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Arizona republican., 1920-07-04
Fiber and MQtfi71g
 Suif Cases

Metal and leather corners, we'll rivited, good locks and catches, with or without straps, "A and 26 inches long. Priced at $1.75 to $7.00.
Arizona republican., 1920-07-04

What is said to be the most eX- r..,,efv-a anartnent house in the world .+ Fifth avenue and Sixty third street. New York.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Have Faith and Fear Not.

This world is largely what we make
it. Destiny, environment, hereditary
tendency-these things sink into insig-
nificance beneath the power of our
wills and the possibilities within our
souls. The universe, with all its
riches, all its privileges, all it's joys, is
ours for the getting 1t waits to be
conquered, but it waits for the master
hand. Formidable is everything worth
while to the fearful, to the doubtful, to
the weak in spirit.
10 these every obstacle is magnified.
To the brave in heart there are no OBJ
stacles. They wade through them and
use them as stepping stones. They are
impeHed by hope begot of their faith;
they are sustained by courage begot of
their hope; they have strength and en-
durance, begot of thier courage. There
from emanates success and therein
lies the antidote of wOrry.-Exchange.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

tile paralysis and cerebrOspinal menin-
gifts, or spotted fever, and as it per-
sists in reappearing occasionally be-
tween epidemics, Professor Sanarelli
says it is not strange that it is fire.
quently believed to be identical with
them. However, he thinks it is quite
distinct disease, as it is confined
chiefly to adults and does not leave
the serious effects of cerebrOspinal
meningitis
Diagnosed in Different Countries
The malady has been diagnosed in
widely scattered parts of the world in
1917, 1918 and 1919. At least one hun
dred cases were reported from English
cities in 1918, but it died out in June.
Until this year it had not been reported
in Italy since 1889 and 1890, when it
appeared in Mantua. Many persons
died then after few days, sometimes
even hours, of lethargic sleep which
could not be overcome. Bulgaria also
had an epidemic at that time, and cases
occurred in the United States.
The illness begins with mental de-
preston. which is followed by sleepi-
ness, which develops into complete
prostratiOn. Dropping of the eyelids
and frequently a crossing of the eyes
occur. Loud talk and even shaking will
not arouse patients suffering acutely
with the malady. who answer incoher-
emily to all inquiries and fall inscaedi-
ately into sleep again. The face is gen.
orally colorless and devoid of express
sion.
Professor Sanarelli is a member Of
the faculty of the University of BO-
lOgna and was formerly professor of
microbiology and public hygiene at the
University of Montevideo. He was also
formerly undersecretary of state for
agriculture in Italy.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
MUST READ THE PSALMS

because immigration during the war
was small. The law provides that an
immigrant, with a few exceptions,
must be able to read from thirty to
forty words in any language he or she
desires. The department of labor de-
vised the Psalm as the fairest for all.
immigration inspectors are equipped
with cards in all languages, with
verses from the Psalms printed on
them. All types of script are repre-
sented-German, Arabic, Hebrew, Jap
anese, Russian, and so On-eXcept
Chinese, for that nationality is not
permitted to immigrate.
Lest any alien learn, parrot-like the
verse of the Psalm that a friend in
this country had to read the inspec-
tors have at least 40 different verses
in each language, one verse to card.
Primary examination at the island
will require many more employees.
immigration authorities have estimat-
ed it will take $1,O00,0OO more annual
ly to increase the force to a proper
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

the bait-caster's machine-Decause lt
is the connecting link between the an
>gler and the fish-is the line. Ihls
line is beautiful and delicate tnlng.
It is made of braided silk because 1t
must be small supple, smooth ana
strong-small and supple, to lie COM
pactly in the reel smooth, to run with
the least amount of friction through
tip and guides-and leave the skin on
your thumb strong, to hold one OF
Dixie Carroll's old "he-WhOps."
This beautiful delicate line must
be cared for by the angler-not so
much because it costs good money as
because care is the price of safety.
The bait-caster who knows his busi-
ness and attends to it does not let
his line dry on the reel to mildew and
become rotten; he dries it in the air.
He turns his line every few days, end
for end. He carefully tests the cast
ing end each day for strength. The
enthusiast even keeps his pet lines in
air-tight cases during the closed sea-
son.
HOW. then, snail Dalt-caSter, WITH
joy-forever bamboo rod and a reel
built like watch and pet line and
favorite lure, put up with guides and
tip that are open to suspicion? He
just can't be expected to do it, that's
all.
"Other greyffes the angler may not
have" writes Dame Julianna Berners,
"savynge but yf ony fisshe breke away
after he is take on the hoke or elles
that he catche nought, whyche ben
not grevous."
No; it is not grevous" to "catche
nought," for catching fish is not all
of fishing" And part of the other
delights of fishing is using a casting
rod-with perfect guides.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

