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The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
MIDDLE WEST CITIES
 START GRID LEAGUE

Columbus, O., Oct. Professional football is to be placed on a basis similar to that of organized baseball according to plans of the American Professional Football Association. Headquarters of the organization are located here
 A comprehensive code of rules, in cludine strict prohibitory clauses against the playing of men who are enrolled at any college or univer- eity. has been established, according to Joseph F. Carr, president, and more than 400 contracts have been signed by former university stars who will play on the nineteen teams which are members of the association.
 Carr, who is a former official in several minor baseball leagues in Ohio and Pennsylvania, says that organi- zation and administrative plans of the professional baseball leagues will be followed out as closely as possible
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
STATE GETS S75,OOO
 FROM CIGARETTE TAX

Little Rock, Oct Up to the pres ent time the cigarette tax has yield ed the state approximately $75.300. There has been about $500 licenses is- sued and they are still being issued at the rate of about 10 daily. The au- thorities having in charge the enforce ment of the law are making a special drive against the delinquents and the cigarette bootleggers" of whom there are number in the state. The re-
 enue derived from these taxes is about the same which had been estimated by those who were interested in the enactment of the law, although some had predicted that it would reach as much as $150,000 for the first year. Dr. Garrison feels confident that it will reach this amount if the state is able to force all dealers to pay the required taxes. But granting that there are numerous illicit sales cf cigarettes, it is admitted by all that they are much fewer than under the old system when every sale of cigar cites made was a violation of the law.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
PROCLAIM OCTOBER g
 FIRE PREVENTION DAY

Little Rock, Oct 1.-Governor Me Rae yesterday issued a proclamation designating October 9 as fire proven tion day. During recent years this day has come to be recognized genen- ally as the day upon which the people of the United States are given in structions on the subject of fire pre- vention. It is the anniversary of the great Chicago fire. The governor urges every citizen of the state to take an active part in making the day period of practical value in the prevention of sinful waste by fire. It is an appalling fact that over $1,416 100000 of resources were de- stroyed by fire in the five years from 1915 to 1919.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
SCHOOL TERM IS
 INCREASED 15 DAYS

Little Rock, Oct. 1.-The depart ment of education has compiled sta tistics showing an increase of 15 days in the annual school term in Arkansas during the past ten years. In 1910 the average term was IA days and in 1921 it is 129.9 days.
 The increase in the school term is most gratifying to the school author ities. It shows that in 1920 the aver age for the white schools was 130 days, for the colored schools 112 days and for all schools an average of 126 days; in 1921 this had been increased to 133 1-2 days for white schools, IA days for negro schools and an aver age of 129.9 for all, an increase of nearly days in one year
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
NfOrfpS ar By Elmo Great Scouts Ws,,on Yesss
o, Western Newspaper Union.
CAPT. JACK CRAWFORD, THE
 SCOUT WHO WROTE POETRY

When a bit of sunshine hits ye
 Z After passin of a cloud,
 When a fit of laughter gifts ye
 An yer spine is feelin proud,
 Don't fergit to up and fling it
 At a soul that's feelin' blue,
 Fer the mint that ye sling 1t
 It's boomerang to you.
 That was the philosophy of Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet-scout. A poet and scout A strange combination, but he excelled as both. John Wallace Crawford was an Irish boy who came to this country shortly before the Civil war began and enlisted in the Union army when he was only sixteen years old. While lying in hospital, sister of mercy taught him to read and write.
 After the war Crawford drifted West and became a miner in the Black Hills of South Dakota. When the Black Hills rangers were organized to protect the miners from hostile Sioux and bands of highway robbers, Jack was chosen chief. In one fight he killed three desperadoes.
 At the outbreak of the Sioux war in 1876 Captain Jack enlisted as a scout and rose to the position of chief of scouts for the Fifth cavalry. After the battle of Slim Buttes, S. D., where Chief American Horse was killed, Captain Jack. who was also corre- spondent for the New York Herald, gave the world the first story of this fight. Crawford rode to Fort Laramie, $50 miles away. in three days and half. outriding five relays of couriers, but he killed two horses doing it.
 During the Apache wars in Arizona Crawford was again in the saddle as a scout for Gen. Edward Hatch. In 1881 he took the trail of the notorious chief, Victoria, and after a scout of 16 days, located his camp in the Can deleria mountains in Mexico Captain Jack then made another remarkable ride to the nearest post. As a result of his news, Victorios camp was at lacked by Mexican troops and the old chief and many of his warriors were Killed
 When the Indian wars were over Captain Jack began writing down the verses which he had recited to his comrades around many campfire on the Indian campaigns. He went on the lecture platform and in short time the "Poet-Scout" was one of the best-known of the old-time scouts in the country. second only to his old comrade of the Fifth cavalry, Buffalo Bill. In a little over a month after Buffalo Bill's death Captain Jack fol- lowed him on the Long Trail He died In New York February 2S, 1917.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
NORMAL EXPANDS
 EXTENSION WORK STUDY CLUBS INCREASE
Make the Normal Serve Entire State, Slogan of School-550 Teach
 CTS Enroll.

