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New Britain herald., 1921-06-03

of sufficient nourishment, made painful impression. The place itself, unventilated and poorly heated, fos- tered all manner of diseases and con- tributed to the exceedingly high rate of mortality among the children. In the course of three months the child population of that institution renewe4 itself to an extent of 90 per cent.
 Tn other words. nearly all of them were sent to the hospital, or. having failed even to reach the hospital, they pcrished while still at the nursery.'
 The. official Bolsherist organ on public health, Izvestia Zradvookhran- enia, No. II, gives the statistical data on mortality of children in Moscow, up to the age of 16 years, per 10000 inhabitants, a follows: 1918, S1;
New Britain herald., 1921-06-03
WEALTH OF GOLD IS
 HIDDEN IN SONORA
Sierra Madre Ranges Rich in
 Romance at Least

Rtsocc, Artz.. June 3.--For three hundred years, according to reliable records. the Sierra Madro mountains of sonora and Chilhuahua, Mexico. havo held the secrets of a gold mine of fabulous richness and vast treas ure store of sold. mined and hidden away In an inaccessible tunnel.
 The romance of the gold hunter is written in tho history of mans efforts through tho centuries to reach ana bring back to civilization this wealth of tho old Tyopa mines. Murders and violence have marked many of these efforts and still fin many hardy breasts of this mining country today thoro stlll stirs the spirit which has | promoted many to brave the dangers >of starvation. thirst and death at tho hands of Indian bands and outlaws in the serch for gold.
 Mexico City contains records of the old mine and several prospectors. one of them Jack Dunn. accredited dis coverer of the Warren district, have reported seeing ruins of the old mine. but none ever reached there.
 According to records at the Mcxl- can capitol. in tho latter part of the seventeenth century the isolacd vil- iasc of old Tyopa was raided by In- dians. who destroyed tho town and killed all the inhabitants except a priest.
 After wandering Tor several weeks. tho priest arrived at a little town called Augn Fria. on tho Faqui river. where he was received and cared for by n Mexican family. His hardships caused his death. but before ho died he gave to the family n description and map of the mining camp. Hc also reported that tho gold obG med from seven years of mining had been
New Britain herald., 1921-06-03
GUARD ORGANIZING.
Hawaiian Post Wears Completion
 With More Than 2.0OO.

Honolulu. T. H., April 15.-(Delay- cd)-Within sixty days tho National Guard of Hawaii will be completely organized, and prepared for any emergency with moro than 2,ooo of flcors and men. according to a recent announcement by Col. w. D. Potter, adjutant general of the territory.
 Rapid establishment of tho guard on n footing of preparedness is being carried out pursuant to tho army re- organization law passed last June by congress. roNiding that the guard and tho reserve shall bo the first line of defense.
 Colonel Potter has announced that the federal government will grant tho territorial guard a budget of approxi- mately s50o.000 for 1921, which will be expended for equipment, supplies, salaries. and incidental disbursements.
New Britain herald., 1921-06-03
1 1915. IS; 1918. 100; 1919, 372; 1920,

400.
 AnalyZing the Bolshevist activities with regard to the children of Rus sia, the well known Russian physi- elan. pr. Horn, said at the Pirogof Medical congress- in Moscow:
 II am prepared to forgive the Bol- sheviki great many things, almost everything. But one thing there is which I cannot and will not forgive them: namely, those eNperi- ments, positively criminal and worthy of the most savage tribes of the Afri- can jungle, which the Bolsheviki have been making all this time with our young generation. with our children! This crime knows no parallel through out the history of the world. They have destroyed, morally as well as
New Britain herald., 1921-06-03

On April Is, 1921, acI own convictions, I desi down my tribal emblem in front of my house. I to live as an American
 |"I wish every young
 that I have started now as an American citizl dropped all my old custo| they were a great burde|
New Britain herald., 1921-06-03
BECOMES AMERICAN.
Chief of Alaskan Natives Abandons
 Tribe to Become Citizen.

