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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-23
PRICE LIST OF
 CITY MEAT SALE

Sales of army supplies by the city will be resumed in the lobby of the city hall this morning at S:9O o'clock Purchasing Agent Mckinley announced yesterday afternoon
 Large trucks of supplies were being un- loaded and stacked into the lobby to ac- commodate the crowd which is expected to arrive. number of salespeople have been employed to look after the pur- chasers.
 Following is the price list for the ar ticles which will be on sale
 Bacon, per case G cans to easel .s15 F Bacon, per can n.........,................. Z-Jf Roast beef, No. 1, per case (4S cans Roast beef, per ean..............,.-... 10
 Per dozen ....................,...... 1.O Roast beef, No. 2, per case GA cans
 to case) ........................... I.'S Roast beef, No. 2, per can............ .62
 Per dozen .....................-..'.. 5'e4 Corned beef, No. l, per case CA
 cans to easel ......................... D.32 Corned beef No. l, per can. .22
 Per dozen ....-......,........,.-.... Z'9i Corned beef. No. ?, per case (s6
 cans to easel e).......................... II. 4O Corned beef, No 2, per ean.......... 40
 Per dozen ........................ 4.SO Corned beef hash, No. 1, per case
 (4s cans to case) e)........'............ 1o56 Corned beef hash, No. 1, per can.... .2
 Per dozen ......................... 2.64 Corned beef hash, No. ?, ger case
 CA cans to case. 912 Corned beef hash, No. 2 per can.... .5S
 Per dozen ..................... 4.56 Canned peas, No. 7, per case )4 cans
 to easel .,....................,.... z.Ss Canned peas, No. ?, per can..-........ IF Per dozen .................. 144
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reasonably be Judged . ~necs'Ntngtnl

reasonably Do Judged . necS'Wmg1ns
otfensa
Next VIII tiled to divide the train
90 part Of II would be stalled near me
biue house, but IN this heWas toiieo
By the unttmAly appearance Of tae
These were desperate plot, but VIII
was desperately in love He was
not tickle; he had never cared for an,
girl except the one IN the blue house.
and be knew he never would care for
another. VIII was sincere In every.
Thing he undertook, and especially was
he sincere in this undertaking
Shortly after the failure Of his last
scheme Will sat down IN his roon1ins
house and wrote q letter to the girl,
explaining how he felt He addressed
the envelope:
aThe Young Lady IN the Blue House
at the North End Of L9wton."
For the next two weeks every tmS
he passed the blue house and wayea
at the girl he looked for evidence thal
she had received the letter. In case
she had she was to throw . stone
AGAINST the garden wall as the train
passed. VIII looked IN vain, for no
stone did she throw. And fifteen days
after the letter was written It came
back with this explanation scraWlec on
the envelope:
sTherc are thirteen blue houses IN
the north end Of LAYTON. and 3 young
lady lives in every one Of them.
BY this time SIX months had passed
and WIN had given up finding . way.
The fates had decreed he was not to
meet the girl, he decided, and 1t was
best that he abide by their decision.
He would love her and worship her
from the top Of his box car. and ne
never would marty.
The day on which this story opened
was Monday. and two days later VIII
knew the girl would be spadtng the
garden.
on Wednesday, as the blue house ano
garden doomed into view, he saw her
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REMOVES Cause
OF HEADACHE
Doctors Condemn Remedies
That Merely Relieve the
Pain Claim AspiroIal
Also Removes Cause. Alb
sOIutely Safe.

