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Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
NAVY OFFERS Cash FOR IDEAS
Uaahle Ones Submitted BY Civilians
Will Be Paid For by the
Department.

Washington.-The& navy will pay a
cash reward for disable ideas or sug-
gestions submitted by civilian employ
ees or persons in civil life.
Regulations to carry out the act of
congress authorizing such payments
have been BASED on the; methods adopt
ed by industrial establishments. The
naval inventions office will supply
forms OF request for the submission
Of suggestions. s3.5.
The act states that reward Is to be
paid when. due to q suggestion or a
series Of suggestions. there results an
Improvement or economy IN Hlanufac-
turing process or plaRt or naval ma
terial."
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
The Only Way.

Sir John Foster Frazer, the English
l%itterateur, was talking In New York
about the priyations Of literary men.
with the price Of food trebled and
~quadrupled,' said Sir John, "and the
price Of copy cut IN hall. what Is the
literary man to do?
II know q literary man in London
who teaches u%p-to-date dancing in a
night club all night, and writes stories
and novels all day.
lyon can't keep this up, old chap
I said to him sternly. You can't burn
the candle at both ends.
atBut. hang 1t. Sir John he an
swered. 't's the only way to make both
ends meet"
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
sA ALT n. So 4! IS
RAPIDLYRECE:'D! !!!!!N|!|Gl
Waters Are Retreating at Rate
Of About a Mile
Yearly.
SETTLERS !GI;llly !! Till. THE land Llll!!l
Opens Up Largest. Area Of Date Pro.
ducIns Land In the ceuntry-eis
Fish cannery Planned BY Ari-
7a IONA Capitalists.

Los Angeles, Cal.-In odAton sea'!
in the Imperial valley, n OF the
natural wonders Of the West, is con-
stantly shrinking. AT present it Is
about 10 miles long and nine miles
wide at the greatest point. During the
last five years the water is said to
have ~retreated about a mile a year,
leaving a salt-encrusted adobe land,
which is eagerly seized by homestead
ers. Often their location stakes are
planted fan. out in the water.
The sea-, which lies 1869 feet below
the level OF the ocean, abounds in null
let and carp, which local and Arizona
capitalists are planning to utilize by
the creation of d great cannery.
The United States department OF ag-
rtculture reports state that about the
Salton sea lies the largest area Of date
producing land in the country.
biologists say the Salton sink" as
it once was known, in prehistoric
times has changed from desert to sea
and from sea to desert so times or
more.
Becomes Inland Sea.
For centuries the Colorado river
would flow quietly to the Gulf of Cali
fornia and gradually build up a sand
bar across it's mouth. Then some
spring flood would cause a washout in
the rivers bank farther north, n
the whole torrent would sweep toward
the Salton "sink." The desert would
become an inland. sea, remaining SO
for centuries perhaps, until some
great flood would carve out a shorter
way to the ocean. The sea would be
drained and the region relapse into
a desert.
Mud volcanoes abound near the sea,
a short distance inland. They are of
all sizes up to great mounds 16 feet
in height. They all emit steam, some
in a steady stream, others steam and
mud alternately Many of them give
out q sulphurous gas. At times their
roaring can be heard for miles.
More and more the sea is being
visited by tourists, and during the
heated season, when the temperature
is from 10 to 20 degrees cooler than
in the valley towns, dances are fire.
quently held on an old wharf which
once served as a landing place for
fishing boats, but which has been left
high and dry by the receding waters.
or Interest to Tourists.
OF especial Interest to the tourists
are the bubbling "paintpots:" AS the
water retreats it is In a state OF, con-
slant ebullition. Gases from some un-
known s-ubterraneans source are con-
tinually finding escape through unseen
vents, in the bottom. Layer after
layer Of colored pigment is. deposited.
The r~etreatinng waters have left uncov-
cred acres Of this deposit, said by ex-
pterts to be fully equal to the dry
sienna and lumber colors Of which SO
much is imported. fis
1t Is thought that the shrinkage Of
the Salton sea will continue until 1t
finally becomes a salt sink" with a
pool Of brackish water In the center,
unless fresh outburst Of the great
Colorado should ,~replenish Its waters.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
|H !! l FELL J !. SHORT
One Of Franklin's Experiments
That Went Wrong.
Philanthropie eequeet, intended to Aid
"Young Married Artiheers," by No
Means Came Up to His
Expectations.

