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blocked by falls of rock since the time when 1t was occupied. Another pre- historic hamlet, not very far distant, almost equally remarkable and known as Spruce Tree House, is perched on a similar lofty rock-shelf, and is pro yided against unexpected attack by a number of dark passages which lead through and behind the houses in every direction. These appear to be secret escapes. such as are found in ancient European castles.
 Skilled At Raising Garden Truck
 The Clif-Dwellers were agricultural people, growing beans, melons, pump kins, squashes and particularly corn, which was their main subsistence They understood and extensively prac ticed irrigation, in some instances building large reservoirs for the stor- age of water, It would appear that they also raised cotton, for numerous fragments of cotton cloth are found in their ruined habitations. At all times while tilling their fields they must have been obliged to keep apprehens- i've watch for their savage enemies prepared at a moments notice to seek refuge in their rock-shelf fortresses.
 They were of the Stone Age, know ing not the use of any metal. as proved by the implements and weapons found
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time, the women performing their household duties, doing their cooking and making pottery Some of the rooms were used for grinding corn, Tor baking bread and for storage, Large stores of food and water were at all times kept on hand, to provide against possible siege.
 Most remarkable were the under ground chambers, or "kivas," twenty three iE number. which were used for purposes of religious ceremonial The meaning of these is well understood because subterranean rooms just like them are in use today by the Pueblo Indians, who are indubitable descend- ants of the ancient Cliff-Dwellers.
 A kiva is always circular in form. the only entrance to it being from above, through scuttle and by a lad der. An opening in the middle of the floor Is supposekto lead to the under world, the world of ghosts. During ceremonials the voices of the ghosts are heard-this being an artifice of priestcraft; for the mystery men" have secretly installed speaking tube that enters the chamber from with out, thus producing the illusion.
 The Cliff Palace was not discovered until 1888, its situation being remote. and the entrances to it's canyon
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buried beneath the dust of ages in their ancient abodes. The dust is inn palpably fine and poisonous, so that explorers while working in the ruins have been obliged to tie damp sponges over their mouths and nostrils The air of that region is so dry that dead bodies undergo natural mummifca- tion, and in this condition many have been found, remarkably preserved.
 A method commonly adopted by these prehistoric people in disposing of their dead was to wrap the body in a robe of turkey feathers woven upon foundation of yucca-fber cloth, to further enshroud it in a cover of mat ting made of reeds. and finally to seal it up in the wall of one of the family living rooms.
 She House-another group of build ings occupying cliff-recess 200 feet long and 150 feet high-got it's name from the mummy of a young woman found, with a child beside her, sealed up in a wall. It was a ghastly thing. the body doubled up, and with tongue protruding from the mouth, as if death came to her in utmost agony. Yet in her lifetime she may have been a joyous and beautiful creature; her hands and feet were noticeably small, and her fine hair soft and brown.
 Lofty Stone Watch-Towers
 Of utmost interest are the ruined towers which occupy many isolated heights in that picturesque region. They are built very substantially of dressed stone, some of them round and others square. and the presump-
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of the plateau are huge mounds winch evidently represent the remains of buildings and groups of buildings. some of which must have been Of great extent A few of them have re- gently been explored by digging. and have revealed most interesting arehi- tectural remains. Presumably they represent a period later than that of the cliff dwellings; but. being unprc- tected by roofs of rock, they have un- dergone rapid disintegration.
 \ Prehistoric Flathouse
 One of these buildings. of huge size and impressive architecture stood on the edge of a cliff 1,5O0 feet high which is, so to speak, the west front of the great plateau here described It was Q prehistoric apartment house containing several hundred rooms. and from it's windows the occupants could look out upon a marvellous expanse of scenery covering parts of four States. For right there is the only place in all this country where four States come together at one point
 The repair work undertaken on the cliff dwellings makes no attempt at reconstruction. It aims merely to pre- serve from further decay, by rein forcement with concrete and other protective measures, these most valu- able relies of American antiquity.
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eVldently for defense and it's residen- tlal portions are mainly devoted to suites Of rooms which presumably were assigned to families.
 In front was a stone-paved plaza for dancing; and an important fea- ture was wall of solid masonry built flush with the edge of the precipice and extending from one end of the greatrock-shelter to the other, so that the sheer face of the cliff was con tlnued upward 9 or 10 feet above the moor of the cave. In the wall there was only one small entrance. which could be blocked at a moments mo- tice
 It was fortress, well-nigh impreg- nable. Access by climbing to the shelf of rock on which it stood was prac- tically impossible to an enemy; and even were a foothold on the shelf gained, the structure itself was so planned as to be admirably defensible. All doors were at a considerable height aboveA the ground level, entrance through them being obtained by lad ders readily withdrawn, while bal comics along the upper stories offered means of communication from room to room
 The descent into the gulf below was by steps cut in the vertical canyon wall. The space covered by the build ings is 425 feet long, with a depth of 80 feet, and at the front they are 80 feet high. There were 124 rooms on the ground floor. At the back of the cave are extensive open spaces in which turkeys were probably kept, many signs indicating thatthose birds were domesticated by the Cliff Dwell- CTS
 Sky Pariors And Underground Rooms
 The roofs were platforms on which the occupants spent much of their
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M toric wonderland. and patch up
 the ruins of a bygone civilization within it so that they may not suffer further dilapidation, is a task which the Government has newly un- aertaken in southwest Colorado, where once upon a time, amid weirdly pie Nturesque surroundings, fourished the Clif-Dwellers.
 N The fence is nothing more than a llne which Congress has drawn about an area of sixty-five square miles, em- bracing plateau through which, from Nnortheast to southwest. the Mancos River has cut slice 2,00O feet deep Into this canyon from both sides run lateral gorges of equal depth, break ing up the mesa into a labyrinth of narrow cliff-walled passages. It is in nigh and almost inaccessible. recesses Yin the faces of these cliffs that are 1ound the ruins. of prehistoric villages.
 Located in a wild and gloomy gorge is the so-called Cliff Palace, which. occupying a shelf beneath overhang- ing rock l 1000 feet above the canyons bottom. bears the aspect of an en- chanted castle. Extending along the cliff nearly 425 feet. and in parts six and seven stories high, with majestic towers round and square, 1t is. to the eve far more impressive than any of the ruined castles of the Rhine.
 A Fortress On A Rock Shelf
 It never was palace. and. though 1t might be called a castle, it would more properly be described as a for tilied town which in it's day may have sheltered 1,500 inhabitants. A huge structure of dressed stones laid in mortar, it is like the Capitol at Wash inSton. patchwork of architecture, expanded to its present size by many additions Its towers are loopholed.
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FEBRUARY