Doctors and druggists are delighted
with Asptronal, the new elixir that re-
lieyes headaches land colds) within
two minutes and also removes the
cause and prevents the return Of
headache the next day by gently act
Ing on the liver, correcting biliousless
and constipation which are usually the
cause Of headache.
The next time you have q headache
70 to your nearest drug store, hand
the clerk half a dollar for a bottle OF
Aspironal and tell him to serve you
two teaspoonfuls in a little water.
With your watch In your hand count
of two minutes and call for your
money back. as per manufacturers
guarantee, il you can't feel your head
ache fading away within the time
limit. Your druggist invites you and
expects you to Try Aspironal. Every
body is doing It. ADV.
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out the hand to see whether rain was
falling. The note landed squarety n
his hand, and without cnmpuncnoo
he read It
Will, standing glm On the fretgM
car, not suSpect1g The uttGts@ tesL'
iug place Of the noe, Tas broaght.ou q
Of a reverie by q bo!sterous guftaw a.
his elbow, and there was Jen frank
Lin Haunting the note.
When VIII learned the cause OF the
merriment his eyes blazed and he
seized the note and tore It into a null
titude OF fine pieces, which he scat.
tered over the side Of the train. Then
he placed one hand back Of Jefs neck
and drew that young man close TO nm
and held him there, while the otnel
hand took the form Of a fist Tnlca
was shaken in the other face, Keep
ipg time with these remarks:
"Jef Franklin, II ever you 50 1fuca
as breathe o word Of this to any per.
son on this earth I'll wiring 'yoIr nec1 OK,
JEFF Franklin was husky. but WIZ
Dennis was huskier, and the former
kent silence In regard to the note.
viii made the second attempt q
week later. Before the train started Oh
Ito RIM he uulled the waste out OF a
journal box on one Of the cars. he
figured that by the time the rain
reached Lawton a hotbox would deVel.
Cd and he could signal for q stop az
the right moment TO bring the car IN
question to the blue house.
But the calculations miscarT1ed.
Jeff Franklin happened TO be standing
on that particular car when the tram
was seven miles south CT LAYTON, ana
the hotbox developed sooner than J.
should, and JEFF stopped the tram anu
the trouble was remecied long oeiore
the blue house doomed into view.
VIII did not give it up, although he
decided JEFF Franklin must be his EVIL
genius. The latter, however, had only
done his duty in stopping the Tram on
account OF the hotbox, and 1t could not
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Rteniine cTeefheduIefbe1 0EM
In eiStnm1 ekoarck6dHpm6
heF hand inresponse 70 WINS sai1tar
Mons. Milsmuzned shesrs
placet1hisshat onshis head .L1ts@
Is In asit Vnever 81. Imtsnt-
Heswas interrupted b. . pindtnE
than atarrific jnlttng. and heexpert
enced q flying sensation BIZ. head
struck something with terrible force,
and things became black
When WI .openedhis eyes be found
himself in Q clean white BED, ma!
lrye room, into which sniightsWas
stezmdng-and over him stoodsthe
girl
sFeel better!. she inquired, and her
voice was 90 soothing that on the IN.
slant the throbbtng pain left his bead.
"Yes, much better. What nap
pened?"
sYour train smashed INTO another"
she explained, and the shock mreW
you over the garden wall, and'yoW
head struck the maple tree
WILL felt his, head with his hands Il
was throbbtng aSatn for she had
ceased speaking. BIS suffering eNf
IDENTIFY showed on his face
don worry" she adnonished, lay-
Ing q cool hand on his brow and dis.
persing the throb once more. you'll
be all right In a couple Of days you
wont have 10 stay here long, :.
This was not 50 reassurtng q u
might have been under dttfere1t cir
cumstances.
"Tll be out Of her'M Q couple Of
days, you think" he said. u sure
hope So" and under his breath ne
added the word not
She was leaving the room
I'll get you some food she SAID.
aud vanished through the doorway, but
thrust her lead back to observe:
"Yes, l think you'll be able to leave
In a couple Of days. / certainly hope
80" And under her breath she added
the word mot"
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ADVENTURES OF TEE TWINS
R,.o1e Robus Baas)
IN. Little Brown Hen.
'EBs ORE Robut B0iug)

Tbe Trims vere.uot surprised VII en- the BtdetPandse-o zoe eaa
who said that was hr name-asked t hsm to snov3 hT nov u n1 : At
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The twins Veernd su1prDea % en- ~ 10y - n Ho6 m her
who said that was her name-askea | nsm !" s~s va
train. w+.,. w.cad N MIX
: sfly!T sssped TIC bd. Fly. " y, never nsZ : step ; IN - ~ =, nss sy,-
et bere rom away oyer on the other side Of the world. 4 you,e can't ny.
Vel. tie BtdofPaadse coadnt answer thta, 50 she val1e6 risnt ON,
dracng her lovely plumes behind her those lovely feathers h9Ds1aD nsa
50 many years n an. AndherD Ink feet too! Il was freadnu " $50
@e@ IN Mae ia1 ir : eS,,. s ii Tie Mushr oon. = know . thing O no aeoaf
Of Paradise. and also hcs q thing g a.. t@s e. s s@Sed e ! VS. smile.
10 I'M Se that yerv s.nsday tied opened Just g the tNmS We ~ = :
INK Wn Woodpecker to send to the and heTeS ing ~ ia ~ aa4cl ~ ad
srssn and eod feathers sticking out forty ways lot SUNDAY. sut,nla
aa ~ - AZ :, hoin1 tbe RfndOfPm odse,s said Q weary VOICE. Mou3
Ina III .s al De msttnS me into a plain chicken again: TAe eEnnyaraa
~ M Ias. PtT ao~ ~ : At an and they wouldn't let mo IN. I'm moR Starved
" us 4 sadSer Init visr ltle. brown len went home ht nent.
AS fcopN;qht. 1sn, MEAD
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TEIE DAILY
SHORT STORY
VIII andaaWay.
BY r. RAY BAKER.

