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The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Largest Shade Tree in
Country Is Sycamore; As
Feet in Circumference

The American Forestry Magazine is
urging the planting of SyCamores for
Shade trees. II shows that they are of
rapid growth and attain large size. 1t
also calls attention TO the beauty of
tie tree-a thing which many people
do not really appreciate. In the in
terest of more beautiful cities. it is
desirable that sycamores be encour-
aged, the magazine urges.
The largest shade tree in this coun-
try is n sycamore in Worthington, Ind
1t is 46 feet in circumference and 1870
feet in height-the most beautiful
specimen of tree to be found at least
in the middle West. But it isn't the
only grand old sycamore" to be
found; there are thousands and thou
sands of them in this country, says the
Columbus Dispatch.
The sycamore requires plenty of
moisture, but moisture is easily sup
piled in a modern city Besides, the
tree has habit of reaching out after
moisture. its roots extending for long
distances and going deep into the
earth.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Short Measure in Canned
Goods to Have Attention
of Federal Authorities

Federal food inspectors have been
instructed to watch for Interstate ship
ments Of canned foods which have
been slack-filled; that is. which con-
tain too much water and too little
solid food. officials OF the bureau of
chemistry. United States department
of agriculture, who are charged with
the enforcement of the federal food
and drugs act, say that action under
the law will be taken against viola
tors.
The practice of slack-filling food
cans, in the opinion of the officials. IL
demoralizing TO the trade and unfair
to the consumer. To put II full can in
competition with n slack-filled can
places the honest Gamer mt disad-
vantage. The consumer almost inva-
rinhly receives more for his money
when buying n full can than when
buying slack-filled can even though
he pays higher price for the full can.
In some instances, however. when the
canner sells his slack-filled cans to the
trade at prices lower than the market
price for a full can. the consumer Is
charged as much for the slack filled
can as for the full can. In such cases
both the canner and the dealer share
in unfair profits at the expense of the
consumer.
Putting excess liquid in cans adds
unnecessary expense In canning. stor-
ing and shipping. since the excess
liquid requires more cans and in
creases freight and storage charges all
along the line-through the hands of
the canner, broker. the wholesale and
the retail grocer. Since this addition
al and useless expense is borne inva-
riably by the consumer. II adds its
part to the high cost of living.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Forty Is Sacred Number
With Respect to Weather
After st. SWithin's Day

The Today period of imaginary
Hood or drought following st. Swith-
ins day is now long past for this year,
ana we shall hear no more of that
singular superstition. SAYS the New
York Herald. until next summer, when
it Will doubtless bob up Serenely."
only to be discredited again as it has
invariably been every year since the
worthy bishop of Winchester was bur-
led the second time. For. of course.
the prophecy has never so much as
once been fulfilled. II requires every
day from July II to August "A in every
year TO be either rainy or rainleSs,
which is something that never has
happened in any year.
Why 40 days was selected as the
period of meteorological monotony is an
interesting question. though it is prob
able that it was suggested by the 40
days downpour in Noah's time. At
any rate, it is only one Of the many
noteworthy uses that have been made
of the number 40 in fact and fiction.
After the 40 days and 40 nights of
rain at the deluge. it will be recalled,
Noah waited 40 days before he opened
the window of the ark and sent forth
the raven.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Stoppage of Circulation
Causes "PinS and Needles"

After being for a long time in Il
constrained attitude a peculiar numb
aess and prickliug is often felt in the
arm, the leg. or the foot. This is
caused by some interruption to the
circulation of the blood and can usual
ly be removed by rubbing or eXer-
else. Physicians say that the reason
for this sensation, which is decidedly
uncomfortable. is that pressure for a
certain length of time deadens the
sensibility of nerve. When this
pressure is suddenly removed Gas in
Strengthening out the leg after sitting
with it doubled underneath the body)
sensibility gradually returns to the
nerves and as each nerve-iiber com
posing the trunk regains its normal
condition of sensibility a pricklinS
sensation is felt, and these successive
pricklings from the successive awnk
enings of the fibers have not inaptly
been called pins and needless"
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
SEEK OIL LAND
UNDER RED RIVER