Residents Of Philadelphia realize
well why Ben Franklin's picture ap-
pears on the 1919 War Savings stamps.
One item OF the versatile printers
thrift has given many Philadelphians
ready money when It was badly need
ed and now nets the city at large a
handsome little building. ssF
n Franklin made abeQuest Of @25s000.
known rs the "Dr. Franklin fund for
loans to young married artiacers." The
beQuest was made in 1790, and in
making 1t franklin looked 200 years
tahead, estimating what the total would
be o 1890 and 1890.
BY his process Of calculation Frank
lin estimated the fund would be- $685.
600 at the end Of the first 100 years,
but IT fell fur short of this ngure,
reaching but $50. 8sS.e5.
Several reasons are advanced for the
failure OF the fund to reach the
amount Franklin had expected in 1890,
but the principal N Is that the
young married artifcers" failed to
! borrow as often as he, had expected.
due probably to the restrictions. Later,
the. restrictions were made less dras-
tic In an effort to get the money ont to
Borrowers, with the result that less
attention was paid to character and
responsibility, and frequently the loan
and interest were both lost.
The terms laid down by Franklin
were characteristic. They were die
tated by sound business judgment. He
decreed that the loans should not be
more than 60 pounds sterling, nor less
than Is pounds.
Borrowers were required to pay each
year interest at 5 per cent, together
with 10 per cent of the principal, until
the loan was paid off. 1t was with the
expectation that the entire fund would
be kept busy that Franklin made his
estimates of what the total would be
In 100 years.
Franklin did not intend the entire
fund to be continued for loans after
1890, but that in that year 100000
pounds be turned over to the city Of
Philadelphia to bring the waters Of
the Wissahicken creek to the city and
for public improvements, such as aque-
ducts, Notifications, ETC." H..
In 1907 the board Of city trusts,
which was custodian Of the Franklin
fund, turned over the money, about
$4,000, to the Franklin institute, for
use by the latter institution in its fund
to erect a memorial building on the
new Philadelphia parkway in memory
OF Franklin. S
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
The Turning PoInt.

II understand you have a son with
Pershing."
Yes" answered Mr.. Cobhles. "And
when Henry left home ! could e by
the look in his eyes that he meant bust
ness
III gave d good account Of himself.
no doubtw
well II may sound like boastin' for
me to say 1t, but ten days after my boy
landed In France the war was over"
Birmingham Age-Iferald.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
A Question.

AFTER all, there is no place like
Peeweecuddyhumpi" appreciatively
said the landlord Of the tavern, who
was distended with local pride.
Probably not" replied a disgruntled
guest. "But why don't your people 70
Ito work to improve it--have clean
streets. q decent lighting system, and
acquire other luxuries and necessities
until II resembles q modern and pro
eressive town2"--Kansas City Stpr.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
American Shoes In China.

American shoes are in high favor
among all classes of Chinese. The av-
erage native, however, is unable to
secure them because OF the high prices,
and is Obliged to content himself with
cloth footgear, or with very poor imi-
tations of the American style of shoes.
Leather shoes are only for the
wealthy. Practically all of the high
grade leather imported into China for
use in shoes comes from the United
States, while the lasts are made in
Japan and are copies Of staple Ameri-
can styles.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
MADE ATTRACTIVE BY VINES
How Rapid Growing Plants Will Hide
Bare Appearance of Garden
Flower Box.

A flower box with the side covered
by vines presents ar. attractive appear
ance. Such a box is easily made by
boring large holes in the side Of the
box and planting vines in the dirt in
side of these holes, taking care to
leave the foliage all on the outside
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
Prlvafion DESPITE Prosperity.

London.-There were 20 deaths from
starvation or accelerated by privation
la England and Wales the past year,
though wages we're eve higher and
unemployment never less. according ~
an official statement. SIX OF tba
deaths occurred In London
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
Fish Enemy to the MESQUITE,

The island OF Barbados Ia said to
be kept free from mnlaria by the tiny
fish known ms millions which devour
the larvae In the early stages OF Its de-
yelopment.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22
Froek Featuring Moderate Side FIare.

to take care Of the handsome plaids
that have already been woven. In any
event plaids are to be worn, and they
win not at all, as Is usually the case.
be confined to garments for the mern-
bers ofsthe younger set.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-07-22

= s5lsAtGEb ssTa+s St5Efs4 E49EaAE ID y
while Setting the roots deep into the
soil. If planted with Vinca or Wander
ing Jew vines, which grow very rapid
~, the box will be entirely hidden in a
very short time.-Popular Mechanics
Magazine. .s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

not be dismissed as partisan TRADE.
1t comes from the man who was the
national standard4bearer of his party
in three presidential campaigns. 1t
comes from the man who received
more than six million democratic
votes on each Of the occasions when
he was candidate. 1t comes from the
man who was responsible for the
nomination of Woodrow Wilson and
who helped to elect him. 1t comes
from the man who was secretary Of
state in a democratic administration
and who confesses that he was heart.
broken over the nomination of Cox
Mr.. Bryan says that Cox is the
choice of the disreputable element OF
the democratic party and that he has
fairly won the dishonor" which has
been conferred upon him. The rabid
partisans do not ask much from the
commoner. They suggest merely that
he eat his words and turn in and help
place Cox in the white house Will
he do it? Well, he says that he has
not yet decided how he is going to
vote. If the Cox men can get any
comfort out of that they are entitled
to it. And no matter what Mr.. Bryan
may do or say in the future. his origi-
nal characterization of the demo
cratic candidate will remain as part
of the political history of the country
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
probable that blanket prohibitory legislation
will be enacted and the touring pubic as a whole
made to suffer less OF freedom willingly accord
ed it when it is not abused.
A BRIDGE UNsHACKLED.

