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The Devils Lake world., 1921-09-21

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TWO KICKS

Thomas Hudson of 1876 Monroe
street, Passaic tired to persuade a
horse owned by A. Willensky end
Sons, coal dealers, Of Passaic, to get
up from the reclining position
which the animal assumed yesterday
in front of the company's offices.
Many persons were passing and
Hudson's embarrassment grew as the
horse refused to move. Finally he let
go his foot against the horses side.
This proved effective. The horse
got up and kicked Hudson in the
face, breaking his nose and causing
conclusion of the brain.-New York
Herald.
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meeting a rapidly moving thunder
head-the cumulo-nimbus cloud of
the weather mails apt to plunge
into the down draft first, a move
ment which carries him earthward
even more rapidly than gravity drops
him. If he is able to penetate this
shell of air the bump which he re-
ceives from the up draft is pretty
likely to gve him a spin or two that
his controls do not govern. "The
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THE THUNDERHEAD

Of all the danger that confront
an air pilot none is greater than the
cloud popularity called the thunder
head" 1t is a type of the cumulus or
ordinary Summer cloud" It's lower
part may not be more than two or
three thousand feet above ground |;
it's cauliflower head may be four or
five miles high. Within its mass the
air is seething swirl almost of tor
nado voilence-up drafts and down
drafts, whirls and surge. An airplane
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DEADLOCK LIKELY
ON APPROPRIATIONS

Washington June 10.-Senate and
house conferees on the naval appro-
priation bill were reported to be vir-
tually at an impass over senate in
creases aggregating about $98,000,-
600, house conferees refusing to
agree to any important appropria-
ton increases as proposed in senate
amendments.
Another wide divergence reported
was on the senate proposal for an
enlisted personnel of 100000 men
and the house for 100000 men.
Although the conferences were
begun only yesterday, predictions
were made freely today that there
was no prospect except deadlock.
Among relatively minor items un-
der discussion today was the senate
amendment of $SO0,O00 for the Key
West, Fla. submarine base. That this
base should be abandoned entirely
was said to have been demanded by
the house conferees in opposing the
senate appropriation. The senate
managers insisted upon developing
the Key West base where the gov
ernment already has expended
about $1,O00,0O0.
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GROWING HOTTER

While walking gaily down the wide
street of a park, young man stop
ped suddenly, jerked his hat from
his head, and grinned. Hello Peg,
he cried gleefully shaking hands with
a pretty young girl. when did you
hit town? How long are you going to
stay and may I take you to the show
tonight"
"Jim," answered that young wom-
an, II can answer only one question
at time, so here goes-I came yes
terday afternoon. I am going to stay
one week and-'
The young man waited anxiously,
his grey eyes almost compelling her
10 give the answer to his last question
IN its affirmative.
"And," the girl went on, you may
call for me at Aunt Sarah's at about
eight"
That night at seven-tairty Jim was
running frantically around the room
looking for his collar button. He
first searched widely through all his
belonging even to his trunk-but IN
vain. In despair he threw open the
door and raced down the hall. At the
top of the stairs he yelled to his
mother, MAMA he cried in fran
tic voice, "do you know whether Joe
is at home or not?"
eyes," answered his mother from
the bottom of the stairs, .'he left for
partv about five minutes ago."
"Well, guess he wore his collar
with a collar-button," cried Jim en-
viously.
Jim walking sullenly down the hall
looked as if he could steal a collar
button off of anyone who wore one.
He went back to his room and started
the search again, but it was about as
useless as looking for needle in a
haystack. Suddenly an idea popped
into his head. Grabbing up his bath
robe he raced down the stairs like a
madman, passed his astonished moth
er. and ran out the front door: A
round to the side of the house he
went. and like miser searching for
gold; he examined the ground under
his window. Suddenly he saw some
thing shining in the twilight. He
picked it up-the lost collar button!
He then promised himself that ne
would get dozens of collar buttons
and keep them handy ever after. But
an hour later collar buttons and eve
ry thing else were far from Jim's
mind.
Mary Jones, Grade1X.
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WESTERN UNION WINS
IN DECISION BY
SUPREME COURT

