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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

- VINiE children couldn't 70
L naked. no ships came with
the stuff 20 be made into clothes.
and there was but one thing 90
be doue
I'VE found cur way TO the
huss Of the Indians. and there we
humhly stood and watched them
rs uscy worked. when they
made clothes they made them OF
deer or elk hide. and sewed them
with sinews.
I'VE very humely learned how
70 do this and set TO work to
fashion clothes out OF hides.
The children were delighted.
and we were very proud mothers
when we had them finished
Jackets and trousers moccazins
and caps.
"'"l like IT. said one Of the
boys, my is.year-old lad. NO
need to try to keep them clean.
won't tear. won't ieak--will they.
bsdo you Think"
I'VE thought not, and the
first hard rain he tried them out
"'ue had to go on an errand
TO neighboring settler and
quite enjoyed not having 20 con
slider his clothes.
The rain fell in sheets for an
hour and we waited anxiously
for his return. IL was about 10
In the morning when he left. and
at II was stan raining a little.
and the forest was dripping. the
trail he had taken running like
little river.
~ built big fire and opened
tho cabin door 10 look once more
down the trail.
"Aliee--who--eef' heard
the familiar can. but I thought II
didn't sound any too gay.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

y Ths twins were about to cut of
01ssker Swallows tail at his request
when Rubadub. the fairyman. inter.
tered
wait . moment" said be. How
FAR can you ny without stopping.
6ieeker?-
Hundreds Of miles" answered
Seeker. proudly. only I could ny
Farther still IL I hadn't these tight
clothes on. and this long tailed coatr'
ssHmr' said Rubadub. HIM just
col Do you ever restg'
'Oh. yes" admitted Sleeker. But
! don't stop. I Just spread my wings
cut farther and the wind gets under
them and under my tail and holds
me up. I rest nicely as ! soar"
Now about your tall How do
you stick into cliffs and chimneys.
when they're straight UP and down.
~ you say you do7"
We'll" admitted slecker, uneasfly
but truthfuily. II dig In my claws.
and / dig my tail feathers In. too.
That holds me MP finer
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

thinking. It was mighty funny that
Reddy Fox should have died without
any one having heard that he was
sick. Peter started on again, but
this time he did not hurry. Presently
he cut long twig which he carried
along with him.
When he reached the circle around
Reddy Fox he stole UP behind Prick.
ly Porky and whispered In his ear.
Prickly Perky took the long twig
which Peter handed him. while Peter
went off little distance and climbed
UP on an old stump where he could
see. Prickly Porky reached over
and tickled one OF Reddy's black
ears. For n minute nothing hap
pened. Then the black ear twitched.
Prickly Porky tickled the end of Red.
dy's little black nose. then he tickIed
II again. What do you think hap
pened2 Why. Rcddy Fox sneczedi
My. my my How that circle
around Reddy Fox did disappear.
All the little people who were afraid
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
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HOW THE CHILDREN WE'RE CLOTHED
(Coafinued frun Last Nirht)

"'"Aiiee - alice - who -- ee.- l
called back. and he came In sight
when he had left home that suit
was beautiful fit. trousers to
the Knee, sleeves 10 the wrist. etc.
Now his trousers tapped
about his ankles. his sleeves Gov
cred his hands. his coat was out
OF shape.
~ didn't know whether 20
laugh or 20 cry. but one look at
the expression OF his face decided
me.
1--WE laughed. and ". laughed.
and we laughed.
"Waterproof- he socfYed:
Indian ciothes.'
-'"Come on IN. SON I urged.
-and get them off and"
"'"And 20 to bed while they
dry" h, finished. mo. mother.
you see II you can pull them into
shape and I'll lie down here be.
fore tho fire. and dry Off I'LL sup
per time
II let him A. n. thinking the
warmth Of the fra would keep him
from taking cold. 7 made . stew foe
supper. moved softly about 50 that
he would have . good sleep. and that
he didn't wake ,iit =, was quite darn.
and his father had estns In from the
clearing
- had my back to him. as vas
busy q, the table. wasn I heard him
give q disEusted snort.
Well. will you lock az 'ern
ocv-' he said. ''Whst1i I do
There he lay like . tin soldier.
Arms held tight In sl~~ves as hard as
boards. legs In trousers which
wsuidnt bend. no matter hos hard
he tried.
Am petrired - he asked y
caa't move thing but my bead
The trouble was we hadn't begun
soon enough 10 watch the Indian
~om.n- We had failed TO cure" cur
elk hides. and " Il hadn't been for
the funny side Of u that We saw. We
might have bssa ready to just giss
up" (sb
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

