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The New York herald., 1921-07-17
Woman at 1O3
Still an Expert
With the Needle

r T is not very often that a woman is for
tunate enough to hold in her arms even
her first great grandchild. but for a
woman to hold in her arms her great-great-
grandchild u.s. indeed, most unusual Yet Mrs.
Maria Jane Thompson of Jackson, Tenn,
at the age of 1902, has the privilege of seeing
her children, grandchildren. great-grandchil-
6ren and one great-great- t-grandchild grow
up about her. Mrs. Thompson is the mother
of Mrs. Clint Mathis, with whom she lives,
and the great-great- -gra ndmother of little
two-year- Jack Hunter of Memphis,
Tend. the baby of all the oes"ar Iants, num-
bering about one hundred.
Mrs. Thompson has a stc-e Of anecdotes of
the manners and customs of the ays when
she was a girl which are Of unfailing in
terest to the boys and gi1ls the ;anily,
who cannot even imagine a orId devoid of
4 2 mobiles and omnip. sent telephones and
m he ther devices of a speed crazy gen.
e.-ior
Mrs. Thompson, with her parents, moved
60 Gibson county when she was t-y years
old She has heard her father tell of encoun-
tering Indians after crossing the Tennessee
River: she remembers the Indians i'm Gibson
county and how they came begging for food.
Her father "A prosperous merchant, owned
slaves but his greatest pride was his beau
tiful horses. The first railroad Mrs. Thomp-
son ever saw was the Mobile and Ohio, and
she went to Memphis on her first ride sixty
three years ago
Mr. - ompson is the possessor of sew
eral int resting relics. Or is a small shoul-
der cape made from part of a silk dress
worn about 155 years ago by Mrs. Thornp-
sons grandmothel, and to its ne TX IS basted
a hand turnover collar beautifully embroid-
cred. The cape was made by Mrs Thompl
sons mothec, Mrs. Lyons, when she was 103
years old, out OF part of a dress of her
mothers. " has been forty years since Mrs
Lyons dies at the age of 104 years IL
months. During the war Mrs Thompson
knitted for the soldiers constantly She is
an expert with her needle Her children and
children's children have many beautiful
quilts and other samples of her skill.
Every September 25, her birthday finds
"Grandma" Thompson gowned in black
w;.h touch of old lace about the throat
and hands, seated in the midst of a gorgeous
array of bright gift flowers.
Letters of congratulation also give her
pleasure On her ninety-ninth birthday she
was especially pleased by one from Gov Rye
When Grandma" Thompson was 100 years
old officials of the city, State and Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church, of which she is
devout member, Joined in sending messages
of congratulation.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
Thrilling ales
Cling to Famous
Old Locomotives

r n the Union Station at Chattanooga
Tenn, stands, upon a special track, and
surrounded by a handsome railing, one
of the most famous locomotives in history.
1t is the General" with which the Andrews
raiders" endeavored to cut off railway COM
munication between Tennessee and Georgia
in the spring of 1852. But while the General
has thus rested at ease for many years, an
other engine, which should have equal fame
in fact, the one which captured the Cen
eral and brought the raid to an end-was
until not so very long ago working out its
days on branch line in northwestern
Georgia. Now this one, also, the Texas"
has been saved from the scrap heap and
placed on view.
When Andrews and his twenty men
boarded the General at Big Shanty station
and ran away with string of cars while the
crew was at breakfast they left behind
them Conductor William Fuller, a brave
and resourcefu man.
Believing that his engine had been stolen
by conscripts, he, with some of his crew ran
after it on foot. Soon they came upon a
handcar and were able to travel faster.
Then they found the engine "Yonah" on a
siding which Andrews had neglected to de-
stroy and in this they followed hot after the
raiders
Meanwhile the Texas, pulling a freight
train, held the General some minutes at a
station. At another station the General
was delayed an hour. This gave time for
Conductor Fuller to catch up. He left the
Yonah where he met the freight train. and
took the Texas a fresh and speedy engine.
Then began a tremendous race with the
pursuer but four minutes behind the raiders.
Captain Andrews had twenty-five men, all
armed with revolvers He could have halted
anywhere and defeated the other party.
But he was a spy, not a soldier, and had
never been in battle. His raid was so
planned that by burning certain bridges he
would keep his men SAFE
With the Texas In pursuit, all this was
prevented. Flying along at top speed, his
men cut off one car after another to destroy
pursuit. but Fuller, in the Texas, slowed
down, received them gently and plowed
ahead.
At last the General was exhausted. The
raiders, defeated in their attempt climbed
down, the engineer reversed his engine and
the General ran back to strike the pursuers
1t was too late. The engine could barefy
run at all. The Texas received IL without
harm. Conductor Fuller leaped aboard and
shut off steam. and a moment later the raid
ers, divided into small parties, had begun
that flight which ended SO disastrously for
some of them.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
for Whole World, Doctor Warns

