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, 1922-09-20

Yet people are doing 1t right
along, and you seldom hear of any
of them killing themselves in the eff
fort.
If you have made up your mind to
do something unusual or TO be some
body of Importance, learn how to
work twice as hard as you ever did
before. That is only a first step. The
second is TO think hard. II you can
do BOTH, and keep them up long
enough, you may land, but remember
you viii have a lot of competition.
Even hard work finds plenty of men
TO believe in and practice it, and most
of them get what they are after.
90 by John Blake.)
, 1922-09-20
HARD WORK


TT is easy to sit and watch others
work. But we know of no EN-
ployer who will. pay you wages for
doing it, unless you know how to do
he work yourself, and are working
bard at the job of supervising it.
1t is easy to travel about the world
on steamships and parlor cars, very
pleasant and profitable to the man
with an inquirlng mind.
But that Is a vacation occupation,
and unless you have earned the money
to do it by hard work, you will get
little out of it.
1t is easiest of all to feel sorry for
yourself, and to think that you haven't
had a fair chance in life, and that you
would have been a big success if you
hadn't met with &c much injustice and
bad treatment.
But that will get you only unhap-
ianess, which is the least desirable
thing in all the world.
There are many things in life that
are well worth doing, but none of
them are easy.
The first-class fiction writer takes
delight in his job, but he also works
at it, harder than any man who is not
, 1922-09-20
IN SUNDERLAND

ONLY a relatively small number of
the ZOO, 000, 900 inhabitants of
this world are really mentally awake,
capable of finding their way through
the labyrinthal professional and bust
ness avenues to a place of secure in
dependence.
When the long shadows cross their
paths and they discover to their dis
may that the western sky is darken-
ing, they rub their sleepy eyes AMI
ruefully regret the years they have
misspent in cropping from pillar to
post without worthy accomplishment.
They were in Sunderland when the
church bells rang of a Sunday morn
ing they were in Sunderland when
In the brilliantly illuminated bathrooms
they danced to Turing music with fair
partners till the east was rosy, and
another day came cleaning over the
gorgeous hilltops and smiled benigply
on pale faces and broken promises.
They wasted drifting days which
drifted into wasted years.
Again and again they rubbed their
melancholy eyes and saw in their
last supine effort to reclaim them
selves that they were on the hazy
borderland of old age, with forty or
fifty wears behind them.
Sore there weto, even at that late
, 1922-09-20
ROMANCE OF WORDS
up EcuNIARY"
%. 1922. Western Newspaper union.l

IF, AFTER being promised a
''pecuniary reward" for the
performance of a certain sery-
ice. a person were to receive a
sheep, he would probably feel
that he had been deceived or
that the n who had made the
promise had gone back on his
word. But, in its primary
meaning, "pecuniary" means
relating to sheep" being taken
verbatim from the Latin pecunia
which, in turn, is derived from
pecus, sheep.
The transformation grew out
OF the custom of the Romans of
measuring q mans wealth by
the number Of sheep which
grazed over his pastures. A
man OF many Sheep was the
equivalent of Il wealthy citizen,
for sheep were valuable not only
Cor their wool but also as an
article of diet. Gradually. the
root-word pecus was heightened
10 pecunia. the equivalent of
"money" or worldly posses
sions," and It's pastoral origin
was almost completely obscured
when transplnnted into English.
Should a restaurant. therefore.
advertise a "pecuniary stew" It
would not necessarily mean that
dollar bills and gold pieces sp-
pear 10 the dish, but II would
merely be an etymologicany al
lowable synonym for tne old
standby. mutton stew"
90 by theNwhoeier syndicate IDe.p
, 1922-09-20

