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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

only gone little way when
they saw Mr.. Man coming. They
could not get out of the steep
path, so they crouched low, and
kept ever so still, and thought
he did not see them, but Mr.. Man
had seen them. Yes, indeed, but
he was very wise, and he loved
little birds, so he pretended he
had not seen them and went
whistling away through the deep
snow so not to disturb them.
The bobwhites dragged them
selves along through the snow
close by Mr.. Mans house, here
they saw a great number of
chicadees, brown thrushes, cat
birds, and sparrows. The bob
whites did not know that they
had just finished fine meal
which Mr.. Man had given them.
They passed through The yard
and out beyond into the orchard
All along the way they had found
now and then, a scattered grain
or two, and wondered how they
had come there.
But in the orchard there were
no more. They knew they must
surely die if they had to pass
another cold night without food.
AS they passed up through the
orchard one little bobbie'
stumbled and fell. For just a
tiny moment he lay there too
tired to get up. Then all at once
Big Bob" who was always in
the lead because he was the
strongest, made such a very queer
gasping sound that the others
thought he must be dying. But
he wasn't, he was eating, and
right across the snow in front
of them a little trail Of plump
grains had been scattered.
Though the little bobwhites
We're nearly starved they were
not greedy or selfish, not a bit,
each one had his share, and Oh,
lit was so good. All at once the
trail Of grain was gone. They
looked up in surprise, and disap-
pointment-But what was this in
front of them? A low shed open
on one side. The fresh black
earth was covered with grain,
oceans of it, and every kind.
There were large flat pans too,
which We're filed with sweet
warm meal. What a feast!
If the little bobwhites had not
been so busy they would have
noticed that there were ever 50
many bright faces at the windows
for this was Thanksgiving Day,
and Mr.. Man and his big family
of aunts, mcles, cousins, grand
fathers, and grandmothers, were
enjoying the pretty sight every
bit as much as they had their fine
turkey dinner and all the other
good things.
When the little bobwhites had
eaten all their tummieS" could
hold they snuggled down as cozy
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

Wheat. - Hard white, soft white,
white club and hard winter, $1O4; red
Walla, 81.
Oats-No. white feed, SET.
Corn-Whole, 1874; cracked, $36.
Hay - Alfalfa, SIS per ton; valley
timothy, s16@1G.5O; eastern Oregon
timothy, S1S@19.
Butter Fat-44@48c.
Eggs-Ranch, 43@55c.
Cattle-Choice steers, s5,75@6.5O;
medium to good, s5.2505.75.
Sheep = East of mountain lambs,
S6.5O07; best valley lambs, $696.5O.
Hogs = Prime light, S.50@S.75;
smooth heavy, $725@825.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25
Emergency Tariff Bills Life Extended.

Washington D. C.-Congress extend
ed the life of the emergency tariff I'M
til permanent tariff legislation is en-
acted. The final legislative action on
the bill to extend the emergency &C
ton, which otherwise would expire
November 81, was concurrence of the
house in amendments added by the
senate The amendments were accept
ed, 233 to 90,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

Substitution of scent tax on gaso.
line for the IL mill general highway
tax on all real and personal property
in the state, now in force for the same
purpose, has been protested by the
Aberdeen chamber of commerce execu-
tive committee.
THE MARKETS
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25
Wise From Experience

Richard" said Mrs. Nagatem,
your manners are getting worse
Today at Mrs. Smiths I saw you
take your handkerchief and wipe
off the chair before you sat
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

down. And, worst Of all her
darling little boy was watching
you"
eyes, my dear replied Mr..
Nagatem, "and | was watching
the darling little boy, too. I'm
too old to get caught on that
bent pin stuff
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

For shingles see W. V. Covey,
Vashon. The quality and price is
right Phone 223.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25
Seattle.

