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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
COMMON CARRIERS-AND
A FEW NOT SO COMMON

Tractors are crawling over the snow
covered fields of northern Greenland
carrying the supplies of the Lane Koch
expedition. This novel use Of new
born vehicle recalls that some of the
oldest transportation methods still are
employed in regions whose civilization
il older and higher than that of the
Greenland Eskimo.
The OK cart still serves the Southern
darby" i'm North Carolina. Georgia.
and Alabama. rs well Is in other por-
tons of the South as his coach and
four for the Sunday "gO-tO-meeting.
Daring the week the Stolid beast plows
tobacco and cotton fields. In India
bullocks hitched 10 wagon with an
ornate beehive shaped or elongated
covering not unlike the picturesque
tobacco schooner. convey The Burmese
man and his family along the road TO
Mandalay. Nor does this animal cease
being a means of transportation upon
his death. The natives blow up his
skin and use IL a a float or raft on
which they cross the rivers.
In arctic regions and in Alaska par
ticularly the dog has rendered man
kind ineStimable assistance. Today
he is the means by which letters. par
GELS and provisions reach the snow
bound Inhabitants OF the interior. The
reA..s-.: also plays an important part
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
THE LONG, LONG TRAIL OF
THE GYPSY

Now that the weather is becoming
mild again, some fine day you Will
discover camp of gypsies near your
doorstep. and wonder where in the
world they came from. The world has
been wondering for many a century
whence the original gypsies came.
George Borrow relates that the first
gypsies made their appearance in Mol
davia I'm 1417, and no one seems to be
very certain in regard to their place
of origin. The original 5000 increased
10 formidable proportions in a century
or two, and Maria Theresa and Joseph
III tried 10 civilize them, with no sue
cess.
In the early days each little band
had captain whom they honored with
the title of count. To secure the COW
eted position this leader had to be
valiant and courageous in the pillag-
ing expeditions for food and sagaciOus
and crafty enough To settle their els
putes For this he was allowed third
of anything that the band stole,
Despite their marauding tendencies
and their more or less contemptuous
attitude toward people not "of the
blood" they have n code of morals
which contains many excellent require
ments. \ true gypsy must not have Il
quarrelsome disposition, and he never
reveals the secrets of the brotherhood.
Though they make the rest Of mankind
tbpfr la ,yful r,ray tbax ara eonabla Of
great sacrifices for each other. They
pledge themselves never to marry out
of their own sect, nor Will they teach
their language TO anyone not gypsy
by blood or adoption.
Their daredevil spirit perhaps has
had passing influence on most of the
countries in which these wanderers
have lived. At least England * ac-
credited with having contracted her
love of horse racing from them. and
they are nearly always TO he found
among her Jockeys and in attendance
upon her Derbys.
Pretending a knowledge of the meta
physical and dabbling in fortune telling
have always been within the province
OF the gypsy women. They have
claimed that they could witch away
troublesome ailments of the heart and
have compounded queer love philterS
which instead of imbuing the unfortun-
ate taker with a steadinesS of aim with
his love arrows. have poisoned his di-
gestive tract
But they realize the monetary value
of the myth concerning their ability
10 divine the future, and have since the
beginning OF their history capitalized
H. In Spain where a large proportion
OF the race now lives. travellers say
that they find neatly whitewashed
caves lighted by electricity. and that
even gypsy royalty will caper and ca
reer around in fantastic dances fol
the coins of casual visitor.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13

