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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
lCND0N MCUR"5 fGR as ElDVl
Only Apteryr in England Is Nc f1cro
--Wincic9s Bird Is Believed
NearIy Extinct.

The total extinction in England of
the kiwi Cor apteryx) has become
reality, The London Daily Mail an
nounces TIE death of the Regents
park zoos only specimen. The species Is
nearly extinct in New Zealand now,
but the British Geological society has
written TO the New Zealand govern
ment asking If just one more kiWi can
be spared from the island sanctuary.
biologists will mourn the loss of the
dwarf wingless ostrich more than the
700 visitors for not one in ten thou
sand ever saw it while il lived there
more thnn nine years. The keeper
would turn out this queerest of birds
every now and tEcn, but the long
billed bundle Of apathy and slcepincss
scrambled back into its box as soon
as released.
A curious point about tho XVII is
the fact that its noStrils are at the tip
Of Its long worm-hunting beak. and in
the ardour of the chase it emits an
unpleasant snuffling noise. It's mating
call is a pig-like sQueal.
England is responsible for the vir-
tual extinction of this rare bird. Brit
ish ships brought rats to New Yea
land, so weasels were sent to extermi-
nate the rats. When they had nearly
wiped out the kiWi, the New Zealand
government found q ratlesS island and
cOnsecrated Ii to the poor bird. But
the problem Of saving an idiot bird
al I'll
so to speak, was n difficult one. The
kiwi laid one egg a season, ne..rly as
big as itself. Exceptional mothers
would lay two eggs and then find 1t
almost Impossible TO hatch both. as
the ends would project out beyond
their feathers as they sat on them.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
New Grade OF Rubber.

Chrysil. new high grade rubber. Is
vulcanlzed without difficulty. It Is pro,
duced by the Chrysothamnus, or rah
bit bush. a genus of shrubs yielding
in different species from 1893 to 2,S.;
per cent. and In one individual plant
as high as 6.57. OF Chrysothamnus
nauseOsus, the chief species. % vari-
eties are known. IL Of them contain
ing chrysll. The plants are large
shrubs, maturing in six or eight year,,
with an average weight of fOu,
to six pounds. and abound in many
parts Of North America The rubber
occurring in the cells and not as a
latex concentrates near the soil line
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03

Palestine is the only country which
has no postage stamp Of It's own. But
representatives of the Zionist govern
ment have Informed London philatel.
lists that this anomaly promises soon
TO be rectified, for, with the establish
ment of Palestine rs the national homo
of the Jewish nation, 1t Is believed
little time will he lost in emulatipg the
examples of other small nations called
into being by mandates of the PEACE
conference by the issuance of 'u{'tinc-
tive stamps StanpS sold hv Wftish
army post offices in ad'acon. k,rmer
enemy territory are h"ng utilized by
overprinting with the word "Iales-
tine"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
jncendjary Bullets.

The incendiary bullets used during
the war, mostly fired from machine
guns carried by airplanes. were In
effect miniature high explosive shells
Those supplied 10 our armies (mil-
lions Of them were made at the Frank.
ford arsenaD were of brass, followed
out to hold composition of which
the principal ingredient was bayium
nitrate. To set this off. each bullet
had printing charge Of magnesium
and red lead.
An ordinary rife bullet of course
is solid. The lncendiary bullet is of
wholly different construction, though
of the same caliber, being meant to
carry fame, Its discharge sets fire
to the explosive stuff contained in 1t.
Kansas City Star.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
ERROR COST LAWYER CLIENT
Addressed as "Thrne -Fourths" Smith,
Man Proved to &c All There
in His Anger.

