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Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
IRON CLAD LAW FOR TEACHING
 SUSPENDED
(From Sundays Daily.)

The deplorable situation prevail ing throughout the state in lack oi public school teachers has been re- lieved by the filling of vacancies, and the legal bars are now removed which from a statutory viewpoint had closed over 60 public schools in the city at large.
 The Arizona board of education at Phoenix has grasped the seriousness of the situation and here is what State Superintendent Case at Phoe- nix sends to County School Super intendent Miller of this county to observe:
 At a meeting on September 25 of the state board of education, acting upon reports from the various coun- tE school superintendents, showing more than GO vacancies impossible to be filled by regularly certihcated teachers, authorized me to advise that upon your recommendation tenn porary certificates would be granted tO teach to meet the emergency. These certificates are to be valid un- til the next regular quarterly exam ination in December. Under the circumstances l feel that you should use every effort to secure the best available teachers under the circum- stances"
 Mir. Miller stated yesterday that any person having had experience in teaching, or who is educationally qualified, will be granted a certificate 10 teach in pursuance of the above orders.
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
SNAKES WAG|NG WAR ON PEST
 RODENTS
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

War between Arizona snakes and the allied prairie dogs, gophers and other rodents has been waged re- lentlessly for many years, according to D. A. Gilchrist of the University of Arizona, also a representative of the United. States biological survey.
 Though not particularly friendly to the snakes, the hawks and the bad gers, the eagles and weasels, with the support of the owls, have helped his snakeship to to save the farmers of the state a sum exceeding $ per acre, though the council of defense with the extension service, Univer- sity of Arizona, co-operated with the department of agriculture in the war against crop destroyers and mod estly claim some credit for the ex- tensive scope of the field operations. Stockmee and farmers contributed $3l,5O to a total fund of $59,57427, the biological survey giving $16- 9O687, the state of Arizona $9,644.60, while four counties were interested to the extent of S1,522.8O. In the past season 280,O62 avres of range land and 1O6,628 acres of cultivated crops were treated with poisoned grain or disulphide, with a record of getting 95 per cent of the rodents.
 An interesting exhibit of this work will be feature of the North ern Arizona Fair, held in Prescott October l6, Y, IS, at which time D.
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
PRESCOTT NAVAL
 RECRUITS IN PROGRESS
(From Tuesdays DaiIy.p

From Los Angeles comes the in formation, through letter addressed to w. J. Feeley, navy recruiting of fcer, with headquarters in the Law Tor block, that George w. Beebe, who enlisted in Prescott this week, had passed a 100 per cent examina- ton and would proceed at once to San Francisco, where he enters the yeoman school to qualify as a staff officer in the paymaster department.
 Beebe, who gave his address as Mesa, Arizona, formerly lived in Prescott, his brother at this time driving one of the Jordan line stages.
 Another enlistment this week was that of Arthur c. Genorus, a pre- vious service man, who in the navy saw active duty in one of Uncle
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
RACE PROGRAM FOR
 3 DAYS OF N. A. FAIR
(From Tuesdays Daily)

The racing track of the Northern Arizona State Fair will be put i'll hrst class shape pending the opening day of the fair. This years track program will be under the capable direction of Lester Ruffner, who will have as his assistants Carroll w. Da- wis and Grant Carter. Over $2,000 will be given in prizes and new and thrilling stunts will be Introduced, with plenty of fast races and sports. Captain Grant, athletic director at Whipplc Barracks, has been ap- pointed to take charge of the sports for the men at Whipple
 On each of the three days of the fair, October I6, Y and IS, the fol- lowing races will be run:
 Half mile free for all total purse $50. First prize $1O0, second $50.
 Fourth mile free for all, one money, $1OO.
 One mile race, free for all, total purse $250. First price $l5O, second, $lOO.
 On October Y the quarter-mile race will be ladies' race. This is bound to be a thriller.
 A Ford relay race will be run each day, conditions and prizes to be an nounced later.
 The fair association reserves the right to declare off all races that are not started promptly. No jockeying will be permitted and the judges Of the fair program have absolute power governing all races and their decision in all matters will be final. | At least three horses must start in each race. There will be no entrance | fee for any of the races held at the state fair track and all entries must be in the hands of Lester Ruffner not later than 8 o'clock p. m., pre- ceding the day of the race.
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01