enc part o. the tactic then in anoghe
one of the greatest regions of vo
canic disturbance has been IN and nea
the island OF Java. in the souilieesterG
corner Of the Pacific. where that body
OF water meets the Indian ocean.
YOlcanicmade IN the first place. and
constantly being remade by them. Java
has more volcanoes than any area Of
It's size IN the world. Estimates Of
the active and extinct craters range
from 100 20 100. Everywhere In Java.
in the huge crater lakes. in assures
that now are river beds. even in an
Client temples. half finished when in
terrupted by some fiery conWlSion. are
evidences of cataclysmic fOrces-such
turbulent forces as now are in con
tinuous hysteria IN the Valley OF the
Ten Thousand Smokes i'm Alaska. and
break their crusted surface cage in
terrnittently in Java.
The "treacherous Klot." as the ma
tives call it. all but wiped out the
town of Britar, but even its devasta-
ton. as reported 10 the state depart
ment, was mild compared to the vio-
lent upheaval of Krakatoa in 1882.
Then mother nature turned anarchist
and planted a gargantuan internal ma
chine on the doorstep OF Java.
Krakatoa is a little island in the
Sunda strait. between Sumatra and
Java. Australians, as far from the
f.. III
Paso, heard the terrific detonation;
more than half the island was blOtted
out. parts OF it were flung alOft four
times as high as the worlds highest
mountain, and to touch bottom below
the waters surface where most os the
island had been, henceforth required
a plumb line twice as long as the
height OF the Washington monument.
Sliyscraper waves flooded adjacent is
lands and rolled halfway around the
earth. Every human eardrum heard,
though II may not have registered, the
air waves as they vibrated three or
four times around the earth.
Krakatoa levied smaller toll in
human life than. Klot, because of its
isolation, and many of the $4,000
deaths from Krakatoa's eruption were
at far-distant points by drowning.
An eruption anywhere on the island
means disaster, for Java, about equal
in era TO New York state, supports
population greater than the combined
populations of the Empire state and
the four other most pOpulous states
in the Union-Pennsylvani Illinois,
Ohio and Texas.
In the native folklore are innumer-
able stories of the earth opening up
to swallow a dancing girl. Such tales
betoken another physical feature Of
the island fraught with human trag-
edy. Not only has it steaming vents,
spouting geysers, sulphur lakes. but
great chasms open and close, and they
have been known TO swallow villages.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
TEMPLE STONES THAT
MAY BECOME HEARTH
STONES

Cable reports recently stated that
Marlborough Rocks, one of the best
known of the so-called Druid Circles"
of England, would be broken up and
used by company for building homes.
The reports bring to mind what
might be termed the flight for sur
vival' of the monuments and works of
art of-past ages against the activities
of later generations.
During the dark ages priceless mar
BILE statues by PraXiteles and other
burned TO make lime. In northern
Africa and Asia Minor. in numerous
places where classical ruins are found.
beautifully chiseled Stones-phySical
symbols of THE glory that was Greece
and the grandeur that was Rome
of the natives. The smaller stones
from Druid Circles" and avenues"
lying on the surface of the ground.
ready quarried, have long fallen prey
TO nearby peasants in all the coun-
tries in which they occur. Even the
hand famous as the greatest OF the
supposed Druid temples and one of
the most striking of the uninscribed
monuments of the world has not en-
tirely escaped the hand Of the vandal.
The larger monoliths are too massive
for easy removal, but some of the
smaller stones have disappeared and
are reported To have been built into
bridges and mill dams of the adjacent
countryside.
Relatively small stone circles and
parallel rows OF monoliths known as
avenues" are numerous in England.
Wales, Scotland and Ireland. They
also are found in numbers in western
Europe. especially in France. and TO
Ia lesser degree in northern Africa. and
in southern Asia as far east as India.
Among them. however, the compare
lively few great groups stand out
prominently. StOnehenge differs from
most of the other circles in the great
size of the upright stones. and in the
fact that massive lintels are placed
from upright 10 upright, forming tril-
ithonS. The placing of the concentric
circles and outlying marker stones Of
Stonehenge in such a way that its
axis points practically To the rising
sun on the longest day Of the year
the summer solstice-has led TO gem
eral acceptance of the theory that
this was temple for sun worship.
Because of an astronomical change
which slowly shifts the apparent point
OF sunrise at successive summer SOL
stices it has been possible 70 compute
the date Of the building of Stonehenge
as approximately 1850 +. c. Ii is be-
! lieved that the smaller circles and the
avenues and other monuments of great
/ stones belong TO approximately the
same period which is the late Neolith.
ic age. While the larger circles like
! the Stonehenge and Marlborough Rocks
doubtless are temples for sun worship
and human sacrifice. IL is believed that
| the smaller groups Of stones mark bu-
rial places
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13

camel of the Sahara and Central Asia,
to the llama of the high Andes, the
ubiquitous automobile. and the hOmely
but unitarian little burro of Mexico.
Central and South America. Thou
sands OF these last named little ami
mails daily tread the trail leading from
the lowlands TO the city of La Paz,
delivering in the capital of Bolivia
practically everything the city gets
from the outside world. Patiently, too.
the burro has trailed its way through
history, from a period in the Holy
Land older than that in which Joseph
and Mary fled from Herod's slaughter
OF the innocents, thence to Northern
Spain and across to America with the
Spanish explorers and colOnizers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
RECALLED FOND MEMORIES.