plete submergings of the island by the
sea- into that potent. chemical factor
phosphate of lime. Today scarcely a
rich treasure has been handed over to
the use and ingenuity of men.
Though the island was German
owned, it was British enterprise that
began the phosphate industry, and
until the war the utmost harmony ex-
listed between the British and German
employees and the German admins
tration.
This phosphate industry comprises a
settlement having many miles of cleo
trio and steam trains, telephones. cleo
trio light. fresh and salt water systems,
refrigerators, and a fine sewerage sys-
ten. There are hospitals for the
whites, the Chinese, and the natives
under European doctors and nurses.
There are great public laundries, ex-
cellent houses for married and single
5Wprkers, a public hall, attractive recre-
ation and reading rooms. and well laid
out grounds for outdoor sports. There
is, moreover, n of the most powerful
NiiCitno INSTALLATIONS IA IA WITH. anu
ships are every week bringing news
and supplies.
Nauru island, although only 33 1-3
miles south of the equator, Is one of
the healthiest spots on earth, malaria
and other tropical ailments being I'M
known. and the white community is
one of the ~jolllest and happlest of the
island world.
OF special interest are the natives of
Nauru. some 1000 in all, ruled by a
native king-a very remarkable man.
When in 1914 the British took over the
administration of this island from the
Germans, their first care was to make
the condition of the natives more salts
factory than 1t had been though they
had never been exploited blythe phos-
plate industry. Under their king,
Oweida by name, they accepted a gov
eminent having laws partly British
and partly native or tribal. They were
encouraged to clean up the island, I'M
prove the coconut plantations. and to
work for good wages In the phosphate
fields. This they have done with the
result that they are a happy and con
tented race. enjoying perfect health
and having every comfort a native peo-
pie can desire. Within the last three
months British administration has
given place to Australian, but the same
excellent regime is being maintained.
The Nauruans are noted for their
good manners, the smallest child bow
ing to n stranger with the utmost
| grace and wishing, in a greeting, every
blessing that one kind heart can de-
sire for another. The Nauru women
are accounted by many travellers the
handsomest, best-figured women in the
Pacific, and certainly in their festive
and dance dresses they show n dis
tinction in taste, and designs which is
truly remarkable. Their dances are
clever and not at all mo%notonous,
while their singing and chanting have
real melody,
Every native man and boy, and a
good many young women. possess
bicycles. and most picturesque cyclists
they make in their oconut fiber ridis.
or loin clothes. Practically every
house has a sewing machine. which Is
! put to many uses, but now that the
, 1922-09-20
Something to Think About
By F. A.

hour In life who managed to turn
about. pull themselves together and
snatch themselves from precarious
positions, but the numbers were
small, for their strokes we're light
and their old habits were strong and
hard to break.
They lacked the staying power ard
the ~fexibility of youth.
SO has wagged the world and so II
will ever wag until the crack of doom.
II you wish to pick success, plant
your orchard while in the full vigot
of life so that you may gather the
fruit and enjoy 1t while your senses
ut appreciation are still keen and
your faculties yet alert.
Make friends. but do your W dig.
cling, your own pruning and your own
Watering. If your friends scoff at your
industry, dig all the harder, think
harder and keep at your work in heat
and cold.
Seek the counsel a. those who came
here before you, your father and
mother, for they know where your
feet are likely TO slip and your judg-
ment is liable to err.
Do these things without turning
either to the right or the left and
nothing save death can stop you In
the ultimate realization of your fond
est dreams. and the fine achievements
Of which you are capable.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndieats)
, 1922-09-20

Jacques Cartier, entered the Gulf OF
st. Lawrence, and the following year
sailed up as far as the present site of
Montreal. In 1908 Champlain, a
~Frenchman, sailed up the st. Law
renee. The text year he was on the
Bay of Funday and participated in
the founding OF the first permanent
French colony In North America
Port Royal (now %Annapolls), Nova
Scotia. In 1908 Champlaln founded
Quebec. From this time until he died.
In 1895, C%hamplaln worked necessarily
to hold Canada us a French colony.
, 1922-09-20
Kant Invented the Garter

a little contribution to the history
of women's garments: The origin OF
the garter-not the round kind, but
the other variety. 1t was invented, for
his personal use, hy one of the most
illustrious German philosophers, Kant.
who had observed that the type OF
round elastic garter he had been using
to hold up his silk stockings stopped
tho circulation Of the blood. Kant set
Wis brilliant mind to work and finally
, 1922-09-20

