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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-09
POSTAL BANDITS IN
FIFTH JOB DURING
THE PAST TWO DAYS
TAKE MAIL SACK FROM SULLI-
VAN, IND, PoSToFFICE-s6,0 C0,-
0C0 RING UNDER iNVESTIGA.
TON BY FEDERAL AUTHORi.
TIES.

Chicago, April 9-The fifth postal
robbery in the vicinity OF Chicago
within f0rty-eight hours was staged q,
Sullivan, Ind, yesterday 1t was III.
second for the town in twentyf0ur
hours The other three robberio.
were at the Dearborn street station
here, SheryiIe, Ind. aad at Ciucin
natl.
In the second robbery at Sullivan
the robbers took q mail pouch after
it was thrown from the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois railroads Dixie Filler
j. c. Hicks, the telegraph operator,
was unaware Of the theft until h"
went out on tho platform to get TIE
pouch after the tain had passed. The
robbers evidently tere seeking til"
payroll Of coal mine near by ThN
less could not be estimated
At Sherylle ycterday, three ban.
dts, believed to live in Chicago rob
bed George NJ Card, tho postmaster.
OF $500 and escaped SharyiiIe f.
nine miles northwest OF Crown Point
Mr.. Gard had drawn tho money
from bank in Dyer, Ind, ana was
returning to Sherviile to cash checks
Of Panhandle railroad employee. The
robbers kidnapped him and two ether
men accompanying him in their ma
chine as they were returning to Shpr-
Vile. They were released at Thorn
ton. ILL.,, after the postmaster been
robbed
Acting on q womans tip, raatal il
spectore investigating tho $}9S gN9
mail robbery at the Dearborn street
station Wednesday, started out last
night to arrest man said to have
been one Of the five bandits VINO stag
ed the holdup. More than seventy
men nave been arrested So far
The ope OF the investigation was
made national ny the Occurrence Of
moro r0Dbcries, and federal men
t1ti ia records Of every EN-
we Of the department who might
have assisted ia the thcfts
None Of the arrests made is benz
discussed, but the theory that ono
oatal employee has been the "tip-of
in robhoriea aggrecatius So, 10000 in
the past year is still Baiug followed.
lsador Starr jCWeler, at II North
State street said to have been the
fence in -. Vriol statioa mail rob
bory. rrcaaclgQ " .lerd2y to IcIpty
United States marahals
A warrant had been issued charp
ing Starr with having $34to9 worth !
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-09
&(0CAGg91E<Ez7

The members CT the Happy Service
Circle Of the Illinois Avenue Eyangel-
ical church held meeting last night
in the parlors Of the church There
was a large attar 1nce A =. tsan'
evening was enlu'ed by the glcsts
At a business session Mrs luellu
Warrick was elected teacher Of the
class to fiji the position until recently
held by Mrs. Isaac Diyan, and Mrs
Gus A, MeckenstOck was appointed
assistant At a late hour refresh.
ments were served. The group of
ladies headed by Mrs, G. A. Meckcu
stock acted as hostossoa.
Y. + 4.
On Tuesday evening, ApliI 49, Ma r
Grace Steele Of Bloomington, HI
worthy grand matron Of the order OF
the Eastern Star, will be the guest q.
Mary +. Chapter in this city 4 ban
quet will be served in Vie. hon II
O'Clock in the evening At tn. night
meeting degrees will he conferred on
four candidate All members Of tn"
organization desiring to attend the |
banquet are asked to notify Miss Mae
G. Weeks, the secretary net later
than April l6
+ + I.
Mrs. Emma Pool entertained Tho I
members Of the Ladies' Ala and Won .
al 3 Missionary society Of the First .
Methodist church yesterday at hen
home on State street a Ladies' Aid
meeting was held in the morning and
Missionary society meeting in tn"
afternoon Mrs A. j Roberts had
charge of the meeting and Mrs Cor
della NJ Hathaway read a missionary
paper At noon luncheon was served
TO sixty guests
y. y. 4
The members Of the Pausy Circle
of the United EyaNgelicai church held
a meeting la n ii at the hcm" OF
Miss Jane Palmer on Ottawa avenue
Seventeen girls were present. A pleas
ant evening was enjoyed by the
guests Refreshments We're served.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

Knowing things to be true that ore
not so, makes lots of trouble ana
misery in this world.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
URGE TEACHERS
Be STRENGTHENED
SECRETARY POINTS
TO COMPARATIVELY SMALL
ENROLMENT.
PLAN COMMITTEE Meeting
Ideas In a Profession Are immutable
and There Are Some Teachers in
the State Who Should Be Do
ing Something Else.

