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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Recess Appointments of President Wilson

FAILURE of congress to act on nea
Il ly 200 executive appointments be-
fore adjournment, combined with a
number of vacancies now existing, or
expected to occur soon in government
al departments and the diplomatic
service, is expected to lead to @ num-
Der of recess appointments by Presi-
dent Wilson. While the larger portion
of the unconfirmed nominations are
postmasters Of the lower grades, ap-
pointments to a number Of important
offices not acted on by the
senate.
The president began the work Of
making these recess appointments
promptly. The first to be made were
those of Henry Jones Ford Of New
Jersey, Mark w. Potter Of New York
and James Duncan Of Massachusetts,
to be members Of the Interstate com
merce commission. The appointees to
the interstate commerce commission
were nominated before adjournment,
but the senate failed to act on
them. When they take Office all
vacancies on the commission will have
been filed, including the two new
places created by the transportation
act. which increased the membership
from nine to eleven.
Marston Taylor Dogert of New York
and Samuel ". Mccall Of Massachu-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Tell Ships of
Ocean Noises

on the ships bows, but under instead
Of over the water. While superst-
ton induced the Chinaman to equip his
ship so it could "see" its enemies and
work Its way into a safe port through
shoal water, hidden rocks and through
crowded waterways, science has de-
signed the sears" for the same puI
pose.
Test lie Made.
With the destroyer Breckenridge
equipped as a demonstration ship, 40
or more representatives Of leading
steamship lines have just had an op-
portunity to see and test the efficacy
of the listening device. 1t is now a
government-controlled invention, used
on fighting ships during the war as a
protection against submarines and Off
cially designated by the navy as "the
M. V. type, hydrophone." Its object
is to disclose in surrounding waters
the presence of other craft, to foretell
the approach to shOal waters, apprise
the navigator Of the vicinity Of light
ships equipped with submarine bell
signaling devices. It is expected also
to disclose with a remarkable degree
Of accuracy the depth of water where
in the ship so equipped is floating.
Tells Depth of Water.
The apparatus includes 48 hydro
phone receivers located in a tank of
water In the bow Of the vessel sc that
an equal number is on either side. In
the test the sound Of the propellers Of
a steamer five miles distant was heard.
The depth of the water is ascertained
by listening to the noise made by the
propellers of the vessel carrying the
h%ydrophone as it is echoed back from
the bottom Of the sea. In depths be-
yond 100 fathoms, however, the hydro
phone refuses to record, 1t was ex-
planned, but as a majority of collisions
occur neal a coast line and at con-
gested harbor entrances, the inventors
and officers Of the. navy predict that
its adoption will remove many of the
hazards of navigation now caused by
fog.
DR.. Fl. G. Hayes, formerly Of Swarth-
more college, said the device had been
installed on n transport, Won Steu.
ben, and on one occasion probably
saved the ship from running aground
on the Long Island shore during a
heavy fog. Doctor Hayes also claims
that the invention will enable a mar.
liner to locate icebergs, through the
rejecting back to the operator from
the submerged portion Of a dangerous
berg the sound Of the operating ships
J own propellers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
VgZAS [H]I|N|6T@EYh
Sll!EZlE!HllS,&a
National Department of Public Works"

agencies In nine out Of the ten de-
partmeats, which In many S do ex-
actly the same kind of work and are
not correlated and co-ordinated except
through congress. In addition to the
three constitutional branches Of gov
eminent there has grown up q fourth
government by bureaus, boards and
commissions.
In the regrouping Of functions
among the departments the interior
department would transfer the patent
office to the department Of commerce;
the bureau of pensions to the treasury
department; The bureau Of education
to tie department of labor the Freed
mans hospital to the public health
service, and so on.
Into the new department of public
works would be taken the supervising
architects office from the treasury de-
partment; the corps of engineers, r1v-
ers and harbors, from the war depart
ment; the coast and geodetic survey
from the department Of commerce; the
bureaus of good roads and Of forest
service from the agricultural depart
ment, and so on.
OF course every department-except
perhaps the interior-wiI fight the bill
to tie last ditch.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Prayed for Cure
Finds it After 10 Years
Food Would Sour and Boil
Teeth Like Chalk