Sitka, Alaska, June 3.-Jackson Anna Hootz traditional chief of Alas kan natives, on April IS took the totem pole from the yard of his home here, declared he no longer will fol- low the odd customs of his forefath- CTS and announced that in the future he will be a plain American citiEen.
 A former declaration was issued early in April by the old chief. It said: ... s.
New Britain herald., 1921-06-03

physically, whole Russian genera ton: they have destroyed 1t irretrie<-- ably and, alas. beyond remedy"
The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-19
REVENUE BILL
 AS PROPOSED
 IN COMMITTEE

The complete tentative list for territorial revenues for the present biennium, from which it is believed at least $200,000 income additional to the returns of previous years will be received, was arrived at by the house ways and means committee, of which Elsner of Cordova is chair man, according to the Empire.
 The most important item on the proposed revenue bill is the rate of taxation on all kinds of fish traps which has just been placed at $500 per trap.
 The list also includes a gross ton mage tax on ore mined calculated on a graduated scale according to the value of the ore, the rate running from one-tenth of a mill to fifteen cents per ton. Gravel handled by dredgers and hydraulicking plants are covered by cubic yard of gravel being considered equal to a toO of ore for purposes of computation and collection
 The rate existing on herring oil and meal, which has been declared by some of the companies engaged in the industry in the territory to be Confiscatory, is reduced in the tenta- tive schedules from $2.00 per barrel | Tnr pi1 for meal to 40 cents per barrel and 1 the same amount per ton for each respective product.
 There was some question in the committee as the rate of taxes to be imposed on fish traps. It was almost unanimously agreed that the present rate is too low" said Nr Elsner, but there was considerable diversity of opinion as to the proper rate. Five hundred dollars was ten, ] tatively agreed upon but there seems to be some sentiment for making the rate even higher, possibly up tc $750."
 MT. Elsner also stated there were some advocates for a lower rate and some individual members stated it as their belief that a rate of $25(
 would be more equitable.
 The committee in its consideration I of the measures, said the chairman
 had been guided solely by a desire
 to see that the burden of taxation i:
 divided equitably among all indus
The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-19
RDiN A NCE NO. 76


 AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE TERM OF OFFICE AND THE SAL ARIES OF OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CORDOVA, TERRI TORY OF ALASKA, AND RE- PEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
 Be it ordained by the Common Council of the Town of Cordova, Ter ritory of Alaska.
 Section 1. The officers of the Town of Cordova, in the Territory of Alaska, shall be paid and allowed as compensation and salaries as fol lows:
 The Town Clerk shall be allowed and paid $6500 per month
 The Municipal Magistrate shall be allowed and paid 5000 per month. Tte Chief of the Fire Department shall be allowed and paid $20O.0O per month.
 The City Attornew shall be allowed and paid $5000 per month The Town Treasurer shall be al lowed and paid $3OOO per month.
 The Health Officer shall be allowed and paid $25.00 per month.
 The Patrolman shall be allowed and paid $1750O per month.
 Section ?. All appointive officers of the Town of Cordova shall hold office at the pleasure of the Com mon Council,
 Section 3. Each of the said sal arie shall be paid out of the General Fund on the last day of each month and the Town Clerk is hereby au- i thorized and instructed to draw war rants on the Treasurer for the amount of said salaries monthly.
 Section 1. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed l Section 5. This ordinance shall go into effect and be in force from and after the day it is passed and approved, and shall be published by being printed once in the Cordova Daily Times.
 Introduced by Councilman Dono- hoe and read April IS, 1921.
 Rules suspended, passed and ap- proved, April IS, 1921
 (SeaD w. w. COUNCIL. Attest: Mayor
 K. G. ROBINSON. Town Clerk. 19-1t
The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-19
PROPOSED YEARLY TERRITORIAL
 TAXES

Reindeer, DaHy co"S per head "- ."-~...~~ 200 TUT ouyers nonreslden Hunting license, nonresident newspapers dally and weekly
  Newspapers, weekly monthly (ncuding magazines of
 general crcuaion) -.--.~~~~...... Joo plants (not connected with Automobiles privately not Automobiles for hire rated by capacity Manufacturers nonalcoholc O0 Dealers in above, except soda fountain Hotels and lodging Incorporated towns) 100 Road houses and lodging houses incorporated
 to"ns) per ped """""~ Dahce assembly halls ented Flsh' Tesn or rozen per pound Sawm1ls lumber cut M. ." "------- Ores mined ton graduated value to - 15 Gravel handled by dredges hydraulic Herring by-products reduced tax)
 Oil, .......... ... . 4O
 Meal, per ton 40 Marble gypsum building rock and fuxes
 dump) per ton Coal dealers sold Commercial travellers, for Flshermans Hcense nonresident Peddlers Fuolc Dath houses per tub 500 Fish .. BOO
The Cordova daily times., 1921-04-19

of unnecessarily heavy taxes. Dwin- ding taxes, he said from the sources heretofore supplying revenue, had made it imperative for the territory mittee, in determining these, had fully realized that unduly heavy taxes might result in the death of the in dustry upon which it was levied
Evening star., 1921-07-13

