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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-11-19
zoo BEAR SAVES
LIFE OF KEEPER
Mans Kindness to Animal Is
Repaid When Trouble
Comes.
ATTACKED BY MATE
Attendant Was Cleaning Cage When
Female Grizzly Pouneed Upon
Hlm-MaIe Fights Frenxled
Mate Until Help Comes.

st. Louis, Mo.-Louis Spero. forty
nine years old. 400 Enright avenue.
bearkeeper at the zoo, Forest Park.
owes his life to the practically human
and humane assistance OF the male
grizzly bear. who interviewed and saved
him when he was ferociously attack
ed by the female grizzly at the ZOO.
Spero eot long. deep cash In his
right arm. similar wound on his
right thigh. and several minor
scratches to attest that Kipljng knew
of what he spoke when he wfote. The
female of the species is more deadly
than the male"
The female grizzly made her unex-
pected attack on Spero as he was clean
Ing the grizzly cage. The attendant
has been doing this work for many
years. and always considered the bears
safe-indeed. believed that they well
coined his presence In their cage
Blow From Behind.
de was not paying any attention TO
the bears when he was struck q ter
rible blow from behind and thrown fat.
He found the female bear standing
over him, growing fercely and eN-
IDENTIFY In a terrible temper. There
were several slght-seers about the
cage at the time. These ran Mortified.
calling for assistance. Spero was not
knocked unconscious. and retained
presence of mind 10 lie still.
At this crisis the male bear inter
vened. He strobe across the PROSTATE
body OF the keeper and shouldered the
female away. His interference was
resented with fierce growis. slaps and
bites, but he persisted. and By his
superior strength pushed the female
far enough away to save Spero from
her claws. s.. ssasft.q
The cries OF the keeper and OF the
spectators brought Edward Hampden
and William Basten, woodchoppers.
who werezworking close by. to Spero's
rescue. The woodmen poked the female
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has begun life with a nose of normal
dimensions, and after becoming ad-
dicted to the curiosity habit has
sprouted q proboscis longer than the
ant-eater. There have been instances
where this rowing tendency has been
resented by Its victim, who pushes
the nose back to its proper location
with an irate fist.
Curiosity should be guarded
against especially In the case Of hus-
bands who were formerly In the
prize ring. 1t is dangerous matter
to pry into the personal transactions
Of q citizen who carries q left-upper-
cut and enough ready money to pay
his fine. Scores OF happy homes
have been broken up by the gossip
whose curiosity has run over the
dam and convinced q credulous wife
that she had married .gay Lothario
instead of a master bricklayer.
Curiosity which Is not fenced In can
be cured by reading the parable
about the mote and the beam and
training the nose to keep on the side
walk There would be less bale
full curiosity at work In this country
If people would look inside a little
oftener and not worry so much
about how their neighbors can afford
pork tenderloins twice a week II
nobody would go off his own premises
when he feels like doing q little pro-
miscuous prying, there would be better
feeling and fewer blackballs cast Ia
the lodge.
(Copyright)
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"Think and Thank"
Suggested Motto
for Nation 1'oday

Think and Thank" was the motto
upon the family crest Of the great He
brew philsnthropist Sir Moses Monte
fore. 1t would be an appropriate
armorial motto for America today.
These two little English words, differ
ing In q single vowel, were originally
identical. In the Anglo-Saxon tongue,
thank" was think" Thanking
comes from thinking. and thankful
ness from thoughtfulness and thanks
giving from thought-giying. This will
be a season Of unusual thanksgiving
for We are made to think as We have
not been wont TO think. II will be
a very selfish soul that this season
fails TO think of the SORROWS and the
sufrerings OF others.
Look back at that first American
Thanksgiving. Strange skies, sparse
settlements, sparse harder. savage en-
envy. but thankful spirit What makes
the memory OF the Pilgrim so pre-
ciousf His thankfulness AS Howell
puts it:
IL 40 fO klnpAOpCk NOInpdAAoOu ludl
a thankful heart Is like box OF pre-
cious ointment which keeps the smell
long after the thing Is spent"
The Pilgrim and the Puritan have
passed on. but they have left us q
precious possession-a Thanksgiving
day and the Thanksgiving spirit
Theirs was the indomitable spirit be,
cause they thanked God and took
courage" They landed undesignedly
on q 'rock-bound wintry strand" but
they thanked God and took courage
They found no gold, but they did find
the golden grain Of a first harvest and
they thanked God and took courage
They found a rude wilderness, bu,
they thanked God and took courage
and burrows were turned and towns
were built and cities grew and facto.
ries f1ourished and culture developed
and instead OF a wilderness a garden
blossomed and the fragrance Of their
memory still survives and the spirit
OF their grace still inspires.
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II doesn't take argument to persuade
q man To wear his old clothes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1920-11-19
Rann-dom Reels
By HOWARD L RAM
CURIOSITY