The city OF Burlington has acquired owner
ship of the wagon bridge across the Mississippi
at that point and from now the revenue from it
will go into the treasury OF the city and thus
materially aid in reducing local taxation. This
is as it should be. Corporation-owned bridges,
like the ancient toll stations on public thorough
fares are examples of undesirable features with
which the public has long been confronted.
Some months ago The Gate City urged the free
ing Of the keokuk Hamilton bridge and present
ed arguments in favor of such proposal. But
if the bridge cannot be voluntarily freed owing
to the strong grip of outside interests operating
for It's retention in private hands, there is
way out, as has been shown whereby the neces-
sary relief can be had In the case OF Burllng-
ton, that city had to deal with generous, pub
lie spirited ownership and the bridge there was
acquired through a method of cooperative bar
gaining that has reflected great credit upon the
parties concerned. Burlington city and it's IN
habitants are to be congratulated as a result of
their latest successful move in favor Of increas-
ed trade.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
NOTICE.
TO Whom It May Concern.


You are hereby notified that an In
corporation has been formed under
the laws Of the State of Iowa, and
that the name OF said corporation is
Contractors Equipment Company, and
the City OF Keokuk, in the County OF
Lee and State OF Iowa.
The general nature of the business
to be transacted is the manufacture
and sale of contractors equipment
with the right to buy, hold. sell and
convey personal property and such
real estate as may be necessary or
convenient for the proper conduct Of
the affairs of the corporation, and
with the right to buy it's own corpo-
rate stock.
The amount OF capital stock author.
lied is Twenty-Five Thousand ts25,-
100000 Dollars, and all of said stock
shall be paid for in cash when issued
and shall be issued from time to time
as the Board of Directors may de-
termine
Said corporation shall commence
on the date OF the issuance of the
certificate Of the corporation, to-wit:
the expiration OF twenty 900 years
from said date, unless sooner dis
solved in a manner authorized by
law.
The affairs OF the corporation
shall be conducted by board OF
three CD directors. which shall be
elected annually by the stockholders
at their annual meeting on the first
Tuesday In July of each year. At said
elections all stockholders shall have
one vote for each share of stock held
by him. and which may be cast by
him In person or by his written proxy.
In case of vacancy. the remaining
members Of the board will fill the
vacancy for the remainder OF the
term.
The highest amount OF indebted.
ness to which the corporation may AZ
any time subject itself shall be not
in excess Of two-thirds of its paid w
and outstanding capital stock.
The private property of the stock
holders of said corporation shall be
exempt from corporate debts or any
therefor.
Until the first annual meeting the
following persons were designated as
directors and officers:
G. G.. Mandt, President
o. G. Mandt, Vice-President ana
Treasurer.
G. G.. Mandt, Jr., Secretary.
Dated this twenty-third day o.
August, 1890.
CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT
COMDANY
BY G. G. Mandt President.
O. G. Mandt. yfce-Pres. and Treas.
G. G. Mandt, Jr., Secretary
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
MOTOR VANDALS.

Dr. R. W. Shufeldt in the American Forestry
magazine presents some facts that ought to en-
j tage prompt attention and stimulate action by
] the proper authorities. He tells Of the whole
! tslc slaughter of birds in the southern states
last winter by motor tourists, who, according
10 the DOCTOR killed for sport without re-
!, lard to what they shot at Here is another
! tount added to the Indictment for vandalism by
tur automobile touring public For the good of
: Tree enjoyment of our highways by motorists
! these motorists themselves should be quick to
5iscountenance and break up these wanton prac-
!. tices. Destruction of bird and animal life and
Manage to property are indefensible and they
/ ii be stopped. If the small proportion of
Motorists who do these evils are allowed to keep
i In until outraged publics, local, county and
! itate, legislate specifically to stop them, it is
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
Old Sores, Ulcers
and Eczema Vanish
Good, Old, Reliable Peterson's oint
ment Favorite Remedy

Had 81 ulcers on my legs. Doctors
wanted to cut off leg. Peterson's
Ointment cured me."-Wm. J. Mich.
OILS, 402 Wilder street, Rochester.
N Y.
Get large box for only so cents
at any druggist. says Peterson, OF
Buffalo, and money back IL 1t isn't
the best you ever used Always keen
Peterson's Ointment in the house
Fine for burns, scalds, bruises, sun.
burn, chatting. and the surest remedy
for itching eczema and piles the
world has ever known.
"Peterson's Ointment Is the best
for bleeding and itching piles have
ever found. Major Charles e. Whit.
ney, Vineyard Haven, Mass.
"Peterson's Ointment has given
great satisfaction for Salt Rheum." -
Mrs. J. Weiss, Cuylerville, N. AZ
All druggists sell it, recommend It.
Mail orders filled by Peterson Oint-
ment Co., Inc, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
Save Waste PAPER.

