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Georgia, A; Kentucky, L; Maryland,
4; Massachusetts, 2; Mississippi. L;
New Jersey, L; New York, 8; North
Carolina. 2; Ohio. 2; South Carolina.
3; Tennessee, 2; Virginia. Is. One
was a midshipman on the U. S. S. Con-
stitution; one q seaman on the U. S. 5.
Comet n a private in the U. S. Ar
tillery; one a seaman on the U. S. S.
President; one a private in the Sew
enth U. S. infantry.
These widows now live in 81 states,
10 of which were not in existence
when their husbands fought for the
Flag.
The baby" of the number. only six
ty-two, and the youngest by IL years,
Is Mrs. Arminia l. Anderson of Cedar
Grove, Ga, the widow of Musician
Robert Anderson of the South Caro-
lima militia.
Several of these 1872 Widows
are sprightly old ladies. Mrs. Matilda
Showacre of New Market. Md, one
hundred and N years, the widow of
Private Showacre of the Maryland
Militia, reads her Bible and newspa-
per every day, n goes about the
house and climbs stairs with a cane.
She has 2 children, Is grandchildren,
and Is great-grandchildren.
There are 70 veterans of the Next
can war on Uncle Sans pension rolls.
What history these old fighting men
nave seen! They fought in a war
when all the Union stood together. saw
~ tnnly nort in a, Nc vuhap Tho Narth
and South fought each other, and in
two later wars saw a reunited nation
again battling under the Stars and
Stripes against a foreign foe. Memo
ries of nearly all the brilliant sue
cesses of the Mexican war are recalled
by this roll-vera Cruz, Matamoras,
Monterey. Palo Alta. Chapultepec,
Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo. Contreras,
Churubusco. d
OF these Mexican veterans all are
ninety or over. except two, and they
are past eighty-nine. The oldest of
them, William Roddeto Of Cross
Plains, Tenn, of the Third Tennessee
volunteers, is nearing his one hundred
and second birthday, another has
passed his nInety-eighth milepost,
seven have celebrated their ninety-sev-
enth anniversary, five are more than
n~inety-six. another six are n~inety-five,
sixteen have sec ~ninety-four sum.
mers come and go, and there are fif-
teen in the ninety-three-year class,
seven are more than ninety-two and
eight have passed the n%lnety-first mile
stone. The other five are all nearing
the ninety-first mark.
These veterans-more's the pity! -
will not be with us long. Already their
average age is ninety-three and one
half years-more then IL years above
the average & of the 1872 Widows
which is a little owe e~lghty-live.
Those who have passed the ninety
three and one-half year average are:
Abney, George H., Clay. Miss, 81,
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Bandit Amused Child
AS Pals Rob Father

With her father and his clerk
bound and gagged nearby, three
year-old Sarah Auster laughed
merrily as one bandit played
with her while three others
rifed her daddy's jewelry store
in New York city. She gave
up the game reluctantly when
the quartet fled with several
thousand dollars worth of loot.
The little girl watched with
interest while the bandits bound
and gagged her father and his
clerk. Then. twirling his watch.
one robber said: "You come
and play with me. kiddie." and
she did so until the job had
been completed and the robbers
had left with their loot.
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woman,s Love Fails to In.

Denver, Colo. John Randolph,
thief. whose wife said she was for
merly Miss Elizabeth Calhoun, a
graduate of the University of Chicago
and daughter of Mrs, c. w. Dawson,
wealthy resident of K%ankakee, ILL.,,
was sentenced the other day by Dis
trlct Judge Butler to serve from five
TO nine years in the p~enitentiary. Mrs.
Randolph declared she married Ran
dolph to reform him after her mother,
Mrs. Dawson, had secured his ~relense
from the Missouri state penitentiary.
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Green Mountain Boys

The Green-Mountain Boys were a
band of Vermont settlers, organized
in 1878. under the leadership of
Ethan Allen, Seth Baker and others,
for the purpose of protecting them
selves against the attempts of the
governor of New York to drive them
from their lands and take possession
Of their territory. on the ground that
it belonged to New York, under the
charter granted by Charles II. During
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some of this class was hat of draw
ing their semi-monthly pay.
The efficiency and economy pro-
gram has done much to speed up work.
and to eliminate waste time and
waste motion. Under reorganization
plans government workers do not find
idleness such a joy as in the days of
old.
This has come through the program
of reducing the bureaus to normal
strength. 1t has meant n lot of trim
ming in personnel. Still a lot more
will be done before peace time basis
is reached.
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Hen slaxs a

