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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-27
THE WORLD IS GOVERNED TOO
MUCH

Among the cases before the Po-
,i.e Court this morning was that OF
wol,-known fish dealer who had
l>oe, cited to appear and show cause
whv he should not be fined tWehc!
dollars for having in his possession
h1,cl bass. The charge had been
made BY an agent Of the state whc
had found the fish exposed Tor saie
ut the monger's place 6 business
The law which had been violated was
PASSED by the General Assembly III
1910. It provides that no black bass
shall be taken from the water IN an!
manner from March 18th to june
18th Of each year, and having the
same in ones possession makes nm
or her amenable to the law. Inc
nepalty is twenty dollars flat anG
costs.
The code of Virginia is in the eN-
pansive stage. 1t is growing IN ouiN
bi-yearly, ana in time will be as the
Chinese alphabet and Monaghan 1T
erature generally. unknown to tn
great mass of humanity.
When the court proceeded to n
yestigate the charge it was shown
that the Police Justice had been L.
norant Of the fact that such law
was in existence, while the counse
for the defense. one of AleXandria's
most astute lawyers, never had heart
Of it before. Yet there it was il
black and white displayed by thu
STATE agent.
The bass which had been otfereS
for sale were taken far up in Broad
Creek, in Prince Georges county
a few miles southeast Of this city.
where no law had been violated. an
had been brought here and sold to
the dealer. The latter who haF
never heard of the law, displayed thr
fish at his shop. unconscious Of the
fact that he was violating the stat
ute, as this specimen of the finn!
tribe seems to be offered for sale IT
market and elsewhere at all seasons
Besides fishing season is now on.
The accused was dismissed will
an admoniton, he promising to OBJ
serve the law in future Whereupor
The agent announced his intention OF
taking an appeal 70 the Corporation
State Court.
1t would be we'll for all interest.
cd 10 take heed and act accordingly
as black bass are common in the Po'
tomac. According to the law. any
innocent pSrsun might visit the mar
kat and purchase a bunch Of blac!;
bass, ard having the same in posses
sion would make him or her amcna
BILE ro the law.
The turning loose Of black bass
into the Potomac Is helleFeH D.
many to have caused the diminulior
Of Shad and herring in recent years
Ecls devour the larger portion O
spawn deposited, and many shad anc
herring when Matched arc swallowed
by the voracious bass, which prcyE
urou small fish. Instead Of impoS.
ing fines for catching these new
Corners into the Potomac. which ar:
but littl, esteemed az food. il woulc
be wiser 10 pay bonus for ever.
one captured. But. like En-lisH
Sparrnw>, which have drove off a
our song birds. we suppose they have
come to stay.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-27
Guard Your Credit

as you would your health. One of the
ether three essentials for absolute
happiness is life insurance; it makes
the other two more secure. list year.
National Life Insurance Company CT
Vermont (Mutual.)
JOHN T. WORTHINGTON
District Agent
$40 King Street Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-27
KILLED IN RESTAURANT
Ex-Soldier at Fairmont. W. Va.
Made Disturbance. il is Said

.Nauc blSluTDdHce. IL lS Sdlu
Fairmont, w. Va. April 27.-Jas.
Laura, local restaurant man, who
shot and killed Lyle Hall Saturday
night. is in the county Jail here after
surrandering Sunday. He said the
committed the deed in self defense,
bit fled after the shooting, fearing
h. might be lynched
Hall, returned soldier, was in the
restaurant in an intoxicated condi-
ton. making disturbance. it Is
claimed. when Laura jnterfered.
Trouble followed and Hall broke down
glass door and pursued Laura to
al upstairs room. 1t is said when
Laura turned and fired at Hall with
fatal results.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-27
PROFITEERING CHARGE
Two Arrested in New York by Sly.
ing Suuadron'.'

