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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
School to be Modelled After Tuskegee
Institute to Educate Indians Of
Yucatan

A recent press dispatch from Yucca
tan says: Preparations are under
way to establish in the city Of Espita
a school modelled on the plan Of Tus-.
,kegee institute for the benefit Of the.
Maya Indians Of Yucatan. These In.
dians, many Of whom were in former
years in state bordering on slavery,
will be given instruction both in man
ual training, agriculture, and in elemen-
tai studies. The plan is to devote q
portion Of the pupils time to work In
the fields and shops and another part
to work in the schoolroom. A small
theater will be included in the equip
ment Of the school. -
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
BOARD MEETS

At the regular monthly meeting of
the executive board Of the Des Moines
Branch of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored people
held at the residence Of Mr.. r. N. Hyde
821 Thirteenth street, Monday evening,
the following standing committees were
elected for the ensuing term: Mem
bership, Mrs. Ebert r. Hall, chairman; I;
Mrs. s. Bates and Mr.. i. i. Bowles;
Finance, the president, the treasurer
and Mr.. R. N. Hyde; meetings, Mrs,
George c. Young, chairman, Mrs. Harri-
son Gould and Mrs. A. M. White;
press, Hon. Harvey Ingham, editor of
the Des Moines Register and Tribune,
chairman; Miss Ada Hyde and Mrs.
II. r. Graves; legal redress and leg,
islation, Attorney s. Joe Brown, chair.
man; Attorney Gertrude e. Rush and
Attorney George 81. Woodson; grew
ance, Rev. T. j. Jones, chairman; DR..
w. a. Lowry and Mr.. Harry Seymour;
education, Rev. George ". Robinson,
chairman; Mr.. Rufus King and Mrs.
r. a.. Dobson and clipping department,
Hon. A. J. Small, state law librarian,
chairman.
Elbert r. Hall, president; DR.. w. H.
Lowry, vice president; Carol r. Curt
ley, secretary and Dr.. j. a. Jefferson,
treasurer, elected at the annual meet
ing Of the branch held last month, as
sumed their duties. Each one express
ed a willingness to put forth every eff
fort to increase the Membership and
push forward the aims Of the local
department and the national associa-
tion. Plans were instituted to make
the emancipation day exercises on New
Years evening eclips anything OF Its
kind YER held in Des Moines. A speak
er Of note will deliver the principal adj
drss.
Hon. Gardner Cowles, publisher OF
the Des Moines Register and Tribune; ];
Captain Casper Schenk, late Of the Ssth
division "A. E. f.; Mrs. Casper Schenk,
Hon. IA. G. Gustafson, secretary to for.
mer Governor George w. Clarke; Hon.
Frank s. Shaw, auditor Of state, re-
newed their membership in the branch.
The Rev. Gilman Smith, chaplain OF
the Iowa Methodist hospital, was elect
ed to membership.
Attorney 8. Joe Brown was elected
to represent the branch at the meetings
Of the Equality league, q local organ-
ixation. Mr.. Harrison Gould was author
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
SPECIAL NOTICE TO
IOWA BAPTIST

This comes to inform you that the
first quarterly board meeting Of the
Iowa Baptist association will convene
with the Second Baptist church Of OF
tumwa on Tuesday, Dec. 16. Let every
church and circle please report. It is
better to keep up than it is to stay
up. Please send your quarterly amount
to me with your address SO that you
can properly secure receipt for the
same. Send all mony to Rev. 6. W.
Robinson, 1909 West Twelfth street,
Des Moines, Iowa until Dec. Il after
that send them to Ottumwa.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
TO WRITE PHOTO PLAYS.
Special to Bystander.

-'-2 s5peeIHI TO 5ysIHHucr'J -
Miss Maude Dorian Shields of Cedar
Rapids has just signed a contract to
write scenarios for the Essaney and
Goldwyn Film corporations. She wrote
for these corporations two years ago
but has recently been giving her time
to art.
Miss Dorian is an Iowa girl and well
known throughout the state. Her many
friends win be glad to know of her
success.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
CONTRACTOR GETS BIG AWARD.

