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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

at least recover his breath.
John Is a native M Athens, Greece.
When he came to this country hh
name was John Peter Coutsogianno
poulos. On account OF his great diff
Guilty In making his intensive handle
understood, he cut of several yards
OF II and became John T.. PoulOs. lie
was drafted for service with the
Greek army during the drst Balkan
war. After being mustered out he
emIgrated to Amreica and found en-
ployment In the copper mines OF Mich
lgan.
After few years In this country he
returned to Greece for visit. Greece
was having another little scrap then.
and he was drafted for the second
Balkan war. lie did his bit aud left
the war just after John got back, and
he enlisted for his third fling In the
infantry. He did IL well, and after
Uncle Sam had given him his dis
charge, he decided once more to visit
Greece. Result, he's In again
This time the Greeks have drafted
him for service against the Turks
John recently appealed to his con.
gresham, w. Frank james of the
Twelfth Michigan district, opinlng
that he was fed up on wars and that
he wanted to get out Of the army and
be married. Mr.. James has taken up
the case with the State department
Poulos is a fully naturallzed citizen.
hut In the absence of treaty agree
ments between the United States and
Greece, his citizenship papers were
not sufficient to prevent his being
drafted.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
INDIAN BOYS AS LEGION MEN
Charter for Post In South Dakota
Bears the Names Of Four
Sioux Braves.

When adjutants OF a number Of
western posts OF the American Legion
cali the membership roll at meetings
II is not always the easiest thing In
the world to ''make out" the names,
for American Indians who served
daring the World war, are lining
up with the eX-service mems or
ganization, according TO applications
for post charters received at national
headquarters
recent charter request for a pos:
at ST. Charles, ). D., bears the names
OF four Indians who sign them
selves. Benjamin -out-Bear
Charles Owl-Walks-in-the- House, Mar
clssc Mackenzie and John Bluebird.
Sixty Sioux Indian braves have
been engaged TO stage real war
dance for the Leglon's third annual
national convention In Kansas City
next fall. The Indians performed
valiant service against the enemy In
the World war as intelligence scou,s
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
GAVE VILLAGE SECOND NAME
Boys ReJoinder to Puzzled Tourist
Responsible for Distinction En-
Joyed by Kentucky Hamlet.

"A village In my state" says a Ken
lucky representative, had for many
years the unique distinction of pos
sessing two names. 1t received the
second but more popular name In this.
way:
"A stranger who had lost, or thought
he had lost, his way, found himself
Mt point on the turnpike where two
rainshackle cottages. blacksmith
and an incognito postofiice stood. Thu
only human being In sight was thu
traditional barefooted boy.
Boy said the stranger, can you
tell me how far 1t is to OrangeburgT
Mister said the youngster, with
admirable sententiousness, you're,
plum sock In it.
"And Plum Sock it became and re-
manned"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

E. f., in the Argonne figt ting, DR..
Talbot viewed cross section OF the
country's manhood and found a re-
orthodox church-goer.
In his work, DIR. Talbot collected and
examined the personal effects of men
killed In battle. In ninety percent of
them he found either Bible. u scapu-
lar. a prayer book. a cross, cruel
says In letter to national headquar-
tiers of the American Legion. proved
that religion was real element I'm
the mems lives. And In those days,
the former chaplain continues, the
First was not carrying a single article
II did not consider essential.
Admitting that the average American
Is "uncommoBiy tlmid in the exercise
OF his religion" DR.. Talbot declares
that nevertheless II is there and
needs only TO be cultivated and in
telligently used" lie summarizes his
refutation of the assertion that the
American soldier was an lrreligious
person by the statement: "If a sim
plicity which is elemental; trust
which is childlike although II expresses
itself In what Is called chance or
SUCK; sense Of reverence which Is
SO profound that II IL never fooled
by cant; an honesty which, while II Is
apt to be communistlc is so essential
that sbams don't last-if these are
notes Of religion, there was In the
spiritual life Of the Expedltionary
Force sompthirp that was fine"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