Natchitoches, La. - l.. ]. Alleman,
secretary Of the Louisiana Teachers
Association has issued an appeal as
follows to the leaders of education In
Louisiana:
The executive committee has met
A, to be held in Alexandria. April Z,
8 and 9. State Superintendent Harris
is now at work carrying out the
wishes OF the executive committee by
providing distinguished speakers and
musical numbers for the program.
This will be fine meeting In every
sense
I'VE have not held meeting since
1918, and 1t is up to us to make this
the banner year both from point OF
enrolment and attendance. 1t is up
to us to convince the people of Louis
lana the confidence they have placed
In us. We can do this in only one
way-to strengthen ourselves for the
nerve-racking occupation In which We
are engaged. The L. II. A. has always
been and, | believe, will always be a
great factor in the professional uplift
OF our teachers. The enrolment has
consisted in the past of the more pro-
fessional teachers Of the state-the
one out of five who did not need the
good influence Of the organization so
much as the other four who stayed at
home
There are now perhaps 1000 white
teachers IN the state, about 1000 en-
roll annually, and perhaps 800 attend
the meetings. This is not the best
showing and believe is a reflection
on something, somebody, somewhere.
II the association needs modification
let us make the change. IL the teach
ers have not the teachers spirit then
it is up to the leaders to see to it
that a change takes place there. This
should be done before it is too late.
You can do your part:
First. BY securing the enrolment
Of every teacher associated with you
in advance of the meeting regardless
or whether the teacher can dttenu thiS
particular meeting or not.
Second. BY encouraging as large
an attendance as possible from among
your associates.
Third. Assisting them to secure
proper accommodations in Alexan-
dria.
Fourth. BY distributing from time
to time among your teachers the cir
culars issued from this office.
Fifth BY impressing upon their
Young minds that ideals in profess
sion are immutable, and that there
are some teachers in the state who
ought to be following some other call
ing. They are bright enough and
well-born; but they have not the right
spirit, and they need help"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
Bonded
TRAILS ABOUND IN ROMANCE
Written Testimonial Of the Trials and
Triumphs Of the Men Who
Fashioned Them.

Nothing is more romantic than the
trail, remarks writer i'm the Los An
geles Times. 1t is the artery of trade
and life itself On land 1T moves about
the bases of the mountains. out of the
lowlands, winding through the chapar-
raj, along the easy grades of the can
yons, never forcing its way, but def
nitely avoiding the slippery rock face
and the poison oak; upward into the
fresh air that breathes through the
pass; on. through the pass and into
the unknown beyond into the valley OF
hearts desire it carries the laden mule
and the traveller with his pack.
Across the great deserts the trail Is
a caravan route. seeking the shades OF
cliff and avoiding the shifting dunes
stretching uneyringly toward the next
water hole 1t is the written testimo.
NAL of the trails and triumphs of the
men who have gone before. 1t is the
only pathway of the devout Pilgrim ms
of the warlike Bedoun. Every habita-
ton Of man that has ever dominated
one Of these great trails has made his.
tory and has been in its day treasure
house.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
JUST PARAGRAPHS

