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bowed official decorum and surrendered
that almost Oriental in its dignity
Then the show that he wasn't brought
and other rude implements of Diet aaamed Uncle who saaamed
him back like the Grand Llama Of Tibet
After the salaamng Uncle tapped the intruder with
delicate chunk table which entitled Uncle
another dance with Aunt who having tough time keeping
STEP could nothing jig while stranger
eccentric acrobat and throwing Aue through and
windows
right the Of dreamy Austrian
visiting delegate Uncle again with complete handful
Of paperweighs and nkwel Uncle tapped him back with both
hands and the countered fashonaby with blackjack
All during the tapping Aunte wasn't losing STEP When
The Washington times., 1922-03-26

against the National Woman's
Party amendment" The article
in which Mrs. Mccormick was
quoted saying cutting things
about the National Woman's
Party and individual members of
IL also inferred that Mrs. Nc
Cormick was peeved with the
President for consenting to help
in the dedication Of the new
quarters Of the party on Capitol
Hill.
Miss Ethel Smith. who Is now
. leader of the National Wm-
ans Trade Union League. the
association most active in oppos-
ing the Woman's Party bill. was
closely associated with Mrs.
Mccormick In tho suffrage
fight and was employed to
handle tho business Of Mrs.
McCormick's Washington office.
The Baltimore branch Of the
Trade Union League has repudi-
ated tho stand Of the national
organization and In resolutions
scored the Maryland laws re-
garding women ~ comparable
to those Of chattol slavsry
days" and passed . resolution
The Washington times., 1922-03-26
THE FAMILY ALBUM

EfV/ES, that's Uncle Auntie who is
standing up. They that If two people live long
enough together they get look like other But
you could always tell Uncle and Aunte apart No matter
them in street place. Aunte would be
who standing
They each other strawberry festival their home
think 1t New Braunfes That a where
half Of the population foreigners and the other half hro
practices.
Uncle and Auntie met at this festival where dance
going New Braunfes of those where they
have streets days. Uncle politician and he
asked Congress for appropriation of million dollars to
the streets Congress refused So Uncle passed another
bill asking million dollars he could dig the
streets foot deeper and make them navgab for
That refused too So Uncle said he washed
politics He left Congress flat and said he would drken
their visitors gallery again.
You what is The fellows and girls dance
the band music If fellow dance with another
fellows girl he would and him gently the shoulder
boy who tapped would have give his girl up Now
there who dancing with Aune, who
married Uncle that tme but hasn't been fortunate
since.
Uncle tapped the stranger lightly and started to dance with
stranger stepped aside Uncle hadn't
the old dayUnce hadn't than goods steps
in when the tapped Uncle Now that made Uncle mad
His celuod collar turned two shades brighter in
The Washington times., 1922-03-26

TOHN IRVINE PUMPHRY NORFOLK HOMEWOOD
q SMITH had more names than the New York tele-
phone directory.
He was the town dumbbe. He married the village
belle They well mated couple of run down
heels.
Her maiden label was Sally Bluefied Ginghamton
The Washington times., 1922-03-26

Ultimately the coroner decided to give him decent
burial in the Potters field They rolled his body
two or three times to make sure he dead, when
suddenly he up and snapped at the undertakers
assistant.
Meanwhile the wife had collected his insurance and
spent it all for perfume, cosmetics and clothes to make
her look like somebody.
The Washington times., 1922-03-26
BY DAMON RUNYON

explosion and all sudden the Grandpap
Mugg holding both hands behind him. and running like all git
that my Grandpap Mugg makes the mistake of not
telling Grandmaw Mugg that he Unhappy Higgins ghost
he doing the bell ringing and thing and another
The Washington times., 1922-03-26

VY7HEN young squirt back old home out West
w there rich old around there by the of
Unhappy Higgins who is well known to and all
He is called Unhappy Higgins because he always
sad look Of there being something the with him
inside Of him. Some citizens Is
The Washington times., 1922-03-26
By KIRK MILLER

The guests in the front pews cheered themselves
sensible. 49,.
1t was fight to decision
The more they appauded, the more she pummeled
The Washington times., 1922-03-26

Spool, and they kept their money in joint bank
account, which made it very tough to spend.
When you hooked up those two aliases on the
promssory note the whole financial firmamemt trem-
bled loose from it's hinges.
The Washington times., 1922-03-26

bowed to official decorum and surrendered Aune with
that almost Oriental in its dignity
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
ONE BAD PARROT
Said to Have Corrupted Morals
OF Ninety and Nine.
That Number Of Innocent, Pure. Minded
PolIys Converted Into One Hun
dred Per Cent "cussers.r