Sans ships which maintained an ef- fective patrol off the coast of France.
 Genorus enlisted for the full four years, proving that he enjoyed his former years spent in naval life. He went to Chicago, where he will spend a year acquainting himself with airplane motors and operation, together with securing the training necessary for advancement in the air department in the navy.
 AS the enlistment period for enter ing the aviation schools of the navy are open for thirty days longer, this sailor declared he was taking no chance of losing a chance to learn aviation mechanics
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
VERDE VALLEY IS TO
 VOTE ON LOCAL POST

CLARKDALE, Sept. 25.-In or der to determine whether the return ing soldiers, sailors and marines of Clarkdale are desirous of forming a local post of the American Legion, a meeting will be held in the lodge room over the drug store at go Friday evening, September 26 ht this time, the purposes and benefits
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01

been nothing doing has not been disclosed but John not coming up and making the promised payment, the city authorities assumed he was shy as to purpose and purse.
 John now is a guest of the city for % days, that being the alterna- tive imposed upon him by the court, whose lemency in the matter of i'm mediate payment of his fine and costs were not appreciated.
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01

\. Gilchrist will be present ready to consult with any interested.
 His headquarters are at l3l North Second avenue, Phoenix. Farmers and stockmen wishing to get in line and wage destructive warfare on the range and farm pests are invited to call or write Mir. Gilchrist.
 The information is given that all the large hawks of the state are ben efcial, the only member of the hawk family not deserving consideration being the small sharp shinned va riety. which should not be confused with his helpful cousin, the spar row hawk.
 While not expecting that the rat tlesnake will escape destruction by rodent hunters, it must be admitted he is an efficient ally of man, for he lives entirely upon destructive pests, if one overlook an occasional bird taken unawares. However, in the re- sentiment against the poisonous snake, the helpful bull, grass, garter and other varieties of harmless rep tiles should not fall victim to hasty action, for their stealthy scouting operations against grain and grass destroyers are worth money to the grazing and agricultural interests of the state.
 Whoever engages in the indiscrim- mate slaughter of birds should be heavily fined, for he strikes directly at the food source of humanity, doing inCalCnlable harm
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
ANOTHER VICTIM OF
 TREACHEROUS COLORADO
(From Tuesdays OailyO

Related news of the death of Henry (. Bloodgood by drowning in the Colorado river at LaPaz, has been received in this city, this being the second instance of this fate to occur to mining operators within two weeks, a mine superintendent of Oatman losing his life last week in a manner similar to Mir. Blood- good, while he was bathing in the stream. The Los Angeles press ac- count says:
 MT. Bloodgood was warned by river Indians not to go out to the center current, but being good swimmer, did not heed the advice. He was caught in a whirlpool about 2S feet from the shore and carried under like a flash. His lifeless body was recovered later on a sandbar about 300 yards below, and although resusctiating efforts were resorted to, he failed to revive. Mir. Bloodgood was among the best known of west ern mining authorities, and 1t was stated he was in the Colorado river country on a placer movement. He was single, and native of Canada, aged about 65 years"
 Mr. Bloodgood had visited Pres colt quite frequently and it was stated yesterday was much impressed with the placer possibilities of the Stanton country.
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01

of the organization will be ex- plained.
 II is desired to have every honor ably discharged soldier, sailor and marine present at this meeting n order that the general concensus of opinion relative to forming a post may be obtained
 Matt Mungovan will be on hand to dispense some of his famous mu- sic, so that an interesting meeting is promised
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
GAMBLING ISN'T LUCRATIVE JOB,
 STEWART PROVES
CFrom Sundays daiiy.S

Gambling is on the bum, if the inability to meet the fine imposed on John Stewart, colored, shows the real condition confronting the would be gentlemen of leisure" who oc- casionally take a chance of running foul of the city police.
 Caught, arraigned and on the 18th ef August fined, Stewart was given 90 days in which to raise his contri- button to the city treasury. Whether he loafed on the job or there has
Weekly journal-miner., 1919-10-01
JURY WHACKS PHOENIX