Mr.. A. A. Alexander, G. E. one Of
our most successful business men has
recently been awarded contract No. 2
for the south side sewer system. This
contract involves consideration of
100000 and is the largest award ever
given colored man in this section.
Work started on the job Dec. l and will
possibly take year for its completion.
All Des Moines congratulates Mr.. Alex
ander on his success.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
OUR NEW cARTooNIsr.

Des Moines may well be termed the
. city Of cartoon Makers The fame
of "Ding" which has gone far and
wide has given Des Moines a prominent
place in this artistic field. The colored
population has still more cause for ella.
tion since it counts as one Of its number
a young man who has elected much fav.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05

orabIe comment on the cleverness Of his
drawing, Mr.. James Lloyd Mcclure,
whose cartoon appears in this issue, has
the promise of the real thing along this
line Of art. At present Mr.. Mcclure is
a student at the Cumming art school.
The Bystander has been unusually for
tunate in securing the services of this
coming cartoonist.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
Colonel Young to be sent
to Liberia

WasAingtn, D. g., Dec. 5.--Col.
Charles Young Young, retired, the only
Negro officer Of the army to attain that
rank, has been selected as military at
tache to Liberia at the request of the
African republic. Some years ago Col
onel Young organized the military es-
tablishment of Liberia. He was re-
called to active duty during the war
and detailed to train recruits.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05

ized to arrange for an entertainment to
raise money with which to cover the
expense of delegates to the annual con-
yention Of the Inter State Literary as
sociation Of Kansas and the west, to
be held at Wichita, Kansas, Dec. 1881
inclusive.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05

The dead:
Il. Es! WILLIAMS, president of the
local Federationo Labor and editor
Of the Press, q union labor newspaper
A. BOUCHILLON, union carpen-
/ ter.
THOMAS GAINES, union carpen-
ter.
The wounded:
"A. j. o O'ROURKE, a leader in labor
union circles, shot fatally.
JULES LIE BLANC, former army
captain and member Of the Loyalty
league.
Bogalusa, La, Dec. 5.-Willingness
Of white union men to stand by Saul
Dechus, president of a colored labor
union, not only prevented mob from
lynching him, but resulted in the death
of three white union men and the
wounding Of two Of the mob. Dechus
escaped and has not been caught.
a,' The trouble arose between the Great
Southern Lumber company, which built
Bolgalusa, and the white union men,
who claimed they were locked out.
Word received here that white union
leaders from New Orleans were on their
way here caused the Lumber company
people to organize and march out to
meet them. The train was held up
I've miles from town.. and chagrined be-
cause no undesirables were found, the
mob decided to look up Dechus, who
was said to be organizing the COM
pany s colored workers.
Dechus was finally found protected
by two white union men with shot guns
and the fight began. The three men
took refuge in a garage, and both white
men were killed by shots and two OF
the mob wounded. Dechus escaped un-
hurt. 5.3s
In telegram to Attorney Genera
Palmer, Wm. i. Donnels, head OF the
Carpenters union asks for an inyes- ,'7
tigation, saying that the lumber com
pany is agitating the deporting Of al
union men on the false ground that
they are radicals. IF something ls
not done at once, we. will take the law
into our own hands, read the tele-
gram. Fs55
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
DAVIS COMMANDS
g POST IN PHILIPPINES

Word has reached the country that
Lieut.. Col. Davis the highest active
officer is the ranking officer at Camp
stotsenburg, PHILIPPINE Islands, and is
also commanding officer of the Ninth
cavalry. Several battalions of Filipino
scouts. oficered by whites, are also sta
toned at Camp Stotsenburg.
Lieut.. Col. Davis is the highest rank
ing Negro officer in the army. He is a
graduate Of the Washington High
school and saw service in the Spanish
American war. He has also served as
military attache in Haiti and Liberia.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-05
NEGROES PICKED
FOR STAR TEAMS