Washington, June 7.-Contention
of the Western Union Telegraph
Company that it cannot be held
liable for damages caused through
errors in transmitting messages
while it's lines were under govern
ment control was upheld today by
the Supreme Court. A decision of
South Carolina courts, awarding
damages to S. B. Poston, a cotton
dealer, on this ground, was reversed.
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Rub-My-Tism cures sores.
MRS. BERGDOLL PAYS
FINE OF $500

Philadelphia, Pa, June 11.-Mrs.
Emma C. Bergdoll, mother Of the
Bergdoll brothers, convicted army
deserters, saved herself and her
four CO. defendants charged with
conspiracy to aid Grover C. and
Erwin R. Bergdoll to. evade army
service, from going to jail by pay
ing today $4,000 in fines recently
imposed by the United States district
court here.
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Rub.My-Tism kills pain.

Photographs operated by COM
pressed air keep the throngs moving
in the underground tubes of London.
The instruments are equipped with
sound amplifiers. The records last
about a week and contain such mes
:sages as keep Moving Please" "
and "Pass to the Left.'''
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THE MISTAKE

ing a convention he met a young wo-
man whom he had known in college.
She invited him to call. That night
Thomas started out to find the house.
After going this way and that, he
stopped in front of house which he
thought to be the right one. He rang
the -door-bell and stepped back only
to zee the word Brown on the door
in front of him.
At first Thomas thought Of leaving
before anyone came to the door, but
this plan was quickly dispelled by the
sound of footsteps approaching the
door.
The door swung open and a very
dignifed old woman stood before him.
as Mr.. Thompson in?" He asked feel
ing quite sure that no such person
as Mr.. Thompson lived at the Browns
and consequently, that this would
gracefully excuse him.
Eyes, come right in,' the old wo-
man said as she pushed open the
screen.
Thomas realized that he was into
it now, and that the only way out
would be to play the part to the end.
As the old woman led him into the
room, he tried to find something that
would give him an idea what to say
when he was brought before Mr..
Thompson, but he could not find a
thing-not even a picture that would
show what this Mr.. Thompson's occu-
patton was.
He was told to have seat, and
that Mr.. Thompson would be in pres
emily. He sat down; his eyes still
searching for something on the wall
that he could excuse himself with. But
none were to be found.
He heard the old woman tell Mr..
Thompson that man wished to see
him, and that she supposed it was the
lumber mar. Thomas heart was in his
throat. What did he know about lum-
ber? Could he pose as lumber deal
er? All he knew about lumber was
that it was the material used in
building wooden houses. Besides that
&c knew not whether he must be the
buyer or the seller, so he decided
that he must be something else other
than a lumber dealer.
A short, >stout man appeared at
The door, and introduced himself as
Mr.. Thompson. Thomas told him his
name, Thomas Haynes.
II am here Thomas began but
he was saved this time by Mr.. Thomp-
son.
"Let me have your hat" he said as
he put out his hand. AS Thomas hand
ed him his hat, he noticed Mr.. Thomp-
son look at his college pin.
What is that? Are you fromts The
State University?7' said Mr. Thomp,
son. :, a. ~
81 am" replied Thomas sieyfully..
MY son isthere too,' Thompson
said as he laid the hat down. "A1d
received a message today stating
he is very sick"
At this Thomas remembered hear
ing that Charles Bailey was in the
hospital with typhoid fever SO he
replied, eyes, I came to tell you
about it."
Thomas heart began to slow down
as he saw how easy he had gotten out
of it, and after a little chat with Mr..
Thompson about the college and the
convention he left.
Thomas thought as he was going
out the door that the next house he
went to he would be sure it was the
right one before he rang the door
bell.
William Duncan, Grade TX.
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thunderhead," as an airmen put It
"is the most treacherous wild beast
of the air.
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Watch the label on your paper and
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says: IF there is one busi-
ness on earth that a 'quitter'
should leave severely alone,
it is advertising.
.. Advertising is the power
which creates sales and builds
business. The natural time
to increase advertising is DUR
ing what are termed "dulr'>
times.
In this waywise merchants
---by using advertising space
: keep their sales volume up
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Rub-My-Tism cures sores.
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
The Modern Apple Is More Tempting Than Ewes

