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The Washington times., 1921-01-29

Professor Goddard will
aim the rocket, so that
means the professor is
safe. The dizzy birds have
been pegging away at that
moon target for years and
nobody amt wearing any
medals yet.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
A REAL HERO.

Harry heard Sam telling his girl
about his adventures In the war.
Jim-Yes, he never left Camp Mead.
but one rainy night he kept sub
marine off the parade ground.
w. r. Y.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
PAPER a Weed Killer.

In Hawaii II has been found that weeds can
be kept down in sugar plantations by covering
the fields with paper
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

Dear old II and S: How many
times have / sat me down to
peruse thee, while my dinner
grew cold. my wife scolded the
coffee boiled over, and the end
not yet. MILO H.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
HOW TO BECOME POPULAR.

Advocate Blue Laws.
Call every evening on your
neighbor who happens to have
something in his cellar.
Pass a subscription paper around
the office to buy the boss
present. 81 kOLOGf.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
CENTER OF WASHINGTON.

CENTER OF WASHINGTON. ,
Where Is the center of Wasit
ington? Some people say 81
Monument was once about q
center? Who'll furnish the cd
rect information?
CHARLIE ~
To MALT RAISON-Your pee
excellent, but II and S is "off" poll
subjects. Come with something
To GEORGIA PEACH"-Wheu
At the column they'll be pr:
Don't be discouraged.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
BATTERED POETRY.

There was q noisy chatter OF silent NJ
As the airpiane sped by.
You're a better man than / am"
She said with hesying sigh.
His throat Yves dry. no booze" was 81
All he found was a toothiess snake.
A crash, bang, a ng-alsng, gans.
with 2 shout, "Shove on the brake"sj
She was a moonshiner's daughter,
And you know I love her still. II
Take IL from me, I'll take II from VI
Wed her, you bet ] will.
BOOMERANG and ORANGOUTAN(
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
THERE ARE LOTs OF THESE.

THERE ARE LOTS OF THESE.
"The GOSSIP CLUB" holds forth
at Third and East Capitol streets.
Only those posted on choice news OF
the neighborhood are eligible.
TEDDY.
Pat-I had an srful pain In me
stumich and me wife wouldn't give
me some whiskey and ginger.
Mike-Couldn't Jamaicsr
BACK.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

Il
to win the Croix de Luna.
Naturally when a guy looks
at the moon too long he
gets that way himself. II
the skyrocket spears the
moons high rent districts
the Prof. will go to work
on the sun with a bow and
arrow. Innocent pastimes
of second childhood.
Strange how the Prof.
has gone this long without
having q guardian appoint
ed. The moon rs 10000, 900
miles away in normal times
and not much closer during
a Democratic administra-
ton. The rocket will carry
twenty-five miles. Looks like
the Smithsonian Institute Is
all set to claim a moral VIC
tory.
The cruising radius of
that moonbeam chaser will
save international compli-
cations, but II won't hurt
you IL you put your hens in
the cellar that night
Whatever goes up must
come down-with the usual
exception of Stutz stock.
Wall Street please write.
The Prof. doesn't state
whether he will ride that
Matteswan projectile BARI
tone style or side saddle.
He has a rumble seat built
on the dashboard. but he
can send out $4,000 en-
graved invitations and stIll
be the loneliest man in the
world.
The whlzzitor to the
moon only intends to stay
long enough to make some
scTentihc Investigation.
That's one place you can't
get back from on a writ of
habeas corpus. III he starts
to volplane back on n moon
beam Il will take him one
hundred and sixty years,
which means that Me will
probably get home again he
fore we miss him.
Everything seems to be
set for the stampede to the
moon. Tho Trof. Ia prac-
Using falling Off tho
chicken-houso roof. But the
smithsonian Institute
shouldn't hog all the pre-
ferred stock.
It's ono OF those things
that shouldn't DO In private
hands. Its plans and speci-
ncatIons qualify II for Gov
eminent ownership,
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

Mrs. B-The scanty attire OF wont
only shows the extremes of fashioII
Mr.. B-I thought IL showed
extremes of the wearers of fashiof
II. SMITH
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

