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New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Relieving the Student
The Missing Link

those monkeys or apes thst we're dis
tinctiy not man yet, but Just as dis
tinctiy not monkeys.
There would be every link, from
monkey to part-mnn. part-ape; then
some further advanced. until we would
have monkeys without tails and men
with tails. But neither of these has
ever been found or sver will be. In
stead, we are told frequently of sapae
tablet or stone having been unearthed:
tbs visual witness to the truth of some
Biblical fact, often Of some disputed
fEct carved into it, to bear mute testi-
mony to the living truth Of Scripture.
Just as no such fact, carved ages ago
and resurrected now, has ever been
found that disproved Scripture, so no
missing link has been or ever will
be found to disprove Gods Word and
turn the DarwInian theory into fact.
GEORGE F. ENSEY.
Tropic, Fla, April "a, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Controverts the Improved
Darwinian Theory

made, that man was originally a chat
tering ape, and youS intimation that
our origin goes even further down the
scale of crestion to jellyfsh, may
please the majority of your wise (D
and so-called scientific readers, but 1
have faith enough in the common sense
and tho innate nobility Of thought Of
my fellow-man, or at least fellow
Americans, to believe that the majority
Of your readers are shocked and sur
prisei at learning that their hereto
fore almost revered paper would adopt
the debasing, the improved and unprov-
able Darwinian rheory-rightly so
called, for theory is all that it is con-
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
The Descent Of Man
An Old Tribune Reader
and Unproyable"

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t was after IL p. m, and / was
very tired and was preparing to 60 to
bed, when l picked up Tuesdays Trib-
une and my eye happened to fell upon
your editorial "Almost Man."
My father and his father before him
were subscribers to your paper, and
when I left our native state, Msryland,
q boy of twenty-one, in 1880, and came
to Florida to live brought my Tribune
along. I have been almost q constant
subscriber since, and never until TO-
night have read anything in it that
made me ashamed for the writer.
Your assertion, openly and brazenly
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Motion Picture Comedies

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In the various discussions con-
corning the censorship Of motion pic
lures I have not seen the thing men
toned that seems to me to stand most
in need of reform-namely, the so-called
comedies. Their humor, by the way, is
the furthest possible remove from any
brand of American humor, even the
crudest and most elementary. It is an
imported article that once could not
have been enjoyed in any corner Of the
country. More often than not these any
thing but amusing comedies" are vul-
gar and Objectionable. The films show-
ing FATTY" Arbuckle and Harold Lloyd
are exceptions, because these actors are
genuine comedians.
From my own observation I should
say that the thing that is in need Of
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
4 Boon To Pupils

plorers. This was an interesting ans
exciting subject, but assure you we
found the history lesson drudgery ane
not pleasure because Of the unlimited
number Of dates.
Why sh lid young pupils be bur
dened with unimportant matter? Why
should pupils on the day of tests have
all the superfuous knowledge erammed
into their heads and thcn forget it Il
the crucial moment?
l feel sure that hereafter we shall
have eager little historians thirsting
for more knowledge and remembering
the important dates.
LAURA SPRITZER,
Julia Richman High School.
New York, April 81, 1891.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
America 5 Making
Get Together Spirit Exempli6ed in
This S .hooI Festival