Welsh. ROLAND Buck. 15-year-old
schoolboy, while racing his horse with
that of one of his mates collided with
an automobile driven by f. S. Carr.
The youth was thrown. sustaining a
Broken leg. Neither the horse nor the
auto was hurt to any considerable ex-
tent.
Hammond--A large delegation from
here and the surrounding country
went to Baton Rouge to be present at
the meeting of the Board Of Liquida-
ton.
Covington.-Th Mississippi Valley
Highway Club, directed by Mayor
Bandon and other influential persons,
voted to perpetuate the association.
Some of the new work to its credit
will appear through the cooperation
of the Board of Health, in the familiar
tri-colored NJ V. II. signs soon to be
hung from the rafters OF the steel
bridges that guard the approaches to
Covington.
Lake Charles.-Floyd Hamilton, CIV
il engineer, announces the completion
of a five-mile link in the old Spanish
Trail and the letting of contract TO
build another four and one-half mile
of road on the trail The section COM
pleted passes through the town OF
Cade. in st. Martin parish, between
New Iberia and Lafayette. The road
was built of washed gravel and SAND
clay. which provides an excellent wear
ing surface. Necessary concrete
bridges were built
Greenburg-Fires raging on cut
over lands between Jack, La, and
Pine Groves in ST. Helena parish are
destroying young pines and the fine
cattle range. 1t is said no effort is
being made to check the spread OF
the flames.
Hammond. - The new Christian
Church at the corner of Cherry and
Charles streets was dedicated Sunday,
January go Rev. E. S. Taylor was as
sisted in the exercises by Rev. Mr.
Allen, DR.. Ellsworth Scott and PROBES
sor T. F. Crowley, all Of New Orleans
University Station, Baton Rouge
The production Of cowpeas in 1920 ex
ceeded that of 1919 by more than five
million bushels, with the result that
there are numerous offerings of cow
peas at 81 per bushel, with still low
er price in prospect.
Welsh-The ideal weather that has
prevailed here the past two weeks has
stirred farmers to activities and they
are preparing for the years crops
More attention is being given to truck
farming than has ever been the case In
this section.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
Remarkable Insanity Record.

At an inquest at Ashford, Kent,
England. on Ebdil Coll, who committed
suicide by placing his head on the
railway line In front of an approach
Ing train. II was stated that his wife
Twas In asylum, having become insane
owing to air raids. He had a brother.
and brother-in-law In asylums, and an
other brother-ln-law committed sui.
eide, Coll left statement showing
that he was worried by family and
money troubles.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
Keep Barber Guessing.

Sitting In BARRIERS chair, q new
technique occurs to us. We find that
MS soon as we have announced that
we do not want SINCE. shampoo,
face massage or an invigorating
vacuum vapor, our friend, the artist,
loses all interest in the haircut that
We do want, and in fact rather looks
down on us altogether. Therefore,
from now on. We will keep him In sus-
pense. We will pretend to be making
up our mind, and say we will let him
know about that shampoo and massage
when our haircut is finished.-New
York Evening Post.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST

In England "Miss" formerly was ap-
piled only to girls under ten years of
age.
Jellyfish, also known as sea nettles,
frequently annoy bathers by singing
them.
The valley Of the Amazon is said to
be the largest undeveloped territory
In the world and the greatest in soil,
timber. mineral. nuts and precious
metals.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

Albany, N. Y, ranked as the sew
enth largest city in the United
States in 1890.
A five-do1lar bin advertised as found
By the Berkeley (Cal.) police depart
meht was claimed by 236 persons.
King John did not actually sign the
Magma Charta. as is often stated.
What he did was to aftix his seal to
the document. He was unable to write
even his own name.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

These boys are mailing the prize
winning blue-ribbon bird house Of
Washington to large tree In one OF
the city's many parks. The house
was presented to the American For
estry association. In recent COM
petition, 300 blue ribbons were award
ed Washington pupils by the associ-
alton for their excellent bird 'lodg-
lngs."
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
FELT SOMETHING WAS WRONG
Youngsters Experience Made Him
Doubt Whether His Prayers Were
Really Acceptable.

In the smoking room of La France,
on n cool, rough, windy day, George
Gould said:
These winter passages are I'M
pleasant, but they're never dangerous.
"One bleak December day ! was sit.
ting. wrapped up in furs and rugs, In
sheltered corner Of the promenade
deck of Cunarder. The seas were
mountains high. The good old boat
seemed to stand on her head one MIN
ute, and the next she reared right up
on her hind legs.
"A tiny tot of boy made his way
cautiously to the young and pretty
matron seated next me. He steadied
himself against her deck chair and
said:
"Mamma. is II wrong to pray that
we get home safe?'
"'Of course not, darling.
"'Well,' he went on, I've been
kneeling on locker trying to pray
that we arrive safe in port, and each
time | begin the ship heaves up and
throws me on the deck"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

Flivvcr-Jitney Nuptials.
''The wedding was a fiivver."
"You mean that II was tin one7''-
Buffalo Express.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

This Is the elaborate S0-pound we'd
ding cake presented by the American
colony in Jerusalem, to the son of Sir
Herbert Samuel. British high commits
sioner in Palestine, and his bride,
Hadassa Grasovsky Of Jaffa. The dec
orations on the cake depict some of
the historic scenes about the Holy
city.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12
Wainuts From China.

