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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-22
Rain Is Predicted
By Weather Bureau

Unsettled weather with probably
showers Friday niglt and Saturday,
with little change in the present
temperature. IS the prediction made
Friday by ForeCastcr Scott. OF tho
local bureau.
The Mississippi river will not
change much in this district for the
next two days. The stage Of the
river Friday morning was 4.5 feet,
indicating fall Of . of IA foot dur
ing the last "a hours.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-22
ASKS $4,000 FOR
DEATH OF BROTHER

C. II. Lanier. administrator for r,
r. Lanier, Friday asked $4,000 from
A. J. Stiles and j. H. Bullfin for the
death of his brother alleged to have
resulted from an auto accident early
this month. The bill was flied with
James Brett, circuit court clerk and
charges that the defendants ran
down r. r. Lanier with Ford truck
on Summer avenue near Vandalia.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-22
HOLD TROOPS READY
TO PROTECT GlNNERS

PINE BLUFF. Ark, Oct ga
Members of the Pine Bluff machine
gun company, the only unit of the
Arkansas national guard which Ia
organized and ready for service, have
been notified to hold themselves in
readiness for immediate service in
the event II will be necessary to send
troops to Poinsett county or else,
where IL any attempts are made to
hIirnF gins, The local company Is
edutpped wlsif sIaachiIie guna and
Ffaffss and VAS an nGcesssffy squip4
ment for field duty.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-22
Weather Brings
Tenants Rebate

CHICAGO, Oct. 22.--Mra. Z. A.
Franks, owner of an apartment
house here. has agreed 20 rebate
approximately $40 OF the October
rent TO each OF her tenants, be-
cause the mild weather during
the month has effected a saving
in coal, 1t was announced today.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-22

who had not taken the precaution to
take out insurance.
People of Earle are aroused over
the fire and already posses arc
searching the surrounding territory
for any strangers who might have
been implicated. Owing to the num-
Der of places where the first start
ed ii Is believed that more than one
man was responsible.
The cotton Is still burning, but
II is impossible to save any portion
of it. No other buildings were dam
aged
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-22
Shoe Wholesalers
Predict Declines

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 22.-Continued
declines in prices Of shoes were
predicted by delegates attending
a conference of the Western
Association of Shoe Wholesalers
here today.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-22
Weather Forecast

Showers are probable
with little change in
temperature likelys
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
To Hold Rond Election.

Hagerman, n. NJ. Dec. "A
special election will be held here
December 20 on the question of is
suing $4,000 worth of school
bonds. The bonds are to be used
for construction of new buildings.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
LOW TOBACCO PRICES
THREATEN TO BREAK
KENTUCKY FARMERS

Owensboro, KY. Dec 9.-Serious
developments are threatened here
because of the condition of the
tobacco market, low prices of
which. it was said. confront the
farmers of the Green river district
with bankruptcy.
Five hundred tobacco growers
following Il meeting here today
marched in body to the loose leaf
warehouses. where they demanded
that the owners close their places
of business until better prices
could be realized.
Five of the seven warehouses
holding sales here have agreed to
close. Sales today were practically
SO a hundred stronger than yester-
days average, 72,420 pounds going
for an average of 1878 a hundred,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
CZECIiS TO FOLLOW OUR
FARMING METHODS

Chicago, Dec. 9.-American ag-
ricultural methods. particularly
cooperative marketing methods,
will furnish much of the basis on
which the Czecho- Slovak republic
will build its agrarian policy. ac-
cording to two representatives who
have Just completed visit to Chi
cago. While here the representa-
tives conferred with farmers or
CARNATIONS and visited the Inter-
national livestock show and the
hay and grain show.
John Loebel, an agricultural ex-'
pert of the Czecho-Sl depart
ment of agriculture, is making a
tour of the United States securing
information for use in his own
country For the past five months
he has been in the middle west,
following his arrival in America
from consular service in Siberia.
He has visited the Universities of
Illinois, Ohio. Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Iowa and also spent
some time at Cornell,
The first six months of next year
will be spent at Washington. where
NJ. Loebel expects to obtain much
valuable information from the de-
partment of agriculture.
1.-THE United States. even in war
time. made remarkable progress in
agriculture, NJ. Loebel said, I'VE
are anxious to know how this coun-
try organizes its agriculture so
quickly and so efficiently. Your
business methods are wonderful.
Here you make money--in Europe
they raise crops only to feed their
families"
With M. Loebel is Prof. Nicolas
p, Marakoff of the Moscow and
Cooperation institute of Russia.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
10 COUNTIES GROWTH
ABOVE STATE AVERAGE
10 SHOW A DECREASE
CONTINUED from Page one.)