PHOENIN, Sept 25.-The Mari copa county grand jury in closing its session today submitted a report to the effect that the Phoenix city jail is no place for self respecting hog to live in" Indictments for gaming have been returned against number of prominent citizens of Phoenix, but no names have been given out as the men are not in custody.
The sun., 1919-02-23
Eleanor Hallowelf Abbotts Exciting "Old-Dad"

undertook to convince the girl that one
bad mess need not spoil her whole life.
As she is very giriish girl, hrs task is
next to impossible, but an exciting night
in the Florida Everglades helps him out
in way to make the writers of movie
scenarios give up in utter Encouragement
Another reason for enjoying the story is
the important presence Of houseboat;
though it puzzles Us that the houseboat
has no name. Every one else has a name.
Besides Old Dad there are the Outlaw and
the Intruding Lady and Teacher Dear
and the Kissing Man and several others.
The Helping Household should receive its
due \
When she was girl Miss Abbott hated
school and never did well in anything ex-
cept the English classes. Her loathing for
formal education is beautifully present in
Oh-Dad. We should thrill if she and
Capt Charles G. Norris, who wrote Salt,
would get together ON the subject. What
a scathing novel they would produce!
Very seriously. any one who declines to
examine Miss Abbott's tales, if only to
find out the secret Of her great popularity,
is making grave mistake For you may
compose very nourishing drink, but flat,
and most Of US will not banker for it; but
if there Is a sparkle and an effervescenee
so that every sip goes up Your nose We
all (vell mast of uSl stand in line 10 buv
soda checks. 1t will not require Nine
teenth Amendment forbidding some potent
varieties of fiction to sell this book.
OLD-DAD. BIZ ELEaNOK HALLowELL Al
Borr. Z. P. button Co. >Sl.50.
The sun., 1919-02-23

Adams, coming TO hkar OF II, Will be
lightly derisive Wilk>n Follett will de-
cline to meet You, and You will be equally
unveleome at the Brevoort and at meet
ings Of the American Academy Of Arts
and Letters (if we record the title cor
rectly. They are sometimes known as the
Immortelles).
Yet there are people who enjoy Miss Abb
bott, as we shall call her, Mrs. Coburn
having too remote a ring. Quite large
number Of them. A simple sort. Very
crude. Foreheads like the House of the
Seven Gables. Ourselves are one. We
like Miss Abbott's new story, called Old
Dod
It is so emotional thu it intoxicated us
slightly and brought Ikhe thought that
though the Eighteenth Amendment shall
be upheld forever, yet we may have a lit
tie session of hysteria all by ourselves
now and then as lona as Miss Abbott
writes books. We thn as she shakes up
her words like ingred, nts in a cocktail
mixer. Lips starken, people quicken into
utteranee, delightful girls gasp just before
they pitch to the floor in a. dead faint:
"Oh, Father, ,chGt is it about boys that
makes it so wicked to have them around?'
Blue dogs with names like Creep Mouse
sniff at finger tips, Splendid, clean
hmbed, clean souled yStng men visit visit
full and lovely young women just sitting
up in bed after days and days of am
nesia. Other young men who .Raye lived
not wisely but too well get drunk at the
right moment to promote the kind of end
ing that brings back the reader for more.
Heartless and middle aged women get their
eomeupins Tor eomeupanees, as some pre-
fer to say and spelD. And the most sur
prising things happen with engaging
rapidity. And every little while some one
says something so clevxr or funny that if
it were in book by Hepry James it would
be quoted in the best circles.
Philosophy, too, stated with vividness
we would never dare ourselves, but that
we like and envy. when Jaffrey Bret
ton assures Sheridan Kaire: 'Love isn't
an overcoat, Won know, Kaire. It's under
clothes! The White Linen of Efel And
there seems to be something peculiarly
and particularly offensive to a fastidious
body-in being proffe ed personal linen
which still retains even the seent-let
alone the sweat-of a previous relation.
As we say, we like that and
envy it, but We feel at the bottom of our
hearts that if it had teen written by Oscar
Wilde it would never have got past the
late Mr.. 'Comstock; and that had G.. B.
Shaw put such a speech in a play the
Lord Chamberlain would not have licensed
a performance in London. We insist it
is all right. Shaw is too great prude to
have thought of such a thing, let alone
writing it down.
The story of OId-Dad ought not to be
revealed in advance; and anyway, there is
this drawback, that nd outline could con-
vey an idea Of the way Miss Abbott tells
it, which is literally everything. We
might say it was a story of how young
girl made the acquaintance Of her father;
but that would give 70 idea. More &c
curately, it is the story of young girl in
The sun., 1919-02-23
By GRANT M. ovERToN.,