do so advisedly. for these people
have always been sedentary in their
habits. living in fixed villages and de
pending largely upon the cultivation
of the soil for their subsistence.
"Thc rights of the Wichita Indians
to the ownership of these lands has
never been eXtinguished by purchase,
exchange or otherwise, though state
and federal governments have seem
ingly proceeded on the theory that no
such right ever existed. From the time
of its foundation the federal govern
ment has always paid due regard, mt
least in form, to the cXtinguishment
of title to lands which We're claimed
by the several Indian tribes under alb
original occupancy. The one exception
to this has been that Of the Wichita
Indians. who lived in the upper Red
river country, between the Canadian
and Brazos rivers.
Indians Cede Land.
"In 1918 certain chiefs and warriors
of the Quapaw tribe Of Indians. In
council mt St Louis with William
Clark and Auguste Chouteau, as com
miSSiOnerS representing the govern
ment of the United States. entered in
TO treaty by the terms of which they
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
SINGER SUFFERS
TRIALS IN ITALY

McNane. formerly professor OF history
and international law in Harvard. re-
firing as emeritus professor. After.
ward the family became so proud OF
the young singer that they established
Il home in Rome. where Professor Me.
the war
Scoffed and Kissed.
In connection with the spy and
hlackmail episodes 1t seems that Miss
McNane unwttingly snapped her cam.
era when the lens was pointed in the
direction Of masked batteries. Soon
she became the object of ScOning in
the street. she was hissed mt the op.
era. she found herself unable to get
letters to her friends or to hear from
them. She became so nervous and dis.
piritcd that she wished to 90 away.
regardless of her operatic contract.
and was threatened with arrest II she
tried to go. When. at last, men nm.
noyed her with threats of publishing
the spy story and thus running her
'''''' liii'NN ~iI' I''ii'i lil'll'N W 'll'Il
she contrived to get word TO the
American ambassador In Rome. who
put the wheels in motion for black
mail trial. whereby Miss McVane was
cleared and the men were punished.
She was led to adopt singing as a
profession on the advice of artists and
others who heard her voice in Paris,
where she had gone merely to perfect
her French. When her French instruc-
tors sent her 20 Milan. with letters to
the composer Puccini. she knew the
leading roles in 20 operas. 1t was re.
ported that Puccini intended to write
an opera for her. but the war alb
Sorbcd him in other affairs.
Miss McNane is something Of
psychic. The story is that both she
and her titled lover believed firmly IN
the survival of personality after death
and the ability of the disembodied
spirit TO communicate with the living
and that they exchanged vows that the
one dying first would visit the suryiv
or on cgrth. Ever since the lover died
she is said TO have been expecting such
visit.
Miss McVaneS sisters are Miss
Edith McNanc. managing writer ana
novelist, and the Baroness Dodeman
de Placy, whose husband is a frcnch
cavalry officer. The McNane home N
Rome was long Il favorite meeting
place for social. literary and artistic
celebrities
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Rabbits Afford Good Meat
to Help Check the n. C. L.

1t seems a pity that more families
who are struggling with the high cost
of living and who are appalled, at the
price they are forced to pay for their
meat supply. do not know what a
help few rabbits in their back yard
would be. Two or three does and
buck will afford an abundance of the
finest meat the market offers. and at
low price. too, especially if person
has little garden or can get green
stuff to feed them, although the grains
they consume are of the cheaper kinds
and they are far from expensive to
feed. Fried, stewed. roasted. pot-pie,
any old way you take them, they are
simply great eating. The meat is
white like chicken breast and of ex-
cellent flavor. Rabbits are ready to
butcher at any age from six weeks
up, growing very rapidly.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
KILLS CAT: TROUBLE RESULTS
and Court Gives Her S1,15o
Verdict.

