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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
Assert Ancient Tribes
Did Much Irriqatinu

Albuquerque, N. M.-That
prehistoric peoples Of New Mex
leo did good deal of irrigat-
ing is indicated by the remains
of canals and bitches found in
the state, as we'll as in other
parts Of the Southwest, accord
ing to 81. F. Robinson, head of
the Indian irrigation bureau
here.
The remains Of 217' miles, Of
bitches. built by the Pueblo. In
dams alone are to be found, and
there are evidences of elaborate
water systems at the Salt River
valley in Arizona.
These bitches were all dug by
hand, according to Mr.. Robin
son, and clay banks and beds
were constructed where the way
lay over a sandy plain, while the
method of blasting through
rocks was to heat the rocks,
crack them with large stones
and remove them from the way.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
INTERNAL ORGANS MISPLACED
Hospital Patient in Vermont Has
Heart, Liver and Stomach on
Wrong Side.

Rutland, Vt.-William Bowen of
West Charleston, VT, twenty-six, a
patient at the Vermont sanitarium
in Pittsford, is curiosity to the med
ical world.
All his internal organs are on the
wrong side. He has tuberculosis, but
this has nothing to do with the mis-
placed organs.
The transportation was discovered
when an x-ray picture was taken by
DR.. Clarence r. Ball here to determine
the condition Of the lungs. It had been
known that Bowen's heart was not in
the customary place, but the x-ray
showed the stomach on the opposite
side, the liver on the left instead of
the right and the vermiform appendix
on the left. =
Bowen is expected to recover from
tuberculosis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
SUICIDE RATE is is A DAY
Cold and Hunger Cause Many to Seek
Death in Budapest, Says State :
ment Of Police.

Budapest.-Cold and hunger are
causing an average Of Is suicides
daily in this city, according to an Off
cial statement by the Budapest police.
A recent suicide was former army
officer who brought home scant sup
ply Of wood and provisions, kissed his
wife and three children and then took
poison.
Another former officer drew his
monthly pension Of 500 crowns, used
It in buying one ample meal at a
restaurant, and then went home and
hanged himself.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
CONQUER YANGTSZE RAPIDS
Hydros'ide to Be Used to Effect >Navi-
cation Beyond Gorges in Chi
nese Stream.

Shanghai.-By means Of the hydro
slide, which the British used success
fully in Mesopotamia during the war,
another effort, and one wholly novel
to China, is to be made to- conquer
the rapids Of the Yangtsze gorges.
At places there the current. attains
a velocity of more than thirty miles
an hour.
The ordinary head of navigation for
steamers on the Yangtsze is at Ichang,
thousand miles from the coast, but
Szechuen, China's most populous prov
ince, and one of it's richest, lies near-
ly four hundred miles further up the
river, beyond the wild bandit-ridden
country Of the gorges.
The use Of the hydroslides on the
upper Yangtsze is the enterprise Of a
French company with headquarters in
Shanghai. A number Of these craft
were sent up the Yangtsze from
Shanghai in December for trial runs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
SAXOPHONE LURE HITS ARMY
All Band Recruits at Columbus Bar
- racks School Express Pref
erence foe "Jazz."

Washington.-The lure of the saxo-
phone has hit army musicians hard.
Reports from Leader Weber, chief
of the band recruit school at Colum-
bus Barracks, Ohio, to the war de-
7artmcnt, say he is overwhelmed with
requests for instruction in producing
wailing "jazz'' melodies on this instru-
ment.
Leader Weber was enthusiastic
about the progress Of his 100 recruit
hornblowers, but the department said
other Inhabitants of the reservation
took different view. The bandsmen
have been lodged in bombproof build
ing, where all manner Of strident
harmonies can be practiced in safety"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
ITALY MAKES OYSTERS SAFE
Removes Impurities by Keeping Them
in Sterilized Sea Water for a
Week.