- CRIOSITY Is an effort to secure
~ information which belongs to
somebody else.
There is a great deal Of informa-
ton lying around loose which would
not look we'll If printed on the front
page, and If 1t were not for curiosity
1t could kick around on the four cor
ners for weeks at a time without be-
Ing picked up and woven into a law
suit. There is considerable complaint
about the activities of curiosity, but
1t probably keeps more people from
helping build good roads for the state
than the prickings of conscience.
Curiosity is caused by the nose be-
coming elongated and prying into
other peoples business. Many a man
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The best thing to do for q garden
blister is to be proud OF it.
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His Interference Was Resented.

bear with their hooks and axes and
diverted her attention long enough 20
permit two bystanders TO drag Spero
out Of the cage.
III. c. Angermeyer. superintendent OF
the zoo, said Spero was known for hia
patience with and kindness TO animals.
which explained the grateful interven-
ton Of the male grizzly I'm his behalf.
The grizzly. Angermeyer rays. ID al'
most human In his ability to think or
10 reason.
Smartest Of CarnIvora
Observers Of animals give the grizzly
credit for being by all odds the smart
est OF the carnIyora. The pair al the
Forest park zoo are said TO be fine
specimens OF their species The female
mas been well thought OF by attendants
and vas regarded as amlable.
The temper OF all wild animals held
In captivity is testy. Angermeyer said
They VIII be perfectly safe and afrec-
tionate for long periods. often for
years, and will then attack. a fayorfte
keeper without a moments notice As
bears are alternating. or winter sleep
ing. animals In their natural habitat.
Angermeyer said. they were subject
TO fits OF III temper during the winter
months.
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Pretty powder bowls and baskets ara
sure OF a great vogue for Christmas
gifts. The four pictured include
a little basket covered with plated
silk, at the upper left, and just be-
low it the pun attached to Its cover
and ribbon-covered handle. A similar
basket, at the right, is surmounted by
a little ribbon-dressed doll-a dis
guised powder puff. At the lower left
glass bowl supports a pun holding a
dolls head and at the right a net
covered jar enthrones a Jap baby.
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Hen Saves Home.

Fulton. Mo.-The home OF J. E
Blankenship was saved from destruc-
ton by fre by q hen Mrs. Blank
enship put the hen and Its brood Of
chicks in the kitchen where IL was
warm. In the night there was Q ter.
rif,c squawking. Blankenship. found
the kitchen In flames. The alarm We
given by biddy In time 10 extinguisA'
the biase with only small losa
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Crepe paper offers any number OF
good opportunities for making Christ
mas gifts, especially for the children.
Printed figures OF Wild. or of domestic
animals, are cut out, TO make menager-
les or familiar barnyard friends, that
delight the youngsters. The pictures
are pasted over stifr cardboard and
then cut out, following the outline Of
the animal, but leaving O straight
piece TO provide support
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fare Of those who have been rendered
destitute or dependent, directly or In
directly, by the vicissitudes Of war,
the cruelties Of men or other causes
beyond their control s..
100 Per Cent Relief. -
1.-THE aim Of the organization is 100
per cent relief, the relief which puts
those aided on self-supporting basis,
which instills In them a. confidence for
the future, places in their hands the
means with which TO begin life anew
and in their hearts the courage to go
on. Work, that is the prescription
subscribed and provided by those loyal
men and women who have tourneyed
into perilOus places for the sake Of
their fellow men; to make these peo-
pie independent for the future, to en-
courage the Pickering fire of national
pride.
There are S2.291 workers employed
IN the Industrial establishments of the
Near East Relief, where wool is fur
nished for the women to spin and
weave, and all the girls who are strong
enough are washing wool, sewing beds,
grinding and sitting wheat, tailoring
and learning to make lace. The big
problem is to make these women indie
pendent
About 500 American men and wo-
men, Near East Relief workers, are
now in the field, including 36 eminent
physicians and surgeons, rs nurses, 7
mechanics, 10 Industrial experts, 16
agriculturists, IA psychologists, 1877
relief workers, % supply and trans
port workers, 10 teachers, 20 admins
traitors "a secretaries, Z engineers and
IS army officers.
Where Money Goes.
Funds for relief purposes are dis
tributed in two ways: First, the vari-
Gus relief centers are authorized by
the Executive Committee to draw sight
drafts on New York for specific
amounts each month; second, by sup
plies purchased In America, the major
portion Of which are shipped 10 the
committee warehouses at DerindJe,
and the remainder either TO Beyrouth
or Batoum.
1.-THE relief is rapidly expanding and
meeting the situation, but the future
depends on the continuation of Ameri-
can support"
According 20 Mr. Hemphill. the need
for American help 10 see the destitute
peoples Of the Near East through the
crisis OF present conditions Is greater
now than ever before on account Of the
uncertainty as 70 the future, the trucu-
lence OF the Turkish government and
the danger OF bOlshevism from Russia,
which threatens 10 engulf the whole OF
Armenia
Who Direct the Work
Mr.. Hemphill is the Chairman OF the
Executive Committee OF the Near East
Relief. Other members are DR.. James
L. Barton. Secretary OF the Foreign
/ Department OF the American Board
OF Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions; Edwin NJ. Buckley. banker, OF
! Spencer Trask & Co, New York Judge
Abram /. Elkus, former United States
Ambassador 10 Turkey; Harold A
Hatch. well known New York cotton
man; Herbert Hoover; William B. Nil
lar, one OF the Secretaries OF the Inter
church World Movement; Henry Nor
genthau, United States Ambassador Il
Mexico: Edgar Richard Of the Arneri
can Relief Administration Charles V
vickrey. who is Secretary OF the Neal
East Relief, and DR.. Stanley White
secretary OF the Board Of Foreign Mis-
sions Of the Presbyterian Church.
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After Election Revere.
Publico Justia Of Hunt
ingbure, asks questions
and hands ont advice.

