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American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
HERE YOU ARE,
BOYS, FOR FOREST
PROTECTION WEEK
With Forest I

With Forest Protection
Week proclaimed by Presi-
dent Harding for May 90, the
American Forestry Associa-
ton Of Washington issues a
statement for use in the public
schools that week. The state
ment is also aimed at tourists
and campers and points out
what to do in case Of fire in the
woods. The Forest Guides
and the Boy Scouts are also
urged to spread this message
which follows:
Never drop lighted matches
or smoking materials in the
woods or fields or along the
roads without putting out the
match absolutely or stamping
the smoke" into the mineral
soil.
Never build an open fire for
any purpose near the woods or
| fields when the woods are drv.
Never leave any fire until it
is out. Drench il with water
or cover it completely with
mineral soil.
Never pass even the small
est fire unnoticed. Put it ont
Yourself or see fire warden.
the owner or some responsible
resident starts for it before
you leave.
Fire travels with the wind
always. Stop its front first
and put ont the sides and rear
later. Sand or soil will smoth-
er it, beating will kill it. but
water is always best. Flirt
water or soil along the line. do
not dump it in one place. Beat
toward the fire to avoid
spreading it.
ALWAYS work slowly and de-
liberatelv in fighting fire so
that every motion counts and
your energy is not wasted.
The forest fire loss for the
five years reaches a stageer-
ing total of $s5,OO0,OOO, the
American Forestry Associa-
ton adds and measures TO holm
stop fires are incorporated in
the Smell Forest Policy Bill
now before Congress.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
THE GREATEST
WEATHER PREDyCTOR

The" American Press" took
hearty crack the other day
at one Hicks who pretends to
be a weather prophet. Brudder
Hicks, it seems, predicts the
weather a whole year in
advance.
IT is just about fifty years
since the United States wealth
er bureau was established, al
though scientists had been
carefully studying the wealth
eI and its vagaries and mani
festations for many decades
before that. But for fifty
years trained observers and
scientists. thousands of them.
have made observations of all
weather conditions in every
city and section of this coun-
try minute by minute during
the full twentv-four hours of
every single day. They have
reached into the Pacific, into
the Atlantic. south into Latin
America, and even miles into
the atmosphere above, day bv
day, year by year. They have
traced every storm, every cv-
clone. every tornado. Pick
any day since the cary '70s
and they can tell you the tenn
perature, the barometer, the
rainfall or snowfall in any
section of this country.
All of this has not been en-
tirely for the purpose of tell
ing us the probabilities of the
weather tomorrow. Much Of
the studying and keeping OF
statistics has been done in an
effort to learn, some day, the
secret of the weather, so that
definite predictions can be
made.
And yet, after fifty long
years of deepest study and
most exhaustive research, not
one of these thousands OF sci.
entists will claim that he and
his colleagues, or the u. s.
weather bureau, can predict
the exact weather for next
week OR EVEN THE EXACT
WEATHER FOR TOMOR
ROW. They will tell you that
they can only give you the
probabilities for tomorrow.
OF course, their probability
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
Look Ahead.

II Is well enough to stop and rest
now aud then. But while We rest.
our eyes ought TO be on the hilltop
that is to be scaled rather than on the
valley out of which we have come.
Think always In terms Of tomorrow.
not Of yesterday. Never mind what
you did yesterday. II In what you are
going to do tomorrow that you want
TO think OF. And he sure while you
are thinking OF II that you devote TO.
day TO the business OF arriving. John
Blake In Chicago Daily News.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
Younostsr Was Scared.

! had given my nephew a knife.
That same day. while out walking
with his father and me. he persisted
In opening and closing the knife. His
father warned him repeatedly that he
might cut himself. He was unusually
quiet a little later and Jagged behind.
A tug on my coat made me drop back
little. and he. In scared little voice.
said, showing his hand wrapped up In
a slightly bloody handkerchief: "Uncle
Bob, do little boys ever bleed to
eathT"-EXchange.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
mIxup Wa. Too Much for Him.

Chester could not understand why
Lloyd was called his half-brother. II
was explained to him-hLs father had
married twice. He couldn't seem to
grasp the idea, however. Lloyd soon
married and was later divorced. all Of
which mystlied Chester greatly. But
when Lloyd married again his Devil.
derment was complete. Dad" he i'm
plored. "what relationship Is Lloyd to
us now?"
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
The Peanut.

