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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

THE OIL NEST


Now. ain, .ayin' don. like the movies,
Blu. as rule | like GIN with Doug Fairbanks.
Or Charlie Chsplin--but this mother stuff.
With everybody bawlin like baby
Nix Not for mine Most fellas feel that way.
Blu, Cecil says-and Cecil is my girl.
And what she says. Ill tell the world fair,
She wants to go an see this. now. "Ol'
Nest"
says. "They's Charlie Chaplin right sroun'
The corner" Well. we argueo, but she wins.
Well. say. that movie knocks me for soolI
Boy. amt cried since been two months
old
Blu, tina, night Cecil and | pulls dues +.
O. course. | didn't cry ike women docs,
But somep'n sor, o gets me in my throat,
And what goes down my cheeks ains made
o glyc'rine.
The mother m the pitcher makes me think
o my oil lady, in Quincy. Illinois.
Somehow, the thing don't seem to Be no
When | see Doug jumpin' across a table,
Or when Bill Hart with Two guns in his hands
Holds up mob, I'm here to say ! like il.
Bur all the time I'm wise tina, its a movie.
But this thing, somehow, was so doggonc
real.
Workin' like blazes. that was Ma all over;
Savin' her pennie. SOS us kids could spend
EN-.
never knew jua. what she got on. o life;
Washin' an cleanin'. cookin' an sewin'
gee!
She hardly eves seen movie, even {.
An that's tho way the mothers in The
pitcher.
We goes outside. and Cecil asst, mo how
[ felt and wasn't the pitcher wonderful.
I'll tell you how feel" l says. the way
Mos, felas feel abou, the way they heas
Their mo'hers-lousy. That's the on y word.
I'm go'n' to write TO Ma soon as get
home
| haven't wrote to her for seven months"
And Cecil puts her little hand in mine
And says That's fine. But, Johnny, don,
say lousy"
Well. SADLY night, / goes to cal on Cecil.
She's all dressed up and pre,icr n ever.
well, where7l we go7' she says. Il feel
like dancin."
Let's take walk" says. on Riverside."
Go on, she says, you can't kid me. Of
kid:
You prob'ly got some tickets fer show"
Listen" | says, tim tcIlin' you I'm busted"
She laughs: You can't kid me--no, on a
SADLY:
Come on and tell me what. tho show an
where"
Cecil" | says. you know the movie show
We seen the other night that made LIS bawl,'
" The OF Nest'1 Sure, but what's that go.
to do?"
! says. Il got to thinkin' that thing over
~ "ieH l" PdIo tdoay, Seno the OIL lady
just twenty bucks
Well. Cecil sorts o lamps
Me fer minute, then she says, Il see.
An so fer that. s'posc 60, to walk.
Well. femme tell you somep'n'. SADLY night
Is one night ! don't half to walk. Why, saw.
a lot o birds would 81 me taxicabs
If Id go out with them-and now | am.
It you think more o your mother than O. me.
Why. go on home and let your mother nurse
you.
Bus me, I'm goin' to sec show tonight"
tries to argue but she don. even listen.
That there's the door," she says, and you
can use it,
An' now she's goin' out with Eddie Schlo...
l calls her up, but she don't never an.
IL, The evenlns use to seem so awful short
When and her went GU. lot together.
But now the evenin'. is so awful lone.
Especially with this damn dsylish,
oomef'mes Id like to go and see movie,
but can't look no movie in the face.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

If the advertising department. lis in
need of theme to use in getting bust
ness, we offer one. What sporting
writer predicted that Dempsey would
win in the fourth round?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

What person predicted a Carpenter
victory, saying the oddp against Demp-
sey should be so to II r. p. A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

Possibly The Old Soak will have q
bi. sale in the Hickey Mountains.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

= IN The Editor and Publisher Mr.. T.
T. Ritzema jr., Of The Northern Daily
Telegraph Great Britain), is quoted
as saying Crimson news is carefully
sub-edited and pruned of it's hue" At
the rate of exchange we are willing to
concede that saffron, gamboge or ochre
may be crimson; but we hold that a
kue-pruner's job is too difficult for
rlost Of US.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