Verrick's 6,5OO,00O delivered
the goods.
Bill Hearst was hot stuff.
Big Bill Thompson brought
his outfit up to the trough and
made 'em drink, ind only lost
the twelve that were hanged the
other day.
Niger women helped a "hole"
lot.
We nominate Verrick for Am
bassador to Germany to reIre-
sent his voters and lick he shoes
of Bill Kaiser and the Crown
Prince
Hearst Tor secretary of War !!
The soo.er he starts the boy who
was not raised to be soldier to
fight poor old Mexico and annex
his oil and mining properties the
quicker they will pay off thei'
debt to him.
Don't forget Bill Thompson for
Secretary of Agriculture, he'll see
that no tax is put on Chicago
sauerkrout.
What in the hell you coma do
for your lutheran voters and be
loved German language in their
parochoial schools. that you made
q crime teach, bv a law Of your
1919 legislature?
For gracious sake hurry up and
Civ e ex county recorder lilly the
post office at Huntingburg. rr ne
will desert you for the soc ,Ii,s
party.
Remember there will be man y
an 81" not dotted and &C" no.
crossed wher the dyspeptic, thin
whiskered,, blue belIied English
lover Henry Cabot Lodge as Sec
rotary of state finishes with
smeary fingers his seperate peace
with Germany.
Don't worry! Hi job son, b.
rah and all rough necks will get
theirs from the stand patters at
the next term Of congress and
tbenwe'll laugh.
The very best that we can say
of Herbie Hoover is tia. it won't
be long before he will b repeat.
ing to himself. What q dam fool
I've been in politics!"
Hardin? Hardin? Han din?
Who in the hell is Hardin?
Why! that guy will be actually
littler than Taft after his four
years IS a fie urehead president
in the hands of the cid guard Oh
stand patters.
The got d old Republican days
are comirg back in Washington.
Representatives of big interests
will again lose large sums in po'
ker games. nile congress IS IN
session, in lieu of passing talntt d
money to YOU'LL KNOW WHO
If you keep your eyes ard ears
open.
By all means put a big buck
niger IA the Cabinet. They
sure do owe it to 'pm.
Oh! lord, how are they going
20 lower wages witho. loslng
the labor votes the next time.
The big interest ha, bought and
paid for them, and the taxes OF
these war babiss must. aye shall
be reduced and put back on the
masses where they belong.
When Secretary OF State Lodge
the England lover, writes up the
seperate peace treaty with Ger
many and relieves il of the pay.
ment of claims for the baby and
other Wet ms OF the Lusltsnla. ne
will meet with our emphatic pro
test. il he binds Uncle Sam to
paw a cent more than the sctua
cost of the two torpedos that
sank the ship.
They say ITO hell with Eu'
rope" Scrap the League, Sc
ssys II e mass of dupes ths t vo-
ted with them. Let's help Hi ct
al, see that they do it without
reservations, or "Spurlos veI
sinken." Publico Justia.
Huntingburg Nov. IL. 1920.
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That expected slump In prices
seems TO have stopped halfway dopn.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
What Do You
Know About Sport9