6y u. " ..o
iCopyight, 1870, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
g LANDING with feet far apart 70
y, maintain his balance on tne
swaytrE, jolttng box car, WIN
Dennis waved his hat to the gtrt ne
SoFedL and sac responded with an up
hftet hand.
aDcgsone IL" VIII groRled, When
khe car careened round a bend ano
piaced o biz red barn between nun
and the girl. DoggDne Il! Why cant
Figure out some way to get 1cquaint-
"a Win her? Here's another Gay gone
ly-and / haven't neither yet.
10 walked to therear OF the c8
md hopped 4across to the one follow
wei, anyhow, day after tomorrow
nheIl be spading mthe, garden"
For SIX nonths-eyer since he took
the fast freight run on tho Penofoox
Nne-Wll had loved the girl who
lived In the blue house, close to the
track, In the northern envtrons'n the
village Of Lawton
Every Monday, Wednesday a1dFn.
day during those SIX months VIII had
seen the girl In the garden nom the
box car throne where he reigned as
brakeman Of the freight The first
time was Monday, and she was hang
Ing clothes on the line IN tho garden.
She excited only j passtcs t1tsrns5
because q sheet blew across her face
md VIII did not get q good look.
Tho next time was the following
Wednesday, and the girl was spading
N the garden. She had looked up as
EIe freight passed and the sunlight had
jsifted through the leaves Of the big
maple tree at Just the right angle to
Illuminate her countenance attractive
II. It revealed q complexion stained
denly by the sun, curly light brown
hair. and. fM1 red lips and dimples-
<NeEyientictng dimples.
Then and there VIII fell in love Tor
rs inst time In his LIE, and on FIJI
6ay. when the freight passed and he
raG The gtrfseated at a churn, he sum
mcned the courage to wave bis hat;
and TO his pleasure and gratncatlon
he hailed him with her hand.
WIN was q determined young man.
Long ego he had selected as his motto
mffet the adage, where there's a Will
heres q way; and up to the time
q his falling in love he never had
been baked In anything he set out to
WINS first attempt to meet the girl
Nas . week after he first saw her IN
the garden hanging the clothes. He
had scribbled On a note. my name Is
VIII Dennis. What's yours! This
note Explained to drop over the blue
house garden wall when the train
flashed past. The track ran almost
finah with the wall, and It ought to be
But WIN did not reckon with the
ktnd. which caught the note and
tkhisked It merrily back along the
.freight train, delivering 1t into the
Fight hand Of JEFF Franklin, another
member Of the crew, who stood on the
SfIdnt platform Of the caboose holding
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But WIN did not reckon with the
ktnd. which caught the note and
khisked It merrily back along the
.freight train, delivering It into the
Fight hand Of JEFF Franklin, another
Ieuber OF the crew, who stood on the
Sffdpt platform Of the caboose holding
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I5s1itnr cSerfISnuMrbek NEa1
|har elstum
asr hand irresponse p WINS sals'ar
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
ACIlNDE sl-NDAY AND MoNDAY
CIusIsTT AND OTHER
FAMOUS ARTISTS TO
no WORK iOIl SCREEN

The famous artists has long been
tho ally of tho advertising man in
the designing of posters and pic
iures for ads. Now II seems he Is to
20 a step further and lend his brush in
tho aid OF the newest 81 the big indus
tries. that Of the motion picture. Ac-
cording to a new agreement Just
reached, Howard Chandler Christy
creator OF the famous 'rChristy Girls"
and Penrhsn Stanlaws the well known
magazine illustrator, will assist Cosmo-
poiitan Production in the art work
for new series OF pictures. Mr..
Christy has already contributed a
beautiful painting OF Marion Davies,
the youthful star and Mr. Stanlaws
has executed some novel drawings for
The Miracle of Love- the latest pic
tmre, which is coming 10 the Arcade
Theatre next Sunday.
This is story ~ British society ana
involves the love OF a Duchess. mar
ried unhappily, for young son of a
peer who has been elevated to the title
suddenly through the death of his eld-
er brother. The cast includes such
screen favorites as Lucy Cation and
Wyndham standing The picture was
N Robert z. Leonard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
ARCADE TO-DAY
GLAD CAME, SETS All TO PLAY