When the Booth liner Justin left
Manaos, Brazil, far up the Amazon
river there were ON board ninety nine
green and unsophistlcated parrots and
Jack OBrien, who also is green.
When the ship reached Pier 8, Bush
terminal Brooklyn. 100 green parrots
were In the cargo. There also we're
eighty-seven shocked passengers and
u crew which habIJualy wore cotton
In its individual ears, couyerscd 10y
signs and jumped ncrvously at irregu-
lar intervals II was all blamed ON
Jack OBricn, who until this voyage
was one of the most popular seamen
who ever accepted a biscuit and finger
at one and precisely the same time.
one parrot with gin for Ian
guage and II sOciable nature, it was
admitted, will tighten the leisure
hours Of sailormen not given to pedan
try In speech. But when you multiply
that parrot by ninety-nine and then
turn them loose, the result is--the
Booth liner Justin, as she appeared
when She reached Brooklyn.
Jack established his primary school
courses soon after the ship left Manaos
Every parrot In the place wus doing
postgraduate work In profanity with
single-Souled devotion when the
ship arrived IN port one Of the worst
features of tie thing was that when
the parrots once got smack Of the
sea they stood watch all the way, so
that night wus precisely as hideous
as day and day was equally as ruucous
as night.
For Il time the crew fought. Then
the men learned that "cussing OUT
parrot is as futile as bawling out
recording phonograph. Little green
parrot addressed would sit silently at
attention on his perch. head cooked
and beady eyes fixed on the orator
Nothing could he more gratifying than
the concentration displayed.
Then, instead of saying: you're
another! as any real gentleman
would do, the parrot would begin at
his primary schooling and mount
rapidly through high school and col
lege work, ending crescendo in
caricatured but emphatic version OF
the orators best efforts. 1t got so
that when an officer desired to tell
sailor to do something or go some
where he would whisper II, lest the 21
parrots on duty command the officer
to go and do lilwlse, with amend.
ments.
The bird-store man who was to
receive the consignment got an earful
Of parrot talk on board and immedi-
ately announced that he was supply
ing the birds to ladies' aud not to
sporting clubs, and that all was over
between him and the ninety and nine.
They may have to go back, It is noised
about
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
PROTECTING HANDBAGS.

Women suffer for lack Of pockets.
Commonly they carry money I'm their
HANDBAGS, a practice so well known to
thieves that the grabbing OF handbags
on the street is az everyday occur
renee. Joseph Costello Of New York
city has scheme for preventing this
sort Of highway robbery. He has pat
ented little contrivance which is sim
pie enough. looking somewhat like a
spool, and attachable to the cord or
strap Of the handbag In such a way
as to hind loop Of il around the
lady's wrist. The loop thus provided
Is not large enough to pass over the
hand and so the bag cannot easily he
separated from It's owner. The spool
like device Is In two parts which screw
into ench other. the cord of the handbag
passing In at the top and out through
the sides of the spool. All that is nee
essary Is to pull the cord far enough
through the spool to make the loop Of
proper size. after passing 1t over the
hand, and then to screw the lower part
into the upper part Of the spool. This
clinches the cord and makes II fast.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
The Earth is His Plpe.e Bowl.

"Daggs" smoking is the African
equivalent to the opium habit OF Chi
ma. II is under the ban. but some of
the native addlcts manage to indulge
themselves. Daggs Ia an herb, and In
order to smoke II the victim makes
two holes In the earth. connected by a
passage between them at the lower
part. One is filed with leaves and
lighted and then covered with layer
of clay. A reed is introduced through
the underground passage, and this is
then sealed with a wad Of clay. and
the native consumes the smoke with
water. Under the influence he Is
buoyed to the skies, and trivial Incl
dents Of his youth are recalled In an
exaggerated manner. Every encounter
Is great victory and the victim is the
hero. As the influence departs the
smoker sinks into heavy sleep. to
awaken mental and physical wreck
until he takes another smoke.--Chica-
90 Journal.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE FORE
CLOSURE