MIR. Herbert M. Gessner writes from his
home in Berlin, N. H.:
I had stomach trouble over ten yearss
kept getting worse. I tried everything fon
relief but it came back verse than ever.
Last fan I got awfully bad; could only eat
light loaf bread and tea. In January I got
50 bad that what I would eat would sou1
and boil; my teeth would be like chalk.
I suffered terribly. ! prayed every day for
something to cure me. One day I read
about EAToNIC and told my wife to get
me q box at the drug store az I was going
to work at 4 p. m. I tosk one-third Of 10
and began to feel relief; when it was
threefourths gone, I felt fine and when II
was used up / had no pains. Wife got me
another box but I have felt the pain but
twice. ] used FIVE tablets out Of the new
box and I have no more stomach trouble.
Now / write to tel you hsw thankful I
am that I heard of EATONTC. ! feel Eke
. new man; / eat what / like, drink plenty
Of water, and it never hurts me at Ill.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

or refusal Of Oklahoma to accept the
park, for the sale Of the park either
by sealed proposals OIL by public auc-
ton, the proceeds to go to the treas
ury.
Mann of Illinois made a point Of.
order, holding that the Good amend
ment was legislation. Good replied
that it was legislation under the Hol-
man rule and to the surprise of every
one read from the act creating the
park a section providing that the fed
eral government was not committed
to the expenditure of money on the
park, as 1t was the intention to convey
the park to whatever state should be
formed out of the then Indian terri
tory.
Mann's point Of order was sustained
and Harreld's amendment was passed.
So Plat National park gets a stay of
sentence and an increased a%ppropria,
ton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Tries to Give Away Plat National Park

DLATT National park in Oklahoma
i was established in 1902. 1t con-
tains but 845 acres. 1t has sulphur
and bromide springs of medical value.
Last year it attracted about $4,000 Wis
itors, most of them from the adjacent
city of Sulphur. So Plat is hardly
up to the standard of the national
parks. 1t is slated to be reduced to
a national monument.
In 1918 Plat got al appropriation
Of $4,000, which has gradually been
decreased to $4,000 for fiscal year
1920 While the national park items
In the sundry civil bill were being con-
sidered in the house just before ad-
journment, Harreld of Oklahoma Of
fered an amendment increasing the
appropriation from $4,000 to $4,000.
Harreld did his best to prove that
1t was a wonder as a beauty spot, as
veil as a health resort, but his main
argument was that the park was in a
deplorable condition and that as long
as it remained a natural park it was
the duty of the federal government to
keep 1t up in decent shape. McKeown
of Oklahoma backed up his colleague
and argued that the increase should
be $1,000.
Then Good Of Iowa, chairman of the
appropriations committee, offered a
substitute amendment which provided
for a transfer of the park to the state
Of Oklahoma and, in case Of the failure
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

nJASHINGTON.-The work of the
w National Public Works Depart
ment association in behalf of the
Jones-Reavis bill in congress is Gre
attng a nationwide stir. The associa-
tion is composed of $4,000 engineers,
architects, contractors and other or
ganizers. The bill proposes to estab-
hsh tie department of public works
In place Of the department of the in
terror, which has been made the catch
all of miscellaneous domestic activi-
ties. 1t would throw out of the de-
partment what does not properly be-
long to it and collect in it the govern
ment activities that have to do with
engineering, construction and public
works functions.
At present these functions are per-
formed by SO separate and distinct
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
REVOLT O

one eye open. No confidence is felt
in the Reichswehr. which still retains
most Of the officers who supported the
Kapp forces, and these still have their
arms and are scattered among the
big estates, obviously as farm labor
ers, but in reality more like small
bands of mercenaries as bodyguards
for the Junker barons.
The opposing forces are the actual
workmen. On the estates there nomi-
nally are two organizations, but II
needs only the first hint of a monar-
chist coup when they will be under one
leadership ready for battle.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Grow Farmers
Friend and Foe