Boys Life: Few of us realize the
Importance of saving waste paper.
Today when the country is threatened
with wood and paper famine and
our forests are disappearing so rapid.
~ every effort should be made to
save every scrap of paper. 1t is es-
timated that the saving of paper would
make it possible to save over o0O :
oVV'ooo feet of lumber each year.
waste paper such as old magazines.
DOCKS. all kinds of printed matter and
paper books takes the place of wood
pulp and saves millions of trees. Such
material is used for paper, making
paper boxes, roofing and building
boards and paper shipping Containers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE.

EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE.
A fire mist and planet
A crystal and cell
A jellyfish and saurian,
And caves where the cave men dwell
Then sense of law and beauty,
And face turned from the clod-
Some call it Evolution
And others call ii God.
a haze ON the far horizon,
The Infinite, tender sky,
The ripe rich tints of the coTnfelds,-
And the wild geese sailing high
And all over the upland and lowland
The charm of the goldenTod-
Some of US call it Autumn,
And others call it God
Like tides on a crescent sea beach,
When the moon is new and thin,
Into our hearts high yearnings
Come yelling and surging in
Come from the mystic ocean,
Whose rim no foot has trod-
Some of us call it Longing,
And others call it God.
A picket frozen on duty
mother starved for her brood
Socrates drinking the hemlock,
And Jesus the rood;
And millions who, humble and nameless,
The straight, hard pathway plod-
Some call it Conservation,
And others call it God.
William Herbert Carr
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-08-31

the phrase, and it appears to me
inapplicable to Charlotte Bronte.,
She was really spinster in re-
volt against social hypocrisy.
The fact that in the closing years
of her life-she died at thirty
nine-she was clergyman's wife,
shows that she was no "yestal,"
by conviction.
But Emily's ease was different.
! think she admired men, but pre-
ferred dogs. Her great novel,
Wuthering Heights has no
parallel in fiction. It is the story
of a half-mad family. The old
ruinous mansion in which the
scene of the story is laid is a
suitable environment for these
unhappy souls dwelling in dis
eased bodies. The book has an
uncanny fascination. 1t is more
terrible than Poe's Fall Of the
House of Usher" Emily's poems,
too. are characteristic OF her soli-
tary, savage. primitive and
queenly nature. She was one Of
those puissant unconquerable
spirits whom our rotten civiliza-
tjon cannot subdne or convert
into submissive slavery.
She died in 1S4S when she had
barely reached her thirtieth year.
Anne Bronte. whose novel, 'The
Tenant Of Wildfeld Hail." has
never been sufficiently appre-
ciated. was horn in 1920 and died
in 1S49. She was the most reli-
gious of the three sisters. Her
gentle, .unresisting temperament
was contrast to that Of Char
lotte and that of Emily.
The Brontes were types of
woman's supreme strength OF
character. I agree with Maeter-
linck that Charlotte Bronte had
enormously greater moral force
than Byron. But we all have 'the
defects OF our qualities" Both
Charlotte and Emily Bronte were
intensely feminine. Byron was
so Enthusiastically masculine
that we cannot judge OF him at
all by comparing him with any
woman. His sins are only too
well known When the worst
has been said about him. we must
look at his good-why should I
not say his great-sfde? He was
courageous. sincere, soldierly.
truthful and at heart genuinely
religious. 1t is a pity that he died
at Missolonghi. He would have
lived to die hero-or a saint.
! can imagine Charlotte Bronte
loving Byron. can imagine Emily
loving him more. Such women
never measure man by the moral
footrule of society. 1t Is a tragic
thing that men and women who
might understand and love each
other do not come together in
this world George Eliot would
have hated Byron. She some
where speaks of his undeserved
literary reputation. But the great
author of adam Bede" failed to
see the tremendous moral force
OF impulse. She was to much
the creature of maxims. She
knew far more Of human psychol-
ogy than either Charlotte or
Emily Bronte. But she had not
their generous munificence of
heart.
The Brontes must live In litera-
ture as the finest types of gifted
spinsterhood Even Jane Austen
and Maria Edgeworth are pale
personalities beside them. There
was in them a volcanic fire which
famed under the crater of mar
row and formal existence. That
uneartlly fire makes itself felt in
what they wrote. Through the
veil Of the natural the reader can
trace the luminous splendor OF the
supernatural