fastened the drill which did the bor-
ing, while the upper part Of the spool
was fitted into a hole. in horizontal
piece Of wood three feet long and two
inches square. This piece of wood
was clamped at one end to another
upright and stationary piece of wood,
while the other end was held by the
left hand Of the person drilling and
pressed against his chest. With his
right hand he worked the bow in such
fashion as to cause the spool to rotate
back and forth, few turns at time,
thus working the drill and eventually
making a hole through the piece of
agate. Only through long practice
could a perfect hole be drilled in this
manner, and the process, as may be
imagined, was very tedious and in
vOlved much labor.
Agate is an exceedingly hard min
eral and the hardest variety comes
from certain volcanic regions in
Uruguay. 1t is imported to this coun-
try by the Chicago lapidary through
the American consul, who has 1t boxed
and shipped to Chicago. the raw stone
travelling some 5000 miles before they
reach the end of their journey. One
box will contain ten thousand dollars
worth of agate.
When a shipment arrives the guide
maker examines each piece of stone
through a magnifying glass to locate
anv flaws and determine the best and
most economical way of cutting it into
slabs. A revolving circular steel knife
is then used to cut the piece of agate
into slabs about one-fourth Of an inch
in thickness. These slabs are then
cut up into smaller pieces about an
inch square. The small pieces are
then fitted into the machine for drill
ing. the size of the drill used depend
ing upon the size of the guide to be
made.
When a hole is finally bored through
piece of agate it is next ground into
circular shape on grindstone by
hand. This grinding takes but a few
seconds and the circular ring is then
given a more exact shape on another
grinding machine. The next step is to
bevel the sharp inner and outer edges
of the agate ring. Finally the rings
are polished and mounted in metal
holders, either as guides or tips, ready
to be fitted to fishing rods. The fin
ished product is delight to the an
gler's eye.
The guides on a rod, as all bait
casters know, are an important part
of it's makeup. Fishing, as bait-cast-
ers fish, is in no small part matter
C.: mechanics Rod, reel, line, leader,
lure and hook are all essential parts
of q delicate machine which the angler
handles according to his skill-and
luck. This delicate machine is no
more efficient than it's poorest part.
And rough, untrue, undersized guides
can play the mischief with the eff
cheney and durability of this intricate
machine.
Bait-casting, aside from the playing
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
LID IS NOW ON IN ALASKA

Dawson in the gold days, will be at
Stewart next spring to see that things
are within the law.
For a very brief period this winter
Hyder was "wide Open," according to
reports.
''Whisky and beer were sold at many
bars. girls were dancing, pianos were
thumped and roulette, blackjack and
faro were being played" wrote one
miner from the town.
Then John Roman, former territorial
senator. was appointed United States
marshal and he closed, everything up.
"Bang went the lid and hundreds could
not get away from Hyder fast enough"
the miner wrote. MANY went to Stew
art. There everything seems to be
wide OPEN"
Hyder would have had population
of 10000 in three months if the Gid"
had been left off, the miner predicted.
But the cid was clamped down and
the population dWindled.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Always Has Appeared in Wake
of Epidemics of InfIu-
enZa.
IS TRACED BACK TO 1880
italian Scientists Study History of Dis
ease-Best Way to Avoid the Sick
ness Is to Keep Resistance
at High Point.

