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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
Muscle Not Properly Applied.

Every day evidence appears that
hetAmerican male is physically more
powerful than his ancestors. The bur-
glars who entered an apartment on
Central Park West carried off not
merely the little valuables, but also a
safe weighing 400 pounds. Two
thieves who operated in restaurant
in business hours abandoned the old
school method of snatching the money
from the till and took the cash regis
ter intact. Not week passes but
some warehouse reports the theft Of a
dozen barrels Of whisky each of which
weighs at least $50 pounds. School
Fairgrounds, the baseball fields and
the gymnasiums seem to have done
wonders for the biceps Of our youth
in certain lines. But why is 1t, when
an effort is made to divert some of
this magnificent strength to common
place work, that an apparent dlsinte-
grafton Of muscle ensues New York
Sum- F'
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
Industrial FATIGUE.

An investigation Of the subject Of
industrial. fatigue conducted in the
government shops by the English gov
eminent resulted In obtaining great
deal of valuable information. It has
been the means in many cases Of a
great increase Of the output, and these
Investigations are about to be extend.
ed generally to all British industrial
establishments by a recently estab-
5lished~ industrial d fatigue research
board, under the department of scien-
tific and Industrial research and the
medical research committee. The du-
ties Of the board will be to initiate,
organize and promote, by research,
grants, or otherwise, Investigations in
different industries with the view OF
finding the most favorable hours Of
labor, spells Of work, rest pauses, ETC.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
MAYOR NOT LIGHTLY CHOSEN
Chief Executive Of City Of London Il
Called Upon to Fulfill Many
Requirements.

I'd x . IS
Sir William Treloar, In his recently
published book, "A Lord Mayors
Diary" points out that the chief mag
istrate of the city of London is chosen
in quite different manner from that
adopted by any other municipality In
the kingdom, remarks London An
swers.
Instead Of being elected by the men,
bers Of the corporation, or. council,
who may, and often do, for political
party reasons, choose someone who
has never done suit or services to the
town, London's lord mayor can be
chosen only from those who have
served an apprenticeship Of some years
to the corporation. =. ~
< He must, first be elected an alder
man by the ratepayers Of his ward,
and accepted and sworn in by the
court of aldermen; then he must have
served the Office Of sheriff, to which
position he has to be elected by the
liverymen, q and afterward approved
BY the sovereign. r..
Then, and not till then, Is he eligible
to ask the liverymen to elect him as
lord mayor; the court Of aldermen aft
erward again having the power to re-
fuse him, the approval Of the sovereign
being also again necessary before he
can take Office. IT,.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
New idea for Plleture.a.

It is not often that an entirely new
method Of producing pictures is dis
covered, and an Oregon artist is at
tracing considerable attention with
a process as pleasing as it is original.
Instead Of using fluid pigments Of any
kind, BITS of colored cloth, painstaking-
ly cut to particular shape and size
Of each detail of the work, are pasted
upon the canvas background, which is
stretched over thin board. Some Of
the almost infinitesimal particles of
fabric are shredded out to mere threads
to get the desired effect, while the
bulkier objects Of the scene are built
up in relief, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. A sharp-pointed stick
serves as brush for this curious art.
The finished pictures exemplify the
remarkable results attained when pa
thence and the artistic sense are CO.
0rdinated.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
LONG PUZZLE TO SCIENTISTS
Strange Work Left by Mound Builders
Never Has Had Anything Like
n. Satisfactory Explanation.

The Serpent Ef1gy mound, near
Chillic0the, Ohio, the strangest earth
work left by the Mound Builders, Is
one Of the most striking and puzzling
creations that is to be found in the
Scioto River valley. Over all, the
mound is. more than 1900 feet long,
and depicts serpent of several con-
volutions, Jaws extended, and an oval
within the grasp of the huge Jaws. The
groundwork Is from two to four feet
In height, and from three or four to
~ feet In thickness. Within the oval,
beyond the extended jaws, archeolo-
gists have found an altar Of stones and
copper ornaments. -. -. "a 2. d. -s
An old Indian fighter who died in
the West several years ago. nearly
100 years old, declared he had heard
story in his younger days of tribe
Of strange Indians in the Scioto val
ley who each year held fall festival
and gave great powwow on a snakes
back. He said he never could under
stand the meaning Of the, story until
later in life when he heard Of the
Mound Builders. His recollection Of
the story, had 1t been given to stu
dents Of the mounds, might have served
to give them new theories on which
to base their research work. He said
the strange race were supposed to sac
rifice certain number Of children
born under the first full moon Of
spring. For this the Mound Builders
might have used the stone altar which
has been found, 81 z-.. .- -
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
Joke ON BOTH "cHAPPIEs"
Some Particulars About Their English
Ralment With Which They Were s
Not Acquainted.