Act aOSethcf CplTt E4xcmplihcd IN
This s -hool Festival
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: This is not so much an answer
to "An American Teacher" in the
Tribune Of April ls as to present q
viewpoint. The correspondent pre-
sents view which is quite common.
Many Americans believe that all you
need to do to make Amer Of the
strangers within our gates" is to
throw open the doors and either by
injection" repression" "substitu-
tion" or some such method jam
Amcricanism, so-called, down.
But America is "get-together,. So
SO proposition. The public school for
the children Of the immigrant has
proved Itself the great assimilsto,
because each has been given something
to do in this "get-tosether spirit" "
Many Of Us who have been working in
this field with these new Americans
have found that only by "participa-
ton" can We succeed. This is the key
note of Americas making"
1t is the elimination Of series of
such festivals held during the last
year in Buffalo, Rochester, Utica, Al
bany and Syracuse, in cooperation with
city organizations interested in this
new spirit and the University of the
State of New York.
In none Of these places did the
spirit SO greatly feared by our cor
respondent manifest itself. Quite
noticeably In Rochester, one Of the
fruits Of the exhibits was an increased
desire on the part Of aliens to become
citizens. The naturalization examiner
WIS amazed to find an increase Of 150
per cent over the previous year at the
similar session, and set about to dis
cover the csuse. After an investiga-
ton he could attribute to no other
cause but the "Homelands Exhibit"
We must take issue with the writer
that none Of the Italians, etc, listed
| made America" Well, who did
Surely we all did. To the American
| who points with pride to the Wool
worth or Metropolitan building as
the genius Of an American business
man," it might be answered that its
foundations were laid by the Irish, its
steel girders wrought by the Slovak
its terra Gotta by the Swede, its
cement and terrazo by the Italian, etc.
| ad lib.
AS Superintendent Frank v. Thomp
son of Boston, in the Schooling Of tn,
Immigrant puts it: American ideals
are but the expression of some of thu
aspirations which are to be found il
Eall races and ages
WILLIAM c., SMITH,
Supervisor Of Immigrant Education,
! State Department Of Education.
New York, April 81, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

misunderstanding, IL you VIII
IN dramas Of the screen is the pictures
snemseives-the photography, not ths
s.ory; although sometimes the titles
give Bolshevik emphasis to ! situ-
ss'on' OF sentimentaiixe tho criminal
wnere the story from which tho Gin
version has been made contains no
suggestion Of the sort. However, ~
only really objectionable pictures i
nave seen were those designed to 5.
humorous.
KATHARINE METCALF Roor.
New York, April n, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Educational Insuranc.

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR; have read with great intere Il
the letter ycu published TO-DAY 81 ~,
W. G.," concerning ~EducatiopaI 1r.,-s
ance-A Father Who Woufd Prov;d.
for Sending His Son to Co1leee J,
Among my friends / have often beara
i" sald snae some such policy would
De Just what they wanted, but they
let the matter slide, feeling that
eventually they would be maxine
enough money to send their sons to
college, SO what is the use in an i'm
surance policy Of that kind. / feel that
II the insurance companies would adj
vertise and push that kind of policy
they would find a new and profitable
field. 7. w
Brooklyn, April 2s, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: ! read in Saturdays Tribune
thatsthe New York Principals Associa-
tion asks for changes in the elemen.
tary courses. Ono part Of their re-
port deals with fewer history dates.
How many pupils will be thankful
I remember in public school we had
to study long lists Of dates. OF course
they were learned, but in a parrot
fashion--remembered for one week and
forgotten the next. Most Of them were
SO insignificant that the impo rtant dates
were not remembered. What benefit
did we derive from the study? Nome.
In the fifth year we studied the ex-
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Out Of the Lirnelieht

fFToTl The Los Angeles Tim<s)
One of the Washington newspaners
ran five days without mentioning
Woodrow Wilson's name. 1t is nearly
ten years since this happened before.
Rut it shows that the White House is
the biggest publicity corner in the
country.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

deliver deper1dab1y most miles
for the dollar.
Time and again in the crit
ical days of the industry public
opinion has plainly expressed
its evidence of good will to-
ward the name and the prod
uct Firestore.
But never has it more out
spokenly emphasized Firestone
goodness as in this last recent
period Of thoughtful discern
ment as to values.
1t has validated the sigma
ture on the Firestone tire in a
way that unrnistakably indi-
Gates public preference.
And because public support
hasso soundly ratifieditsstand-
ard of most milesper dollar. the
Firestone Organization, with
every man and woman in it a
stockholder. faces the present
market with even greater faith
than ever in it's future
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
FAVOR NEW PRISON
HOUSE MEMBERS VOTE FOR NEW
REFORMATORY TO BE BUILT
FOR FIRST OFFENDERS
DISPUTE OVER LOCATION
Directors to Building New Institution
Near Penitentiary Succeed In
Voting Down Emergency
Ciause-Means Delay

