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Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-02-28

trouble you might nave seen hne sample OF
race prejudice and the usual results. On
4Sth street, just crossing 9Th avenue, placid
individual was steering two horses and a
wagon over mountains Of snow. Westward
came in calm desert majesty two camels,
led toward the stage where they were to per-
form in the evening. The camels did not
notice the horses but the horses did notice
the camels. They reared up paving the air,
swung themselves violently to the right onto
piles of snow as high as their backs. They
fell down, rolled over, broke the harness, cut
their knees, frightened the driver, broke the
wagon. The camels walked calmly on. They
had no race pre- JUDGE. The next time those
two horses meet two other camels they will
do the same thing over again. for horses
do not learn after they are year old. Many
men are like horses, and in the long run their
race prejudice has about the same effect. 1t
hurts them not those whom they imagine
they are despising while they are really
making fools Of themselves"
The above excerpt came under my observa-
ton one day this week and I am reproducing
it as an extenuating hope that the great
metropolitan press of this country under
the influence of such master minds as Bris-
bane will yet be convinced Of the error of
it's way and see it's way clear to accord the
black man the same rights as it does the
white man. But, however much inclined
great editorial writer's seem to lean to fair
play for the colored man, yet they exercise
little or no influence with the news writer's
on the daily papers, And it is the old, old
story, the colored mans greatest enemy is
the "po" white trash'' of the land. The
publishers Of the Post intelligence of this
city and the editor-in-c chief are both men of
high ideals and favor equal rights and equal
justice to all men, and yet the reporters on
the paper take delight in humiliating the
colored man whenever and wherever they
can Persons of the "po' white trash'' class
however wealthy and influential they may
subsequently become, never rise above their
natal environments However strange this
may be, it is nevertheless true.
Miss India Gordon, a Franklin High
School pupil died of influenza last Satur-
day and was buried last Tuesday She was
the idol of a father, mother and BROTHER
all OF whom mourn without comfort her
untlmey death Delegations from both the
Broadway and the Franklin High Schools
attended the funeral
Mr. and Mrs. John II. Clayton are SER
lously considering the advisability of sell.
ing their city property and permanently
ington
Mr.. Il. P. Curry, formerly an expressman
Of Seattle, but now resident of Kittitas
county, did business in Seattle last Tues
day, returning home the same evening.
INSTRUMENTATION
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
Heads Of Church Of England.

The highest Office in the Church Of
England is held by the archbishop Of
Canterbury, officially known as pri-
mate Of all England, in distinction
from the archbishop Of York, who is
simply primate of England. The juris-
diction of the latter extends over
the province or county of York, which
includes ten dioceses In that part Of
England from the Humber to the Dee
and embraces the Isle of Man as we'll.
The rest of England Is under the
Jurisdiction of the archbishop of Can
terbury. That dignitary, however, as
primate of all England, is supposed to
possess a certain authority over the
church in the whole country. He
takes precedence on all public occa-
sions, not only Of the archbishop of
York, but Of all the nobility save the
immediate members Of the royal fam
lily. He crowns the king, but the queen
is crowned by the archbishop Of York.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
Coastal Defense Of China.

The government Of Picking, it is said,
has a complete coastal defense plan
for China, according to which the
whole Chinese coast will be divided
into four sections, /. e., the Gulf Of
Chihili, the coast of Kiang-su and Che
kiang, the coast Of Fukien and the
coast Of Kwantung. A coast defense
commissioner will be appointed for
each section, and he will be held re-
sponsible for the maintenance Of peace
and order in his own section. He will
also control all ships entering his Sec
tion.
The first, the second and the train
ing squadrons will retain their pres
ent status, under the direct control Of
the navy department. The navy min
istry contemplates appointing Admiral
Ii Ting-hsing as commissioner for the
Gulf of Chihili, Admiral Ian Chien-shu
for the Kiang-su and Che-kiang Sec
ton and Admiral Liu Kuan-hsing for
Fukien. AS to Kwang-tung, the COM
missioner will be appointed after the
north and south have been reunified-
East and West News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
Two Freak Checker Boards.