What you doin' chile?"
Nothing. nav"
"Lawd. you Is getting like yoh
father" PHIL
II is presumed that "bootleggcrs'
will make out income tax returns.
Just how will they 90 about it?
Il. H., X. III.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

Is II great men who make
history or history which makes
great men?
PHILIP EBERT.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
G1EARlprsE EFa'
By BILL PRICE
By BILL PRICE,

JUST FuhNisH THE SUNLIGHT.
IL may be q mansion
IL may be a dump;
IL may be . farm.
with an old osksD pump.
IL may be q palace;
IL may be . nat.
IL may DO q room,
where you hang up your hat,
But wherever IL IL
or wherever IL be.
Flood II with your souls sunlight
And happiness will come 10 thee
EAsTON WEST.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
CORRECTING HIM.

He-I will speak to your father
morrow.
She tglancing at the clock)-Y
mean the day after tomorrow.
UCINOl
You may fall from the highest steepla
You may fall from heaven above:
But the worst fall you'll ever have,
Is when you fall In love.
DUTCH AND IRIS
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
HE'S WISE.

Bill dear; They can't fool me
about those pictures Of you.
have seen you on several occa-
sions when your smile was big
and your humor OF the best. I'm
going to try to follow my
leader" and help keep ii and y
the greatest sunshine distributor
in the world.
LONESOME BOB.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

'Tis a grand old colyum,
For II chases the blues away;
I'll say that much. by golyum
II l never have another say.
BY GOL-YUM.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

Dick-what three letters turn
girl into a woman?
Jack-Don't know, my boy.
Dick-A-G-E,
HEXAGoN.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29

It's ono OF those things
that shouldn't DO in private
hands. It's plans and speci-
ications qualify II for Gov
eminent ownership.
The Washington times., 1921-01-29
THE PHILOSOPHY or LIFE,

THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE
Man comes into this world withost
his consent and goes out against lhls
will. and the trip betwsen Il exceed
When he 1. little. the big girl. ski..
him. and whom he 10 bis the little siris
klss him. II he 10 poor, he ls . bad
manager; II he u rich. he Ia dishonest I
IL he needs credit he can't set IL; u he
favor.
II he Is In politics. Il Is for graft; n
he 10 out Of politics he is no good 10
the country. IL he doesn't give 70
charity he .. a s.in{y su.si a s. does.
ious. he ~ a hypoeritei ~ he takes no
interest. he IL . hardened sinner. III
he gives affection he 10 a soft speci-
men; II he cares for no one. he 10
cold bIoodsd. II he dies youps he
had . great future before him II he
lives 70 an old age. he has missed his
calling. RUSTY.
! introduced my best friend Jacl
to my best girl. Now I'm out tn,
girl. Even IL II was only "pupp,
love" 1t was awful painful. "
STANLEY M,
Williams news., 1921-11-25

Our prices for job printing will compare favorably with any from other offices. Get our prices first. The News.
 O O o Team For Sale 9 years, 26OO pounds, cheap or what have you to trade? A GREVEN, 1 115 miles west of Maine on state highway.
Williams news., 1921-11-25
TERM OF ARABIAN ORIGIN?
As the Story Goes, the Expression, Better HaIf' Comes to Us
 From the East.

Strictly scientific searchers for the origin of the expression ''better half, '' denoting ones wife, have decided that it was coined by Sidney in his Ar cadia.' Arcadia" was written i1 1880.
 However, those less concerned with scientific accuracy claim that an an- cient Arabian tale contains the real origin of the expression. This old story tells of bedouin who was sen tenced because in the course of a blaS- phemous oath he had insulted the name or the honor of his chief
 The Arabs wife pleaded for elem ency, declaring that. not her whole husband had committed the of fenSe.''
 "Not your whole husband:" asked the sheik.
 Nay she replied. "It was but the half of him. For am I not his other half. and who iiaNe never offended thee should not be made to suffer for the sins of the other half, and the guilty half places itself un- der the protection of the better half"
 The sheik, so the story runs, there upon partioned the husband, being greatly pleased by the ingenuity of the wife.
Williams news., 1921-11-25
NOTICE TO FARMERS