Lincoln-Because the state refor-
matory bill has been amended to To-
cate the new institution near and in
connection with" the state peniten.
tiary. enough house members with.
held their support from it on final
passage to knock out the emergency
clause. The bill passed, however,
without the clause.
There were some who voted against
1t both times because they do not
favor establishing a reformatory, for
which 100000 is appropriated in the
budget maintenance bill.
A considerable number of reforma-
tory advocates want 1t entirely sepa-
rated from the penitentiary and un-
der different management. The ma
jority, however. decided that the two
institutions could be run under the
same supervision, without having
two sets of. officials. two power plants
and unnecessary duplication of other
features.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24

way to the easement, with the aid of
two ropes which spanned his room,
they came to him, lighting on his
wrists and hands and clamOring for
the seeds and crumbs which he was
wont to feed them. Indeed, little Bob
Moran soon learned the pretty lingo
of every feathered tribe that camped
In the garden. He could sound the
pan pipe of the robin. the fairy flute
of the oriole, the noisy guitar of the
bobOllnk and the little piccOlO Of the
song sparrow. Many Of these dear
friends of his came into the room and
explored the rubber tree and sang I'm
It's branches. A colony Of barn swal-
lows lived under the caves of the old
weathered shed on the far side of the
garden. There were many windows.
OF II. Suddenly half dozen of these
merry people would rush into the air
and fiji 1t with their froic. They were
like lot of laughing schoolboys skat-
ing over Invisible hills and hollows.
With pair OF field glasses, which
Mrs. Croker had loaned to him, Bob
Moran had learned the nest habits of
the whole summer colony In that won.
derful garden. All day he sat by the
open window with his work. an air
gun ut his side. The robins would
shout warning to Bob when cat
strOlled into that little paradise Then
he would drop his brushes, seize his
gun and presently It's missile would
go whlzzing through the air, straight
against the side of the cat, who. feel
Ing the sting Of 1t, would bound
through the flower beds and leap over
the fence to avoid further punish
ment. Bob had also made an electric
searchlight out Of his fathers old
hunting Jack and, when those red
breasted policemen sounded their
alarm mt night he was out Of bed In a
Jiffy and sweeping the tree tops with
broom Of light, the jack on his
forehead. II he discovered pair OF
eyes. the singing missiles flew toward
them In the light stream until the in
truder was dislodged. Indeed, he was
like shepherd of old, keeping the
wolves from his flock. 1t was the
parish priest who first called him the
Shepherd Of the Birds.
Just opposite his window was the
stub Of an old pine partly covered
with Virginia creeper. Near the top
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Primary Bill Through House

The Douglas primary bill has
passed the lower house by vote If
SO to 43. 1t is conceded by men,
bers to be the only tampering with
the direct primary that the house
will stand for.
Under the provisions of this bill
any person may file Tor state Office
without paying fee, by dropping his
name or petition into the office Of
secretary of state. The latter Ger.
titles all of these names to each
party state convention, held in May.
The convention takes one ballot on
each office, and the three highest
are certified to the secretary Of
state. All others are eliminated and
only the ones who have qualified
pay fees.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
For Handling Bank Failures

Appointment OF ]. Il. Hart, secre-
tary OF the state department of trade
and commerce, as receiver for the
defunct Castetter bank of Blair, in.
augurated policy that the depart.
ment will follow in future bank fail.
ures, as has been announced by Sec.
rotary Hart.
The department will not only ask
that 1t be given the receivership,
but Governor McKelvie, 1t is said, is
planning to Introduce bill in the
present session of the legislature to
require this procedure.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24