Groundhog march along de line Proud as he could be; Sent my gal valentine An she sent one to me. Oh, you February! Busy as kin be, You ain't full measure in yoh days.
 but you'se de moth foh me. George Washington, he couldn't frame A lie. sure as you live. But give babies Georges name Ain no preventative. Oh, you Febuary! Sunshine an de
 snow
 We's mighty pleased to see you
 come an glad to see you go!
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with money enough to pay the bils.
 There is no trouble if the steward of the club is reliable. The theatre party Is delightful way for the bachelor to return hospitality. Usual ly this is preceded by dinner at @ cafe, or followed by a supper, which is generally more popular if the guests are not commuters. Under no cir cumstances should the chaperon ever be forgotten, and she is usually a married friend of the host
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Uncle Sam Undertakes the Task of Patching Up and Preserving From Further Decay the Wonderful Rock
 Shelf Castles Ofthe Prehistoric Folk ofthe Cliffs

@O put fence around prehis-
 toric wonderland. and patch up the ruins of a hvvopa ci,-jIiza4iop
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-11

sfasss 80 1sS hot jsspefdissd 8!
The lack of : witness for TIE emu
plainant, dus to the fact d ! uvte
being lsft, and ordered the taking
of evidsnce be resumed
Tells q Describes.
E1strom Was then questioned
and told Of how his wife had de-
se5fsd him on June 3, this year.
ne said that when he came home
lroM work. that evening he had
found his home vacant Of iii fur-
nifure and his baby lying on the
bare sdoor, Of one Of the rooms Of
the house. He said that he had
learned that his wife had taken the
furniture to 307H Twentieth street
and that on the date mentioned by
his wife in her complaint against
him he had gone to the address and
had expected to find her there. Not
finding her, he said that he saw
another woman In the room and
told her that he was going to take
. ring that his wife had taken and
which had been given to him by his
father II years ago. and that his
father is now dead and he valued
the ring greatly.
Leaving the room. he said that
he had recalled statements that had
been made 10 him that his wife had
been entertaining parties in her
room. and that he had decided that
the talking machine that she had
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-11
IeE INSISTS
DIVORCE COURT
MUST END CASE