Wheat.-Hard white, white club and
soft red winter $1.05 soft white,
$1O4; hard red winter, S1.0S; northern
spring, SLOT; eastern red Walla, $1O3;
Big Bend bluestem, s114.
Hay-Alfalfa, No. l $40; mixed hay,
No. l, s22; timothy, No. 1, $27; straw,
SIS.
Butter Fat-46@4Sc.
Eggs-Ranch, 52055c.
Cattle-Prime steers, S60625; me-
dunn to choice, s566.
Hogs-Prime light SS.5O@9; smooth
heavy, $65OQ7.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

Did you know the Star Mercan-
tile Comany of Ellisport is agent
for the Lang range? Read the ads.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

News Record Classified Ads
Produce Results. Read them on
page five.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

Takahashi New Japanese Premier.
Tolio.-Baron Korekiyo Takahashi
minister of finance in the Hara cab.
met. was named premier.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25
Cloak Makers in New York strike.

New York.-Sixty thousand cloak
makers in New York city went on
strike because of an attempt by en-
ployers to restore the piece work"
system, which officials Of the Inter
national Garment Workers union de.
clare will bring back "sweatshop con.
ditions."
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1921-11-25

ALM0N R. SMITH, ATTORNEY
800 Second Avenue, Seattle, Wn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
AT CHATEAU -THIERRY

ing palace for carousing and games of chance.
 The devout pilgrims in quest of the places where the boys lie buried are to ~be crowded out of the road by the limousiness of the feverish devotees of pleasure and professional sportsmen with little red eyes like swine.
 What the devil do they care for memories or sanctities if only they may place their louis dor on the whirl of the roulette wheel? What do they care for the still, small voices of the past when they may hear the croupier summon them to the table like wolves that gather for a feast?
 To capitalize the associations of Chateau -Thierry for the sake of the crooks and the voluptuaries of the world is a monstrous affront to the dead against which all civilized lands should unite in protest. It is almost as though gambling hell should be created in the cemetery at Gettys- burg, with tombs for tables and dice made from the bones of them that sleep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18

It led in granting to this district the special low rates on assemblage of raw materials that conspicuously aided the struggling iron industry in it's pioneer period. It helped Birmingham found it's steel indus. try.
 The Louisville and Nashville is the first customer of the new pressed steel car works at Fairfield. It has maintained set of coke rack cars that never leave the district and serve to keep coke going from oven, to foundry in periods of the greatest car congestion.
 The success of the Louisville and Nashville is an achievement in which all the south takes pride.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
DO YOU KNOW

The 'parsec," a unit of distapc. used by astronomers, is the distance light travels in about 3.s years. or 2o.ooo,ooO, 100000 miles.
 Several kinds of seIf-wind;n ~ watches have been made. In some of these the winding is done by the operation of opening and shuttine the cover a few times day. The
 pedometer' watch is wound merely by the motion of the wearer's bod,
 The optophone is an instrumen that enables totally blind people to read ordinarily printed books and newspapers. Beams of rapidly inter- mittent light are reflected from the print upon solenium preparation. which produces sounds in telephona O receiver varying, accordingc to the shape of the letters.
 There are several species of climb ing fish. One species, catfish. found in Columbia, can climb. bv means of suction apparatus. not only up the steeply inclined bed of j mountain stream, but also up a smooth vertical rock. A naturalist observed some of them climb a ver- tical distance of IS feet in half an hour
 Bread is often sold by the slice. not in the loaf. in foreign quarter. of New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
Louisville & Nashville
 to Cut Big "Melon"

TTHE Louisville and Nashville
 Il railroads proposal, through its directors, to issue S53,000,000 of new stock and distribute it among it's stockholders as dividend shows the resources of the post bellum south and the prosperity at tending well-conducted business in this section.
 The directors declare that the company has surplus of eS2, ,0O0,- GOO. That is earnings made on the haulage of southern products. It is proof that the south rewards those who make prudent use of the ad- vantages which it offers to enter prise.
 The Louisville and Nashville has always been we'll operated. Its best progress was made in the lifetime of the late Milton H. Smith. It is his long and sagacious service to which the system owes so much.
 Tho Louisville and Nashville en- eouraged the Birmingham district vhen it was young. It laid spur tracks before mines and other industriss had proved themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18