FOR STAR TEAMS
Since the Negroes achievements must
far surpass those Of his white brothers
in order to be given equal recognition
we may safely say Iowa has two Of the
greatest football players this section
has ever produced.
When Walter Eckersall, western foot
ball authority recently chose his all
conference team which included the best
all round players from the ten big uni
versities in the conference, Slater,
Iowa's big tackle was unhestitatingly
given q place.
Curtis Morton, North high $ star full
back, has been selected for both all
city and all state elevens.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-10-02

a man who had charge of the extension work
Of the Agricultural college and offered him
as much money that this state pays its
Governor. This county has larger Op-
preparation for the work of its County
Agents department than has that of all the
counties in Oregon.
The county agent is the connecting link
between the great experiments going on in
the bureaus of the u. S. Department of
Agriculture, in the laboratories of the
Agricultural colleges, at Extension stations
and every where that the problems Of agri-
culture are studied and the individual
ranchers. TO have no county agent is to
deny the ranchers of this county of the
benefits thus to be derived.
The facts of the matter are that the
ranchers of Malheur county are contrtbut-
ing their share in the cost of the Federal
Department of Agriculture; thru the state
taxes they are contributing their share in
the maintaining the state organization and
are entitled to receive back these two
sources two-thirds at least of the cost of
maintaining a county agricultural depart
ment i'm Malheur county. All this they are
throwing away thru the lack of small APP
preparation for the direction of the work
here.
Malheur county is one Of the leading
agricultural counties in Oregon, it is second
to none in eastern Oregon, and yet it is the
only important county in this section of the
state that does not have county agent
No matter what may be the view of pre-
vious efforts to maintain department here
it must be admitted that there are many
problems here for solution and with con
ditions rapidly changing in agriculture our
ranchers are entitled to have the benefits of
cooperation to keep abreast Of the time.
And this is problem for the ranchers
themselves to solve. If they want an agri-
cultural department in the county no doubt
they can have it, The business man are
willing to cooperate and do anything they
can. Now is the time TO act.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-10-02
PUTTING 1T OVER.

Nothing succeeds like success, says the
old saw, and it is true. That is why the
further completion of Ontario's building
program is going TO succeed, for the worst
half of the fight has been successfully made.
When Messrs. Taggart and Body Sc
cured the signatures of twenty-five of On
tario s responsible citizens TO the pledge to
build homes in the near future, they did
something worth while for the city. That
was the most constructive days work done
for Ontario in years.
That was not all Not only has u long
step been taken toward the solvin. OF the
housing problem but there Las been "empn-
stiatcd faith in the tutmt Of Onta"' that
speaks volumes for the city. There is
nothing now within reason that we can not
attain for Ontario, civcn "I coIrse, the same
sp'L Of co-operai'on and iaith in tn; city
Ills home building ca:nnaign md the
success 50 far attained opens vistas ct pro-
pr IS for the city. 1t Is not lard to pi'',""
IN the rear futur., avenues Tree lind Al
lawn f"h2ed, ba It; uf VIXEN ,rs tile cGmtnrtl
al," l,o es OF pro ''cs "'c aL' prosperous
citizens
Such prospect could not be hoped for
when half the merchants on the street were
renters. 1t is not human nature to spend
time and energy maintaining such things
when the roof over one's head is the proper
ty of another. There is lacking that sense
Of pride, and the feeling of peTmanence to
warrant the bestoyal of labor on rented
land. Therefore from every view point
the campaign to build homes in Ontario is
the best movement ever inaugurated in the
city.
To those who have not signed the roll
it should be said there is no limit. Every
one is welcome and urged to proceed to
make the number 100, if possible, the more
the merrier.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-10-02
ONTARIo,s OPPORTUNITY.