cent this decade compares favora-
bly, with Is per cent last decade
and 33 per cent the decade before.
Colfax grew 81 per cent this de-
cade, G2.2 per cent last and 273
per cent between 1890 and 1900.
Ei0,tpcSs for CnuntiaS
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10

II shall write again and ac-
knowledge receipt of his letter and
ask him to reconsider his refusal
Mrs. Strumquist stated
He has received hundreds of APP
pealing letters, Garland says in his
letter to Mrs. Strumquist.
Buildings could be put up
people could be employed to help
the needy" he admits. But the
spirit of man would remain un-
changed for all that" he concludes
sorrowfully.
Has Other Arguments.
Then he adds as further argu-
ment in support of his decision to
refuse to accept the million dollar
inheritance because the present
system of society is call wong
"the Kingdom of God is within us
and each man must be born again
from wordliness into sincerity"
With the hope that Mrs. Strum-
quist Understands" he concludes
with an apology for being so brief
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
WILL
ATTEND SAFETY RALLY
AT VEGAS WEDNESDAY
Especial Correspondence to The Journalo

Especial Correspondence to The JOurnal)
Las Vegas, N. NJ, Dec. Santa
Re railway mon are looking for
ward to a large attendance az the
railway community safety first
rally, which will be held here the
night of December Is, Railway
men and their wives from Albu-
uuerque, Ration, La Junta and
other points on the Santa Fe are
expected 10 be here,
A program of snappy numbers,
both musical and speeches, has
been arranged. This will he follow
ed by dance. Refreshments will
bc served during the evening by
the child welfare department of
the Woman's club.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
BULGARIA HAS
BEST NE 7 THE
ALLIED TERMS
Report by Marshal FoCh
May Overcome 0ppoSi-
ton to Admission of Bal
kan State to League.

Geneva, Dec. 8 (by the Associat-
ed Press. 1.-The strong opposition
of the members Of the little en-
tente" to the admission of Bulgar-
ia to the league Of nations was ma
terially weakened this morning BY
the receipt by the commission on
the admission of new states of n
report from Marshal Foch, stating
that Bulgaria he's fulfilled her
treaty obligations better than any
other country.
Rumania, Serbia, Czecho-Slova-
kia and Greece have been conduct
ing fight for several weeks
against the entrance OF Bulgaria
at this time, all submitting long
documents outlining numerous al
legged violations OF the peace treaty
by Bulgaria Marshal Foch points
out that Bulgarian disarmamer=
has advanced farther than that OF
any other enemy state, her army
now consisting Of $4,000 men. in
stead of 10000 as contended by
the little entente"
Final action on Bulgaria's ap-i
plication for admission probably
win be taken by the commission
this afternoon. 1t is believed here
Marshal Fochs report may over
come the opposition Of the little
entente" and result in the admis-
sion Of Bulgaria.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10

The worlds diamonds would all
go in a box making an eight-foot
cube. ~
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10

and explains that he has many
other letters to answer.
Following Is a copy of the letter;
Bu2zards Bay, Mass,
December 5, 1920.
Anna Wilds Strumqulst,
President New Mexico w. c. T. u.
Dear Anna strumquist.
II cannot use the money ana
therefore | cannot turn it over to
you. l realize what might be done
with so many dollars. | have re-
ceived hundreds of appealing let
ters. Buildings could be put up.
People could be employed to help
the needy.
But the spirit of men would re-
main unchanged for all that The
Kingdom of God is within us Each
man must be born again from
worldiness into sincerity.
II hope you understand. | have
been brief because. have many
letters to answer.
CHARLES GARLAND"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10

