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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Notes and
Comment on
THE OLD
HOME TOWN

An extensive advertising campaign
for the Olympia oyster win be waRod
Ia the Northwest. Il has been decided
by tho Olympia oyster orowerr an
reeatssn. Tsl= ls ths first time that
a real effort to advertise the oiym'
pla hlvalve has been made. and II
4. believed that tho campaign vii
meet with grca, success
Tho estate Of Alex rerrguay goes
to tho state by eacheat. Wherefore
this sovereign domain win recsive a
watch and chaln-aii that 10 left Of
fncrvaso Ia expected IN the staff OF
the Lydrn customs office In order
20 patrol the border more efficiently
TO prevent smuggling Of narcotics
and liquor.
Olympia n To have q business col
leg. the frs, Of tho wear. The school
viii be run By Miss Ross Diets Of
Tacoma and will - known an the
Olympia business college. ccmrno'
dlous quarters have been secured.
Ben Axiunf and George NelfhAri
have built aud started operation ~
shinxis mill ~ the boundary line.
t~ar the site Of the old boundary
niit which was destroyed BY fire.
according to wori from Lyndsn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Darwin Flaws Salmon Trade Wreckers!

Fraser river In the Dominion of Can
ada. and the other or 2 per cent
go up the Sknglt river, ana there are
taken at the government hatchery,
located on a tributary OF that stream.
II IL this condition that has made
an agreement between this state and
the Canadian fishery officials abso-
luteiy necessary. II limitation II %
hoplaccd upon fishing operations 30
~ 90 permit 81 the eHrnpe of Huffi'
Client number 81 soekoye and hump
back TO permit of the supply being
pcrpetuated by natural and artificial
propagation IN Canadian waters.
Attention II directed TO the scien'
tifio work which. for the fret time
In the history Of the department. was
carried on by the fisheries depart.
ment 90 ascertain the life habits OF
the salmon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

which should have been made for The
blennium of i9ii-ipls, Just 40 were
actually made In comparison. II
points out that IN 1918 out Of some
2s 900 reports due. more than si,o0o
were actually made.
since the passage OF the 1913 law
complete statistical Information has
been furnished Tor the first time since
the creation OF The firhefiea depart
ment.
Tho report points out that tho
dlmlnution u the salmon runs which
has occurred IN. Puget sound has
been Of those runs. namely, tho
noekcye and hufnpback, over which
the state has either no control. or
only Abeli ene.third control. ms IN
the case OF tho humphack Ninety.
eight 20 % per cent ~ the Aockeye
entering Puget sound pass into tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Standard Oil Santa
Helps SO Families

FIFTY Christmas baskets. zach con
tanning f.s pounds OF Christmas
food and 81 blil were packed Sat
ur,iay morning by employees % the
Standard on Co. az the company
plant az whafcom ave. and HolEate.
for 80 needy families. The baskets
wcr. delivered under the direction Of
hi Carson. plant psrlngandenL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
GIRL SUES FOR
LOST BEAUTY
Defendants Wife Counters
With Heart Balm Action

DAVENPORT. Town. DEE. ~
suit for 10000 damages for de
Htruction OF her beauty has beer
filed BY Miss Gertrude Thielek'
against A. y. Conner. IN whosa auto
mobile she was injured. Mrs. Con
ner countered with threats OF
$40. 900 suit for alienation Of hes
husbands affsctiona.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Girl Dances With
Rival; Gets Shot

PARIS. Dec. cA--Angered bscsuss
his sweetheart had danocd with his
rival. Pierre Theron warned her not
TO do IL agnin. The girl dcfied him
and while she wss gliding over the
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
HARDING, REvEllE
GET FRUIT CAKE

Christmas fruit cakes were sent
TO President Harding and all The
members % the disarmament con
ference BY the Washington otfi.
ciala Of the Northern Pacific. one
lonely cake remained. what 10
DO with ita embossed Heai and 9th.
or diplomatic ear marks Was a
question. 'Cive q 20 Tom Rrveiie.
hos my friend. : Haia Fr.d ksai.
paAiryman. and maker Of the
cake. Tom Rsvellc got H.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
oua own RIVER