AlinneapOlis.-A cat which more
Than year ago perched on the back
fence OF Mrs. Carrie Miller's home,
caused litigation which has been in
the courts ever since and which re-
suited in II verdict OF $1.l50 in favor
of Mrs. Miller
The cat was alleged to be an in.
valid. Its peculiar actions had caused
neighbors to summon the police and
Scrgt. William #. Mealey was dis.
patched from the North Side precinct
station 10 shoot the animal
He took "A shotgun and fired while
the cat was pcrched on the Miller
FENCE. He killed the cat. but stray
shots hit Mrs. Miller, whom Mealey
could not see on account of the fence.
intiictinr painful though not seriou.
wounds. Suit was brought against
Nehley and the Hartford Accident and
indemnify Co., his bondsmen.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Clothing the Family
Consideration Of Real Purpose Of
Clothes VIII Help in
Economizing

Clothing the family is Il business
which should be handled us systemat-
iCaily as any other business. declares
Laura Makepeace of the Colorado Ag-
ricultural college.
What do you want your clothing TO
do Tor you and what do you want it
to show? Do you not want these
things:
Protection from cold, heat. moisture
aud rough surfaces?
Freedom in movement breathing
and standing?
EeHuty. by choosing materials. col
ors and designs suited to you and your
occupation?
Ssif respect, clothing which is ap-
pr"priate. becoming and within your
means, makes yourself and neighborS
think well of you.
Have you thought of the different
kinds of garments you should have?
These can be divided into three
g'pItps: outerclothing. underclothing
and accessories. You need TO think
TIA, of the cost of cleaning, repairs,
renovation and remOdeling.
Allowing 10 per cent OF the yearly
income for clothing, a good proportion
is, outerclothing, 10 per cent; under
clrthing 20 per cent; accessories . per
cent. and care, > per cent. Go over
the garments on hand. Decide what
can be freshened or remodeled. Esti-
mate what this will cost and what new
tirngs are needed. then make your
budget and stick to ii.
Go shopping with a purpose.
Learn to recognize quality.
Choose slowly and thOughtfully.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Useful Asbestos Is Found
in Most Parts of Country

Asbestos in modern times has come
to be. very extensively manufactured
into incombustible cloth, gloves, felt.
paper and other articles of common
use. and is much used as covering to
steam boilers and pipes, in the manu-
facture of gas stoves, and. mixed with
metallic pigments 1t is employed as a
paint for wooden structures, roofs,
partitions and the like to render them
fireproOf or fire-resistant. 1t is found
In most parts of the world, chiefly In
connection with serpentine. .Scien-
tifically 1t is described as a highly
useful mineral, a fibrOus variety of
several, members of the hornblende
family composed of separable fila
ments, with silky luster. the fibers
sometimes being delicate. flexible and
e'aNtic and at other times stiff and
britue
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Miss McVane Was Victim OF
Many Prosecutions Dur
ing the War.
SCOFFED AT IN STREET
American Amba assador Puts Wheels in
Motion and Her Blackmailer Is
Sent to Prison-Puceini Planned
an Opera for Her.

New York.-"lf there was lack Of
artistic temperament in the original
composition of Miss Dorothca Alastuir
McNanc. her experiences rs n profess
Sional singer in Italy would have
made good the defect, for she so i'm
pressed the great Puccini that, at his
instance, she made her Operatic debut
aS Mimi. in his LA Boheme," carry
ing through the part with success
when she was in the first stages of
typhoid fever; she fell under official
suspicion rs Il spy in laramie. where
there is an Italian naval station: she
underwent Il siege of blackmail that
resulted in sending two oppressors to
prison. and she became the betrothed
of Il young noble, who was killed in the
war.
In addition, her progress toward n
career was hampered by the stern OPP
position of her father, Silas Marcus
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Wichita Indians Now Set Up An
Gent Title to River
Channel.
HISTORY INVOLVED IN SUIT
Question Engrosses Attention Of Law
yers, Oil Men, Land Owners and
Federal and State Officials-Gives
History of Wichita Claim.