Agnoramus that we are IA voics.
MOI No! ], we used "verbiage" yester-
day with the notion that it meant
wording" Mr. Herbert Bayard swope,
petter known as the Laconic Kid.
early telephoned yesterday morning to
ask US to look up the word. 1t means
word'ness, verbosity." Our apologies
TO the late W. E. Henley, whose ever
nlage" we alluded to. And we thank
thee. Herbert, for teaching us that
word.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06
how Young Women Get Their Photo
graphs Into the Sunday Rotogra-
vure Sections

Mother, may we go out to swim? ?"
Yes, my darling peaches.
Wear sock on each lower limb.
And hang around the beaches"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-06

Well, as exclusively forecast BY this
radiator of Ratiocination, not 100000
persons marched in Mondays anti
prohibition parade. The honest guess
ers put the number at about $4,000.
But Monday was a warm day, SO the
chances are that while the theoretical
ants were marching the practice!
ants were otherwise demonstrating
their disapproval of aridity.
The Duchess Of Barlborough.-The
Tribune.
Our ldotYner has q anhha. aAll
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-05
Shaw and Harris.

The blood-stained currency and the dead mans watch and bill fold were offered in evidence as found upon West when he was searched by the officers in Los Angeles.
 A letter written by West after he was lodged in the Kingman jail was offered as evidence. West expressed a desire to take the stand in his own behalf and when sworn stated that he had first become acquainted with Lem Smith about a week before the two left for California. That the landlady at the boarding house where they both boarded had introduced them.
 He then told of the journey over land, of the stops along the road and the meeting of the Holdridge party at Magdalena and the trip on as one of the party, until Kingman> was reached when the Holdridge party went on as Smiths car was in bad shape and had to be repaired. West stated that he and Smith slept out side the garage on their own cots and started from Kingman the following afternoon. They ate supper in Oat' man and after the level road was reached on the highway West said he would get in the back of the car ano
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-05

changed his clothes when they stopped
 to make repairs on the car, and iden- tified the clothing exhibited, the grey shirt and the trousers as those West had worn when they first met him and also identified the blue serge trousers as those which West had donned. When asked by the District Attorney if he noticed that West ,ap- peared nervous Corbell stated that he did not except that West smoked a great deal. Corbell also identified the bags as those which West transferred from the broken down car to the Hawkins car and also identified the gun as the one he saw West take from a bag and remarked that as there were not any city limits he would shoot the steeple off the court house.
 Corbell told of reading of the mur- der in a Los Angeles paper and that after the Hawkins brothers and him. self had talked it over they decided to notify the authorities of what they
 knew. When asked by the District Attorney if he had ever seen West prior to the time they met him in the road he replied no.
 Ray Van Marter was then called and testified to being called upon to remove the body from the place where it had been found.
 Next Sheriff Mahoney took the stand and told step by step how he followed the slight clues and all tour. ists were stopped and questioned and of the finding of the abandoned cal about a mile west of Danoy; of in terviewing Mir. Southwick and his daughter; and that MT. Southwich identified the broken down, blood stained car as Lem Smiths property The sheriff described in detail of the statements West made in the presence of the Los Angeles officers and tht confession West made at that tim' and at later interviews. This testi
 mony was corroborated by Deputies
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-05
l.. w. Hawkins, of Electra, Texas,

