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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30

Today's Best Bet Getting ready
10 enjoy the summer.
Postcard from Henry, wintering In
California, snyn:
Count that day lost whose iow
descending sun
Sees solid ground beneath our feet
ana no extensive damage
done"
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by The star
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SIMPLY MUST SEE THIS

Constance Talmadge. we read. II
10 appear shortly In a Seattle theatre
In "a Pair Of SIX Stockings"
Perhaps the most careless motorisi
In the chauffeur who steals his boss
car for "a Joy ride and runs over the
bohs.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30

VI love 49, at Boidrs."--Adv.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30
Saving $1,000, 900
county governments here would save S1,O00,o00 a

city and here would 1000
estimated by Homer Hill secretary the taxpayers league
would that entaing possibilities sch
would seized members the state legislature
other officials The history of the movement however, btrays no such
enthusiasm.
consolidation of city government it necessary to
undoubtedly
aue legislature disposed will the enactment
the the people election to held
In the fall of 1922
practically before actual consolidation could take
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30
We'H Say so

tremendous Increase In tho number
Of Quakers.
Another fine old series OF Jokes
that no longer have any foundation
In life " the one based ON what tbs
parent says % daughter when It's
2 o'clock and her beau hasn't started
home yet.
Tho world seems 10 be running
over with women who have nothing
10 wear and nothing 10 say.
a dispatch says peanuts are selling
at the highest price ever known.
Due. no doubt, 20 the increased
demand created by the fall campaign.
The report Of the executor Of the
estate OF Horace Fletcher, tho in
yentor OF "fletcherizlng." shows no
left ti2G.B73. Which IN pretty good
for a man who spent all his time
chewing.
A Detroit girl has written 10 ths
mayor Of Niagara Falls that shs II
Just crazy 10 20 over the falls In q
barrel She expresses II Accurately.
Carter Glass announces that tfYfD
is 70 be a corking campaign Al
all OF the boys wanting an uncof-
Ing campaign.
Marriage may be n lottery. bue
II is one Of the games OF chance
that clergymen do not try 70 dis
courage. -
WAITING rq1 THE zpAfS
spokane.-A- Afnr retired
"a. .s,,,s s,;f . 49, - -hl's u
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30
DID YOU EVER MEET HIM.

Julia Mncswithin DE Angelo Jones
Chiefly ia noted for showing her
bones.
Spectators always observe with
chnRrin
How Julia's skeleton sticks thru her
skin.
See with despair and on growing
moross
Wish that dear Julia would put on
more clothes.
Julia should worry her husband be
iicves
That those fair arms shouldn't hide
within sleeves.
And the poor boob win rave right 10
your face
or Julia's slender and lily-likc grace.
Nowadays any poor fool can get
married. but Il takes a good diploma;
70 stay that way.
A Topeka woman refuses to give
her correct age 10 be registered for
the vote and threatens to sue. Go
ahead. madame. and give your cor
rect age. Nobodyn believe you. No
body ever believes any woman when
she's telling her age.
A religious census taken in Los
Angeles undoubtedly would show a
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30
Letters to the
Editor


Wttfe briefly.
Csr Ink or fypc,rrsfer.
One SIDE Of paper only.
11gn ycsy namc.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-30
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
oCO1sED BY WRITER