New York. April 27.-The Gov
ernment's flying squadron Of profit
teer hunters yesterday arrested two
Manhattan merchants on charges of
making Illegal profits OH the sale of
5000 pounds of sugar.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-27
SPECIAL MEETING

A special meeting of the stock
holders of the Atlantic Building Co.,
vii! be held on May 18th, 1920, at
tnc office OF the Company, 1l9 South
Fairfax street. Alexandria, Va.
NJ. VI. Parker, President.
Louis Boyer, Secretary
1OO-21c
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1920-04-27
As Pure AS Nature

My milk comes to you. as God intended milk
to serve mankind as a food,
The cows from which it is taken are 100
per cent healthy COWS and every process in
it transmission to your table is safeguarded
for purity and healthfulness.
II costs no more than other milk and it's abb
solutely safe and satisfying. Your child's
health depends upon the kind of nour5h-
mcnt it gets. Investigate the source.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21
BOY TELLS OF UNCLE DYING ON DESERT

After thorough investigation into the death of Marco Sunar who was found dead on the desert last Tuesday near Agua Caliente by a searching party, Deputy Sheriffs Troutman and Blanco returned to Phoenix Monday night bringing with them Michael Sunar, the nephew and former com panioE Iof the dead man. The off ecrs report that Sunar died of heat exhaustion and was buried on the des- ert where he was found. The nephew will be sent back to Los Angeles.
 According to the story told by the boy, who is 13 years old and under sized, he and his uncle left Los An geles August ' on a motorcycle for Miami where he said his uncle was go- ing on business. The uncle had lost both hands and an eye in a mine ex- plosion at Miami several years ago and used an iron hook on each arm as hands. The hooks, the boy said, were closed and shut by means of cords attached to the shoulders.
 The uncle drove the motorcycle, which had a side car attached, with a foot throttle and guided it by clamp ing the hooks on the handle bars. They reached Agua Caliente, he said, without a mishap last Monday noon and left soon after. About 15 miles from the Springs" the boy said, they
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21
HOP| INDIANS HOLD
 SNAKE DANCE AUG. A

One of the most interesting and vivid of the Hopi Indian ceremonials, the Hopi snake dance, is scheduled to take place between August 15 and 25 on the Hopi reservation.
 In five Hopi villages every year, two fraternities cooperate during August in the presentation of nine days ceremony. In even years 191S- 1920, etc.) the Antelope and Snake fraternities combine and enact their rites in the villages of Arabia, Shun- opovi and Shipaulovi. In the villages of Mishongnovi and Walpi may be witnessed in the same year the com bined ceremonies of the Blue and Drab Flute fraternities. In odd years (1919-21, etc) in Orabi, Shumopov and Shipaulovi are held the Flute ceremonies, and in Mishongnovi and Walpi the Snake-Antelope ceremon- ices.
 In each of the five villages there are two Flute organizations, enc known as the Oakwalenya, CT Blue Flute, the other as the Macilenya, or Drab Flute. The rites of these two societies have much in common.
 The secret rites of these societies are not held in a kiva but in a cham Der of the house of leading member. Here the altar is erected, prayer of ferings are made and sacred tradit- ional songs are sung. On the ninth day there is public performance at a spring near the foot of the Mesa Early in the ceremony the "six direc- tions" altar, it's accompanying charm liquid, is erected, prayer offerings are made, consecrated and deposited, the altar is put uu, and the final early morning races and the public per- formances are held of special interest. ances are held of special interest.
 At sunrise of the ninth day occurs spectacular foot race. They start from point far out on the plain and run at breakneck speed to the village in a grand struggle to obtain the re- ward of duly consecrated ceremonial objects which, when deposited in the owners field, will give the winner special success with his crops, shows them to be elaborate prayers.
 In the Antelope Snake ceremonies, fete opens with a hunt which con- tinues four days, pursued in a differ ent direction in each. On the ninth day of this ceremony the snake dance takes place which is one of the most astounding of the Indian ceremonials, in which the Antelope priests, pre- sumably like Hopis handle live rattle snakes.
 The ceremony of the Snake and all other ceremonies is a dramatization of
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21

since the evening before, Deputy Troutman said
 According to the boys story, the uncle pawned his watch in Los An geleS for $10 and had only $5.94 when found. This, he said, was turned over to the hotel keeper in Agna Caljente for his board The officers said that the hotel keeper was charging the boy $3.50 day board and that the boy still owed $5.06 for his keep following the death of his uncle. The boy said he has an aunt, Mrs. Catherine Dur anja, in Los Angeles. His uncle, he said, was 26 years old and had been in the "movies" in Los Angeles. The motorcycle, according to the officers, will be returned to Los Angeles.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21