6f7HE day may come when Ala
 ll bama will be strong com petitor in the manufacture of cheese. What is said by William Hardie, dairy specialist for the Ala bama extension service, to be the first commercial cheese made in this state was recently manufactured by the Selma Creamery and Ice Cream company, which has employed an expert from Wisconsin to take charge of this department.
 Mir. Hardie states in a bulletin from Auburn that small quantities of cheese have been made experi- mentally in Alabama, but the credit for the first commercial out put belongs to the Selma concern. He predicts no great developments in this new industry flor the next few years" but believes that it is destined to grow in importance. Cheese can be made out of whole milk not needed for ice cream. He suggests that when cold or rainy weather reduces the demand for ice cream whole milk can be man ufactured into cheese and thus pre- vent any loss of income.
 The Selma company now has a capacity of 1,S00 pounds day and the milk produced in Alabama makes a high grade of cheese. The growth of the dairy industry in this state has already added mate rially to the prosperity of farmers. There is apparently no reason why Alabama should not make cheese as profitably as Wisconsin. It is staple article of diet for which there will never cease to be de- mand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
It Is No Crime to
 Sympathizc With Erin

IT N a column of letters to the New U York Times on the Sims con troversy is communication from a woman who says the Irish people in America have a right to sympa- thize with Ireland. If anyone has ever denied them that right, it has not come under our observation. As a matter of fact, there are a great many 100 per cent Americans who abhor the "hyphen" in all it's mani festations, but are consinced that Great Britain's policy toward Ire land is a colossal mistake. There are people in England who think the same way.
 The question at issue is whether or not persons who are citizens of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
SLEEP IN CHURCH

the happiness of love requitted.
 The bankrupt sleeps and experi- ences the dignity and the power that wealth showers with barbaric hand upon the merchant princes of the gorgeous west, along with pearl and gold
 The widow. gray, bent, ole, child less, victim of poverty and loneli- ness, sleeps and is again the bride whose slippered feet are at the gates Of Eiysium.
 Sleep" is found, in any book of fa-
 niliar quotations, between "slander' and slavery" from both of which it provides respite, and next to "smiles," near solitude" and song and "sunshine" But it is found mo- where in happier circumstances than in church, somewhere between the announcement of the text and the 1 pronour cement of the benediction, for sleeps caress upon the eyelids of the weary falls more softly and sweetl. when 1t comes Hike Dian's kiss. un- asked, unsought,' than when it re- 1 spends to such advances as getting into nightclothes and into he'd. Sleep in church is at it's best when the church is made of logs ana stands in a wood. The preacher .s long-winded The squirrel barks, the blue jay chdes, the leaves rustic out side the windows. As the parson thunders "damnation," in mid dis course, the meac of the argument goes to your wakeful neighbor while you "eat in dreams the custard," Even in town, with the dangling noises of the streets invading the edifice, there are rare sweetness and solace in a nap in church. There are rare sweetness and solace in the nature of a minister who invites the weary to come to church and enjoy nap, for whicL he promises, gener- ously, to provide the lullaby
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
College Education Is
 Road to Distinction

NNT HAT farmer, no matter how WV small and poor his acre. age, but dreams that maybe his son will some day go to Congress, to the Senate, nay even to the Pres ident's chair?
 This man should know that 50 per cent of the distinguished men of the country are college gradu- ates, although college graduates constitute but 1 per cent of Ameri- cans.
 Certainly the college graduate who gets to the general assembly of his state should not allow him. self to be arrayed against the insti- tutions of higher learning, yet that very thing has occurred in state leg islatures, those held at Montgom- cry being no exception.
 The farmer who is prejudiced against the state university and Auburn is saying to himself that his son shall be denied the chance that the sons of wealthier men enjoy in having parents who can send them afar for college courses in case their state does not offer such advantages.
 Auburn and the state university are as free to the "one- gallused" boy as to the son of a millionaire. They meet on the college campus and in the college chapel and dormi- tories on the same level and the honors bestowed by the college come to one the same as to the other, according to application and ability.
 It requires more and more equip ment to win success. The college graduate has the better chance than the boy who stops with high school just as the high school boy has a better one than the boy who stops at the close of the primary course.
 There is no conflict hetween Ala bama schools, from kindergarten to the university. It is a pyramidal system and that boy is most likely to go highest who completes his education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
SCIENCE LIN RUSSIA

