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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

49, oGampn u DDotn. Hnxce.
Italy. 1w1to1f1nn1 an6 III ~ ~
countsios u eonlA - aoufhense
naroos TAes ! Dlaansd farther.
! investigated and sfudisd sordsn
excaan9A
/ bought ! susaii amount d the
stamps abroad. I made = neat
turnover. ! had Mt4le money n ny
own md ! Agursl II was best %
make ncney n this way while the
possibility was hers. 90 ! went
ont among the few msn ! knew and
bsgged them 70 let me have their
wages, their earnings and WHAT
they could obtain in loans. ! work
Cd hard. Il was hard work i n
most drove me mad. Here ! Ind
an opportunity to make legih-
mate fortune and ! was going 20
fail because. there would not be
time and / would have to do 1t Ike
. piker unless some one helped me
h worked al day and al night,
Men laughed at me- They warned
me I'd 20 to jail. know ! VA
right and kept looking for man
who would take = chance or let me
take . chance with his money.
had none Of my own.
Starts n One Room.
I took one room. l found a man
who said he'd put money in my
scheme II I'd prove ito worth.
had . couple OF thousand dollars
and I decided to let it 60 into ad,
yertising and once rent lshot the
roll, - they say, and the roll came
home. l really got under way n
December.
got . few investors, many Of
them my own countrymen. tt
each Of them issued promissory
note, as do now, saying they could
collect in 30 days. Why l pay II
As days l shall explain presently.
Within q month the few thou
sand dollars increased to fifteei
thousand. Persons who had re
cefved a or so per cent on theil
money in two months NATURAL!
told their friends. And thei
friends came and brought NOR
funds and these friends brough
| more friends. ad infinitum.
Investigation Of my business at
fairs impended. Naturally tn
news became general. did no
wait for the authorities to com
TO me. / went to them and invites
them to investigate. For instance
they sent two police officers dow
to look me over. Each invested
few dollars and each made 50 pc
cent on his investment in IS days
They let their earnings ride an
they are due for another harvest.
He Keeps $50 Per Cent
M made millions Of dollars. ]
was simple. Suppose you came t
me and gave me $1,000 to invest.
purchased international postal cou
pons in Spain, we'll say. For on
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

- Wizara Ssys Disposal y
!:.fsxb CsFti1sd d Only TAing !
TIL TIL H 1slnsss T. ReveaL

C04FheD f00O, tn0 man VINO ran
IN eents into S1s,ooe. go. has become
\ = most talked Of man in America
|GftGr nix months Of quiet attention
~ n amazing business. While ex-
fJosts are busy finding out Just who
l1ooos by Mr.. Ponki's activities. 9TH
~ experts have assured him the
money be has won, or earned, II
mn without question. Mr.. Ponzj
49, consented To tell Of the modest
M which became Of world interest
slmost overnight:
BIZ CHARLES PONZI.
For the time being ! have ceased
+ operations. Whether ! shall con-
tinue remains to be seen. There u
no law forbidding my continuing.
The United States government may
make Z ruling that will hurt my
business. but II / cannot go on as
I an shall 90 on as an ordinary
banker and broker. At the outside
4 owe 100000. I could meet
1hfee times that amount this min
~. But let me explain myself.
1.-THE idea, which is referred to as
~ great idea" and which really
II not great, came to me last Au-
&olst. It came because ! was thor
1ghly awake and on the lookout
- the main chance. Are not you
&ISo doing Just that? had a
GSheme to start an export publica-
Men. q pamphlet. or periodical, deal
~ with the most ordinary export
md import trade. l wrote to a
van in Madrid, asking him certain
Wings that I had to know about ex-
pcrts, and in reply / received an
, International coupon, which I was
~ exchange here in the United
Hates for United States postage
ramps and for these stamps I was
"a mail to the man in Madrid a copy
" my magazine.
ssIPerhaps you do not know about
pse coupons. They are simply
International postal reply coupons
re buys them for cents in ones
Nm country and sends them to a
trespondent in another country
&u do this II you desire to render
~ courtesy Of preparing the post
re Of the letter or correspondence
you hope to receive. They are re.
d4emable In stamps at 5 cents each
The sixth cent goes to the govern
jment for the expense OF getting
them out.
Yields 400 Pct. Profit.
Well, that coupon / received
from Spain cost In Spain the equiv
Alent Of ! cent here in america
The rate OF currency exchange diff
fers, you know. In these times. d.
you see! ! took, that coupon to tn,
United States postofice and Their,
Iereceived the value of cents 70
IT,,
That meant the stamp had yield
ed 400 per cent profit.
I. ! said to myself that might bu,
hundreds, thousands, millions o
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