demonstrating sickness, or Sleep
ing headache, as the Italian scientists
prefer to call the malady which has ap-
peared in Rome and several other Ital-
ian cities, is believed by Prof. Giuseppe
Sanarelli, the distinguished italian bac-
teriolOgist. to be the same as that which
followed other waves of Influenza Pope
Benedict XIII died from influenza in
1870. The after effects of the epidemic
at that time were so baneful that his
successor, Benedict XIV, waived the
fasting ofeehurchmen during Lent, and
similar action was taken by Pope Leo
XII in $780, when there was another
wave of influenza. or la grippe.
Keep Up Resistance.
Professor Sanarelli, who has been
studying the disease, says that the best
way to avoid sleeping sickness is to
keep the powers of resistance up to
the highest point, as it seems to attack
chiefly persons who are in a rundown
condition. He also warns the public
net to be unduly alarmed about the
disease, and says he is unwilling to
cencede it is highly communicable or
contagious until the actual cause of the
malady is determined. And he does
not think the germ will be discovered
until after extensive experimentation
with the brains Of monkeys, such an
expensive work that it can be carried
out only with the aid of the millions of
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
EX-DUKE WINS AGAINST STATE
Confiscation Of Estate by Peoples
Commissioners In Germany
Held Illegal.

Berlin, Germany,-The former reign
ing duke of Gotha has won his suit
against the free state, which peremp-
tOrily cOnfiscated his property and in
cOrpOrated it among the states as
sets without affording the duke the
slightest reimbursement. The duke
Immediately began suit to recover the
estate and also claimed damages. In
their defense the peoples commission
er pleaded that they had acted within
the letter of their prerogatives and
were not ansWerable to the court. This
plea has been rejected by the new
tribunal, which has decided that the
seizure of the dukes property was il
legal. A special commission will now
negotiate for a compromise.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

mination always to keep up the
standards in thought or in whatever
we do in life. whether it is hoeing corn,
mending shoes, or making laws for
nation-something that gives an up
ward tendency-an inspiring quality.
that is lacking in the character of the
groveling man with low ideals. There
is, in the upward struggle involved in
giving ones best to what one is doing.
something that enlists and develops the
highest faculties and calls out the tru-
est and noblest qualities.-OrisOn
SWEET Marden, in Chicago News.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Newest Mining Camp Is Real
''SpotIess Town."
Gold Seekers Rushing There in Spring
Will Find Place Quiet
as Church.

Ketchikan, Alaska.-Hyder, newest
of Alaskan mining camps, is "spot-
less town" and many stampeders who
may rush there in the spring are not
going to find drinking, dancing and
gambling going on wide open as in the
gold camps of the first stampede in
'9S, long before prohibition came, ac-
cording to reports received here.
If Hyder's neV residents find any
thing out of the ordinary next spring
they may find it in Stewart, Canadian
town not far from Hyder. 1t is prob
able, however, that the relocated con-
stables of the Royal Northwestern
Mounted police, who kept order at
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Used in Reading Test for Aliens
at Ellis Island.
REQUIRED to Read From 80 to 40
Words in Any Language
He Desires.

New York.-Uncle Sam will ~sOon
be conducting great classes in reading
the Psalms almost at the feet of the
Statue of Liberty. The pre-war prac-
tice Of examining all immigrants who
come by steerage at Ellis island has
been restored.
More than 1000 men and women
will read from the Psalms there daily,
and Miss Liberty, who stands stones
throw from the island slip, could hear
If she were incarnate.
Reading from the Psalms is the lit
eracy test for admission to this country
which went into effect in May, 1917,
and is now receiving it's first real trial
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Iona Walk for Job.

Chicago. Ill.-A 2,6OO-mile hike from
Toronto. Canada, to Oakland, Cal, is
being undertaken by John Thornton.
twenty years of age, who arrived here
the other day. Thornton has been
promised job on his brothers ranch
in Oakland, and not having the price
of ticket, decided to walk.
81 expect to say hello to my broth
or some time in March, 1920" he said.
He sleeps in the open after reeling off
some 18 or 20 miles day.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
President Mckinley

On the 29th Of January, In l843
William Mckinley, twenty-fifth pres
ident of the United States, was born
at Niles. O. 1t was during Mckinley's
second term as president, on Septem-
her 6, 1901, that he was shot al the
Buffalo exposition by Leon Czolgosz,
an anarchist. The president died
eight days later from wound made
bv a bullet which penetrated his stom-
.cb and lodged in the muscles of his
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
SLEEP MALADY
FOLLOWS FLU"

some philanthropic millionaire like
John d. Rockefeller.
Professor Sanarelli says because of
the sporadic appearance of the disease
it is reasonable to assume many per-
sons carry the germs but are immune
to the disease until there is some sud-
den let-down in their physical condi-
resistance.
AS the malady always makes it's ap-
pearance at the same season as infan-
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

back. The chief events of McKinley's
administration were the Spanish
American war and the acquiring Of
the Philippines, Porto Rico, and
Guam, the annexation of Hawaii, and
the expedition under General Chaffee
in the Boxer insurrectiOn.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Fish, Given 'Dlink,"
Comes Back to Life