nasistrate D. J. Cleland and As
stast states Attorney Edward L.
r.sle made Z joint command to
=, and Mr.. Edward Edstrom in
49, court yesterday afternoon
IN thsy settle their martial trou-
~ n the divorce court.
m Elsie Edstrom. who has .
,som 1t BOTH Twentieth street,
rssreed her husband. Edward Ed
ssron. With disorderly conduct IN
a. Z state warrant. Mrs. Edstrom
cssrsed that on Nov. I her husband
~ 10 her room while she was
svay and took . ring. . pendant
anA 4 talking machine.
EHstrom was defended by Attor-
M Ben Stewart, who appealed to
~ court to strike out the evidence
IN view Of the fact that Mrs. Ed
strom admitted that she was not d
hone It the time Of the alleged Of
fense. and that she had produced
no witnesses to prove the conten-
ton she made before the court and
had only stated what she had
claimed was statements made tc
her BY persons who had seen the
elleged removal Of property.
However, the wife had produced
4 note that her husband admitted
that he had left In his wife's room
Telling OF the things that he hAt
taken.
The magistrate ruled that tn
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= addsd to the e. RLAP.. said
Csnsrai Passenger Agent Anderson
this morning. This shoul1 relieve
conditions materially ON the LEGAL
road, ~ the Rock Island has re-
cefved practically mo- new equ.p-
ment since 1914 because Of the war.
and are very much in need Of the
new engines and coaches promised.
Recently 80 new freight engines
Of the Santa Fe type" weighing
$4,000 pounds were placed into
service. They are said to be 20
wide that they scarcely clear the
steel Orders along the side Of the
tracks at Fifth and Brady streets,
Davenport Only about an inch ana
q half space can be noticed on each
side when the engines pass this
point.
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taken ffem NJ home would u
placed to : much banter advantaes'
BY being put to entertaining his
child than the entartainnsnt u
friends his wife brought to her
room. He claimed that. being NOV
ed By such . thought, he called :
transfer company returned to his
wafe's room and, finding NO one
there, had unlocked the door with
. key hanging In the hall. took out
the talking machine and . pendant
that he claimed hts wife had taken
from him. and decamped the scene.
Case b Dismissed.
After telling his story. the court
dismissed the charge against Ed
strom on payment Of costs, and in
conjunction with the states attor-
ney ordered the couple to settle
their. difficulties once and for all.
They were told each to keep away
from the other and to seek settle
ment OF ownership Of property in
the divorce court. Magistrate Gle
land said that Mrs. Edstrom had
been to see him no less than 20
times and that he was getting ex-
ssperated with the marital trou-
bles OF her and her husband.
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new ENGINES TO
Be PUT ON SOON
BY ROCK ISLAND
Fifteen sNenfana Type to Be In.
stalled In Passenger
Service.

The c., r. /. &P. will SOON place
into service Is new Montana type"
passenger engines. according to Of
fcials Of that company.
The new engines weigh about
$50, 900 pounds and are somewhat
larger than the Montana type"
now in service. Five Of them are
to be placed on the local division
and the remainder will be sent to
western branches of the company.
The new locomotives will be able
to pull about fifteen coaches while
those now in service can handle
only II.
Thirty new coaches are also to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-11-11
HAMPTON

: Hans Jensen has moved to the
old Hinsberger place. east Of town.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
James Marx Friday. Oct. %.
Mrs. Walter Pioog 10 much better.
Mrs. Theresa Fulscher Is still
confined to her bed.
Mr.. Brodey has sold his boat
house. south Of Hampton. and will
move to Kentucky.
Mrs. Dresler Of Dewitt, Iowa
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VIII Be In
p. ROCK ISLAND
At the Harper House
Sunday, Nov. 18th
Honrs, . q m. to 5 p. m.
and
Monday, Nov. 18th
Hours: . q. m. to 4 p. m.