ause they are peculiarly subject to the raw
aging of a pest.
There does not seem to be great danger
Canada New Zealand and Australia, whose
progress in the industry Is carefully consid-
cred in this book. There are few methods
used by Australian planters which might be
of value to Americans but not many. The
Americans have more to give than TO receive.
Concerning the future of the western New
York apple orchards which are the largest
apple producing orchards in the United
States. and therefore in the world, the au-
thors have this to say: "In western New
York. which is responsible for the bulk of
New York apple production, the average
bearing orchard is over forty years of age.
Although they have had a remarkable rec
ord for longevity, production cannot be
maintained indefinitely on these old orchards,
which were for the most part planted in the
sixties and seventies of the preceding CEN
tury. Therefore unless planting proceeds
much more rapidly than in the past no
increase-in fact. a possible decrease-in
production can be expected from western
New York.
THE Pacific Northwest will unquestion-
ably show an increased production during
the next several years and will be an in
creasingly important factor in the CONNER
cal apple situation. While the Northwest
will continue TO ship more and more cars of
apples there will be no such relative increase
in production as that which occurred in the
last ten years"
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

of so busy Virginia gentleman as Thomas
jefferson to cultivate an orchard of pippins.
The idea Of giving up such farm as Eden
must have been for the sake of a crabapple
strikes apple farmers speechess. If the
erring pair had done it for big satin
skinned Baldwin il would have been differ
ent. Then there would have been tempta-
tion. Never have there been such apples as
the farmers of the United States are raising,
and never have they raised so many. The
authors of the book have treated their sub
ject. with the grace and thoroughness that
comes of complete knowledge and under
standing of subject.
The industry is considered from the strict
ly commercial viewpoint. The authors in
the beginning rapidly sketch in the early
history of the commercial apple industry.
touching on the passing of the old family
orchard a factor. the rise of the western
New York, California and middle West apple
regions, and finally the rocketing into prom
inence of the Washington and Oregon sec
tions.
The authors then settle down to brisk
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

discussion Of every phase of the apple indus
try In their discussion of the purely agri-
cultural aspect they give page after page OF
advice and instruction. regarding planting.
wedding, spraying, picking sc. All modern
methods are taken up and evaluated. The
important problem OF insect pests requires
separate chapter. Then there Is discus
sion Of such purely commercial problems as
packing storing and shipping, and coopera-
tive marketing. The success Of Oregon
planters in disposing Of their crops with the
help of abundant advertising Is responsible
for the pages devoted to advertising and
educational campaigns
The relative value Of the different varieties
Is taken up in lengthy chapter which deals
with each variety separately. The pests and
cankers to which each is subject, the length
each will keep, the susceptibility to climatic
conditions and their taste all count In deter
mining the commercial value OF an apple.
Many fine tasting apples are disappearing
from the market because they have the de-
feet Of losing their flavor in transit or be-
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

our national amour propre. l knew that all
the RESPONSIBILITY for the treaty would be
placed on me. for none of the members of
the ruling clique, let alone Emperor Nicho-
las. would confess the crimes they had com
mitted against their country and against
God Naturally could not help being great
ly depressed. | do not wish my worst foe
to go through the experiences which were
mine during the last days of the Portsmouth
conference. J"
The immediate reaction to the signing of
the peace treaty Is colored with the same
intense emotion. Wtte tells of a church
service where ministers of all creeds-Jew
ish rabbis bishop, priest of the Ortho-
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

ing fruit laden trees on tho shores of Seneca
Lake.
In apple history Johnny Applesecd looms
large according to the authors Of the present
volume With q pouch of apple seeds on his
hip Johnny made his way through Ohio and
Indiana in the early nineteenth century,
planting seeds and the word Of the Lord
with the same gesture. His descendants own
orchards in the famous Roman Beauty pro
ducing section Of the Ohio apple region and
a delicious apple, the Jonathan, Is named for
him his real name having been Jonathan
Chapman.
Not many years ago Queen Victoria ex-
claimed with pleasure as her regal teeth sank
into stout Abemarle pippn, fresh from
Virginia orchard. The Queen forthwith re-
moved the import duty on apples. The his
tory OF the pippin. otherwise known as the
Yellow Newtown, conducts one through more
than one palace and within hearing OF moro
than one courtly expression Of delight, for
British craft carried Albcmarle pippins out
of Virginia as early as 1853. 1t was the JOY
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
ABOUT UTHOR RS
If Human Beings Want to Go On Eating,
More of Them Must Work on the Farm