Probably the most extraordinary
checker board in the world was con-
structed at st. Leonards, in Sussex,
England, in 1891, says the Columbus
CO., Dispatch. 1t was made Of solid
blocks of concrete three feet thick
and its surface covered an area 25 feet
square. The pieces were moved by
hooked iron rods, making the game
of value as physical as we'll as men
tai exercise.
A checker board which was pre-
scented to Bismarck at the height of
his fame is said to have been the
most costly thing of it's kind ever
made. The squares were made of
gold and silver inlaid upon an ebony
base. There were "a men," II Of
gold and IL of silver. In the center
of each gold piece was ruby. while
eachsof the silver pieces was adorned
with a diamond. The outfit was val
ued at the time at about $150,00O.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
WOMEN OF WARSAW HID PETS
Cats in Plenty Produced, However,
When Red Cross Supplies Were
Periled by Rats.

A picturesque story Of the war comes
from Warsaw, where all the cats had
disappeared. One went about the city
and saw never a cat. So completely
had the cats vanished that when the
Red Cross warehouse, just outside Of
Warsaw, became Overrun with rats
and mice, to the serious damage Of
food and clothing stored in it, almost
every other expedient was thought Of
and tried before it occurred to anybody
that perhaps there might be cat or
two still left somewhere in the COM
munity. Then some official of the
warehouse mentioned to Polish
workman that If cat could be found
the animal would be a great help in
protecting the Red Cross property !;
and from here, there and everywhere
came the wives Of the citizens and the
citizens themselves, each carefully
bearing treasured cat. AS the story
goes, there seemed to be as many cats
offered for duty in the Red Cross
warehouse as there were rats and mice
at work in it. The emergency had
overcome the unwillingness of the
people to admit that they were guard
ing their pets, and after a guardian
had been chosen for the warehouse
the cats again disappeared from War
saw.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
One Day Late.

The women's club of the little town
where worked in grocery store near
the depot had arranged for a we'll
known speaker to give an address in
our theater one evening. The evening
arrived, the hall was crowded, but no
speaker appeared, and everyone was
The following evening
Just after the train came in a stranger
appeared in the store and asked where
Mr.. was to speak that night.
1 replied that he was to have spoken
the night before, but added, 'The big
boob didn't come" Just then one Of
the leading women of the town came
in and recognized the man as the
speaker who had been expected the
night before. Needless to say, 1 soon
found work in the back Of the store
which needed immediate attention.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
Diversity Among Students.

The influence of personal ability or
mental habit on such scientific work
as making astronomical drawings has
been the subject Of interesting expert
ments by T. L. Macdonald at the Uni
versity Of Glasgow. A drawing Of
Mars by Artoniadi, a photograph of
the moon, and another picture were
submitted to six students, who were
requested to make copies but were
given no suggestion as to what should
be visible or how it should be drawn.
The diversity of the drawings pro-
duced was surprising and curious. Each
student showed special skill in noting
some one feature-either canals, lakes,
or gradations Of shading-and the stu
dent who best drew the canals saw
the smallest number of standings. The
distinguishing characteristics of each
individual persisted remarkably
through all his drawings. 1t is con-
cluded that planetary astronomers
may be divided into three classes
distinguished by canal, spot and shade
sensitiveness-and that their drawings
should be subject to corresponding cor
rectiOns.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
"MAxlM SILENCER" FOR SHIPS
Do Away With Noise Made
by the Motors.

Eight ships now sailing the Pacific
ocean are equipped with great
silencers, weighing 5000 pounds each,
the invention of Hiram Percy Maxim,
famous as the inventor of the gun
silencer bearing his name. If success
full this newest Maxim silencer" may
stimulate the tendency toward general
substitution of the speedier more
economical, oil-burning vessels driven
by the super-powerful engines Of the
Diesel type, for the present-day
steamers.
"The motor-driven ship is the ship
of the future" Mr.. Maxim said recent
ly. However, in the past
there has been one great disadvant-
age, the terrific noise Of the motors.
The new silencer we expect will solve
that problem"
Mr.. Maxim said that, inasmuch as
his patents have not been issued, he
cannot disclose the construction Of his
new invention. However, in general
principle it is not unlike other Maxim
silencers, depending on accomplishing
its work by absorbing the recoil and
hence silencing the terrific exhaust.
Mr.. Maxim says it is not dissimilar in
design to the smaller Maxim silencers
on the market for several years for
use on motor and power boats.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
NEED OF SPECIAL TRAINING
Youth Starting in Life Must Remem-
Der That This is an Ago Of
Specialists.

