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care how many animals were destroyed
by predatory beasts, because meat was
plentiful. But since meat has become
all the way from $40 to S15. instead of
from S1.50 to $3.50, we urge that the
department give us experts in cooper
alton with our own activities for the
determination of these pests"
1t is true that predatory wild ami
mails. like the mountain lion and wolf.
are expensive. The biological survey
Is emphatic In Its statement that the
average gray wolf kills 81 1000 worth
of live stock year, and mountain
lion $500 worth. The coyote. which Ii
the smaller prairie wolf. rivals his big
cousin In destruction. The biological
survey claims to have reduced the wolf
dividuals In three years.
Incidentally, naturalists and sports
men will be interested In the state
ment by the biological survey that In
the Pecos mountain region bears have
been very destructive. The survey
uses these words:
During the recent grazing season
bears killed approximately 125 head Of
valuable cattle In the Pecos region.
Similar damage In the Black range and
in the Mogollon mountain makes 1t EVIL
dent that a total of at least $50 head
Of cattle as well as a large number Of
sheep were killed by bears. These facts
are worthy Of consideration, in view
of the general and concerted efforts
now under way on the part of sports
men to enact legislation that will pre-
vent trapping Of bears or hunting them
with the aid of dogs"
Naturalists and big game hunters
hold that bears seldom kill big game
or stock. and that when Individual
bears get the stock-killing habit 1t is
an acquired taste. Big-game hunters
holding these views have been active
In promoting state legislation for the
protection Of grizzly and black bears.
which otherwise are doomed to speedy
determination except in the national
parks, which are wild life sanctuaries.
Tte warfare against prairie dogs,
chipmunks and other rodents Is less
exciting, but there is much more
money at stake. In New Mexico In
four summer months cooperative
work in exterminating prairie dogs
was conducted over 652, 900 acres Of In
Tested land, 3.4O3 landowners assisting
In the work. An average of over 90
per cent Of the prairie dogs was killed.
On the untreated land the total
loss of the crop. or at least 90
per cent loss, often occurred as re-
suit of prairie-dog infestation. 1t is
estimated that the crop saving effected
by prairie-dog control amounts to ap-
proximately 100000.
Multiply this by dozen or more
the number Of states doing the same
kind of work-and the size Of the job
is apparent.
A new angle to the situation Is the
recent public announcement that prai-
rie dogs are good eating and that vari-
GUS towns In the infested areas are GO
Ing to put them on the bill of fare.
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Couldn't Hurt That Toad

cell Of lime and stone, to At 1t snugly.
and plastering to prevent the admis-
sion of mir. Sixteen years afterward
gap was made in the wall so that
carts could pass through. The toad
was found alive. Torpid at first, 1t
was soon active, SO that 1t made its
way to n pile of stones and disap-
peared. There were cruel men In North
umberland. Mr.. Thomas Anderson
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"sIT DOWN."

SynopsIs-Senor Antonio de Ia
Guerra, u fine old Spaniard living
on his ancestral estate on the
American side of the Mexican bor-
der, is informed by his American
lawyer. Dempton. that there is
technical error in his will. He
thereupon signs new will. without
reading It. While this is going on
his adorable granddaughter and
helress, Senorita Teresa. is out on
her rose-covered balcony listening
to American love-making from Billy
Stairway, owner of the Painted
Rock ranch. Teresa goes to Join
her grandfather and finds him gone.
with the drawing room in disorder
and blood on the floor. The Amer
lean takes command of the situa-
tion. Senior Eduardo Ramon Tore.
hated kinsman. arrives. Stairway
and the De In Guerra ranch hands
return from vain pursuit of tho
bandits. The new will disinherits
Teresa and makes Tore sole heir.
Captain Juarez. nominally repre-
senting the bandits. appears and
demands 10000 ransom for De la
Guerra. Tore. as heir, assumes
control.
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Woes Laid to Dyspepsia.

