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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
.PeNier's Prunes

G1xTY-FIvE. years ago two prune
- trees were brought to this country
by a Frenchman named Pcllicr and
planted car San Jose, in Santa Clara
county, Calf. At the present time that
county produces about half of all the
prunes consumed in the United States
and Canada, and it ships them to all
parts of the world.
The prunes are gathered by women
and children after they have fallen and
are dipped lin wire baskcts) into tanks
of boiling water and I've. Then they
are washed with cold water and spread
on trays, which are placed in the sun
for drying.
On reaching the packing house they
are graded according to size by passing
them over perforated metal screens, and
after being steamed and drained they
are ready to be packed in boxes for
MARKET
The total annual prune output of
California is reckoncd at 200 900 900
pounds. i
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a substitute for kerosene in lamps, for
soap-making and as medicine. i
Sesame is grown on an enormous
scale in southern India, where, in the
rural districts, there arc thousands Of
small mills for expressing the oil.
Nearly every village has one or more
such mills, operated by one or two bull
locks The oil is clear and 'limpid,
yellow in color, and with an agreeable
flavor somewhat resembling that of
olive .oil.
The Chinese, lacking an adequate
supply of animal fats, turn to vcge-
table oils, which arc their butter and
lard. In their country, as well us in
India, the ''cake," or residue from the
oil presses; is turned to valuable ac-
count as cattle feed. The oil enters
into the manufacture of perfumes and
drugs, and in Syria it is used in the
preparation Of a sweetmeat called
''halari." IT.,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
A Natural
Still Worm

TITS very difficult in these days to
get a worm. This refers to the late
) copper worm, of the kind used for dis
tilling alcoholic liquors. If YOU try
to buy a worm, Of that kind the revenue
officers may get after you.
The aboriginal natives of British
Columbia and Alaska suffer from no
such embarrassment. They can always
get a suitable worm by picking it out
of the sea-, 1t is furnished by the hol-
low stem of the giant kelp, and serves
exccllently for the making of ''hootch"
from a mixture Of molasscs and graham
-four.
s The giant kclp is. anchored to the
rocky bottom by a oot-like holdfast,
from which springs a stem that is
sometimes 100 feet long. This stem
is hollow for the upper half of its
length and terminates in a big bladder
like bulb from which, as it floats on
the surface, fronds 50 feet long branch
out.
The plant {as described by The Scion
tiic Americap) grows from spores, and
is an annual. One variety is called
''sca ottcr's cabbage and is very
plentiful in the region of Puget Sound.
Another, commonly known as..the '.sca
pumpkin" fourishes nearly as far south
as San Diego bay.
Bulbs of the giant keip are used in
the Puget Sound region as bottles to
hold fish oil and by fishermen as bait
holders. The Eskimos utilize the hollow
stem as a siphon to empty water out
o; their kayaks, which, being dcckcd
over, are not easily baled in the ordi-
nary way. Also from sections of the
stem they make wheels for toy wagons.
The most curious employment of the
stems of the giant kclp is as a tcle-
phone. The aboriginal mystery AM
buries it secretly in a trench and, with
the help of a confederate, makes it APP
pear that the voice of Il spirit comes out
of the sacred FIRE over which he pre-
sides.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
Star7ish Are Found Useful

NOBODY has imagined that the de-
~ tested starfish could ever be turned
to account for any useful purpose; yet
discovery has been made of the
fact that the animal furnishes a highly
nutritious feed for poultry and pigs.
1t is rich in protein, containing nearly
80 per cent of that meat making sub
stance, together with Z per cent of fat.
The balance is mostly mineral matter,
with j. per cent of water.
All that is necessary is to chop up
the starfshcs and boil them for awhile.
Thcn they are ready for the swine or
chickens, which seem to find them ex-
tremcly palatable.
Starfishes devour nearly 1000, 900
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14

THE approaches to the new Lincoln
Memorial in Washington show signs
of sinking, and Congress is asked to
give $3.50, 600 for elevating and re-
enforcing them.
The Washington. Monument, which
the memorial compliments, stands, firm
thirty years after its completion and has
never required any but the most trifling
and incidental repairs.
Nevertheless, during all of that period
the great obelisk has been . cause of
some anxiety to government engineers.
who have kept an eye on it, making con
slant measurements to be sure that it
was not inclining from the %perpendicu-
lar. Z
If the great white marble shaft were
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A Net for Catherine Fruit

