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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1920-07-22

LONDRA. - Sim Feinerii 81
guvernul englez Sc pare ca Sc pre-
gatesc a .discuta baza unci probabi-
lc aplanari a chcstiei irlandeze. du-
pa cum scrie ziarul Mail" Cd es-
te informal din cercnrilc politice
irlandezc, nnde circnla acrstc svo-
nuri.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1920-07-22

II
COLUMBUS. = Noaptca trecu-
ia banditii de automobile au impus.
cat dona presoane.. John Waldo in
etatc de treizeci de ami a fost oprit
de acssti handitti, cind incercat
sa reziste lor, a fost impuscat in
nina. Hotii all fugit Gu un auto
mobil ce aveau la dispozitie.
William Minor, pc cflfd Sc ne
cajea ca sa-si repare masina auto
mobilului, dol hoti, carl all VENT
GU un automobil fara lumini 81 "a
ra licenta, 'au pus Gu mfinile sus
lar dupa ce au luat della el ceasul
81 banii ce avea, ia dat porunca 81
piece cit poate mai repede GU ca
rul, in momentul cInd pornea, u
nul slobozit un glonte care pat
runs prin umaraIl d. Minor.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1920-07-22
Sbor spre Alaska.

Sb0T Spre AlaSKa.
| ERIE, Pa. - Trei aerop1ane mi
litare din detasamcntelc de aviatie
|din Alaska s AN ridicat All dimi-
neata della Grand Rapids, Mich,
in sbor sprc Alaska.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1920-07-22
INFORMA1lUM
Greva Ia minele de carbuni din
Illinois.

Illinois.
CHICAGO. = Minele de car
BUM din statul Illinois sunt in fa-
ia unei grave situatii, lar un CO.
mitet al Associated Operatorilor de.
mine a declarat All, inainte de a
pleca spre Washington de a cauta
o modalitate ca Sc puma la reson
pc grevistii carl .,au desertat mi
nele", cd e impossible de a produce
carbune daca nu Sc vor lua masuri
mediate.
Frank Harrington, presedintele
unimei minerilor din Illinois Uni
ted Mine Workers" a spus ca Off
cialitatile uniunei au fost in impo-
sibilitatea de opfi pc grevisti de
a nu parasi lucrul. Minerii Ger o
ridicare a salarului de dol dolari
pc ri. Operatorii admit ca lucrato-
rii nr sunt indeajuns platiti, insa
IN an puterea de calca contractul.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1920-07-22
Henson va face depositii.

CHICAGO. - in proccsul con-
ira celor douazeci de RADICAL, men,
bril- al partidului communist, va "a
ce depozitii Ole Hanson, fostul pri-
mar al orasului Seattle. Ell va la'
mai multe fapte despre greva din
Seattle din 1919 81 incercarea IA
cuta de RADICAL de rasturna adj
ministratia municipala.
Hanson marturisit ieri ca a
luat parte la 0 adunare a agitato-
filor din Seattle la care intrebuin-
tarea de gloante in rasturnarea adj
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
BIRD BATH IS GOOD IDEA
Feathered Creatures Will Appreciate
It, and 1t Is Recommended as
a Gloom DispeIer.

Anyone who wants true gloom dis
peller right before his eyes all the
time has only to fix up bird bath
of some sort on his lawn. No laVn
Is too small to afford space for one
and no city street so congested that
sooner or later some feathered neigh
Dor will not seek out the bird bath
and make himself its immediate ex-
cuse for being.
1t is not necessary to have anything
elaborate. A fountain of stone or ce-
ment may be very tasteful, but little
old robin will take the finest bath In
the world in any shallow tin pan. A
coat of moss-green paint will turn the
me-contrived article into thing of
beauty, blending In with the green Of
the grass around II. ~
No old swimming hole ever saw
more antics than are carried on by the
splashlng birds, not any more unre-
strained delight in the water, nor any
more democratic gatherings, nor heard
more chattering. If an occasional fight
Is pulled off, why that's just human
and bird nature.
The possessor Of a bird bath for his
lawn has long option on the pure
joy of life. He will find himself more
than repaid for his trouble, and prob
ably astonished at the number and va
riety of birds common to his neighbor-
hood that he never saw before.-St.
Joseph Gazette.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
maintenance OF DIRT ROAD
Essential That No Water Be Permitted
to Remain on Surface-Repair
Ruts Quickly.