more continuously throughout the year, and
by working longer hours during harvest
seasons. The final solution must lie in some
labor distributing scheme which will draw
labor from the city back to the farm and
from the farm back to the city to meet the
seasonal demands of each"
That is Henry Ford's idealistic scheme to
have labor alternate between factory and
farm. Unquestionably this, as Prof. Boyle
remarks would make for a better balanced
life" Doubtless it is an admirable solution
If any way could be fourd of inducing the
laborer to agree TO II.
Instead however. of any such solution,
what we have. in actual progress is an in
creasing army of wandering i. w. W."
occasional workers in the great corn ana
wheat fields an increasing influx OF Mexi-
cans and few West Indian negroes In the
South and an occasional clamor from Cali
fornia for the introduction of Chinese coolie
contract labor. And in some parts of the
East we have withdrawal of lands from
cultivation stagnation and abandoned farms.
No one knows what the future may hold
Discussing the various instrumentalities
for the betterment of rural life Prof. Boyle
writes. uminatingly, on the country home,
the school the church, the country store,
the country bank and the country news
paper, as time worn elements In the rural
cosmos He also points out the growing I'M
portance of the county farm and home bu-
reaus Here at least, is one movement that
is altogether good and hopeful, at least as
palliative. Prof Boyle's analyses and criti-
cisms of these various institutions may serve
greatly to enlighten the urban reader. The
picture on the whole Is not cheering. al
though 1t has it's bright spots-as in the
growth of .sounder vocational school sys-
tens. and more intelligent handling OF
banking and credit problems. But. after all.
1t leaves the future a large and fateful
question mark.
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
He Is Respectful
To the Gulf Stream

SAILING SOUTH. BY Philip s. Marsden
Houghton. Mifiin Company.
TH HE boy who has ice cream every day
has nothing to look forward to.
The Fourth OF July does not bring
him any extra thrills Travel has been
made so easy for this generation that II is
not at all out of the ordinary. Two cen
turies ago Mrs. Sarah knight made
perilous journey from Boston 10 New York
and her journal OF the trip is still read with
interest.
In these DAYS when any ono can 20 any
where. II is a hard task to chronicle a voy-
age. Mr.. Marsden has not written journal.
II might better be styled a commonplace
book He has seen so much OF the world
that his imagination Is apparently jaded.
His writing makes no prctencc to glamour.
He does not search out any untravelled spots.
His book will be pleasant reminder to those
who have seen this region, and Of assistance
10 those who seek either repose or dissipa-
ton in the tropics the smiling Mediterran-
can Of the western world.
There are many photographs which do
ample Justice to the varied beauties Of the
islands The chapter headings show In
stinct on the authors part for telling the
tourist what 10 see and do Among the SUBJ
iects treated are Motoring in Porto Rico"
and Rafting In jamaica"
Mr.. Marsden has seen enough Of tho wide
world to be Independent In his judgments.
He does not feel II necessary TO indulge in
superatlves on every occasion. He ques-
tions the traditional view OF tho Southern
Cross and says IL Is a. very much over
estimated constellation. but he atoncs for
this rudeness TO the South by speaking very
respectfully Of the Gulf Stream. We do not
need to be told about scenery and history II
we plan to visit Cuba or Jamaica Some
dusky native will attend to that But there
are practical questions as to expenditures,
and the author has seen TO that phase OF
travel Carriages are cheap in Havana"
he writes. "and so are cigars but nothing
else"
MIR Marsden has told without unnecessary
verbiage all these things which tho tired
business man wants 10 know about Panama
and Jamaica and Cuba.
The New York herald., 1921-04-10
Reviewed by H. L. PANGBoRN.


