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The Yale expositor., 1921-11-24

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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18

- SIX being arranged IN thre~ ,,.,r~
me heshy side Of each skin .s.Ins,
..ie heshy side OF another skin. Lee
'"es are rolled In packages OF sour .na
~. INTO casks. then slipped ~ San
i"nelsco. whence they are resbinn.d
~ ran 10 the Eastern fur eenterx
seals weighing less than six nounas
may not be killed. according 70 LAW
'-NperIs say that the best skins como
ohi those mammals between ,he ag..
=, TWO and four years For the first
''n,e iiiis year some of the Older seal.
muse IRON six to eight years-are ~
hii'ed as an experiment. The FUR
VI .hese Wigs as the older ones arc
1",ieu' Is eoarser and not as long and
SUI as tliat OF the pups or yonne.
.ters- IL takes from ;wo 10 four sk,ns
-or coat, depending upon It's size and
wye. Though II is not possible 10 So
IN exact price on the value of a seal
'hiil' II Is now about $40. Innnmerohle
ihitiiti oIs Of sealskins are sold the
'est known being Hudson seal.' which |
5 dressed ami dyed muskrat. Then |
acre are numbers of near-seal varje- |
ies. which bave such names as French
''oerian or Baltic seal. etc. All of the
ehr-seal furs are simply dressed and
yed rabbit"
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
The GUESTS STORY.

When | was out walking along m.
road this morning." said Mr., Ge,.,n,
Most-oni-of-l.ife 10 the girl and nov
va" We're going adventuring. Il said "a
myself: ~
sbnii hurry 70 the village and
se' some meat foe Tomorrow Ana
then decided | wouldn't. For wa
uon need meat for tomorrox and :,
"ouid be wasted; whereas, Win otber
'"Ihss as different. as you know"
The boy and girl nodded their heads
though they didn't know much abont
1000 and which kind was more easily
"as'ed Than another They l-,ew
anouI food mostly In more pleasnr.
aoie tian housekeeping fashion.
30 thought" continued Mrs. Ger.
ue- understandable, that wouId
Jake walk and see something now
perhaps One doesn't always want
everything the same. And then | saw
mrs. Wood Elf here, having break.
Iast party, and | stayed around when
= heafd her tell you that was com
ing TO explain something.
She did say that, believe. and sba
knew mat I'd be glad to tell you why
'ohetimes you can take your time and
iot miss anything, but rather. gain a
I'm Mrs. Wood Elfs guest and tho
'uest is going to tell her story
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
NEW PLANE HAS
WINGS LIKE BIRD

this flying machine is q paso,,no =,
e."e VI engines. The most essential
,nechahism Is, first, the universal
JOINT bearing boxes, which connaot
.he wings of the flying machine 70
'he Dody, and wherewith the wines
are caused to swing, flaming M
tnose of bird in the air. and CO..
onu' the wing guiding disk that
.auses the wings to move downward
anu upward In an Gblong circnlor
movement similar to that of an oars.
ii,afi rowing a boat. This elimina tas
al jerking motion in the wing
it Is the constant aim Of mecban,
ehi engineers in the construction of
saeoiine engines in operation to hold
uo"h the speed revolutions 70 roon
'iie neat produced by gas comhustiop
anu friction at a Temperature that
w wni prevent distortion of the engines
Tor the type of airplane now IN
use tne propellers must reyolye very
rapidly and consequently. the ON.
sihes are speeded up very near tba
uahger point, as where a snead 90
SIX miles an hour Is main. |
'aiaeo continuously for many honrs
wnich speed Is that Of the wild goosa
win us wings and by muscular
energy alone. In Mr.. Birds Av,no
machine, with wings likened IN those
Of a wild goose, to attain this snaad
me wings will be propelled aieb,
'eVoiutions per minute, whereas tha
propeller airplane will require I am
Der minute, A'1oo
Inc wings or planes in this ,nvon
ION are formed from cyerlanr;na
iats, and are so constructed as 20
automatically close on the downuona
ma forward thrust of the wings ard
pen as the wings rise or recover
hereby permitting the air or water
> .he case may be, to pass through
'ithout retarding the movemort >.
he wings. u
Inc inventor claims thar M d,e
Guilty VIII be experienced In devalon
~ an engine revolution of 160 RI ooo
er minute. and speed of 175 to 900
lilies per hour. ~
Inc aviation department ne -,
hlted States government has s;gn, .
Ell It's encouragement of tho dav,oa
onering aid In the building Of . :
acnine this coming summer M ,ts !
ner construction base at Glow
nd. O. 'e- n
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Rebecca Was Late,
Pastor Was MerciIess

