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The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-10-14

would be free TO report all that
saw?" / asked.
Quite free, so far as your own peo-
pie are concerned, but death comes TO
one of our own tribe should he be-
come acquainted with the mysteries
without first being prepared and in
itiated," they said.
When l returned TO the station that
evening l was a member Of the Manua
tribe, having been formally initiated
into the most sacred institution of a
primitive people. What learned was
this:
Preparing the Youths.
Before boys and girls are qualified
to take their places as adult members
Of the tribe they are required to pass
through certain grades. The priv
ileges Of each grade are conferred dur
ing ceremonies which take place after
the candidate has undergone a course
Of preparation. The first distinction
Is the right to wear the nose bone
When the child is about six years Of
age person appointed for the pur-
pose squeezes the septum of the can
dates nose with finger-nails which
have been heated over a fire, and then
pierces 1t with bone. A piece of
wood is placed in position to keep the
hole distended until the wound has
healed, and after the operation the
child, heavily decorated and ornament.
ed, remains seated In the house OF
the operator until the gift Of pig and
some food by the parents confirms the
right Of the child to wear the nose
bone to distinguish it from children
Of lower grade. In this state the
child advances to puberty, and Their
the process of serious training begin.
the preparation for Its life as al
adult.
Nothing much is known Of the treat
ment Of the girls, but the boys ar,
placed in an Enclosure and for som,
months are secluded from all except
Ing the elders who train them. Ever,
possible method is devised to instruc
!, the youths in a mode of behavior cal
culated to promote the interests O
! the tribe.
Supreme Test Is Rough.
At last the time comes for the 81
: preme test. All through this perio
, of seclusion the voices of "deyils
Y (bullroarers) have been heard outsid
the houses Of learning, and wheneve
: the voice" has come to their ears tn
. candidates nave been forced to De,
I form certain movements lest the
] should be struck dead by unseen hand
Now they are required to enter tn
d very midst Of the devils"
d A high scaffolding is erected In III
o village and all the women and chi
. dren other than the mothers of ca,
didates are sent to some other localit
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-10-14

nature Of the weapon. know more
about that than Harris, even."
"How are you SO sure hatpin was
the weapon used? The police reports
say nothing like that"
'They do not know; l do. The
truth Ia, was the first to discover
the murder. related to you my
conversation with Harris, after all
others had left the foundry. We must
nave been there alone for an hour.
When we left we separated, believing
this to be safe. and l walked down
Cans street alone In the rain. Some
blocks below the foundry came upon
this car, bumped up against the curb,
and apparently abandoned. The rear
door stood wide open. and looked In
side, and felt about, merely from
curiosity. My fingers touched some
thing lying on the floor. and, when
drew 1t out. and looked at 1t In the
light Of distant street.lamp, l dis
covered 1t to be dagger hatpin, dis
colored with blood"
She stared at me In horror.
Like that one therer'
Exactly like 1t. I had seen the
one In your hat. and remembered
| you thought II must be mine
That-that I had murdered himf
II hardly believe I thought at all
But ! investigated the front seat,
and found Alva's body hanging over
the wheel. with a cash In the bach
Of his coat sticky with blood. Ther
| I knew"
"Knew whatr
"How the man had been killed.
believed then you were with hin
alone; had reason to, for ! over
heard his invitation. and your answer
recognized the weapon AZ one 70,
had In your possession. Ny frs
thought was that 1t would utterly con
denim you Il ever found"
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One Point Ahead.