"They won't believe 1t. They won't
believe a word Of It," thought he. II
wonder what Farmer Browns Boy is
going to do to me now"
What Farmer Browns Boy did do
was to gently battle that hurt wing to
make sure that no dirt was left in the
wounds. 1t felt so good that Redhead
didn't once peck at those hands. and
somehow he gradually lost all fear
of Farmer Browns Boy. Queer things
we're happening to him. but he
couldn't help but feel that all was for
the best and would be all right in
the end.
Farmer Browns Boy took him out
to the barn and put him in box.
Then, for quite a while. Redhead
heard Farmer Browns Boy very busy
about something. saving, hammering
and all the time whistling. But Red
head couldn't see what was being
done.
At last the noise Of the saving and
Browns Boys freckled face appeared
above Nhe edge of the box. 1t was
smiling. pleasant. face. Gently Red
head was lifted out Of that box and
wire across one side of it. Inside was
a piece of old dead tree trunk a piece
with a hole in 1t. In fact, 1t had one
time been Redhead's own home. He
and Mrs. Redhead had made that very
hole and cut out the hollow 1t opened
into.
Farmer Browns Boy put Redhead
on that bit of tree trunk. Then he
closed the wire door of that box.
Redhead was in prison. though at the
time he didn't know it. .
There" said Farmer Browns Boy:
"you are a prisoner, but 1t will be
only until you are we'll and strong
enough to go free. Then back you
shall go to the Old Orchard. But for
the present this is the only safe place
I can think Of for you. Now, try to
be happy"
So it was that Redhead the Wood
pecker came to live at Farmer
Browns. Such good living as he had!
It seemed as if Mrs. Brown or Farm
er Browns Boy was forever trying
to tempt his appetite. At first he
didn't mind being shut up. But as he
grew strong he wanted to be free.
All the kindness in the world couldn't
make up for loss of freedom. Every
day Farmer Browns Boy looked at
that wing.
Then one never-to-be-fo forgotten day
he took Redhead out and placed him
on a fence post. For a minute or two
Redhead was afraid to try his wings
Then carefully he did try them. The
hurt one was well! With glad cry
He flew over to his home in an apple
tree WELL" said Mrs. Redhead.
rather sharply. "it is time you came
home to help take care of your fam
ily."
Copyright. 1921. by T. W. BurgessD
Evening star., 1921-07-13
The Little Red Schoolhouse.

The small caliber politician can still
wiring a sentimental thrill or two out
of an oratorical eulogy Of the little
red schoolhouse." but the plain truth
is that any one travelling through the
country cannot fail to be impressed
by the utter dilapidation. sanitary
horror and disreputable unkemptness
of the buildings or rather shanties
and grounds around them-the little
red schoolhouse is generally the most
repulsive spot in the village or COM
munity. As people SO fond Of boast
| ing Of ourselves and our affairs We
ought to be heartily ashamed Of our
pesky little rusty. weather-beaten and
badly rundown schoolhouses No
wonder young women hate to identity
themselves with such miserable places
as country teachers. The great ma
jority Of country sch hoolhouses are un-
| fit to receive a teacher with q rea-
sonable amount of personal pride. and
as for unfortunate school children
who must languish in these crude
shacks, fathers cattle or hay barn at
home would be q more suitable build
| ing.
praise the fine school buildings In
towns or cities. Heaven knows most
Of our cities have nothing to be proud
Of in their public school buildings.
what with civic penury or parsimony.
political pickering and plain graft.
Any one not hampered by a dependent
political job, who has had the oppor-
tunity to visit public school build
ings in various parts Of the country,
must agree that when compared with
business buildings or even with other
municipal buildings. the schools are
generally badly skimped and poorly
adapted for use. How is it that We
can squander so many millions on
lavish marble superfuities, nay. down.
right sins, in our post ofilces and our
other public buildings. yet when It
comes to erecting a school building
we are too poor to even think Of in
stalling such unheard-of features as
If we do compromise on a two-by-
four pool or a half-size gymnasium.
Evening star., 1921-07-13

how is it that the watchdogs of tho
public funds make such a fuss about
1t and utter not so much as growl
about the criminal extravagances seen
in so many other public buildings:
The little red schoolhouse. with its
ghastly defiance of the most ele-
mentary sanitary principles. its dis
reputable exterior appearance. the un-
kempt environment and the squalid
furnishings. is probably to blame for
a great deal Of the petty-mindedness
of present-day authorities who resist
every movement launched in behalf Of
adequate school housing. You can't
develop thoroughbreds in a mere weed
patch.
Lets give the little rusty school
house a few coats Of paint. SO 1t will
compare at least favorably with the
barn over yonder. Let's clean up the
yard around it so that passing way
farers may not lack respect for our
little community. Let's loosen UP and
spend forty dollars II necessary for
some sort of sanitary toilet facilities
which the health authorities can ap-
prove. Let's see to it that the school
grounds and the shack itself are kept
as presentable as any private home
and grounds in the community. Ger
tainly we can afford that much for
our own children.
Evening star., 1921-07-13
With Watermelon.