I HIS number of the National Social
Science Series, by Prof. Boyle of
= Cornell is valuable and stimulating
monograph: valuable chiefly in its clear and
emphatic statement of what the rural prob
lens are, and why they so deeply concern
every one, rather than for the hopefulness
of any of its suggested implied solutions.
Prof. Boyle apparently. strives to be opti-
mistic on the whole; but one is left with
uneasy feeling that most of the desired so
lutions, so far as they aim to be radical, are
rather an attempt to stem the current
OF changes that are too powerful to be
damned. But unless they are changed they
promise to lead to disaster.
II needs argument to demonstrate that
the question of an adequate food supply
concerns the city dweller even more vitality
than the farmer. If the agriculturist is
not able to prosper some one is likely to go
hungry Questions of transportation, dis
tribution, the middle and the retailer
are after ALL subsidiary to the primary
question of production.
No adequately informed observer
maintain that the agricultural situation of
the United States to-day is sound as it
should be. Prof. Boyle sums it up, conserva-
lively in his statement:
"All is not well with agriculture as an
institution, or with the farmers as indi-
VlQualS VINO nelp weave tne warp ana WOOL
of the agricultural fabric. Whittier are we
drifting? For in agricultural matters
are drifting rather than pursuing any
definite policy"
Prof. Boyle finds a clue to much that is
wrong in what he calls the cheap food
fallacy." The time has past when cheap
food. cheap. that is. in comparison to other
necessities. did not injure the farmer. The
day of free land is gone, farm tenancy is
increasing, and production difficulties are
multiplying. Cheap food" says Prof Boyle,
would mean, If the idea were pushed to its
ultimate conclusion. that degraded peasant
class would have to occupy the country
Cheap food, produced by a man
with the hoe type of labor would prove
dear food in the end for the republic" Yet
the tendency is strong in that direction.
That leads to the problem at the bottom
of all the others farm labor. The drift
toward the cities has drawn off the farmers
sons. and has otherwise operated to decrease
the supply of farm labor. And it is futile to
preach a back to the land crusade long
as the lure of the city. the higher returns
of industrial labor and the greater leisure
of such urban life remains as powerful as
they are. In fact there Is no solution as
yet anywhere in sight. Prof. Boyle says:
THE labor problem of the farm is being
relieved. but not solved. by the introduc-
tion of labor saving machinery; by diversi-
flying crops to employ less labor but
The New York herald., 1921-04-10

GREAT AMERICAN ISSUES. by Jonn nays
Hammond and jeremiah w. jerks Charles
Scribners Sons
~ ROF. JENKS has had as much expert
- ence in handling facts as Mr. Ham
mond has had in collecting railroads
and other assets. In cooperation they form
that ideal combination of the man of affairs
and the scholar They touch upon nearly
all topics However they find that the cure
of many evils of the present is to be found
in the practice of old fashioned virtues. One
paragraph sounds the keynote of the whole
book 1t smacks of Ben Franklin or the
Saturday Euening Post.
THE growing interest shown in the United
States in preventive medicine should have
our complete appreciation. We should not be-
grudge ample appropriations for health pur-
poses by nation. State or city, provided. of
course that we are convinced of the officials
equipment and skill to put such funds to use.
Whatever can be done to reduce the amount
and duration of illness is an economic gain
of the first magnitude 1t means just so
much saving of waste so much saving OF
income so much greater assurance that the
population at large will he able to MAINTAIN
unimpaired it's standard of living. We shall
have done much If we can reduce the preVa-
Ience Of illness: we shall do more if we can
mitigate it's evil effects. OF the first i'm
portance is the nculcation of habits of thrift.
the building up of the proverbial reserve
against rainy day. Such reserve in
many cases enables the family life to go on
undisturbed at times when the Illness of the
wage earning member causes not only loss
of income but unusual outlay. The average
American knows too little of the dement's oil
capital accumulation even on a small scale
Whatever tends to promote the saving habit
should he encouraged Only through tho &C
cumulation of a reserve can the worker fully
enjoy the independence and self-reliance
which is his brthright as an American citi-
zen"