing. facts. The fol-
lowing excerpt will serve to bring one
aspect Of this vital question to a
focus.
''If all the wood wasted In the man.
ufacture Of yellow pine lumber In
1907 had been steam distilled for the
production Of wood turpentine II would
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state the number OF cords burned
averaged twelve a farm, and the mean
value was $3.50 a cord at the farm.
That Is to say. the total farm value of
that wood used by our rural jewellers
amounted last year to s25,47s.OOO. We
are among the largest of the consum
ers. No doubt II that lumber had been
disposed OF as lumber and only the
scrap had been burned the economic
gain would have amounted to many
millions Of dollars.
It Is unquestionably an extremely
wasteful procedure for very large
percentage Of our farmers to look
upon their growing trees as frowood,
because with them 1t Is an unfailing
system Of exhaustion without any heed
to replonishment.
Now as to the economies which may
be effected by the scientific use OF So
called wood waste: The United States
Forest Products Laboratory at Madi-
son, Wis. has gone into this subject
carefully. It has shown how the saw
mill scrap may be used for working
into lath, shade and map rollers, chair
stock. boot and shoe findings, brushes,
oVNSS oiu "N'' A"i "Oe'
wars Ihate.ies' tooupicks' &C But
even 20 thcre are immense quantities
OF Woo waste which 90 not lena tnem-
Selves readily 10 manW"c'ure ana yet
can be turned to good account. These
are sawdust, shav!nss and the COM
paratively small and varied forms OF
sawmill scrap.
ihose ekperts point out lha'' Inc
process OF developihs power from
waste "oou oy means Oh the gas pro-
Queer ana gas engine Is one which
seems 10 nave sood chance LOT larger
development. IRON the STANDPOINT or
iuel consumption II Is more econom-
ieai nethod OF producing power than
the usuol method OF burning wood I'M
der steam ooileTs'
coivod ,v;as RECOGNITION ana IN T,nc-
strife WOODWORKING plants especially
hove depended entirely upon producer
sas from this source for motive power.
IL IN said TO be practicable to obtain
from any suitably designed producer
quite as much useful gas when em-
pioyinG wood rs when drawing upUn
unanimous coal.
Scrap SO used for power purposes
leaves producer waste in tho form OF
tar and charcoal, both of which are
rich in arbonaceous material and,
therefore high In heat units. This
charcoal and this tar can now be COM
bincd with the waste from our oil re-
fneries aud worked into a valuable
| liquid fuel. The gas given off from q
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] The annual quantity OF sawmiiI
waste. ss distinct from logging waste,
IL put at 1000. ooaAt~ ~- >-et OF
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02

very materially. He filled the air with loud and insistent lamentations that fitted in depressingly with the uproar of the locusts themselves, and spread consternation among the two- legged members of his household. It was consternation that grew into dismay and disgust in many cases where these victims of a strange diet insisted or pouring out their complaints, with few pauses, throughout the weary hours of the night
 Whether the locust is too rich morsel for the simple needs of the. feline eDigastrium, or whether his shell defied all the assaults of gastric juices and just naturally started internal dis cord is a problem. Suffice it to know that there is no doubt at all about the discord. Scores of cats have been de- ceived by these nice juicy looking bugs to their great and everlasting sorrow They have been sick, just as sick as cats can be without surrendering one or more of their several lives, and very unhappy.-Baltimore Sun
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02

had to be carried from the court room. The rext morning 400 motorists, cused of violations of traffic ord,- nances, were awaiting the opening O. court.
 Heard 115 Cases in Three Hours
 The same day in Long Island courc, 54 cases were handled; Flatbusn court, Brooklyn, handled 5, and in Flushing court 92 complaints were heard Magistrate Thomas Doyle of the Flushing court, who some time ago became known as Dollar a Mile" Doyle, fro minis habit of fining mo- torists $1 for every mile of speed their machines had shown, has won the new title of "Lightning" Doyle. Recently he disposed of 115 cases in less than three hours, and collected s45c In fines.
 The fines vary from sl to $50, though S25 is the most popular amounc in all courts. But all violators of the traffic laws aren't getting off With fines. Many are being sent to jail TOT sentences of from one to 90 days. New York has issued an ultimatum ,o
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02
WAGE WAR ON sPEEDERs

The streets of New York City are not speedways. The fact is forcibly demonstrated to motor car drivers with a mania for letting 'er out" by the enforcement of a recent order to trarfIc cops to arrest at least five violators of the traffic laws a day Nobody knows where the order came from. Both AIas or Hylan and the police com missioner deny knowledge of it's origin, but both praise it, and declare it shali be enforced. The policemen them selves know nothing more of its origin, but they've received it-and they're obeying it.
 As a result, traffic courts arc swamped. The Harlem traffic magfs- trate has been given two assistants but even three judges are unable tu handle the great number of cases whic;, come lefore them every day. The other afternoon. after helping to care for 25U cases, one of the judges collapsed ana
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02

speeders and it is enforcing it. Nine hundred men now are on the traffic squad, and the police commissioner promises this number will be increased.
 Brings Fewer Accidents
 Already the crusade is demonstrating it's success. The first week after the .five-a day. order was issued the num- Der of motor car accidents fell on greatly from average of the preceding three weeks, though the number or fatalities still was in excess of that TOT the same period last year. During the four weeks S7 persons were Killed by motor cars, as compared With so last year, in the state of New York, but the fourth week of the period showed fewer fatalities the same week ias- year.
 While Mayor Hylan denies all knowl- edge of the origin of. the orcer, news papers are inclined to credit him With it, and one New York paper has re- called that few months ago the mayor narrowly escaped being run down oy q motor car in Harlem. He makes no
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02
ID VOTE ON BONDS FUR ROOSEVELT DISTRICT