In a local office there Is a new
manager--a bachelor and much sought
after by all the girls who work there.
But one has been more successful In
winning his attentions than the others
and naturally they are extremely
Jealous, one particularly who started to
hurt the popular one the other morn
ing. She came In. her face wearing
IN enigmatic smile. II just bet Mr..
~ Is going to get married." she be-
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-10-14

gan. i had a dream about him last
night which means marriage. He had
some flowers and"
why. he did have flowers last
night interrupted the pretty one.
He was taking them to me. They're
on my desk now and"
And there was absolute silence in
that office while the other girls aew
10 their work.-lndanapolis News.
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4 daring explorer. 4Ac
largest island on the globe, II AUS
tralia be considered continent, us
Interior Is still to a considerable ex-
tent a region Of mystery. Extreme
physical hardships hamper the adyen-
turous traveller there, and many OF the
natives are still head-hunters and can
pibals.
The British. who since the World
war possess the entire eastern half OF
the island, have been the most per-
sistent explorers of Papua and some
of them have had remarkable and
thrilling experiences there. One OF
those intrepid Englishmen, z. w. Pear
son Chimney, Is the only white man
who ever witnessed the ceremony with
which the Manua tribesmen initiate
their youths into manhood. And not
only that-he was himself Initiated
into the tribe. Here is the way he
tells It:
1t was at Kokoda, $500 feet above
sea level, on the slopes Of Mount Vic
toria, that / first heard the "bullroar-
err" called 'the Voice of the Jungle
Spirit" by natives Of Papua. l had
Just returned from a long, arduous
expedition In the mountains. Tired
and wearied by the excessive strain, !
was resting on the verapda OF the
homemade bungalow which served as
. the residency, when there came sud
denly to my ears a succession OF
CHASTITY shrieks followed by long.
. drawn sobs, strangely human yet OBJ
viously not human. Then came Sc
q ries Of indescribable blood-curdling
q sounds which eliminated in a pitifu
u moan. The sounds came from the di
. rection Of the Manua villages to which
. my small cook boy belonged. MAN
70 bia," cried to him, whatever /!
d that?" But he fed from me in terror
10 with his hands over his ears
10 Nor could obtain any information
II from the other natives on the station
Re It Is the "voice Of the demon whicl
10 dwells in the bush." they said, Blu
OF beyond that l could learn nothing.
IL Invited to the Ceremony.
= The villages were only few me
~ ments' walk, so thither went for en-
nghtenment, for 1t Is good that a
ou officer should know what is HAPPIER
ID ing in his district. was met on tn
track by three Of the chiefs wht
Ne strangely enough, were about to ca
Id on me to discuss the very matter
. had come to investigate.
~ MASTER" the spokesman begal
u. '-many years have passed since tn
government came to our district. an
during all that time our tribe has n,
10 been able to prepare Its young men II
70 manhood, for the needs Of the go
no eminent have required them to be ev,
on at hand. Since you have been hel
ne our people have served you loyalty al
with confidence. Now we come
ask your permission to hold our sacrt
M ceremonies that our young men m,
formally enter manhood. In thr
81, moons they will be men, May tn
! be free from service for that period
"You have permission to do an
inc thing that Is for the welfare Of L
irs tribe So long as 1t does not confli
'ed with the laws OF the government"
ide replied.
mo white man has ever witness
exs our sacred ceremonies, but It won
lnu please us to have our master one W
knows our customs. Would you
inltiatedT' they asked.
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we have usually been ac-
customed TO call II,
though known to the
Western world for CEN
turtles and settled By Eu-
ropeans along its sea
edges, remains one OF the
few real fields for the
daring explorer. The
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-10-14

A Big Ticker.
London people like to keep their
crooks and watches with big Benz
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How Absorbing.
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09
BUYING UP HOGS AT
SALES.
High Prices Obtained and NeighbOrs
Purchasers.

Forest City, Ia.-Frank p. Oleson
returned the last of the week from
his trip to four different hog sales
in the northwest part of the state
He says that interest was never more
manifest in good hogs than at this
time. At these sales, each of which
he attended, there was from 1000 to
/ 500 people.
A noticeable feature Of these sales
this year is that most of the pur-
chases were made by local farmers.
The averages of the sales were good,
but practically all the hogs went to
farmers in the immediate vicinity.
With the price of grain at the
bottom, men who are raising hogs
are looking forward to profit in buy
ing and raising hogs this year, anc
farmers are getting more particular
every year as to the breeding ances
tory Of the animals. They reaIiz'
too, chat purebred animals OF al
kinds are more profitable to rais'
than scrubs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09
Some High Priced Coffee.