washington, N. CA certain
young and devout church wom-
an OF this city. whose name
ReDecca, never misses divine
services, but often is late.
Last Sunday she arrived iust
as the pastor was reading from
the Scriptures the story of Re-
Decca at the well. AS the late
conner tripped up the aisle the
minister read:
And behold, Rebecca came
forth"
Broad smiles played over the
races OF the worshipers. Bushes
Hooded the face Of Rebecca
Courageously she went on
quickening her steps.
And she made haste" con-
tinued the clergyman.
smokers from the youngsters
broader smiles from the grown
ups and half-suppressed gipplas
from the half-growns were the
response.
10y that time Miss Rebecca
mad reached her pew. She
stumbled In and sank down as
II she hoped the cushions would
swallow her.
Let the damsel abide with
u.s. said the minister, closing
MS book and ending the reading.
much to the relief Of Rebecca.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
TEETH PROVE DOCTOR FALSE
no Blamed Them for Neuritis. So p,
tient Calmly Removes
the Set,

Winsted, Conn.-Charles & wo
a commercial salesman, loves n ioka
and likes to tell one 'o"'
Getting no relief from doc,,r.s
treatment for neuritis he said he Ole
iIed another doctor and received !.
thorough examination. after which tha
second doctor told him his ailInent 70.
suited from poor teeth and mar ba
could nor expect any relief until tbe
teeth had been taken out.
Mr warner protested, hut when tho
doctor insisted. he yielded and 70
moved his false teeth and handed them
to the surprised physician.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
WHERE DO SEALS
GO IN WINTER

lnolseriminate killing and leased the
,s Of -. Paul and ST. George 20
the Alaska Commercial eompauv. civ.
ing TIE company the right To- KIN leo
W seals year for 20 wears Tba
'siihds We're later leased by tba INV.
eminent Ia another cummerciut co,,.
pan! ana the killing was cut so th,t r.
I"uiu MOI exceed G0.O0O seals n year
IA 1881 this figure was still further ra-
duced TO 1900 year. and since The,
'line u has varied form I5.OOO n ~ mo
annually. In 1913 the United statss
assumed entire control of the scaling
industry and il has conducted :, -
that time. = S'''''
IN lib about 10000 seals were n.
Ken Tor commercial use. There ara non,
approximately 100000 seals I'm Alosl.
anu me government has taken strict
measures TO prevent this number f,an
"e'hs depleted. No one not authorized
ny Tue government is allowed an rho
TWO principal seal islands excent At
me tiine of the killing. when the Ala,,ts /
u 'iatiVes are permitted 10 90 there 10 1
'''thd 10 the actual killing of the ami
mas and the sailing of their skins
ne seats selected are driven SLOWLY in.
more Tor mile or more. every cara
'eihs taken not to alarm the rest of
ne nerd. The process is similar n
nat of ambusmng company of sol.
iers' cutting them Off completely from
ne rest OF the regiment and disposinp
them before they are missed from
he lines. '''"'
Clubbed to Death.
"hen the natives have arrived at
he sailing houses, near which tbov
ave driven the seals, they kin them
clubbing them on the head Aftar
inning them' the skins are heavily
li'ed on the flesh side and put in piles
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Inventor Perfects Model After
Exhaustive Study of Wild
Goose and the Eagle.
U. S. EXPERTS APPROVE II
N'nety-Six Miles an Hour With Eioht
revolutions a Minute Claimed for
New Machine--No Vacuum Re.
quired and Is Nonriqid.