L. w. Hawkins, of Electra, Texas, was the next witness. He and two others were driving through and had not stopped at Oatman. About 15 miles out of Oatman he had noticed what he thought was man lying along side of the road. He did not re- mark about it at the time he said, but waited until they were past it. When he spoke of it, one of the men in the front seat had said that he also had seen it but that he was afraid of a hold-up and therefore had not men tioned it. About mile farther they came upon West who was stuck in the road. West told them he had been there about two hours. l.. L. Hawkins then got out of the machine he was in and drove Vests car into Needles. Hawkins said that at Needles they had the lights on Vests car fixed and bought gas and that he had also wash ed off his own car by throwing water on it. West had shown him the gun he had, mentioning the fact that it was well balanced and shot well. Hawkins drove West from 9:30 until 2:3O the next morning when Vests car broke down. They then pushed it to one side of the road and the four men then got into Hawkins car and continued on to Ludlow. They had puncture and while they were fixing it West chang ed clothes and when they started West pulled out a roll of bills and counted them. After leaving West at Ludlow the other three men continued on to
 aft. Two days after arriving at Taft Hawkins testified that they heard of the murder, whereupon they went to a lawyer and told him of the cir cumstances and the lawyer notified the authorities.
 Hawkins said that he did not see any blood stains and that there was
 a blanket over the seat. He said that
 West seemed nervous and continually
 smoked cigarettes and that he (West)
 instructed him at different times how
 to drive the car. ..
 At the afternoon session Hawkins
 continuing his testimony stated Una, he had noticed some cars camped al . the side of the road but that as fal as he knew West did not seem tt
 recognize any of them ,, Hawkins was the next witness call , ed by the State and he corroborate' , his brother's testimony in all the en sential details. That he and hi brother and Corbell left Texas on thu 18th day of July and were bound 10 , Taft where they expected to obtai' , work. He told in detail of the tril and that they arrived in Kingman o1 , the afternoon of the 23rd of July an , did not stay in town long but went o' going through Oatman about dark !. His statements as to how they me :, West and were hailed by him; of see 8 ing what they thought was dea' , body at the side of the road were als s substantiated by E. A. Corbell tn q third member of the party. Corpel s stated that he did not hear any con :. versation between the Hawkins broth
 CTS and West regarding the seeing 0 the supposed body at the side of tn S road. He stated that West asked mn
 to drive the car as he, West was "al n in" for lack of sleep but that he re S fused and that L. L. Hawkins the : drove Vests car. Corbell furthe
 ,+.+aJ +bat ba never saw any bloc
 on the car but testified that Wes
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-05
WEST BOUND OVER
 TO SUPERIOR COURT
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Dr. White who aSSlSCeQ hr. lolleSoH offered the same testimony.
 G. E. Holdridge, of Enid, Oklahoma, told of meeting Smith and West at Magdalena, New Mexico, on the 18th. He was then dismissed to be called to the stand later.
 E. A. Southwick was called to the stand and also testified to meeting West and Smith on the 18th at Mag dalena, New Mexico. He was also dismissed to be called later.
 George Sergeant told of Smith and West coming to his store on Friday, the day before they left for Needles, and exchanging shot gun for re- volver The revolver which was found in Vests possession was iden- tified as the one which they had traded for. The shotgun and the re- volver were offered in evidence.
 w. R. Dobson told of the two men coming to the garage to have their machine overhauled. Smith had paid the bill.
 William Dolash, who is employed by the Needles Drug and Jewelry Com pany, proved an interesting witness. Dolash had been in the habit of talk ing care of any night customers, who came to the New Garage at Needles for service. On the night of Satur- day, July 23, two Fords had driven up, one but few seconds before the other. West and a man by the name of Hawkins were in the second car. They wanted their lights fixed and Dolash referred them to Wilson Records, an Indian. The time was about 11:15. While the lights were being repaired, West made the remark that he guessed Lizzie needed a bath and proceeded to throw a pail of water on the side of the car. He re- peated this two or three times. After this they bought three gallons of gas and drove on, the other car following them. Dolash said that he had taken special notice of the two men in the car because he had an apprehension that Hawkins was figuring on reliev, ing him of his diamond. The gun was laying on the front seat and Hawkins was driving the car when it came ir and when it left. He said he had not noticed any blood on the car or or the seat. Nor had he noticed any or Vests clothing.
 He did not examine the ground where the car had been washed unti the next morning when he found bloot stains. West, he said, did not seen excited.
 Wilson Records testified to abou the same things as did Dolash.
 Luther Minard supported the testi mony of Dolash.
 Mamie Jenkins and Virginia Horne told of Smith receiving hundred dol lars by wire from Brownwood, Texas the afternoon of Friday July 22.
 Then E. A. Southwick, who hal previously testified to meeting Smitl and West at Magdalena, New Mexico July 15, was called to the stand again Mir. Southwick said that he wa travelling in Ford with his wife an daughter and that MT. Holdridge an family were travelling with them i another car. The Holdridge girl wa driving a Ford racer. They ha
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-05