= II, isn't exactly; their swell brand Of
golf that entities them to be 50 de-
cided;y English in their apparel, but
they've a''fawncy" for the English
raiment just the same. ~
s. "How do you like my English cap.
old chap" one Of them asked.
"It's turtle, old dear, but it isn't
quite so English as mine" the other
said. ~-.. - -.
"Oh, mine Is; quite"
mo, not nearly" 4 /,
And so they compared caps. But
when they looked at the names Of the
makers 1t was discovered by the "de-
cidedly English" follower that his cap
had been made In New York. The
other bore London label-and,- Of
course, you understand, old chap, 1t
was quite a "lawf."
4 And the funny feature Of 1t all is
that the New York cap was made to
appeal to the English trade, while the
London cap was designed to catch the
fancy Of the Yank.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
Wouldn't Have Dared to Say It.

A recent bride received many tele-
grams of congratulation on the event.
full day, but there was one in particu-
lar which was out Of the ordinary.
Her sister lives in New York and came
on to Brockton for the wedding. In
the evening the following telegram was
received from her sisters chubby" in
New York: e '.5-e| -
congratulations on having taken
my wife from me If only for a day. II
you keep her there, will consider the
marriage a great success. Heartiest
condolences to Fin having Joined
the --:-- family. He doesn't know
what he is up against and my great
consolation is that have fellow
sufferer who can sympathize with me
regularly" -. s
At first Mrs. M----was angry, but
finally consented to have it read
Br0ckton Enterprise.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
'JAFfA GATE in JERUSALEM
Passaasway Through Which General
Alienby Entered 70 the. Real
Artlcls, Writer says.

Jerusalem has seven gates and q
transportation problem handled at
present, as Of old, along purely East
ern lines. There are donkeys, horses,
camels even carriages and the
ubiquitous flivver and all that trafhc
concentrates naturally at the gates,
just as, to increase It's force, water
used to be made to flow through
small opening In the 0ld-fashioned tide
mills at home. AS for telephones. who
that caneshoutx from roof to roof and
down the echoing street should trouble
himself to whisper into funnel?
4 Ny windows are: well placed. for I
can watch the crowd thronging IN and
out of the Jaffa gate, writes William
D. McCracken in Asia. This Is the
widest opening the city has, since
William II Of Prussia had it enlarged
to permit his spectacular entry-a
1 synbolical pageant that he staged to
represent his taking possession Of the
!. holy city by agreement with the sui
tan in .Constantinople. But wide is
the gate which leadeth unto destruc-
ton. The real Jaffa gate Is a narrow
one at the side Of the wide passage
way; and this was the one used by
Gen. Allenby when he entered Jerusa..
lem after Its capture, modestly, on
foot, carrying the cane that the Brit
ish officer affects as his only scepter
Of power. This gate is now closed
with heavy iron bars and will not be
reopened until the exact political
status 81 Jerusalem has been deter
mined. y.;&
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
Japan. Trade with North America.

Japan's trade with North America
for the first quarter Of this year
amounted to O1,S24,OOO yen in ex-
ports and 276,934,OO yen in imports,
the balance being 75,11O,000 yen.
Compared with the corresponding
period Of last year, the figures show
an increase of 114,343,OOO yen in ex-
ports and Of 102,744.0OO yen in i'm
ports. The principal article for ex-
port was raw silk, while principal i'm
ports comprised raw cotton and IRON
East and West News.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
Polie.vyomen \. Now & E.t.bl,,,,ed.

lished factor Of municipal, law enforce.
ment In recent years, but motorcycle
policewomen still are novelty. Lon.
don now has a squad of them, how
ever, and they are doing very effective
work, says the Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The women have been
members Of the police force for some
time, but have only recently acquired
their machines. s... :,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
New Insulating Material.