The walnut was taken to China by
the early American missionaries. and
its culture and sale are now the sup
port of hundreds of Chinese villages.
The Chinese waste nothing and when
the walnut crop iS gathered the husls
are beaten off and buried In wet earth
to rot and become fertilizer.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

Even the soviet must have boss
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-02-12

Thinking abundance will open up
the mind and set the thought currents
toward increased supply.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
NOT TO BE MADE TO ORDER
Songs and Emblems That Live In the
Heart of People Must Have
Foundation.

To wait for state flower or a
state song to discover itself and make
Itself appropriate might be an inter-
minable and disappointing vigil. Cen
turtles could intervene. 1t Is not mere
restlessness that asks for a flower to
be chosen or d song to be written
ready to hand, declares the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat. Posterity may find
substitutes that are better, the fruit
of happy circumstances, but we in
our day may have ut least our ready
made symbols to feed the romance in
our souls.
Ancient people acquired these spir-
itual emblems and patriotic lyrics
through a long and at times painful
history. Something stirring has to
happen to give them birth. Thus our
soldiers who were in the great war
find the poppy the all-significant floral
insignia of their heroic days and have
adopted 1t as the visible reminder of
them. Ten million silken poppies are
to be worn in America on Decoration
day.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
Ruined Churches
to Be Restored

was erected in 1865 at a cost of more
than Sl,O000O0 by the count of Valen-
ciana, who at that time was said to
be the richest man in the world.
On the top of the hill on which he
village is built stands the big church.
Surrounding it and built into the hill
are apartments which were formerly
used as a convent and fortress. but
which are now occupied as stores and
dwellings. Near by has been erected
II monument to the man who erected
the editice. The narrow pathway TO
the church leads to broad flight Of
steps into the old churchyard, bright
ly colored flowers and vine-hung trel-
Uses.
Entrance into the church is made
through exquisitely carved doors set
in richly ornamented walls. To the
right is the sacristy, where are kept
the magnificent baptisnal font. sur
mounted by a halo and a dove, all
of gold; the yestments of gold EN-
broidered on rich cloth of satin and
velvet in brilliant eolors. numerous
images of the saints. the virgin used
in the various calendar celebrations
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
Pictures Go by Wire

speed and an enormous saving of op-
Grating costs.
The system II is claimed, also makes
1t possible TO transmit double the num-
Der of words compared with any other
Geographic system now used. and 1t
operates automatically from the mo-
ment the telegram. picture or drawing
is received by the operator until 1t Is
received at the place of delivery. No
new wires or cables are necessary.
The manuscript to be transferred Is
placed on metallic cumbersome
what resembling an original wax pho
nograph cylinder-covered with a pho
tographic film and exposed to strong
arc light.
The manuscript is copied on the cyl
inder film. developed and cromograph-
ically etched into the metal
The cylinder Is then placed on the
sending apparatus, to which Is trans
mitted an electric current going to the
receiving apparatus. When the cylin.
der rotates needle moves on 1t, touch.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
Acres
in Wheat Farm

large force of men and women. There
are also 600 mules and horses, and
during the harvesting season he hires
enough outside 10 make a total OF
from $50 to 500 spans. Last season
$50 men and women and 30 boys
worked for two months on this great
farm, harvesting and marketing the
grain.
This years harvest, should the crop
be a normal one, will be handled by
five combined harvester threshers,
ten headers and four sepnrators. A
new departure will be the use for the
first time of steam propelled COM
bine with n 30-foot cut and COM
bine propelled with gasoline tractor
which has an 1S-foot cut. These two
machines have combined capacity
of cutting and threshing 70 to "
acres of ripened wheat per day.
The great difficulty with heavy
tractors in the wheat section is with
the rolling nature of the land. Whea.
is planted on steep hills where horses
| and mules can be driven but where
| the heavy machinery slides and tips.
To care for his wheat last year Vim
cent used 250,000 new jute bags fol-
which he paid II cents each. This
year he has ordered n new supply OF
cotton ones from Georgia.
Another large wheat farm near here
Is that of Ben Grote. who has seeded
to wheat 10000 acres. John Webb has
900O-acre field of wheat and there
is another of 1000 acres near Toledo
| In what is known as the Big Bend
country there are numerous wheat
farmers who plant from l 800 to 5000
acres each year to grain.
An unfortunate feature of the
growing of wheat in this way is that
/ the land is being rapidly depleted OF
/ its fertility. There Is need of sys'
/ TEN of diversified planting to save the
/ land from utter barrenness. Fol-
nearly fifteen years many of these big
/ farms have been growing wheat every
year. Some wise farmers let their
farms lie fallow every other year
thinking they get an increased croI
enough to pay for the idle season.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30