The common peanut grows In a pc
cullar way that Is distinctly original.
The little plant sends up Its shoots.
with the fruit on the end OF some
what stiff stalk, and then before II
rlpens the stem bends over and care
fully pushes the fruit underground. As
pigs are said to he especially fond of
these. II has been humorously sug-
gested that the plant does this to hide
Its nuts from the porker's too inQuisi.
tive Investigations.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07

prediction is usually correct,
but often it is not.
Nevertheless, your Hicks
person, all by his lonesome
ness, claims to be able to tell
us what the weather will be
any old day next summer or
fall, and in a lump for any
part of the country.
Good night!
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
Had II In for Cswyer,.

Distrust and knowledge OF his own
profession. caused an Australian law.
yer to include a clause In his will.
stating that II any Of his beneficiaries.
for any reason whatsoever. contested
his will, that persons share was to he
paid to certain charity, and no law.
yers were to make any money out Of
his will
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
Job,s Tears Named,

The missionaries In the Hawaiian
islands named one plant. II grows on
reedikc stalks. a kind Of knife-edged.
rank growth that bears white enamel
beads. Everybody calls these beads
Jobs tears.
American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1921-05-07
A RUG FOR Is CENTS

The American Fork Legion boys are
raffeling OF a fine $50 rug-20O chan
ces at 20 cents each. Buy ticket.
7-2t-pd
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
AUTOS KILL $4,000 IN YEAR
100000 Non-FataI Injuries Also Re-
ported by Insurance Magazine
$4,5o0,000 Paid Out.

New York, Aug. 31.-An estimate
that $4,5OO,OO0 was paid by life insur-
ance companies in death claims from
automobile fatalities during 1920 was
published today by the Insurance
Press. Statistics were quoted to
show that during the year the auto
mobile caused 1900 fatalities and l.
100000 non-fatal injuries. Life insur-
ance distributions for the year by
companies operating in the United
States and Canada aggregated $1,O92,-
,434, including death claims of all
sorts, matured endowments. annuni-
ties, dividends and the like. Largest
among the death claims settled during
the year was $555,0OO paid to the heirs
of Wallace l.. Pierce, Boston grocer
The heirs of Jake L. Hamon of Ard
more, Okla, received $465, 900. Olive
Thomas Pickford, motion picture star
who died suddenly in Paris, was in.
sured for $4,000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
Only load Up" Riuht

The tasks you add to your already
full program must be related to your
life work. The magnet won't hold
soap, and froth and wood. It's affinity
is with things of steel So your efforts
must be related to your talents and
experience if they are to be a help
In your growth. One added task above
your speciality would be enough to
swamp a man who doesn't know your
line. To you it's just another added
opportunity. To be sure it will re-
Quire some effort, but nothing in COM
parison to what it would require in
others. You take the load on uncon-
sciously. It's merely another turn or
two Of the kind you do right along.
But in time those few extra daily
turns make you tower of strength.
There is no limit to your development
when you load up right-Grit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
UNABLE TO EXPLAIN GENIUS
Scientists OF All Ages Have Admitted
the Impossibiiity of Determining
Whence 1t Comes.

Science itself admits that it cannot
explain genius, for genius simply is
without explanation.
Handel was only seven when he in
sisted on following his father to the
court of Saxe-Weisenfels, whose
prince, hearing him play on the Or
gan in church after the service was
over, persuaded his father to give the
boy chance. By the time he was
nine he began to compose church serv-
ices for voices and instruments and
did so every week for three years.
But Handel was tremendous gor-
mandizer He ordered dinner for three
at a hotel, and when asked if he would
wait for the others, replied: II am
the others, serve the dinner" and he
ate all of it.
A story is told of Handel that while
seated at dinner with some other mu-
sicians he exclaimed, ooh, have de
taught" Those about him begged
that he go into another room and
write down "de taught" lest they lose
some wonderful composition. Handel
did this several times, when one of
the friends looked through the keyhole
and saw him pouring down some Bur
gundy which an admirer had sent him
and he did not wish to share with the
others.
When singer complained to Handel
- 70
distracted the attention Of the hear
ers from the singer to the musician
and that if he did not accompany him
better he would Jump up on the harp
sichord (the piano of that time) and
smash it. Handel replied: "Fine!
Tell me when you are going to do
that and shall advertise it, for more
people will come to see you jump
than to hear you sing"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
GLORIOUS IMAGE OF BUDDHA
Idol In the Llama City" ls Worshiped
by Devotees With Almost
Insane Devotion.