! Watermelon, to be fit to eat. must
be ripe. No halfway ripeness will do
But il it is fully ripe and is chilled
through to boot. it is so delicious
| served simply in slices or wedges
that no form of preparation could
make it more worth while. Chill 1t on
the ice for several hours. If possible
for ten or twelve, before serving 1t.
1t is never so good served second
time. But it can be kept in MT con-
dition to eat If the part that is left
from the first serving is wrapped In
thick waxed paper and kept on the
ice. Never serve or eat any water
melon that looks withered or that
feels or tastes rubbery. 1t will be
crisp, pink and full of juice II 1t is
fresh.
A method of serving watermelon
that makes it easy to eat is to chill
| it on ice for several hours. then to
cut it in halves and scoop out the
plup with a tablespoon. Serve these
chunks on chilled plates, from a cut
glass bowl. By the way. be as care
full about putting chilled food into
cut glass as you are about putting
hot food into it. Always put silver
spoon into the glass dish before you
put in ice cream. sherbert or any
serves as a conductor OF both cold
and heat.
The Chinese have an interesting
way of preparing watermelon. 1t is
this: Scoop the pulp out with a table
spoon and remove the seeds. Sprinkle
the pieces with powdered sugar and
grated ginger root. Pack them In an
ice cream freezer and turn the crank
a few times. In about ten minutes
turn the crank a few times again, and
occasi onally thereafter give 1t a Few
turns, but do not crank 1t enough to
crush the plup. Serve 1t when 1t Is
partly frozen.
The Chinese make another interest
ing use Of watermelon. They remove
the ripe seeds and salt them just as
we salt almonds, and then serve them
at dinner. They prepare the seeds OF
pumpkins in the same way.
watermelon fritters are rich but
delicate. To make them. cut a medi-
um-sized watermelon into 1engthwise
strips, cutting from tho center out.
Remove the rind and seeds and put
the strips into a bowl. Sprinkle them
with granulated, sugar and finely
chopped lemon rind, and let them
stand, covered, for two hours. Pre-
pare a batter of the yolk of an egg,
two ounces of -four half table
spoon of olive oil and three table
spoons of cold water. When it is
smooth, add the stiffly-beaten white
of two eggs. Dip the strips Of melon
in this batter and fry to golden
brown in deep boiling fat. This should
take about ten minutes. Remove from
the fat, drain on brown paper and
serve hot with granulated sugar.
Evening star., 1921-07-13
LISTEN, WORLD!
NJ ELSIE ROBINSON.

There's . lot Of ranting and roaring
about the present tendency IN fifty
year-olders to dress and act like flap
-pers. Grandmothers cavorting around
like debutantes. doing politics and play
ing tennis all day, dancing until 2
O'Clock. taking their cold showers in the
morning as though they were sixteen!
Bank presidents jumping the job on
Saturday to play golf, wrestling and
hiking themselves into pinch back suits.
scooting around in aeroplanes instead
of accomplishing q profile and q wheeze!
Mercy. what's the world coming to?
I think the world Is coming to some
mighty fine days and that these breezy
stunts on the part of our elders are
the finest signs Of the times-for they
show that we are growing tired Of the
getting-old idea.
Getting old is largely an idea. We
used to make fetish Of 1t. That was
because it's really easier to lie around
and let your arteries and viewpoint
harden. and your shape and Imagination
grow fat, than 1t is to snap out Of It
and stay young. So, being humans. We
camoudaged our laSiness by calling 1t
dignity and gave ourselves over 10 easy
chairs and death.
But We have awakened to see our
Evening star., 1921-07-13

man Is SO much bigger than the horse.
Then on across the square is 18th street,
which was once called the avenue Of
the presidents. but not any more. Out
this street you will find the homes Of
the National Educational Association,
the American Forestry Association, the
National Geographic Society, the new
Racquet Club, for (which Gen. Pershing
laid the cornerstone. These are all be-
fore you get to Scott Circle. Beyond
that are many Of the embassies and the
street at last gets to Walter Reed Hos
pital, where SO many soldiers are.
Right at the corner Of the square and
18th street Is st. Johns Church, about
which wrote you some time ago.
You can spend a whole day right
around that square almost within sight
Of the two pillars in the picture, and
am going to write more about the
square.
'.I.- RUSSELL BURKE,
The Travelog Boy.
Evening star., 1921-07-13
Spinach and Ham With Eggs.