How many serious family quarrels,
marriages out Of spite. and alterations
Of Wills might have been prevented
by gentle dose Of blue pill What
awful instances Of chronic dyspepsia
in the character Of Hamlet and Othel-
lol Danish dyspepsia from society and
you have no crime. or at least so little
that you would not consider 1t worth
mentioning.-Charles Kingsley.
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There are many surprising stories
about toads, observes Philip Hale, edi-
tor of the "As the World Ways" col
umn In Boston Herald. Here is one OF
them, taken from book containing the
names and crimes Of people In North
umberiand, England. In 1903 stone
mason, Mr.. George Wilson, "wantonly
tm,nured" toad in wall he was
buir,ing. making for the toad close
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6k!,7FgEH;HF5jEE44& FH5E 3
CABINETE

Self-condemnation with Its allied
thoughts aud emotions has been
productive of n far greater loss in
initiative. in will-power. and OF q
far greater degree of lowered VI
tality. both mental and physical.
than any of us have perhaps real
fzed--Ra1ph Waldo Trine.
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No wife for Him.

This coat was made by some SEM
timental girl. I found gushing note
in one of the pockets"
"Did you write to the writerf"
mot I. The coat was poorly made
and the buttons not half sewed on."-
Louisville Courler-Journal.
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was punished in 1881 for playing on a
bagpipe before bridegroom on SUM-
day. Among the women. Elizabeth
Mills was brought into court for scold-
ing and drying fish on the Lords day.
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taxable sternness. 1--WE are going to
begin our game of dice presently. And
you will do well. senor. In playing your
hand to keep right on smoking and
Sit DOWN."
His hand moved very little as he
spoke. coming to rest upon his right
hip. Tore sat down.
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Maple Parfait.-Pour
n cupful of boiling hot
maple sirup over the
well-beaten yolks of four
eggs; add a pint of thin
cream when cool and
freeze as usual, by pack
ing in ice and salt.
Golden Parfalt.-Cook
together one cupful Of
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hand. With tomato soup
and croutons for a be-
ginning follow up with
OK Tongue and Spin
ach.-The canned tongue
may be used as well as
the canned spinach. Heat
the cooked tongue and
nIaca on n nIafter npaflY
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Tore shows his hand and
makes threats. Stairway
defies him and makes coun-
terthreats.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
De leon's Iandlno IN Florida.

20 0cVH GAHuuTIU III FIoTIUds
On March 27. In 1913, on Easter
Sunday, Ponce de Leon discovered land
after his voyage Of exploration from
Porto Rico. De Leon had sailed in
search Of the mythical island Of b.
mini, where the Fountain of Youth"
was said to be, when he discovered
land on the North American continent.
He named the country Florida. ON ac-
count of the profusion Of flowers.
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DISHES FOR QUICK LUNCHEON.

A choice may be made from these
dishes, depending upon the foods at
The Ordway new era., 1919-08-08
FROZEN DISHES.

There is nothing so appealing to the
palate during hot weather rs refresh
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HILE the appropriations
for the department Of ag-
riculture were under con-
sideration In the house the
following memorial from
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-03-20
WINERIES Are
BEING TURNED
TO CANNERIES

RIVERSIDE, Cal, March 90. -
Wineries in this district are turning
to canneries, and instead of nearby
farmers driving" Up, to, depart with a
barrel of wine, the former winters plan
to have their own trucks travelling the
network of roads and bringing fruits
and vegetables to the canning tables.
One of the largest wineries in Cali
fornia, long in operation at Wineville
near here, will convert its plant, TAX
ing out the old machinery, and install
ing the largest and best In equipment
for handling fruits and vegetables. 1t
has ordered the first few units, and
will be ready to operate this season.
1t also has ordered number of alto
trucks, which will be used through the
surrounding country to bring the
products to the cannery.
Samples will be canned as the first
operation; there will be units devoted
to peaches, apricots, tomatoes, cauli-
flower, cabbage, pumpkin and similar
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-03-20
ALLIED TROOPS
CAN MAINTAIN
RUSSIAN PEACE