Peoria, III. Dec. g.--LocaI coal
dealers today announced a drop
of 81 to $1.50 ton in Illinois
coal, following announcement of a
similar reduction by one operator
at Springfield. This coal is now
retailing at from 81 to $3.50 a ton.
Decreased Industrial demand for
steam coal and smaller exports
We're said to be the causes of the
drOD,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
Conner Track Men Out.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. s.
Leonard Frank. track and field
coach at the University OF Mime
sofa, has forty-five candidates
working out at the university gym
nasium, including seven men who
have won their M in track and
fold events.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
UNIVERSITY STUDENT
is NAMED BY PAhKEY
FOR WEST POINT EXAM.
INV sTAFT CORREsPONDENTl

BY STAFE CORRESPONDENCE
Santa Re, Dee 9.-Ted II. Pate
of Carlsbad, N. NJ, a sophomore at
the University of New Mexico, has
been nominated by Acting Cover
nor j. f. pankey as a candidate
for the United States Military
academy at West Point. it was an
nounced at the governors office
here today. Pate attended the
university last year, He is 2 MEM
Der of the Pi Kappa Alpha fratern-
ity and lives at the chapter house
at 1908 East Silver avenue.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
Receivers for Photograph Company

New York, Dec. 9.-Receivers in
equity for the Emerson Phono-
graph company, Inc, of New York,
We're appointed today in the United
States district court. The bill of
complaint gave the company's as.
sets as upwards of s1.200,000 and
its liabilities as approximately
s1,000,000, of which 100000 is I'M
secured.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
Cbnncv nns KobaI,off Matched

st. Louis, Mo, Dec. 9.-Andy
CLANCY, the Baltimore feather
weight, will meet Harry Kabakoff,
st. Louis 12S-pounder. in a ten
round contest here December 10,
CLANCY is regarded as one of the
top .notchers of the featherweight
ranks. s7
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
Going to Majors.

Kansas city. Mo. Dec. AR
thur Brock, n Kansas City product,
will receive a tryout with the De-
troit Americans next spring. Brock
is an outfielder. He was with the
Blackfoot. Ida. club last season.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-12-10
HEIR TO A MILLION is STILL BROKE
o. % 90 % 90 % 90 90 %
CAN'T AID FRANCES WILLARD HOME
90 % 90 % 90 90 90 % %
SENDS LETTER TO MRS. STRUMQUIST

Charles Garland, eccentric young of Buzzards
Bay Mass, who has refused to accept million dollar
inheritance has declined to give $685. 600 to the New
Mexico w. c. T. U. to erect building at the Frances
Willard home at Been
81 cannot use the money and therefore cannot turn
it to you" Garland says in letter to Anna Wids
Strumqust president Of the state w c. T. U. The letter
was received by Mrs. Strumquist yesterday morning
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
LOCALITY NOT WELL NAMED
Many Attractions for Naturalist
and Pleasure Seeker.

Mount Desert island started It's ca
reer with the handicap of name that
suggests place Of glaring, sun-baked
sands and rocks. Yet 1t has overcome
this disadvantage to the extent Of now
being put down as q national park
Moreover, it occupies coveted posi-
tion In Bar Harbor. one Of the most
popular and fashionable summer re-
sorts of the Atlantic coast.
1t was ChampIaln who named the
Island. He was sailing along the
Maine coast when he sighted patch
or land with backbone ridge OF ap-
parently treeless mountains. isle Of
Desert Mountains" Champ4ain called
1t, and sailed away. Later 1t was Wis
tied by more curious explorers, and.
while the original name stuck, Mount
Desert island came to be known as
delightfully."- wooded island, with pic
turesque mountain trails, shadowy
lakes and remarkable variety OF birds
and plants. 49,
As these reports spread. Mt DeAerr
acquired a population of natur'
enthusiasts, artists, poets and stead
lily increasing representation from the
world of fashionable society.
Bar Harbor, the best-known sum-
mer colony OF Mt Desert, lies on the
east coast of the island overlooking
frenchman's bay and the blue Allan
tic. There are gorgeous villas and ex-
pensively simple cottages in Bar Har-
bor country club, golf courses,
beaches, and all the rest Of the usual
summer resort equipment.
But most people find the mountains
and lakes of the island more inter
esting than the artificial atmosphere Of
the built-up resort. Birds from arc
tic regions as we'll as countless vari-
cites from warmer latitudes find their
way to the island. and brighten wood
and shore with gay flashes of color.
Mt. Deserts long standing as bird
refuge, its scenic beauty fEd its in
tercsting geologic history-which
shows that its mountains and valleys
We're cut out in an early glacial Pc
riod-all combined to make it desir-
able as national reservation. The
idea WAS long considered, and at last,
In 1917. part of Mt. Desert was set
aside as national playground and an
official bird refuge
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
WHERE BEDS ARE UNKNOWN
Residents Of Merida, Yucatan, Enjoy
Repose In Hammocks Which May
Be Sluno Anywhere.