An S0-f0Ot wooden image of Buddha
standing on a golden lotus flower with
III a sacred temple in "The Lama
City," reserved for residences of Mon
golian priests, is worshiped with all
the insane devotion possible by the
MOngolians. The great figure is heav-
lily gilded, incruSted with precious
stones, and draped with silken cloths.
When the temple is opened to the
faithful of the city of Urga a priest
at the entrance. gives each person a
few drops of holy water from a filthy
jug, and the people, silent with awe,
battle their faces with the fluid and
PROSTATE themselves before the statue,
whose head is lost in the shadows of
the temple roof. They kiss it's silken
draperies, soiled by the lips of thou
sands, and each one gathers hand
full of sacred dirt from the temple
floor.
From inches In the wall hundreds
of tiny Buddhas gaze impassively on
tie worshiping Mongols. The scene of
worship is described by Roy Chapman
Andrews in Harper's Magazine as one
Intoxicating in it's barbaric splendor."
The chorus of prayers which rise and
fall in meaningless half wild chant
are broken by the clash of cymbals
and the boom of snakeskin drums, and
one is fully able to understand the
religious fanaticiSm of the East when
the people are seen at prayer in one
Of these temples.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
MANY FORMS OF EARLY FLAGS
Various Types Were Used Before the
Present Form of Old Glory
was Adopted.

According to the Smithsonian insti-
tuition there were many forms of early
flags, especially colonial types, used
by the individual colonies and militia
regiments, before the flag of the Uni
ted States was established by the con-
tinental congress June IA, 1777, the
anniversary of which date is now Gel
ebrated as flag day. This act required
that the flag Of the United States be
of 13 horizontal stripes, alternate red
and white, and that the union be 10
white stars on blue field represent
ing new constellation.
One of the first occasions for pub
lie display Of the Stars and Stripes Is
said to have been August 6, 1777,
when the new flag was hoisted over
the troops at Fort Schuyler, Rome, N.
7. John Paul Jones is said to have
been the first to fly the Stars and
Stripes over the high seas on the
Ranger in November, 1777.
From the time of the Revolution the
Stars and Stripes in the flag have va
ried. There were ID stars during the
Revolution, 15 in the war of 1912, 90
in the Mexican war, 33 to So in the
Civil war, 45 in the Spanish war and
4S today. The stripes were changed
first from 13 to Is and then back
again to Is. Our national flag is
among the Oldest flags of the nations,
being older than the present British
jack, the French tricolor and the flag
Of Spain.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
Too Tame for Him

"Gabson likes to hear the sound of
his own voice."
'That explains his penchant for
monologues. But if he loves the sound
of his own voice so much why doesn't
he talk into a monograph and have
his remarks canned for future user"
He wouldn't have the satisfaction
of seeing the photograph writhe and
idget.''
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
CARRY OFF 4OO-POUND SAFE
Enterprising Motorcar Burglars Rob
Residence of VaiuabIes
Worth $4,000.

Los Angeles, CAL. Aug. 29.-Motor-
car burglars entered the residence of
f. L. Mosher in the Hollywood sec
ton and drove away with a 400
pound safe. Mr.. Mosher, who made
the report. told the officers the safe
contained notes. bonds, silverware
and jewelry valued at $4,000.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
Great Fresh-Water Lake.

Lake Baikal, in Siberia, is one of
the great inland fresh-water seas. be-
ing nearly as long as Lake Superior,
but not so wide. 1t is thanked by
filled with wood cutters and fisher
men, but there are very few hunters,
although many fur-bearing animals
are found in the great forests about it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
Free instincts.

A Harvard professor says dancing
is an instinct, just like eating and
fighting" 1t has long been observed
that man will eat anything, and fight
anything, and now he's getting SO
he'll dance anything.-Kansas City
Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
DR.. j. l.. HOLTON,
DENTIST
Laid & Holton Building
Edgerton, Wisconsin
His Quainrness.

"Uncle JohnDerry is mighty queer
old man, unused the gaunt Missou-
rian "Why, actually, he don't pear
to care at all when some other old
rip comes around and outbrags him
about his 1a~..na tiz KANSAS City
Star
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-09-02
Woman Started First Daily Paper.