A new insulating material Is being
made from kind Of kelp which IL
iound in the Australian waters. The
moist precipitate Is subjected to pres
sure, after which 1t Is hardened by a
treatment with forfnalin and then 1t IL
shaped in lathe. The material
takes the place of slate and marble,
which is largely In use for this pur-
pose, and is much less expensive
Exchange.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26

home to tell the reason why. 81
Mamma" she said with palpable
timidity, but with happy ring to
her tones. BARLEY and I have be-
come engaged"
Mrs. Blake ,stormed and threatened.
A pauper without prospects An idle,
needless jester! while Mr.. Dorr the
model, was ready to wed her at any
time. In forty-efght hours, however,
developments startled Mabel and
abashed the ambitious mother. Dorr
despairing Of the demise Of his uncle,
involved in secret extravaganza, forg-
ed his name.
It was just week after that when
Mabel received most unexpected
caller-John Ordway.
MY DEAR" he said, II have come to
Congratulate and bless you. ] find
that young scapegrace relative Of
mine, BARLEY, is humbug, and l
thought I ought to enlighten you. He
and my doctor got up the precious
scheme of having him play the come
dian and joker to rouse me out
OF a hypochondriaca tendency that
menaced my health. He has succeed
ed, but at the cost of being considered
an impractical empty-brained enter
tainer. The best evidence that he has
balance and sense. however, Is that
he has selected the most charming girl
= the county for his wife!"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
2EPARING LEAGUE or NATION SPEECH

----- 80
Marion, o., Aug. 23.-Hard at work on one Of the
biggest speeches Of his league Of nations
address to be delivered here Saturday to the Indiana dele
gationsenaor Warren G. Harding was to see few vsi-
tors today This promises to be the biggest week OF Hard
ding's camapgn. Tomorrow delegation Of theatrical
stars will call on him and he will address railroad men
at Gallon near here.
One report was that the Saturday speech will contain
the II word campaign slogan which is said to have been
written by Harding himself
Charles Evans Hughes republican candidate for
president in 1916 will to Marion tomorrow for
ference with Harding It was learned.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26

~
With set. lips and strongly deter
mined eyes Elvira went out into the
garden and seated herself on rus
tic bench facing the home where
Waltham seemed to be so welcome a
visitor. Two thoughts were in her.
mind-to ask her parents to- allow
her to visit relative at a distance
for a prolonged period. to write Walt
ham that his brazen perfidy had
placed a forever irremovable barrier
against all the future.
The door of the house opposite
opened. Arthur Waltham came down
the steps, spright1y, smiling faced. AS
he cast a glance at the home of his
dear one he must have caught sight
Of the figure on the garden bench
Elvira shrank and shivered rs he
crossed the road, quickly leaped the
hedge and was at her side.
"a complete SUGGEST" he cried
buoyantly. Eve got word, Burton and
I, to come down to the alumni jam
boree too late yesterday for me to
get an explanation to you. Our lit
tie act, with him the heroine Of our
little sketch, arrayed In his sisters
f1nery. just brought down the house.
Why, Elvira! What In the world Is
the matter?"
She had wavered and fell into his
arms In dead faint, but when she
opened her eyes again it was to cling
to him in perfect joy and trust, and
never a word about !. her foolish
jealousy.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-26
Hia Choice.

The ex-gob, now the father Of trip
let's, proudly displayed his offspring
to his bashful buddy.
'sWhat do You think Of them p he
chOrtled.
WELL" replied his buddy doubtful
~, n was you I think I'd keep that
one there. "-ATh American Legion
Weekly.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-01-07
IA OLA De TANGO