had a puncture and turned back. About 10 miles from Agua Caliente, he said, the machine struck boulder and broke the throttle. They were unable to fix it, he said, and the uncle and he pushed the machine un- der a tree nearby.
 As they reached the tree, he said, the uncle told him to go to Agua Cal iente for help and then tainted, he said. He removed the hooks, opened his shirt and the man revived. Tine boy said he left canteen of water near the uncle and took the remainder of the water and set out fer the springs after placing a pillow un.. der his head. The uncle was very sick, he said.
 He said he had to rest several tim es, but finally reached the town about sundown, and after two or three men refused to go to the aid of his uncle, he found one man who would and they set out. When they reached the tree they could not find the uncle, the boy said, but found his coat and shirt and the machine. The canteen, he said, had been knocked over and the water spilled on the ground. Some bread and jelly, he said, was missing. They searched for the cncle but could do nothing in the dark and went back.
 The next morning they started out again, he said, and searched the coun- try for two miles around the spot without success. They at last located tho trail of the uncle, he said, and found the body about two miles from Agua Caliente. The coroner's jury estimated that the man had been dead
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21

a ritual which had it's origin in q myth each recounting how, on some occasion in the far distant past, var ious events happened in a certain way and certain definite and tangible events followed.
 As it is enacted today, the Ante lope- Snake ceremony is an elaborate prayer for rain, the snakes carrying down to the underground world, where they are in direct communica- tion with the great plumed water ser pent, prayers to the gods of the rain clouds that they will send such cop ious rains as will save the Hopi from hunger and possibly from starvation.
 For the information of those desir- ing to attend the Snake Dance the News has received the following from Lorenzo Hubbell, of Oraibi, Arizona:
 "The exact date for the Snake Dance at oHteville will be Tuesday, August 24th, and the Antelope dance on the 23rd. l would suggest that the people from Holbrook take the road through keams Canyon, First Mesa (Polacco) and then through Oraibi on to Hoteville. Camp grounds and plenty of awter to be had"
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21
Mixing with the Big, 'Uns

A certain house employe, who mak- es very little money, has just returned from buzz around the Florida health resorts. Other employees, at loss to understand why he should spend his money in such riotous living, asked him to explain.
 Well" he said, q like the associa- tion of big men,"
 "What do you mean association ?" Bill Kenny, one of the doorkeepers, asked.
 "Well," he replied, "one day Boies Penrose's automobile almost ran over me, and another day, When l was in swimming, I kicked Mayor Hylan on tho ankle. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21
Terrific Strain

"Why are so many musicians tenn peramental ?"
 "Well," replied Lewie, "if you had to play Hot Time by the hour, with your heart yearning all the time for a Beethoven symphony maybe you'd get nervous yourself. Washington Star.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21
NG Lover of Drum Music

Bacon-I see folding drum for or chestra musicians has been invented that is extended to full size by hinged ribs between the heads.
 Egbert--That sounds good to me.
 "What?"
 "A drum that you can shut up."- Yonkers Statesman.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21
Did Not Want to Waste 'Em

The fishing season is on. A busi- man man was reminded of it by a small son who called him on the phone and asked:
 Daddy, will you bring home some goldfish
 "Why?" the man asked.
 "Well," answered the boy, "I've got couple of worms and don't know what to do with hem."-Worchester Evening Post.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-21
TempuS Fugit

TempuS Fuglt
 "The judge sez, sez he, You're a pretty smooth customer, you are.'" "Wot follered, Bill?" "T'ree years. Birmingham Age Herald.
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-11

He broke OF and looked at Claire
kindly and inQuirIngly. took the
hint and asked:
"Wiil you promise me that II ] sue
coed In getting him to return the dia-
mOnds the case will be drOppedf"
GLADLY. have explicit instructions
on that head"
BILLY. you go after him-but don't
let him know what he's wanted for.
Five minutes later he and Billy were
in the room. When monsieur saw the
Great Unknown he almost had Mt
of Mysteries; when Claire saw her IA
ther she did.
"NOw. monsieur" said coolly. when
he had done with his Mon Dieus" and
"What does zis menn?" and few
more exclamatiOns. well help you out
Of your difficulties If you'll confess the
truth. Did you steal those diamonds
from the Pittsburgh gentleman"
Monsieur clnsped his hands and
turned to me. ''It was re impulse Of
a mOment-ze temptation of single
Instant" he walled. II have regret 1t
every hour-I am justly punish for my
sin. take zem-I know not for wat
to make sport wis fate-and l sink
to hide zOze jewels, to bring zem to
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-11