The hsillnsham Chamber Of Com
u-rc~. ard other organizations IN
Whateoni county. have bren asked
10 lend their assistance 20 move
msnt 10 obtain government aid for
curling thu skagit river 10 pfotsr,
Tkagtt county Certainly should
whatcorn organizations assist IN this
worthy campaign. and at the same
time start one % their own 10 get
federal aid 20 protect whaioon ooun.
~ from the food ravaKrs OF the
Sooksaek rivers--From The Lynten
Tribune
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Joseph Jefferson. gols Instructor.
/. in tho Seattle General hospital Sat.
uriay. suffering with broken knee
cap. jefferson fell FRIDAY. while an
cending the steps OF the Pike Place
public market with bis aruls filled
with packages.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

floor In his rivals arms. Theron
opened fsre. As the band was play
ing loudly. the shots were not heart
and the first intimatiou OF the TRACE
dy came when the girl. her oompaa-
ION and another dancer fell wounded
A rush was made for Theron as the
band stopped playing. bat hs shot
himself thru the head.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
GETS HIS FREEDOM
AS CHRISTMAS GIFT

Louis Mattson faces Christmas
a free man.
The holiday week will $50 him
Installed In permanent Job with
a stevedoring company In Ever.
EFT, 30 that he may provide the
necessities OF life for his family.
Mattson was arrested early In
November near Bothell with n
still. lie was sentenced 10 four
months In the county Jail. and
began serving his sentence No.
vember II.
Federal Judge Jeremiah Meter.
or and United States District At.
torney Thomas +. Revelle found
Mattson's wife III. with no money.
and five children dependent on
her for support.
Judicial lubricating oil WINS dug
up by the learned Judge, and the
wheels OF Justice spun rapidly.
Mattson goes home Saturday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Immigration Commissioner Luther
wasain has rented residence on
Capitol hin and ~iJi move his family
10 R.attie next week. Weedin is
spending Christina. week IN Coupe.
vile with his wife and i.ycar-ola
Eon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Merchants Here
for Price Probe

Any probe OF retail prices In Scat
tie viii ba welcomed. according TO the
statements of representatives OF io-
cal merchants.
Attorney General Daugherty has
announced his intention 10 invesfi'
gate alleged "pronteerinE" Of retail
ers turnout the country.
''pricen are practically back 10 nor
NAL IN most ilnes." say Seattle retail.
men. we welcome any inyouga.
ton OF prices"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Never Been Kissed;
Wastes 100 Years

LONDON. Dec. 7t.---John Hay
wood. who has lived In hut near
Frogham for 100 years. boasts that
he has never bern In london. never
bern photographed and never been
klascd. lie says he may try all OF
uhene pleaEurea when hs u "oid
enough lie IA now i0s.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

MENT OF music and song was given
Friday night by tho Lest We For.
get" club. to the inmates OF Provi.
dence hospital. Performers from tho
Orpheum theatre and from Remick's
song shop were on the program.
sherman, Clay q Co. furnished a
plano.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
DEATHS

Carey, James Lao. Jr. :. ts,7 Paia-
tine ave.
prokop. stanley. 50. S3io nth ave. n
Judd. Anna r.. 90. 2it W. Crockett
st
Murphy. Mrs. Carrie. es. $40 Chieag
II.
Swift. Bill "a. Rsiispeii. Mont
Deyeraux, Emilis, g. Frink blvd
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
REPORTED AS DEAD,
NON0GENARIAN EATS
HEARTY BREAKFAST

wENATcHEE. poo. st.---Afier
being given up for dead. having
lain all afternoon and evening M
stupor from which no offoFi
could ntir him. q. ". Gray. 20
y.ar.old psoneer Of Enilsl vat up
In hlA bed and called for hts
breakfast lie rOeo and ate
heartily.
lie had been IN for sin weeks
and bccano unconscious. Word
was cent out that he had did.
Nov he and Grandma Gray are
planning on some more wedding
anniversaries.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Germans Under-Bid
Allied Merchants