travelled with Smith and West all the way to Kingman and had eaten with them at different times and sat around the same camp fire. When asked if Smith and West had gotten along we'll together he said that they had. On but one occasion West had seemed a little put out when trip to the Grand Canyon had to be abandoned on ac- count of broken part on the car. Smith was happy sort of fellow and quite a kidder and had kidded West some as we'll as other members of the party. West had ridden couple of days with Miss Holdridge in her racer and had paid quite bit of attention to her. On one occasion Miss Holdridge had ridden off with out him and had shown signs of not returning his interest in her. At Springerville West had spoken to Mrs. Holdridge about her daughter and told her that the young lady was a spoiled child, but that if he had done anything to offend her he was willing to apologize. During the trip from Magdalena to Kingman West had never been seen driving the car and upon one occasion had endeavored to start it and had failed. At Kingman West and Smith had visited the Southwick and Holdridge families at the camp ground and had spent Friday evening with them after which they
 had bid them good bye with the re- mark by Smith that they would meet them at Needles. West had been in
 the habit of telling of his feats of
 valor and his hunting experiences, it
 was said.
 The Southwick family had then gone Ton and did not know any more of the
 situation until Jim Shaw had driven
 up in Smiths car. At that time they
 were waiting for broken part at
 Goffs. The Holdridge family had gone on to Los Angeles.
 Attorney MacLane, cross exam
 ming the witness asked him if West
 had seemed normal at all times and not as 0 man contemplating crime l He replied that he had. ..
 . P. E. Gillispie was the last witness l of the afternoon. He told of seeing : the two men at the Ford Garage while , he was repairing their car.
 } The first thing Tuesday morning k l H. Holdridge was again put on. the ! stand. He said that after leaving , Smith and West in Kingman he hae , not seen West until they arrived al
 Ludlow. He asked him where Smitt l was and was told that Smith had gone l to work in the mines near Kingmar l that he (Smith) did not have the in l telligence of an 8 year old boy. Ht
 said that he and a friend had come tt t Ludlow on the train and that they hat
 been out to look at a mine. Mrs = Holdridge had later asked about MT
 Smith and West then added to hi! r story stating that Smith was making = S8 a day and that he also used hi ,, Ford to carry miners to and iron
 work. West rode into Los Angele d with MT. Warrick, son-in-law of MT h and Mrs. Holdridge.
 ), MT. Southwick was again called t. l. the stand to identify clothes and grip S of West and Smith.
 d Mary Alice Southwick was thel d called. She told of Vests attention n to Miss Holdridge and that Miss Hold S ridge had objected to the latter's at d tentions.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-05

sleep, to which Smith agreed. Some time later, West stated, he was awak- ened by hearing someone shout, and thinking they were being held up reached for the gun which was under
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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
SALEM'S PALM1 DAYS.

One hundred years ago one Of the
busiest seaports on the Atlantis coas
was Salem, the historic Massachu-
setts city which few weeks ago was
visited by terrific fire. During the
war OF 1919 Salem was the fayorite
port for American privateers. Prob
ably two-score of these predatory yes
aels hailed from Salem, and, when
the war was ended, few Of the IN
habttants Of the little city were ,ln-
abs to tell some tale Of personal ad-
ventures, cruising against the enemy.
In fact, Salem had the honor of re-
eaiving the first prize captured on the
ocean after the declaration of war.
Then the whole town turned out to
greet and cheer the captors But,
long before the war was closed, the
appearance OF a prize in the harbor
was such common occurrence that
II created little excitement.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18

\ local minister has designed plat
devoid of all platitudeS. however =
that is we surmise. intended to in
crease church attendance by the mem
herS of his flock 1t is Il Ian &c card on
which appears Il number for each MEM
her of his church. At the right Of each
number are small squares. Each Sun
day member is present a dot is made
in one of the quares if absent, the
square remains blank. The plat, or
diagram. is posted in the church where
all may see it. Each member may
learn his own number, but may not
know the number of amy other mem
her. Thus. at the end of any certain
period of time a member may compare
his church attendance with that of the
others. Dots are vieing with worldly
attractions at this church now. 1t
looks like fair plan for stimulating
church attendance without objection
able features.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
MORE GOOD THAN BAD