1. Did George Mcbride do any active
playing for washington last year,
How many points separated YER
non and Los Angeles at the close OF
the Pacific Coast league season In
1918?
baseball championship
4. Which country won the baseball
hoaors in the interallied gamesf
5. Did Joe Chip ever knock cut
Harry Greb7
he became worlds champion7
z. When were the last Davis cup
tennis matches played in this country Z
s. Who represented the United
States in the last Davis cup matchesg
9. In golf, in stroke composition
does playing the wrong ball disquah-
10. was Ted Meredith's worlds
record OF Al rs seconds for the $40
yard dash made on a straightaway?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
L. Joe BENJAMIN was Leonard's
sparring partner and later lost TO him
in a four round bout on the coast In
2. Levinsky put in a claim to the
light heavyweight title after he beat
Jack Dillon in u round bout In
3. The American indoor record
for the go yard run is q s-5 seconds;
4. The American indoor record
for the 40 yard run Is 40 S-5 seconds.
s. In a three handed tennis match
the single player serves in every al
ternate game
6. Clarkson and Kelly were sold
by Chicago to Boston back In the late
sos for $4,000 each Those prices
were called 'stupendous."
Z. Herzog managed the Reds two
years
s. II the games Mays pitched had
not counted, the Tigers would have
won third place.
9. Bill James was with Detroit,
Boston and Chicago last year.
10. In handball q player must not
play the ball again until touched by
an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 1920, Thomp-
son Feature Service.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
AMERICAN STARS
VICTORY
Johnson and Tilden, Tennis
Cracks, Defeat Brit
ISL Rivals.

London, Eng. June 1s.-American
victories were IN order at Queens
club here Friday. and William II.
Johnston, OF san Francisco. the
American tennis champion. and VIII
liam T. Tnden. Of Philadelphia, VIII
oppose each other IN the finals for
the London lawn tennis champion
ship.
These two brilliant American play
ers easily disposed OF their opponents
in the semifinals and. although Brit
ish spectators viii suffer disappoint-
ment at seeing all the finalists
Americans. not only in mems singles.
but tin mems doubles as well, and
the disappointment IS not less keen
because IL foreshadows American sue
cesses in the British championships
at Wimbledon next week, the IN
usual situation is accepted in a
sporting spirit
The feature OF play was the bril-
liant work OF Tilden, who beat the
japanese expert. Zeenso Shimidsu.
proving himself master In all points
OF the game The match was over In
almost record time-22 minutes.
Johnston had no difficulty in dis
posing OF Maj. Dudley, and It was the
opinion. that the American champion
was loafing. In the doubles John
stOn and Tilden were too fast all
around for II J. G. Richie and F. NJ
B. Fisher, the latter an eX-cabinet
minister Of New Zealand. The vic
tory OF p Norris Williams and C. s.
Garland over Shimidsu and Mishu
was due to the forcing tactics OF the
Americans.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19

CHICAGO. Ill, June 19.-George Sis
Ter. star OF the St Louis club, to-
day Is blazing the trail for the bat
ters OF the American league
The St. Louis firstbaseman. second
to Iris Speaker. OF Cleveland q week
ago, shot into first place with an
average Of .406, while Speaker fell
into second place with an average Of
392. Joe Jackson. the hard hitting
outfielder with Chicago, is third. with
37f. The averages include games Of
Wednesday. Sisters remarkable bat
ting streak came into bloom q week
ago and his consistent hitting won
the coveted first place honors- Slsler
connected with IS hits in seven
games. He has a total OF IS safe
blows for 81 games
Babe sim Going
With the season a third finished.
Babe" Ruth. champion hOmerun hit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
CARTER CONFIDENT OF
VICTORY WHEN FACING
FAST FREDDIE HILL
By BUD RUTHERFORD.