Norfolk, Va.-An airplane with
wings that flap like a bird has been
patented by Thomas ]. Bird, formerly
OF Johnson City, Tenn, now resident
" hampton, Va. 1t can get up from
the water as well as 1t can from land
- IS diiterent from the rigid winged
| airpiane, which receives It's impetns
from rapidly revolving propeller. In
several tests the machine has proven
that IL can fly, and 1t Is claimed by
Tue inventor and government experts
that II VIII probably prove much
better flyer than the present-day air.
plane.
Mr.. Bird says his machine in Tho
take OF" and flight through the mir
"oes not create or require a vacuum.
as does the present-day airplane Mr..
BIRD, who is marine engineer. sew.
erai years ago took course in avia.
ation at San Diego, CAL, and became
regular licensed aviator. His idea
was to do away with the present pro-
peiier and construct a machine with
movable wings or planes that would
nap ike any winged creature of the
air.
Studies Bird Fliuht,
10 attain this end he made cx-
haustive studies Of and observed tbe
hghts OF Wild fowls. especially the
wild goose and the eagle. His obser-
vntlons of the sustained flight of the
WHO goose convinced him that that
Iowi Is one of the swiftest of All
winged creatures.
He then built machine tbat ha
new successfully at Santa Monica.
Cal.
Inc motive power necessary for
me propulsion of the mechanism Of
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
ancient Mystery Remains In.
solved to This Day, Says
a Writer.
HERDS ARE NOW SMALLER
'ormerly the Annual Kill Was 100 COO
"'' 'ne Ia" Now Bars Wholesale
siaushtsr-kilIing Done
by Natives.

WASH hgion.-Wiih HE growln. nan.
u"fHF oi fur coats The interest," n
'h'lr origin Is also ,leyplonin. ana
"''''i' an owner Of "A 'andsone spalSkln
'''t muses. idly over lis history besore
r''ciohs her and the phases ,r It's nrn.
"n' ION Bul very ten pre uvgora 80 =.
~ iilN cry attached 10 Tie ,r,,rn,.,,
""i'h Is 50 Important 10 tho su,,r,
""lhahS wardrobe-for There IL i,d.a,I
= mystery surrounding the seal ana in
a' ,he years these animals boye baon
pun 10 commercial use and have haon
uhuer such close observation M ono
.,is ever been able To discover r.horo
'neV go In winter No one go, hoe
peeh able to make n record oe cit.
hiuiig place, according IN IA, ,,,a
mi.eh gives something of the history
of the seal. "iS'ofy
:, A'aska' the seals begin to apnear
oh the Islands of st. Pan, and o.
george about the end of Anri, or 49,
hfs' or May" reads the article .and
toward the latter part of Aug,st -. ~
.ne nrst weeks of September thew die
,i -, 90 strangely and mysteriouslv
as they came. This is one Of Notnro,s
, 'e's "hich she has kept most suc-
'essluiiy hid from scientists as VOL,
IS the prying eyes of the meraIv en-,
'us and inouisitive.
Seals Desert Islands.
Even in the days, years ago when
ne seals numbered five millions or
nore' apparently some signal unknown
= man would be given and the next
ay the fog-wreathed rocks would he
are the seals having deserted the i
SANDS With their slipping off into
'erihg Sea, all trace of them was lost
n'i' thelr return the following spring.
lleh some morning they would sud.
en,y reappear, disporting themselves
lne water or on the shore.
w hen the United Stlses bought
.usKa IRON Russia in 1851, outsiders
itnout any rights or privileges were
the habit Of going th,se to kill as :
any seals as possible. In order TO
event what might prove the extinc-
On OF the sealing industry the United
ates government IL 1870 stopped thi,
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Mate Gold and Silver Eov.,s

London. Experiments In the de,,art.
ment OF genetics, at Cambridge. Of
mating domestic fowls, one sex OF gold
ana the other of silver-marked plum.
age, brought Interesting results.
When silver hen was mated with n
golden cock. all the sons were silver
and all the daughters were gold. a
silver COCK transmitted the silver fac.
tor both to sons aud daughters.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
viii Inauguratc 44.Hour w..