". II Morgan Of Lincoln came
| to DR.. Coffee to have his eyes treat
ed for ulcers and Inflammation and
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-06

An the nsws Ill the tims-1hs
ArguA
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

Uncle Wiggilv, and hold these un-
I'll 7 see whether can spare you shy
souse.7 and with that the bunny took
out a double handful % the rough.
gratary pine cones The Gumpv
held out his paws and Uncle WISELY
tossed the cones into them
-Oh. WOW. ouchi Oh. how rough
and stickery and prickery they a-cl
I can't hold thesel' cried the GumpT-
Hi5 paws were as soft as the softest
OF gum drops after which he was
named. ard the rough cones SO
scratched and tickled him that he
dropped them and ran of through the
woods crying
I'm be goodl III be Eoodt 7 won't
take your souse.'
Wen. guess you'd better nott'
laughed Uncle Wiggily. I'm sad
thought OF putting the rough pine
cones in your soft paws" And then.
ticking enough pine cones TO crate
the rest OF Nurse James coccanut,
Uncle WiEEily hoped home.
So this teaches Us that even though
apple dumplings are soft they are
eood 90 eat. and ~ the buttercun
nower doesn't take a drink OF sour
milk and make a funny face az the
cream pitcher I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the tree house.
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Testernmost, Cape Alva. washing
ton, longitude 12s degrees f5 minutes.
O. What books did Lincoln read
when educating himaelff p. J.
A. There is little material 20 show
exactly what Abraham Lincoln read.
but there is evidence that The Bible,
certain OF Shakespeare plays, Rob
inson Crusce, the statutes OF Indiana
the constitution Of the United States,
Weem's Life OF Washington. the
poems OF Robert Burns and Pilgrim's
Progress were Included in the list
O. What f. the meaning Of aMaV-
ourneenr1 A. B.
A elIavourneen" IS derived from
two Irish words t'mo" and s'mhurueu, f"
meaning my darling"
Q. l. there any way Of driving
hornets away when smoking them
ont has fuileds J. II.
A. Fumigating with carbon disul-
phide should be efficacious-
a How is crepe effect in ma-
terlals nader G. c. III.
A Crepe effects en- finished goods
are produced by alternating a right
and left hand highly twisted thread
IN the warp and filling the fabric
with a iighly-twisted tram. When
the woven goods is boiled of and
dyed. the effect Of the alternately
twisted threads VIII be the pickering
up Of the fabric noticed in crepe de
chine
q. Why e. milk 20 often referred
to as a perfect foodf7 r. +. c.
A Mix is considered a perfect
food because Sc gives proteins for
tissue building; energy fuel FOR bodily
functions; minerals for bone and
gland formation; vitamines for body
building.
q. u any ez-rlee president aliveI
a AZ the present tina m former
vice president is living.
O. How much "a the public debfl
G. II. r..
A. The rational debt on June 90.
1890, was f24299.521.4 49,.
O. u any part Of the United
States free from electrical uformsg
r. l. W.
A. The weather bureau says chat
so far as known. no part OF this
country is entirely free from these
{ phenomena However. they are much
more frequently observed in the east
{ ern and central portions OF the
country than IN the far west. u fact
along the immediate Pacific coast
] the occurance Of these storms IS com
Z paratlvcly rare and &c Re stated that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

n-Whut president vetoed the great
est number Of bills during his
y term % Ofdces-J. II. l.
A. President Cleveland vetoed 426
bills DUNG his term az president
During his first term he vetoed 50l
bills. nearly twice as many as had al
his predecessors combined The ma
Jointly o. these were private pension
bills and only two OF them were
passed over his veto no president
since Cleveland has vetoed any con
sidera BILE number OF bills
O. why should Lamb have called
snenser 4'the poets poetf7-B. v. D.
A. Charles Lamb was an enthuGi-
asLic admirer OF Edmund Spenser and
REGARDED his flights Of fancy and
imagery as SO far above other poets
efforts that e required the high arts
PIC sense developed by studying the
art OF writing poetry 10 appreciate
SpelEer-
O. How large a population conlti-
futea q cfty3-1I. c.
A. The bureau OF census says that
q town is usually considered a city
when IL reaches a population OF 10000
O. where are the points OF the
United States that are the fartheEf
north. east, south and ETesrf-(f- z n
a The geological survey says that
g small detached land area in Min
nesoLa is the farthest point north eI-
tending to- latitude 49 degrees =
minutes. the southermosr point OF
the mainland is Cape sable. Fla,
latitude Is degrees 81 minutes, east
ernmost is West Quoddy Head, Maine.
Longitude 6s degrees 81 minutes, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