Walla Walla, Wash.-Henry VIM
cent, the big Eureka Flat wheat grow
er, who harvested $1,000 acres last
year, has increased his holdings un-
til this spring he has wheat farm
of $4,000 acres. This Is believed to
be the largest farm in the Northwest.
The entire acreage is practically de-
voted to wheat. All the seeding mas
been done and where the fall plant
ing was finished before the rainy sea-
son in November the fields are green.
During the seeding of this great
tract of land 80 drills and AZ mar
rows, kept up with five steam ploughs'
each with a capacity of GO acres per
day.
Employs Large Force.
To properly manage his great agri-
cultural project Vincent maintains
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
NEW OMAR LIFTS HIS VOICE
Arizona Poet, However, Strikes Differ.
ent Note From That Struck
by the Great Persian.

Omar Khayyam said that he could
dine on d loaf of bread and jug OF
wine; with Her beside him and feel
content In the wilderness-but he
only meant that he liked the des-
ert and his old tin Lizzie, and the
crooked roads that make you dizZle,
that start any place and lead nowhere,
and just keep going and never care.
He liked the mesquite and the
greasewood smell and the long hot
days that feel like HI: the red sun
sets and the cool moonlight and the
soft, sweet air of the desert night
for Omar Khayyam was wonderful
man, who lived his life on an easy
plan, with his girls and his wine and
a big silk tent-My, oh, my What
a life he spent. The desert
is here like it always was-but you
can't Khayyam any more, becuz-in
these dry days when even home brew
Is on the list of the things taboo, old
Omar Khayyam and his jug of juice
would soon get locked in the calaboose,
-SalOme (Ariz.) Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
Ancient CathedraIs, Damaged
During Mexican Revolutions,
Will Be RehabiIitated.
MANY USED AS BARRACKS
Unusual Fascination of Mexican
Churches Lies in Their Mixed
Architecture-Treasu Taken
by Sacrilesious Vandals.

Monterey, MeX.-Restoration of the
church properties to the Catholic cier-
gy by the Mexican government Is to
be followed by a general rehabiita-
ton of many edifices which were bad
ly damaged during the long period of
revolutions. In many instances mag
nificent churches were used as bar
racks by soldiers. Gold and silver or
naments, rare paintings and other
things of value were stolen by sacri-
legious vandals and probably will
never be recovered.
One of the things that impresses
the visitor to Mexico most strongly Is
the number and beauty of the
churches of the country, writes a
Monterey correspondent of the New
York Sun. In mining camps, VII
lagos, haciendas, at every place, In
fact, where there Is human habita-
ton, church may be found. Some
of the older buildings erected in the
early days Of Spanish control are In
ruins, but many remain intact and
are still in use.
IL has been said that the unusual
fascination of Mexican churches lies
In their mixed architecture, the Chris
tan spre, the Moorish dome, the In
dian facades, the Saracenic colorlng
and, added to this, the fact that the
workmen employed by the Spanish
artists and architects were Indians,
who left the impress of their own
peculiar handiwork in these ancient
buildings.
A Remarkable Church.
One of the most beautiful and re-
markable of the early Mexican
churches is the one In the little min.
Ing village of Valenciana, In the noun.
tains of Guanajuato. This church
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Take Aspirin only as told in each
package of genuine Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin. Then you will be following
the directions and dosage worked out
by physicians during p years, and
proved safe by millions. Take no
chances with substitutes. If you see
the Bayer Cross on tablets, you can
take them without fear for Colds.
Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism.
Earache. Toothaehe, Lumbago and
for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve
tablets cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of
Observation-Disclosures of Salicylicacld.-
Adv.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-04-30
Not Much Progress.

Not long ago there appeared in a
western paper the following:
1.-THE gentleman who found peck
etbook with money In Main street Is
requested to forward 1t to the address
of the loser, as he was recognized
The next day there appeared In the
same paper the response. which. al
though courteous, had an elusive air:
THE recognized gentleman who pick
ed up a pocketbook In Main street
requests the loser to call at his house
at convenient date" --Harper's Mag
azlne.