Washington.-An Italian company
has perfected a process for removing
impurities from oysters, according to
a report to the bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce.
On being taken from beds along the
Venetian coast the oysters are shipped
to Rome, the shells carefully washed
and thrown into great tanks filed with
sterflized sea water. The tanks are
constantly replenished and the flowing
water has been found to wash all i'm
purities from the oysters which, after
a weeks treatment" are shipped to
the retailers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
BIC WEALTH in
HANDS OF FEW
Fifty Families in United States
Control More Than $780,
100000 Each.
ROCKEFELLER AT HEAD OF LIST
Oil Kings Estate Is NOW Estimated
at Between Three and Five Bill.
fion-VeritabIe Dyhasty in Every
Important Industry.

New York.-Fifty families in the
United States control over $500, 900 900
each, 100 families control over $780,
100000 each, and 5O0rfamilies control
over $1O,0OO,OO0 each.s
John D. Rockefeller's estate is now
up to $3,O0O,OOO,O00.
Five billion dollars of wealth in the
United States has been handed down
to heirs, many of whom were incom-
petents in the last fifteen years.
Two hundred persons in the United
States control $l5,OO00O0,O00; in
France the same amount. is controlled
by 4SO times that number of people,
or 10000.
Dynasties to- Fore.
Industrially the United States is be-
coming dynastic-there is veritable
dynasty in each important industrial
structure, some Of which are:
Sixty per cent of the tobacco trust
wealth is in the. hands Of ten families.
Twelve families, with the Rockefel-
Ter family away in the lead, control
w per CSAL u JIG OAl 1uuuSlAy.
The railroads of tie country are
controlled by ,1.s per cent of the stock
holders.
One and fve-tenths per cent Of the
stockholders in the steel trust possess
81 per cent of the stock.
Two families control 81 per cent of
the stock in the harvester interests.
These startling figures on the con-
centrationt of wealth in the United
States were obtained from Henry FL.
Klein, deputy commissioner of &C.
counts of New York city and deep
student of economic affairs. He has
spent ten years collecting concrete
facts on the pyramiding of American
wealth.
Mr.. Klein's attention was called to
the recent statement "0f George p.
Hampton, managing director Of the
Farmers National council: that 33 in
dividuals own per cent Of the en-
tire American wealth. He estimated
this 2 per cent at about $4,837 ,00O,-
900. Mr.. Hampton gave. no names,
but the following list of individuals
and estates and their vast holdings,
checked up to a recent date, was CIV
en- by Mr.. Klein: e..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
IS HAVEN FOR WEARY
Doctors, Taxes, Policemen Un-
known in Tristan da Cunha.
Chaplain Tells of a Wonderful Island
Where Lawyers and Pastors
Never Invade, "a.

Buenos Aires.-The island of iris
tan da Cunha is described as ian I'M
spoiled haven Of rest for the weary
soul, a Mecca for those who long for re-
lief from worries Of life," by the chap
lain of the British cruiser Dartmouth,
which has just returned from visit to
that isolated spot.
mo need to worry over money there,
for there is none," said the chaplain.
There are no taxes, no doctors, no
lawyers, no clergymen, no policemen,
not even head man. Newspapers and
mail arrive, with luck, about once every
two years. ~
"There is not even any medicine, for
the last supply of remedies was thrown
into the sea by the inhabitants, who
are remarkably healthy. Epidemics are
unknown.
Tristan is British possession in
the South Atlantic between South At
RIGA and South America. Its snow
capped peak towers nearly 5000 feet
above sea level. It is only 81 miles in
circumference. The nearest inhabited
place is st. Helena, 1900 miles away.
The island itself is of volcanic origin,
the only habitable portion of it being
tongue Of fertile land at the foot of
the precipitous cliffs. ... Il.
sufficient potatoes are grown In
plots to meet the needs of the inhabi-
tants. Cattle and sheep were intro
duced years ago and many cattle now
run wild. Clothes are only to be OBJ.
tanned by bartering from ships that
call. For protection to the feet the
people make moccasins Of bullock hide.
Wonderful socks are made by the wom-
en- from wool carded by themselves.
Prom June to October of last year
the people had been without bread, tea,
coffee and sugar, but they all looked
pretty well nourished."
The reason there is no bread is that
fifty or sixty years ago shipwreck
near the island allowed rats to get
ashore, so that since that time no
wheat has been raised. But the men
say that they are going to try again
when the next mail in a year or two
brings them some seed wheat. In the
meantime they are in no hurry; if
there's any bread they can be con-
tented on potatoes. And, to supple
ment their potatoes, fish are abundant,
and cattle, and birds with their eggs,
and seals. They want for many
things, says the chaplain, nevertheless
there appears to be little discomfort,
and few ever wish to leave the is
land.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29

.Captives Are Shot to Death With
Reviewers.
First Make Victims Dig Graves, THEN
Execute Them for the
BoIsheviki.