LOndOn.-The whole town of
Yarmouth has viewed a small
fish, a Dream, and marveled. 1t
has been named Jonah No. 2.
Robert Waiting, Coltishall, Nor
folk. caught a 2O-pound pike on
Barton Broad. Some time later,
when the pike was cleaned,
Dream was found inside it.
When examined, the Dreams tail
YVES seen to culver. 'Thereupon,"
said Waiting, II poured a drop
of brandy down the fish's throat
and placed it in bait scan,
changing the water every 20
minutes. 1t soon began to re-
vive, and in a short time was
swimming around as full of life
as ever"
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Paws to Give ones Best.

There is great difference between
going just right and little wrong
between superiority and mediocrity-
between the fairly good and the best.
And there is something in the deter
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13
Subject and Story.

Redd-They say that q fish never
stops growing.
Greenwich, it hasn't anything on
fish story at that.-Yonkers States
man.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

size as we'll as to raise salaries of
present employees SO that skilled
workers will not leave the service for
private employment.
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

Of the hooked fish
:nd backlaShes - is
an endless repetl-
ton Of throwing out
from so to 100 feet
Of line and reeling
it in. SO the lins
must run freely
from and to the reel
through the guides
and tip. Friction
makes for Imperfect
ton and inefficiency
and damage. Eric
ton means lOSI Ca
fort in the cast,
greater strain on the
rod, more wear on
line, and maybe the
loss of a fish-the
biggest one always
and of a favorlte
lure.
Possibly the most
important part or
The Benson signal., 1920-03-13

NE of the beneficial results
of the war was the Stimu-
latiOn of American manu-
facturers to provide sub
stitutes for countless prod
ucts which formerly had
been imported from other
countries, notably Ger
many. In the majority of
New-York tribune., 1920-09-15
Bedtime Stories
Peter Visits His Runaway Son
- Bv Thornton w. Burgess
Nothing in all the Great World Hves
Like the love that unquestiomably forgiues.
Peter Rabbit

Peter Rabbit was both happy and
troubled when he learned from Blacky
the Crow that that runaway little Rab-
bit was in Farmer Browns hen yard
1t made him happy to know that the
little scamp was alive and we'll. IL
troubled him to know that ne was
prisoner. You know there is nothing
much more dreadful to the little people
of the Green Meadows and the Green
Forest than to feel that they are pris-
oners ;Nhat they cannot 60 where they
please when they please. All their
lives they have had absolute freedom,
and there is nothing in all the Great
World more precious than freedom.
"Did he seem happy?" asked Peter of
Blacky the Grow.
"He was kicking up his hind legs in
that foolish way you Rabbits have of
doing, so I guess he wasn't unhappy"
replied Blacky. II was too far away
to talk with him, so hurried right
over here to tell you about him"
"Thank you, Blacky. Thank you,"
replied Peter. "1n way you have
taken a load from my mind. I don't
mind telling you that knew he had
been caught by Farmer Browns boy I
that Farmer Browns boy is true
friend of US little people Of the Green
Forest and the Green Meadows. Still,
not knowing just what he had done with
that little scamp of mine l couldn't
help being worried. 1t was good of you
to come over here to tell me about it.
I won't forget it, Blacky. l won't for
get it. If ever I have a chance to do
something for you you may count on
me to do it,"
Blacky's eyes twinkled. 1t struck
him as truly funny that Peter should
even think that he. could possibly do
est-witted rascal in all the Green
Forest. But he was quite grave when
he told Peter that it was no more
than one friend should do for another,
and lie was glad if he had relieved
Peters mind a little. Then he bade
Peter good by and few away to the
Green Forest.
Peter could hardly wait for the
Black Shadows to creep out from the
Purple Hills that evening. You see
he was so very, very anxious to go
up to Farmer Browns hen yard. But
he knew. that it wouldn't be best for
him to do SO until the Black Shadows
had crept clear across the Green
Meadows to Farmer Browns hen yard
At last Peter felt that it was safe
to start, and away he went, lipperty-
lipperty-lip, as fast as his long legs
could take him. Up past Johnny
Chuck's house without stopping ran
Peter. He didn't even pause at the cd
stone wall. Around back of Farmer
New-York tribune., 1920-09-15
1UGS stdudiu0.