Then the depu,J enlisted-and the lit
tie stenographer carried on the work
alone while she broke in a new depu-
~. She did the task so we'll that she
was named deputy clerk herself in Oc-
tober 1919, position which she now
holds.
When the boys came marching home
again, her brother, who had enlisted
early In the states infantry regiment,
began forming a post OF the Amerl-
can Legion and Miss Hurley started
In to organize a unit of the Legion
Women's auxiliary. Last May she
was elected secretary treasurer of the
North Dakota department Of the aux
Hilary. She is. ah-twenty.one
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

leans and the VETS are nov uOInI-
ciled at Lincoln.
O'Connell, during the summer Of
1918, served at lie Mons, where he
edited q soldier newspaper. Miss
Blodgett was stationed there ms can
teen worker with the Y, NJ, @. A.
They had known each other as chill
dren, but not seriously. They met at
Sable. Cupid did the rest.
On his return from France, O'Con-
nell became active in Legion work.
He was the first commander of the
Lincoln post and has been adjutant
Of the department since Its organlza-
ton. He is widely known among the
Cornhuske. Leglonnalres.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

life In riding the ranges was the most
exciting career he had heard or I'M
til he conveyed carload OF cattle TO
Chicago In April, 1917, and found out
that America had entered the war So
did Pat.
Going to France with Headquarters
Troop of the First division shortly
after Pershlng, Private Patterson was
stationed in the peaceful French VIII
lage of Gondrecourt for weary and
drab months while the battle was go
ing on without him. Finnlly he and
two buddes hoped a French meat
truck bound for the front. II took
them as far as Barbecue, from which
place they hiked In the direction Of
the firing, They found the front line
trenches around Lunevllle, introduced
themselves to the amazed poilus and
declined TO leave because they couldn't
understand what the horizon blues
we're so excited about. After ten days
an American officer came to the front
after them. They polished the COM
pany's pots and pans for two weeks
for their pains.
Patterson finally found enough ex-
element. At Cantigny he came
through unscathed, At scissors ma
chine gun bullet got him through both
ankles. At Seicheprey he Jumped In
to shell hole on top of Gert IAN with
bayonet. High explosive which got
him In the Argoane on October 4, 1918,
left his right leg stiff, tore open his
shoulder and broke his nose
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

probable purposes to which they could
be applied. 1t is difficult to see how
sufficient width could be obtained
for the stretched membrane of the
wings unless II were extended down
along the sides OF the hind legs, as
Doctor Williston believed, and no,
merely along the side Of the body,
as Doctor Seeley supposed. Then II
the membrane was stretched on the
outer side Of each hind leg, It must
also have been stretched between
them and up to the tail, In order to
take the strain off the legs. 1t may
also be supposed that the membrane
stretched from the neck out on each
side over the shoulders as far as the
'pteroid bone" as this would have
some obvious mechanical advantages
In life all the principal bones Of
pterodactyls were thin, hollow cylin-
ders of an exceptionally hard and
flaky quality OF bone. Moreover, there
are, In some Of the bones at least,
openings corresponding to those In
birds, which serve to allow air to cir
culate within the hollow cavity of the
bone.
Soaring Like a Bird.
This Is not the only point In which
pterodactyls resemble birds They
have also much higher type of brain
than ordinary reptiles, the cerebellum
or hind-brain is large, and, as in birds,
the optic kobes are widely separated.
Ii Is also probable, In the opinion Of
some high authorities, that-like birds
they had a rapid circulation Of the
blood and continuously high body tenn
perature, and were far above the rep
lillian stage in this respect. Indeed the
high type of brain and the active life
of a flying animal could hardly be
maintained save through high type
of circulation such as mammals and
especially birds possess.
l can picture the pteranodon soar
ing as the great sea birds do today,
gllttering surface of the Cretace0us
seas, patrolling them from dawn to
dusk in search of such unwary fish or
pelagic mollusks as might be summing
themselves at the surface and come
within reach of the sudden swoop
from above. Generally, ! imagine, he
would avoid actually coming down
upon the surface of the water, for
that would involve at least n great
deal OF difficulty In rising again into
the air-indeed II is not easy TO see
how 1t would be possible for the giant
Pteranodon to rise from the level sea,
save through aid Of the wind. At
night he would perhaps return to the
shore many miles distant, and hang
himself up on some favored roOst--
tree or rocky point-anywhere that
would be securely out OF reach of the
dinosaurs and other fierce reptilian
beasts of prey which lived upon the
land.
Whether the pterodactyis laid eggs,
how these eggs were Matched and
cared for, we have no means of know
ing. Nor do we know much about
their origin and evolution. Perhaps
these really were the last survivors |;
perhaps they are but one type Of a
varied world of flying reptiles whose
forms and habitat the rocks have not
yet revealed to us
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
EHT pLOOh, DON
Hopkins, MINI.