Barbourville. Ky.-A singular com
bat was staged at the home OF Charles
Smith here, when a rft, trying to
capture the chicks of a bantam hen.
attacked them. The hen Immediately
went TO the rescue and all that was
to be seer was tbs %feathered bantam
covering the rat and pecking vic.
lently ut the intruder. The rat PM
up a Lard fight, but the huntnin pecked
ont Its eyes and then proceeded Ia
kill 1t.
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discussion over bonus
legislation continually
brings them to the fore. Republics
are popularity said to be ~ungratefui'
They may be, but the United States
pensions are a tremendously big thing.
According to the figures at the END
of the 1921 fiscal year the following
pensioners were on Uncle Sans rolls
Wa of 1872, widows. "a.
War with Mexico (1s47), soldiers
widows, ct al, 2,135.
Indian wars, soldiers, widows, ct al.
1854.
War with Spain (1S9s), soldiers,
widows. ct al, 31,066.
Civil war, soldiers, widows, ct al.
21s.775.
World war, soldiers, widows, ct al
80.
Regular establishment, soldiers, wild.
ows, ct al, 4,0S1.
BY classes, the pensioners are:
Soldiers, 267.629; widows, 290,955
minors, 2,163; helpless children, 919
other dependents, 4,2S5; nurses. 1O2
total of all classes, 566,053.
The total paid as pensions from 1856
to 1921 is S5,993 ,Os6. ia.
The largest number of pensioners on
the rolls was 994,446 in 1902.
The largest number of Civil war SOL
diers on the roll was 1882 in 1898.
The deaths in this division in 1921
were: Soldiers. PATIO; widows, 49,
451.
Forty-nine widows of soldiers who
fought in the War of 1912 are still
alive-or were on Memorial day. 1922.
This is one of the many astonishing
and interesting facts brought out by
examination of the pension rolls. They
are very old, these widows, and In the
course of human events will not much
longer be Uncle Sans pensioners.
There were II in 1920 and "a in 1921.
And now there are 40. The oldest is
one hundred and four and the young
est is sixty two. Three are centena-
rians: eight are over ninety; % are
octogenarians; the remainder. witt
che exception. are over seventy.
Mrs. Elizabeth Riggles Tyler, 102 South
Cary street, Baltimore, Nd, is the old
est of this remarkable body of women.
She is the widow of Private George
w. Tyler of the Maryland militia. In
the War of 1872 he was a seaman
On one of the ships that participated
in the battle of Fort McHenry, which
inspired Francis Scott Key to write
1.-THE Star-Spangled Banner" In the
forties and ffties Tyler was the skip
per of famous American clipper ships.
He died in 1862, the commander of a
Union supply ship, having thus served
his country in two wars.
The husbands of these 1872 wild
ows" served in the milltias of 10
states, as follows: Connecticut, /;
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the government is building artificial
lakes to store water for the hydro
electric plants in the Sila plateau.
This part of the country being dry,
irrigation and cot draining is the
problem, and the government has Of
fered to help local irrigation censor
tiums by paying one-third of the cost
of irrigation projects of benefit to the
whole country.
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South Carolina Volunteers. the Pal
metto Regiment.
Ballard, Thomas T., st. Joseph KY,
"a, Fourth Kentucky Volunteers.
Bartleson. Augustus c., Muskogee.
Okla, 81, Second Illinois Volunteers.
Basket. james p, Onaga, Kan. 81,
First Missouri Mounted Volunteers.
Benson, William ", Los Angeles, 90,
Second Illinois Infantry.
Boyd. James F. Dinuba, Cal. 95,
First Arkansas Cavalry.
Brown, Calvin NJ, Ina, ILL.,, "a, Sec
ond Illinois Foot Volunteers.
Brown, James N, Concord, N. c.,
"a, First North Carolina Volunteers.
Buckner, William f., Camden, N.
j., "a, Second Missouri Mounted Vol
unteers.
Grandeur, Urban, San Francisco,
9S, Tenth United States Infantry.
Choate, Gabriel, Field Creek, Texas,
90, Texas Rangers.
Clark, Amos, Bandera, Texas. 90,
Third United States Infantry.
Davis, William X, Admiral, Texas,
"a, First Virginia Volunteers.
Flowers, Levy, Glencoe, Okla. SO,
Second Missouri Mounted Infantry.
Genovely, Alfred, Louisville, KY, 81,
Sixteenth United States Infantry.
Gillian, William W. Blandinsville,
H., 90, Gray's Battalion. Arkansas
Volunteers.
Gender, DAME, Rirpey. Iowa, 96.
Second Ohio Volunteers.
Hardy, John A, Flat Rock, H., "a,
Third Ohio Volunteers.
Harrod, James, Los Angeles, "a,
First United States Artillery.
Jordan, Enoch G., Chapman, Kan.
81. First Louisiana Volunteers.
Kirk, Thomas A., Milano. Texas, 96,
Texas Mounted Volunteers.
Mcclure, William, Balton. Ont, 81,
New York Volunteers.
Madara, Peter B., Reading, Pa, 81,
Second Pennsylvania Infantry.
Mitchell. James, Princeton, KY, 90.
Fourth Kentucky Infantry.
Read. John, Perry. H., 95, Four.
tenth United States Infantry.
Repseto. William, Cross Plains.
Tenn, 1O1. Third Tennessee volun.
teers.
Shlrk, James w, vonore, Tenn, %,
Fifth Tennessee Volunteers.
Slough, Oliver j., San Diego. Cal.
"a. Third Ohio Infantry.
Thompson. Calvin r., Smithshire,
ILL.,, 90, Second Indiana Infantry.
Truesdale, Matthew c., Kempner,
Texas, 81, First Tennessee Volunteers.
Wedig, John, Granite City, H., 90,
First United States Dragons.
Williams, Isaiah H., Jr., Stafford,
Kan. 81, First Iowa Volunteers.
Wise. Josephus C., Ladonia, Texas,
81, Third Tennessee Volunteers.
Wright, Charles, Ionia, Mo, o.,
First Missouri Mounted Volunteers.
These Mexican veterans and their
comrades won n war which fixed the
boundary of Texas at the Rio Grande
and gave US the region now occupied
by California, Nevada. most of Arl-
zonn, New Mexico, Utah and a part Of
Colorado.
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Why Docs Water Rise to Tree Top7
One Of the most puzzling questions
in botany is, "Why or how does wa
ter rise TO the top OF a .ree?" vari-
Gus explanations OF the phenomenon
have been proposed, but none is re-
garded as altogether satisfactory. one
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the Revolutionary war the Green
Mountain Boys, 300 in number. led by
Ethan Allen. rendered great service
In securing the passes into Canada,
and thus preventing the British
troops from o%verrunning Vermont.
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II WIduws nF IhIZ
Veterans uF IH4H
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