BY THOKNTON w. BURGESS

DEDDY FOX lay on tho side of a
~ hill. Bobby Coon found him
there. and when Bobby spoke TO him
Feddy made no reply. Bobby went
ever and looked at him Reddy's
eyes were closed Bobby grinned TO
himself. then he up-toed little near
Ter and sho1ted ''Boo-' right In one OF
hRcddy's little black ears. SIM Red
~ did not move Bobby Coon's face
crew sober. He poked Reddy with
his foot. but stiil Reddy did not
move Then. he pulled Reddy's tall.
and s.ill Heddy did not move. 1T
must be that Reddy Fox is dead"
thought Bobby Coon. and ne hurried
away 70 tell the news.
There was great excitement on the
Green Meadows and In the Green
Forest when the little people there
hoArd that Reddy Fox was dead OF
cDurse. every one wanted TO see Red
d., and soon there was a procession
q little meadow and forest people
EhurTy5ng across the Green Meadows
/ 70 the hillside where Reddy Fox lay.
Jimmy Skunk, Johnny Chuck. Billy
XLl0x, LlLtiS JOG otteF, Onc BiIy
'Possum. Danny Meadow Mouse.
spotty the Turtle. Old Mr.. Toad,
0randfather Frog. Jerry Muskrat,
Sammy Jay. Blacky the Grow. Happy
Jack squirrei, Striped Chipmunk.
Jumper the Hare. Prickiy Porky-aD
were there. They found a big circle
around Reddy Fox.
Then they began TO talk about
Reddy. Some told Of the good things
THAI Reddy had done. and what a
fine gentleman ne was. Others told
tof the mean things that Reddy Fox
thad done. and how glad they were
ithaG they would no longer have 10
vn&ch out for him. II was surprising
the number Of bad things that were
Z mid. But then they felt safe In say
inn them, for was not Reddy lying
Ihf there before them stone deadi
: Nov, Peter Rabbit had not heard
the news until late in the day. and
when he did hear II he started ms
fast AZ his legs could take him 20
have = last lsok at Reddy. Half. way
there he suddenly stopped and
scratched his long ears. Peter was
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05
Wants u. S. Buy All
Sugar in Slovakia

NEW YORK. June 5.-Purchase
by this country OF all tho sugar In
Czecho-Slovakia was urged before the
legislative committee investigating
profiteering yesterday by Irving
Schwartz. importer. This would
break the Cuban hold on the Amer
lean sugar market" and would give
Cxecho -Slovakia capital to increase
It's sugar output, he said.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

Of Reddy Fox scsmpercd away as
fast as they could run. while all the
other little people who were not
afraid of Reddy Fox began to laugh,
and the one who laughed loudeat OF
all was Peter Rabbit as he started
back 10 the old Brier Patch
OF course. Reddy Fox knew then
that 1t was Of no use at ali to pre-
tend that he was dead. 80 he spranc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-05

to his feet and started nfter Peter
Rabbit at the top of his speed, but
when he reached the Old Brier Patch
Peter was safely inside, and Reddy
could hear him laughing as IL he
would split his sides.
III at first you don't succeed. try.
try again" shouted Peter Rabbit
Next story: Johnny Chuck Has
Some Fun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-12
STARVATION LOOMS BEFORE RUSSIA
 DESPITE VICTORY
Things are Bad for Conquer. ing Reds, is the Belief

Vibors, Finland, Russian Frontier August 1O.-Flushed with successes and confident of the Polish defeat Soviet Russia faces the approaching winter with the grim problem o1 foods as it's supreme test of power From the far east to the Finnish frontier miles of undisputed territory-the spectre of starvation stalks threatening as the far reaches give up cry for the necessities of ] life from people whose hearts, long sturdy in the struggle for a thew day." are forced to heed the de- mands of want.
 The Associated Press correspon- dent just arrived here, has observed these conditions in crossing Russia and Siberia all the way from Vladi- S vostok to Moscow and Petrograd His arrival in Finland followed de- portation from Moscow because the X authorities had not given advance authorization for crossing Siberia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-12
the bol In to avert a shevik program.