~ J ! !; :. !: :: : ] !: =: !. 8. !: !; !; !.
N WXUWXX 1AkA thC POcctcsiOnb
~ taken from Germany
@ during the war were
k N divided Great Britain,
NV Australia, and New
\E9 Zealand were given
mandate for the adj
O ministration of Nauru
Island. a dot of land, 10 miles In cir
conference just south of the equator.
ana between the Marshall and Solo
mon Islands groups. Nauru would be
a little over 1000 miles from Java.
This diminutiye island has 5000 acres
N is famous for its valuable deposits
OF the highest grade of phosphate of
ume-a magic soil fertilizer.
Thirty years ago Nauru was an island
no one thought much about as no one
req lied the immense wealth that lay
DEEP and snug among the coral pima
cl,,s of the lo~-set hills in the center OF
the island. American whalers would
call in those days for water and pump
kirs, and the natives then got the repu-
tation of being so hospitable that the
Island was called Pleasant. After
American whaling activities ceased In
the South Pacific, few ships ever
touched at Nauru. Then came the
Germans. who took possession OF the
island and named it Nauru. But even
the Germans were not aware of the
great value OF the island.
One day n British vessel put in for
supplies of wafer. On board was an
expert in phosphate and guano. This
man. roaming about the hills, soon
formed an opinion of Nauru which was
to change 1t from an island of no con-
sequence into n veritabIe treasure
house of n of the most needed Access
series. assuring the harvests of the
agricultural world. To make a long
story a short one, In two years time
Il vast industry was organized with
every modern appliance of machinery
and every comfort and convenience for
n large scientific and clerical staff, and
hundreds of Chinese and natives from
other South Pacific islands were busily
engaged digging and blasting out in
thousands of tons every month the
precious phosphate. Ships came from
every country in the world to carry
away the wonderful fertilizer; thou
sands of tons a month grew to hun
dreds of thousands of ions a year, and
still the hills of the tiny island look
as II they have only beer scratched.
Both British and German experts have
estimated there are nearly fifty million
tons of the phosphate, and that many
generations Will come and go before
Naurn Is exhausted.
The -bounteousness of Nature is
shown In the composition of this magic
product-phosphate of lime. For years
lit is impossible to tell how many
countless numbers of sea birds were
attracted to this tiny island. where
neither man nor animal disturbed
them, and where they found the super
abundance of Ash usual to deep-sen
coral Islands. The birds subslsted on
fish and created vast deposits of guano,
rich III phosphate, which, mingling
with the coral rock rich III lime, were
transformed by natural processes, as
sisted by periodic copious rains, alter
nate droughts, and occasional and com
, 1922-09-20

AS the rosy beams of morning heralt
childhood's happy days,
And the shielding clouds Of noontidt
guard its youth from folly's ways;
So the grander clouds of evening, with
their lights and shades sublime.
Speak a broader. deeper knowledge. ant
a manhood's nobler prime;
Then the twilight of LIES seasons calml,
come and calmly go;
Happy they for whom its storm cloud
can a silver lining show.
, 1922-09-20

native dress is going out of fashion,
which is q pity-shirt n dressmak-
ing have become a part of the house
hold duties of the women indeed, the
men are often found to be quite ex-
pert tailors.
The national sport of the Nauruans
Is frigate-bird capturing. The great
est ambition of a native is to own
more of these m~opy-looking birds than
any other native of his village. The
tribal wealth of n native is estimated
by the number of well-flled roosts of
frigate birds that he can maintain;
and maintenance, 1t may be added.
means much fishing to feed the birds.
These birds, embarrassing and always
apparently asleep on the roost, are
capable of an almost human cunning
In the in which, as decoys,
they an be trained to capture other
birds. On festival Gays, whole villages
meet to contest supremacy in their de
coy birds. The king presides over the
tournament, and the roosts are set up,
that of each village by itself. When
the decoy birds are set free not a wild
mn Nah bC cttA VI ItdIu. Up SUIT
the decoys until lost to sight. Then,
presently, the air is rent by the
scream of wild birds gradually en-
tlced to the roosts with the tethered
tame birds. AS they approach the
roosts. becoming suspicious Of the men
hidden beneath them, the wild birds,
deciding that matters have gon far
enough. try TO soar away. Now the
real labor begins. With open bills and
widespread wings the decoys attack
their victims, bar their way, head
them off, c~ircling round and above
them until they are driven to the
roosts, bullied and exhausted.
At the end of the tournament a
count is made, and the village and the
villager with the largest number of
captive birds to their credit are pub
licly praised by the king. %whereupon
feasting and dancing begin.
Small as Nauru is, 1t is a very beau
tiful island. A fine road, entirely COCO
nut-palm shaded, encircles the island,
making a pleasant walking, driving
and riding space for the white inhab-
itants. In the hills are many lagoons
of great beauty, the clear waters re-
fleeing the villages, coral rocks and
palms. The natives own areas of la
goons, as they do areas of land. in
fenced-in portions of which they keep
fish for food. These fish get so tame
that they can be caught in the hand.
Nauru will always be prominent in
the South Pacific owing to it's CONNER
cial Importance, but the day win sure
iy come when regular tourist steamers
will visit this new and interesting
treasure island, and the world will
come to realize the wonders of its
phosphate industry, the charm of its
natives. and the beauties of its
scenery
The pictures shown herewith give
glimpses of life on Nauru. That on
the upper left shows natives at work
in the phosphate deposits. The upper
right reveals a view of the railway
line. The lower left shows c lagoon,
OF which an area is fenced in; in these
pens the natives keep fish brought
from the sea that they may be caught
as occasion demands. The lower right
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, 1922-09-20