A NET for gathering fruit is the in
"A v~cntion of Luther NJ. Fleckncr, Of
San Francisco. 1t may be made of can
vas Or other fabric, and is stretched
around the tree by help of a ring, to
witch the circular net or apron is at
tached at intervals.
The ring is composed Of four metal
tubes, each representing a quarter Of a
complete circle. When the tubes have
been fitted together to form the circle.
they are upheld by four rods thrust YER
tically into the ground, each of the rods
supporting the tubes at u place where
the latter join.
A small ring, made in two halves, is
go adjusted as 10 surround the tree
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
Cup and Drink

TIME individual drinking cup Of waxed
i paper is already familiar enough.
But altogether new is the idea Of Horny
Schncckcnberg, Of New York, who sug-
gcsts u cup Of like material which shall
contain the ingredients Of a soft drink,
to be sold all ready for the making.
The device is in reality two cups, one
fitting inside Of the other, and with
such an arrangement that between their
bottoms are held the requisite ingrcdi-
cnts for a palatable drink-thc cham
Der thus formed being alright and
moisture proof.
This is repderbdspracticable by max
ing the bottoms Of both cups of solid
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trunk, being secured thereto at the de-
sired height by screws. Thus the mid
die part Of the net is upheld on u level
with the outer edge and the whole forms
IL sort Of blanket for the fruit to fall
upon when the tree is shaken.
This being done, the apples, pears, or
what not, shower down upon the net,
and are impclled by gravity to roll to-
ward openings, through which they drop
into boxes placed for their reception
beneath.
When the job is finished for one tree,
the apparatus can be taken to pieces in
a couple of minutes for transfer to an
other tree, where the operation is re-
pcatcd.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14

- -. 80, E1L ys4.Gh-.r W .Hif
set upon bed rock no fears would have
been entertained. But it does, in fact,
stand on the top Of a small hill, a mere
mound of sand and silt, which was for
merely part of the shifting bottom of the
Potomac river. The summit Of the hill
is only twenty-six feet above the low
tide level of that stream.
The Washington Monument weighs.
SLIGO tons. Why does it not sink into
the ground or fall over? The answer
is, because there is hidden from view
beneath it a de-spreading foundation
of concrete thirty eight feet deep and
1875 feet square at the bottom. The base
of the monument itself is only fifty five
feet square. i
The monument was originally a pri-.
vate enterprise, its construction being
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14

worth of oysters every year ins::Ioag
Island sound, where they are extraor-'
dinarily numerous. A single dredge will
sometimes capture. 100 bushels Of them
in a day. But the remedx recently
recommended by scientific experts is the
systematic removal of eclgrass and other
water weeds which grow in shallow
waters. The stars, in infancy, attach
themselves by myriads to such weeds,
thereby obtaining protection.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14

wax. east in position and interlocked
with the paper bodies Of the recepta.
cles. The latter, furthermore, are fas-
tened together with a gummed strip of
paper, which, must be broken in order
to withdraw the inner cup.
Then it remains merely to take in the
inner cup a proper quantity Of water,
pour it into the outer cup and mix with.
the ingredients which the latter already.
contains: This may be accomplished
satisfactorily BY pouring the mixture
from or cup to the other repeatedly. :
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
Sesame Seed Oil Provides Food and Fuel

TT WILL De remembered that Ali
1 Baha had come by lucky accident to
know the magic words ''Open scsamc!'
by which he was enabled to enter the
wonderful a v wherein the wealth of
the robbers was stored.
Sesame is the seed of a kind of grass,
and in the Orient it is of great economic
and commercial Importance. We, in
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14

ringing. Even were the thief to try
to remove a tire from a rear wheel, the
alarm would 90 off and it would con-
tinue to ring until stopped by the
owner.
n The combination is determined BY
pressing o series Of Keys. The owner,
when he parks his car, simply locks
the box and thereby sets the. alarm.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
Deuice Safeguards Autos