began with the downfall of Nicholas. In their efforts to avert a rising tide of counter sentiment the lead- CTS have resorted to stringent meth ods. Siberia, the last great food re- resve to be reclaimed to the Moscow power has been stripped of grain and manufactured goods, captured after the Kolchak debacle. Supplies
 have been transferred to relieve Mos
 cow even to the point of placing the
 Siberian population in need.
 The rich black soil in southern Russia is said this year to have produced less than half crop be-
 cause of drouth. The Don coal ba- sins are producing little, despite the Denekine order, necessitating that
 railroads and industries excepting he small districts of Siberia, de- pend upon wood for fuel. The ar-
 my is continually draining the food stocks, while everywhere women, l girls and boys are replacing men at | Ill forms of labor.
 The spectacle of stringency is
 complete with hundreds of dormant factory stacks, from the small dis tricts of Irkutsk and Omsk, through
 the larger industrial centers of the Orals to the great manufacturing district of Moscow, standing as mon uments to an industrial structure bearing all the appearances of hav- ing broken down.
 Labor Is Needed.
 Observers on the TransRussian journey commented on the aspect of the situation in view of a state
 ments credited to Leon Trostky, min-
 ister of war, in addressing the 7th
 convention of all-Russian commits
 sionaries. Trotsky was quoted as
 saying that the bolshevik working
 armies," heralded as units which
 would rebuild Russia's industrial
 life, had failed where skilled labor
 was demanded, such as cleaning cit ies and keeping up the railway right of ways.
 The output of the few factories which are working is absorbed by the army, leaving nothing, it is de- clared to exchange with the agricul- tural population for their products. The plan for such exchange, hand led by the government, is declared tol
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-12

have been a basic point in the bol- shevik program.
 Continued requisitian of grain and livestock in return for alleged worth less paper money instead of supplies, is said to have made the agricultu- ral population the greatest potential enemy of bolshevism. Observers say that if this condition is not rem. edied it promises to cause the ulti- mate downfall of the regime despite i it's militarists control. As a result of deluge of paper money through out Russia and Siberia, a system of barter which is carried on illegally is the only means of exchange. Small quantities of food supplies compen- sate for the shortage in government rations and the inequality in their distribution.
 Reorganize Railways.
 Greater success seems to have at tended reorganization of the rail road transportation system, espe- cially in passenger traffic than any other branch of the industrial life From Verkhne- Udinsk, the capital of the bolshevilk's far eastern buffer state, traveller can ride into Mos COW or Petrograd in ten days, trav- cling from Omsk on Russian pull mans, if he is on business or is es- pecially privileged.
 The cost of the 4,0O0, mile trip a. cross Russia is 1,600 rubles. The sum is less than one American dol lar but also is less than the amount needed at scores of TransSiberian stations to buy a pound of meat or salt from the peasants who sell food at the railroad depots.
 The brightest spot Tn the whole picture of bolshevik Russia repre- sented in attempts everywhere to emphasize education. Efforts are being made to establish reading rooms and schools for both civilians and soldiers and to care for child ren during the food crisis.
 Much of the instruction naturally includes teaching of the doctrines of communism through dictatorship of. the proletriat, world revolution and class war. Russian opponents to bolshevik however, in face of actual ities, such instruction serves only to convince the people more thorough
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-12