It has been said that not one woman in
thousand passes this perfectly natural
change without experiencing train of
very annoying and sometimes painful
symptoms. Those dreadful hot flashes,
sinking spells, spots before the eyes,
dizzy spells, nervousness, are only few
Of the symptoms. Every woman at this
age should prefit by Mrs. Block 8 expert
ence and try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
If you have the slightest doubt that
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will help you, write to Lydia z.
Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.,
about your health. Your letter will DO
opened, read and answered by woman,
and held in strict confidence.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

IN umbrella. In the pterOdactyl
only one finger is elongated for q
wing, the membrane being stretched
between that and the rather long hind
legs. The wing finger was the fourth
digit, and the remains OF the first
three diglts, reduced to small claws,
can easily be recognized on the upper
border of the wing.
The head Is most extraordinary
part Of the animal. All pterodactyls
have large but lightly constructed
skulls with long beak, which In
most Of them is set with sharp needle
like teeth. The Pteranodon, as its
name indicates. is toothless, with a
great, sharp-pOinted beak somewhat
like that of a stOrk or kingflsher,
and very light and dellcately-con
structed skull with an enormous COM
pressed crest stretching backward
from 1t. almost equal to the beak in
length.
The neck is moderately long and
strong, as would be needed to carry
the large head, but the body looks
absurdly short and small and the tail
Is mere little stub. The backbone
between the shoulders is all CONSOLE
dated into single piece (called the
notarium), just as the backbone be-
tween the hip bones Is consolidated
In most animals into single piece
called the sacrum. The upper end Of
the shoulder girdle (scapula) is SOCK
eted into the side Of the notarium,
the lower end (coracoid) into the
sternum on the under side of the
body. This affords n very strong pur-
chase for the wings, stronger even
than In birds, which sometimes have
the vertebrae partly consolidated like
notarium, but never get so far as
to have the scapula socketed into II.
Great Spread Of Wing.
The breastbone or sternum Is not so
unlike the breastbone Of bird. II Is
a broad fiat plate with a high crest
projecting forward and downward in
the middle line, TO which the prln-
cipal wing muscle Is attached. In
this specimen, unfortunately, the
sternum was missing altogether.
The ribs are very imperfect, short,
and little curved. Probably con-
siderable part OF the body basket was
cartllaginous, so that II has not been
preserved as fossil. The ribs In
this specimen were scattered, and no
attept has been made TO bring them
back TO their proper calculations,
They have merely been placed near to
their proper location.
The extent and limits of the wing
membranes as shown on the specimen
are theoretical. No pterOdactyl Of
this group has been found in which
they are preserved. They have been
found, indeed, more or less perfectly
preserved. In some Of the smaller spe-
cies from the Solenhofen slate of Ba-
varia. notably the long.tailed Rham-
phorhynchus and the short-tailed
PterOdactylus, Scaphognathus, etc.
But these more ancient kinds OF flying
reptiles are much smaller and more
primitive, and so different from the
great Pteranodon In the proportions
of skull and other parts that they
may have been very different In the
wings as well. The best evidence for
reconstructing the wings is The form
and proportion of the bones anu the
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

assistant to General Pershing, chief. of
STAFF issued the official reports ot
McGregor's feat showing that he COW
cred the last 500 miles of the march
In II days, an average of more than
80 miles a Gay The entire distance
covered was LOO miles, from San An.
tonic, Tex, to Denver, Colo, and was
made in 40 marching days
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
A Mixed Metaphor.

Speaking Of mixed metaphors-ar
ex-doughboy was relating his experi-
ence somewhere over there.
I'll say 1t was some battle. I was
up in the air for the time being with.
my back against the wall, but I re-.
solved to die in the ditch rather than.
yield an inch, so continued to adj
vance regardless of the ferries who.
were pressing me from the rear
Hartford Times.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
Girl swims 40 Miles.