Editor The Star. wish 20 take
ohls method OF shaking hands with
you for the leading editorial In The
Denr Of July 9th. II expressed SO
exactly my own views In regard TO
oopital punishment that l wish 10
oxprsss my approval.
Il seems 20 me that the one Illus
+ 1rolton given at the close OF the
3. or1torinl---the case OF Isom white
Z = nuff1ciens for any serious-thinking
|1rnon to condemn the laws enacted
- our last session OF legislature re
1nblishing capital punishment
1 have always regarded tho pun
& nrhmeuf Of the more heinous crimes
~ Imprisonment for life as being.
nrhnps, rather paradoxical but alto
3 mreher the correct method. Life Inn
ne1nonment would likely be consid'
80 less desirable than death ny
K - cnnvicted criminal as he thinks
~ ths long years OF hard labor
& hood. On the other hand II gives
1ry chance for n complete re-
4 nntton and then. too. there Is
- chance Of tho mistake. az shown
~ The Ontario case.
Before coming TO Washington !
aIos much pleased with the idea Of
4 mo1ne In . state which l considered
5 - shown itself In advance of the
- In the matter OF Furnishing
11lna. And now comes the 1919
4 rrruion Of our general assembly and
|fooueablishes capital punishment
~ hops ana expect that l shall not
- affected personally by either law
1T feel that Washington took a
nekwaxd step BY this action Of It's
L ROY HASTINGS.
Uditor Tho Star: II looks AZ tho
nfsls Vas intending to spend an
01kor million dollars or SO In having
x tunnel between Cedar Falls and
II think that you or some en-
nous could do your readers gfeaI
4 nNog By explaining 20 US how IL Il
onnibio to get moro power out oil
~ water BY running It thru a tun
4 ~ thnn by running II thru q pipe
80 - this case both inlets would BE-
DDm the level on the lake and this
Il 0Uklotu would DO at the generators al
- fnlla When the concrete dasr
Wns advocated we were told that Il
sWns tho only way to increase this
ower. but now Il can be done BY
running tunnel thru the rocks UT
- the old Garth dam So this tun
~ scheme looks very much like a
IKE. and q little explanation would
~ IN sure. be very much npprcci-
o1ed by many OF your readers.
N. HANSEN,
7i2f N. 10th St
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
Metal Market.
GOVERNMENT MARKET REPORTS.

washington, u. C.-Hny and Feed
The holiday accumulation and limited
demand for hay are causing depression
in the principal distributing markets
Prices are generally 81 to $S lower
than weeks quotations. Prairie in
good demand at Chicago and Minneap-
oils because of light receipts. Buyers
consider prices Of all hay compared to
$40; Cincinnati, S30.50; New York,
$3.50; Atlanta. $3.50. No. | alfalfa,
Memphis. 1888: kansas City, S27. No. /
prairie, Kansas City. SIS; Chicago. S25
Minneapolis. $50. Abnormally slow
movement Of clover and alfalfa seed
at prevailing prices. Clean seed per
ITO lbs: Red clover. S16p1S; alsike
clover SI2o@s2; q sweet clover, 3sgl2;
tant to make bids because of declining
prices and money stringency.
Grain. - Chicago December wheat
timent has continued bearish. due to
general economic conditions and liqui-
heavy export sales of ten million BUSH
els of wheat during the week began
to make an impression and the market
mand for cash wheat slightly i'm i'm
proved, but flour buyers stu holding
off. Mills averaging only SO per cent
capacity, which is unprecedented at
this season Of year. Scarcity of soft
red winter wheat indicated by premi-
ums over December in Chicago mar
kets. Good demand for yellow corn at
high premium. Premiums over Chi
caSo December futures: No. l red win
ter, 2SQ32c; No. red winter ESQ zoe;
No. hard winter. Sm10c; No. 3 yellow
corn. "a &c; No. yellow. 4c: No. dark
northern at Minneapolis, Ice over Min
neapolis December; No. 2. sc over
For the week Chicago December
wheat lost 13h. closing at si.55A De-
cember corn gained 2sc. closing at
66Sc. Minneapolis December wheat
lost 9hc. closing at S1.43; Kansas City.
s nc, at S150h. Chicago March wheat
closed at s1.5l%; May corn, 72&c;
Minneapolis March. S1.46h Kansas
City. s1.i5h.
Live Stock and Meats.-Top hogs at
Chicago dropped to SO. the lowest
point reached in four years. The net
decline in hogs for the week avera ced
$40 per 100 lbs. Fat sheep and lambs
broke Csc to soc; feeders. soc to 75c
per 100 lbs. Cattle trade showed a
rather vigorous rebound from the de-
pressed condition existing, beef steers
ADVANCING "Fr to 75c, and in some in
stnn""s a~ 1uch AS 81. Cows and heif-
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03