One gathers from Judge Shute's
book. "The Real Diary Of the Worst
Farmer" that "A lawyer turned farmer
has some difficulties in giving the nee
essary attention to his legal work. For
instance:
81 was much grieved 10 lose client
In a most curious way. have recently
installed a new typewriting machine in
my office The presiding goddess ~
the machine had written q letter from
dictation To II Mr.. ]. Smith gen
tleman who in early life had suffered
the loss Of one leg at the hip. and who
IS, nor unnaturallv. very sensitive
about his misfortune. The young lady
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03

Holdings which show an increase
for November 1, 1920, as compared
with November /, 1919:
Eggs, Frozen.
Pork, dry salt.
Lard.
Lamb & Mutton.
November /, 1920 holdings which
show decrease over November /,
1919, holdings:
Apples,
Butter, creamery,
Butter, packing,
Eggs, cases,
Cheese, American,
Beef, frozen,
Beef, cured,
Pork. picked
Brolers,
Roasters,
Fowls,
Turkeys,
Misc. Poultry.
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Ventilation,

Through persistent education the
why and wherefore of this great health
necessity has been explained: still TO
the many. air is air, and that is all
there is to it.
Ventilation does not simnly mean
"open wide the windows" but 1t
should be done scientifically. especially
In sick room. To properly ventilate.
the air must be kept in motion. The
entrance opening for fresh air should
be larger than the one for exit. IF
these openings are directly opposite
the motion will take place without
doing the room any good. If there
are two windows in the room, one
should be opened from the top and
the other from the bottom. For the
general daytime room the temperature
should be 6S degrees and at night 81.
A bathroom should be kept at 10 For
the sick room of pneumonia patients
and several other diseases, of course.
the temperature should be kept as low
rs possible without having the patient
IN draught
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A nugget of almost pure gold. weigh
cred near - Charters Tower mine n
Queensland. Australia. For years the
Towers If Queensland which M 70
The seventies vas n drsnlnie tract. too
poor aud scedv for sheen, has hoaStnd
premier ;,osifinn among Australian
gold fields. Levels are worked at 2
depth nf yearly half u mile This
particular find is worth s. oW. A T.
pound nu-'.r' is no record: but in
most nug cts all is M Go'd that gilt
lers; II i2-pnunder nf almost pure
gold" Is rare. The wur'fs "crord mug
get came from Balaral in lS5S-2,2i7
ounces. worth $1,000
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says content themselves with making
Improvements in existing devices
These are good hut inventors should
not get the idea shat the last word
has been said in basic principles. He
says some one will probably discover
more sensitive detectOr than the
vacuum tube: some one will devise q
better transmitter: some one will In
vent receiver that makes use of the
eyes instead of the ears. Get off the
beaten path" he says.
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Rail-Creep on Railroad Bridges s.

The chief engineer of the Madras
railway has soneih'''. to say regard
ng rail-creep on ~ way bridges In
Ipdin in recent So of Indian En-
ginrerng. In the e" of the Cod
aver '~dge where ;lo Green amuunt-
ed 1" 49, much as - four feet
year special ca o. sleeper was
design 70 suit thu und flat-foot-
I'd raj 9Th IN - enough TO
rec"iY" Il lock fast .ey. This re-
luerd the creep 10 3 u3cance. and
-"ilr'al> the auth"r -aniirmed in
The Conclusion reacit' :. him in 1887
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
FEW IDEAS or REAL VALUE
Wireless TeIegraphy and Telephony
Are Still Comparatively In the
Stages of Infancy.

"As every one knows, it is com
parativP'y simple thing to get a patent
on anything so long as you have Il
good patcn, attorney and are able to
incorporate few new knickknacks in
your device. But such a thing as a
really new idea, not to speak of Il
basic one, is scarcer than the proverb.
ial hens teeth"
Thus II, GcrnSback, in rhe Radio
Amateur News. comments on the
rarity of anything new in wireless
telegraphy or telephony. Inventors he
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03

was unused TO the new machine ana
struck lie figure q instead Of tho
initial u both in the address in the
letter and on the envelope
II had been absorbed in working out
a decision in the peas question, and
when the letter was brought TO me for
signature did not notice the error and
the letter was sent. bearing my sign
manual, directed
Mr.. q Smith.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03

To-day received letter from the
maddest man in the United States, and
containing material calculated to
curl my hair and bring out goose PIN
pies all over me. | explained as well
as | could. but I feel sure he will
never believe did not do it intention
aliy.-New York Evening Post.
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M lateral for Bridges.

bridges now needed In national
parks and forest reserves are tn he
built Gf the steel girdnrS and trIiSsps
and other bridge nrnterlal, which was
ready ~ We rhinrnh 70 France. for
III" use of the American army. when
The war ended There is n vasl
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.