Chr0nlc diseases OF Men, Women
and Children are successfully
Treated ~ follows mo
money reQuired):
Stomach, Liver. Kidney, Eye. Ear.
Htbe and Throat, Catarrn, Leg Ul-
gers, Abdominal Diseases, Varlcose
Veins. Deafness, Hard hearing,
rheumatism, Neuritis, Neuralgia,
Skin Diseases, Ailments peculiar to
women. Ailments peculiar to
Men, Children's Diseases. We do
not treat acute diseases.
Kidney or Bladder trouble: Bring
small bottle Of urine along tof
chemical analysis. .....
Your Eyes: II your eyes are fail
ing. same will be tested in a thor
oughly efficient manner and advice
given accordingly. Glasses are
properly fitted where necessary.
Avoid Unnecessary Operations:
Most operations can be avoided.
Beware OF the knife that Is used
promiscuousiy without thought Of
Inc dangers, the miseries, the hard
ships that entail. Most OF the cases
Of tonsils, would-be adenoids, Ill.
GERS. appedicitis. and other chronic
ailments will yield to honest, 1ualc-
ioss and intelligent medical treat
ment under competent hands.
= III. haiey's References: ~ Nine
years in general practice of regular
medicine; (2) Ten years in special
practice Of chronic diseases; (3) Lii
esnsed (by examination) to practice
medicine and surgery in the state OF
Illinois, by the state board Of
hsalth; a. Twenty years residence
10 illinois; TO- Ten years perma.
nent location, city OF Peoria; l6)
FORMER president, city board OF
health, belvidere. ILL.,; ca Wis.,
iled surrounding towns for the last
zen years; (S) Local and county
osnK reference cheerfully given to
anyone.
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|are bearing heavily spaa -
Adams and she requires the 1&t,9!
ton 81 . practical narse. ne
the Oldest citizen Of the village. ~
Ing past - yeafs old.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ADVICE FREE,

Remember: You are given q
thorough examination FkEE OF
,hAk"E. No matter ii you have
oeen treated before and tailed to
sa well-it might be Of value to
!ou 70 see us-get an honest opin-
ION OF the case before giving up all
hope.
TERMS: No overcharge is made,
nor DO We do our work gratis. How
oyer, the EXAMINATION, CON.
SuLIAllON AND ADVICE Is
AbSOLUTELY fkEE. No man IL
NO poor 10 receive treatment
EeAlth: No word is more richly
spoAen-nothing in the world 30
uear to US all. No money can buy
III Is shared alike by rich and poor.
N all these worldly treasures,
uotning Is SO rich as health. Get on
We right road to recovery-let
; MISERY alone.
Doht Detay-deiays are danger
ous and may rob Us Of all that II
aeSr and dear to Us. An ounce nj
prevention Is worth . pound Of
eufe. Smile and the world smiles
.ltn you-.uoom and you gloom it
N,one. Diamonds and gold may
suffer. but health shines above all
Write or call
D. E. E. HALEY, Md,
Specialist
safonlc Diseases: Men, Women and
Chillrea-(Adv.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-24
CHOLERA CLAIMS THOUSANDS

New York, Sept. .23.-Carpenters
are unable to build enough coffins for
cholera victims in West China de-
clared letter received here today by
the American Baptist Foreign Mis-
sion Society from DR.. JOS. Taylor its
representative. Chen-tu. Under date
August 10, Mr.. Taylor wrote:
"The cholera is raging in Chen-tu.
People are dropping dead in the
streets and the supply of coffins has
run out. Altho carpenters are work
ing day and night, the dead have to
be buried in trenches.
"The people look upon the scourge
as a visitation of the supreme be-
ing who is Furnishing them for their
SINS"
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NO CREDIT GIVEN
TO UPHOLD PRICES
Government Not Party To Conspir-
acy-All Appeals Denied.