% A LTHOUGH Sc is unlikely that an
a influenza epidemic OF serious
proportions VIII sweep the
country this year, It would be wise
for El Paso TO use precautions as
other cities are doing" said DR.. C.
r. Harrington. Of Tulsa. OKLA The
influenza epidemic Of previous years
has taught Us the seriousness OF the
disease and many communities are al
ready preparing for a return OF the
malady and are taking strenuous
measures to avoid a dangerous cpl
demic. No disease can thrive IN a
strictly clean environment and for
this reason, FL Paso should see that
the entire city has a thorough
house cleaning before winter sets in
I would advise your sanitary depart
ueut 70 get busy and see that resi-
deuce and business districts are
clean Stringent regulations covering
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
Stories F0,. ~ - Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE GUMPY.
By HOWARD X GARIs.

and she says may help her CRATE
the cocoanut on the pine cones and
sheu give ne a piece o. cake
FINER cried Uncle Wlggily. Il
had forgotten that a pine cone would
make a good crater FOR nutmegs or
cocoanuta- III take some home and
help Nurse Jane finish her cake
Jaczo picked up what cones he
wanted. and then Uncle WiEBlIy Killed
his pockets 10 take some homo 70
Nurse Jane, so he might help her
finish making the cocoauut cake
UncIe WiEgily was almost at the
hollow stump bungalow. and he was
feeling the rough, gratery pine cones
IN his pockets. when, all OF sud-
den, out from Behind e 1ush Jumped
the same punpkin-faced Jack clan
tern chap az whom he had thrown the
crater.
7 want souss want souss',-
cried the bad chap, and he was JUST
going 10 grab Uncle WigEilys ears
when the bunny asked
who are you2 know you are not
the PipsiseWah OF the SkeeEickE.
7 am the Gumpy, was the answer
and sousa 7 want and Eouse from
your ears I must have
wen. Just wait q minute said
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
Dirty Gates and UuSanary Places Are Friends OF Influenza
Mezico Will Remove Passport Charge If United STATES viii

your restaurants and eating houses
would be a wise precautions also
Mexico Is willing 20 reciprocate
with the United States IN the elimi-
nation Of wise fees. but viii not re-
move its own passport charge until
the United States has shown inclina-
tion 10 do likewise" said Luis Monies
de Oca. consul general IN Il Paso-
I'm taking this stand Mexico has
considered the argument usually Of
fered that tthe American goes 20
Mexico 10 spend money the Mexican
20 the United States to make money
The Mexican, Of course, usually
crosses the border IN search OF work.
but in 50 doing, provides cheap labor
at a time when Workmen are scarce
The American, in many cases, carries
his capital into Mexico TO invest a.. in
the expectancy Of large returns. The
average American who gets a pass
port could better afford a passport
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

wise Zee OF 800 than the average
Mexican laborer can afford the one
charged now"
when I hear people complain
about many things which FL Paso
lacks, 7 always want to call attention
10 az least one thing this city has
which others haven't" said c. P. Nc
Kenzie. The good street car ser
vice with its cent fare Is an ad-
vantage which we are likely 70 over
look. because We are used 70 d and
forget how street car fares have been
raised in nearly all other cities
1T IS becoming impossible TO sup
ply calls for household help said ].
j.. Fraser. superintendent Of the city
employment bureau Housewives
needing help are required 70 get
orders 10 US at least on the afternoon
before the day help is needed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
Short SnatcheS
From EUely1Cberg

That loud resoundinE roar that you
hear Is everybody yelling at every
body else TO so 70 Worki-Topeka
Capital.
Due TO the lack OF moisture. the
crop condition OF wild oats IS about
Is percent OF normal - Associated
Editors (Chicago.)
one Of the candidates viii not
make any rear platform or front porch
speeches this year. The warden won {
let him-Topeka Capital
With the aid OF S1.500.oO0. 900
rate Increase. the railroads may be
able TO have car windows flxt 50 that
passengers can open them-Brrozlyn
Eagle.
A gardener IS man who raises q
few things a farmer, e nan who
raises many things. and a middiemeu
one who raises everything lusia
County Flal Record
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
About Broadway Plays And Players