As It has been reported around
that | had found the money which I
claim was stolen, T wish to deny find
ing it. If it was found some other
person than I "found" it.
Gtpd) MRS. MARY POSEY.
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Burden Of Public Debts.

The annual interest on the debt of
Great Britain is 1900 per cent Of her
income, TINT of France 32,17 pcr cent
that of Italy l4.t3 per cent. thai a.
the United States 2.o3 per cent. thar of
Germany 2096 per cent. that Of An~
tria 2o.J per cent, that of HunC..}'
PATS per cent, that of Bulgaria u s.
per cent and that of Turkey 1850 PEE
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03

amount of This material on hand ready
drilled and quite portable 2.Sl6 pound"
being the maximum weight of any
part.--POpular Mechanics Magazine
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Jaran's Shipbui.d = Future

Japan viii take tie 4rcatost place
II ship construction 81 he future"
say lord i'irrie " famed shin,
builder: her labor T. 3rap. she can
obtain plenty of ste sd her coal re-
serves are almost shaustihle.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1920-12-03
COLD STORAGE.

Following is a report of Cold Stor-
age holdings in state of Washington
November /, 1920 and November 1.
1919:
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A Strike.

"I'll show EN-" said the hen as she
kicked the porcelain egg out of the
nest.
"They can't make a brick layer out
of me. "--Carnegie puppet.
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Classified Ads.

FOR SALE-3 corner lots, $1,000;
4-room house mot modern) furn-
ished, on two lots, $4,000; 8O-acre
ranch, acres in apple trees. 10 acres
ready for the pillow, 60 acres of tim
Der and grazing land; spring. 25 #.
deep and stoned at the house
$4,000. Address p. o. Box To
Leavenworth.
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than "crccp can on r. remedied by
effective anchorage inniiiic Amer
lean.
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~ RENT-a piano. Call on or writ,
). SHAY, Box All, Leaven-
WI W. Gtpd)
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04
Late Returns Show That Lead
Of |. V. A. Disappear As
Votes Are Counted
ELECTION SUMMARY

At the hour of noon today the un.
certainty that has lowered over the
returns of Tuesdays election since
the polls closed at nine O'Clock %.
m., has cleared off to the extent that
the outcome is no longer in doubt.
AS result of the good weather
that prevailed the vote cast over the
state as we'll as in Cavalier county
and in Langdon was a record breaker.
When the canvas of the vote is made
next week it will be found that over
5OOO ballots were cast in the county
and more than 600 here in Langdon,
where the officers of all three pre-.
clncts had Mt completed their task
at sunrise yesterday morning.
The presidential campaign. as was
expected, was the first to be settled,
returns as they came from the states
east and west showing before mid
night that it had been republican
landslide and that Harding would be
the nations next president.
Early claims from state /. Y. a
headquarters had the uajari1v o.
O'Connor ever Governor Frazier bal-
letined at 90, 900 but figures from
the same source early last night rad
reduced the lead c!aimzd by half and
the outcome stated as be .7g in d lubt.
On the other hard League haadquar
ter3 1ad returDs s1oaiag the lead Of
O'Coaaor over the goyernhr to be
under Z, coo and claiming Frazier 8
re-elention by safe majority and
carrying the ticket with him. when
returns from the western part Of the
state are available. 1t is evident
that this latter claim is being from
hour to hour substantiated, as the
The county vote in its abnormal
proportion and supported with the or
ganlzatlon Of the "on n vote by the
|. " A, in the towns, gave O'Con-
nor majority over Frazier that with
the available returnH on hand is like
~ to be 750 when the returns of the
enti]e couaty have been canyassed.
IN the county contest Judge Dorval
States Attorney Crimson and Jerry
Keiland were successful in winning
out with good safe a7ajorities. The
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04
REE:PUDl. leans
WIN ELECTION
BY heavy VO'TIIEI:: { {: /:
Warren G. Harding and Calvin
Coolidge to Head Adminis-
tration for Four Years.
CONGRESS REPUBLICAN
Both Harding and Cox Receive Eiec-
ton News Quietly Among Their
Friends--Withholc State
ments Until Later.
WEDNESDAY MORNINGS
REPORT