The Coconino Farm Bureau Marketing Association will meet in Flagstaff on the 26th day of November, 1921, for the purpose of amending it's arti- cles of incorporation. The first session is called for 10 a. m. of that day and the second for p. m. of the same day. All mem bers of the Coconino Farm Blu reau, and all farmers who wish to improve present marketing conditions, are urged to be pres ent. Our present articles are inadequate for the conditions that confront us. The meeting will be in either the court house CT the city hall.
 Coconino Farm Bureau Market
 ing Association,
 Per l.. w. CURETON,
 Secretary Cocon1no Farm
 Bureau.
Williams news., 1921-11-25
NOW THE "DIRIGiBiE" BOMB
Steered by Wireless, It's Possibilities for Deadly Work Are Almost
 Beyond Calculation.

A "tiirigible bomb," that can be steered toward the target by wireless after being let fall from an airplane, is the novel invention of Elmer A. Sperry of Brooklyn.
 Ordinarily, when bombs are dropped from aircraft. the chances of q miss are great. The speed and altitude of the plane. or balloon, have to be taken into account, and the wind, also. Ob- vfOusly 1t would be of utmost advan- tage if the path of descent of the gravity projectfle could be changed at will while it was falling.
 The Sperry dirigible bomb carries a parachute, which, unfolding as it starts to drop, not only slows the rate of its descent, but incidentally serves as "drag-rudder." By tilting this drag rudder in one direction another the bombs path of descent is controlled.
 As the projectile starts to fall. sec ond and very tiny parachute is iber- ated from the top of the bomb to sup port vertically a wire that serves the purpose of an antenna. It is by the help of this antenna that the man in the airplane is enabled so to operate the radio apparatus carried in his ma chine as to alter at will the angle of the drag-rudder.
 While the bomb is going down he circles about and steers 1t by radio. All he has to do to make the bomb turn this way or that is to turn han dle connected with his radio sender in the desired direction. Thus the bomb is made to land exactly where it will do the most gOod-meaning, of course, the most mischief.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Williams news., 1921-11-25
Brides Thrift Wasted Dowry.

Two daughters of distinguished Vi- enna family married in 1912. The younger girl welded an officer and had to have the caution money" com pulsory to brides in the Austrian army The mother gave her 100000 crowns, which included the expense of her outfit.
 The elder sister only needed her outfit, for which she got 10000 crowns, while the rest of her dOwry-SO, ,OOO crowns-waS left with the mother, as was also the whole portion of the son. who had settled in Switzerland
 Recently. says the New York World the mother, widow, wished to pay in full the portion of the two children to whom she still owed money. She sent 100000 crowns to the son in Switzer- land, who received 800 francs from the postoffice for the total amount His sister got G46 francs for the SO,OOO crowns due her. The younger girls 100000 crowns would have been worth 105,O francs in 1912.
Williams news., 1921-11-25
A Nose for Trade

An Auburn (hIo-) merchant named Myers decided to quit business an'I offered to sell his stock to born trad CT of the neighborhood named Merr: weather at what it invoiced. S1.9Oc. "1 won't take 1t at that" said Merr weather. 'sI'Il give you 25 cents for every article and package in the store" Myers thought of his big line of slate and lead pencils worth a cent apiece and agreed. Two men were hired to help check up. Slate pencils, clotheSpins, packa ges of chewing gum and papers of pins were listed at 2, cents each, so were automobile tires. barrels of sugar and coffee. An egg was worth as much as a 5O-yard bolt of cotton. The result was that Merri- weather bought the stock for S1 .S66.2 or just $33.75 less than it invoiced.-- Capper'S Weekly.
Williams news., 1921-11-25

this notice upon you, or within ninty days after the publication thereof, you contribute your portion of such expenditure as a co-owner, to-wit: the sum of $25.OO your interest in the Mine will be forfeited to the under signed co-owners who have made such expenditure, and will become their property in the manner provided by law.
 Dated September 9, 1921.
 H. H. Pitkin,
Williams news., 1921-11-25
NOTICE TO DELINQUENT
 CO-OWNERS

TO W. M. Kelley, his heirs and assigns:
 You are hereby notified that during the year 1920, the un- dersigned have expended more than $1OO.OO in labor and inn provements upon the Henry Ford Mining Claim, in the Francis Mining District, County of Coconino, State of Arzona, in which Mining Location you claim an undivided one fourth interest, as shown by the notice of location thereof at Page 253 of Book Mining Location Rec ord of said County,
 The said labor was perform ed as and for the Annual repre- sentation of said claim for the said year of 1920 as required by the laws of the United States concerning annual labor upon Mining Claims, and the same was the amount required to hold said claim for the said year. You are further notified that unless within Ninty days aftar the personal service of
Williams news., 1921-11-25
Made Quite Sure.