Amsterdam.-The correspondent Of
the Handelsblad, who recently re-
turned from trip in soviet Russia,
gives the following account of his ill.,
vestigations of the activities Of the
Chinese employed there by the boil
-sheNiki- as zexecuti0ners.
"Such horrible stories were being
told in Europe about these Chinese
that I thought it worth my while to
learn more about them. AS a joke, I
asked everyone who asked my opinion
Of the bolsheviki to show me some
real man-killing Chinese but I always
was told they couldn't produce any
just now because they had all gone to
the Denikine front.
81 was told the Chinese, If COM
manded by their own officers were ex-
cellent soldiers, but they ran like hares
if their officers were killed. Execu-
lions are now very rare in Moscow,
but, in August, when thousands of
Observation-Disclosures were slaugh-
tered, it was carried out by the Chi
nese because the authorities feared
the Russian soldiers would refuse to
do the work.
'The Chinese do this work indiffer-
ently-like they do all other work they
are ordered to perform. They are
blind, constituencies tools in the hands
Of the men who feed them and pay
them and who raised them from the
position of coolies in which they came
to Russia to the rank Of soldier, of
the guards. .s.
IF the 'boltsjak' (hts name for boil
shevik) orders something, the Chinese
does it, and he does it in his typically
practical way. He first makes the VIC
tim dig his own grave and then shoots
him with his revolver. He is not cruel
about it, just practical =.
"When boltsjak says kill, then he
kills with an unperturbed face. And
when boltsjak says, You may stop
now with the same cool face he let's
his victim go.' ~
The correspondent after some weeks
in Russia left when he was refused
permission to make Investigations
freely as he pleased.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
MILUKOFF GIVES UP LIBRARY
Former U. Of c. Professor Presents
His Russian Collection to STAN
ford University.

Stanford University, Cal.-Prof,
Paul Milukoff, Russian secretary Of
foreign affairs after the revolution Of
1917, and formerly professor at the
University Of Chicago, has presented
to Stanford university his private Ii
brary on Russian history, said to be
one of the most complete, collections
in existence, it was announced.
The bulk of the library was collect
ed while the donor was professor Of
Russian history at the University Of
Moscow. It had been in storage for
six years in Helsingfors, Finland,
whence it was shipped December to
this country.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
WOMEN TALLER AND HEAVIER
Increase in Stature and Weight At
tributed to Outdoor Life by
Athletic Director.

Philadelphia Women are growing
taller and heavier, according to DR.. r.
TAFT Mckenzie, director Of physical
education at the University Of Penn
sylvania.
Statistics Of Women's colleges COW
ering period of go years show the
average college girl of today is an
inch taller than the college girl OF
1860, he said. These statistics also
prove the modern girl is six or seven
pounds heavier
Doctor Mckenzie attributed this In
crease in stature and weight to the In
creased interest IN sports and outdoor
life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
Woman Branded.

Bloomington, Ind.-When she failed
to give food to tramp who called
at her home near Kirksville, Mrs.
John Carmichael, forty-fye years old,
a farmers wife, was attacked and
branded in many places with a fat
iron she had been using. Her screams
attracted persons passing by and a
posse was organized to search for her
assailant. Bloodhounds followed the
trail Of the Dixie Highway, nine miles
south Of here, where they lost It.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
GOING TO SEA IN BOWL

What is that old story about going
to sea In peanut shell? Almost the
same thing here, only a brass kettle
takes the place of the peanut shell.
In some parts of India this convey
. ance is used by travellers for fording
shallow streams. The mystery about
the picture is to find the mans legs.
Are they sticking through the bottom
of the pot or has he in some unex-
planned manner been. able to double
them up under him? It's a curious
puzzle
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
Gas wen Rests on Sundays.