0oiumDus' = Printers, pressmen
photo engravers, stereotypers and
eiectrotypers employed In Ohio 60.
"'erciai publishing plants plan TO in.
ausurate the 4i-hour week Nav I o.
s.op work until employers accede to
the demand. "
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Cattle Sell Below Pre.war o.;..

Notwithstanding on farms
No.. salued at less than pre-war prices
'he department of agriculture On
nouhced Saturday. The drop. the do.
par'hient said, began in January 1910
HOGS have lost So per cent of the gains
naue during 1917 and 1918, according
to the figures. u'''s
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Pecuniary Instinct

when was a boy" said Mr. Cos
sius chex' i wanted TO be a clown In
a circus" IA
Well replied Mr.. Dustin s.ox
you We're guessing close. or course
motion pictures hadn't been deye,onea
to u degree that Indicated tho for,n naa
10 be made as an acrobat In the films I.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Twins Born Twenty Miles
Apart Within Six Hours

Although they were born 20
miies apart and in different
counties, Reuben and Ruth
Walden are twins.
The stork visited the home of
Mrs. Nancy Walden, wife of a
farmer Of Hill Top, Colo. and
left lusty boy. The attend
ing physician placed Mrs. Wal
den In motorcar and drove her
TO a Denver hospital, 20 miles
distant, where a daughter was
born to Mrs. Valdez ak hours
later.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18

You see" Mrs. Get-the- Most Ont. of
LIE continued, II was a little tlmid
az nrst. That is why l talked frs,
~ Mrs. Wood Elf-did you hear me;
I'm sure you did. do hone Won don,t
think was rude"
On, no." said the girl.
we are glad to meet YOU" said rio
wy TOT we want to meet everyone
we can" Sohe
III tell you a little family his
Tory" said Mrs. Get-the- Most 0nt ~
Life. by the way. Mrs. Wood Elf
inay nave drink Of water? Have
you any dew water left?"
Just little. I'll get it for Won.
said Mrs. Wood Elf.
:! hope" said Mrs. Get-the- Most -out.
o.-LlIe. that you won't mind a litt,a
history. There Is nothing In It about
Anss or queens, and there are no
oates to be remembered. It's very d.
iightful history"
girl. 'u 'he
ana like quite new kind" said
the boy. s''iu
was afraid that you wouldn't lilo
10y name. was afraid 1t sounded q
OF too preachy and fine-iust ne
.hough ! were going around and saw.
ing mat l was such splendid won.
ah' ! did everything the right wav
ana SO got everything that was use.
iai and beautiful and good.
We'll. that isn't what mean Won 70
mink Of me. I am named after INV
my mother and father. NV fatbar
greatly admired my mother and want.
ed me to be named after her Nv
mother admired my father and want.
go me to be named after him. So |
.hey Just named me after both Of
Them" W." VI
boy. "sNe' inc
MY fathers name was Hurry oaa
my mothers name was Take.Your.
Time" ou''
hut your name isn't made IN Of
uhose Names said the girl.
"Oh, yes 1t is. You see NV fo.,ar
was always hurrying. He was great
creature for busting and rushing and
ao'hg SO much In such short time
MY mother. on the other hand NJ.
ways took her time. She did tbinrs
very carefully and very well and very
thoroughly. '
MY father did things very brillian>
~ ana quickly. though sometimes ,hav
were done In rather slap-dash fash.
ION ana sometimes my mothers wo,s
were too slow. "s'
but my mother Thought my fa,har,s
quick, bri!linnt ways were wondarfn,
and my father thought nv mo,har,s
careful, thorough ways were grea,,a
to be envied. ''
80 was named after both of them
Ana now live up to my name. yop
see. In our family We're all like onr
names. II was the same with nv
,randfather-the oldest grandfather
anyone has,
Grandfather Timer" asked the how
Right, said Mrs. Get-tle-Most.Out.
'f-l.lfe take after both my pare.ts.
don't want to hurry so fast that I
Mss everything pass by. So I hurry
md yet not so fast as TO keen from
nJoylng things. I'm not conceited TO !
ay this as II Is all because of INV
wonderful father and mother.
fhey gave me these combined :
iftsr
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Sheepmen Driven From R,,o.