TO say q word Of praise for book by
l. Eleanor Hallowen Abbott-or in
, deed any one Of dozen other women
novelists-is to run terrific risks. The
very least that will happen 10 YOU is that
You will b. accused of utter insineerity.
If a person dares TO defend the best SELL
ers all the howledgous folk dismiss his
argument as necessarily insincere. Not a
bad way Of evading the task of answering
the argument, IS it?
And to find pleasure in Eleanor Halo
well Abbott's stories will be to excite
The sun., 1919-02-23
IMPORTANT
Experiments
In International
Administration
By FRANCIS BOWES SAYRE

"NOW and then there
comes to us a book
which is so pertinent, so apt
and so valuable that we are
moved &c wonder why it was
not written before, OF rather,
perhaps, why a dozen men
had not undertaken stimuli
taneously to write the same
thing. It is quite obvious
that such a book as this is
Just about the most timely
and useful that could possibly
be put forth, now that the
question of a league of ma
tons to enforce peace is the
dominant question in the
mind of the world. For so
compactly and yet compre-
hensively supplying the need
we owe great thanks to Mr..
Sayre. New York Tribune.
Post 500. $3.50
HARPER & BROTHERS
NEW (Est. 1917 YORK
The sun., 1919-02-23

an unpleasant serape resulting in her ex-
pulsion from college; and it is further
and essentially the story of how her father
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
lntere sting Side
Lights on Fine
Arts Speaker
Thomas Wood Stevens Has
Written and Directed
Eighteen Pageants in
u. S. and Europe.

Thomas Wood Stevens, head Of
the department of dramatic arts at
Carnegie Institute of Technology
who will lecture before the Fine
Arts society April 4 at 4:3Q in the
ball room Of the Fontenelle, has
written and directed Is pageants
in this country and Europe. The
largest was the pageant of St. Louis
1914, produced with Percy Mac
hayes masque of St. Louis. There
were $500 people in the cast and
100000 in the audience. Our board
of governors Of Ak-Sar-Ben went
to St. Louis as specially invited
guests to see this performance.
Since the war Mr.. Stevens has
written two Mosques, "The Draw
ing of the Sword" and Joan of
Arc" The first made such a wide
appeal in a patriotic way, that the
authorities allowed Mr.. Stevens to
take his Carnegie players upon the
road.
Eventually it was given with an
all star cast of New York stage
people at the Metropolitan opera
house for the benefit Of the Red
Cross. She net receipts were $780,
600. Ethel Barrymore played BEL
gium," Marjorie Rambeau "Ameri-
ca" etc.
Joan Of, Arc" was first produced
in Pittsburgh for the war savings
stamp campaign.
The summer of 1918 General Per-
shing sent word for Mr.. Stevens to
come to France in a recreational
capacity. While there he produced
Joan of Arc" four times with the
men of the American expeditionary
force, the first performance being
given on the steps of the historic
cathedral at Domreny. His lecture
in Omaha will be THE Army in
France at PLAY"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
Benefit Dance.

A benefit dance will be given BY
the Dundee Womans Patriotic club
April Fools day at the Hotel Rome
Mrs. Harry Whitman, Mrs. Harry
Patterson and Mrs. H. B. Robertson
the committee in charge, are plan
ming some unique features for the
party and it promises to be one of
the most attractive of spring affairs
The funds will be used to finance the
canteen workers in France and also
TO continue the local charity work
in which the club is engaged.
DR.. c. Margaret came home this
morning to visit his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. E. c. Margret, at 1888
North Thirty-third street. He has
just received his diploma from the
Rush Medical college at Chicago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
Little Russias' =
Throughout
North
Fathers Believe That
the Girls Should
Have No Edu-
cation.