At AN automobile show in Chicago
was exhibited something new in the
way Of a thief discourager. It was
called. the sentinel alarm"
The device, contained in a small iron
box, may be set for uny one of 100 ,OOo
Combinations. When it is in place on
the machine no part of the latter can
be touched without starting a bell to
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14

this country, are not familiar with it,
but the Department of Agriculture
thinks that the plant might be advan-
t~ageously introduced and grown in the
United States.
The seed contains 80 per cent of oil,
which in India is used to make a kind
of butter called "ghec." Also, in that
country, it is utilized for cooking, as
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9vrdeWoed &UhdGweed

TINE fate of the famous United States
battleship, the Kearsarge, is a strik-
ing illustration of the old saying that
1.-THE race ~ not to the swift nor the
battle to the %strong.' The Kcarsargc,
which at the time of it's completion in
1898, toward the end Of the Spanish
War, was believed to be so'powcrful and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14

electric crane which this one-time for
midable Fighter Of the pre- dread
nought days will carry will be able to
lift loads of $50 tons with the grace
and. ease of an elephant toting u peanut
with its trunk. The metamorphosis
OF the warcraft to its more pacific uses
Is being made at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-14
kcarsarge converted into a~craneship

swift that predictions were made that
it would revolutionizc naval warfare,
has been retired from the fighting line.
1t never US much as fired Il shot at any
enemy nor ever pursued any and now
it is being converted into one of the
most peaccablc monsters in the world.
a crane ship, and is designated hero
after as Naval Crancship No. l." The
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18

&. OF C. ENDORSES
HOOYER'5 RELIEF

- - -sfa-- ~
Z New York, Jan. 1S.-ln answer to
sppeals from Central Europe coming
1 from various societies and dignitar-
!; les there the knights of Columbus,
4 through the head of the organization,
James A. Flaherty, Of Philadelphia,
have replied that the Catholics of
4 America are giving their full sup
rort to Herbert Hoover's European
Relief Council.
Cardinal Gibbons and many other
archbishops and bishops of the Cath
olic Church in the United States,
have given their endorsement to the
Hoover campaign.
81 have asked every one OF the
1000 Knights of Columbus councils
to entertain invisible guests" said
Supreme knight Flaherty, "and the
X or C. ere able to report that the
Catholics Of. America joining hands
with members of all the Protestant
denominations, are rallying to the
support of the suffering children of
Europe, many of which are Catho-
lies.
"The knights of Columbus do
ret at this time regard with favor
any money campaign that tends to
interfere with the work that Her.
bert Hoover's European Relief Coun-
ell is accomplishing. We feel that
all European child-feeding work
SHOULD be done under Herbert Hoo
ver's expert leadership"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18

Brown Hnsaz1nan, of Wichita Falls al
Texas, ard she says her downfall is
dris to bad companions sad whisky. :
q am the: woman you want" she
said. "Rs.iS. I'M nc. wholly bad. 1t was
The company 7 was ,.in-and drink
net for myself, Int for my husband. =
A man, said by the police to De
Eddie Kelley and member Of gang
of five robbers who held UP the Bed
fcsd (Ind) State Bank last October,
escaping with $4,000, after revol-
yer fight with citizens, was arrested
in a hospital here yesterday.
The police say also Kelley was
member Of a gang of robbers who
s:ole $4,000 from the Ridgevisie
(Ind.) Bank last month.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18

tevsEea at Congress Tor failure; TO en-
act tax, revisioris when the, day }of
need forJ such, he; secaated. has long
been here, were delivered in the
course of an, address, wherein he sum
married the lessons 1920 has taught
the country ard indicated the way
America must go in 1921 tt secure
abundant and lasting prosperity.
A difficulty to be removed he sug-
gested is the present taxation system
whereby revenue raising is altogether
too, much dependent upon income and
profits seeking much revenue with
out regard to its effect on business.
He said 1920 has demonstrated by
service rendered the need Of aiding
the railroads.
n Ut
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
HARDING NOT TO ATTEND
BALL AFTER INAUGURAL

Washington, an. 1S.--President-
EJECT and Mrs. Harding have declined
an invitation to attend charity ball
to be held here March d, as a substi-
tute for the discarded inaugural ball
The committee in charge announc-
ed yesterday that Mr.. Harding had
replied that he could not with prop
rely attend ball of any sort at the
time, in view Of the opinions he had
already expressed against holding an
inaugural nal! The charity bal. plan
will net be abandoned, however, it
was added.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
Makers Of. Home rewed Beer
Reported Subject to $1,000 Fine