MADRID. Dec. 2s.--Many orders
for sii kinds 81 goods arr going 10
Germany because French. British
and American agents demand much
higher prices than do the Germans
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

Sounding a warning that tho
saimea industry. one of Wash
ingtcn's greatest businesses. II
ON the verge ~ ruin aud yiEor-
ously protesting against selfish
interests" responsible for Il. 4.
n. Darwin submitted his report
Saturday 90 Gov. Hart on the
evr Of his retiring from the
office Of state fish commissioner
which he has held eight years.
Unfortunately. says Darwin. "ths
idea has been all too prevalent 60
let those engaged In the industry
have the entire say concerning t.
The people Of this state have an In
tcrest IA pcrpetuatlnE and maintain
ING our food and shell fishery. oom
pared with which the right OF an,
individual. no matter how great his
investment therein. sinks into an
significance.
CRIME II
AGAINST MANKIND
cit seems to me 20 be
crime against mankind-aEsinst
those who are here and the
generations yet 60 fciiow--to let
the great salmon runs ~ the
stats OF Washington be de
strcyed nj the selfish behest Of
a few individuals. who. In order
Go enrich themselves. would Inn
poucrlsh the state and destroy
q food supply Of the people"
Tn. report embraces the soth and
sist annual reports of the fish com.
missioner and Il for tho blennium
ending March 81. 1921.
The office OF fish Commissioners
thus abolished has existed practical
" since statehood Darwin. who n
at present state supervisor OF fish
cries. calls attention 20 the fact that
he served the state longer as fab
commissioner than any OF his pre-
decesScra. aud declared that this re-
port H. NOR. complete than any
previous one submitted.
The report says that the depart
ment OF fisheries and game a. al
prcscn, constituted h much more
expensive OF operation than under
the old law. and points out that the
work the fisheries and game depart
mens formerly aid unaided now re
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
Vital Statistics
RfRTHS
BIRTHS

purkoop. chris Hsary. sots sist ave.
= W. boy.
climour. Joseph Patrick. al .sth
ave-. girl
Manxlnl. Agostins. ts.T ;tsh av. n
". boy
struts. Riesara. io w. Draw. -
Keller. Leeaard Calvin. .es Brandon
Carlson. Joel r. e. 1886 tsrd ave. ~
boy.
Bruskiana. Lnn~sii. seas ssth avs.
Merritt. EaxAr l.. ts,s ioth ave. NJ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24
FISHING LICENSES
SHOW INCREASE

The nuulbcf OF ftthlnE htfnftf
issued during the last eight years
has been increased ABOUT 10 pes
cent. and tho number of perrons
employed In tho fishing induntr,
has more than doubled.
Eight years agg there was not Q
hatchery In the state with n psrma
nent foundation. or hatchery resi-
donc. that contained a bath tub
Every hatchery constructed nv Mr.
Darwin has a concrete foundation
and every residence a bath tub
while many OF the old residences
have been equipped with baths.
Under his charge. the fisheries
department has. with the aid Of
scientists. ascertained the hablts
spawning seasons and places Of oui
herring. sfnelt. clans. shrimp. etc.
Five % tho biggest herring re-.
serves have been set aside and closed
seasons prescribed. which permits
the herring TO spawn In them undls
turbed.
Rllls sponsored by tho department..
providing for cio@sd seasons In
which fishing IL prohibited for clans,
crabs. herring, smclt. etc. have been
passed.
Each year during the last eisht
has seen more fines collected for
fishery law violations than were col
iec,od during all the preceding years
OF statehood.
The report cites the fact that out
OF total OF $1,000 monthly reports.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-24

auires the attention Of four separate
departments Of the state. with re.
sultiug confusion and less efficiency
The report reviews his Fun eight
years OF service and says that the
last year uss0l Is memorable, In
that IL witnessed the taking 81 the
largest number Of salmon eggs In
the history Of the Department.
tse so6.sss. The number OF salmon
hatcherleA has increased from II
10 81. and the capacity 81 the state
salmon hatehcrles has been trehled
ON April I, 1891, there were rs
aerra Of dykcd lands Oh tho oyster
reserves OF tho state al against only
ana n..rn La lA1a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10