MoaD' utah.-The report has
.eacned here that five masked riders
INVADED the camp Of Javier Burnsco
una raymond Thorour, French sheen,
men, north of Elgin, a few davs aro
ana forced the herders TO drive th 49,
sneep down canyon and off the
range. inc
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Bolshevik Hold American pr;..n.

mobile Ala.-Emmit Fitzpatrick Of
uhiontown. Ala, Red Cross worro.
imprisoned by the Bolsheviki in Mos.
o", IS alive and well, according r.
tne 1irst letter received here from him
On n'e ms incarceration. He appeals
lor 1000 on which he may live until hts
release 'n MS
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-18
Fatal Accuracy.

how dld YOU lose your positions.
"For being too accurate" replIeo rio
typlst. i took down the boss gram.
mar exactly as he spoke L."
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11

married to ieprous and lived with them on Mo-
lokai. They also remarred in all having total Of
fI6 husbands. OF These eightyhree four developed
leprousy. One. the lived with her;son, who
had Ieprosy of the mixed type 5'. -.a3 - -
OF these ten persons who contracted the sickness
in the settlement showed evidences three years
after arrival One took Eve years to show atrace Of
the disease. one took seven, required eight two
required twelve and the other, four were. ndeterm
nate. The periods are not regarded by the medical
men significant because every of the kokuas
had lived with the ieprous person for years before
coming to the settlement. - -
+, Of twenty-one kokuas who have been ten years
in Moloka not@one has developed the symptoms: 1t
is therefore. Obvious that was fair to charge
the Fife the settlement with the oontraetion Of the
disease, il probable that many were infected
outside. But il does prove that person may live in
close contact with eper and not take the baelEi
into their own system.
G ADDER those among the nurses and
~ priests who have given their life to the service
of the poor unfortunates. and have contracted the
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11

sickness result These latter come in intimate
contact with lepers, in nursing them, applying band
ages and surgical dressings They do not i've in the
same houses, however. and in most Iepers
prohibited from entering the houses of the people N
gooc health OF group of twelve Mo-
lokai, none showed sign of leprosy after many
years of service. OF twenty-three men, three
quired the disease, after three years. after
nine years and the third after years This
latter the famous priest Father Damien brother
of the Order of ST. Francis who spent most Of his
life in the leper colony helping those towards whom
the world turned face of horror, through ignorance
and superstition The twelve who seemed
immune to the disease were all Caucasians.
Though these persons did not contract leprosy it
is inadvisabe to in close contact with the dis
AT the time for person of strong con-
stitution it is probable that nothing would happen.
As is always the stamina, backed by plenty of
fresh air rest and mixed diet of all of foods
which the body requires build itself up and main
tain its own force of germ fighters, is the surest
defense against contracting any sickness, be it lep
rosy, fever flu. ...,.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11

ENGiNEERS, afte, eightees months
IL of surrey, hare reborted favor
ably on the feasibility Of the proposed
Great Ldkes-St. Ldayfnre scdferspdy
project, the initial cost being estimated
at $25azeS,soo in order that the route
shall be nasigable for decp-sea vessels.
according to present plans, the canal
should be t1penty-fve feet deep, though
thirty is regarded as more adequate.
The frofosai eonicmPldies fhirfy-three
miles of canal passages, forty miles Of
lake chanel, and IoS miles Of rivcr chan
ncl .... ,er
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Finance Committee Busy.