VLADIVOSTOK, Feb. 10 (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press) -
DR.. Vaclav Girsa, local member of the
Czech National Council, has faith in
the ability of the Russians to recon
struct an army, provided a stable
government can be established in
Russia. At the moment, he admits,
everything is against such an effort
The soldiers are not properly fed nor
clother, nor paid. They are kept in
barracks with nothing to occupy
them. They serve one government
today and perhaps another tomorrow,
and that demoralizes them.
"The first necessity" said DR.. Girsa,
sis the suppression OF Bolshevik
tyranny and the re-establshment of
peace throughout Russia. To accomp-
fish this the allies will have to send
IBERIA. Three divisions of troops would
be more than enough to accomplish
their suppression and would abso-
lutely guarantee state of peace from
one end of Russia to the other. The
presence of allied troops alone would
have a tremendous effect toward paci-
flying the country. A popular assembly
could be called and government
elected by the will of the whole
nation.
ut would not be necessary for the
allies to keep troops in Russia for
more than few months. With an or
ganized government, established by
win of the majority and supported by
the armed forces of the country, there
could be no armed opposition. am
confident that a sufficiently large army
could be assembled at once which
would be loyal to such a government
and afford it all the force necessary.
Within few months the allied troops
could be removed. Such aid from the
allies would be welcomed by the whole
Russian nation and would in short
time bring about the desired end.
Otherwise Russia will be given over
to anarchy, which will endanger the
country for many years to come.
Admiral Kolchak (head of the all
Russian government at Omsk) has
made the mistake of announcing him
self dictator. The word is enough to
make the average Russian fight. They
want no more dictators II, Netchak
we're given the aid of the allies in
establishing himself in power, even
though he promises to call constitu-
ent assembly, such aid would be mis-
construed by the people as the re-
establishment of the monarchy"
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-03-20

products; later, cucumber pickles Will
be put up, and orange marmalaide Will
furnish another run
Incidentally, the company has taken
out hundreds of acres of wine grapes
and substituted peach and other fruit
trees, while quick crops of vegetables
will be grown between the trees until
they come into bearing
The cannery will start operations
with more than 1875 employees in the
plant, and number on the nearby
roads and land The winery employed
less than a score of people.
1--WE may disseminate less cheer,
but We'll send out more money In
wages says the ,one-time winter. now
Gamer
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-03-20
HUNTING IN IRELAND
IS TO BE STOPPED

i, DUBLIN, Feb. (by maiD .-1nstruc-
lions by the central Sim Fein execu-
tive committee to stop hunting
throughout Ireland pending the re-
lease of the Sim Fein prisoners have
not been welcomed in the country,
where the local hunts give certain
amount of employment and help the
circulation of money among the farm
ers and shopkeepers. The men who
hunt, though mainly of the weather.
classes, are not confined to one class,
and hunting is a popular amusement.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-03-20
OSTRICH .PLUMES AGAIN IN
STYLE THIS SUMMER

Ell PASO, Tex, March 19--Fickle
fashion has been playing fast and
loose with the ostrich industry A
stock company started an ostrich
farm in the valley with more than
fifty of the long-legged birds. Then
the creator of fashions ruled out ost-
rich plumes. The birds were sold and
the few remaining ones given to the
city for exhibition purposes at Wash
fngton park. Now plumes are in style
once more. Park Commissioner
Fisher is planning to buy meat for the
wild animals in the park zoo with the
proceeds from the sale of pIumes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
PROSECUTION OF
MOVIE PAPER Is
SEC. WILSON PLEA

Washington, D. C., April 10
Secretary of Labor Wilson today
wrote Postmaster General Burle-
son and Attorney General Palmer
urging them, if possible, to bring
proceedings against the Moving
Picture World for publishing an
editorial in which proprietors of
motion picture houses are urged
to pIacard their neighborhoods
with flaming red flags advertising
a new film entitled "Bolshevism
on Trial" and to employ soldiers
to tear them down. with A view Of
stimulating public interest.
The editorial said in part:
Run an extra show at night.
Have a special showing for school
children. Work all of the crowd
stunts. Then put up red flags
about town and hire soldiers to
tear them down if necessary and
then come out with q flaming
handbill explaining that the play
is not an argument for anarchy
Have the bills ready printed that
you may get them out quickly or
the idea may boomerang Work
out the limit on this and you will
not only clean up but profit by
future business"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
WEEKLY PROVISION
AND GRAIN REVIEW