Browns barn he ran, and then very
softly crept over to the hen yard. He
crept softly and carefully because he
wanted to make sure that Bowser the
Hound was nowhere about.
When he reached the hen yard he
went straight to the corner in which
Blacky the Crow had told him he would
find a box. There, sure enough, was
the box. Peter stood on his hind legs
and peeped through the wire netting
of the hen yard. All was still in
there. No one was to be seen. Lightly
Peter thumped with his stout hind feet.
Then he thumped little louder.
At that second thump he thought he
heard faint reply from inside that
box. Again Peter thumped, this time
louder than before. At once a funny
little head with long ears was thrust
out of the doorway in that box. Once
again Peter thumped, this time lightly.
1t meant call is we'll"
Out came his runaway son and
hoped hurriedly over to the wire net
ting where Peter was sitting. A wide
board ran around the bottom Of the
netting. and it was only by standing
on his hind feet and stretching Just as
far as he could that that little Rabbit
could reach the wire netting and poke
his wabbly little nose through one of
the holes. Peter lightly rubbed it with
his nose, and at the touch of those two
noses all the happiness in the Great
World seemed to have settled right
there.
Copyright. 1920. by T. w. Burgess.
The next story: "The Little Rabbit
Wants to Go Home"
New-York tribune., 1920-09-15
Death House Inmate Told
OF Baby Girls Arrival

OSSINING, N. Y, Sept. 14.-James
Odell, convicted sslayer of Edward
Kneip, a former sweetheart Of Odell's
wife, was told in the death house to-
day that he was the father of a golden
haired, brown-eyed baby daughter.
81 am glad and sorry" he said. ''She
will do better in life than l have donc'.'
Warden Lawes informed Odell that
Mrs. Odcll, also convicted jointly with
her husband of killing Kneip and serv-
had been removed from that institution
to hospital, where the child was born.
The warden added that he hoped the
Court Of Appeals would reverse his con-
viction and grant him q new trial.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-15

a. m. 1870 l p. m. .29s9 8 p. m. 2e9s
General Weather Conditions
WASHINGTON. Sept. 14.-The pressure
remains low off the north Atlantic coast
and the center of the disturbance ap-
Scotia and moving eastward. The dis
turbance that was centered Monday over
British Columbia passed rapidly eastward
and diminished greatly in intensity.
Abnormally warm weather for this date
continued to-day throughout the plains
states the great central valleys and the
Southern states and normal temperatures
continued in other parts Of the country
There were local rains within the last
England coast and the Carolinas, southern
Georgia. Tennessee. Kentucky and the
Far Northwest.
The outlook is for generally fair weather
Wednesday and Thursday in the states
east OF the Mississippi River, except that
local showers probable in the upper
lake region.
". The temperature will rise somewhat
Wednesday and Thursday in the Middle
upper Ohio Valley. and the lower lake
region and will fall Thursday In the
upper lake region.
District Forecasts--New England and
eastern New York--Fair Wednesday and
Thursday; rising Temperature.
Eastern Pennsylvania, West Virginia
of Columbia and Virginia Fair WeJnes
d,a day and probably Thursday: warmer
Western Pennsylvania and Western Now
}ork-~-Fatr and somewhat warmer Wad
nesday Thursday unsettled and warmer.
New-York tribune., 1920-09-15
Tr0ttea1vs and elaborate Suits

If the bride prefers slim tailored suit to
going away frock and wrap, there is large
selection from which she may choose her type
The finest of materials with alluring sheen and
the new slimness and severity of tailoring are
shown, as we'll as threepecc suit that has it's
foundation on straight-line frock.
Black and white effects, fur trimmed with deem
skunk and lynx-dyed wolf, warm browns beaded
all over in the fashion and collared and
cufed with mole. Suits trimmed with embroid
cry applied by artist hands and made exquisite
by perfection of minute detail.