We are living today in the age Of
specialists in almost all lines and un-
less the young man who goes out to
earn his own living is definitely train
ed in some one line, his chances of ad-
vancement are negligible. 1t is true
that he can earn good wages at the
outset and can hope for few adj
vancements, but unless he fits himself
by training, experience and study for
something bigger he will soon find he
is in blind alley job.
A boy does not always realize this:
school life becomes humdrum to the
lad bubbling over with fun and energy,
and for him to sit on bench with a
book in his hands, studying what
seems to be uninteresting facts, i'm
presses him as real hardship when
he longs to be out in the world taking
a place among comrades who have
proved themselves independent.
This is the place where the guiding
hand Of the parent is necessary. The
boy must be made to understand that
the training he is receiving now is
sharpening him for future Opportun-
tiles. He is likely to be reasonable
if his parents have retained his con-
fidence, and If they can show him that
in dollars and cents he will be the
gamer by continuing in school.-Em-
ma Gary Wallace, in Christian Herald.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
Spelling by Ear.

A sinplifed spelling society in Lon
don has developed a form of language
with a one sound, one symbol notation
of letters and digraphs. A sample Of
the system In operation is furnished
as follows:
"Wuns upon tym a rich lord and
his wyf had a littl boi and littl gerl
hoom dhai luvd veri much. Wun dai
dhe good mudher bekame veri i'll. In
short tym dhe faader aulso fel i'll. -.
If Ell doc CHS I vii give each of Gu
a purs ov goeld."
The system looks very much like
srelling by ear. 1t ought not to re-
quire any very complicated system Of
rules. In fact, many people habituaHy
spell by ear without the authority of
the society's diction. There are many
people who have given up further at
tempts at mastering English as it is
spelled today, and these would well
come phonetic reform with great
joy.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
UNKNOWN TONGUE TO- HIM
"Gyneeo'oolst" Was Altogether Too
Much for the Hotel Waiter, So
He Made Il "Oentist."

Down In Park Row, in a place where
a broad and generous liberality marks
the observance of the wartime prohibit
ton law, a dozen sporting writer's gath.
cred, just casually, the other night.
Inevitably, they began to remember
and recount the funny things that hap
pened In Cincinnati and Chicago. And,
OF course, the discussion proceeded to
the point where some one had to de-
eide what was really the funniest
thing, and finally it was decided that
"Hype" Igoes story, which was cred
tied to Manager Hawks Of the Gibson
house, was entitled to the prize.
In keeping with modern methods,
they have, at the Gibson, a system
whereby employees Of the hotel are
furnished with information about
what Is going on in the house. It is
advantageous for the employees to be
fully informed, anyway, and it is de-
sirable that they may be able to in
telligently answer questions which
may be addressed to them by the
guests. Therefore, bulletin is posted
at the headwaiter's desk in each res
taurant and at other places in the no.
tel conveying general information
which employees should have.
Two guests arriving in the dining
room for breakfast one morning, no.
ticed a number of individuals at other
tables wearing badges.
"Who are those people with badges
on?" one Of them asked the colored
waiter.
"Jess minute. BOSS" replied the
waiter. "Ah'l fin out fob you in jess
a minute"
The waiter hustled over to the bull
letin board with a confident air. He
studied around uncertainty. There
wasn't another waiter in sight and the
dining room was all but deserted. He
gave the bulletin board a panied and
regretful glance. This is what was
posted there:
Convention this week of the Ma
tional Association Of Gynecologists,
Obstetricians and Anesthetists."
The waiter returned to the table
where he was serving and busted him
self assiduously but silently with the
dishes and silver. After he had put
each knife and fork in three new posi-
tons, the questioner at the table said {:
did you find out who those men are
with the badges on?'
"Oh, yes, BOSS" he replied. He had
the air Of one who has just casually
overlooked a perfectly trivial matter.
Eyes, boss" he said, as he polished a
glass and held it up to the light to
observe the effect, "dem are de-dem
are de dentists" Times
Star.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
EUROPE TAKES TO 'TYPlsTS'
Business Men There Are Gradually
Laying Aside Steel Pen and Using
Modern Methods.