A director, who has a reputation
for being rather harsh and overbear-
ing in his methods was giving his
leading man a tongue lashing that
fairly turned the atmosphere blue.
Through 1t all, however, the victim
leaned gracefully against the wall and
smiled happily.
what the deuce are you Srinning
about? barked the director. do you
like to be cursed?"
why. yes. | rather enjoy II,
chuckled the actor. ut recalls the
good old days, you know, when
played Uncle Tom and was beaten
to death every night by Simon Lee
gree. Film Fun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
The Sorution.

Little Girl-If | was teacher. ia
make everybody behave.
Auntie-fIOw would you accomplish
that?
Little Girl-Yery easy. When girls
were bad I'd teal them they didn't look
pretty; and when little boys were bad
I'd make them sit with the girls. and
when big boys were bad ! wouldn't let
them sit with the girls.-Edlnburgh
Scotsman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Stranue-Passi STRANGE!

The city visitor was consulting the
oldest inhabitant. How many peO-
pie in this town now?" he asked.
Twenty-Five, sir"
"How many did you have last Year,
twenty-five, SIR
That's strange. Aren't there any
babies ever born in this town?"
Eyes, sir. But most every time a
baby is born, somebody leaves town"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
HOW AN ISLAND WAS DE-
STROYED BY A NATURAL.
INTERNAL MACHINE

Recent volcanic activity in Hawaii
serves 10 emphasize the fact thar the
Pacific. one OF the great "safety-valve
regions" Of the earth. is seldom free
from an OutpOuring of molten mate
rials. Many of the islands OF this
largest ocean are of volcanic origin.
Great streams of lava went up first in
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Modest.

First Manager-Im fed up with
these movie stars. Young Cecil Le-
grand is just the limit.
Second Manager-What's the mat
ter now?
First Manageable wants me to put
on a play he's written in which he's
featured as a heavyweight cham
pion in the first part and a win
ming jockey in the second.-Film
Fun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Anticipatinu an Order.

"Why did you throw those two
pieces of toast out there on the
grass?" asked the fat restaurateur.
II wanted TO see if couple Of
Quai! would come around and lay down
on 'em. sir" replied the white-capped
chef.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Rioht Thinkind.

Let the words OF my mouth. and
the meditation Of my heart. be ac-
eeptable in thy sight. Lord, my
strength, and my Redeemer.-Psalm.
XIV, IA.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Where Resemblance Stnns

That MIss Gabbleish reminds me Of
a church bell, only she hasn't the sense
Of ore"
What do you mean?'
We'll. n church bell has an empty
head AMI long tongue. but IL is dis
Greet enough not 10 speak until its
tolled."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Her NIGHT.

Mr.. Styles-Where in the world
have you been. dear. in all this rain?
Mrs. Styles-Down TO Mrs Myle's
playing bridge.
But it's an awful night 10 be out."'
But l wasn't out tonight. dear; l
managed 10 win
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Fame is an undertaken.

so Happy Day" sang the laundress
as she hung the snowy wash on the
line. 1t was a "happy day" because
she used Red Cross Ball Blue.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
A sunfIower State Social Note

A Hiawatha bride of a few months
is back home. She brought home n
black eye, present from her huS-
band. She will sue for divorce
HiaWatha World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
All Serene.

Il notice they're on very peaceful
terms with their next-door neighbors."
"Yes; the two families don't speak
TO each other."-New York Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Comic.

"How's the new Flubdub baby?"
well, didn't tell the proud parents
this, but they could make fortune
hiring him 20 cartoonist as a model"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
His Views.

Can The ouija board read the fu-
ture?"
We'll. don't know. SOmetimes
rh'nk The future is'a blank PAGE"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
In Botany.

''Of what are you afraid. my. child?"
Inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh. sir, the flowers. They are wild!'
Replied the timid creature.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Advice.

Here, young man. is simple plan.
Go TO it;
If IL is un-American,
Don't do it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-13
Depends on Where It Is Applied.

Blimp-Beauty is only skin deep.
Chump-Still. that isn't the beauty
about a sausage.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-23
New York Coffee.