At $3.50 O'Clock Wednesday
morning the election OF Hafding
and Coolidge appears to have been
accomplished by little short of
landslide. New York goes into tive
Republican column with a plur-
aIity of more than million votes,
Previously doubtful states, such
as Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey and
and California are Republican by
decisive majorites. Not only have
the northern and western states
gone practically solid for the Re-
publican nominees, but number
of the border states, ordinarily
Democratic, may be found in the
Harding Coolidge column when the
votes are al! in, Republican news
paper men believe.
The election of Republican
senate and house of representa-
tives is conceded on all sides, the
latter body giving promise Of an
Increased majority for the party.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04

-
Ohio, Daily News, also conceded tne
election of the Republicans. Chair
man White Of the Democratic national
committee. too, issued Il statement
acknowledging the defeat of his par
tvs candidates. as the returns from
the west. which had given l'residen;
Wilson his Victory four years ago. be-
gan to roll up With totals indicating
NepGhlican lHndSlides.
a Republican Congress.
With details Of the congressional
election almost wholly lacking. it is
nevertheless conceded by Democratic
authorities that congress will be I'M
questionably Republican in both it's
branches.
Harding Spent Quiet Day.
Marion. O.-Warren Gamal:e Hard
ing tonight had the greatest birthday
party of his life.
Surrounded by members of his fam
ily and a circle of neighbors and per.
sonal rnends, he >.ecelved quietly ar
his home here the tribute of the mil
''""s VIII" h"d voted hila president of
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04

Republican presidential nominee and
his running-mate. Calvin Coolidge for
the vice-preSidency, was conceded at
IN early hour Tuesday evening: and
press reports throughout the night
constantly increased their apparent
lead
Returns Very incomplete.
Returns. which were necessarily
very incomplete Rom all states, are
judged upon their strongly increased
proportional gains for the Republi-
cans. The total vote owing to gen
orally favorable weather conditions
and the addition of women's votes;
will be far in excess of that cast AT
any previous American election. Early
estimates placed the total number of
votes cast at probably 30,000,OO0.
Cox Supporters Conc=de Defeat.
Early Tuesday evening the election
of the Republican nominees was con
ceded by the New York World, lead
ing Democratic newspaper of the met
ropolis, and at eleven o'clock Governor
CoN's own newspaper, the Dayton,
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04
League Ticket Is Once Again
Put Over the Top By Staunch
Support Given In Western
North Dakota Counties-Big
Gains Made Win the Day For
Frazier and State Ticket-Out
Look Doubtful for Baer

Fargo, n D., Nov, 4, 1000 a.
III. m.-Governor Frazier's S election is
estimated at a majority of 10, 900
votes with the returns from 1900
out of 2O97 precincts Governor
Frazier has reduced O'Connor's
lead to 1000, The remaining 1877
precincts are in strong league ter
ritory and will cast about so, COO
votes, They will give large ma
jorities for Frazier. The election
Of VIM, LemJe as attorney gene
raj and Miss Ruth Johnson as state
superintendent OF schools is assur
ed with the rest Of the Leagu G
ticket. Congressman Baer in Fir ST
and Olson i'll Second district in
doubt. Congressman Sinclair re-
elected. Equal suffrage has more
than doubled the vote and slowed
up the returns of the election.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04

Tuesday, November 2, fifty-fifth an.
niversary of the birthday of Warren
G. Harding, was commemorated as no
other American's birthday anniversary
has ever been, for on that day the vOt.
ers of the nation declared Mr. Hard
ing their choice for president of the
United States. The election of the
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04