In Finnish circles he is able to send an uncensored account of the people as hurriedly observed, while he and a number of refugees made the first trip of Americans across Russia in the last two years. ~ Everywhere in all this trip from one end of Russia to the other, the cry for food and clothing was heard. It was voiced by the Rus sian peasant type at the Chinese frontier, where the correspondent was first brought into Russian. ter ritory. It was heard again through the heart of Russia, where the crews of locomotives weer clad in ragged garments, with sandal-like shoes. l braided from the bark of trees. 1 As they stoked their engines they begged for black bread from the lit. tie group of foreign refugees who were passengers in the train, being sent from Moscow to the Finnish l frontier.
 The appeal for the necessities of living is universal from the people, | GhCSpt HUH tHc GACId IdCiOISu Cluoc of higher military and civil govern ment officials.
 To Nikoli Lenine, the soviet pres l ident, himself, according to the acs cepted reports in Moscow, is attrib- uted the statement that the Russian people cannot pass through another winter like the last. Even now, sto- ries are circulated for popular con sumption that Lenine himself suf- fers for want of food because of his insistence upon saving others. The story goes that he refuses more than his allotted share of black bread three eighths of pound daily-which is the ration today is. sued to the civilian population is Moscow.
 II Attendant upon the sore plight o1 ll the people economically is an eve, ! increasing spirit of unrest and re volt. A military organization, dis cipilined to the core, finds growing difficulty in carrying out orders b, the mailed first tactics in which i has hitherto been supreme.
 From east to west the bolshevil soldiers are militarily reigned thro oughout, and officered the same a
 any regularly organized army. Con
 trolled by the soviet political com
 missionaries, they stand prepared a
 all times to fix firmly upon the peo
 pie the new social system prescrib
 ed in the supreme flats issuing iron
 Moscow.
 At the end of the second year tha
 the bolseviki have assumed direc
 the bolshevik have assumed direction
 in firm grasp this military regim.
 It is the same force which has beat
 en back invading armies on al
 fronts, the same that has overcom
 all counter revolutionary movements
 The soviet leaders are capitaliz
 ing their victories to the utmost
 They are installing into the minds o
 the people that the red forces hay
 defeated the worlds armies seekin,
 to enslave Russia and set uo anothe
 form Tsarist government. They ar
 urging upon them that the trag
 suffering and sacrifice will firml.
 estab national security an'
 spread the cause of social revolution throughout all lands. In some case along the eastern frontier the plea fall upon unwilling ears of the peas ant pioneer who looked upon forme, Tsar as his "Little Father" incap able of wrong doing, and who be 'llieves still that all Russia's trouble.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-12

Here Is a very smart costume for ocean bathing. It is a simple slip of black pussy willow. A narrow sash of the same material ties at the side. The knicker- lockers are very wide but encase the knees tightly. An odd. block design of white wool / distin- xuishes tbts suit. ly of the impossibility of realizing the needs through methods such as they are not undergoing a dictator ship.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-12
CARD OF THANKS.

To my friends:
 I wish to say that appreciate the vote of those who supported me just as much as though I had been nominated. It is gratifying to find that I have many friends in Pine Bluff and Vaugine township who stood by me.
 Sincerely yours, (advt) JOHN KING.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-14

One corporation has this week paid
to Delaware neary a quarter of mil
lion in fees. Last year the corpora
tion income Of the State ran over
million dollars. This is calculated to
carry US off our feet like the peach
crops of years ago carried many of
our farmers off their feet. Delaware
is her present prosperity never needed
a more careful, business administra-
tiOn. This is not a time for extrav-
agance but a time for economy. With
the increase of the States income
waste and extravaganza have appear
cd. We have no budget nor other zeal
business plan. AS a State we are
spending but it is not alone the
present large income that we are
spending, we are borrowing on every
hand and issuing bonds at high rates
of interest. We are not attempting
to pay as we go. We are using the
present incomes to mortgage the fu-
ture. If the time comes as it may
that we lose the income from our cor
pOratiOn law we vii simDIv he over-
board and will have to resort to
direct State tax. This is year
in which we elect a Legislature
and a governor. We nevtr needed COM
mon sense, and plain businss ability
in the legislative and executive branch
in the legislative and executive
branches of our State Government
more than right now.-Dover Index.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-14

240 lin #. IS in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
~ lin #. % in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
I5O lin. IT. 80 in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe
so lin: it. Relad Pipe.
800 lin. it. Piles.
$4,000 tons Broken Stag Base Course
$4,000 sq. yds. Bituminous Macadam Sur
face tPenetration).
Performance of contract shall commence
within ten 10) days after execution of the
contract and be completed on or before Sep
tember 30th 1920
Monthly payments will be made for 90 per
cent. OF the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon forms
provided by the Department
Each proposal must be accompanied bv a
surety bond, certified check. or money to the
amount of at least ten '10) percentum of the
total amount of the proposal
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked: Proposal for the construction of
a State Aid Highway under Contract No c.
). 6, c. S. Z, c. S. TO- c. s. H.
The contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (2O) days from the date Of
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Detailed plans may be seen, and index
plans and specifications may be obtained
upon deposit of $1,000 which amount will be
refunded upon return of plans and specif-
cations in good eondtion af tbe ofIico of
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
DOVER. DELAWARE
Ohas. M. Upham. Chief Engineer.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-14
PROPOSALS
FOR CONSTRUCTION OF
STATE AID HIGHWAYS