DIR. Kellogg. "One of the most interesting
lessons of the recent world war was the
notable lowering of the death rate in several
countries. In Denmark the death rate fell
35 per cent, due, in the opinion of DIR.
Hindhede, the Danish food controller, to
simpler habits of living. and especially the
low protein diet and the use Of coarse bread.
The same thing was true of Germany.
"It is said that diabetes has practically
disappeared in Germany, and that gout,
formerly very common, is now unknown. If
Germany is profiting by the absence of its
customary poisons. we are at present suffer-
ing from an overdose, and Notwithstanding
the prohibition of alcoholics, for the in
creased consumption of coffee and tobacco
has established new records which give TO
the average American a daily dose of three
TO four grains of nicotin and four grains Of
caffein."
DIR. Kellogg said that most Americans
begin to decline mentally as well as physi-
cally after they have passed forty. There
must be adopted a national plan of race
betterment which will take up our social ills
and trace them to their foundation, and apply
lessons of analysis and experience toward
the plan of a cure" remarked Dr. Kellogg.
Thinks 1t Possible to Increase
Average Span of Life to 700 Years
Dr. Kellogg was asked II it was possible
to set a standard of 100 years as the average
span of human life.
Easiest thing know Of" replied the
doctor "If old Parr, the English athlete,
could live to be 152. IL one man out Of a
thousand in Bulgaria can live to be a hum
dred years old. II one man In every $4,000 In
the United States can live to be hundred,
why is 1t not possible that we may not have
ten men out of every thousand more?"
What Is the secret of this simple life that
keeps men alive?" was asked.
There Is no secret, just common sense In
the selection of your food, and plenty of
air." smiled the doctor
For ffty-five years, student, teacher
and physician DIR. Kellogg, now in his seven
tieth year, has lived what he calls the bio
logic life" He began the intimate study of
this science the day that he decided to make
himself of some real use In the world. fol-
lowing the motto, Seek Truth and DO
Good"
He learned the phrase from Seneca, the
nbiIosopher IL was Seneca who wrote
nearly 1000 years ago, Man does not die,
he kills himself" DR.. Kellogg has seen his
IDEAS expand and multiply, until to-day, al
most impossible to believe, the puny, DELI
cate boy who at the are of IL had definite
tubercular tendency has grown into the
sturdy, active man OF TO- directing large
affairs.
For fifty years DR.. Kellogg has slept In the
open air-not merely in a we'll ventilated
room or in an enclosed sleeping porch, but
in the actual open--often waking up OF a
winter morning to find his sleeping bag COW
cred with snow
For fifty-five years he has lived on grains.
fruits and vegetables-two meals day. Tie
doctor has not wrinkle on his skin
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
Simple Life the Only Salvation
That DR.. Kellogg Can See

There is one chance left for civilization to
survive according to DIR. Kellogg, and that
is to live the simple llfe Here are some Of
his rules
Taboo tobacco in all forms.
"Go TO bed the day before you get up.
Live in the open like gorilla. Do your
work under the trees instead of behind doors
and opaque walls. Follow the brooks. Watch
the squirrels in their gambols and learn the
song of the bird.
Fix up sleeping porch or balcony and
so take an outing all night long and every
night, and don't move inside when frost
comes outdoor sleeping is the best life
preserver known.
live on the fat of the land Forget
breakfast foods and culinary delicaciea
Find your bill of fare largely in the garden
peaches, apples, grapes, plums and pears,
lettuce, green corn. celery potatoes, greens.
tomatoes, melons, nuts and all the rest of
the luxuries which Mother Earth supplies"
A national bureau of health is also needed.
according to DR.. Kellogg to correlate all the
forces which are now at work in the direc-
ton of spreading the propaganda of bio
logic living which spells health, comfort and
long life.
We must study our habits of life and
eliminate injurious practices. AS Chittenden
OF Yale has shown US. we must cut down
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
At Present Rate Entire Population
Will Be Insane in Three Centuries