devised a combination of elastic and
catgut harness attached at the top TO
his vest. Thus the hose supporter was
born. 1t is not related whether Kant
patented the contrivance or II the In
yentlon antednted the "Critique of
Pure Reason."-Le Petit Parislen
, 1922-09-20

Earliest Explorations of Canada.
Left Ericsson, a Norseman, led an
expedition from Greenland probably to
the shores of Canada, about 1000 a. ID.
John Cabot (English) visited Canada
in 1897. In 1884 q Frenchman.
, 1922-06-29
L0NGHURsT IS CHOSEN
PRESIDENT OF State
UNDERTAKERs At meet

A lively time was enjoyed BY the
men who attended the Undertakes
convention At Taermopolis Tuesday
and "Wednesday. Over SO percent OF
the undertakers OF the state were
present at this convention Thermop-
oils bowed itsel q be a real host
with a proved capacity to take nare
OF It's guests Two plunge parties,
two nne dinne- and a dance were
among the th.sgs offered-the visitors.
Tho-of1cers % the year were elect
ed and included Tom Longhurst Of
Casper. president: Todd Bowman of
Casper, secretarytreaxurer. and John
Benson OF Lander. corresponding
secretary. Mr.. Longhurst is one OF
the oldest u~ndertakera in the state
The next convention viii be held at
Casper. the-m members present ut Their
mopolts having enthusiastically ac-
cepted the invitation OF this city's del
egaton- A big time should be on
hand next year
, 1922-06-29

collected waste
poisone - all
working to-
ward absolute
relief. /
Be sure to
ask for TIN
GLErS LAxO
ASPIRIN-th the
Improved as
piriu with the
three points:
, 1922-06-29
Personal History
Blanks Mailed To
Pioneers of State

Personal history outline blanks-haye
recently been issued by the state his
torieai department and are being sent
to pioneer and other prominent men
and women throughout the state.
The blantz- properly fined out. WIN
give complete historical outlines OF in
dtvfduals and, together with photo
graphs and other materials pertaining
TO -neir life activities fled in the de-
partmeut, viii make an Invaluable
foundation for future research work
ers Ind historians.
While an effort VIII be made to
each an who-should have them. the
blanks may b. secured by request at
the department by those who-are will
ing to cooperate in compiling and
contributing to this essential feature
Of historical data
, 1922-06-29

head officials OF b Standard viii
stll be willing TO permit the city to
have h right OF way after the modk
fcatons have been made is not known
yet. but a speedy settlement OF the
question is expected
Mr.. HaFens acting for the Commun-
ity Extension corporation presented
n contract in which the city was to
be held responsible for the replacing
OF any ground torn up in the main
taimnE OF their pipeline. Councilman
keefo showed where the city by this
clause would nave TO replace a tree
or garden. in tact anything that might
be damaged
II was finally agreed to insert a
clause freeing the city from any re-
sponsihihy for trees, s~hrubbery
fences or buildings. This was accept
cd as satisfactory by r II. lndrus,
representative CT tho Standard and by
Mr.. Hagcns. but final approval by the
heads OF tho company has not yet been
received
The aEht-of-way mentioned is for
h pipe lines from the city pumping
station to the different water mains.
The city viii furnish water to the
new addition 90 Casper. inasInuch as
that tract wall eventually become
within the city limits.
Grading OF the streets in the por-
ton OF this territory not covered by
h fair grounds wiz be undertaken
immediately. The present ownors OF
n ground. h Extension corporation
and tho Standard. have asked tho city
TO provide markers for the street cor
ners 30 that the streets can be graded
and laid out according to specifica.
ions. This is in tho nature Of a trade
for he ~right-of-wRy given the city.
The council decided to accept the task
cf marking the strets, which will be
Eone through with Immediately.
At the meeting last night 1t was
5orcibly brought out that there are
many holes In Casper's pavements. A
motion was carried to demand i'm
mediate r~eparation OF these unsightly.
uncomfortable, and in some cases de
cidedly dangerous areas BY the War
rem Construction company. They will
probably be repairCdsins tho near fu.
fure.
Bids for laying an the sidewalks to
be laid in Casper this year were pre-
scented from n. w. Rafferty,. u. S.
Miller. and ]. B. Striker. A special
meeting of the council mas been called
for this afternoon at 1870 to decide
the letting of this contract.
A number OF the business clubs of
the city will conduct a doughnut sale
next Saturday for the purpose Of as
sisting the Salvation Army in its
Permission to stage such a sale
the streets was granted by the
council.
, 1922-06-29
Fremont Sheriff Is
Harness Race Fan