At d well attended meeting of the patrons of the Roosevelt school on Monday night, it was resolved to call an election on a proposition to vote bonds in the sum of s27, 800 for the construction of an addition of four rooms to the school building and to make other needed improvements.
 It was at first proposed to install heating plant but in the opinion of those at the meeting it was better to let them go over for a time, as before very long another bond issue would be necessary. The chief need of the school now is more room, as the school has grown with great rapidity, due to the settling up of that neighborhood.
 Before an agreement was reached as to the amount of the bond issue to be submitted. many persons offered their views and estimates. which ran from t25, 900 to S35,000. Very little opposi- ton 10 the amount finally agreed upon was developed
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02
secret of his championship or the

secret of his championship or the crusade.
 The killing of people by reckless motor car drivers must stop Tn this city," he declared recently. Y am de- termined that the man who deve1ops a speed mania, who drives through con- gested streets as he would along a race course, does not deserve liberty. His proper place of abode is behind steel bars. He is suffering from an ailment quite as dangerous as that or the lunatic wno runs amuck in a crowd with knife. If he doesn't crush out young life today, he will run down an aged man or woman tomorrow. It's only a question of time.
 Crossing many streets is far more dangerous than making ones way un- der the lowered gates of a railway crossing. While on a railroad crossing one is at least warned by bell ana a whistle, motor car drivers Of the speed mania type don't think it neces- sary to give a warning.
 And the number of arrests made 1n
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02
LOT OF SICK CATS

Baltimore's suburban felines are playing John the Baptist roles with disastrous results.
 Residents of the locust infested sec tions were very much interested and amused when they found the family cat taking to a diet of these strange insect visitors and aided and abetted the banqueting with a pleasing antici- patton of a reduced milk bill. Further more, it looked like the problem of saving the young fruit trees was solved while Tabby's appetite held out.
 But another brilliant hope was fliv- vered. Tabby had not indulged over long before his features began to take on a mournful expression and his in terest in the things of this world waned
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02
Dresses 0t $11.88

They will certainly open your eyes real worth and merit
 In this lot of dresses you will find plain white all crepe de chimes and georgette navy bues Copenhagens Cordova
 liberty blue victory taupe black tans pnks and greens in special quality chiffon taetas printed and plain georgette 1adium satin fouards poplns and combinations in full range of sizes These dresses prety and stylshy trimmed regularly selling values up to $295o- G17 2Q all now specially priced at .................. OO
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02

the first few days of the campaign mas convinced New York motorists tha, the city administration and the police are in earnest.
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02
One Lot of S1lk Skirts $10.95
Of Values Up to 5000.

A Silk Dress Skirt of extra special value = skirts of all-siIk crepe de chine, satin baronette, foulards, khaki kool, printed crepes, and other stylish and serviceable silks. These in number of pretty and stylish summer shades, very cleverly and stylishly made in a good range of ,n si1es1be1, $ zsedo values S10.95
Arizona republican., 1919-07-02
Dresses Ot $4.95

A specially strong lot of Dresses in fast eolored Ginghams and Voiles- Dresses for street, home and porch wear made with sport pockets, belted models, with organdy collars and cuffs and vest eff fects. Every dress exceptionally well made in variety of pleasure models splendid assortment of Fancy Printed Voiles and Assorted Fancy Plaid Cling hams. This is the best low price dress value in the state. EI OK
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-04-24
Casper Stammen Dead.

Casper Stammen, one of Buffers
Oldest and best known citizens, died
at his home in the south part of the
city Monday, April FL, of diseases in
cident to old age.
He was born in Germany Decem-
Der IS, 1883 and when a young man
came to this country. He enlisted
in the Federal army i'll the first year
OF the Civil War and was dis
charged after four years of faithful
service. Immediately after his dis
charge from the army he came to
this city, where for several years he
followed his trade of carpentering,
later going into market gardening
and finally into the ice business. He
erected large stone ice house on
the lot at the corner of Atkeson
avenue and Broadway which was
filled every winter from the Mound
branch and in later years from the
lake southeast of town. February
IS. 1870, he was united in marriage
to Mrs. Mary Kelly, who survives
him. They were perhaps the oldest
married couple in this city, several
years ago receiving the prize for the
oldest married couple at the Bates
county Old Settlers reunion.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon by Rev. A. J.
Cutrell, of the Ohio Street M. E.
church, and interment made in Oak
Hill cemetery.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-04-24
Christian Church.

Last Sunday was big day all the
way through, with us, but we want
to make the first Sunday i'll June
still bigger. That will be "Chil.
dren's Day" and should be a record.
breaker. So begin a new Campaign
at once to last till June Ist. Every
Sunday will be a special day in Sun
day school. Next Sunday will be
Girls and Women's Day. and the
mark has been Set for 200 girls and
women on that day. The girls will
furnish some special music.
At Io:45 a.. m. next Sunday the
pastor will preach on The Import
ance. of the Sunday School, At 8
p. m. he will take for his subject,
When Should a Person Join the
Church?' This is the fifth and is the
special Sunday evening series.
There will be rousing young peo-
Piles meeting at 7 p. m. If you be-
lieve in the genuine Christianity of
the New Testament here is where
you belong. If you have no, church
home we welcome you to the home
like church, the church of the glad
hand. Come and bring friend.
r. S. B. Moore, Pastor.