Chicago, April 10. - Immense
shipments of foodstuffs to Europe
have resulted this week in record
breaking high prices for provisions
and have lifted cereal values TO the
top-most level yet this season.
Compared with a week ago, the
corn market this morning was Ar
to 25sc up. Oats at an advance of
1AC TO 5 51sc and provisions show
ing gains Of soc to $3.50.
Food administration officials
were quoted as saying as life AMI
order in Europe depended in the
speedy outflow of supplies from
this side of the Atlantic. and that
a comprehensive survey indicated
world demand for wheat would ab-
soTb rye, the entire surplus from
the 1918 harvest in the United
States without impairing much il
any Of the billion dollar fund pro-
vided by congress.
Under these circumstance bull
ish sentiment pervaded the corn
market and was emphasized by
prolonged wet weather and by re
ports of a scarcity of cars. Asser-
tions that in the autumn Europe
would be threatened with a deluse
instead of a dearth of supplies
failed to make any lasting impress
sion.
Oats displayed independent
strength on account Of serious dc
lays to seeding.
The big jump in provisions we-s
ascribed to the urgency Of export
demand together with a falling OF
in the volume of hog arrivals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
CHICAGO OPENS
WAR ON CRIME
Police Told To Check Violence Or
Face TriaI-S0 Killings in Last
Hundred Days.

Chicago. April 10. - Forty-eight
hours of extreme violence caused
Chief of Police Garrity to summon
all commanding officers to his Of
fee and warn them that unless
there were unremitting efforts to
check the crime wave some of them
would face the trial board. Up to
today records of the chiefs Office
showed that since Jan. l there had
been 43 murders in the city, %
deaths by manslaughter, and eight
homicides, a total of so killings in
108 days.
In addition 2O2 stores had been
robbed, "a saloons held up and
looted and three ticket sellers in
elevated railway stations forced to
surrender their cash.
In the last six months 129 per-
sons were killed in Chicago by au-
tomobile drivers and 600 were in
jured. The numbers were taken
from speeders' court records today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
DECLARES IOWA
LAWMAKERS PUT
ON GAY PARTIES

Des Moines, Iowa, April 19.-The
climax of the Investigations that
have featured the session of the
SSth assembly came yesterday with
the announcement of W. G. Bon
ner, municipal judge of Des Moines,
that members of the assembly have
been contributing to the delin-
quency of young girls of this city
Judge Bonner says reports of
midnight cabaret parties and
parties at high class hotels and
apartment houses and even in some
of the cheaper tenement houses.
came to him six weeks ago and that
the police and a special agent from
the governors Office have been
quietly investigating the reports.
A denial was made at the gov
ernor's Office that agents from that
Office were interested in the case.
The girls in the case. according
to Judge Bonner. are from II to %
years of age, while the assembly
men involved are some of them
above the half century mark and
have children of their own. The
judge said in part:
Many of these girls had been
before me in police court. This
fact these legislators knew, and
they used it as a hammer to compel
the girls to submit to their ad
vances. We have all and more than
We can do to protect girls from
wen in our own home towns and
when a number of legislators with
Dlenty of money and their SilVerV
tongues promising riches come to
Des Moines and contribute to the
delinquency of girls it is time
something was done"
The publication of Bonner's
charge in the local papers created
a sensation in the assembly and
resolutions were introduced de-
handing an investigation.
Rather than be made the goat for
the sins of a few members. 1t is.
probable that the legislature will
force publication of the eames of
the guilty solons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
33RD IS BOOKED
SAYS PERSHlNG
Units OF Illinois Division and Sew
enty.Eighth Assigned to Re-
turn-Others Land.