An enterprising company in the Sudan had decided to lay railwa ? iIrtO the wildS. and many blacks weri. employed in it's construction.
 One day the telegraph clerk at the nearest civilized spot received a tele- gram from the negro foreman of the railway constructors White boss dead. Shall I bury him?"
 ''Yes," wired back the clerk "But first make sure that he is quite dead Will send another white boss tomor- row.
 A few hours later another tele- gram came from the foreman: Buried boss. Made sure he was quite dead. Fit him on the head with shovel"
Williams news., 1921-11-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior, U. s. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona. October 27. 1921.


 Arizona, October 27, 1921. NOTICE is hereby given that Charles Y. Campbell, of Will Hams, Ariz., who on 5 II, 1918, made Homestead Entry, No. O39577, forSW ANE14 INV A- SEA-, N1aSWASEA, N1aSA- SWASEA, SWASEAN NE S1a NWA SEA- NEA, Wiz .NEASEA, NWASEASEA, HSWASEASEA Sec. 26, Township 21-N., Range 4-E., G. and s. R. B. and Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Three Year Proof, to establish claim to the land above describ- ed, before Tom L. Rees, Clerk of the Superior Court, at Flag staff, Arizona, on the 7th day of December, 1921.
 Claimant names as witnesses: J efferson D. Tannehill, David P. Rupe, both of Parks, Ari- zona, Charles w. Howe, of Will Hams, Arizona, Oliver Gardner, of Parks, Arizona.
 JOHN R. TOWLES,
 Register. Nov. 4 to December 2, 1921. A
Williams news., 1921-11-25
HOw's This ?

We offer s10o.00 for any case of catArrh that cannot be cured by HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE.
 HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is talk en internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
 Sold by druggists for over forty years. Price 75c. Testimonials free
 F. J. Cheney 6 Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
Williams news., 1921-11-25

Just ReceIVed from New ' Ork the most beautiful line of child ren's hats. Prices reasonably low. Mathews Racket Store
 O 0 O
 Money! Moneyi Money! Do you want to loan or borrow it? If so, state amount and rate or interest, time wanted and security offered. Silvernail Income Property for Sale $36OO will purchase three de- sirable dwelling houses in Will Hams. $500 per annum in rents Will sell one for $11OO, another for 5000, another for $500.
 Silvernail
Williams news., 1921-11-25
l.. F. Kennedy,
 w. H. Lockridge.

The above notice is published for the purpose to clear title, where a Bill of Sale was given by w. M. Kelley to L. F. Ken nedy, for the interest mentioned in this publication.
 Coconino Copper Mining
 Company,
 L. F. Kennedy, Secretary Sept. 9, to Dec. 2, 1921.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
The author 0ith a trophy head a pedestal of ice