Sharon, PA religious gas well
which does not produce on Sunday
is owned by the Champion Oil and
Gas company of McKeesport.
The well produced gas every day
during July, except on the four Sun
days, according to report made by
Sigmund Josephthal, secretary-treas-
urer Of this company, addressing a
meeting Of stockholders here.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
French Baby Has Heart
in Pouch Outside Body

Paris.-Paris medical authori-
ties were called to scissors to
examine an infant born to a
working family with heart and
intestines contained in a pouch
on the outside of the child's
body. The case was said to be
the first of it's kind on record.
There is every indication that
the, child will live, as all the or
gans are functioning perfectly
despite their displacement.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
100000 Book, 700 Yrs.
Old, Is Brought to US.

Philadelphia.-A book, 700
years old, valued at 100000,
was placed in the University of
Pennsylvania for translation by
DR.. William r. Newbold. It is
said to have been written by
Roger Bacon, some, time be-
tween 1915 and 1862, and is an
exposition Of the laws govern
ing life. The volume is the
property of DR.. Willfred M. de
Voynioh, exile from Poland.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
Called Fire Department to
Quench Flames Inside Him

Seeing a man rush up to
fire alarm box and turn in an
alarm, Patrolman Winner of
the New York city police de-
partment, inquired where the
fire was. Inside me-" gasped
Joseph Marone of Wooster, O.
II drank booze and want the
. firemen to run a hose down my
throat and extinguish the
fames.''
The patrolman told the fire.
men where the fire was, but
took Marone to the police sta
ton.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
Belgium Retaining It's Soil.

Washington Belgium is making
good progress rebuilding farms and
rehabilitating agricultural production.
Reports from the American consul
at Brussels show that at the end of
the first nine months of 1920 more
than 81, 775 acres out Of about 148,26O
acres Of war-sWept soil had been put
into condition Tor cultivation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
To Teach Hondurans to Fly.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras.-Two Amer.
lean aviators have arrived in Hondur-
as with American-built flying ma
chimes bought for the war department.
They are engaged for certain period
to teach flying and how to care for
the airplanes. It is expected that
In peace times the machines will be
used to carry mails over the country
where railroads are scarce and roads
bad.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29
Hash7 II Just Grows.

Warren, O.-When Scout Executive
Ids asked a Warren boy scout for
definition Of hash in an examination
or a cooking merit badge the scout
replied: Flash is not made; 1t just
accumulates.''
He won the medal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29

This isn't toy auto that Miss
Mary E. Sisk Of Los Angeles is hold
ing, but miniature working model
Of big car, complete in every detail.
It was built by J. A. Seefelder, a Los
Angeles auto expert.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29

There are many families Mr.. Klein
mentioned in the $40O00,000 class,
and this includes Mrs William Leeds,
now Princess Christopher Of Greece,
and Alexander Smith Cochrane, until
recently Americas richest bachelor"
and now the husband of Nine. Gamma
Walska, opera singer.
Mr.. Klein's list, which is several
pages long, does not go below the $1O,-
100000 class.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-01-29

Observation-Disclosures.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-07
Prisoner Held On
Suspicion Of Being
Mixed Up In Murder

A lar giving the name of Dan
Wallace. was arrested Tuesday,
charged with stealing some wearing
apparel from a fellow roomer at the
Falgrin rooming house on DeMers
avenue. He appeared before the
municpail judge this. morning and
pleaded guilty to the charge Of petit
larceny.
AS he seems to answer to the de-
scription Of a mar wanted in velva.
". D., for murder, the authorities de-
cided to change the charge to va
grahcv,- 80 that he would be unable
to gain his release by making good
the theft.
In the meantime the oficia's arc
investigating the case to find out II
he~is the same man that is wanted In
Velva. He was sentenced to thirty
days in the county jail.
The principal ark of identification
which corresponds to the description
Of the alleged murderer, is a large
scar on the left cheek, running from
the corner Of the mouth to the base
Of the ear. /.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-07
AID CLUB Will
MEET NEXT WEEK
Plans For Reorganization
and Winters Work to
Be Discussed,