NEW YORK. Sept 22-Louis Neither
IN sole writes from London to say
that Gilbert Miller has sailed for
Ney York % superintend the work
OF producing Monsieur Beaucalre-"
Enthusiastically Louis announces
that Gilbert has recently produced
three successes in England-Eamely,
The Jest" with Henry Ainley- His
Lady Friends" with Charles HaWtrey,
and wedding Bells" with Gladys
Cooper and owen Mares he states
further that one OF Gilbert's under
takings. when he returns 20 London
On the IAN. win be the production Of
peer Pan with Henry Ainiey and
"a young actress whose name. when
disclosed. viii probably excite more
than usual interest" Our guess Is
that her name b Cohan-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
Diseases And Remedies


which relief from anguish pain Some pills
While be su There IS relief but there's green pains
al back and make
bones until you I'll the night with Beware the pills their
urge hopeful smile again
plfd they'll climb endons
disguised pills gent who
often
slept" And that's all just
sq porous pills
and the liver pads, and slumbsr with your dads
Copyright george Matthew WALT MASON.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

walter c. Kelly. The Virginia
Judge. was one time with a min
strel show that arrived at a town IN
the south AS IS always the case. a
dozen young negroes met the train
and offered TO carry suitcases for
tickets 20 the show. One lad got in
the way Of the baggage men and was
bumped sprawling by a trunk An
other negro boy who saw u laughed
uproariously.
Wow" he yelled ',Dls heah shows
Eittln' funny Already.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

William Morris's first production
OF the season viii open at the Nora
Bayes theatre on Monday evening,
Sept. q. It viii be Mr. and Mrs.
Graham Moffat, Wiuifred Moffat and
their Scotch company in Don't Tell. ="
described as modern comedy OF
Glasgow life by Mr. Moffat, author
Of "Buntv Pulls the Strings" The
Moffats have never acted in the
United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

3fadEe Kennedy has begun rehears-
ing in "Cornered.F in which she viii
be presented By Henry vs.. Savage.
inc. Miss Kennedy, who has been I'm
the movies three years. finds it hard
20 get used TO her voice. we get this
from Ann Grosveuor Ayres. whose
Teracity cannot be impeached-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

"C5me Seven" goes on tour next
week. Robert n. Newman viii be
company manager.
a box office man who speaks
Spanish has been engaged at Maxine
Elliott'E theatre where Spanish
Love" Is playing.
The Bat" drew almost $4,000 70
the Morosco last week.
Broadway hears that Enter Ma
dame" VIII move from the Garrick
to the Fulton before long.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

While en- route TO Boston recently,
Harry c. Browne Of The Little
Whoppcr." went into the smoking
room OF the Pullman and found two
men arguing in loud tones over the
coming presidential election They
were making so much noise they we're
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

Arrangements are reported under
way whereby George II. Cohan will
place his production OF The Meanest
Man in the World" in the Hudson
theater and Arnold DAILY. IN "The
Tavern in the George N. Cohan-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

WHATS become O. tn feIler that
w wuz 50 omery that he even got
put out Of a saloon7 Eobuddy kin
boiler as loud as tn teller that pays
no taxes.
CoByriEhL National NeEspaPsr Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

Frank Tinney. realizing that the
straw hat season is over. went to a
Broadway cafe last night and got
even with the hat check boy 10 whom,
he figures. he has paid s22s0 since
summer began. he checked his old
straw and left it there.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

Zip Top" with Fred Stone as its
star. at the Forrest theater. Phia-
delphia- IL Is the joint work Of Anne
Caldwell, r H. Burnside and Ivan
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

Miss Mary Ann Eliza Lee
Was such a quiet miss,
Except, OF course, when She would
read
A dandy rhyme like this.
But then Miss Lee would laugh out
loud,
And say: Ny, aln't Il touEh7
cannot help but simply roar
On reading this here stuff"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

disturbing others Harry happened
70 know both men.
wait a minute" he said. Have
you two fellows ever metz
NO." replied one
.-1Ir. Noyes," said Harry. this Is
1Ir Racket"
And the names were the right ones
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

Dulcie-Joe Flyn IS unmarried.
Banter Broadway Brew
tiles" comes 70 the Winter Garden
week after next. without Miss Jar
don. Anna Wheaton is rehearsinE
for Picadiliy 10 Broadway" Fay
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

they are without many OF the severe
characteristics observed IN the more
eastern districts.
(Any reader can get the answer %
any question by writing This Herald
Information Bureau. Frederic J. Has
kin, Director, Washington, ID. c.
This bureau cannot give advice on
legal, medical and financial matters.
IL does not attempt to settle domestic
trouble nor 20 undertake exhaustive
research on ana subject. Write your
question plainly and briefly. Give
full name and address and enclose
two cents in stamps for return post
age. All replies are sent direct 70
the inquirer.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
II Years Ago Today
From me Herald O This Date, 10