Wash one peck Of spinach thorough
ly and cook in q steamer until tender.
Chop fine, add salt and pepper to
taste and two tablespoonfuls Of lemon
juice, with one-half cup of melted
butter. Place one cup Of lean cooked
chopped ham in a frying pan and
keat until 1t begins to frizzle. Reheat
and pile high on a round platter. Gar
nish with hard-boiled eggA
Evening star., 1921-07-13
How to Salt Almonds.

Many persons have difficulty in sailing
almonds properly. Here is q very easy
way: Blanch the, almonds, put them In a
thoroughly buttered tin and sprinkle
them quite thickly with table salt. Put
them in an oven and from time to
time shake the pan, to prevent the nuts
from burning to the bottom, until they
are Of a uniform light-brown color.
Evening star., 1921-07-13

That is. there are no broken bones."
he declaped. The skin is torn, and
wouldn't be surprised If you have
strained the muscles a little. You've
broken some of your flight feathers
and that Is the reason you cannot fly.
But all you need Is plenty Of food and
Q safe place in which to remain quiet.
Then. after while, you will be as
good as ever"
Then began the strangest happen
ings in all the life of Redhead the
Woodpecker. Farmer Browns Boy
took him into the house. OF course.
Redhead never had been inside that
kind of house before. 1t frightened
him. 1t frightened him very much.
But at the same time his bright eyes
didn't miss a single thing. II ever
he should be free and we'll again.
what a wonderful story he would have
to tell Mrs. Redhead and the other
hfrdaf
Evening star., 1921-07-13
What Happened to Redhead.
BY THORNTON w. BURGEs

No greater gift can fortune send
Than just q true and loyal friend.
-Redhead.
It didn't take Farmer Browns Boy
long to find out that something was
wrong, very wrong, with one of Red
heads wings. He understood then why
Redhead had been on the ground. Very
gontly he took Redhead from the
trunk OF the tree to which he was
cltnging. Then he sat down and exam
tned that poor, hurt wing.
With gentle fingers he felt that wing
al over to find out il any bones were
broken. Redhead. not understanding,
pecked at his hand once or twice. The
Anxious look cleared from the face of
Farmer Browns Boy as ne finished
feeling Of that wing. 1T is all whole.
Evening star., 1921-07-13
Personal Health Service
>~Bv WILLIAM BRADY. M. D.
Noted Physician and Author

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few
AddrsD
Evening star., 1921-07-13
Information.

Autoist-where do these two roads
lead to?
Farmer-weIl, you see, this here
road leads to my house, and the other
one goes straight ahead!
Evening star., 1921-07-13
UNIQUE VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF
FAMOUS HANGING LAMP.
washington.

Washington.
Dear J. T. c.: How
many know where the
photographer was stand
ing when he took this
picture for you? Thou
sands of people walk up
and down the street on
the other side Of that
fountain and look at the
pillars and the lamp many
times, but not SO many
get on the side you are
looking at now unless
YOU have business there,
for the house is, I guess,
the ost interesting
house in America, for
that Is where Mr.. and
Mra. Harding live.
These two pillars are
directly opposite the doors
that open on the entrance
to the drives that lead
into Pennsylvania avenue
and from right under this
lamp Mr.. Harding steps
into his automobiles. The
autos come in between
the porch and the base
that you see holding up
the two columns. Now
that Mrs. Harding has
thrown open the grounds
to the public thousands
Of people walk up there
every week, but not on
the porch unless you ex-
plain things to the police
man on either side.
Right at a window be-
hind that left hand col
umn there is another Of
ficer and Mr.. Hoover. I
guess Mr.. Hoover knows
about everybody worth
knowing in Washington.
You do not see him but
he sees you when you
come up the steps and he
knows right away whether
business inside the front
IL Q policeman at either
steps going up on the por
near them there Is a bu
stone wall that runs aroI
of the White House. You
hard for that, too, but I
know where the buttons a
ever have to press one o
would be about twenty po
in no time to see what
might be about. I askt
Gron about that one day.
there would not be any a
anybody who came up to
Junior Travel Club, and
pretty good. So you kn'
word.
Right In front Of the W
LAfayette Square, and In u
IN the jackson statue. q
horse, and everybody max
monument because the .