Detroit. Mich, Jan. 1s.-A ruling
by the United States Treasury De-
partment at Washington that manu-
'factdrers Of home-brewed beer are
srbject to penalty of $1,000 was re
iceised yesterday by John A. Crogan,
Collector cf Internal Revenue for the
Eastern Michigan district. The rul-
ing sttpulatcs the manufacture of
hcme-brew is a violation, even where
there is no sale or evidence Of con-
sumption, il was announced.
The ruling was asked by Crogan in
the case of Detroit man and the re-
verne collector was authorized to be-
gin action, to collect penalty Of ST.
900 from the Detroiter. who is
charged with manufacture and pos
session Of beer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
ONE DEAD; FIVE HURT
WHEN AUTO CRASHES

:Herrisonburg, Va, Jan. 1S.-Os-
car Fitzwater, 35 years old, was kill
ed; Mrs. H. N. Snyder. wife of Dr..
Snyder, U. S. n, sustained broken
leg and serious scalp wound; Mrs
Snyder's 9 year old son had both
legs broken; her sister, Mrs. Howard
Matthias, sustained fractures of both
legs: her little daughter is suffering
from a scalp wound; and Jane
Stutz. father OF Mrs. Snyde:', was
bruised painfully, when an automo-
bile crashed into an electric pole
near here last night.
The party was en- route from
Matthias, W. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
Nc.e, Naval .seaplane, San Diego ).
To Panama, Lost Off Costa Rica

Aboard United States Steamship
New Mexico, Az Sea, Jan. s1s.-1Wo d1
visions CT tfestroyers attached to the
Pacific Fleet were ordered yesterday
.to search for the naval seaplanes NC
c reported to be lost off the Gulf OF
N:ctya, Costa Rica.
The airship was participating in
the group flight from San Diego to
Balboa, Canal. Zone. Ct.
The NC-6 was last ssen within
Short distance of the Gulf of Nicoya.
Al available craft were searching fer
her ard the two destroyer divisions
were ordered refueled and sent out
yesterday. The fate Of her crew is IN
known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
Bodies Of Late Cars
Daughter and Maid on
Board British Steamer

London, Jan. 1S.-Bodies supposed
70 be those of Grand Duchess Olga,
daughter Of FORMER Emperor Nicholas
# Russia, and her maid are aboard
The British Steamer Devanha, which
IS due to reach Egypt at the end Of
the present week. D;sinterred at
vekater;nhurg, the bodies are said to
have been snnUggied through Persia
md thence to Shanghai.
Upon the arrival of the steamer
they win be disembarked and taken
70 the Holy Land for final intermert.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
VAMPIRE CAUGHT
Chicago Police Arrest Southern
Beauty-Blames Bad Company
And Drink for Downfall

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-Chicago's "po-
liteness vampire, the beautltus
blonde Cure" who is accused CT lead
ing more than so men to vacant flats
CT lonely Railways where they were
robbed, fell into the clutches OF the
police Yesterday. Her husband and his
companion were picked up Saturday
night.
She is Mrs. Cleopatra McCarcy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
Veterans Must Pay Tax on all
Disability Revenue

Washington, Jan. l8.-Unmarried
war veterans MIST return to the Gov
errment as income tax 4 per cent, OF
any disability payments they receive
in excess of $1,000 a year.
The Treasury Department ruled yes
terday that it could not under the law
exempt such former service men, al
though those still in the service are
required to pay only on amounts IN
excess of $1,000 year. War risk in
surance payments, however, are now
taxable.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
BOOTLEGGERS BLAMED
FOR MURDER OF JUDGE

Meridian, Miss. Jan. 18.-Negro
bootleggers and moonshiners were
suspected yesterday Of being the
slayers Of Judge Moody Price, former
United States commissioner .'or the
eastern district of Mississippi last
Friday morning.
Police were told that the Judge
had been drinking. He had about
5000 in his pocket Thursday, it was
reported, and it is believed by Off
Gals that he was slain for the
money.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18

rrstien ofza report; that the Dutch
government, has. expressed the: WISH
ira. the fcrrier German emperor and
former German crown prince leave
Holland. The ground given is partl-
cipation Of the Hoherollerns in pre-
paraticn for new revolutionary coup
involving former German officers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
TARIFF BILL TO sen ATE
2 =. = = = LIEiI " -
Penrose Promises to Push Measure
To Vote