There is a reason for Ontario. Like
wise there is duty for Ontario to perform.
And as wide awake purposeful community
Ontario is trying to justify the reason for
its existence and to perform its duty
Starting with this bald statement of
fact perhaps there is no need to 90 further
and endeavor to prove the contention made,
but it might be worth while to determine
whether or not the community is really
doing 100 per cent justice to itself and to
its neighbors.
Aside from furnishing place in which to
trade, for the ranchers about the city, it is
the duty of a community to provide those
means of entertainment which will help in
making life worth living. As the old adage
has it "all work and no play makes Jack
dull boy" so too town that furnishes moth
ing by commercialsm as its advantages will
soon become too dull for those who want.
and have a right to expect leadership in
other phases of life'e activities.
There are many forms of amusement
needed to round out wholesome life for a
community. One Of these is sports of all
kinds that appeal to men and women and
these, in Ontario are furnished in part by
the programs at the Malheur County Fair.
That these sports are enjoyed is growingly
manifested in the attendance each year.
But horse racing, baseball and that
type Of entertainment is not the only amuse-
ment the citizens Of community desire
They are entitled too, TO educational enter
tainment such as keeps them in touch with
the outside world lectures and musical pro-
Grams. These can not be supplied by the
moving picture houses, for the cost and risk
is too great at this time; therefore these
must come thru cooperative effort.
It is here that the Chautauqua and
Lyccum bureaus come forth TO supply
community need. II is true they are run
for financial gain, and that their contracts
are, the lawyers say, unalateral but they dc
supply a need that can not otherwise be
furnished and the success they have achiev-
ed, especially the welllnown bureaus clearly
indicate their worth TO any community.
At the close of the Chautauqua last year
more than 100 Ontarians showed their APP
probation of the programs given then
by signing pledge 10 take tickets for this
years program. There was no doubt in
their minds that such a week is worth while
there need be none in the minds of anyone,
for il is impossible TO think that here in and
about Ontario there are not many people
who posses esthetic taste and desire to have
the cultural life Of the community given
due consideration.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-10-02
KEEPING PACE WITH PROGRESS.

Land values in Malheur county are GO
ing up. The demand for land is keeping
pace with the cost of living, and it is
reasonable to believe that the cost of living
will continue TO stay high along with land
values, unless land is made to produce more
than under present methods of cultivation
and use.
While it is of immense interest to the
rancher TO have prices for farm products
remain high, for a time at least it is not to
his interest to have prices go to point
where it is impossible for his customer, the
average consumer TO live
To prevent this condition from result
ing land must be brot to higher productive
stage. That will make possible the con-
tnuancc of high valued land, and also main
tain the income return of the land while per
mitting a reduction in prices that will ul-
timately be of benefit both to consumer and
producer That would, and maybe the
solution that will be reached in the present
economic tangle,
There are many states in the Union that
are striving to increase the productivity of
their soil, and to apply the best of scientific
management to agriculture on the farm
They are doing this by the cooperation Of
State and Federal departments of Agricul-
ture, bv experimentation by cooperation
and by all of the means that progressive men
i'm this basic industry can conceive.
To deny that these men have made pro-
press is foolish. 1t is contrary to the re-
corded facts. Back i'm Illinois one county,
sent to Oregon and took from this big state
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-10-02

Nyssa section In fact the John Day High
way is third in the state toward completion.
1t must not be overlooked that mile of the
Old Oregon Trail in Malheur county is to be
paved in the spring and thus start will be
made within a year after the county voted
it's bonds, on two highways, and these with
out the use of dollar of the bonds thus
authorized.
This does not mean, however, that the
citizens of the county should neglect to keep
the needs of the county for good roads be-
fore the commission. We should keep ever
lastingly at it, all the time.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-10-02
ONTARIO ARGUS ONTARIO OREGON

;cal order of things, Malheur, being the ter
minus of three state highways will be last
reached Unsatisfactory as this may BE to
the anxious enthusiast for action, there is
no escaping it.
The big thing for those who would cirt-
icise the commission to remember is that the
Columbia River-Old Oregon Trail high
way is or will be soon, completed as far as
the top of the mountains between Pendle-
ton and LaGrande; the John Day Highway
is financed and contracts will be let soon to
the Malheur county line, and two contracts
will be let soon within Malheur county on
that road, beside the building of the Cairo
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1919-10-02
BE PATIENT BUT PERSISTENT.

There has been great deal OF com
ment, not much of it pleasant, concerning
the delay of the Highway Commission in
getting work started in Malheur county,
The Argus, while as anxious as anyone else
to see work started, and at times forced to
use restraint to prevent giving utterance
to criticism, believes the county will secure
just treatment at the hands of the commits
sion and will get the roads if it is patient
and persistent.
Oregon is a big state. 1t takes time to
build roads, and the Highway Commission
started ON its program system
alically to build out from the borders "f
Mulnomah county. Therefore in the loS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17