I'm another fifty years the proportion Of
insane will be per cent; in fifty years
more. IS per cent, and at the end of another
half century more than 100 per cent In
other words. in three centuries the entire
population will become insane"
Are any of the other States in the coun-
try In the same fix as Illinois, with it's alarm
ing Increase of insanity?" I ventured
Practically every state in the Union"
replied the doctor
mo more than 10 per cent. of our popula-
ton may be regarded as capable of profiting
fully by a college education. or these not
more than one-fifth actually attend college,"
said the doctor. ut is now too plain for
any intelligent person longer to doubt that
the trend of civilization is downward Brain
and mind are deteriorating. as we'll as other
bodily structures and functions +"
what is the solution?" was asked
I'VE must turn about or perish" replied
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
DR.. Kellogg Presents His Views
In a Rapid Fire Conversatio

DIR. Kellogg reviewed at length the many
diseases contracted by man because of antip-
athy for the open air. He said:
Man is naturally an outdoor dweller.
Civilization has put him in alright houses
and is killing 100000 year in the United
States alone with consumption house dis
ease.
Civilization has saved man from few
enemies. but has created more terrible ones
which threaten to destroy him.
"There is evidence that race degeneracy Is
advancing rapidly in the older civilizations
and communities
cannot nurse their infants. One-fifth of all
the babies born die before the end OF the
first year. According to the researches of
Prof Bunge, more than half of these die
because they bottle fed This means
the death of nearly half million babies
annually because they are fed artificialy.
"As Prof. Bunge says: The ancients JUS
titled infanticde; we kill our babies by slow
torture Life expectancy after forty years
is diminishing. Statistics furnished by
the Provident Savings Life Insurance Com
pany of New York shows that the mortality
between forty and fifty has increased 35 per
cent. I'm thirty years; between fifty and
sixty "a per cent, and between sixty and
seventy "a per cent. This means a loss to
the country of one hundred million years
OF human life.
wartime examinations showed that half
the men between the ages of twenty
and thirty, when a man should he in his
very prime, were so far below the standard
that half of them were not only unfit for
military service at the front but incapable
of being made at by training.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
DR.. Kellogg Backs His Prediction With
Astounding Statistics Says Humanity
Must Return to Simple Life or Perish

Death robs our 100 900 900 population of
100000 people every years, 900 900 people
are sick all the time. An average of seven
days are lost from labor by sickness every
year. Cancer kills one In twenty. Chronic
maladies. such Bright's disease and heart
disease, are rapidly gaining ground. Evi-
dences Of race deterioration are multiplying
every hand"
II gather from your statistics, Doctor, that
the whole human family will die out and
utterly disappear In the near future"
Right you are" flashed the doctor
I'm France, England and Germany the
birth rate Is declining so rapidly that IL 1t
continues at its present rate century hence
not a child will be found in any of these
countries and in this country the decline OF
the birth rate, IL not so rapid, Is none the
less definite and constant.
Insanity, imbeciity and epilepsy are IN
creaslng, and II the present rate of increase
continues in less than three centuries we
will all be imbeces. lunatics, idiots or epi-
leptics
"The degeneracy in this country, if not so
great In some of the other older Euro
pean countries, is nevertheless Enthusiastically
evident. According to the figures given out
by the United States Census Bureau in
sanity idiocy and epilepsy have increased
900 per cent. in fifty years
eff this degeneracy continues at the pres
ent rate IL Is easy to see that not many
centuries will elapse before the whole race
will be permeated by this mental blight At
the present rate of increase the number Of
insane In Illinois will be 21 900 instead of
1000 to the million, or more than per cent.
in fifty years from the present time.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17
BY L. C. EDWARDSON.