SANS pension
rolls are naturally
brought to mind by the
days that the nation has
observed for 1922-Lin-
coins birthday. Memo
rial day, Flag day and
the Fourth of July. And
discussion over bonus
legislation continually
The Owosso times., 1922-01-27
SADNESS IN AMERICAN FACE
Peculiarly Almost Invariably Com.
mented On by Visitors Hero
From Other Nations.

We are sad race at best, II the
views of observant foreigners are to
be accepted at par. Every time
stranger from strange land comes
to America with sufficient reputation
In one field or another to warrant an
Interview, something like this occurs
What Is the thing that strikes you
most forcibly regarding Americans,
professOr?" asks a chorus of ship
news reporters.
The extreme seriousness Of mien,
the fixed expression of gravity, their
sad look" responds the interviewed
one.
Not once in a year, but hundred
times, this response greets the ques-
TONERS. There must be something
back Of it.
Here in America, creditor of all the
world, Of wealth q plethora, of re-
sources no limit, of power proved In
peace and war, cock o. the walk, I'M
fettered In any political sense, with
the freedom to worship God' as the
individual may please guaranteed un-
der the Constitution, and yet char
acterized by the visage of sorrow!
They tell us this so frequently,
these citizens of the older and al
legged unhappier world, that there
must be truth In 1t. But. why?
The man Of liberal views" In mat
ters of self-controi will tell you that
it Is the puritanical element which
furnishes the air of sadness to whole
people; the placldly pious will assert
that 1t Is the strained expression of
the pleasure-seekers scared with the
earmarks of indulgence; the poor will
tell you that it is the rich distorting
their countenances in agony over
their effort to grasp yet more Of
worldly riches, and the well-to-do will
say that 1t is the poor but ambitious
expressing in scowl their unrequited
yearning for what they have not.
The old adage says: zone may
smile and smile and be a villain" But
why can one not smile and smile and
be an merican?-BaltimOre Ameri-
PaD
The Owosso times., 1922-01-27