Without typewriter an American
Office would not be an Office, but relic
Of a past age. But Europe has been
writing with pen and ink, and is just
waking up to the typewriter, remarks
the Golden Age. In France the courts
are working on the problem whether
a document such as a deed or a mort
gage is legal If written on type
writer.
The world war taught Europe many
things, among others to value the type
writer. Prior to the conflict the pro-
portion Of the American writing ma
chine output that was exported was
IS per cent to 40 per cent; now it Is
so per cent. The machines would be
going over the water much faster II
Europe could get the credits necessary
to correct the unfavorable conditions
Of exchange. When the great loans
that are expected have been made, the
situation will be improved and q much
greater volume Of typewriter exports
Is looked for as result Of the credits.
Europe needs among other things
modern office methods. She will be
helped in effecting this improvement.
because the prices of writing machines
have not increased nearly as much as
those Of other products, partly perhaps
because the prices were unduly high
before the war. Improvement Is the
order of the day, and the tendency
will become ever more marked as the
golden age comes on.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
Terrible Effect Of Prohibition.

The wives of two Muncie factory
workmen were discussing the effect
Of prohibition on their husbands
"When Jol t01mes home on Satur
day Moons no:adays with his pay en-
velope and turns it over to me-" said
one, II always deals him out fifty
cents for spendin' money and he
spends it for himself"
"And what did he do in the old
saloon days? asked the other.
'In them terrible days." said the
first, when John turned over to me
his nay envelope on Saturday Moons,
I used to give him fifty cents for a
l<tle spendin' money for himself. and
soon he'd be back with GROWER of
beer for the two of us. bless his
heart."-Indianapolis News. T.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
HAVE THEIR OWN JOURNALS
Almost Every Industry 10 Represented
in List Of British Periodical
Publications.

Popular papers by no means constl-
tute the bulk of periodical literature.
Nearly every business and profession
has it's own particular "trade journal"
Probably you never knew the bill
posters had paper entirely their
own, but they have In the Placard
and Service Billposter, remarks
writer in London Answers. Then there
is Brushmaking, the Hatters' Guide,
the Herring Circular, the Gamekeeper,
the Irish Ironmonger and the Post
mans Gazette. every one Of which is
devoted to the interests Of the particu-
lar line it names.
Some trades which you would not
think could support one paper alone
have their pick Of several. For in
stance, laundry workers have four
to choose from, pawnbr0kers two, pro-
fessional conjurers at least three, and
vets quite number. Even the bargee
was not until recently left uncatered
for, there being the Bargeman to
amuse him every so often. And I'M
dertakers can wax more or less merry
over the Undertakers Journal, while
rag and bone collectors may watch
their interests in the Waste Trades
Journal. Caretakers have the Care
taker to enjoy.
Trade journalism does not stop at
that. 1t looks after lesser known busi-
nesses and hobbies, as witnessed In
the existence Of the Ringing World.
for bell ringers, the Bloodstock Breed
ers' Review, the Racing Pigeon, the
British Beekeeper, Talking Machine
News and the Flute Players Journal.
When the Burglars Budget and the
Marble Player appear, we will let you
know.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
His First Pay in is Years.