In Merida, Yucatan, the majority OF
the people do not use beds, In fact
very few Of them have even seen one.
They sleep In hammocks, which are
swung across the rooms at night and
with no fuss of bedmaking; the per
son Just goes to bed and is gently
rocked to sleep by any passing breeze
The climate Is so hot that Ii Is only
dnring the months OF January and
Februnry that a light sheet may be
required as covering.
These hammocks nre usually made
ny the mother of the family. writes
Lilly dec. Osborn. In ST. Nicholas. and
consist of thread. more or less fine.
woven together on great frames with
q kind OF shuttle or needle. Some OF
the designs are wonderfully intricate
and the colors beautifully blended.
saw one very large one. made in the
colors OF the United States flag, which
was TO be sent up TO the United States
Tor gift II was certainly a work Of
art. made of the very finest mercerlzed
thread; and yet the hammock could
easily support a weight Of 300 pounds.
A servant always brings his or her
own hammock, which Is very conven.
lent.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
FINDING HAPPINESS IN WORK
Matter Which Is Largely Dependent
on Attitude One Assumes Toward
Necessary Labor.

Work Is Gods greatest blessing to
man. Until you have learned to look
upon your work. not as curse, not as
drudgery, not as a freadmill which
you are compelled to turn laboriousIy
every day, you cannot be really happy,
you are missing the best that is In life,
remarks Forbes Magazine.
No honest work need be drudgery.
whether 1t be sweeping streets, max
ing collars or painting famous pic
lures
Art is nothing hut doing thing in
the best way it can be done.
Each one of us can be an artist at
his or her work. All we need do Is put
our whole heart. our whole enthusi-
asn. our wIole souls. our whole talent
into doing IL with the greatest care,
the greatest skill! and the greatest effi-
cheney we can command
Until we do this we can be neither
successful nor contented, for Provi-
dence has ordained that, in order to be
happy. we must do the best and the
most we are capable of.
Loafers. whether rich or poor, do
not know true happiness. do not know
the sense of satisfaction which comes
from work well done and done with
will
Whether we find pleasure in our
work or whether we find 1t bore de-
pends entirely upon our mental atti-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
queer Burial Custom.

Among the Indians OF Alaska liv-
Ing along the rock-bouAd coast of the
Bering sea many old customs prevail
and II is still believed that when
man dies he must pass forward
through four successive stages before
he reaches heaven. Thus his mourn
ers and family must spend four days
and nights In chanting songs or tell
ing of his virtues and must eat only
the foods of which he was fond. At
the end of that time the body of the
dead man IS wrapped into a bundle
and is hauled up through the roof
by strong ropes that the corpse may
nos pass through any door used by
the living. Cremation follows and the
ashes are put into bag and stored in
the great wooden chests which fill
the family grave house."
In the old days these ceremonies of
those four days were very elaborate.
and the songs and chants used strik-
ing in their solemnity. Now. how
ever. much has been modernized. but
they still dislike the thought of en-
tering a door through which body
10 been 2a~~iad.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
BIG MINSTREL SHOW.