To maintain an earth road so that
It will adequately take care Of heavy
traffic 1t is essential first that no wa.
ter be allowed to stand on the road
surface or In the bitches, and second
~ that defects occurring in the sur
face be repaired Immediately and In
a manner that will form crust suffi-
Client to maintain the loads and resist
the wear caused by traffic.
The first can be accomplished only
by grading and draining the road in a
manner that will permit water to drain
quickly from the surface after every
rain, and the second by adding clay
and sand in the proper proportions as
required, shaping up the surface with
a light grader, and keeping the tray-
eled surface smooth and even with the
road planer, after which the earth sur
face eventually becomes smooth and
impervlous to water. The result is an
extremely satisfactory road at a very
low cost to the public.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
HOME -
TOWN - g
FlELpSR]
DIRECTIONS FOR GOOD LAWN
Good Judgment and Much Work
Necessary, But the Results viii
Be Found Worth While.

Success or failure In illuminating Is
based on the preparation Of the seed
bed, which necessarily requires great
care and good judgment. The physical
condition of the soil may be greatly
improved by growing some soil-build-
ing crop preparatory to seeding, the
land should be turned and sub-soiled
TO depth of 6 to II inches, and
narrowed until 1t is thoroughly pulver-
lied. Before turning, Il liberal appli-
cations e to 10 tons per acre. or
well-decomposed stable manure and
300 pounds of lime should be applied.
When a perfect seed bed has been
made, apply 600 to 800 pounds OF
S-4-4 commercial fertilizer and harrow
thoroughly into the first few inches OF
soil.
The lawn grasses should be careful
ly selected, and only those grasses or
mixtures used that are adapted to that
locality and are capable Of making a
good sod under existing conditions. A
mixture of Kentucky blue grass, Ber-
muda, and white clover is especially
suitable to the partially shaded lawn,
the blue grass predomlnating in the
shaded portions of the lawn and the
Bermuda in the sunny spots while the
clover keeps the entire lawn green
throughout the winter.
The mixture should be planted dur
ing early October, using 30 to 30
pounds Of blue grass, four to i've
pounds of clover, and proportionate
amount of Bermuda roots per acre.
The seeding of the blue grass and
clover should follow the planting OF
the Bermuda, which should be planted
in rows Is inches apart, dropping the
roots u to Is inches apart and cover
Ing three to five inches deep with al
ternating rows. Separate sowngs OF
blue grass and clover should be made,
sowing the seed broadcast by hand or
by use of a mechanical seeder. The
seed should be covered lightly, brush
ing lightly or raking into the soil, and
this followed by light rolling.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
SC0UT-BUILT INDIAN HOUSES

Some people think that boy scouts
do nothing but play. Some think that
all American Indians lived In tents.
Such people are wrong In both cases.
The nations that composed the lro-
quois confederacy lived In substantial
buildings constructed Of poles and
bark. The M0hawks one of the Ir0-
quois nations, were well up In this
form Of architecture, as well as in
warfare. 1t would be most popular
hike that would take troop of scouts
plumb into a Mohawk Indian village
today. And they are doing It not only
troop, but many troops, and they are
giving hundreds of thousands or other
folks the same treat.
For such village has been recon-
structed by the Boy Scouts of Spring
field, Mass. 1t is replica of the com
munities of old Indian times, identical
in material, construction and plan
with the Iroquois villages of 400 years
ago.
The occasion of all this was the CO.
operation Of the Boy Scouts of Ameri-
ca in the Eastern States Agricultural
and Industrial exposition at Spring
field, the junior achievement bureau,
Eastern States league, also co-operat-
ing. The exposition activities, cul-
minating in September, were of con-
Germ chiefly to the New England states,
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Delaware, but are of interest to
the entire country and to all Boy
Scouts.
Forty scouts representing all of the
ten states were chosen by contest dur
ing August to be guests of the man.
agement. They were selected by local
scout authorities, on merit, preference
being given to scouts who are Q) first
class, (2) IA years of age or over, (3)
well developed physically, (4) who
have a record for courtesy, and (5)
proper scout spirit at home and In
camp.
Their demonstrations include arch
cry, athletics, basketry, bugling, box
ing, cattle judging, corn judging, dra-
mates, drill leadership, exhibition
cooking, fancy knots and spices, fire
by friction, first aid and bandaging
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
Replica of Indian Village, the Houses
of Which Are Of Bark and Poles,
Erected by Boy Scouts Of Spring.
field, Mass, as Chief Exhibit at
Eastern States Agricultural and In
dustrial Exposition.