Sealed proposals will be received by the
state Highway Department, at the office of
he Sussex County Highway Improvement
commission, GEORGETOWN. Delaware. until
D Dclock +. M. February 3. 1920. and at that
place and time publicly opened. for the conc
struction of Is miles State Aid Highways in
sussex County, Delaware, involving the fol-
lowing approximate quantities:
CONTRACT c. S. $40 MILES
Coverdale Cross Roads-Jacobs School
l acre clearing and grubbing.
28.SOO Gu. yds Grading.
400 Gu. yds. Concrete Masonry -
$4,000 lbs. Reinforcement.
80 lin #. 10 in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe.
lO2 lin. IT. Is in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
6o lin. #. 80 in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
$50 lin #. Relaid Pipe
1900 lin. #. Piles
$50 tons Stone for Macadam
24O0 lin. #. Wood Guard Rail
1900 Gu. yds Cement Concrete Roadway.
10 Joints.
CONTRAT c. 5. 7-23O MILES
Blades-Concord
% acres clearing and grubbng.
lIlOO Gu. yds. Grading
4S yds Concrete Masonry
l,5OO lbs. Reinforcement
60 lin. #. Is in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
ITO lin #. lS in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
"a lin. lin #. "a in. Reinforced Concrete Pipe
34 I'm. II. 30 in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
5O lin. #. RelRid Pipe
$50 tons Stone for Macadam
500 lin. ft. Wood Guard Rail
$500 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Roadway
80 Joints
CONTRACT c. S. 10-4.5S MILES
Georgetown -Harbeson
acres clearing and grubbing
1900 Gu. yds. Grading
l2O Gu. yds. Concrete Masonry
5,4O0 lbs. Reinforcement
2OO lin. #. Is In. Reinforced Concrete Pine
i56 lin It. l8 in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
l36 lin. #. "a in Reinforced Concrete Pine
"a lin. it. 80 in. Reinforced Concrete Pine
l2O lin. #. Relaid Pipe
1SO tons Stone for Macadam
500 lin. #. Wood Guard Rail
$3.50 Gu yds. Cement Concrete Roadway
lilo Joints
CONTRACT C. s. II-4.sS MILES
Roxana-MillviIle
200 acres clearing and Rrubbinp
10000 Gu. yds. Grading
300 Gu. yds. Concrete Masonry
10000 be- Reinforcement
$50 I'm. It. Is In. Reinforced Concrete Pine
Smyrna times., 1920-01-14

More and more in popular favor
does the "School Colony Plan" grow.
After all other sites are considered
the present enlarged campus idea
seems to be the one place to meet
all conditions. The layout is ideal
and the proposed new $15O,OOO build
ing with its sweeping lawns and good
walks will make it a commanding
looking building and the whole scheme
second to none of any town in the
State.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-14

Smyrna had a hearing before the
State Board of Education last Thurs
day, and judging by the personel of
the 65 or more who attended, and the
fact they were among the biggest tax
payers of the district, it could not
help but make an impression on the
Board. Had the day been propitious,
many more would have been present.
Ayres J. Stockly, in an able and COM
prehensive brief, stated why the new
building should be in Smyrna and the
meeting was an inspiration to all
present. The delegation returned from
Dover with the hope good results will
be obtaind.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-14
DELAWARE CITY-PORT PENN

Work Is Progressing To Make Fast
Lead Along the River Front.
Work on the Delaware river bank
between Port Penn and Delaware
City is getting along very well ac-
cording to County Engineer Charles
E. Grubb, who is in charge of the
work which is being done by a sub
contractor. Engineer Grubb sue
ceoded in buying many piling and a
large quantity of cement which had
gotten wet on the Marlin-Rockwell
grounds as well as many thousands
feet of planks. The county paid
$499.99 for the whole lot and the en-
gineer believes that the county got a
bargain.
Smyrna times., 1920-01-14
ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS TO
FURNISH ROAD CONSTRUCTION
MATERIALS

G. sealed proposals will be received bv the
state Highway Department, at its Office
TeN',r PoVer delaware; sg until 200 O'Clock P. M
publicly opened. for furnishing ali or anv mart
of the following: GIL vi any part
$4,000 Barrels of Cement
$4,000 Tons of Sand
100000 Tons of Stone
r. D. B. shipping points delivered nm ordor
curing curing 1870 to various freight stations in Del
Payments will he nado g., ,.,.
terials ' uehNered ma
Dlaaess must submit proposals upon forms
., Each proposal must be accompanied by
surety bond certified check, or money 10 AZ
least ten Der centum of the total amount 81
the proposal amount OF
The envelope containing the prooo.uI ro,,v,
% marked "PrOpossi for furnishing AstsrISi