No. 2736.
In The District Court In And For Beav-
er County. State of Oklahoma
The Federal Mortgage Loan Company. Plaintiff.
James A. Mcwillams. and Estolla NJ. Mcwil-
hams. his Wife E. b. Savage, and Fred C.
Tracy, Defendants.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE FOUh-
CLOSURE
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance Of on
order Of sale issued out of the District Court Of
Beaver County. Oklahoma. on the 10th day Of
January 1872. IN an action wherein the Federal
Mortgage Loan Company. was plaintiff. and
James A. McWilliams, and Es;ella M. Mcwilliams.
f. b. Savage and Fred c. Tracy. were defendants.
directed to me the undersigned sheriff Of Beaver
County State Of Oklahoma. commanding me to
levy upon and sell without nppraisomont," the
following described property. to-wit:
The Northeast Quarter of Section Eighteen tNE4
Of is). in Township Two North t2Nl Of Range
TwonW-rhrcc (20. East Of the Cimarron Mor-
idian. Beaver County. Oklahoma
10 satisfy Judgment and decree Of foreclosure
ia favor OF said defendants James A. McMlhams
and Estella NJ. McwilHams. his wife. obtained and
made in said court on the 18th day Of June 1921
attorney fee Of $4,000. with interest thereon at
the rate Of ten per cent per annum from date Of
said judgment until paio. and the accruing costs:
and further judgment and decree Of forcslosure
in favor Of said defendant and cross-pe titioner
Fred c. Tracy and against said defendants James
A, Mcwilliams and Estella NJ. McWilliuns. his
wife. obtained and made IN said court on the 18th
day Of June, 1921. for the Of S59.ls and inter-
est thereon, from the date Of said Judgment at
the rate Of six per cent per annum. until paid,
and costs herein; and further Judgment and de-
cree Of foreclosure in favor Of said defendant and
cross-pc titioGcr +. b. Sayage, and against said
defendants James A. M,Wiliams and Gstella M
McWilliams, his wife. obtained and made in said
court on the 18th day Of June 1921. for the sum
Of S2iO.4l and interest thereon from the date Of
said judgment at the rate Of ten per cent per an
mum, until paid. and costs and accruing costs
herein; I will on the 18th day Of February. 1922.
at the hour Of 10 o'clock a. m. Of said day at the
East front door Of the Court House. in the the
Town Of Beaver. in said County and State. offer
FOR sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash the
said property above described or so much thereof
as viii satisfy said judgment with interest and
costs.
Witness my hand this 10th day Of January. 1922.
II. b. BRIDGEWATER
Sheriff of Beaver County.
State of Ollahom&.
and Loofbourrow.
Attorneys for Plaintiff. l-l2 % st
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
Nuts in Immense ouantItIes.

On the north coast of Guatemala
10000 tons of cohune nuts are said
to be available for expectation annual
ly, and with an expenditure of $4,000
for highway Improvement this guam
tity could probably be increased to
100000 tons per annum. On the Pa
clfc or south coast the yield of cor
ozo nuts, II is estimated. could easily
be increased to 100000 tons per an
mum. There is a supply of cheap labor
I'D this southern region.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
"crepuscularn sun Rays.

The beams of light sometimes seen
radiating from the sun when not far
from the horizon are called "crepuscu-
lar rays" They are due TO rays of
light passing through breaks In the
clouds and made visible by dust or fine
drops of water In the air. Their APP
parent divergence is an effect of per
spective. The phenomenon is popularity
described as 'the sun drawing water" |;
sailors speak of the suns backstays,"
while Homer wrote of the rosy
fingered dawn"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
NOTICE TO CREp,roRs

State Of Oklahoma, County OF Beavor, SIS
All persons having claims against the estate Of
Robert NJ. Ridley. deceased. required to pre-
sent the same. with the necessary vouchers. TO
the undersigned Administrators. Rctha Ridley at
or near. Elmwood. Oklahoma. within four months
Of the date hereof or the same will be forever
barred
Dated December "a, 1921.
RETHA RILEY
Admistratrix Of the Estate
1929 l-l2 3t Of Robt. NJ. Ridley.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
Notice For Publication
OF LaKEMP OKLAHOMA, DEC. 81. 1921

Department Of the Interior. U. s. Land Office. at
Guthrie. Oklahoma. January Q. 1922
Notice is hereby given that Andrew ]. Trollin.
ger, of Balko. Oklahoma. who. on December 10.
1918. made Homestead Entry No. 0 1919, for SEA
of Section 20, Township North. Range 20, East
of the Cimarron Meridian.
Has filed notice Of intention to make Final Three
Year Proof. to establish claim to the land above
described. before Thomas p. Braidwood. a u. S.
Commissioner. at Beaver, Oklahoma. on the goth
day Of February. 1922
Claimant names witnesses:
Herbert Casdorph. Sam Purdin. X. c. Gentry.
of Gray Oklahoma. f. s. Trollinger. of Balko.
Oklahoma.
J. B. CAMPBELL. Register.
l-l2 30 5t
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