Austin. Tex.-Seldom has case
history has been involved to the eX-
tent that II is in the question of the
ownership of the channel of the Red
river. beneath the bed of which are
valuable oil deposits.
This question has been engrosSinc
the attention of lawyers. oil men. land
owners and federal and state officials.
The state of Texas claims ownership
in the bed of the river to the center
of the channel. while the federal gov
ernment and the state of Oklahoma
oppose the claim Of Texas under the
terms of the treaty of Spain in 1919.
by which the northern boundary of the
Spanish dominions in Texas was desig.
mated as the south bank of the Red
river.
The federal authorities hold that
the ownership of the Red river bed
areas in dispute belong to the Indian
tribes which owned the adjacent res
ervationS, and the state OF Oklahoma
maintains that. as a meandering
stream. the bed of the Red river is
state property and should be leased
for the benefit Of the state school fund.
Another Claimant.
Joseph L. Thoburn. secretary of the
Oklahoma Historical society. has nd
vanccd the suggestion that there is
still another claimant to the owner
ship of the oil hearing area of the
channel Of the Red river. namely. the
Wichita Indians. Mr.. Thoburn in the
course Of an extended statement says
"Older than any of the claims of
ownership which are now being
pressed for the possession of the oil
bearing areas of the channel of the
Red river-older than any claim IF
the State of Texas by rights derived
from Mexico or Spain, and older than
any claim of the State of Oklahoma
or of the United States which may
have been derived from France
through the purchase of Louisiana
is the right of the aboriginal owners
Of the land on both sides of the river.
and these are the people of the Wich-
ita tribe of Indians.
"The ancestors of the Wichita In
dans have lived in Oklahoma and adj
Jacent states for II thousand years. and
for approximately five hundred years
past they have occupied the country
on both sides of the Red river in that
part of its course where 1t traverSes
the Burkburnett oil fields. In using
the word occupied in this connection,
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Millions to Be Spent by
Japanese for Aviation

The japanese government is pre-
pairing to appropriate the equivalent
of $125,OOO,000 for the development of
aviation, the amount to be expended
over four or five years. Interest in
aviation has been stimulated there by
the special French aviation corps
which is teaching the japanese army.
Japan is seriously backward in avia-
tiOn and the fact that she is subscrib-
ing such a large amount of money in
dIcates her intention to try to attain
the place in aviation occupied by the
other great powers.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Revel in Baths Once for Million.
aire Huns.
Hed Gross Refts Salisbury WATERING
Place for Rheumatic
Roumanians.

Buchnresi.-The famous salt baths
OF Snlsburs, where the millionaires of
Austria, Hungary and the Balkan
states used to spend their summers
now are curing rheumatic Roumaniun
soldiers.
stripped of all their luxurious fur-
n'S,i'''es during the war. the Salisbury
baths have just been refitted with the
ana of the American Red Cross for use
hs n military hospital for chronic rbeu.
hatism resulting from trench war;
iare. Five hundred soldiers are there
recovering from rheumatism and sim
liar diseases contracted while under.
going the hardships of war.
In times of peace thousands of tour.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21

ceded all of the lands In Oklahoma nm.
Texas between the Arkansas and Car
adian rivers on the north md the Rsa
river on the south to the government
The fact that the Quapaw Indlons
lived In eastern Arkansas, that tho,
seldom went as far west as the en- storr
boundary of Oklahoma and TINT thsv
never by occupancy or otherwise eyer.
ciscd any form of ownership or iurls
diction over any of the lands wlth,,
200 miles OF the region where tbo
wichitas were living, do not seem tn
have entered Into the consideration
Mt all. IL. indeed, the government com.
missioners had any knowledge of tho
existence of the Wichitns at that tina
Yet. with this Quapnw transaction as
n basis. the government of the UnIted
to the people later. More than thirty
years later the Wichita people frs,
learned that their country had been
sold by the Quapaw and then granted
to the Choctaws.
"If the government of the United
States ever menus 10 no tne square
and honorable thing by the Wichita
Indians 1t will never have better
chance than 1t has at the present time
Their lands are gOne-sold to Stranr.
ers without recompense to them and
without their cOnsent-but they still
have an equitable claim to the owner.
ship of the Red River channel oil prop
critics. and simple justice demands
that they be given II chance to estab.
lisl it
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
NOW TREAT SOLDIERS

lists visited Salisbury, high up in tlle
Trhnsylvaniun Alps. southwest OF
kronstadt. Many came for the daz
Zling social life. With its magnificent
hotels and gay casino. 1t was perhaps
the chief showplace of eastern Europe
When the Germans pushed the R0u'
manians out of this district early III
the war General Mackensen and MS
staff took possession of the town anu
staged luxurious revelry there. Wheh
the Germnns left they looted the place
stripped the hotels of tapestries fu''
niture and brass fittings. Even Tue
equipment for the medicinal baths was
wrecked.
Under the direction of Maj. Geors.
c. Trendwell of Albany. N. Y" ai"
several American physicians, tne
baths were refitted sufficiently to ca''
for the soldiers.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Liuhtninu's Franks.