A man who spoke with a pro-
nounced Swedish accent appeared at
the income tax Office at St. Louis and
exhibited two new leather cases which
contained $4,000 in travellers checks.
He said that he had Just had his
only pay day in fifteen years and had
heard that an income tax was due. It
appears that during the fifteen years
he was employed on a ranch in Wash
ington under an agreement with his
employer for wages, plus board and
clothes. During the fifteen years he
went to town. only twice year and
drew no money, he said, because his
employer had bought everything for
him.
When last month he decided to 20
to South America to become a rancher
in his own name, his employer accom-.
panied him to town and bought the
checks for him. He was told that no
tax was due from him.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
End Of Coal Troubles,

Campbell Sinton figures out that
100000 horse power from sunlight
goes to waste on every square mile.
Which means, writes Gerard" in
the Philadelphia Press. that Old Sol
sheds upon the surface Of Pennsyl-
vana the tidy equivalent Of nearly
100000, 100000 horse power.
Some fine day you will read in your
morning paper that Prof. Long Head
has found way to catch that power
that now runs loose. Then good-by
coal strikes!
Anthracite will be as valueless for
fuel as little shells are for money.
Sun engines will replace gasoline in
your auto, steamships will need no
stokers, the railroads ne firemen and
no coal tenders, the street railways
no power house and your cellars will
be rid of the dusty furnace
What high jinks the stock brokers
can have when the promoters list on
the exchanges 1O,0OO,OOO,OOO Of COM
mon stock in Sunlight Consolidated.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
China Looks to France.

France as field Of study Of great
people in period Of reconstruction
and restoration is being commended
to the progressive students of China
by such an authority as Wang Using
wei, founder of the Societe Franco
Chinoise. He advises his fellow coun-
trymen that the present is opportune
for study by Chinese In France to
learn from personal observation how
strenuous measures are in the chang
ing of national conditions. China, he
says, with its vast population and
area must, to bring about anything
worthy Of the name of reconstruction,
rely upon the efforts Of many Chinese
to introduce the new civilization and
to bring China up to date. He says
if China can send abroad 100000 stu
dents, then its motto should be LET
US have more"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
lnmiqrantS' Literary Test.

immigrants subject to the literary
test at Ellis island now have to read
thirty or forty words from the
Psalms, in any language they prefer.
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,
japanese, Russian and so on. except
Chinese, for that nationality is not
permitted to immigrate. Lest any
alien learn parrotlike the verse O: the
Psalm that friend in this country
had to read, the inspectors have at
least forty different verses in each
language, one verse to card.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
UNCLE SAM KNOWS HIS BOYS
System Of Finger Print Identification
Makes Errors in the Navy
impossible.

"King Solomon" said the navy re-
cruiting officer, twas the original iden-
LITIGATION expert. Remember how,
when two women claimed the same
child, he threatened to give each of
them half the child to carry away?
And how the one who didn't wish the
child harmed was adjudged the real
mother? Well, the navy recruiting
service hasn't King Solomon on its
staff, but it handles similar problems
every day in the week. Twins recent
ly applied for enlistment. Their
mother had never been really sure
which was Tom and which Harry, and
informed the recruiting officer that
she never had known whether she
were spanking the right one. Five
minutes afterward she was assured
that her boys would never get mixed
again. How? Finger prints.
"Loss Of memory (aphasia) and
such rare causes Of loss Of Identity
are easily handled in the navy. Uncle
Sam knows his boys not only by their
middle names, but also by the little
lines engraved on the tips Of their
fingers It's an absolutely up-to-date
safeguard for the boys in the service
and their families. For the matter
Of that, the whole navy system Of
caring for its men has been perfected
to the finest point. Diet, exercise,
medical and dental attention, all are
arranged in accordance with the latest
information on the subjects. It takes
good men to man good ships"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
The Way Of the World,

Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Jones were
neighbors. Mr.. Smith had a garden,
and Mr.. Jones kept chickens. Now
can you see the possibilities? Well,
they didn't come off.
Mr.. Smith had an only son, and
Mr.. Jones had an only daughter. Can
you imagine what happened? Well, it
didn't.
The year was dry one, and Mr..
Smiths garden did not materialize.
Mr.. Joness daughter came over to
sympathize, and she did it so we'll
that Mr.. Smith, who was widower
and well fixed, married her. Such is
life-real lifc.-Edinburgh Scotsman.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01
Light Always Ready

1ALLEY-LIGHT is
electric light for the
farm.
It is always ready-in
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-07-01

With electric power into
the bargain to run your
water pump, churn, separ-
ator, and 9th er light