JAMES ERWIN is feeling optimistic.
J James Is none other than match
maker Jimmy Erwin Of the Fort
Bliss athletic association who sew
eral days ago hustled around and
obtained the signatures Of Freddie
rounds before district enthusiasts
Monday night at the motor group
punch bowl. He visited the training
camps of both the little lightweight
stars Saturday afternoon and came
away with a broad grin The man
ner in which they pounded their
sparring partners and otherwise
showed their splendid physical con
dition was enough TO convince even
the most skeptical fan OF the genuine
merit OF the Monday night card
VIII BE Some Bout.
And II the contest develops one
half OF the real fighting ability
biggest and most enthusiastic crowd
Of bugs in the outdoor punch bowl
who viii be satisfied along with
matchmaker Jimmy Erwin.
In all Of his work to get first
class men 10 battle ut the military
arena Erwin has not yet n
sembled suck q formidable array
OF fighting ability and evenly
matched talent as that which viii
cavOrt before the district fans
Monday night, beginning prompt
II at Ss15 o'clock. Capt. John 8.
Keunard, strict disciplinnrian and
boxing officer OF the Fl PnsO dis
triet Will be on hand to see that
everything goes just 80 and there
Is little doubt of the success OF
the card.
Here is the complete card beginning
with the headliner and going down
for the benefit Of the fans:
Tommy Carter, southwestern light
weight champion, and Freddie Hill,
Texas champion, will meet in ten
round bout.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19

ONE Of those stirring ninth inning
finishes which brings the fans
70 their feet was staged In regu-
lar 24th infantry style Friday after
noon BY the regimental team Of That
organization when Il defeated the
Fort Bliss all stars, score 9 TO g.
Timely hitting and fast base run
ming Melted several runs for the zfth
PLAYERS but the majority OF tallles
was due to slow fielding in the right
pasture. Clark Of the Bliss team,
while hitting consistently through
ont the game found Il impossible to
correctly Judge several flies and al
Of these contributed TO runs. Rice
pitched consistent ball for about
seven innings and was replaced By
Nanny Ponsfcrd who stood the IN
fqutrymen on their heads until
short fly fell unfielded in the right
pasture and led TO the making OF
longer walops-
Kicks. a sturdy southpaw, started
for the Gath, but was taken out IN the
fourth after he had pitched consist
ent ball for three innings. The Fort
Bliss aggregation punched hits on
him in that stanza, however, and he
was called in and replaced BY Hamp-
ton, a diminutiva right handler The
latter held the lost bunch SAFE dur
ing the game, but nothing short OF
spectacular fielding held the score
down.
Makes Coed Run.
Chapman, in center field for the
oath, made three hard catches after
long runs. He failed to get a hit all
day, but made up for II, certainly by
bringing down the flies which would
have been good for two baggers at
the least
After the 9th had obtained
three runs in the fourth the Bliss
players came right back in the
same inning and sent seven
markers across the rubber. Ihoy
stopped then, taking but one
more in the seventh The 9th
cane right back with three more
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19

ter. seems certain OF establishing a
new record, as he Is only ten behind
the mark OF % he set last season.
Ruth drove out his 18th smash during
the first game OF the ChicagO-N New
York series. driving the bali into
the rightfield bleachers. He Is far
ahead Of his 1913 performances, when
he attained his 18Th homer on Aug
ust Is.
Speaker 81 leading Ruth By one
a. a run Eetfer, having regis
tered 81 times. Eddie Rice, OF
Washington, continues TO show
the way TO the base Htealers, his
- fhefts remaining high. Other
leading b1fters ares
Milan. Washington. .36S. Johnston
Cleveland. -35fs Meusel, New York
.355: Weaver, Chicago, ISL; Murphy.
Chicago, .351; Shorten. Detroit. $50.
CONTINUED on Next Pars.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19
Varsity Tennis
Stars To PhilIY

Austin, Texas. June 1s. - Charles
Granger and McNeily DrumTright.
members OF the University OF Texas
tennis squad viii leave Sunday for
Philadelphia where they Will enter
the national intercollegiate tennis
matches. Granger Is holder OF the
southern championship in singles and
both OF them compose the champion
ship doubles team OF the south They
were winners OF the matches for
lanta last month
Joe F. Moss Of the University OF
Texas track team will also leave next
Sunday for New Orleans where he
viii enter the southern track meet
to eliminate collegiate contenders for
the Olympic games. Moss is the
holder OF the southern record for the
go yard high hurdles.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19

six clubs have held the lead in the
National league this year at one time
or another and some OF them more
than one time. The Pirates took It,
then the Dodgers Ousted them Then
the Reds took a whirl. Then the
pills, then the Braves and then the
Cubs There's still a chance for the
Giants and Cardinals.