At a dinner Sunday night given
by Mrs. John Spencer, 216 Howard
av.. Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Clark. 73s
Leland av.. announced the engage
ment Of their daughter. Mrs. Leila
Gour. to NJ. A. Sexton of Omaha, Neb.
Covers were placed for 10 guests.
This evening Mrs Gour will
be the guest OF honor at a $40
o'clock dinner given by Mrs. John
Ettlein. 513 S. Taylor st. She will
leave Thursday for Omaha where
she will be married in the near flu
ture.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Cook. 124S
Van Buren, St. announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Mary
+. Cook. and George b. Geissler. son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. Geissler, 90
Cleveland av.. which took place Mon
day morning at $50 o'clock at the
English Lutheran church. the Rev.
A. II. Keck officiating. Mr.. and Mrs.
Geissler left Immediately following
the ceremony for Buffalo. ". Y.
They viii visit various points in the
east. including Detroit. Mich, where
they Will be the guests OF the brides
sisters. Mrs. Arthur Greig and Mrs.
Joseph Schroer.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10

What was It heard in the night?
\ fo0tstep in the garden?
Perhaps it was just the falling Of
the rain or the beat OF a loose
branch against the window. The
wind was rising-maybe a shutter
slammed far off. or a door creaked
uneasily.
Not was a footstep-there was
no mistaking that
Whose footstep, I wonder, and
what was he doing in my garden at
midnight?
Was IT some stranger. bewildered
and trying TO find his way through
TO unaccustomed streets? Was It
someone hiding from those who pur-
sued hm-someone with a guilty
secret quickening the beat OF his
heart, someone afraid and running
away?
, Or was II just some moon-struck,
wanderer OF the night. stumbling
along looking at the sky and never
noticing what path he trod or whose
quiet garden he invaded?
What did that footstep mean TO
me. who lay hushed and listening
TO It?
Was II a threat-was Il a warning
was Il a sign-or was IL just
nothing?
What a strange thing it would be
IL we could hear the footsteps that
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10
Revelations of a Wife
My Heart and My Husband
By Adele Garrison
By Adele Garrison


! then, / ought not TO complain. I
guess bad days are as rare here as
anywhere in the world. But, you
see. 1 can't get out unless the sun
shines just right. 50 I'm little pred
udiced in favor of fair weather"
The bravery OF her smile, the
whimsicality OF her speech. masked.
I suddenly comprehended, a fight
with Illness long sustained. stub
bornly combated. I felt the tight
ness in my throat which the sight
OF suffering in a child or an old
person always brings. and I hurried
into the question 1 wished to ask.
can you tell me where 1 can send
telegram"
Il reckon I can" Her lips quirked
TO smile as she sopke, and I guess
ed that she had purposely quoted the
peculiar southern use of the verb.
you can go down to the railroad
station II you want TO write Il.
That's a good half-mile or more
from here, or you can telephone It
from the telephone office in the next
block. just beyond the postoffice.
See-just across from the church,"
She pointed down the street, and.
thanking her, 1 hurried on in the
direction she had indicated. pass
ed by a quaint little church, which
told me on a lettered board that IL
was est. Johns of the Pines" caught
my breath at the sight Of hundreds
thousands, il seemed to me at first
of golden daffodils I'm the stately
grounds of a villa on the corner
opposite, then walked diagonally
across the road, past the corner
postofice, to q rambling house. in
the yard OF which several children
played, and which bore inconspic-
uously the sign of the telephone
company.
A sweet-faced woman sitting in
front of a switchboard in the front
room of the house turned at my
knock on the screened door.
Come in and sit down" she said.
"In BIO through with this message
in just a minute"
I obeyed- her. and watched and
listened idly while she put through
n COnneCuOn between some one Oh
the little towns residents and a
person in a city three hundred miles
away. And 1 marveled anew. as
have done so many times before. at
the wires and the mysterious force
which makes next door neighbors 20
all the world. When she finally
turned to me, I gave her my mes
sage inquiring If she had any idea
as TO the time I could receive a
reply. I had asked Lillian TO send
me a return wire as soon as she re-
ceived mine.
Il might have an answer inside
Of an hour. as this has a telephone
address on It," she replied. Where
shall 1 deliver it7'
Il Will return in an hour" I said.
with a sudden. swift realization
that unless I wished to take Mother
Graham into my confidence I must
not have Lillian's answer come to
the cottage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10
PhiLanthropy
Winifred Black Writes About:

were coming into our lives. and
know whose foot it was. that fell
upon the threshold OF experience!
The man that meant so much to
you-tired woman with the weary
eyes-did you hear him walking into
your life, and II you had so heard,
would you have sent him away
even II you had known him for what
he was-a coward. and something
very like a thief?
The honest wooer you just sent
away because he was not handsome.
or because he could not dance wei
enough-little girl with the dream
ing eyes-hark, what an honest step
he has, square and straightforward
nothing slippery about Il at all.
Don't you think you may have made
mistake?
Hark-there's a step in the gar
den, nova light, quick step-be
sure. my girl. be sure, 1t will wan
der far-the foot that carries that
owner of it-far and into strange
/ AANat.fs - EbA oAAN sOA want ~ III
low it?
Quiet and almost secret-the step
that shuffled under the windows
there something sinister about II or
do you just imagine so?
The trees are not I'm blossom yet
and will not be for some time-but
the morning after I heard the step
in the night-the sun shone and the
air was fragrant with the delicate
evasive perfume Of swelling buds
and running sap-and my heart
sang.
1 leaned out of the window and
laughed TO think how frightened I
had been when 1 heard the footstep
In the garden.
But look-what's that by the walk
there!
Yes. il is a footprint. There was
someone under the window after
all.
Who was it? Shall I ever know?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-05-10

I hurried away on my GRAND
smiling at the Inordinate grandmoth-
erly pride which had led my moth
er-in-law to take upon herself the
task Of removing Juniors ink-stain-
cd garments
II I had not been In such urgent
haste I should have stayed 10 help
her, and 10 revel. mOther-lFSe. In
the precocity OF the baby who had
covered himself with ink in an at
tempt 20 initiate his grandmother IN
the writing Of a letter. But Leila's
plight, the necessity OF getting into
touch wi n Lillian. speeded my fee;
in the direction OF the main village
street. along with which I had heard
Mrs. Lukens remark dryly. "the vast
industries OF Cedar Crest are con-
centratcd."
I smiled at her description as ]
turned into the wide street. Like all
the others In the pine country vii
lagos, It possessed no sidewalks
only a broad strip OF hardpacked
sand for a roadway, and narrower
ones for footpaths. separated from
the roadway by rows of pine trees
and low shrubs All OF the build
ings. save three. were pretty cottage
residences.
one whole block at one side was
taken up by a rather pretenuOus
building surrounded by pretty
grounds A lettered board on one
of the trees at the front proclaimed
this to be THE Famous Cedar Crest
Inn" Opposite. a small, two-story
building, with daintily-s tables
showing through the windows. pro-
claimed it's name as The Cedar
Crest restaurant" A larger brick
building. holding the sign Gro
ceries." I knew from Mrs Lukens,
and also from my mother in asy's
housewifely gossip. to be the only
store in the village. a place where
you could obtain anything from a
spool of thread 10 a bottle OF cough
medicine
A tiny cottage next the restaurant
had a sign Taxi in it's window. and
upon the porch in front OF Il a little
brown wren of a woman sat summing
I Aatl etftAs tIAAt hdo OlA anu WI
but her eyes. as they looked out IN
the passers-by, were bright and
kindly. The porch was so near the
sidewalk that one could easily accOst
her, and as I passed slowly by she
looked out at me with such eager
childlike interest that I involuntar-
ily smiled at her. Her answering
smile lit up her face amazingly.
felt at once that here was some one
who would not only answer any
questions I, a stranger. might wish
TO ask, but who would revel in the
task
It's a lovely day, isn't it?" she
said. as / paused.
II think all your days are lovely
down here" I smiled.
you should have been here three
weeks ago" she retOrted. a little
grimly, land you'd have changed
your mind. Such mud I never did
see in all my years down here. But