Railroad men suffered a reduc-
tion in wages last July of IL per
cent, which means about four hun
dred million dollars in money
and as yet there has been no
noticeable reduction in freight
rates. 1t was understood by the
men that a reduction of freight
rate would be made when re-
duction in wages was made and
now 1t seems high time that meas
ures are taken which will torce
the issue.
The Michigan Traffic league has
undertaken the task of a reduc-
ton and readjustment of freight
rates and has compiled some sta
tistics which are damaging evil
dence against the railroads. They
are backed by the majority of
people who ship by freight.
Whether you ship to and from
Michigan points exclusively, or to
and from points in other states,
you will be substantially benefited
If the Michigan Traffic league Is
successful in it's undertaking.
Michigan rates. interstate and
intrastate, are higher than those
of any other state east of the Mis-
sissippi river and north Of the
Ohio river.
All Michigan rates are based
upon distance scales, and there
are six scales now in force in the
lower peninsula, each scale being
progressively higher as the dis
tance from the Michigan-O hio-
Indiana state line increases.
Joint through rates apply be-
tween upper peninsula points and
points in other states, but sub
stantially higher combination rates
apply between upper peninsula
points and lower peninsula points.
Michigan rates, constructed ac-
cording to the several distance
scales. are applied via devious
routes instead Of the shortest di-
rect routes, and greatly inflated
mileages are generally used.
The Owosso times., 1922-01-27
The Stored-up Sunshine of Other Ages Is Handed
Down Heritage to Modern
Civilization
Civilization
(Toid In Eight Sketches)
BY JOHN RAYMOND
No. vi
PREHISTORIC SUNSHINE

Coal may we'll be described as pre-
historic sunshine. Ages before the
dawn of our own era vast forests COW
cred large portions Of the earth's sur
face. IN this ancient vegetation were
stored up the treasures OF nature and
after the lapse of ages it became the
heritage of civilization.
For centuries after it came into use
coal was looked upon as valuable only
as fuel. Later coke was obtained from
it, then sulphur and lampblack, and
finally gas for purposes of illumination.
That seemed to be the limit of its pos
sibilties few years ago but today it
would be difficult to enumerate all the
articles of commerce extracted from
its by-products.
Coal contains a little of everything
that goes to make up trees but it
would be mistake to imagine that
everything that comes out of coal tar
is contained within it. While there are
only about a dozen primary products
extracted from coal tar, from these the
chemist is able to develop hundreds Of
thousands of new substances. This is
synthetic chemistry, or the process of
building up intricate compounds step
by step.
Raw material for the development Of
these coal tar by-products-war mate
rials, fertilizers, colors, drugs and a
host Of other things--exists in abund-
ance in this country, but we must be
sufficiently interested in our future
The Owosso times., 1922-01-27

lake, tor instance, textiles, leather,
paper and paint.
New wonders are constantly being
discovered in coal tar. Recently
French scientist succeeded in produc-
ing several small but perfect diamonds
and synthetic rubies have been on the
market for some time. Instead of
sending traders on perilous quests to
the four corners Of the world for
needed things man may now stay at
home and trust TO the chemists to pro-
duce every necessity and most of the
luxuries. No longer need we be de-
pendent upon the potash deposits OF
Germany if we make our own fertili
Zers. Far off rubber trees are not so
important if we manufacture our own
rubber in the laboratory.
Brigadier-G General Amos A. Fries.
Chief of the Chemical Warfare Ser
vice, u. S. A., in recent paper said:
What thrill it must have given the
German himself when he realized the
almost limitless power the control OF
the dye industry would give him when
waging war. He felt that with that
control he could win in a war against
the whole world. And few indeed are
they who know just how close Ger
many came to winning that war. The
lesson which that bit of history teaches
us is to make ourselves masters Of the
chemical industry in all its ramihca-
tions, resting secure in the knowledge
that If we do so no power on earth can
overcome us for lack of war materials"
merican Business, New York)
The Owosso times., 1922-01-27

/ n d c p endence to
save it. We can
not go on indeh-
nately wasting bill
lions of d ollars'
worth of this inval-
liable substance if
in future years we
hope to stand on an
even footing with
those nations that
long have recog-
nized its value.
The development
of these products
and CO m p o II n d S
The Owosso times., 1922-01-27

goes back to the
color in d ustry.
This is not a large
business in itself
but it certainly is a
strategic one be-
cause American in
dustries employing
more than two mil
lion workers and
producing approxi-
mately three billion
dollars worth of
products every year
are directly dcpen-
dent upon dyes.
ToLa for ;pctapca
The Owosso times., 1922-01-27
Ma Show Men & Women

,o~ ~ make $40 10 sioo weekly. year srouaa.
,mnzlng opportunity for large income. Why waste
time working for otherst Use yonr tpare time at
nome and gam financial independence NocanvHssing.
Be your own master Write to-day. urvsrssi saoasss
Co.. Dept. A. No. 70 Fifth Ave. New YOrk City.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-25
INTERESTING BIT OF
 EARLY ARIZONA HISTORY