Tho game Of being Glad" That
I game was played last evening in
''Pollyanna" at the Arcade Theatre
with Mary Pickford as the CLAD
Girl" It's a game of sunshine-a
game that can be played by anybody,
anywhere and anytime and what is
better st:ll. there is no Limit to the
number of players in the game. Any
one can get into the game. So said
Miss Pickford in her production last
evening and she is the one who really
knows. for it was "Pollyanna" herself
who organized the game and made the
rules to match. She it was who dem
onstrated that the ''Glad Game. is the
only game worth while as you've got
to smile to win.
No matter how poor a hand you
have been dealt. you've got to grin
and bear it. as there is big possibility
that it might be worse. That is
''Pollyanna's" theory.
The Glad Game" as played by
Mary Pickford was extremely enter
tanning. ''Pollyanna" knew how to
play it and always won. 70 course.
she was only a little orphan girl. a
daughter of poor missionary workers.
but what of that? She was happy
any now. NOR Qid the fact that her
maiden aunt. who did not want to be
bothered with ''Pollyanna" make any
difference. "Pollyanna'' adapted her
self to corcustances.
.'Pollyanna" did more than that
She found her way through the under
ground passage to the mansion across
the way, where the king" crouch
lived. The "king'' was an old hermit
Ia reculse-zwho in his younger days
had loved "Pollyanna's'' mother and |
had been torn away from his sweet |
heart by an irate parent. just as the |
two lovers were about to elope. /
''Pollyanna's'' mother later married a
When Mary Pickford began to play
her game of "Gladness," she forced
her way into the good graces of His 4
Majesty. the King" Her presencej
brushed away the frowns of the crouch
and induced him to let little sunshine
into his big cold mansion.
She made everybody Glad" She
brought sunshine TO all her surround
ngs: not only "Gladness'' to the sick. 1
cut to children, and old people. She
brought comfort to cats. and dogs
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
HERE rs COMPLETE REPORT

Continued from Page IT,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

and win be shown at the Pastime
Theatre sunday. It is The Parson OF
fanamint." written by Peter h. Kyne.
The opportunity to portray this
flesh-and- blood role was given to
Dustin Farnum. end in his achieve
meni OF the strong hearted. lovable
and beloved young parson OF the min
ing town. Mr.. Farnum presents an
artistic performances. The strong fas-
cinatien of this living story has been
transplanted to the screen with a
mighty punch. 1t is a strange story
of a man and his life battle, or. more
rightly, a r>,aT and his woSi- for The
Parson of Panamint'' had no i'm
growing brand of faith" What the
screen version of this story reveals is
a human. who lived with men and un-
derstood them. The support is excel
lent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

Alta SUNDAY AND MONDAY
LOUIS RFNNISoN STAR IN
SCREEN ssOH. JOHNNY

The contrast between manners in
the East and manners in the West is
amusiuglx shown in 'Oh, johnny
the first OF the Louis Bennison pic
lures made by the Betzwood Film
Company and distributed by Gold
wyn, which will be seen at the Alta
beginning sunday.
Johnny Burke comes east in order
to visit his ward. Adeline. Butler. who
s. stav'ng with her uncle and aunt.
the Van Pelt Buttlers. The Buffers
a. supposed to be rich Long Island
people. who are actually improver-
ished. screa ming parasites. Until they
found out that their niece had come
into a fortune entirely through the
auixotic behacior of Johnny Burke.
they ignored her. but when they
found this out. they took her into the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

bosom OF the family and proceeded TO
spend money on her. y
When Johnny Burke arrives at the
Butler estate, the first thing he does
is to insist upon the chauffeur of the
jitney accompanying him into the
house. The taxi driver. who has more
inkling OF the barriers that keep him
from such n place as the Buffers. is
reluctant TO go in, but Johnny insists
Into the midst of n garden party. to
the dismay OF the servants and the
hostess, walked two strange figures
the bluff. breezy Westerner. and the
shrinking. half-abashed taxi driver
The scene that followed is sparkling
with original comedy and satiric COM
mentary on the habits of social para
sites.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

CONTINUED from Page IT,
that the city of Pendleton has during
khe last few years made rapid
growth and advancement The pres
ent department and equipment was
provided to meet a requirement that
has long since passed. and that the
city has grown to need more and bet
ter protection. AS previously stated.
future requirements should also be an
ticipated, and there is. no doubt that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01
rAsrrNE SUNDAY AND MONDAY
FIGHTING PARsoN STORY BY
kYNF is HEART APPEALING

a story that has touched peoples
hearts and compelled them by its fas-
cination to forget their own troubles
has been pietnrized hy. Paramount.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-05-01

If you would get close to nature get
a job as a farmland.
Evening star., 1920-02-25
OKLAH0MANS CONSULT
on SUFFRAGE SITUATION
Congressional Delegation Wires
Leaders Of LEGISLATURE OH
the Subject,