FOLLOWING the appearance Thursday of Sec
II rotary of Treasury Mellon before the Senate
Finance Committee, that important functionary of
Congress, which has been meeting continuously
during the vacation, got down to the work of
drafting a bill Consideration of the House bill
practically concluded Wednesday Secretary Mellon
urged retroactive repeal of the profits tax which
opposed by House Republicans. Tables showing the
estimated amounts of to be derived from various
under the House bill in 1922 and 1925,
pared with probable under the present law
studied by the committee For the retdrn under the
House bill, is estimated by Treasury experts at $2o6o
oooooo while under the act of 1918 the estimated
would be $33oopooooo For the corporation
profits and income estimated $8sooooooo the
under the present law but for 1928 it would be
reduced to through repeal of the profits
tax The House bill would cut miscellaneous from
$I34ooooooo under the present law to $oSo4ooooo in
1922. The changes include: ...,.
Repeal of the transportation taxes, $262oooooo
Repeal of the insurance premium taxes, $Iooooooo
Reduction in cereal beverage taxes from $Iooooooo
to $I8oooooo.
Reduction the soft drinks fruit juices sirups
etc, from $4r,ooo,ooo to $I2oooooo.
Reduction in the levy sporting goods from ST.
100000 to 100000.
Reduction in the tax on candy from $z2yoooooo to
$I4,ooo.ooo.
Reduction of the tax fur articles from $oy2ooooo
to $4,6ooooo
Repeal of the tax on toilet soaps, etc, $2,roo,ooo.
Reduction in the tax luxuries from $eooooooo to
ssyooo,ooo.
Repeal of the levies on perfuery cosmetics proprie-
tary medicines, etc, $6oooooo.
Treasury experts have been asked to draft for the
Finance Committee provision under which improp
ery paid would be speedily refunded The government has
been holding for two three years due taxpayers
according Senator Penrose chairman of the committee
The bill is to be presented the Senate after
Congress, recpavcnes September zLasl rGt F..r.
,r,5 The Qorpmittee Education and Labor. OF which
Sensioro of iowa is Ohaman, TO meet at
Wiiamstono W., Nase SepeTberc Io fen Investigation
the scene Of the uprising of striking miners
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
government for writ of certiorari that he ir-
regularly prosecuted
New Mandates Note.

A NEW note on the subject Of mandates sent
"A last week to the allied powers by the State
Department. The full contents were not divulged
Officials declined discuss 1t until il certain that
it had been received by the various governments ad-
dressed The note was understood to refer to class
mandates under which the league of nations handles
questions relating to- Mesopotamia and Palestine; class
mandates which relate to the German possessions
in Africa, and Class mandates which regulate prob
bms snvelying former German Pacific possessqps in
eludng the Yap situation. .. .
The Washington herald., 1921-09-11
Supreme Court News.

TyHREE petitions for writs of certorari were
filed in the United States Supreme Court
last week. L. w. Wineman and others Of
the firm Of A c. Wineman Arkansas, is
lighting case which had been won in the district
court Of Arkansas but reversed by the circuit court
Involving title to tract Of timber land in Lee Coun
". Arkansas the defendants being the Anderson
TuIIy Company.
Leopold Harris, convicted charges Of aiding
and abettng yolators of the antnarcotic law alleges
that agents 1.-THE United States government illegally
seirsd dosumers ip eopneetion with bis prosecution.
.a,d1 J. H, pukesr ipdeied irD cineinnai IN 1918 on
sFsescsf violating sths espispase act BY uttsfpg
pSblshns qwegds dspgsserS to the ,~my and navy,
"a teelsrs is his petition against he United States