School teachers of Arkansas who for any reason are unable to attend the State Normal are having the ad- vantages of Normal study brought to their very doors. Formation of study clubs has supplemented the being done by correspondence. All methods being used by the depart ment of extension are serving more teachers than are actually enrolled at the school for study.
 Paragould and Green county are the latest to join the study club. Seventy-fye teachers organized club there last Saturday with Prof. C. C. Denney as the Normal faculty mem Der on duty, and has arranged for meetings every two weeks. Para gould distance from Conway indi- cates the state wide scope upon which the work is being projected. MT. Denney is meeting with the Clarks- vile club today, and Miss Dickerman of the English department is at May flower in Conway county to supervise teachers study. Greenbrier and Wooster teachers have combined forces in study circle and have been assigned Miss Dora B. Smith as in- structor. Prof. F. H. Harrin will su- pervise study at Vilonia on the night of October 8 and at Hattieville on October IA Twenty-Five is the small est number of teachers enrolled at any one of these points.
 In fact the expansion of the eXten- sion department is limited only by the amount of work which can be ac complished by Col. H. L. McAlister, it's director, and his associates on the Normal faculty. Urgent calls for as sistance in study clubs have been re- ceived from Morrilton and Plumer- vile. These and other applications will be handled as fast as conditions permit.
 While the study clubs have increas- ed, the number of teachers enrolled for study by correspondence has climbed to 550 From September 1 to Is, the increase was 20 and from September 15 to 30, there were 24 more. Supervising the instruction of this number in practically all courses at the Normal represents a task in itself.
 The plan of the study club pro- vides for meetings of two hours in length every two weeks. Courses are outlined to require eight meetings for completion, and teachers who meet the requirements of attendance, writ ten work and the like are given credit for one terms work in the subject studied. Such credits would count on graduation requirements should the holder take up resident study at the school.
 One cause for the increase in the number of teachers enrolling for training is the work of the forward education movement, which is making plea for better trained teachers as well as additions to the physical equipment of the public schools. For ty-four teachers added in September to the list of those taking cores pondence work is proof of the re sponse which the profession is mak- ing. Teachers of the state also have an invitation from the Normal to consult it's faculty as often as wished on problems arising in the school room, or to arrange by residence here
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
PLAN COMPREHENSIVE
 HEALTH CONFERENCE

Little Rock, Oct 1.-Stqte Health Officer C. w. Garrison announces the most comprehensive health conference progra meyer undertaken in the state. It will be the occasion of the annual health conference to be he'd in Hot Springs, November 10-12. Some of the most distinguished health author- ties of the United States will partic. ipate Not only those who are direct ly interested in the health campaign, but other progressive civic agencies have bee ninvited to take plrt These include the agricultural extension de- partmcnt, county and circuit judges, prosecuting attorneys, county and city superintcndents of schools officials of penal and ccharitable institutions, the officers of the Arkansas advance ment association and other civic clubs and organizations. Dr.. Valera Park CT of Washington D. C., executive secretary of the international social hygiene board, Dr.. c. C. Pierce and officers of the southwest division are expected to he present Governor Me Rae and other prominent citizens will be among those who will deliver ad- dresses.
 This meeting will be followed Nov cmber 1917 by the southern~1nejical association and the conference of the national malarial control commission.
 A. F. Livingston of Little Rock, formerly Conway resident, is a vis- itor here today.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
FARM BUREAU SCORES
 TAXING OF IMPORTS
,By the Associated Press)