The Monticello post Office is still
the store house for a 80 pound sack
Of coffee purchased by Castle Grove
farmer from an agent representing
a Davenport firm. The history of the
sack of coffee has been written up to
the time it was sent to the Chicago
post office to be sold for storage.
Since then it was sent back to the
Monticello post office to be delivered
to the purchaser. 1t had been paid
for, but the company did not release
the c. o. D., and the purchaser could
not get it until it was released. 1t
will be sent back to Chicago in a
few days and if the purchaser ever
gets it, he will have to pay the cost
of shipment from Davenport to
Monticello and two round trips from
Monticello to Chicago. In the mean
time the agent got his commission
the company the money for the coffee
but the purchaser got "joked.
"Treat 'em rough" when they ask
you to sign an order for a so pounc
sack of coffee.-Davenport Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09
$4,000 ACRE FARM RUNNING
TOW MILL.
Remarkable Development of Low
Land Enterprise.

Cresco, Ia.-There is an interest
ing farm just across the line in
Minnesota. E. o. White of Cresco
and his crew of twelve men have
just finished the seasons work on
this farm, and he and his family
leave tomorrow for California.
Mr.. White has been running a
tow mill on the farm, from which
he has gathered 1000 tons Of flax
straw and shipped 500 tons of tow
to about seven furniture factories
in the east for upholstering pur-
poses.
The farm on which this flax was
raised is owned by the Albert Lea
Farms company, contains l5,Ooo
acres and extends nine miles east
and west near the southern line Of
Minnesota.
A year ago last spring this tract
of land was a swamp and lake bed,
being almost entirely under water.
1t has been ditched and tiled and
drained until it has become tillable'
The ditching and thing was gil
gantic undertaking. The ditch, II
feet wide and feet deep, around
land through this great farm, was cut
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09
The Renter and Landlord -.

There are different kinds of land
lords and different kinds of renters
and in the rather depressed condit-
ions of the present time these DIFF
ferences are shown. We have heard
of one landlord who rented his farm
last year for certain sum. During
the year the renter paid up for six
months rent The other half Of tine
rental became due the first Of TINS
year. The first hall year rent hac
been paid promptly, but as tn the
last half Of the rent the renter d@
not visit his landlord promptly. The
latter wrote him and the renter went
to see him, expecting that he would
be obliged to pay that haif OF 1Lg.
rent and he was up against it with
the greatly reduced prices OF farm
products. When he appeared oH the
scene the landlord said: Well, I
suppose you thought / was going to-
force you to pay the other half year
of rent right away quick" THAT was
what | expected" said the renter,
I"Well, you are mistaken" said the
landlord. "what | want to know is
aboit { e NEXT year; 70 you want to
rent the fam vl shares for he com
ing year." Il do" said the renter.
B - .
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

This is New One--Ash h'''
Cedar Rapids Republican; In
Charles City they have uncovered
railroad of the existence oil "hleh
few Of us had any knowledge The
Charles City Western railway en-
Move met and asked for q reductioh
Of % rer cent in the wages, IN order
70 keep things going. In Cedar Rap
ids we do not have the same KIND OF
l,,ck. One industry, we are toid' was
willing to keep going on-aithousii
thew were piling up their products
Il the men would accept ten per
cont reduction. The men were VIKING
hint an outside labor boss stepped IN
and after advising with them it was
decided not to accept the reduction
hut TO 90 into idleness. The com
many is said to have been satiShe ).
with the cessation for it relieves II
Of accumulating materials for when
II has no present use.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

by one continuous operation of a
huge caterpillar ditching machine,
which cost $4,000. This ditcher
travelled two feet per minute, claw
ing up the dirt the full width and
depth of the ditch, and deposited the
dirt to one side, and the same was
used for making good roadways thru
and around this farm.
In order to thoroughly drain this
farm, it required about 200 car
loads of tile, or an average Of a car
load each day from May till Novem-
Der. Nearly 5000 acres of this farm
have already been under the pillow.
Nine caterpillar tractors are used
and $50 men employed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