Washington, April 19.-All or
ganizations making up the Thirty
third Ullinois) and Seventy-eighth
(New York, New Jersey and Della
ware) divisions have been assigned
partment was informed today by
General Pershing.
New York, April 19.-Three units
of the Thirty-fifth division, national
guard troops from Missouri and
Kansas, were among 2,S92 troops
which arrived here from Brest to-
day on the transport Won Steuben.
They include nine officers and Sc
men of the Sixtieth field artillery
brigade, As officers of the One Hun
dred Tenth engineers complete, and
two officers and 50 men of the One
Hundred Tenth engineer train.
Other units on board included the
general headquarters A. Z. f. band
which was stationed at General
Pershing's headquarters at Chau-
mont; the One Hundred Second
aero squadron; the Three Hundred
Thirty-fifth ambulance company; /;
scattered casuals and 500 wounded
soldiers.
The transport Walter A. Luck
enbach arrived here from St Ma
zaire today with 2,512 troops. Units
on board included officers and men
of base hospitals "a, 81, 81 and As;
one officer and men of the Second,
Sixth, One Hundred Seventeenth
and Three Hundred Eighth trench
mortar batteries.
Other units on board were the
Three Hundred Fifty-first aero
squadron and Three Hundred
Twenty-first field signal battalion
the Fifteenth Photographic section
of the air service. and casual com
pan3es from Georgia, New York and
Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
is REPORTED TEXT WILL Be
GIVEN WORLD SOON; us. IN
WAR PACT WITH FRANCE? :?
Terms to Be Published Fri
day-Wilson to Sail
May Is, Belief.

Paris. April 19.-The text of
the preliminary peace treaty
will be transmitted to the
press Friday or Saturday of
next week, April % or April 26,
the Petit Parisen says.
The Echo d. Paris declares
that in case Germany refuses
TO sign the preliminary peace
a special train will Immediate
ly be put at the disposal OF the
enemy delegates for their re-
turn TO Germany and the allies
will take military and naval
measures TO enforce the treaty.
The question of an alliance be-
tween France. the United States
and Great Britain is still being dis
cussed by the newspapers. The Elk
celsior today says that the latest
suggestion is for a special cove
nant restricted to defensive meas
ures. This agreement would not be
intended to insure the payment Of
financial reparatiOn.
President 10 Sail May ISL
It was stated in well informed
quarters that the situation of the
peace negotiations was such that
President Wilson probably would
be able to sail homeward on May
20. and possibly a little earlier-by
May Is.
The belief was expressed that
the president would call an extra
session of congress to convene be-
tween May is and June l.
President indications are that the
peace treaty will be signed before
the presidents departure. Infor-
nation reaching the delegates tends
to show that the Germans are not
planning to take up time and delay
the signing of the treaty, as they
desire a settlement of the peace
terms at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Wilson Doesn't Know Date.
Washington, April 19.-President
Wilson cabled Representative King
of Illinois today that he does not
know when he will summon the
new Republican congress in extra
ordinary session. King cabled the
president:
Can you give me idea when con-
gress will meet Urgent personal
reasons prompt request"
Mr. Wilson replied:
Regret very much cannot say
when congress will be called, as ]
do not know myself"
FOch Wants Rhine as Barrier
London, April 19.-In political
circles here much significance is
attached to the resolution adopted
by the French senate demanding
the insertion in the peace treaty of
guarantees suggested by the allied
high command. The resolution may,
perhaps, be read in connection with
the interview with Marshal Foch
had by correspondent of the Daily
Mail, in which the allied generals
simo insisted on the necessity of
regarding the Rhine as the real
barrier against another German at
tack, because the Rhine could be
hled with a small force, whereas
the political frontier west of the
Rhine as proposed uder the peace
treaty would, as the marshal eG-
planned, have to be held with large
forces along its whole length.
There are rumors that Marshal
Foch insisted strongly on these
guarantees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-19
VITRIOL THROWN
IN CAIRO RIOTS:
MAN IS BLINDED

Cairo, Egypt. Wednesday. April
16.-Threats were made recently
by terrorists to throw vitriol on al
ing their work and the official com
munique dealing with the current
disorders, reports two cases of Wit
riol throwing on Tuesday, one man
being totally blinded.
In consequence of the vitriol
throwing incidents an order has
been issued that persons who throw
corrosive substances or cause them
to be thrown are liable to the deaTh
penalty.