America-dispose of zem in Pittsburgh
where nossing dares be said about
zem because of ze wife. am in one
little instant tempted and | yield and
lose everysing. Mon Dieu."
asked the detective: Are you sat
lsfied II he returns the diamonds
nOw?"
Certainly. It's all / ask"
motioned to Billy and pointed to-
ward my table. Under that sheet Of
paper" said l.
Billy produced the blue. box and
placed II In mOnsieur's hand.
mon Dieu!" he calculated. "But,
madame. you have give me your word
of honaire zat you do not find zese dIa-
monds In your slipper you carry OF ~
"She didn't found them" cried
Mrs Delarlo. "And when you nc
cused me OF robbing Claire I hadn't
the least Idea you referred to these
stones and. anyway. had already
given them to my friend 10 keep for
mel didn't have them In the house
the day you searched"
"And kept them," remarked. with
bitter smile. Its all I've been doing
for the last ten days"
He handed the diamonds to the Great
Unknown. Silence fell on all OF us for
moment. in which Claire lifted her
tear-stained face from my shoulder.
her eyes encOuntering an ardent gaze.
"Oh. Mr.. Rivers" she cried. In an
swer to 1t. you've been SO good to
dear papa!"
Billy! Mrs. Delario and had near
ly killed ourselves and Billy got the
only thanks that were worth any
thing mot that we grudged him the
gratitude. considering; but then, you
know! Well. such is life! She and
I looked at each other and winked
She winked back. and we never let out
so much as half a smile. But two dear
young things were happy. SO we let II
go at that.
The names of the Pittsburgh mil
liOnaire aud his surreptitiOus lady
were never revealed to me. nor did the
detective ever tell us his; and though
l learned who he was. he wished to be
known as "the Unknown" and to my
SELL htWuyS cuieu hlHn thc uEeu'
Unknown"
The diamonds were returned and
the case hushed up for the sake Of all
concerned; and now, but one little re-
verberatiOn of it fingers In my life
young Mrs. Rivers permits me alone
In the whole world to call her husband
BILLY" without protest; TO everybody
else, even to his mOther-in-law. he is
William-Willam Shakespeare Rivers
a rising young dramatist with what
looks like real future before him
All thanks to me. OF course; and wheT
remind him of 1t as delicate hint
for appreciation he warmly acknowl
edges, Yes, I owe all to you that
don't owe to Claire"
(THE END.)
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-11

OF the deserving Indians may possibly
soon be made citizens by congressional
legislation. The Indian isn't dying on.
either. Nor is he losing his identity
by intermarriage with the pale fnce
10 the coming Indian!" is the revised
version of the old phrase.
"The only good Indian is the dead
indian" was the way the frontier ex-
pressed the general contemporary
American Idea of the desirabiiity Of
the red man as man and brother.
"As race the Indians are utterly
incorrigible. Despite nli efforts to re-
claim them they remain savnges; wild
men Of the wilderness; untamed den-
izens of the woods. And even when
individuals of their race nre taken
from the forests and educated and cul-
iured they relapse at the first oppor-
tunity into savagery. and then they
become more barbarous than original
barhnrIans. Essentially wild animal,
like the wolf and the catamOunt, the
Indian has always roved. and will al
ways continue to rove, untamed IN the
forest" Wesley o. Howard. former
justice of the supreme court of New
York. thus states the cnse of those
who still continue to dislike the Indian
On the other hand the friends of the
Indlan-and they are manyAbelIeve
that the so-cnlled "Indinn problem"
should be solved by making the In
dians n part of the American people,
instead Of keeping them apart MS aliens
and semi-Outcnsts under the name of
wards of the nation. This cnse for the
Indian Is the one adopted by COM
mittee representing his friends. It's
chairman was the Rev. Henry Roe
Cloud, an Omaha Indian and a gradu.
ate of Yale university. Among its
members were s. NJ. Brosius. the WASH
ington agent of the Indian Rights as
sociation; the. Right Rev. II. l.. Burle-
son. Protestant Episcopal bishop of
South Dakota: John w. Clark, secre.
tary of the National Indian associa.
tion; Mrs. Raymond T. Ronnin cit
kala-Sa). secretary of the Society of
American Indians; the Rev. Thomas
c. Moffett. superintendent of the Pres
byterlan Indian Mission Work, and the
Rev. Francis S. White. domestic Sec
retary of the Protestant Episcopal
board of missions.
Mrs. Bonnin. secretary of the Socl-
| ETY. OF the American Indians, believes
that over-pnternalism on the part Of
The United States government is stI.
fling the initiative OF the Indian. She
wants him enfranchsed and believes
he can take care OF himself. Mrs.
Bonnin (Zit-kala-Sa) is the wife of
Capt. Raymond T. Bonnin, q. s. A.,
of French and Sioux descent. She
herself Is full-blooded Sioux and n
direct descendant of Sitting Bull.
| SeIf-determination for races hither-
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-11