of II was a round hole and beyond Il
a small cavern which held the nest
of pair of tiickers. Sometimes the
female sat with her gray head pro-
truding from this tiny oriel window Of
hers looking across at Bob. Pat
Crowley was In the habit of calling
this garden moran City" wherein the
stub was known az Woodpecker Tow
err and the flower-bOrdered path as
Fifth avenue. while the widows cot
tage was always referred to as City
hall and the weathered shed as the
tenement district.
What theater Of unpremedltated
art was this beautiful, big garden OF
the judge There were those who felt
sorry for Bob Moran. but his life was
fuller and happier than theirs 1t Is
doubtful If any of the worlds travel
ers ever saw more of It's beauty than
he.
He had sugared the windOw-sill so
that he always had company-bees
and wasps and butterflies. The latter
had interested him since the Judge
had called them "stray thoughts Of
God" He loved the chorus OF an Au-
gust night and often sat by his win.
dow listening TO the songs of the tree
crickets and katydids and seeing the
innumerable freely lanterns flashing
among the flowers.
His work was painting scenes In the
garden, especially bird tricks and at
titudes. For this, he was indebted to
Susan Baker, who had given him
paints and brushes and taught him
how to use them, and to an unusual
aptitude for drawing,
One day Mrs. Baker brought her
daughter Pauline with her-a pretty
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Committee Presents BANKING Bill

The sitting committee has report.
ed out fourteen bills for the mouse
to work upon. One of these is the
cooperative bank bill. Another is
the departments blue sky bill,
signed by ffty-six members an
introducers.
Five others are bills relating to
procedure recommended by the state
bar association. Another is II. Y.
1873, authorizing the sale OF state
school lands as fast as the leases
expire.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Game Law VioIators Fined

twenty-five hunters who violated
the law in Nebraska the last two
weeks have been fined in the state
courts, and eleven of them, who shot
birds out OF season, are held for gov
eminent authorities for violating the
federal migratory law, It has been an.
nounced by State Game Warden
George Roster
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Pass Movie Censorship Bill

The movie censorship bill, passed
the house by vote of 60 to 80 after
some OF the opponents had failed to
make good their threat or promise
that the measure never will become a
law. The bill was held back from
third reading for the staging in the
house OF one last bitter struggle.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
For Relief Of Disabled Soldiers

The American Legion bill providing
a fund OF 100000 out of the state
treasury, to be invested in Liberty
bonds and other securities the in
come from which will be used in fur.
nishing aid to disabled veterans OF
the world war and their dependents,
went through the house on third
reading by vote of 80 to g.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Limit Stock Statesmen Fees

No more than 10 per cent can be
paid for agents commission and all
other expense OF selling stock in Ne
braska under an amendment to the
bureau of securities blue sky bill.
which was adopted by nearly unani-
nous vote by the house. The limit
fixed by the original bill was Is per
cent, but this was cut to 10 on
motion by Mr.. Mears.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Railway Commission Changes RuIin,

The state railway commission has
authorized the cancellation of the
rule requiring that all boxes. drums
and pals containing goods presented
to railroads should bear the name
and address of the shipper and de-
scription Of the contents. The in
terstate commerce commission does
not require this, and the order will
make the rule uniform.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Everyone on the make.

GRO BE CoNTiNUEU.,
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
House Objects to Senate Amendme Mt

On motion OF Representative Nose
ley, the house declined to concur in
senate amendment to II. r. 70,
which requires the governor to fill
vacancies in the Offices Of United
States senator, congressman, or mem.
Der Of the legislature by appointing
persons OF the same political affilia.
tons as the previous incumbents.
The speaker was authorized to name
conference committee on the bill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Poison Obtained From Dead.

The favorite poison used by the
Australian bushmen In warfare Is OBJ
tanned from certain portions Of pu-
trefying corpse. II Is said that man
wounded with war.shaft poisoned
with this awful venom dies of lock.
Jaw almost Immediately.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24
Sure Siqn.

II man can operate cash reg.
lister with sore fingers and never feel
the pain he is the proprietor Of the
place.-Toledo Blade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-03-24

Hope Is the handspring that makes
mans wheels 20 round.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-09-07

IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT, Territory of Alaska, First Judicial Divis- on, Precinct of Hyder, Before Hon. John T, Reed. Commissioner, and ex-officio Justice of the Peace.
 Josephine Green. No. 29, Civil.
 Plaintiff
 @e Against Summons for William Talonen and
 Anna Talonen. Publication.
 Defendants.
 To William Tolonen and Anna Talon en, the above named defendants,
 GREETING:
 In the name of the United States of America: You are hereby com manded to be and appear in the above entitled Court, held in said Precinct, and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled action within thirty days from the completion of the period of the publication of this summons, to- wit within thirty days from the 18th day of October, 1921, which summons Is pub- llShed by virtue ot an order duly made and entered in the above entitled court on the 29th day of August, 1921
 And in case of your failure to appear and answer the plaintiffs complaint at the time and place aforesaid. judgement will be entered against you for the sum of $999.SO, together with the costs and disbursements incurred in said action. In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court this 29th day of August, 1921.
 John T. Reed, Commissioner, (SEAL} and Ex-officio Justice of the
 Peace.
 First Publication. August 31st, 1N21. Last Publication. October 5.h. ia2l.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-09-07

We have noticed a peculiar phe. nomenon of Nature in Hyder of which close observers in other parts of the, world have perhaps taken coGnizance. The silly awss of a tide, after taking the trouble to come in, turns right round and goes out again.
 Chicago woman committed suicide because of the heat. Wonder if she went to a cooler climate.
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-09-07
RYDER. ALASKA, Seq, ls2
RApS THE SEATTLE TIMES

One of our Seattle readers has sent us a copy of the Seattle Times of August 10, containing a front page editorial, evidently from the fevered pen or typewriter of the owner, practically admitting that Seattle has gone to the dogs and that all that can be done to bring prosperity back is to concentrate upon the business of selling it's eli matic and scenic advantages" We assume that somewhere in the ruins of this story of blasted hopes and inferred war babies the much boast ed Seattle Spirit" lies previously, if not mortally, wounded.
 i If our memory serves Us right, i this is the same ultra-cautious CD Seattle publication that, in defeg- ence to the demands of investment ] bankers, refuses to accept mining or oil advertisements and rabidly endorses any old "blae-sky" bill that comes along with each recurr- ing legislative unpleasantness. We respectfully propound this question to the doughty colonel, who swings his swivel ohaiH to the rear: If the Seattle Spirit had perVaded the cities of Spokane, Butte, Salt Lake and Denver, during these last thirty years, what percentage of their assessed valuations. as they stand today, would have been attained by the Seattle Times attitude to- wards development of natural re- sources2"
 As a matter of fact, much of the trouble now faced by Seattle is due to the policy assumed dy the Seat tie Times. In country crying for development of natural resources it has gone out of it's way to hinder constructive effort by placing the legitimate promoter in the class of the dishonest and untrustworthy. With the wonderful resources of AL aska at its very back door, the SeA atile Times has made an enemy of practically every mining man in the territory and that enmity has naturally extended to Seattle as a city. Climate and scenery are all very well-if Seattle had a monop- oly in any sense. But it has not, as it will quickly find if the Colon els suggestion be adopted. Better by far profit by the monopoly that has been given by the Creator. Boost for Alaska and the great natural resources of the Northwest. Then prosperity, not war swollen, .but peace-permanent. will be coax ed back to the Queen City of the West, now trailing her colors in the Idust, if the Times is to be believed. Climate and sceneryl My, my, what a fall from proud estatel- NnfAhWAat MiOinp Truth,
Hyder Alaska miner., 1921-09-07
National Forest Timber
 For Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan, Alaska up to and including October 3, 1921, for all the merchantable dead timber standing or down. and all the live timber marked or designated for cutting on an area em- bracing about 20 acres, described as fol. lows: Beginning at point on the west side of Salmon River approximately 1900 feet north of the Hyder Lumber Com. pany's tram, thence westerly along blaz- ed line to foot of hill, thence >southerly along foot of hill 800 feet, thence easterly 12OO feet to Salmon River, thence north erly 800 feet to place of beginning, Ton gass National Forest. Alaska, estimated to be 800. zoo feet B. M. of spruce and hem!ock sawtimber, No bid for less than $1.50 per M feet for spruce, and $l00 per NJ feet for hemlock will be considered. SlOO.00 must be deposited with each bid to be applied On the purchase price, re- funded, or retained in part as liqudated damages, according to conditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids re- served, Before bids are submitted, full information concerning the timber, the conditions of sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest supervisor Ketchikan. Alaska.