\ publisher, about to sell the writ
ings Of a noted American scolder, i'll
book form, advertises its contents as
the shame Of the world" In other
words. it is deemed attractice. for
money making purposes, to blazon
over the country the fact that the world
has shame.
WHAT'S the matter with us Twenti-
eth Century folks anyway: Why is it
that so many OF us Americans are al
ways knocking something. always look
ing for the bad in anything. always
ready to believe that wrongs are u
vancing on us. always suspicioniig
some abOmination on other?
The shame of the world" f0rsooth
Most certainly there is shame in tht,
world-alwayS has been and alwa: s
will be as long as it is inhabited by hui
man people. But there is ten thou
sand times more chastity. ten thousand
times more good on this earth than
there is shame. and there always will
he-because this earth is inhabited by
decent human people.
Rules are made to have exceptions
There is 10 rule where there is no cx-
ception The human heart in the mass
is sound and moral and lovahle. In
only the exceptional human is the
heart shameful. And that's all there
is to it.
Habit does Il lot of things Habit
will even change the heart. If it is
going to be habit with the mass of
us to look for shame, cussedness and
general infamy. we may be sure that
the filth will cling to us and it may
even turn into a cancer affecting the
whole.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18

country industry must be taken back
10 the country small cities and towns
should supply more of their require
ments, diversity their industries. enable
local capital 10 finance their business,
and thus keep it in the financial control
of the people who have the greatest in
tcrest in its success. Financing in
dustry is all wrong; the thing to do
with industry is to run it: under the
management of people who own it. ard
who stay on the job.
Make every community as nearly IN
dependent as possible. The great mod
ern city is an abnormal development.
1t tends to break down under its own
weight 1t is socially bad and econom--
ically unsOund. You can see the evil
dences of this, in the acute house prob
lem Of the cities, and in the breakdown
of municipal facilities. especially trac-
ton systems
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
Big City Breaking Down; Small
Town Looms, Says Ford

Editors Note-This newspaper has
been specially permitted by the Re
view of Reviews 10 quote the follow
ing from Judson Welliver's interview
with Henry Ford in the coming issue
OF that publication.--Ed tor.l
Interview With Henry Ford
a few decades ago, there were 10
cal tlouring-InillS in the small towns
Then came patent processes. big mills,
consolidation. The little mills we've
shut down. Now they are making
small fiour-plants that will produce
the same flour, i'll very small establish
ments, and we shall be returning pres
emily TO the old system Of the local mill.
supplying the local market That will
cut out another big item Of waste trans
portation.
The new era will see Il great redis-
tribution of industry back to the coun-
try. This country has got to live in he
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-18
MAN AND THE MONKEY; THE
DIFFERENCE

NO wonder they say man is de
scended from the monkey. Extinct
from New York paper.
Let 'em say it all they please. broth
ers. ii isn't so. And next time some
body springs that common lie on you
as Il scientific fact. just tell him that
no competent scientist ever said amy
thing Of the kind
When the average chap speaks Of
our descent from the monkey he If
course thinks of the monkey or the
ape that now inhabits the earth and
which is 50 familiar in mcnageries
ZOOS and museums.
What modern biologists beginning
with Darwin laim----iS that man is
descended from the same root" the
same original animal substance of mil
lions Of years ago that the ape de-
seconded from That is far from say
ing that said root" was an ape The
ridiculous monkey Of today is most GER
tainly no more like that original stem.
no more like that original root
father than man himself is like that
original father.
When you realize the evolution Of
the bird which. as has been abundant
~ proved. is descended from the REP
tile. and the reptile from water ami
mails. YOU viii understand w h Il
changes must have come through evo-
luton to both the human and the ape
since that original ancestor lived. ana
became extinct many, many millions
Of years ago, according to thc scicnt
lists
He may have been the most beautiful
creature the earth has ever seen.
throwing out one branch that degrn-
Grated steadily through ages into file
ape and another branch that progressed
through ages into the Godlike human.
l;nt at worst. when YOU think If
your fellow beings, there is not the
slightest reason why You should aSSo-
ciatc their ancestry with the monkeys
Of this age.