The first daily paper in the world
is said TO have been established by
woman, Miss Elizabeth Mallet, in Lon
don, March, 1902 She polished and
edited the Daily Courant, which she
founded "for the purpose of doing
greater justice TO women in general
through the elimination CT mperti-
nences which the ordinary papers con-
tain
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-08-12
CEDAR BLUFF.

Cedar Bluff, Va, Aug. 11.-Rcv
j. f. Russell of our place has return.
ed from Bandy where he conducted
n successful revival. At the close he
baptised four persons by immersion
Miss Carrie Russell, who has beell
attending the Summer Normal at
East Radford, has returned, and will
soon begin her career us teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bane. late of this
place, but now of Pulaski. Va, have
been spending a few days at their
cd home.
Knoxville, Tenn. are visiting friends
and relatives at this place.
Mrs. Mary Wingo, who has been
spending the summer in West Va,
has returned to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. F. Grinstead. where she re-
sides.
Mr.. J. N. Russell has purchased
the handsome store property of G.
II. Peery where he is installing
stock of general merchandise.
Mr.. w. w. Wingo has. gone with
a force of men to Newhall, West
Va, where he is engaged in saw
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-08-12
THE COMMONWEALTH OF vIa-
GINA. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT
OF TAZEWELL COUNTY.

Commonwealth of Virginia,
VS.. Notice.
One passenger Ford Automobile
with engine No. 4512228.
To all persons concerned in interest,
Whereas, information on oath, has
this day been filed in the clerk $
office of the Circuit Court of Tazc-
well County, Virginia. by II. l..
Spratt, Attorney for the Common
wealth of Virginia in and for Taze-
we'll County, asrprovided by law, al
leging the seizure of one five-pasa=
nngcr Ford Automobile with engine
No. 4512228, by G. w. Pence: deputy
Of Tazcwell County, and his possca
in said County on or about the 14th
day of June 1921, under and pursuant
to search warrant issped by
George w. Gillespie, Jr.. justice Of
the peace of Tazewell County, for
the search and seizure of said auto
mobil, on account of Bill Williams
having, on the day of said seizure,
unlawfully transported in said auto
mobile about five quarts Of ardent
spirits along and over the said pub.
lie roads in the said County. and
said George w. Pence, deputy sheriff
as aforesaid. and possee having q
warrant for the arrest of said Bill
Williams for violating the prohibi-
ton laws of Virginia, and alleging
that said automobile, by reason oi
the premises, became and is forfeit
ed to the Commonwealth of Virginia
and praying that said automobile be
condemned md sold and the pro
ceeds disposed of accoring to law.
Now, therefore, all information
in interest arc hereby cited to appeal
before the Circuit Court of Taze-
we'll County, at tie Court House
thereof. on the 1st day of August
1921 term thereof, then in session
and show cause why the PRAYER oi
the information for the condemna.
ticn and sale of said automobile
should not be granted.
| Witness. II. S. Surface, Clerk Of
our said court, this the third day Of
August, 1921 and in the 146th year
Of the Commonwealth.
H. S. SURACE, Clerk.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-08-12
RASNiCK- GIBSON

Thompson Valley, August IL.
Miss Cassie Rasnicl and MIR. Frank
Gibson, two popular young people
OF Thompson Valley, were married
last Saturday at the parsonage. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
A. S. Ulm. The young couple will
make their home in Thompson Val
ley.
Mrs. Mary Brown, who has been
i'll for sometime, is slowly improv-
Rev. A. s. Ulm, Rev B. O.. Shan
non and wife were the guests of
Mrs. ]. A. Scott Friday.
Mrs. Mamie Larimer, of Jobnsoo
City, is visiting friends and rela-
tives in Thompson Valley.
Mr.. Curtis Gibson, who has been
on the sick list for some time is
some better.
Mrs. R. W. Kiser, Mrs. w. s. Ras.
nick and Miss Snoda Rasnick re-
turned to their home Sunday from d
visit to Russell county.
Mrs. w. j. Correli has returne,
to her home from Loudon county
where she has been visiting friend,
and relatives. '>''
Mrs. w. ]. Harris has been enter
tanning her niece and nephews, ,yh,
are Visiting her from Harrisonburn
Miss Louise Steele from LouJo,
county, is visiting her aunt. Mrs
G. o. Thompson.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-08-12
MEETING OF WOMAN'S MISSION
AIRY SOCIETY AT SALEM.