Marietta. Pn.-During u heavy cleo
trical storm bolt struck the residence
of Charles S. Spangler and knocked
out beam in the middle of his garrH
without tearing Il hole in the roo''
Fire CnSued. but the dOwnpOur vi
rain eXtinguished it. At the home "
B. Renninga the house was struck
and the kitchen upset" without
causing fire.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
In Very Close Contact.

"l1aVe you ever
come in contact
with the moneyed
claSSes?"
"Oh, yes: I was
k n o c k @ d down
once by a million
aires auto"
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
TO THE POINT.
ointless conversation bores

POintless conversation bores
the quickest.
Lots of men who have an aim
in life lack ambition.
Ungratefuiness is one of the
meanest traits of humanity.
Probably the easiest way to
make trouble is to look for it.
Homely women frequently
have the most homelike homes.
A ball dress is cut low but the
bill for it comes high.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Had Him There.

Il am an agnoStic" said the thin
man.
And an agnostic is what?" in
CURED a listener.
An agnostic is-well. fellow who
is not sure of anything"
'Well, then, how does it happen
that you're sure you are an agnostic"
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Perish the Thought.

Mrs. Tungsmith-nid ! hear you re-
fer to me, your wife, as nothing hut a
talking machine?
Her Husband-I never said II.
Why, if you We're a mere talking ma
chine you'd talk only when | wished
you to.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Loud Raiment,

Did you sell that man the green
and blue checked suit you We're show
ing hlm?" asked the proprietor of the
Nifty Togs Shop"
NO, sir" replied Percy. the peerless
salesman.
"Why nOt?"
''He said he couldn't stand excite
ment."
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
The Brazil Nut Tree.

In the vast districts watered by thu
feet to 100 feet in height, with alter
nate horizontal branches, the ends of
which hang like great ropes. The
smooth cylindrical trunk has 'cir
conference of IL TO II fect.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Wny Metz

The CalIcr-Is Mrs. Van Stile w..
in?
The Doorman-I will see, rne1
VIII you kindly step withup?
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Squarine Himself.

Squarine Himself.
81 claim that
man Bump is u
born diplomat"
"How's that?"
His wife OBJ
jected to his spill
ing cigar ashes on
her rug. so he
bought her a car
pet sweeper"
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
1T is TO SMILE
A Classy Yeoq.

Otiicer-How will l know this gen
tleman burglar?"
,'aptain-1f he shoots you with
pearl-handled revolver it's him. me
lad.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21

Neither Brussels sprouts nor b'"S
sells carpets hail from the city wneh.'
they take their numa
Arizona republican., 1919-05-21
"The UnpardonabIe Sin 2p

1t IS with considerable surprise that the contest manager of the '-unpardon- able sin contest notes that 99 out of every 100 replies received to date either refer to or give biblical quotations in support of their contention that there IS such thing as an unpardonable sin.
 It is with complete satisfaction. of course, that the contest manager has noted this fact It is satisfying to note that the contest manager has noted this fact It is satisfying to note that so many bible students have interested themselves in this contest, but the con test manager is also desirous of receiv ing other forms of answers. replies based upon modern history and recit- ing facts of recent date.
 This does not mean, of course. that answers giving bible references will not be considered. Quite the contrary. All will be given due consideration. and the contest manager has no idea whatsoever as to which form of reply will be given the greatest consideration by the judges.
 All answers must be in the hands of tne contest manager not later than o'clock Saturday evening, May 24. The judges will then start reviewing the manuscripts and the winners of the S1O and $5 prizes will then be an- nounced. Three honorable mentions will also be included.
 Remember, all answers must be linn ited to 75 words. Just mail your an- swer to contest manager, care of the Republican.