Van Routen's most important work
of recent years wns the cutting of n
collection of seven diamonds worth at
rough estimate five million francs.
which an American millionaire pur-
chased In Paris from an Indian rajah."
De RavenOl stole the diamonds from
the millionaire and told Billy and me
pleasing yarn 10 account for his pos
session. OF course he wouldn't dare
mention when the diamonds were last
cutl
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-11

to held in tuteiage is the fashion OF
the moment. It's In the air for the
Indian. There are several members
OF congress of Indian blood and leg
islntion making the Indian a citizen
Is likely to be kept before that body
till something is accomplished. One
of the leading proponents of equal
rights for the Indian, for instance.
Is one who has trace of the lineage
Of the red man himself, Robert Latham
owen, senior senator from Oklahoma,
whose mother was "Narcissa Chisholm
of the Cherokee Nation" As the sec
retary of the board of education of the
Cherokee nation, United States Indian
agent for the Five Civilized Tribes
and owner and editor OF the periodical,
the Cherokee Chieftain. the senator
has done notable work for the cfuse
of equal rights. The best service he
has rendered, however, is in being
what he is-for surely any one who
has made fortune as an up-tO-tate
farmer. is the organizer of a bank and
has got himself elected to the United
States senate has furnished demon
strntion that he Is well adapted for
taking care of himself.
William Writ Hastings is of CherO-
kee parentnge. He was born In 1866
In the old Indian territory. On his
graduation from the Cherokee Male
seminary he went to Vanderbilt uni
versity. which gave him the degree Of
LIB. He became in 1896 the. at
torney for the Cherokee nation and
represented It in the winding up of
Its tribal affairs In Washington. He
was delegate at large to the national
Democratic convention at Baltimore In
1912. Besides serving as a. member
of the present congress Mr. Hastings
| is the regular attorney for the Chero-
kee tribe in all its public relations.
Charles Daugherty Carter was born
near BOggy Depot in an old fort of
the ChOctaw nation. Indian territory.
He attended as boy the Chlckasaw
Labor academy near Tishimingo, /.
7. He worked on a ranch as cow
boy for while and then became a
clerk in a store. Mr.. Carter rose to
high place in the councils of the Chick
asaws. serving us school superintend-
ent and mining trustee and occupy
ing various other positions. He Is a
director of the Ardmore bank in his
home town OF Ardmore. Okla, and
he is the member of congress respons-
ible for the Indian enfranchisement
bill.
| Probably the force most to be reck-
oned with among the Indians of the
present day is the returned soldier.
The Indians sent 10000 young braves
| into the. army and 1000 into the navy.
They proved to be gorgeous fighters
and brought home decorations galore.
But the main point is that the army
| experience of the young men has
proved, for most of them, the most i'm
portnnt educational factor of their en-
reers. Commissioner Sells refused 10
permit them to be grouped as Indians
in service units. They volunteered
or were drafted as individuals and
were allocated as such to companies
and regiments. The result was that
for year or two they lived precisely
the life of the white soldiers, with
white men for companions. These men
will never be satisfied until they are
citizens.
Cato Sells, the United States Indian
commissioner. has faith I'm the red
man. He says:
''The time has come for disseminating
the guardianship of all competent In.
The Ordway new era., 1920-06-11
Improved on Nature

Foi n great many years graphite
used ih making lead pencils was OBJ
tanned almost exclusively from mines
In Cumberland. When the best quail
ity was exhausted (early In the nine
teenth century, the manufacturers
turned their attention to the utilIza-
tion of the accumulations of wnste
from cuttings of the original masses
which they finely ground and mixed
with VARYING propor IS of clay. In