New York. June 22-There was Iur.
futures early today owing to weakness
in Rio exchange and renewed July liqui.
dation. The latter was mostly IN the
way of switching, however. and after
opening at decline of to IL points,
with September selling at $500, the mar"
ket rallied on covering. This was stim.
ulated by later cables reporting q rally
in Rio exchange rates and higher miireis
prices In Santos. while there were also re-
ports of frmer tone in the cost and
freight market. September sold UP from
5sOc to 40c and the market closed at
a net advance OF IS to A3 points. July,
6.o4c; September. 6.sSc: october. 6.5lci
December. 6.7se: aJnuary, 6.ssc; March,
7.l2c: May. 7.2sc.
Spot coffee dull and nominally un.
changed at SIC to shc for Rio 10 and
sc to 9kc for Santos As
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-23
AT THE
THEAT ERS

TN Mother Carey's Chickens" playing
at the Brandeis theater this week, one
member Of the Princess Players, Is given
her first real part. This is Lillian Bryce
and to put 1t into street vernacular,
"she lcks the tar out of it." AS Mrs
Popham, Miss Bryce is not on the stage
long. but while she is there you don't
type. You know there are tides on the
back of her chairs at home and the par
lor Is kept closed and there Is an alarm
clock on the shelf in the kitchen. Miss
Bryce gives a corking good performance
and IL you don't like another thing about
the play you'll enjoy Mrs. Popham.
OF the new vaudeville show opening at
the Empress today the stellar act is to be
Hong Kong Mysteries" sensational
mystery and wonder production. which
comes direct from two-year tour Of the
Orient. Illusions new. novel and orig
inal. and program OF Oriental dancing
of artists. makes this offering a decidedly
distinct novelty. Powell and Adair. who
call themselves "Dixie's Popular Mimics.' y
offer q program OF comedy talking and
soft shoe dancing. They introduce
clever routine OF laughter compelling
comedy talk Of q diversified nature. Elsie
Schuyler, a former musical comedy favo-
rite who attained distinction and success
in many productions. presents an offering
called Song Oddities" An abundance
os personality. splendid costuming. excel
lent singing voice and charming stage
department has kept this charming enter
tainer in high favor with vaudeville au-
Nothing Vet" is the titic OF the vehicle
| to be presented by Time and Ward, Their
act IL y LAST, clean and sensational bicycle
offering.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-23
Police Commissioner
Wants New Furniture
For the New City Jai

The Omaha police department is
ready to move into its new jail house
vet there is a hitch in the program
Instead of new furniture to go with
the new building the department
must get along with the old furni'
ture which has been in use at tht
makeshift station at Eleventh and
Dodge streets.
Looks like old junk" Commits
sioner Dunn said yesterday when
viewing the furniture. Give my
81, $500 and I'd furnish the new Ja1
house complete with new furniture
But there is lack of money, 50
the old furniture will have, to do for
awhile. Commissioner Dunn's Neea
of the new jail isn't much, he said,
"The desk sergeant's quarters art
too small. It's like the bar~of a
soft drink parlor. Then there isn't
any showup rooms where witnesses
and detectives can view prisoners
without being seen. Well have to
buy a movable screen for that" the
commissioner says.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-23
Omaha Produce

Fruit and vegetable quotations furnished
by Gilinsky Fruit company:
Bananas-Per pound. 1Oc.
Grape Frut-46, 5000; 81. Hoo; et-'e'
Oranges. sunkist-126. $500: $50. 1915:
176-2oO-216. $3.50; $50. s6.25; 2ss. $500;
L Lemons-soo Golden Bowls, $1,000: $50
| Golden Bowls $1,000; 800 Silver Cords.
xPDlssMl1s; ssS + 7s $3.50; issi5'-ls''
California Fruits~Box Peaches. s2.e5;
Crate Apricots, s2.50: Crate Large heo
Plums 500; Crate C,ymsa CSnrrns fisms5 Su Lug
Medium Black Cherries. $500; Lug Reo
cantaloSpes-standards. s4.25; Ponys.
$3.50; flats, $1,75.
Northumberland Per Pound. &c.
Berries-Hood River Pints $3.50; Lo-
ganberries Pints, s45o' BlaekeerTies, n FMS,
$3.50; half boxes of grape fruit. lemons
Potatoes-Old Stock. per cwt, *l.so;
New Triumphs per cwt., s4.oo; new ar
kansas per cwt. s3.2S; Hamper Sweets
Csbbage-california crates. SC; califor-
MIA. small lots &C.;
Peanuts-I0-lb. can salted. $3.50; pails
sO-lb.. per ib.. 12c; cartons, 5o-lb.. per
raw w '! Sc: No. i roast, i1hc: Jumbo raw.
14c; jumbo roast. l7c.
Vegetables-Basket II. 9. cucumbers,
doz, $3.50; hamper wax beans. market;
hamper green beans. market; tomatoes.
i basket Texas, s1.75; turnips. per doz..
market: beets, per doz.. market: carrots,
per doz, market; eggplant, per doz.
market; head lettuce. per doz,. market.
Repack Baskets-Fer crate. $50 baskets
$3.50. -
Checkers and Cracker Jack--l00 to case.
prize, $500; 100 to case. no prize, $6.7S;
SO to case, prize. $3.50: so to case' no
prize $3.40
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-23

MARRIAGE LICENSES.