he had fancled the familiar odor.
Then he laughed at himself and began
to ride down his fear He passed
around the little pond, where autumn
had touched the shrubbery and given
a drier music to its rustling. Beyond
this was a barred gate in the wall.
Lexington drew 1t back. glanced once
at the dark house on the hill. and
emerged upon the street.
More than three score years before,
Stephen March had faced the West.
A boy of seventeen, he had taken the
prairie-wagon trails to San Francisco,
and here he had heard strange stories.
Seamen blew upon the flame in his
young heart, when they told of Cathay
and the Indies. Stephen would stride
along the board walks, elbowing the
world, and rubbing In his buckskin
pocket the gold that meant nothing to
him except the unlocking of life.
Often his long knees rubbed the table
in q certain saloon where he could
drink the wine of Dsungaria, and
once, as the slow rich blaze crept into
his veins, some one spoke of the Gobi.
1t seemed then he remembered many
things he had never known. He went
next day to the same table, and the
next, but could not find the man who
had spoken. He almost believed that
the wine itself had whispered to him,
but now the deepest cup was mute.
Stephens ears were shut to the
cries of gold. The Mormons. with
solemn words and maidens, could not
detain him. Adventures from Spain
drew him into their plans of raid, but
he failed their appointments. There
was call to him from across the
shining bay, and beyond. In the wet
shops the discussion of yerba buena
was nothing to him until Swedish
captain roared from out his thirst a
comparison with the good herbs of
Asia, making pointed reference to the
poppy and the hemp-resin, also to the
magic koresh. Stephen March went
with the Swedish captain.
Numberless sailing ships had anchor
ed in the bay. many of them forever.
Their crews had scented gold In the
hills, and their decks were deserted.
Perhaps the red and shouting Swede
was glad of the boys homage. Ger
tainly it was good business to ship
him.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03

darkness, soft and satiny. He passed
o., down through the darkened house,
and suddenly found himself wishing
he had not paused before the open
door.
Precaution In leaving the March
house was part of Cons instructions.
Whatever the Chinese cook might
have told his master, and young We'd
ger in turn communicated to the po-
lice after the singular occurrences in
the Wedger pantry. Lexington felt
safe for the present He doubted IL
Chez Ming would dare give an honest
account. because Of the nature Of that
which had been taken from him. Cecil
would be annoyed, puzzled, even angry
with his vanished guest. Chez Ming
would probably obscure the matter
further. Con recalled the energy OF
that slim Oriental body-pantheriike,
not a brawny strength. for the Chinese
was beyond an age for muscles, but
q silent writhing power, nerve-driven.
Con did not go down to the front
gate. but turned along the garden
path, across the fragrant terraces.
Even the roses, late blossoming, did
not clear his nostrils of that spice In
the open doorway upstairs. The
shock of that was just reaching him.
He had an impulse to turn back and
sniff again, to prove TO himself that
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03

1t was not pleasant, my son. The
centers Of the world have shifted
many times. yet that weird realm of
the half-true. the half-reai, has gone
unchallenged. / think its life goes at
too swift a pace for us-somethIng
dizzy about 1t. Even the wild beasts
avoid those boundaries. The air will
rise and fall about You like a living
presence; your sight will De whipped
across with bewilderment and pain.
You have seen that their bravest carry
q map by which to return home-if
home 1t be-"
In the silence that followed. the
old mans thoughts seemed to live in
the air of the room. and the glow from
the hearth was oddly like desert sun
light
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
LATE MARKET REPORTS
Western Newspaper Union News ssrviss-
DENVER LIVE STOCK.

Western Newspaper Union News SsrNie>-
DENVER LIVE STOCK.
An improved tone has been noted on
market. Receipts on all classes OF
stock has been fair.
The hog market displayed more ac
hyity than in several weeks.
Although buyers were cautious on
the sheep market. a fair trade has peen
A better market for the future is pre-
dfcted by buyers
Cattle.
Prices on all classes Of stock
saowS 5poTsSt ae of $3.50 to ss75
stock tsd Wv was quoted up to 5000. while
killers might bring 1925 to $3.50.
A I.frly active trade was registered
on the stock. Choice cows We're quot
ed up to $3.50. with indications that
fancy stock would bring up to s6;I5
Several loads of good cows sold az
$500. with others going at S1.sO ana
s5.s5. Fair to medium cows were SELL
ing at $500 to $5.75.
The feeders market has been active
buyers. One load Of good feeding
steers sold at $500 on the carly mar
lket, with another load selling at $3.50
medium grades selling at $3.50 and
down.
A keen competition among buyers
mas Dten TepOfleu on lnls HldThtl. Inc
receipts have been .arGe. but offerings
c.et with an early outlet at steady to
strong prices.
The bulk Of the offerings sold at
1925 to s10.1O. The quality of the
general run Of supplies has been good.
Pigs brought quotations of $3.50 to SO
for good stock and down for medium
grades Of pigs.
Sheep.
Supplies on this market have been
sair. A fair demand is reported, and
1ff tl.at af.s..a
lie changed.
Supplies of fat lambs showed little
Improvement Packers were in the
field for this class of stock and quoted
$1,000 to $10.25 for choice stock.
Fair lambs sold at $500 to $3.50. fat
lambs selling at SS.75 flat.
Good feeding lambs Were selling at
$3.50 to 1915. Choice feeders would
BRING up to S10.25. or possibly more
Fair lambs sold at $3.50 and down.
Prices were steady to strong on
feeding ewes. best feeders were quot
I'd up to $500. with fair stock selling
at $3.50 and down. Fat ewes brought
corresponding quotations.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03