BIG MINSTREL SHOW. Judge
Howells has again scored hit for
the people of Oakley in obtaining
the BARNES MERRY MINSTRELS
for the Opera House on Saturday,
January 80. Barnes Minstrels is
an all white people show with spe-
cial scenery and their own Band and
Orchestra. They have twenty peo-
pie in all and they come to Oakley
with the highest recommendation
from Portland, Boise, Seattle, Los
Angeles and other big cities. There
will be big street parade and
band concert Saturday afternoon at
2.30, and band concert in the eve
ming again at 7:15. Reserved seals
will be on sale Monday, January 26.
at the Red Cross Pharmacy. Get
yours early. Popular prices (adv)
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23

Theodosja, the only daughter of
Aaron Burr was a woman of superior
mental accomplishments and strong
affections. In her eighteenth year
she was married to Joseph Alston
afterward governor of South Carolina
She was a devoted and adored wife
The trial of her father for treason and
his virtual banishmcnt not only de-
pl essed her spirits but fearfuly
wrecked her already feeble constitu-
ton, yet his disgrace in no way les
sened her affection. When he re-
turned from Europe she resolved to
visit him In New York Embarklng
from South Carolina on the Patriot.
OF the thirteenth day of January. 1913,
she was never heard of afterward
The schooner may have fallen into
the hands of pirates; but as heavy
gale was experienced for several days
soon after leaving Georgetown, the
probability is that the craft sunk.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
INSURANCE RATE ON
PURE BRED ANIMALS

prominent Oakley business man
has received the following informa-
tion from George " Lawry, district
secretary of the Board OF Fire I'm
derwriters of the Pacific:
In your favor of December "a
you inquired as to rate applying to
pure bred animals. principally stall
lions and bulls. AS this office has
no jurisdiction over live stock insur-
ance other than against fire only,
would suggest that you inquire of
one of your companies.
Dwellings located in the town of
Oakley are rated according to the
Idaho tariff with basis rate of so.
so and 70 cents respectively for B.
c and d classes.
Farm dwellings are rated under
the rules contained in the Farm tar
iff of Idaho and when the occupancy
warranty is attached the basis rates
are rs, IS and LOO for B, c and u
classes respectively. Without the
occupancy warranty basis rates are
LOO, lilo and 1.25 respectively
For form of occupancy warranty see
Farm Tariff Idaho.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23

BY the expression, THE Seven Wise
Men of Greece" Is meant a number of
men among the Greeks of the sixth
century before Christ, distinguished
for their practical sagacity and their
wise maxims or principles of life
Their names are variously given, but
those most generally admitted to the
honor are Solon. Chilo, Pittacus, Bias.
Periander lin place of whom some
give Epimenides). Cleobulus and
Thales. They were the authors of the
celebrated notices inscribed in later
days in the Delphian temple. These
notices, with the name of the author
of each. were: "Know Thyself.r by
Solon; "Consider the end" by Chilo /.
KNOW thy opportunity" by Pittacus /,
Most men are bad" by Bias; "Noth-
ing is impossible to Industry" by Pc
riander; "Avoid excess" by Cleobulus :;
and "Suretyship is the precursor of
ruin" by Thales.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
WILL ATTEND RECLAMATION
MEETING AT BURLEY

The following delegation from the
Twin Falls-Oakley project has been
setlected by the Oakley Canal Users
Association to attend the Conference
called by the Idaho Reclamation TO
be held at Burley, january q and
rs: W. T. Jack, Earl Whiteley. w
l.. Dunn, John McMurray, John
Adams, w. II. Martin, w. t. Gran
hey' sterling Clark and A. G.
Shades.
This conference is of vital inter
est to those who desire to see Oak
ley Valley reclaimed. The atten-
dance OF all who are interested in the
project will be appreciated.
MOSES SMITH, Chairman.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-01-23
Would Be Worth Hearinu.

Few dog stories would be so well
worth hearing, If the dog could tell IT,
as that Of Shep, n collie that belonged
and that we hope still belongs, to
family that lives on the upper Scioto
river. in Ohio. The family moved TO
the headwaters of Smoky Hill river,
I'm Kansas They went by train to
Kansas City and the rest of the way
by wagon. After a year they moved
back again to their old home in Ohio.
but left Shep with neighbor in Kan
sas. Eight weeks later the dog, "as
thin as rail" and somewhat footsore
walked into the house on the Scloto
He had travelled 800 miles.-Youths
Companion.