treat him right. He makes a splendid
pet, although a naughty one, in that
he is always getting into trouble. If
you will take a crow when 1t is young
and raise 1t 1t becomes as gentle as a
chicken.
He likes to be around the house,
where there are a lot of boys, but at
every opportunity he viii fly upon the
table and snatch the food, or carry
scissors or thimbles or spools of
thread or jewelry away and hide them.
He is a mischief maker with the hens
and chickens and fuses and quarrels
and wrangles with the dog that sleeps
upon the porch.
But he will not desert the family
he will remain with the boy that feeds
him and attends to him, although he
may take a trip occasionally to the
fields and talk to the other crows, COM
ing back at night to his regular roost.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

sets, were named members of the
United States tariff commission.
Among the nominations not acted
upon by the senate were those Of
Henry Morganthau, to be ambassador
to Mexico, John Shelton Williams, to
be comptroller Of the currency, and
Martin L Gillen, to be a member Of
the shipping board.
The new merchant marine bill sign
ed by the president just before CON
gress adjourned, creates a new ship
ping board of seven members. Ap-
%pointments to the new board proba.
bly, will be made by the president be.
fore congress reassembles in Decem.
Der.
Diplomatic posts now vacant include
those of ministers to Bulgaria Fin.
land, Greece end Honduras
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

CECRETARY of War Baker has an
~ nounced plans for the establish
ment in France of three American
fields of honor In which will be group
ed the bodies Of Americans who gave
their lives overseas in the world war.
A war memorials council is created.
This council will be an advisory COM
mission in all matters pertaining to the
are of the dead, the marking of the
graves and the Identification of these
American Fields of Honor" These
fields of honor Gill be planted with
memorial trees and approached by
memorial drives.
Members of the war memorials coun-
ell will be representatives of the fol
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Outbreak of Junker Army in Pom
erania Feared.
Knapp Supporters Scattered Among Big
Estates Obviously as Farm
Laborers.

Stettin.-Everyone in this section
of Pomerania will tell you something
is going to happen, but they do not
know what.
Former Minister Of War Reinhardt,
who is trying to find the nswe and
to devise a lid for threatening out
breaks, feels the same way, but ap-
parently he is satisfied there is no i'm
mediate danger. Under his direction
the headquarters Of two junker outfits
have been raided and closed, and the
militarized police force has been
strengthened. There + no outward
signs, except that general unrest indi-
cafes q tepsity in the situation.
Everybody Is sleeping on his arms.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
@Twice as Good as He Is Bad"
Writer Says of Prosecuted
Bird.
IS BACKED BY UNCLE sam
Kills Young Chickens and Destroys
Eggs Of Other Birds, But on
Other Hand He Kills Field
Mice and Insects,

Washington.-The United States b.
illogical survey sends out a bulletin
about the crow. It says that the big,
black fellow Is the farmers friend and
should not be exterminated, and it
goes on to assert that many crows re-
Gently examined were found to eat S8
per cent grain and 81 per cent May
beetles, tussock moths, grasshoppers,
gypsy moths, army worms, chinchbugs
and brown moths. So he is about twice
as good as he is bad.
But the crow also kills young chick
ems and destroys the eggs Of other
birds, George F. Burba writes in the
Columbus Dispatch. Charge that up
against him along with the. 38 per cent
grain which he eats. Then on the
other hand. set down a large number
Of field mice and cutworms which he
also gets away with and there is still
a balance In his favor. Besides, much
Of the grain the crow eats would be
wasted anyway, since he picks up the
scattered kernels in the field and eats
a lot Of very poor corn and wheat that
wouldn't be any account to anybody
else.
Hunted Become intelligent.
The government bulletin isn't going
to have much effect, one way or an
other, however. Everybody takes 6
shot at a crow whenever he gets a
chance, but the crows persist. They
have been warred upon so much that
they have become very intelligent.
Take note of that-anything that is
warred upon or hunted tecomes intel
ligent. The hunted birds and animals
acquire knowledge and cunning, or
whatever you want to call it Other.
wise they would disappear.
If crows were stupid and sat around
on fences when they see a man In the
field with a gun; If they built their
nests where the nests could be easily
broken up; If they did not help each
other by giving warning Of approach
ing danger, there would be no crows
But everyone seems to be an enemy Of
the glossy fellow, and he knows thai
he must keep at a safe distance.
He learns that he must build his
nest high up in a tree, away from hu
man habitation, and watch out every
moment for somebody or something
that would kill him. All Of this has
made him what we call n Of the
most intelligent Of birds.
The Crow as a Pet.
And still the crow is a sociable bird
He likes human beings, when they
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Girls Beat Boys Spelling.