ed Cons eyes in unexpected moments,
a far line to passion, reminiscent of
satyr and centaur and the wine-dim
slopes of abandon. They felt his
power and its many dangers to him
self. Above all, they loved "a personal
integrity which they found perfect.
what further preparations" asked
Stephen.
Andrew turned to Lexington. when
will you be ready to go7"
Tonight"
The ancient figure In the chair look
ed thoughtfully into the fire. His
words made floating pictures for Con,
as II the shadowy golden stories of
Chinky Bill were about to continue be
fore his eyes.
'You seek country that may never
be known. Perhaps 1t is entirely a
rumor, race-old fancy and fear. You
have heard the tales that are told.
II they be false or true, and IL the
white man has ever passed beyond
that border-land of pain, no one has
come back to us with proof. I have
seen the look on the faces of those
who had attempted the passage, and
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
THE FAR CALL

Synopsis. John Lexington, .
poet. visionary and impractical.
and Mary Martin, the daughter of
rich and worldly parents. hear the
call OF love and unite their lives.
They 70 to . small Michigan city.
where John finds work in q stove
factory and On Sundays writes
verees. The Martins try in vain to
get the happy wife to leave her
husband. Mary begins to breathe
for two. John loses his Job. He
appeals in vain to the Martins.
Mary goes TO the hospital and
never returns. Thus comes into the
story Cornelius Lexington. The
father leaves town and the city
farms Out the child. After two
years the father returns and takes
his little son with him on his world
wide wandcrings. The father be-
comes addicted to mysterious
drug, korcsh, with odors OF wine
and cinnamon and returns with
little Con to die on his wife's
grave. Con Ia again farmed out.
grows up In the underworld and Is
sayed to better things by happy
chance. So much by way of intro
duction to the hero Of the strange
adventures of yellow Men Sleep"
These begin when Con takes by
force small leather sack from
Chez Ming. the Chinese butler of
an acquaintance.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
Nothing Too Little.

Our Lord teaches that nothing is too
little to be ordered by our Father,
nothing too little In which to see His
nand, nothing which touches our souls
TOO little to accept from Him, nothing
TOO little to be done for Him. Since
the hairs of our head are all num-
bered, so Is every throb or shoot Of
pain, every beating or aching of the
heart. Every tear which starts is seen,
and If wept to Him is gathered up to
Him. Every secret wish and prayer
de hears while yet muttered or un-
f"rrrad -nr pnsay
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03

on this silk is the route itself, in
tended for the return journey of theil
messenger"
What are the wordsr
"All prayer-signs, save one, which
reads 'Shan-sung' You know the vii
lage, Andrew"
Stephen March's son knew 1t, bitter.
ly. Lexington was trembling with
eagerness- The old man did not glance
at Shan-sung and runs westward.
Each dot marks a days travel, sup
pose In favorable circumstances. No
water is Indicated until this point,
nearly month into the West These
faint stars show the lay of the hills"
Lexington was asked to tell how he
secured this treasure-square.
You found the man for me-" re-
piled Con, land that was the most
difficult part. Two nights ago l wait
ed on the kitchen roof of the Wedger
house until Chee Ming had finished
reading his Chinese newspaper. His
window opens out upon the roof.
There are only tree-tops and open
spaces beyond, and his privacy should
have been perfect He neglected to
draw the curtain until after had seen
the bit of leather hanging on his
chest You had told me to expect
something of the sort, although he did
not raise 1t to his lips before retir-
ing"
t. te, AN ,tr,t
cluded the old man.
Here was the boundary of Leving-
tons knowledge on the subject. Chez
Ming had been pointed out by Andrew
March, and a task assigned. Con had
reason to trust his new friend. even
If he felt that the March interests
were remote and strangely secret.
The father leaned back In his chair,
signing. He looked up at the grave
face of his son, and said: ut may be
the hand of God, or it may be only the
hope of our foolish hearts-failure
that is never f1nal-but 1t seems, An
drew, you have found another begin
ming"
The son bowed his head. Stephen
March added. Lexington has indeed
done very we'll"
Both father and son quietly regard
ed the young man before them. 1t
seemed as If they had known him a
long while, that he belonged to them.
They were aware of the quality that
had been suppressed In a disastrous
childhood. The old father was always
searching for some sign of violence
Of which Andrew had spoken, and it
seemed to please him to find In Lev
ington's modesty and calmness quick
CLINT now and then, a light that touch
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
nuttcr.