Washington, Oct. 1,-Opposition to the proposed tax of 90 per cent on American war materials re-imported into this country, was voiced today by the American Farm Bureau Fedora tion, which held in statement today that it's adoption would prevent farm CTS from taking advantage of low prices on necessary agriculture imple- ments offered by importers at 50 per cent of wholesale prices.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
NORMAL ECHO OUT,

The first number for the school year of the Normal Echo, the bi- weekly students publication of the Arkansas State Normal School, ap- peared today. The staff of the Echo is as follows: Garth Akridge, editor; Ben Rowland, business manager; Nir- ginia Cl-rk, Mearle Moore, Ruby White. Ruth Bradford, Lois Van Deu- sen, Loma Bales, Clarence McGinn Charles V, Robinette, Naomi Jones and Mary Swe1rengen. reporters.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01

When a bit of sunshine hits ye z After passin' of cloud,
 When a fit of laughter gifts ye An yer spine is feelin' proud, Don't fergit to up and fling 1t At a soul that's feelin' blue. Fer the mint that ye sling 1t
 It's boomerang to you
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
BULLION IN LOUISVILLE.

Little Rock, Oct. 1.-Bruce T. Bull lion, commissioner of insurance is at tending the annual meeting of the insurance commissioners convention at Louisville, Ky, this week.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
SINCLAIR ADVANCES
 CRUDE OIL 25 CENTS
tBy the Associated Pre4si

Tulsa, Okla, Oct. l.-The Sinclair Oil Company today announced a ad- vance of p cents per barrel on Okla homa and Kansas crude oil, former ly selling at $1.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01

or by correspondence to use the fa- cilities of the school for keeping in touch with advancement in pedago- gical methods.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
Member of the Associated Press,

The Associated Press is exclu- sively entitled to the use for repub- lication of all news dispatches cred ited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatch ss herein are also reserved.
The log cabin Democrat., 1921-10-01
BAPTIST WoMANs SOCIETY.