gymnastc tumbling, Workmanship,
lariat throwing, newspaper reporting,
photography. public speaking, sea-
scouting, signaling, swimming, wire
less, wood carving, wrestling.
The notable feature of the old-time
Mohawk village was the long house,
or communal residence used as a
dwelling place for some members of
the tribe and for ceremonial purposes.
The long house Of the Springfield
Mohawk village shelters scouting ex-
hibits brought from all of the Eastern
states, and also provides a place for a
reproduction of the old Indian cere-
monies. This is the first Instance of
record where a Mohawk village has
been recreated. Its historical correct
ness is guaranteed by A. G. Parker,
New York State Archaeological, who
is an Iroquois Indian. The construc-
ton was under the supervision of A.
L. Fisher and F. A. Smith, both scout
masters of Springfield.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01

back pay due him for his disability
more money perhaps than, he has ever
had ut one time before-the Red Cross
worker advises him about starting a
bank account.
II the man Is not confined to bed'
he can find recreation and entertain
ment in the Red Cross house, where
there are books, billiard and indoor
tennis tables, cards and other games
writing material and perhaps music.
On certain evenings he can attend
entertainments given on the stage OF
the Red Cross house under Red Cross
auspices by the Elks, or an American
Legion post. the Knights of Columbus
or the War Camp Community Service.
Parties and picture shows in the wards
are also furnished. with occasional ex-
cursions when convalescence comes.
If the man is seriously ILL., his fam
ily is sent for and provided with ac-
commodations In the Red Cross house.
so that they may be near him day and
night.
Finally, when he is ready to leave
the hospital, he is advised about fur
ther medical care and the opportuni-
ties for training provided by the fed
eral board for vocational education
He is directed to 60 TO the Red Cross
HEADQUARTERS nearest his home town
for further service. If It Is needed.
The local Red Cross is at the same
time notified that the man is returning
home and may still have problems
which call for advice and suggestions.
Just as the Red Cross stood beside
the service man through training In
this country and in his life overseas,
II is still at his call to aid In the strug-
gle for readjustment to normal life.
II the friends and relatives of the
boys In the hospitals wish to know
about their condition and what is be-
ing done for them. letter addressed
TO the American Red Cross In the pub
lie health service hospitals where
they are being treated will receive
careful attention.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01

tact with about 1000 men every
month.
In public and private hospitals and
sanatOria under contract with the pub
lie health service about $500 men are
receiving treatment. In most of these
places the Red Cross maintains work.
ers, who frequently discover men en-
titled to receive treatment from the
government, but who have never even
heard of the plans made for their
care. In the near future there will be
! $4,000 beds In contract hospitals avail
able for ex-service men and 1900 sol.
diers' homes and army and navy hos
! pitfalls.
OF the $4,000 service men suffering
from nervous and mental diseases as
result of the war, there are thou
sands whom the government is trying
to locate. Red Cross workers have
been helpful in identifying some of
them who have turned up In state hos
pitfalls for the insane. This not only
helps the government find the lost
men to whom 1t owes great debt,
but also relieves untold anxiety of
many mother and family.
Here is Surgeon General Hugh S.
Cummings tribute to the Red Cross
at the completion Of years work:
II wish to request that the Red
Cross consent to continue this very
valuable service"
Commenting on the different phases
Of Red Cross help, Surgeon General
Cumming says:
"a careful analysis of the assistance
given by the American Red Cross to
the public health service In the dis
charge Of Its obligations to the bene-
ficiaries of the service makes It very
clear both from the standpoint Of hos
pital efficiency and benefit to indi-
vidual patients, the most important
is the medical social service" t.
To get an idea of the scope and
value of medical social service, 1t Is
necessary to follow disabled ex-
service man through his hospital
career.
In the receiving ward he finds
member of the Red Cross staff. She
obtains from him information which
is of use to her in helping him get his
disablity-pay or the government al
lowance due his family. Often the
man brings note from the home serv-
Ice worker in his home town. indicat-
ing some special need.
After the man has become estab-
lished In the hospital he is visited
every day by one of the Red Cross
ward workers. To her he can appeal
for any service which 1t is impossible
for the other attendants to give. She
will write home for him, help him in
renewing his War Risk insurance or
perform any errands he may want.
II II develops that the man is wor-
rying about conditions at home. every
thing possible is done through the Red
Cross chapter In the home town to
assist The family In Strengthening out
its tangles. The man is kept Informed
of the progress of what is being done.
II suddenly he opens letter and
finds a check for $500 or $4,000, the
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
Had Figured II Out.