TIE Globe baseball team en- route
home from a victorious trip TO Al
buquerque. viii arrive IN Fl Paso
tomorrow morning on the santa Fe
and IN the afternoon viii play The
Bankers at washington park
Lightning struck a chimney On the
house occupied BY Battelle White.
nsvnssfer 81 the Z. p. & S W, at 657
Uuson avenue, this afternoon totally
dsmolishinE IL and breaking the WIN
dows OF the home Of P Sullivan ad-
joining on The north
A quorum failed to appear at the
council chamber this morning for the
adjourned session Of the city council
Mayor b. T. Hammett. alderman w j.
FeWel and city attorney r. T. Burgess
were all who appeared
Fl PasO's new skating rink opened
last night on the corner Of St louis
and Campbell streets with large al
Last night the girls Of the sixth
grade. OF Lamar school gave surprise
PARTY TO Miss Bessie ellison at her
home. on the Boulevard
Miss Lucille smith IS entertaining
the Shakspere Reading club this aft
ernoon.
". 3. Bull has returned from a "trip
to his home. in Hartford, also New
York Washington. Philadelphia Chi
cago and New Orleans
Joe Hartnett and sister, Miss Kate
Hartnett- have returned from an exc
tended visit TO Colorado points and
Yellowstone park
DR.. NJ p. Schuster has returned
from dhis eastern trip
James Marr has returned from Ari-
IONA
". J. Rand has gone TO Tucson 10
attend the annual meeting OF the Ari-
zona Sportsmen's association
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
Haziing.

EXCEPTION Is taken BY the Tucson Citizen 70 the nazng
L methods employed BY upper assen in the University
Of Arizona This editor says that hazng Is unfair TO the
freshmen and should be tolerated by the city author
tiles except on the campus where It is the facus business
It is not where 1t Is done but how it Is done that makes
hazne either hoodluism good sport-lanshp Hazlng
of the old time sort which included such outages as oug
new students in ponds subiseng them TO humiliation OF
physical injury OF tearing up their clothes ought 10 De
prohibited By state laws. In most universities haIng
sountst to nothing more now than innocent practical lo-
ing It is nothing than initiation such as one ex-
pects TO find IN lodge the reports are true that fresh
sn are caught BY sophomores and atrocities committed on
them then the state university is behind the times
The University Of Arizona IS too big an institution ana
the majority Of the student body is too self respecting to
tolerate roughnecks IN the Of college spirit
About the only people who did not get something out
Of the late war were the people who did the fighting
When in doubt knock the bOlshevik; they haven't a
friend IN the congregation
This dead Of midnight Is the noon Of thought
And Wisdom nouns her zenith nth The stars.
-NrE Barbauld
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.
The barber was too lazy TO cut m,
hair
shear Iaziness. eh7"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22

THE young lady across the way says
1 her father is not much Of q partisan,
not caring enough about It, in fact,
ever to vote anything but the regular
ticket.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-09-22
Food And Cash Crops.

WITH the recent agitation against overeroppng OF tnos
w products that bring in money but do not provide 1000
echoes are being heard the southwest that sound Ike
protests The argument which in particular from
Arizona against cutting down cotton crops is that IN
region where cotton does well food crops have seldom II
ever been featured With the exception Of the crous fruits
and melons which under favorable Circumstances pay wen
there IS only one type of food grown in the southwest which
c be cassed as staple and which pays well the invest
ent That is orchard fruit such as apples pears and
peaches The larger food crops Of the north and east are
not yet important staples TO the farmer .
IF control is to be exercised then, over cropping u
strikes the cotton grower most feasible to devote sucn
supervision those regions where wide variety Of 1909
cops can be grown IN large quantities and where the So
Iied cash crops do not do so well they do where the
land has to be irrigated Cotton, melons, fruit ana nay
viii slsvs predoinats IN the more arid and sander sec
lions Of the southwest This does not mean sucn crops as
wheat VIII not do well for New Mexico has proved tney
will Up around Las Cruces Of the best Buroankea
wheat can be found When commun1tys crops are oola
food and money crops is indeed fortunate for the world
needs the food and the growers need the money But the
southwest must crop its soil its way and Il IS not
vet time to abandon the fields TO government control