The Baptist Woman's Missionary Society will meet at the First Baptist church Monday afternoon at o'clock for the regular monthly business ses- sion.
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fare was advanced to = lumber camp
back in California. It was a tedious
ride by automobile stage through cold
and wind up 10 the camp, which stood
a spot near the joining Of the Cas-
cade and Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The mill work was too strenuous for
Silver. At the end Of one week he
quit and decided to return to the Sac
rarnento Valley. In Sacramento be
repeated the experience OF Reno, meet
ing many old acquaintances from
camps. Many Of these camp men live
a life similar to the grounding; they
work all Summer and lie idle in a
shack all Winter, spending what they
have saved. or most Of it. But the
hard drinker seldom did that, for he
could not hold sufficient money to-
,Eether to carry him through the Win
ter without working.
The more liquor Silver drank the
nor eloquent he became until he de-
cided to make a speech in the last bar
room. His words were not very COM
pl:mentary to his audience. so far as
he spoke, and that was not very far.
He started thus:
Men within my hearing, some OF
you are inideIs and b%lasphemers.
am not. l have not lost my faith in
all things. Many conditions Of labor
I know. should be improved. Now
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steamed steak, cold pancakes and
.half-chicory coffee. The enamel was,
cracked off the tin dishes in spots. and
traces Of soap and portions Of food
could be noticed remaining in these
recesses before the man at the table
used them. If a man happened to sit
in front Of one Of these dishes and de-
tected this sight 1t was sufficient to
turn his stomach. It was evident there
was not much effort at making things
sanitary here. y.
sSilver's" Experiences.
The IA who had just arrived was
called "Silver,"" because his hair and
mustache were silvery gray. After
breakfast he was told to take q pair
Of "tongs" and help ."the steel gang
in carrying and laying the rails. Here
was hard work and plenty Of it. The
pace was fast. without intervals Of
rest.
That night "silver" entertained his
.fellow-workers sitting round him In
the freight car by telling stories Of his
past. He said that saloonkeepers were
always greeting him. Hello, Silver!
Where have you becn?" when he wen
to the large cities. and saying: Good.
by and good luck, Silver" when h
was going out. He stated that he usu
ally carried a bottle with him whe,
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he was leaving town. This statement
amused the crowd. "silver," though so,
years old. retained a respectable and
intelligent appearance. He was a long
winded talker. The telling Of stories
and the playing Of cards were the only
amusements. But the men tired OF
these and crawled into their hunks at
IN early hour. 1t being q clear, frosty
night, Silver could look out OF the
box-car window at the stars and hear
the lonely coyote howl in the noun
tains.
In a month Silver" grew tired Of
the grind of the work; SO he and two
other men quit and walked over the
hills to Reno. The distance was about
80. miles, twas s o'clockEthat night
when they reached Reno. The Razzle
Dazzle. with its glittering lights, ap-
peared to- beckon to them and they
made their way inside. The three men
seemed to want to make up for the
time they had been away from town or
city. They spent literally and drank
freely until dawn.
"silver's" money lasted three days
It would not have lasted that lone
only for the fact they knew him and
would not rob him in the Razzle Daz;
zle. The third day be picked q fret
job in an employment office, where thu
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Of gaining health and strength under
these conditions. ON men decline ana
become p%rematurely old.
Liberty and Freedom are fine, high
sounding words, but the price paid for
them, w at peaceful work. is often
exorbitant. A man may breathe Gods
ozone in the open all day, and be SUR
rounded by q magnificent panorama of
nature, but II his work is drudgery and
his leisure m%onotonous, he is only a
triae better off than a potherd of a
scullioh in the city. The wayfarer OF
the Far West. frequently called "a
boomer" builds the railroads and re-
pairs them; he, makes the wheels turn
in the mines and the mills; but his
sacrifice Of personal comfort while do
ing these things is usually c%onsidera-
Bile.
For instance, the hired ma on most
Of the ranches in California must fur
nish his own bedding and sleep in a
bunk. II not in the barn in a shack
nearby. Perhaps he cooks and eat.
his food in this shack. He. may work
long hours and have few or no asso.
ciatesTat his work. The climate is idea,
and the scenery beautiful; but<do yor
wonder he is or becomes a vagabond
roaming the land?
The next job in q camp in an ad
joining state will be similar in regard
to living, except that he will hav,
many working Companions. His meals
too, will be cooked for him here. HI
most likely did not have to cook on tn,
ranch. but he would probably have ha,
to eat in a separate building. Many 8
these men have marked characters
tics. Take an example.
A tall, gaunt figure, clad in blue den
i'm overalls and dark red mackinay
coat, with his blankets hung on hi
!, back, crossed over the mountains an
plodded down into the desert of Ne
!, vada, where a railroad was being lait
He arrived before breakfast. Tha
meal was made up Of boiled potatoes
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~HE life of a rowing laborer IS
usually hard everywhere: but
in the remote West it is
dreary and full Of hardship. Some ad-
versity he brings at times upon HIM
self through his passion for alcohol
and his desire to<wander. This migra-