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 According to the Russian informa- tion bureau, which operates in Amer fa, official bolshevist figures show that APO Russian scientists have died in that country in the last three years. They died of starvation One surviving professor writes:
 These years have been one con tinuous horror. We were declared by the bolsheviki to be par asites and drones, and we were de- prived even of that miserable food allowance which the workers and the soldiers have been receiving"
 Many Russian has learned in three years that in his country it does not profit man to be respec- table, educated or prosperous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
IMMIGRANTS LEARN TO EAT ICE CREAM
rom me New York world.

From the New York World immigrant struggles with Amer ican food on Ellis Island reached a climax when Commissioner Wallis in- troduced plates of ice cream to the 1.7OO diners last Sunday. The idea behind the ice cream was to give the immigrants a real treat on their reaching the land of promise. What happened was marvel to witness. The first persons served were a Balkan native and negro from East India The negro took a lick and liked it. He looked around and saw that the Balkan opposite him had a bigger piece. Greedily he grabbed for it. Then the fight be- gan. Both got well smeared in the face with the food.
 The other diners touched the ice cream and, finding it cold, thought they knew the trick. The stunt was to smear the cold substance on your nei.shbor's face. This happened sew eral times. Then some one tasted the ice cream and with whoop an nounced it was mama too precious to be wasted on contenances. The hea steward said the same thing in the eight languages he speaks. The face smearing ceased abruptly.
 But the final experiment was yet to be made. The zeal genius of the meal took up his knife and piece of bread and spread the new butter tenderly over it. He started the fash. ion with bang and all the rest en- joyed their ice eream that way.
 Since Sunday the immigrants have liked ice cream so well that the stew ard has to hold off serving it until the meat and potatoes are gone. Otherwise the ice cream is eaten be- fore the soup and with considerable rioting.
 The food riots on Ellis Island have always been something to guard against. few months ago. when sugar was introduced, the first man or woman to get the bowl took so much that he or she was mobbed. For many of the diners it was their first taste of the sweet grains. Com missioner Wallis settled this diffi- culty by distributing two cubes of sugar apiece, wrapped in paper.
 Another innovation gave trouble al the start WAS the distribution of soap and towels. The women were accu- stoned to using their numerous pet 'icoats TOT towels, and they thought the soap was food. Several persons ate the soap before they discovered it made them feel sudsy inside.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
NEWS ABOUT NAPOLEON

From the Montgomery Advertiser
 It is better late than never with the news. The Manchester Guardian leans that in 17S9. soon after the fall O; the Bastille, Lieut. Napoleon Bona parte made application for commits sion in the Russian army. his wish growing out of the unsettled condi- tions then prevailing in France He would have been accepted had he been willing to begin as a private in the ranks. But he decided against going in on such terms. There came time. however, when Napoleon probably wished that he had over- come his pride and joined the ranks as a private. St. Helena was place where the dethroned Emperor medi- tated upon his msfortunes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18

f From the Louisville CourierJournal. | N7ooL, cavernous, well ventilated. l cushioned churches are fine places in which to snatch 40 winks of sleep. But for the disposi- tion of mean-natured- persons to speak unkindly of one who sleeps in church the invitation of a Louis- vile minister to sleep in his, church, during his sermons. might jam the | building Sunday mornings. making sleeping in pew as comfortless as sleeping three in bed. Those who are not sensitive to un- kind, unchristian criticism can enjoy sleeping in church and going home, as the pastor says, refreshed and declaring the sermon and the the- ology fine"
 Sleep in itself fs~the sdpfeme real ized experience ~f the average work ridden, worry biu n, dog-tlreG hu- rcfreshment of the bath without the labor of tuhbing and rubbing. Sleep is more reconstructive than a drink and it is an anti-toxin whereas the drink may be, nowadays cold poison procured by bribery.
 The poets, many voiced, silver tongued. have smitten the Tyre and sung the delights, the uses, the magic of sleep. The philosophers have point ed out to the weary, to the dsil- lusioped, the "poppied ways of sleep"
 Sleep paroles the prisoner whose days are spent in penal servitude and whose nights are spent in cell, making his as free and as light footed as Ariel.
 Sleep suspends the life sentence of the man who is in the clutches of in- curable illness, and beckons him to the ruddy experiences of youth and health.
 The tilted lover sleeps and knows
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
sontheners and Negro.