.H-n.-= ....#F '.r
A meeting Of the Al club Of Grand
Forks has been called for next Wed.
nfsday evening, September IA. by NJ.
Panovitz, president If the club, for
dinner and discussion. The meeting
will be held in the Commercial club
rooms at 6:15 o'clock.
The purpose of the meeting at this
time is for reorganization of the cub
and discussion of a proposition for af-
filiation Of the organization with the
club. General plans for
the next winters work will be taken
up and other matters pertaining to
the club discussed. All members are
expected to attend the gathering and
every person interested in advertising
and selling is invited to attend.
1t was announced that &C. Fer
guson, district vice president Of Ad
clubs, and President Mcintosh, inter
national head of the Associated Ad
Clubs Of the World. will visit the To-
cal club this winter.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-07
East Side
TO DISCUSS
SHIPMENT OF
FARM PRODUCTS
Experts from State Dept. Of
Agriculture Confer With
Farmers Sept. II.

"A general conference between the
state department OF agriculture and
the shippers and business men Of the
upper Red river valley with regard to
the problems of the shippers Of farm
products and the loading and grading
Of the same will be held In Crookston
on September IA. The sessions will
be held from 10 Z. m. until 5 p. M.
according to an announcement made
BY County Agent L. A. Churchill.
The object of this meeting is to
give the shippers and business mon a
chance to bring up any problems that
they may have in regard to shipping
farm products. loading or grading
Specialists in the handling q each
class of farm products will help to
clear up these problems.
The state department Of agricul.
ture desires that every shipper, man.
ager Of a local shipping association
or any business man interested 1t.
tend, Mr.. Churchill announced.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-07
ANOTHER WILD DAY
in COTTON MARKET

New York, Sept. THE cotton
market had another wild opening to-
day and on first prices showed ad-
vance Of 1870 to 172 points over last
nights close, equal to about 81 to 50
a bale.
On the opening session last week
October traded as low as 1896
which means that since then there
has been a rise of 619 points or al
most exactly thirty-one dollars a bale
on that month.
The advance today was in SYM
pathy with one Of the widest ad-
vances yer scored by the Liverpool
market, but back Of the rise in Liver
pool, was the fear of the conse-
quences from short crop this eason
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-07
ATTEMPT KIDNAPPING.

Minneapolis. Mimi, Sept. 7.-Po-
lice today r searching for two men
who, in an automobile. early today
kidnapped Lorraine Bur.lhart, 70S
Eighth street south, but finally kicked
her u of the machine when she
sought to call the police, according
to the story told by the young WON
an. She said she was at Third ave-
nue. south and Ninth street when the
men offered to take her home. In
stead, they drove out Central avenue,
She pleaded with them to take her
home, she said, and they finally con-
sented. When they passed the Sec
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-07
OPENED ].
FOR BRIDGE
Milk Dealers Will Be Warn
ed to>sell Products That
Reach Standard.

At the regular meeting Of the city
commission held thus afternoon bids
for the labor for the repairing Of the
east and west approaches were open
ed and discussed. Three companies.
the Dakota Construction, Peter stan
dahl and ]. "A. Dinnie company made
bids for the contract. The bids were
turned over to Commissioner y. Sol
stad.
Bids for the paving Of North Third
street between Sktdmore ana Fenton
avenues, were opened. Only one
company, the Northern CONSTRUCTION
company, made an offer, so the mat
ter was set aside until an accurate
estimate of the cost is obtained from
the city engineer.
After hearing the report of the
health department OF the condition of
the milk offered for sale in, several
places IN the city q motion was passed
to notify all dealers whose milk or
cream was below standard that they
will be prosecuted to the full extent
LOT the law If future tests show that
they handle milk or cream that Is be-
low the set standard.
! M. F. Murphy, president Of the park
board. appeared before the commits
sion regarding the water bills for the
parks. Mr.. Murphy said that he has
received a bill for the water used in
the swimming tank III, Riverside park
and that according to an agreement
made with the old city council when
the pool was constructed, the city
was to furnish water free to the park
board for the pool. This matter was
referred to Commissioner F. w,
Schtaberg.
Members Of the commission named
John Eikhon to take the place Of o