tory, self-indulgent type abounds in
the far West. OF course, there is the
other type-but he is the exception
and not the rule-who drinks little or
nothing Intoxicating, sticks to his
work and remains in one locality.
Then there are other causes, too. for
the m changing from place to
place such as too much hard work and
some abuses from employers. These
things do not often excite enthusiasm
in the minds of most men toward hold
ing a job and remaining in one place.
When one man is numbed by misfor-
tune and converted into a pawn in the
industrial world, another is reused to
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means. Of personal salvation and the
beginnings Of success have their origin
in h~ardships and poverty. However. a
warped life generally produces a
warped view or outlook. Hence arises
the creed Of selhshness-the not en-
nobling. but pernicious philosophy per-
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One encounters on many sides evil
dences Of this cult. 1t starts in dis
satisfaction with existing conditions
and terminates by open condemnation
Of them. Capital, it affrms, is not the
sole transgressor; the government
too, is q delinquent. There is a clamol
tor a different regime alike in social
and Industrial life. A motive for i'm.
sproving the lives Of the masses of man
kind is always admirable and praise
worthy. The modus-operandi at pres
emit suggested would not, it seems, b.
very satisfactory, much less profitable
to the rich and wealthy. It may b
that the profits Of labor and industr!
are to become in the future NOR
equalized. This ethical argument nov
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is advanced extensively by the work.
ers.
Strange to remark, the malcontent is
surprised II you do not agree with
him. He may be a foreigner; he may
be an American. Customarily n 10
as bitter as the other. Is he an idler
wanting the harvest without his doing
the sowing and the r~eaptng? Not al
ways. The fiotsam or jetsam of life?
Perhaps. True it is that rivers dark
with wreckage are now flowing under
the bridges Of civilization. but how
much Of this debris has been cast
adrift by the indifference Of legislators
and employers no one knows.
The Point Of view.
:. He claims that right has been
wronged, and justice thwarted in vari-
GUS places. Does the occasion demand,
as he sometimes demands, the reviling
Of government, the condemning Of
business. and v the execrating Of
revered religion? Must man revert to
a barbarian and resume the cave-life
in lieu Of civilization? Even II the
clocks be stopped running. time can
not be turned backward, Ideas thus be-
got from whatever source are dissem-
mated through contact OF speech and
association when listening ears soon
influence susceptible minds. Thus 1t
follows that men are often united
physically, for the work they are
forced to assume through adverse cir.
cumstances. To follow the camp-life
of labor in mountain. plain or desert
a man should have a rugged constitu.
ton. He must be willing to accept I
hundrum life. For he will be forced
to perform hard work often at a rapid
pace that will tax his strength and en-
!. durance. In addition, there may b,
long hours of labor. He will find som,
camps provide very poor and coars'
food, even not properly cooked. Hi
bed and shelter for the night may b.
!, the crudest-a bunk in q tent, a cabil
i, or a boxcar on the railroad. 1nstea.
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car. OF barney" is oil the equipment
needed to make the coal climb up the
hill.
If this con was not hauled up the
inclined plane Is the top-of the noun
tain it would have to move via Maha-
noy City. Taxnaqua,. Port Clinton and
Reading on it's way to Philadelphia.
This would add 10 miles to the haul
on each ton Of coal and would necessi-
tate the moving Of the Readings heavy
coal trains through the single-track
Mahanoy tunnel and the tunnel ct
Gauntlet. Travelling via Mahanoy
Plane. the coal moves through Track
Vile Junction, P%ottsytlle junction and
Aubur6 to- Reading and Philadelphia.
At the top Of the plane, which is
about 5000 feet long, are the two sta
tionary engines. They operate an end
less wire rope. which pulls loaded coal
cars up on n Of the tracks Of, the
plane at the same time It lets the emp
ties down on the Other track. Attach
ed to the rope Is the "barney." At the
foot Of the plane the barney" drops
into { subway between the tracks
while the coal cars move. over II. Then
the stationary engines are started, the
barney moves out Of the subway UP
the track, gets behind the coal cara
and pushes them up the hill.
The speed with which. the ''barnsy'
takes the carssup the hill-At maksl
about 20 trips "a hour--is snfncienl
to send the cars coasttng down intc
the yards, where they are5mAde Into
trains. II they do not coast down quite
far enough, an engine with aSsvinginl
arm COMES along, reaches over on ths
next track and pushes the cars e
down.
Only two men ars REQUIRED 70 oper'
ate the battery Il furnaces and boil,
ers which supply the engines witl
power. Their operation = automatic
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overlap (the front feather overlapping
the second, and SO on), with the Hand
invention each plane is clear
ly divided by q slot.
With only 4 single plane fitted in
front Of the leading edges Of the or
binary planes Of a D. H. 8 aeroplane,
the lift Of the machine has been in
creased IS per cent, and the length Of
the get-off and landing runs cut down.
Wind tunnel tests have been carried
out on model wings with five. six and
seven slots Or airways. and it has
been found that these give about four
times as much life as an ordinary wink
Of the same area. Future develop.
ments will allow for the alteration 81
the angle.of the planes to be controlled
by the pilot. 5