In the Americanization plans being
elaborated by the National Board of
the Young Women's Christian asso-
CATION, the north central field has
a problem of its own which until
now has been practically unconsid-
cred. In Nebraska and the two Da-
kotas are colonies of Russian Ger
mans, commonly known as Russians,
who are as un-American in their
habits Of living and thinking as their
fathers and grandfathers in the viii
lagos along the Volga river.
These people began coming into
the rural districts of the middle west
| in the seventies when that part of
the country was bidding for immi-
grants and the reforms that followed
the freeing of the serfs in Russia
were threatening their local self
government, their separate schools
and churches, and their freedom
from military service. In all these
years they have chung together in
.olonies, building their houses in the
close unvent'!ated fashion of the
Russians, sometimes of brick and
sometimes of sod, according to their
prosperity, speaking the language,
keeping the religion, and holding to
the habits they brought with them.
The men still believe woman
should have no education and that
a man shows his authority in his own
household by severity. ,(he women
still wear little shawls tied over
their heads and help with the work
in the fields in addition to doing all
the work in the house and bringing
up large families of children. The
young girls work hard, know moth
ing about play, and at a very early
age marry the men who arrange the
matter with their fathers. They have
no choice whatever about the men
they marry.
| A few of the more ambitious of
these girls have found their way
to cities and towns where they have
come into contact with better living
conditions, but their efforts to bring
their younger sisters with them rare
ly is successful because of the atti-
tude of the autocratic heads of the
families.
The Young Women's Christian
Association is entirely unknown in
these colonies except as vague re-
ports of it filter back from the few
girls who have it in the towns. These
young women are very keen to see
the Blue Triangle find its way into
the Russian colonies and open up
opportunities for the girls who do
not know they are living in the
United States.
| Three or four bay leaves put in
lAha ura - =, ,,rhich han, a. sLn..ld -.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
National Leagues Motor
Corps Demobilized
With HOnors

The motor corps of the National
League for Woman's service was
formally demobilized yesterday aft
ernoon at the service league head
quarters with a special ceremony,
and discharge papers awarded which
read: "Honorably discharged from
the motor corps of the Omaha
branch of N. L. w. S. to be re-
called in case of unexpected
emergency, and this is 4 testimonial
Of honest and faithful service"
Members of corps 48.
Number of calls since organiza-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
Two Hundred Clubs Are
Invited to Hear Mrs.
John D. Sherman

Two hundred clubs and organiza-
tons in the city will be invited to
take ar active part in the mass meet
ing to be held the evening of April
4 at the Chamber of Commerce.
when Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman
will be the speaker.
Mrs. Sherman comes in the inter-
est of the, garden army movement
The factfhat she represents the wo-
mans division of the work, does not
exclude the mems organizations
from full participation. The wo-
mans division co-operated with the
mems plans in all garden army activ-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
:
blame '
And b

ton, March, 1917. totals 1896. TIL
included reclamation work for II
United States army, Visiting Nurs
(influenza epidemic), Department ,
Justice, delivery of flowers to so
diers at hospitals, Fort Omaha a
Fort Omaha. War Camp Con
munity service, Civilian relief. RI
Cross, Liberty loans and al wi
drives.
Service stripes were given a
each six months service. Those 4
ceiving three stripes were:
Mrs. H. q. Jordan. Mrs. .. T. Manning
Mrs. ]. F. Murphy. Mrs. W. A. Smith.
Mrs. o. 8. Goodrich Miss Isabel Shuker
Mrs. Sam Burns, Mrs. b. 3. WestbroS
Guests at Robertson Home.
Mrs. Frank Gerould, of Keni
worth, ILL.,, arrived Saturday NOR
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23

longs to the escort service of the
Red Cross and these attractive ma
irons are subject to cali at any time.
Aside from assisting in the care of
the wounded men who pass through
our city, Mrs. Leermakers worked
valiantly during the influenza cpl
denic, alternating the suffering of
many.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
ENGAGEMENT Announced.

Mr.. L. D. Pickard, sr., announces
the engagement of his daughter,
Lucyle, to William c. Schmidt, the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Schmidt.
The wedding will take place in June.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23

Although many war workers feel
that their labors are lessened great
ly those who enlisted in the canteen
service find their duties still very
arduous. Mrs. A. F. Leermakers be-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-03-23
tiles. The message to be given will
be direct word from general head
quarters at Washington.

Mrs. Sherman has a number OF
personal friends in this city, among
whom are listed Mr.. Victor Rose
water, who attended college along
with the speaker, Mrs. F. H. Cole,
Mrs. H. R. Edholm. Mrs. D. M.
Cameron and others, who have
worked with her in the General Fed
Grafton of Woman's Clubs.