Governor Cox in his private office
al Dayton, receivezl tne election re.
turns quietly. in the midst Of his fam.
lily. Reporters who called found the
governor smoking He howed ne
ematon an attitude he had main.
tanned throughout the evening, follow.
inc u day spent cUtetly 1T his hone
near here. Friends Who visited him
during the evening said the candidate
realized his defeat long before the. ap.
pearance Of his newspaper extra. Mrs.
Cox also seemed unaffected rs did the
governors dau@ht%, Mrs. D. H. Ma.
honey.
Apparently the most consoling news
of the evening for the candidate was
unofficial returns, showing in 33 OF the
2G5 precincts in Montgomery county
intending Dayton, that Governor Cox
led his opponent 5,21S votes ia 5000
TIE county Democratic headquarters
however, reported that Harding car.
ried Carrmonte, the governors own
precinct. by twelve votes.
The governor was not vet prepared
TO make any personal statement
News Received at White House.
President Wilson. after hearing
early returns at the White House, in,
Guiding unfavors,hle results from his
home state, retired by nine O'Clock
without giving out any public state
ment. His physician, AdEiral Gray
son, who was With him until after his
retirement, said the president did moi
appear particularly stirred by the re
suit of the election and had fallen
asleep promptly after retiring.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04
Played on Stale Champ Eleven

Played on Stale Champ Eleven
In Saturdays football! game at
Grand Forks in whic.a the University
of North Dakota defeated the Agri
cultural College Of North Dakota by
a score Of II to z for the state
championship, Arthur Robertson, q
Langdon student Ut the gu" is
mentioned as having played spec
tacuar gam d. tackle in the line up
Of the winning team.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04

majorities are little bigger than
they will be perhaps after every
thing is in, bat none Of the results
are likely to be changed
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04
These in Democratic Column

States showing early returns favor
able to Cox and Roosevelt were as
-AIIpalila Observation-Disclosures. l.
AiN"ilNaS ......... ............... j
Florida ................... 4
'Spl Sld .......... II
Louisiana ............. - fG
Mississippi NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1C
North Carolina. Observation-Disclosures. L
oFlalloma ~
South Carolina. Observation-Disclosures. g
Tennessee ................... L
'@''''" '''....''' IL
No statement hilG hcnN @iv"n out by
Chairman HAYES at the Republican M.
tional headquarters
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1920-11-04
FRAZIER wins
Over 0'C0UN0R

the United States.
The smile of confidence he has worn
for weeks broadened as he read the
early returns and began to receive
flood of congratulatOry messages hail
ing him as president-elect. He defer
red any formal comment, however,
until the result should have been es-
tablished beyond all doubt.
During the day he outwardly had
concerned himself very little with the
pending national decision. With Mrs.
Harding he voted during the morning
and then made off for Il 4Omile auto
mobile ride and game Of golf near
Columbus
Returns on the election were de-
livered to the senator in his home.
Electoral Vote by States.
The states which early press dis
patches conceded to the Republicans,
include the following, with a total Of
329 electoral votes, of which 2G6 would
be required to assure election:
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-05-20
New Secretary
Expected Soon

w. r. Jones, the new general secre-
tary of the Canon City Y NJ c. a. is
expected to arrive here soon to take
over the duties of the position he has
been chosen to discharge. Mr.. Jones
wrote the board of directors OF the
association recently that he would be
here about May Is, and It is assumed
that he win arrive in Canon City
within the next few days.
Mr.. Jones has been principal OF the
public schools at Eads. Colo, during
the past year. and his superintendence
there will close this week. He has
had valuable railroad experience in Y.
NJ C. A. work. both with the arilroad
association at Minturn, Colo, and with
the Industrial associations in the coal
camps in the southern part of the
state.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-05-20
No Remedy For
Foot and Head
Disease of Chicks

BeearKe of urgent reqoests from
the people Of the eastern part OF the
state for remedies Of the strange
chicken disease, DR.. I. Il. Newsom, vet
Urinary pathological Of the Colorado
Agricultural College. makes the fol-
lowing statement:
al this time Of year. we are rsceiv-
ing many complaints from Eastern
Colorado regarding disease of lit
tie chickens which Affects the feet
and head Il msnifests itself by the
formation Of little bItsters. followed
BY the appearance OF seabs the toes
turn up and the eyeiids become glued
together. The chickens die as q rule
from failure to f1nd something to eat.
owing to blindness. The aggregate
loss is thousands of dollars. Our
experiments Indicate that II can be
prevented almost entirely, by keeping
chickens entirely Oh Of sod. Con
sequentiy il the young chickens can
be raised on pfowed ground until they
are half grown. the disease is not like
ly to develop. There appears to be
no medical remedy that Ia of any
value"