TT the northerners knew how We southerners feel about the negro they would cease their criticism of us" said J. W. Mcqueen. My faithful ser want, Lucinda Walker, recently fcl- lowed her husband to the north. Z believe l took more than the usual trouble in furnishing her with the kind of recommendation best calcu- lated to secure for her a good posi- ton and it was a distinct pleasure to be able to warmly commend her."
 Following is a copy of the letter written by MT. Mcqueen. ITO Whom It May Concern:
 If 1 were to write a recommends ton for man, I would say the party referred to is sober, honest, industri- ous and faithful
 'The bearer hereof Lucinda Walker. has been in the employ of my wife and me for several years Unfor- tunately, her husband got into an altercation with white man here, which l was unable to adjust, and he left for the north. and insists that she come to him.
 Lucinda is q good servant, and 1 recommend her cheerfully for any position around the house she may undertake. We trusted her implicitly with the free run of the house, often taking care of 1t in our absence, fill ing lately the position of house maid She washes splendidly, including lace curtains and fancy work. and looks after my clothes
 "I give her this recommendation in the hope that should she need employment there, she will fall in good hands, and be given fair trial. Yours very truly,
 "J. w.. M'QUEEE"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
Electric Current as
 Aid to Agriculture

7f7HE test to be made by Auburn U experts of electricity in cur ing sweet potatoes at the expert ment station this fall and winter will be of importance in determin- ing the feasibility of this method The Alabama Power company has volunteered to furnish the current required free of charge and the Au- burn experts are to keep an exact record of the quantity used, both in the two weeks of moisture extrac- tion and in the winter months in maintaining an average tempera- ture of 50 degrees in the potato house.
 When the potatoes come to the spring market and the amount of electric fluid required to bring
  them to that time sound and edible has been ascertained, it will be known if electricity is adapted to this field of what might be termed electrical horticulture. Those who have made investigations believe the use of electricity will be found eco nomical, both from a labor and cost standpoint, as well as assuredness of result, owing to the precision with which the thermostat enables the desired amount of electric heat to be maintained through it's auto matic increase or dimunition of the flow.
 If the test proves what it is ex- pected to prove, a revelation will be wrought in sweet potato curing, be- cause wherever the lines of the Ala bama Power company or some other electrical system extend, there a po- tato warehouse may be located to serve the surrounding community.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-18
WALL STREET HUSBANDS

From an Interview with Mrs. Annie
 N. stillman.
 "Stillman is not as bad a man as one of his advisors has made him out to be. That man is woman hater; he does not believe in any woman. To crush me would delight him. He has complained continually that I have managed to crawl out of the holes he has ben kng to bury ne in. But l intend to keep right oa crawling out. That is what they have made me do.
 Wall street is full of men of Still mans tyne of mind uhe abnormal type), who believe that no woman has a right to life, much less to hap piness and, least Of all, to equality. Still, on the other hand, MT Stillman has a few friends who are real friends. They are splendid people who recognize his many good quali- ties, and they have written to me ex- pressing amazement at his action
 'lt is my firm conviction that this suit will teach a lesson that will not be soon forgotten by certain type of Wall street men. American gen tlemen, rich or poor. of normal mind do not treat the women of thelr fam flies as my husband has done The time is not far off when the people of the country will refuse to tolerate such an attitude on the part of dis tinguished husbands.