Creamery. first grade. .... 55
Creamery. second grade..... 49
Process butter ............ AZ
Packing stock ......... 30
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
Dressed Poultry.
Live Poultry.
Eggs.

EGGS. strictly fresh. case
count ...........--... zl.UU
Loss off. per doz.. .75@ 80
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
In Con are centered all
the hopes of an unhappy
man.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Monster Sharks.

Inhabiting the deep are two gigantic
sharks, either one of which may reach
a length of 40 feet. The basking shark
Is found in northern seas, occasionally
straying southwark to our coasts, and
the whale shark seems to have its
principal habitat In the Indian ocean.
though stragglers have turned up as
far away as the shores of Florida.
One such mounted is on exhibition at
Miami and will repay visit to any
one who chances to be In that vicinity.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03
LESSON FOR DECEMBER S
THE GROWTH OF THE KINGDOM.

LESSON TEXT-Matt- 13:2i-u
GOLDEN TExT-Fret not thyself be-
cause OF evil-doers.-Ps. 81.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Gai s:s-ls
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus' Story About
Good Seed and Bad Seed.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Story Of the Wheat
and the Tares.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Wheat and Tares.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
How the Kingdom of Heaven Crows
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-12-03

Can you imagine yourself under
taking such a task as that given Con
Lexington, a task from which you
would probably never return?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
WASHINGTON
SIDELEGHTS
Once Painted Signs; Now Famous Artist

Born Of American parents, his mother
Of Russian extraction, he was the only
one Of a family Of five children 10
show an artistic talent. At eighteen
he was earning 81 day ia Chicago
painting signs In Boston he got a
position in tie art department Of
the Herald al SO a week. In PhilaIel-
phia he again painted signs: ~ New
York he painted drop curtains al 50
a day. IN the next five years he
studied and worked until he broke
down from overwork, and TO save him
self from going blind, took his first
vacation.
Then. with another art student, he
travelled through Europe, visiting
Paris, Rome. Florence and Venice be-
fore settling down TO work. In Paris
lie studied at Julien's under lie Favre,
and in Munich with Loeftz and Angelo
Jank.
In Europe he came into his own.
He has two brothers and two sisters
in Chicago. He will not return to Eu'
rope.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-06-19
Cottontails, Beware of Senator Thomas!
ID ABBITS, beware of Senator c.

ID ABBITS, beware of Senator {. S.
IN Thomas Of Colorado! In a
speech in the senate he said in part !:
This brings me 10 a proposition
that | have iterated and reiterated
here until ! AIN afraid that ! have
become a sort Of a nuisance TO this
body. II is that until production in
everything that enters into our mod
crn economic life shall have passed
the prewar standard accOmp5 MED by
the practice Of Old-fashiOned thrift and
economy which our parents used To
practice, we may stand upon the floor
Of the senate and denOunce the profit
Ger until judgment morning; We MAY
enact repressive legislation and i'm
pose penalties upon the officers Of JUS
tice who fail 10 carry II out, but con-
GitiOns will continue as they are.
81 have suit of clothes on that
bought four gears ago. They are
pretty well patched. hsve on pair
Of shoes that | bought in January,
1916; but | do not propose TO buy any
more clothes until prices 20 down,
even though | should subject myself
to arrest on the street of Washington
because of lack of sufficient amount
Of clothing. | am no more virtuOus or
self-denying than my neighbOr. but let