Countless ruins of prehistoric cul- ture still exist in Arizona, including old irrigation canals. And the Indian pueblos of today are the most remark able in the United States. Friar Mar cos de Niza was the first Spaniard to enter the limits of this state. He crossed the southeastern corner in 1539. In 1540 he conducted Corona do over the same route. One of Cor onado's captains visited the Hopi and another reached the Grand Canyon. Early in the seventeenth century con- siderable progress was made in Chris tianizing the Hopis. In 1880 came the great Pueblo revolt. The Hopis have ever since remained an indepen- dent tribe; they have the privilege of voting and their women are said to be the original American, suffargettes. The Indian reservations comprise IT, 6S6,O00 acres, occupied by 41,505 In- dians.
 American traders and explorers penetrated this region early in the
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-25
NORMAL NOTES
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 The geology class of the university summer school went to Crater Lake on Saturday to study subjects of in- terest to the students.
 Summer school closed yesterday, and the regular fall session will be- gin on September 2.
 Dr. l.. B. McMullen returned to Flagstaff on Monday morning, after flying trip to Denver, Chicago, Des Moines and Indianapolis, travelling so fast that the railroad strike could not catch up with him.
 The students of the university sum- mer session, who attended the assem- ply in the auditorium on Thursday evening were entertained with vocal numbers by R. R. Larkin, accompan- jed by Miss Margaret Walsh on the piano and by c. F. Keuzenkamp on the cello.
 Prof. and Mrs. H. L. Eby and daughter, Constance, accompanied by Prof. Burkhard, went to the Grand Canyon last weekend.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-25
II BILLION LETTERS SENT
 THROUGH MAILS LAST YEAR

Every citizen of the United States would have received 112 letters last year if the aggregate letter mail which passed through the hands of the postoffice department was divided on per capita basis.
 A statistician in the department has estimated that 11,335 ,000,00 letters went through the mails last year. Comparing this total with postal rec ords of foreign countries, the depart ment's expert announced that Great Britain had "per capita exchange" of 84; Germany, 25, and Italy, "A.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-25

nineteenth century. Arizona became a territory in 1868 and state in 1910. The capital is Phoenix. Other important cities are Prescott, Flag staff, Jerome, Bisbee, Douglas, Tenn pc and Tucson. The name, originally Arizonas, signifies "small springs" or flew springs" and was given to a little Papago settlement near Nogales. The official flower is the saguaro cactus blossom and the motto is: "God enriches." Population 333, ,227.
The Coconino sun., 1922-08-25
TRY THIS

Waiter, here's half crown for you.
 Thank you, sir. Did you wish to reserve a table?
 No. In few minutes shall come in with two ladies, and I want you to tell us that every table is engaged.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-01
WHEAT IN DECLINE ON
WINDY CITY MARKET

CHICAGO, Aug. 31.-(By A. P.)-
Wheat values held within relatively
narrow limits early but toward the
close the end of the month liquida-
tiQn in the Septem Der delivery car
ried deliveries down grade. Septem-
Der breaking below a dollar for the
first time in a number of days. The
finish showed a net loss of Is 10
1 is with September 90 Ii to SO
3-S and December 101 10 101 3-S.
corn was IA off to SIS up: oats were
down Is to rs and provisions un-
changed to II - higher.
Fluctuations We're rapid in wheat.
The deferred deliveries showed con-
siderable resistance TO selling pres
sure and there was rather persist
ent buying on the decline Heavy
selling of Chicago Deem Der against
purchases OF Winnipeg December in
the way OF back spreading took
place. Liverpool showed consider
able strength and closed higher IN
face Of reports of an indifferent
demand from Germany. Northwest
receipts showed an increase. while IN
the winter wheat section the move
ment IS only fair because OF the
scarcity Of cars
While scattered liquidation in
September corn was the rule most
OF the day. the undertone OF the
market was firm.
Oats held within narrow limits
with persistent buying Of Septem-
Der and selling of Decem Der by
commission houses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-01
W(man'S Ills Make Unhappy
Home.

There is no question but what the
ills of women conspire against do
nestle harmony. The husband can
not understand these troubles and
the physician finds it hard TO cure
them; therefore the Overworked
wife and mother continues 20 drag
around day in and day out with
headaches and backache fretful and
nervous.
Such women should be guided by
the experience Of women whose let
ters we are continually publishing
in this paper. Many Of them declare
that they have been restored to
health. strength and consequent
happiness by Lydia z. Pinkham' 5
Vegetable Compound after doctors
and all other medicines had failed
10 help them. 1t will surely pay
women who suffer from such all
ments 10 try it.-Adv.