Tifan O.-Girls in the Seneca county
schools are better spoilers than the
boys. Honors at the county school
spelling and speaking contest held here
went chiefly to the girls. Miss Ger
trude Bertsch Of Thompson won the
seventh and eighth grade spelling con-
test. Harry Sperow Of Hopewell the
fifth and sixth and Irene Hatton of
Attica the third and fourth. Rosamond
Showalter of Attica and Thomas Wat
son Of Old Fort won in the two divis-
ions Of the speaking contest.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
None Dies in This Town.

Cranmore, Cal.-This town asserts
itself as the healthiest community in
the state, basing its claim upon the
fact that the local cemetery has not
had a grave dug since 1858, the date
of the last funeral in Cranmore. Since
that time several residents of the
community have died in other sections
Of the state, but It is a remarkable
act that not a single death has oc-
CURED In the community since 1858
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Secret Ears to Be Placed on Mer-
chant Ships by the Gov
eminent.
TEST PROVES IT A SUCCESS
Hydrophone, Government Controlled
Invention, Can Explain Many Sea
Mysteries-TrIed Out on
Destroyer.

New York.-In olden times when
Chinese shipbuilders designed and con-
structed their lateen-rigged craft for
war or commercial purposes, promi-
nent and ofttimes ferocious "eyes"
were located on either side Of the
bow.
Today modern America, now the
leading nation in ship construction, is
proposing to equip her merchant yes
sells with "ears," the location of which,
like the eyes on the Chinese junk, are
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
italian "cIty Of Crime

The only town In the world which
can boast Of possessing more criminals
than ~law-abiding folk is the Italian
city Of Artena, which is known as the
City Of Crime. For several hundred
years nearly every criminal who has
escaped prison or done time IN italy
has emigrated to Artena, and today
practically every %inhabitant Of the
place Is a criminal or the child Of a
criminal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Let the Defense HAND ItseIf.

N~oblesville, Ind.-Mrs. Rosa Davis,
Administrative, suing the Central In,
diana Railroad company for the death
Of her husband, Charles K. Davis,
didn't have any witnesses, but on the
evidence Of the railroads witnesses
she was awarded a verdict of 5000.
All testimony for Mrs. Davis was
brought out on cross-examination.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Audience AppIauded as
Snake Crushed Trainer

Applause from q large audi
ence resounded in the little the
alter at Serbruck, Switzerland.
while a gigantic python slowly
crushed its trainer to death.
The trainer, q Hungarian girl
named Giro, realized her peril
and shrieked for help as the
coils of the serpent closed about
her, but the audience believed
her cries were part Of the en-
tertainment and cheered loud
ly.
Fraulein Ciro's manager rush.
ed on the stage and shot the
snake, but not until the young
woman was beyond help. 1t was
not until after the performance
was over that the people were
appraised Of the fact they had
witnessed a grewsome tragedy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

Huntington, ". Va.-Marguerite, the
twenty-month-old daughter of 3. w.
Stoller amid wife, was slowly wasting
away. Physicians saw no hope Of her
recovery. She was seized with a fit
of coughing and a watermelon seed
she had swallowed last September was
disgorged. Now she will get well.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Man Fell Into Bear Pit;
Arm and Leg Torn Away

August Kabler, a medical stu
dent at Berne, Switzerland, was
terribly mauled by bears into
whose pit at the geological gar
dens he had fallen while he was
throwing carrots to them. He
was taken to the hospital in a
serious condition, his left leg
and left arm being entirely
torn away.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Now Il the Time to Get Rid of
These UsIy Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need Of
Keeling ashamed Of your freckies, as Othine
double strengths guaranteed to remove
these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of O~thine-dguble
strength-from your druggist. and apply o
little of It night n morning and YOU
should soon see that even the worst freckfes
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. II is seldom
pletely clear the skin and gain q beautiful
clear complexion
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this is sold under guarantee Of
money back II Il fails to remove freckles.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Met Death on Duty.