eSta q MERGED del primer audaz. la
sociedad medrosa Y corrompida pasea
indiferente cubriendo con su tole-
rancia Ia responsibilities dc los cul-
pables de las mas graves caIamidades
publicas. Hace cuarenra amos,
do los asesinatos de EeracruZ. Ia voZ
pu5lica obligo a los culpables a So
meterse al juicio de Ia Camara Pc
pular Y cuaudo las 'intrigas politicas
cubrieron con un velo esas infamias
Y Ia absolucion Sc produjo. In socie-
dad meyicana, con un gesto de in
d~ignacion mostr6 al verdugo a quier
Ia justicia Official no habia alcanza-
do. Luis Mier V Teran. halo cerra-
das muchas puertas Y su aislamiento
10 llevG a Ia lOcura. De los actuales
tlempOs. nj slquiera cSOs raSgos de
escasa virilidad recogerd Ia Historic.
Es natural que en- una sOciedad
asi, cualQuicra individuo pueGa i'm
poner su capricho Y erigirse en- Die
tador. nadie sabra eXigirlc las res
ponsabilidades de sus actos, porQue
el miedo V la inmoralidad son los fac
torres determinantes en- la vida de es-
tos grupos. 81 Mexico no contase con
las energias de los hombres que vi
ven lejos de los grandes centres civil
!lzados. :! Ell aire de las sierras V de
las coStas no hubiese conservado la
pureza dc espiritu de estos compo-
nentes de la raZa. podriamos juz-
garnoS definitivamcntc perdidos; pc
re ahi es donde Sc han refugiado
sicmprc el amor q los GrandeS idea
les y las virtudcs ~ciyicas que hacen
ibrcS a los pucbloS.
Pero 10 mas grave de los defectos
y vicios que scnalamos, es que las
ge~neracioneS futuras que respiren eS-
.rc amhiente, Sc estan contaminando
r~apidamcnte del nal. La apologize de
los delitos contra la propiedad IS la
e~nsenanza que Sc recibe a los prime
ros pasos en- In vida. FL nino mira
como ell hombrc honrado, con TODD
su esfucrzo gastado durante largos
amos de costante labor. llega, al fin
de la jornada. al fracaso econGmico,
'. ~entonces, Ia sociedad alrada le
rueive Ia espalda Y lie grita: men
digo,' micntraS que ell hombre audaz
c2renta de e~scrupulos. amoral ' sin
frenoS de n!ngun ordcn. sin csfuer-
70. sin caste de ticmnn. lie haSta rom
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ACTUALIDADES EXTRANJERAS
CON MOTIVE DEL ANo NUEvo

sos. 81 bieu el hombrc no Sc ceba en-
elloS. i vive. sin embargo. en- Ia in
certidumbre del manana, porQue e.
retorno a la vida normal Sc efectua
muy leutamente para aquellos que
~eSperaban ;anto. despues de haber su-
frido tanto tambi6n. En- Europa. Ia
industrial Guerme aun, el concrete Ian
guidece, Ia vida esta cara ' las finan-
zaS Sc hallan desQuiciadaS. En- nues-
ira Francia. tan espantosamente pro-
bada. faltan cast todas las coSaS G.
Senciales para Ia reanudac!on de las
actiridadeS pacificas de las que Deepen
den la vida Y la prosperidad del pue-
bio; IA industrial esta en- espera de
materials primaS Y de m~aquinaS; el co
mercio eSpcra q su c que mejore G!
cambio Y que Sc fabriQucn.los produc-
tos: e. gobierno espera varios miles
de milloneS: pero todos han espcrado
en- vano hasta ahora, los auXilios que
les habian sidO prometidoS por ami
gcs que Sc ~encuentran demasiado o.
cupados Ell 81 mismos. :Donde estan
csos creditos? GDonde esas materials
primaS que deberian ayudarle a Fran
cia a resurgir? iDesde hace IN ano
Francia esta esperanto recibir;aS
siempre manana.
No. en- verdad que no le sera diff
Gil al ano nuevo appearances a todos
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Trad. del frances para LA PRENSA.
E~ncan.adoras l~eccoraS, ~,eccorss Il
migos. os GeseamoS un a6o bueno Y
feliz: Que q ano &c 1920 sea para
yosotros mejor cue cl precedente.
Los tiempos heroicoS han pasado:
IA guerra termin6 Va 81 obra san
crien,a. y hemos enrrado. hace mas
dc IN aHo. en- una era pacIiica que
dcSeamos so de Iarga duracion. De
todos MOODS, dc que el ano de 1918
roS haya traido, juntamenCe con Ia
victoria. 81 fin de los mas crueles ma
les de que Ia hUmanidad haya sufri-
do nunca. no Sc deduce forzoSamente
que e. ano de 1919 haya deSpojado
al mundo de coda intranquilidad.
Muy por el contrario, La paz tan
ardientcmentc deScada Ia Sido Secui-
da nor uN iHtermiDab;e c~ortejo dc
preocupacioneS nuevaS de las que no
So puede decir preciSamente que no
fueran e~speradas. pero, 81, Que les ha-
biamos dado poca im~portanc!a en-
.icmpos llenoS de d~iSrurbioS de otra
indo,e. Comparados o nueStroS do
.ores de los amos de Il guerra, rues-
traS actualeS preocupacloneS son. en-
efccto. bien poca coSa. peEo no por
e.!o nan pesado menos f~uertemente
en- nuesyros espir.tus ' en- nueStroS co
razoneS. durantc ,os doce meses que
acaban' de h~anscQrrir.
Made Sc Inoaginaha. seguramente,
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Mama grande, dame IN centayo pa
IA darselo a Ia pobre wichita de la es
quina.
La abueiita sientc emocion por el
tlernO corazon de su nieto:
ST. hijito. toma el c~entavo. e.
hueno que te vayas acostumbrando a
ser b~ondadoso; pero dime. nadie te
ha obligado a clio.
Oh, no. abuelita. cada vez que lie
doy un centavo 4 Il v~iejecita ella me
da en- Gambia un caramelo.
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que las naciOueS probadaS por IA terri
bic playa iban a e1contrar, apenas
extinguido cl eco del Ultimo disparo
de canon. eSa dulce alegr.I de vivir
Ell la que sc complacian antes: todos
contabamos con que habria algunaS
osciiacioneS aun, antcS de que el PEN
Gulo social volviera 4 ST. posici0u de
euuili6rio; sin embargo, munca pen
samoS que e. primero del n de
1920 pudiera encontrar al mundo tan
desauiciado. En- cierto modo e. ano
de 1919 falto a las promesaS que pa
recio haceynos a Su nacimiento. :
por ESQ es que sin grande sentimierto
se}lamos su caida en- Ia cternidad.
En- etecto. Sdonde Sc halla esa paz
fecunGa que les fue prometida 4
uuestros ~corazoneS ayjdos de calma
' a nuestros cSpirituS impacienteS de
acrividad productora? En- realidad-
Ia paz no Sc ha fuRdado sobre los So
lidos cimientoS prometidoS por los
grandes arQuitectos del edlflclo IN
t~ernacional, puesto que muchos ger
meneS de guerra fermentan aun aQuI
y ALI. Y que los hombres. por nl!la-
res. Sc encuentrar grente = trente, TO
davia. con las armaS en n mano. !
ademaS. en- muchos paiSes en- los que
el horbre va no lleya : cabo volun-
tariamente Ia obra de EIuerTe. Ia mise
ria Y Ell hambre contInuan hacienda
victimas. Entire los pueblos ~victorio-
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CuanGo necesite libros en- espano.
dirijase a Ignacio f. Lozano, us n.
Santa Rosa. Ave. San Antonio. Tex.
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81 no O. aSi :?or Que no c~onsulta con
cspecialis,as que saben perfectamente 10
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(Pasa a Ia pag. Sal
Evening journal., 1920-08-16
Uncle Harry Talks About the
New Railroad Wages and Rates