FARM WANTED Want to hear from
owner of farm for sale. Give low
est price and full particulars.
l.. Jones, Box SOL, Olney, III, l-5pd
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
FARM FOR SALE

l60 acres, 100 acres in cultivation,
balance in pasture; s-room house. run
ming water. See JOHN A. SPOHN,
Beaver, Okla. l-l2 1-l9 ct
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

The Tracy Drug Company of Beaver
has been permitted TO handle the Mich
OILS Guaranteed Rheumatic and Lum-
bago Remedy. 1t is guaranteed to cure
any case 1-12 1-26 3tpd
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

The piastering in the First National
Bank addition is nearing completion
and the plumbing system is being in
stalled.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

Statesmen WAN TED to solicit
orders for lubricating oils, greases
and paints. Salary or Commission.
Address THE HARVEY OIL CO.,
Cleveland, Ohio. LIZ 1tpd
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

LOST Masonic locket charm, 32d de.
gree. Finder will be rewarded.
1-5 IF ]. r. Quinn, Beaver.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

FOR RENT-Two-room house. Mrs.
Nettie Brown, Beaver.
1-5 If Phone 95
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12
FOR SALE l6O-acre Farm, two n

FOR SALE-l60-acre Farm, two miles
from Balko consolidated school, has
two-room house, well, 80 acres culti-
walton, well fenced, Owner will meet
interested parties by appointment at
Beaver City to show farm. $1,000 cash.
terms on balance. Write today.
A. C. GUFFY,
1922 l-l2 Rosston, Okla.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

c.. f. Davis and family spent Christ
mas with relatives in Liberal, Kansas
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

WANTED-Good, second hand Bug
~. See A. G. Thom,s, Beaver
Oklahoma. 1l.24 If
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-12

Sawyer e. King,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
1-5 2-2 st
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-29
Daugherty Endorses the
Prospect For Law" Move
Will Go Far In Preventing Un-
rest Among People, Says
Attorney General.

Washington. Dec. 2S.--Actlon by
business and industrial trade asso-
Citations TO maintain respect for the
law and the government would so far
toward preventing unrest among our
people. engendercd by the radical ele-
ments," Attorney General Daugherty
declared to-day in letter to the Phil
adelphia Board Of Trade.
The letter was in response to res.
olution, adopted recently by the board.
declaring its opinion that time had
como for the business interests 10
rally TO the support of the govern
ment.
Mr.. naugherty declared no was
"whole.heartedly" in sympathy with
the boards declaration demanding
maintenance Of the supremacy OF tht
law and overthrow OF those destruC'
tive forces which oppose orderly pro
ccSseS.'
So long rs tho mass of the people
realize, the attorney general said. That
government can endure only through
righteous observance OF law and or
der and Justice" the nation has no'a'
ms to fear.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-29
B. & O. Head Justihes Prac-
tice By Saying Lower Prices
Are Thus Obtained.
Admits Roads Are Still Hamp-
cred By Lack Of Equipment
-l923 Outlook Good.

Defending the assigned car" sys-
tenn and expressing the belief that the
railroads will shortly recover from the
effect Of Federal control during tho
World War. Daniel Willard. president
OF the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, here
tast night to attend the employees an
uual reunion. sounded a note OF opti.
mism on the business outlook for 1928
insofar as the railroads are concerned.
He explained and justified the prac-
tice of the coal field carriers giving
mines contracted with TO furnish the
railroads coal an adequate supply OF
cars by pointing to a provision made
BY tho Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion and by declaring that coal could
be obtained at better price by thus
centralizing the source OF supply.
Tall, and we'll over fifty. Mr.. Viii.
lard was in jovial humor last night In
his special car. He speaks with the
precision that generally marks man
who does his own thinking.
There's nothing OF the autocrat
about him, and he received his inter-
viewer with the charm Of diplomat,
answering questions or declining in a
voice that gave an indication Of the
B. & o. employees devotion TO the
Chief
What might be termed concrete evil
dence of the esteem In which Willard
Is held by his employees TUNED up as
the reporter was leaving the car. A
car repairer was standing nearby.
Holding the light he carried in the
air, he said. We'll, what 60 you think
OF our Chief?'
Remarkable man. replied the re-
porter.
Listen, Mister, and Ill tell YOU
what we think OF the boss. Hes ono
he man II our opinion, and | am go
ing up to tho reunion tonight and
shake hands with MIN. That's the
Kind OF man Dan Willard is. Nothing
Ipoish about him. Mo and you Is just
es good as J. d. in his estimation.
'@Why, listen. name another railroad
(ooukiunsd On PAGs 11gAt)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-29