Davey stole penny from his baby
brother and his mother caught him at
1t. She locked him up in the clothes
closet, telling him to think things
over and try to decide what should be
done In the way of punishment.
Ten minutes later the mother heard
light tapping on the closet door. Up
on opening 1t, Davey walked out, wear
ing a solemn expression upon his face.
"well," asked his mother, "have you
decided"
"I've been thinking and thinking"
he replied, "and think that Jesus
wouldn't like you very well IL ycu
whipped your little boy."-Columbus
Dispatch.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
SCOUTS SERVING PURE WATER

Boy Scouts aided in the distribution
of fresh water TO many of the needy
families throughout the city of Lew
iston. The water, in milk cans, was
loaded on trucks, and the scouts with
pals delivered water 10 addresses CIV
en- them by the local chapter of the
Red Cross.
The Red Cross appealed to the citi-
zens of Lewiston to aid in the prob
lem of supplying fresh water to the
sick families In the city. Great suf-
fering is being caused by the condi-
ton of the water in the city mains.
The eek fraternity answered the ap-
peal and aided by the Boy Scouts they
visited scores of homes during the day.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
Your Employment.

Let your employment be such as
may become a reasonable person; and
not be business fit for children or
distracted people, but fit for your age
and understanding, For man may
he very idly busy and take great pains
to so little purpose that, in his labcrs
and expense of time, he shall serve
no end but of folly and vanity. There
ure some people who are busy, but II
Is, as Domitian was, in catching flies.
Jeremy Taylor.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01

helped in the discovery Of the secret
of such growth. The trunk Is 30 inches
thick and is more like an artificlally-
cut board than tree trunk.
Its curious shape was due to no
more than little bruise or two which
persuaded 1t to grow vigorously In one
direction and not at all In any other.
A similar bruise on another trunk
made It grow a round table top Of
beautifully-patterned wood, vastly
harder than the normal tree, In spite
of the fact that 1t grew very much
more quickly.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
SAVE KANSAS MANY DOLLARS
Engineering Experiment Station Tests
All Materials to Be Used in
Road Building.

The road materials laboratory Of the
Kansas engineering experiment sta
ton is in charge of the testing of al
materials for use on federal aid roads
In the state of Kansas. More than 70
car loads of defective cement and
bricks submitted for test in the past
year have been rejected, thus saving
the state many thousands Of dollars.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
Twelve CRATES In America.

There are only u CRATES in this
country-eight with circuses and four
others in the ZOOS of New York and
Philadelphia. Four Of the u were
raised by a Belgian, named Andrew,
in the employ Of a circus, who used
20 be a hunter in Africa. He has
made pets Of them all, and Mary, who
is almost 10 feet high, responds in
stantly to his call, and Is delighted to
eat sugar from his hand.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
rs HOURS ON A SCOUT MAP.

Edward Morris, Minneapolis, Mime
sofa, recently passed into the Court of
Honor pleasing story of his required
fourteen mile hike and a map which
the judges declared to be perfect
Some feat Morris Is high school
student and interested in mechanical
drawing, which he has evidently stud
led to good purpose If 1t helped him
to produce map which won such
praise. He says The could have i'm
proved on II greatly If he could have
spared more time
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
SCOUTS TEACH RIGHT WALKING.