10 vote
Washington, Jan. 1S.-The House
Emergency, Tariff. bill as amended by
the Finance Committee was presented
to tie Senate yesterday oy Senator
Penzore, the committee chairman,
who promised that he soon would
make every effort to press 1t to
early passage"
In the. majority report OF the I'm
ance Committee Senator Penrosee did
l2s present any arguments in behalf
CT the bin nor in support OF the ~
approved by the COM
mittee.
Senator Simmons, of North Caro-
ira, ranking Democrat en- the COM
ln:ttee, said he would not file a nm
or.ty report.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
l.. S. Course Mapped
Out, Declares Banker

Charles II. Sabin, president Of the
Guarantee Trust Company of New
York. last night denounced the EX-
cess Profits tax and other forms of
inflated price taXaticns as being an
tiquated and placing an unnecessary
burden on the progress Of the coun-
try.
Mr.. Sabin's shafts, which were also
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-01-18
Holland Reported AS Anxious
to Gust Kaiser and Prince

Berlin, Jan. 1S.-The Tageolatt's
Vienna correspondent gives an I'M
named authority in Vienna in confir-
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;22etDr. Edwards Olive Tablets

That Is tie Joyful cry Of Thousands
-,-re Dr.. Edwards produced Ohyc
ahlefs, The substitute fer caloi1Sl. 20
ripping results from these pleasant
%t.;. taa!ets. They cousc the NV:
IA Levels 10 at normally. -ne%
:,,.r.r force them 10 unnatural action.
LII. Edwards Olive Tablets are
saat:rug, healing, vegetable compound
mixed with Give oil. =,
if you have ! bad Taste, bad breath,
ri f,u. tired. are constipated OF
.,;iious, vou'll find quick and sure re-
sits ron Or. Edwa-d5' title owe
'.i.c Ii DeGt;Inf:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-27

as sure az you live, Here. Tom.
take this pencil and write IL down as
I call H."
Twenty minutes later Don stops
talking. and Tom. Strengthening up.
began 10 read: "All that glitters il
not gold So is the way in which
people have said about me, for all
mat is said about me is not So :
was once rich hut die paupcr.
so may God bless YOU for not be-
lioving as others did"
Listen at that. will you, Talking
about finding money Good night.
the closest that We got to money was
the word gold. That makes me
sick. exclaimed Bill in disgust.
1T don't make me feel any too
well. Ell. But IL can't be helped
now. Anyway. look wha, we have
done. showed EN- that the house
wasn't haunted" answered Tom.
showed cm nothing. Lots nj.
good that does towards buying all
those boats and things for the club
thar | had visions or" said Bill no,
wanting to give up
Well. fellows. ] can say il dis
pleased me. Look at the wood ia
have had To carry in" put in sam
And they agrecdcd that Sam was
the luckicst one.
The house described as the "Mys-
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81 IRVINE E. LIGG OK

You didn't ever take time TO cay
good night to the poor pussycat." re-
pied Tom. and they all Joined in a
laugh at Dams expense.
Let's stop the argument and see
what We can do with that code" put
in Jack
That's what | say said Dan as
he spread the piece OF paper on the
ia BILE
The writing. which was small and
lcEible. revealed this:
Lila that slitterg 81 ton dolg. Os ST
cnt yaw nj hhicw eeopip eavh dais
tboua EN-. rof liza that 81 dais tboua
en- ri ton os. ! saw cnco hicr. tub
! cid raupep. Os yam doc slesb
uoy rof ton sciicvnib sa sthcro did
Better carry that down TO Wang's
Laundry and see IL he can read it,
said Bob. signing.
say! ! got 4 hmnch." chimed in
Tom. How about putting the last
word first and the FIRST last"
Words. How do you get that
WAY? show me n word and I'll set
up the club" exclaimed Jack
We'll. say! Since Tom mentioned
that. why not try the letters on the
words that way" asked Bill.
Now tina, sounds more like i,.:'
said Don. That first word is "all''