A Joint harness race meet between
Lander. Douglas and Casper is not an
im~possfbiltty sometime this sumner.
II he plans OF Sheriff w s. Burch
OF Lander materiaiize. Sheriff Burch
Is low in Casper to Interest others in
the project, and 20 look over ground
in Casper suitable for holding the
Sheriff Burch is the owner OF
a large string Of excellent harness
racers. and has only just purchased
"slverstone." a widely known PAGER.
, 1922-06-29
TO SOUTHERN
ENTRANCE OF PARK IS
IMPROVING, NOT PERFECT

The condition OF ths Rocky Noun
tain highway leading from Riverton
and Lander TO Brooks lake and the
southern entrance to Yellowstone
park was found to DO improving rapid
" by c. II. Bowman Of the state
hiEhway department and Charles B.
Stafford. secretary II the Casper
chamber Of commerce, who returned
this morning from a motor trip as
Tar rs Brooks lake. AT many points
along the road IN tho higher altitude
snow is banked high. It was found,
and IT is melting fast The road itself
was clear as far as Brooks lake and
only recently II was blocked by snow.
, 1922-06-29

Construction % the hote1 AZ Books
Lake has been started and the side
walls are going up.
Within the next W weeks. e wealth
er conditions continue favorable, trav-
el over Z highway viii be recon-
mended by Information bureaus Of this
locality The big park autos VIII go
through from Lander on July !, Il
Il planned. and regular service viii be
maintained thereafter.
, 1922-06-29
FILM FEATURE At HUB
IS FULL OF THRILLS

Moving picture history Is made in
The Trap" TO DO presented at h
Hub theater today. Friday. Saturday
and Sunday. Lon CLANCY. featured
player Of THE Penalty" and -out-
side the law" achieves stardom. end
Stanley Cocktails proves his right to
be termed the greatest child dramatic
star in pictures today. Gripping in
its Intensity. replete with thrills from
, 1922-06-29

iy human and each and every role Is
admirably portrayed This latest
UniversaI-Je~el was directed by Rob
Thornby.
, 1922-06-29

start 10 finish. The Trap Is h type
OF picture that VIII live long In yoar
memory The characters are intens>-
, 1922-06-29

A farm colony project Is under con
sideration by the Swedish government
as a possible solution o. tho probIe1
Of the unemployed.
, 1922-06-29
RIGHT-OF- WAY FOR CITY WATER
LINE IS OFFERED To COUNCIL
Provisions Pending for Extending Service Across
Community Corporation Holdings South of
Casper, Other Council Proceedings

A 12foot right-of-way Tor a water line through the acre
age southwest of the city owned by the Community Extern
sion corporation and the Standard was offered to Casper in
open council meeting last night by a contract presented bv
G. r. Hagens, and the council decided to accept the contract
with slight notifications. Whether the corporation and The
, 1922-06-29

Mrs F1rmin's COMMITTEES Of the
Presbyterian aid win hive a bake sale
at the Rtalto Fruit store. Saturday
l. 6-s9-1ts
, 1922-06-29
"A REMEDY
COMPLETE

Many people wrorgfuliy be.
neve they IA further the work
OF ordinary uspirin by taking
with 10 quinins. or saftn
of one kind or another.
This Is a mistake. They rob
me aspirin OF much OF its Ell
cheney.
II IS true q laxative II Gee
lsary. but should only be taken
IN 4 definitely prepared. scien-
tnho combination such as in
tTINGLE'5 LAXO ASPIRIN.
Here science has hslpfurfY
eonbined genuine aspirin with .
digestnnt and laxative
The nrst relieves -oonEenr.on
ara pain. tho second preventa
disturbance of tho stomach. and
the third cleanses-tho system OF