The Thirty Eighth Annual Conven-
tion of the Women's Missionary So
ciety of the Synod of Southwest Vir-
ginia will be held at Elizabeth Col
lege, Salem, Va. August 18th to 17th,
1921. College Lutheran Church en-
tertaining.
The outstanding features of the
convention will be conferences of De-
'partnient, Secretaries and Officers,
conducted by leaders from each, and
addresses by Missionaries, Rev. G.
w. Hepner. Of Japan and Miss Lille
Nelson, OF India. Also addresses by
Mrs. w. C. Weller, Treasurer of the
W6men's Missionary Society of the
United Lutheran church of Americn,
and Rev. A. D. r. Hancher, General
Superintendent of the Southern Dis
trict of the Board of Home Missions
and church extension of the u. l.. G.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-08-12
TWO MEN.
BY Clarence E. .Flynn.

BY Clarence e. Flynn.
The supcrmen went forth to WAGE
His battle for the choicest page
In all the tale of human deeds.
He rallied at altars. scofred at crceds :.
Slaughtered the helpless; rode above
The PROSTATE. bleeding heart of love.
He led his captive in parade
10 show the conquest he had made.
The common man. with horny hand
Lifted the burdens, titled the land,
Stood at the front in every fight
For truth and honor, love and right
He built the cities, dressed the earth
And reared his brood for honesl
worth.
The mighty structure of the yea,S
Was mortared with his sweat AMI
tears.
The superman. though fierce and
brave,
And buried in a marble grave.
Left but Kissing for his fame;
And all men shuddered at his name
The common man lays down to rest
Simply entombed on Natures breast
But Bluebirds sang. and flower:
bloomed fair,
And love made many journey there
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-08-12
u. ID. C's HOLD ANNUAL MEET
ING.

The Tazewell Chapter. United
Daughters of the Confedcracy held
th;cr annual business meeting on
Tuesday, August second, ut the res
idencc of Mrs. S. c. Graham, with Il
large attendance. Most satisfactory
reports cf the years work were read
by the retiring officers. after which
'hc following ladies were elected to
lead tile Chapter for the coming ycai !:
Prcsidont--Mrs. Barns Gillespie.
Vice ePrcsident-Nlrs. Geo. w. St.
Clair.
Secret: :ry-Mrs. Lucy May.
CORRESPONDING Secretary-Mr w.
H.-Werth.
Trcasurer-RIrs.J Jessie O'Keenc.
Custodlan--Mrs. S. c. Graham.
Registrar-Mrs. John ID. Peery.
Twelve new members joined dur.
ing the year and in the discussion
that followed to devise plans to IN
crease the efficiency of the Chapters
work, it was decided to urge the
younger women of the community to
become active members that they
may be able to bear their share of
til good worl, now being done and
continue it in >the future without
any break.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1921-08-12
TO MAKE FARM
LIFE ATTRACTIVE
This is Aim of Miss Byer, Who
:, is Conducting Home Demon
Stration Work.

We are working to make home
life the very best possible in Taze-
well County, and especially the life
eof the farm woman and her FAM
lily. The heart of America is its
home and the farm home depends
upon the strength of it's purpose. lii
vestment must be made in modern,
labor saving equipment for both the
farmer and his wife, so that both
may conserve energy.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Davis, State Home De-
monstrator Agent will be with me
next week and will demonstrate tho
use of the Steam Pressure Cooker
in various oenters of the county
Come to one of the following plhces
and see our demonstrations Taze-
well, at High School building, Mon
day morning, August Is at ten
o'clock. Richlands, at Club House,
Wednesday afternoon. August 18th,
at 2 o'clock; Burke's Garden, High
School Building, Thursday, August
18th, at 3. p. M. Graham, High
School building, Friday. August 10Th
at 10 Il. M.
All the homemakers who are in
terested are cordially invited to see
this demonstration. Don't forget
that {homemakers are husbands as
we'll as wives. Steam Pressure Cook
ing saves time, labor, fuel and mon
ey. You can cook tough meats thor
oughly done in 35 minutes and vege-
tables in twenty minutes. Don't fail
to come and see how it is done. Il
am very anxious to become acquainr-
ed with the people of Tazewell and
this demonstration will afford an
excellent opportunity for us to get
together aside from the benefit I |
am sure you will derive from this
work. |
Looking forward to seeing num-
bers of you at these meetings [
am, with best wishes. HESSIE NJ
BYER, Home Demonstration Agt.