From many cities come reports of
Boy Scouts assisting in traffic regula-
ton In an effort to make people walk
right. In some cities they have in
augurated walk right" campaigns.
The scouts assist the police by dis
playing banners asking everyone to
cross the streets only at intersections
or other designated points and to gen
orally avoid what is termed jay walk
ing" always a source of danger to pc
destrians and of annoyance to drivers
of vehicles of all kinds.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01

1t is difficult to imagine time when
the postcard was not with us, and yet,
according to verified accounts, It will
be 80 years In October since the post
card first made its way through the
post In England, about year after 1t
had appeared in Austria, for 1t was
the invention Of a professor In Wen
ma. Doctor Hermann, who had induced
the postal authorities to try the ex-
pertinent Of an open caro- for CORE
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
CITY MANAGER system.

American cities will be interested in
the test Of the city manager system
In Montreal, Canada, with It's 10000
population. On this side Dayton, with
207,0OO. is the largest city having
city manager, and 1t has been a stock
argument Of the opponents of the sys-
TEN that while 1t may be all right for
villages and small towns, 1t would
never do for a great city. Montreal
is not afraid of trying the experiment.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
A Flat. Footed Failure

While in London, Mary Pickford told
Lady Desborough new story about
Charlie Chaplin. At fair in California
a prize was offered to the person who
could best initiate the Chaplin walk.
Charlie himself entered the competi-
ton, minus the usual mustache and
boots. He was a fat-footed failure
and the Judge gave him twentieth
place.-Boston Transcript.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
FINANCING SYSTEM OF ROADS
Proper Procedure OF County or Dis.
Rict 10 Matter Open for Much
Discussion.

Just how a county or district should
proceed to finance system of roads
is a matter open for discussion. 1t
depends upon how rapidly they need
them and upon how well they are able
to pay, in other words on their val
uation and the cost of the work con-
templated.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
True Worth of Sunday.

The truesworth Of Sunday to us all
depends on our coming to find in It
the opportunity, the hope, the means
Of some such rising above this world
as TINT of which st. John speaks
some approach toward that entrance
among things eternal which he links
with the Lords day.-Francis Pagei
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
May Grow Square Trees
English School Of Forestry Has Made
the Discovery That the Process
ls a Simple One.

A method of growing square trees
has been discovered by the school Of
forestry at Cambridge. England.
Such trees have not yet been grown
on a commercially profitable scale, but
one specimen, of the oblong tree exists
In the school and 1t Is said to have
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01

Other discoveries and experiments
prove that an artistic bruise. 1t may
be no more violent than strong pres
sure with the fingertips, can make a
tree expand in desired direction,
just as an insect by little juice or
well-dlrected puncture can create a
gall or curl a leaf.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01

on 27,706 miles Of road estimated to
cost $355,754,799 AS Of May LIST 49,
$40 miles of federal aid road were I'M
der construction, involving over $780,
100000 in federal aid. The total
mileage of completed road built under
the federal aid law since it became
operative in 1916 is 4,301.15 miles, as
Of May 1, 1920, an average rate of con-
struction of over 1000 miles a year.
The difficulties of transportation,
the lack of materials, the insufficient
number Of contracting organizations,
the scarcity Of adequate equipment
and the general shortage of engineer
ing personnel in connection with high
way construction during the past two
years have reduced road building &C.
tIvities to about 81 of the full pro-
gram. The bureau Of public roads,
United States department of agricul-
ture is ready, the states are ready,
the funds are available to push high
way construction on 100 per cent
program as soon as the national eco
nomic conditions will warrant.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
What Really Makes for Success.

There are few men and women SO
circumstanced and handicapped that
the only possible success for them Isl
their heroic acceptance of what to
others would be failure. But with the
great majority the element that 10
lacking is the hearty taking hold OF
the work before tbem.--E Exchange.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
Crown for Earth Roads.

Well maintained earth roads need
very little crown. The wider and fiat
ter the earth road, the better, If 1t has
good drainage and is kept constantly
smooth.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-10-01
UnselHsh Devotlon7

"Talk about unselfsh DEVOTION"
"Wellw
"Jibway will drop his business at
any time and spend day helping his
wife hunt for a cook"
"Umphl That isn't unselfish devo-
ton. Jibway eats at home"