At the instance of Senator Owen of
Oklahoma, the entire congressional
delegation of that state met yester-
day to discuss with Miss Anita Pol
liter Of the national woman's party
the prospects Of ratification of the
suffrage amendment by the Okfah hoina
legislature, now meeting in special ses-
sion
Though Oklahoma is full suffrage
state. and the special session just
called az the request Of the demo-
cratic state committee to ratify the
amendment. the question of a refer
"ndum has arisen and creates some
doubt as to the outcome. Tho recent
No's in Oklahoma for the adoption OF
woman suffrage is held by friends OF
:hc amendment to be equal to a ref
ercndum on the question.
The congressional delegation al
once telegraphed- the leaders OF the
legislature in Oklahoma. and Senator
owen wired to- the president Of the
ate senate and speaker Of the house
"f rcsentatives, calling attention
% the fact that vote for a referen-
DUN was tantamount to defeat OF
the amcndment so far as the Novem.
Der elections weretconcerned. 49,
Evening star., 1920-02-25
AD::S::NEX|GO NOTES
|. ARE MADE PUBLIC
Regard Passport for Ameri-
can and Hating of Ship
ment of Arms.

MEXICO CITY. February IS (by the
Associated s).-Texts of three
notes which have recently passed be-
tween the Mexican government and
the State Department at Washington
were made public at the foreign Of
request from former Secretary Lam
sing that the Mexican government
wise passports of Henry Forres, an
American witness before the Fall sub
committee, which recently sat at FL
Paso. Tex. inquiring into Mexican
conditions. The second was the Mex
lean refusal TO accede to this request
and the third was Mr.. Lansing's re-
fusal to allow the issuance of per-
mitS for the shipment of arms and
munitions to Mexico from the United
States.
The State Departments note relative
TO Forres was submitted TO the for
eiSn office by George T. Sumrherlin.
American charge d'anaires here. on
February IS. The Mexican govern
ments attention was called to the
fact that Mexican consul at Eagle
Pass had refused to wise Forres' pass
port because the latter had testified
before the Fall subcommittee. The
note pointed out that Forres had no
choice in the matter. but was threat
ened with severe penalties If he failed
TO appear. and expressed the belief
the wise without sacrificing her inter
national right to refuse admittance to
an undesirable alien. Hope was also
voiced that the wise would be granted
as soon as possible.
cites FOrres' Testimony.
The Mexican reply dated February
20. pointed out that ForreS, in testi-
tying alleged that anarchistic con-
ditions prevailed in Mexico, citing as
proof the fact that President Car
ranza during his recent trip into the
state of Coahuila was accompanies
by a guard of 1000 men. 1t was said
Forres denounced article twenty
seven of the Mexican constitution
dealing with petroleum) as CON
fiscatory and robbery" and made other
harsh and sarcastic comments on the
Mexican constitution. The reply
stated Forres "inaugurated anti-MeX
tending the hearings of the Fall COM
mittee. and. moreover proposed in
tones which excited laughter that he
would present his passport for wise
with full expectation it would not
be granted"
Due to these reasons. the foreign Of
flee said, it was "pained because it was
necessary to decline the North Amer
lean governments request that orders
be issued granting Forres permission
to enter Mexico"
Mr.. Lansing's reply to the Mexican
governments request FOR permission
to import arms and munitions from
the United States gave a list of notes
received by the State Department
bassador to Washington. relating to
the subject. and in substance stated
the permission desired could not be
granted under present conditions.
Evening star., 1920-02-25
DR.. GABRIEL F. JOHNSTON.
Had Long Been Connected With
Treasury Department.

Or. Gabriel Floyd Johnston, employed
- the warrant division of the Treasury
department. died suddenly yesterday
morning at, r 80 o'clock. at Emergency
FosDital, as the result Of an apoplectic
stroke.
Dr. Johnston had been connected
With the Treasury Department contin-
rpusly since his youth. He was born
:. Washington, son of the late
"homas J. and Isabella w: Johnston
20 is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie
lowe Johnston. and by son. Ralph
:. Johnston. and a daughter Mrs. A. l..
kley. brother. Thomas j. Johnston
and sister. Mrs, Harvey r. Elliott,
both of New York. also survive him.
DE- Johnston was prominent in musi-
cal circles here. and had host of
riends. He was a lay reader in the
Episcopal Church. A member of Benja-
min Il. French Lodge and Washington
Commandery, No. l..
Funeral services were held this aft
ternoon at st. Thomas Church, Inter.
ment was made at GIenwood cemetery