Parkersburg, W. Va, Dec. 28.-The
first statement issued by any member
of the West Virginia capitol commits
sion concerning the status OF the new
capitol building project at Charleston
since the protests recently made by
new members OF the legislature
against delay and alleged extrava-
gance In the proposed expenditures.
vas obtained by the Parkersburg
News today from Harry p. Camden,
member OF the capitol commission.
Mr.. Camden is new member of the
having been appointed by
Governor Morgan last spring to hll
the vacancy caused by the resigna.
tion of William McKell, Of Fayette
county. The Parkersburg member
was not on the commission at the time
contracts were made for architectural
plans and work, and the selection OF
the chosen site in Charleston was
made, and contracts were entered into
for prices on the site. His official
acts have had only to do with the sale
OF the old state house square In
Charleston and rights of way for
streets in state-owned property across
the street, where the governors man
sion and the temporary state house
stand.
Limit Placed at $4,000
In his statement, he calls attention
to the fact that the legislature on May
3. 1921, appropriated $75o,O00 to be
expended by the capitol building COM
mission to be appointed by the then
governor; that this commission was
authorized to expend not less than
Sc, SOC, 900, plus the amount to be re-
ccivcd from insurance on the burned
capitol building and the amount to
be received from the sale OF land; that
the total authorized cost Of the new
site is approximately S2,ooo,00o; that
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-29
Turks Will FiQht.

Lausanne. Dec. cS.--CBy tho Asso
ciated Press. Mot A single important
question on the agenda of the Near
Eas, conference has been settled. dc,
spite many weeks OF negotiations,
Ria Sur Rey of tho Turkish deleca'
tion Informed the Associated Press
TONIGHT, and it was therefore no Won
der all the delegates deemed that a
crisis had arrived.
Turkey could never WELD on the
question Of special courts for foreign
ers. he said. Our now national motto
ia lifo or death and II We have to
fight the entire world. We would rather
6je and hc eYterminated than stauu
before tho world as au Inferior
people
That. he declared vas the new and
all dominating spirit Of the ottoman
state. and the world nations would do
we'll 10 keep this in mind.
Greece, he explained with bitterness
ls not a greater nation than turkey
set the allies d" not demand their Spc-
cial tribunals for foreigners.
Cannot the American people under
stand tha, Turkey VIII never h"" I" he
tr.at.d ne lesser nati"u than Greece"
He asked.
TIL. allies had suggested that tho
I,earu. OF Nations stand "a guarantee
Por Turkcv's inrnlita hilitv, instead or
individual nations. and this was totally
unaccept able.
Europe forced us 10 demilitarize the
utraits thus leaving C"nstantinople
omen to attack" continued Ria. and
Il offers us the League Of Nations a.
protection for the future. md tho Lea
que OF Nations ever protect anybody
II is laughahle. r"nstantinople could
b. attached and sacked before the lea
quo could act. and then II probably
would lust cali a meeting Of protest.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-29
IRISH FIGHTING NOW
REACHES METROPOLIS
New York Consulate Taken
By Forces Operating Under
Mrs. Mac Swiney.

New York. Dec. 2s.-"Competent
Irish Republic military forces have
taken the outer offices nf the Irish
consulate here. it was admitted today
bv Robert BrSscoe. who said he was an
officer in tho republican army. and will
hold them until some decision has heen
made as TO who actually should operate
the office. Siege Of the offices began
Ia st night. when Lindsay Crawford took
them over as Free State consul.
Muriel MacSwiaey. widow of the for
mer mayor Cork. is in comma nd. L-au-
rance Ginnell. the aged republican who
was named envoy to this country by
Eamon DcValera. no longer gives or
ders. Brscoe declared he received or
dcrs from Mrs. McSwiney ard would
act on them at all times. He refused
TO say who commanded Mrs. MarSwinCy.
This was the principal development
after republicans had pick"ted the office
Of the consulate - hours. declaring that
Crawford should not keep control. Mr..
Crawford. however, insisted he would
remain in the Offices until he was or
dered out by his own superlors.