rates wiH be used TO pay The increased
wages granted to the railroad work
crs. won't it9" asked Jimmy.
Yes, the increase in tho wages OF
the railroad workers, which amounts
10 about 5000, 100000 a wear will come
out Of the "a, 00000000 that The new
freight and passenger rates will bring
in 10 the railroad companies said
Uncle Harry.
How s9OO,OOO,OOo Will BE spent.
What will become OF the difference
between the increased wages and the
total amount Of The increased freight
and passenger rates?" asked Joe.
You're Citing TO be quite a lawyer.
the way YOU crOss-eXamine me- said
Uncle Harry, laughing, but that's
a good question. The answer is that
the 5000 100000 that the new freight
and passenger rates Will provide for
The railroad companies over and above
what they must pay in increased
wages, will be used 10 increase and
improve the railroad equipment OF the
companies. that is, new cars. new
engines, and such additional trackage
and stations and freight-yards as viii
be needed to speed up the handling
Of tranlc
This transportation problem. as !
think ] have told you before, is prob
ably the most important question in
our country today. II we were a
little country like Belgium or H0l-
land inland transportation would moi
be nearly so serious a question Take
! Holland, for example, with its many
canals and its dog-carts and horses
and wagons and motor trucks: there
the people could get along so far
as transportation is concerned if they
never had a railroad. But here In
our country, which is 1900 miles in
one direction and somewhere around
| I 800 to 1000 from the southern "a
/ the northern border, with millions OF
people living in congested cities and
working in factories, it is just as
necessary that our nations trans
pOrtation system function efflcientl,
as 1t is necessary that the blood cir
culate properly in the human body
/ if that body is TO live"
Editors NOte-uncle Harry will b,
glad to answer inquiries, addressed
Ito him Care of the Editor; either ir