completely hidden from view. We sculled
thus broadsidc toward them, my heart beating
like trphammer. We drifted close One
giant bull with his head near the water all
at once arose and stared at us. Okback gave
grunt and instantly each rife roared The
gigantic forms on the ice were instantly all
commotion, rearing and throwing themselves
forward with a peculiar numbering, hunching
movement. Those near the water, lying fiat
on their backs, would roll over and over like
huge sausages and plunge into the sea-
In the center above the rest rose the big
bull. AS threw my rifle around to aim for
the side of his head saw ball hit him right.
could see the force with which it hit, slowing
nm up, but not stopping him. l drew the
bead OF my Winchester under his throat as
he now faced me, and when I fired saw
stream Of blood gushing from the spot that
looked like the spoutng of whale used
the soft point 30-40, and doubtless hit the
lugular vein. AS he stood there raised on his
fore-fppers in the act of launching himself
forward, his knotty hide full of big Jumps and
scars, he must have measured ten feet in
height The terrific shock of the bullet made
him settle back and his head dropped to the
ice. Seven huge walrus lay dead
livery one SeiZed paddle and sent the
boat spinning to the ice foe jumped out and
pulled the omiak up. And just in time, for
near US fifty or sixty heads arose out of the
deep, spouting and snorting, then plungng
and vanishing, only to come up again. Some
of the Esquimaus took their harpoons and sta
toned themselves along the edge of the ice
while I took out the motion picture camera
and began cranking at walrus and the Esoui-
1naus impartially. Presently wounded bull
came near the edge of the ice and an Esquimau
gave him the harpoon. The warus dove and
the rawhde began to spin out. All eight
Esquimaus hung on the line, but soon were
dragged to the edge of the ice, when one
finally succeeded in snubbing the end around
an ice cake. Everybody was watching with
rife ready for the walrus to come up for
air. After two minutes up he came, but behind
a small piece Of ice and dove before being
lit. The fourth or fifth time he was finally
dispatched
We had more meat than we could carry in
our omia<, l called I-tack with his two
kyacks, placed my motion picture camera in
them and left the rest to butcher the dead
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
MAX1MS OF MARTY MCMAHON
By Robert B. Peck

as buy round of drinks at the old place on
the strength O their bein' found 1t didn't do
good an it didn't do business no good
an it simply ruint Doc Cook. AS for Niagara
Falls, any fool can go over them, whether he's
in a barrel or a bathin' suit The trick is to
keep from goin' over them.
"Now you take this fella that went up eight
miles, or whatever it was-he there, just
like Peary an the other lads was at their
there, but he didn't do me no good an he
didn't do business no good nor he wouldn't of
If business was still legal.
"From what he said when he come down,
there mint much anybody can do eight miles
up in the air only Just use it as a place to
come down from. He had to wear a woolcn
suit over his uniform an then, over that, a
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

best Of another young fella-is to make a
sportin' proposition of 'em an put up some
money the results.
"That'd be good fer busness-er it would
be if they hadn't made business illegal.
There'd be gang hangin' over the ticker an
half Of 'em be buying a round of drinks every
furlong the fella went up.
Ears / could see from what the young
fella said after he got back, there was Just
one scientific point that he proved aside from
provin' that he could fly his areaplane eight
miles up in the air. He said that when he rot
up to 10000 feet he couldn't think straight an
that he couldn't think straight from then on
until he got back to 10000 feet again.
But that amt so important Everybody
knows what you mean when you say birds
up in the air. 1t don't add much if YOU talk
precise and scientific an say he's 80, 900 feet
up Everybody knows you just mean he's up
IN the air an can't think straight"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09
Scared off the they blng cleaning
fusR briy rolling


skin boat foaning through the water, and in
half hour We neared the first herd of warus
lying half asleep low pan of ice. AS we
neared the hoe the walrus stirred, and the air
vibrant with | could haze taken
a moving picture of them there and then,
but experience had taught me to let the IN
dian have his fill first; besides the Shamman,
or medicine man, had told Okbacll | was bad
luck with my black box and he would get no
walrus. Okback therefore looked well pleased
when pulled my 30-40 Winchester from its
scabbard and filled the magazine We now
padded cautiously against the wind toward
herd Of fifty to sixty sleeping warus. They
were all bulls easily distinguished from the
New-York tribune., 1921-10-09

sort of ku-KluX suit that was stuffed with
feathers. An he had to have a whole layout
Of oxygen tanks connected up with him SOS
he could breathe an have his goggles gun,med
up with gelatine SOS his breath would freeze
on EN-.
"Al logged up like that an fair gaspn fer
breath besides, fea couldn't do no fightin'
with his areapane, he couldn't do no scoutin'
an he couldn't take pictures. He couldn't
do nothing except just be there. An that's
all the feas could do that went to the North
Pole an the South Pole an over Niagara
Falls.
The only way they'll ever get any good
outa such stunts--and thercl always be some
some such stunts fer scientific purposes an
all so longs one young fella wants to get the