Lawrenceburg, Ind.-Capt. Wesley
L. Moore, aged sev~enty-eight, river pi-
lot, often said he hoped he might die
on the Ohio river. Death came to him
as he wished. He was found lifeless
in his cabin on the Ivory Wood, a yes
sci he operated between Cincinnati
and New Orleans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08
Her

Her Tragedy.
1--WE have such a good joke On Ma
mie."
"What is It'll"
"After she married that rich old cur
mudgeon the family physician told her
he was as sound as a dollar and likely
to last for the next 20 years."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-07-08

How contagious is the insomnia Of
the midnight cat!
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
Spread Propaganda on Coins.

Propaganda, like surgery. has made
some remarkable advances during the
war. A correspondent in Berlin sends
us u curious example of one develop
ment. 1t consists OF two l-mark notes
both of which have been torn through
the center as result of being folded
too often. They have been joined to-
gether by strips of adhesive paper, and
each strip bears u legend printed in
red ink.
The translation of one runs: "Why
Is the mark worth only 10 pfennig
Ask Ludendorff and Ebert! The 9th
er inquiries, "Why Is the mark so tat
tered? Because the state finances are
tattered."
No private person is likely to havc
taken the trouble to equip himself witt
plasters that are at once adhesive ant
controversial. Presumably they are {
government issue of the banks, SO thai
wOrn-out paper money may be put OF
its legs again for further circulation
and at the same time a blow be dealt
to the governments old enemies.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
STATE NAMED BY EXPLORER
Why Territory Was Called california"
Was Long Puzzle to Even Pro-
found Scholars.

In 'orhe Natural Wealth Of Cali.
fornia," Titus Fey Cronise says:
'There are few countries the names
of which are involved in as much mys-
terry as that of California. A COM
pound of Greek and Latin, 1t is not
positively known by whom or when
compounded, nor the reason why, al
though many profound scholars In Eu-
rope and in the United States have
endeavored during the past century to
trace its origin.
To substantiate this claim of dis
covery the historians generally refer
to letter written to King Carlos V by
Cortez, dated October Is, 1924, in
which Information is given of the re-
ported discovery OF an island of Anna
IONS.
Geronimo, an Indian student. who
spent months in searching Spanish
books of ancient date, declares the
name was invented by Cortez fol.
lowing report of an island inhabited
by women only of the coast of
what is now California. He looked
on the calendar OF saints, and find
ing Saint CaliXto and Saint Fortuna "a,
there, he combined the two by us
ing the first part of each name. and
added the sufliX mia" With this Cal
,ifornia" he started out to find the
island and bestow his invented name
upon 1t.
Gilpin observer., 1920-12-30
The Oyster Tree.

On branch of the main river of
Tumbez in Peru the oyster presents
singular appearance. The river is so
lined with trees and underbrush that
the growth nearly excludes the rays of
the sun, and the branches that grow
downward at high tide are covered by
the flood. Thousands of oysters then
attach themselves to the limbs, and at
low tide they are suspended several
feet above the water. A traveller states
that he picked two boatloads of the
marine fruit" which, though small.
were almost as good rs the oysters of
the Chesapeake.
A similar, phenomenon can be seen
on the Island of Jekyl in the mouth
OF the Altamaha river In Georgia.
Sour orange trees grow on the margin
of the islacd, and the branches that
dip into the river acquire oysters In
the manner described above; to add
to the curiosity, the upright branches
of the tree frequently bear their nat
ural fruit. while those below are COW
cred with Oysters.-Youth's Com.
panion.