new strikes number many thousands
of workers, the agitation over price
conditions continues. accompanied by
numerous seizures of food in ware
houses of stores and the prices of
many staples, especially in specula-
tive markets are still unsettled. On
the other hand. however. there seems
to be rather less tension in the situa-
ton as a whole, the stock markets
appear to have reached something
like an equilibrium; the shopmen's
strike, with all that it involved in the
way of checking the current of the
country's trade and industrial life, has
been called off, some of the weakness
in prices, as for instance, in corn and
hogs, has been aided by the better
trend of crop reports and finally, the
great mass of trade reports, while
testifying to the considerable unset
Element ruling particularly in markets
for foods, are almost unanimous in
showing that distributive trade in
many lines has not been greatly
checked and indeed is of very full
volume for an ordinary quiet mid
summer period
Weekly clearings. $S,077.sO6, 900.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. Aug. observation-disclosures
1900. Compared with a week ago.
Beef steers unevenly 75c to $3.50
lower, more in spots: western soc to
75c lower; butchers soc to 81 lower;
calves 81 higher; stockers and feed
ers 25c lower.
Hogs-Receipts 5000. Market low
er, Top. $1,000; heavy weight, 1885
a 20.75; medium weight. $1S.50@21;
light weight. $1S.50@2 FL; light light
$17,50@ 20.25; heavy packing sows
smooth, $1725@1S25; packing sows
rough, s16.50@17.25; pigs, $500 @
17.75.
Sheep-Receipts 5000. Compared
with week ago: Native lambs 81 to
$3.50 higher; western 81 to s1.25
higher; yearling and wethers Use to
75c higher; fat ewes soc to 75c high
er; breeding ewes and feeders Csc
higher.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
STOCK EXCHANGE
SUFFERS DECLINE
THROUGH WEEK
Labor Troubles and Campaign
to Reduce Cost of Living
Produce Stagnation and a
Sharp Break in Prices,


New York, Aug. 16.--Labor eondi
aions and other indications of social
unrest, notably the nationwide price
agitation accounted mainly for the
further break in stock market prices
this week.
The decline was not unwelcome in
conservative financial circles, how
ever, since it had the effect of cor
reeting to a considerable extent the
fictitious or unstable position of many
of the more speculative issues.
Another factor which doubtless
would have given a check to bullish
operations on anything like the recent
scale was complete collapse of for
eign exchange. French and Italian
rates fell to unprecedented discounts,
with fresh weakness in sterling re-
mittances.
Steps were taken during the week
to ameliorate exchange conditions by
the organization of a credit corpora
ton whose chief function will be the
placing of funds to meet foreign OBJ
legations in this market. 1t is gener-
ally recognized. however, that head
justment of exchange is we'll nigh i'm
possible without substantial aid from
the foreign governments most con-
cerned.
The money market was unusually
easy as to call loans. supply most
often exceeding demand, but this con-
dition resulted more from reduced
stock dealings than from any more
important reason. Bankers realize
that the money market will be put to
its severest test in the impending do
mestic and foreign demands.
Apart from the unsettlement Great
ed by labor disturbances the indus
trial situation was rather mixed. Bet
ter conditions prevailed as to iron and
steel, in which greater production was
reported, while the leather and textile
industries were measurably affectet by
the high cost movement.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
Kansas civ Liyestock.

Kansas City, Aug. 1s.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts 375. For week: Best beef cat
tie steady. others zoe to soc lower;
medium butcher stock weak, other
grades strong; calves $500 $3.50
higher: packers and feeders strong to
unevenly higher. <
Hogs - Receipts 1000. Market
steady. Top. $21.50; medium weights,
$4,000 q 21.5O; light, $19.50@21.00:
packing sows. s1s.00@19.50: pigs,
$1,000 20.25.
sheepReceipts 1900. Market for
week: Lambs Csc to soc higher;
breeders steady to soc higher.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-17
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Butter-Ma
higher. Creamery. 47@521ac.
Eggs-Receipts $3.50 cases. Mar
ket unchanged.
Poultry-Alive, lower. Springs, 81
@32c; fowls, 29c.
Potatoes-Market steady. Arrivals
81 cars. Minnesota Early Ohios sack
ed. CARROTS. s3.65@3.75 cwt.; Irish
cobblers, Kentucky sacked, carlots
$4,25@4.50 cwt.; California round
white, sacked, CARROTS, $4.75@ 500
cWt