The empire of ..orocco, Sui.' OK
tcnsive and with much wealth, Is the
largest and most important country
in the world that is wholly without
a newspaper published within its Dor
ders.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

A man with individuality often
comes within the famous charaterl-
cation Of Thoreau: 81 love henry
hut I cannot like him."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

Matrimony is not a failure, nor is
celibacy; though life itself may not
be such a whooping success.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

A smart man is one who correets
his mistake without admitting trat
he m.de it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

Bring the Flood of music into home-inO your own
hearnto your daily life See that your musical nru
mens give forth music. Buy piano, playerpanO
monograph Give yourself and family variety of
music.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09

Take a Music Bath

music bath is to saturate ourselves occasionally
with musc-to let music flood our SOULS our thoughts,
our entire natures, that it shall wash away the
dust of everyday life.
Music utilized in this way enters into every crevice of
our being and cleans thoughts, purifes
character sweetens our dispositions and refreshes
spirit We are ready for the new day, the new tasks
and are more than ready for the new joys which lie
before us and we equipped with the full vigor of
life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-02-09
Publ:s Gpinluno

BY HARRY J. GREEN,
nECORAH. IOWA, FEB. 3, 1871.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-04
De M0LAY TO PUT ON
BIG WRESTLING BILL
NIGHT OF AUGUST Is

A wrestling match between
Charles Wright. and Young Savage
has been arranged for August Is
by the local order of De Molay,
The match will be two falls out
of three ,catch-as- catch-can.
At present Wright has consid-
erably the advantage of Savage in
point of weight, tipping the scales
at 165 pounds, against las for Saw
age. The articles stipulate, how
ever, that Wright must scale down
to 1853 pounds on the afternoon of
the match, which is expected to
even things UP materially.
A big program Is planned for
the night of August Is, with at
least two preliminary matches.
One of these will be between pro-
fessional wrestlers. and the other
will be a full-siZe match also.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-04
PRESIDENT ILLINSKI
QUITS STATE SCHOOL
OF MINES AT S0CORR0

Socorro, N. M, Aug. 3.-Dr. A.
X. lllinski, for the past four years
president of the New Mexico
School Of Mines, gave up the pres
idency of the institution yesterday.
He had declined the April offer of
the board of regents to continue as
president next year.
He first came to the school in
1915 as professor of chemistry. In
1917 he was elected president of
the institution. During his admin
istration the enrolment of the in
stitution has more than quad
rupled in spite of adverse war con-
ditions and lack of appropriations
He realized his ambition never to
before the legislature with
a deficit. He leaves the financial
condition of the school in a sound
state.
A resolution in appreciation of
his work which was passed by the
board of regents follows:
Whereas, DR.. A. X. Illinski has
declined to accept the position as
president of the faculty Of the New
Mexico School of Mines for the
year 1922, as rendered to him Mt
the meeting of the board of re-
gents on April 80, 1921; be it
Resolved, That the board fully
appreciate the splendid services
rendered in the past, which have
been entirely satisfactory, and re-
greet that he feels that he Is unable
to continue to serve as president"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-04

of the Belen Tribune for number
of years. He was also general
counsel for the John Becker COM
pany. For five years in Santa Fe
he was owner and editor of the
weekly Capitol.
His birthplace was New York
city, his parents, John and Almira
Berger. He married Miss Mary E..
Combes of New York city and had
two daughters. both of whom are
now married. He was i'll at the
time of the state convention which
was held in Albuquerque and was
in California taking medical treat
ment. He returned to Belen and
was able to be about town until a
few days before his death.
The body was brought to Strong
Brothers mortuary here last night.
Announcement of funeral arrange
ments is awaiting communication
from Mr.. Berger's daughter in Los
Angeles, who was notified 10y wire
last night.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-04
SALVAGE SHOP SELLS
$40 WORTH OF STOCK
IN FIRST THREE DAYS