Washington, Sept. 23.-Gradual
return to the law of supply and de-
mand as a governing influence over
prices land the end of "war charges
for necessary commodities was pre-
dicted today by Government officials
in explaining the governments atti-
tude on credit extension.
Secretary Houston declared re-
quests for credit could not be list
ened to where such aid might mean
the preservation of high price levels.
He added that many persons COM
planning of what they term the re-
strictive policy of the federal re-
serve board wish credit to enable
them to hold their commodities un-
til market conditions produce high
er prices. Mr.. Houston said the gov
ernment could not lend its aid un-
der such circumstances without be-
coming a party to a conspiracy
against the consumer.
Credit for marketing of commo-
dities may be had from the local
banks. Governor Harding of the
board has told the representatives
of the cotton and wool growers
stock men and farm associations
who have sought the influence of
the board for the extension of
credit. Disposal of their stocks as
the demand will absorb them, Mr..
Harding said, will enable pro-
ducers to liquidate their holdings
and ease a falling market.
Prices on articles which have
been under governmental control
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-09-24
LESS THAN CENT
FOR EACH PERSON
Membership Cost in League OF Ma
tions-Total Figure Given.

Washington, Sept. 29.-The DEM
ocratic national committee, in a
statement issued here tonight, de-
clared that membership of the Uni
ted States in the league of nations
this year would cost but a small
fraction of cent for each person
in the country. The total cost for
this country from last April to next
January was placed at S31,O99.50.
The state department, according
to the committee statement, has re-
ceived an official statement from
the secretary of the league showing
its budget for the nine months to be
ten million gold francs, the present
exchange value of each being ap-
proximately six and one-half cents.
"If the United States were in
cluded," said the committee state
ment, this expense would be S31-
O99.5O for each major nation, or
twenty-eight and one-fifth hum
dredths of mill for each person in
the country, basing calculations on
an approximate population of 110,-
100000 people in this country. Ap-
preparations for army, navy and
Notifications made by the present
congress from June 80, 1920 to
June 81, 1921, total SS44,219,943.-
ST."
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POISONING PEOPLE TO
PREVENT STARVATION

Honolulu, Sept. 23-Chinese in the
famine ridden province of Shantung
are poisoning entire families to avoid
slow death by starvation, according
to Toxic cable advices to the Nippu
Jill, japanese language newspapers
here. A hundred million dollar fund
is needed to save the people in the
starvation districts, the advices ad-
ded.
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CLAIM THEY SPOKE.
TO WAGON DRIVER
Four Workmen Give Municipal Au-
thorities of New York Descrip-
ton of Wagon Said to Con-
tain Explosives.

New York, Sept. 23.-Four work
men appeared at the Municipal build
ing today and declared they had
spoken with the driver of the death
wagon that figured in the Wall Street
explosion last Thursday.
Particular interest was taken in
their story for investigators vainly
had sought to establish identity of
the driver.
The workmen said that five or ten
minutes after the explosion of bomb
a man approached them when they
were standing in front of building
in the Wall Street district.
According to their story the strang-
er said his horses and wagon had
been blown up after he had left the
vehicle to telephone to his employer.
He said he had been ordered to take
building materials to Wall and Broad
streets but he had been unable to
find the indefinite address given him.
After talking to the workmen, ne
disappeared, they said.
The workmen, employed by a house
wrecking concern, described the
stranger as either Slav or German
, about five feet seven and weighing
160 to ITO pounds. He wore a dark
blue serge suit, they said.
Miss Rebecca Epstein 20 year old
stenographer who claims also to have
seen the driver of the death wagon
before the explosion previously had
told the district attorney that he wore
brown overalls.
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stantiating his claim. For the next
two years, Mr.. Figg said, the distri-
button of food, feeds and clothing
will be governed by supply and de-
mand without the need for govern
ment supervision of prices. Mer-
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FRANCE WILL PAY
EVERY CENT OF LOAN

Paris, Sept. 22.-France will pay
every dollar of the $250,O0O,OOO loan
due in New York October Is, M.
Francois Marshal, minister of finance
officially announced to the cabinet
council today.
This sum is Frances share of the
$5OO,OOO,O00 Anglo-French loan
floated in the United States during
the war.
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have broken sharply, according to
Howard E. Figg Especial assistant
to the attorney general in charge of
the campaign to lower living costs,
who cited recent statements of the
bureau of labor statistics and sub
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chants throughout the country, he
declared, are realizing prices must
meet the demand for their good and
that the return to nearly normal or.
prswar conditions is not far dis
tant.