The following couples have been issued
licenses to wed:
Daniel D. Fenton 81. Omaha. and Eliza
beth Herman. 81, Omaha.
Steve Kar. 80. Omaha, and Mary
Novacc. 20. Omaha.
Paul s. welty. 25. Fort Wayne. Ind.
and Margaret C. Jansen, ~. Beatrice
Neb.
lie Roy Rasmussen. ss, Omaha, and
Margaret A. Lott. 1s. Omaha
Joseph Bohacek. jr.. "a, Omaha. and
Clara Davie, q, Omaha.
John 2. Klusaw. "a Omaha. and
Helen Zagurski. 10. Omaha.
Robert C. Johnson, S4. Hebron. Neb,
and Ann P. Blgh. "a. Newark, N. J.
Robert N Pruitt, 40, Ames. Ia, and
Minnie Copeland, SO, Edgewood, la.
Keith Lemon, 2s. Usage, Ia, and Bess
Swenson, a., Omaha.
Richard H Mallory, -, Omaha, and
Esther Mary Smith, 2l Omaha
James F. Minar. %. Omaha, and
Cheryl V. Simpson, Is, Omaha.
Frank C. weanic, over 81. Omaha, and
Rose T. Toman, over Is, Omaha.
orville r. Blue, %. Council Bluffs, Ia.
and Zelma Holden, 10 Council Bluffs. Ia.
John F. Kelly. a. Council Bluffs, Ia,
and Teresa Mulvihnl. %, Omaha.
Oscar E. Nelson, ~, Omaha, and Mar
garet Bliss, 81. Omaha.
Ray H. Rockey. 80. San Francisco. CAL.
and Helene Mosher, 25. Omaha.
J. Edmund Hammer. 10. Traynor. Ia
and Margaret II. Thompson. ~. Nicola, Ia.
Arthur s. Long, rs. Omaha, and Maude
Thomas. 26, Mosby, Mo.
Alberto Matthys, s6. Omaha, and Mary
Gheysens, 2S, Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-23
|Kimball Banker
Says Railroad
Discriminates
Tells State Commission That
Union Pacific Rates on
Wheat Transportation
Favor Kansas City.

Lincoln, June 22.-(Special )-Dis-
elimination of the Union Pacific i'll
freight rates favoring Kansas City.
Mo, and working injury to Omaha
and Nebraska towns is charged in
letter received today by the State
Railway commission from w. ).
Rodman, cashier of the American
State bank at Kimball, Neb.
In his letter, Rodman declares that
the Union Pacific is charging 21.6
cents per bushel for shipping wheat
from Kimball to Omaha, distance
of 442 miles. Then, he states, that
the same railroad is charging $50
cents per bushel for shipping wheat
from Chemung, Colo, to Kansas
City, Mo-, distance of 44S miles.
Rodman tells the commission that
the alleged favoritism has thrown
the Chamber of Commerce of KIM
ball into a frenzy and demands ac-
ton that will result in more equit-
able freight rates. :.
Walter Hogue of the Farmers
Grain, Coal and Live Stock associa-
ton, in letter to the commission
demands that an order be issued
forcing the St. Joseph and Grand
Island railway to repair its cattle
pens at Anan, Neb.
Henry Jorgensen, secretary OF the
Farmers Union Shipping association,
demands that the commission order
the station agent at St. Paul, Neb.,
to cease fattening his own hogs in
the cattle pens there.
The commission today issued an
order permitting the Hamilton Coun-
ty Telephone company to continue
charging its present rates for six
months in 1921. ...
The commission received letter
today from the Southern Nebraska
Power company of Superior notify.
ing it that the company had appealed
to the supreme court from the COM
missions ruling which held that the
public was entitled to one-half of
the 100000 valuation placed on its
water power by the commission, be-
cause originally the public owned it
ali
Omaha daily bee., 1921-06-23
REAL ESTATE WANTED.

LIST with us. We guarantee results.
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