New lork.-Amelia Gade, twenty
two, swimming Instructor at the Har.
lem branch Of the Y. w. G.. A., swan
completely around Manhattan, n dis
lance Of 40 miles, In u hours ana 81
minutes. She Is said to be the second
woman ever to accomplish the feat.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
SETS ARMY HIKING RECORD
Miles In Fourteer Days With
Full Pack.

Washington.-An cu trance test has
been completed by H. ate John Me
Gregor of the See, u" division, be
lleved by veteran u utrymen here
TO establish a new ""urd for long
distance hiking Will M pack for the
army.
Major General Uurbold executive
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

erican lost what
little religion he
possessed during
the trying days OF
917-1S, Rev.
Henry Russell Tai
bot. u. d.. canon
of the National
Catl edral of
Washington, ID. c.,
makes answer. AS
senior chaplain of
the e m b attl G d
First Division. A.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

nance eliminated
rs only a romance
could culrulnate
In the marriage
recently OF Frank
q. 0'Conneli, de-
partment adj u-
tant Of the Amer
lean Legion Of Ne
braska, and Miss
Rachel N. Blodg-
EFT of Orleans. Ne
braska. The wed.
ding was at Or
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

World war, Miss
Abbey n. Hurley,
Fargo, n. d., was
a clerk and stem
ographer In the
district court OF
her county. Then
the district clerk
enlisted for serv-
Ice and Miss Hur-
ley forsook the
files and keys TO
help the deputy
carry on the work.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

Irish extraction,
who went A. w.
o. l.. looking for
the battle. He
found 1t.
Patterson left
his quiet home In
Muncie. Ind, early
In search of ex-
cite m G n I. He
found what he
wanted I'm the cat
tie ranches of the
Northwest, III | s
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

V. Brfden Posf
No. SO, the Arneri-
can Legion, lsh-
pemlDg, Mich. Is
getting tire1 Of
going to war
every year or 80.
lie has the United
States government
AT work trying TO
get a red chevron
that will keep
him out of battle
long enough to
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

had been unable to talk since he was
shell shocked. He was Frustrated by
the heat. When he recovered con.
sciousness he said: "Well, can talk
now"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
Vet Renalns Voice.

COncordia, Kan.-Work i'm the har-
vest fields worked miraculous cure
Tor Henry FallOws of Pittsburgh, who
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

two years. i saw
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge table Co M
pound advertised In
the paper and got
good results from
taking it. I recon-
mend your medicine
to M .Pnds and
you npublish
this facI-As q testi-
monial. "--Mrs.RoB-
ERT BLOCK, Box 642,
Hopkina Mimi.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
WAR BROUGHT WORK FOR HER
Fargo IN. d. Girl Found Plenty to
Do During and After Big
Conflict.

Maybe woman's place was in the
home, hut when America entered the
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05


hibition, are mighty interesting-so
interesting that they are incredible
ana make man say. There never
was no such anlmile; there couldn't
De- Most people will probably re-
gard the great flying reptiles as more
wonderful even than the giant lizards.
To be sure the lizards are whoppers,
maybe as long as 50 feet and weigh
Ing about twenty tons. but an 1S-foot
creature that flew all day like sea-
gull and hung itself up by It's claws
at night like bat--not a bird, but
flying reptile-crowds lizard, even
an armored or meat-eating lizard,
out of the spotlight.
Anyway. the American Museum Of
Natural History has placed on exhi-
billion q fine skeleton of the Pterano-
don or giant flying reptile from the
chalk formation of western Kansas.
Its nearest neighbors are great ma
rine lizard, Tylosaurus, and giant
fish, Portheus, both from the same
Kansas formation. incidentally. do
not let the name, Pteranodon phaze
you. 1t really means something: a
winged lizard without teeth.
One of the interesting things Lbout
these freak prehistoric giants Is the
fact that they and the formations In
which their bones lie tell us lot
about the prehistoric history of our
country. 1t Is now certain, for OK.
ample, that after the Rocky noun
tains rose up out of the waters, there
was great inland sea east of them.
where these giant lizards and flying
reptiles dlsported themselves. Prob
I ably Ice and snow and rain, wore
down the mountain peaks and the riv-
ers carried off the grlndings to flll up
this inland sea and bury some of the
monsters, so that we could find their
hones and figure out what they looked
like In life.
The Latest Ptersnodon.
As to this latest Pteranodon from
Kansas, w. ID. Matthew of the depart
nent of vertebrate palaeOntOlogy Of
the American Museum of Natural His.
tory. writes interestingly about II In
Natural History He says, among 9th.
er things:
The skeleton Of the new giant fly
ing reptile at the American museum
while not the largest of It's kind, is of
Quite impressive dimensions. The
wings, II stretched out In straight
lihe. would measure 81 feet from tip
b to tip; In their present curve. about
their actual position In flght, they
measure 1G feet between the tips.
Nothing Of the wing membranes was
preserved in this skeleton; but In
other kinds of pterodactylS they have
been preserved more or less complete,
so that II Is known that they were
thin delicate membranes IKE wings
of hats. The bats wing however, rs
extended upon four ont II the five
fingers stretched out like tie ribs of
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
RELIGIONS PART IN BIG WAR
Senior Chaplain Found That 90 per
Cent Of Fighters Were Men Of
Some Faith.