Special Correspondence to THE NEW York
HERALD.
Copyright, 1921 by THE NEW York HERALD.
CHICAGO. July 16.
TIME world is slowly going mad. If the
denizens of the earth do not reverse
- their mode of living within 300 years
we will all be lunatics.
It is just half as safe to live in the United
States as in half civilized India because Of
murders.
The intellectually of the human race Is
deteriorating at an alarming rate
Smoking is killing more people every day
than are killed annually by murders and
accidents.
The imp.iso business man passes out
twenty years sooner on an average than the
farmer who is not Gagged.
These cheerful glooms based upon scien-
tific data figures and statistics come from an
interview with DR.. John Harvey Kellogg, sIi-
perintendent of Battle Creek Sanitarium. In
surgery Dr.. Kellogg has had an enviable
reputation for many years, both at home and
abroad.
In medicine DR.. Kellogg's career has In a
way been unique. AS a writer he has been
a recognized authority for a quarter of a
century on practically all subjects pertain
ing to the health and welfare of the human
race He was n pioneer in the field of hy-
giene, dietetics and scientific exercise. For
years he has been member of the Michi-
gan State Board of Heai.n. havinf been re-
appointed by severa. success we Gt yernors.
DIR. Kellogg Is a vegetarian.
The New York herald., 1921-07-17

our protein-that is, we must discard meat
and eggs il We expect to live to a ripe old
age. We must chew our food better, as
Horace Fletcher las taught us. In short
we must return to the natural, simple,
wholesome life from which the race has
departed If we hope to escape race degen-
eracy and eventually race extinction.
DR.. Kellogg is without doubt Americas
foremost exponent of rapid fire conversation.
You have one chance in a hundred to chron-
icle all his gatling gun statistics He has a
memory like fly paper for figures. One mo-
ment he Is telling you that Battle Creek
produced the first bills of fare ever based
on the calories system and before you can
make note he Is describing at great length
that the first time in history that men sat
down to q Lucullan feast that charted for
them all it's constituent calories was at a
Battle Creek banquet in honor of Professor
Bowditch of Harvard.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

s. B. Booth and Gus Beck CT of Springerville were Hol- brook visitors last Monday.
 A marriage license was issued to Wm. J. Walker of Holbrook and Polly Powell of Ft. Apache last Saturday.
 MT. Dufield, sheep man from Ft. Apache, has been around town most of the week.
 Mrs. Edward Clark of Winslow, visited with her daughter Olive last Friday evening.
 MT. and Mrs. E. P. How ell of Navajo spent a few days in Holbrook this week.
 Senator James Scott ship ped about 1700 head of sheep and 115 head of steers on Tuesday of this week.
 E. J. Marty shipped a bunch of Navajo lambs this week.
 XMAS PHOTOGRAPHS
 All those vanity photos for Xmas are requested to come at once. Here for a short time only. Studio next door to Wetzlers hardware store.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
 NATIONAL FOREST
Q NMB
Lists 3-4465.-446(

c NMB Lists 3-4465,-4466 WEM 6x Notice is hereby given that the lands described
 below, embracing 245 acres, within the Sitgreaves National Forest. Arizona, will be subject to set
 tlement and entry under the provisions of the
 homestead laws of the United States and the act
 of June H. 1906 (S4 stat, 23) at the United States
 land office at Phoenix Arizona on January 5, 1922
 Any settler who actually and in good faith
 claiming any of said lands for agricultural pur- doned same, has preference right to make
 homestead entry for the lands actually occupied
 said lands were listed upon the applications of
 the persons mentioned below, who have prefer
 ence right subject to the prior right of any such
 settler provided such settler applicant is qua-
 fled to make homestead entry and the preference right is exercised prior to January 5, 1922, on
 which date the lands will be subject to settlement and entry by any qualified person. Applications may be filed twenty days prior to the above date
 but ill not be allowed until the day set for open ing thereof. Ex-service men who served during war with Germany will also have preference right of entry for a period of sixty-three days prior to the above date. Such preference, however is subject to the superior preference of settlers prior to January l. 1906 and listees. The N15 N1@ NEA SEA, S15 Nwl5 NEA sBA, N12 Nw14 SEA, NE s12 NW14 SEA, S15 s12 NE4, sec. 36. T. Il 19 E c. & s. R. M., containing S5 acres- Listed upon the application of Lawerence H. Brewer of Pine dale Arizona. List 3-4465. The w19 sw54. sWA acres), w12 SEH Lot 3 (5.00 acres), NwA SEA | Nw54. w12 EEA sEA NwA. sec. 2 T. g N, R. 23 E., l G. & 5. R. E., containing 160 acres. Listed with out applicant The above lands comprise in- | divdual unit aud entry should be allowed only as such. List 3-4466. October3. 1921 GEO. P. WICKHAM
 Assistant commissioner of the General land office
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