The total receipts for the first
three days that the Red Cross salv-
age shop was open for business was
$40, according to a report made to
the executive committee of the Red
Cross by Mrs. Thomas T. Eyre,
manager. This money was cleared
from the sale of articles that had
been discarded and would have
been wasted but for the salvage
efforts of the Red Cross. The shop
is greatly in need of volunteer
workers who will solicit and col
lect articles of clothing and furni-
ture for sale in the shop, accord
ing to Mrs. Eyre.
Mrs. j. S, Landers resigned as
secretary of the executive commit
tee Of the local Red Cross chapter
and Miss Edith Childers home serv-
ice secretary, was elected to fill her
place at a meeting of the commit
tee on Tuesday afternoon at the
home service headquarters in the
federal building.
Mrs. Landers, former home serv-
ice secretary, is leaving the city at
the end of August. Miss Childers
was made acting secretary because
there was not quorum present to
vote her into the office permanent
ly. A vote of thanks was given
Mrs Landers for her faithful and
energetic work for the Red Cross.
Miss Gladys Harris, Red Cross
health nurse, made her report,
which shows the excellent work she
is doing in community health work,
saving the lives of babies and as
sisting in the control of commune
able diseases. She described her
work at the baby clinics and in the
rural homes.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-04
|. 4. NEWSPAPER
IS DEFENDANT IN
suit FOR LIBEL
Knights of the Ku KIux Kan
Demand $105.C00 Gen.
eraI and Exemplary Dam
ages From ths Express

Los Angeles. Calf. Aug. 3.-The
Knights Of the Ku KluX Khan. a
corporation, today brought suit for
libel against the Los Angeles EX-
press Publishing company, = cor
poration, demanding a total of
100000 general and exemplary
three editions of the paper of an
article over which appeared ban
ner lines reading: Great Ku Klux
Outbreak" "Ku Klux Terrorizes
South" and "Ku Klux Reign of
Terror"
The article. which was set forth
in full in the complaint filed in the
superior court here today. credited
certain raids in southern states to
"a secret organization similar to
that of the Ku KluX Khan of reor-
ganization days"
The complaints recites that the
knights of the Ku KluX Khan are
organized as "fraternal, patriotic
and ritualistic society OF national
scope" and states that the corpo-
rate purposes are to promote pa
tTiotism and insure protection for
the happiness Of the people. among
other things.
The complaint further claims
that the society has d lerge mem
bership in the United States, par
ticularly in California and Los
Angeles" and that its reputation
was good until the publication of
tie article in question.
Representatives of the new5pa-
per said tonight they preferred not
to discuss the until until they had
the papers to their at
torneyS.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-08-04
SPURGIN IN VICINITY
OF CHIHUAHUA CITY,
POLICE ARE INFORMED

Ell Paso, Tex, Aug. 3.-Warren
C. Spurgin, missing president of
the Michigan Avenue Trust COM
pany of Chicago, is in the vicinity
of chihuahua City, Mexico, ac-
cording to a telegram received late
today by the Ell Paso police. The
telegram added the arrest of the
banker was momentarily expected.
Mexican officials, it was said, were
cooperating with American Off
GERS in the search for the missing
man.
Federal officers here, who yes
terday gave out the information
Spurgin had crossed the Rio
Rio Grande into Mexico at Pre-
sidio, Tex, said they were without
information concerning his move
ments after he left Ojinaga in a
car with a Mexican chauffeur.
In the absence of recognition of
the Mexican government by the
United States, no eXtraditiOn trea-
ty between the two countries is in
force, and the only legal method
of securing Spurgin's return to the
United States is for President
Obregon to order his expulsion
from Mexico as a pernicious for
eigner. This authority is express
ly vested in the president by the
Mexican constitution and no court
proceedings are necessary in OBJ
tanning the order of expulsion.