To those disquIetlng souls who
publicly lament that the average Am
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
HE FOUND TIE EXCITEMENT
Hoosler, Seeking Battle Lines. Dlsoov.
cred Liberal Share Of What
World War Offered.

Few bucks can equal the record OF
Ralph G. Patterson. Hoosier Of strong
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
LEGION MAN FED Up ON WAR
Veteran Of the World and other Con
filots Returns TO Greece and 10
Nabbed for Service.

John r. Poulos, veteran Of the
World war and a member Of Albert
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
DAN CUPID WAS ON THE JOB
Nebraska Legion Man Won Bride
From Home When They Met
In France.

They met In France He was a sol
der she cnnteen worker The ro-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05
HOW WOMEN
OF Middle AGE
May Escape the Dreaded Suf-
ferings of that Period by
Taking Mrs. Blocks Advice

Hopkins, MINI. During Change Of
Life had hot flashes and suffered for
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

He Couldn't Say EN-.

1t was Ora's first year In school, AND
Maurice, two years the younger, looked
on his brother with great admiration
and awe for the many wonderful new
things he had learned. Bigon, as ne
called Ora for some unknown childish
reason, was his idol supreme. An
aunt, visiting one day, asked Maurice
whether he could recite the alphabet,
mo-" he piped. mo, 1 can't say
'em. l can't say the A, b, C's. But
Blgon, he can say 'em. 'Eres the way
Bigon says EN-" And then he pro.
ceeded to say them correctly.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

Identified.
Edith-Nobody loves me.
Ethel-Oh, then Reggie has pro-
posed. has he?-BostOn Transcript.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-08-05

LYING reptiles are be-
ginning to come out Of
the fossil beds Of the
middle West. The fos-
sill beds have been CIV
ing up great numbers
Of prehistoric monsters
Of various kinds and
sizes for years. And
some Of them, as recon-
structed and put on ex-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-07-14
Monte carIe,s Bio ProMta.

Az the annual general meeting Of
tho Casinos shareholders at Monte
Carlo recently 1t was announced that
the receipts for the year 192O-21 were
81 100000 francs from roulette and
trent ct quarante, 5.OOO,OOO from bac-
carat and chemin de Ter, and 100000
from entrance fees. the total being
60 600. 600 francs. This is 100000
more than last year. The expenses
were 100000 francs. the profit be-
ing 22,OOO.O0O.
A dividend Of 27t francs per share
was declared, which. with the %
francs paid last November. makes o
total dividend Of 800 francs per share.
This is 90 francs more than was paid
lest year.
1t is said that tha ''tips" contributed
hy winners at the various tables for
the benefit Of the employees amounted
to as much as 6.5OO.OO0 francs. Taus
the grand total "left" by players at
the Casino and the Sporting club
works out at 75.bOO0O francs.
But that there are chances for some-
body is proved by the feat Of Mr..
Syendsen, who won $4,000 francs one
Sunday, on which day the money at
the table had to be replenished no few
er than Ave times.