A ferry across the St. Ger mans River in Cornwall, Great Britain, has been car- ried on without interruption since the twelfth century.
 Rockall, an islet in the Atlantic, 300 miles west of Scotland, is supposed to be the only remaining portion above water of a lost island.
 The sting of a bee is only about one thirty-second of an inch in length.
 Hand bombs were used in warfare as early as the 10th century.
 The origin of Freemasonry or even of it's name, cannot be traced with certainty.
 Dried figs are weight for weight, more nourishing than bread.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
XMAS PHOTOGRAPHS
DARKEN YOUR HAIR WITH A HOME
 RECIPE

This is the age when gray hair IS taboo by everyone, and men and women are seeking ways and means to keep their hair dark. have found suc- cessful formula. and I want everyone desirieus of darkening their hair to benefit by my reclpe.
 The beautiful part of my method is that you yourself know exactly just what you are putting on your hair to make it dark and to keep the gray locks from appearing. The ingre- dients are to be found in any kitchen pantry in the country. The mixture is harmless. You can make as much as you want at one time, and store it away for future use. Or you can make it each time you apply it. It is simple to make. easy to ap- ply, and above all. it is harmless.
 Send me 25 cents and I will mail you this formula in a plain envelope. Try it and be convlnc- ed. 1 am using it right today. Address Mrs. DONALDSON. Dept. 15 1216 Fourth Ave. W WI ROANOKE. VA.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

c. w. Cook of the Ada mana Company went to Jer- ome on No. l last Wednes- day.
 MT. Thiele, proprietor of the Apache Tavern, Spring erville, was in town for 8 short time this week. Busi- ness as a whole is distinctly on the up turn in the south of Apache County. Cattle buyers have been coming thick and fast, and while prices were somewhat low, as much as four and one half cents has been paid. MT. Thiele says that the visiting sportsmen have been very successful, though the local Nimrod's have not had much luck. As is the case with all Northern Arizonans, he IS very interested in the oil situation here.
 PHOTOGRAPHS
 There is a good photo grapher in town for a short time only. Next door to Wet zlers hardware store.
 MT. Donald Gilbert, an ex- pert engineer and draughts- man from Los Angeles, has arrived in Holbrook, where he will spend sometime work ing under the direction of the Taylor interests in ela- borating geological and oth- CT maps for this section of the field.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04

Over 62,O00 private wells were damaged or destroyed in France during the war.
 The first aerial timetable, consisting of nearly 100 pages, has appeared in Ger many.
 Brain trouble is due in al- most every instance to bodily illness or disturbance.
 A new form of phonetic writing in Chinese is being adopted, so complicated is the present system of writ ing that language.
The Holbrook news., 1921-11-04
Holbrook News
 Notes

MT. and Mrs. Dorsey flag CT, MT. and Mrs. Karl s. Taylor. T. c. Mills. Ben Nc Closkey and John Taylor pursued the elusive duck last Sunday. Seven ducks and one turkey fell victim to their proWess.
 Halloween passed by with out any serious casualties. Not a few worn out tires were draped over various in- congruous places, somesigns suffered, and the usual gate and fence removals marked the celebration.
 MT. D. L. Higgins has talk en over the management of the City Hotel.
 J. H. Noonan from the Department of Justice, Phoe- nix, has been assigned to duty here pending the dis posal of the case on which he is working.
 Dr. s. Earl Taylor pur- chased another Ford sedan from the Jennings Co.
 Jack Donner, the paint man is not finding any fault with business.
 The home of MT. and Mrs. w. T. Duke, of Silver Creek, was frightened on Tuesday morning by the arrival of a little daughter. Mrs. Duke is making a splendid recov- cry. Father is expected to be around in a day or so.
 MT. o. c. Brundage eX- poets that all the cattle will be cleared off the range of the Frank Brundage estate by the 18th. inst. He also stated that several attrac- tive offers had been made for the oil rights on this land.
 Wilfred Brinkerhoff IS now warehouseman for >Babbitt Bros.
 James Donohue of Navajo has been in town several days this week.
 Mrs. c. B. Lee is quite re- covered from recent illness.
 MT. and Mrs. Dorsey flag er and Ben McCloskey left For a short pleasure and business to Canyon de Chel- y last Thursday.
 We claim that we've got l the best,people in the world 1ere;; because they've the most American, the most 
 Good people, we should bel glad that we live in Arizona. md more especially that we i've in Holbrook.